"Some of these are blackmail files." Markowitz concluded. "Nice careful notes of credit transfers and a fine selection of ‘gifts’ to Governor Jefferson from supporters. Normal graft, till you look a little deeper. It seems that all of his most generous supporters except one—our good friends at Telestrian—have their home addresses in the Confederated States; suggesting that the honorable Mr. Jefferson is in the southerners’ pockets, which explains a lot of his recent posturing."