until a question is directed at you. Do go on, Advokat Giannini."
"This is the forensic psychiatric assessment that Dr Teleborian has presented to the court. It is based on what he has termed 'observations' of my client which were supposed to have taken place after she was moved to Kronoberg prison on June 5. The examination was supposed to have been concluded on July 5."
"Yes, so I have understood," Judge Iversen said.
"Dr Teleborian, is it the case that you did not have the opportunity to examine or observe my client before June 6? Before that she was at Sahlgrenska hospital in Goteborg, where she was being kept in isolation, as we know."
"Yes."
"You made attempts on two separate occasions to gain access to my client at Sahlgrenska. Both times you were denied admittance."
Giannini opened her briefcase and took out a document. She walked around her table and handed it to Judge Iversen.
"I see," the judge said. "This appears to be a copy of Dr Teleborian's report. What is your point?"
"I would like to call upon two witnesses. They are waiting outside the courtroom now."
"Who are these witnesses?"
"They are Mikael Blomkvist from Millennium magazine, and Superintendent Torsten Edklinth, Director of the Constitutional Protection Unit of the Security Police."
"And they are outside?"
"Yes."
"Show them in," Judge Iversen said.
"This is highly irregular," Prosecutor Ekstrom said.
Ekstrom had watched in extreme discomfort as Giannini shredded his key witness. The film had been devastating evidence. The judge ignored Ekstrom and gestured to the bailiff to open the door to admit Blomkvist and Edklinth.
"I would first like to call upon Mikael Blomkvist."
"Then I would ask that Herr Teleborian stand down for a while," Judge Iverson said.
"Are you finished with me?" Teleborian said.
"No, not by any means," Giannini said.
Blomkvist replaced Teleborian in the witness box. Judge Iversen swiftly dealt with the formalities, and Blomkvist took the oath.
"Mikael," Giannini said, and then she smiled. "I would find it difficult, if your honour will forgive me, to call my brother Herr Blomkvist, so I will settle for his first name."
She went to Judge Iversen's bench and asked for the forensic psychiatric report which she had just handed to him. She then gave it to Blomkvist.
"Have you seen this document before?"
"Yes, I have. I have three versions in my possession. The first I acquired on May 12, the second on May 19, and the third - this one - on June 3."
"Can you tell us how you acquired the copies?"
"I received them in my capacity as a journalist from a source I do not intend to name."
Salander stared at Teleborian. He was once more deathly pale.
"What did you do with the report?"
"I gave it to Torsten Edklinth at Constitutional Protection."
"Thank you, Mikael. Now I'd like to call Torsten Edklinth," Giannini said, taking back the report. She handed it to Judge Iversen and the procedure with the oath was repeated.
"Superintendent Edklinth, is it correct that you received a forensic psychiatric report on Lisbeth Salander from Mikael Blomkvist?"
"Yes, it is."
"When did you receive it?"
"It was logged in at S.I.S. on June 4."
"And this is the same report I have just handed to Judge Iversen?"
"If my signature is on the back, then it's the same one."
The judge turned over the document and saw Edklinth's signature there.
"Superintendent Edklinth, could you explain how you happened to have a forensic psychiatric report in your possession which claims have analysed a patient who was still in isolation at Sahlgrenska?"
"Yes, I can. Herr Teleborian's report is a sham. It was put together with the help of a person by the name of Jonas Sandberg, just as he produced a similar document in 1991 with Gunnar Bjorck."
"That's a lie," Teleborian said in a weak voice.
"Is it a lie?" Giannini said.
"No, not at all," Edklinth said. "I should perhaps mention that Jonas Sandberg is one of a dozen or so individuals who were arrested today by order of the Prosecutor General. Sandberg is being held as an accomplice to the murder of Gunnar Bjorck. He is part of a criminal unit operating within the Security Police which has been protecting Alexander Zalachenko since the '70s. This same group of officers was responsible for the decision to lock up Lisbeth Salander in 1991. We have incontrovertible evidence, as well as a confession from the unit's director."
The courtroom was hushed, transfixed.
"Would Herr Teleborian like to comment on what has just been said?" Judge Iversen said.
Teleborian shook his head.
"In that case it is my duty tell you that you risk being charged