Last month, the Hillsborough Independent Panel's report revealed that Wright personally oversaw the South Yorkshire police operation to blame supporters for the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, including by briefing false stories to the media, and the wholesale changing of junior officers' statements.
But there was a brief false start.
Only a brief false alarm over a suspect package was a reminder of the tension that has hung over this tournament like a heavy cloud.
After a brief false start as Today OK ("Awful," shudders Walter. "We had the sense to nip that in the bud"), the arrival of the Walkmen might seem to have come at a spectacularly opportune moment.
There was a brief false dawn against France, when it took a special goal from Dimitri Payet to win the game for the hosts, and the 1-1 dragainstnSwitzerlandand led to some pretty unrealistic expectations.
After a brief false alarm when Blessitt is concerned that I'm going to chop salad without washing chicken juice from my fingers ("Be careful what you're doing with your hands! You're contaminated!"), pans go on the hob.
Office and construction workers and families waited for over an hour for Bafana Bafana players to appear on an open-top bus, though there was a brief false alarm when a bemused Holland team, staying nearby, had their coach surrounded.
The usual story: clinics, specialists, nurses, brief rallies, false hopes.
During that brief window, false information may in fact be easier to exploit — it shows up just in time, and purports to answer the questions on everyone's mind.
He played well in that first game, helping Aalborg to a 1-1 result against Ikast, but the most important fact about that day was that it represented (after a brief and false start with Millwall) the beginning of a career he adores.
