A possible development on a mentioned historical character in Robert Harris's Conclave book.
"A serious history of this period, using new archival material and the vast journalistic record, remains to be written. Here is one fact that I think should be noted. In 1975, while Aquino was unjustly imprisoned by the martial law dictatorship, then Archbishop Jaime Sin, future Cardinal, acted as a informant for the military dictatorship, secretly reporting on the family conversations of the Aquinos and Dioknos in Fort Bonifacio. Sin's reports were typed up and transmitted directly to Gen. Fabian Ver and the dictator, Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Note here, in this document from the Presidential Commission on Good Government, that Sin "concocted a pretext" to leave the Aquino celebration of Aurora Aquino's birthday, and meet with commanding officer Col. Josephus Ramas. Sin endorsed martial law, and praised the "humane treatment" of the prisoners. These were men denied due process and imprisoned on trumped up charges. Sin said the Marcos regime was "bending over backwards" to accomodate them."
NOTE: So Jaime Sin is the historical figure mentioned in the novel as the one who appointed Vincent Benitez.
