When President Asif Zardari gives audience at the Presidency, he let the dignitary take the chair on his left side. This protocol was reversed in one-on-one meeting with General Kayani. He let the army chief sit where he usually sits. The picture of Benazir Bhutto on the side-table did not point to the negative of the photograph being reversed by mistake. Was it a benign error, a bad omen or a meaningful message sent to the public? The meeting was about a damaging secret message sent to Mike Mullen.