sentences:  This was the beginning of the Picquart affair, a new conspiracy by the General Staff against an officer.Major Henry, although deputy to Picquart, was jealous and fostered his own malicious operation to compromise his superior.He engaged in various malpractices (making a letter and designating it as an instrument of a "Jewish syndicate", wanting to help Dreyfus to escape, rigging the "petit bleu" to create a belief that Picquart erased the name of the real recipient, drafting a letter naming Dreyfus in full).