You mean... the chief of security wouldn’t be able to override all security measures in place? Like him knowing every personal lock sequence of everyone on the ship, not just Burnham.

The point that seems to be missed here, is that the commander isn’t wrong advocating to shoot first. The Klingon’s don’t trust peace. When the captain is dressing her down and talking about how she can’t get through the commanders vulcan shell she is commenting on her logic and her actions. Vulcans have been known to…

Never forget. Always miss. Human Target.

If I remember correctly, Starling becomes completely brainwashed at the end of the novel Hannibal. In that book Hannibal and Clarice are running around killing people as a couple at the end. It makes sense that the seeds of that are in Silence of the Lambs.

The best bit is when Sherlock acknowledges that DCI Luther is also a genius. Luther has this look like “Isn’t it obvious?” and Sherlock seems to measure the man for the first time having dismissed him as a know-nothing copper.