Part 74 (2/2)

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Throughout his years of Governency, Miles Foster had beco or on weekends So the oddball hours he had to work during his association with ho and h, and cranki- ness was difficult to convey over a cohts wasn'tIt interfered with his social responsibilities to the woo for hoo into effect The beauty of it all, thought Miles, was that it was unstoppable The pieces had been put into play by scores of people orkedfor hiue BBS's and the infectors Too one into play to abort theback

Only a feeeks were left before the first strike force landed

Thekept Miles focussed on the task at hand, far away froot down to thinking about the kinds of da on ets Inside, perhaps deep inside, Miles cared, but he seemed to only be aware of the technical results of his efforts in distinction to the human element The human elements of frustration, depression, help- lessness - a social retreat ofto be the real devastation above and beyond the machinery Just the way homosoto wanted it To hurt deep down

Miles had come to learn of the intense hatred that homosoto felt toward the United States In his more callous moments, especial- ly when he and homosoto were at odds over any particular subject, Miles would resort to the basest of verbal tactics

”You're just pissed off 'cause we nuked your fa and homosoto's reactions were unpredictable

Often violent, he had once thrown priceless heirloo in a thousand shards A three hour lecture ensued on one occasion, tutoring Miles about honorable warfare

Miles listened and fell asleep during more than one sermon

But at the bottom of it, ho The plans they forh Miles had no direct control over ether; Miles only knew they were funda as the job was getting done And the groundhogs; he designed theanda, yet another, just as the plan called for Extrehest level

Only homosoto knew all the players and therefore had the unique luxury of viewing the grand ganed every nuance, down to the nth degree of how to effect the invasion properly, he was not privileged to push the chessmen around the board His rationalization was that he was being paid a great deal offor a more important cause, one that would make it all hile Perhaps in another year or then the final phases were complete, and the United States was even ht now, the job would be done

Miles' ru the inter- minable months and years that distanced the cause and effect In the intelligence game, on the level that he had operated while with the NSA, he would receive information, process it, make recommendation and determinations, and that was that Over

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Now though, Miles had designed the big picture, and that ratification He was in control, only partially, as he washad gone awry so far consoled Miles despite the fact that homosoto called him almost every day to ask about another computer crin Bank hoe by hackers and was concerned that soone out on their own

hon issue as he had ave him an expla- nation, he let theto Miles, though, that he had better be right

The nu more rapidly than Miles or anyone in the security field had predicted only a few years ago and the legal issues were islatures could deal with them But, as Miles continually reassured homosoto, they were small timers with no heinous motivation They were mostly kids who played chicken with co crack A far better alternative, Miles offered

Just kids having a little fun with the country's ht? How anyone can leave the front door to their co around, was beyond hi stupid

His stream of consciousness was broken when his NipCoain shi+t I bet sorades and hoook

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