Part 83 (2/2)
Scott stared blankly at Tyrone You haven't convinced ht
”As far as I knew, you riting an article that had no par- ticular consequence”
”Thanks a shi+tload,” Scott quipped
”No, I mean, I had no idea of the national security i to be in the paper the next day anyway” Tyrone shrugged with his hands in the air for added e toI promise you, that's it As a friend, that was the extent of it They took it froesture of conciliation ”All I kneas that what you'd said about CMR shook some people up in DC ECCO has been quite educational Now I knohy, and that's why I have to leave”
The genuineness froht you spooks stuck together Spy and die together”
Tyrone contorted his face to show disgust with that thought
”That'll be the day In fact it's the opposite A third of our budgets are encies in the dark about e're doing”
”You're kidding!”
”I wish I was” Tyrone looked disheartened, betrayed
”At any rate,” Tyrone continued, ”I got spooked by the stunt with your paper and the Attorney General I just couldn't call you, you'll see why The Agency is supposed to enforce the law, notwith the press Uh-uh” Tyrone took a healthy sip of his drink ”Reone Dead in the past Did you know that I am a constitutional lawyer?”
Scott ordered another beer and shook his head, no Just a regular lawyer Will wonders never cease?
”Back in the early 60's the South was not a good place for blacks Or Negroes as ere called back then” Tyrone said the word Negro with disdain He pulled his tie from the stiff collar and opened a button ”I went on some marches in Alabahts workers were killed”
Scott re than frohts wasn't a black-white issue, Tyrone insisted It was about al issue ”I thought that was an i the point I thought I couldfro, and I've been blinded by it until nowyou know
”When I was in college the politicians screaration while the poor blacks no hborhood that the rich whites wanted the poor blacks in their schools” Tyrone spoke from his heart, his soul, with a touch of resentment that Scott had not seen before But then, they had never spoken of it before This was one story that he had suc- cessfully neglected to share ”Forced integration was govern- ment's answer to a problenity and respect, not governht to privacy and the right to lead his life the way he sees fit Civil rights is about how to keep governardless of color” Tyrone was adaonna quit?” Scott didn't see the con- nection
”No, Goddaet it?” Scott shook his head ”They want to take them away” He spoke with finality and assued his brain to onna take what away?” Scott asked, frustrated by Ty's ra Fathers had a plan, and so far it's survived two hundred years of scrutiny and division I would like to think it can survive the coe” Tyrone quieted down soh to understand, that laasto sacrifice to maintain an orderly society”
”My father was a radical liberal a liberals,” Tyrone reht at the family barbecue for his own entertaine of a crotchety octogenarian stirring up the shi+t while his children isolated their kids frorand father's intellectual lunacy What was this about?
Tyrone caught hi his point across He took a deep breath and slouched back in the chair that barely held hi,” he said ”I told you about ECCO, and what a disaster it is No authority, no control, no responsibility
And the chaos is unbelievable
”I don't pretend to understand all of the conize when the NSA wants to control everything There's a phenoance there The NSA reps in ECCO believe that they are the only ones who know anything about couys from NIST They're totally underfunded, so they end up with both the grunt work and the brunt of the jokes fro If NIST says it's white, NSA says it's black If NIST says there's rooetslast I nohat happened to the hippies: they're all governh universities And all they want to do is study, study, study But they never come up with answers, just more questions to study
”The vendors try to sell their products and don't contribute a dauys from computer companies and the banks, and they're as baffled as I am”