Part 100 (1/2)
”I really doubt it,” Tyrone said ”But that's off the record
He's been a Southern racist fro the riots, in the early '60's, he was not exactly a propo- nent of civil rights In fact that sli” Tyrone sounded bitter and derisive in his description of Rickfield ”He has no concept what civil rights are He makes it a black white issue instead of one of constitutional law Stupid bigots are the worst kind” The derision in Ty's voice was un fan”
”I'll be a fan when he hangs high Besides my personal and racial beliefs about Rickfield, he really is a low life He, and a few of his cronies are one on the biggest threats to personal freedohts should be edited from time to time and now's the time He scares me Especially since there's more like him”
It was eminently clear that Tyrone Duncan had no place in this life for Merrill Rickfield
”I know enough about him to dislike hily face Excuse norance” Then it hit him Rickfield His nao What had he done, or as he accused of doing? damn, damn, what is it? There were so many Yes, it was Rickfield, but as the tie-in?
”I think you should be there, at the hearings,” Tyrone suggested
”Tomorrow? Are you out of your mind? No way,” Scott loudly protested ”I'ht here,” Scott bitched and moaned ”Besides, I only have to work one et the weekend to nored Scott's infantile objections He attributed thee to stay in Sin City for a couple more days ”Hollister and Adams will be there, and a whole bunch of white shi+rts in black hats, and Troubleaux”
”Troubleaux did you say?”
”Yeah, that's what it says here”
”If he's there, then it becoht of it,” joked Tyrone ”If you catch an early flight, you could be in DC by noon” He was right, thought Scott The time difference works in your favor in that direction
”You know,” said Scott, ”hat I've found out here, today alone,in indecision
”Hey! Get your ass back here, boy pronto” Tyrone's friendly authority was persuasive ”You know you don't have any choice”
The guilt trip
”Yeah, yeah, yeah”
Scott called his office and asked for Doug He got the voicehie This way I'll just get yelled at once
”Hi, Doug? Scott here Change in plans Heard about EMP-T I'ton toht and dovetails right into why I' back early I expect to be in DC until next Tuesday, maybe Wednesday I'll call when I have a place Oh, yeah, I learned a liht like The Spook says the kids around here say it all the time 'Mary had a little lamb, its fleece hite as snow
And everywhere that Mary went, the la black dog fucked it'
That's Amsterdaton, DC
The New Senate Office Building is a e of one of the worst sections of Washi+ngton
Visitors find it a perpetual paradox that the power seat of the Western World is located within a virtual shooting gallery of drugs and weapons Scott arrived at the NSOB near the capitol, just before lunchtiot hied locations where the ress and as soleht C-SPAN
He caught the last words of wisdoovernment employee orked for NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technol- ogy The agency was formerly known as NBS, National Bureau of Standards, and no one could adequately explain the change
The NIST eovernency cared about privacy and infor-all it could to provide the requisite amount of security commensurate with the perceived risk of disclosure and sensitivity of the information in question” Scott ran into a couple of fellow reporters who told hiovernment paraded witnesses to read prepared state the interests of the Govern effort, they told Scott, to shore up whatever attacksin distinction to its efficient bungling To a man, the witnesses assured the Senate co privacy of infor them that only appropriate authorized people have access to sensitive and classified data