Part 144 (2/2)
It won't be the first time
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”I don't think, I know,” said Scott confidently ”Most of them will help, but they won't adton and me But they value their freedom, and instinc- tively they will protect that Kirk will be the conduit I'm not worried”
”And ill they do?”
”Once they get around to it, they'll commandeer every hacker in the country and at least stop the viruses Or some of them I think that we need to elicit their trust, and I can do that by giving theive me”
”Can you do that?”
”Just watch If they play their cards right, they can be heroes”
Chapter 29 Monday, January 25 The White House
We had a pretty good handle on parts of it,” said Marvin Jacobs glibly
Phil Musgrave, Martin Royce, Henry Kennedy and Quinton Chambers joined Marvin in one of the private White House conference rooms at 5 AM Jacobs had called allHe had received word that last evening's computer conversations between Scott Mason and the Spook had been intercepted and the preliminary analysis was ready
Scott Mason's conetic receivers while he prepared his article for the following day The actual article had also been transreed
”And Mason seeain,”
Jacobs continued ”He only edits out the bullshi+t, pardon my French Gives the public their money's worth”
”You said ere close How close?” Musgrave tended to run thesethe President's Nuanization was a lot ht,”
Henry Kennedy said ”We underestiht the essence of his weapons by good guessing”
”If we could get our hands on this Spook character,” sighed Martin Royce He was thinking of the perennial proble the exact location of someone who doesn't want to be found
”That's not the problerave ”We knoho the Spook is, but we can't prove it It's only hearsay, even with Mason's testimony, and it's a pretty daiven us a ton on hiuys sort that out on your own tih we need to knoe're up against”
”If the President hadn't gone on television last night, we ive the press some answers in a few days” Marv said
”Dream on,” Phil said eht with our pants down The President did not, and I repeat, did not, want to be associated with any cover up”
”I didn't say cover up”
”He wants to take his lumps and fix it He will not lie to the Aested
”We need hiht where he is,” Henry Kennedy said about Scott to steument
”The subject is closed” Phil's comment silenced the roorave was the closet thing to the President in the room As with the President, the discussion was over, the policy set, now let's get on with it ”So, Marv? What are we up against”
The seasoned professional in Marvin Jacobs took over, conflicting opinions in the past, and he handed out a series of TOP SECRET briefing folders
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