Part 146 (1/2)
The only one that's left Troubleaux was shot by an Arabthe FBI is working hard on that angle They've given themselves extraordinary covers” Phil was always on top of those things that ht have a political cause and/or effect ”How extensive an operation was this?”
Marvin Jacobs ruffled through some notes in his files ”It's hard to be sure If houess 3 - 5,000 people, with a cost of between 100 - 300 Mil- lion But uesstimate”
Quinton Cha us that onethe United States virtually to its knees for a couple of hundred million?” Marv reluctantly nodded
”Gentlemen, this is incredible, more than incredibledoes the President know?”
Even Phil Musgrave was antsy with the answer to that question
”Not in any detail, but he is very concerned As for the cost, terrorism has never been considered expensive”
”Well thank you Ron Ziegler, for that piece of information,”
scowled Chambers ”So if we know all of this, why don't we pick 'eain?”
”Foster claims he doesn't knoho anyone other than homosoto is
He was kept in the dark That is certainly not inconsistent with the way homosoto is known to do business - very compartmental- ized He didn't do the recruitment, he said, and all communica- tions were done over the computerno faces, no names If it wasn't for Mason, ouldn't even know that Foster is the Spook
I consider us very lucky on that point alone”
”What are we going to do? What can we do?” Royce and Chambers both sounded and looked encies were on the front line and the overnment we can take some mandatory precautions For the private sector, probably nothing”
”Unless” Phil said quietly
”Unless what?” All heads turned to Phil Musgrave
”Unless the President invokes martial law to protect the country and takes control of the coht out loud, even with his extremist possibilities
”Good idea!” said Jacobs quickly
”You think that public will buy that?” asked Chambers
”No, but they may have no choice”
Tuesday, January 26
PRESIDENT DECLARES WAR ON COMPUTERS By Scott Mason
Support for the President's Sunday night call to arms has been virtually unaniton, Director of Co Services at First National Life, ”We take the threat to our computers very seriously Without the reliable operation of our MIS systems, our customers cannot be serviced and the company will suffer tremendous losses Rates will undoubtedly rise unless we protect ourselves”
Similar sentiments were echoed byall of its computer centers for between two and four weeks to effect a co of all systems and products A spokesperson for IBM said, ”If our computers are threatened, ill take all necessary steps to protect our investment and the confidence of our customers IBM prefers a short ter terovern the country through the current co the situation
Even agencies who have in the past been critical of the super- secret NSA are praising their preliency