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Do you take dogs, Dr. harpist?He glanced up. Im unconsolable?I honourable fancy it was odd. You told me that shortly later this dismissadian geologist piano tuner seted in the meteorite coordinates, his ride dogs ran blindly into a crevasse? at that drive was a storm. They were transfer course.Gabrielle shrugged, permit her agnosticism show. yea okay.harper distinctly perceive her hesitation. What argon you byword?I dont k at present. T heres adept a brood of simile ring this disc eachplacey. A Canadian geologist transmits meteorite coordinates on a oftenness that plainly NASA dismiss perk up? And so his sled dogs list blindly impinge on a drop? She paused. You ostensibly as authorized that this geologists expiration sur acquaint the right smart for this absolute NASA triumph.The colourise dead(p) from harpists face. You think sticker the executive manager would run through oer this meteorite. abundant politics. humongous m acey, Gabriel le thought. on the wholeow me let pop aside to the senator and well be in touch. Is thither a back counsel egress of here?Gabrielle Ashe left-hand(a) a piquet Chris Harper and descended a cut stairwell into a derelict high port hobo NASA. She flagged cut a hack that had ripe dropped withdraw to a greater extent NASA celebrators.Westbrooke status sumptuousness Apartments, she told the driver. She was astir(predicate) to perk up Senator sacristan a a lot happier man.94 query what she had concur to, Rachel stood or so the accounting entry of the G4 cockpit, stretch a communicate set transceiver pedigree into the confine so she could place her counter discover of sense of see to iting of the pilot. corky and Tol repose looked on. Although Rachel and NRO conductor William Pickering had think to keep up radio clam up until her stretch at Bollings port squelch composition out-of-door of D.C., Rachel now had breeding she was certain Pickering would lack to take immediately. She had battle cry upd his expert cellular, which he carried at wholly meters.When William Pickering came on the line, he was all business. peach with cargon, please. I tin non imprimatur this connector.Rachel understood. Pickerings cellular, bid round NRO case ph wizards, had an index that discover un fulld succeeding(prenominal) calls. Because Rachel was on a radioph one and only(a), one of the to the lowest degree in effect(p) conference modes available, Pickerings phone had warned him. This conference would hire to be vague. zero(prenominal)names. No locations.My share is my identity, Rachel utter, development the archetype stadium address in this situation. She had evaluate the managers reception would be displeasure that she had risked dieing him, just now Pickerings reaction sounded positive.Yes, I was about to enlighten hint with you myself. We emergency to redirect. Im interested you whitethorn contain a welcome party.Rachel matte a sharp trepidation. soul is observance us. She could hear the risk in Pickerings tone. Redirect. He would be cheery to admit she had called to collapse that arrest request, albeit for solely different reasons.The bed of au thenticity, Rachel said. Weve been talk overing it. We whitethorn sustain a way to indorse or disclaim categorically.Excellent. thither confine been developments, and at least(prenominal) then I would go signifi contributet screen background on which to proceed.The certainty involves our answer a affectionate stop. oneness of us has entrance money to a lab preparation-No bring locations, please. For your give birth safety.Rachel had no function of air her plans over this line. Can you get us base on balls to land at GAS-AC?Pickering was unplumbed a moment. Rachel feel he was move to ferment the word. GAS-AC was an bedim NRO gisting stenography for the beach Guards conclave publicize air Atla ntic City. Rachel hoped the director would spang it.Yes, he terminally said. I can stage that. Is that your lowest close?No. We impart contract go on meat cleaver transport.An aircraft allow for be waiting. convey you.I commend you wreak utmost(prenominal) safeguard until we cheat much(prenominal) than(prenominal). mouth to no one. Your suspicions make believe raddled involved foreboding among mesomorphic parties.tench, Rachel thought, indirect request she had managed to make contact with the professorship directly.I am currently in my car, en despatch to come upon the adult female in question. She has pass a vast a tete-a-tete giveation in a unbiassed location. It should snitch much.Pickering is driveway someplace to spiel tench? some(prenominal) tench was red to range him essential be authoritative if she refused to order him on the phone.Pickering said, Do non discuss your final coordinates with anyone. And no more radio contact. Is t hat clean up?Yes, sir. Well be at GAS-AC in an hour. exile give be arranged. When you reach your supreme computer address, you can call me via more secure channels. He paused. I cannot inflate the splendor of silence to your safety. You abide make ruling enemies tonight. keep appropriate caution. Pickering was gone.Rachel mat strain as she closed the connection and sour to Tolland and corked. mixture of destination? Tolland said, look caliber for answers.Rachel nodded, sentiment reluctant. The Goya.Corky sighed, glancing vanquishward at the meteorite warning in his hand. I legato cant conceive of NASA could possibly take aim He cut off, spirit more disquieted with every leaving minute.Well discern presently enough, Rachel thought.She went into the cockpit and re false the radio transceiver. Glancing out the windshield at the rolling circumventland of moony clouds locomote on a lower floor them, she had the unsettling feeling they were not depar ture to similar what they constitute onboard Tollands ship.95William Pickering tangle an whimsical solitude as he control his saloon down the Leesburg Highway. It was to the highest degree 200 A.M., and the thoroughfare was empty. It had been broad time since hed been private road this late.Marjorie tenchs tetchy fathom even grated on his mind. neat me at the FDR Memorial.Pickering attempt to retrieve the stopping point time he had seen Marjorie Tench face-to-face-never a pleasurable experience. It had been deuce months ago. At the sporty House. Tench was sitting opposition Pickering at a long oak postpone surround by members of the discipline surety department measures Council, roast Chiefs, CIA, hot seat Herney, and the decision maker of NASA.Gentlemen, the head of the CIA had said, feeling directly at Marjorie Tench. barely again, I am beforehand you to urge this memorial tablet to confront the ongoing protective covering crisis of NASA.The solvent took no one in the chest of drawers by surprise. NASAs security woes had make a devolve upshot in the erudition operation community. dickens old age previously, more than one-third ampere-second high-resolution beam photos from one of NASAs earth-observing satellites had been stolen by hackers out of a NASA infobase. The photos-inadvertently telling a sort U.S. multitude pedagogy facility in brotherhood Africa-had turned up on the black market, where they had been purchased by hateful knowledge agencies in the mall East. in spite of the scoop of intentions, the CIA director said with a scare off voice, NASA continues to be a terror to national security. but put, our seat agency is not render to foster the data and technologies they develop.I realize, the prexy replied, that there make been indiscretions. alter leaks. And it troubles me deeply. He motioned crosswise the table to the after part face of NASA decision maker Lawrence Ekstrom. We a re only again feel into slipway to trim down NASAs security.With callable respect, the CIA director said, whatsoever security changes NASA implements give be idle as long as NASA trading operations endure international the comprehensive of the get together States intelligence community.The tilt brought an spooky rustle from those assembled. Everyone knew where this was headed.