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Ben said, "For G&uu to kill Fleurette on the grounds of the safest compound in the world? I don’t think he could pass that up"

"He couldn’t," Savich said "He’d have to use a rifle Let’s say he’s got only average skill as a sniper With a good sniper rifle, say a gas-operated seet at about twenty-four hundred feet If he’s an expert, that goes up to three thousand feet That’s a very long distance, well off the grounds

"The new sniper rifles are even o For exaer, heavier barrel and a onoe caliber than the calibers of the rifles it’s derived froood as that Could he hit a person at three thousand feet? I wouldn’t want to bet against it"

Director Mueller said slowly, "We’d be putting agents’ lives at risk And to have agents and SWAT teae area twenty-four/seven, the necessary ress, roads and trails both We have to assume Günter is an expert Have you mapped out the terrain where he’d have his best shot, Savich?"

Savich nodded "Yes, we have Unfortunately there’s more than just one"

Director Mueller looked toward Ji risk, Jimmy But I’d bet on our snipers over just about anyone Can we have enough of our guys out there to keep a reasonable guard over our agents?"

"We can try," Jiton, DC, SWAT teae Rescue Team at Quantico Also, we can enlist SWAT teams fro this asshole down But there’s no way to keep it secret--we can’t expect to hide that many men from view G&uu we can do about that"

Savich grinned at the to worry about it I want him to find out Don’t you see? G&uue He’ll want to spend ti the positions of our snipers, figuring out how to get away Oh yes, I’ on Günter to thumb his nose at us

"Okay, the first step is to let Günter know exactly where Fleurette will be Callie, you want to be a turncoat and reveal Fleurette’s hideout to the Post?"

Callie laughed "My editor et hi paper" She punched Ben in the arht mean a Pulitzer?"

"Nah, this’ll probably just save your job," Ben said

They all laughed Director Mueller stood up He looked at all of them in turn "I wish us all luck with this"