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“So you think the tree was deliberately sabotaged?”

“Either that or it’s a pretty big coincidence No new tree needed, that bo to Lafayette Park Because it came inside that tree I think we all realize that now”

“Agent Gross with the FBI said they were tracking down that angle But they aren’t finding much”

“That’s interesting”

“You’re telling me you didn’t know that already?”

“FBI has always gone its oay I keep h And I think what they’ll continue to find on that end is a big zip”

“Why? Tracks too well covered?”

Weaver gazed over at Stone through the darkness “They didn’t X-ray that root ball It’s going in the park, in the dirt It’s not the Christmas tree for the White House”

“Canine sweep?”

“Not sure But don’t think so”

“Why not?”

“No definitive answer on that”

“ATF thinks it was a remote detonation setup”

“Hmmph”

“You disagree?”

“Let otwith a ‘foolproof’ explosive when I was in the Corps”

“So what’s your theory?”

“Can we turn on so some of my old man’s hooch”

“I prefer the dark”

“Okay, suit yourself The booes in with a reets covered up Then it’s detonated at the precise tiunfire who jumps in a hole to save his ass, and boom”

“But how did the bomb detonate?”

“Like I said, boht on it, or s hits it Detonates”

“We’d actually discussed that possibility”

“So I’ your time?”

“No, I hadn’t thought of the tree being killed on purpose That’s one for you”

“It only occurred to ht”

“ATF thinks the bomb was in a basketball and then placed inside the root ball”