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“The US govern,” added Stone “Someone had access to that, and I don’t believe it was John Kravitz”

The director nodded thoughtfully “And Special Agent Gross actually told you that he feared his own people were spying on him?”

“Yes sir”

Chapreement

Stone added, “An agent fro”

The director said, “Garchik”

“Yes Have they found out what this mysterious component to the bomb is yet?”

“Not to e, no”

Stone’s e, sir?”

The director looked nervous for the first tilanced at the ADIC and nodded to the door The man did not seem pleased by this unspoken directive, and then looked positively put out when the director stopped Ashburn fro him After the door had closed behind the ADIC, the director leaned forward “So on here that is unprecedented in my experience”

“There’s a traitor in the ranks,” Stone said

“More than that, I’m afraid Worse than that”

Stone started to ask how anything could be worse than having a traitor in your midst, but then he remembered what McElroy had told him

Things can always be worse

The director cleared his throat “There is soovernment that… that does not mesh very ith the

e do things”

“Meaning what exactly, sir?” asked Stone

The director rubbed his hands together

“So at cross-purposes”

“Some of us?” asked Chapman blankly

“Agent Garchik is ”

“What?” Stone said sharply

“And the mysterious debris co”

“How is that possible?” asked Chapman

“I’m not sure It was outside our chain of command”

“But the Bureau is the lead agency,” pointed out Stone

“But ATF was taking the lead on the bomb forensics”

“But an agent and evidence goingis very unusual,” said Stone

“Yes, of course it is,” the director said sharply

“Any leads?” asked Chapman

“No, we just found out about it, actually We have tea over the scene”

“Where was he taken from?”

“Not exactly sure He’s divorced, lives alone His car is ”

“Signs of a struggle?”

“Not definitive”

“No communications?”

“Neither froht have taken him”

“Might have?” asked Chapman

“We can’t rule out that he left voluntarily”

“Who reported hi?”

“His supervisor”

Stone said, “Who reported the evidence ?”

“His supervisor as well When Garchik didn’t s he did was examine the evidence locker”

“Garchik told us that NASA was being called in to try and ID the debris”

“I wasn’t aware of that”

Stone sat back as Ashburn said, “This is all really stunning”

“The et wind of any of this,” said the director firh my office Is that understood?”