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Weaver nodded “That’s right Fuat takes everything very slowly Wanted to move to DC Lot of prep tioing to hell”

“The incident in the park?” asked Chapman “That’s him?”

“Undoubtedly,” said Weaver “We think it was just a prelude to soer”

“And Friedman? What’s her role?” asked Stone

“She’s one of our deep cover agents A lobbyist and lawyer by day with a plethora of international clients, many of them fron

ts by our government and our allies That allows her to travel widely She sees and reports back Her Middle Eastern language skills are spot-on She spent nion She was a logical choice for the assign”

“How do you explain that connection? Lobbyist and academic?”

“Easily enough Friedanizations in the Middle East that have relationships with Turkekul Officially they are working on a nuthen trade relations between Pakistan and the US”

“And the phone call she made while in the park?”

“To another agent who provided her cover when the FBI made inquiries,” answered Weaver

“When did you begin to suspect Turkekul?” asked Chapman

McElroy fidgeted with his tie “Far too late, of course He was quite good Fried first, and we followed up on those suspicions and confirreat personal risk to herself I ht add”

“But you’re saying he doesn’t know you suspect him?” said Stone

“He is too wily an operative not to suspect But we have given hiiven him rope We have covered for him on several occasions, as you are well aware”

“What do you think his plan is?”

“Nanobot residue in a bomb?” said Weaver “Scares the hell out of me, and it should you too I know you talked with the president about so at Camp David It was about that, wasn’t it?”

“As The president explained to ical and cheet into details Can it also make the bomb more powerful, for example?”

McElroy said, “No, it’s still a traditional explosive We believe it is siical and cheious scale than ever possible before”

“How can these nanobot things do that?” asked Chapman “And keep in mind I basically failed science at university”

McElroy nodded at Weaver “I will leave the essentials to ue here”

Weaver cleared his throat “Nanobots are the next generation of nanorobotics They occur at the molecular level and have a lot of potential uses, beneficial ones, including the delivery of drugs into the body It’s thought that one day soon nanobots can be released into cancer patients and be progra healthy cells unharmed The possibilities are endless, really”

“And the biological weapon delivery systeht now So why does this nanotechnology angle erous?”

“At theis possible, Stone,” said Weaver with a trace of irritation “You can basically build sourations”

“Meaning the norurations that we have systems set up to detect,” said Stone

“Point well taken, Oliver,” said McElroy “That really is the entire heart of the e it so we can’t ferret it out, that gives the other side an enore over us In fact, an insurmountable one”

“The other side? Meaning the Russians?” said Stone

“How about the Chinese?” said Chapman “They have more money than anyone And their science is not too shabby”

“The Kashtan sube,” Stone re”

“And we have very good reason to believe that the Chinese are not involved in this,” said McElroy “Principally because they don’t have to resort to such tactics to be a superpower Economically they already are These days it’s not necessarily how large youryour bank account is, and the Chinese wallet is fatter than anyone’s The Russians, on the other hand, are not in the same position”

“And the incident in the park was a way of testing the delivery system?” asked Chapman