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“There was so around And when I followed the trail, that son of a bitch led right back to me”
Burns blinked at him “What?”
“Richard, focus forprivate hits I found out before they got everything in place So I picked up and ran” Jonas waved a hand, disley
Burns nodded, frowning hard Abuse of power happened in the alphabet agencies just like anywhere else Only it usually ended with death and destruction instead of bankruptcy, bailouts, ora factory to China
“So their own And you’re the fall guy I gather following the trail in reverse can’t prove your innocence”
“No, they’re just notes fro forward, bracing his elbows on his knees “It’s bad, Dick I’ operations on my own authority, unsanctioned elioes bad, treason I’d definitely be put in jail for the rest of my natural life That’s if whoever is responsible doesn’t just co cleaned People are losing their lives”
“Jesus, Randy”
“I need soht now”
Burns realized he was staring, and he nodded curtly He knew this man, had known him for the better part of forty years, and he knew if Jonas said it, it was the truth Even if he was a damn spook “What do you need?”
“I need a contact brought in”
“A contact?”
“Froether before I ran, there’s just one guy still alive who has the infore of all this They tried to clean hiot away” Jonas shook his head “They’ve been eli down or disappearing—for a couple of years now Slowly, alht on without co suspicious”
Jonas nodded as he sat up and then leaned back, looking truly miserable “I’ve worked o down this way There’s a cell inside, one that’s not sanctioned and not supervised I’unning for me”
“Do you have the stats on this contact? The one with the information?”
“Sort of He went dark over a year ago I’ve been in touch with his former handler”
“Okay We’ll get hient after hi this to someone we can trust”
“You can’t dispatch FBI resources, Dick They’ll be ”
Burns raised an eyebrow at the paranoia, but that was a spook for you
“Look, Richard, I don’t know much about your operations, other than the CIA uses you and whatever assets you’ve cultivated over here for certain jobs I know you’ve got the means to do this off the board”
Burns pursed his lips and scratched at his nose, trying to hide the discoht know soet this mystery asset of yours in, you’ll stay here Even the CIA isn’t going to storet to you Who’s the contact?”