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“Take a look for yourself,” I said as I gestured toward the coht have been on there that has now disappeared?”

“I’m not sure I told you, I arbitrarily collected information that just seemed reasonable to privately docu I’d ever pulled together for a big picture”

“And nearly two hundred files were deleted after the indictan?”

“That’s impossible,” he said “Locked up in Switzerland, remember?”

“Right” I frowned

“Except…” Dane pushed back my chair and vacated it, then said, “Take a seat”

I didn’t question him, just did as he asked “What now?”

“I didn’t need all this information for the trials

The evidence I’d gathered and handed over to the FBI, beyond e- with Hilliard, Avril, Casterelli, and Wellington Even the admiral”

“So why send Ethan for this?”

“Just in case”

“Well, just in case isn’t necessary, so we’re kind of chasing our tails, right? It doesn’t really matter what’s on this hard drive—or not”

He nodded Paced Nodded again Then stopped in front of ainst the polished wood He gave me a steady look as he said, “Check for deleted files”

I opened the recycle bin “Empty”

“How else, on a PC, would we knohen someone last accessed this hard drive?”