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A look of concern crossed Blackowl's face "Could so you?"

"I don't think so It looks like cross traffic The signal co transed onto our frequency by accident"

"Do you’ read any contacts?"

"Boat traffic this tiht is nil," answered the commander

"The only blip we've seen on the oscilloscope in the last two hours was froes out to sea"

"What tio by?"

"Didn’t The blip ed with the riverbank a few hundred yards upstrea"

"Okay, River Watch, keep me assessed of your radar problem"

"Will do, Control River Watch out"

Blackowl sat back and mentally calculated the potential hazards

With river traffic at a standstill, there was little danger of another ship colliding with the Eagle The Coast Guard cutter's radar, though operating inter And any assault from the river side was ruled out because the absence of visibility , it seeuise

Blackowl glanced up at the clock It read one e He quickly reread the security plan that listed the naents, the areas they were scheduled to patrol and the times

He noted that agent Lyle Brock was due to stand post nuent Karl Polaski was slated for post number six, which was the pier

He pressed the transmit button and spoke into the tiny microphone attached to his headset "Attention all stations Time zero two hundred hours Move to your next post Repeat, ed frequencies and uttered the code name of the shift leader "Cutty Sark, this is Control"

A veteran of fifteen years in the service, agent Ed McGrath answered almost immediately "Cutty Sark here"