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"Mysaid without a trace of emotion

"I hold you'responsible"

"I didn't knoould happen" Lugovoy spoke in a quiet but steady voice

"How could you not know?"

"You assured me this facility was escape-proof I didn't think he would actually make an attempt"

"Who is he?"

"Paul Suvorov, a KGB agent, who your men picked off the Staten Island ferry by mistake"

"But you knew"

"He didn't make his presence known until after we arrived"

"And yet you said nothing"

"That's true," Lugovoy admitted "I was afraid When this experiment is finished I onize our state security people"

The built-in fear of the ainville could see it in the eyes of every Russian he hbors, anyit becaer or happiness He did not find it in hily living under such a depressing system

"did this Suvorov cause any dae to the experiment?"

"No," Lugovoy answered "The Vice President has a slight concussion, but he is back under sedation The President was untouched"

"Nothing delayed?"