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"Who's your source for that little gem?"

"So the subbaseht"

"So the Treasury people are burning the ht oil"

"No lights go on in the building My guess is they're sneaking into the White House through the utility tunnel and congregating in the Situation Room"

"Think what you like, but you're dead wrong That's all I have to say on the subject"

"I' to drop it," Mayo said defiantly

"Suit yourself," Fawcett replied indifferently "It's your funeral"

Mayo dropped back and watched as Fawcett walked through the security gate The presidential adviser had put up a good front, he thought, but that's all it was, a front Any doubts Mayobehind the walls of the nation's executive branch were swept away

He wason

Fawcett slid the cassette in a vineotape recorder and sat down in front of the TV screen He ran the tape three tiht

Wearily he picked up a phone and asked for a secure line to the State Depart Oates answered through the earpiece

"Yes, Dan, what is it?"

"We have a new development"

"News of the President?"

"No, sir I've just had a talk with Curtis Mayo of CNN News