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"And not the Soviet eested earlier?" Oates asked, looking at Brogan

"I think I can answer that," Edgely volunteered "The coy is certainly available to relay data froovoy's shoes, I'd set upstation nearby so I could observe the results of the President's actions at firsthand This would also allow nals to hisunexpected political events"

"Can Lugovoy lose control over the President?" asked Brogan

"If the President ceases to think and act for himself, he breaks the ties to his norovoy's instructions and carry them to extremes"

"Is this why he's instigated so rams in such haste?"

"I can't say," Edgely answered "For all I know he is responding precisely to Lugovoy's cooes far deeper"

"In what manner?"

"The reports supplied by Mr Brogan's operatives in Russia show that Lugovoy has atte the fluin from their hippocampuses-a structure in the brain's limbic system that holds our memories-to those of other subjects"

"A ly, "So there really is a Dr Frankenstein"

"Meely continued "There is no predicting with any certainty the end results"

"Do you think Lugovoy performed this experiment on the President?"

"I hate to say yes, but if he runs true to forrammed sohts pro Soviet policy, and then transplanted the hippocampal fluin into the President's brain as a backup to the implant"

"Under the proper care," Oates asked, "could the President return to normal?"

"You mean put his mind back as it was before?"

"So like that"