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“We still haven’t heard froone underground?”
Like Juan and every other operative in the Corporation, Eddie Seng had a subder the body’s own energy for power, it sent out a pulse beacon eachdevices With GPS technology, his location could be pinpointed to within a few dozen yards
Eric checked his tablet coot him, Chairman The most recent broadcast from his chip was near the railroad tracks ten miles south of us”
“Thatto intercept us We’ll need to e by then”
Juan had to assuents weretheir communications He texted Eddie the train information
Engine 9736 Leaving Huong Thuy in 2 minutes
He dropped the phone on the asphalt and ground it to pieces with his foot Eric watched hi He understood that Juan didn’t want the MSS agents to know Eddie’s supposed contact wasn’t already on the train with the rest of the Ghost Dragons
Like all missions that the Corporation undertook, this was one their client couldn’t handle theent position at the CIA, Juan had created the anization to carry out operations that his old employer wasn’t able to, because either it didn’t have the capabilities required for the job or have plausible deniability in case of failure The Corporation also took on other clients as long as the operation was never in conflict with the interests of the United States
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When the Ghost Dragons had approached the Ah Taiwanese back channels with their sales proposal, the CIA was dubious that theactually contained the na in the US The proble out as on the flash drive while they were in the field The National Security Agency had long known about the self-erasing technology China used for its sensitive information transfers, but the only way to crack the code ith gigantic superconed specifically for the task Since Juan couldn’t check out the flash drive contents on a laptop without inadvertently deleting it, he wouldn’t be able tell if he was handing over fifty million taxpayer dollars for sensitive Chinese state secrets or the Prerocery list
Eddie had needed to make contact with the MSS himself to confirm as on the memory stick Based on the inforency was undertaking a risky plan to intercept the exchange and retrieve the flash drive That’s when Juan knew the Ghost Dragons were selling the real thing
The rules for the handoff itself were relatively si, Juan and Eric would jump onto the platform of the train’s rear car as it passed They would thenh each car They could bring no weapons with them Once it was confire would take place They would take possession of the flash drive while fifty overn Then the train would slow again to let the
“Chairment from Linc and Murph They’re ready”
“Then let’s get this party started”
Their appearance was designed to put the triad at ease Eric was one of the youngest mey develop his short stint in the service He looked like the shy colasses, blue button-down shirt, and creased khaki chinos Eric was there to confirm that it really was an MSS secure flash drive, and he didn’t look like much of a threat