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“Two minutes”

“Youto lose the data?”

“Not if I can help it Hali, get the NSA team on the line”

Hali tapped on his workstation “On speaker”

Max had the urge to ask what Murph was doing, but he didn’t want to be a distraction If Murph thought he had a solution, Max trusted him

With a flourish, Murph finished typing “Done! Abby, the link is established”

From the hold, Abby Ya speed It’s cranking through the possibilities now”

“Okay,” Murph said “Let me know if it works”

“What did you do?” Max asked

Murph swiveled in his chair to face him “When we installed their supercomputer in the hold, we added some coe to our power system With the connection already made, I just had to hand over control of our computer to theirs so they could draw on its power to crack the password”

“Will that affect our systems?” Linda asked

“Nothing vital,” he said with a grin, “but the Internetto download any videos”

Max leaned forward “Hoill this affect the time to decipher the data?”

“Hard to say But thethe data decryption”

“Then we ht” Max looked at Linda “We’ll have to chance the us Take us within three-quarters of a mile of the coast”