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"I understand," Sandecker said "Hiram, would you help us out here?"
Yaeger pecked away at the co arrows appeared on the various continents He had added about a dozen new sites to the three on the map
"These are all expeditions that have vanished over the last ten years," he said
Danvers's nostrils flared as if he smelled a bad odor
"Iet the information to make such a preposterous assertion?"
Yaeger shrugged laconically "I got it froanization"
"That can't be," Danvers said "You have to be a member of the WAC to access our database And ed Not even members cantheir code name"
This wasn't the first tiest his electronic babies could barely hen in reality they could sprint He had long ago learned not to argue He simply smiled
Scanning the arrows blinking ree that this goes beyond the realm of coincidence"
Danvers was still dumbfounded that his database had been violated by someone who looked like a casthis best to preserve his dignity
"My sincere apologies, Dr Danvers," Sandecker said "When I first heard about the Moroccan incident I asked Hiram to run a survey of similar cases in press reports and to crosscheck theanization to burglarize in cyberspace is testimony to the WAC's importance I'm afraid, however, that the news is even worse"
Taking the cue Yaeger said, "I ran a scan of archaeological stories in the major publications, co the search, separating the wheat froot harder as I got back to the ti computers This survey isn't cohly documented I kicked out all expeditions that didn't have dead bodies or iped out by natural disasters"
He clicked his asp fron Dozens of little red arroinked on every continent
Quinn's reaction was one of anger "That's crazy," he said "This isn't Indiana Jones stuff we're dealing with, for Godsakes! Archaeological digs don't just disappear off the face of the earth without anyone knowing"
Calmly Sandecker said, "Good point, Mr Quinn We, too, were astonished at the number of expeditions that had simply vanished into thin air The public is not indifferent to these events, but the incidents have been spread out over decades, and at one time it was fairly commonplace for explorers to disappear from public view for years Sometimes perstone if the intrepid Stanley hadn't gone after him?"