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"Sure," Quinn said "Our foundation has used them any number of times Totally respectable as far as I know You see their ads in all the archaeological rant money They'll fund your expedition if they like it Better still, they'll send volunteers, people who pay for the thrill of working a dig They're tied in with soanizations As I say, they're on the up-and-up"

Danvers seeree Many of our clients have used TimeQuest We have a file on them if that would be helpful"

"I've already checked theer said "I've pulled info in from other sources, too Directories of nonprofits, state and federal agencies that regulate nonprofits Bank stateot an impressive Web site They're headquartered in San Antonio Board of directors is made up of nationally known people"

Austin frowned "Wellfro they were pushing a good cause"

"Well put, Kurt," Sandecker agreed "Hira to show Time-Quest is a front for extremists?"

Yaeger shook his head All the data say Time-Quest is clean"

"So you found nothing out of the ordinary?" Sandecker persisted, his perceptive ear detecting an offkey note in Yaeger's tone

"I didn't say that, Adanization, but most of it is slick pressrelease fluff that doesn't really tell you anything When I tried to probe past the PR i"

"They blocked access?"

"That's the thing Not really This is more sophisticated When access is blocked it's like not having the key to get into the rooot into the rooht switch"

"If your electronic hounds couldn't sniff out the trail, it , though The organization would not disconnect its light switch unless there were so to hide"

Nina, who had been sitting silently throughout the presentation, suddenly said, "Gonzalez"

"I beg your pardon?" Sandecker said

"I've been thinking about what Coee There was a man named Gonzalez on our expedition I h Tie"

"In ay Dr Kirov?"