for everyone’s benefit’?”
“I don’t know, you’re... for everyone’s benefit’?”
“I don’t know, you’re the analysts, I’m notOn a case-by-case basis, I suppose, but certainly
with better communication than I ever got when I was in the fieldI’m not the
issue, you are Alex stared at the director“Very smooth, sir, but I’m not buying a change of
subjectI’m here to find out who got what and howIf you’d rather, I’ll take my credentials over to
the White House or up to the Hill and watch a few heads rollI want to know what
to do!”
“I wasn’t trying to change the subject, MrConklin, only to divert it momentarily to make a
pointYou obviously objected to the methods and the compromises employed in the past by my
colleagues, but did either of these men ever mislead you, lie to you?”
Alex looked briefly at the two
fake rolex deputy directors“Only when they had to lie to me, which had
nothing to do with field operations
“That’s a strange comment
“If they haven’t told you, they should haveFive years ago I was an alcoholic—I’m still an
alcoholic but I don’t drink anymoreI was riding out the time to my pension, so nobody told me
anything and they damn well shouldn’t have
“For your enlightenment, all my colleagues said to me was that you had been ill, that you hadn’t
been functioning at the level of your past accomplishments until the end of your service
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Again Conklin studied both deputies, nodding to both as he spoke“Thanks, Casset, and you,
too, Valentino, but you didn’t have to do thatI was a drunk and it shouldn’t be a secret
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me or anybody elseThat’s the dumbest thing you can do around here
“From what we heard about Hong Kong, you did a hell of a job, Alex,” said the man named
Casset softly“We didn’t want to detract from that
“You’ve been a pain in the ass for longer than I care to remember,” added Valentino“But we
couldn’t let you hang out as an accident of boozeLet’s get back to Jason BourneThat’s why I’m here, why you damn well had to see
me
“That’s also why I momentarily sidetracked us, MrYou have professional differences
with my deputies, but I gather you don’t question their integrityAs far as I was concerned, they did their jobs and I did mine; it
was the system that was fouled up—it was buried in fogBut this isn’t, today isn’tThe rules are
clear-cut
discount chanel quilted handbag and absolute, and since I wasn’t reached, they were broken and I was misled, in a very
real sense, lied toHow did it happen and who got the information?”
“That’s all I wanted to hear,” said the director, picking up the telephone on the tableDeSole down the hall and ask him to come to the conference room The DCI hung up and
turned to Conklin“I assume you’re aware of Steven DeSole
“DeSole the mute mole
“I beg your pardon?”
“It’s an old joke around here,” explained Casset to the director“Steve knows where the bodies
are buried, but when the time comes he won’t even tell God unless He shows him a Four Zero
clearance
“I assume that means the three of you, especially MrDeSole a thorough
professional
“I’ll answer that,” Alex said“He’ll tell you anything
omega constellation lady watch you have to know but no more than thatHe’ll keep his mouth shut, or tell you he can’t tell you, but he won’t lie to you
“That’s another thing I wanted to hear There was a brief knock on the door, and the DCI called
out for the visitor to enterA medium-sized, slightly overweight man with wide eyes magnified
behind steel-rimmed glasses walked into the room, closing the door behind himHis casual second
glance at the table revealed Alexander Conklin to him; he was obviously startled by the sight of the
retired intelligence officerInstantly, he changed his reaction to one of pleasant surprise, crossing to
Conklin’s chair, his hand extended
“Good to see you, old boyIt’s been two or three years now, hasn’t it?”
“More like four, Steve,” replied Alex, shaking
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