The 22nd Secret (14 page)

“
Hold on
r
i
g
ht
t
h
e
r
e
.
”
J
o
hnson pi
c
k
e
d up a
th
i
c
k
blue
f
i
l
e
a
nd thr
e
w it on
t
he
d
e
sk in f
r
ont of Tom. He
pic
k
e
d
it
up,
r
e
c
o
g
ni
z
ing
the
L
e
v
e
l 21 s
ec
u
r
i
t
y
c
l
e
a
r
a
n
c
e
file
a
n
d the n
a
me on it. He
op
e
n
e
d it
a
nd loo
k
e
d
a
t
t
he
pictu
re
s on t
h
e
f
irst f
e
w p
a
g
e
s.
“
W
h
a
t’s
L
e
v
e
l 21 T
ec
hnol
o
g
ies
?”

“
Tom th
e
r
e
’s
a
lot
more
t
o th
i
s
,”
J
ohnson said.
“F
irst,
I
w
a
nt
y
ou to unde
r
s
t
a
nd the
r
e
’s no w
a
y
to r
e
w
a
rd
y
ou f
o
r
w
h
a
t
y
ou’
v
e
done
for
y
our
c
oun
tr
y
the
p
a
st fifte
e
n
y
e
a
rs.
Y
our
c
ontribution has b
ee
n in
v
a
luabl
e
.
I
n
f
ac
t
, to a l
ar
g
e
e
x
tent wh
a
t
I
’m
a
bout
t
o tell
y
ou
c
ould not h
a
ve
b
e
e
n done
without
y
o
u
r
wo
r
k. This
i
s e
x
tr
e
me
l
y
c
l
a
ss
i
fi
e
d. No one
k
nows
a
bout
t
his e
x
ce
pt the pr
e
si
d
e
nts
a
nd the
C
IA
a
nd
F
BI
di
r
ec
tors
g
oi
n
g
b
a
c
k to
R
e
a
g
a
n,
a
nd a
h
a
nd
f
ul of other p
e
opl
e
.”
J
ohnson p
a
used
for
a
mo
m
e
nt un
t
il
Tom looked up
f
rom the
f
i
l
e
.

“
W
e
al
l
owed
the Chin
e
se
to pen
e
tr
a
te o
u
r s
ec
u
ri
t
y
.
”
J
ohnson p
a
used
a
g
a
in.
“
W
e
w
a
nted them to
g
e
t a hold of
o
u
r
m
i
ss
i
le
a
nd nu
c
le
a
r
w
a
r
h
ea
d te
c
hnol
o
g
ies
.
”

Tom thr
e
w the
f
i
l
e
onto
J
ohnson’s d
e
s
k
. He
h
a
d to
g
r
a
b it
or it would h
a
ve
sl
i
d
in
t
o his lap. Tom rose
a
nd spoke
in ang
e
r. This w
a
s the
m
oment he
re
h
e
a
rs
e
d, s
t
a
r
i
ng
in
t
he
m
i
r
r
or
unt
i
l he
g
ot
i
t r
i
g
ht.
He
n
ee
d
e
d
to nail
t
he
a
ng
e
r of
a
m
a
n b
e
tr
a
y
e
d,
e
v
e
n tho
u
g
h
b
e
tr
a
y
a
l
w
a
s f
a
r
f
rom wh
a
t he
fe
l
t
.

“
You m
ea
n to
t
e
ll
me
I
’
v
e
b
ee
n t
r
y
i
n
g
to
shut th
e
m down while
y
o
u
’
r
e
let
t
ing
them h
a
v
e wh
a
tev
e
r t
h
e
f
u
c
k t
h
e
y
w
a
n
t
?
H
e
lp
i
ng
them,
r
i
g
h
t
?
F
u
c
k
y
o
u
.
F
u
c
k th
i
s wh
o
le
g
od
d
a
mn fu
c
ki
n
g
c
r
a
z
y
busi
n
e
ss.” Tom stormed ov
e
r to the
window
a
nd st
a
r
e
d out at the
rolling
g
r
ee
n hi
l
l
s
.

“
Th
a
t w
e
nt
w
e
l
l
.”
S
tanl
e
y
tried
to
e
a
se
the
t
e
nsion.

“
W
h
y
?
J
ust
t
e
ll
me
w
h
y
.
T
e
ll
me
w
h
y I
shouldn’t
a
r
re
st
t
he
two
o
f
y
ou f
o
r
t
r
e
a
son
?
”
Tom slow
l
y
r
e
g
a
ined his
c
o
m
posur
e
,
while looking
out
of the
window.

“
I
f it w
a
sn’t
f
or
y
our
e
f
f
o
rts
a
nd
those of
othe
r
s,
w
e
c
ould have
n
e
v
e
r pull
e
d off
the d
ece
pt
i
on.
P
le
a
se, sit
d
o
wn
I
ca
n
e
x
plain.”
J
ohn
s
on
spoke
soothin
g
l
y
a
nd
Tom s
l
ow
l
y
w
a
lked b
ac
k to h
i
s ch
a
ir
a
nd s
a
t
down.

“
W
h
e
n Re
a
g
a
n
a
nd his
p
e
ople b
e
g
a
n look
i
n
g
a
t
t
h
e
numbe
r
s on the
S
tr
a
t
e
g
i
c
D
e
f
e
nse
I
ni
t
iative, it
b
e
c
a
me
c
l
ea
r
the
c
osts
w
e
r
e
w
a
y
too
h
i
g
h to
j
ust
if
y
e
v
e
n bui
l
ding
proto
t
y
pe
s
y
stems. You
re
memb
e
r some
of
t
his. You w
e
re
station
e
d
a
t
L
o
s Al
a
mos at the
t
i
me.
P
lu
s
, no one
c
ould
e
v
e
n b
e
g
in
t
o
g
u
a
r
a
ntee
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
would wo
r
k.
I
t
w
a
s cl
e
a
r S
D
I
w
a
s
a
pol
i
t
i
ca
l h
i
t but
a
s a p
rac
t
i
ca
l
w
ea
pons
s
y
stem
it
w
a
s a b
o
m
b
.
P
un in
t
e
nd
e
d.
W
h
a
t
y
ou don
’
t kn
o
w
a
nd n
e
i
t
h
e
r do the Chinese
or v
e
r
y
ma
n
y
o
t
h
e
r
p
e
ople. A
y
o
u
n
g
c
o
m
puter
pr
o
g
r
a
m
me
r,
H
o
w
a
rd Woolu
m
,
y
ou know
H
ow
a
rd
,
”
Tom n
o
dd
e
d.
“
W
hi
l
e
wo
r
king
on
S
D
I
,
W
oolum
p
r
opos
e
d
a
theo
re
t
ic
a
l new te
c
hnolo
g
y
.
I
t
’s
ca
l
l
e
d
L
e
v
e
l 21 T
ec
hnol
o
g
y
, short
f
or 21st
ce
ntu
r
y
t
e
c
hnolo
g
y
. Now,
Tom
y
ou know
I
know nothing
a
b
out compute
r
s. H
e
l
l
,
I
h
a
ve
trouble
using
t
h
e
d
a
m
n
spe
a
k
er
pho
n
e
h
e
re on
m
y
d
e
sk.
S
o
I
c
a
n
’
t
te
ll
y
ou how
a
n
y
o
f this wo
r
k
s
.
F
rom
w
h
a
t
I
’ve
b
ee
n
to
l
d
y
ou h
a
ve
to
b
e
a d
a
mn genius to
e
v
e
n un
d
e
rst
a
nd the
c
o
n
ce
p
t
, but
I
’
m
g
oi
n
g
to
t
r
y
to e
x
pl
a
in
i
t
t
o
y
ou
a
n
y
w
a
y
.