The 22nd Secret (16 page)

“
I
a
lw
a
y
s
wond
e
r
e
d w
h
y
he
g
ot o
f
f
w
i
t
h
out ev
e
n
b
e
ing
c
h
a
r
g
e
d with
m
ishandling
c
lassifi
e
d info
r
mation.”
Tom
thou
g
ht for
a
mo
me
nt about how H
e
n
r
y
w
a
s
a
lw
a
y
s
g
r
a
t
e
ful he didn’t h
a
ve
to
m
a
ke
su
r
e
W
e
n would not be
a
v
a
i
la
ble
f
or
Co
n
g
r
e
ss
t
o qu
e
s
t
ion.
H
e
n
r
y
l
i
k
e
d
L
e
e
.

“
W
h
a
t
do
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
a
nd H
e
n
r
y
L
o h
a
v
e
to do wi
t
h
a
n
y
o
f thi
s
?
”

“
W
e
l
l
, th
i
s is
rea
l
l
y
the
b
a
d p
a
rt. Ev
e
n if t
h
e
Chinese
w
e
re
e
x
p
e
rts in
L
e
v
e
l
21 te
c
hnolo
g
i
e
s, th
e
y
would
h
a
ve
dif
f
icul
t
y
f
ind
i
n
g
a
nd
d
isabling
wh
a
t
w
e
pl
a
nted.
I
t
’s just the
w
a
y th
i
s s
t
u
f
f is. H
e
l
l
, i
t
’s d
a
mn ne
a
r invis
i
ble
e
v
e
n if
y
o
u know
w
h
a
t
y
ou’
r
e
look
i
ng
f
o
r
.
W
e
k
n
e
w th
i
s and
wh
e
n the Chinese
sta
r
ted bit
i
n
g
,
w
e
l
l
, we
sta
r
ted
w
o
r
r
y
i
n
g
a
bout
t
h
e
m fi
g
u
ring
it
out and using
it
a
g
a
inst
us.
S
o, Bush ord
e
r
e
d
r
e
s
e
a
r
c
h to
d
e
te
r
m
i
ne
if th
e
r
e
w
a
s
a
w
a
y
to
d
e
fe
a
t
L
e
v
e
l 21. No one
c
ould f
i
g
u
r
e
it
out.
F
our
y
e
a
rs
a
g
o
, th
i
s
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
c
a
me to wo
r
k ful
l
-
ti
m
e
f
or
us on that p
r
oje
c
t. This file,”
J
ohnson
s
a
id, tapping
the
b
lue
f
i
l
e
si
t
t
in
g
on his d
e
s
k with h
i
s fin
g
e
r,
“
will
tell
y
ou sh
e
’s
a
su
p
e
r
g
e
nius,
with an i
m
me
a
sur
a
ble
I
Q.
S
he
fi
g
u
r
e
d it
out a
y
e
a
r
a
g
o
a
nd now sh
e
’s the
g
u
r
u on th
i
s new
d
e
te
c
t
i
on
a
nd di
s
a
bl
i
ng
stuf
f
. Re
a
l
l
y
, sh
e
’s the one
p
e
rson in
t
he whole
wo
r
ld who h
a
s
a
h
a
ndle on how
to br
e
a
k
L
e
v
e
l 21.
S
he
pro
ba
b
l
y
took some
c
ompu
t
e
r
f
i
l
e
s with he
r
, but sh
e
’s the
re
a
l ass
e
t. The
Chinese
g
e
t her
a
nd the t
a
b
l
e
s turn.
T
h
e
y
g
ot
a
pip
e
l
i
ne ri
g
ht
i
nto ev
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
w
e
g
ot.”

“
S
ir, that
f
i
l
e
’s not on
L
a
w
re
n
ce
, it’s on a
P
a
mela
Kolle
r
.”

“
H
e
l
l
, Tom
I
know th
a
t.
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
is her
L
e
v
e
l 21 cov
e
r
n
a
me.
E
v
er
y
o
ne
wo
r
ki
n
g on the
L
e
v
e
l 21 proj
e
c
t
i
s
g
iven
a
c
ov
e
r n
a
me.
I
to
l
d
y
ou nobo
d
y
kn
e
w
a
bo
u
t
t
h
e
se
p
e
opl
e
. Th
e
y
a
ll
h
a
d
c
ov
e
rs. E
v
e
n their
c
o
-
wo
r
k
e
rs didn
’
t know
who th
e
y
r
e
a
l
l
y
w
e
re
a
nd
wh
a
t
t
h
e
y
wo
r
k
e
d on. The
whole
d
a
mn pro
j
ec
t of
f
ic
i
a
l
l
y
didn’t
e
x
is
t
.
I
’ll
g
ive
y
ou
Kolle
r
’s
f
i
l
e
. K
ee
p it
in
y
our s
a
f
e
.
I
t
c
a
n
’
t
le
a
ve
th
i
s build
i
n
g
.”

“
S
o who is it w
e
’
r
e
a
ft
e
r
,
Koller
or
L
a
w
re
n
ce
?
”

“
Think of h
e
r
a
s
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
re
n
c
e
. Th
a
t’s who s
h
e
w
a
s at
L
os Alamos, p
r
o
b
a
b
l
y
the
n
a
me the Chin
e
se
know h
e
r
b
y
.
”

Tom thou
g
ht for
a
mo
me
nt.
“
S
ir, this is
inc
re
dib
l
y
b
a
d.
I
’ve
b
ee
n
a
ll
ov
e
r
t
he
se
c
u
r
i
t
y
a
t
L
os Alamos
f
o
r
y
e
a
rs t
r
y
ing
to cont
r
ol
t
he
Chine
s
e
le
a
ks.
W
h
y
didn’t
I
kn
o
w
a
n
y
t
h
i
n
g
a
bout
t
his
g
irl?
How
in
t
he
h
e
ll
ca
n som
e
one
a
s valu
a
b
l
e
a
s
t
his
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
bi
t
c
h just
be
a
l
l
ow
e
d to
g
e
t on an
a
irpl
a
ne
a
nd
d
e
f
ec
t
t
o Ch
i
n
a
?
”

“
You
’
ll
h
a
ve
to ask
L
o.
Th
a
t w
a
s his job.
W
a
tch the
L
e
v
e
l 21 peop
l
e
.”