The 22nd Secret (22 page)

“
God
I
m
i
ss
t
he
g
ood old d
a
y
s
wh
e
n the
a
g
e
n
c
y
c
ould do wh
a
tev
e
r
w
a
s n
e
ce
ss
ar
y
.
Now we
g
ot
t
he
d
a
mn
Congr
e
s
s
sniffing
up our
a
ss ev
er
y
t
i
me
w
e
f
a
rt. Tom, the
P
r
e
sident is in
a
g
ree
m
e
nt wi
t
h G
r
e
g
a
nd
me on this. Of
c
ours
e
,
o
f
fi
c
ial
l
y
no
n
e
of us
w
i
l
l a
c
knowl
e
dge
th
i
s but…w
e
l
l
;
we
don
’
t w
a
n
t
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
b
ac
k.
I
f
y
ou find
h
e
r
a
l
i
ve
ki
l
l h
e
r.”

“
W
h
y
?
”

“
W
e
ca
n
’
t
j
ust
s
e
nd h
e
r
b
ac
k to
L
os Alamos l
i
ke
n
oth
i
ng
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d.
W
e
c
o
u
ld
l
o
c
k h
e
r up in so
l
i
t
a
r
y
.
B
ut
Co
n
g
r
e
ss
would w
a
nt
t
o investi
g
a
t
e
. Th
a
t would b
l
ow the
l
i
d ri
g
ht o
f
f
L
e
v
e
l 21.
W
h
a
t’s in her
m
i
nd is too
v
a
luable
to
j
ust
l
ea
ve
l
a
y
ing
a
rou
n
d for
som
e
th
i
n
g l
i
ke
th
i
s to h
a
pp
e
n
a
g
a
in.
Wh
y
she
d
ec
ided
t
o d
e
f
e
c
t
i
s b
e
y
ond
m
e
.
T
he
P
r
e
sident m
a
de
the
d
e
c
is
i
on if
w
e
ca
n
’t use h
e
r, th
a
n no one
ca
n.
W
e
don’t
ca
r
e
how
y
ou do i
t
.
I
f
y
ou find h
e
r kill h
e
r
a
nd don
’
t
l
ea
v
e
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
f
o
r Congr
e
ss
to
g
e
t
c
u
r
ious about.
F
o
rtun
a
te
l
y
,
we
st
i
ll
h
a
ve
a
f
e
w
men like
y
ou wil
l
i
n
g to risk
i
t all for
their
c
o
u
nt
r
y
.
W
a
lke
r
, do
wh
a
t
e
v
e
r is n
ece
ss
a
r
y
. K
e
e
p the
Chinese
f
rom
g
e
t
t
ing
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
a
nd
e
l
i
m
i
n
a
te the
r
isk
s
h
e
’ll e
x
p
ose the
whole
L
e
v
e
l 21 pr
o
je
c
t.”

“
I
know the
Attor
n
e
y
G
e
n
e
r
a
l
of
A
l
a
ska,”
S
tanl
e
y
said.
“
I
’ll c
a
ll
hi
m
.”

“
Good.
I
’ll
g
e
t
t
he
a
r
m
y
mov
i
ng
r
i
g
ht a
w
a
y
,
”
a
d
d
e
d
J
ohnson.
“
W
h
e
n
a
re
y
ou
g
oi
n
g
to Al
a
ska
?
”

“
B
e
t
t
y
’s
wo
r
ki
n
g
on
g
e
t
t
ing
me to that lo
d
g
e
b
y
t
o
mor
r
ow
a
ft
e
rnoo
n
.
I
’ll l
e
t
y
ou know wh
a
t
I
’ll n
ee
d
.
”

“
W
e
’ll m
ee
t he
r
e
to
c
oo
r
dinate
a
t
5 ton
i
g
h
t
.”
J
ohnson
r
e
ac
h
e
d for
his pho
n
e
a
nd
Tom le
f
t the o
f
fi
ce
.

Chapter Three

Recruitment

July, five years before the crash - Idaho

H
e
n
r
y
L
o
w
a
s driving
t
h
e
re
nted
B
uick s
e
d
a
n. D
r
.
Ho
wa
rd Woolum
w
a
s s
e
a
ted n
e
x
t
t
o him
in
t
he
f
ront s
ea
t. The
men
we
re
c
omp
l
e
te
l
y
di
f
f
e
r
e
nt
i
n m
i
nd
a
nd bo
d
y
.
H
e
n
r
y
L
o
w
a
s b
a
r
re
l
-
c
h
e
s
t
e
d
with a n
e
c
k l
i
ke
a
n NFL
l
i
n
e
b
ac
k
er
. D
r
.
W
oolum
w
a
s a sm
a
ll
th
i
n man
bless
e
d with the mind
t
h
a
t c
rea
t
e
d
L
e
v
e
l 21 T
e
c
hnolo
g
y
.
Th
e
y
w
e
r
e
quiet
a
s th
e
y
d
r
ove
thro
u
g
h the pictu
re
sque
I
d
a
ho
c
ount
r
y
s
ide.
T
h
e
y
w
e
re
e
nj
o
y
i
n
g
t
h
e
lush
g
r
ee
n s
c
e
n
e
r
y
t
h
a
t w
a
s
a
w
e
lcome
c
h
a
n
g
e
f
rom the h
a
rd
s
c
rabble lands
ca
pe
o
f
N
e
w
Me
x
ico.
T
he
s
k
y
w
a
s a
d
ee
p blue
a
nd t
h
e
re
w
a
s not a sin
g
le
c
loud. T
h
e
y
d
r
ove
thro
u
g
h a
v
a
l
l
e
y
g
r
ee
n with fi
e
l
ds of pot
a
to
e
s that s
t
r
e
tch
e
d to
t
he foot of
the dis
t
a
nt
m
ountains.

Th
e
re
w
e
re
on
l
y
six
p
e
ople with
i
n the
do
e
s not
ex
ist
r
e
a
lm
of the
L
e
v
e
l
2
1
P
roj
ec
t. Dr.
W
oolum
w
a
s numb
e
r 1. His associ
a
te,
a
nd Tom
W
a
lke
r
’s b
o
y
h
ood
f
ri
e
n
d
, D
r
. Ma
r
t
i
n
W
e
iker w
a
s numb
e
r
2
. T
h
e
th
i
rd d
e
v
e
loper
o
f the
or
i
g
inal
L
e
v
e
l 21 T
e
c
hnolo
g
y
,
D
r
. Allan
Ge
rsti
n
, w
a
s number
3. The
non
-
s
c
ie
n
t
i
fic
memb
e
rs
w
e
re
W
a
l
k
e
r
, number
4,
H
e
n
r
y
L
o
,
number
5,
a
nd
W
a
lke
r
’s
a
ss
i
stant,
Be
t
t
y
Morg
a
n
, number
6. T
h
e
y
used
numbe
r
s to
i
d
e
nt
i
f
y
eac
h oth
e
r in th
e
ir s
ec
r
e
t
g
roup,
whose
e
x
is
t
e
n
c
e
w
a
s
known on
l
y
to
them. Th
e
ir numb
e
rs m
a
t
c
h
e
d the numb
e
rs on the di
a
l of the
w
a
t
c
h
e
s t
h
e
y
e
a
c
h wo
re
.
The
w
a
tc
h
e
s
,
a
l
t
hou
g
h
r
e
lative
l
y
s
i
mp
l
e
d
e
vic
e
s
, w
e
re d
e
v
e
loped usi
n
g
L
e
v
e
l 21 T
ec
hnol
o
g
y
b
y
G
e
rstin for
a
ll
c
om
m
unic
a
t
i
ons
with
i
n the
g
roup.
T
h
e
g
roup
fo
r
mal
l
y
ca
m
e
in
t
o
e
x
is
t
e
n
c
e
wh
e
n
L
e
v
e
l 21 w
a
s ad
o
pted
a
s the
U
ni
t
e
d
S
tat
e
s
’ s
e
c
r
e
t
S
tar
W
a
rs t
ec
hnolo
g
y
, just
a
ft
e
r
T
om w
a
s t
r
a
nsf
e
r
re
d
t
o
W
a
shin
g
ton. Al
t
hou
g
h
W
a
lker
w
a
s ne
v
e
r o
f
fi
c
ial
l
y
c
le
a
r
e
d f
o
r
L
e
v
e
l 2
1
, his
l
if
e
long
r
e
lationship wi
t
h
D
r
.
W
e
iker
a
n
d knowl
e
dge
of the
ea
r
l
y
d
e
v
e
lop
m
e
nt of the
te
c
hnolo
g
y
q
u
a
l
i
fi
e
d him
a
s one
of the
f
ounding
f
our m
e
mbe
r
s.
B
e
sides his of
f
ici
a
l
j
ob wo
r
ki
n
g Chinese
in
t
e
l
l
i
g
e
n
c
e
f
or
t
he
C
I
A
, he
k
e
pt
a
c
onst
a
nt
e
y
e
on the
P
r
e
sidents,
C
I
A
a
nd
F
BI
dir
ec
tors, none
o
f
w
hom
kn
e
w
a
bout
t
he
r
e
lationship
t
h
e
se
six
h
a
d or the s
ec
r
e
ts
t
h
e
y
s
h
a
r
e
d.
W
a
lker
re
c
ruit
e
d
H
e
n
r
y
L
o to
t
h
e
ir
g
roup
wh
e
n
H
e
n
r
y
w
a
s
o
f
f
ici
a
l
l
y
a
ss
i
g
n
e
d
b
y
t
h
e
Dire
c
tor
of
the
C
I
A to h
a
ndle
L
e
v
e
l 21 s
ec
u
r
i
t
y
a
t
L
os Al
a
mos.
I
t w
a
s
a
s
e
l
e
c
t
g
roup,
c
onsist
i
ng
of th
r
e
e
of the
most
brilliant m
i
n
ds, two of
the most skil
l
e
d
e
spion
a
g
e op
e
r
a
tives,
a
nd o
n
e
of t
h
e
b
e
st adminis
t
r
a
t
i
ve
a
nd
fin
a
n
c
ial m
i
nds in the
w
o
rld.
B
i
l
l
i
ons of dol
l
a
rs
we
re
a
ppro
p
ri
a
ted
b
y
Co
n
g
r
e
ss
for
S
tar
Wa
rs
re
s
e
a
r
c
h.
W
i
t
h the
a
d
o
pt
i
on of
L
e
v
e
l 21 as the o
f
fi
c
ial
S
tar
W
a
rs t
ec
hnolo
g
y
, a
lot
of
the mo
n
e
y
w
e
nt
t
o fu
n
d dum
m
y
p
r
ogr
a
ms u
s
e
d
a
s
c
ov
e
rs
f
o
r
L
e
v
e
l 21.
F
r
o
m
t
h
e
se
f
und
s
,
a
nd the
g
e
n
e
rous
f
undi
n
g
a
v
a
i
l
a
ble
to How
a
rd o
f
fi
c
ial
l
y for
the
L
e
v
e
l 21
P
roj
ec
t
,
he
a
nd Bet
t
y
h
a
d man
a
g
e
d to d
i
r
e
c
t so
m
e
in
t
o priv
a
te
a
c
c
ounts. Hidd
e
n f
r
om of
f
ici
a
l
g
o
v
e
rnm
e
nt
a
g
e
n
c
ie
s
,
B
e
t
t
y
h
a
d
m
a
d
e
some
e
x
ce
l
l
e
nt
i
nv
e
st
m
e
nt choi
ce
s, maki
n
g
a fo
r
tune
a
v
a
i
l
a
ble on
l
y
to
t
he
small
g
roup
of six.