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Authors: Randal Lanser

The 22nd Secret (11 page)

W
a
lker
h
e
ld up
t
he
tr
a
n
s
c
ript
a
nd r
e
tur
n
e
d it
to h
i
s att
ac

c
a
se
a
nd s
e
t
i
t ne
x
t
t
o him
on the
f
loor.


This
i
s a t
ra
nsc
r
ipt
of
a
tel
e
phone
c
on
v
e
rs
a
t
i
on
I
r
ec
o
r
d
e
d
y
e
ste
r
d
a
y
a
f
t
e
r
n
oon, just b
e
fo
r
e
I
ca
l
l
e
d
y
ou,
with a
y
ou
n
g
m
a
n n
a
med
K
e
n
t
B
r
a
dl
e
y
.
H
e
’s
a
pol
i
t
i
c
a
l sci
e
n
c
e
major
a
t
B
e
r
k
e
l
e
y
.
H
e
e
a
rn
e
d so
m
e
e
x
tra
mon
e
y
wo
r
ki
n
g
f
or
H
e
n
r
y
L
o.
L
o
a
ss
i
g
n
e
d him
to sh
a
dow a tw
e
n
t
y
-
t
wo
y
e
a
r old
c
o
m
puter
re
s
e
a
r
c
h in
t
e
rn n
a
m
e
d
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
re
n
c
e
who
h
a
d r
e
tur
n
e
d to s
c
hool
a
t
B
e
rk
e
l
e
y
a
ft
e
r
wo
r
ki
n
g
a
t
L
os A
l
a
mos
for
s
e
v
e
r
a
l
y
ea
rs.
I
t w
a
sn’t
a
v
e
r
y
dif
f
icult
a
ss
i
g
nment
– just
ca
sual
l
y
obs
e
rve
h
e
r
on
ca
mpu
s
, make
su
r
e
s
h
e
didn’t g
e
t
i
n trouble,
a
n
d r
e
port o
c
ca
sional
l
y to
L
o.
I
h
a
ve
the
L
os A
l
a
mos fi
l
e
on
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
if
y
ou w
a
nt
t
o look at
i
t
.”
Tom stopp
e
d wh
e
n he
not
i
ce
d
c
on
c
e
r
n
e
d
e
y
e
c
onta
c
t
b
e
t
w
ee
n
J
ohnson
a
nd
S
tanl
e
y
.

I
s
t
h
e
re
som
e
th
i
n
g
I
’m m
i
ss
i
n
g
, sir?
A
r
e
y
ou f
o
l
l
owing
th
i
s so f
a
r
?


J
ust
g
e
t on wi
t
h i
t
, Tom
.


The
f
i
l
e
on
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
is
p
re
t
t
y
stan
d
a
rd.
A
p
p
a
r
e
n
tl
y
, a
br
i
g
ht
y
ou
n
g
la
d
y
,
s
he wo
r
k
e
d dir
ec
t
l
y
with D
r
.
W
oolum
a
nd w
a
sn’t v
e
r
y
popular
with
t
he
other in
t
e
rns
i
n the
c
ompu
t
e
r r
e
s
e
a
r
c
h d
e
p
a
rtme
n
t. The
f
irst d
a
y
of
the s
e
mes
t
e
r
,
B
r
a
d
l
e
y
obs
e
r
v
e
d h
e
r t
a
l
king
with an
A
sian man on s
e
v
e
r
a
l oc
c
a
sion
s
.
I
n i
t
s
e
lf not such
a
n un
u
sual
e
v
e
nt
but
B
r
a
dl
e
y
re
port
e
d th
i
s to
L
o
a
n
y
w
a
y
,
who told h
i
m not
to wo
r
r
y
a
bout
i
t. He
c
o
nt
i
nu
e
d to r
e
port the
g
r
o
wing
r
e
lationship b
e
tw
ee
n
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
a
nd
t
he
y
ou
n
g
m
a
n
, who
B
r
a
d
l
e
y
f
ound
ou
t
, w
a
s nam
e
d
B
e
njam
i
n Chen.
A
ll th
i
s would h
a
ve
g
o
n
e
u
n
not
i
ce
d
e
x
ce
pt a
r
ound t
h
e
e
nd of
O
c
tobe
r
,
L
o to
l
d
B
r
a
d
l
e
y
he
w
a
sn’t n
ee
d
e
d
a
n
y
longer
a
nd to
stop obse
r
ving
a
nd r
e
p
o
r
t
i
ng
on
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
.
W
e
n
e
e
d to ke
e
p
a
n
e
y
e
on th
i
s kid,
B
r
a
dl
e
y
. He
s
m
e
l
l
e
d a
ra
t and
h
e
d
u
g
one
up. He
kn
e
w
a
g
irl
who
wo
r
k
e
d in
t
he re
g
is
t
r
a
r

s
o
f
f
i
c
e. He
g
ot
h
e
r to look up
C
h
e
n

s tr
a
nsc
r
ip
t
s and
r
e
g
is
t
r
a
t
i
on.
Tu
r
n
e
d out he

s
a Chinese
n
a
t
i
on
a
l wo
r
ki
n
g
on his
P
h.D. in computer
sci
e
n
ce
. His
r
ea
l name
is
C
h
e
n
W
e
n
B
in.”

Tom s
t
opp
e
d
a
nd sipp
e
d
h
is
c
o
f
f
e
e
.
He
c
l
ea
r
l
y
s
a
w the g
r
owi
n
g
p
a
nic on
t
he
fa
c
e
s of
J
ohnson
a
nd
S
tanl
e
y
w
h
o
g
la
n
ce
d sid
e
lo
n
g
a
t
e
a
c
h othe
r
.


S
ir, is
t
h
e
re
som
e
th
i
ng
I should know
h
e
r
e
?
You
a
nd Di
rec
t
o
r St
a
nl
e
y
seem
t
o be
taking the possib
l
e
d
e
f
e
c
t
i
on of
a
re
lative
l
y
m
e
a
nin
g
l
e
ss
i
nte
r
n v
e
r
y
s
e
rious
l
y
.
A
c
t
u
a
l
l
y
,
I
’m mo
r
e
c
on
ce
r
n
e
d
a
bout
L
o. His
posit
i
on
a
s se
c
u
r
i
t
y
c
hief
a
t
t
he
L
os
Al
a
mos nu
c
le
a
r
c
ompu
t
e
r
r
e
s
e
a
r
c
h
ce
nter
s
ee
ms
t
o me to be
the big
pro
b
lem
h
e
r
e
.
N
o
t
t
his
g
irl a
n
d h
e
r Chine
s
e
love
r
.”

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