Mark One by John Hindmarsh

Author:John Hindmarsh
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

“I suspect,” commented MayAnn later to Schmidt, “this is Agency-related, and it’ll play right into our hands. There’s always a trail of paperwork a mile deep for any bugging requests. Theo may’ve overstepped his reach.”

“Yes, I agree. However, just consider the contents of our conversations. Theo must be having a good laugh at our expense.”

“He won’t laugh long,” commented Oliver. He had re-established the video conference, after receiving their cell phone call details. They had decided video was more secure than a telephone conference. After commencing the session, the screen had been blank for four or five minutes as they waited for Oliver to return.

“Apologies for the interruption. I just got word—the Director’s technical team has traced the tapping requests and has three names. She’s playing hardball—she’s not approaching her opposite number in the Agency. Instead, three of our teams have been briefed to arrest these Agency people at their homes. The arrest teams will hit each address at 4 a.m. tomorrow. SWAT will accompany them, and it’ll be a very noisy wakeup call. They’ll deliver the prisoners to you.”

He looked at the astounded faces of Schmidt and MayAnn. “I know, I know. However, the Director advised the President of her concerns and her intended approach. He approved. We don’t know how far up the tree this’ll go. Remember, this may not answer all of our questions—either who the Agency person is who’s working with Boothby, or who killed the Agency operatives by carbon monoxide poisoning.”

“Correct,” said Schmidt. “I can’t see them being the same person.”

“Apart from revealing details of our progress, what else have your phone conversations disclosed?” asked Oliver.

“The one area I am sensitive about is my conversations with Midway. We didn’t talk for long. However, I did ask Midway to email me,” said Schmidt. He rubbed his hand across his close-cropped skull. “And if they’re getting our emails as well—”

“I don’t think internal FBI emails can be accessed—at least that’s what the IT Engineering Division advises. They’re not sanguine about emails into the FBI system, and outgoing emails can end up anywhere, as you know.” Oliver shrugged. “Midway’s not likely to disclose his whereabouts in an email, surely?”

“No,” said Schmidt. “But if they can grab his email, they could pick up his IP address and use that to trace the source. However, I expect Mark to logon only if he is a long way from wherever he located. No, I don’t see how they can discover where he is.”

“But Schmidt, you don’t have an FBI email address—we all use your private address.”

“It’s secure, probably better than FBI can manage. We don’t have so much traffic to worry about.”

MayAnn was about to pursue Schmidt’s claim when she suddenly realized one of her communications could cause issues. “I almost forgot. I had a phone call yesterday from an agent—he’d had an enquiry about the APB for Mark. He did mention the caller’s location—Brunswick, Georgia. Damn.”

“So apart from someone picking up on this, Mark should be safe. I’ll include it in my risk assessment for the Director.

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