The First Amendment by Ashley McConnell

Author:Ashley McConnell [McConnell, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780451457776
Publisher: Roc
Published: 2000-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

“Don’t blame this on us,” Pace said crisply, quite some time later. “Bert Samuels has always had full access to your area. His visit was properly cleared, and he observed all the protocols. Under our agreement, you’re responsible for your own bailiwick, George.”

“And that gentleman who took him hostage was one of yours, too,” Cassidy said genteelly. The speakerphone made his voice sound a bit tinny, but Hammond could hear the distinct click of a cup being placed on a saucer. “Seems you might have a bit of cleaning up to do in your own house, George. In fact, we might have some questions about the threat your people pose to our security. Do they go crazy a lot in your patch?”

“Thank you, gentlemen,” Hammond grated.

He paused for a long moment, trying to think of something else to say, before giving up and replacing the telephone gently in its cradle. It wasn’t hard to detect a certain so-there tone in Pace’s voice—resentment, probably, that a mere lieutenant colonel could go places that were barred to the ostensible CinC of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Pace could be justified—barely—in believing that Samuels had obtained the proper .clearances to allow his guest into Stargate Command, just as he had in order to allow Kinsey into the Complex to begin with. It certainly wasn’t Pace’s problem, or Cassidy’s.

Of course, it had to be Cassidy who pointed out exactly which emperor was naked. Hammond hoped the Canadian got tea leaves stuck in his very proper mustache.

His eyes moved over the stack of printouts that Major Rusalka and Captain Randolph had produced, with brief summaries.

“Get me Jack O’Neill,” he said into the empty air.

Silence answered.

Snarling, Hammond slapped an intercom key on his phone and repeated the order.

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