The ghost war by Alex Berenson

Author:Alex Berenson [Berenson, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense fiction, Thrillers, Suspense, Fiction, Espionage, Fiction - Espionage, American Mystery & Suspense Fiction, Thriller, Intrigue, Intelligence service, Spy stories, Afghanistan, Taliban
ISBN: 9780399154539
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2008.
Published: 2008-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

part of a routine as established as the Lord's Prayer. Have...

approached by a foreign intelligence service? Have you ever accepted money

from a foreign intelligence service? And the granddaddy of 'em all, the Rose

Bowl of polygraph questions: Have you ever committed an act of espionage

against the United States?

The mole's exam had been scheduled months in advance, standard

operating procedure. He'd hardly worried about it. In his basement lair,

ie practiced his answers until they bored him. When he walked into the

musty offices in the basement of the Old Headquarters Building where the

polygraph examiners worked their magic, he'd been relaxed and confident.

In retrospect, maybe too confident.

The session was supposed to last an hour. For forty-five minutes, he

eezed through. When the trouble hit, he was already looking forward to

:ing done. Maybe he'd cut out of work early, head over to the Gold Club,

rate getting this chore out of the way for the next five years. They had

"tor-one drink specials before 7:00 p.m, and sometimes the girls went

"tor-one on dances too, just to stay loose.

Then, apropos of nothing, the damned examiner had asked him if he

had any hidden bank accounts. For some reason, the question had surprised I

him. He tensed up, actually felt his heart skip, and knew he was in trouble ]

“Of course not,” he said. "I have a brokerage account where I day-trade

sometimes. Blow my retirement money. At Fidelity. That kind of thing, y0ll I

mean?"

The tester, a chubby middle-aged man with a heavy English accent I

looked curiously at the computer screen where the mole's blood pres-B

sure, heart and breathing rate, and perspiration levels were displayed in |

real time.

"I mean accounts you haven't reported to the Internal Revenue Service I

or on your financial disclosure forms. Might you have any accounts like I

that?" For the first time all session, the examiner looked directly at the mole I

while asking his question.

“Of course not.”

“What about offshore accounts?”

The mole pretended to consider. “Can't say I do.”

“How about other valuable assets?”

“I don't get what you're going on about.”

"Cars, boats, houses? Collectible automobiles, for example. A second I

home?"

Collectible automobiles? Was that a shot in the dark or did this guy I

somehow know about the M5? “Nothing like that.”

The tester looked at the computer screen, then at the mole.

"Are you certain? Because I'm showing evidence of deception in your I

last several answers. I don't mean to imply you're doing anything illegaM

People have many reasons to keep offshore bank accounts, as an example*

This prissy English asshole with his singsong voice. As an example. Trw

mole wanted to gouge out his eyes, as an example.

"I don't know what you think you're seeing, but I don't have any hiddeB

assets. I wish."

“All right. Let us move on, then.”

AND THEY HAD MOVED ON. But three weeks later, not long after the North

Koreans sank the Drafter, the mole had gotten a call from Gleeson, his boss,

asking him to schedule a second polygraph.

"Nothing serious. They have a few questions. Seem to think you have a

bank account in the Caymans or something." Gleeson had snickered a bit,

as if nothing could be more ludicrous.

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