Open Source by Matthew Frick

Author:Matthew Frick [Frick, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Matthew M. Frick
Published: 2010-07-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Savannah, Georgia

Trooper Anton Laycock left Casey’s house around five-thirty. After Casey let Anton read the blog post that generated the threatening comments from Saint Petersburg, Casey, Anton, and Mike, discussed the possibility of a connection between the threats and the malicious disabling of the Vandura’s brakes. Anton was skeptical, thinking it would be difficult, at best, for someone in Russia to read Casey’s theory, have an issue with it, and organize a hit on Casey in such a short time.

Casey argued that it would be entirely possible, if the person or persons responsible for his accident were already in the United States. Casey pointed to the fact that he implied in his blog that there were “stolen” weapons onboard the Baltic Venture. That could mean involvement from the Russian mafia, or someone with ties to, or sympathies for, that group—if they were, in fact, behind the theft. That would open a well-spring of candidates who could have found Casey relatively quickly and targeted his work vehicle. Mike agreed with Casey’s logic, but Anton still wasn’t convinced. He conceded that the Russian threat seemed to be the only clue to the identity of someone who might have wanted to harm Casey, but as a professional law enforcement officer, he also pointed out that they were only working with circumstantial theories at this point.

Casey let Anton read his second posting that indicted Israel was potentially an active participant in the Baltic Venture story, although he had only claimed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acted in a good-faith advisory capacity by informing the Russians of the stolen weapons. All three men agreed it was even more unlikely Israel had anything to do with the accident. In the first place, Casey almost applauded the efforts of the Jewish state’s leader to prevent the black market sale of Russian weapons to Iran—at least he defended the Prime Minister’s actions—and secondly, that information was posted on Wednesday night, precisely the time, they all agreed, that Casey’s work truck was receiving an unsolicited brake job.

Casey didn’t even mention his and Susan’s idea that Israel may have actually been responsible for the hijacking itself. That was only talk, and he hadn’t published that theory. He wasn’t sure if he would now or not.

Anton left after assuring his friend that he would let the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office know of the information they discussed. He reiterated that a Sheriff’s Deputy would most likely come by the house on Monday to question Casey, and he encouraged his friend to be just as candid as he had been that afternoon. “Maybe the deputy will come up with something we didn’t think of,” he said.

Casey showered and dressed while Mike drank more of Casey’s beer and watched Casey’s TV. “Mi casa, su casa,” Casey had told Mike years before. Mike did not disappoint, and since that day had somehow managed to spend an average of one night a week on Casey’s couch while consuming a full third of Casey’s groceries. Casey

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