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?You still don?t see, do you??
?See what, for God?s sake??
?Bourne may not be the lowly scum you think he is, not when you consider his associates
?Please be clearer,? said Ogilvie in a flat monotone
?He?s using Medusa to hunt the Jackal
?Impossible! That Medusa was destroyed years ago in Saigon!?
?Obviously he thought otherwiseWould you care to remove your well-tailored jacket, roll up
your sleeve, and display the small tattoo on your inner forearm??
?No relevance! A mark of honor in a war no one supported, but we had to fight!?
?Oh, come, CounselorFrom the piers and the supply depots in Saigon? Stealing your forces
blind and routing couriers to the banks in SwitzerlandMedals aren?t issued for those heroics
?Pure speculation without foundation!? exclaimed Ogilvie
?Tell that to Jason Bourne, a graduate of the original Snake LadyOh, yes, Counselor, he
looked for you and he found you and he?s using you to go after the Jackal
?For Christ?s sake, how??
?I honestly don?t know, but you?d better read these The consul general crossed rapidly to the
hotel desk, picked up a sheaf of stapled typewritten pages, and brought them over to Bryce Ogilvie
?These are decoded telephone conversations that took place four hours ago at our embassy in Paris
The identities are established, the destinations as wellRead them carefully, Counselor, then render
me your legal opinion
The celebrated attorney, the Ice-Cold Ogilvie, grabbed the papers and with swift, practiced eyes
began readingAs he flipped from one page to another, the blood drained from his face to the pallor
of death?My God, they know it allMy offices are wired! How? Why? It?s insane! We?re
impenetrable!?
?Again, I suggest you tell that to Jason Bourne and his old friend and station chief from Saigon,
Alexander Conklin
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?They couldn?t have!? roared Ogilvie?We paid off or eliminated everyone in Snake Lady who
even suspected the extent of our activitiesJesus, there weren?t that many and goddamned few in
the field! I told you, they were scum and we knew better?they were the thieves of the world and
wanted for crimes all over Australia and the Far EastThe ones in combat we knew and we
reached!?
?You missed a couple, I believe,? observed Sulikov
The lawyer returned to the typed pages, beads of sweat rolling down his temples?God in
heaven, I?m ruined,? he whispered, cho
