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@@@@@For three years he was used and damn near killed in a black operation, and along the way he supposedly discovered that more than a few undistinguished Saigon pricks were driving Jaguars and were sailing yachts and pulling down six-figure retainers while he went on a government pensionThat could try the patience of John the Baptist, to say nothing of Barabbas ?It?s a terrific libretto,? allowed Holland, a slow smile breaking across his face?I can hear the tenors soaring in triumph and the Machiavellian bassos slinking offstage in defeatDon?t scowl at me, Alex, I mean it! It?s really ingeniousIt?s so inevitable it became a self-fulfilling prophecy ?What the hell are you talking about?? ?Your Bourne was right from the beginningIt all took place the way he saw it, but not in any way he could have imaginedBecause it was inevitable; somewhere there had to be a crosspollinator ?Please come down from Mars and explain to an earthling, Peter ?Medusa?s using the Jackal! NowTeagarten?s assassination proves it unless you want to concede that Bourne actually blew up that car outside of Brussels ?Then Carlos?s name had to surface for someone in Medusa who already knew about Jason BourneIt couldn?t be otherwiseYou didn?t mention either one to Armbruster, or Swayne, or Atkinson in London, did you?? ?Again, of course notThe time wasn?t right; we weren?t ready to pull those triggers ?Who?s left?? asked Holland Alex stared at the DCI?Good Lord,? he said softly?DeSole?? Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 295 ?Yes, DeSole, the grossly underpaid specialist who complained amusingly but incessantly that there was no way a man could properly educate his children and grandchildren on government pay He was brought in on everything we discussed, starting with your assault on us in the conference room ?He certainly was, but that was limited to Bourne and the JackalThere was no mention of Armbruster or Swayne, no Teagarten or Atkinson?the new Medusa wasn?t even in the picture Hell, Peter, you didn?t know about it until seventy-two hours ago ?Yes, but DeSole did because he?d sold out; he was part of i