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“The NSA will never be able to crack a CIA-level encryption algorithm in a matter of hours. And besides—” said Stark. But the director cut him off.
“Wait a minute. Even if the NSA can’t crack the code in time, based on what Agent MacKerron here is saying, we still might be able to find out which e‑mail addresses belong to terrorists. Don’t you get it? Maybe from there we can track down where those people open their e‑mails. I’m going to get on the horn to the NSA myself and keep it quiet. I’ve got a contact over there that I trust. I don’t want the CIA to get wind of this from anyone, including the NSA. And get a tech team in here right now. I want this whole office swept for bugs. This CIA thing is giving me the willies.”
Stark left the room in a hurry, and Director Latent turned ba
