“So their ID was phony.”
“In that sense, yes. But it was also genuine. In the sense that it was way too good to be faked. So good we think it must have been manufactured for them by the German government itself. In their regular plant. Alongside all their regular Kraut stuff.”
“They said they got it from a guy in the bar.”
“They said that to me, too.”
“And?”
“And I believe them.”
“So?”
“Where did the guy in the bar get it from?”
“How sure are you about this?”
“I asked around. We had a debate. Some say it’s complicated because when the Wall came down a whole bunch of communist forgers lost their jobs. And they were really good. All kinds of mischievous documents came out of the old East Germany. So now those guys are working for someone else. Best case, that would be organized crim
