Stanhope shook his head. Dempsey thought this was the way he would behave when he was giving a closing speech in court. “I don"t work for the Agency anymore, Troy. I"m out and all the better for it. The most I have to deal with in the back-stabbing business is having the senior partners not invite me to all the client parties and functions, but that"s nothing compared to having a bunch of CIA stiffs try and screw me over. Especially when I know that something doesn"t add up. Besides, if I do give you what I think… sorry, know… then I don"t want the strong arm of the CIA weighing down on me.”
“Look, if you"re concerned about your name being linked to this, or some senior people in the Directorate of Plans giving you a hard time, then don"t. I have the ear of the DCI; this comes all the way
