Jade immediately began working with Treasury’s top programmer to modify the verification software to search for bills with these three errors and reject the banknote if one or more of them were present.
By the end of January, software was perfected and thoroughly tested. The three hundred odd counterfeits collected were run over and over through a verifying machine with the new software, and it caught every one of them. Flawlessly.
The programmer spent two weeks cleverly disguising this new code so that if the criminals ever got hold of it, it would take years to figure out the three defects it was searching for.
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When the software was ready and deemed perfect, Lanniter took Jade out to Citronelle for a celebration. It was considered by many to be the best restaurant in Washington
