“No one knows, Liz. I don"t think even the top Congressional people know. The president is trying to protect the portal. And me, I think. I hope.”
Tony said, “Tom, Liz, only a handful of senior security people know. Every time the portal gets used, more people find out. I know personally that there"s a lot of guessing going on. Secret weapon, that sort of thing. But there"s a list of everyone who knows—names, addresses, phones, personal contacts. They"re very serious.”
“Wow,” Tom said. “Well, I hope I speak to the president soon. I won"t say a thing.”
Fritz said, “Tom, he"s a good guy. You"ll see. Why don"t you give Tony your phone number? We need to wrap up. We can talk more next week.”
Once they left, Tony and Fritz went to Ashley, who was still staring at the computer, a picture of
