August 2007, London, England
“I knew I"d seen him before, but I didn"t know where and when until I got back here and ran his name through our computers. Then it all came flooding back. I"m surprised Fraser hadn"t known there was a chance I"d come across this chap before, but perhaps his memory is getting as bad as mine.”
I was forced to stop speaking by the strange scrutinising stare Hannah gave me, as if it were she and not me asking if I was a fool. “No, Hannah, you"re right. If I believed that to be true, then I shouldn"t be in the position I am. Fraser Ughert knew exactly what he was doing. The trouble now would be knowing why he wants to play this game?”
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My name is Patrick West. I"m chairman of the United Kingdom"s Joint Intelligence Committee, or JIC for short. Everyone wit
