IXTHE CHIEF OF CENTRAL Intelligence was white-lipped when he finished talking.
“You’re sure of your information?” asked the President.
“Mr. President,” said the CIA chief, “I’ve never been more sure of anything in my entire life.”
The President looked at the other two who were in the room, a question in his eyes.
The JCS chairman said, “It checks, sir, with everything we know.”
“But it’s incredible!” the President said.
“They’re afraid,” said the CIA chief. “They lie awake nights. They’ve become convinced that we’re on the verge of traveling in time. They’ve tried and failed, but they think we’re near success. To their way of thinking, they’ve got to hit us now or never, because once we actually get time travel, they know their number’s up.”
“But we dropped Project Mastodon entirely
