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covery, as well as the number and sensitivity of the





documents, has not been disclosed." The tape froze
for a moment, then Garvey disappeared.
A series of numbers appeared on the whitened
screen, then Garvey returned. He sat behind the same
news desk but now wore a blue pin-striped suit.
"Veteran journalist and adventurer Spencer Kiethley
was reported missing and assumed dead in Sierra Le-
one today," Garvey said into the camera. "He was
on assignment to help train government troops in the
ongoing operations against Revolutionary United
Front rebels, and a convoy in which Kiethley was
riding was reportedly attacked on the road between
Freetown and Marampa." Garvey went on to the
next story, and Kurtzman tapped a button blacking
the screen once more.
For a moment it was silent in the War Room. Then
Brognola said, "Three apparently unrelated inci-
dents. At least we thought so until two hours ago."
He turned to Kurtzman. "Want to take it from
here, Bear?"
Kurtzman nodded and cleared his throat. "Routine
cross-reference of recent events was what tied them
all together," the computer ace said. He wheeled
back from the table a few inches and grabbed the
lapels of his wrinkled white lab coat with both fists.
"Spencer Kiethley is the key. He was in Somalia
doing a story for the Retained Warrior magazine,
found the abandoned documents and blew the whistle
to the Chieftain."
Buchanan had been gradually coming back to his
senses, and at the sound of the magazine's name his

eyes finally cleared. "Where the hell am I?" he de-
manded. "And who the hell are you? And what the
hell do you know about Spence's death?"
Brognola tapped Kurtzman on the shoulder as the
computer man started to speak again. Kurtzman
waited.
"I'll answer your questions as best I can," the big
Fed said, looking at Buchanan. "First I can't tell you
where you are. That's why you were blindfolded.
And I can't tell you who we are. Just that we're on
the same side that you're on." He paused, then said,
"Were you awake enough to catch the news items