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The rough humor touched all the men. After the laughter had died, the men seemed more relaxed, able
to talk without constraint. A Special Forces colonel said, тАЬGeneral? You think some of my men are
involved in this?тАЭ

тАЬNo,тАЭ General Saunders said. тАЬOur intelligence people"тАФhe waved his handтАФ"all services, seem to
agree on one point: no special troops are involved. But"тАФhe held up a warning fingerтАФ"this touches all
branches of the service, not just in this country, butall countries. Russia included.тАЭ He smiled grimly. тАЬI
take some satisfaction in that. Those men in that sub have friends all over the world. That's why they've
been able to hide from us for so long.тАЭ

тАЬThe Bull and Adams are really alive?тАЭ

тАЬYes. I talked with Bull. It came as quite a shock to me.тАЭ

тАЬI ... don't really understand what they have to do with this ... operation,тАЭ a master chief said, as much to
himself as to the men around him.

тАЬReally ... neither do we,тАЭ an admiral replied. тАЬBut we do know these facts, one of which is obvious: Bull
and Adams faked their deaths years ago; we know they are both superpatriots, Adams more than Bull
when it comes to liberal-hating. All right. We put together this hypothesis: Adams and Bull had a plan to
overthrow the governmentтАФif it came to thatтАФusing civilian ... well, rebels, let's call them, along with
selected units of the military. Took years to put all this together. But ... the use of civilian rebels failed;
couldn't get enough of them in time. We know for a fact that many ex-members of the Hell-Hounds
turned them down cold.тАЭ

тАЬHow many men do they have?тАЭ

тАЬFive to six thousandтАФat the most.тАЭ

тАЬThat's still a lot of people. And knowing Bull and Adams, those men are trained guerrilla fighters. How
have they managed to keep that many people secret for so long?тАЭ

The admiral allowed himself a tight smile. тАЬYou didn't know the Bull, did you?тАЭ

тАЬNo, sir.тАЭ

тАЬIf you had known either of them, you wouldn't have asked.тАЭ

тАЬI knew both of them,тАЭ a Ranger colonel said. тАЬIf they even suspected a member of any of their units
was a traitor, they would not hesitate to kill himтАФwar or peace.тАЭ

тАЬI see,тАЭ the man said softly. тАЬSo ... Bull came up with the sub plan?тАЭ

General Saunders shook his head. тАЬNo. It wasn't his plan. We believe it was AdamsтАЩ idea. But I
couldn't discuss this with Bull. I only had two minutes with him. Besides, he and Adams have been friends
for twenty-five years. But I did manage to plant a seed of doubt in his mind. Yes, we believe Adams has
lost control; he's slipped mentally. Mr. Kelly of the CIA shares that belief.тАЭ

тАЬThere is something I don't understand,тАЭ a Coast Guard officer said. тАЬObviously, this plan has been on