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With an address in Kenya.

The title screen stayed on for fifteen seconds.

тАЬChief, we got New York on the phone!тАЭ

Thirty seconds.

тАЬThey say other affiliates got the same signal!тАЭ

Forty-five seconds.

тАЬNot just in the East, eitherтАФmaybe every station in the country!тАЭ

Sixty full seconds, an eternity in television. Of an unauthorized still
shot! On his station!

No technology could do that. The chief engineer stared blankly at the
Mission address.
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тАЬWe know the signal comes through Chinese satellites,тАЭ Carmody
said, тАЬand of course with the political situation the way it is, we canтАЩt touch
them.тАЭ

тАЬReally?тАЭ Tartell said. тАЬCoffee, Arthur?тАЭ

тАЬYes, please.тАЭ Carmody was curious to see who would serve. It was a
young Hispanic girl that he recognized from StarCorpsтАЩ extensive
surveillance: Juanita Perez. Legal Mexican immigrant, minimal English, IQ
of about ninety. The coffee was excellent.

тАЬI regret I canтАЩt join you,тАЭ Tartell said. тАЬMedical restrictions.тАЭ

тАЬYou must have given the Chinese an enormous chunk of change.тАЭ

Tartell merely smiled.

тАЬTotal override of all news shows for twenty minutes for the last five
nights, right up until it was time for sports and weather. Which genius at