"Kim Stanley Robinson - Sixty Days and Counting" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robinson Kim Stanley)

And then, her revealing the surveillance program she was part of, in which Frank and
so many others, including Edgardo, were being tracked and evaluated in some kind
of virtual futures market, wherein investors, some of them computer programs, were
making speculative investments, as in any other futures markets, but this time dealing
in scientists doing certain kinds of biotech research.
And then how she had had to run away on election night, and how on that night he
had helped her to evade her husband and his companions, who were now clearly
correlated with the attempted election theft.
Edgardo bobbed along next to him as he told the tale, nodding at each new bit of
information, lips pursed tightly, head tilted to the side. It was like confessing to a
giant praying mantis.
тАЬSo,тАЭ he said at last. тАЬNow youтАЩre out of touch with her?тАЭ
тАЬThatтАЩs right. She said sheтАЩd call me, but she hasnтАЩt.тАЭ
тАЬBut she will have to be very careful, now that her husband knows that you exist.тАЭ
тАЬYes. ButтАФwill he be able to identify who I am, do you think?тАЭ
тАЬI think thatтАЩs very possible, if he has access to her work files. Do you know if he
does?тАЭ
тАЬShe worked for him.тАЭ
тАЬSo. And he knows that someone was helping her that night.тАЭ
тАЬMore than one person, actually, because of the guys in the park.тАЭ
тАЬYes. That might help you, by muddying the waters. But still, say he goes through
her records to find out who she has been in contact withтАФwill he find you?тАЭ
тАЬI was one of the people she had under surveillance.тАЭ
тАЬBut there will be a lot of those. Anything more?тАЭ
Frank tried to remember. тАЬI donтАЩt know,тАЭ he confessed. тАЬI thought we were being
careful, butтАжтАЭ
тАЬDid she call you on your phone?тАЭ
тАЬYes, a few times. But only from pay phones.тАЭ
тАЬBut she might have been chipped at the time.тАЭ
тАЬShe tried to be careful about that.тАЭ
тАЬYes, but it didnтАЩt always work, isnтАЩt that what you said?тАЭ
тАЬRight. ButтАЭтАФremembering backтАФтАЬI donтАЩt think she ever said my name.тАЭ
тАЬWellтАФif you were ever both chipped at the same time, maybe he would be able to
see when you got together. And if he sourced all your cell-phone calls, some would
come from pay phones, and he might be able to cross-GPS those with her.тАЭ
тАЬAre pay phones GPSed?тАЭ
Edgardo glanced at him. тАЬThey stay in one spot, which you can then GPS.тАЭ
тАЬOh. Yeah.тАЭ
Edgardo cackled and waved an elbow at Frank as they ran. тАЬThereтАЩs lots of ways to
find people! ThereтАЩs your acquaintances in the park, for instance. If he went out
there and asked around, with a photo of you, he might be able to confirm.тАЭ
тАЬIтАЩm just Professor Nosebleed to them.тАЭ
тАЬYes, but the correlationsтАжSo,тАЭ Edgardo said after a silence had stretched out a
quarter mile or more. тАЬIt seems like you probably ought to take some kind of
preemptive action.тАЭ
тАЬWhat do you mean?тАЭ
тАЬWell. You followed him to their apartment, right?тАЭ
тАЬYes.тАЭ
тАЬNot your wisest move of that night, by the way.тАЭ
Frank didnтАЩt want to explain that his capacity for decision making had been possibly