“That’s Garnet, right?”
“Yes. Her three sessions were recorded. They were on this computer. It’s the only one I’ve cracked open. The password was on the index card.”
Mick shook his head. “Seriously, people are so freaking lazy and stupid about their passwords. You can’t put passwords on papers in your own desk.”
“Yeah, he probably didn’t expect anyone to break in and take his computers. He did have security guards.”
“Those guards are going to be pissed.”
Bean nodded. “Yeah. They’ll never know we’re military, though.”
“I’m going to take this computer and work on it,” Mick said.
He nodded. “Cool. Sounds good.”
In twenty minutes, the guys were in the room with him, and the security on all the computers had been beaten. They’d found bank accounts, addresses, and a list of people involved. At leastthere were only five people involved, and they had three people in custody. The other two people would be easy to pick up. Based on the information on the computers, the guards had no clue what was going on.
They’d have to get confirmation in the interrogation, but he figured the guards would give up everything they knew fast and not fight them.
The other two men wouldn’t be cooperative. They’d try to hide the truth for as long as possible because they were in loads of trouble.
The guy back in the States probably wouldn’t tell the truth, either. He just needed to make sure there wasn’t someone else out there waiting to take Garnet and try to force her to do something she wouldn’t ever do.
They took a moment and watched Garnet’s presentation to figure out what these guys had built their belief on. She swore she’d never said anything about the truth, but something had made these men think it was possible. He and his team needed to know what they were up against.
Chapter 27
After watchingthe three sessions from Garnet, Bean had no idea how the men had come up with the idea that Garnet could aim a missile at DC and blow up the city. She hadn’t let anything slip in the sessions.
He blew out a breath and wiped his hand over his face. Frustration filled him. The last week had felt like hell with the intense pressure to figure out how these terrorists came up with the idea, and where it had come from.
“Well, they didn’t get it from that,” Stanley said.
Chase shook his head. “Nope, that wasn’t it.”
Keel sat back and laced his fingers together behind his head. “I could keep up through most of her talk, but that woman is head and shoulders above all of us. Do you think she would work with us?”
Bean chuckled. “She already works for the government. Not sure she would change to working for the Army.”
Chase nodded. “I’m glad she’s on our side. She could do some damage if she ever started working for the enemy.”
“Someone is working for the enemy,” Bean said. “I think we need to take a second look at the people who work in herdepartment and other close departments who would know about her work.”
Chase nodded. “I agree.”
“So we have to do another round of interrogations with these clowns, have the idiot back in the States interrogated, and figure out who could be a treasonous bastard who works with Garnet,” Bean said.
Chase nodded. “That’s a lot to accomplish, but we can handle it.”
Bean ran his hand through his hair. “We should head back to the States. We’ll ask the guards a few questions, then cut them loose. I don’t think they know anything.”
“Agree. We should be able to leave by morning.”
They had what could amount to weeks of work, but being at home would be better. With MPs watching her, he knew Garnet was safe, but he would feel better being there with her.
Bean stood at the back of the room as Keel and Mick questioned the guards separately. Their stories stayed the same. They’d been hired to watch the front of the house. They hadn’t been told what was going on. They thought the guy might be into dealing drugs, or maybe some local crime, but anything else wasn’t even a possibility they thought of.
It was very obvious they weren’t in on the terrorist actions. They had no idea who any of them were, and they didn’t know anything about computers or hacking.
