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A NEW DIRECTION
Monterrey, California
Rafael pulled into the side entrance of The Bayhouse Lodge and parked against the one-story building. The hotel sat within view of the Monterrey Bay, a touristy stretch of California’s Pacific coastline. The area, adored by visitors as the place that inspired the novelist John Steinbeck, is also home to several military installations including the Defense Language Institute.
But it wasn’t the history, presence of military activity, or the hotel itself that Rafael was interested in. It was the public Wi-Fi connection spilling through the walls of the aging hotel. If Rafael was to stay below the NSA’s radar, he had to blend in with the masses, and accessing the Internet undetected was critical. To accomplish this, his method was to hide in plain s
