Chapter 9
There was no such thing as a casual visit to Romney Glazer’s office. The Chief of InterSec ruled as uncrowned king of the Castle, picking his appointments with great care. Special petition had to be made to gain an audience with him, and only those people specially blessed were granted one. When he himself called someone in, the invitation dare not be refused.
As Chief of Counterintelligence, Lee Gibson was technically Glazer’s equal. In terms of authority, Gibson controlled a larger staff, had a larger budget, and had the authority to make more far-ranging decisions than someone who was technically only in charge of security within the Agency itself. Lee Gibson was known in his own department as a no-nonsense administrator, a former field agent who knew all the tricks and had
