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“The NSA will never be able to crack a CIA-level encryption algorithm in a matter of hours. And besides—” said Stark. But the director cut him off.
“Wait a minute. Even if the NSA can’t crack the code in time, based on what Agent MacKerron here is saying, we still might be able to find out which e-mail addresses belong to terrorists. Don’t you get it? Maybe from there we can track down where those people open their e-mails. I’m going to get on the horn to the NSA myself and keep it quiet. I’ve got a contact over there that I trust. I don’t want the CIA to get wind of this from anyone, including the NSA. And get a tech team in here right now. I want this whole office swept for bugs. This CIA thing is giving me the willies.”
Stark left the room in a hurry, and Director Latent turned ba
