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It was Grant himself who was on duty and took the patched through call from

Rushia.
‘They’re not boarding,’ the Navy Intelligence man reported with unusual
brusqueness.
‘Yes, I know.’ Grant was so clear on the secure line that it was difficult to
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believe that he was over three thousand miles away. ‘We’ve got a van out at
Kennedy. They’ve just reported in. The homers have moved down to the end of
the walkway. There’s also information concerning a private corporate jet
parked off the end of the terminal spoke. Hang on, Rushia, there’s something

else coming in.’
Rushia waited, glancing back to the boarding gate for AA15. The line was
moving and he would have to get a decision whether to board or not.
‘Their luggage has been off-loaded from the American Airlines flight.’
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Grant’s voice was a shade more tense.
‘You’ve got guys in there?’
‘We’ve got ’em everywhere . . .’
‘Well, what do you want me to do? Go and grab a bagel, book a flight to

Jallaboo or take the AA15?’
‘They have to be heading this way. Take the AA and check in as soon as you
reach SFO.’ SFO is the airport designator code for San Francisco
International.

Rushia signed off and ambled back to the gate while Grant continued to give
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instructions to the New York officer. ‘You say the corporate jet’s a Gulfstream
II?’
‘Grumman Gulfstream II, that’s the jet version, in the livery of a corporation

called Silver Service, Inc.’
‘Okay, I’ll start the checks on Silver Service. You get your hooks on to that
corporate’s flight plan and make damned certain he sticks to it. I don’t care if
you have to go through the military satellites, the COMSATS, anything, but I

want that bird tracked through every cloud. I want to know if it wanders one
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degree off course and I want to know if the captain farts. You’ve got enough
staff?’
‘Only Dogface Two, and he did the day shift. I’m going to need about four

extra sets of hands in here if we’re to do the job right. We’ve sleeping
facilities for eight so I figure that we’re a tad undermanned.’
‘You’ve got six extra pairs as from midnight. I’ll see to it.’ Grant shut down

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