Algorithm Page #4

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It's actually pretty good: more than eight characters, a capital letter, and a symbol.

Props to Michael Mitchell.

Head of the NSA.

You wanted access. He's probably got the most. Have fun.

Wait, wait, wait. How did you get this?

He didn't give it to me, if that's what you're asking.

Thanks. I owe you.

No you don't. Not this time. Not for that.

It's not a puzzle anymore. Now, it's something else.

DHS probably thinks I'm dead.

They have everyone they think knows about Shepherd.

I could leave it alone and disappear.

Pull a Kevin Mitnick, sans the getting caught part.

Of course, Mitnick now makes millions as a security consultant.

I just need to terminate some of my social connections

So my trail never leads back to them... or from them to me.

Where were you?

I talked to Decimate.

Yeah. He had plans.

I know. How did you know?

So, what were you doing for the rest of the night?

Thinking. Wondering when... when does this thing end?

Are you staying here?

No.

You started it, Will.

I know.

So, what's the problem?

I think I should let it go.

What happened to your curiosity?

Too many people are getting hurt.

This country is supposed to be free.

I don't care about politics.

It's not about politics.

It's about an idea, Will. It's...

...If people knew about this?

Finish this. It's not about you anymore.

An open Wi-Fi network is one more hop they'll have to make to find me.

Then, there's TOR.

TOR was designed by the Navy so their informants could login

and give them secret information from a country they're not supposed to be in.

Logging into Shepherd is scary however I do it.

The fact that it's a tracking program doesn't help.

Who can it track? I wonder if it can track Hash.

How would you wake him up?

No. No knives. Subtle, remember?

How hot's your tea?

Rise and shine, buddy. Rise and shine.

Movie time, Charles.

This is a video of you, at a park bench...

As you attempt to access a top-secret database.

Look, Hash. We know you did it. Okay?

Lying to us just makes life much more painful for you.

The video shows a man named William Vernor Stephenson giving you the laptop.

See, we were able to track his phone, but we lost his data around 6:00pm

Ah, but your phone... we got that for days.

Look. Just tell us where William is, and what you plan on doing with Shepherd.

What happens when I know everything: The Age of Aquarius, or 1984?

The U.S. government rarely builds its own technology.

They hire Raytheon to maintain a radar station in Alaska.

SAIC took over remote viewing when the Army got tired of it.

And Emergent See built the login app for the most powerful monitoring system ever conceived.

Sudonym?

And probably the search engine on the back-end too.

Kat, would you get her please. This is important.

What do you want?

We need to talk.

Then talk.

Not here. In the back.

Does it bother you that the NSA monitors everything that you do online?

Does it bother you that you're afraid of a government that claims to be for you?

That both private and public companies know where you are, right now.

Who gives a sh*t? Why should I care?

What's your name?

Eddie.

Eddie...

Brannon.

Brannon.

What were you doing last night, Eddie?

Sitting at home, watching TV.

What were you watching?

I don't remember. Something on Netflix.

That good?

Ink!

You got good taste in movies, Eddie. That's a good movie.

What the hell is this?

It's a tracking program.

What's it track?

Everything.

See what I mean? I don't do anything wrong. So, who cares?

That's good. You know who else didn't do anything wrong?

A guy named Robert Martin. At least, that's not why he was kidnapped two days ago.

You want to know what he's doing now?

Hey, that's enough.

I'm a software engineer at Dean & Dean. I don't even know what Shepherd is!

I want to believe you. I do. But we have records showing...

...that you tried to access Shepherd from your house.

Oh, come on. I don't know. I don't. I told you everything I know.

Would you like a cup of coffee?

Sure. Remember, no cream.

And two sugars.

Only one today...

Why are you doing this?

Because you wouldn't talk to me.

You're an a**hole.

Whatever the reason, that's what she said and I want to live long enough to enjoy my pension.

Why!

Robert. This is just a job to me and I'm going to come in

tomorrow and it's either going to be you in that chair or somebody else...

...and it really doesn't matter to me.

I've told you everything I know. Come on!

This can stop anytime or go on as long as you want.

Come on! No... no...

What the hell is wrong with you!

I know you're mad.

Mad!? You show torture, in my bar, in San Francisco.

Will, think for a moment!

There's something else.

Yeah. You're right. You logged onto a government website

to show a tracking program that tracks everything.

You saw me use TOR.

And you think the CIA or whoever's behind this, you think they haven't cracked TOR?

No. They haven't.

And you know this how? Because, if they have...

If they trace this back to me?

Damn it, Will. They kidnap people. They torture people.

Yes. That's what I wanted to talk to you about.

Just think about somebody other than yourself.

I have been. That's why I'm here.

They have Hash.

I know. I was here when they took him.

No. They have him and I found him.

Show me.

You're not gonna like this.

Where is he?

611 Folsom. Downtown, south of Market.

We gotta get him out.

This is Homeland Security.

They're working with the NSA and Emergent See.

We can't just leave him there.

Bitchan and I can break into their system.

But you're gonna need to be there to pick him up, when and if he comes out.

And we're gonna need your servers.

You want to just hack them?

They'll trace it, Will.

No, not this time.

They will trace it, and then who knows how many people you're gonna have to bail out.

I already have two.

There is another possibility, but it's a lot scarier

and it is going to add you to their list.

We gotta get him out.

If I don't come out...

Are you sure he's here?

This is it.

Get him out.

Are you ever gonna come in on-time?

You know what your problem is? You're too serious.

We're fighting terrorism. Alright? Do you want another 9-11?

Whatever. Someday, when you realize how much

sh*t actually goes down, you'll relax.

I don't know what I'm expecting. Maybe two armed guards and a full-body scanner.

This place looks more like a library, or a school.

Anything but a domestic prison for advanced interrogation.

What's this regarding?

Prisoner transfer.

I guess that's the point when you violate the people's trust on this scale.

Discretion is more important than function.

So, transfer. That's weird. What's this about?

I don't know. I don't ask.

I asked once. That's why I'm running these errands instead of being a field agent.

I know what you mean. I asked once and I didn't sleep for a week.

So, who do you want to work on today?

Martin's dead.

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