Echelon Conspiracy Page #3

Yes, sir. We're ready on our end.

Good.

We're live, people.

What a douche.

VIP Blackjack. Seat five.

Here we go.

Target SIM just went active.

Trunk line three, negative lock.

Transit trunk node

Bravo four is active.

Active source trace and lock.

Localization on, partial lockout.

Change, please.

Bet all.

Second text.

Second SMS detected.

Locked. Tracking second SMS.

The system's refining source

coordinates.

Messages are coming

from inside US territory, sir.

One more.

Bets, please.

Everything?

Seventeen.

Card?

That was your only warning.

No more interference.

Turn the phone off again,

I'll kill you.

We got them.

Full lockout.

- Triangulation complete.

- Call them as they come in.

Refining coordinates.

Latitude North, between 42 and 29.

The messages are coming from...

...Maryland.

Transit trunk node Bravo four is

active. Refining final coordinates.

North, 38 hours 57 minutes.

Shut it down!

All tracking systems off!

Now!

Abort. I say again, abort.

Yes, sir.

Source is Echelon.

We have an abort.

Pull him off now!

Whoa, what do you mean abort?

Let's go, Peterson.

Hey, don't turn off the phone!

Come on.

This is bullshit. What am I

supposed to tell my boss?

What do I care?

Tell him it's classified.

Classified.

That's not gonna satisfy him.

Well, there goes your job.

Again.

What's going on?

The investigation has

been terminated.

This is about Echelon, isn't it?

You always had a big mouth.

You should keep it shut.

Both of you.

What's Echelon?

It's NSA's central computer.

It filters all global

communication.

Wait a minute. So, whoever's

sending the messages...

...is using the NSA?

Exactly.

Echelon's been compromised.

Find out what the hell's going on.

I don't show any

unauthorized access, sir.

Somebody got in. I want to know

how they did it and who it was.

Well, I can monitorthe inputs.

If someone's remotely manipulating,

we'll see it in real-time.

Do it.

It's gonna take me some

time to reconfigure the...

Just do it! Now!

Well?

Echelon's a juggernaut.

It can access any security

system on the planet.

I know what Echelon's capable of.

I need to know who

can hack into it.

Well, someone with some

serious knowhow.

My guess is a foreign power,

maybe even an insider.

What are the NSA's plans?

Well, they've gotta keep

a lid on this thing now.

They've got the phone...

...so they'll try and trace the

messages without Peterson.

You said there were others

who'd received messages.

Yes, but the selection

seems random.

Nothing's random.

Track Peterson.

He'll lead us to who's doing this.

What makes you think he

hasn't served his purpose already?

Because he isn't dead yet.

Sir, the NSA is not gonna tolerate

an outside investigation.

John, just keep him alive.

Otherwise, you'll have

worse than the NSAto deal with.

Who is he?

Navy SEAL, sir.

He can handle himself.

Not exactly his twin.

He'll do.

If there's a line of sight, which

I doubt, it'll be from a distance.

What about Reed and Peterson?

Do they know?

They'll stay quiet, sir.

Reed I trust. Peterson I don't.

He's too scared to be a threat,

I guarantee it.

We're ready here, sir.

Forgive me for asking, but are you sure

you don't want to use Peterson on this?

Grant, you have your orders,

now follow them.

Waiting forthe order on Peterson, sir.

Proceed.

Well, this was excellent.

You're an amazing cook.

Thank you.

- Let me help you with this.

- No. Stay here. Be right back.

Okay.

You take these

photographs yourself?

Yeah. You like them?

Yeah. Yeah, they're beautiful.

Yeah, it's always been

my dream to live in Paris.

What's stopping you?

Reality.

Isn't that what usually

gets in the way of dreams?

I can't say.

Come on, Max.

You must want something.

I guess...

Thanks.

All I really want is to be useful.

And just once, you know...

...make a real difference.

You'll get your chance.

I've never been.

You're missing out.

Everyone has to

see Paris at least once.

What's so special about it?

It's hard to describe, really.

Tell me.

It's...

...the way the streets look...

...and the light from people's

windows...

...and the rain.

The way it sticks in your eyelashes.

Makes everything a painting.

You know, it's just Paris.

Yeah?

Is he still there?

Yeah.

Good. Keep him there.

I'm on my way.

And, Kamila...

...be prepared for anything.

So, there's a one there,

then the four could be...

Fun my ass.

Anything?

Nothing.

Krizovnicka.

Come on, let's move it!

Target SIM just went active.

System's refining

source coordinates.

Transit trunk node

Bravo four's active.

Receiving initial GPS data.

Channel Delta 7 is active.

Negative lockout.

Intel set tracer active.

Negative lockout.

Target SIM just went active.

Output data stream detected.

Morning.

Wow, you look beautiful.

Thank you.

I hope you don't mind.

No, not at all.

What are you reading?

Little background on Echelon.

NSA's filtering computer.

Did you know that the NSA intercepts

every phone call we make?

Every email, every text?

- I guess I just assumed that.

- Yeah, well...

...that's just what exists now.

The upgrade that failed would've put a

camera in every person's home.

Okay, now you just sound paranoid.

No, NSA actually admits it.

Look.

Come on.

See, the upgrade

would've decentralized...

Echelon to operate in

every computer on the net.

This would be Echelon.

Knowing what you download,

reading what you type...

...watching you on yourwebcam.

Jesus.

Worst of all, there'd be

no stopping it.

Not unless you turn off

every computer in the world.

A global police state.

Exactly.

And this only failed by one vote.

I bet the folks back in

Omaha are glad that didn't pass.

What?

I never said I was from Omaha.

So, how do you know that?

Kamila?

Look at me.

Who the hell do you work for?

Get down!

F***!

Bedroom! Now!

Sh*t.

Bathroom.

Stay down.

Okay.

He's with the girl.

They're in the back.

Are you all right?

Get him out of here.

I'll be fine.

Come on.

Just go.

Sir?

Give me some good news.

I'm sorry, sir.

We monitored everything...

...but if someone's getting in, I

honestly don't know how.

Yeah?

I'm afraid I have some bad news, sir.

Peterson got away.

What?

It was the girl.

She killed two of my men.

Stupid sons-of-b*tches!

You all right?

I told them not to turn off the phone,

okay? It said it was gonna kill me.

Look, it wasn't them, all right?

It's NSA.

All right, so what do we do?

Do we hide?

Hide? Look, you don't

hide from these guys.

What we've gotta do is

figure out who's behind this...

...and let's see if NSA will cut a deal.

How are we supposed to do that?

That I don't know.

Yuri.

What, the cabbie with the earpiece?

Yeah. He said, with my SIM...

...he could find out who's

sending the messages.

Look, I think this is a little bit out

of his league.

Besides, he's already skipped town.

Hopped a plane back to Moscow.

I'm gonna call him.

You're not calling anybody.

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