The Gillespie Five (A Political / Conspiracy Novel) - Book 1 (42) Read Online Free PDF Page A

sir, she claims she is Marilyn Monroe, as in the Marilyn Monroe.  She even said I could call her Norma Jeane."
    Lee growled.   "Why are you bothering me with this crap?"
    "But you haven't heard the best part!"  Kowalski’s grin widened.  "Not only did she claim to be Marilyn, but she says we should respond immediately because they look just the same men who tried to kill her when she was younger." 
    "Get out!"
    The grin left Kowalski's face.  "Yes, sir.  But I wanted to ask your opinion about something."
    Lee’s eyes narrowed.  "What?"
    "Do you think I should ask her out?  I mean it’s not every day one gets a chance to meet the Marilyn Monroe.  Even if she is ancient by now."  He started laughing. 
    Lee could feel his face getting hotter.  Kowalski's laughter stopped abruptly.  "I'll just be going now."
    The shutting door did little to dim the sound of Kowalski's laughter as he headed back to his desk and hung up the phone.  Lee shook his head.  It wasn't bad enough that he had to deal with whackos calling in, he also had a bunch of wise ass rookies.  He leaned back in his chair only to have the phones started ringing again.  With a weary sigh, he sat up and grabbed the phone.
    "Denver Police, Precinct 5.  I mean, Precinct 6."
     
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    Senator Mitchell Gillespie arrived in the office in the early hours of Friday morning, just in time to receive the call informing him that all targets had been acquired.  He smiled as he hung up.  Just a few months before, they had finally launched the operation, and managed to quickly tag several threats, many more than they had expected.  But this group?  This group was special. 
    Four individuals, all hitting the same trap and all from Colorado, his own state.  And, between their backgrounds and other initial evidence, there was reason to believe they had been collaborating in a way that suggested a major player was involved.  It was regrettable that he would not be able to go immediately to the press.  But there were questions to be asked and legalities to deal with and one did not hurry through these things.  Especially the legalities in this case where the use of the CIA’s extreme or, extraordinary, rendition tactic was being employed against American citizens
    The fact that it was being used on American citizens, however, was not what concerned Gillespie as much as where they were going to be holding the detainees.  Typically, the use of extraordinary rendition required taking detainees to another country, or location, not subject to the Geneva Conventions.  But where the Director of the FBI had suggested they send the detainees was, essentially, U.S. territory.  And, though he had been talking with several lawyers, he still had some doubts and he would not be going to the press until both the interrogations and the legalities had been locked down to his satisfaction.
    Still, it was a move in the right direction.  And a move that would help take him to the Oval Office.
     
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    Barrett hung up the phone with the people who had hired him, and looked around his temporary downtown Denver apartment.  Nearly a hundred and fifty hits to the trap in a matter of months.  All were being investigated but only a few arrests had been made.  He gritted his teeth.  He wanted them all questioned! 
    Slowly, he began to pace his apartment, his steps coming quicker and quicker in rhythm with his emotions.  Damn fucking politicians!  He should have known Gillespie wasn't any different.  He wasn't really interested in stopping all hackers, he just wanted the cases that would get him into the presidential seat the quickest. 
    There had been twenty-two hits in Colorado alone.  How they had connected the dots and discovered this group was most likely working together, he didn't know.  But once Gillespie realized what they possibly had, there had been no