By Scott C. Johnson
What occurs whilst a father asks his son to lie for the higher good?
turning out to be up, Scott Johnson continually suspected that his dad was once assorted. merely as did he become aware of the reality: his father used to be a undercover agent, one of many CIA's so much relied on officials. And, as Scott got here to understand, his father have been residing a double existence for therefore lengthy that his lies have been challenging to split from the truth.
while an grownup Scott launched into a profession as a battle correspondent, he chanced on himself returning to some of the bothered international locations of his formative years. within the dusty streets of Pakistan and Afghanistan, amid the chilly urbanity of Yugoslavia, and down the mysterious alleys of Mexico urban, he got here head to head along with his father's murky prior — and his personal complicity in it.
The Wolf and the Watchman is a provocative, meditative looking on fact, deception, and manipulation, and the fidelities we owe to ourselves and to our households. it's also an intensely own tale of a bond among father and son that persisted within the shadow of 1 of the world's such a lot secretive and unforgiving associations.
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The temptation grew stronger. Instead, K-Two pressed the next button on the console. The red light went on. K-One covered the middle microphone with his right hand and spoke into the third. "Oh, " said K-One, "I'm terribly sorry. That's your cousin Ch'un. I didn't know, Kwang. " K-Two punched the last button and watched as K-One walked toward the CNN truck to make sure their feed from the press truck was secure. He shook his head. One day he'd do it. He really would. He'd wait until the esteemed sound engineer said something really embarrassing and- The world went black and K-Two slumped over his console.
He had always loved her, but KCIA policy forbid relationships among employees; it would be too easy for infiltrators to get information by placing a secretary or researcher on staff and having her court an official. She was almost worth quitting for, but that would have broken Gregory's heart. His mentor had always felt that Hwan had the mind and soul and sensitive political instincts of a KCIA man, and had spent a small fortune educating him and preparing him for that life. Even as thick as the red tape got at times, Hwan knew that Gregory was right: this was the life for him.
Hurry, " he snarled. The other man nodded as he carefully removed the brick of plastic explosive from each duffel bag. He pressed them to the underside of the console, well out of sight; when he was finished, Eyepatch removed two wires from the duffel bags and handed them over. The man inserted the end of a wire into each brick, then handed the other ends to Eyepatch. Eyepatch looked out the small one-way window at the podium. The politicians had started to move in. The traitors and patriots both were chatting amiably among themselves; no one would notice that anything was amiss.