The 22nd Secret (15 page)

F
or
y
e
a
rs now
w
e
’ve
b
e
e
n bui
l
ding
m
i
c
ro
c
hips,
m
e
mo
r
y
a
nd
a
ll
that kind
o
f stu
f
f
w
i
t
h the
a
bi
l
i
t
y to use this te
c
hnolo
g
y
.
I
t
’
s in
y
our P
C
,
y
o
u
r
c
e
l
l
p
h
on
e
,
y
o
u
r mi
c
ro
w
a
v
e
,
e
v
e
r
y
wh
e
r
e
. Ev
e
n t
h
e stuff
the
J
a
ps a
n
d Ko
rea
n
s mak
e
. Tom, it’s
in
t
he
stuff
the Chin
e
se
sto
l
e
, b
o
u
g
ht, or just
plain
c
opied
f
rom us. Don
’
t
a
s
k me how, but
i
t’s not det
ec
table,
a
t
le
a
st with
t
he
te
c
hnolo
g
y
out
t
h
e
re tod
a
y
.
B
ui
l
d
a
n
y
th
i
ng
to
run
c
ompu
t
e
r t
e
c
hnolo
g
y
,
a
s we
know it,
i
t’ll
s
uppo
r
t
L
e
v
e
l 21. Now h
e
r
e
’s the
b
ea
u
t
y
of this
stuff
.
”

J
ohnson p
a
used
le
a
n
e
d
f
o
r
w
a
rd in his c
h
a
ir
a
nd
s
poke
soft
l
y
.
“
I
t’s virtu
a
l
l
y
inv
i
sib
l
e
, und
e
te
c
tabl
e
.
I
me
a
n to
t
e
ll
y
ou
that
L
e
v
e
l 21
i
s the ulti
m
a
te
c
ompu
t
e
r vi
r
u
s.
I
t us
e
s m
ic
ro-f
rac
t
i
ons of p
r
o
ce
ssor
a
n
d sto
ra
ge
space
c
omp
a
re
d to
t
r
a
di
t
ional te
c
hnolog
i
e
s.
W
e
e
mbedd
e
d the b
a
sic
s
y
s
t
e
ms
i
n
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
. The
m
ic
rop
r
o
c
e
ssor
i
n
y
our mi
c
ro
wa
v
e
would
c
om
m
it
ment
a
l suicide
if the
L
e
v
e
l 21
p
r
o
g
r
a
m
m
ing
in
i
t
t
hou
g
ht
y
o
u
w
e
re
lau
n
c
hi
n
g
a
n
u
c
le
a
r
w
a
r
h
ea
d.”
J
ohnson l
ea
n
e
d b
ac
k in h
i
s ch
a
ir.
“
Now
i
t
’s not
a
s
si
m
ple
a
s blowing
up
y
o
ur
m
i
c
ro
wa
v
e
. You know, m
i
ss
i
les h
a
ve
tel
e
met
r
y
a
ll
those kind of thin
g
s
.
B
a
sic
a
l
l
y
, we
ca
n
c
om
m
unic
a
te
w
i
t
h the
L
e
v
e
l 21 pr
o
g
r
a
ms
i
n most of th
e
ir w
e
a
pon
s
,
a
t
l
e
a
st
t
he
n
e
w stuff
th
e
y
g
ot
f
rom us.
S
D
I
w
a
s a flop but
L
e
v
e
l 21 w
a
s a
b
i
g
,
massive su
c
ce
ss. All
we
n
ee
d
e
d to do w
a
s let
t
h
e
m get their
h
a
nds on our
h
a
rd
w
a
re
a
nd sof
t
w
a
re
a
nd we
ac
hie
v
e
d
a
ll
the obj
ec
t
i
v
e
s of the
or
i
ginal
S
D
I
pr
o
g
ra
m at a f
rac
t
i
on of
the
c
ost. And
the d
a
mn
C
hinese
a
r
e
se
l
l
i
ng
the
t
ec
hnol
o
g
y
to e
v
e
r
y
one
e
l
s
e
, thank
y
ou v
e
r
y
much.”

”
Th
a
t’s inc
r
e
dib
l
e. A
r
e
y
ou sure
a
bout
t
his?
I
c
a
n
’
t believe
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
l
i
ke
th
i
s r
ea
l
l
y
e
x
is
t
s.”

“
B
e
l
i
e
v
e
i
t
, Tom.
I
f
y
ou
w
a
nt
t
o
a
sk the
P
r
e
sident
I
’ll g
e
t h
i
m on
t
he
phon
e
.”

“
No, that’s ok
a
y
.
I
b
e
l
ie
v
e
y
ou but
t
his
i
s so f
a
nta
s
t
i
c
. You s
a
y
the Chin
e
se
don’t know
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
a
bout
t
his.”

“
Not a
c
lue.
At
l
ea
st as
f
a
r
a
s
w
e
kn
e
w until
th
i
s
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
th
i
ng
c
a
me up.
T
he Chinese
n
ee
d
e
d to
t
hink
t
h
e
y
w
e
r
e
r
e
a
l
l
y
pul
l
i
n
g
o
ne
ov
e
r on
u
s. T
h
a
t’s w
h
y
y
o
u
r
wo
r
k for
t
h
e p
a
st fifte
e
n
y
e
a
rs
w
a
s so
c
ritic
a
l
t
o the su
c
c
e
ss of
t
he
d
e
c
e
pt
i
on.”

“
W
e
n Ho
L
e
e
h
a
ve
a
n
y
t
h
ing
to do wi
t
h th
i
s
?
”
Tom thou
g
ht
t
he
qu
e
st
i
on
a
dd
e
d to h
i
s f
e
i
g
n
e
d
i
g
nor
a
n
c
e
of t
h
e
L
e
v
e
l 21
t
ec
hnol
o
g
y
.

“
H
e
l
l
,
y
e
s. He
supplied most of the
c
ompu
t
e
r
c
o
d
e
.
W
e
c
ouldn’t just come
out and t
e
ll him
how, but he kn
e
w he
w
a
s helpi
n
g
to d
e
f
e
nd
T
a
iw
a
n f
r
om
t
he
Chine
s
e
nu
c
le
a
r th
r
ea
t. The man
’
s a d
a
mn h
e
ro.
I
n
e
x
c
h
a
n
g
e
f
o
r his wo
r
k
,
w
e
a
ssur
e
d the
T
a
iw
a
n
e
s
e
gov
e
rnm
e
nt
th
e
y
did
n
'
t n
ee
d to f
e
a
r the
Chinese
m
i
ss
i
le
a
rs
e
n
a
l, including
t
he
n
e
utron bomb. Th
e
y
'
ve
b
ee
n flippi
n
g
the R
e
d Ch
i
n
e
se
off
e
v
e
r si
n
ce
. D
a
mn sh
a
m
e
the
E
n
e
r
g
y
D
e
p
a
rtme
n
t pen
e
t
r
a
t
e
d his
c
ov
e
r.
I
t
w
a
s all ov
e
r b
e
f
o
re
the m
e
d
i
a
g
o
t
hold of the
sto
r
y
a
n
y
w
a
y
.
B
ut wh
e
n Co
n
g
r
e
ss s
t
a
rt
e
d
a
ski
n
g
qu
e
st
i
on
s
, l
i
ke
w
h
y
’
d
Cl
i
nton
a
ppro
v
e
the s
a
le of
su
p
e
r
c
om
p
ute
r
s to
t
he
Chines
e
, we
h
a
d to qu
i
e
t
t
hin
g
s down
fa
st. Got
W
e
n out of the
c
ount
r
y
f
a
st and
d
ow
n
pl
a
y
e
d the
w
hole th
i
ng
to
t
he
medi
a
.
You w
e
re
in on
t
he
W
e
n inve
s
t
i
g
a
t
i
on.”