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Stansfield nodded. “True, but what about your list?”
“I destroyed my copy. I keep the list up here.” Kennedy tapped her forehead.
Stansfield had done the same. “And Mitch?”
“I spent a weekend reviewing it with him and then the entire file was destroyed.”
“You’re sure?”
“Yes.”
“But he could have written things down later,” Lewis added.
“I don’t think that’s his style,” Kennedy said. “He has a pretty good memory.”
“And Ridley?”
“I have no way of knowing for certain, but he’s pretty thorough.”
“Where is he right now?”
“Amsterdam.”
“I want a full debriefing, and I want you two to handle it. Head over there. It will be easier.”
Kennedy nodded and asked, “What about Stan?”
“I’ll deal with Stan.”
With obvious trepidation, Kennedy asked, “How soon?”
“I think I might be Paris bound in the morning.”
“Really?” Kennedy asked, her surprise obvious.
“Cooke asked me to go over with him. Help smooth some things over.” Stansfield intentionally kept his suspicions about Cooke to himself.
“I’d like to head over as soon as possible,” Kennedy said to her boss. “Hopefully this afternoon.”
“Why?”
“Because I think I’m the only one he really trusts. I should be the one to bring him in.”
“You don’t think he trusts Stan?”
Kennedy looked to Lewis for help.
As was his habit, Lewis had his hands steepled under his chin. Glancing at Kennedy he sai
d, “Tell Thomas what Mitch told you about Stan.”
“He thinks if Stan brings him in he’ll shove him in solitary for a month and slap him around.”
Stansfield pondered that for a moment. Rapp was likely not far from the truth. Maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to send Kennedy over. He could have Hurley begin looking into how Tarek might have upset the Libyans.
“I’m concerned that we have a deeper problem here,” Lewis said to Stansfield.
“Such as?”
