this session from Seattle where he was visiting his lawyer girlfriend, Janice.
Ben took charge. "Boys, boys, are we trying to shred the Constitution today? Guess what, nobody in Africa cares about this One World Order. They only care about where their next meal lives. Did you hear about the latest bubonic plague case? A couple in Africa ate a mascot. Who knew mascots carry the plague?” He paused looking over his multi-sectioned screen. “Where's Juan?”
Juan responds, joining the conference looking stressed. He thought, how could I stop this totally useless discussion? He blurted out “I have a missing fiancee and God only knows who her mob father is going to blame. You really think you have problems?"
Ben acknowledged Juan. Ben's role with the Foundation seemed to be leveling the field of emotions. "Is there anything we can do?” Juan shook his head ‘no’. Ben continued “Ok, let's get down to business.”
Chapter 19
Ben realized a bigger problem lay before them. They were being stalked by someone for some reason. "Has anyone been shot at or assaulted lately?”
Mac and Jimmy were ready to pass on their stories. But Carol jumped in first with, “I’m a bundle of nerves. Someone explain what we’re doing with this F&F group.”
Juan in his ultra-logical demeanor began describing his meeting with Lucy and Sean, the Fair and Free representatives. During that meeting, I first noticed Dominica stopped answering her messages or phone calls. “All hell broke out when they left my office.” Juan detailed the gun battle outside his office.
Carol huffed. “You could have told us that guns were part of your ‘watch our backs’ message!”
Jimmy’s up close and personal encounter with the Russian guy tailing him started to make sense to him. “This Fair and Free group must be upsetting some people. But who?”
Mac being familiar with many voter fraud conspiracy theories asked Juan. “Did these Fair and Free guys hit you with an avalanche of conspiracy theories? I know I was. When I first began to investigate voter fraud, I couldn’t believe the schemes. If even only 10% of the stories are true that’s having a devastating effect on our political system.”
Juan answered Mac, “Their first questions concerned any legal implications to their investigation methods. They've refined specific monitoring technology. Some of this technology requires hacking independent servers. Because it's untested, F&F wants to cover any possible liability. That's where we come into play. Basically, they want us to cover their legal backs.”
This request drew a long pause from the group. Ben, the most experienced legal mind among them, took the lead. “I assume that we’ve taken this Fair and Free group on as a client.”
Mac said, “Yes. That was the meeting you missed.”
Juan asked, “What do you guys think? I have a short history with them already. My office is going through bullet-hole repairs. Like Jimmy said, F&F is pissing off some pretty determined people. Maybe we should rethink taking on this case.”
Kitiona huffed. “My case was a case like this. We formed the Foundation to take on cases exactly like this. The ones no one wants to touch!”
Jimmy contributed to solving this conundrum, “Who benefits the most from voter fraud?” He answers himself. “The minority party’s politicians and their special interest groups.”
Kitiona speaks up, “And we, the people, are the losers! That’s not fair!”
Ben concludes, “Sounds like we’re in. Our first job will be to research technology law. It’s a fairly new field of law. I’d like to get up to speed with its different aspects.”
Carol said, "This may be significant. The Senate and House passed the Clean Plastic Bill last week. Carl alerted us to an interesting rider that was added at the last minute. Representatives Curt Sanders from New York City and Maxine Smith from southern Florida co-sponsored the rider.”
“What makes this rider so interesting?" Mac asked. "Politicians are nothing more than fronts for special interests. So the question is, who or what special interest are they representing?”
Kitiona saw the hesitation in Carol's eyes. She and Carol had already investigated who was behind this rider. She said "Both Sanders and Smith get much of their campaign donations from overseas. The sources are disguised through a variety of corporations and organizations. Let me ask you, does a medical group for managing small animal pain or a science of gay love foundation, inc. sound like groups interested in U.S. politics?”
Mac, hanging on every word Kitiona spoke, snickered. “You’ve got to be kidding!”
Carol added, "Many of these types of groups have earmarked donations towards these politician's re-election campaigns."
Jimmy said, "What exactly does this rider to the Clean Plastic Bill do?"
Carol answers, "This may be connected to F&F’s research. The rider authorizes refitting Florida’s election machines' motherboards."
"Who’s doing the refitting?" Ben asks.
Kitiona answers, "The refits were done in China by the Taichung Corporation. The scary fact about Taichung is that it has ties to Sander’s and Smith’s campaigns. They provide computer technology contributions. The science of gay love group is a subsidiary of the Taichung Corporation. The medical group for managing small animal pain is tougher to trace. All indications point to European money. So far there seems to be a series of direct financial connections between them.”
Juan explains that F&F has been exploring Nanotechnology possibilities as it could relate to special computer situations. Elections are a unique computer situation that could benefit special interest money people. “So is it possible that Nanotechnology could impact what's happening in politics?"
Jimmy asks. “Does anyone know how Nanotechnology works?”
Chapter 20
Sanya Phoenix International Airport met the Club’s privacy requirements. This small airport on the southern tip of China’s Hainan Island provided this week’s starting point for the Club’s yachting excursion to Mr. East’s Paracel Island estate. After each of the Club’s members landed their luxury jets and boarded Mr. East’s superyacht, they motored southward towards Paracel Island.
Their annual Paracel Island getaway was a tradition. The Club members became acquainted with each other during a Bilderberg meeting in the early 60s. There they shared and discussed the meeting’s agenda and the speakers ideas about world economic domination. From these ideas they learned of their shared ambitions. They still faithfully attend yearly meetings. They follow the Bilderberg with their own Club meeting on Paracel Island.
An average looking oriental at five foot, six inches, Mr. East functioned as the Club’s science and technology expert. He headquartered in Hong Kong. A refugee from Mainland China, he became a technological innovator and the retail king of Asia. While not in the top five wealthiest people in the world, he was pushing to be number six.
Mr. East’s superyacht named Roswell Rose after the 1947 New Mexico UFO incident added a new meaning to technological luxury. His yacht was named after the
