Back in the office, Erik began to search for information on Amanda Solarin.

He noticed with dismay that many of the data appeared encrypted; evidently Hoffman was going on with his policy of data security, hoping not to give any more important information to the alleged mole. Every request of the information database now had to be approved by Hoffman himself, which of course slowed down the work and annoyed the other officers.

Janssen was particularly angry: Erik saw ...