Metafire

He looked at her and said, "It has the letter "b" in it."

Erisa said, "Not now, Dr. O'Leary. Maybe later."

"OK. But, Erisa, you must tell me."

Erisa did not respond. She thought to herself, "What has a letter "b" and is a response to a Netbill question?" She had no idea.

Dr. O'Leary left. Erisa was invited back to her room. She was given access to an account on the computer in her room. They showed her an interview program so that she could learn the essentials about the space flight. It was written by her own agency, the NSP.

When Dr. O'Leary arrived at the office, two FBI agents were sitting in the lobby. One was an agent from the local office. One was from Washington. Dr. O'Leary invited them in. It was a small suite of modern offices with big windows. Metafire was a small company, and the facility was neat and modern with lots of wood. They walked into the conference room.

"This is a routine investigation, Dr. O'Leary." The local agent was not friendly.