Metafire

"And we know nothing about that." The Major noted.

"All right, thank you gentlemen," the Director of the FBI intervened. The scientists from Los Alamos had clearance, but he was concerned they may lack an understanding of police strategy. He signalled an assistant, "Please make arrangements for our guests to stay nearby. I hope you won't mind. Also, consider yourselves in isolation until this situation resolves itself. We will have your families contacted." Charles and Franklin were led out. Nobody was particularly surprised. Everyone else stood still and quiet.

Now the NSC Director showed his anger again, "Now. Major Henderson, should we have the FBI removed? John Ferguson botched this pretty bad. What do you think we should do?"

"William, we can always take that up with the President, but right now, I'm in charge." The FBI Director said, "We have the Metafire group contained at this point. Their containment is outside the law, but it's pretty much as good as a prison for the moment. We seem to have them all. We have checked everything we know, and we know a lot. Remember they all worked on classified projects at Los Alamos."

The NSC Director turned and in a professional tone asked, "What about the Russians, Major?"