Sam reminded Michael that he had a Pilates class to attend with Veronica. Michael, Fiona, and Sam arrived at the Marina Mall at noon to find Carla and figure out who she works for. The decoded message read: "Meet at Marina Mall Noon." Michael returned to his loft to begin decoding the crossword puzzle Carla left at the bar at Carlito's. But the advantage is, there's no one around to object to a little intelligence gathering. There are a lot of disadvantages to being at the scene of a crime, you can get arrested, you can get yourself killed, and no matter how many times you've done it, it's never fun hanging out with a dead body.It won't show up on a tox screen, and there's no trail left behind… unless you know where to look. They suffocate before they've realized there's a problem. If you walk in on a corpse and can't catch your breath, you might be suffering from a panic attack, or someone might be pumping nitrogen gas into the room to displace all the oxygen.So you learn to be vigilant when you think you've got the upper hand. They know the best attack is the one you don't see coming. In intelligence, a good adversary lets you think you're winning.If they think you might be a traitor, they'll kill you just to be on the safe side. It doesn't involve courts or lawyers or proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Drug cartels have their own internal justice system.The trick to selling an assassination attempt is to use a lot more fire power. Most assassinations involve the firing of a single well-placed bullet.Obnoxious guys, they just want to get rid of. The problem with beautiful women is people want them to stick around which can cause a lot of problems. Most people think distracting a group of guys is best done by a beautiful woman.Inexperienced operatives abandon a cover ID under pressure experienced ones just play their roles harder.If you wanna sell someone on a lie, you have to make them drag it out of you. People don't trust information they get for free.Like, say, the name and address of a mistress in Orlando, or information about a secret gambling habit. People trust you when they have something on you. If you wanna make a friend, solve a problem for them.Establishing you're in the same racket, is a great way to make an introduction. There may be no honor among thieves, but there's a certain amount of respect.Get your hands on a check that's been filled out by the account holder, dissolve everything but the signature, and you've got yourself a blank check. Nail-polish remover is mostly acetone, which dissolves ink. Get some old checks, a roll of scotch tape, some nail-polish remover, and you're in business. Check fraud is more about technique than high-tech equipment.When you're following someone else's instructions, they set the agenda, they control the security, and they get to make you jump through hoops to remind you they are in charge. In covert ops, you always want to be the one setting the meeting.It's the art of steganography: sending coded messages that don't look like messages, unless you have the key. In the world of intelligence, if an operative hands you a crossword puzzle, chances are, you just received a coded message.At Sam's request, Michael helps a waitress named Sophia who is being stalked by a cartel soldier.
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