with the authorities. He glanced at Cortez and Karim.W. Borgsj? is going to be fired.

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The old comrades shook hands. It did not seem as though she would ever be able to finish it ??Hi. I??m guessing that Blomkvist has a copy and that there??s one at the editorial offices.?? ??Well. Carefully she wrote the password MonkeyBusiness. Berger held up her hands. and that S.?? Salander still said nothing. It??s possible that Zalachenko really was a Russian spy who defected and was granted political asylum. At present it consists of you. It was an unpleasant thought. or various volunteer tasks for Amnesty International and the like.?? ??I see. The day that Zalachenko was shot there was a robbery at my apartment. you might develop epilepsy or some other problem. and we don??t have a single informer who knows him or has any idea where he might be. She rasped out a single word: ??Giannini. come what may.?? ??Thank you. and he hacked his first computer when he was thirteen.?? ??Any safe??? ??No ?? not that I can see. If we had to arrange for bodyguard protection that would be a different matter ?C and it would be rather expensive. on the idea of God in the ancient world.?? Edklinth cleared his throat. the assistant chief. I think you ought to tell them right away.

?C the major increase in personnel began. First. As you yourself have pointed out. whore. It would have been essential. Does that sound good??? ??It sounds fantastic. and how she felt in general.?? she said to the P. But Ekstr?m??s the boss. She happened to identify him and track him down to Gosseberga. ??Hello. If you want to publish tomorrow morning. Protest meetings were held and petitions were sent to Minister of Immigration Birgit Friggebo. she was put in a children??s psychiatric clinic in Uppsala. And we did a thorough investigation of Bj?rck??s place. the Juiciest Horse Fuck in the Universe.?? ??How are you feeling??? ??I??m not finished yet. Inspector Paulsson had started out with a relatively manageable situation: now he had a murdered policeman and an armed killer on the run. but ???? ??Yes??? ??This young prostitute who was murdered in S?dert?lje ?? her name is Irina Petrova. She was walking to the university when someone shot her with a crossbow. He was unmarried. Cursing. Correct to lock up Salander 1991. but decided it was too late.?? Baksi said. and he was about as much help as he was when he was on holiday.

She felt tears in her eyes. She spent nearly three hours scrutinizing folder after folder on Teleborian??s computer. The problem in this case is that Blomkvist knows only a fraction of the truth about Zalachenko. took out the stylus and began to tap on the letters on the digital keypad. ??You know as well as I do that a loosely formulated document that was written in the mid-??60s isn??t worth a damn today. How was that possible? Edklinth tried to imagine what reasonably would have happened if he had been sitting at the chief??s desk at S. Berger was furious. now hidden behind the bedside table. The autopsy revealed that she died as a result of a staggeringly vicious assault.00 per minute. Figuerola followed her. Malm could see for himself that Blomkvist was indeed being tailed. * Gullberg had begun at the Russia desk of the third division of the state police.?? ??What??s this about. ??Now we just have to decide how we??re going to handle it. in time. ??I??ll call her and arrange to meet.??s glasses. ??Technically speaking. But I don??t know the objective of the conspiracy. But the majority of the workers are convicts. The French secret police had sent frogmen to New Zealand to blow up the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. So how do you intend to proceed??? ??I can??t publish a name without proof. Herr Bodin. ??Ask Malin. ??This is a complete mess.

We can assume that another two police officers ??. Reassigned to a secret post abroad in 2000. you couldn??t threaten or reason with that man. And it??s only temporary. she very steadily raised her Nikon with its 300mm telephoto lens and took two pictures. ??No. I??m clearing my desk tonight. Stefan went to chase someone up from the city building office. ??Secondly. As a result of this outburst.?? ??Don??t call me crazy. Could you please ask her to come to my office in ten minutes??? In the meantime Berger composed her own email. yes. But he had stopped the bleeding from the wounds in her hip and shoulder in the simplest possible way. Clinton said: ??Whatever happens. More??? ??We only I.?? ??What do you mean??? ??She??s sleeping at the office. the Russians will swiftly identify our informants and sources in Russia. He corresponded with Teleborian ?C but the correspondence in the form we??ve seen it is apparently a forgery.?? Figuerola held up a diplomatic finger. Then she picked up her mobile and called Blomkvist. A dental nurse by the name of Anita Kaspersson left her home by car at 7. Today we have what??s called an internal and an external organization. Gullberg.G.?? ??The healing process is still going on.

?? She thought for a moment before she looked at him again. He??s very experienced and doubtless one of the most competent news chiefs I??ve come across. Blomkvist spent the night at Salander??s apartment on Fiskargatan. So you use the attack alarm.?? Blomkvist said. but I assure you it??s in no way illegal. when she was sent to the psychiatric hospital.?? Elderly. Then he smiled.?? Armansky nodded.M. I??m optimistic that you??ll make a full recovery. uninvited. The magazine suddenly felt foreign. that there was no-one with much experience in government. in particular for playing the irascible but honest Inspector Frisk in a wildly popular T. Three chatters at once. we??ll keep the lid on S?po??s involvement for the time being. She undressed and crept into bed. She was not interested in being editor-in-chief of Millennium and working a minimum of twelve hours a day as well as sacrificing her weekends. but he had been savagely beaten. Cortez had demonstrated that in 1999. He waited in the stairwell.?? She nodded.K. unlawful activity that uses violence.

?? Nystr?m had said at their very first meeting. but my apartment is unsuitable for the time being. she risked being seen by the woman. Since then she has been allowed to drift aimlessly. How do you like being editor-inchief??? ??It??s not exactly Millennium.v Blomkvist made sure that he was not being watched when he walked from the Millennium offices early on Friday morning to Salander??s old apartment block on Lundagatan.?? Cortez said into his mobile. She opened her eyes to two narrow slits and saw a silhouette with crutches in the doorway. For five days Plague. He doubted that Niedermann would be able to keep quiet. looking down at the girl. They had kept in touch and had gone on fishing trips to Norway and elsewhere. Lillian had cleaned it with alcohol and put a bandage on it.?? ??I??ll give him one month to sort out his attitude. You all know our deadlines. ??But he seemed the right choice at the time.?? Erlander said.?? ??I can see this is a difficult situation. Her clinical status also includes periods of manic depression and she lacks empathy. we had a hell of a lot of work to do here???? ??You??re saying I wasn??t available??? Eriksson nodded. And the person who would decide when it was time for that was Dr Jonasson. He left the firm after ten years and opened his own practice. he flipped open his mobile and saw that he had twenty unread messages. The result was that a fabulous opportunity to plant long-term informants in Moscow had been lost.?? Giannini said. and came to the realization that most of all she felt indifference towards her entire life.

?? ??Thomas Paulsson happened at Gosseberga. We also have a contract which explicitly gives me free rein to make the editorial changes I deem necessary. ??Hang on. We have to be free to examine any chairman of the board. This is my last week.?? Berger nodded. you??re going to have to sort out some resources pretty damn fast. The news neither pleased Nieminen nor made him any calmer..?? ??I understand. A summer romance? A love affair? Was she in love? She went to the bathroom and washed her face and brushed her teeth. while Berger and assistant editor Peter Fredriksson met the sports editors so that she could get to know her colleagues and find out how they worked.Q.?? Berger felt weariness settling over her. came out to look at the damage.?? ??Ah ?? yes. Something had come up and she would be in a little later than usual.I. Jonasson sat in the visitor??s chair. ??This letter is referring to Holmberg??? ??No. he??s going to survive and he??s been up walking around on crutches.?? Baksi gave Blomkvist a searching look. Salander was twelve years old and had tried to kill her father ?C it would have been very strange if that shocking event had not resulted in a psychiatric report. and crawled into bed. But the serial number shows that the pistol was stolen four years ago in the robbery of a gun shop in ?rebro.C.

and she directed the investigation with a force that matched her physical appearance. And that??s how we??ve arrived at this point today. She rasped out a single word: ??Giannini. Do you want me to come back and look in on you again??? Salander thought for a moment. By all known reckoning she should have been dead. I thought he could protect me ?? but he has actually taken over my life. He did not want to use his own telephone. She spectacularly kicked the shit out of two complete thugs from Svavelsj? M. Since the events in Gosseberga his colleague had certainly become withdrawn and hard to communicate with. he switched to being a private security consultant. but that was words.?? ??Gunnar Bj?rck. Then it??s a medical matter.?? ??Does anyone know about Torstensson??s condition??? asked one of the inspectors from Violent Crime. and Zalachenko. ??Turn the print over. I was terrified that something had happened. A locksmith with a criminal record who??s probably being paid to open your door. Even the noose was just a loop. She was very badly wounded. and that there was good reason to offer him a false identity and anonymity. he??s the one who gets S. Henry. What should have happened is that you should have taken the information to Holm. ??I can document every detail. One example is Karlskrona Homes.

I??m something as old-fashioned as a democrat. she??s on powerful painkillers. Salander had not thought about the fact that she would need a lawyer. Berger stared at the screen in frustration. even to one who knew more of the story than she did. Gullberg considered various alternatives and then chose to steer Bjurman carefully out of the picture. It seems completely beside the point. when I was editor-in-chief at Millennium. but at the moment it??s set for Wednesday. He??s out repairing the roof of the cabin. Who were those dead bodies??? Nieminen had a vicious retort on the tip of his tongue. How do you feel it??s going??? I have to discuss Vitavara with him. he could decide for himself what he wanted to do. But I can see to it that you get a nicotine patch or some gum. Inspector Thomas Paulsson had a shocked expression on his face. She did not mean to make their job any easier by confessing to something that would lead to a prison sentence.?? Magnusson nodded. But the work is often to do with people who have been threatened. She poured black coffee into a paper cup and ate a lettuce and cheese baguette. The fact is I need you to write something on the Zalachenko story before you leave here. for the sake of fairness. That was when he started making calls and decided it was time to go to Stockholm. Its task was to watch over national security.?? ??How long will the meeting take??? ??It??ll probably take an hour.?? ??You could say that he quit the Section in 1994 when he went over to the external organization. Then she got busy on the morning memo.

something he might not enjoy in any case.10 a.?? ??So now you know the lay of the land. He found himself.Q. That might result in a fine of ten times his daily income. Gradually she succeeded in sitting up. it provided a good account of S?po as a structure as well as its primary concerns over several decades. ??Animal Sex. Zalachenko??s case should have ended up in Counter-Espionage.iv Zalachenko had been awake for eight hours when Inspectors Modig and Erlander came to his room at 7.?? Wadensj?? was almost beside himself.?? ??So I heard.?? Sandberg said at last. Berger had not been able to sleep on Thursday night. Thank you.S. ??You could take this as a complaint from the staff. SixOfOne had once claimed that he was a black. He had read about the eccentric journalist in the newspapers.?? Andersson said. He visited her three times that evening and noted that her temperature had stabilized at 37. When the cleaner had finished in the corridor.?? Blomkvist said. then Zalachenko. so Salander is in intensive care.

Good God. It was not until Wednesday night. I consider this office of central importance to Swedish democracy. we??re on our own??? Wadensj?? nodded. My guess is that Faulsson opened the door and M?rtensson spent the time in Blomkvist??s apartment.?? ??Why did S.?? The Prime Minister said: ??And my job is to run the country in accordance with the constitution. but a participant in unfolding events. just like Otto Danielsson. It??s possible that you??ll need another operation ?C on your shoulder ?C if we can??t arrest the infection with antibiotics. I??ve apologized to him for the way he was treated last night.?? Gullberg looked at Wadensj??. you have a number of loyal idiots working on your behalf. I have a mountain of work before the trial begins.m.K. and it was his job to see to it that it stayed intact. He made a call to his sister.?? Clinton shook his head again. She then related how he had repeatedly committed acts of sexual violence against her. Two strong men will be here in ten to twelve minutes. But he did recall that the man was introduced as the boss of the Section for Special Analysis. except for 1991 when he deliberately voted against the moderates because he believed that Carl Bildt was a realpolitik catastrophe.P. For most of industry. putting on a jacket as he switched off the lights and locked the door to his office.

Go and find Benny. collection. She had been at the helm when Svensson was murdered. The prosecutor is dealing with a marked deck. I especially like the way he wrote in the margin. ??I think she??s coming round. Let me explain why I gave orders that everything to do with Salander has to cross my desk. Twice convicted for beating his ex-wife. It??s hardly a story we can make public. WHORE! THE SOONER YOU DISAPPEAR THE BETTER. A second later the man from Malm??s photograph materialized at Teleborian??s side.?? ??I must not have realized that it would centre on Salander. ??It also tells us something about the character of our adversary. Bye. ??Torsten Edklinth has been given the task of finding out whether we can confirm this. This is really great. and stared for a moment into the distance. ask Annika to do this favour. I got a call from S. She forced herself to relax. Jew-lover. on the steep slope down towards Pryssgr?nd. She was calm.?? Jonasson unlocked the door and ushered the visitor in. He??s a good friend of mine.E.

we might save ourselves a lot of time.?? ??Unless she was armed.00 in the evening when Figuerola held the car door open for Blomkvist. You??re a lawyer and you??re a recognized authority in women??s rights. At a critical stage of the investigation they needed to know how the person in question might react if subjected to a great deal of stress.?? Cortez said. has no idea that you have access to this computer. academics. But he never regained consciousness and died after nine days in intensive care. He felt very much afraid that his suspicions were going to turn out to be justified. O. ??I??ve never had to give out information on a story before it??s published.?? Blomkvist went on.00. Anita Kaspersson has been found. which she sprayed in Lundin??s face. Sonny Nieminen.G. You??ll have your share of clashes with him. 2. He got up and went to the bathroom. ??There was one thing that struck me.?? ??If only that were the case. The problem was that the patient was in danger of dying while the doctor was still doing his thinking. One of the medics tended to Salander while the other took care of Alexander Zalachenko.I.

00 tonight you have to report for duty. isn??t just hiring Erika Berger. It had been a strenuous evening. 27. He had not said a word about the Wennerstr?m story either ?C not even Berger had known ?C but this time he had two confidants.?? ??Good God. He had his story straight and did not slip up. ??I think you??re right. I believe. Ultimately Zalachenko decided to restructure his entire operation in a new corporation that would be owned by Niedermann and himself. kidneys. You came here in the nick of time. yes. ??F?lldin??s conservative government was succeeded by Olof Palme??s. During this hour she could talk with her or just sit quietly and keep her company. ??Phenomenally intelligent. But I can??t pay before I have access to the Internet.?? Magnusson nodded. I assure you that I will exercise the utmost discretion. examining every nook and cranny. ??Good morning.?? Faste said. ??Could I have a word??? They went together to the coffee machine in the canteen. She struggled to her feet and put her hand to her forehead.P. I??ve borrowed a room from the rabbi so we can speak undisturbed.

He asked her to open her mouth and examined her throat. We won??t see you for three months while you hop from one T. Falun would make 10. new mobile telephones and the like. but this was no time to start an argument. With the result that he was bound to express himself rather imprecisely.?? Morander held out his hand. Ekstr?m was leading two separate preliminary investigations.?? Mikael Blomkvist looked up at the clock and saw that it was just after 3. and who has a reputation for being the toughest. I can??t break the law. It was better to present the package all at once. and Bert Karlsson had formed the New Democracy Party. there??s going to be a rack of other charges.A. so he plugged in the charger. Dakota wrote. Your lawyer. generally cleaned up. He was asleep within thirty seconds. I??m looking for Fredrik Clinton.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation. It was as well that Trinity belonged to the inquisitive rather than the malicious type of computer marauder.?? Blomkvist nodded. She hobbled to the door and leaned against the wall to catch her breath. ??I presume you have good reason for such secrecy.

but the blond man was gone. It was blocked. When they were settled in her new Saab 9-5. That folder is your most important evidence. She had observed his ill-concealed enthusiasm when he sauntered into the Friday meeting. The secret we both protected during my administration is now the subject of some very serious questions.M. who in their private life was a software developer in California.?? ??That??s not the only reason. Together with Eriksson and Malm. At this point Blomkvist should have realized that Paulsson was dangerously stupid.?? Salander still said nothing. Spain.?? He looked almost apologetic. Before she removed the doorstop from the bedroom door. she thinks it??s embarrassing and doesn??t quite know what to do.?? There was a knock at the door. Then Giannini crossed the room and pulled open the door.5 metres tall. Most likely it??s S?po ?C they would have an interest in suppressing Bj?rck??s report. And the murder of a person who was no friend of mine ?? a lawyer called Bjurman.O. and then our car in Nacka takes over.?? He muttered to himself as he turned down the corridor to his office. Even though it did not offer any answers to his immediate questions. He woke at 10.

Both were dressed in jeans and leather jackets.M. He used the term ??S. She had mixed feelings. and not chasing political mirages. weapons and fraud units of the state police.C. What else could he do? She returned to the subject of the front page. and that his updated version included the latest versions of Unix. It was a mess. She logged out and went to the U. ??You were lucky. Another seven messages were those so-called ??Nigeria letters?? from the widow of the former head of a bank in Abu Dhabi offering her ludicrous sums of money if she would only assist with a small sum of start-up money.?? Figuerola said: ??What do we do about Blomkvist??? ??In what sense??? ??We promised to give him feedback if we uncovered anything about Clinton and von Rottinger. He did not seem to take in anything that Blomkvist said. feeling stressed. ??Let me guess. He sat in the visitor??s chair and leaned back. I??ve checked. He was.?? * Borgsj? received Berger in his office next to the boardroom.?? ??Hans Faste is back on duty.S. Then a shot was fired accidentally that hit him in the foot.?? said Modig. ??The people who were looking after Zalachenko went far beyond their jurisdiction.

and for you it??s a matter of finding out what was Niedermann??s role in Zalachenko??s business. This was where the cleaning supplies were kept. if I do an examination??? She nodded. Would you do me a favour and count to ten??? ??One two four ?? no ?? three four five six ???? Then she passed out. He had a late lunch at the first caf?? he saw.?? Blomkvist wrote down the information. But we can??t clear this matter up all by ourselves. I??m on my way to Kungsholmen right now. Source protection. according to a witness. despite the fact that I work here. Then he leaned forward. That folder is your most important evidence. Tell me ?? what do you think of Peter Teleborian??? Jonasson threw out the name so unexpectedly that Salander almost jumped.?? ??What??s this about. She??s finished with Millennium. for God??s sake.?? ??Hans Faste is back on duty. she should be on her feet well before then. although he had not in fact been working there. ??Gullberg has murdered Zalachenko and then shot himself in the head. Zalachenko. Let??s meet tonight at 9. You??re not going to win on your own. holding the flowers. When they were seventeen.

ever mention your name.?? Wadensj?? said. I heard her lecture once. The relatively limited technology to which Trinity had access meant that he had to park his van on Bergsgatan or one of the nearby streets and laboriously calibrate the equipment until he had identified the fingerprint that represented Ekstr?m??s mobile number.00 a. gathering up Blomkvist??s documentation. My father was a psychopath. ??Teleborian has a link to a person I know only as Jonas. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London. But she waited for him to speak. Bublanski and Modig looked dubious. chief of Secretariat. we have to keep tabs on all three of them ?C Berger.?? ??No need to apologize.C. It was inconvenient because the police intranet was at headquarters. Would Milton Security be willing to contribute??? ??That girl is going to need a damned good criminal lawyer. What complicated the issue was that not a word of what he was writing was true. and primarily outside Stockholm. Salander smiled.?? ??O.?? ??Could it be that Blomkvist made some of it up??? Nystr?m laughed. ??Dr Jonasson??? ??Yes??? ??My name is Peter Teleborian. I want to approve everything we publish on that topic. And I??ll have to buy a new shift dress or something on the way to work. apart from Gunnar Bj?rck.

P. it was surely pretty obvious that Salander was insane. He opened his eyes in bewilderment. was supposed to have access to everything.?? he said with real sorrow in his voice. She walked out of the front door just as the taxi drew up. then you??ll have to call Milton??s alarm centre immediately to cancel the emergency vehicle. and one of the few she had rewritten several times before she was satisfied.?? His tone was again hostile. They??re on the U. It was just before 1. The criticism meant that the Section??s future was questioned. Giannini had planned her visit to G?teborg as a brisk. Gullberg paid his hotel bill and went out to the street.?? ??If you??re a good leader then you??ll discuss any concerns with the others. What I think is no longer of any interest. You have a reputation for not pulling your punches when there??s corruption involved. He had walked for only about ten minutes before he found a caf?? that served many unfamiliar types of coffee. If Niedermann talked. and there were incidents of violence and trouble with bouncers and others.Q. By 12.?? Blomkvist wrote down the information. a hospital nightshirt and a pair of plastic flip-flops that she had managed to borrow. But she had not said anything about why she had run her father to ground.?? ??Which is??? ??I??m an investigative journalist.

By that time he had won an international reputation.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker. Bublanski was the leader of that investigation.?? Cortez put down the telephone and drummed so loudly with his fingertips on the edge of his desk that Nilsson glared at him. but you can??t do it by mistake. It is a very clear instruction.?? ??Nonsense. I obtained the information in my capacity as editor-in-chief of Millennium. This situation makes the Prime Minister both angry and uneasy. and it can be postponed for longer if you need more time. ??That won??t happen now. he charted it with respect to the time it took to speak the word.?? She nodded. We just don??t have the editorial capacity for what we??re trying to do. picked up his laptop case. ??Teleborian went straight to Ekstr?m.I. She had been robbed. but I would tread carefully if I were you. of course. Zalachenko had been referred to Thomasson through a business associate five years earlier. when she was due to appear at a school in T?by. Save yourself making a big mistake: check it out with your superior officers. ??Where??? ??This afternoon I found out that Salander has taken on a lawyer. I don??t know if it was your father or somebody else in the family who helped him. At S.

A. There was a confused atmosphere in the newsroom throughout the afternoon. Wadensj?? has a young kid. is guilty of these crimes.00 she had accomplished nothing and decided to go home. get in your car and meet me in S?dert?lje.?? ??May I ask ?? Paulsson.?? ??Did he say how much he knew??? ??F?lldin told him that the chief of S?po at the time and a colleague came to visit him very soon after he became Prime Minister.S. This was a threat that made an impression on F?lldin. ??Blomkvist and Millennium are going to publish it. which Bj?rck and Teleborian drafted together. He pushed the thought away.?? ??It??s a bit complicated.?? ??Do you want to take the chance? Let??s say Zalachenko talks.?? ??Or you could just ask me. Even the spouses of his colleagues were not permitted in the corridors of S. They do their best to ignore anything they hear about us. almost two weeks after Blomkvist had given her Cortez??s research papers on Borgsj?.?? ??Alright. and Mia Johansson. walking into the hallway to keep a close eye on Bj?rck as he turned off the coffee machine and picked up his coat. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even. He looked at her for a while from the doorway before he went in and sat down on the edge of the sofa and woke her. so finally he called Inspector Erlander. his late wife??s name.

After the meeting at Milton Security the previous evening. and nobody became a member of this exclusive club without very strong recommendations. information that absolutely could not be disseminated. Twice since midnight the duty nurse had put her head around the door. ??Why should that be a problem??? Eriksson said. The text was sent at 7. ??Evert Gullberg.?? ??I??m on the way in. and he had been on the staff of the Section for ten years. ??I was the one who woke you after surgery. thrown her on to her stomach on the bed. when he moved back to Sweden. But after five governmental ?C and roundly criticized ?C S?po investigations. Eventually he put the folder aside. They tell us in advance the days they aren??t available because of holidays or something else. And things similar. C. ??No. She actually asked him how many copies there were in circulation. I cannot help you.?? ??We??ll have to ask the head of the legal department to take a look at this and determine exactly what is formally correct. From the government.30 he was checking into a small hotel about fifteen minutes?? walk from the Hague??s Centraal Station. Both IB and S. The son-of-a-bitch is probably out screwing around with some bimbo with big boobs.?? Blomkvist thanked him and took a taxi to City Hotel on Lorensbergsgatan.

m. she would be transferred to Kronoberg prison in Stockholm to await trial.S. But I??m beginning to suspect that this Zalachenko club is out of house. Chairman of the Board Borgsj? arrived at 2.T. She would never be able to get at the mobile. He must have driven up the 180 through Bor?s and swung south. ??The question is.?? ??They want to take you over to the prison in G?teborg tonight. What are you up to??? ??I??m sitting at home sorting through my collection of photographs of old lovers.M.?? ??That helps a bit.?? ??And he got Hans Faste all worked up. ??You??re here on a temporary basis.?? He scrubbed her back and soaped her shoulders. Finally his uneasiness took the upper hand. his sister was no help either.?? ??I see. This caused the activists in Hacker Republic to devote a startling amount of energy for six months to hacking and destroying every computer owned by that company. Both of you. Who would do it ?? you? But she has to disappear. Sp?ngberg. ??But it doesn??t add up.V. Inspector Thomas Paulsson had a shocked expression on his face.

the investigation and registration of Swedish citizens who might be suspected of harbouring communist or subversive views. The following is important: (1) Before Zalachenko was shot he denied everything and claimed that it could only have been Niedermann who shot and buried you. Lisbeth is an extraordinary person. All except for one thing. But that won??t work for the rest of us.?? ??That is unforgivably incompetent. And I??ll have to buy a new shift dress or something on the way to work.M. and the fact that the girl was shot three times. The whole point of the socialized human being was to not give in to that sort of impulse. ??You know what I would have done. gentlemen. During the next hour. but they chose to protect Zalachenko because he was a source of valuable information. The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension. Hans von Rottinger had first hired Falun for the Section in 1986 for an operation that involved forcing entry into the home of the leader of an anarchist group. But it would have to be something very unusual. The unit had procured a generous severance package from Security Police funds. They were the ones who had taken care of Zalachenko. The first year??s budget amounted to 52. How??s Mikael doing??? ??He??s dead to the world. If you are involved. ??I made a copy for Curt but I never had a chance to give it to him before the Prosecutor General collected the others..?? When Blomkvist reached home at 5.?? Figuerola said to no-one in particular.

Unfortunately Dr Jonasson had made it difficult even for Giannini to have access to her client.06 in the evening. Gullberg had spent his life on his majesty??s secret service. hardly anyone socialized with each other in their free time.?? she said. I blockaded the door and locked us in the bathroom. ??Trained as a navy frogman and then attended the police academy in the early ??90s. Policemen possibly excepted. I should perhaps mention that I opposed that action.P. He had the face of a model and looked weak. What??s the problem??? Blomkvist said. I have no idea where he is or where he might go.?? They saw a tall man with a narrow moustache who was wearing a hat. You make 112. Since Prosecutor Ekstr?m had tentatively referred to a trial in July. felt a rush of pain and fell to the ground. ??So I wish to press charges against my daughter.?? ??And Salander??? ??She??s part of what makes it so interesting. Richard Ekstr?m. The other participants at the meeting were two individuals from the top echelon of the Firm.T. ??I??ve been told that you don??t generally communicate much with the authorities. He glanced at Cortez and Karim.W. Borgsj? is going to be fired.