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addition, all the hard work of a dedicated officer will go up in smoke since these politicians will earn free brownie points. Moreover, the media has been hounding American agencies after the Guantanamo Bay exposé. I'm sorry, Sid. I can't act on a mere oral request."
    "Even if a Pakistani has something interesting in his MacBook, Bob?"Siddhartha put a bug in Robert McLean's ear while he went on to explain everything he knew.
    "Got it!", said Robert succinctly. The operation was on.

Crematorium
    The Additional Inspector General of CISF was put on the pyre at Antim Niwas , a crematorium in Noida. A few days later, his wife went to Block No. 13 in CGO Complex at Lodhi Road, New Delhi to call on the Director General of CISF and tell him everything her husband had told her just before he had been shot dead.
    When she had left, the DG was lost in thought. "How could the AIG know about the Pakistani Project Karachi?"However, the DG could not make out anything of the phrase 'Tupac-II'. For him it was ' To Pak To' , with no meaning at all.
    Another problem was the incomplete name of an Indian Agent, whose name started with Sun… which could have been anything; first name: Sunand, Sunay, Sunder, Sunil, Suneet, Sundri, Suneeti, Sunita… or last name: Sundaray, Sunitha… He tried his best to untangle the threads, but was at his wits' end because he did not even know whether the person was male or female. ' The Indian agent of the Pakistani Jihadists is Sun…" kept ringing in his ears. When he could not make any more headway, he rang up the Director of IB and told him everything he knew.

The Laptop
    Air India Flight AI 101 landed at Terminal T-4 of JFK in the afternoon. A tired, but radiant Juhi completed the formalities at the Customs and Border Protection special desk, which dealt with the diplomatic Red Passport.
    Juhi then walked towards a retail shop 'New York Fashion'. She picked up a pair of dazzling Zegna Centennial limited edition cufflinks for Aban and proceeded to the Maharaja Lounge. There, she sank into the sofa and sipped hot coffee as she waited.
    Pakistan International Airlines Flight No PK 711 landed two hours later. US Custom and Border Protection cleared Aban. When he crossed the Homeland Security barrier, an FBI officer flashed his identity card at him and whisked him into the lounge, where Agent Robert Mclean was waiting in anticipation.
    Robert McLean politely asked Aban to boot his MacBook. Aban obeyed the order. The operating system booted and asked for the username and password before logging-in. Aban entered the username Imran Shah Malik and stopped dead.
    "Enter the password."Robert demanded.
    "I don't know it."
    "Why?"
    "Only my father knows it."
    "Whose MacBook is this?"
    "Mine."
    "How does your father have knowledge of the password of your MacBook while you claim you are unaware?"
    Aban tried to clarify, but Robert McLean was unwilling to listen. The last thing that Robert McLean was willing to do was to trust a young Pakistani, carrying a MacBook, unable to feed in his own password. He asked Aban to follow him to his office. Aban requested Robert McLean to allow him to make a call before he left. Robert McLean took a deep breath and nodded. Aban called Juhi.
    Juhi was perplexed by the sudden turn of events. She quickly explained the situation to her lawyer, who advised her to be patient and bide her time until the FBI divulged exactly what they wanted. When Juhi reached the FBI Residency Office, she found Aban signing some papers and handing them over to an agent. She expressed her desire to meet the Agent, but the officer stopped her and instructed her to wait in the adjoining chamber.
    Robert started interrogating Aban, "Where did you purchase this MacBook?"
    "From eBay."
    "When?"
    "A year back."
    "Where do you go to college?"
    "Cornell School of Civil and Environmental Engineering."
    "Graduate or undergraduate?"
    "Graduate."
    "What's your area of specialization?"
    "Environmental and Water Resources