Bringloe got his first hint that the barge wasn’t really going to be used for mining when a neighbor stopped him to say that a private investigator had come by asking questions about his background and character, ostensibly as part of the evaluation process for a large insurance policy. He hadn’t applied for any insurance policy, but he suspected that wasn’t the true story, anyway—a hunch confirmed when Glosten summoned him to a meeting where two men in suits explained that his services were required for the national security of the United States and that he should never speak about the work
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