Chapter 2 Summary

Alexander Conklin, long retired from his position with the CIA, is reluctantly drawn into the front of this new threat. His connections in government still give him entry into the covert operations of Langley. Once inside, however, he begins to suspect that there is something being hidden from him, something that is ominous and dangerous both to himself and to Jason Bourne. Things have changed drastically at the CIA since Conklin's day with most of the work being done in front of computer screens. Conklin's contacts at the CIA, the Director of Central Intelligence and Deputy Directors Steve DeSole, Casset and Valentino, appear to know very little about Bourne other than he was a "scumball" killer and was killed in Hong Kong years ago. Alex Conklin demands to know how and why Bourne's top-secret identity has suddenly become known. Conklin is convinced that...