"Clancy, Tom - Net Force 02 - Hidden Agendas" - читать интересную книгу автора (Clancy Tom)

"Very stimulating mano-a-mano combat scenario.
There's a full VR version that puts you right in the
middle of the action. Some junior high school kid
built it and put it on the net. Fun. You should
try it sometime."
Hughes smiled and tried not to show the contempt he
felt White was rich, the son, grandson, and
great-grandson of wealthy men. It wasn't just a
silver spoon he'd been born with, but a platinum
one encrusted with diamonds. If he'd wanted to.
White could have blown a million dollars a year for
his entire life and never depleted his share of the
family fortune; He wasn't a total fool, but
he was a dilettante, a dabbler; the office was for
him an adult version of DinoWarz, and Hughes
believed it meant about as much. White thought
being a United States senator was ... fun.
"One other thing," Hughes said.
"That bombing in Louisiana."
"Oh, yeah. Terrible thing."
"Worse than terrible. The kid who did it got
the formula for the explosive off the net. A
supposedly top-secret military formula."
"No shit?" White leaned forward, and his face
came close to the translucent holoproj of the two
combatants. He waggled his fingers and the image
vanished.
"I think this plays right into your hearings on Net
Force.
They are supposed to stop such things."
"That's true."
"You might want to mention it when the budget hits
the table. I'll have Sally work up the report on the
bombing. That young woman guard who was killed was in
college, a newlywed, about to graduate."
"A shame," White said.
"Tell Sally to highlight that part."
"Of course."
The intercom chimed. Bertha.
"Sir, your limo is here for your two-thirty."
Hughes stood.
"I'll be in my office," he said.
"And I'll meet you for the staff meeting at
four."
"Thanks, Tom."
After the senator was gone, Hughes went down the
hall to his own office.
He nodded at Cheryl, his secretary.
"Anything pressing?"
"Louis Ellis called from Dayton. He's