The people at the various intelligence agencies are not paid to make rosy assessments, but to think of the most likely worst-case possibilities.
Imagine an antique dealer in Lyon, France who is helping Greek and Serbian officers smuggling ancient artifacts from the Anatolian Peninsula that used to be part of Turkey, or an arm dealer in St. Petersburg. Russia who is selling to all sides in the various conflicts in the Middle East, or the biggest importer of Heroin from China on the US West Coast who is funding the "wrong side" in the Civil War in China, all of whom die in "mysterious ways".
What do they all have in common?
When photographs of the subjects are reviewed, there is at first nothing out of the ordinary in them, but later they see a dishwater blonde who worked in the antique store in Lyon, the sleek brunette hostess of an exclusive club in St. Petersburg that is a front for shady business dealings, and the warm honey brown personal banker in San Francisco and all of them are never seen again.
Then it hits them, they are all the same person, and she is working for another nation's intelligence agency, or worse she is free-lancing for the highest price.
That is why they are keeping an eye on Marie Alexander Kristina von Mischner-Blackwood.
Kat has now the opportunity to really make her vision of Berlin to come true by the complete overhaul of the transportation system by integrating the U-Bahn, S-Bahn, bus lines, the Autobahns in a way that keeps the neighborhoods of Berlin whole and connected to each other,
But it is going to take a lot of time and money, more than originally promised, think of The Big Dig in Boston, but much larger.
Imagine an antique dealer in Lyon, France who is helping Greek and Serbian officers smuggling ancient artifacts from the Anatolian Peninsula that used to be part of Turkey, or an arm dealer in St. Petersburg. Russia who is selling to all sides in the various conflicts in the Middle East, or the biggest importer of Heroin from China on the US West Coast who is funding the "wrong side" in the Civil War in China, all of whom die in "mysterious ways".
What do they all have in common?
When photographs of the subjects are reviewed, there is at first nothing out of the ordinary in them, but later they see a dishwater blonde who worked in the antique store in Lyon, the sleek brunette hostess of an exclusive club in St. Petersburg that is a front for shady business dealings, and the warm honey brown personal banker in San Francisco and all of them are never seen again.
Then it hits them, they are all the same person, and she is working for another nation's intelligence agency, or worse she is free-lancing for the highest price.
That is why they are keeping an eye on Marie Alexander Kristina von Mischner-Blackwood.
Kat has now the opportunity to really make her vision of Berlin to come true by the complete overhaul of the transportation system by integrating the U-Bahn, S-Bahn, bus lines, the Autobahns in a way that keeps the neighborhoods of Berlin whole and connected to each other,
But it is going to take a lot of time and money, more than originally promised, think of The Big Dig in Boston, but much larger.