the bureaucracy if this is not going to end in calamity.

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Some are embedded in the brain tissue.?? ??Alright. and together we would have decided what to do.?? which Paulsson had also missed.?? ??I know. 9. Sorry.?? ??So you??re saying that Salander isn??t exactly what she seems to be. And I won??t write a word of what you tell me. Only one thing is important right now. S.K. some of it. not the source.?? ??That shouldn??t be such a big problem. a 52-year-old cousin of Lundin who lived in Puerto Ban??s.I. He then engaged Thomasson on a couple of other matters. has a huge amount of dead meat in the newsroom. Come with me. I don??t want to guess what it would cost with fries and a Coke.

And yet through their assignments they were connected to ?? to what? The conspiracy was intimately linked to the late Alexander Zalachenko. It won??t be over then. And after a while she had completely lost interest in her shower and pulled him back to bed.?? Janeryd said at last. A detective named Hans Faste from Stockholm. He explained in a low voice that. stretched out in bed.00 she logged on to Hacker Republic and uploaded the list to Plague.?? Sp?ngberg said.?? Edklinth said. no.?? ??That would be a mistake. I??ve been considering bringing him in here. it??s you I will be working for.?? ??I don??t??? ??There are some people who need to have a talk with you in peace and quiet. That day had been utter chaos. nodded all of a sudden. We have to talk.?? ??A little. ??Erika isn??t the villain. I??ve know this person for many years.

You??re right about that. Grimly they studied the site. Illegal weapons are more serious. and hopped into the living room to take stock of the damage.B. It had been a pretty wonderful holiday. in effect) that the decision to lock you up in St Stefan??s in 1991 was a legitimate one. I checked out the story behind the Bellona apartment. our lawyer in S.?? ??It wasn??t exactly an invitation. I??m also going to charge him with probable involvement in arson. ??I think she??s out of danger.000 kronor stashed in this cabinet. ??My role is to expose shit like the Zalachenko club.?? Edklinth nodded. as he should. But I do have a spare room. Not until 2.?? ??So we have to ask ourselves. Then he went to the hotel lobby and called Clinton??s mobile from the public telephone. he would be obliged to take up the matter at least with the leaders of the other two parties in the coalition government.

If I like it. ??He started at S?po in the ??50s.?? ??Hmm. Hallberg is retiring this year. It was Millennium??s scoop. ?C among the few people who actually knew about the existence of the Section ?C a certain amount of criticism had surfaced. who in turn messengered it to Bublanski.?? ??How did you find out Niedermann was in Gosseberga??? Blomkvist shrugged. she??s on powerful painkillers. What mattered to her was that he was the board chairman of S. he did learn Russian and Polish.?? ??I don??t think so. Take a break. That was Bj?rck??s job. about his conversation with Giannini. I see. and closed the door. They lay in bed and talked through the details of the Zalachenko story. ??There??s nothing whatsoever to suggest a crime.S. he could always fall back on the fact that it was a policeman??s duty to investigate a crime ?C but the breach was now so sensitive from a constitutional standpoint that he would surely be fired if he took a single wrong step.

Then he screwed on the cover again. no matter how highly placed the sources in the bureaucracy. It was an automatic response. ??Ouch. was in and delighted to see him. ??Thanks for coming in. Even if it was only a ten-minute walk.?? They sat in silence for a moment before Jonasson stood up.?? The Prime Minister nodded grimly.00 a. ??I??ve spoken with Bublanski.?? ??If Salander hit her father in the head with an axe she isn??t exactly innocent. and underwear. would burn out its batteries in much less time. ??It also tells us something about the character of our adversary. ??On the other hand.?? ??What are you saying??? ??S?po is the obvious link.?? Gullberg said. He had also gathered that she was polite to the rest of the staff but never said a word when the police came to see her. And item two: today this piece by Johannes shows up on my desk. Her eyes opened wide.

Ekstr?m surreptitiously scanned the stamp.?? ??I received a similar report. * Gullberg had begun at the Russia desk of the third division of the state police. silent partner to handle the financial side of the business. He had enough text already for 150 pages. from sweat droplets and two hairs from Bjurman??s apartment were matched to items from Niedermann??s room in Gosseberga. By your reasoning. she had also studied for a degree in political science. For once you??re not an objective reporter. The meeting had lasted forty minutes. A third goes to salaries. Can you handle that. ??How interesting. Then give me some insight into Edklinth??s investigation. The paper we??re making today is still H?kan Morander??s paper. She always had plenty of warning to put away her Palm when she heard the rattling of a key ring or a key being put in the lock. S.S.?? She studied the group thoughtfully. She was given a pack of nicotine gum. now knew about the existence of the Section.

It??s exercise more than hard training. obviously. & E. presumably. almost made it on to the Swedish Olympic team. How? She walked all the way round. A speech bubble materialized with the text [WHO GOES THERE?]. my sister Annika ?C will fight to see that she is acquitted. ??Technically speaking. She was spending a good part of her time evaluating the people she might be able to count on and could then make part of her new regime. Not that there were not warnings. Lottie will follow Teleborian.?? Fredriksson??s expression darkened.?? ??You don??t understand???? ??I understand perfectly.S. blond man with a crewcut who wore a black leather jacket. She asks questions non-stop. ??So you??re telling me instead.?? ??And if it is a forgery ?? who did it and why??? Bublanski shrugged. I get on considerably better at Milton than on the force. But for the time being all this lay outside Zalachenko??s control.

22 calibre Browning. He was one metre eighty-four tall and weighed sixty-eight kilos. The wound in your shoulder seems to be the cause. I mean Alexander Zalachenko. ??The older one is G?ran M?rtensson.?? ??Anything else??? ??Sandberg lives in Sollentuna. We??ll be going in as soon as it can be done. Jan. When she was alone she gathered her strength.K. ??Good evening.C. ??How??s the headache??? ??I feel it now and then. Giannini took the bus to Linn??gatan and spent the next hour in a Greek restaurant. The difference between Trinity and the N. we do have Modig and Holmberg on the scene in G?teborg.?? ??I know.?? Modig said in apology.?? Wadensj?? said. for as long as she kept trying. adjusted his glasses.

Gullberg had been appointed head of a newly created division with the working title of ??the Special Section??. Berger spent the evening not on her sofa watching T. ??Forceps. this is an extreme state of affairs. but she became acquainted with a lawyer. In 1997 he was no longer on the official roster of the external service. All the owners live abroad.I.?? ??I understand. forty-four.?? This assurance was enough for Baksi. Lisbeth.?? He grunted. and he was about as much help as he was when he was on holiday. he has a plan. the typesetter. Instead she had an area cleared off the central desk in the heart of the newsroom. He got up to find a telephone booth and called Wadensj??. But the living-room window was so big that they did not have the glass in stock. if she could find one in G?teborg. ??What has Bj?rck told us??? Holmberg asked.

he picked up the telephone to call Berger and update her.A. right??? ??Of course. I thought you might be amused to tag along. ??We??ve received a call. Lisbeth Salander got in touch with me and took control of my computer. She was amazed to be still alive. That??s why S.00 on Saturday afternoon. Edklinth and Figuerola looked at the picture.?? ??Did you write a report??? ??No. The attack alarm consists of two buttons that you press simultaneously and hold down for three seconds. if I understood correctly.?? he said. She called the vehicle recovery service. and it was definitely the first time he had ever said anything positive or encouraging to Modig. ??All this stuff about insults and aggressive resistance is just nonsense. Second. They searched the place the day you were arrested. but he knew that it would be a bad idea to frighten off Waltari before they were in place.?? ??We won??t have time to dig up the whole story.

He was only sixty-eight. We??re Sweden??s last line of defence. ??Not for the moment. shut down her computer. Was he exaggerating? Should she dismiss his professional caution? In that case.?? ??I gather that S. Things did not change until 1977. Bj?rck had been accompanied at Zalachenko??s original reception by a lawyer. She got up from the bed and made for the shower. but that was his problem. He looked back at her.?? ??Does it not??? ??Herr Blomkvist. I??m thinking of moving you to the Constitutional Protection operations unit. A pro. I want to know the whole layout of the corridor. Wadensj?? had been one of the latest recruits to the Section around the time Gullberg retired. Modig and Andersson walked together down to the garage. I said asap. But this was nothing new. Does this story have any connection to yesterday??s article about S?dert?lje. year after year.

?? Ghidi nodded. said: ??Yes. with a thousand policemen.?? She took Salander??s hand and helped her into the bed. My sense is that he??s more a useful fool being used by the Section. he had openly discussed the matter with County Governor Lassinanti on a visit to Norrbotten. She shook her head. We installed a steel safety door.N. ??We??ll probably close out the present quarter with a small deficit. all this stuff about Zalachenko is highly classified. and she had not used the program since starting at S. Erlander did not like the situation. Edklinth reminded himself that he was on very thin ice and that a host of regulations had been violated when he gave Blomkvist access to the corridor. Salander would just stare at her and smile her crooked smile. Even though it did not offer any answers to his immediate questions. but no words were exchanged that gave her any clue as to who he was or what sort of I. Eriksson had only called. which included a short whip. dollars. of Milton Security.

?? ??Alright. It was 2. I forgot to call.K. Did anyone ask Lisbeth Salander her opinion??? ??Quite frankly ?? we haven??t had the opportunity to speak with her yet. Ronald Niedermann. the very time when she was obviously more vulnerable. The question was: what was he going to do in the future? In August he learned that his two brothers had been arrested. And the reality is that over the past fifteen years.?? ??Can you prove that??? ??I can. information that absolutely could not be disseminated. ??Do as I say and the Section might survive. It dawned on her that here he was calmly talking of the possibility of there being a threat to her life. She just wanted to be left in peace. you??ve been here a month and I want us to have a chance to catch up. ??The information he contributed was supplied. He had transferred the most crucial documentation to her desk. Are you in pain??? ??Yes. not the remotest idea of the background you??ve described. ??Gullberg has murdered Zalachenko and then shot himself in the head. Christer.

Blomkvist went into the kitchenette and poured coffee with milk into two mugs marked with the logos of the K. and in his opinion no government had been less prepared to meet the new political opportunities emerging in the East. She had a headache again. Where was the boundary? And was Ekstr?m aware that there was a boundary? Could it be that someone was deliberately supplying Ekstr?m with believable but misleading information? Finally Blomkvist logged into hotmail and spent ten minutes checking the half-dozen anonymous email accounts he had created. Her gaze fell on Holm. but what I meant was that you pretended to know a lot more than you actually do.?? ??Is that the truth??? Berger nodded. The budget chief and the C. Adamsson stood to let the man clean the floor around his chair outside Salander??s room. It??s also possible that knowledge of Zalachenko was confined to so small a circle that Prime Minister F?lldin had no real oversight. Just ??aha??. ??As you no doubt know. terribly sorry.?? Gullberg said then with such coldness in his voice that Zalachenko froze. because pain flew through her left shoulder. Finally she looked up and met Blomkvist??s eyes. He was English and lived in London. Bj?rck??s original doesn??t match Blomkvist??s version.?? ??Then we could run it in the June issue??? ??No problem. ??Hello. I propose cutting all management salaries by half.

four police officers and one prosecutor. On Sunday he forced himself through short.?? ??I??m not suggesting that they should lose money. I don??t have time for a long conversation now ?C I have to meet Prosecutor Jervas in forty-five minutes. ??An analysis of the blood will probably establish that Salander was buried here. Nieminen took the two remaining Polish guns. He and the whole of Sweden had seen her passport photograph on billboards outside every newspaper kiosk for weeks. very angry. Blomkvist closed the door behind him. erupted. ??Mikael Blomkvist. Until that moment Salander had meant nothing to him.?? ??I understand. ??Swab.?? Ekstr?m had a dozen questions that Nystr?m meticulously noted. the news editor. The situation was urgent. But not active. orange marmalade and a sliced avocado. Do you know if she??s at headquarters??? ??I doubt it. no-one could fail to notice her biceps and powerful shoulders.

??Not for the moment. what??s going on with you??? ??I??m about to resign from Millennium. He opened the entrance door using the code and took the stairs to the top-floor apartment. and that was annoying. regularly. She took a sip of coffee and had just opened her mouth to take a bite of toast when she heard the headlines. That??s not a bad step up from this sorry little rag.?? ??Does he have any connection to Lisbeth Salander??? ??No. He rehearsed the psychiatric report of 1991 and explained why Salander had become a threat to certain unknown civil servants who had taken it upon themselves to protect the Russian defector.?? She put the address into the inside pocket of her jacket. The trial should have been a straightforward matter.00 Linder arrived and knocked on the door. Moved back to his home town of Laholm in 1994. Lisbeth Salander??s guardian. But you??re Lisbeth??s doctor and you have access to her. a narrow-brimmed. On the other hand.?? Blomkvist said.?? ??Alright. ??Hello. Then there were a hundred other details.

I assume we still have relevant media contacts. That is worrisome.?? ??What did you have to do with the policeman??s murder last night??? she asked him at once. but he has a child with a teacher in S?dert?lje. And for this job Ghidi would be paid 1000 kronor a week. She had to find a hiding place.S. and you??re not telling me anything.?? the P. I don??t know if it was your father or somebody else in the family who helped him. ??I??m a little miffed at my brother. Gullberg arrived together with the then chief of S.?? Blomkvist said. assault. and few people would look for him there. Through a glass pane in the door he saw the nurse take the bouquet into Zalachenko??s room.?? and they all seemed to come from sources in the media.?? ??And if Ekstr?m is worried. And. She looked at the officers in sullen silence as they came into her room and pulled up chairs. In this way Plague could also monitor outgoing calls from Ekstr?m.

but situations do crop up.?? ??But in this case you already have. and that there would still be time to tell everyone. He??s a prick who plays people off against each other.?? ??Henry. and on her way through the city she noticed that the workers?? groups had begun to gather. ??You suspect that there??s a conspiracy within the Security Police that is acting outside its constitutional mandate. After she was gone Blomkvist called the hospital in Sahlgrenska and tried to get some information about Salander??s condition. He spent two hours trying to locate the Swedish ambassador and made contact by telephone at around 9.?? ??He works at Sahlgrenska hospital as a cleaner. It had been a quiet evening and they arrived within twenty minutes. from G?ransson??s body. calmly nursing his coffee. He picked up the telephone and called the Minister of Justice. My father was a psychopath. That will be done later this week. ??And between us. Salander was surprised that the officers had treated her in such a correct.?? Figuerola held up a diplomatic finger.?? ??What are you suggesting??? ??I??m only asking you to let me know if you discover that Salander is being subjected to another miscarriage of justice.?? ??There.

I do what I have to do to survive. But what did they do with him? Somebody must have made the decision. She explained that the county police chief was at the Europol conference in Madrid. She then proceeded to the Yahoo group [The_Knights] and checked whether Plague had added anything. So we want everything to be legitimate and in keeping with the constitution. Salander suddenly gave her a cautious smile. Returning to his office he discovered a man in a dark suit leaning against the wall outside his door. She considered calling Daniel Mogren. which corresponded to the word P-I-P-P-I ?C Pippi Bloody Longstocking.?? ??It??s all hypothetical. played tennis. the nigger was not allowed to clean inside the prisoner??s room ?C that was done by two cleaning women in the morning ?C and besides. ??What on earth?? you were there??? ??Yes. Finally his uneasiness took the upper hand. I can??t believe Salander knows anything about it.30 he was checking into a small hotel about fifteen minutes?? walk from the Hague??s Centraal Station.?? Wadensj?? said. Lundin had been shot in the foot and then the police showed up. Who took your place??? ??I don??t know.?? ??After that he heard almost nothing more during his two terms in office. and eventually not at all.

P.?? ??That??s good. So she had decided to go along with Blomkvist??s plan. I left you in the lurch in a situation that was much worse than this. It had been the stupidest moment of her life and she would never again allow herself those sorts of feelings. but that talent is completely worthless if you forget your job description. ??Then I??ll choose to interpret it that way.?? Salander gave Jonasson a lopsided smile. if Bjurman were to breathe so much as one syllable about Zalachenko. Finally she opened the last one. a man who well-trained men would avoid getting into a fight with. said. to assume control of the Zalachenko affair. and I are tending towards the belief that Blomkvist is correct in claiming that the first three murders were committed by Niedermann.?? She left without kissing him.?? After Cortez left. And.?? Blomkvist shrugged and opened his laptop case. which means that the operations budget has actually increased. but I??m responsible for her. but a participant in unfolding events.

He pushed away the sheet of paper with the nine succinct points that Berger had presented at the weekly meeting of the budget committee.I. Teleborian has just finished writing it. Bj?rck had hired Teleborian effectively to lock Salander up in a psychiatric hospital for children on the ?C false ?C pretext that she was mentally deranged. She had several run-ins with people from the social welfare agency. and access to cutting-edge technology in I.iv Zalachenko had been awake for eight hours when Inspectors Modig and Erlander came to his room at 7. was being sought for the killing of a policeman. is to provide you with information. Salander did not need a thermometer to work that out. Ping.?? the Minister of Justice said.?? Salander flipped the mobile shut so that Berger would not be tempted to waste precious seconds with unnecessary questions. ??Who??s going to take over the investigation of Salander??? ??I don??t know.E. ??Hello. ??Call him.?? ??I??m all ears. She went around the car and got into the driver??s seat. After a while she turned her head. We have to find allies within the bureaucracy if this is not going to end in calamity.