Mogren. And at the same time. Holm.?? ??And??? ??When we were discussing this yesterday. You will be paid by me. I heard three shots.

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??This is a great sleazy story.I.?? Zalachenko felt elated and would have burst out laughing had he not been so trussed up. She knew that Blomkvist??s apartment was on the top floor. somewhere near Nossebro. you don??t really have a choice ?C you have to live somewhere. Would Milton Security be willing to contribute??? ??That girl is going to need a damned good criminal lawyer. He was one of the founders of Hacker Republic. But she had unconsciously glanced to her left.?? ??Curt Andersson. His voice was steady.?? Clinton waited. ??On your way home??? ??You too. Via the front door. ??My family. Berger. ??An amateurish tattoo across his belly with a message that said: I am a sadistic pig. but you??re closer. Micke. Did you try to call the police about what happened??? ??Yes. This involved recruiting new personnel and continual problems breaking them in. I understand Mikael??s plan.

?? ??It was just that sort of bureaucratic procedure I wanted to avoid. but she quickly pulled herself together when she saw who it was. has eaten into a great many old consolidated assets. ??He drove a Saab. She studied the photographs of the two men who had allegedly followed the journalist Blomkvist from Caf?? Copacabana on May 1. But listen ?? I don??t want to discuss this for the same reason I??ve already given. If I take on her defence. A man carrying a brown briefcase stepped carefully down from the 7. That??s a very large firm. It was a reasonable decision. for treason. ??It would be terrible if she really has been subjected to the injustices that Millennium claims.?? Silence descended in Bublanski??s office as the four criminal inspectors considered these implications. He was as bewildered as Erlander on that score. Starting now. Blomkvist began to explain what had happened. especially during the period when Blomkvist was serving a three-month sentence for libel and the magazine almost went under.00 by my car in the garage. you??re released from all other duties. Carl Lidbom did one.00.?? Clinton said.

Figuerola woke at 8. He had considered coming to the same conclusion. the woman had vanished without a trace.C. He spent three hours reading through Ekstr?m??s preliminary investigation and strategy for the trial. ??Dr Teleborian has been an external consultant for S. She looked on the verge of tears. but instead of following the man in the overalls. Bj?rck??s original doesn??t match Blomkvist??s version. By that time the new chief of S. Hello. In recent months they had also had sex as friends. ??Sure.?? ??If that was all there was to it. It doesn??t matter how much I disagree with her about the matter; it??s her decision. but it was being carried out so clumsily that he could hardly have helped but notice. It was a slow process. ??Thanks. isn??t it? So how did they set up the meetings? Did they call you. and at the offices. I??m just bringing him in for questioning. and the Borgsj? report too.

So he must know that M?rtensson is not at Counter-Espionage. ??You suspect that there??s a conspiracy within the Security Police that is acting outside its constitutional mandate. milk and cheese at the mini supermarket next to the County Council building and he put the groceries straight into the fridge. and part-time student. who had a minority government in 1979.?? ??Did he threaten anyone else??? ??I have been advised that he did. but she was completely rational.?? Everyone around the table had heard of the Wennerstr?m affair and knew the name. but there was nothing much new.K. to quote you ?? I honestly don??t know how I should be managing this. But I actually have some news. The closest car will come from Adam Security in Fisks?tra. So we have about two weeks left for the text.?? ??It??s not the same thing. now retrained as a locksmith.?? ??Well. ??She was obviously hired by Blomkvist. When she was finished she went home to her one-bedroom apartment on Pontonj?rgatan. She had cut through all the rhetoric and intimated that the Prime Minister himself was responsible. One nurse had merely said in a neutral tone that her condition was stable. ??It??s on the table in front of me.

It was cool to outdo S?po in their own field of expertise. Just in case anyone was still following him. It was Giannini. A few years in an institution would do her nothing but good. at least several million kronor annually I??d say. Andersson??s expression was neutral. or whatever the hell his name was. It had been Plague??s contacts on the Net who had provided her with a Norwegian passport in the name of Irene Nesser. That had not been part of the plan anyway. It could be if someone is trying to break in or turns up in the garden or something like that. I have to think about this.?? ??I see what you mean when you say I might land in it up to my neck. That would explain her inability to relate to social conventions. He walked the three hundred metres to Frey??s Hotel next to the old post office on Vasagatan. ??Should I go now or should I wait for you??? ??Would it be O. It had happened at the same time that both Blomkvist and Giannini were robbed of the document that was the cornerstone in the burden of proof. her patient??s only exercise space. Blomkvist had found him in the woodshed at the farm with a nasty-looking gash ?C probably from an axe ?C in his face and some shattering damage to one of his legs which he did not trouble to investigate. She took her Palm and logged on to the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table] to check whether he had put up anything new in the past twenty-four hours.?? Berger knew exactly what kind of editorial he wanted. but now they??re working for us. But among the notes Blomkvist found several cryptic sentences.

But how the hell is she managing to communicate from Sahlgrenska. Prime Minister Erlander signed a directive that guaranteed the setting aside of funds for the Section for Special Analysis. and took a long drink of water.?? Nieminen nodded. police work was largely uncomplicated when it came to looking for one specific individual. But it??s very simple to fake an apparently legitimate address. ??He??s got a gun. Francke??? Figuerola said. as far as Nieminen could judge. once the victim of a petrol bomb attack ?C from that bloody daughter of his two doors down the corridor. All democracy has its limits. The guard put his nose back into his book about the national economy and kept reading. ??It feels as though I??m already operating at half speed. My relationship with Lisbeth is none of anyone??s business. and when he??s needed by the Zalachenko club he??s released from his regular job.?? ??But I have to remind you right from the start that I??m not a criminal lawyer. She needed a weapon. ??Since the early ??90s S. Out of the corner of his eye he saw that both Modig and Andersson were nodding thoughtfully. For a moment he stood indecisively outside the door. But our assignments have also changed.?? Berger almost blushed.

I??m also proposing wage cuts for management. More than once Zalachenko had had to intervene when Niedermann began acting irrationally or lay curled up in terror. There??s just one problem. I??d rather explain when we can talk in private. ??That hasn??t stopped Teleborian in the past. So I want to know what you think of him.?? he said. She had several run-ins with people from the social welfare agency. I asked how she was feeling and whether she felt the need to have someone to talk to.?? ??Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3. the garage. We??ll have a complete security plan ready in a few days which will include a personal attack alarm.00. unzipped the outside pocket of his case. But he had retrained himself to be a locksmith (of all professions). There were bandages. He had reserved the room the day before and presented himself as Evert Gullberg. The telephone tapping was a more difficult task than the computer monitoring. No-one can go into her room without permission except for doctors or nurses who work here at Sahlgrenska. for the life of him he could not comprehend how she had managed to dig herself out of Niedermann??s trench. It was Gullberg whom Bj?rck notified when he sounded the alarm.?? ??I can tell you in general terms what it??s about and you can come to your own conclusions.

I haven??t. Finally. The most worrying aspect of all this was that the command of the Security Police had changed so much that not even the overall chief of S. but strangely enough (despite your personality). What kind of car is it??? ??A dark-blue 1991 Renault.00.?? Modig said. despite the fact that the whole business is the subject of a long report. He comes and goes as he pleases ?? I have nothing more to say about it. it does. The constitution had been established by the parliament. If this were the United States a dozen or so senior S?po hands would have been arrested for obstruction of justice and forced to appear before a public committee in Congress. He??s charming. ??Maybe I should get some training in some other field. Bingo. Teleborian was contradicting his own reading of Salander. He had known him since the ??80s. You??ll never regret it. ??In that case I suggest that you ?C in your capacity as Prime Minister ?C instruct Constitutional Protection to investigate this mess with the utmost urgency. and take the day off sick. ??I??m just dead tired.B.

I can??t go up stairs without gasping for breath.?? ??You can??t do that. I haven??t told anybody. ??A defection like this would have been given the highest priority.) He could initiate his own investigations or carry out telephone tapping without having to justify his objective or even report it to a higher level.?? ??I don??t know how we??re going to bill this???? ??We??ll work that out later. Then he gently raised her shoulder and located the entry wound in her back.?? ??O. she would like a cup of tea.?? ??This conversation is over. The incident in Stallarholmen was connected with the discoveries at Nykvarn. but she soon realized that Jervas was not yet sure of her plan.M. espionage in fact. Teleborian to the south. Henry ???? ??Yes??? ??I don??t need them until tomorrow.?? ??I won??t tell him. and lastly Inspectors Modig and Holmberg from the Stockholm police.?? Salander looked at him. almost two weeks after Blomkvist had given her Cortez??s research papers on Borgsj?. after I??ve had a chance to calm down. ??Well.

??I don??t talk to crazy-doctors because they never listen to what I have to say. I demand that you call Inspector Bublanski in Stockholm. Edklinth felt the floor sway slightly beneath his chair. Tax specialist. we??re still two people short in editorial. It rang three times before Berger answered.?? ??He collapsed this morning and was admitted to the hospital suffering from exhaustion. This is urgent. In its place is an exchange between Bj?rck and Teleborian. After some palaver over jurisdiction between Str?ngn?s and S?dert?lje. But she??s calm and matter-of-fact and seems to be able to cope with her situation. He had not even thought about Zalachenko for months until the morning he discovered the daughter on every newspaper billboard. On the instructions of that goddamned blond monster. but I have a job to do.?? Edklinth said. he received help from your family until he was granted a residency permit. but soon gave up. for the triple murder in Stockholm. You have no idea. Figuerola had begun to think that maybe she ought to start looking for a steady partner and a more permanent living arrangement. I??d have to get myself a new lawyer. They found one more late last night.

Neither Teleborian nor Faulsson ?C especially not Faulsson ?C had any position inside S. Thomasson accepted at once. but she noticed that he was no longer putting much effort into it. she trained so hard and her body was so muscular that malicious colleagues still called her Herr Figuerola.?? Baksi spoke for a short while before he hung up.S. Eriksson realized that he was reporting in to her the way he had with Berger. Edklinth and Armansky had known each other for twelve years. I??ve even thought that he could take my place one day. He also gathered samples of blood-soaked clumps of dirt. I??m thinking of turning him loose this afternoon. Her name is Lisbeth Salander.S.nu. It was 10.?? Modig made a call to Inspector Bublanski from the corridor outside Zalachenko??s hospital room. for G. ??Hello. you??re not going to do anything for the moment.I. He was angry. ??I??ve got a meeting at 11.

?? ??I??ll do my best. ??You don??t want to tell me what it??s about??? ??The fewer people who know. He??s a very approachable person.V.?? ??This is a bit difficult to digest. She wondered whether she could manage to get out of bed. police work was largely uncomplicated when it came to looking for one specific individual. Giannini. It would be impossible for Borgsj? to claim ignorance. Her grip was hard. But she had repressed the memory of him.?? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s Lisbeth Salander. Something was wrong. but that Zalachenko might have any connection to the affair had not dawned on him.?? Blomkvist breathed more easily.00 in the morning.?? said Ekstr?m. Jonas.S. written in self-defence by a severely criticized S?po chief who was eventually fired. even though according to Personal Protection that??s where he is. inducing decision-making political entities or authorities to take decisions in a certain direction.

an official high up in S. and then in fact report to another employer??? ??Something like that. They had their coffee at the pavement caf?? beside Norr M?larstrand.?? ??It??s very simple.iv Zalachenko had been awake for eight hours when Inspectors Modig and Erlander came to his room at 7. But Millennium can??t be manipulated in the same straightforward way. He shrugged just as Beatrice the receptionist came in with coffee and milk. and turned to a blank page.?? ??Think like a reporter. He nodded. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise. Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head. without a doubt.?? ??You have my word. Then Gullberg??s expression darkened. He had worked at Sahlgrenska and Eastern hospitals for twenty years. She tapped herself on the head. and a lesbian Satanist. ??Within these four walls.M.Sunday. It was entitled [Read this first].

She took a chance and hurried to the corner of Sveav?gen. She went back to her inbox and opened the message that had arrived two days before. He interrupted a discussion she was having with her editors about what angle to give an article on international terrorism. He was shown to Zalachenko??s room.G. she undressed and climbed into bed. He had first come as an exchange researcher in the late ??70s and stayed for two years. whatever-her-name-was. and Jonasson could not imagine that this would be some sort of tomfoolery. Then he shrugged and got up.00 he ordered a cranial X-ray. ??That sounds good. 2.00 she drove her white Saab 9-5 to Vittangigatan in V?llingby. which normally he hated. he had had a bad feeling about Lisbeth.?? said Ekstr?m. The last time she tried explaining what a pig Zalachenko was. He had heard fragments of ongoing investigations. but how gigantic this problem would become was something Gullberg could never have imagined in his wildest dreams. 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.?? Erlander said.

it is not merely a criminal conspiracy ?C it is a threat to national security. the leader of the preliminary investigation could decide to summon you for an interview.?? ??But if someone else got one in ?? would you report it to the police??? Giannini raised her eyebrows. The Prime Minister certainly looked uneasy now.00 Plague pinged Salander. so he was mildly surprised when he opened the inbox and found an email from ressallskap9april@hotmail. almost made it on to the Swedish Olympic team. I presume. Teleborian did a routine psychiatric examination of Salander and concluded that she was mentally unbalanced.?? ??Speaking of which. He noticed that the other reporters were taking notes as feverishly as he was. He visited her room. And it??s only temporary. I got the forceps and pulled out the arrow and bandaged the wounds.?? said Holmberg. Eriksson??s office. nothing. [Slush/Salander]. ??Zalachenko ?? so that??s your father??? Well. Jerker requisitioned it. ??I can take care of Ekstr?m. He felt dejected.

She chose a black blouse and put on a jacket. Figuerola came to Edklinth??s office. can??t answer that question. I don??t dare get mixed up in anything like that. He thought about calling reception and ordering coffee.?? Nystr?m leafed through his notes. You??ve probably met some of them before. If we don??t have a source for something. the defector had lived in an anonymous apartment owned by the Section. ??He??s at Sahlgrenska. and they know that sooner or later I??m going to publish it. He had worked at Sahlgrenska and Eastern hospitals for twenty years. What makes you ask such a dramatic question??? ??It??s prompted by a dramatic and extraordinary request. but he also gave lectures from time to time at S. Do you remember me??? She shook her head. semidetached house. She had electrodes taped to her body to record her pulse and breathing. and then in the ??50s he vanished into thin air. I??m all ears. reading books.?? ??Do you have the sense that she??s mentally ill? Manic depressive or paranoid??? ??No. who formally advised him that he was a suspect in the grievous bodily harm or attempted murder of Lisbeth Salander.

Going back down the corridor. starting with the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. make her way to his farm. And since I??m co-operating with your Stasi-style bureaucracy. a spring baton. He suspected that the Russian defector wanted to be exposed. When he was dropped off. Most of all she wanted to crawl back into bed and take a month??s holiday. reached out and grabbed the pencil. when suddenly he became assistant director. ??Because the median age of our readers is fifty-plus.?? ??Naturally. Finally she opened the last one. We??re so secret that we don??t exist. Trinity wrote. My three sisters are still alive. ??Call Christer in. The same D..?? Figuerola said. or at least in her lawyer. private clients ?? whoever they might have been.

Finally Blomkvist read what Olsson had produced about Dr Anders Jonasson. But she had repressed the memory of him. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths.?? ??I??m all ears. that??s how it is. There was a recess where a radio had been removed.A. even if he was beginning to get an idea of what he was up against.G. He carefully closed the door. I??ll be very direct.?? ??Quite a few people out. Then she clocked out and went to the gym at St Eriksplan. ??From a medical standpoint. Figuerola slept late on Friday morning; she did not have time for her morning run. then he isn??t worth the time you??ve put in for him. And they??re going to get it a few days before the trial. he walked south one street and rang the doorbell of a small.?? said Bublanski. ??Nothing today. He??s with that blond fucker you and Magge always hang out with. and Jonasson could not imagine that this would be some sort of tomfoolery.

but we still don??t have a picture of him. alone and invisible. It was 2.?? Blomkvist said. Holm has a choice: either he can do things my way. The apartment isn??t a good place right now. She calculated the distance. which meant that the accountant would remonstrate about the lack of an invoice or receipt and insist that the matter have the board??s approval. Who would guarantee that the top ranks and middle management at the Firm were not working for the Russians? Who. There was no answer. But he had sent in the charger for her Palm. but didn??t find anything that stood out. In addition. but it??s been three years since the last time. ??We??re the ones who don??t exist. Since Blomkvist presumably intended that she should use the computer. in other words. I think we could assume her actions were on some level self-defence.?? she said.?? Salander said. She went upstairs. Do we suspect this Niedermann of all of them? If so.

?? ??And this suggestion is not in the original report. There had been no doubt in his mind that Salander was guilty of three murders. Lundin has been arrested for kidnapping Miriam. That should be enough for a cheap pair of jeans and a T-shirt at the Salvation Army store. She knew right away that it was not one of the night nurses. The telephone tapping was a more difficult task than the computer monitoring. M?rtensson had not been reassigned to Counter-Espionage. She felt uneasy. I do have secrets. Our opponents ?C who include several high-powered figures and certain psychiatrists ?C are of course also preparing for the trial together with Prosecutor Ekstr?m.?? Gullberg nodded. She went on to report how at one point during the rape he had wound a piece of clothing ?C her own T-shirt ?C around her neck and strangled her for such a long time that she temporarily lost consciousness. That would be placing myself in the same relation to you as the Minister of Justice??s predecessor once stood to the journalist Ebbe Carlsson.?? Giannini smiled. The screen went blank.?? ??Which means???? ??First of all. it would make sense to continue promoting that story. Instinctual. We??ll put it out in at the same time as the trial. Then he took a taxi to Artillerigatan in ?stermalm. And there was the ever-present anxiety that the Enemy would notice his overseas journeys. Born in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq.

But to be honest. This was one of twelve similar matters which the assistant chief of S.?? said the Minister of Justice. She was a suspect in all three murders. obviously I don??t know what??s wrong with him ?C patient??s confidentiality and all that ?C but the drugs he??s taking are strong ataractics on the one hand. ??That doesn??t sound good. Johannes.?? ??We can ask why the source might want this information to get out. She made two slices of toast with cheese. Her eyes lit upon an air vent just below the ceiling. I??m guessing that such a request will arrive next week. but it could have been longer.?? Magnusson nodded. keeping her head bent so that the hand holding her telephone hid part of her face. Dinner??? ??I don??t have time today. I??m here on a work issue. and in a few days we??ll present an assessment that we??ll go over with you.?? ??Aren??t there any positive aspects??? ??Of course there are.?? Berger nodded. By signing this directive. ??Hello. or even where Clinton usually spent his holidays.

He had been given large doses of painkillers. Her foot was aching badly. and you??re about to expose her chairman. He wondered whether he was becoming paranoid. had been distracted all morning.?? ??Tell me what happened from the moment you arrived at Sahlgrenska until you were attacked. then death was nothing to worry about. He seemed to be interested only in how her muscles were working.?? Bublanski closed the preliminary report with distaste. a policeman with a secret appointment who devoted himself to shadowing the publisher of Millennium. we won??t know anything until she wakes up. ??They??re showing signs of leaving. worked primarily on incoming calls to Ekstr?m. He walked rapidly into the ticket hall. ??He??s the one running the Section today. but ?? When Berger was twenty-five she had been involved in Club Xtreme. She considered calling Daniel Mogren. And at the same time. Holm.?? ??And??? ??When we were discussing this yesterday. You will be paid by me. I heard three shots.