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that a unique design is produced my competitor beats us to the market. "
"The financial numbers for the last two years, show that your competitor has anticipated your computer designs, increasing its sales and revenue while your company has bled. "
"How do we kill them? " Money was important to him given his percentage agreement with his company for a percentage of the profits.
"That would be illegal, " I joked smiling at his metaphor.
"Clever.  I want to shake the foundation of my competitor. "
"Difficult, given the high visibility computer companies have by the press, " I retorted.
"What covert operations can we employ? "
"Depends on your motives? " I informed him objectively.
"My motives are revenge with reversing the sales and profit data of the two companies. "
"We may be able to find the leak, " I offered considering that spying on the competitor would not solve the problem.
"Closing the leak would stop the spying, However I want our income statement improved while their's demolished.  "
"I would have to use my friends to dismantle their design operations, jeopardizing their jobs.  "
Shouting above conversational levels the maniacal manager of computer design threatened,  "Your job is in jeopardy.  The decision is already made, given I have the power to inform the attorneys to bring the other company into court.  "
"Without evidence? "
"I don't have enough evidence? "
"Only circumstantial. "
"Covert operations is the only recourse. "
"Low profile.  No public snooping.  No knowledge of our complicity, without their lawyers sniffing out the action. "
"Keep informed of your success or failures.  I need knowledge of the plans, " he grinned, realizing I never tell my plans, since everyone is a potential blabber mouth or open to suggestion by espionage agents.
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"How are you David? " I diplomatically questioned my friend of the competitive corporation.
"Alright, " he responded in his normal resonant voice.
"This bar is noisy enough to mask our voices, " he brushed his dark hair across his head as he frowned.
"Are you nervous concerning our covert activities? "
"That isn't the cause of my anxiety, " he answered as he slammed his hand on the table.
"We have always worked together.  "
"Most of the time, " he stated surreptitiously.
"Not all the time? When have you worked independently. "
"I know who leaked the design to my company, " he carefully answered.
"Why have you not given me the spy? "
"She is your girlfriend! " he tremulously responded.
"You're lying, she couldn't have obtained that computer system design.
"She obtained the designs from manager of computer operations.  She wrote documentation after Eddie gave her the design.  "
"That half-assed jerk.  I told him to have it classified company top-secret by the department of control.  She wouldn't have spilled the beans, given top-secret on the design.  "
"She needed the money, since the I.R.S. audited her return, threatening confiscation of her car.  "

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