laugh. He went straight to his room and sat on the bed. we have good reason to believe that your associate.

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At 7. They have their own club that you can??t join. Careerist. ??Should I call her??? ??No. She decided that she did not feel like seeing anyone that evening. manslaughter and drug crime.?? ??And Zalachenko??? ??Who??? Erlander??s colleague said. surveillance of the farm. and after a few unsuccessful attempts he managed to lift it very slightly so that he could turn it in the right direction. or possibly a ridiculous dream. Cortez wrote feverishly.00 sharp. He was angry. ??The information he contributed was supplied. She obviously wanted to tell you first. ??And??? ??You??ll have to find out for yourselves where it is. ??Hello. I??m going to kiss every inch of your naked skin. ??He defected during the F?lldin administration. She broke out in a big smile.

and turned on the T.?? ??Which means???? ??First of all. but he??s irreplaceable. Just let??s see if you understand this message. But it seems you were far ahead of us. the computer had reacted to three keywords ?C immigrant. Zalachenko was watching her in the light that came from the corridor. regarded as a rising star. but he looked much older.?? ??Where do you want me to begin??? ??Start with the simple things.B. As far as Millennium is concerned.?? ??Where are you now??? ??At the Academy bookshop. But that won??t work for the rest of us.K. ??I just collapsed in exhaustion last night. no great fortune. he had become involved. I??ll show you the way. but she was in such wretched shape that I didn??t make any real contact with her.

as soon as her client had been moved to a new room and a security guard had been posted outside. studied the details of your case. She had no intention of doing that. On the other hand. Do you want to (a) Browse the Forum (b) Send a Message (c) Search the Archive (d) Talk (e) Get Laid?] She clicked on [(d) Talk] and then went to the menu selection [Who??s online?] and got a list with the names Andy. stretched out in bed.000 kronor. It??s as if he never actually existed in the professional world.?? ??But that doesn??t quite fit with our reconstruction of what happened. Someone had been in his apartment.?? ??I heard she??s at Sahlgrenska. Who??s that over there? God. was a real person. which in this case meant that the chief had covered his back. She moved as gracefully as a ballerina. Was I wrong??? one of the G?teborg policemen said. and thereby indirectly the entire police investigation. The Zalachenko matter was now constitutionally secured. Deep in thought. If there??s a crisis and you need help.

calmly nursing his coffee.??s treasurer??? ??Viktor G?ransson ?C and his girlfriend.). Zalachenko patiently explained that.I. ??I established it this morning. ??The information he contributed was supplied. He fumbled to turn on the bedside lamp and looked at the clock. Salander fumbled with the clumsy stylus and wished she had a keyboard. Teleborian was contradicting his own reading of Salander. his email.?? ??F?lldin is an honest man. They went straight to the front desk. I got a call from S. During the holiday Berger had discovered that her husband had a definite bisexual tendency.?? Edklinth said. I just want to leave the flowers.00 tonight you have to report for duty. he needs a new kidney and spends a lot of his time in dialysis or some other treatment. when he came back here.

And things similar.S. I??ve already told you about his ultimatum. At which Paulsson swiftly arrested Blomkvist for possession of an illegal weapon. She had not tackled the Peter Fleming account because she did not need to have full administrator rights. She poured black coffee into a paper cup and ate a lettuce and cheese baguette. Straight ahead of her. Gullberg had never used the designation ??S?po?? for S?kerhetspolisen.?? ??From me? So? What does it say? He handed her some printouts of emails addressed to Eva Carlsson. and it was only when she had to turn off the alarm in the hall that she remembered her husband was not at home. She saw that it was 5.?? ??I??ve got you. But I do have a spare room. He opened the brown briefcase and unpacked two shirts. How now to handle the situation? Technically.?? Berger said in a dry voice.. It contained no lies that could entangle her. We expected her to be away for much longer. The result was that a fabulous opportunity to plant long-term informants in Moscow had been lost.

but she has obvious delusions with distinct paranoid schizophrenic characteristics. He spent a chapter debunking first what the press had written about Salander. to bring some clarity to the fog in which Paulsson was apparently enveloped.?? ??What do you mean??? ??She??s sleeping at the office. the attack on Annika. Then a shot was fired accidentally that hit him in the foot. In March 1989. What have you got??? ??Three names. Then he opened his own shop. And never to repeat claims uncritically. Was it you who put duct tape on her wounds??? ??Yes. He would need crutches. that the picture painted of her on the billboards is nonsense. The most important characteristic was one that Clinton did not mention.?? ??Or you could just ask me.?? Blomkvist held up a week-old evening newspaper. In point of fact. The text had grown to thirty-three pages and she was nearing the end.?? ??It??s hard when you??re locked up like this. this state of affairs was deeply unsatisfactory.

It??s a typical pre-emptive retaliation to undermine potential complaints from Blomkvist.?? ??I don??t think so. that he had broken off his trip as soon as he knew that one of his police officers had been murdered. Illegal tapping is the domain of government authorities. ??They??ll twist what I say and use it against me. He was working on a story about sex trafficking. ??And to be able to persuade him to keep his mouth shut. and he in turn went to the Prime Minister. He had hung up his jacket and was leaning back in his chair at the conference table. From that moment on. Ask if I can visit him at home. but it was mild and it was distant. Despite the fact that he had a reasonable grasp of what had happened. But she could see that he was lost in his own thoughts.00. it??s you ?? wait a second. Please believe me when I say that those responsible will be called to account.iv ?C Tuesday. We have to check their email. Everything could have gone fine.

?? They saw a tall man with a narrow moustache who was wearing a hat. Jonasson slowed his pace when he saw a man with a briefcase leaning on the wrought-iron gates outside his housing association apartment on Hagagatan. But he did recall that the man was introduced as the boss of the Section for Special Analysis. Back in Sweden. The woman turned the corner at McDonald??s and Figuerola hurried after her. then Bj?rck would have said so when we brought him in.M. They had kept in touch and had gone on fishing trips to Norway and elsewhere.?? ??Yes. Sellberg.?? The challenge hung like a cloud over the table. She had taken him out easily.?? ??Mostly to do with women who are threatened??? ??I work with all kinds of things. ??You want my co-operation. ??But it??ll cost you a bottle of Cragganmore the next time we go fishing. And when he saw the car again the next morning he was not surprised. staring in bewilderment at the Palm. Unfortunately I won??t now be able to discharge you for at least two more weeks. Ekstr?m wanted an extensive psychiatric examination and had sent a lot of messages with the object of getting her transferred to Kronoberg prison as a matter of urgency. it could turn out to be a disaster.

Then. Finally he manoeuvred the cart into the cubbyhole. Herr Blomkvist. She downloaded a list of everyone who worked at S. That was one thing. and they enjoyed working together on a number of assignments in subsequent years. I don??t understand how it??s done.K. It was 10. It would take half a second to shove the broken edge into Zalachenko??s throat if he leaned over her.?? ??Do you know anything about how Salander is? I??ve been sound asleep since I last saw you. Since then she has been allowed to drift aimlessly. but again in vain. HOW DOES YOUR FOOT FEEL? She raised her eyes involuntarily and looked out across the newsroom. then we??ll decide what to do. told the whole truth. and that if he discussed it with his government colleagues then S?po would wash their hands of it. but ???? ??Yes??? ??This young prostitute who was murdered in S?dert?lje ?? her name is Irina Petrova.?? ??Credibility? That??s a peculiar question. or 1180 miles.

He appeared confused. ??Listen ?? I??m terribly sorry that it had to be this way. You have to concentrate on getting well. he??s a threat to us.P. Then I can sum up everything I said in two sentences. There??ll be opportunities later.. Blomkvist was not ordinarily impressed by celebrity. which Blomkvist studied. Vinge??s view was not even controversial in the climate prevailing inside the Firm. round man in his fifties with grey hair. I can??t believe this would be something sanctioned by S?po. Then the attack on her home. I??m sure you??re going to be a journalist when you grow up.?? Salander felt an icy chill run down her spine. By the time Mikael had finished his account. Two days later he was released into his uncle??s custody.?? ??You don??t understand the situation???? ??I??m tired of hearing that I don??t understand the situation. She called the registrar and was informed that no report with that protocol number existed.

He took the registration number and looked me up. the previous day. a number of practices would be revealed that were not always consistent with the dictates of the constitution. In 1987 Ghidi??s father was arrested on suspicion of being a Kurdish militant. indicated that the secret state police had been transformed into what was described in the memos from the justice department as a modern police organization. She had failed. Edklinth thought long and hard about how to proceed. She got up from the bed and went to the bathroom where she looked in the mirror.?? ??Sometimes you can be surprised. And Georg Nystr?m you know. She recognized Modig as one of the officers in Bublanski??s team. Tell me.?? ??I no longer have access to the report. He was still at Millennium. who had sent him the brisk advice: It would be best if you took the first train home. Zalachenko knew that he could take liberties and that they would resolve whatever problems there might be. who had been silent for almost half an hour. ??Hi. but his colleagues had learned that Ekstr?m was planning for a trial in July. but his clients were for the most part corporations with head offices in Switzerland or Liechtenstein.

Trinity wrote. I??m certainly not used to this kind of situation.E.?? or merely ??the Division?? ?C but never ??S?po??. During this hour she could talk with her or just sit quietly and keep her company. By now Blomkvist was so infuriated with Paulsson. ??He played a key role in the Zalachenko affair. were located. He opened them again and gave the policeman an angry glare. ordered the report confiscated from the police ?C it??s not to be disseminated or copied. She had seen him on T. walked to police headquarters on Bergsgatan.?? ??If I tried to go at your pace. but no words were exchanged that gave her any clue as to who he was or what sort of I.?? ??And??? ??When we were discussing this yesterday. ??See you. And now the murderer herself had been shot. He picked four colleagues. Even so. ??I need a favour.

and there??s been such turmoil here that I buried it. even if it happened many years ago. neatly dressed.?? ??I??m sorry. nor will it cause any problems for you or for Ghidi. An alarm is an alarm and is completely pointless if some nutcase is standing in your living room with an automatic weapon. at any rate.?? ??Have you???? ??No. ??I mean I??ve glanced at it. Blomkvist took it as a sign that the Prime Minister had just broken the law ?C if only of the more academic specie ?C by giving his consent to the sharing of classified information with a journalist.?? ??From me? So? What does it say? He handed her some printouts of emails addressed to Eva Carlsson. a 26-year-old temp on the culture pages. but we share an objective. I can??t release her. I need somebody to scrub my back. That means that I work for you and not for anyone else. But M?rtensson was not at Counter-Espionage. Berger glanced at him and saw that he was just as tired as she was. testing his sense of balance. He??s with that blond fucker you and Magge always hang out with.

During the past ten years. ??that we make the whole thing disappear and put Salander back in an asylum??? ??Salander we can handle. She has hit the nail on the head.?? ??The chief of Secretariat is the only person who could make this sort of arrangement. Torstensson was still alive. was Zalachenko.?? ??So you want to cut your own salary? Is this some sort of wage-communism you??re advocating??? ??Don??t bullshit me. Here we are. Her only problem was that she had an arrow through her skull. Their assignment is to determine the truth behind the assertions we have discussed. Way beyond the budget. the IB affair. We think it??s an organization inside the organization. unlawful activity that uses violence.?? Zalachenko said. ??That??s a guess.C.?? Berger said. I hope you know what you??re doing. that Palme might be an agent of influence for the K.

From a medical standpoint. but he could not remember his name ?C some sort of foreign name ?C but Adamsson did not feel the need to check his I.?? ??What is it you want??? ??Over the years there have been a number of public reports on S?po.00 the next morning. She has to keep her conversations with Lisbeth confidential.?? ??So that??s how it works? A person can be employed by S?po.. The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension.S.?? ??Time is more or less all I have. I??m guessing that such a request will arrive next week.?? ??Speaking of which. ??Child labour exists mostly in the textile and souvenir industries in Thailand. Figuerola changed gear and turned up Vasagatan.?? ??Let me give you one very good reason why you should. had knowledge of a crime and thus he had the obligation to submit a report to a prosecutor.?? Sandberg put a colour photograph from the autopsy on the table. Out of the corner of his eye he saw that both Modig and Andersson were nodding thoughtfully. and that if he discussed it with his government colleagues then S?po would wash their hands of it.?? He put his arms around her.

The alternative is a person who wants to take some sort of revenge and sabotage my life for personal reasons. even for other employees at S. Where did the tip come from??? ??From a source within the police. It dawned on her that here he was calmly talking of the possibility of there being a threat to her life. If the Section??s archives were opened. and I went to visit my client.?? ??Oh. Suddenly Borgsj? smiled. ??The officer running the investigation. ??Good.K. ??The biggest industry in Sweden by far is construction.?? ??And you don??t want to be dependent on anything. was found in abundant quantities on the remains of Svavelsj? M. ??Go to work. He was working on a story about sex trafficking. He was mentioned in a lot of correspondence with Teleborian. please. She never pestered them for anything and had never before asked to speak to a specific doctor. or where.

it??s the truth. And if need be you can always come to me or Christer. Malin Eriksson.?? He muttered to himself as he turned down the corridor to his office. It would make a passable weapon ?C for stabbing a face or an eye. When she looked up she saw Jonasson closing the door. ??Teleborian is a beast.U. And I said I??d talk to you about it. Then Giannini crossed the room and pulled open the door. But you do have to shut your eyes to the fact that I am.?? ??Speaking of which. He could not see anything remarkable. ??Waltari. He stopped and looked about him. If they don??t have the copies. With rare exceptions.Thursday. the U. Ellis liked living in Sweden.

Richard Ekstr?m.?? ??Hello.F. which had a range of ten to twelve metres.?? She sat utterly still. But he never regained consciousness and died after nine days in intensive care. Blomkvist was thinking. ??We think we know what happened in broad outline. In short. ??No bones broken??? he said. [Slush/Salander]. interview with Prosecutor Martina Fransson. and he alone.P.?? ??I??m on the way in. Figuerola walked to Bergsgatan and summoned her four colleagues for an early morning conference.40.?? ??You could say that he quit the Section in 1994 when he went over to the external organization.H. That night Gullberg??s life underwent a radical change.

from right under the noses of the policemen circling around him.D.?? Sandberg put a colour photograph from the autopsy on the table. A man against whom S?po had lately initiated a preliminary investigation because he was a nutter who wrote threatening letters to public figures. and then our car in Nacka takes over. It could be an old woman who had collapsed from a heart attack in the Nordstan galleria. pointing to her foot. in particular for playing the irascible but honest Inspector Frisk in a wildly popular T. Cortez bought a job lot of Ericsson T10s for a song. but Constitutional Protection doesn??t have an operations unit. She cleared her throat and without being invited to. or that it has government approval. He had managed to create a quarantine. Then she saw Cortez putting on his corduroy jacket. The ball was in motion. We had also informed Camilla that her sister was violent and mentally ill. ??O.?? ??I understand you.?? ??I notice that you have golf clubs planted here and there around the house. It was 2.

She had severe hypothermia. but they had no choice.?? she said at last.?? ??Thirty-one employees. Deep in thought. Counter-Espionage said that they definitely had not borrowed him. and he??s one of the chief reasons why it??s almost impossible to get the staff to work as a team.A.?? ??A whole bunch of crimes. Blomkvist was suddenly awake and he did not know why. There was no need to follow the van. Someone had to take responsibility for seeing to it that national-Bolshevist crackpots ?C who had read too much Bakunin or whoever the hell these neo-Nazis read ?C did not patch together a bomb made of fertilizer and oil and park it in a van outside Rosenbad. The attack alarm consists of two buttons that you press simultaneously and hold down for three seconds. But he had not anticipated Armansky lobbing a bomb with a sizzling fuse into his lap. But what do we do if a threat to the constitution comes from within our own organization??? For the next half hour he told her what Armansky had told him the night before. unquote. on the murderer. Blomkvist gave a dry laugh. He went straight to his room and sat on the bed. we have good reason to believe that your associate.