"We get the point, Marv," Phil said just before Henry was about to say the same thing.
"We can triangulate the cell phone location, but it takes time. Perhaps the smartest thing Foster did was recognize the need for an efficient distribution system. In order for his plan to work, he had to insure that every computer in the country was infected."
"Thus the dGraph situation?" Quinton Chambers finally began to look awake.
"And the Lotus Viruses, and the Freedom software," Henry said.
"What about FTS-2000?" He was asking about the new multi-billion
dollar voice and data communications network. FTS stands for
Federal Telecommunications System.
"I have no doubt that it's in the same boat," suggested Marv. "But we have no sure data yet. We should ask Scott to ask Fos- ter."
"What could happen?"
"Worst case? The government shuts down for lack of interest and no dial tone."
"And these viruses?"
"According to Foster, they designed over 8,000 viruses and he assumes that all or most of them have been released over the last several years," Marv said to a room full of raised eyebrows.
"How bad is that?" asked Chambers.