Conspiracy

105

Rubens was not a television aficionado and watched news shows only when absolutely forced to. But Marie Telach was right — he did want to see what was on Fox.

Not that he liked it very much.

The cable network was airing a noon press conference with Senator McSweeney in California.

“This is the first I heard about it,” said McSweeney.

“So you can’t confirm that the Secret Service is investigating whether the government of Vietnam tried to have you assassinated?” asked the reporter.

“You’re going to have to ask either the Secret Service or, I guess, the government of Vietnam.” The senator smiled as the reporters snickered. “Can we move on?”

“You weren’t even notified?” asked another reporter.

“Guys, this sounds to me like an off-the-wall rumor. Really,” said McSweeney.

More reporters pressed with questions.

“This is a replay,” said Rockman. “It aired live about ten minutes ago.”

“Why did the Secret Service tell McSweeney about the Vietnamese connection?” asked Telach.

“I don’t know,” said Rubens, turning to go back to his office and find out.