TO: OSBORNE
CC: MICHAEL, Agent Borrow
FROM: MARK

TOP SECRET / CODEWORD: DELTA GREEN / EYES ONLY

 Hey boss.

   We just had a little run-in with a loser named Frank Hoder, and what
may or may not have been some sort of second personality, or perhaps
something channeling itself through him.  I'm about ready to believe
anything at this point.

   We apprehended the guy after I caught him painting an Interesting
symbol on the wall of the apartment building that NYPD IAD Lt Daniels
lives in.  Not being big on coincidences, we figured this guy might be
relevant to the ongoing SANDMAN investigations, especially since we now
consider it likely that Lt Daniels has been compromised by adversarial
actors.  Furthermore, a check of his file revealed a DG "Club Apocalypse
Regular" tag, which I am sure you will recognize as significant.

   Under stressful interrogation at our safe house Mr Hoder's
personality took an abrupt change, somewhat reminiscent of MPD (though I
am certainly no expert).  After that, we had a conversation with an
entity which identified itself as "Truth".  Truth made us an offer we
supposedly couldn't refuse, though Michael and I were both highly
unwilling to see it that way.  It made nebulous promises of assistance
to the ongoing SANDMAN operation in exchange for any information we
uncover, and consistently refused to identify itself or demonstrate that
it was not one of our adversaries.  When we failed to accept it made
equally nebulous threats to the operation.

   The complete transcript of our conversation with this thing can be
found here:

   http://w3.one.net/~deltag/sand_22.htm

   It is my suspicion that this "Truth", whoever or whatever it was,
orchestrated our apprehension of Hoder in order to initiate
communication with us.  It certainly seemed to know who I was.  I also
suspect (given Hoder's presence at Daniel's residence) that Truth is the
same being I encountered in the deli.

   I feel that I have no reason to trust this "Truth", and furthermore,
that we have significant cause to suspect it.  It promises much but has
proven nothing.  Until I have definite reason to feel otherwise my plan
for handling it is as follows:  I intend to string it along, keeping it
at arm's length, and giving it as little concrete stuff as possible.  It
will catch on to this quickly enough but this ought to buy us some
maneuvering room at least.  In the meantime SANDMAN will proceed full
speed ahead and we'll hope for a speedy and successful resolution (yeah,
right).   If in the highly unlikely event that Truth proves itself to be
credible we can always start being nicer to it.

   Now, as for this Club Apocalypse place...  Clearly we have some sort
of a focus here, a center of activity relating to adversarial parties.
I assume there is some reason why our organization has not yet moved
against it?  The only reason I can think of is that it's part of an
ongoing counterintelligence op, that it's giving us enough information
to justify our suffering its continued existence...  But what do I know?
Nothing.

    Which is why I'm putting a contingency plan together, Just In Case
and all that.  I've got a couple of truck-bomb recipes off the internet
and figure we ought to be able to cook up a patsy easily enough, if it
comes to that (NY militia cell, wacko fundamentalist group, blind Moslem
cleric, Puerto Rican separatists...  Take your pick).  I knew you'd want
to be informed, though, so you could talk me out of it.

   Lastly, get me everything you can find on this rock band The Causey
Way.


   Cheers,

          --Mark


    PS  Kelly is doing outstanding work.  Wish I had ten more like him
(hint, hint).  I suspect he ought to be ordering me around, instead of
vice versa...

    PPS  The guy who oversaw my little checkup the other day had a nifty
compact flamethrower jobbie...  M-Cell would like three or four of them
if you could arrange it, please.


   **END**