Nano Surveillance (Dave Henson Series Book 1) by Mark Donovan Page A

their plans and equipment firmly in place, Dave waited ten minutes before the Secretary’s speech before leaving the Hotel El Camino hotel room. He had his “personal” invitation in hand, along with matching identification. Identification that he had specifically had produced back at NSurv the previous week. Fortunately, the President had some friends that had begun to jump ship from him, though admittedly privately and still unbeknownst to the President, but who Dave personally knew.      

Chapter 25 (March 8, Saturday 11:30am Pacific Daylight Savings Time)
    Dave took a seat towards the back of the conference room. He wanted to be in a position so that he could see all who walked in and to judge their reactions during the Secretary’s welcoming speech. It was a fairly small affair. In total there were seats for about fifty or sixty people, a dozen of which were reserved for the press. The media attendance was expected to be sparse by design. He knew the administration was only floating a test balloon today of their new “Transportation Movement Act”, and that they had purposely played down the significance of the meeting to the news media outlets. But for the few press members who were in attendance, this was going to be their lucky day.
    Promptly at 11:30am the Secretary of Commerce, Nancy Devins, stepped into the conference room. After walking down the conference room main aisle and shaking hands with virtually everyone in attendance she proceeded up onto the stage. As she approached the podium everyone enthusiastically applauded her before taking their seats, and as if on cue, quickly quieted themselves.
    “Thank you for attending today’s Business Leaders Conference,” said Ms. Devins graciously. “It should prove to be an eventful day of collaboration between business and government that I hope will be a new catalyst for strengthening our country and putting our countrymen back to work.” The crowd erupted in applause as Dave sat quietly in his seat.
    “As you know, our country’s unemployment rate has been stuck in the double digits for a number of years now and I, as well as the President, want to see this situation improve more than anyone else. We want to get America back to work and we want to see the standard of living improve for all Americans.” The Secretary paused for affect and to allow the small audience to roar in applause.
    “However, the President and I want not just for the American public’s standard of living to improve, but also for the lives of everyone in the entire world, both economically and health wise.” Again the audience enthusiastically applauded. Dave noticed the two Hollywood executives he had brunch with earlier in the morning fist pump one another in reaction to the Secretary’s last sentence.
    “So to achieve these goals we need to look beyond our own borders, to political leaders in other countries, and to international business leaders like yourselves, for answers to solving the world’s economic ailments and health maladies. We need to look not just within the confines of our own country, but at the entire planet as a whole. As one large single family.” All of the business leaders in the room rose from their seats and gave the Secretary a standing ovation that went on for nearly two minutes. Dave did as well as to not bring attention to himself.
                  Back in the Hotel El Camino hotel room, Dan gently moved a joystick and guided one of the nano-flies onto the top edge of the podium so that it looked straight at Secretary Devin’s face.  She was so focused on giving her speech that she never noticed the small fly sitting quietly looking at her. As Secretary Devins began to speak he tweaked the microphone levels and adjusted the focus on the fly’s optical lens. The secretary’s image was positioned front and center on Dan’s computer screen with every word she said being recorded. Dan looked over at the other computer laptop and