The Chief and Her Daughter
"What the heck is going on here?"
"The NSA is routing all messages to us for language analysis."
"You know, rumor has it, that during national security emergencies, our country turns all of its satellites homeward and records all electronic traffic in the whole of U.S."
"Is this even legal?"
"Yeah, I don't want to think about that right now."
"Somewhere in this slew of chatter could be a shred of something that could save a whole lot of lives."
"All right, well, check out any suspicious conversations. Something that is probably coded."
"Yes, they'll be consistent with their code if that's how they are communicating..."
"Here's something..."
"It rained all over the birthday party, but the gift is waiting in the barn."
"When was that call made?"
"Looks like just over twelve hours ago."
"Let's run the words 'barn' and 'birthday party' through."