This was a technique used during a quiet period...generally a bomb situation is unfolding. It is also used when Bruce is in a good position within, or somewhere about, an upper legal agency, such as CIA, Homeland Security, etc.. Though members of Bruce work in computer tech, they, for the most part, don't write the programs, they only copy strings that can be gotten hold of. Therefore, "he must have been on the phone" so to say.
Kara Aghijlar
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