"If we're going to make a change, it's going to have to be something big. This is a good place to start." Jack's face doesn't change as he talks, but inwardly he's pleased with Max's reaction. It shows he hasn't been wasting his time coming up with something minor.

"I broke into a federal building in Newark on my way over here," he says matter-of-factly. "I spent some time with their records and one of their agents. The list wasn't there, but what I did find pointed to the Homeland Security Office in Manhattan's Civic Centre."