SARAH goes investigating.

[smart_house]

According to nationwide white pages listings, there are 14,336 telephone numbers attached to the last name of 'Stark'. 1,159 of these are in California; 280 in Oregon. Nathan is unlisted (unless you count the personal rolodexes of most of the President's cabinet); there is no reason to assume that this Tony would not be as well

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[director_global]

Creative she may be, but there are certain new precautions in place against just such incursions.

The unauthorized access triggers a simple program, one that's undocumented and buried deep in the inner workings of Global's systems. Shortly afterward, a discreet alarm activates a special code on Nathan Stark's phone.

[smart_house]

Which, for the moment, goes unnoticed. SARAH is already reaching further than she normally does.

Nathan Stark's public profile -- little more than a headshot and information for the press -- is ridiculously easy to get ahold of.

It's the tag at the end of the page leading to an encrypted file that she can't manage immediately.

[director_global]

He's in a meeting, but after one glance at the screen, Stark says smoothly,

"I'm afraid I must ask you to excuse me. My assistant will finish the presentation and answer any questions you have about the new technology."

He's already turning toward the door, and completely ignores Fargo's panicked look as he breezes out.

Under two minutes later, Stark strides into his office, where he heads straight for his desk and the computer system there.

[smart_house]

SARAH notices this -- more like SARAH finally registers the minute specks of information sent off to the Director's office.

She should have known better, and starts backing out immediately.

Research of a useful sort would have to come later. At least there was no harm done.