Sir Ewan said.“… but I’ve had a query about it from the American president.”“Why on earth would he be interested in Sealand?” Carpenter asked.“You know, I expect, that these Sealand people are offering Internet and cell phone services from the island.”Both nodded.“I expect you’ve heard, too, that there have been a series of murders of important conservative political figures in the U.S.?”They nodded again.“Well, there seems to be a connection. The fellow who’s committing these murders is running a personal website on one of Sealand’s servers, and President Lee and his security people would very much like to know who registered this site—his name and address, if possible, and anything else that might help them run him to ground.”“Well,” Sir Ewan said, smiling, “I think my people would enjoy putting on a little show to gather this information.”“And I think I’d enjoy going along,” Carpenter said.“We don’t want this all over the papers, if we can help it,”
