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HOSTILE TAKEOVER

Mularski was toying with an extraordinary plan. In the past, the Secret Service and FBI had both run admins as informants: Albert Gonzalez on Shadowcrew and Dave Thomas on the Grifters. But actually running a crime forum directly would provide access to everything from the carders' IP addresses to their private communications, while giving Master Splyntr, as the site's runner, more credibility in the underground than any agent could dream of.

JiLsi expressed interest in Master Splyntr's offer, and Mularski braced himself for another trip to Washington, DC.