The Defector 61-103

         At the start of this section Graham and Gabriel are still watching the footage of Grigori stepping into the car. Graham points out how Grigori willing steps into the car, with no hesitation and not a hint of fear. Graham was also able to get a news helicopter view of the road that the car was traveling on, and he was able to get a close up picture and there were only two people in the car. Gabriel also talks about who he thinks captured Grigori. He thinks that it is Ivan, and Ivan is a dangerous weapons dealer, giving weapons to very dangerous and hostile countries. Then Gabriel receives a letter that is supposedly from Grigori, and it says that he is sorry that he did not inform them that he was going back to Russia. Gabriel and Graham go back and forth, and trying to decide if Grigori was captured or if he willingly went back to Russia. Then Gabriel walked the same path that Grigori did to see what he could find out of the ordinary. Gabriel then thinks that either they sent someone to scare him to jump into the car, or they had a friend there to bring him into the car with no fear. Gabriel and Graham then talk about what was suspicious about the scene, and Gabriel remembers that the woman that had approached Grigori had no hat or umbrella in the pouring down rain. Gabriel thinks that she did this because she needed her hands free because she was an assassin. Then Gabriel travels to Oxford to meet Olga Sukhova who was a Russian Journalist that knows Grigori. Gabriel talks with her, and she says that her and Grigori would set up meetings and talk to each other. Olga talks about how she thinks that Grigori leading such a public life was a big mistake, because it made him a target and visible to all of his enemies.

         In this section I thought that Gabriel was a really good person. Graham kept trying to tell him that maybe he wasn't captured and he left on his own. Gabriel kept trying to not let it go and trying to convince Graham that he was taken by Ivan, because he had to settle a grudge. I thought that it was interesting how Gabriel had such a keen eye and he was able to pick up the most minuscule details on the surveillance cameras. I also like Gabriel's determination to try and get back his friend. It almost seems like Gabriel is working around the clock nonstop.