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    Duringthefirstdaysofthemediafrenzy,Blomkvistwasinvisible.Hedidnotanswerhisemailsandcouldnotbereachedbytelephone.AlleditorialmentsonbehalfofMillenniumweremadebyBerger,whopurredlikeacatasshewasinterviewedbytheSwedishnationalmediaandimportantregionalnewspapers,andeventuallyalsobyagrowingnumberofoverseasmedia.EachtimeshewasaskedhowMillenniumhadeintopossessionofallthoseprivateandinternaldocuments,sherepliedsimplythatshewasunabletorevealthemagazine’ssource.

    Whenshewasaskedwhythepreviousyear’sexposéofWennerstr?mhadbeensuchafiasco,shewasevenmoredelphic.Sheneverlied,butshemaynotalwayshavetoldthewholetruth.Offtherecord,whenshedidnothaveamicrophoneunderhernose,shewouldutterafewmysteriouscatchphrases,which,ifpiecedtogether,ledtosomeratherrashconclusions.Thatishowarumourwasbornthatsoonassumedlegendaryproportions,claimingthatMikaelBlomkvisthadnotpresentedanysortofdefenceathistrialandhadvoluntarilysubmittedtotheprisonsentenceandheavyfinesbecauseotherwisehisdocumentationwouldhaveledinevitablytotheidentificationofhissource.HewasparedtorolemodelsintheAmericanmediawhohadaeptedgaolratherthanrevealtheirsources,andBlomkvistwasdescribedasaheroinsuchludicrouslyflatteringtermsthathewasquiteembarrassed.Butthiswasnotimetodenythemisunderstanding.

    Therewasohingthateveryoneagreedon:thepersonwhohaddeliveredthedocumentationhadtobesomeonewithinWennerstr?m’smosttrustedcircle.Thisledtoadebateaboutwhothe“DeepThroat”was:colleagueswithreasontobedissatisfied,lawyers,evenWennerstr?m’scocaine-addicteddaughterandotherfamilymemberswereputupaspossiblecandidates.NeitherBlomkvistnorBergermentedonthesubject.

    Bergersmiledhappily,knowingthattheyhadwonwhenaneveningpaperonthethirddayofthefrenzyrantheheadlineMILLENNIUM’SREVENGE.Thearticlewasaningratiatingportraitofthemagazineanditsstaff,includingillustrationswithaparticularlyfavourableportraitofBerger.Shewasnamedthe“queenofinvestigativejournalism.”Thatsortofthingwonpointsintherankingsoftheentertainmentpages,andther

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