Italy Post 01

Looks like the major powers are drawing together for something big. Find my VIDEO on the web - it'll bring you up to speed on all that's going on.

rblake allveggie

Seems to me, Mittelwerk's wised up to the ways of the Global Welfare Consortium. Rather than have things get ugly like LAST TIME, he's putting them in his pocket before The Hanso Foundation bares its teeth.

Which tells me - whatever is about to happen is ABOUT TO HAPPEN. Is it this SPIDER PROTOCOL we've all read about in Mittelwerk's email - I've taken out the gibberish, feel free to reassemble the ORIGINAL for yourselves if you need to see it in black and white, or, RGB, as it turns out:

Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:53:06 -0500

To:

From:

Subject: SP site

Team -

After careful scrutiny of the census figures, geological reports, customs inquiries and geographical surveys prepared by yourselves and the experts at the CCS, the Core Group has deemed, regretfully, that sites alpha (4888), beta (1060), and delta (10120) remain unsuitable for carrying out the SPIDER PROTOCOL - even taking into consideration the recommended parametric recalibrations.

Despite my initial, and continued, reticence, it seems that fate has dealt its card. We have no choice but to fall back to the original island target. While THF has not utilized the site for some time, its unique properties render it more than adequate for our purposes at this particular juncture.

Namaste.

TM

First off, my thanks to the tireless efforts of the guys and gals at Retrievers of Truth for posting that thing in its various parts...

I'll only say this: if you think I was the one who hacked that thing out of The Hanso Foundation's email system, you've got another thing coming. Since the shutdown of the website, it's been nearly IMPOSSIBLE to access their servers. It was an anonymous INSIDER who first snagged that letter.

Whoever you are, thank you. (Was it you, GidgetGirl?)

Now, what does this mean? Could the tide be turning?

From the email, we know Mittelwerk has his eyes set on a single "island target" - a location that probably rules out the Great Lakes or the regions depicted on those other maps my camera captured. But, as far as I can tell, it wouldn't rule out the map I saw of that island near the equator...

But, what is this SPIDER PROTOCOL? Doesn't exactly sound like the work of a worldwide philanthropic organization, does it? Is it related to what was happening at the Vik Institute? Does it involve Enzo Valenzetti? What do you guys think?

I just... I don't know if I can wait for Mittelwerk to lead us to Valenzetti. If he's really involved, if he's really alive, as I suspect, getting to him first could mean the difference between winning and losing this thing.

Friends, I leave it to you... dig up anything and everything you can on Enzo Valenzetti - his life, his work, his "death" - and post away...

05.54 Just checked in on all your comments... looks like we're already overflowing with information on Enzo Valenzetti. But -- once again, this doesn't quite add up. I know a lot of you have been saying it for a while, that Valenzetti was born in Sardinia, that I should be heading to Sardinia...

And with this new information that's come out today from this VALENZETTI EQUATION site (seems official, doesn't it?), it would appear, on the surface of things, that you guys have been right. That Valenzetti WAS born in Sardinia. And I wonder... if that's true, is there any reason to believe he didn't return to Sardinia after his tenure at Princeton?

And, yet, here I am in Sanremo.

Now, GidgetGirl's been right before. I've had reason to trust her. She says Sanremo is the place. But... like I said in my video, nothing's going on. Mittelwerk hasn't even mentioned Valenzetti's name yet, let alone gone to look for him. Is Valenzetti alive? Is he even here? Am I missing my window to find the old man myself?

GidgetGirl, please tell me you haven't steered me wrong.

Rachel Blake Post 001 Sanremo, Italy.

What? This isn’t your picture of the Italian Riviera? I’d rather be seaside soaking up the rays of Mittelwerk and his cronies, but since the break-in in Copenhagen, and the disappearance of the Vik Institute’s Armand Zander I’ve had to change my gameplan, this is the closest I can get. That said, you’d be surprised what you can pick up with a pair of high-powered binoculars and a good directional mic.

Now this might trip your interest the gang’s all here: Thomas Werner Mittelwerk, Hugh McIntyre sans mistress, and the Hanso Foundation’s chief attorney Peter Thompson. But they’re not alone – they’ve all been joined by several members of the Global Welfare Consortium.

Now, based on everything we’ve seen, the ship via Mr. Paik, the map, the island, the mathematicians in Iceland, the fire, the secret equation they’ve been working on. My guess is Mittelwerk can only be here for one reason – to meet Enzo Valenzetti. My gut just keeps on telling me that this guy can’t be dead. But then again, if I’m learning anything, its that my instincts have lied to me just as much as they’ve told me the truth, must be in my genes.

Now, so far the name Enzo Valenzetti hasn’t so much as even come up, all Mittelwerk has done is wine and dine those GWC execs. And there can only be one reason for that: he wants something, but what?

So now you see why I’m giving up my beach time, I have to know what’s going on. As soon as Mittelwerk trades in those flip-flops for loafers. As soon as he goes to meet Enzo Valenzetti or whatever he’s here to do, I’ll let you know.

I can’t tell you how many times growing up my mom told me she dreamed of coming here. Not exactly doing the dream justice am I? Goodnight Mrs. Calabash – wherever you are.