I’m not sure how, but a reader (who insists on remaining anonymous) found another working access code for the Wildfire intranet:

CANYON EAGLE

Looks like an internal Wildfire personnel file for Dr. Angela Noyce. Not sure what it tells us that we didn’t know before, or why that particular phrase was the access code for her file… It’s interesting, though, that she studied under Dr. Stone when she was a graduate student at Stanford. I guess that’s how he knew her well enough to suggest her for inclusion on the Wildfire team?

Her file also mentions something called “OMH calculations.”

Any ideas what that might refer to?

Still no progress on gaining access to the Wildfire intranet, but I do have a little bit more background establishing a connection between two of the scientists on Stone’s team. One of you sent me a PDF of this abstract from an article that Noyce and Barton apparently co-authored last year:

(view as PDF)

I can’t access the rest of the article, and I doubt I’d understand it if I did, but from what it says here, they’ve worked together to contain diseases before. Makes sense that Stone would want them on his top-secret “Wildfire” team: they’re used to working under pressure.

Also, I haven’t mentioned it lately, but I want you all to know that I appreciate your support. And while Kristen is definitely supportive, I think this whole thing — especially the blog — is starting to make her uncomfortable. Since then, I’ve been trying not to talk to her about this as much… which makes me grateful that I’ve got all of you.