"Because the Midas bomb was written off as a useful weapon," Tal replied. "It cost too much and was too fiddly to activate without staying in its proximity and risking it killing the guy who delivered the weapon. As far as the CIA are concerned the two prototypes were destroyed shortly after Nagasaki and all the paperwork about them was burnt."<br/><br/>"So how do Firebrand have a working Midas in their posession?" Tom asked.<br/><br/>"Because the Project had been infiltrated," Tal replied, changing the image on the screen to a black and white image of a heavily scarred middle aged man. "Massimo Venturelli, his brother was an Italian immigrant who worked for the CIA. By chance they were twins, Massimo was in the US for two days during which time a copy of the Midas blueprints went missing. Venturelli worked for the same crime family Rajkovic's old Mafia pal was the heir to. Three guesses who the current head of that crime family and recently announced fiancee of Snake's kid brother is?" he asked, bringing the girl's picture up.