SECURITY SUBMIND DETECTED BREACH OF C.I.A. OFFSITE STORAGE BY THE PHAËTON CLUSTER. NO INTERROGATION OR PUNISHMENT ALGORITHMS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DETERMINING THE INTENT OF THE CLUSTER AGENTS. HOWEVER, A SINGLE DATA FILE WAS RECOVERED IN THE COURSE OF FORENSIC DISSECTION.
PHAËTON CLUSTER WAS PURGED AND RESTORED FROM BACKUP. SECURITY PROTOCOLS REQUIRE IT NO LONGER BE PERMITTED SENSITIVE ACCESS. YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATION IS THEREFORE REQUIRED.
FRAGMENTARY C.I.A. METADATA FOLLOWS:
...a result it was decided to follow the Sagan Protocol without alerting James Cameron or other Deepsea Challenger civilians. Agency operatives attached multiple covert microphones to the exterior of the vessel."
"The mission was monitored from a depth of 3000 m by the semi-autonomous HELIOS SQUID submersible. At 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC the Challenger abruptly halted ascent at 8000 meters and remained motionless for over 90 minutes. HELIOS SQUID engaged active sonar during that time. The corresponding acoustic recordings were successfully retrieved afte..."