Well, there was a spy who escaped with information. They admitted to that much, so perhaps they weren't all that surprised by the attack, but still weren't prepared like they should have been. [He shrugs his shoulders.]

They've been so busy looking into the past for missions, they could have slipped up on current preparations. The Initiative isn't some centralized government. I keep forgetting that. [He would bet that his Organization was better equipped, cohesive, and informed than the Initiative.]

Speaking of the past. [He gives Duncan a smile] I'll leave all the training of pigeons and other flying, shitting machines to you.