DEEP SPACE NINE: "Inter Arma... " - REV. 01/08/99 - ACT FIVE    54.

45   CONTINUED:

					KOVAL
			Praetor, this is the man known
			as Sloan. Unlike the Doctor, his
			mind is quite susceptible to our
			data retrieval methods. Under
			questioning, he has confirmed
			much of what the doctor and the
			senator have told you. With one
			important exception.
				(beat)
			There is no Section Thirty-one.

	That gets everyone's attention.

					KOVAL
			Sloan, in fact, works for
			Starfleet Intelligence. Far from
			being the master of a rogue
			agency, he is simply one of many
			operatives in the employ of the
			Federation. He's had a long
			career, most of which is still
			unknown to us. However, there is
			one interesting element that we
			do know -- he was the protege of
			The late Vice Admiral Fujisaki.

	Sloan lifts his eyes and focuses on Koval. They
	burn with hatred. Bashir feels like the walls are
	closing in on him -- what the hell is going on here?

					KOVAL
			Sloan did not take the death of
			his mentor well. He came to
			believe that he was murdered --
			by the Tal'Shiar. In his eyes,
			the assassination of a Starfleet
			admiral was... "stepping over the
			line."
				(to Sloan)
			Isn't that the phrase?

	Sloan glares at him, unwilling to respond.

					KOVAL
			After Fujisaki's death, he was
			confronted with a dilemma: how
			could he seek vengeance without
			violating Federation law? His
			answer was to invent Section
			Thirty-one -- a "rogue"
			organization that answered to no
			one.