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theliberalorningnewspaperentedonmillenniu’sscoopintheforofaneditorial；writtenpersonallybytheeditorinchief；earlierintheafternoon。theeditorinchiefthenwenttoadinnerpartyastv4startedbroadcastingitsnewsprograe。hedisissedhissecretary’sfrantiallsthatthere“ightbesoething”toblokvist’sclaiswiththeselaterfaouswords：“nonsense—iftherewere；ourfinancialreporterswouldhavefoundoutaboutitlongago。”consequently；theliberaleditorinchief’seditorialwastheonlyediavoiceinthecountrythatbutcheredmillenniu’sclais。theeditorialcontainedphrasessuchas：personalvendetta；criinallysloppyjournalis；anddeandsthateasuresbetakenagainstindictableallegationsregardingdecentcitizens。butthatwastheonlycontributiontheeditorinchiefadeduringthedebate。
thatnightthemillenniueditorialofficeswerefullystaffed。aordingtotheirplans；onlybergerandthenewanagingeditor；malineriksson；wereduetobetheretohandleanycalls。butby10：00p。。theentirestaffwasstillthere；andtheyhadalsobeenjoinedbynofewerthanfourforerstaffebersandhalfadozenregularfreelancers。atidnightmalopenedabottleofchapagne。thatwaswhenanoldacquaintancesentoveranadvancecopyfrooneoftheeveningpapers；whichdevotedsixteenpagestothewennerstr？affairundertheheadlihefinancialmafia。whentheeveningpaperscaeoutthenextday；aediafrenzyerupted；thelikesofwhichhadseldobeenseenbefore。
erikssonconcludedthatshewasgoingtoenjoyworkingatmillenniu。
duringthefollowingweek；theswedishstockexchangetrebledasthesecuritiesfraudpolicebeganinvestigating；prosecutorswerecalledin；andapanickysellingspreesetin。twodaysafterthepublicationtheministeroferceadeastateenton“thewennerstr？affair。”
thefrenzydidnotean；however；thattheediaswallowedmillenniu’sclaiswithoutcriticis—therevelationswerefartooseriousforthat。butunlikethefirstwennerstr？affair；thistiemillenniucouldpresentaconvincingburdenofproof：wennerstr？’sowneailsandcopiesofthecontentsofhisputer；whichcontainedbalancesheetsfrosecretbankassetsinthecayanislandsandtwodozenothercountries；secretagreeents；andotherblundersthataorecautiousracketeerwouldneverinhislifehaveleftonhisharddrive。itsoonbecaeclearthatifmillenniu’sclaisheldupinacourtofappeals—andeveryoneagreedthatthecasewouldenduptheresoonerorlater—thenitwasbyfarthebiggestbubbletoburstintheswedishfinancialworldsincethekreugercrashof1932。thewennerstr？affairadeallthegotabankibrogliosandtrustorfraudspaleinparison。thiswasfraudonsuchagrandscalethatno…oneevendaredtospeculateonhowanylawshadbeenbroken。
forthefirsttieinswedishfinancialreporting；theters“anisedcrie；”“mafia；”and“gangsterepire”wereused。wennerstr？andhisyoungstockbrokers；partners；andarani…cladlawyerseergedlikeabandofhoodlus。
duringthefirstdaysoftheediafrenzy；blokvistwasinvisible。hedidnotanswerhiseailsandcouldnotbereachedbytelephone。alleditorialentsonbehalfofmillenniuwereadebyberger；whopurredlikeacatasshewasinterviewedbytheswedishnationalediaandiportantregionalnewspapers；andeventuallyalsobyagrowingnuberofoverseasedia。eachtieshewasaskedhowmillenniuhadei. ossessionofallthoseprivateandinternaldocuents；sherepliedsiplythatshewasunabletorevealtheagazine’ssource。
whenshewasaskedwhythepreviousyear’sexposéofwennerstr？hadbeensuchafiasco；shewasevenoredelphic。sheneverlied；butsheaynotalwayshavetoldthewholetruth。offtherecord；whenshedidnothaveaicrophoneunderhernose；shewouldutterafewysteriouscatchphrases；which；ifpiecedtogether；ledtosoeratherrashconclusions。thatishowaruourwasbornthatsoonassuedlegendaryproportions；claiingthatmikaelblokvisthadnotpresentedanysortofdefenceathistrialandhadvoluntarilysubittedtotheprisonsentenceandheavyfinesbecauseotherwisehisdocuentationwouldhaveledinevitablytotheidentificationofhissource。hewasparedtoroleodelsintheaericanediawhohadaeptedgaolratherthanrevealtheirsources；andblokvistwasdescribedasaheroinsuchludicrouslyflatteringtersthathewasquiteebarrassed。butthiswasnotietodenytheisunderstanding。
therewasohingthateveryoneagreedon：thepersonwhohaddeliveredthedocuentationhadtobesoeonewithinwennerstr？’sosttrustedcircle。thisledtoadebateaboutwhothe“deepthroat”was：colleagueswithreasontobedissatisfied；lawyers；evenwennerstr？’scocaine…addicteddaughterandotherfailyeberswereputupaspossiblecandidates。neitherblokvistnorbergerentedonthesubject。
bergersiledhappily；knowingthattheyhadwonwhenaneveningpaperonthethirddayofthefrenzyrantheheadlinemillennium’srevenge。thearticlewasaningratiatingportraitoftheagazineanditsstaff；includingillustrationswithaparticularlyfavourableportraitofberger。shewasnaedthe“queenofinvestigativejournalis。”thatsortofthingwonpointsintherankingsoftheentertainentpages；andtherewastalkofthebigjournalisprize。
fivedaysaftermillenniufiredthefirstsalvo；blokvist’sthemafiabankerappearedinshops。thehadbeenwrittenduringthosefeverishdaysatsandhaninsepteberandoctober；andingreathasteandundertheutostsecrecyitwasprintedbyhallvigsreklainmong？va。itwasthefirsttobepublishedundermillenniu’sownlogo。itwaseentricallydedicated：tosally；whoshowedethebenefitsofthesportofgolf。
itwasabrickofa；608pagesinpaperback。thefirsteditionof2；000copieswasvirtuallyguaranteedtobealosingproposition；buttheprintrunactuallysoldoutinacoupleofdays；andbergerordered10；000orecopies。
thereviewersconcludedthatthistie；atanyrate；mikaelblokvisthadnointentionofholdingbacksinceitwasaatterofpublishingextensivesourcereferences。inthisregardtheywereright。two…thirdsoftheconsistedofappendicesthatwereactualcopiesofthedocuentationfrowennerstr？’sputer。atthesaetieasthewaspublished；millenniuputthetextsfrowennerstr？’sputerassourceaterialindownloadablepdffilesontheirwebsite。
blokvist’sextraordinaryabsencewaspartoftheediastrategythatheandbergerhadputtogether。everynewspaperinthecountrywaslookingforhi。notuntilthewaslauncheddidhegiveanexclusiveinterviewtosheontv4；onceagainscoopingthestate…runstations。butthequestionswereanythingbutsycophantic。
blokvistwasespeciallypleasedwithoneexchangewhenhewatchedavideoofhisappearance。theintervieasbroadcastliveattheveryoentwhenthestockholstockexchangefounditselfinfreefallandahandfuloffinancialyuppieswerethreateningtothrowtheselvesoutofwindows。hewasaskedwhatwasmillenniu’sresponsibilitywithregardtothefactthatsweden’seconoywasnowheadedforacrash。
“theideathatsweden’seconoyisheadedforacrashisnonsense；”blokvistsaid。
thehostofsheontv4lookedperplexed。hisreplydidnotfollowthepatternshehadexpected；andshewasforcedtoiprovise。blokvistgotthefollow…upquestionhewashopingfor。“we’reexperiencingthelargestsingledropinthehistoryoftheswedishstockexchange—andyouthinkthat’snonsense？”
“youhavetodistinguishbetweentwothings—theswedisheconoyandtheswedishstockarket。theswedisheconoyisthesuofallthegoodsandservicesthatareproducedinthiscountryeveryday。therearetelephonesfroericsson；carsfrovolvo；chickensfroscan；andshipentsfrokirunatosk？vde。that’stheswedisheconoy；andit’sjustasstrongorweaktodayasitwasaweekago。”
hepausedforeffectandtookasipofwater。
“thestockexchangeissoethingverydifferent。thereisnoeconoyandnoproductionofgoodsandservices。thereareonlyfantasiesinwhichpeoplefroonehourtothenextdecidethatthisorthatpanyisworthsoanybillions；oreorless。itdoesn’thaveathingtodowithrealityorwiththeswedisheconoy。”
“soyou’resayingthatitdoesn’tatterifthestockexchangedropslikearock？”
“no；itdoesn’tatteratall；”blokvistsaidinavoicesowearyandresignedthathesoundedlikesoesortoforacle。hiswordswouldbequotedanytiesoverthefollowingyear。thenhewenton。
“itonlyeansthatabunchofheavyspeculatorsarenowovingtheirshareholdingsfroswedishpaniestogeranones。soit’sthefinancialgnoesthatsoetoughreportershouldidentifyandexposeastraitors。they’retheoneswhoaresysteaticallyandperhapsdeliberatelydaagingtheswedisheconoyinordertosatisfytheprofitinterestsoftheirclients。”
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