Harshaw shook his head. "We don't know it.  That's an assumption based on what Ben was doing when last seen.  But it's not a certainty.  Ben has made lots of enemies with his column and by no means all of them are in the government.  I can think of several who would willingly kill him if they could get away with it.  However-" Harshaw frowned. "Your assumption is all we have to go on.  But not 'the government' - that's too sweeping a term. 'The government' is several million people, nearly a million in Washington alone.  We have to ask ourselves:  Whose toes were being stepped on?  What person or persons?  Not 'the government' - but what individuals?"