The Forecasters

It was a habit acquired from handling files that could never be allowed to look important. Truly dangerous documents arrived in beige folders, with soft corners, ordinary staples, and wording whose very blandness had been crafted by people paid to do so. The one she held bore a serial number at the upper right and a gray strip: ANTICIPATION RECORD — OPEN ONLY AFTER TIME-STAMPING.

Intelligence services recruit people who remember attacks before they happen.