one step at a time was webster 's patient way , so they were going to check out the beau borken story in california , and then they were going to peterson air force base in colorado to meet with general johnson , mcgrath was about the only bureau guy alive capable of shouting at webster , and he had , but arguing is not the same thing as winning , so they were all in the air heading first for mojave , mcgrath and webster and brogan and milosevic , all overtired , overanxious and morose in the hot noisy cabin .