"Well we all have problems..." Horatio didn't take kindly to being talked down to. Or being out of the loop. He can definitely read Bruce's reaction as fear.

"No, I don't think I will be jeopardizing this case so you can chase a mystery man. You want my results, you get a warrant for them." He snaps the phone shut with finality.

He almost looks amused behind his eyes. "That...was the army office in New Jersey." H gives Bruce a space of time to reply before continuing. "Do you want to tell me what's going on?"