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US Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel
Talia and Stone followed the two SEALs onto an elevator and down to the sub-basement level. They walked down a long corridor. At the end of the hall were two Marine guards standing post outside a steel door.
As they walked in, the first SEAL said, “This is the Situation Room. Authorized personnel only.”
Talia hesitated a moment as if to wait outside.
“Oh, no, ma’am. We need you, too,” the SEAL said.
Inside were several embassy employees along with Leslie Fineman, the US Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission. They were on a video conference call and watching a large monitor at the front of the windowless room. On the monitor was a view into the NSA’s war room where Uncle Bill and several men in uniform were gathered around an oblong conference table.
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