Chapter 35IRS HQ, 1111 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC
In an unprecedented move, the President personally orders George Checken, Chief Executive Officer of the Internal Revenue Service, to go on national television to explain and apologise for the disappearance of $73 billion of taxpayers’ money from the IRS’s books.
Dallas, Texas
A six-year-old girl is reported to have been auctioned on the internet. Investigators establish that the buyer paid $20,000 for the girl, later identified as Emily Sadler, the illegitimate daughter of the Dallas Chief of Police Ron Sigorski. The buyer is understood to be a senior federal government adviser.
Eastern Seaboard
A series of internet crashes disables public services from Boston to Miami. Banks, hospitals, and utility services are brought to a
