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It was probably even a worse conclusion than it being Russian.
The US services weren’t just hiding things from one another; they were creating secret aircraft and carrying out secret missions against foreign assets without informing each other. He was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and should know about anything the President or the National Security Advisor knew.
But what if he didn’t? Maybe they had shut him out of the loop, in which case it was definitely time to retire.
Or worse yet, what if the President and even the NSA didn’t know?
That would leave…the CIA.
“Gray. Find out where that F-35 Lightning II that bombed our Hercules came from.”
“I already did. Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona is missing one.”
“Let me guess. The plane went missing, but all of the pilots
