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“Now, what about our other little problem?”
President Cole had chased everyone else out to the waiting room.
Now it was just him and the President. Even the CIA and the Secretary of Defense had been sent away.
Drake sighed.
“Two things about that, sir. First, we’ve learned what happened to the Hercules C-130 transport as it approached Groom Lake. It was downed by a CIA drone for reasons that are still unclear.”
The President scowled but held his peace, awaiting more information.
“Also, a second drone, probably from the same series, downed a Chinese aircraft at roughly the same time three days ago. Though I only heard about it today.”
“s**t! Where did this happen?” There was no faking his surprise. Drake felt better about feeling bad. It wasn’t only him that the CIA had kept out
