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ell, you damn well need to do something about this and do it in a big hurry.” The President’s National Security Advisor was a tad grumpy when wakened with bad news. The man who calls himself Bayer took a deep breath and massaged his temples.
“The wheels are spinning right now, sir.” Bayer stood and began to pace the interior of his office. “As you know, we have a double in Beirut who is well connected with the Hezbollah high command. My people over there are onto him now. We’ll find Davis and we’ll get him back.”
“You’d better.” Bayer heard the man on the other end of the line grunting as if he was struggling up out of bed—which was probably exactly right given the time. “POTUS is about to schedule a news conference announcing we have proof positive Assad’s troops ar
