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THE TAMING OF THE BEAST
Parking lot of Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Savile Lane, McLean, Virginia. 2:15 p.m. EST.
The backpack lay on the floor beside him like a giant serpent coiling in preparation to strike. Khalid had parked the van in the parking lot of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church, the grounds of which sat just half a mile from CIA headquarters. With a blast radius of one mile, the entire facility would be wiped from the face of the earth.
As far as Khalid could tell, Waseem Jarrah’s plans had been executed flawlessly. He and his twin brother, Khunays, would meet Allah together today. Their jihad was at an end. The CIA, FBI, and NSA had taken the bait. The false trail created by Khunays had led them to believe that he was the bomber and that the intended detonation site wa
