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PARANOIA
The White House.
An aide made a hasty entrance into the Oval Office.
“Mr. President. Red line, sir.”
“Thank you, son. Dismissed.” He leveled foreboding eyes on the only other person in the room, then picked up the phone. “This is the President. In presence is National Security Advisor James Foreman.”
“Mr. President, William Tarleton, National Security Agency, Directory Section Head. I’ve got FBI Director Stephen Latent with me, sir.”
“State your code red, Tarleton.”
“Sir, we have a possible location on that Homeland Security level fifteen. The weapon appears to be in coastal Pakistan. Kakapir, Pakistan, to be exact. A small hamlet approximately 5.6 miles from Karachi.”
James Foreman hit the mute button on the red phone so he could talk privately with the president.
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