CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
9:20 a.m. Eastern Standard Time
The Situation Room
The White House, Washington, DC
“Agent Luke Stone is alive and has infiltrated Iran.”
Susan had walked into the room moments before, and Kurt had just called the meeting to order. The morning had been quiet so far. The fighting in Israel continued apace. The riots in Berkeley and Portland had spun out of control, but the one in Seattle had ended peacefully. The Iranians had crushed their own dissenters, and had imposed martial law across the country.
Susan had barely slept. The heavy paper cup in her hand was her third dose of java in the past half an hour.
Kurt had been going through a list of updates. Susan had been sipping her coffee. Aides and staffers were scrolling through websites and shuffling pages. Hal
