81 Stephen Latent stayed in New York instead of returning to headquarters in Washington. He wanted to be on the ground with his men and moved between the field office and the command post near the site of the contamination in Queens. “Are those the images from the basement?” he said, looking at a computer screen. “Anything that stands out? Anything we can use to track down this bomb?” “Yes, sir, this is coming live from the dwelling’s basement. Nothing solid yet, sir. But we now have a list of all the nuclear facilities in the country that use the high core type of uranium-235, which is what has been identified here. Unfortunately, the list of facilities is huge. And again, not a single one has reported any misplaced or stolen nuclear material. The lab is further isolating the exact iso

