Blackout by John J. Nance

Author:John J. Nance
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery & Detective, Government Investigators, Aircraft Accidents, Fiction, Mystery Fiction, Technological, Thrillers, Terrorism, General, Espionage
ISBN: 9780515130126
Publisher: Pan Books
Published: 2000-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

“Understood. I’ll try to see if they’re any special weapons installed, too, like that target designator you said the Air was talking about.”

“I don’t want to push you into doing anything dangerous, Kat, but the Bureau is getting kind of desperate for some answers back here.

I have to tell you, the media is all but labeling the Meridian crash a terrorist act because of the copilot’s transmission about something exploding in front of him, and Langley’s attempts to this a midair had pretty much evaporated before your call. Obviously there was no collision. The possibility that this is number two in a series of terror attacks, beginning with Se “Air, is already being openly discussed from Larry King Live to NPR.” Kat chewed on her lip a second. “I hate to say it, but that accurately sums up my fears!” He snorted. “I know it. Mine, too. But Langley’s trying to blow it off.” Kat had been moving steadily around the back of the helicopter’s tail boom as they talked, watching the lone soldier pace slowly around the Global Express, but something Robert MacCabe had said in Hong Kong snapped back into her mind and she dropped her eyes to concentrate. “Jake, on the subject of Langley, is there a chance they might be soft-pedaling this because they really are afraid it’s a group they don’t have a handle on—maybe one sophisticated enough to steal one of our missile-based weapon systems?”

“I don’t know, Kat. I try to leave the politics to others.”

“Did Langley flatout say that NRO never saw this business jet from space?” There was a hesitation before Jake replied. “No, they didn’t.”

“Okay, because I’ll bet NRO could see this bird from orbit, and Langley decided not to share the information. Can you find out?” Jake’s voice changed slightly, his tone shifting. “Kat, you’re pushing into a delicate area here. Why?”

“Something that reporter said to me. The one I’d dearly love to find alive.”

“Something about Langley’s fears and reaction?”

“Yes.”

“Well, you’ve virtually nailed my own suspicions. I’ll call NRO. I’ll bet you’re right, although I don’t know what it proves.

And for us, it changes nothing.” Kat looked back at the soldier, who was now sitting on the ramp and obviously bored to tears. “I’d better go,” she said. “Be careful! But call immediately if you get anything, whatever the hour.” She punched the phone off and returned to the interior of the helicopter to find the interpreter, who had been relaxing on the back bench. “Pete? See that jet over there? I need you to help convince that soldier that I have official authorization to look at that aircraft.” Pete Phu’s eyes grew large. She held up a hand and smiled. “Just tell him I love that type of plane, Pete, and I just need an to look at it.

After a moment he nodded his head. “I think … I can do that.” The soldier was appropriately suspicious for only a few seconds as Pete explained in Vietnamese the official role of the American woman he was escorting.

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