Clancy, Tom - Op Center 06 State Of Siege by Clancy Tom

Author:Clancy, Tom [Clancy, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Happened, There Was Only One Conclusion To Be Drawn: That

Someone Had Been Here Waiting.

New York, New York Saturday, 11:57 P.M.

Hood Cal ed Bob Herbert And Told Him To Get Them

Chatterjee's Mobile Phone Number. While Hood Held The Line,

Rodgers Bound Ani Hampton To Her Chair. He Used Black

Electrical Tape He'd Found In The Supply Closet To Tie Her Left

Wrist To The Armrest. There Had Been Packaging Twine On

The Shelf, But Using Tape Was A Habit From Field

Interrogations: It Didn't Leave Marks Or Tear The Skin, And It

Was Tougher To Work Lose. Rodgers Had Also Found Several

Handguns And Other Cia Field Gear In The Closet.

The Guns Were Locked In A Metal Gun Rack. After Binding Ani,

Rodgers Took The Key Case From Her Blazer, Which Was

Hanging In The Closet. Cia Regulations Required That

Whoever Was In Charge Of A Shel Have Access To The

"Selfdefense Matbriel." Rodgers Found The Key That Unlocked

The Rack And Took A Pair Of Berettas For Himself And Another

Pair For August. Each Handgun Held A Clip With A Fifteen-

Shel Capacity. He Also Grabbed A Pair Of Point-To-Point

Radios Along With A Brick Of C-4 And Detonators. He Put The

Explosives In A Foam-Lined Backpack And Slung It Over One

Shoulder. It Wasn't The Usual Striker Kitnight Vision Glasses

And Uzis Would Be Ideal-But It Would Have To Do. He Hoped

He Didn't Need Any Of These, But He Wanted To Be Prepared

For The Worst.

Upon Returning To The Office, Rodgers Looked Down At Ani. "If

You Cooperate, I'l Help You When We Get Out Of Here." She

Didn't Respond.

"Do You Understand?" Rodgers Pressed.

"I Understand," She Said Without Looking Up. After Handing

August His Guns, Rodgers Took The Colonel's Arm. He Led

Him To Where Hood Was Standing, Stil Holding The Phone.

"What's Wrong?" August Asked.

"I Don't Have A Good Feeling About Our Prisoner," Rodgers

Said Quietly.

"Why?" Hood Asked.

"In A Few Minutes, She's Going To Have Us By The Short

Hairs," Rodgers Said.

"Suppose Chatterjee Cal s The Terrorists For Us. Then This

Woman Refuses To Back Up The Lie.

Where Are We Then?" "I'd Say Pretty Much Where We Are

Now," August Told Him. "Not Exactly," Rodgers Said. "The Terrorists Wil Have Been Attacked And Then Lied To. They're

Going To Want To Hit Back.

Shoot A Hostage As Scheduled And Add Another As Payback."

"Are You Saying We Shouldn't Do This?" Hood Asked.

"No, I Don't Think We Have A Choice," Rodgers Said.

"Because, If Nothing Else, We Can Buy Ourselves A Few Extra

Minutes." "For What?" Hood Asked.

"To Take Control Of This Situation," Rodgers Said.

"To Launch A Bottleneck Operation." August Seemed Pleased.

Hood Shook His Head. "With What Kind Of Force?" He Asked.

"The Pair Of You?" "It Can Work," Rodgers Told Him.

"I Repeat-With Just Two Soldiers?" Hood Asked. "In Theory, Yes," Rodgers Said.

Hood Didn't Seem Happy With That Answer.

"We've Run Simulations," Rodgers Went On.

"Brett Has Dril ed For This." "Mike," Hood Said, "Even If You Can Get In There, The Hostages Are Going To Be Extremely

Vulnerable." "Like I Said, What Do You Think Is Going To

Happen If Our Lady Friend Here Turns On Us?" Rodgers

Asked. "We've Got Human Gunpowder In A Keg, And We're

Applying A Match.

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