Deep State (Jason Trapp Book 1) by Jack Slater

Author:Jack Slater [Slater, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-25T22:00:00+00:00

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Dani Carter was sitting in an empty conference room in the FBI DC field office, scratching barely legible letters into an after-action report on the events at the Hoover Building when her phone buzzed, dancing on the dark mahogany table.

It was ridiculous that the Bureau had her filling out paperwork when the entire country was in lockdown. But that was Washington for you. The bureaucrats here would still be completing forms in triplicate when the nuclear warheads started flying and mushroom clouds sprouted into the air next to the damn Washington Monument itself.

The empty desks that spotted the DC field office, all folders and computers removed by federal marshals, were a heavy reminder of the arrest of dozens of FBI agents across the nation, under charges of aiding and abetting terrorist activity. The remaining agents shuffled around the office like zombies, each wondering if they would be next.

Dani gritted her teeth just thinking about the arrest of her boss – and mentor – SAC Olsen, let alone the rest of the agents who had been frog-marched out of the DC field office, hands cuffed behind their backs like common criminals.

They were good people, good, honest men and women – and valuable agents. The country needed them running down leads at a time like this, not rotting in a federal jail cell, hands jangling in chains as they got their allotted hour of sunlight every day. But the evidence, supposedly, was incontrovertible. Phone, bank and travel records linked each of the arrested agents to sleeper cells that had committed heinous acts of terror. The NSA had even discovered voice recordings that each arrested agent swore blind were fake, though all expert analysis said the contrary.

Put bluntly, Dani thought it was all a load of crap. If the NSA had so much intelligence, why had they only shared it after the attacks, and not before? There was something off about the whole situation. And Dani intended to get to the bottom of it.

But that hadn’t stopped the twenty-four hour cable networks from calling the FBI arrests “the most thorough penetration of any law enforcement agency since Aldrich Ames betrayed the CIA.” Those words had been spoken by one of the most level-headed pundits on television, Jim Anderson, who headed up CNN’s breakfast coverage. Talk radio was sending out a much harsher message. And there was no way Dani was even glancing at the toxic cesspool that was Twitter.

Carter’s tired emerald eyes didn’t immediately recognize the number on her phone screen, and she considered not answering. She was exhausted, both physically and mentally, under an immense strain from the events of the last few days. But then she relented, releasing a heavy sigh of frustration as she realized it could be the hospital, and pressed the green call button.

“Carter.”

“Agent Carter, please hold for the director.”

The director?

Dani froze, a jolt of adrenaline sweeping through her system like a tornado. Surely the curt, businesslike voice on the other end of the line hadn’t meant the

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