Traitors Within by James Rosone & Miranda Watson

Author:James Rosone & Miranda Watson [Rosone, James & Watson, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-21T22:00:00+00:00

Following his conversation with Mallory, Mike made a quick call from his office to Trevor over at Langley. He was busy, of course, but he agreed to meet Mike for a quick coffee at a nearby Starbucks.

Thirty minutes later, Mike stood in line and ordered a grande caramel macchiato with an extra shot of espresso. It was going to be a long day so he needed the added caffeine. When his drink order was ready, he walked to the counter and grabbed his cup, hurrying to a table that had miraculously just become available. No sooner had he sat down than Trevor walked in and made a beeline to him.

“Sorry for the delay, Mike. I hope you haven’t been waiting long,” he said. He sounded a bit out of breath, which was unusual. Trevor was almost never in a hurry.

Taking a quick sip before replying, Mike shook his head. “No, not long. Just got my drink,” he responded, his voice almost jovial.

The monitor near their seats was showing CNN coverage of the horrific attacks. Trevor’s eyes strayed as he watched for a moment, transfixed. Then he turned back to Mike. “You said this was important—so, what is it?” he asked gruffly.

“Remember when I told you that Chicago and Baltimore were receiving an unusually high percentage of single military-age males through the refugee program?” Mike asked as he too watched the carnage unfolding on TV.

“Yeah, I remember. Our analysts found it odd and unusually high compared to the other cities. What of it? Did you find something else?”

Mike nodded softly so as to not give anything away. He then leaned in slowly and whispered, “Two of the four attackers were part of the refugee program.”

“I already know that, Mike. The rest of the world is about to find that piece of information out as soon as someone in Congress leaks it,” Trevor replied angrily.

“No, you don’t understand yet. They were both originally flagged for having potential links to terrorism. They should’ve been denied entry, but their recommendation was overruled by one of the senior analysts and approved anyway. The analyst who made the final approval said she was just approving the names Director Harper had given her,” Mike added.

Trevor shook his head slowly. This little piece of information painted an entirely different picture. “You have to be kidding me, Mike,” he finally replied. “Are you sure this is correct?”

“Once we saw the ISIS videos and we learned who these guys were, we ran their information through the refugee screening program. Sure enough, two of them popped. We found the initial screening packets and dug into them. The original recommendation was to deny them entry into the program based on possible terrorist links. Something in their background was a red flag, a past associate or CELLEX or something. Either way, they failed the screening. Then the lead analyst overrode that decision and approved them anyway. Both of those analysts still work in the department. When Director Harper and I questioned the lead

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