Choke Points by Trevor Scott

Author:Trevor Scott [Scott, Trevor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Calabria Publishing
Published: 2019-05-01T16:00:00+00:00

18

CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia

As the clock ticked past seven p.m., CIA Director John Bradford knew that he should have been long gone from his office, but there was too much going on in the world and it weighed heavy on his shoulders. He was getting briefings on the hour from his analysts indicating operations underway worldwide.

The Director of Operations, Tim Taylor, came in carrying a tablet with his left hand. He used his right hand to continually pull up his pants. Taylor had lost nearly thirty pounds in the last month and still had not purchased new clothes to match his new body, or a good belt to keep his pants up.

“What’s up, Tim?” Bradford asked, leaning forward on his desk.

The DO pulled up a chair to the edge of the Director’s desk and pulled up a series of images on his tablet. He slowly flipped through the photos as he talked and shook his head.

“Okay, Tim. I asked you for the time, not how to build the watch.”

“Right. Well, these images were sent to our Israel desk an hour ago from a former officer named Sirena. She must have been before my time, because I don’t know her.”

“She retired a couple of years ago,” Bradford said. “Before that, she worked special projects.”

“Makes sense. I was at DIA back then. Anyway, these are interesting images.”

Bradford glanced at the images and said, “What am I looking at? It looks like infrared images of a construction site.”

“Yeah, yeah, that’s it. A new port under construction near Suez, Egypt,” Tim said. “Until a couple of hours ago. Now, it’s this.” The DO swished open an image of destruction and fire.

“Okay. A terrorist attack?” Bradford surmised.

“Not exactly. We have word from Defense that this site was destroyed by F-35s.”

“How can they be sure of that?”

His Director of Operations simply smiled, and Bradford knew the answer. For the past decade, when America sold military equipment to foreign governments, the Department of Defense had the ability to keep track of all of them by GPS. It was a dirty little secret, but Bradford guessed the Israelis and others suspected the US was doing this. Their need for great fighter jets outweighed autonomy and security.

“Okay,” Bradford said. “So, what made the Israeli Air Force bomb the shit out of a port construction site.”

“Our people got ahold of their counterparts in the Mossad in the last hour. They’re keeping it close to the vest.”

“The Mossad wouldn’t have acted without authority from the government. Especially the prime minister.”

Tim shrugged.

Bradford said, “Alright. Keep digging.”

The Director of Operations got up and nearly lost his pants in the process.

“And get yourself a new belt,” Bradford said.

The DO smiled as he walked out of Bradford’s office.

Once Bradford was alone, he pulled out his secure SAT phone and stared at it for a moment. He didn’t like to do this, but now he had no choice. Once CIA officers retired, they still had a responsibility to report what they knew about certain situations that impacted America.

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