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Striker was ready to throw his phone against the wall of the office in his McLean, Virginia, condo

“Why are you surprised? I told you this would happen when you allowed Ghafor to go to Colombia,” he shouted at Kellen “Money” McTiernan, the man who had taken Striker’s job at the CIA when he left

“The United States’ relationship with Colombia is stable now and was then, Griffin There was no reason to refuse to let Ghafor go wherever he wanted to, as long as it wasn’t back to Pakistan,” McTiernan shot back

There were at least three things in Money’s state about US–Colombian relations was his first mistake Striker Ellis had been the CIA’s resident expert on not just Coloency

Calling him Griffin, rather than Striker, was his second error There were very few people who got aith calling him that, and Money wasn’t one of them

Finally, saying that there wasn’t any reason Ghafor, foro anywhere that wasn’t a prison cell or a ue, made Striker’s blood pressure skyrocket

“Where do you think he is now?”

“We’re not certain he’s in Pakistan”

“You’re not certain Is that what you just said? I thought you were supposed to have a genius-level IQ Evidently, that is a misconception Of course he’s in Pakistan, you idiot”

Abdul Ghafor was the shit beneath the shoe of the worst scu on the face of the earth He was personally responsible for the deaths of several Aral role in the fraudulent presidential election that had resulted in a man who never should’ve been elected to one ter oath

That man would soon be impeached, and if the universe didn’t screw it up somehow, once he was out of office, he’d also be prosecuted and sent to prison

It didn’t matter to Striker that Ghafor’s testimony had led to several other indict; that the State Depart he believed in Shipping him off to Buenaventura, Colo for another catastrophic attack on US soil

Striker put his hand over the er” Messick walked into his office followed by Caleb “Diesel” Jacks

“Money thinks Ghafor ht have returned to Pakistan”

The look on both Ranger’s and Diesel’s faces clearly conveyed that they shared the same opinion of McTiernan Striker did

“You’ll receive the briefing toht before he disconnected the call

“That sonuvabitch hung up on ain tempted to throw his phone With his luck, he’d put a hole in the wall, and it would be onehe’d have to repair before he sold the condo he rarely lived in At least not since he and Aine McNamara had broken up

“You ready to head out, boss?” asked Diesel, propping his feet on Striker’s desk