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killing. You people are fucking nuts!тАЭ

Rogers came back into the room. тАЬI used the mobile phone in the car, General, just in case the phone
here has a long-range bug on it. The phone company in D.C. got a disconnect order on the number he
gave us. Got it about two hours ago. What's happening here?тАЭ

тАЬHolocaust,тАЭ a buddy informed him.

Driskill looked at the colonel. тАЬI believe the colonel is about to give us all the details, aren't you,
superpatriot?тАЭ

The Air Force man laughed in his face. тАЬSure, I'll tell you. Why not? There isn't a damned thing any of
you can do about it.тАЭ

Only blow your fucking head off when you're through flapping your gums, General Crowe thought, his
hand tightening on the butt of the .38.
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тАЬThere won't be any elections,тАЭ the colonel said. тАЬNot for a long timeтАФa very long time. The military is
going to be forced into taking over the country: suspending the Constitution and declaring martial law.
That's all we wanted, all along. All we were doing, once we learned Brady was onto us, was buying time.
Getting set. We're five days from launch.тАЭ

The men in the room, to a man, sucked in their guts. One hundred and twenty hours to hell.

тАЬI should have gone to the president when my intelligence people first stumbled onto this ... treason!тАЭ
General Saunders said.

The Air Force colonel laughed. He lit a cigarette. His last one. тАЬWell, General, I'll salve your conscience
a bit. It wouldn't have made any difference. You couldn't have stopped us. You didn't really know what
was going down until today. You couldn't have gone to the Chinese to tell them the Russians were going
to launch against them. No proof. Big international stink would be all you could have accomplished.
Same if you'd gone to the Russians. It all boils down to this: an American sub will launch the missilesтАФ
Americanmissiles. Both countries would have turned on you. And ... I think most of you know what type
of missiles we're going to fire. Missiles so top secret not even the president knew of their existence. You
clever boys got too clever, that's all. We used your cleverness against you.тАЭ

тАЬWhat type of missiles are you using?тАЭ a master chief asked.

тАЬSupersnoop missiles,тАЭ Admiral Mullens answered the question. тАЬThunder-strikes. We started building
them on the QT when we realized SALT 5 was becoming a reality. Yes, the Russians knew we were
going to build themтАФbefore SALT was signed. That's the main reason Russia agreed to SALT 5.тАЭ

тАЬThe president and/or Congress know of them?тАЭ he was asked.

тАЬNo,тАЭ he said tersely.