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particularly now with the PRC TBM capability.
"Apparently the Chinese do not have the same concerns. We must assume that if
they will do it with their submarine launched missiles, that they will do the
same with their land launched ones. They are clearly attempting to use their
assets to maximum effect with playing to our strength, which is of course our
nuclear capability."
As the President contemplated this reply, an aide entered the room and
whispered something to the
Director of Homeland Security, Stewart Langstrom, who in turn had a brief
conversation with the
Attorney General of the United States, Dean Byron Hull.
As they finished, Stewart addressed the group.
"The visit to WNN is being conducted as we speak, David Krenshaw will be taken
into custody within the hour."
A somber group of faces greeted this news. All of them were happy to hear it.
All of them were also concerned at how the news might be used by the political
opposition at a time that was increasingly desperate for American and allied
forces. All of them knew, from their briefings, that it had to be done.
David Krenshaw was considered by this group as one of the most dangerous, most
damaging and highly placed traitors in the history of the nation. Now that his
personal connections to the Red Chinese were confirmed, his slant on the news
and efforts in the CIR on behalf of his mentors in Red China had caused untold
damage to the allied cause, and cost untold lives.
The President had ordered that the indictments against Krenshaw be unsealed,
but that any actual evidence remain sealed until the trial itself. Many here
at the table had opposed this because the indictment itself would reveal too
much on how the data had been gathered, both technologically and from a human
intelligence standpoint. But the President had been firm, sensing the
political firestorm that might ensue if such a high profile figure, one who
was courting very powerful national and international figures both politically
and on the vaunted Council on International Relations, was whisked away and
held essentially incognito under the various national security and counter
terrorism acts currently in place, without any indication as to the charges
and evidence against him.
Those acts allowed the President to arrest and hold any suspected terrorist or
anyone who was viewed as a risk to national security in just such a
fashion& and only the prosecutors and the judge were required to be privy to
the charges and the testimony and the evidence. Not even the defendants
defense attorney, if the defendant could even obtain one, were allowed access
under those special circumstances.
President Weisskopf did not agree with those provisions of those Acts of
Congress. They had been passed before his time in the wake of the 9-11 attacks
and during the War on Terrorism that had followed. They were still in place,
and although he had carried much influence in advancing legislation that was
rooted in traditional American values and intent, he had not been able to
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dislodge those particular provisions of those acts. He had to admit, as much
as he hated it, he had also found it necessary to approve their use against
such enemies as Manuel Mendoza and Hector Ortiz. But those had been
foreigners, living in this country. What the President considered spies who
should be summarily executed
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"But I'll be damned if I will approve all of those measures against U.S.
citizens under anything but martial law conditions, even one so brazen as this
Krenshaw" thought the President.
"We'll hold him and we'll apply a lot of the provisions that are appropriate.
But release the grand jury indictments and allow his defense council some
access."
After looking around the room, he continued.
"This is great news and we should all stay up to date and informed. Dean and
Stewart, are you going ahead with the press conference regarding this
tonight?"
The Attorney General and Director of the Department of Homeland Security both
indicated that they were scheduled to be on the air at 10:30 PM Eastern Time,
in time for the late local news from the
Central to the Pacific Time Zones and in a broadcast that would be carried
live on every major network, including WNN. Dean Byron Hull responded.
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