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January 15, 2004

Graham Greene 2k4

Some terrorist groups are getting increasingly sophisticated in the use of technology. The CIA wants to get position sensors inside the terrorist camps, and since much of the computer technology used in the Middle East comes from the U.S. or its allies a plan is formulated to have an American agent pose as an exporter willing to sell computers, satellite phones, etc. to nations where there are currently sanctions. Unknown to the terrorists the equipment actually has GPS beacons that relay their position back to the U.S. The sale is about to go through, when the terrorist agent pulls out an FBI badge and tells our hero that he's under arrest. In the hullaballoo witnesses show up, and our hero's name is slandered all over the press. The FBI agent drives off with our hero in custody who tries to explain that he's actually an agent with the CIA, that this was a double-sting gone wrong. At this information, the FBI guy reveals that he's not really with the FBI, that he was just testing the agent to make sure that he was legit. Now that the information is out, our hero will have to be killed, but with all the attention on our hero, the pseudo-FBI guy has to be careful and gets someone to pretend to be an outraged American patriot who wants revenge on this enemy of the state. Meanwhile the CIA stays mum on its association with our hero. Then, typical action story: deus ex machina gives hero a chance to escape captors, and he then spends the rest of the story trying to get revenge on the terrorists while clearing his name back home. At the end, our hero is able to find the bad guys using the very equipment he had sold to them.
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Posted by mslaybau at January 15, 2004 12:02 PM

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