Project Moses

Ghislaine Girabaldi slammed her classified copy of an NSA briefing paper on her desk in front of Alicia Clooney.

“What’s this?” demanded the speaker. “Have you been to church lately?”

Alicia Clooney picked up the document. The paper was an intelligence agency brief, classified Top Secret and NOFORN, which meant No Foreign access, with the subject line: “Islamic Jihad meetings in Damascus over the Stony Island Gang.”

“Is there something in here that matters to me?” asked Alicia. “I don’t know anyone in Syria. And why, if it’s Top Secret, are you showing it to me?”

The speaker pursed her lips. “Don’t bullshit me. You’ve seen a lot more than this, Alicia. God only knows how much Intel John gave you. But this involves your estranged husband, terrorists, and a priest.”

“Okay, what did John do now?”

“He offered a bribe to the head of Islamic Jihad.”

Alicia gasped. “To do what? How much? Why?”

“He wants Islamic Jihad to kill that old Jew, David Green,” said Girabaldi.