Ashani witnesses a Quds Force demonstration of a capability meant to upend America?s war in the Middle East. Ashani, director of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Irene Kennedy?s former back channel to the Iranian government, recognises the demonstration?s true significance and the nation-ending conflict it will provoke. In Washington, DC, CIA director Irene Kennedy briefs the president that the operational window to kill or capture Osama bin Laden is rapidly closing. But before he?ll authorise a commando raid on Pakistani soil, the president demands irrefutable proof of bin Laden?s presence. Proof he trusts just one man to provide.