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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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“If any of us get caught or killed,” Ian said, “the secretary will disavow any knowledge of our actions.”

“Who is the secretary?” [CIA Director] Healy asked.

“I don't know,” Ian said. “It's what the boss on the recording says to Peter Graves on every episode of Mission: Impossible, right before he wishes him luck and the tape explodes.”

“This isn't a TV show,” Healy said. “This is reality.”

“You say that like there's still a difference.”

...the connection between a barbaric drug lord in Mexico, a homicidal rapist in California, a rogue citizens army in Texas, a raging TV pundit in New York, and two dead tourists in Portugal...before the President of the United States makes a catastrophic mistake that could resurrect the Soviet Union.

* I was really glad to see him again, by the way, he's a fun character

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