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THE SNIPER’S PERCH
NSA Dormitories, Fort Meade
Another day passed and the next morning came early. Jana awoke unsure whether she should scour the public records for information related to the deaths of her mother and father, or study similarities between the Bible and the Koran.
There was so little evidence to go on. At this point there were virtually no clues in the death of Stephen Latent. They hadn’t even located where the sniper had been hiding. All they knew was that Jarrah was behind the assassination somehow. And it was certainly Jarrah who was responsible for the killing of Gilda, Jana’s hiking friend.
Jana listened to a news podcast on her phone, the way she had done every morning, to catch up on what was happening in the world.
“WBS News at the top of the hour. I’m Mike
