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The morning’s threat assessment was delivered to the president by the director of the FBI. This happened six days a week, and sometimes on Sunday. Today’s assessment was grim. Another bombing was anticipated in four days. The countdown was on, the clock ticking. Under the enormous burden of an impending attack, the president signed Executive Order number 4636, something he had never done before. The weight of his office bore down on him with unforgiving relentlessness. EO 4636 was a directive that authorized the bureau to take whatever means necessary to stop the threat. In short, the executive order secretly authorized any level of force required, including assassination.
FBI Director Stephen Latent had never received such an order. But he understood the president’s decision. The cit
