Chapter 26 - The Capital Escape
Alexander and his team fought their way through the basement corridors, using tactical smoke grenades to blind the responding guards.
They escaped through the underground drainage tunnel system, emerging near the banks of the rain-swollen Potomac River.
A sleek black getaway boat operated by federal marshals waited in the darkness, its engines idling with low, muffled roars.
They leaped aboard as the boat surged forward into the stormy night, leaving the federal annex far behind in the distance.
Safely back at the Virginia safehouse, Alexander plugged the drive into a secure military laptop to inspect the downloaded files.
The master ledger revealed the names of four sitting US senators and two intelligence directors who were engineering the shadow council.
"They planned to use this surveillance network to blackmail corporate leaders and seize total control of the American economy," Miller gasped.
"Not on my watch," Alexander declared coldly, preparing to transmit the unedited files directly to the Department of Justice Inspector General.
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The evidence was too massive and explosive for any corrupt official to bury or ignore.
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