American Assassin Page #2

Got to Mansur, didn't I?

I mean, it's more than

you accomplished.

I'm gonna let you

in on something.

Our people here, they don't

know what to do with you.

A lot of them think we should

just throw you in a supermax.

Me?

I like your agenda, Mitch.

I can help you with it,

if you throw in with us.

We can teach you how to

play with the big boys.

Yeah, let me stop

you right there.

You don't think I considered

that 18 months ago?

Joining the CIA?

I made the decision to

pursue Mansur on my own

'cause I knew I could get it done.

What you need to understand

is that I'm the only way.

To get what you want.

Why the hell would I trust you?

Because I believe in you.

And I'm all you've got.

What's been confirmed is

the enriched plutonium

has been stolen

from a decommissioned

Russian nuclear facility.

If they get their hands

on a nuclear trigger

and a physicist to build it,

they'd be able to arm it and

detonate it at any time.

Tom?

He's testing through the roof.

Might be the best

I've ever seen.

We've had him under

surveillance for six months.

Martial arts, gun skills.

I've surveilled dozens

of these vigilantes.

This one is different.

Yeah, well, I've gone

over these, Irene.

He's noncompliant,

he's oppositional.

He got us into Mansur's cell.

That's a hell of a lot

more than we ever managed.

All right, Orion is

an elite unit, Irene.

A secret unit.

Reports to you, me,

and no one else.

I don't want to be responsible

for that kind of mistake.

Now, that's Hurley talking.

Yeah, well, he's called

me twice about this.

This kind of psych profile

scares the hell out of him.

As far as he's concerned,

you're sending him a Section

8 with an ax to grind.

What happened to that

kid on the beach,

it changed him.

You can't train

that into someone.

His psych profile is exactly

what I've been looking for.

Polygraph?

Flying colors.

All right. Good

luck with Hurley.

Oh, Irene.

We'll have fresh

intel on the Russian

plutonium situation

in two hours.

Stay by your phone.

Yeah.

You can take the blindfold off.

So, what do I need to

know about this guy?

Stan Hurley.

He's a warrior.

Ex-Navy SEAL.

My daddy served with him

in the Persian Gulf.

Did you go through this program?

I went through a program.

Not this one.

It's not like becoming

a spy or Special Ops,

none of those things.

Good.

So, what are your goals, Mitch?

My goals?

My goal is to have them

lie awake at night,

knowing I'm coming for them.

I thought you were supposed

to be on the patch.

You saw those tests.

Yeah, I saw them.

He's off the charts.

I've seen off the charts before.

And he's got none

of the bad habits

he'd have to unlearn if

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