Andrew Kaplan - Homeland - Saul’s Game

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Homeland: Saul’s Game. Copyright © 2014 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Source ISBN: 9780007546039

Ebook Edition © SEPTEMBER 2014 ISBN: 9780007546046

Version: 2015-09-17

For the real Anne,

the love of my life

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Author’s Note

2009: One Year Before The Arab Spring

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Characters

Glossary

About the Author

By the Same Author

About the Publisher

AUTHOR’S NOTE

For readers interested in additional useful information on the characters, CIA acronyms, terminology and slang, organizations, agencies, and other entities portrayed in this novel, a list of characters and a glossary are provided at the back of the book.

TOP SECRET//X1: SPECIAL ACCESS CRITICAL//ORCON/NOFORN/FOR DIRECTOR CIA EYES ONLY/100X1

[Polygraph Transcript: CIA Community Security Center/For Middle East Division/National Clandestine Ser­vice/Baghdad Station; Date: 20090621]

SUBJECT: Caroline Anne Mathison aka “Carrie”/Operations Officer/Baghdad Station/MED/NCS

POLYGRAPH EXAMINER: [[Name redacted—­see comment at end]]

NOTE: Includes Polygraph Examiner evaluations [[in double brackets]]. Polygraph audio transcript begins here:

EXAMINER: Your name is Caroline Anne Mathison?

MATHISON: Yes.

EXAMINER: You were born April 5, 1979?

MATHISON: Yes.

EXAMINER: You are thirty years old?

MATHISON: Yes.

EXAMINER: You are a CIA operations officer currently assigned to Baghdad Station in Iraq?

MATHISON: Yes.

EXAMINER: Have you had sexual intercourse in the last week?

MATHISON: … Yes.

EXAMINER: Have you ever heard of a CIA operation code-­named “Operation Iron Thunder”?

MATHISON: I … Yes.

EXAMINER: Just yes or no. Have you ever heard of a CIA operation code-­named “Iron Thunder”?

MATHISON: Yes.

EXAMINER: Were you in fact, the lead operations officer for Operation Iron Thunder?

MATHISON: Yes.

EXAMINER: Did you terminate an Iraqi national named [[redacted]]?

MATHISON: He was going to [[redacted]].

EXAMINER: Did you personally kill him? Yes or no?

MATHISION: Yes.

EXAMINER: What about [[redacted]]? Did you have sexual intercourse with him?

MATHISON: Yes, but it was … [[redacted]].

EXAMINER: Were drugs, including ecstasy and/or Captagon, also known as Zero One, and multiple sexual partners also involved?

MATHISON: No, I didn’t participate. [[False. Subject is lying.]].

EXAMINER: You were acquainted with Warzer Zafir, an Iraqi employee of the United States embassy who also acted as a CIA operative in Baghdad, were you not?

MATHISON: Yes. We worked together.

EXAMINER: You knew him better than that, didn’t you? You lived together and had repeated sexual relations with him. Is that correct?

MATHISON: Yes.

EXAMINER: Nevertheless, despite your relationship, were you also involved in the death of Warzer Zafir?

MATHISON: Are you out of your mind? Absolutely not. No. [[False. Subject is lying]]

EXAMINER: Miss Mathison, were you, as part of Operation Iron Thunder or otherwise, involved in any way, in a [[redacted]] that [[redacted]]?

MATHISON: No. What the [[redacted]]? [[Evaluation redacted]]

EXAMINER: Just to be absolutely clear, you have no knowledge whatsoever about [[redacted]]?

MATHISON: [[Redacted]]

EXAMINER: During Operation Iron Thunder, were you [[redacted]] and [[redacted]]?

MATHISON: Yes.

EXAMINER: And during that [[redacted]], did you reveal intelligence severely damaging to the security of the United States?

MATHISON: I did not. No. [[False. Subject is lying]]

EXAMINER: Are you a traitor to the United States of America?

MATHISON: No, you son of a bitch! No. [[False. Subject is lying]]

Remainder of examination redacted: FOR DIRECTOR CIA EYES ONLY. Examiner and all Human Resources Data/201 File/Aardvark HUMINT/Redacted pursuant DCIA/M–20090624–2.

2009

ONE YEAR BEFORE THE ARAB SPRING

CHAPTER 1

Hart Senate Building, Washington, D.C.

28 July 2009

22:19 hours

“Mr. President. And Vice President William Walden too. I appreciate you both coming at this time of night.”

“What is this place? It’s like a damn cave.”

“Special chamber, Mr. President. We use it for secure meetings with spook types like the vice president back when he was director of the CIA. It’s right under the regular Senate hearing room. From an electronic eavesdropping point of view, it’s probably the most secure location in Washington. And with Marines guarding the tunnel from the Dirksen Building, no one will ever know you were here.”

“Good, because this meeting never happened. Tim, my Secret Ser­vice guy isn’t thrilled about this.”

“You have my word, Mr. President. Speaking of which …”

“Let’s cut to the chase, Senator. You can’t hold your hearing.”

“Hang on, Mr. President. We’re a coequal branch of government. The American ­people have a right to—­”

“Bullshit. This is politics, pure and simple. Only I’m not a candidate anymore, Senator. I’m the president—­and I’m telling you, you can’t do this.”

“Of course it’s politics. What the hell did you expect? This thing stinks to high heaven. You can’t cover this up.”