ROBERT LUDLUM'S

THE BOURNE OBJECTIVE

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Joss Khardi watched director Benson as he passed him on the way to his office.

Khardi slowly stood up, stretched his arms out signalling the man across from him to proceed. Ali Horn and Khardi both went to the elevator and pressed for floor 1.

Ahmed Samir sat outside in his unmarked van approximately two blocks away from the Edgar Hoover building.

This Dan Cornwall reporting for CNN. I'm on site with New York Times writer, Alex Bernstein. Alex, what's your opinion on the new President, Barack Obama?

Well, Dan, so far over 75% of Americans believed that he would become the President we've all be waiting for. But I have a different opinion. Since he's closed GITMO, two terrorists have attacked and killed seventeen United States sailors. On my side, that's not the best action for their trials.

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All right, you've heard the story from Alex Bernstein, author of The Number, a non-fiction piece, dealing with the current stock market…he's currently…

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Good evening. this is Katie Curic reporting for NBC. I'm here at the studio with former political advisor of the Bush administration, Lehroy Jorgenson.
What do think about our new President?
Well, Obama talks about how the Republicans who didn't support his stimulus package are the same people who allowed Bush to rack up a $1 trillion deficit - well I want to ask Obama if he thinks that this $780 Billion+ stimulus package is going to add to the deficit or not?

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ROBERT SCANDIUM'S FACE WAS laced with fear. The stranger pointed his silenced weapon through the prison bars of his cell in Iraq.
"Where is it?" said the ghostly figure.
The albino man grinned gruesomely as Scandium dragged himself backwards toward the back of the cell.
"Where is it," the ghost was raising his voice now.
"Please. Just leave me." Robert sounded desperate now.
"Tell me where it is, and I'll leave."
"But I told you already."
"Your lying." The man said as Robert stood up.
Scandium felt a surge of adrenaline pass through him.
"Its in locker 98632, the code is 13-39-13."
"Thank you."
The ghost pulled the trigger, letting out a phut phut.
The man left the prison as he stepped into his Cadillac.

"Evening, I'm Tom Avon reporting for K-2 news from Seattle Washington. I here with economics graduate Hal Grenadian, what do you think of Obama?"

" did not pardon anyone, nor did he let anyone free. The charges were temporarily dropped because Gitmo is closing down; the alleged terrorist can be charged again when he's moved to another place.

2. The stock market has been tanking since last September, that's not Obama's fault. The current crisis can be traced back to the housing bubble in 2005/2006.

3. Gitmo was blight on US foreign policy to begin with. Many of the inmates there were people who were indiscriminately rounded up or handed to us by Iraqi and Afghan gangsters who simply wanted people out of the way."

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However, advisor from Obama administration cut in:

"Not a good enough reason to close a perfectly functioning base. Nor are a few isolated torture incidents. I dont think it is wrong to torture people using water methods, especially if they are holding valuable information, that has to do with our National Security."

Hal had a quick reply, "A perfectly functioning Orwellian base where people are convicted without due process. It sets a bad precedent. Even Alberto Gonzalez went around saying that Americans don't have a right to habeas corpus."

Even Avon was surprised at the quickness of his answer.

Avon continued questioning the two.

"What about the issue on terrorism?"

Hal was the first to reply, "Terrorists occur because someone who doesn't like freedom and things that a Democratic Republic such as the USofA stand for...so they get people to believe that killing innocent lives for a higher cause is the right thing to do

Look at the 1993 WTC bombings, we weren't in the Middle East
Look at the bombing of the USS Cole which was near Yemen
Look at the 9/11 attacks

These attacks happened cause they don't like us...and I would rather be staying in the middle east trying to help rebuild a country than being scared to death cause we think that if we don't do anything to help prevent attacks no one will attack us..."

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"Good morning, I'm John Hayes reporting for Tom Avon. It was just two hours ago that a previously unknown terrorist group has killed the VP and the executive judges, lead by former Intelligence analyst, Robert Scandium. The group is called "Smokeheart". The name came from Scandium's nickname in juvenile detention. The group has also bombed Los Angeles and New York City."

The co-anchor, Lisa Givens continued, "in other news, undercover CIA Agent in Afghanistan was found nearly dead, by request, the agent's name was revealed. However, the investigators told us that he had had a heat stroke. He has recovered from his amnesia and has been safely returned to his home…"

The ghost entered Smokeheart headquarters in east Zurich. Morgan Cheynein made his speech quick and effective.

"Robert Scandium was found dead in his prison cell. He had committed suicide and left a note." Cheynein pulled out a plank piece of a notebook paper.

"I Robert Scandium will kill myself tomorrow at midnight, using a gun from a guard I will steal. I want my cousin, Morgan Cheynein, to lead Smokeheart."