Beyond Limits
“Mia Voss from the Delphi Center crime lab. Mia was dressed casually in jeans and sandals. She declined Gordon’s offer of a chair, preferring to stand beside the whiteboard.
“I dropped by Delphi a few days ago,” Derek said, also standing. “I asked Dr. Voss here to run some tests for me, see if we could learn something about what our friends in Asadabad were up to when we raided their compound.”
“What kind of tests?” Gordon asked.
“She looked at the boots I wore during the op. I spent some time i...n the basement of the compound, where they’d set up their own little bomb-making factory.”
“And?” Gordon looked at the doctor.
“I tested for a range of substances: explosive residue, ricin, sarin, anthrax—”
“Anthrax?” Torres cut in.
“Al Qaeda’s been working on it for years,” she said. “It’s difficult to weaponize, but that hasn’t stopped them from trying. But that isn’t what I found. Extensive testing revealed trace amounts of white phosphorus.”
Silence settled over the room as eyes shifted to Derek for clarification.MoreLess
“I dropped by Delphi a few days ago,” Derek said, also standing. “I asked Dr. Voss here to run some tests for me, see if we could learn something about what our friends in Asadabad were up to when we raided their compound.”
“What kind of tests?” Gordon asked.
“She looked at the boots I wore during the op. I spent some time i...n the basement of the compound, where they’d set up their own little bomb-making factory.”
“And?” Gordon looked at the doctor.
“I tested for a range of substances: explosive residue, ricin, sarin, anthrax—”
“Anthrax?” Torres cut in.
“Al Qaeda’s been working on it for years,” she said. “It’s difficult to weaponize, but that hasn’t stopped them from trying. But that isn’t what I found. Extensive testing revealed trace amounts of white phosphorus.”
Silence settled over the room as eyes shifted to Derek for clarification.MoreLess
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