The White House: a Flynn Carroll Thriller
“Dominating them all, etched into the surface by an expert stonemason, was the pyramid and all-seeing eye that appears on the dollar bill.
Ahead was a hatch with a wheel in it that looked as if it belonged in a submarine. If he was right about the distance, he was directly under the subbasement of the residence. It still contained air-conditioning and dishwashing equipment, but also, now, some of the new command and control systems for the Presidential Emergency Operations Center under the East ...Wing. Judging from the blueprints he had seen, there was enough room in the large cable conduits for him to pass through into the communications center just adjacent to the PEOC. The president, the members of the National Security Council, and the Joint Chiefs would be in the PEOC, which was secure against all attacks save a direct hit from a nuclear warhead. Flynn didn’t know if they would survive the searing wave of neutrons that would be emitted over Washington. If they did, they would wish they hadn’t.MoreLess
Ahead was a hatch with a wheel in it that looked as if it belonged in a submarine. If he was right about the distance, he was directly under the subbasement of the residence. It still contained air-conditioning and dishwashing equipment, but also, now, some of the new command and control systems for the Presidential Emergency Operations Center under the East ...Wing. Judging from the blueprints he had seen, there was enough room in the large cable conduits for him to pass through into the communications center just adjacent to the PEOC. The president, the members of the National Security Council, and the Joint Chiefs would be in the PEOC, which was secure against all attacks save a direct hit from a nuclear warhead. Flynn didn’t know if they would survive the searing wave of neutrons that would be emitted over Washington. If they did, they would wish they hadn’t.MoreLess
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