Once that fraudulent waiver was registered, Arthur intended to execute the master conveyance deed tonight, transferring Conduit Ten directly to Valkyrie in Vaduz for sixty billion dollars in carried interest.”
“And tonight…?”
I asked.
Vice Admiral David Mercer checked his chronometer:
“At zero-two-hundred hours this morning, Clara…”
The Admiral tapped his heavy gold signet ring against the titanium case:
“…Chief Justice Arthur Sterling-Vance convened an extraordinary, closed-door emergency midnight session of the Supreme Court inside the West Conference Room beneath One First Street.”
“He has brought four international defense raiders, two private banking partners from Zurich, and the Solicitor General.”
“He has informed the conference that an imminent foreign cyber-strike has compromised our military command channels.”
“He is preparing to issue an extraordinary, emergency administrative mandamus—a judicial decree permanently conveying Conduit Ten and the nation’s strategic launch ciphers to his private defense consortium in Switzerland for sixty billion dollars in sovereign debt relief.”
