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snapped Al-Hassani. "He'll ruin everything. I dont want them touched
'
until we see how far they can take us or unless they turn themselves in."
"
But Farouk is threatening to pull his money," said Mariano.
"I don't need his money," Al-Hassani fumed. "I don't need him at all.
"This was his idea," Mariano recalled. "And he has gotten us this far.
"
"And he's becoming a liability. Where is he now?"
"In a house outside of Amman, sir."
"You know what to do, Viggo," Al-Hassani said calmly. "Just make it look like
a suicide."
"Rajiv isn't answering."
"Did you try her cell phone?" Bennett asked.
"Twice," said Erin. "All I got was voice mail."
Bennett glanced out the window. It was already dark. If they were going to
move, it would have to be soon. "Any suggestions?" he asked, not expecting
any.
"Actually, one," said Erin.
"What is it?"
"Come here," she said as she logged on to the Internet and went to
earth.google.com.
"What is that?" asked Natasha.
"Open-source satellite imagery. I'll need to download the software and install
it, but it's free, and it just might help," Erin said.
Moments later the download was complete. Erin quickly executed the
installation procedures and launched the application.
"What is this going to do for us, exactly?" Natasha asked. Erin clicked on
More
Information, which Natasha read aloud.
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ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html
"Point and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore. Satellite
images and local facts zoom into view. Tap into Google search to show local
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points of interest and facts. Zoom to a specific address to check out an
apartment or hotel. View driving directions and even fly along your route."
On the screen, a star field appeared with a small image of planet Earth in the
center, as seen from 39,189.76 miles up. Next, Erin typed in
Tiberias, Israel.
Instantly, the computer began to take them on a guided flight from outer space
to a remarkably clear view of the seaside city from 13,044 feet up. The image
was all blurry until she hit
Control F6 followed by a cheat code she'd learned from her days at Langley.
This enabled her to bypass the scrambling software that Israel had demanded
Google include so enemies of the Jewish state couldn't use the site to target
missile or bomber strikes.
Suddenly the topography was crystal clear.
"That's incredible," Natasha marveled.
"What street are we on again?"asked Erin.
"Ehad Ha'am Street," said Natasha.
Erin clicked a small icon called
Roads, and suddenly bright red lines marked every road in and around Tiberias,
small and large, showing street names in bright white letters.
She found the right street, manipulated the controls a bit further, and they
were zooming in to five thousand feet, then a thousand feet, then just a few
hundred feet until they were looking through the kitchen windows of the very
house they were sitting in.
"Pretty cool, huh?"
Natasha gasped. "It's amazing! If I walk out on the balcony, will you be able
to see me?"
Erin laughed. "Sorry, it's not real time. But the resolution is actually quite
extraordinary for a nonmilitary satellite."
"I'll say," said Natasha, examining the picture more closely.
"And check this out," said Erin. "You can rotate it to see the other side of
the house as well."
"Look, you can even read the number on the front door," said Natasha.
"Can you pull up Mount Ebal?" said Bennett, checking his watch again.
"Absolutely," said Erin. "That's where I'm headed."
She zoomed out for a moment, panned southward to Nablus, and found the
distinctive slopes of Mount Ebal. For the next twenty minutes, the three of
them scoured every square inch of the "mountain of curses." Sure enough, there
were no roads of any kind.
But they did find nine cave openings six on the south and east fronts, one on
the north side, and two on the west.
"So what should we do?" asked Erin. "We don't have time to explore all nine.
We barely have enough time to explore one."
"And we need to get moving if we've got any prayer of getting some-thing done
tonight," said Natasha.
Erin turned to her husband. "Want to just pick one at random?"
But Bennett was chewing on something. "What was that verse again? The one that
begins, `as you know'?"
"Deuteronomy 11:30," said Natasha.
"Can you look it up again?"
"What are you thinking?"
"I'm not sure, but . . ." His voice trailed off.
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