Chapter 79
1:55 PM EST Day two of 1260 Camp David, Maryland - President Richard Stevenson’s Office
The President put the phone down after the call from Aafre and looked over at Ken. “I want your resignation on my desk in one hour or I will invoke my Presidential powers, and use the FBI and CIA, to place you under arrest for violation of our government’s human rights laws on giving over an American Citizen to a foreign country. One hour, that is all you have. You can claim that you are resigning for any number of reasons. However, if you do not, I will release to the press the information of an incident of another who was incarcerated. I have tapes of you giving the order from your office to the CIA on the other subject we’d sent there. So what’s it going to be, Ken?”
As Stevenson waited for Ken’s answer, the telephone rang. He picked it up. Rolinda said, “I have the Israeli Prime Minister on the line, Mr. President. Should I put him through?”
“Yes, please do.”
He waited and heard David’s voice, “Hello, Stevenson,” he said in his Yiddish accent, “what I can do for you today?”
“Are you in a secure place that we can talk David?”
“Yes, I’m in my office. You just caught me. I was just leaving to have dinner with my family this evening.”
Stevenson explained the situation to him and said that the US would not hold Israel responsible for anything that had happened, but it would be best if they wrapped this up quickly. David said that he understood. He also questioned Stevenson about Jack, “Are you sure you don’t want us to break him? He is here and he is a threat to all of us. It is raining here, like in the Sahara and that may soon cause us problems. We may be able to crack him.”
“No. Just put him and whoever he was with back on their jet. I just hope this never makes it to the press. Once again, thanks David. I really appreciate your help. And, yes David, we will sign the agreements on the bombers and after some of this calms down you should be getting them. Thanks again.”
Stevenson put the phone down, and then looked over at Jamal, “Fortunately, they want the bombers more than they want Jack. So he will do what is necessary to make sure that he is released,” he said.
He then turned his attention back to the Attorney General and said, “Now Ken, what’s it going to be?”