In the Oval office, the President discusses an operation which he calls SHOWBOAT with his National Security Advisor, Vice Admiral James Cutter. He recalls that he made an election promise to do something about the drug problem but that nothing has been achieved. Cutter reminds him that threats to national security cannot be handled by police agencies, either national security has been threatened, or it has not. The President gives Cutter the okay to proceed but re-iterates that there must be results. (read more)