Chapter 26-28 Summary

General Campbell decides to send another pair of operatives into the White House. Kennedy and Stansfield agree both to the operation and to Campbell's decision to keep Baxter out of the loop. Baxter wants deniability, so he can say the CIA acted on its own in case the operation fails in a public way. Lt. Commander Dan Harris sends in two SEALs.

In the White House stash room, Rapp comforts and debriefs Rielly; when he discovers she is a reporter he is immediately skittish, but with her help Rapp also discovers Aziz has separated the Secret Service agents from the rest of the hostages.

Aziz has turned up no woman in his search of the White House. He goes to the third basement to check on Mustafa Yassin's progress on the bunker door. Yassin gives an estimate of 24 hours to penetration...