She walks knowing this meeting is crucial to her career and she must gain the trust and confidence of all of those attending today. She knows her career could be determined based on the success or failure of this operation.She enters the briefing room where three men are seated; they are silent as she enters.There are four large monitors at the edge of the room. One is an interactive world map displaying conflicts and operations abroad, and another is an interactive U.S. map displaying all border activity with all land, air, and sea operations presently underway in real time. The third is the Al Qaeda and Jihad web sites translated into English highlighting the recent posts.Present at the table is the director of the National Security Agency Jack Hayward, and the Central Intelligence Agency Chief Intelligence Officer, Leonard (Leo) Matz.Also present is the assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Kevin Anderson, the nation's second-in-command top cop.Karen Satriano knows that normally the interagency politics of this group would be thick with the hoarding of information, and cooperation would be limited and somewhat adverse and competitive.She begins with a strong voice.
