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2. The Chaos Game

When Elizabeth discovers that the White House attackers had support from overseas, she tries to hunt down those responsible without starting a war. Also, Henry comes face to face with one of the attackers.

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A man associated with the white supremacy group that fired the RPG at the White House is arrested with bomb-making materials in his vehicle. Some of the administration members want to hold him as a domestic terrorist, while others point out that the statutes are not written to apply to citizens arrested within the country. Elizabeth learns that he was in correspondence with a far-right politician in Poland, and asks the Polish government to make that person available for questioning, but the president of Poland balks because of the danger it poses to his government. When evidence emerges that the Polish politician is being funded by Russia, the president agrees to assist with a rendition, but the politician is discovered dead from apparent suicide. Conrad asks Henry to become his ethics advisor.

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