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24. The Janus List

In the wake of a deadly standoff with a mysterious, yet, brilliant bomber, Don and Charlie discover that he was poisoned to keep him from exposing a shocking secret that will change the FBI team forever.

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In the wake of a deadly standoff with a mysterious, yet brilliant bomber, Don and Charlie discover that he was poisoned to keep him from exposing a secret while the team are left reeling and stunned after learning that one of their own is a traitor, a revelation that threatens to change the team forever... Martin Jarvis, Shawn Hatosy, and James Frain guest star. Mathematics used: Merkle-Hellman, Wheat and Chessboard Problem, straddling checkerboard, substitution cipher, Bacon's cipher, knapsack problem and Lorentz force

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