It was April in Paris, but the rain was persisting to descend upon the romantic city, the top half of the iconic Eiffel Tower was lost in the brooding drizzle. In the city centre the security chiefs of all the European Union partners had been summoned to the a briefing by E-SAS. It was not a common occurrence to be summoned for a briefing, so almost all of the embassy's had sent a representative. At exactly ten o'clock the deputy director of the agency entered the conference room on the second floor, he wore a serious expression and walked directly to the lectern.
“Good morning ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending,” said Eamonn O’Reilly, agency DD. “People, we may have a serious problem,” O’Reilly continued. As is common knowledge the two bombers who attempted to destroy the site in Crete, where the God Tapes are being examined, were apprehended, red- handed. You will also know that the subsequent trial gave the E-SAS access to the couple for a limited period. The Farrah's have been interviewed almost daily since sentencing, Mrs. Farah has not been too forthcoming but her husband has been in full flow.”
“Two days ago our Mr. Farrah informed us that the raid was not only authorised but instigated by the Iraqi government. He has been a senior agent for almost eleven years, four of those as head of station in London, which accounts for his impeccable English. He admits to being involved in covert activities across Europe and in the US. We have yet to obtain details on those activities. Now comes the blockbuster, Mr. Farrah was trained in Iran, at the facility that the Israelis destroyed some while ago. So, we have evidence that Iraq and Iran are in league with each other, and that there seems to be some plan to take action against Europe and it seems the USA. Mr. Farrah has also told us that there is an immense amount of money passing through Iraq, mainly from undisclosed Islamic states and is sent out to the West, we are talking many billions of dollars a year. Mr. Farrah does not have the details of exactly where this money is going. We need to assume that this money is not to finance Islamic community centres. We will be attempting to identify the recipients of this money and what it is being used for. Our anti-fraud squad are looking at this as they have the expertise to detect and follow illegal finance trails. Any questions?”
Mr. Deputy Director, do we know what has, shall I say, encouraged Mr. Farrah to provide all of this information,” asked the British representative.
“It seems that the discovery and information from the Cyprus Revelation has affected him deeply, and he tells us that he had great misgivings about the bomb run and nearly did not go through with it, but his wife of convenience, persuaded him to proceed by threatening to shoot him. I can believe this from the reports our agents have submitted on Mrs Farrah.”
The Israeli ambassador asked, “How can we be sure that the information is accurate Mr. O’Reilly?
“Sir, so far everything that we have been able to check has proved to be correct and polygraph examinations have shown that he is speaking the truth. We believe that the intel is accurate.” O’Reilly paused for some seconds, then continued, “If there are no further questions, I suggest that you take the information back to your respective governments so that a contingency can be developed. I am informed that EU Security Administration is set to discuss the issue in its May meeting. Thank you for listening.”
With that DD O’Reilly, left the representatives to discuss among themselves.