Ideas Corporate Espionage Fraud Corruption at high levels of government Family Rivalry Just War Criteria People John

Renalds: Reporter for the New York Times. Has a reputation for being very ambitious when pursuing a story. (main protagonist) Senator Ralph Edmonds: Presidential candidate with questionable moral standings. Renalds believes he was behind an assassination of a Saudi Arabian prince Earl Randolf: A Persian Gulf War veteran injured at the battle of Khafji and assigned to a special taskforce. He believes that Senator Edmonds was behind the death of Prince Khalid bin Abdullah and wants to go public with the information. Jeremy Renalds: John's uncle and friend. With the death of John's youngest brother a rift had formed between John and his family. John had poured himself into his education to bury his guilt. His uncle had helped to bridge that rift by bringing him information about his family. Nndor Simon: An analyst at the Department of Defense and ex-colleague of John Renalds. His main role in the story is analyzing the CD that was given to John by Earl Randolf. He is later found dead in his apartment apparently from suicide. Prince Khalid bin Abdullah: The richest man next to the king of Saudi Arabia. He holds the most stock in the weapon contracting company, General Innovation. According to Earl Randolf his assassination was a result of a power grab orchestrated by Senator Ralph Edmonds. Sargent Major Eric Henry: Earl Randolfs friend that he met prior to operation Renegade. He was later murdered for investigating the real motivation behind the operation. Through means unknown he was able to obtain a CD containing information about the operation. Earl Randolf found the CD on him after his death. Locations and Events 1992: New York City -- Main Setting 1990: CNN headquarters 1990: Persian Gulf War 1992: Presidential Elections 1992: Apartment complex, Bronx 1991: Battle of Khafji, Saudi Arabia 1990: Bagdad, Iraq Artifacts A journal given Jack after the death of his brother, Anthony It was this journal that led to him becoming a great reporter. A cd-rom containing classified documents, pictures and a video of the Picture of his brother. Reminds Jack why he does what he does.