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answer all questions in due time.  The second reason you are all here is to actually develop plans for China to attack the United States .  I know this sounds ludicrous at first, but hear me out.  That is the main objective of a Red Cell.  Because we don’t know exactly what the enemy will do, we want to be prepared for what they could do.  Over the next three weeks, you will have no communication with the outside world.  You will work from early in the morning until late at night.  And it will be crucially important work.”
    She walked off the stage as she spoke.  She stepped up the tiered levels of the classroom, careful to make eye contact with everyone in the room.  
    “We want you to collaborate and innovate.  Do what you do best—find solutions to challenging problems.  Each of you has been chosen because you are one of the top minds in your field.  This was a highly selective program.  You each have been handpicked for a certain relevant skill set.  You should be proud of the service that you will perform for your country, although it will not be something that you can ever put on a resume.”
    David watched as she marched back down the stairs and stood on the lower stage.  She had perfect posture, tanned skin, and great muscle tone.  She was very tall.  He figured she must be five foot eleven.  And she spoke with a captivating charisma that made it hard to take his eyes off her. 
    “Many of you have top secret clearances with our government or the military prior to arriving.  Those of you that did not have been rushed an interim clearance. Normally that can take a year or more.  But this was an exceptional case...and we’ve done our homework.  Everyone has been quickly and fully vetted.  When I’m done here, you will all file in to the next room to sign some admin papers, including a non-disclosure agreement.  Nothing that goes on here will ever be made public.   These sessions are classified at the highest level.”
    She stood completely still.  Every pause seemed to signify the importance of what she was saying. 
    “Secrecy is not our only priority.  We want the work here to be the very best quality.  It must be.  You have authority from the highest levels of our government to share any and all knowledge of your prior work experience in order to ensure that we take every possible consideration into account on this project. You will all be free to discuss anything with each other, regardless of classification level, to achieve our ultimate goal of protecting the United States.”
    David noticed some of the people sitting in the seats around the classroom raise their heads a little higher.  They were proud to be chosen for something that was deemed so important.  A few squirmed at the idea of sharing classified information in an unfamiliar setting.   
    “My name,” the woman said, “is Lena Chou.  I am normally one of the CIA’s clandestine operations officers.  Here on this island, however, I represent a joint task force that includes, among others, the NSA, CIA, FBI, Homeland Security, all branches of the military, and several other agencies...even DARPA.  That’s right, the geeks that invented the Internet.”  
    Lena gave a bright smile that lit up the room.  There were nervous chuckles in the audience.  
    “I will be the supervisor of this Red Cell for the next three weeks.  I’ve done this twice before.  In past Red Cells, we’ve used people like you from very creative and diverse fields to help build mock attack scenarios.  We have even used authors of techno thrillers to help us create fictional terrorist attack plots. While we don’t have any authors here this time, we are trying something new.  Natesh Chaudry is the CEO of a consulting firm located in Silicon Valley.  Natesh would you like to say anything?”
    A young man that couldn’t have been past his late twenties stood up from his seat in the back row.  He wore stylish jeans and a collared