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was activated. He flipped the switch, and the plane responded to his touch. Flight 129 was his again!
    “All stations, this is American Airlines one-two-niner. We have positive control of the flight. I say again, we have positive control of the flight!” said Gray.
    As he and Captain Bird exchanged relieved looks, the monitor display changed:
     
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Chapter 8
    May 13, 2016
    5:51 p.m.
    Senate Chamber
    North Wing of the United States Capitol
    Washington, D.C.
     
    Senator Abigail Morgan stopped to catch her breath and take a sip of water from an Aquafina bottle provided by Sen. Rand Paul. The Senate had been called the world’s greatest deliberative body since the mid-nineteenth century, but this marathon filibuster orchestrated by Abbie and her libertarian comrades in the Senate was more rumination than deliberation. As she gathered her thoughts, she soaked in the grandeur of the Senate chamber. For over one hundred and fifty years, great American orators made their case to the American people and their fellow senators in this hall. Flanked by the red Levanto pilasters and facing a large marble rostrum, the senator who had the floor was granted the opportunity to speak unimpeded. Abbie had the floor and the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 was the topic du jour.
    “Our objection to Section 1021 of the NDAA goes beyond the ability of the military to detain American citizens without the right to a civilian trial,” said Abbie. “We believe the House amendment, if adopted, specifically states that the NDAA will not deny the writ of habeas corpus or any other constitutional rights afforded any citizen of the United States.”
    Abbie, along with Senators Paul, Cruz and Lee, had commandeered the Senate floor to lambaste the NDAA provisions on domestic surveillance, the militarization of police departments and, most importantly, the attempts of the act to gut the Second Amendment. It was not a filibuster, per se, by Abbie and her fellow senators. The Gang of Four , as theseSenate libertarians had become known, were trying to draw attention to the provisions slipped into the act at the eleventh hour by Senate leadership with full support of the Minority and the President. The overreaching by the National Security Agency into domestic surveillance had been debated for years. This act took the assault on Americans’ civil liberties to new heights. Abbie continued.
    “However, the proposed Senate amendments are being sold to the American people as a way to deal with insurrection within the United States,” said Abbie. “We all recognize that social unrest is on an unprecedented rise across the nation. Americans are distraught and rightly so. But the solution is not to pass draconian laws which take away our citizens’ civil liberties. Americans will not stand for being placed upon a domestic terror watch list simply because they stated an opinion on social media or perhaps purchased too many rounds of ammunition for their legally owned firearms.”
    Cable news networks were enjoying the spectacle provided by Abbie and especially Senator Paul, who was the front runner for the Republican nomination for President. Most accused Senator Paul of claiming the spotlight to draw attention to himself and raise funds for his presidential candidacy. Abbie was accused of similar political grandstanding—seizing the opportunity to show her vice presidential bona fides. At best, their filibuster was self-aggrandizing. At worst, some critics said, it was an act of pure cynicism.
    These criticisms were not without merit, but their objections reflected the abilities of those who’d mastered parliamentary arcana for a living. Senator Paul learned political maneuverings from his father—longtime Texas Congressman Ron Paul. Abbie learned from the master manipulator, her father—John Adams Morgan.
    “The defense of the country requires that we have adequate intelligence to detect