9800 Savage Road Author:M. E. Harrigan December, 2000: In a tiny office in the basement of the NSA, a handful of analysts work on a project so secret its existence is known to fewer than a hundred people in the US government. The team is intercepting satellite phone calls from Osama bin Laden. Suddenly the conversations stop before they learn the details of bin Laden's plan. — The... more »n a Senior Executive is murdered inside the NSA complex, just one of a spiraling series of disasters inflicted from both inside and outside the carefully concealed house of spies. Alexandra ("Alex") O'Malley, consummate Intelligence Analyst, must stop the escalating crises.
Interweaving fiction and reality, this novel details the months leading up to 9/11 from deep inside the cloistered walls of the NSA. Harrigan gives the first insider's view of the National Security Agency in its history. She shreds a thick veil of secrecy and explores the dedication, the considerable bureaucratic infighting, and the shocking scandals of the NSA's hidden workforce.« less