Flumes Vol. 2 Issue 2 Winter 2017 | Page 101

A JET flies overhead. The room windows rattle in their frames. Clark and the General wait for it to pass.

GENERAL:

Go on.

CLARK:

Since 9-11 the media has repeated the story of potential attacks to the point it has become a perceived reality. Every local government has benefited from Terrorism Act discretionary funding – despite many studies showing the money could have been better spent. Politicians have made terrorism a major platform of their campaigns and it’s my feeling that people have accepted these perceived threats as real.

GENERAL:

And you want me to tell this to Senate Committee?

CLARK:

No, sir, you asked for my opinion.

The door opens. The Senator enters.

SENATOR:

Do we have what we need, General?

The general glances at Clark. She looks back – stone faced.

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