high-tech maps and communications systems line the walls, surrounding an austere main conference table. laptop computers and secure telephones by every seat. side tables. tele-type machines spitting out classified information.
a map of air force one's flight trajectory is displayed on the rear screen. moscow to berlin and back toward the black sea.
each member of the crisis team is either on the phone or huddled with staff. a secure fax machine spits out papers which lee slips into files.
chandler on the phone. an aide waves, trying to get her attention.
the group listens intently. the call modulates, distorts, dissolves.  then clarifies.