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ACT 1

1 - OVER CHECHNYA
2 - KYRGYZSTAN
3 - KYRGYZSTAN
4 - KYRGYZSTAN, THE NEXT MORNING
5 - KYRGYZSTAN
6 - KYRGYZSTAN, MIDNIGHT THE SAME DAY
7 - ORSK, RUSSIA—TWO DAYS LATER
8 - IRKTAN, CENTRAL CHECHNYA— THREE DAYS LATER
9 - IRKTAN, CHECHNYA—SEVERAL HOURS LATER
10 - IRKTAN, CHECHNYA—TWELVE HOURS LATER
11 - IRKTAN, CHECHNYA—FOUR HOURS LATER
12 - IRKTAN, CHECHNYA
13 - CHECHNYA—LATER THAT DAY
14 - GEORGIA—THE NEXT NIGHT
15 - INCIRLIK, TURKEY
16 - GEORGIATHE NEXT DAY

ACT II

1 - THE WHITE HOUSE—TWO DAYS LATER
2 - GUANTANAMO DETENTION CENTER—THE NEXT DAY
3 - SUBURBAN VIRGINIA—THE NEXT MORNING
4 - CIA BUILDING 24-442, VIRGINIA —LATER THAT DAY
5 - SUBURBAN VIRGINIA
6 - CHECHNYA
7 - OFF OMAN, PERSIAN GULF—TWO DAYS LATER
8 - CIA HEADQUARTERS, LIBRARY AREA
9 - BANDAR’ABBAS, IRAN
10 - WASHINGTON, D.C.
11 - OFF BANDAR’ABBS, IRAN
12 - BANDAR’ABBS, IRAN
13 - WASHINGTON, D.C.
14 - OFF BANDAR’ABBS, IRAN

ACT III

1 - QATAR, PERSIAN GULFTWO DAYS LATER
2 - WASHINGTON, D.C.
3 - QATAR, PERSIAN GULF
4 - SHEREMETROV 2 AIRPORT, MOSCOW— THE NEXT AFTERNOON
5 - BAKU, ON THE CASPIAN SEA
6 - NEAR ORENBURG, RUSSIA—THE NEXT NIGHT
7 - THE ROAD TO GROZNYY
8 - CHECHNYA
9 - NEAR THE BORDER BETWEEN RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN
10 - CHECHNYA, NORTH OF GROZNYY
11 - BUILDING 24-442, SUBURBAN VIRGINIA—SEVERAL HOURS LATER
12 - CHECHNYA, NORTH OF GROZNYY
13 - WEST OF KADAGAC, KAZAKHSTAN
14 - CHECHNYA, NORTH OF GROZNYY

ACT IV

1 - BUILDING 24-442, SUBURBAN VIRGINIA
2 - TASHKENT, KAZAKHSTAN, NEAR THE BORDER WITH KYRGYZSTAN—SEVERAL HOURS LATER
3 - VERONVKA, CHECHNYA
4 - INCIRLIK, TURKEY
5 - GURJEV, KAZAKHSTAN
6 - VERONVKA, CHECHNYA
7 - BUILDING 24-442, SUBURBAN VIRGINIA
8 - NEAR KASHI, KYRGYZSTAN
9 - SOUTHERN CHECHNYA—SEVERAL HOURS LATER
10 - AKTAU, RUSSIA
11 - SOUTHERN CHECHNYA
12 - AKTAU, RUSSIA
13 - SOUTHERN CHECHNYA—SEVERAL HOURS LATER
14 - AKTAU, RUSSIA
15 - SOUTHERN CHECHNYA
16 - BUILDING 24-442, SUBURBAN VIRGINIA
17 - INCIRLIK, TURKEY
18 - SOUTHERN CHECHNYA
19 - OUTSIDE YOPURGA, KYRGYZSTAN
20 - SOUTHERN CHECHNYA
21 - OVER EASTERN TURKEY
22 - SOUTHERN CHECHNYA
23 - ABOARD SF COMMAND TRANSPORT 3, OVER TURKEY
24 - SOUTHERN CHECHNYA
25 - BUILDING 24-442, SUBURBAN VIRGINIA
26 - SOUTHERN CHECHNYA
27 - OVER CHECHNYA
28 - SOUTHERN CHECHNYA
29 - OVER CHECHNYA
30 - SOUTHERN CHECHNYA

ACT V

1 - ABOARD EAST ASIA CARGO FLIGHT 203, OVER SIBERIA
2 - OVER CHECHNYA AND THE CAUCASUS
3 - ON THE GROUND IN CHECHNYA
4 - OVER IRAN
5 - BUILDING 24-442
6 - ABOARD SRI LANKAN FLIGHT 112, BOUND FOR KANKESATURAI
7 - ABOARD SF COMMAND TRANSPORT 3, OVER THE PERSIAN GULF
8 - ON THE GROUND IN CHECHNYA
9 - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN
10 - ON THE GROUND IN CHECHNYA
11 - SRI LANKA—AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER
12 - ABOARD SF COMMAND TRANSPORT 3, OVER THE PERSIAN GULF—AN HOUR LATER
13 - OVER THE PACIFIC
14 - BUILDING 24-442
15 - MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PHILIPPINES— AN HOUR LATER
16 - OVER THE PACIFIC
17 - ABOARD SF COMMAND TRANSPORT 3, OVER THE PERSIAN GULF
18 - OVER THE PACIFIC
19 - OVER THE PHILIPPINES
20 - OVER THE PACIFIC
21 - ABOARD INDIAN CARGO CARRIER FLIGHT 12, BOUND FOR HAWAII
22 - ABOARD SF COMMAND TRANSPORT 3
23 - OVER THE PACIFIC, NEAR THE PHILIPPINES

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