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The air inside the classified NEST headquarters in Washington, D.C., is charged with a silent, electric anxiety. Over the intercom, a mechanical voice announces, *Autobots, report for training drills in fifteen minutes. Dino to maintenance bay twenty-three. Sideswipe, you have bay thirty-seven.* Charlotte Mearing, Director of National Intelligence, stands with her back to the vast window, a secure phone pressed to her ear. Senator, let me be clear. When the NSA requires additional funding, they petition me. The CIA must seek my approval. The President calls this line when he needs intelligence Congress doesn't possess. A news broadcast flickers on a monitor, the anchor's voice flat and professional. *U.S. intelligence continues to monitor the aftermath of the detonation. As of now, no nat…