A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him three nondescript storage rooms, each of which might contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than weekly. Helen Brodyan FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with choosing the bombs while a CIA"adviser", called H, interrogates the suspect who's allowed himself to be caught. The suspect, whose wife and children have abandoned him disappeared, appears to know exactly what the interrogation will demand. Much while H ratchets up the pressure the suspect doesn't crack. Should H do the unthinkable, and will Brody acquiesce? Isn't any Constitutional principle worth potential lack in life?