Sam interjects, in a really odd tone: "Ah, temptation. I have named thee and thy name is Woman." Oh, for...Huh? Isn't this a fairly gratuitous, and unhelpful, remark? Josh introduces Sam. "Now don't be frightened when I tell you that in this room, Sam is the knowledgeable terrorism expert." Well, I'm frightened anyway, if the research so far is anything to go on. "The good news is that in this government, we have some extremely knowledgeable terrorism experts." Sam says he heard he was needed, so he came. Toby says that they were talking about al-Hasan ibn al-Sabah, struggling once again with the pronunciation and asking Sam whether he got it right. Sam says he did and adds, "By the way, the Arabic name for their secret order has survived until today.













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