Capitol Threat

Capitol Threat is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2007 by William Bernhardt

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bernhardt, William.

Capitol threat : a novel / by William Bernhardt.

p. cm.

1. Kincaid, Ben (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Legislators—United States—Fiction. 3. United States. Supreme Court—Officials and employees—Selection and appointment—Fiction. 4. Libel and slander—Fiction. 5. Washington (D.C.)—Fiction. 6. Political fiction. I. Title.

PS3552.E73147C39 2007

813'.54—dc22 2006048503

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