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New thriller breaks into the Federal Reserve

Clip: 10/28/2014 | 5m 38s

New thriller breaks into the Federal Reserve

Matthew Quirk’s “The Directive,” a sequel to his bestselling novel “The 500,” imagines a heist to steal billions from a trading desk at the Federal Reserve. Jeffrey Brown talks to Quirk about how he researched the high-stakes break-in.

10/28/2014 | Rating NR

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