“VX is the most toxic nerve agent ever manufactured,” Rogers said. “It’s odorless, tasteless, has a high viscosity and a low volatility. It looks and feels like motor oil. It can be absorbed through the skin or breathed in. And a drop a third the width of the wire that makes a paperclip would kill half the people who touched it.”

“Shit” I said.

“No Shit.” he replied. “It makes every muscle in your body spasm into contraction, and you can’t release. It’s like having a full body cramp. And when your diaphragm can’t relax to let you breath again, you asphyxiate.”

“So why do we have something like that,” I asked.

“We don’t. The last US stockpiles were destroyed in 2008.”

“So who does have it?”

“The Russians. They were supposed to destroy their stockpiles, but they claimed they couldn’t afford the process. Now they’re flush oil and gas money from Siberia. But they still haven’t destroyed more than a token amount.”

“So what is MB?” I asked.

“You met them. Your friendly neighborhood Muslim Brotherhood.”