The following are the first three of six chapters of The Missing Uyghur. If you are interested in seeing more contact the author, Steve Bailey vamarcopolo@gmail.com .
Washington, DC. Arthur Shepard scrambled toward an elevator as its door began to close. He was due to give a briefing in a conference room five floors up. The big wigs would all be there, including the Assistant to the Director of the CIA, Simon Conklin. But the door closed too soon. Seeing no other elevators available, he charged towards the stairwell and bounded up the five flights of stairs. He was barely out of breath. He arrived at the conference room just as the others were taking their seats. Shepard went directly to the head of the conference table, opened his briefing folder, and greeted his audience. "Good morning, gentlemen. I am ready to proceed with the morning briefing on Asia whenever you are." Simon Conklin nodded his head, and Arthur began. There was nothing unusual about this briefing until he got near the end. Conklin began to ask him questions about Islamist terrorists in western China. His questions went from the general about Uyghurs to the s