introduced the women, who were all his daughters and nieces. Seated not far away was M.B.Z., in his white tunic and ear-protection muffs, alongside his wife and an empty third chair reserved for Clarke. He went inside and saw a group of young women in military uniforms, firing pistols at targets. Then the driver pulled up outside a building where Clarke heard popping sounds. As they drove through a remote warehouse district, the thought crossed his mind that he was being kidnapped. This time, Clarke got in the back of the car with no idea where he was heading. Not far away, a group of German engineers was standing around, working on an experimental solar-powered water-desalination plant. Once, he took Clarke for an unexpected helicopter flight deep into the desert of the Empty Quarter and then landed by an artificial pond, scattering a herd of wild gazelles. (as he’s mostly known outside his country) and had gotten used to impromptu calls like this. Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism czar, was working as a consultant for M.B.Z. The caller was Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the ruler of the United Arab Emirates and one of the most powerful men on Earth. Richard Clarke was in Abu Dhabi one morning in 2013 when his phone lit up.
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