Morris Payne

Morris Payne was the director of the CIA.

Background
He was an graduate of West Point, studied law at an elite university and represented South Dakota, where he grew up on a farm, as a conservative congress member.

Morris Payne was a member of the delegation that comes to London after the discovery of cesium chloride on one of Martel's ships. He enthusiastically greets the other members of different intelligence services and during the meeting demands that the Americans take control over the operation which Gabriel refuses. Payne eventually engages in a private discussion with Gabriel and they agreed that the Americans would be responsible for the sky and the electronic clearing while the Israelis would continue their operation and kill Saladin once the opportunity presented itself.