They were standing in the shadow of the new embassy complex, empty and condemned because it was hopelessly infested with bug"...he electronic kind.
An hour later Jake was in Ambassador Lancaster's office in the embassy complex.
The panel's report on the State Department's security procedures at the existing embassy and at the new embassy complex is not binding.
Meanwhile, workmen are busy at the sprawling site where a new embassy complex will stand - indicating plans for a long American presence.
The American embassy complex, under construction, would dwarf the capital's other structures, including federal buildings designed along Mayan temple motifs.
He had spotted the FBI car shortly after leaving the embassy complex.
Besides the embassy complex, four "super bases" are being built for permanent deployment.
The new embassy complex was not fully occupied until after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The brick American office building is part of a new embassy complex that has already cost an estimated $190 million.
By far the most lavish, if somewhat empty, embassy complex belongs to the British, a large estate left over from the days of the empire.