The Cobweb

When a foreign exchange student is murdered at an Iowa University, Deputy Sheriff Clyde Banks uncovers a conspiracy that reaches from his small college town to the Middle East. He discovers a powerful department is using federal grant money for highly dubious research, producing a dangerous biological agent. As his Army Reservist wife is called to duty in the Gulf, Banks realizes he may be the only one who can prevent a massive catastrophe, learning a harsh lesson in foreign policy along the way.