In the intelligence community, a rumor was almost as good as a confirmation.

Brent knew that the federal “justice” system had been built on the concept that “you cannot fight city hall”. It had been structured to deprive all defendants of a fair trial by putting most of the power in the hands of the prosecutors, and tying judges’ hands with mandatory minimum sentences.

Why don’t I have my attorney give you a call?” Secret code for ‘This conversation is over.

It seems whenever the government doesn’t want anyone to know something, it is all of a sudden critical to national security.

As soon as they had gone, Brent’s primitive brain activated his fight or flight impulse. It was the FBI. Fight was out of the question.