Monday morning at eight-thirty, Special Agent in Charge Leon Brennan called Bannister, Stu Peterson, and Gary Witt into his office to discuss the Global Waters case. SAC Brennan had returned from the FBI Academy at Quantico. Brennan was an executive respected for his intellect as well as his common sense. Before he joined the FBI, he and his four brothers had run the family farm in Iowa. The Brennan family raised flowers and seeds, which they sold worldwide. Unlike a lot of farms struggling in the Midwest, theirs was successful. Leon was the youngest and went to college, then applied with the FBI to fight white collar crime. In his early Bureau years, he’d solved several major cases and rose fast through the investigative ranks. At forty-five, he was one of the youngest bosses in the Burea
