Swann grunted. “Luke, do you realize what you’re asking? It’s against the law. I don’t work at the Special Response Team anymore. Here at NSA, things are done a little differently.”
Luke rolled his eyes. “Sure they are, Swann. They do everything by the book over there. That’s what I read in the newspapers, anyway.”
“I’m all by myself on this,” Swann said. “I would need an entire team to do what you’re talking about. Either that, or a solid week to work. I’ll assume you don’t have a week.”
Luke thought about that. He thought about the meeting earlier today. There was no consensus of any kind. There was no one with a path forward that others would agree to. Susan seemed frustrated at that meeting, and unable to force control. Would she give him a team to do an extra-judicial takedown of a
