Chapter 51
1:50 a.m.
Bowie, Maryland - Eastern Suburbs of Washington, DC
A motorcade of vehicles had sped through the night to arrive here.
There were more than a dozen vehicles, mostly Jeeps and SUVs. All were black, with no markings of any kind. The last was a sort of paddy wagon, on hand in the unlikely event that any prisoners were taken. The vehicles parked quietly, two blocks from the house. The neighborhood was a suburban cul-de-sac. On the streets at least, there was only one way in or out. Two SUVs parked face to face across that entrance.
Meanwhile, a twenty-man assault team closed in on the house.
Eight men approached from the front, five each from either flank. Two men, the team leaders, hung back, kneeling behind parked cars half a block away. They would use their spot a
