I looked down at the paper lying near my left shoe.

The top right corner bore a bright blue ink stamp.

It was a Department of Defense military land exemption clearance.

The date stamped clearly below the eagle crest read June twelfth.

I recognized the exact layout of the text and the official alphanumeric tracking code printed under the date.

That particular blue stamp was only used by the Pentagon to bypass local zoning boards for critical federal security installations.

It was a federal military directive.