The local county sheriff had no jurisdiction over a federal lending crime carried out across state lines.

All the local police could do was take a basic report and pass it along to a civilian detective bureau that would need six months to investigate.

I put the paper back down on the desk.

How could I get Glenn onto federal property, where military law enforcement had full authority to carry out a warrant?

I needed him inside the gates of the base.

I needed him standing on federal ground when it all finally sank in.