“Do you understand what that means for your brother?”

“I understand exactly what it means,” I said.

“He chose this.”

“The problem is getting him into a federal interview room,” Hayes said.

“If I show up at that hardware store with a warrant, the county judge will bury us in jurisdictional hearings for six months.

By then your clearance is gone for good.”

“Then how do we get him arrested before the fourteenth?” I asked.

Hayes leaned forward and propped both elbows on the mahogany table.