
Kevin has been out of the Marine Corps for a year and has only been able to find dead end jobs until he runs across Mike Penton, a companion from his military time. Mike used to work as a clerk for the communications center, a job requiring a high level security clearance. He also, has been honorably discharged, and his previous security clearance paved the way for a job at the DEA doing much the same work. Kevin proposes the perfect crime. Since the DEA only goes after the biggest dealers why dont we rip off the smaller dealers and take their cash?
Van was tough and streetwise before he joined the Corps. As a former corrections officer, he spent forty hours a week with every kind of criminal. He knew they could get away with it.
When John Calvillos fianc in Panama is killed by an indiscriminate car bomb set off by drug gangs over turf in New York, the CIA agents eyes open to the senselessness of the drug war. When he returns to the States, he thinks things couldnt be any worseuntil he is assigned to the DEA as part of a one year agent exchange program to facilitate inter agency cooperation. But when Calvillo returns to the CIA he implements his own vagary to manipulate congressional support for the agencys black budget.
LSD institutionalized Detective Sgt. Charles Juuls older brother. The proudest day of his life was when he became a narcotics detective, but instead of spending his days on the street busting pushers, he is tasked with expediting the sections paperwork. When a curious report crosses his desk, it sticks with him. From a nationwide database he finds eight more from the previous two years. Who are these people?