There was a pause. He hated that he has to think of how to phrase this.
"STRATCOM likes to keep an eye on everything. They like to know what's coming.
"No one saw this coming. Which means they don't know what's coming after. They haven't been this caught off guard since Ashley got kidnapped.
"And even worse? It all happened on foreign soil. Out of our direct jurisdiction, so now Italy can use Birkin as leverage in some kind of international political power play."
Leon downed more of his beer.
"So, yeah, batshit, while the people up above try to figure out how to get the situation back under their control."
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Date: 2007-03-18 04:44 am (UTC)"STRATCOM likes to keep an eye on everything. They like to know what's coming.
"No one saw this coming. Which means they don't know what's coming after. They haven't been this caught off guard since Ashley got kidnapped.
"And even worse? It all happened on foreign soil. Out of our direct jurisdiction, so now Italy can use Birkin as leverage in some kind of international political power play."
Leon downed more of his beer.
"So, yeah, batshit, while the people up above try to figure out how to get the situation back under their control."