"Oh, so paramilitary kinda stuff? Figures. Formal government stiffs needa get work done, but can't dirty their own hands the way they'd like. I've seen the cops keep less-than-savory bedfellows back home, too. Don't go so far as puttin' bombs in folks, but yanno ... there are arrangements made."

He cocks his head. "Are the rest of your crew in the same boat? Prisoners?"