Smith’s credentials as a senior officer in Homeland Security would once have compelled obedience from police departments all over the EU, much as a KGB general’s badge would have caused Romanian or Polish cops to jump to attention during the Cold War. But the tighter the US ran the domestic ship of state, the more suspicious and frightened their former allies became. There had been excesses during the war on terror, faked-up extraditions, extraordinary rendition, and torture at black sites. Even greater excesses had ensued during the war on the multiverse. The blowback had eroded trust
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