Chapter 44. EXIT STRATEGY pages 196 - 199
"Milgrim found himself heading for Brown's parked Corolla, or rather he found his body, cramping and gasping from its unaccustomed gallop, weaving unevenly in what he supposed to be that general direction."
Chapter 44. EXIT STRATEGY
In the immediate, siren-filled aftermath of the "bust" involving Brown’s Red Team, the old man and Tito, Milgrim makes his way back to the Corolla and sees some "9/11 superpolice" [Hercules team] exit three black SUVs. Brown makes Milgrim lie down on the floor of the car before the former-Blackwater stooge gives Brown the iPod he "captured" from Tito. Brown and Milgrim drop off the car and head to Washington via the Metroliner. [431 characters]
Blackwater are a US based Private Military Contractor i.e. a mercenary company, who are very active in Iraq.
The para-military "9/11 superpolice" [Hercules team] seem to have been predicted by Neal Stephenson in SnowCrash:
- "MetaCops aren't allowed to lean against their Unit - makes them look lazy and weak. They can almost lean, look like they're leaning, they can even brandish a big leaning-against-the-car 'tude like this particular individual, but they can't lean. Besides, with the complete, glinting majesty of their Personal Portable Equipment Suite hanging on their Personal Modular Equipment Harness, they would scratch the finish of the Unit."