The item being offered was a Caucasian female in her mid-twenties. A list of her physical traits was included, as were several photographs and the name she was currently using: Danielle Chad.The reserve opening bid price was $1.5 million. Because the identities of most interested parties were unknown, e-mail alerts were sent to several people and organizations who might or might not care, in hopes that word would get to those who did. WASHINGTON, DC AN E-MAIL ARRIVED in Scott Bennett’s inbox, marked urgent.This wasn’t unusual. Almost everyone who e-mailed Bennett marked their messages urgent. What made this one stand out, though, was that it had come from one of his superiors in the ultra-secret, America-first organization known as Valor. The first line read: Handle this. The second line was a link. And the third a random-looking string of letters, numbers, and symbols.Bennett copied the last line and clicked on the link. His screen went black for four seconds before an empty text box appeared.
