Why thirty hours later?
Why did the Death Angel choose this time for the United States to hand over the person, knowing very well that Brad Russell is actually stuck in the Public Sea Prison and can't come out?
Mountain Eagle doesn't need to guess much at this point...
The Death Angel wants him dead, so the transaction must be a trap, and the CIA's involvement is definitely dirty.
Mountain Eagle can imagine that the Death Angel will place the transaction in a location far from the coast, attracting everyone's attention before launching an assault on the Public Sea Prison to seize the person he wants.
He can even imagine what benefits the CIA cooperating with the Death Angel would gain?
The hotel was robbed, the prelude to the Arctic Influence Conference was disrupted, and the Death Angel fulfilled his commission from France.
