"What the official mandate doesn’t explain," Argent continues, "is why the existing Military Liaison Divisions are so fragging big and well-funded. Going just by the official mandate of their operations, the Military Liaison outfit in Atlanta could get by with a couple of managers, a drekload of low-level data clerks, and some fancy computer systems. But what they’ve actually got are comm specialists, logistics people, weapons and tactics teams, and just shy of a hundred officers ... all of whom have been seconded to ML from SWAT and FRT outfits."