CHAPTER 10 - REED
THE BRITISH EMBASSY in Washington, DC was located on Massachusetts Avenue NW, otherwise known as Embassy Row. It was also one of the largest embassies in Washington, employing around five hundred people, over two hundred of whom were diplomats. Not only would all of those diplomats have immunity, certain members of their families enjoyed the privilege too, as well as consuls and other staff going about embassy business. Even the damn chauffeurs.
With the amount of s**t going on in the world—a terrorist incident in London and a recent attack on the Italian consulate in São Paulo that had left everyone twitchy—security was at an all-time high. The three buildings that together made up the embassy—the old and new chanceries and the ambassador’s residence—were located behin
