To Deal With The Devil

TO DEAL WITH THE DEVILYou will be sold to Islamic extremists within three hours of being kidnapped. Meet the people who race the clock to save you The cafe at the Turkish border crossing to Syria is a ramshackle affair—a small concrete structure with a tarp roof and tables facing the parking lot. On a spring morning in 2014, Sean (not his real name), a tall, trim ex-military Irishman, arrived at eight a.m. and rolled cig­arette after cigarette of loose Golden Virginia tobacco. The cafe's plastic...