Ya know, why wasn’t something cloak and dagger done with those radios that were passed to the pirates. Upon signal (so, if it can be avoided, we don’t do it to the captain) they spritz a shot of some slow acting immobilization agent into the holder’s hand.
I’m sure a James Bond could come up with other stuff. Why the heck is the FBI involved anyhow, why not the CIA?
I have a hard time understanding how the US Navy can have such a difficult time dealing with a handful of pirates on a small boat. It’s not as if they can go anywhere.
We need to do whatever is necessary to get Phillips back (and we need to demand that the exchange be done at sea) and then kill these bastards.