Chapter 312: Fort Detrick again?
Seeing that the discussion was almost complete, Hotchner began to make arrangements.
"Reed and Emily went to the hospital with Dr. Kimura to inquire about the victim's situation."
"Jack and Jie Jie will stay for a while. General Whitworth will be there soon. His people will take you to the crime scene, which is the park, where the biological and chemical troops are already processing."
Dr. Kimura gave a final reminder, "The team I lead is taking care of the patients and issuing them. Remember to take your ciprofloxacin promptly.”
Red and Emily followed Kimura and left first. Rosie warned Jiejie who was about to go out to pick up someone.
"Your Excellency, that general, his attitude towards us may not be very friendly, eh. Although he will not embarrass you, you should try to be more cautious when dealing with his men."
< br>"Is it because of the anthrax case in 2001? That Professor Ivins who was said to have been forced to commit suicide?"
Strictly speaking, that case is still a headless case. Everyone who has studied at the FBI Academy The detectives must have read the relevant information, and Jiejie and Jack are no exception.
Jack was particularly impressed by this case, because just more than two years after the attack, the United States launched the Yinlac War on the pretext of possessing weapons of mass destruction.
This war lasted for seven years, but Mao was not found afterwards. It also gave birth to the famous "washing powder meme" and a famous saying, that is, "When someone says you have weapons of mass destruction, you better really have them." ".
But the high-tech war was really exciting. Of course, ignore the SHIT-like security war in the middle and later stages.
In Jack's previous life, Siris was almost at its darkest moment during that period, when countless capitulationists basically occupied the mainstream of online public opinion.
Getting back to the subject, in Jack’s opinion, rather than believing that 911 was a conspiracy theory planned by the United States himself, the suspicion of directing and acting in the email anthrax case was actually greater.
It took the FBI more than eight years to finally identify a suspect, the Professor Ivins that Jiejie said, but it did not arrest him immediately.
The professor has worked for Fort Detrick for 18 years and is responsible for biodefense-related work.
At the end of July 2008, the FBI sent a notice informing Bruce Edwards Ivins that he was about to be arrested. A few days later, the professor committed suicide.
Subsequently, the FBI issued a statement calling Professor Ivins the sole person responsible for the anthrax attacks, saying that his motive was to promote vaccine production, and then announced that it had closed the case.
The reason why Jack is so suspicious is because for most of the cases that Rossi took over, his notes were very detailed and well organized, including some cases that are still open.
As for the record of this case, it seems a bit too "official" in terms of writing and ink, and there are too many things that are kept secret.
Since knowing too much is sometimes not a good thing, for example, Jack never wanted to explore the secrets of a certain "president".
So, he never asked Rossi questions about these overly "official" notes, and Rossi also never used these cases to give him analysis questions. The two old foxes were in this regard. It's quite a tacit understanding.
Jiejie left in a hurry to pick up someone, and Jack took the time to make a video call to Garcia. This eldest sister seemed a little free today.
Because the BAU team was designated to be solely responsible for this case, with priority given to preventing possible subsequent attacks, Garcia, who was responsible for the team's logistical support, almost sounded like a soprano when talking to Jack on the phone.
This is the first time she has "commanded" the various FBI laboratories under these departments: OTD (Operation Technology Division) in Quantico and CJISD (Criminal Justice Information Services Division) in West Virginia. Chance.
Okay, the word "command" may indeed be a bit exaggerated, but this feeling of not having to queue up and being able to get immediate response and satisfaction for any needs makes this elder sister feel a little elated. Fortunately, Garcia was still sober. While she was excited, she also used her own way to express her worries and worries to her companions fighting on the "front line."
"Garcia, when I come back, I will formulate a separate set of dietary standards for you. Your recent sugar intake has obviously exceeded the standard."
Jack frowned He frowned at the pile of junk food packaging bags on Garcia's desk in the video. He had only been away for a long time, and this guy had fallen like this.
Does this guy express his worries by eating sweets and puffed food?
"Ah!" Garcia hurriedly raised the camera, flicked his chubby arm guiltily, cleared the trash on the table instantly, and quickly tapped on the keyboard a few times.
“This is the list of victims. The background checks have been completed. They are all ordinary people.”
“Everyone who may have benefited from this attack must be included in the investigation. Scope, those who have the patent for the anthrax vaccine."
Rossi on the side came to the phone and said to Garcia in the video.
Hotchner went on to add, "There are also all the people in university biological laboratories other than Fort Detrick who may have been exposed to weaponized anthrax spores, and those engaged in biological and chemical weapons research. ”
"And the person in charge who has the authority to save the germs."
Garcia recorded everything honestly, checked it again, and then hung up the video.
"Is there any news from the CIA?" Rossi turned to ask Hotchner, who nodded.
“They said that there are some overseas terrorist organizations that may have this funding and strength. They are responsible for overseas and we are responsible for domestic.”
At this time, Jiejie led a man wearing a military uniform and hanging with a lieutenant general. A short, fat old man with military rank walked into the conference room.
"This way, General."
"Thank you, Agent Rangre." The short, fat old man thanked him gracefully, but when he faced Hotchner and Rossi, his face changed instantly.
The two sides exchanged a simple greeting, and then there was a series of verbal exchanges with guns and sticks.
General Whitworth spoke in a military style and was straightforward. Just by looking at his expression, you could tell that he was forced to come here by his superiors, and he looked very reluctant.
“My scientists are decoding that germ, but it’s clear that we don’t have the additive in the lab that strengthens the bacterial capsule.”
"Have any other laboratories used that kind of thing?" Hotchner asked sternly, not being particularly polite because of the other party's status as a lieutenant general.
“No.” The lieutenant general simply shook his head.
Hotchner continued, "I need a list of everyone involved in your anthrax research project."
"I just said, that is not the technology we use." Lieutenant General Fat The fat, round face suddenly pulled down.
(End of this chapter)