Chapter 900: The identity of the kidnapper
An hour later, in the federal building.
Not long ago, Cassel was talking to the two heartbroken parents in this conference room. Now the positions were reversed, and he and Beckett sat on the other side together.
Jack's eyes swept over the faces of the four people in front of him, Cassel and Beckett, Brian and his ex-wife. Although he had tried very hard to maintain his expression, to be honest, his inner feelings The panic was not much less than theirs.
Making friends with the protagonists in different American TV series and gathering them all together to eat, drink and socialize is his little evil hobby, just like every boy likes to collect those beautiful Ultramans in his childhood. Same as the cards.
But this unexpected unfolding in front of him was something he didn't want to see.
Although Jack can’t remember whether Alexis was kidnapped in "The Secret Book", when he thinks of what Brian and his daughter saw, heard and experienced in the "Taken" series, After the encounter, he couldn't help but feel numb.
Human trafficking, drug injection, and forced selling of silver. Although Kim had the luck of the protagonist and was not harmed, it is neither Paris, France nor Istanbul, Turkey. Who knows what the plot will be like. look.
"Since all of you here are Jack's friends, I won't say some official words." Jubal glanced at Jack, put a document on the table, and got straight to the point.
“This is the latest development. We retrieved all the surveillance videos from the Beaumont Hotel and found a suspicious person, and the facial recognition system found out his identity.
Roger Hansen, a mid-level drug dealer from Queens who we believe was hired to carry out the kidnapping, drugged the three girls' drinks and took them out the back door of the hotel with his accomplices they.
At present, NYPD Director Reagan has ordered the NYPD to fully cooperate and is cooperating with our wanted criminal team to search for the whereabouts of Hansen and his accomplices. ”
Jack picked up the photo on the table and passed it to a few people for circulation. He recognized Roger Hansen at a glance before, it was the blurry face that appeared in the road surveillance before. .
At the same time, Jubal continued, "Catching Hansen may be able to solve the kidnapping case, but as an experienced drug dealer, he has many hiding places, which will take some time, but We need a little extra setup just in case. ”
“What extra arrangements? "Casel asked quickly.
"Monitor the phone calls. All your known contact information, mobile phones, online chat software, emails, etc. must be placed under FBI surveillance."
While Jubal was speaking, Jack was watching. Brian's. Although this person has apparently retired, as a former CIA agent, he is worried that the other party will have some resistance.
"No problem, I only have this mobile phone, and I don't have any public email address." Brian also knew what Jack was worried about, and simply handed over his mobile phone, an old-fashioned Nokia, or something like that. Old-fashioned LCD screen that glows green.
In fact, if the kidnapper is really here for money, the person least likely to contact him is this one. Jack then looked at his ex-wife Lenore, a middle-aged white woman in her 40s who still retains her charm. , already crying into tears at this time.
"Sorry." She hurriedly took out her mobile phone from her bag, "My husband is already on the plane from Los Angeles to New York."
"Does your husband have any enemies overseas?" The kidnapper kidnapped three girls at once, which made Jack somewhat confused as to the motive of the crime.
New York is not Paris, and there is no tradition of wantonly kidnapping and trafficking of beautiful female tourists. Although the United States does have a human trafficking problem, it is usually shipped here and has not yet developed to the extent of self-production and sales. "Probably not, I don't know." Lenore's eyes were a little blank.
"Stewart uses a number of shell companies to do business overseas. His oil business has connections with the Russians, and in recent years the economic situation has begun to decline. It is no longer as it seems. It seems so beautiful.”
Brian has obviously carefully investigated his ex-wife’s current husband.
"How could you?" Lenore stared blankly at her ex-husband, who seemed to have changed. She obviously didn't know Brian's former identity.
"Since my daughter has to live with him, I must find out."
After Brian finished speaking, he approached Jack and stared into his eyes, as if he was Just like confirming whether he would lie, "Are you sure that the other party is here for money?"
"Your question is exactly what I want to confirm." Jack tilted his head slightly, motioning for him to follow him Let's go. After thinking about it, he turned to look at Cassel and said, "You're coming too."
After a series of identity verification procedures, Jack took the two of them down the elevator to SCIF (Sensitive Information Isolation Facility) )Inside.
Although Cassel lost his usual escape because of his daughter's kidnapping, he still looked around curiously along the way. It wasn't until he entered this secret room that was obviously underground that he finally realized something was wrong.
Before he spoke, Jack spoke first, "It has nothing to do with you. I only brought you here because you are Alexis's father and my friend. If you don't want to find Alexis, "I have been using the official FBI rhetoric to deal with you, so just shut up."
After Cassel found a seat and sat down, Jack looked at Brian seriously, "Let's just shut up." omit each other During the trial stage, I also have friends who work in the CIA, so I know your rules very well.
So I don’t want to ask about your previous positions or jobs. I leave everything to you.
You just need to tell me, have there been any enemies or opponents in your career who might have done such a thing, and is there any possibility of your identity being leaked?
Remember, this may be the difference between your daughter and Alexis being successfully rescued, so answer carefully. "
Brian thought carefully for a long time, and finally shook his head, "Theoretically, I should not have such an opponent. My previous job was biased towards prevention. Although I was also a covert operation agent, I focused on solving problems in advance. trouble.
The work we do is very clean, you know, clean in the physical sense. Even if there are opponents, it is a matter at the national level and does not involve individuals. "
Jack Dian expressed his understanding, "We have just checked the relationship between the three girls. The reason why they are together is very simple. Alexis and Sara are netizens, and they are both concerned about climate change. I am very interested in scientific research of this kind.
The reason why Kim and Alexis met was because Kim’s stepfather Stuart knew Cassel, so Alexis became Kim’s playmate after she came to New York. They made a plan A whole week of travel plans.
The lecture at the Beaumont Hotel was just the first stop in the plan. In the next few days, they planned to visit a series of places such as the Museum of Natural Art. ”
(End of this chapter)