Chapter 946 Simple and Rough
Seeing that the two DHS officials were silenced, Jack had roughly guessed the reason. It was just a matter of competing for credit. Of course, it could also be explained that it was because he was worried about the leakage of Ye Changmeng. The sound of wind.
It seems that this "AM" is quite valued within DHS. Now that the matter has come to this, Jack can only comfort himself from another perspective.
DHS (Department of Homeland Security) is a new department established after 9/11. It has transferred and reorganized departments that were originally part of the IRS, such as the Secret Service and the Customs Service, as well as the National Infrastructure Protection Center and the National Office of Domestic Readiness. A functional agency affiliated with the FBI.
Compared to the FBI, the functions of DHS are more administrative, and there is more cooperation than competition between the two parties. What's more, Joey Reacher is also present, so there is no need to embarrass the other party too much.
"If the other party's habit is to use bearer bonds, then the transaction must be in person. We don't know the reason why 'AM' went to Denver, but his purpose in coming to New York must be to hand over the money and deliver the goods.
With the usual caution of this ghost, he obviously won't risk using those "AM" pseudonyms anymore, which also means that it will take time for him to get a new identity, so time is on our side now."
Jack smoothed things over with reason, and the expressions on both sides softened a bit.
Strictly speaking, the representative of DHS is Joey Reacher, the representative of the FBI is Jack, the original 110 Special Investigation Team is a big guy, plus Danny Regan, who represents the NYPD. , we can be considered a family even behind closed doors.
After nearly an hour of intelligence gathering, the faces of everyone present were a little grim. For an arms deal worth 65 million, those 650 weapons, no matter what they were, the unit price of 100,000 each was a bit disappointing. Scalp numbness.
This is not the military purchasing toilet seats. Even if there is some moisture, it will not be exaggerated. However, they searched through the military product catalog of "New Era Technology" and could not find any weapons and equipment that might be related to it.
"Is it possible that it is a weapon that is being developed or trial-produced?" Jubal closed the information provided by DHS and rubbed his eyebrows.
Agent Omar Karim’s face didn’t look very good, “We lack relevant information. In compliance with your request, we did not use too many manpower. Currently, all the information we have retrieved is the original information. If you want Knowing their new weapon development information may alarm the Pentagon.”
Alarming the Department of Defense is not a big deal, but the exposure of DHS is enough to make some people cut off their tails and survive, and it may even affect the response. This illegal transaction came down.
The FBI and DHS may not care about letting go of the big fish behind them. After all, no one knows whether the thing hidden under the water is a giant octopus or Cthulhu.
But if this transaction is messed up and the stolen goods are turned into preventing a potential illegal transaction involving terrorism, that is not what they want to see.
No matter how many adjectives are added in front of it, it cannot change the result of a big effort turning into a small effort. In the end, the effort will be in vain and the work will be in vain.
"So the key to the problem now is how to obtain more information without using official means, right?" Lei Che didn't even show much of a smile when he saw his brother, but now the corners of his mouth are curled up. There was a slight arc.
"Yes, at least find out what weapons they are trading." Based on their discussion on the way here, Jack probably guessed what he was thinking and started to praise him at the right time.
“But the problem is that if you use hacking methods, with the strength of a defense company’s firewall, it will take a long time to break through, not to mention that the other party is likely to adopt physical isolation.”
A grin appeared on Reacher's face, "Then saddle up the horse and let's be a cowboy."
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"Repeat the task." Reacher said.
At this time, everyone was fully dressed in second-hand store clothes, put on black ski masks and leather gloves, and the special investigators transformed into street gangsters in minutes. "Computer room." Niggly and Dixon said in unison.
"Office of the Director of Operations," O'Donnell answered.
"I'm responsible for the rest." After finishing speaking, Reacher looked at Jack.
"Driving to pick up the truck." Jack rolled his eyes silently, not expecting that he would also play a supporting role in such a mission.
Danny, the NYPD, seemed even more excited than these reserve robbers. "The patrol officer is my brother James. He will try to delay as much time as possible, but you only have 15 minutes at most."
Jubal looked at these guys dumbfounded. After working with Jack for a long time, he felt that the endurance of his heart was getting stronger and stronger.
An FBI agent is helping a retired veteran pretend to be a robber to rob someone else's company. The key is that this person is not using an undercover identity, and he doesn't know how to write this paragraph in the closing report.
This was Reacher's idea. Since everyone was worried that the exposure of the official existence would lead to the case ending in an anticlimax, there was no problem in letting a bunch of idlers take action.
Directly raiding the headquarters of "New Era Technology" to package all the information. Such a direct and brutal action will not remind the other party of the FBI or DHS at all, and can further stimulate the other party.
Attracting the attention of the mastermind to the special investigators may reveal more flaws.
At 1 o'clock in the morning, outside the parking lot of "New Era Technology" company, a war-damaged modern SUV was parked on the roadside. Several people in the car checked their watches and pulled down the ski masks above their heads.
Without any more nonsense, Jack turned the front of the car, put the reverse gear on and stepped on the accelerator. The front of the SUV went straight towards the barrier gate at the entrance of the parking lot.
With a soft sound, the vulnerable gate pole was smashed into two pieces. Jack slightly released the accelerator and quickly turned the steering wheel. The SUV flicked in the empty parking lot, drawing a beautiful line. Stop after the arc.
Shifting the reverse gear, he hit the accelerator again, and the SUV's butt headed straight towards the lobby of the office building.
"Attention!" In his reminder, the tire that had been deflated in advance easily climbed over the two low steps, smashed through the glass curtain wall, and lay across the spacious hall.
Along with the crisp sound of glass breaking, a disturbing alarm sounded.
Everyone in the car got out of the car, each holding a Benelli M4 shotgun. Two security guards who were on duty at the front desk of the lobby just recovered from this sudden scene and subconsciously wanted to pull out their guns, but each of them took one shot. 12 gauge Huoper-Sock bean bag bomb.
Jack took two steps forward, hit one of them on the chin with the butt of his gun, and then kicked the other one unconscious.
Leicher and the others didn't even look here. According to the goals they had set before, some rushed to the elevator to go upstairs, and some ran directly to the stairwell to the underground machine room.
(End of this chapter)