The Blacklist

Chapter 180 The First Reversal in Court

Kerry did not go to the court, but watched the live broadcast in the office with Gina. He smiled and said, "Gina, do you think it would be scary to see 14 dead people suddenly appear in court?"

Gina laughed and said, "I don't know about others, but if I hadn't known about it in advance, I would have been shocked! Lee, how did you come up with this trick before?"

"Looking back now, I can't really remember what I was thinking at the time!" Carrie also laughed, "At the time, I just wanted to make the secret society's plan fail. Wolf Spider wanted to blow these people up and frame them, so I let him fail! Besides, this is also about saving people, right?"
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In the courtroom, the noise was getting louder and louder. Judge Denner, who had been stunned for a while, finally reacted. He swung the gavel and knocked it three times, saying loudly, "Respect!"

The noise in the courtroom immediately became quieter, until it was silent, but Denner's eyes were a little red! He stared at the 14 people standing in the witness stand, then looked at the prosecutor, the defense lawyer, and the defendant, and said coldly: "Can anyone explain what this means? Are you taking the court as a joke?" At this time, he was cursing in his heart. This was a joke on him, the chief judge of the Special District Court!

Wright was a deputy minister, so he was not afraid of the judge's gaze. He explained, "As I said before, my client serves in a special law enforcement unit. The personnel are drawn from the FBI and other departments, and the operations are directly commanded by the Ministry of Justice. In the past two years, they have solved hundreds of major cases, many of which are major cases involving national security...

"This case is the same. After my client's department received intelligence that a foreign spy was entering the country and was going to carry out a terrorist act, they made careful arrangements and monitored his whereabouts. After discovering that his first target was the important intelligence department, Russia and Europe, they contacted his superior department, the CIA Overseas Intelligence Division, and received the cooperation and support of Director Hayworth, allowing him to carry out the 'successful' bombing plan...

"As you can see, none of the Russian and European agents who were targeted by the attack were injured or killed!"

Hundreds of people in the courtroom finally understood what had happened, but a bigger question arose: Why? Judge Denner asked on behalf of everyone.

Wright motioned to Elizabeth, who was sitting in the dock, to answer in person. Her performance had been enough, and now it was the turn of this wrongly accused excellent agent!
Elizabeth slowly stood up, looked around at everyone in the courtroom, and finally looked at Judge Denner who was sitting behind the high judge, and said, "Your Honor, I don't know if you, the jurors, and everyone listening to the trial in this courtroom know the characteristics of the intelligence front and anti-terrorism operations. They are secretive and cruel, and there is no reason to explain. What means and methods will the attackers of the conspiracy use? Before they actually take action, we can only infer based on very little intelligence and clues...

"For example, this time, we received intelligence that Kara Kurt, a senior agent of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service nicknamed 'Wolf Spider', secretly entered the United States and was going to launch an extremely serious terrorist attack, but we don't know what exactly they were going to do... and this 'Wolf Spider' disappeared without a trace after entering the country.

"At the most difficult time, our department director, FBI Counterterrorism Deputy Director Harold Cooper, contacted his superior, Deputy Attorney General Ms. Wright, about this matter... Oh, she is now my defense attorney!

"After coordination among the top leaders, we contacted the Russian-European Institute, which specializes in Russian intelligence, for help in advance. We received great help from them and obtained a lot of new intelligence. I would like to thank them for their help!"

At this point, she nodded to the 14 CIA agents who had been arranged by the bailiff to sit in the front row of the witness stand and the hearing stand, which made everyone in the Russian and European departments feel embarrassed, and even Patrick hurriedly nodded in return. Elizabeth continued, "My colleagues are very good. After combining all the intelligence, they determined that the 'Wolf Spider' would first carry out a large-scale explosion attack, targeting the Russian and European Technology; but we believe that this explosion is just a feint to attract the attention of our law enforcement agencies, and its real target is still unclear...

"After a fierce debate and coordination, Deputy Attorney General Wright, CIA Director Hayworth, and FBI Counterterrorism Deputy Director Cooper jointly decided to let the explosion take place on schedule!"

Hearing this, even though they knew that 14 CIA agents were sitting in front of them, everyone in the courtroom was still nervous. The discussion started again, and the scene was a bit noisy. Judge Denner was also lost in thinking about the incident and did not stop it immediately...

At this time, the trial was being broadcast live by the three major television networks, and the ratings were climbing steadily. The presidents of ABC, CBC, and NBC were so happy that they jumped for joy and instructed their subordinates to increase publicity and promotion efforts to increase the popularity of this live broadcast!
Elizabeth paused intentionally, trying to calm herself down and prepare for her next speech.

She is following Kerry's previous instructions and perfectly presenting the results of the three hours of training every night for more than ten days. While reversing the situation, she is also making herself the focus of public opinion in the United States for a period of time in the future, gaining enough fame, and making those malicious conspirators in the dark corners have some reservations! This court is a stage created by Kerry and a group of comrades and colleagues. She must play her role well!

After a moment, Judge Denner decided to restore silence to the scene, but instead of knocking the gavel again, he coughed heavily twice, but that was enough.

Elizabeth continued, "Although we have decided to let the explosion caused by Wolf Spider take place as scheduled, we cannot really sacrifice the lives of these CIA agents who are loyal to the country, so we can only do something illegal - we collected 14 bodies that had not been claimed for more than ten years in the states and counties around Washington through private mortuary agencies..."

The courtroom was noisy again, but no one was blaming her. Instead, many people guessed the possible outcome and started discussing it excitedly!

When Denner heard this, he felt something was wrong and wanted to speak...

Wright held up a document and said loudly: "Your Honor, jurors, before the action plan mentioned by Agent Keane, the top leaders of the Ministry of Justice carefully discussed and approved this decision. As a result, a formal report was formed and the Attorney General signed an exemption document, exempting the agents involved in this action from the crime of 'insulting a corpse' that they may have committed!"

(End of this chapter)