The Blacklist

Chapter 226 A New Position
On Tuesday, March 3, DOJ Deputy Secretary Cooper and IRS Deputy Director Most went to the post office together, found Kerry, and informed him that the preparations for the National Counterterrorism Bureau had officially begun. The abbreviation of the department was officially determined to be CTU, which would be directly responsible to the National Security Council in terms of business. The headquarters of the bureau would be located in DOJ, and Cooper would be the first director.

The Intelligence Department, Operations Department, Technology Department, Service Department and other departments directly under the General Administration were transferred as a whole to the former DOJ's field department SER, internally known as the Special Operations Department, which is responsible for carrying out special tasks issued by the General Administration. The original "blacklist" function was retained and Donald was still in charge.

In addition, the former IRS field department SLR was transferred in and managed in both directions. It was called the Special Execution Division within the CTU headquarters, and was responsible for executing special tasks issued by the headquarters; it was still called the Special Audit Division within the IRS headquarters, and was still responsible for special taxation, with taxes submitted to the IRS headquarters, and Kerry was still the director of SLR.

The CTU headquarters will take over the counter-terrorism departments, groups and personnel of the original CIA branches in various regions. After adding the corresponding personnel, it will set up bureaus in various states in the country and branches in major cities. Each branch will have departments such as action groups, intelligence groups, technical groups and service groups.

After reporting these situations, IRS Deputy Director Most had a few words with Kerry alone. The key point was: IRS will not hinder his advancement, but special audits and tax collection cannot be put aside, SLR still has to complete its tasks, and of course, IRS will maintain various support for SLR...

Kerry had anticipated this and gave assurances, and Most left happily.

Then, Cooper brought a female agent over and said, "You should have met her last time. Former Mossad agent Jiva David joined CTU as an individual and was assigned to your special execution department. You must take good care of her!"

Kerry frowned and asked, "Harold, has the Jiva agent completely decoupled from the Mossad?"

Cooper knew why he asked that and motioned for Jiva to answer the question herself.

Jiwa stepped forward and said, "Director Kerry, I have officially left Mossad and obtained a US green card as an individual... I joined CTU through a formal recruitment channel, without any Mossad involvement."

Kerry looked at her for a while and said, "I understand. In this case, I will give you a three-month probation period to verify your work ability. If you are not qualified, I will dismiss you."

"I understand, Chief. Please watch my performance." Ji Wa answered energetically, standing at attention.

After Jiva left, Kerry asked in confusion, "Harold, what does this mean? SER already has a Nawabi, do I have to add a Mossad agent now?"

"Kerry, you should know what's going on here." Cooper took a sip from his teacup and said, "After you killed Eri, this Jiwa was ordered to handle the aftermath, but because of Eri's incident, her father was severely criticized by Mossad.

"Jiva has also attracted attention because of this, saying that she was able to enter Mossad and get the job because of her father...

"Anyway, Old David has had a good cooperative relationship with our intelligence agency for more than 20 years, and he has guaranteed that Jiva will not undertake any special tasks after leaving Mossad. He just hopes that we can give her a job... "You should understand that it is difficult for us to refuse!"

"I understand." Kerry nodded, "But I have to be clear up front. One thing is very important: the loyalty of this Jiva! If she joins CTU, or my SLR, and can guarantee her loyalty to the department, even if she is incompetent, I can accept it. At most, I can arrange for her to do clerical work. But if there is a loyalty issue, I will not keep her!"

"Of course, this is necessary." Cooper said immediately, "We gave her the opportunity. If she can't seize it, it's her fault!"

"OK, that's no problem." Having said that, Carrie naturally wouldn't have any more objections.
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After Cooper left, Carrey returned to the office and thought quietly. In the original plot, this Jiva David left Mossad and joined NCIS after killing her half-brother with her own hands, but now she has come to him!

On the one hand, he changed the original plot and killed Eric with his own hands instead of using him to take action; on the other hand, the new department CTU is obviously more promising than NCIS. Whether he came here on his own initiative or was arranged by his father, it can be said to be a good move, but whether he can stay or not, he really needs to examine it!

However, he thought about it again and thought about the current situation of SLR. He felt that something was wrong: How come, apart from himself, Tom was sent out, Jeffrey was on long-term field missions, and the other key members of the department were all women? Would outsiders suspect that there was a problem with their work style?
Before he could figure it out, the door of the office opened and Gina walked in. She put a pile of documents on the desk. Seeing him sitting at the tea table, she walked over and said, "Lee, you have recruited another beautiful female agent! Why, aren't you worried about the gossip from other departments?"

"Oh! I was worried too!" Carrie said immediately, "Gina, it was Cooper who brought the person here just now..."

After listening to his story, Gina also frowned. She thought more, "Lee, after all, it was you who shot her brother to death. Do you think this Ji Wa came here specifically to take revenge on you?"

Hmm? Kerry hadn't thought of this, but when she thought about it carefully, she knew it was impossible, or the girl didn't dare to retaliate because of this, because whether she succeeded or not, she couldn't bear the responsibility afterwards! Well, not even her father could do that!
So, he waved his hand and said, "That shouldn't happen. I'm now considering whether to adjust the staffing. After all, the work after the establishment of CTU requires more field operations..."

Gina didn't care about this and said, "Don't worry, our female agents are no pushovers and can handle it! At most, we can expand the field operations team by adding two more teams."

"Well, we also need to expand the office area." Kerry said, "Go and make some arrangements. In addition to the current fifth to ninth floors, we need to make use of the three floors above. Discuss the three floors below with the SER and see how to make an overall plan. We can also use this opportunity to improve their office environment..."

"I understand." Gina agreed and left. She understood that the establishment of CTU was a good opportunity. The initial support would definitely be great, and both personnel and bonuses would be guaranteed. It would be a waste not to take the opportunity to expand SLR's strength.

(End of this chapter)