The Blacklist

Chapter 230 What did Jack do at night?
Kerry nodded, and having an idea of ​​the progress of the incident, he said, "Next, I want to know everything that happened from midnight last night to now. Keep reporting!"

Nina said, "At midnight last night, Walsh, the head of the Counter-Terrorism Group, called all of us back and claimed that he had received reliable intelligence: someone was going to assassinate Senator Palmer, the presidential candidate who was participating in the Democratic Party primary in Los Angeles, and the time was today.

“Shortly afterwards, Walsh left the CTU on his own and did not specify where he was going.

"At 40:, Mason came here and gave Jack a data disk..."

At this point, Nina glanced at Mason.

Mason was a little embarrassed and could only say, "I gave the disk to Jack at that time, but he insisted on finding out the source of the information. Due to confidentiality reasons, I couldn't tell him, so we had some conflicts..." Some of the things that happened involved his own secrets, which he didn't want to be revealed.

Kerry knew all about this, but he was too lazy to expose Mason's words. He just asked, "So, George, can you tell me the source of the information now?"

Mason said: "Director, I can only say that this is information from the NSA, and the source of the information is Berlin. As for the specific situation, I don't know either."

Kerry nodded and said, "Nina, go ahead!"

Nina said, "Before 1 a.m., a plane flying from Berlin to our city crashed over the Hawemo Desert in the suburbs ten minutes before landing. We were notified and are investigating whether there is a possibility of a terrorist attack."

At this time, Tony added: "Jack asked me to check the passenger list of the crashed plane, saying that Walsh said the killer who wanted to assassinate the senator was also from Berlin, and wanted to confirm whether anyone among the passengers was involved in the case?" This confirmed that Mason was not lying.

Nina said: "At 1:12, Jack received a call and left in a hurry...

"At 1:55, Jack called Jamie and told him that two of our agents had been killed at 2350 Dunlop Square and asked him to notify the police. He did not specify who they were.

"At 2:18, Jack returned to the group and handed a key card to Jamie for decryption, saying that it contained information about the assassination of the senator...

"Jeremy confirmed that the contents of the access card chip came from my computer, and Jack suspected that I was a traitor...

"Later, we found out the date the access card was made, which proved that Jack and I were on a business trip together at the time and were not in Los Angeles! In other words, someone secretly used my computer at that time and framed me."

Hearing Nina say that she was on a business trip with Jack, Tony couldn't help but look at her with a strange look in his eyes. Then, he continued, "At 2:52, we received a notice from the CIA California Branch on our computer, stating that Team Leader Walsh and Technical Engineer Scott Beller were confirmed dead. "The two died at Building 2350 Dunlop Plaza. Beller died in the corridor on the top floor, and Walsh died at the exit of the north underground parking lot of the plaza. The LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) forensic doctor is examining their bodies."

After a pause, Tony said seriously, "I noticed Jack's abnormality and his dispute with Nina. I thought Jack had a problem. After Walsh's death, he was not suitable to lead the counter-terrorism team. So I called my superior at the time, Levin Chappell, the head of the Counter-Terrorism Section of the CIA California Branch, and asked him to replace Jack."

Hearing what he said, Nina and Rebecca from the original anti-terrorism team's faces changed. This kind of reporting beyond the chain of command is very taboo in grassroots departments!
Tony felt that he did nothing wrong, so he didn't explain the matter. He just continued, "A little after 3 o'clock, I found that there was a problem with the passenger list of the crashed flight 221. The list showed that seat 2B in the first-class cabin was empty, but the ticket issuance record at Berlin Airport showed that it was full, and there were still people waiting to fill the seats... Jack agreed with my opinion and asked me and Rayburn to continue investigating in this direction."

Nina waited for Tony to finish talking about this, and then continued: "After Jack thought I was not a suspect, he asked me and Jayme to crack the access card together. We first found an address on it, 18166 San Fernando Road. Then, Jack decided to go there to investigate in person and left.

"As soon as Jack left, our network office and communication systems all failed. Mason, the intelligence director of the anti-terrorism department, and the people from the internal investigation department of the branch implemented a blockade operation against us..."

Mason spread his hands awkwardly and said, "The leader of the counter-terrorism team and a technical engineer were shot dead. This is a normal working procedure."

"But, our work at that time was to prevent the assassination from happening..." Nina was still angry and immediately retorted.

"Stop, let's stop talking about this for now and move on to the rest." Carrie interrupted the argument between the two. She knew in her heart that this was Mason's revenge. In addition, with Tony's previous report, there was nothing wrong with the procedure, but this guy's character was hard to praise. However, for the time being, she still had to rely on his work ability, so she let him go.

"Yes, Chief." Both of them nodded in agreement, but their emotions were different.

Then Mason said, "Later, we found that Jack left after knocking out an agent from the Internal Investigation Department who was on a blockade mission. This made us sure that there was something wrong with him." At this time, he himself was reporting to Jack through the report.

"Later, at 4:10, I received a call from the LAPD and rushed to the North Hollywood Police Station, where I met Jack..." Mason said, "Before that, he and a female police officer were chasing a suspect who appeared at 18166 San Fernando Road. Although they caught the suspect, the female police officer was shot and killed by the other party!
"Jack claimed that the arrested suspect, Pentikoff, knew important clues to the assassination, but he helped the suspect escape from the police station after interrogating him!"

Mason was quite angry. “It was not until 20 minutes later that we caught them again through satellite tracking. At that time, there was a business car next to them, and in the trunk was a disfigured male corpse with amputated fingers!

"In order to maintain the reputation of our department, I had to convince the LAPD chief to bring Jack back in the name of internal handling. I believed his words and did not arrest him immediately. Instead, I temporarily restored his position. I took my men back to Corey and planned to report to Chappelle after daybreak."

Nina added, "After returning to the team, Jack handed the body to me and asked me to find the best forensic doctor to examine and confirm the identity of the body. He used his authority to dispatch a helicopter and left again, going to St. Rose's Hospital..."

(End of this chapter)