The Blacklist

Chapter 249 Public Opinion Storm and Artists
Cole Bob died in this way two days before his execution. His lawyer and biographer were also shot dead by law enforcement officers. After the incident was reported by the media, it caused quite a stir.

Fortunately, Carrey was well prepared for this and provided detailed information about the case to reporters he was familiar with. The Washington Post exclusively revealed the process of solving the case and the emergence of copycats, criticizing the writer who wrote the biography of the criminal, accusing him of using such a bad behavior to justify the perverted murderer and trample on the dignity of the victims and their families...

During this process, in order to find out the truth and comfort the families, the agents from NCIS, DOJ and the local police made arduous efforts. They finally found out the truth, recovered the remains of many victims that had been hidden by the murderer for ten years, identified the identity of the imitator, and shot the criminal to death when he violently resisted, thus ensuring the safety of the people!
The special report quickly reversed public opinion, and with the support of the victims' families, federal judges and prosecutors' offices publicly stated that the actions of the agents of various law enforcement agencies in handling the case were legal and valid, in compliance with the law, and that they had done nothing wrong.

The National Security Advisor, Attorney General, Navy Secretary, Virginia Governor and other relevant senior officials have also spoken out in support of the detectives.

President-elect David Palmer even publicly stated that the newly established CTU, DOJ, and NCIS agents have done a great job and should be commended. He will continue to strongly support these law enforcement agencies after taking over as president...

It was not until this time that the other agents from various departments who were at the scene felt relieved, except for Carrie himself who didn't take it too seriously.

After this incident, the ties between NCIS, SER and SLR became closer, and the agents on both sides became more familiar with each other, laying a good foundation for better cooperation in the future.
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The aftermath of this incident lasted for nearly a month before gradually dissipating amid the news of the presidential primary.

In mid-May, the Democratic primary ended and David Palmer won with a high vote, becoming the black person closest to the presidency in American history.

Subsequent polls showed that Palmer's support rate exceeded that of the Republican candidate by nearly 15 percentage points, and major forecasting agencies believed that he would inevitably win the final election.

After the primary election results came out, Kerry brought his trusted subordinates to a meeting with Palmer and key staff to celebrate.

Palmer did not hide the truth from him and told him that he had signed the divorce papers with his wife. Although he was heartbroken, he no longer dared to trust her because of Carl's incident. He thought it was better to suffer a short pain than a long one.

Kerry did not comfort him. He knew this was an inevitable result. Shirley was not a good person. She dared to do things behind her husband's back when she was just a senator's wife. If she really became the first lady, who knows what she would do! Palmer was able to solve this problem quickly in the primary election. It was really smart.

Another thing happened during this period. After hearing that SLR's Katie was a professional security agent from the USSS, Palmer's chief of staff Mike Novick suggested that she be seconded to serve as the campaign team's security consultant, responsible for communicating and coordinating with the current USSS security team.

Both Kerry and Palmer thought this was a good idea. It not only strengthened the security force, but also strengthened the connection between the future White House team and CTU, SLR, and SER. This was not only a security issue, but also a need for the future president to understand and control the law enforcement agencies. In this way, Katie Todd, the security director of SLR, was seconded to Palmer's team as a security consultant while retaining her status as a senior agent. Compared with her time as a small agent in the USSS, her level has surpassed Aaron Pierce, who was originally her superior and is now the director of the team's security agent group, and can even command him when necessary.

After the initial excitement of joining Palmer's team, Katie also felt the great responsibility and began to devote herself to the new job. Fortunately, she still had her previous experience, so she was able to do the job with ease.
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During this period, with the support of the CTU headquarters, several floors of the old post office building that were not in use were renovated and some adjustments were made to the office area.

The first underground floor is an interrogation room and detention room, the second underground floor is a parking lot and emergency shelter, and the third underground floor, in addition to the "box", has been renovated into an indoor shooting range;

The first to third floors are SER's office area, the fourth floor is the restaurant, water bar, and gym, the fifth to eighth floors are still SLR's office area, the ninth and tenth floors are rest rooms, the eleventh floor is the spare storage area, and the twelfth floor is the equipment room and satellite communication room. A large number of new equipment have been replaced and the latest server clusters have been adopted.

Kerry's office remains on the eighth floor, and a new integrated command center has been built next to it.

This adjustment cost a lot of money and added a lot of new personnel. Both new and old personnel in the two departments went through another round of background checks to ensure the purity of the team. In particular, the old team members basically passed the test, their salary and benefits were increased by one level, and their loyalty increased greatly.
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As the new week arrives, Reddington hands over a new blacklist character to SER: "Death Artist" Drexel! This person is good at using carefully planned murders to express his criticism of society. He has successfully committed crimes many times and has become quite famous in the underground world in recent years.

Elizabeth took out a newspaper and projected a news report onto the big screen. She said, "Everyone, look at this crime scene photo. It looks like a person is sitting on a sofa, holding a wine glass in one hand and a mobile phone in the other, with earphones in his ears. He seems to be enjoying life, but in fact, this person has been dead for a long time with his neck broken!"

Alam had already found the relevant information and reported: "The person who reported the case is John Adelson, a partner of a newly established financial information service company, and the deceased is another partner, Randy Brener.

"According to Adlerson, Brener moved into the mansion he just bought after get off work last night. He didn't go to work in the morning and didn't answer the phone, so when he went to look for him, he found that he was dead! The police forensic doctor initially determined that the time of death was between eleven and one o'clock at night..."

Elizabeth added: "The reason why Reddington put this case on the blacklist is that the same photo appeared in an underground online magazine two hours after the body was found. A special reporter named 'Ramona' used this photo as a preview of the next interview, and the person to be interviewed is 'Artist of Death' Drexel... This proves that the murder case discovered now was done by this Drexel!"

(End of this chapter)