The Blacklist

Chapter 250: Case Insider and Leaker

Huh? All the detectives listening to the case in the command hall felt:

This "death artist" is so arrogant!

This underground online magazine called "Rigby" is so bold!
These two are clearly provoking law enforcement agencies!
Donald looked at Carrie next to him, and Carrie gestured for him to make the arrangements.

So Donald ordered Elizabeth and Mira to find the reporter, and he took Nawabi to the scene where the body was found to investigate. They had to call the police now, otherwise the police would move the body away.

What Carrie was concerned about was the illegal online magazine behind the case, and he gave an additional order: let Abby and Jeffrey conduct a special investigation and catch that underground online magazine first - singing praises for criminals is certainly a big mistake, but they even dared not to pay taxes, this is absolutely not acceptable, he has decided to ban this magazine!

After returning to his office, he contacted Reddington immediately, "Old Ray, tell me, what do you want from this Drexel?"

After hesitating for a while, Reddington told the truth and said, "Lee, I found traces of Katarina during this period. It seems that she is trying to contact me in some special way!"

"Oh, are you sure?" Carrie asked, "Why do I feel like something is wrong?"

"Yes, I also think it's not right." Reddington said, "If Katarina really came back, she would definitely contact me. There is no need to use some hidden means, so I suspect someone is impersonating her... But no matter what, I have to find out the truth!"

"I understand." Carrie expressed her support. "Old Lei, just go ahead and investigate. Just let me know if anything comes up. Also, I'll be responsible for Liz's safety. Just do your thing!"

"Thank you!" Reddington said gratefully, "I already have some clues..."
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Donald and Nawabi brought a team of people to New York. After investigating Randy's death scene, they determined that the photo was taken with the camera of the desktop computer. They confiscated the computer and sent a helicopter back to SER for Alam to analyze.

Later, they found Randy's partner and the person who reported the case, John Adelson, but after a conversation, they did not get any useful clues, but they were sure that this guy was hiding something.

When the two left the financial information service company, they received a call from Alam: "Don, I found a Trojan program codenamed 'Mouse' on Randy's computer hard drive, which can remotely control his computer...

"However, the most important point is that I have seen this 'rat' once before, during a technical training course organized by the NSA..."

"Huh?" Donald was stunned and immediately asked, "Aram, do you mean that this Trojan program was developed by the NSA?"

"Yes." Alam said affirmatively, "This 'rat' should be a highly confidential internal reconnaissance method of the NSA and should never appear in society! Once it spreads out, the danger is too great..."

Donald was now a leader and had a more political mind. He immediately thought: Is there something going on here? He did not dare to speak on his own and called Kerry.

Naturally, Carrie understood what was going on, so he said, "Don, you and Nawabi wait in New York. I'll go to the NSA, find out what's going on, and then contact you." After hanging up the phone, Carrie immediately took Gina to the NSA, which was not far away, and found the deputy director of operations, Yuli Goodson, who was introduced by the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Hawkins. He took him directly to meet the technical director in charge of the "RAT" project and asked how the program was leaked.
"Impossible!" The technical director immediately denied it, and then said: "Deputy Director Goodson, you should understand that we should not admit that there is such a program..."

"Well, it's already this late, what are you still hiding?" Goodson said unhappily, "Director Kerry is a senior executive at CTU, responsible for domestic counterterrorism and major criminal cases. It's impossible for him to lie. You should explain clearly how the program was leaked!"

"This..." The technical director didn't dare to say anything more. After thinking hard, he said, "There are no more than five people who know all the codes and have the opportunity to take them out of the NSA. Besides me, the other four are senior programmers..."

"Okay, I'll meet them now." Kerry nodded. When they met and shook hands just now, he was sure that this technical director was fine.

"Ah?" The technician was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Director Kerry, don't you doubt me?"

"No doubt about it." Kerry said directly, "I believe in Yuri's vision. He will not put someone who might betray him in the position of technical director."

He said this with such certainty that Deputy Director Goodson and the technical director's expressions immediately improved greatly - these words really made people feel comfortable!
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After making sure that there were no problems with the two senior programmers, Carrie followed the technical director to a new large office where four people were working. Before he could approach them one by one, he saw one of them stand up from his seat and run away!
Good fellow, it seems to be you! Carrie chuckled, picked up a large stapler from the desk beside him, and threw it out. It hit the fleeing man's back with great force, knocking him to the ground and unable to get up for a long time!
The technical director and the other three people in the office were all stunned. Wasn't the force too strong?

The senior programmer named Aaron Mulgrew was brought back to the post office. In the interrogation room on the basement floor, Carrie asked Gina and Jiva to interrogate him - in fact, he already knew the details.

It only took fifteen minutes for the two to come back and report. Gina didn't argue and let Jiwa report.

"Boss, Aaron is actually a free-sharer who refuses to keep secrets..." Ji Wa said, "After the 'rat' program was successfully developed, he uploaded the source code of the Trojan program to the Internet and let anyone who needed it download it for free...

“He also knew that the program was extremely dangerous, so he modified some of the code so that when someone downloaded it, their IP address would be returned to the server space he had specially set up for future investigation.

"However, because so many people downloaded it, he didn't check them one by one..."

"Well, you did a great job." Kerry nodded and said, "Ask Aram to analyze these IP addresses that are sent back, especially those within New York City. Quickly!"

"I understand, boss." Ji Wa said happily after being praised, then jumped and ran out.

Gina, who stayed behind, asked, "Lee, why are you sure the murderer is in New York?"

(End of this chapter)