The Blacklist

Chapter 272 Launching the Attack on Kirk
After work on Monday, Carrie summoned the agents of SLR and SER and asked Gina to tell them the information she got from Halcyon Shield, indicating that a man named Alexander Kirk planned the kidnapping and attack on Elizabeth, and asked the two departments to blacklist this person and investigate him.

Elizabeth was attacked and injured, resulting in amnesia, which made everyone in the post office extremely angry. With a common hatred of the enemy, and now that they had a target, they all took action.

At 2 p.m., a group of agents gathered in the SER's accusation hall. Abby was the first to report: "This Alexander Kirk was originally a politician from the former Soviet Union. When the country collapsed, he used his power and means to get some state-owned mining resources, and then vigorously developed them. He soon became a powerful financial oligarch...

Aram continued, "However, after entering the 21st century, due to the rise of new forces, Russia's political and economic environment has undergone tremendous changes. Kirk could not tolerate the domestic environment and had to leave Russia to avoid disaster..."

Then Nawabi spoke: "After leaving Russia, Kirk often lived in the Cayman Islands, using remote control to control some mining and oil companies in the CIS and Africa, making huge profits. Currently, he controls assets worth nearly 10 billion US dollars..."

Mira, who came from the CIA, was more concerned about politics. She said, "At the end of last year, Kirk sponsored a public welfare foundation called 'American Vision' through some peripheral organizations. This 'American Vision' is the main financial supporter of Republican presidential candidate Senator Robert Diaz..."

Seeing the information displayed on the big screen, all the agents were stunned - "American Vision" invested more than $3 million in Senator Diaz's campaign! To be frank, in the current election environment, this million campaign funds will play a huge role and is likely to change the outcome of the election.

"What I don't understand is that Kirk is a black-hearted businessman who profited from the collapse of the former Soviet Union. Why would he kidnap and hurt Elizabeth?" Donald said with a frown.

Carrie has been watching with his arms folded. In less than a day, his agents have found out so much information, which is already very good. He really wants to answer Donald: Kirk is sick and will not live long. He needs Elizabeth's bone marrow to save his life!
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After the agents introduced the situation they had investigated, Kerry discussed with Donald and arranged for everyone to continue investigating Kirk's situation. He got up and went back to his office, took out his cell phone and called Democratic presidential candidate Senator David Palmer...

"Hey, Richard, how come you, such a busy man, thought of me?" Palmer said with some excitement.

"David, how is your campaign going now?" Kerry asked. "I heard that Republican Senator Diaz is very popular right now!"

"It seems that you have been paying attention to the election. Thank you!" Palmer was a little touched. He really didn't expect that Kerry, the head of the law enforcement department, could still pay attention to his situation in his busy work. "Indeed, the problem is a bit serious. I don't know where my Republican opponent got a huge amount of financial support. I heard that he will vigorously promote and purchase advertising space before the live TV speech in half a month. I am really under a lot of pressure!"

"Well, I know about this." Carrie said, "David, I need the legal advisor from your campaign team to answer some of my questions. Please arrange it!"
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Abby did a great job. She quickly found a key figure based on the clues provided by Kerry... In Kerry's office on the eighth floor, she reported the situation: "Peter Pruitt, the president of Air Fidelity Group, controls assets worth 40 billion, and these assets actually belong to criminals like Kirk...

"Pruitt is also the treasurer of America's Original Scene, responsible for providing Diaz with campaign bonuses through secure channels. We now know that these campaign funds are stored in the New York branch of Atlantic Bank..." "In order to ensure the safety of funds, when the amount of funds transferred from the bank exceeds 25 US dollars, Pruitt's eye scan is required for identification..."

Kerry nodded, expressing his appreciation for Abby's work, and then said, "Kirk is hiding on some unknown island overseas. It will be difficult for us to find him for a while, but his 300 million funds have already arrived in the United States. If we take the money away, he will surely be very unhappy!"

Gina frowned and asked, "Lee, do you mean we go and steal Kirk's money from the bank?"

Carrie nodded and said, "The problem now is that we need to get a scan sample of Pruitt's eye first. This is a technical job!"
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At ten o'clock in the morning, Tom came back to report that Susan had decided to fully cooperate with CTU in exchange for him not pursuing Halcyon's responsibility...

Kerry nodded when he heard this. In fact, he didn't want to destroy Halcyon. It would be in his best interest to let Tom take control of the company in the future. Then, he assigned Tom a new task.

In the afternoon, Tom flew to Germany disguised as a financier named "Eugene Pavlenko".

This person was previously wanted by Türkiye for money laundering for illegal organizations, so when he appeared at the Berlin airport, he was immediately arrested by local police, handed over to Interpol, and then transferred to the Turkish Embassy in Germany, awaiting extradition.

That night, Peter Pruitt had a "sudden heart attack" while attending a reception held by the Turkish Embassy in Germany for the G8 Foreign Ministers' Summit and was taken away by an ambulance...

Tom escaped from the embassy with some effort. At the same time, Pruitt's eye scan results were transmitted to Washington. Carrie immediately hacked into the server of the New York branch of Atlantic Bank and transferred $300 million of the "American Vision" Foundation to an offshore account. Kirk and the senator would be anxious next.

However, unlike the original plot, Carrey is not going to tell Senator Diaz about this or force him to lure Kirk to the United States. His move is just to force the two to contact each other immediately to determine Kirk's location. As for Senator Diaz's presidential dream, screw him!
Although he didn't care who would become the president of the United States, it was certainly in his own interest to let David Palmer, who he was familiar with, be elected. And Kirk, who was trying to influence the presidential election, had already threatened his ability to complete the main mission, which was absolutely unacceptable. If he couldn't control him, he had to be eliminated. He couldn't let such a big trouble exist!

(End of this chapter)