The Blacklist

Chapter 324: The thief is captured and the matter ends
Mario was so scared that he raised his hands and dared not move, but he was full of regret in his heart. He was discovered by the guards inside before and had to shoot one of them. Unexpectedly, he was blocked at the door at this time!
Jeffrey and Nawabi took two steps forward, handcuffed him, and handcuffed him. They took off his bag and handed it to Carrie.

There was a pistol and a folder in the bag. Carrie took out the document and looked at it - the immunity agreement signed by Reddington and the Department of Justice!
Handing the folder to Gina beside him, Carrie said, "Mario, I just want to know who ordered this. If you tell me, based on stealing state secrets, shooting public officials... oh, plus the cases you've done before, I can guarantee that you will only be sentenced to life imprisonment. But if you don't tell me, I guarantee that you won't live to see this time tomorrow!"

Hearing this, Mario was not only surprised, but also the two shop assistants in the small shop were shocked - this intruder actually shot and killed one of their colleagues! One of the shop assistants was angry and immediately raised his hand and pressed the alarm button...

Mario was stubborn and refused to reveal his employer, but Carrie didn't take it as an offense - based on the fake Katarina's cautious habits, this guy wouldn't know much of the substance.

Afterwards, a large number of armed personnel arrived, and even the army and the National Guard arrived, blocking the entire town - there was also an element of cover-up, to keep the entrance to the shop secret.

Kerry met the head of the archive organization in the coffee shop next to the store. Before he could speak, he spoke first: "Mr. Director, your management is too mechanical and lax. A small thief can get into the highly confidential facilities that you have spent huge amounts of money to upgrade and renovate. Isn't the government's money wasted?"

The director of the agency, who was in his 50s, was so embarrassed that his face turned red. He couldn't help but explain: "Our access control system is the most advanced eye recognition system, but who would have thought that someone would be so cruel as to dig out the eyes of our employees to pass the inspection..."

"Didn't expect that?" Carrie was really angry. "For the fingerprint recognition system, you can pass by cutting off a finger! For the eye recognition system, you can pass by digging out an eyeball! What about a series of procedures such as ID verification, face recognition, manual inspection, multiple inspections, etc.? They were all omitted? Where did the government's money go? You'd better submit your resignation report immediately. If you delay for one more minute, I will arrest you and throw you into a black jail!" After saying that, he turned away!

It's no wonder he was angry. He couldn't accept that such an important department was so careless! He knew he had no jurisdiction over it, but he could directly advise the president. This situation was too dangerous and couldn't continue. At the very least, he couldn't allow his personal information to be kept by such a negligent organization. It was too dangerous! This shitty director, who was just sitting there doing nothing, couldn't stay! --
After bringing the captured Mario back to the post office, this guy thought he was smart and wanted to exchange what he knew and asked for an immunity agreement! Carrie was so angry that he laughed, and arranged Nawabi and Jiwa, two female agents from Mossad, to be in charge of the interrogation. There were no restrictions, just get a confession!
Two hours later, Nawabi and Jiva reported that Mario did not know who the employer was, but they had agreed to meet at the Falstaff Theater on M Street in Baltimore at sunset the next day to trade the documents.

After seeing this report, Kerry couldn't help but wonder, who was coming for the trade this time?
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The next afternoon, Geoffrey, Jiva, Nawabi and others set up an ambush at Falstaff College and captured the two people who were going to meet Mario. After interrogation, they found that the man and woman in formal clothes were South Africans, the woman was an attaché of the consular officer in the United States, and the man was actually from South Africa's SRC (Strategic Resources Company)!

The business of South Africa's Strategic Resources Company covers mining, air transport leasing, security protection, etc. The famous EO mercenary company in its early years was one of its 32 subsidiaries.

Kerry didn't understand why the South African government and SRC got involved?
In the subsequent interrogation, both claimed that they were acting on orders and were unaware of the inside story. They were just following orders to receive an important document, and they didn't even know what the document was. Carrie and Donald discussed it and deduced a possibility: it should be that the fake Katarina hired Mario to steal the Reddington immunity agreement, and then used South Africa to receive the document. As for whether to reveal the content of the document or negotiate with the US government later, there are many possibilities.

As for why it was South Africa, the reason was still unknown. According to the procedure, they had to report the matter to the CTU headquarters, which would inevitably contact the State Council and interview South Africa; but in this way, the fake Katarina would definitely get the news, and the matter would be exposed, making it difficult to find her again.

Things turned out just as expected. For a long time afterwards, there was no news about the fake Katarina, making it impossible for them to track her.
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The next day, National Security Advisor Raven Wright, accompanied by the Secretary of State, met with the South African ambassador to protest and question the involvement of its consulate staff in attacks against US law enforcement agencies, demanding a formal explanation!

Of course, the South African ambassador did not admit that this was a government action, claiming that it was the personal behavior of the consulate attaché and did not represent the government's will... In addition, regarding the involvement of SRC personnel in this matter, he said that it was a corporate behavior and had nothing to do with the government!
Wright said seriously: In this case, the US government will detain and try these two people in accordance with relevant laws; at the same time, he warned that relevant law enforcement agencies will conduct an in-depth investigation into the matter, and if any illegal acts are found, the relevant parties will continue to be held accountable!

The diplomatic game between countries is so boring. Even though it cannot solve the problem, it still has to be done according to the procedures. It is really weird and ridiculous.

However, in the following period, SRC (South African Strategic Resources Company) apologized to CTU through the Pentagon's Overseas Cooperation Office, claiming that a subsidiary had received false intelligence before and sent people to participate in the matter. It had no idea that the matter involved US law enforcement agencies. It will strengthen supervision and prevent such incidents in the future.

Cooper conveyed this situation to Carrie and Donald, indicating that the matter had come to an end and could not be investigated further.

A few days later, the South African consular attaché and SRC personnel were handed over to the DSS (State Department Diplomatic Security Service) by the post office, and after their personal information was recorded, they were transferred to the South African Embassy in the United States, putting an end to the matter.

(End of this chapter)