The Blacklist

Chapter 331: Warhead detonation and subsequent events
The intelligence Palmer received was somewhat strange. According to Roger's confession, the former Soviet nuclear warhead that fell into the hands of the "Second Wave" organization was actually discovered by the NSA (National Security Agency) a few weeks ago. However, Director Rayburn, he, and some like-minded friends believed that President Palmer's foreign policy was too peaceful, especially in terms of policy toward the Middle East. He even began to call for peace, which was unacceptable to many people!

Therefore, the NSA allowed this warhead to enter the United States and even used force to cover its tracks, making it impossible for other domestic law enforcement and intelligence agencies to detect this action!

Of course, their purpose is only to create a crisis, lure or force President Palmer to change his policy, and they are not prepared to let this warhead actually detonate in the country, so the NSA uses special authority to mobilize an elite special operations team of the Army, the Coral Snakes, to continue tracking this nuclear warhead. Once it is likely to be detonated by terrorists, they will destroy it in advance!

Finally, Roger confessed: This warhead is currently in a hangar at Nottingham Airport outside Los Angeles!
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The summary of the situation on both sides confirmed the location of the warhead. Carey sent Jack and Jeffrey with the field operations team to rush over, and the subsequent support forces and nuclear disposal teams were also ready to follow up at any time.

At around nine o'clock, CTU arrived at the airport, only to find that the six members of the Coral Snake Team had been killed, and there was a plane taking off on the runway. Jack and others used a car to stop the plane, but found that there was only a nuclear bomb shell on the plane, and the core part was missing!

Jeffrey called Carrie for instructions, and Carrie told him: The warhead could not have been safely transported away in such a short time, it should still be within the airport, find it!
Jeffrey carried out Carrie's orders unconditionally. Although Jack had doubts in his heart, he had no choice but to follow the search. Fortunately, Carrie's judgment was correct again. They found the core of the warhead in a hangar, but the danger was: it had been activated and was irreversible. There were two ways of detonation - impact and timing. Even if it was not moved, it would explode in more than an hour!
After the accompanying nuclear disposal team checked the nuclear warhead, they confirmed that it was pre-set and could not be dismantled or cracked. The best way at present was to transfer it by plane and send it to the desert uninhabited area to be thrown and detonated to minimize the loss! There were only 55 minutes left in the countdown, and the only suitable location was the central area of ​​the Nevada Desert east of Los Angeles.

At this time, Carrie had already arrived at the scene. He was faced with a difficult choice in this situation because the technicians had calculated that after the pilots delivered the nuclear warhead to the destination, they would not have enough time to escape. In other words, no matter who went, it would be a one-way flight!
At this time, a weak and hoarse voice came from the radio frequency used by the agents on the scene: "Director, this is George Mason, let me go, I will be at the airport soon!"

I don’t know if it was because his thoughts were sublimated at the last moment of his life, or because he wanted to ensure that his disappointing son could get enough compensation, but Mason, who was dying after being irradiated, volunteered to solve the final problem!

When everyone saw an old DC-54 transport plane carrying a nuclear warhead take off smoothly and leave the airport to fly east, even the agents who had previously disliked and hated Mason the most were now left with only admiration and blessings!
Forty minutes later, the satellite showed that the DC-54 dived directly into the desert over the designated location. Mason's weak voice sounded on the radio: "The target has been determined..."

Thirty seconds later, a strong light and a mushroom cloud rose on the distant horizon!

George Mason, the unqualified former director of the CTU Los Angeles branch, used his life to eliminate the threat of nuclear attack, but the follow-up is certainly not over! ——
At 22:15 PT, the CTU team raided a safe house that Sayid had given them, killed four terrorists who had just arrived, and seized a laptop. Later, Abby found a recording on the hard drive of the computer, which was a record of a multi-party meeting in Cyprus more than two months ago (April 4). The content was a conversation between Sayid and the heads of intelligence agencies of three different Middle Eastern countries. The three countries jointly funded the purchase of this nuclear warhead, and "Wave 5" was responsible for using it to launch an attack on the United States...

Of course Kerry could not hide such important information, and he sent it to the White House as soon as possible.

It was already 4:30 in the morning Eastern Time, but the White House immediately convened an emergency national security meeting. After hearing the recording, a group of military and intelligence chiefs were outraged and demanded military strikes and retaliation against the three countries!
However, Palmer received a message from Carrie privately: the recording is fake, be patient and lure the snake out!
Therefore, Palmer, who knew the situation well, insisted on reconfirming Sayyid Ali's confession and verifying the authenticity of the recording before ordering a military operation!

The top leaders of the National Security Council finally decided that the California branches of the DHS (Department of Homeland Security), NSA (National Security Agency), and CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) should jointly receive the prisoner, interrogate him again, and confirm his confession.
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At 23:20 PT, CTU Los Angeles Branch received a top-level order from the National Security Council through CTU Headquarters: to hand over the prisoner Sayyid Ali to the joint task force of three departments.

Fifteen minutes later, a joint task force sent by the California branches of DHS, NSA, and CIA arrived at the underground parking lot of Norton Plaza, took Sayid in, and left.

The CTU agents were very dissatisfied with this, thinking that this was just picking peaches! CTU sacrificed 36 agents, dozens of people were injured, and the branch director died generously to save the city of Los Angeles, but now they want to hand over important prisoners to other departments!
Of course, Kerry knew what everyone was thinking. After sending them away, he returned to the seventh floor and called the core agents to gather in the conference room. He said solemnly: "Everyone, do you think this is the end? No, this is another beginning!
"Abby, instruct the branch's technical team to immediately begin monitoring the California branches of the DHS, NSA, and CIA. Pay attention to any unusual movements, especially Sayid's life or death... Well, actually, we just want to find out when he died?

"Jack, I now appoint you as the acting chief of the Los Angeles branch. Abby, Jeffrey, and Julian will stay to help you temporarily. Of course, if you make trouble again, they will also deal with you!
"Gina, prepare our plane. Once we confirm that Sayid has been killed, we will rush back to Washington, which will be the main battlefield below!"

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