The Blacklist

Chapter 351: The conspiracy was broken and the suspect was brought to justice
Alam quickly found the key information and reported: "The Navy currently has a total of 14 Hurricane-class patrol ships, all equipped with Kevlar fiber-lined armor... Currently, 10 of them are deployed in the Persian Gulf, 3 are carrying out the task of blocking drug smuggling channels off the coast of the Florida Peninsula, and only one patrol ship, the Parnell, is docked at the Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia for maintenance."

With the target identified, Donald took SER agents and Bryan's team to the Norfolk Naval Base to search for the attackers and protect the patrol ship; Carrie took SLR agents to the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, preparing to arrest Leon Cox, the director of the counter-threat department, immediately after confirming the situation.
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Donald and others rushed to the Norfolk Naval Base. After communicating with the base headquarters, they entered the dock duty room where the Hurricane-class patrol ship "Parnell" was located. They did not know when the attackers would arrive, so they could only make arrangements in advance.

In accordance with their request, the base command evacuated the soldiers and workbench personnel near the patrol ship as much as possible to avoid possible collateral damage in the event of an explosion.

Brian is a good sniper. Together with Nawabi, the two of them each hold a sniper rifle and ambush at two different sniper points. Elizabeth, Demby and three agents act as observers. A 12-man field operation team hides in two houses on standby and ready to arrest. Donald is the commander of the operation.

At 2:30 p.m., a soldier in camouflage uniform and carrying a black backpack came to the gate of the dock area. After showing his ID to the guard on duty, he walked into the dock, looked around, and went directly to the dock, where the "Parnell" hurricane patrol ship was parked for maintenance...

Elizabeth, Dembe and others observed the soldier. After reporting, the two snipers were ready to shoot and waited for Donald's order.

Donald was still a little hesitant at this time. After all, he was not completely sure that the other party was going to attack the patrol ship, and he was a little hesitant.

Elizabeth said on the intercom: "Tang, when we came here, Kerry said that we should make a decisive decision when necessary!"

After Donald heard this, he gritted his teeth and ordered, "Attention snipers, if you find the target trying to board the ship, shoot immediately... Attention, try to capture them alive, action team, get ready!"

Just as the soldier with the backpack was about to walk up the gangway to the battleship, two gunshots rang out almost simultaneously on the dock. The two shots hit the soldier's legs respectively, knocking him to the ground in an instant, followed by a scream of pain...

Immediately, more than a dozen armed men rushed out from several nearby houses and quickly subdued the injured soldier. While the medic was bandaging his wound to stop the bleeding, the captain of the action team had already pulled off the backpack he was carrying and found a large explosive device inside!

Now everyone felt relieved, at least they didn’t shoot the wrong person!
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What happened next was as expected. The soldier who was arrested after his legs were injured was an agent of the CIA's counter-threat department. He was ordered to install a bomb in the bottom hold of the patrol ship "Parnell" to sink it, but he didn't know the purpose. He only knew that this was an order from Director Cox and it had to be completed!
Donald immediately called Kerry, who had already arrived in Langley, and this time the evidence was conclusive. After answering the phone, Kerry, who was sitting in the office of CIA Director Terrence Laurel, drinking tea, said to the director behind the desk, who was somewhat helpless: "Director Laurel, now we have solid evidence. Whether you believe it or not, I will take Leon Cox away! What do you think, should I take people to his office to arrest him, or should you call him over and let me take him away quietly?"

Laurel was very angry, but there was nothing he could do. The director of CTU's Special Executive Division came to his office and claimed that there was a problem with the head of the CIA's Counter-Threat Department and that he wanted to arrest and interrogate him. He originally wanted to try to handle it internally, but the other party showed him a letter of authorization signed by National Security Advisor Raven Wright, leaving him helpless!

Ten minutes later, Cox, who came after receiving a notification from the director's office, was pinned down and handcuffed by Jeffrey who came with Kerry as soon as he entered the door!
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That evening, in the interrogation room on the basement floor of the post office, Donald and Elizabeth were responsible for interrogating Cox.

Cox did not resist the interrogation, but his confession was somewhat unexpected - he claimed that he ordered his men to impersonate Surkov and commit crimes everywhere in order to safeguard the interests of the United States, including warning disobedient allies and eliminating people or organizations that did not act in accordance with the will of the United States!

The reason for blowing up a patrol ship of the US Navy this time was actually to destroy the communication cable on the seabed of the military port, because the cable had been tapped by the enemy. If the enemy equipment was cleared in a normal manner, the enemy would know that the eavesdropping behavior had been exposed and would not be able to track the hostile organization behind the scenes!

For these reasons, Cox does not think he has done anything wrong. In his opinion, as long as it is beneficial to the greater interests of the United States, planning illegal actions, attacking allies or even domestic targets, harming the people or other organizations and countries, it is not a problem!
To be honest, Cox's perverted thoughts amazed all the agents in the post office. They felt that his thoughts could not be simply described by the word "terrible"!
After compiling the case information into a closing report, Carrie and Donald signed it together and reported it to the CTU headquarters, leaving Cooper to worry about how to deal with the matter!

Donald was interested in Brian's four-member team, and had a special talk with Cooper, and accepted them as an action team of SER!
Compared to the more innocent Donald, Kerry actually knew that there must be other people supporting Cox, but he did not intervene in the matter. It was good for the case to be closed here, so as to avoid involving more inside information and implicating everyone in SER.

However, he was not going to let Cox go, and he would eliminate all the people he had arranged in private! He was not going to tell Donald about this, only he and Gina knew about it.

A month later, Cox's case was basically concluded, but because it involved many secrets of the CIA, the case could not go to court. What awaited Cox and ten other related criminals was to be thrown into some dark prison!

Kerry has asked Hayworth, the director of the CIA's Overseas Investigation Division, to keep an eye on this matter. Once Cox and others are transferred, it will be time for him to move!
(End of this chapter)