The Blacklist

Chapter 399: Polaris Project Independence Town
When Carrie was in the meeting room, he didn't know that Susan of Halcyon Shield had also received a notice from the Pentagon and was on her way...

In the conference room, Admiral Phillips saw that everyone understood what he had just said, so he continued, "Four years ago, after we discovered this strange Russian town, we formulated a plan for a third party to infiltrate and reconnaissance. The partner we chose at the time was Halcyon Shield, and the plan was named 'Polaris'. But not long after, its founder Howard disappeared, and the plan was temporarily shelved..."

Hearing this, the people present were silent, but they were all thinking MMP in their hearts - Howard has been missing for four years, so without him, you DIS can't organize any action? This is a lie! There must be other reasons. However, everyone is an old fox, so no one spoke at this time.

At this time, Cooper, who was presiding over the meeting, said, "Director Phillips, you called us to a meeting today. What exactly do you want to say?"

"We at DIS want to continue the Polaris Project and find out the secrets of this Russian town!" Phillips said, "For this, we hope to get your support."

Several directors present did not speak, and looked at Cooper who was sitting in the main seat. Carrie, on the other hand, was holding the large thermos cup he brought with him, drinking tea, and paying no attention to the situation at the scene. Donald next to him was not as leisurely as him. He also frowned and was also confused.

Cooper took off his glasses and wiped them. Seeing that Jon, the Secretary General of the National Security Council, still had no intention of speaking, he could only say, "Phillips, if you want to implement this 'Polaris Plan', I believe you will get enough support from the Ministry of Defense. So why did you call us to a meeting to discuss what exactly do you want us to support?"

Phillips said solemnly: "We at DIS hope to get high-definition satellite support and intelligence analysis assistance from the NSA, ground support from the CIA's Russian Affairs Office, and operational support from the CTU's Special Operations Office!"

Hearing him say this, several directors were stunned. Before they could think of what to say, Kerry sneered and said bluntly: "So, personnel, intelligence, and back-up are all handled by our three bureaus. What do you DIS do? Command our three departments? General Phillips, you should be the chairman of the National Security Council!" The last sentence was bluntly - the chairman of the National Security Council has always been concurrently the president!
The other three directors also figured it out after hearing what was said. Although they did not express their opinions, they all had unfriendly expressions on their faces!
Phillips looked a little embarrassed, but he still defended himself: "This operation is very important. We must find out what secrets this strange Russian town has..."

"Maybe!" Carrie said directly, "You just mentioned the CTU Special Enforcement Division. I really want to know your reason!"

Felix was silent for a moment, then said, "Deputy Director Kerry, I know that you had already stationed personnel in Halcyon Shield more than two years ago, and they were the earliest executors of the 'Polaris Project', so if we want to restart the operation this time, Halcyon will still have to carry it out, so I think..."

"General, you are wrong!" Carrie interrupted him, "Just like you DIS can hide secret operations for ten or even dozens of years, so can we. The relationship between CTU and Halcyon is not something you should know! Today's meeting is boring and has delayed my normal work... Don, I'm leaving, what about you?" "Of course I'll go together!" Donald, who had not spoken the whole time, naturally knew what he should say, and immediately stood up and walked out with Carrie.

After they left, Cooper stood up and said seriously, "Everyone, today's matter still needs to be kept secret, but I think Director Felix's request is unreasonable and unrealistic. Don't pay attention to it. Let's adjourn!" After that, he also walked out - in fact, he also saw that DIS was just using the tiger's skin to make a big banner! Even the CIA and NSA were not innocent, they were all acting, trying to put the pressure on CTU, how could he support it! ——
Carrie could have taken Donald and walked away without giving face to the DIS director, but Susan couldn't do that. After she arrived at the Pentagon, she waited for a while and saw Felix, who looked unhappy.

After listening to Felix's introduction, Susan knew nothing about the "Polaris Project", which made her suspect that Howard had concealed more things.

Although CTU did not agree to participate in this plan, Felix decided to push it forward. Since the mission was to be carried out in Russia, it was not appropriate to use official personnel, so he outsourced the matter to Halcyon Shield.

Although it was four years later, Felix and Susan discussed it and decided to carry out the original plan because it was perfectly considered when it was formulated.

When Susan returned to the company and announced this matter to the company's middle-level management, Tom made it clear that he and his men would not participate in this operation because this was the order of Deputy Director Kerry.

Susan didn't want to provoke Carrie at this time, so she agreed. The company still had many action experts, such as Nez and Kumon, who worked with Tom last time, and they could take on the task this time.
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On Friday, September 9, a small twin-engine plane crashed near a small Russian town. Russian personnel found more than a dozen bodies in the wreckage of the plane and confirmed that no one survived.

Subsequent investigations revealed that this was an officially registered international rescue aircraft. In order to avoid international disputes, the Russian side agreed to allow investigators from the International Transport Safety Committee to enter the country to participate in the investigation to confirm the cause of the plane crash!

Halcyon's Nez and Kumon also joined the investigation team and arrived at the scene as investigators. With the help of some minor chaos, the two approached the town and remotely filmed the situation inside the town...

After they returned to the company, General Felix, Susan and others analyzed the photos together and found them very strange!
This Russian town looks very ordinary from the outside, but the wooden sign at the entrance of the town reads "Independence Town" in English. There are English signs everywhere inside the town, and American flags are flying in front of the houses. The residents' attire and behavior, the streets and vehicles, the architecture and decoration style, the shops and public facilities, etc., are all completely typical of an American small town!
Felix, Susan and others all thought of the fact that during the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union had done something like this - building a living environment in an enemy country to train deep-lying spies to be sent to the other country!
But now that we are in the era of global networking, does it still make sense to do this?
(End of this chapter)