Chapter 312 Fort Detrick again?

Chapter 312: Fort Detrick again?

Seeing that the discussion was almost complete, Hotchner began to make arrangements.

"Red and Emily went with Dr. Kimura to the hospital and questioned the victim."

"Jack and Jiejie will stay for a moment. General Whitworth will be here soon. His people will take you to the crime scene, which is the park. The biological and chemical troops are already processing it there."

Dr. Kimura gave a final reminder, "The team I lead is taking care of the patients. Remember to take the ciprofloxacin distributed to you in time."

Red and Emily followed Kimura and left first. Rosie warned Jiejie who was about to go out to pick up someone.

"Your Excellency, that general, his attitude towards us may not be very friendly. Well, although he will not embarrass you, you should try to be more cautious when dealing with his men."

"Is it because of the anthrax case in 01? That Professor Ivins who was said to have been forced to commit suicide?"

Strictly speaking, that case is still a no-nonsense case so far. Every agent who has studied in the FBI Academy must have read the relevant materials, Jiejie and Jack are no exception.

Jack was particularly impressed by this case, because just more than two years after the attack, the United States launched the Yinlak War on the pretext of possessing weapons of mass destruction.

This war lasted for seven years, but Mao was not found afterwards. It also gave birth to the famous "washing powder meme" and a famous saying, that is, "When someone says you have weapons of mass destruction, you better really have them." ".

But that high-tech war was really exciting. Of course, the SHIT-like security war in the middle and late stages should be ignored.

In Jack's previous life, Siris was almost at his darkest moment when countless capitulationists basically dominated the mainstream of online public opinion.

Closer to home, in Jack's opinion, rather than believing that 911 was a conspiracy theory planned by the United States himself, the suspicion of directing and acting in the email anthrax case is actually greater.

It took the FBI more than eight years to finally identify a suspect, the Professor Ivins that Jie Jie said, but it did not arrest him immediately.

The professor worked for Fort Detrick for 18 years and was responsible for biodefense-related work.

At the end of July 2008, the FBI sent a notice informing Bruce Edwards Ivins that he was about to be arrested. A few days later, the professor committed suicide.

Subsequently, the FBI issued a statement calling Professor Ivins the sole person responsible for the anthrax attacks, saying that his motive was to promote vaccine production, and then announced that it had closed the case.

The reason why Jack was so skeptical was because most of the cases that Rossi took over, his notes were very detailed and well organized, including some cases that have not yet been closed.

As for the record of this case, it seems a bit too "official" in terms of pen and ink, and there are too many secrets.

Since knowing too much is sometimes not a good thing, for example, Jack never wanted to explore the secrets of a certain "president".

Therefore, he never asked Rossi questions about these overly "official" notes, and Rossi also never used these cases to give him analysis questions. The two old foxes had a tacit understanding in this regard.

Jiejie left in a hurry to pick up someone, and Jack took the time to make a video call to Garcia. This eldest sister seemed to let herself go a little bit today.

Because the above designated the BAU team to be fully responsible for this case, and prioritize preventing possible follow-up attacks, Garcia, who was in charge of the team's logistical support, almost had a voice comparable to a soprano when he was on the phone with Jack.

This was the first time she had the opportunity to "command" the various FBI labs under the OTD (Operational Technology Department) in Quantico and the CJISD (Criminal Justice Information Services Department) in West Virginia.

Okay, the word "command" may indeed be a bit exaggerated, but this feeling of not having to queue up and being able to get immediate response and satisfaction for any needs makes this elder sister feel a little elated.

Fortunately, Garcia is still sober. While excited, she also expressed enough worry and anxiety to her companions fighting on the "front line" in her own way.

"Garcia, when I come back, I will set a separate dietary standard for you. Your sugar intake has obviously exceeded the limit recently."

Jack frowned and looked at the pile of junk food packaging bags on Garcia's desk in the video. He had only been away for a long time, and this guy had fallen like this.

Is this guy expressing his concern by binging on sweets and puffed food?

"Ah!" Garcia hurriedly raised the camera, flicked his chubby arm guiltily, cleared the trash on the table instantly, and quickly tapped on the keyboard a few times.

"This is a list of victims, all background checks have been completed, and they are all ordinary people."

"Everyone who may have benefited from this attack is included in the investigation, including those who hold the patent for the anthrax vaccine."

Rossi on the side leaned in front of the phone and said to Garcia in the video.

Hotchner went on to add, "And all those in university biological laboratories other than Fort Detrick who may have been exposed to weaponized anthrax spores, those working on chemical and biological weapons."

"And the person in charge who has the authority to preserve the germs."

Garcia recorded everything honestly and checked it again before hanging up the video.

"Is there any news from the CIA?" Rossi turned to ask Hotchner, who nodded.

"They said there are some overseas terrorist organizations that may have this funding and strength. They are responsible for overseas and we are responsible for domestic."

At this time, Jiejie led a short, fat old man in military uniform with the rank of lieutenant general into the conference room.

"This way, General."

"Thank you, Agent Rangre." The short, fat old man thanked him gracefully, but when he faced Hotchner and Rossi, his face changed instantly.

The two sides simply greeted each other, and then there was a series of verbal exchanges with guns and sticks.

General Whitworth spoke in a military style and was straightforward. Just by looking at his expression, you could tell that he was forced to come here by his superiors and looked very reluctant.

"My scientists are decoding that bug, but it's clear that we don't have the kind of additive in the lab that strengthens the bacterial capsule."

"Have any other laboratories used that kind of thing?" Hotchner asked sternly, not being particularly polite because of the other party's status as a lieutenant general.

"No." The lieutenant general shook his head simply.

Hotchner continued, "I need a list of everyone involved in your anthrax research project."

"I just said, that's not the technology we use." The lieutenant general's chubby round face suddenly pulled down.