Chapter 945: NYPD’s Discovery and DHS’s Mistake

"So, is the FBI ready to take over next?" Reacher remained silent all the way back to New York from Atlantic City until the car entered the city.

"That depends on how far you want to go." Jack's answer surprised him a little.

"This case involves terrorist acts. Not only will the FBI be involved, but the DHS has also joined in. They have marked all the aliases listed in Franz's USB drive.

We are confident that we can stop this deal, but it is still unknown whether we can bring all the people involved in this case to justice, especially some powerful people who may exist, and this must include the person who killed your friend. "

Although Jack is also a member of the FBI, because of this, he knows better about the organization he is in, when they will strike hard without hesitation, and when they will be timid in the face of certain people.

Reacher wants revenge for his friend, but the FBI only wants the credit.

Whether it is military bigwigs or members of Congress standing behind the "new era technology", it means big trouble. The FBI and DHS are not necessarily afraid of getting into trouble, but the prerequisite is that there must be enough profits to offset it.

Because it involves terrorist acts, the investigation must continue, but with the current incomplete information, Jack is not sure to what extent the FBI and DHS investigations will proceed.

Based on his understanding of Reacher, if the forces behind "New Age Technology" were also involved in the silencing of the special investigators, or even if they were the ones who gave the order, the big guy would never let it go.

But for the officials, as long as the arms deal that may involve terrorist acts is stopped in time, the goal will be achieved. As for the culprit, sorry, no one cares whether he can be caught in one fell swoop.

As long as any issue touches upon the political level, transactions and compromise are always the main themes. The bearded man who caused 911/ was originally a force supported by the US government. Have you ever seen anyone in the US being held responsible for this?

After killing the bearded man who caused 911, everything seemed to be settled, and the same is true now.

Whether it is the FBI or the DHS, once they start investigating "new-age technology" in a high-profile manner and accuse it of involving terrorist acts, smart people will quickly cut ties with it.

Once the big shot behind the scenes realized that the situation was not good, he threw out two bodies of people who had been shot eight times in the back and committed suicide out of fear of punishment, and the explanation was provided.

Sometimes the truth is not important, and neither the FBI nor the DHS will continue to investigate unless there are greater interests involved or political infighting occurs.

“You can choose to wait and see for the time being, wait for the official investigation results, analyze whether there is a real culprit behind this, and then find a way to deal with them.

Or continue investigating privately to see what kind of big fish is hiding under the water."

Jack gave a choice. In order not to overly provoke the big shot behind him, the best strategy was to let "nobodies" like Reacher muddy the waters, let them emerge, and then act accordingly.

"I prefer to avenge our friend personally, turn his world upside down first, and then see who the big shot that worries you is." Reacher chose the latter without hesitation.

He completely understood Jack's intentions, but the former choice meant that the special investigators would completely lose the initiative, and there would inevitably be fish that slip through the net. If they wanted revenge at that time, they would have to resort to extraordinary means, such as assassination.

Reacher is alone and doesn't care about anything, but Negley, O'Donnell and Dixon are different. They all have families and it's impossible for them to risk everything for this.

He also didn't want to drag Jack along to kill as he did in Margrave Town before. The opponent was very clear that time, and the IRS was there to help back him up.

This time the opponent is unknown, and Jack is an official FBI agent. It is not the big guy's style to drag his friend into the water completely.

Although the latter option may cause them to encounter great risks and they may end up like Franz, Sanchez, Orozco, and even Swann, the advantage is that they can always take the initiative and will not alarm their opponents too much.

After finding out who is behind the scenes, the special investigators can plan calmly and take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

"OK, let's go to this place first before we go back." Jack showed a location on his mobile phone to Negley who was driving.

"NYPD headquarters?" Sister Hei widened her eyes in surprise.

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"Shane Lanston, former superintendent of the NYPD's Third Precinct. Eight years ago, he and his men were investigated by the Internal Affairs Department, but as they resigned one after another, some of the charges were dropped."

In the NYPD chief's office, Frank Reagan pushed a thick stack of materials in front of Jack with a sullen face.

"Lanston? The director of the security department of New Age Technology and Swan's immediate superior?" Reacher had an excellent memory and immediately thought of the employee list that Jack had shown him before.

"It's not just Lanston." Jack flipped through the documents one by one and finally concluded, "All those who resigned are now working in the security department of New Age Technology.

In fact, it would be more appropriate to say the other way around. The company's security department is made up of corrupt police officers from the NYPD's Third Precinct, all of them, except Swan."

“Although I was not the commissioner of the NYPD at the time, I do not want to use this as an excuse to shirk responsibility. According to the internal investigation that is known so far, it was a New York City council member who intervened in the matter.

Lanston used some old connections to look up your information in the NYPD system, including your fake identity of Jack Ryan. The relevant personnel have been controlled. This is what they confessed. "

After Frank finished speaking, he placed another interrogation record in front of the two men.

"Don't alarm them for now." Jack looked through the records, put them away, and stood up to leave.

"Contact me anytime if you need anything." Frank extended his hand to the two men with an apologetic expression, although strictly speaking this matter had nothing to do with him.

When the two Jacks walked out of the NYPD headquarters, Reacher was still a little dazed. "The voice on the phone last night was probably Lanston, but why would the NYPD chief be so..."

"Cooperate?" Jack finished the sentence for him, and then continued in a pretentious manner, "Maybe it's because he owes me some favors."

They joined up with the other three people waiting in the parking lot, and Negley continued driving in the direction of Long Island.

Soon Jack met another person who owed him a favor. Joey Reacher, dressed in a black suit, was waiting in the Most Wanted Criminals' office building on Long Island with two DHS agents who were dressed similarly.

After the Reacher brothers greeted each other, Jack arranged for everyone to sit down in the conference room. The older of the two agents following Joey seemed a little uneasy and spoke.

"Sorry, our people made a mistake."

According to Agent Omar Karim, after the FBI handed over the list of aliases to the DHS, they immediately marked it in the system.

Then they discovered that one of the names, Adrian Mount, had entered the country from Los Angeles two days ago and had disappeared since then. On the same day, two ex-convicts who were good at forging passports were found dead under an overpass.

That afternoon, another alias on the list, Alan McBride, boarded a flight from Los Angeles to Denver.

Last night, they discovered that "AM" continued to use the name Alan McBride and booked a flight from Denver to New York at noon today, so they set up surveillance at the Denver airport.

However, it is unclear whether "AM" noticed the abnormality or for other reasons and never showed up.

"Why don't you set up surveillance at the New York airport and arrest him when he gets off the plane? You don't have a real photo of him, right?"

Negley asked angrily, if the other party noticed the DHS agents ambushing at the airport and turned around and left the airport directly, it would mean that they had completely lost the whereabouts of "AM" and could no longer track him based on this list of aliases.