Chapter 201 The Power of Money

The man was sandwiched between two airport police officers, and Luke followed him with a smile.

They arrived at the Washington Airport Police Office Area.

Luke saw him enter Captain Lorenzo's office.

He was not in a hurry to follow in, but instead found a young civilian policewoman.

Under Luke's charming smile, the civilian policewoman almost revealed the name of her future child.

It turns out that Luke meets an old friend, John McClane.

McClane had just shot and killed a gangster in the luggage room, but missed while chasing another gangster.

Well, it can’t be considered a mistake. Given his style, he would definitely be considered a gangster by the airport police.

However, after the airport police verified McClain's identity, they released him and the misunderstanding was resolved.

When McLean saw the unprofessional behavior of the airport police, he immediately asked them to handle the scene according to formal procedures.

But he was told that it was an order from his superiors, so McClane came to the police chief's office.

Luke also noticed that there were many reporters at the airport, and the policewoman told him the reason.

A Colombian general who was once funded by the United States used his power to traffic drugs.

So he was secretly arrested and extradited to the United States to stand trial.

The federal marshals also sent two people over.

After hearing the news, Luke's good mood for watching the show disappeared.

The greatest harm caused by drug lords is not selling drugs but using money to corrupt people's hearts.

They have a lot of money, more than they can spend.

They don’t dare to deposit money in banks, otherwise their money will be seized in minutes.

So they have a lot of cash to buy people's hearts and minds.

Then they use these people to protect their own drug trafficking network.

This is the power of the US dollar.

He can drive a lot of people crazy.

The federal government only sent such a small number of people to catch such a person. Who are you looking down on?

So Luke didn't care about McLean anymore and immediately called Attorney General Dougherty.

Doherty is at home, preparing for the holidays with his family.

"Luke? Merry Christmas."

"Mr. Doherty, we just separated this afternoon."

"Haha, young man, you have no sense of humor at all."

"No, I have something important to say. Was General Ramón Esperanza of Colombia extradited to the United States today?"

Dougherty recalled and said to Luke:

"Yes, this was an order signed by President Marshall himself."

"Too few people were sent to escort General Esperanza. Aren't you afraid that his men would launch a terrorist attack? Have you forgotten about General Radek of Ksaha so quickly?"

After a long silence, Doherty asked.

"Luke, I know you have a plan, tell me."

Luke is in the advanced stage of firepower shortage fear, and when faced with this situation, he wants as many people and as many guns as possible.

So he said to Dougherty:

"Ask Captain Frank from the Marine Corps Armed Reconnaissance Battalion in Quantico to bring some men over for support. They are the closest and my men are all in Los Angeles. It's too late."

"Okay, I'll report this to the president right away."

After hanging up the phone, Luke found that McClane had left the airport police office area.

After asking the policewoman again, Luke went to the hall to find McClain.

Luke waited for a while and chatted with the policewoman for a few more minutes.

Finally received the authorization document sent by Doherty.

McClane is taking fingerprints of the gangster who was shot dead.

Seeing Luke walking towards him with a serious face, he no longer felt like greeting him.

He was still very happy to see Luke, and hurriedly came to Luke with the fingerprint rubbing.

"Quick, Luke, help me check this guy's fingerprints. I feel like they look like professionals."

Luke had no doubts. He went to the airport front desk, showed his ID, and used fax to send the rubbing to Lilith.

A minute later, Lilith sent the file back.

It shows that this is a mercenary, and he died in battle two years ago, and his documents have been cancelled.

After getting the accurate information, McClane pulled Luke and rushed to the tower.

On the way, McClane told Luke about his suspicions and his actions just now.

Now Luke really suspected that someone was planning a terrorist attack to rescue the Colombian drug lord general.

After thinking for a while, Luke took out his phone and called Dillon.

This matter really has something to do with them.

The documents carried by the congressmen they sponsored contained evidence of the general's drug trafficking.

Of course, Luke guessed that Dillon and General Phillips had other PY deals with the congressman.

But the arrest of the general was what General Phillips had planned.

Then use other means to extradite him to the United States for trial.

In Colombia, General Esperanza's power is quite considerable.

After hanging up the call with Dillon, Luke became more certain of the possibility of a terrorist attack.

When we arrived at the control tower, the airport manager and the head of the airport police were both there.

The captain of the airport police was the fat man who had just argued with McClane in his office.

Seeing McLean coming back, accompanied by a young man in a suit, their expressions changed immediately.

At this time, Luke's phone rang, so he walked aside and answered the phone, while McClane angrily went to the two persons in charge of the airport to explain the situation.

"Luke, Mr. President agrees with your proposal in principle, but you cannot cause panic among the passengers at the airport. There are too many reporters there."

Luke could only curse in his heart.

"I request air traffic control authority, Marine Corps command authority, and airport command authority."

"Okay, Luke. This is the last major event during President Marshall's term. You must do it well."

After hanging up the phone, Luke still cursed.

"Damn politicians..."

Over there, McLean and the airport manager had finished arguing.

The airport director accepted McLean's suggestion and asked all of Inspector Lorenzo's men to report back.

Although Lorenzo grumbled in dissatisfaction, he still carried out the order of the airport manager.

Before he could gather his men, the airport tower fell into chaos.

Someone was restarting the system, someone was reporting radar failure, someone was reporting navigation problems, everyone was shouting...

Now all communications and air control functions of the tower have been blocked.

They could still receive communications from the aircraft, but they were unable to send any.

All systems failed and communications sent to individual flights went unanswered.

This meant dozens of planes were unable to land.

The airport manager immediately issued a red alert.

Arrange for arriving or upcoming flights to be diverted to other airports.

Flights waiting in line to land will have to continue waiting as the remaining fuel is not enough for them to fly to other airports.

The person in charge also sighed. He had no better solution now.

Police Chief Lorenzo still believes that it is a power or other system failure.

Just when the tower was in chaos, a strange man's voice was heard over the communication.

"Airport control tower, please pay attention! I heard that blind people have very good hearing. Now you are both blind and deaf, right?"

"Okay, now I've got you guys paying attention."

"I know you are recording me, so I will keep it short. If you don't hear clearly, you can listen to the recording."