Chapter Eighty-Eight: Another Trial

The prosecution of Captain America is not a simple legal matter in nature. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info This is a very profound political event. It was not the court's decision that played a decisive role in the whole affair.

It's about whether the White House, Congress, the Pentagon, and S.H.I.E.L.D. can strike a proper balance. If the Quartet cannot reach a suitable and mutually recognizable result. This time the trial will be extended indefinitely.

And in the end, an important factor that will affect the direction of these four parties is public opinion. Ordinary people, although they are weak individually, are the cornerstone of the whole society. Whether it is a superhero or a government, if it is separated from the people, then it is equivalent to losing the vegetation that grows on it, and it will soon wither.

The turn of public opinion will completely determine the final outcome of this incident. A large part of the reduction in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s budget is due to the growing urgency of the military, as well as a number of problems with S.H.I.E.L.D. itself.

Among them, the constant pressure of the military is a key factor, and if there are people, there will be struggle, and if there is struggle, it is easy to divide into two factions. It turns out that when Nick Fury was there, he had all kinds of ways to get enough of the budget.

Perhaps a considerable part of the means are not so righteous and bright, and they also make the military itch their teeth. You must know that the National Strategic Science Agency, the predecessor of S.H.I.E.L.D., is an organization under the US military. Until 1955, they had to look at the face of the military.

And now S.H.I.E.L.D. has fully grown into an important armed force in the country, and can say goodbye to the military. This is very unhappy among the Pentagon's generals.

Politics is a very esoteric and complex science. There are countless conspiracies, compromises, negotiations, exchanges, and so on. It is difficult for outsiders to understand how badly divided the political map of a superpower is.

Because of the separation of powers in the political structure of the United States, that is, the judicial, legislative, and executive powers are not subordinate to each other. The result is that the country is integrated in the form of a coalition of interests, that is, a federal government.

Under the premise of the general interest relationship, that is, the US national sovereignty and territorial security, the entire country is divided into countless small interest groups and factions.

Washington fought the Revolutionary War and established the United States. However, the United States has not achieved unity in the true sense of the word, and the laws and interests of the states are different. At that time, the federal government was nothing more than a conglomerate of interests.

Until Lincoln's Civil War, the interests of the entire country were completely aligned in the form of war. This was the beginning of the modern American government and the distribution of power.

In fact, each state in the United States has its own laws that do not contradict the Constitution of the country, but add to each state's own claims. This would seem unbelievable in a largely unified country.

There are so many different laws that coexist in a country. For example, it's legal for you to use a certain firearm in a certain state, but it's illegal for you to take it to the next state. The police will arrest you and you may even face jail time.

Legal disputes such as these are common issues in the United States. Some cars are legal here, but not there. Some drugs can only be purchased in one state because they cannot be purchased in another state. Even the implementation of marriage laws varies from state to state.

For example, the head of the FBI, that is, the FBI, does not necessarily throw away the face of the White House. In Hoover's days, it was not news that the F.B.I. arbitrarily and illegally detained and imprisoned people. It is not uncommon for certain officials to be interrogated even by illegal means. Because of the independence of power and the lack of adequate regulation, it is not an exaggeration to say that the FBI in that era was lawless.

Even President Roosevelt, the most famous president in American history, could not say anything when he met Hoover, the big man of the FBI.

And it was precisely because of this situation that Roosevelt established an institution to confront it. Both the CIA and the CIA.

In addition to providing an extra pair of eyes and ears for the government, the CIA's most important function is to decentralize power from the FBI. In the past, the FBI was a domestic and foreign intelligence that he single-handedly grasped, and it was precisely because of this that Hoover was awe-inspiring. But the emergence of the CIA directly took away half of the rights.

To put it simply, the government has set up a role to play against the FBI, allowing the FBI and the CIA to fight each other. Since the C.I.A. was founded, there have been many feuds between the FBI and the CIA.

So to put it simply, one of the most important things in politics is balance. Balance among factions, rights, interests. It may seem like a muddling statement, but maintaining stability is the first requirement of the United States. The U.S. government can do anything else only if it is stable.

Another example is that the relationship between Congress and the White House is also a mutual check and balance.

And the army, the most important organ of violence in the state. In particular, the U.S. military, which occupies the highest military spending in the world, has no power to counterbalance it.

Any politician knows that in the struggle for power, he can lose to other parties. But the military must not be allowed to come to power.

Because the rise to power of the military means that politicians have to hand over all their power and are powerless to resist. So in 1955, when Howard Stark introduced S.H.I.E.L.D., Congress and the president agreed to the plan.

S.H.I.E.L.D. tore a large piece of flesh and blood directly from the U.S. military as its own nourishment. For this reason, the military has been in pain for more than 20 years, and it is still faintly painful even now.

The existence of S.H.I.E.L.D. ensures that the U.S. government still has a hole card in its hand to restrain the military when necessary. However, because of the excessive strength of the previous director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury. He even has a tendency to suppress the military.

His speeches, about external threats. Truth be told, Congress and the White House don't really want to hear that. Because they can't even handle things on Earth, how can they have so much time to care about things outside of space.

So it's only a matter of time before Nick Fury is removed from the government, and the slightest misstep in his life will be caught and made a big fuss. Because for the government, balance, that's the most important thing.

The Captain America case in New York caused a sensation. But in Washington, another trial took place quietly.

This is the Security Council's trial of Nick Fory. The charge is dereliction of duty. Regarding the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick needs to take responsibility, which is decided internally.

In charge of the trial were three members from the Security Council. It is not so much that they are here for interrogation, but rather that they are coming directly to pronounce the sentence.

"Nick Fury, about your dereliction of duty that led to the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. and ultra vires acts carried out on numerous occasions without informing the Security Council. With the decision of this Council, Nick Fury has once again been stripped of all his duties, and you need to bear an inescapable responsibility for the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters!" the commissioner in charge of reading out the results of the trial read along with the script.

In this regard, this seat pronounces the verdict. Nick Fury will be sentenced to ten years in prison. Is there any objection to this decision?"

Nick Fury stood in the center of the room and didn't say anything, just staring at the commissioner with that uncomfortable look in his eyes.

Nick had to be taken down and locked up. This is unanimous within the Security Council. Under Nick's leadership, S.H.I.E.L.D. is fast becoming his word. The Security Council is not able to intervene at all, and there is no place to choke the neck except for the budget, which makes many people in it feel unhappy.

Especially when Nick was arrested that day, there were even agents who wanted to prevent Nick from being arrested. As can already be seen, Nick's presence has seriously undermined the authority of the Security Council.

So Nick went to jail, and the agents who wanted to prevent him from being arrested were all expelled from S.H.I.E.L.D. sequence.

The commissioner was so uncomfortable with Nick's eyes that he could only wave his hand and signal the guards to take Nick away. Now that this matter is out of the way, he doesn't want to see Nick again.

Just left a meaningful sentence before Nick Fory left: "The threat never stops!"

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Lee Jay didn't really care about the progress of Captain Rogers' case, because he knew that the matter wouldn't end so easily. When the time comes, I can support him in the comics and the media and help him raise the heat of the matter.

Speaking of which, I just helped him find a new colleague. Li Jie shook his head when he thought of this.

He picked up the phone and called Katie, the dissolution of the mutant school should be a big blow to Katie. As a friend, Li Jie felt the need to comfort her.

"Katie, how are you lately? I recently heard that Xavier School for the Gifted is closed?" Li Jie asked with concern.

"It's okay, at least I've made a lot of friends somewhere. Even though the school is closed, at least I have a lot of new goals!" Katie's voice didn't sound like that frustration, which made Li Jie feel good.

"You sound good, do you have time in the evening? I can treat you to dinner. Li Jie sent out an invitation. But Katie on the other side of the phone was a little hesitant.

"Oh, uh~. Actually, I haven't been in New York lately. ”

"Huh?"

"My classmates and I went on a trip to relax. Because of the dissolution of the school. Lee's instincts told him that Katie was hiding something.

"Isn't it a little dangerous for you to travel now?" Li Jie remembered telling Katie as a nightkin that the mutants were in a bit of a dangerous situation right now.

This little girl is still so big and runs out to play?

"Don't worry, we have a lot of company. Katie said quickly.

It's because you have more companions that it's more dangerous. Li Jie wanted to say something, but Katie hurriedly said, "We're going to start preparing for the barbecue party at noon, Jason will call you later, goodbye!"

With that, Katie hurriedly hung up the phone. Li Jie always felt that Katie seemed to have some problems, and she was hiding something.

Actually, Katie is really hiding something. For example, it is true that she and her companions are traveling, but it is not for relaxation, and the place where they go out is a bit far away.

Her current location is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the famous city of God. And now she and Bob the Iceman are going to meet an important person.

Someone who can help their group of young people achieve their unrealistic ideals.

The senior from Xavier's school for the gifted, but also the richest man in Brazil and even in South America: Roberto Scotta, known as Sunspots.