Chapter 009, Project Medusa
Natasha thought about what happened to the CIA last time, so she locked on to someone: "If it's him, then it can be explained, but he was really shot. Have the Chinese people absorbed it? If that's the case, it's troublesome! ”
At this moment, the phone in the office suddenly rang, Natasha answered the phone, and found out that it was Director Smith, since the last incident, Director Miller took the blame and resigned, Smith was promoted to director of the CIA, and Natasha was transferred to the deputy director of the CIA, in charge of the operations team.
Another deputy director who was also transferred was Bob, the intelligence chief of the European region, and the entire CIA was reorganized, and Bob became the deputy director and director of the Asian Research Office, becoming the most powerful person in the CIA like Natasha.
Smith told Natasha on the phone to let her go to the conference room to hold an intelligence meeting, when she came to the office, Natasha found that the fat Bob had already arrived in the conference room, and there were only three of them in the whole meeting, Natasha sat down and did not greet Bob, just like after Bob was transferred from the European region, she also turned a blind eye, and Natasha did not have much affection for Bob in her heart.
The reason for this is not because he is very fat, compared to Smith, who is also very fat, but because Natasha feels that she can't see through Bob, and under that fat body, there always seems to be another unknown identity, which Natasha's intuition is also the reason why she hates Bob.
But hate doesn't need to be on her face, and as the deputy director, Natasha can keep her distance from Bob, but she won't argue with her on business.
"You've all heard of Project Medusa." Smith took a sip of his coffee and spoke.
"Project Medusa?" The two nodded, neither too surprised, this was a secret spy training program for China.
Sometimes spies do not need to cultivate excellent talents from their own country, but from within the enemy country or directly instigate rebellion, and cultivating spies from within the enemy requires a long-term supply of funds, which takes a long time, and the probability of failure is very high, but if there is a success, the previous failures are not worth mentioning.
It's just that the previous training program took too long, and it was possible that this government would train it, and the next government might cancel the plan for political reasons, and even if it wasn't canceled, the time when a spy cultivated within an enemy country could play a role, it could be ten years later, or even twenty years later.
Therefore, such a long period of cultivation is difficult for governments to afford, because the cost of failure is too high, so the second way is to rebel.
The Medusa Project was a rebellion against the big names in China's intelligence community or military and political circles, and this plan began to be implemented when China's second leader took office, because it was clear to everyone that China could be said to be pervasive before the second generation of leaders.
The opportunities brought by reform and opening up to China also brought huge risks, and Medusa's most successful time was to rebel against the deputy director of the CIA, but since that time, the CIA has not received any useful information in China, because the CIA has carried out a purge, and all suspected people have been put in military prisons.
Therefore, the Medusa project was a successful plan, but it was also a failed plan, because although the plan allowed the United States to know China's national policy well for the next decade or so, it lost the largest intelligence network in China.
"Yes, it's Project Medusa, Natasha, didn't you get a secret piece of information from China? This is the biggest fish in Medusa's plan, but this fish has not yet been caught, but if we are willing to pay enough price, one day he will provide us with a steady stream of information like the deputy director of the Chinese General Intelligence Agency. Smith smiled.
Natasha pondered, it is extremely difficult to rebel against such a high-level person, it is possible that after a few years of contact, the results are only a little.
"The information he gave us, although it was true, was not exhaustive information, otherwise we should have told us all the information about the Chinese special forces and what their goals were," Natasha questioned.
"So, that's what we're going to do next, he's not working with us in all directions, or he's just using us to fight his political enemies in China." Smith had a smile on his face.
Bob said: "As long as he is willing to cooperate with us, we can slowly absorb him, and it is a shame for a person like this to become a spy in China, does the director mean that he must first be made aware of the fact that he is a spy?" ”
Smith nodded: "Yes, he doesn't think he's a spy, let alone betraying the interests of the country, so cooperating with us is all in his hands, whatever he wants to give us, he will give us, for so many years, it's better to say that we are fishing for him, it's better to say that he is using us, but now we need him to pay some price, making his identity more embarrassing in China." "But we can't let him defect to the United States so easily like the deputy chief in Medusa's plan, can we?" Natasha guessed.
"Yes, everything has to be done according to the policy of Congress, Mr. President does not want to enter a break with China, and now the whole world is using China to make a break with China, and it will hurt both sides, which is not in the interests of the United States." Smith paused, took a sip of coffee, and continued, "So, the No. 2 person cultivated in Medusa's plan, we can't let him defect to our country, but we should let him stay in China all the time, and provide us with a steady stream of information, and we must not let his identity be exposed, but we must also make him feel the crisis." ”
"I see." Bob nodded, "I'll do that." ”
Smith glanced at Bob appreciatively, and then let him leave before saying to Natasha: "According to the information provided by Medusa for us, have you guessed the purpose of the Chinese?" ”
"Nope." Natasha shook her head, "But it is likely to be crucial, they dare to send special forces to infiltrate our country, they must want to get a vital technology, and what is China lacking the most now?" ”
"What's missing?" Smith pondered for a moment, and suddenly it dawned on him, "Engine technology and the nuclear reactor of the aircraft carrier!" Only we are the most advanced in the world, and it seems that the Chinese have a great appetite this time, but"
"However, it can also be seen which direction their future national policy will go, which will be a huge problem for us, but it is also an opportunity." Natasha said.
"With China's current strength, it can barely be an adversary, but the potential of this country is so huge, when they solve their internal problems, it is likely," Smith frowned again, China's biggest problem right now is not on the outside, but on the inside.
Natasha also frowned, afraid of the national cohesion of this country, when they are united with the outside world, it is the most terrible, a famous American President Nixon once said: "When the next generation of this country forgets their culture, we can attack it." ”
Since that period, the CIA has invested more money on China in this area than it has been on cultivating spies, and now the effect is becoming more and more obvious, so both Natasha and Smith are worried that the Chinese will begin to remember their own culture, then the CIA's years of cultural penetration will be in vain, and there will be an enemy even more terrible than the former Soviet Union, which may be when the sun sets in the United States of America.
"Do you have the whereabouts of this special forces?" Smith asked.
"It's being investigated, but it may be interfered with by the FBI, and we who don't have law enforcement powers at that time may miss the opportunity." Natasha worries that not only China is facing infighting, but also the United States, infighting between interest groups, and the CIA's biggest opponent is the FBI.
"I will report this matter to the National Security Council, you just have to use all resources to investigate, and you must keep them in the United States at all costs, let alone let them send any useful information to China." Smith looked serious.
Leaving the conference room, Natasha's first thing to do was to have the SOG special tactics team on call at any time, and then spread out all the intelligence networks in the United States to investigate.
Of all the passages into the United States, several secret routes caught Natasha's attention, and after questioning the intelligence analysis department, Natasha was a little angry in her heart: "They're already in, these damn politicians, a bunch of stupid pigs!" ”
Neither the U.S. military nor the Coast Guard will investigate those secret routes and allow them to enter the United States freely, and behind these voyages are several U.S. senators.
The reason for Natasha's anger is that these enemies were actually put in by her own people, and ordinary people may not suspect anything when they see those routes, or even go to investigate, but Natasha has a hunch.
The CIA's branch in Tennessee was then contacted and asked to quickly interrogate anyone with suspicious identities, especially some suspicious incidents.
The crash of a civilian plane allowed Natasha to confirm her guesses, but anger was useless, but would affect her own rational judgment.
She picked up the phone on her desk and dialed the action team: "Order the SOG to quickly rush to the Newport News shipyard, and if someone is found to have invaded, kill them all without asking for instructions!" ”