303. Chapter 16 (1) Motives
"The initial phase of 'Operation Storm' went smoothly, many of Sa's military facilities and industrial facilities were destroyed, and his elite guards also suffered a heavy blow, in order to avoid a more serious blow, Sa's had to disperse some elite troops and some important military equipment to some nearby mountain tribes to hide, trying to avoid the blow, but these efforts still could not avoid the Allied strikes, satellites all over Iraq stared at Sa's every move, and the continuous attack extended to the mountain tribes here, and cruise missiles bombarded those locked targets day and nightAt the same time as great results, tragedy also occurred. ”
A newspaper headline on the screen was displayed, and Eric continued:
"It was a piece of news that was published in an inconspicuous place in the newspaper, and looking at the entire page of the newspaper, we felt that this was the only piece of news that was most likely to bring Faisal to tears."
"A missile missed its intended target and hit a local auditorium where a grand wedding was taking place, killing 35 people and injuring nearly 100."
Eric read the newspaper aloud, and his anger could be heard in his tone.
"Gentlemen, behind closed doors, we all understand that this rhetoric is untenable, what does it mean to 'deviate from the goal'? This is clearly a definite blow, it is our intelligence officers who mistakenly mistook the crowd gathered here as the armed guards hidden here, and issued the order for a direct attack, when they perceived the mistake, they shifted the responsibility for the accidental bombing to the performance of the weapon, which is a method that some of us have long been accustomed to, but this is not the issue we want to discuss today, I just want to say that 35 innocent lives have been lost, and nearly 100 civilians have been harmed for no reason, and this matter is a crime everywhere. It's a serious crime, but no one is held accountable for it. ”
"Gentlemen, I can't imagine what we would do if we were the parties involved, and there were you and my relatives among the victims. Unfortunately, among those who died were Faisal's relatives, and more than one, and it was a wedding that all the members of his family were having there for one of his cousins, and among the victims were not only his cousin, but also his father and his grandfather, and that was one of the reasons why Faisal had taken the plunge to steal company secrets more than a year later, and I think that was the motivation for us to explore. ”
Eric's introduction made the people sitting here feel extremely heavy, and after a long time, Director Kurt said slowly:
"Officer Eric, we believe in your work attitude, but I still want to remind you that these inferences of yours must stand up to scrutiny, and if it is later confirmed that this incident is indeed a crime, I ask you to believe that our law will definitely give a fair verdict, and besides, I want to say that no matter how hard Faisal is hit by this, it cannot be a reason or excuse for his crime, you should know this."
"Thank you, Director, I understand my responsibilities, I just want to clarify the ins and outs of these incidents one by one, so that we can find the root cause of the incident, so that we can take the next step."
"Okay, you move on." The department is applauded.
"Through the background investigation of Faisal's father, we determined that the village where Faisal's father lived and lived before he came to the country, and their family has been there for several generations, and most of the members of the family still live there.
"Through Faisal's investigation, we know that he is a senior R&D researcher at Thunderbird, and has been involved in the development and upgrading of many types of weapons, which can be confirmed by his colleagues and his boss."
Eric said, glancing at Kevin, the president of Thunderbird, who was sitting on the side, and Kevin nodded slightly in acquiescence.
"Coincidentally, Faisal and his group recently developed this model of missile cruise tracking system, its predecessor, is the type of missile that blew up his family, his father, and grandfather, and the work Faisal is doing now is to polish the murder weapon that killed his relatives sharper, more accurate, and more lethal, I can't imagine how Faisal survived this year."
"From the information we can collect now, there is no evidence that before this incident, there was no evidence that any person or force on which side took the initiative to buy Faisal and then instigated him to steal the company's secrets, and there is no specific evidence that Faisal took the initiative to contact a certain party's forces to sell the technology he stolen, but Faisal's way of action is obviously the result of long-term preparation, and it is by no means temporary, which has been preliminarily verified in our subsequent investigation, please see."
Eric said, pointing to the figure on the projection screen: "This is a photo of Faisal's wife Lisa before boarding the plane, everything is normal, but when we were tracking Lisa's previous whereabouts, in a corner of the departure hall, we found that this person had brief contact with Faisal's wife, and on the surface it seemed that relatives and friends were seeing off Lisa, but this relatives and friends who came to see her off were not ordinary." ”
A photo of a Middle Eastern man appears on the screen, although it is slightly blurry, but the facial features can still be distinguished.
"This man's name is Jawad, a descendant of a former member of the royal family of Iraq who fled here from Iraq many years ago, and is also a dissident in the current government, who has participated in many protests against the current Zhengzheng, and currently holds passports from Iraq and Syria, this person has a wealthy family, and has business dealings with many countries in the Middle East, especially Syria, and has close contacts with some high-ranking officials of the current Zhengzheng in Syria, but the investigation found that he did not have any bad records before this incident. The usual social circle and daily life are very clean, and we feel incomprehensible that Jawad usually has no intersection with the Faisal family in his daily life and work, and why he appeared at the airport to see off Faisal's wife at this moment, which does not seem to be quite in line with Muslim habits. ”
The scene shifts to another scene.
"This is the video data of the airport surveillance that we obtained through foreign intelligence services, please take a look."
The screen is also a picture of an airport, but from the promotional text displayed on it and the clothing of most people, it is clear that this is an airport hall in a Middle Eastern country.
"This is the surveillance video of the Saudi Capital International Airport, everyone see."
On the screen, Lisa, who has put on a veil, and her two children walk out of the corner of the surveillance screen pushing a luggage cart, and at this time, Lisa is surrounded by another Muslim woman who is covered by a black robe, revealing only a pair of eyes, and the two are talking to each other as they walk, judging from the eyes of the two looking around, they seem to be looking for someone.
"The place where Lisa landed coincides with the place where she bought the ticket before, which shows that this part of the trip before arriving here is pre-arranged, and there is no difference, but after arriving here, the situation has changed, it is obvious that Lisa has an extra mysterious woman by her side, until now we have not figured out the identity of this mysterious woman, I don't know if these two people met by chance or the pre-arrangement of the intelligence officers of the country, I prefer the latter on this point, This was a prior arrangement by the Iraqi intelligence agency, and from the demeanor of Lisa and this woman, we could tell that they were looking for or waiting for someone, and the person she was looking for became a breakthrough in our case. ”
The picture freezes, a Persian man appears in the frame, and then, a clear picture of the man appears on the monitor next to him.
"This man's name is Saran al-Qazmi, the first aide to Moussa, Iran's chief of operations for Middle East affairs and known as the 'executioner', and he is the one who came to greet Lisa, and his presence has complicated and sensitive this theft."
Through the display of the surveillance screen, Saran and Lisa briefly chatted for a few words, and then walked out of the departure hall together.
"Some of our previous questions began to become clear after seeing the appearance of the intelligence officers in Iraq, and we went back to investigate Jawad, we went through all the information that Jawad could collect before, and the only thing that caught our attention was that Jawad had lived in Syria for a long time before coming to the United States."
"With great difficulty, we found a graduation photo taken by Javad at the end of the semester from the archives of this aristocratic school, and after comparing with us, we found several familiar people in this group photo, one of whom is now a key person in charge of the Syrian intelligence service, and another person we are more familiar with, who was then registered as Saman Vissi, and now this person's name is the 'executioner' Moussa that we know as well."
Group photos and recent photos of these people told by Eric were displayed on the screen one after another.
"With the emergence of these clues, some of the previous incomprehensible phenomena have a relatively reasonable explanation, we can suspect that Jawad may have secretly joined the intelligence organizations of Syria and Iran at that time, although we have no direct evidence, but this is the focus of suspicion, go back and see that Faisal can disappear without a trace so calmly, naturally and without a trace, and did not leave us any valuable clues, it should be with the help of intelligence officers from these two countries, When, on his own, or passively, Faisal made contact with these intelligence organizations, whether he made contact with them, remains a mystery to us. ”