Chapter 396: Retribution
Major General Nick has been annoyed recently, in addition to the rift caused by the personal relationship with Wen Ming, the richest man in the world, because of interests, there is also a reason why the first operation of SHSD has not ended until now.
After the 911 incident, the United States established the Department of Homeland Security, which has the authority of this department to the limit, but if they say that it involves national security, no matter who you are, you must fully cooperate with their work.
Of course, they don't go to trouble those who are really powerful and powerful, unless they have fundamental interests involved.
On the surface, the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security has provided very strong support for the United States' counterterrorism efforts, and the American people can live and work in peace. In practice, however, the level of competence of a country is limited.
If the authority of one department is too high, the authority of other departments will naturally decrease. The FBI, which was once under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Justice, has full access to all of the FBI's resources whenever it needs to.
In addition to the FBI, the CIA, whose director was originally appointed directly by the president and only obeyed the president's orders, could also mobilize their resources after the Department of Homeland Security was established.
This is a bit confusing, because before the FBI was only in charge of domestic affairs in the United States, and the CIA was only in charge of foreign affairs in the United States, and the two sides were very clear. But when the Department of Homeland Security was first established, it was understaffed and could only mobilize resources from other departments.
As a result, the CIA had the opportunity to meddle in domestic affairs in the United States, and the FBI was not to be outdone, and began to develop its own overseas intelligence agencies, spies, secret agents, and so on.
The overlap of functions is a waste of resources in itself, but they also have good excuses. For example, the CIA's argument is that overseas problems may develop into domestic problems, or they may cause overseas problems because of domestic problems. In this case, if they have no law enforcement authority in the United States, their operations abroad will be affected.
The FBI's reasoning is very similar to that of the CIA, in the 21st century, both transportation and communications are very developed, and they actually belong to the senior police departments in the United States, but if the criminals come from abroad, or are remotely directing crimes in the United States abroad, don't they care?
Normally, if the CIA wants to operate in the United States, it must act with the FBI, an agency with domestic law enforcement powers. And if the FBI's actions involve foreign countries, it must bring the CIA, or a department similar to Interpol.
But because of the appearance of the Department of Homeland Security, the actions are starting to look abnormal.
In the final analysis, it is still driven by interests, and after they have interests and excuses, they will not give up the power in their hands.
Authority is limited, benefits are limited, and when someone doesn't want the Department of Homeland Security to have such a huge authority, then a new department is born.
SHSD was established to deal with 'unconventional events' like the Moldovan incident, but after its establishment, the forces behind SHSD have gone beyond dealing with unconventional events.
They hope that the SHSD will replace the Department of Homeland Security, or even some other department, and centralize some of its powers.
Therefore, there is a situation where this operation against Pablo has made SHSD an operational department.
But this time the action is really full of twists and turns.
Pablo was finally caught, but he was unable to end the operation, because Pablo never wanted to disclose the launch time of the space-based weapon satellite, nor did he disclose the orbital parameters of the space-based weapon satellite.
In addition, Pablo did not know anything about the deadly virus that was originally thought to have been added to drugs at Pablo's instructions.
"We don't have time."
Major General Nick looked at Pablo, who was a little haggard behind the one-way perspective glass, and said to the people around him: "As long as he doesn't die, you can use all means." ”
Although the threat report of the space-based weapon satellite has already come out, it is much lower than the threat level they imagined before, and it is impossible to cause damage that they cannot afford. However, as long as space-based weapons satellites hit where there are people, then there will inevitably be losses.
SHSD's last operation was not perfect, and Major General Nick could not afford such a 'small' loss.
The man standing next to Major General Nick laughed and said, "You should have let me come a long time ago, probably...... No, for sure, now you've found the space-based weapon satellite and you've knocked it out. ”
This person is affiliated with the CIA and is a very professional interrogator who was seconded from the CIA by SHSD.
Major General Nick said helplessly: "There are a lot of people who don't want us to use tactics against Pablo, you know, not only does he have a fortune of $250 billion, but he also has a good relationship with the Colombian leadership." ”
The CIA's interrogation expert laughed and said, "We've all gone to Colombia to get Pablo back, and those idiot politicians are still worried about diplomatic disputes?" I really don't understand what they think. ”
Major General Nick said: "So, you are not a politician. ”
The interrogator did not speak again, but walked into the interrogation room with his suitcase, and the interrogator, who was expressionless and did not speak the whole time, only motioned to the two soldiers next to him, and pressed Pablo to the table and could not move.
Pablo, who is already 61 years old, is naturally far inferior to the young soldier in strength, but he is not afraid at all, but says: "If you scared me like this when I first came, I might have been afraid, but now I ......"
Although he was haggard, Pablo was not stage frightened at all, perhaps because of the good food and drink he had during this period of time, which made him feel that the US government did not dare to do anything to him.
The interrogator did not speak, but opened his suitcase in front of Pablo.
There are various types of tools inside, except for those that flicker with cold light, there are ...... Needle!
The first time he saw the syringe, Pablo's pupils constricted, and he couldn't believe it, because his profession made him know very well what the syringe, and the white powdery object on the side of the syringe, was used for.
"You don't dare to do that!"
Pablo's tone became frightened, he was really scared, although he made a living from it, and even created a fortune of 250 billion dollars, but he had never touched this thing from beginning to end.
Because he knows that this thing can ruin anyone.
The interrogator still didn't say a word, but put the small packet of white powdery object on the tin foil in front of Pablo. The action that followed Pablo was familiar because he had seen a lot of people do it.
"You can't do that!"
Pablo's voice became more and more frightened, from dare to can't, and his inner defense has begun to crumble, because only those who work in this industry know how terrifying this kind of thing is.
Pablo knows better, because he has controlled a lot of people with this kind of thing, including the real power figures in the Colombian Defense Forces, as well as the top of the Colombian government, and even some of his subordinates......
The interrogator still didn't say a word, he just tied Pablo's arm with a medical rubber band, and then picked up the syringe.
Pablo's struggle intensified, but to no avail.
"You're crazy, you're all crazy."
"You're going to regret it."
At Pablo's roars, the interrogator injected the clear liquid from the syringe into Pablo's body.
"It's fake, you don't dare to use the real thing."
Until now, Pablo still has a fluke mentality, but he doesn't know how much pressure Major General Nick is under.
And under that pressure, what crazy things Major General Nick would do.
The interrogator finished the injection, put away his suitcase directly, and left the interrogation room. The two soldiers let go of their hands, leaving Pablo lying on the table.
Major General Nick looked at Pablo in the interrogation room and asked the interrogator who had just returned to him, "How long will it take?" ”
The interrogator replied: "After half an hour he will come to his senses, and after 12 hours, whatever question you ask him, he will answer without reservation." Provided, of course, that you take this kind of thing and ask him. ”
As he spoke, the interrogator placed a small packet of white powdery object in front of Major General Nick.