Looking at these materials, which are all about the past, a well-trained intelligence elite like Katherine Grant thought that no matter how bizarre and bizarre things she saw, she would no longer be surprised, but some few words about "Area A" subverted her preconceived notions.

She was also particularly aware that even in the United States, which claims to have "no secrets", the secrets hidden in the foggy history will still be like icebergs under the ocean, invisible, but extremely large.

But......

"Mr. McLaughlin,"

Hurriedly flipping through the important passages in the material, her hands trembling slightly, Catherine Grant apparently realized that the complexity of the investigation she was handling was completely beyond her expectations, and she moved in her back chair and swallowed with great effort:

"Of course, you know the inside story, so do we really want to make it public......

"Publicly? Catherine, it's a bit of a misappropriation to say that. ”

As he spoke, looking at His Excellency the President, who had not opened his eyes on the sofa, John McLaughlin thought about the wording slightly, he had already spoken to Wilson twice on the phone, agreed on something on the confidential line, and now there was no need to consult His Excellency the President, and he blinked his slightly cloudy gray-blue eyes:

"There are some things that you don't know about the current situation, and it's not too late to find out at the meeting.

In short, for the sake of the present we must be in line with other countries, with the strong assistance of China, Red Russia, and even old Europe; In the face of an unprecedented crisis, this is not a problem that the United States of America can solve alone, if we are not able to coordinate openly and effectively. Act with the Chinese, the Russians. So. The consequences are likely to be devastating. ”

"Unthinkable ......?"

Hearing the words of the former director, and putting the hope of answering the doubts on the next meeting, Catherine Grant looked at McLaughlin's gaze, she could not read the old man's eyes, and for a while she had to continue to bury her head in the study of the material in her hand.

I found that the development of things was beyond imagination, and the love of the female person in charge was still fluctuating for a while, but Daniel Lee, the deputy director of the CIA, who was sitting a few seats across the stage, was a different picture, and he was reading this stack of papers very greedily at this time. His hand made the A4 printer paper rattle, and he took out a pen to sketch on it, as if he didn't notice the handwriting of "destroy after reading", just immersed in his own thoughts.

Oh, these guys, fooling around with taxpayers' funds, I didn't expect them to really poke a big leak!

Daniel Lee, a former member of the CIA's technical department who was recently promoted to deputy director, is clearly more sensitive to technology than to personnel, and is now entrusted by Wilson Woodrow. Full responsibility for the investigation of the theft of files from "Area A" and its relationship to the YF-23 "ghost" scandal.

At the beginning of the work, according to President Wilson's instructions. He contacted John McLaughlin, the former director of the CIA who has been living in seclusion on the shores of Lake Michigan since his retirement, but McLaughlin, who had been visited by senior officials from the CIA, was obviously reluctant to say more, but asked a bunch of questions that he knew or did not have the authority to know, and then called the confidential number to the White House and had a long conversation with President Wilson.

After that, Daniel Lee deployed his elite soldiers to move around, and Daniel Lee's scope of work completely exceeded his original duties.

On the one hand, he coped with the media, pushing all the interrogations about the "ghost" scandal to Catherine's investigation team, and on the other hand, he went all out to track down the parties involved in the destruction of the archives in "Area A", and his intuition and signs of investigation reminded him that this was certainly not an accident, but someone was deliberately sabotaging; However, even so, there has been little progress in the investigation for many days, and even the YF-23 data thief who was originally thought to be easy to catch, neither his subordinates nor Catherine's men could find a single figure, as if the thieves had disappeared from the world, which naturally made the deputy director very annoyed, and at the same time felt more and more that this matter was not simple at all.

In the United States, where population movements are frequent and social control is also very strong, it is not easy to completely disappear from the sight of violent organs after committing a single case.

So these guys, did they run to Mexico in a small plane, or simply already went to Syria?

I've been investigating this matter these days, and the more I dig deeper, the more confused I become, and now that I've got a top-secret material, Daniel Lee has figured out some of the situation, first of all, he finally knows what the situation is in "Area A", and he also fully understands the importance of the damaged information in the CIA headquarters.

Everyone in the room was thinking, and when they opened their eyes and looked at their watches, and seeing that the time was almost up, Woodrow Wilson got up and gave a command, and everyone rushed out of the office, first to eat and then to prepare for the afternoon meeting.

The choice to hold a confidential meeting attended by members of several major countries was held at the White House, and the intention of covering up people's eyes and ears was very obvious.

At 1:30 p.m. EST, according to the predetermined time and route, several black cars of different types with special license plates came to the White House one after another.

"All right, gentlemen.

As a matter of routine, is everyone here? ”

At 1:40 p.m., in the brightly lit White House conference room, General Winston Cleveland, dressed in a neat military uniform and who came to the venue as a "military attaché," asked a question aloud, and an official from the Department of Defense presided over the meeting as the White House.

The U.S. military played only one participant in the secret meeting at the White House, and after a brief introduction of the parties and the central theme of the meeting, General Cleveland returned to his chair.

The general did not know what would be disclosed at the meeting, and this kind of equal treatment with participants from other countries would certainly make the military people with their nostrils turned to the sky before, but today, since His Excellency the President was personally present and the CIA also had many people, it was obvious that the situation was more complicated than expected, so the general raised his hand and put the big-brimmed hat on the table and sat there to listen.

"The topic of today's meeting, as Lieutenant General Cleveland has explained, is about Syria and 'Haraf.'"

John McLaughlin, the former director of the CIA, who held the microphone in his hand, said that his words were tantamount to saying nothing, but clearly reminding everyone that although the Syrian civil war is over, the consequences of this turmoil still exist.

"I have been commissioned, then, by the President of the United States of America, Woodrow Wilson, to explain something to you.

Well, I hope gentlemen will keep it a secret: this is not a routine nonsense, and I am sure that after listening to it, you will understand what I really mean. Let me sum it up in one sentence, well...... Gentlemen, our world is in danger, and although it is not entirely clear what kind of danger it is, it is imperative that all countries work together to deal with it. ”

As the old man's words landed, the participants, who had already come prepared and knew some of the situation, couldn't help but look left and right, and there was a noise in the hall for a while, and soon calm again.

Former director of the CIA, few of you know each other, and McLaughlin's words are what surprised everyone.

What the old man said sounded like a clumsy line in a Hollywood disaster movie, but on such a solemn occasion, of course, no one would have the leisure elegance of joking, so what did he mean by this, wasn't this secret meeting to discuss how to arrest "Harrief" and figure out the ins and outs of the YF-23 scandal?

Some were expressing surprise, and not everyone was surprised by John McLaughlin's speech, and as they sat down among the densely arranged armchairs, a middle-aged man with an oriental face was silent, and only pouted in response to the inquiring glances of the attendant next to him.

Listening to today's talks, the Americans are going to have a good talk, right......

Wang Weiguo, a person in the "organization" who had been dormant in the United States to gather intelligence, also appeared at the meeting today, and his position on the surface was the external liaison officer of the Chinese State Military Commission.

The doubts and speculations of those present continued, but McLaughlin continued along his own lines.

Prior to this meeting, the "special investigation team" composed of China, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom was still operating in Syria, and some information about the Syrian civil war, the Liberal war criminals, and the YF-23 "ghost" scandal were shared among the countries. For example, the large-scale explosion that occurred under Sabha has been found to be caused by substances similar to "locked hydrogen crystals", and according to the equivalent conversion, there are about hundreds of tons of "locked hydrogen crystals" exploding, and so on. (To be continued......)