Chapter 236 CIA and FBI intervene in eavesdropping case
"Oh, the true sign of a man's maturity is marriage. I'm glad, Ronald. You have the look of a traditional New England upper class man."
After receiving George Jr.'s promise, Ronald and Diane flew to Washington, D.C. to request fair legal and public opinion treatment from the first family.
Unfortunately today, the Commander-in-Chief had important matters to discuss with National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft on national affairs. Ronald happened to be bringing his newlywed wife Diane, who was greeted by First Lady Barbara at the White House.
Barla's treat.
Barbara is a traditional woman from a traditional blue-blood aristocratic family. She values the importance of family members the most. Ronald and Diane's marriage made her evaluate Ronald much higher, at least no longer like that
Like former first lady Nancy, she rose to power by having extramarital affairs with men.
"I heard that you invited the former commander-in-chief and his wife to give a speech in your hometown?" Barbara's thoughts turned to Nancy's various jealousies when she was the first lady, and then looked at Ronald.
"Yes, Madam President, Stanton District is the only district in New York State that voted for President George during the general election. We have worked very hard to spread the values of the Elephant Party there. We hope that in the next general election,
New York State can vote for Governor George instead. I hope that the Governor’s wife can go to Staten Island to meet the voters there who want to meet you when it is convenient.”
"Very good, there aren't too many young people like you now." Barbara was confused by Ronald's clever change of topic and expressed satisfaction with Ronald. However, she would not go to a rural place like Staten Island.
Already.
After dinner, Diane went to talk to George's wife Laura. Barbara waved to Ronald and asked him to go to the side room next to him to talk.
"I heard that you ran into some trouble?" Barbara's white hair looked very stern under the light.
Before and after being elected, the people around the president and his wife who catered to them were completely different. Ronald asked her eldest son to get an opportunity to face the grievances he had suffered. Barbara also wanted to see Ronald
He was given special treatment because of his considerable contribution in the election campaign.
Ronald briefly explained the situation in which he was bugged and the media was suppressed from reporting on his situation. "Madam, I am not angry because I was bugged, but because of this blatant violation."
The situation of law and public ethics happened to me like this, but I had no way to do it justice. This is not the spirit of America."
Barbara listened more carefully and motioned for Ronald to continue.
"And the most hateful thing is that they also bugged the hotel room where Diane and I stayed during our wedding and honeymoon. This is really too harsh on a newly married woman. I want justice even for my wife.
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"Don't worry, I will mention this matter to George when he comes back. It's simply too much. There are too many bad people in Hollywood." When Barbara heard that Ronald defended his wife, she felt satisfied.
A few points.
"Uh..." Ronald, who used the wife card, heard this and wondered if it was Barbara who scolded him as well. Her resentment towards Nancy, who was born in Hollywood, was still very deep.
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"Hey, Honey, who's the guest coming today?" The commander's voice sounded outside the door. He had just finished his official duties when his assistant reminded him that his wife had entertained an old friend at the White House and invited him over.
"George, it's Ronald and his new wife here."
"Aha, it's Ronald. I'm so happy. Is this your new wife? What a happy pair of young people. It reminds me of the happy time when Barbara and I were just married."
Old George was in a good mood. Some of the things that happened in the White House today annoyed him. When he came back, he could see Ronald Jr. and his new wife who had helped him, which allowed him to regain some family joy.
The commander's time was precious. After hearing what happened to Ronald, he asked directly, "Tell me, Ronald, what do you need me to do for you?"
"...I have no idea of asking for special treatment, I just need a fair environment, whether it is the rule of law or freedom of the press. The wisdom of T&T leaders must have thought of it. In today's Hollywood and the press, many Jewish people are united.
, I was bullied so much by them."
Ronald made two requests. First, to exert some influence and let the FBI intervene in the wiretapping case so that the mastermind behind the scenes could be exposed. Second, when he launched a counterattack in the media, he could also help him at the appropriate time.
Support one or two.
"Ronald, I can't interfere with the freedom of the press..." Old George said with a smile after hearing the two requests. As the commander-in-chief of America, thank God for not being attacked by the news media. He is not Old Ronald
A communicator like that naturally gets along well with reporters. Although he has not been chased after he first took office, on some matters, reporters attending the White House press briefings have returned to the habit of making things difficult for the spokesperson.
"What if my people asked relevant questions at the press conference...", Ronald asked.
"He will get a fair answer..." Old George smiled, it was not a problem to sing the double act like this.
"By the way, did the eavesdropping suspect participate in eavesdropping in states other than California? You know that the FBI investigation must be conducted in accordance with the law." Old George thought of another thing. He was afraid that Ronald, an artist, would not understand
law.
"Although he didn't leave California, this matter involved CIA's decommissioned listening equipment. My lawyer told me that the FBI could also intervene in the investigation for counterintelligence matters..." Ronald came prepared.
"Oh? What exactly happened?" When old George heard this, his heart suddenly moved.
What he was talking about today with National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft was the matter of eavesdropping technology.
The story begins a few years ago when an intelligence analyst named Jonathan Pollard (or his Israeli name, Jonah) sold all the signal intelligence information obtained by all American intelligence agencies to Israel.
Signals intelligence refers to the general term for the information obtained through technical means, eavesdropping on telephone calls, intercepting secret messages, cracking passwords, or obtaining image information through satellites and reconnaissance aircraft. This Pollard is very harmful. The intelligence he sells includes more than a dozen Americans.
The training, technology, and management processes of intelligence agencies, including all of America's core intelligence techniques, are one-way transparent to Israel.
In 1986, Pollard was convicted of stealing U.S. signal intelligence technical information and was sentenced to life imprisonment. His wife Anne was also sentenced to five years in prison.
For this reason, Israel mobilized a large amount of power to carry out lobbying activities, hoping to exchange American spies arrested in Israel, or to conduct a three-way exchange with the Soviet Union, but all were rejected.
More than three years have passed. Pollard's wife was released on bail due to physical reasons, and the call for Pollard's rescue resounded. He appealed in prison, and there were also many Jewish parliamentarians and social sages who hoped that he could be rescued.
He was released and returned to Israel where he had helped.
This has aroused the anger of mainstream politicians, who are mainly white people. These Jews, living in the great America, always think about Israel in their hearts. Who is their motherland? When the interests of the two countries diverge,
Which country will they love?
Cheney, the Secretary of Defense in George Sr.'s cabinet, even told the media that this man's harm to America's national security far exceeded what was revealed, and that he should sit in jail until he died.
Even Rumsfeld, an expert from an opposition think tank who once competed with George Sr. for candidacy and served as the presidential envoy, told the news media that this person will not be eligible for parole, otherwise he will cause great harm to the Cold War and other national security.
However, even so, there are still many Jewish forces in the United States working for Pollard's release. The most exaggerated one is the media. Major newspapers have reported that Pollard was still sentenced to life after confessing all his crimes.
Imprisonment, this is an obvious fishing tactic by the prosecution...
A political science professor and Orthodox Jewish activist named David Luchins is also organizing more prominent Jewish figures to sign a petition calling for Pollard's release.
For a time, the question of whether the Jews were traitors to America began to arise in the minds of a large number of lower-class people, and the overall anti-Semitic sentiment increased significantly.
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"We should let Webster take care of this matter..." The commander-in-chief, Old George, saw an opportunity to use this matter to carry out political operations.
In 1987, the former commander-in-chief conducted the last important personnel reshuffle. Former FBI Director William Webster was appointed as the new head of the CIA. His position in the FBI was occupied by a conservative
Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, William Sessions.
These two positions were nominated by the commander-in-chief and generally would not be replaced without special reasons. Therefore, after George Sr. took office, they continued to hold their original positions.
However, things are unpredictable. The new FBI Director William Sessions, who was originally considered a conservative member of the Elephant Party, became very close to the liberals of the Donkey Party in the Senate after taking office. He advocated that the FBI should be impartial.
The promotion of many female and minority officials has made the traditional "old boys" at the top of the FBI angry.
Since George Sr. took office, he has violated the will of the commander-in-chief and the party several times and failed to support the investigation led by the Xiang Party.
Old George had long wanted to give this fool a warning. Just when Ronald's case came to his door this time, he asked Webster, the current head of the CIA, to contact his old department in the FBI to give Sessions a shock education.
The next day, at the national security meeting held by the General Secretary, CIA director Webster specifically raised the situation of Pollard's appeal and reiterated the immeasurable damage caused by his betrayal to the intelligence community.
The type of eavesdropping device used in Luo Jian's eavesdropping case was used as an example by Webster. The theft of technical data allowed the Israeli intelligence agency to copy it and then sell it to intelligence brokers in various countries under the name of civilian use, including
Cold War rivals...
"And the FBI agents actually said that this matter did not involve national security and did not file a case for review? When I was the director of the government, they could at least read through the training materials and understand the scope of the FBI's powers..."
CIA Director Webster's cynicism made the FBI Director feel extremely embarrassed. In the end, the commander-in-chief calmed him down and asked him to immediately arrange for personnel to investigate and not to let go of any clues that could endanger national security.
Sessions' embarrassment returned to the game and turned into boundless anger.
He scolded the director of the Los Angeles bureau, and rejected his subordinates' idea of setting up an investigation team immediately, telling them to get out of the way and stop embarrassing himself. Then, with a stroke of his pen, Sessions removed the most savvy and capable personnel from the New York bureau.
His favorite female detective, Claire, was transferred to Los Angeles and asked her to lead the investigation.
"This is the key evidence in this case. Please sign for all the documents of the wiretap." In the New York branch, Claire obtained the documents sent by the CIA with great efficiency, including some documents from the previous Pola
There is no public part of the morality trial.
"Thank you for your help and cooperation..." Claire quickly signed the documents. She and a male subordinate, carrying various documents, took the bureau's plane and rushed to Los Angeles.
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"Very good, the evidence here is well preserved..."
When she arrived at the Beverly Police Station, the first thing FBI Detective Claire did was to retrieve the most important evidence, the wiretap. After quickly taking over the evidence, she asked the technical experts who came with her to check it, and it was completely correct.
It is the special design style of CIA.
"This is a member of your joint investigation team, Detective Claire, and now this case belongs to you." Chief John of the Beverly Hills Police Department also knew about the change. He is now eager for someone to take this hot case.
Yam took it over.
"Very well, let's interrogate Craig Stevens." Claire, wearing a jacket with bright yellow FBI letters on the back, arranged the work for several elite soldiers seconded to them by the Beverly Police Department.
The FBI generally does not have many manpower. For this kind of case, it will absorb some local forces to form a joint investigation team. These people are temporarily under the command of the FBI.
"Yes..." Several police elites, two men and one woman, wearing white vests with the words "FBI Joint Investigation Team" on them, quickly prepared for interrogation.
"Craig Stevens? I am Detective Claire from the New York Bureau of the FBI... This time I was appointed by the FBI. I came here specifically to ask you some questions...", the female detective said calmly.
The suspect looked at her ID, then smiled and added:
"I know there are some things you didn't tell the previous interrogators. Now, do you have anything to add?"
"I..." Looking at the word "FBI" on the other person's body, big beads of sweat began to flow on Craig Stevens's forehead. Why did he summon people from the FBI headquarters again? This time it was not the boss behind him.
The familiar Los Angeles branch...
The chain reaction started immediately.
The news that Craig Stevens was being interrogated by FBI headquarters was soon known to Anthony Pellicano, a powerful private detective who hired him. Pellicano has always been the first place where powerful people in Hollywood want to settle things.
After he learned about the selection, he also knew that something was wrong and called his client.
After several transmissions, the news reached Michael Ovitz. By the time he knew it, it was already night.
"What's going on? Why are there federal-level forces involved?" Ovitz was also a little frightened. If an investigation of this level were directed at him, it would be difficult to catch it. He immediately reported it to those
The old Jewish men hiding behind the scenes were on the phone.
"What's the matter with you kid? Pollard, who we are trying our best to rescue, is now involved in this matter... Now anti-Semitic sentiment has begun to stir up trouble again, and we also have many opponents here who are staring at us...
That kid named Ronald, didn’t you say he doesn’t have any high-level connections?”
"How do I know?" Ovitz felt extremely aggrieved. I carefully watched the inauguration ceremony of the Commander-in-Chief frame by frame. The rumors that Ronald and the Commander-in-Chief were on good terms were simply nonsense.
"I think he has united with some anti-Semitic forces, and he even said something dissatisfied with the Jews here..."
Ovitz thought for a long time, how could Ronald have such power? It must have been Pollard's appeal that caused those anti-Semitic white people to join forces, and they used Ronald's eavesdropping case to make a big splash.
, cut off the Jewish homeland's efforts to rescue Pollard.
"Call these people, I want to inform them of the situation." Ovitz asked his secretary to call the high-ranking Jews in Hollywood. This time, he wanted to make Ronald's true anti-Semitism known to the public...
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"I'm going to stay in New York for a few more days to prepare for some media matters." Ronald stroked Diane's hair twice. This time she was going back to Los Angeles first. Ronald still had to sit in New York and watch.
How to launch a media counterattack against the wiretapping case.
"Okay, Ronnie, remember to come back. Don't stay in New York for too long." Diane kissed Ronald and got on the gangway of the business jet.
"Hi..." Ronald knew that Diane's implication was not to stay with Helen for too long and to forget about his real wife, so he had to wave goodbye to Diane.
"Ronald, Michael Douglas wants you to call him back."
Back at the apartment on Fifth Avenue, before Ronald could call Helen, Richard hurried over, "Michael said it was important."
"Hey, Michael, are you looking for me?" Ronald had no choice but to call back Michael Douglas, the actor he got along well with.
"Ronald, are we friends? Okay... As a friend, I ask you to tell me the truth, do you have any views on the Jews?"
"What do you think? You Jews are very good theater actors. I have worked with many Jewish actors and screenwriters. My most successful movie Dirty Dancing is about Jews..."
"I believe you..." Michael Douglas also didn't believe the rumors he heard from his father. How could Ronald be anti-Semitic?
"But now among the Jewish circles in Hollywood, there is a rumor that you are a hidden anti-Semite."
"I don't know who is spreading rumors about me. I have absolutely no anti-Semitic intentions. Wait, is it Ovitz who is saying this?"
"Yes, he said that when you were face to face with him, you said a lot of language that you didn't like the Jews." Michael Douglas readily admitted that it was Ovitz's words. "If you are not anti-Semitic... I believe it.
You don’t have this idea either... You have to take action, this kind of rumor is very troublesome..."
"You know what, Michael..." Ronald raised his voice an octave, "I hate Ovitz very much. Not a word he says is true."