After Natasha compiled the intelligence, she came to the military situation room, where several deputy directors were present, including Bob. Director Smith was preparing to listen to the reports of several deputy directors.
The CIA holds a meeting like this every day. As the director of the CIA, Smith is mainly responsible for dealing with the National Security Council to obtain more powerful resources for the CIA. He is also responsible for reporting important intelligence to the president to coordinate the strategy of the entire country. .
As the first deputy director, Natasha's report was not the first. Instead, it was her turn after several other deputy directors reported. When it was her turn, all the other deputy directors except Bob had left. , the content of Bob’s report is mainly about the trends of Asian countries, focusing mainly on the specific trends of China and several neighboring countries.
Although Bob is the director of the Asian Strategic Research Office, actual actions are in Natasha's hands. Bob's main task is to collect intelligence and coordinate with Asian allies, but he has not taken any unauthorized measures against any country in Asia. Actions that could threaten U.S. strategy.
Unless Natasha cooperates with her, but after the incident at the Newport News Shipyard, Natasha does not seem to have much trust in Bob, and Natasha does not rely on Bob's Asia Strategic Research Laboratory for information. information, because she has her own intelligence network.
Therefore, when Director Miller resigned and Smith was transferred to the CIA as deputy director after taking office, the two had almost no major cooperation.
Smith is also troubled by this. Bob's ability is well known, and Natasha's ability is rare among so many deputy directors of the CIA. In some aspects, he even prefers Natasha because her ability is not as good as hers. Not much worse than Bob.
Therefore, as the director, it is very difficult for Smith to coordinate the relationship between the two, especially Natasha. After all, she is not only the deputy director of the CIA, but also the intelligence officer of the director of intelligence. It can be said that Natasha can directly bypass As director, he reports directly to the Office of the Director of Intelligence on the CIA's situation.
"This is an action plan I drafted recently, codenamed Collapse." Natasha directly took out a document and handed it to Smith, "The operation has begun and requires strong intelligence and practical support. If the director has no objections, please give it to Smith I signed the document, and I have already reported it to the Office of the Director of Intelligence, so there are no problems with the Vice President or the Department of Defense."
Hearing this, Smith frowned. Natasha took such overstepping action to completely ignore him. However, Smith knew very well that Natasha didn't trust anyone now, especially Bob opposite her. When Tsusoryu escaped from the CIA, many people could sense that something was wrong.
Whether it was the FBI's anomalies or equipment problems, they could not be explained by normal reasons. Although there were many doubts, Smith did not order a closer inspection in the end because several arms leaders gathered at the White House and had already given many powerful answers. explanation.
In the United States, you can offend wealthy conglomerates and congressmen, but you must not offend these arms dealers. From a certain perspective, these arms dealers represent the interests of the United States. The government of the United States is the largest arms dealer. This is why the president wants to propose a bill. , the reason why more than 90% of members of Congress opposed the plan to abolish civilians’ legal rights to own guns.
Although the president's bill has very valid reasons, the annual crime rate in the United States remains high because civilians own too many guns. Under this crime rate, most civilians support this bill, but arms that represent U.S. interests Businessmen will never agree. If they don't agree, even if the civilians and the president agree, it will be of no use.
Smith took the document and looked at it for a long time. Although there were only three people, he still felt very embarrassed. After all, Natasha didn't give him any face. Although it was because of his inaction, there was nothing he could do about it.
But he was soon surprised by the content in the document: "Are you sure that the Department of Defense and the Director of Intelligence have approved your actions."
"The Secretary of Defense has personally signed it, and the Office of the Director of Intelligence has submitted it to the Vice President, and it will appear on the President's desk soon." Natasha was already prepared, "It's just that I work for the CIA now, so this is a CIA action. You still need to sign, but it’s useless even if you don’t sign, because it has already started to be implemented, but if the CIA does not fully support it, you will be the one to bear the price of failure in the end, my dear Mr. Director.”
Bob sat aside with a smile on his face from beginning to end. Although he felt Natasha's hostility, he did not interrupt.
Smith handed the document to Bob and said, "Look, this operation requires intelligence from your department, especially from Medusa. He may become the key to this operation."
Bob picked up the document and glanced at it casually, but he was not surprised at all. Recently, China's intelligence agencies have attacked from all sides and won many victories. However, as the world's number one intelligence organization, the CIA has suffered repeated defeats in its intelligence work, and even not only Not only the CIA, but also the Defense Intelligence Agency under the Department of Defense are worried.
Disadvantage in intelligence work means that a country's strategic position will be at a disadvantage. They cannot lag too far behind the Chinese, so it is not surprising that Natasha's plan was approved so quickly. It is very important. One reason is that Americans cannot lose to the Chinese.
"In fact, Medusa also felt threatened. This is the information Medusa provided us. All the backgrounds of the Chinese woman in the information are included in it, but I still think that openly assassinating an important figure in the Chinese leadership Family members are a very risky thing. We have had peace with China for so many years. Even when we refused to pay back the Chinese people's money, they did not take any drastic action against us. Most of the reasons are because our actions are very effective. The bottom line is that it does not involve the interests of their real leadership, but this plan is too risky." Bob said calmly.
Smith took the information and looked at it for a few times, then handed it to Natasha. It can be said that he is now acting as an intermediary. It is very troubling that the two deputy directors are unwilling to talk directly.
Natasha took the information but did not read it, but said calmly: "But recently, more and more intelligence reports indicate that since the new Chinese leader came to power, China's intelligence agencies have become increasingly tough, especially The threat to us from the department led by this woman has become more and more serious, even disturbing. Do you think this is without the instruction of the leadership? If it is allowed to grow, this 15th Military Intelligence Bureau is likely to become another one in the world. Mossad, so we must suppress it before it grows up, and we must also tell the Chinese who is the overlord of this world."
Almost every employee of the CIA knows how much trouble the rise of Mossad has caused them. This is because Israel itself is an ally of the United States, but if a department that may become Mossad, in a possible If an enemy country rises, it may not cause trouble, but huge losses.
Natasha has estimated the consequences of all this. Although there are disadvantages, and she may even be at odds with China, she knows very well that it will also make the Chinese people more restrained, and it also serves as a warning. According to her understanding of China, Those people who are not absolutely sure will definitely not start a head-on confrontation with the United States, because they do not want to follow the old path of the Soviet Union.
So although this assassination plan seems very dangerous and may even shock the world, if it succeeds, the benefits it will bring will definitely be considerable.
"Although Medusa feels threatened by this woman, he will not give us actual help. In fact, his meaning is very simple. He wants to use our hands to get rid of this woman. The rise of the 15th Military Intelligence Bureau may Threaten his political status, so I think that if we want Medusa to cooperate further with us, not only should we not suppress this woman, but we must also help her and let her grow up. Only in this way will Medusa feel more Big threats, even fleeing China, come to our camp to provide us with more and more favorable intelligence." Bob looked at Smith and said calmly.
Smith became confused. What both of them said were very reasonable. He didn't know who to support for a while, but this plan was already being implemented, and Bob's meaning was very simple. He was unwilling to help Natasha because he The Asia Strategy Office is the person with direct contact with Medusa.
If there is no direct help from Medusa, then if this plan wants to succeed, it will have to pay a high price, and it may even let China get a direct handle. At that time, China's possible reaction will not be as simple as just tolerating it. With their My understanding of China is that as long as they have evidence in their hands, they will definitely fight back, and this involves family members of the leadership, not ordinary people.
The assassination was also in China. Medusa was right. A successful assassination would shock China. However, if the assassination was unsuccessful, it might cause the two countries to fall into a terrible crisis. This is not in line with the interests of the United States, because now the U.S. economy is in a slump. In some ways, if China and the United States break off diplomatic relations, the losses to the United States will be even greater.
Huge economic problems may increase the unemployment rate in the United States. Once the people are dissatisfied, the United States will fall into a panic of internal and external troubles. Americans may even worry about the situation when the United States and the Soviet Union compete for hegemony, and are constantly threatened by nuclear bombs. They can no longer withstand it. to suffer this kind of torture.
But China has no such worries at all, because once the Chinese government becomes tough and directly points the finger at the United States, it will only make the Chinese people more united without any possible civil strife. Instead, it will be like a shot in the arm, injecting In a lifeless society, the society becomes exciting and active in an instant.
As the director of the CIA, Smith does not want to see this scene, and the White House above Smith never wants to see this scene either.
What is very contradictory now is that Natasha has her reasons, and they are very sufficient.