"This..." Major General Arnold looked troubled and was thinking of some excuse to excuse him.
Suddenly, there was a noise at the door.
A soldier from the anti-terrorism force walked in from the door and saluted in front of Major General Arnold and Cook.
"General, Major Mitchell would like to see Deputy Director Cook."
Arnold was granted amnesty, and he was in a dilemma. Michelle's appearance solved his big problem.
"Invite her in."
Suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Arnold immediately asked his subordinates to invite Michelle in without even thinking about it.
Although I don’t know why Michelle came here, at least it can solve my urgent need and avoid Cook’s request.
The door was pushed open with a loud bang, and Michelle came to Cook and Arnold as if filled with anger.
"Deputy Director Cook, I ask you to stop chasing Qin Fei immediately!"
"Why?" Cook looked at Michelle in front of him. He vaguely felt that something was wrong. Cook was prepared for all the situations that this operation would bring.
This includes the fact that Michelle will come to him sooner or later to accuse him.
However, he didn't expect it to be so early.
Things were somewhat beyond my expectations.
"Because your action was not approved by the CIA Operations Committee, it was your private action!" Michelle said loudly and unceremoniously.
These words seemed to drop a heavy bomb in the command center.
Of course, this has no effect on the Cornerstone Project agents in the command center, who also know the nature of their operations.
But Michelle is definitely not an idiot, she knows exactly what she wants.
Baron Harvey has now begun to contact the CIA headquarters and their director. The reason why Michelle came here did not help the negotiation process at all.
However, by doing this, she can disrupt the action steps and rhythm of the entire command center.
Cook and his men knew the nature of the operation, but Colombia did not.
As a deputy director of the CIA, Cook has great power. He can approve temporary actions. However, when Michelle made such a noise, others in the command center became cautious.
Especially Major General Arnold, the commander of the Counter-Terrorism Bureau, who was himself in a dilemma.
He originally did not know that Operation Cook was a privately approved temporary operation, but now he knew it, which played a decisive role in his choice.
Michelle's words were like adding a decisive weight to one end of a swinging balance, making Arnold instantly jump out of the center of the entire incident and see the current situation clearly with the mentality of a bystander - Cook's actions were not
It is considered completely legal, and MI17 has now grasped the other party's leverage.
Obviously, the head of MI17 will immediately contact the CIA, and the situation of seizing command will soon change. Although he does not know the outcome, Arnold has immediately seen his position clearly, and he has decided not to take this trip.
water.
"I am the deputy director, and I have the authority to approve actions." Although Cook was shocked inside, there was no trace of surprise on his face, and his expression remained as unchanged as a rock sculpture: "Major Mitchell
, please pay attention to your own identity, you are not worthy of dictating to me in this command center! Who do you think you are? You are just an operations commander, asking your superiors to contact me, you are not the one to make the decision here."
"General, this is your place. Please ask Major Michel to get out. I have to direct the operation." Cook looked coldly at Arnold.
Major General Arnold swallowed quietly. Experience told him that the most suitable role for him now was to act as a peacemaker and not offend anyone.
"Major." He walked up to Michelle, his tone no longer condescending. For a major general, his military rank was several levels higher than Michelle's. At this time, he used a similar tone.
Yu said in a pleading tone: "Currently, Deputy Director Cook is responsible for the command here. I think you should know that as a soldier, I also have difficulties. Don't make it difficult for me."
The meaning of these words is already very clear.
Of course Michelle can hear it, and she also knows that she can't reverse the situation here now, but the purpose of doing so has now been achieved. She just wants everyone who is not part of the cornerstone project to know that Cook is abusing his power.
.
Now everyone had obviously heard clearly. From the corner of her vision, she told herself that there were already many soldiers and officers from the Colombian anti-terrorism force talking and whispering to each other.
The goal is achieved, it's time to retreat.
Michelle glanced at Cook coldly: "Mr. Deputy Director, I think you should understand that you don't have much time, and I warn you, don't think that the British Empire really has nothing to do to you, the United States.
There is still an alliance between us. I am here to declare that I am also passing on the words of our superior, Baron Harvey, to you. Qin Fei is one of ours. If he makes any mistakes, please bear all responsibilities."
After that, he turned around and left.
Arnold hesitated for less than half a second and immediately followed Michelle outside the command center.
It seemed like he was trying to appease Michel. In fact, the major general didn't want to stay in the command center, especially next to Cook, for a second longer, lest the latter give him some more embarrassing orders.
Under the current circumstances, Major General Arnold, an old official in the officialdom, has decided to do nothing. He even decided to give Lieutenant Colonel Mario an order after leaving the command center, asking the other party to order all anti-terrorism forces not to be involved in Cook's command.
operation, and then left the city of Cali by plane and returned to the Anti-Terrorism Bureau in Bogota.
This was a pool of muddy water, and he decided to get out.
After Major General Arnold and Michelle disappeared outside the door, Cook suddenly punched the conference table hard.
He knew that Michelle had messed up all of this now. Although the anti-terrorism forces here would still obey his command on the surface, they would probably have to send helicopters and drones to support the Cornerstone Project Action Team fighting in the jungle.
Impossible things.
"Damn it! Bastard!"
He never expected that Michelle would find out so quickly that this operation was a temporary operation that he had privately approved. This was Cook's biggest weakness.
Even the heads of intelligence agencies are still unable to avoid political and official tactics.
Now, I really don’t have much time left for myself.
He is very clear about the communication channels between MI17 and the CIA. If he guessed correctly, within two hours from now, the matter will be reached by the top leaders of both parties, and as the deputy director, he will also be invited to participate in the video conference.
However, during the video conference, he did not have any sufficient reason to continue to order the pursuit of Qin Fei, because as Michelle said, Qin Fei is from MI17, and the British Empire and the United States are allies, and they cannot attack their allies.
, at least when the identity is known.
The phone suddenly vibrated in my pocket.
Cook took it out and saw that the number was from his immediate boss, the director of the CIA.
So fast!
He cursed secretly in his mind, that old man Harvey was indeed an old man in the intelligence community, and he had already asked his immediate boss, Director Rosen, to call him so quickly.
Picking up the phone, he was about to press the call button when his fingers suddenly stopped on the keyboard.
"Ana, contact 'Bandito' immediately, send a helicopter to pick them up here, and then airdrop them to the Garcia camp in the Amazon jungle, connect them to the channel of the action team, and let them be invincible within two hours.
Kill Qin Fei and Morris!"
Anna suddenly didn't respond. After Michelle made a fuss, many people felt that things had become complicated. They didn't expect that Cook would suddenly issue an order to mobilize the SEALs, and he issued a kill order!
This was obviously a time lag and would definitely lead to Qin Fei's death. This approach was really risky.
"Quick! Do you want me to say it a second time?"
Cook became furious, like a vicious dog whose tail was stepped on, and roared crazily.
"YES SIR!" Anna shuddered and immediately turned around to start contacting.
Cook walked to a corner of the command center with his cell phone and pressed the call button.
"Director Rosen, what are your instructions?"
"Cook, are you in Colombia?"
"Yes, I'm in Cali." Cook had no intention of hiding it, because he couldn't.
"It is said that you are hunting down an employee of MI17 and want to kill him?" Rosen's voice sounded a little unhappy, "I don't seem to know about this operation."
"That's right, because we found traces of the CIA traitor Morris in Cali, Colombia, and the MI17 employee I was chasing killed our undercover agent in the Garcia drug cartel. Morris had already been arrested.
We are under control. They took Morris first. This matter is not as simple as Harvey told you. The reasons are very complicated. Director, my operation is crucial to us. Morris has control over whether we will
If he has few top-secret technologies, this person will either be arrested or let him disappear from the face of the earth. I personally prefer the latter. He is a threat to us and a bad asset of our CIA."
Director Rosen was silent for a moment, obviously weighing the credibility of Cook's words.
Soon, Rosen replied: "Cook, now that things are getting serious, I think you know very well who Harvey is. If he wants, he can go to the Intelligence Committee. I don't think you or I are willing to go to Congress to complain to those people."
The congressmen explained that they also wanted to participate in some hearings, so let's do this. He asked us to hold a video conference and talk in person. I think it is necessary. You temporarily order your men not to kill each other."
"Okay, I accept the meeting arrangement." Cook said.
He couldn't help but agree, but he definitely didn't want to agree.
Cook had already made a plan in his mind. The so-called general was disobeying the military orders abroad. Now he agreed to Rosen, and even if Qin Fei was killed later, he could use excuses such as the signal being interfered and being unable to contact the action team to excuse him.
Anyway, in a place like Amazon, it is common for the signal to be poor, and high technology is not a panacea.
After ending the call, he turned back and asked Anna: "How are things arranged?"
"The SEALs have been contacted, and the 'Bandito' team is already organizing boarding. They will be airdropped to the designated area within an hour."
"Tell them, shoot to death, right?"
"Your instructions have been conveyed." After Anna finished speaking, she licked her lips quietly. She felt nervous for a while, which made her feel a little thirsty. (To be continued)