Irving has not returned to Omega since he was placed on leave, and many messages are lagging behind. On the contrary, Shabaitian has been there all the time. Irving chatted with Shabaitian for another half an hour, sorting out some of the recent events.
"After you secretly went to Mexico and turned the place upside down, Jack once had a big fight with President Palmer. It was very fierce. Jack didn't close the door and everyone below heard it. The next day, the president suspended
He authorized the CTU’s independent case-handling authority and urged us to transfer the case to the NSA as soon as possible..."
Owen felt incredible when he heard this. It was the NSA again, and Owen thought of the short-haired and capable man named Sam Fisher whom he met before.
After learning some basic information from Shabaitian, Owen called Jack again, and this time the call went through.
"I'm Jack Bauer."
There was a hint of exhaustion in Jack's tone.
"Jack, it's me, Owen."
Owen didn't know where to start, so he hesitated for a moment and decided to get straight to the point.
"Jack, what's going on with the video? I'm asking, how did it fall into the hands of the media..."
Owen didn't ask Jack why he interrogated prisoners violently. In fact, he did have this habit. He asked why the video was leaked. It stands to reason that CTU is Jack's own territory. Even the former Los Angeles branch, Jack also
The person in charge there and those in charge of monitoring should be his confidants. How could such a thing be allowed to happen?
"I don't know either. I can't figure out where the flaw is."
"Are there any suspects?"
"No, I have too many enemies. No matter whether it is for public or selfish reasons, anyone can do it."
"What's the president's attitude?"
"I just finished a phone call with him, and he said that Congress has noticed this matter and is preparing to investigate, and that he cannot obstruct justice..."
Hearing these words, Irving suddenly felt chilled, which meant that the president had given up on Jack Bauer. Jack did use violent interrogation. This cannot be relied on. There is video evidence. Congress will definitely catch him, and the media will not let him go.
Will let it go easily.
But if the president sides with Jack, there will be a lot of room for negotiation. It’s just an exchange of interests. Those politicians have done a lot, let alone judicial fairness. It’s just the rules of the game. Once Congress is done, then find a way to divert the media.
Note that Jack can always be saved at some cost.
But if the president makes it clear that he does not want to participate, then Jack is finished. If everything follows judicial procedures, Jack will definitely face a lawsuit. Taking the blame and resigning is the best result. Otherwise, he will be ruined and even sentenced.
"Just because of what happened in Mexico?"
Owen still couldn't figure it out. From Owen's point of view, giving up CTU for Mexico was not worth it.
"Not entirely, he wanted to send a message to other dependent countries through his handling of Mexico, but Mexico ended up in chaos, which became a stain on him and a strong evidence for other political opponents to attack his policies.
In addition, what you did was too careless. Pamo was from an intelligence agency. He still inferred from clues that the situation in Mexico was related to you. He considered this a betrayal. I had no choice but to make a deal with him.
trade……"
Owen suddenly didn't know what to say. Although Jack didn't say it clearly, Owen had a general understanding. President Palmer knew from some source that it was the disobedient Omega who caused the chaos in Mexico, which indirectly led to the failure of his plan. Obviously, President Palmer knew
President Mo wanted to dispose of Omega, but Jack made a deal with him to keep Omega. As for what the deal was, it was self-evident. Jack Bauer was the director of the CTU and a former confidant of Palmer. He must have
There are also some things that Pamo doesn't want to see the light of.
It seems impossible for the president to take action. It would be great if he doesn't add insult to injury.
"Then what are you going to do now?"
Owen asked again.
"I don't know, let's take a step and see..."
"I heard that all the work at hand at CTU has been put on hold..."
"Yes, not only the CTU, but the counter-terrorism work and the Office of the Director of Intelligence are all under the responsibility of the NSA. I heard that they have just established a fourth echelon based on the third echelon. It is said to be very strong. I don't know the other specific information yet...
…”
After hanging up the phone, all he heard was bad news. Owen was thinking about countermeasures in his mind. The most important thing at the moment was to find the source of the video.
Irving called Chloe in Los Angeles, and Chloe answered the call instantly.
"Is it about Jack?"
"Yes."
"We are also checking, and what we can confirm is that the location of the video is indeed interrogation room No. 3 here. It's strange. Usually the surveillance will be turned off in this situation, but it was not turned off that day, and it was not only Jack, but also Tony.
He also took action, but I don’t know why the other party didn’t release him.”
"Can you find out who leaked it?"
"We are investigating, but one thing that is certain is that there is definitely an insider. CTU's network is one-way, and it is impossible for outside hackers to break in, unless there is cooperation from someone inside, or it is simply brought out by someone inside."
"Okay, if you have any news, please notify me as soon as possible."
"certainly."
Owen hung up the phone. It was better to leave this kind of professional work to professionals. He couldn't help much.
As early as ten minutes ago, he notified all Omega staff that their vacation was over, and everyone was on their way back to work. In the hotel in Hawaii, Sha Baitian was checking out, and Fred had already hailed a taxi outside.
In the presidential suite in Las Vegas, I received a message from Irving as soon as I untied the ribbon on my Ocean Horse bathrobe in my heart, and Fuck made a sound and started to get dressed.
At Bayev's house, Bayev had just put his beloved Sonia to sleep with a storybook. Balaleka came in with his mobile phone and handed it to her husband. Bayev looked at it and expressed an apology to Balaleka.
With a look in his eyes, he stood up and changed his clothes.
In the ward, Beth walked in excitedly with a few newspapers, and handed the newspapers over to Owen as soon as she saw him.
"What's this?"
Owen was a little confused.
"Look here..."
Beth pointed to several places in the newspaper to Owen, all of which were news about murders. Owen suddenly realized and looked at Beth. Beth nodded and said, "Yes, the Continental Hotel has started to take action."
Owen nodded, he couldn't care about this matter now. Owen looked at Beth and then at Monica. He just said goodbye to Monica.
"What, you want to leave?"
Beth saw something.
"Yes, something happened at CTU and I have to go back and deal with it."
"Do you need me to arrange a flight?"
"No, I've already bought a ticket for an hour later, so dear, goodbye."
After Owen said goodbye to the two of them in turn, he hurried out the door, hailed a taxi at the door and went straight to the airport.