The small conference room was full of people, including President David Palmer, Vice President Ravelson, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Advisor, the CIA, the National Security Agency, the Counter-Terrorism Agency, the heads of the FBI, and the land and sea.
Air and Marine Corps generals, as well as battlefield commander Captain Price, the leader of Unit 141 who participated in the operation.
David Palmer, who was wearing a black suit, was sitting at the front with an imposing manner. He put his hands on the table, looked at the people sitting around with an angry face and roared: "Who can tell me, what is going on? Tangtang
A U.S. Army lieutenant general rebelled in the blink of an eye, why is this?"
The conference room was completely silent. Several heads of the intelligence department were livid, and the Minister of Defense also had a bad look. A general had rebelled with his troops. It was a shame and a shame to get word out about this.
"Didn't CIA and NSAs find any clues?"
President Palmer glared at Barnes and Hayden, both of whom looked embarrassed.
"If an army rebels, there will definitely be no signs beforehand. What on earth does the military do?"
President Palmer once again glanced at the Minister of Defense and the military leaders, who also remained silent.
"With so much funding every year, this kind of thing happens right under our noses, hahaha..."
President Palmer was extremely angry and laughed. He was very sure that this incident would definitely be a lifelong shame for him and a stain on his political career that could never be erased. This time was even more serious than the one in the White House.
That time it was just security director Martin who betrayed and colluded with White Mask to raid the White House. But after all, it was only Martin who had the problem. But this time it was an army. Senior military generals led a small army to rebel collectively. This is
This has never happened in American history.
"ctu?"
Both the CIA and the National Security Agency have been scolded, and CTU will certainly be no exception.
Tony looked at the president speechlessly. He wanted to defend himself. Percy's matter was initially handled by the FBI, but was later taken over by the CIA. It had never had anything to do with their CU, but now that the president is on fire, these explanations will only be ignored.
He thought it was an excuse.
Looking at the poor behavior of the several directors he personally appointed, David Palmer really wanted to remove them all.
"Your Excellency, things have happened. I think it is best for us to formulate a response plan as soon as possible..."
At this time, Vice President Raphson spoke, and the tense and awkward atmosphere eased.
"I also think we should now focus on hunting down Sheffield..."
The only one who dared to agree at this time was Captain Price. He was British and had long been annoyed by the performance of the United States in this operation. At this time, he did not care about the face of the American president.
When Price said that, he glanced at Barnes. To be honest, the death of the Alloy Team could barely be regarded as an accident, but the CIA's intelligence support could be described as a pig teammate. If it weren't for the Alloy Team's blind cat, it would be a dead mouse.
, they may never find Percy.
After hearing the reminder from others, President Palmer suppressed his anger. He was just angry, but not stupid. He knew exactly what he should do now.
"Then tell me your opinions on the next situation..."
President Palmer sat back and gave everyone the opportunity to express their opinions, but the conference room was very quiet and no one wanted to be the first to speak.
"Jack Bauer, tell me what you think..."
The president suddenly named Jack Bauer to speak, and Tony, who was sitting not far away, looked ugly for a while.
Jack and Owen were not qualified to participate in this meeting. Judging from their identities, it could be seen that those present were either top leaders of intelligence agencies or military leaders, but Jack was only a senior officer of the FBI's Los Angeles branch.
They were just agents, but President Palmer asked the two of them to participate by name, and now he even asked questions directly.
President Palmer was actually a little embarrassed. Only now did he realize that although he disliked Jack and Owen, it was these two people who could really get things done.
As for the idiots he promoted later, the president glanced at the intelligence chiefs with dissatisfaction, and he probably couldn't even wipe their butts clean afterward.
Irving looked at President Palmer. He had a lot of resentment towards the president. If it were him, he would definitely get over it with two sentences. But Jack Bauer obviously didn't think so. Irving knew Jack very well. As long as it related to national security, Jack would definitely
Will put aside personal prejudices.
Sure enough, Jack said: "Why Sheffield betrayed the United States can be discussed later. The most important thing now is the issue of the black box. I don't know what is specifically in the black box, so I don't know what the consequences will be. But I think,
We should focus on this. Focus on two points. First, where is Sheffield? Is it possible for us to recapture the black box? Second, reduce the risk after it detonates. If you were Sheffield, what would you do with the black box?
?Use it ourselves or sell it to a third party, or take the opportunity to blackmail the United States or other countries. What should we do?"
"No, we still have a chance in a short time..."
As soon as Jack finished speaking, Barnes couldn't wait to jump out to make his presence felt.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Barnes continued: "We once seized a batch of computer equipment from the angels, and there were black box usage records inside. The technical department tried many times and found that it could not be deciphered. What is certain is that
, Percy used a brand new encryption algorithm on the black box, which was most likely developed by Angel himself..."
Owen couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard Barnes say that they once seized a batch of computer equipment from Angel. This guy is really shameless. Those equipment were obviously seized by the FBI's SWAT. They just received them from the FBI.
He actually boasted that he had captured it.
But everyone else’s focus is not here, but on the encryption algorithm.
"Are you saying that even if Sheffield gets the black box, he won't be able to crack it in the short term, and the contents in the black box are still safe?"
"Yes."
"But according to the data, Percy was once a soldier of Sheffield. Could he have mastered the decryption algorithm?"
Owen thought that Percy's information said that his army was wiped out and Percy was the only survivor, and that army was from Sheffield.
"If their relationship is really that close, then he would have gotten the black box long ago. Does he still need to take the risk of exposing his identity and snatch it at the end?"
Barnes teased, "This guy has always been jealous of Irving."
"Then use all your strength to find the location of Sheffield. You must take back the black box. At the same time, screen possible buyers to ensure that the black box cannot be leaked..."
In the end, it was President Palmer who made the final decision.
But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a knock on the door, and then the door of the conference room was pushed open by the secretary-general. The secretary-general looked anxious: "Sorry, Mr. President, sorry everyone, there is an emergency..."