Raphson was also uncertain in his mind. His rise to the position was originally the result of the cooperation between three parties, namely himself, the Syndicate and Sheffield.
The original plan was for the Syndicate to assassinate David Palmer, and then he would successfully take over, and then the Syndicate would again use the trick of assassinating him to clear his suspicion, and then Sheffield would have his men create a terrorist attack, and then we will see
Raphson's own show.
He will show that he will never compromise with terrorism. Sheffield will cooperate with him to quickly quell this terrorist attack and handle a crisis cleanly and beautifully. Nothing can win votes more than this.
He won the support of the people and the top leaders of the United States, and at the same time secured his position. Sheffield successfully entered the field of counter-terrorism. Once Raphson wins the election, he will reward Sheffield and the syndicate with more generous benefits.
But everything was disrupted after only the first step. First, Sheffield openly turned against the United States for unknown reasons. Then something went wrong on his own side and he was investigated by Congress. The syndicate also cut off contact with him.
Just when Raphson felt that there was nothing he could do, Sheffield actually carried out another terrorist attack. Raphson didn't know whether it was following the script or an unexpected situation.
When it comes to biological and chemical weapons that destroyed 300,000 people, the senior executives in the conference room couldn't help but ignore it. Everyone expressed their opinions and various possibilities were thrown out.
The biggest problem now is that they don't know Sheffield's whereabouts. What Sheffield plans to do with these four poison gas missiles is the most important.
However, the FBI, CIA, NSA, TU, and major intelligence and counter-terrorism agencies have not found any clues.
Everyone could only imagine all countermeasures based on Sheffield's plan to attack the United States, but at this moment Womack's phone rang.
He looked at the caller ID and finally chose to answer the call because the person calling was Jonathan Affleck, the most likely presidential candidate and the one supported by the FBI.
"Womack, you should be having a meeting. I know why you are meeting, and I also know what is missing from your chemical arsenal. Don't ask me how I know. I just want you to turn on the amplifier. I have something to say to them..."
"Jonathan, these are extraordinary times..."
Womack is not ready to cooperate with Jonathan, and he doesn't look at what time it is. And even if you are the most likely to become the next President of the United States, after all, you are not yet qualified to participate in this matter, but he is ready to refuse.
When he arrived, Jonathan stopped him with just one word.
"I have the whereabouts of the Shadow Army..."
Jonathan raised his hand, and everyone looked at him. Then he turned on the phone and explained: "It's Jonathan Affleck. He said he knows the whereabouts of the Shadow Army..."
A pin drop could be heard in the conference room, and everyone looked at the phone in Womack's hand.
"...Ethan finally found out that the member of the shadow force who had contact with President Rafson's assistant ended up going to Alcatraz Island. I only know this much. I hope I can help you. In addition, I have sent someone to hand over the assistant.
Give it to the FBI. If you don’t believe it, you can ask it yourself..."
Jonathan didn't have any unnecessary nonsense. After stating the whole story, Jonathan hung up the phone. His goal had been achieved. The most important information was provided by him. No one dared to deny it, and at the same time, it made Raph look bad.
Sen.
Jonathan felt wonderful just thinking about it, a smile appeared on his lips, and he continued to swing towards the golf ball.
…
In the White House conference room, everyone looked at President Rafson with strange eyes.
"This is slander, a slander against the current president of the United States. I demand that he and my assistant be investigated strictly. There must be some exchange of interests behind this..."
President Raphson looked stern but he knew that things might not end well this time. Now that the assistant was in the hands of the FBI, he had no chance of operating. Everyone knew that the FBI was on Jonathan's side.
National Security Advisor: "I suggest that we put aside the issue about the president first. The first thing to consider now is Alcatraz. According to the intelligence just now, the four poison gas missiles are probably also on Alcatraz..."
Secretary of Defense: "Yes, I recommend sending special forces to Alcatraz..."
ctuTony: "I object. That may force the other side to adopt a lose-lose approach. We should send a more experienced anti-terrorist team to sneak in secretly..."
National Security Advisor: "Who has good candidates? Which team has experience in dealing with VX poison gas missiles..."
cia Barnes: "141 Special Forces, these VX missiles were seized from the drilling platform..."
Finance Minister: "I object. The American alloy team in 141 has been killed. The newly added Phantom team has no experience in dealing with VX gas. The rest are British, and the team commander is British. If it is used
We don't have the initiative over them..."
Secretary of Defense: "Everyone, be quiet. Listen to me. There are only three teams that have experience in dealing with it, the 141st Special Forces Team, the Omega Team and the SEAL Team 6. The 141st Special Forces Team is obviously not suitable. Omega has been disbanded, but the SEAL Team 6 is OK.
, but at that time they were only trained, not actually operated, and Lieutenant Colonel Austin Travis, who led the team at the time, has retired, and now he is working as a cook on the Missouri..."
Fran Hammer: "My Marine Corps can do it. Maritime anti-terrorism raids are our specialty..."
"No, gentlemen, you are so impulsive. Just based on Jonathan's words, you think that Sheffield and the gas missiles are on Alcatraz Island? Also, even if it is true, how do you judge whether the poison gas missiles are also there?
Even on Alcatraz Island, maybe he had no intention of attacking the mainland of the United States, but your handling of it this way may directly force Sheffield to overreact. Therefore, I suggest that we continue to collect intelligence and wait for the situation to become clear before making further judgments.
…”
President Rafson, who had been silent, suddenly interrupted everyone's discussion. Everyone looked at each other, thinking that they heard wrong. Everyone knows about counter-terrorism. The most precious thing is the first few hours. Their first reaction was this.
It must have been the first terrorist attack that President Rafther encountered as the President of the United States, so he became confused, but immediately, everyone tasted other things.
President Rafson looked at the crowd and saw that everyone was casting meaningful glances at him. He didn't take it seriously at all. He knew that his intentions had been seen through, but he saw through it once he saw through it. This was a conspiracy. As long as he was still
The President of the United States, as long as he has not been impeached and removed from office, his orders are valid.
Raphson is full of confidence. He wants to stop this matter. He will use this matter to force Congress to stop the impeachment investigation against him.
He was at the end of his rope and had no choice but to make a desperate move.
The incident involves national security. As long as he doesn't give the order, no one can order the attack on Alcatraz. The 300,000 casualties are the sword of Damocles hanging over Congress. Either the impeachment investigation against him ends or 300,000 people are killed.
Thousands of people were buried with him.
"Your Excellency, you are likely to cause the death of 300,000 people, 300,000 people..."
The national security adviser looked at Raphson in disbelief.
"It's unbelievable, Raphson, you are the president of the United States, you actually..."
This is an Air Force general. He can't imagine that this is something a president would do.
The heads of the four major bureaus all looked at Raphson, who showed his shameless face, and had only one thought in their minds: The president of the United States has kidnapped 300,000 people for their lives. This is the biggest terrorist in this century...
"You are such a tragedy for America..."
Some people made no secret of their disdain for Raphson, but Raphson was quite content to humiliate him and accepted them all.