Now that the headquarters has decided to take over the case, Chris and Jimmy are a little relieved. For a case that they have never handled before, apart from being a little excited when they first came into contact with it, they have actually been careful and walking on thin ice since then.
Especially now that they found out that the car they were chasing actually had a bomb, and no one was careless. When Jimmy was waiting for the bomb disposal team in the parking lot, his mind was not so calm. At that moment, he was really scared. What if he was chasing the car? This bomb was detonated on the street at that time, and the impact was terrible. Jimmy and Chris may both be held accountable.
The staff from the DC headquarters arrived very quickly. They originally thought they would come by flight. However, when Chris and Jimmy were notified, the headquarters had already arranged for a helicopter to send them over. The distance of more than 300 kilometers, less than 2 hours, had already stopped at On the helipad on the roof of the Federation Square building.
Chris and Jimmy came to the top of the building, shook hands with several agents from the headquarters, and invited them to the conference room.
Chris: "Thank you for coming for backup. I'm Chris from the homicide team and this is Jimmy."
"Gordon Glick, this is Scott, Harry, and Joey." The leader introduced the members of his team, and both parties took their seats.
Chris: "Jimmy, go get the files and evidence." Jimmy nodded and left the conference room.
Chris said to Gordon: "Sorry, there is no suitable office for the time being, so I can only trouble you in the conference room."
Gordon: "It doesn't matter. How long has this case been? I didn't get any specific information before I came here. I just knew it was a suspected bomb attack."
Chris: "Let's take a look at the information later. Jimmy is responsible for handling the specific case. As you can see, I am temporarily incapacitated."
Gordon nodded, Chris got up and got them mineral water from the cabinet next to him, and Jimmy also brought several trainee agents to the conference room with all the information they had collected so far.
Chris motioned to Jimmy to talk, and Jimmy didn't refuse. He told the whole process from the beginning of the case to the driver who was caught in the car chase today. Finally, he said: "Sorry, because we did not notify you in advance, we have not made several copies of the dossier. You may need to share one copy temporarily."
Gordon waved his hand, his eyes never leaving the contents of the file.
Jimmy continued: "The driver is still in the interrogation room. Since he was arrested, he has not said a word and has not found a lawyer. There has been no interrogation yet."
Gordon nodded and handed the file to his subordinate Scott, "Scott, you look at the file, and then go to the interrogation with Harry. Joey, you go to the police parking lot again, that station wagon." Check again."
After arranging the tasks for his men, Gordon looked at Chris: "Chris, I need someone to go with Joey. He is not familiar with the road."
Chris turned to look at Jimmy: "Jimmy?"
Jimmy nodded, "OK, Joey, come with me."
Jimmy drove Joey to the police parking lot. Joey looked to be in his 30s, white, with short hair, a very lean man, slightly longer than a pothead, and he basically said nothing during the whole drive. Jimmy is not the kind of person who talks a lot, so the two of them basically walked in silence all the way to the police parking lot.
Jimmy took Joey to the station wagon. He gave Joey the preliminary report given by the forensics department, which included the survey photos that had been developed in a hurry. In fact, they are mainly photos of explosives installed under the car, because the bomb disposal team has defused the bomb, and now the bottom of the car can no longer be seen as it was before.
Joey took the report and photos and walked around the car twice while reading. Then, regardless of the dust on the ground, he lay down on the ground, crawled under the car, turned around and lay down and started checking.
This is really professional and dedicated. If Jimmy does this, he will feel sorry for his suit.
"Jimmy, come here and take a look." Joey called from under the car. Jimmy shrugged helplessly, took off his suit and put it on the roof of the car, and got under the car.
"Look here, it's different from the photo. Did you remove a fixed iron bar when you defused the bomb?" Joey pointed to the bottom of the car. Because the car drove on the road, there was a very thin strip mark on the floor. , the color is different from the surroundings. Compare the photos to make sure there is nothing here.
"No, the bomb disposal team is very reliable. They couldn't have removed a fixing strip without telling us. There should have been something here, but it was gone after the car was pulled over." Jimmy said with certainty.
"Look at this hole here. It's newly drilled, not the original one. So there should be something here that comes from the bomb detonator you dismantled. Let's take a look inside the car." Joey looked around. At a glance, he determined the location of the hole, got out from under the car, opened the door and pushed forward the back seat.
"There are four holes in the back seat. If it's just for fuses, there's no need for so many. There must be something ready to be installed here." Joey looked at the space under the back seat and said with certainty.
Continuing to check the situation inside the car, including the situation in the front engine compartment, Joey finally took off his gloves and patted the dust on his body. "Let's go back."
Jimmy also cleaned up, and the two drove back to the FBI office.
It's still the same conference room, but it has been rearranged now. Three whiteboards are placed side by side, and they are covered with clues that have been found so far.
Gordon saw Joey and Jimmy coming in and asked, "How was the scene investigation?"
Joey nodded: "Their judgment is correct. The car has indeed been transformed into a giant bomb, but the bomb itself has not been installed in the car. The current explosives seem to be a backup plan. Prepare to clean it up if necessary." For a car.”
Joey opened the report given by Jimmy and used magnets to attach several photos inside to the whiteboard.
"There is some doubt about this location now. It was just confirmed that the bomb disposal team did not remove anything, so there should be additional items in this place, but they were demolished in advance. I suspect it may be the location of the remote control device, or there may be something else Other equipment needs to be used together." Joey pointed to the location of the trace he just found.
Gordon looked at it and said, "Ignore him for now, just determine the location of the bomb."
Gordon continued to look at the clues on the whiteboard, "Jimmy, please help me ask, has the content of reporter Ax's mobile phone been screened?"
Jimmy nodded, left the conference room and went to his office, where there were still 6 unlucky guys screening more than 100 phone numbers.
"How are you doing? Are there any results?"
One of the agents looked up at Jimmy: "Not yet, it will probably take a few hours."
Jimmy nodded. Apart from Ax's cell phone, the only clues he had now were the driver. He returned to the conference room: "Agent Gordon, it is estimated that it will take a few hours to complete the screening. In addition, the calls in the past month The records have also been extracted from the NSA, and once we confirm the identities of those numbers, we can follow up on them individually."
Gordon nodded, looked away from the whiteboard, and looked at Jimmy: "Did you investigate the early stage of this case?"
Jimmy: "Yes, this was originally just an accident. We went to his house to investigate because we found a dent in the back of Ax's car. By the way, there is still a surveillance team monitoring Ax's girlfriend Ginny. No one at the moment. What information did you receive?"
Gordon frowned: "Why are you monitoring Ginny?"
Jimmy: "I found that there was something wrong with the contents of the notepad that Ax left, so I arranged a surveillance team to watch Ginny. If someone is investigating Ax behind the scenes, his apartment will become a clear target."
Gordon: "Yeah, I understand. Let's do this for now."
Jimmy said goodbye to Gordon and returned to his office. Speaking of which, I haven't seen Chris since I came back from the police parking lot, and I don't know what he went to do. Now I don't have the leadership of the case, and I don't know what to do next. It all depends on Gordon's wishes.
Jimmy sat in the office for a while. Several trainee detectives were busy checking information. He was also idle. He got up directly and went to the interrogation room. The interrogation room was specially built and had a single-sided glass wall. From the outside, he could See what's going on inside.
Jimmy looked inside through the glass. Two headquarters agents were questioning him, and the driver seemed somewhat abnormal and looked tired. Jimmy checked his watch. It had only been more than two hours since he took Joey to check the station wagon. Did the two detectives use any methods?
When Jimmy was training at Quantico, their instructors mainly focused on strategic interrogation training, which was mainly for psychology-oriented interrogations. At most, they were wheel battle fatigue tactics. Other interrogation methods were basically not trained in the academy. These were They all have to rely on daily veterans to teach new people to learn. Unfortunately, Jimmy is not so lucky, because since he came to Manhattan, the person who guided him has never been an expert in interrogation.
It's a pity. If I could just watch, I might be able to learn a lot of tricks. In fact, I heard that the CIA's interrogation methods are the best. If there is a chance, it would be great to get some teaching materials.
Speaking of which, I haven't seen Tom for a long time. When he left, he said that he would wait for news from him. There has been no news for so long, and he doesn't know whether he is dead or alive.
It seemed that there was nothing more to follow from the interrogation. All that was left was the transcript, which was boring. Jimmy left directly and went back to rest.
The next day, Jimmy came to the office. The six trainee agents had completed checking their mobile phone numbers and were not in the office now. Chris was not there either. Jimmy looked around and came to the conference room. Yesterday, Jimmy didn't know how Chris arranged for Gordon and the others. Although he didn't know where they lived, they came really early. When Jimmy arrived, the four of them were already there and writing something on the conference table.
Jimmy knocked on the door and entered the conference room, "Agent Gordon, do you have any results? What do you need me to do?"
Gordon: "You came just in time, Jimmy. I'll need you to take them to check the driver's residence later."
Jimmy: "Has the driver confessed? No problem. Have you applied for a search warrant?"
Gordon shook his head: "No need, I have already contacted the Ministry of Justice. This is a potential bomb attack case, and everything is predicated on solving the case."
Jimmy: "Okay, I understand. We can set off after you determine the time."
Gordon looked at his watch: "Half an hour, Scott, you guys take a rest for half an hour and get ready to go."
The three agents put down their work and leaned back on the chairs to rest. Jimmy looked at their state, good guys, they didn't sleep last night, right?
Jimmy turned and left the conference room. Since he was going to investigate the driver's residence, he had to bring someone from the forensics department with him to avoid invalidating the evidence obtained later because of incompatible procedures.
Fortunately, Hughes should have explained that the forensics department did not have any objections because Jimmy was a novice agent, and they readily arranged for two teams of four people to accompany Jimmy and the others to set off later.
Everything was ready. Jimmy checked his watch to make sure it was half an hour before he walked into the conference room. Scott, Harry, and Joey were woken up by Gordon, went to the bathroom to sober up, and then set off with Jimmy. , heading to the seaside in the southeast corner of Brooklyn, where there is a warehouse district, and the driver just rented a warehouse here under a false identity.
On the way over, Jimmy got the identity of the driver from Scott. The driver's name was Abdul. He came from the Middle East and had studied in France. After the United States started the war in Afghanistan, he responded to the call and joined a special organization. , "Al Qaeda", as a member of the organization, he was arranged to assist someone in starting a branch in Iraq.
He was not the planner of this operation, but one of the executors. Due to his experience of studying abroad and relying on a false identity, Abdul successfully came to New York. In the next six months, several executors used various methods to When he arrived in New York, since he was not an organizer himself, he didn't know about other people's affairs and just carried out tasks according to notifications.
This time he was caught instead of committing suicide because of his study abroad experience. Although Abdul responded to the call and joined the organization, his thoughts were obviously not as crazy as those of traditional organization members. He did not take the initiative as required by the organization. Dedicating himself, facing the guns of the police and FBI, he gave up.
This warehouse is where Abdul hides. Because he wants to be hidden, he usually lives here except walking around outside and occasionally staying in hotels. The car is also a tool truck assigned to him by his superiors. He does not Know the bomb installed under the car.
Another thing Jimmy guessed wrong was that Chris told him before that the driver didn’t say a word at all and didn’t apply to notify a lawyer. Jimmy thought the driver was some special ruthless person. In fact, the reason was very simple. Abdul was using a fake identity. Come on, as long as he reveals his true identity, he will die. In this case, it is useless to find a lawyer. He is ready to fight hard.
However, the agents from the headquarters directly let him break through the defense. After being tortured, he had no choice but to confess everything. If nothing else, at least for now, Abdul is estimated to be in prison even if he does not die. The bottom seat is worn.
(End of chapter)
