eurekapd Chapter 284 The All-pervasive Reporter
Chapter 284 The All-pervasive Reporter
At four o'clock in the morning, even Los Angeles, the city that never sleeps, fell into a deep sleep. At this time, the major TV channels are either graphic information or TV shopping content, and only n is still insisting on broadcasting.Among the three major news channels in the United States, although the ratings of msn520xs have already exceeded n, these two channels still mainly focus on news in the United States, so most of the programs at this time are only fragmentary news.
However, just when everyone thought it was a peaceful night, n suddenly interrupted the broadcast of a breaking news, which immediately awakened many people from their dreams.The person in charge of broadcasting this news was one of the several gold anchors of N Night, and this news had been repeatedly confirmed several times, and finally it was finally broadcast under the nod of the news director and the channel president.
"The following is a piece of news that n just confirmed," Annie, one of n's gold medal anchors, was broadcasting calmly. She knew very well that this report would be a critical moment for her promotion from a gold medal anchor to an ace anchor.If you are lucky, you can even win the anchor position of the second biggest news column "World News Report".
"Mr. Jed Sherman, chairman of Sherman Entertainment Group, disappeared on his way home after leaving the Oscars ceremony early yesterday. According to the analysis of the scene, Mr. Sherman was suspected of being kidnapped. Currently, the Los Angeles City Police and the Los Angeles County Sheriff The office declined to comment on the matter, but according to a source in this station, the matter has been said to have been taken over by the FBI’s Los Angeles office. For further reports on this matter, please pay attention to the news of n in the next period.”
"American news channels are really pervasive." In an unremarkable suburban villa, a Japanese-looking man turned off the TV. "Our Mr. Sherman is living comfortably, right? Before the family has no further orders, serve him well! Except for women and newspapers, he can give him whatever he wants. Anyway, this money is what he wants. paid."
At this time, Jed Sherman was imprisoned in a master bedroom in the villa, with complete bathing facilities and bedding.When Jed was taken off the blindfold and saw such a good device, he even smiled wryly. How could this be kidnapping?It seems that this group of kidnappers is quite powerful in the United States, and being able to find such a good house as a prison for meat tickets, Jed began to filter possible gangs in his mind.
The Chinese and Italians are naturally impossible. For the sake of his grandfather and John, it is impossible for Jed to not receive any rumors at all; the possibility of Russians and Eastern Europeans is not high. People who are good at it can be regarded as having face. If someone is really bad for him, then there should be someone who spreads the news.After thinking about it, Jed suddenly remembered his shooting case back then, and the unfavorable remarks made by some people from the Mitsui Consortium behind the Sony Group.It seems that this time it should be the Japanese and some Southeast Asians who came to find a place.
Thinking of this, Jed was a little worried.After all, generally speaking, kidnapping is just for money, but this group of people is not for money.
When Jed had a headache, Rose Castle in Palm Beach was also in chaos. John did not expect that the news of Jed's kidnapping would be caught so quickly by the press.When negotiating with the robbers, the most fearful thing is that the whole thing gets too much attention, especially since the U.S. government pursues the policy of "never accept hostage threats", so under the pressure of public opinion, the U.S. government is very likely to ask the fbi to take tough measures measure.Before being with Jed, John was also a state prosecutor for many years. Of course, he knew the consequences of the police becoming tougher.In the end, the robber is very likely to choose to die with the meat ticket. Naturally, the police are at most an accident to prevaricate it, but the family members of the parties have scars that have been difficult to heal for more than ten years or even decades.
"Mr. Colombo, the company's and your office's phone numbers have been blasted by several news media. Do you need a unified response?" At this time, as the chief valet of Rose Castle, Jeffrey had to remind him.
"No need to reply. All calls will be forwarded to the company's public relations department. The unified reply of the public relations department is that this matter is a personal matter between Mr. Jed Sherman and Mr. John Colombo, and it is inconvenient for the company to respond." John ordered .
John then turned to the bodyguard and the fbi liaison officer, "How? Is there any further progress now? Don't say you can't find anything. Would you like me to tell you about the amazing equipment of the nsa! If you say you can't borrow it , I have a way to get the NSA to lend this set of equipment, but when the time comes, everyone's face will be very ugly."
The person in charge of contacting John was a senior official of the fbi, and he had naturally heard that the nsa had a very powerful set of equipment.This set of equipment is a complete set of surveillance equipment built under the "Patriot Act" after the 911/[-] attacks on the United States.This set of equipment is now officially in operation, helping nsa to monitor countless spies and terrorists.The cia and fbi sometimes borrow this set of equipment from the nsa, but generally speaking, it is done through personal contact between the two departments, and the departments still firmly deny the existence of this matter.
After all, it is conceivable that the U.S. government will be under pressure and anger if the news about monitoring foreign leaders is spread; at the same time, if the U.S. media knows that the U.S. government is monitoring Americans’ emails and text messages, then the government’s face will be greatly affected. It was completely trampled to the ground.But of course this matter cannot be hidden from those big capitalists. After all, which of the senior members of the US Congress Intelligence and Security Committee does not have the shadow of a few big families behind them?Jed knew it was because he knew about the so-called "Prism Project" in his previous life, so he used this to trap Lei Shidong. After being silent for a while, Lei Shidong took Jed to meet a senior member of the Intelligence and Security Committee. Councilor, it turns out that there is something to be said.
However, this congressman was not particularly interested in this system. He just said, "It's just due to the current counter-terrorism pressure. I think after I capture bin Laden, this system can basically be honorably retired."
Jade did not tell the patriotic senior congressman that the intelligence system he originally thought was just a counter-terrorism system has become a tool for the United States to spy on opponents and even allies.After bin Laden was killed, not only was this system not abolished, but it became a weapon of the US National Security Agency (NSA), and it also made the originally neglected NSA the leader of the three major law enforcement agencies of the US federal government , so that the proud fbi and cia had to ask for help.
Jed and John talked about this system. Fortunately, the Sherman family now owns their own satellite communication company. In addition to broadcasting TV programs and building a super wireless network, another important purpose is global satellite phones. Jed even named the global satellite phone UniCall, which is currently the second largest satellite phone system in the world after maritime satellite phones.And to Jade's satisfaction, Unicall's user growth momentum far exceeds that of Inmarsat, especially in Asia, where Unicall has accounted for more than half of the market share.After all, the cost of unicall is lower than that of Inmarsat, so it has become the first choice of Asian customers.
And the reason why Jed chatted with John about the "Prism Project" was to put the American drama "Suspect Tracker" on the we TV network.Although we TV Group is not short of money by virtue of exporting TV series, but its own TV network is always so lukewarm that it is not a solution, so Jed intends to use this suspenseful American TV series to boost morale.John also learned about the Prism Project after listening to Jed's many conversations. He also guessed that using this system should be able to locate Jed very quickly.
The FBI liaison officer naturally knew what John was asking for, so he said rather embarrassingly: "Mr. Colombo, if it is not a major national incident, we have no reason to ask the National Security Agency to use that set of equipment. And I have to A reminder to Mr. Colombo that if you reveal the NSA's plans to the media, you will be scrutinized for treason."
"Mr. Thomson, don't forget my identity. I am a lawyer and have worked in the state prosecutorial system and the federal prosecutorial system. Do you think I am very unfamiliar with American laws?" John sneered, " If you want to monitor the communication records of a US citizen, you must have a search warrant issued by a judge. Which federal judge has issued so many blank search warrants to the NSA? More importantly, I am no longer a US public official , and when I learned about the monitoring system of the National Security Agency, it had nothing to do with my public office. American civilians are not obliged to keep secrets for the US state agencies. Moreover, I exposed the illegal activities of the US National Security Agency to the US media, which is the same as 'treason What does crime have to do with it? What I want to know is, which court judge in the United States do you think will be dizzy and let you prosecute me with this crime? Is it possible to throw me in Guantanamo without trial? If you do , I guarantee that the United States will launch the impeachment of the President of the United States the next day! Sir, would you like to see the United States once again plunged into the national confrontation during the Vietnam War?"
"Okay, Mr. Colombo, you convinced me." Thomson changed his face a few times, then picked up his other phone, dialed a number, and then hid in a corner to talk on the phone.
After about ten minutes, he came back and said, "Mr. Colombo, our director has already applied for help from the National Security Bureau, but whether the other party is willing or not is beyond our control. It also takes time to locate them and monitor them. If we are lucky, we may be able to locate them in two to three days; but if we are not lucky, it can be months or even years."
"I understand." John nodded. "If the whole thing can be successfully concluded, we will donate a sum of money to the Federal Judicial System Widows and Orphans Foundation."
Since he just hit someone with a stick, it is necessary to add another sweet date afterwards.The Federal Judicial System Widows and Orphans Foundation is a foundation for the fbi to pay for the family members of the fbi staff who died in the line of duty.Because this is a public foundation, fundraising has not been very effective in the United States, and most of the time it relies on funding from the Ministry of Finance for a living.If a rich man like Jed can come forward to donate, then the foundation will gain more than just charity.