Chapter 10 Chapter VIII Conviction

Mustafa and Abdullah got up at dawn, said their morning prayers and had breakfast, then connected their computers to the Internet to check their e-mails.Mustafa had an e-mail forwarded to him by Muhammad, who should have been from the original sender named Diego, telling them that the meeting would be at 10:30 a.m. local time.He sorted through the rest of the mail, mostly what Americans call junk mail.He had learned that the word meant some kind of pork product (Annotation: Spam, the original meaning is ham, and the Internet means junk mail), which fits the name for him as a Muslim.Just after nine o'clock, the two of them went out separately, mainly to exercise their energy and blood, and check the surrounding environment by the way.Carefully and surreptitiously, they checked to see if anyone was following them, and there was none.At 10:25 they arrived at their scheduled meeting place.

Diego had arrived, reading the newspaper, in a white shirt with blue stripes. Diego?Mustafa asked happily. You must be Miguel.The person in charge replied with a smile, and got up to shake hands with him.please sit down.Pablo looked around, he couldn't be mistaken, the man sitting over there ordering coffee must be Miguel's backup, professionally covering.What do you think of Mexico City? I didn't know the city was so big and so lively.Mustafa waved his hands around.The sidewalks were packed with people coming and going in every direction.And the air would be so bad. That is indeed the city's problem. The surrounding mountains keep the pollution in the middle, and strong winds are needed to blow the air clean.How about coffee?

Mustafa nodded.Pablo waved to the waiter, holding the coffee pot high.The roadside coffee shop is purely European style, not too crowded, only about half of the seats are filled, people in twos and threes are either talking about business or chatting, and everyone only pays attention to their own affairs except talking.The waiter brought a new pot of coffee, and Mustafa poured himself a cup, then waited for the other to speak. So how can I help you? As we said before, we are all here.How soon can we leave? how fast do you wantasked Pablo. This afternoon is also possible, but it may be too urgent for you to arrange.

I'm in a hurry. How about tomorrow?About one o'clock in the afternoon, how about it? marvelous.Mustafa was a little surprised, but happily replied, how do you arrange to cross the border? I won't be directly involved, as you should be well aware.We'll drive you to the border, hand it over to someone who takes people and things across the border, and you'll have to walk about six kilometers on foot.It will be a little hot, but not too hot.After entering the United States, I will drive you to a safe house on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico.After that, it doesn't matter if you want to drive or fly to your destination from there.

What about weapons? What do you need? Ideally, we like AK｜47 best. Pablo shook his head immediately.We can't provide those, but we can get you an Uzi or Englund.The 9 mm caliber Parabellum low-power bullet (Annotation: Parabellum bullet is a bullet designed by the German Arms and Ammunition Company during World War II), plus six 30-round magazines, can definitely Meet your needs. Give me more bullets.Mustafa immediately said, twelve magazines, plus three extra boxes for each gun. Pablo nodded.This is easy.The increased expenses are only one or two thousand dollars.They would buy the guns and ammunition on the open market.So it's possible, if not practical, to trace who bought the guns or where they came from.The guns given to them are mainly Englunds, not the better-made and more accurate Israeli-made Uzis, but these people don't care about that.God knows, they might resist, religiously or morally, to touch these Jewish-made weapons.Tell me, how are you going to pay for the trip?

Each of us has five thousand dollars in cash on us. You can use that cash to pay for small purchases like food or gas, but for everything else you need a credit card.American car rental companies do not accept cash, and they will never use cash to buy air tickets. We have credit cards.Mustafa replied.He and every member of the group were given a credit card when they were in Bahrain, even with consecutive numbers.The credit card expenses would be covered by an account in a Swiss bank with just over half a million dollars deposited in it, enough for them. The name on the card, Pablo noticed, was John.Peter.smith.Very well, whoever made the credit card made no mistake, and used a middle name that looks very Middle Eastern.As long as the card doesn't fall into the hands of the police, who might ask this Mr. Smith how he got his name.Hopefully their pre-departure briefings also include American cops and police habits.

What about other documents?asked Pablo. We have Qatari passports, everyone has an international driver's license, and their English skills are not bad, and they can read maps.We know the laws of the United States, and we will drive carefully within the speed limit when driving.The hammer always hits the nail with its head sticking out, and we will be careful not to let our head stick out. very good.Pablo said thoughtfully.They've been briefed, they've got a lot of stuff in their heads, and remember that one mistake can ruin your entire mission, and it's easy to make mistakes.The US is a very comfortable country in terms of living and traveling, but their police are very different, if you don't get their attention, there is no need to worry about the police.So you must avoid drawing their attention.Failure to do so could result in a complete failure.

Diego, we will not fail.Mustafa guarantees. Where did it fail?Pablo was puzzled, but he didn't press.How many women and children will you kill?He didn't really care about that, though, it was a cowardly way to kill, but honor was defined in a far different way in his friend's culture than in his own.This is a business, and that's all he needs to know. Three miles of running, push-ups, and a cup of coffee, that's how they live in Southern Virginia. Brian, are you used to carrying a weapon with you? Habit, usually an M-16, plus five or six extra magazines, and some frag grenades.That's our basic kit, Pete.

I mean pistols or something. M9 Beretta, I am used to this type of pistol. How about marksmanship? It's one of my best things, Pete.At Quantico, I was certified in marksmanship, but most of my class got it too, no big deal. Are you used to carrying a gun with you at all times? Do you mean when in civilian clothes?Not used to it. Well, find a way to get yourself used to it. Is this legal?Brian asked. Carrying a gun is a matter of course in Virginia, and if you have a clean record, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and the Four-State Alliance of Virginia will issue you a concealed gun carrying permit.And you?Dominic.

I'm an FBI agent, Pete.Not having a gun makes me feel like I'm walking naked on the street. What kind of gun do you carry? Smith.Wesson 1076 type, 10mm bullet, dual-purpose for single shot and burst.Glock has recently been replaced in the bureau, but I still prefer the Smith type.Also, I didn't put a notch on the butt, he didn't say that.Though I've thought about it. Okay, well, now that you're out of the park, I want you two to start carrying guns with you, just to get you used to it, Brian. Brian shrugged: No problem.Better than a sixty-five-pound rucksack. Of course what I found was better than just Uda.Bing.There is much more to the name Shari.Little Jack had to work on eleven people in all, all but one were from the Middle East, all working in the financial industry.The only European living in Riyadh was a German who had converted to Islam, which surprised someone enough to warrant electronic surveillance.Little Jack had studied German in college, so he could read this guy's e-mail, but it didn't reveal much.This guy is completely Muslim in his living habits, and he doesn't even drink beer.Apparently he is popular among Saudi friends.One advantage of Islam is that if you obey the precepts and pray properly, they will not care too much about your appearance, except that most of the terrorists in the world also worship Mecca, which is actually quite commendable .But, Jack reminded himself, it wasn't Islam's fault.On the night he was born, there were people who tried to kill him in his mother's womb, and those people said they were all Catholics.A madman is a madman, and it is the same all over the world.Just the thought of those guys trying to murder his mother made him want to pull out his .40 Beretta.His father, well, let's put it this way, his father is capable of taking care of himself, but it takes a big step to treat women violently. That line can only be crossed once, and once crossed, there is no turning back.

Of course he didn't remember that at all.Before he was in first grade, those Northern Ireland Liberation terrorists had gone to God with the help of the Maryland state government.His parents never talked about it, only his sister, who sometimes dreamed about it.He wondered if Mom and Dad had dreamed about these things too.Will things like this eventually fade into oblivion?He'd seen it on the History Channel TV, and it was more than sixty years ago that WWII veterans still dreamed about the battle at night.These memories really linger. Tony? What's the matter, little Jack? This is Otto.What's the big deal with Webb's guy?He was as ordinary as vanilla ice cream. If you were a badass, do you think you would wear a neon sign on your back, or would you try to hide in the grass as much as possible? Stay with the snake.Little Jack helped him finish the sentence thoughtfully, and I knew that we were looking for minutiae. Like I told you, you need fourth-grade arithmetic, plus a sense of smell for these things.And yes, you should be looking for something that is almost fucking imperceptible, okay?That's why this job is so interesting.Often the little harmless things are really the little harmless things.Downloading child pornography from the Internet not because he is a terrorist but because he is a pervert is not a heinous crime in most countries. I bet it must be in Saudi Arabia. Possibly, but I bet they don't go after that kind of thing specifically. I think they are all serious people. In that place a man will hide his desires, but if something is done to a child, then you are in big trouble.Saudi Arabia is a very law-abiding place, you can park your Mercedes-Benz on the side of the road, leave the keys in the car, and when you come back, the car will still be there.This kind of thing can't even happen in Salt Lake City. Been to Saudi Arabia?asked little Jack. Been there four times and the people there are pretty friendly as long as you treat them appropriately.If you really make a friend, he will be your friend for life.But their rules are different from ours, and the price of breaking the rules will be extremely high. So Otto.Does Weber play by their rules? Wells nodded.That's right.He's fully integrated into the system there, religiously or otherwise.Because of this, they like this person.Religion is the center of their culture, and once someone converts to Islam and lives according to the rules, this person is recognized by their world.They liked it, as anyone would when it happened to them.I personally don't think Otto is in the business because we're looking for sociopaths, and they're everywhere, and some cultures catch them and reform or kill them, some don't.We should be good at this, but we are not, and I doubt the Saudis will be.However, the really good players are free to exist in any culture, some even use religious beliefs as a cover.Islam is not a belief system that can be accepted by sociopaths, but it can be twisted and used by those people, just like Christianity.Have you taken any psychology courses? No, I wish I had.Little Jack admitted. So, buy some books and read those books.Find people who understand these things, ask them questions, and listen to the answers they give you.After Wells finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at his own screen. Shit, young Jack thought to himself, the job was going from bad to worse, and he wondered how long before they expected him to come up with something useful.a month?a year?In the park, what is the passing score? And, what the hell would happen if he did come up with something useful? Back to Otto.About Weber. They couldn't stay in their rooms all day without being suspicious, and Mustafa and Abdullah went out for a walk after a light lunch in a coffee shop.Three blocks away, they found an art museum. Admission was free, but once inside they knew why.It was a modern art museum filled with paintings and sculptures beyond their comprehension, and after spending two hours wandering randomly among the exhibits, they concluded that paint must be cheap in Mexico.When they pretended to admire the garbage hanging on the wall and lying on the ground, it also gave them a chance to hone their cover status. They then went back to the hotel, where the weather was not bad, although those of European descent would find it very hot, but for these visiting Arabs, it was quite comfortable, even with the layer of gray fog and fog in the air. everything else.They would see the desert again tomorrow, perhaps for the last time. This is impossible, even for a government department with sufficient resources in all aspects, it is impossible to search the messages sent in and out of cyberspace every night, so the National Security Bureau uses computer software to filter key pieces of information. language.The email addresses of certain known or suspected terrorists or suspected masterminds identified over the years are all monitored, including the computer servers of Internet Service Providers.These tasks not only used up the huge memory storage space, but also made the delivery trucks have to bring new memory tapes to the storage device in Fort Meade (Maryland) all day long.These memory devices are all connected to the mainframe computer, so that when a target person is identified, his emails from several months or even years ago can be retrieved for screening.Of course, the bad guys also know that the screening software is looking for specific words or phrases, so they start using their own code words; the code words themselves are another trap, because it will give people a false sense of security, so this one has seventy years of experience Units can still easily take advantage of this and read what America's enemies are thinking. This approach also has its limits.Excessive use of COMINT information can reveal its existence, causing the target to change encryption methods, costing them a source.Use too little and things can be as bad as without it.Unfortunately, intelligence units favor the latter over the former.In theory, DHS was created to create a central clearinghouse for threat-related intelligence, but the size of this super-new unit made it hobbled from the get-go.The information is all there, but the amount is too large to be processed at all, and the processors cannot get useful results because of too much information. But old habits don't die so easily, and with or without this super new unit on board, the intelligence circle remains unscathed, and the different sections of the circle still communicate with each other.As usual, they trade what the insiders know, not what the outsiders know, and they want to keep doing it that way. The NSA communication to the CIA basically said, this is interesting, what do you guys think?That's because the two units have different styles, they express it in different ways, they think in different ways.So when they act, they act differently. However, at least they are thinking in the same direction, not going their separate ways.The CIA has better analysts, and the NSA is better at collecting intelligence.There are often exceptions to these two rules, and on either side, really talented people know each other, and of these, most of them speak the same language. The next morning, the matter became clearer through the cable communication passed between the units.A senior analyst at Fort Meade made the headlines of the newsletter to his contact at Langley.As soon as he does, the park knows right away.Jerry.Lanz saw the message in a pile of e-mails that came in that morning, and he brought it up to a meeting the next morning to discuss it. The guy said: This time we can sting them hard.What would this sentence mean?Jerry.Lanz expressed his doubts.Tom.Davis spent the night in New York last night and had a breakfast meeting with the people in charge of Morgan Stanley's debt business.It's very disturbing when one of their causes gets in the way of another. How detailed is this listening translation?Gray.Handley asked. The footnote on the document said that there is no problem with the detail, and the monitoring tape is very clear without noise interference.In Arabic, which educated people speak, it's a simple narrative sentence, and there's no particular difference to worry about.Lanz explained. What about the caller and the receiver?Handley continued to ask. The speaker was a guy named Fayed, whose surname is unknown.We know this guy, we think he's one of the mid-level folks in charge of the mission, but in planning and not in the field.He lives somewhere in Bahrain and only uses his mobile phone when he's in a moving car or in a public place, like a market or something.No one has been able to track him down yet.The receiver, Bell continued, should be a new guy, more like someone who has appeared in the past, using a new bastard machine to speak.It was an old analog phone, so there was no way to make a voiceprint. So, they might have something going on.thought Handley. It looks like it is.Lanz agreed, neither the nature nor the location. Apparently, we don't know anything.Handley reached for his coffee cup, and suddenly frowned. The strength might have to be measured with a Richter Seismograph. Are they going to react? Granger took over: Not doing anything useful, Gray.They fell into a logical trap.If they're going to do something, like raise the color of the threat situation or something, that's going to sound the alarm.They do it so often that it becomes useless.No one will take it seriously unless they announce the content and source of the listening translation.Once they publish anything, that source is finished. If they don't sound the alarm, Congress will blame them for whatever happens.Elected officials are usually used to playing the role of questions rather than answers, and some political advantage can be gained from their unproductive yelling.The CIA and other intelligence agencies continue to work on identifying someone from a distant cell phone conversation.It's unattractive, slow-moving detective work, done at a pace that impatient politicians can't handle, and throwing money at the problem won't make it any better, it's going to piss off people who do nothing else at all There is serious frustration. Looks like they're taking a wait-and-see approach to it, so they're doing something they know won't work And expect a miracle to happen.Granger agreed with his boss. Police agencies all over the United States were of course alerted.But for what purpose and against what threat, no one knows.The police will look for people with Middle Eastern faces all day long, stop their cars for questioning for any reason, until one day they get tired of this fruitless task that has been denounced by the American Civil Liberties Union.At present, there are several cases of Arab driving stops in several different federal district courts waiting to be heard. Among them, the parties involved in four are doctors, and the other two are obviously innocent students. The cases are all local police officers. Trouble them too much.No matter what kind of precedent these cases form, it will do more harm than help to all parties.This is Sam.Granger's so-called logic trap. Handley frowned even tighter.He's pretty sure it's going to be tossed around among several government agencies, and for all their money and personnel, this kind of thing is as useless as a deaf man's ears.Is there anything else we can do?he asks. Stay alert and call the police if we see anything unusual.Granger replied, unless you had a gun in your hand. Shoot an innocent redneck who is probably preparing for a citizenship test.Bell added a sentence, it's not worth the trouble. I should have stayed in the Senate, Handley thought.Part of the problem was at least satisfying to him.And it's nice to vent out the pent-up anger every once in a while.Yelling here is not constructive at all, and it's not good for the morale of his crew. Well, let's pretend to be ordinary people then.The boss finally said that his senior staff member nodded in agreement and went on with the rest of the day-to-day business.At the end, Handley asked Lanz how the new kid was doing. He was smart enough to ask a bunch of questions.I asked him to revisit known or suspected manipulators for unaccounted money transfers. Hope he can stand up to do those things, God bless.Bell muses that those things can drive a man crazy. Patience is a virtue.Handley pointed out that it was only to catch a bastard. Do we need to alert everyone in the company about this news? It's best to do this.Bell replied. then do it.Granger told those present. Shit!Fifteen minutes later, thought Little Jack, what does this mean? We may know tomorrow, next week or never.Wells replied. Fayed, I know that name.Little Jack stared back at the computer and called out a few files.Have!He's a guy in Bahrain, why didn't the local police try to make him nervous? They don't know him yet, it's the job of the NSA to track him down, and Langley's side might see if they can learn a little more about the guy from it. Are they as good at police work as the FBI? Actually, no, they're not that great.The training is different, but it will not affect a thing that ordinary people can do Little Jack interrupted him.Shit, reading people is what the cops do best, and it's a skill that can be learned, and you have to learn how to ask questions. Who said that?Wells asked. Mike.Brynon.He was my bodyguard and taught me a lot. Let's put it this way, a good spy also needs to know people, and they rely on this to save their lives. Maybe.But if you want to heal your eyes, you have to go to my mother.As for the ear problem, you have to find someone else. Well, maybe so.Check out our friend Fayed for now. Little Jack turned back to face the computer, and scrolled the screen to the first interesting conversation they had monitored. He immediately thought of a better way to go back to the place that first attracted his attention.Why doesn't he change the phone? Maybe he is lazy.These guys are very smart, but they also have blind spots, and they will gradually show a certain inertia.Although they were all very clever, they had no formal training, unlike trained intelligence agents, like those of the KSD. The NSA has a large but well-hidden listening post in Bahrain, which is housed in the US embassy, ​​aided by US Navy ships that are often called in here and are not seen here as An electronic threat.NSA agents often go out to sea with warships and are able to listen in on the cell phones of people who walk by the sea. This guy has a problem.After a minute, Little Jack said thoughtfully, but this is a bad guy, and there is nothing wrong with it. He's also a good barometer, and we found a lot of the things he said interesting. Somebody should catch him. Langley is considering this matter. How big is the CIA's Bahrain station? six people.The station master, two field intelligence agents, and three staff who handle miscellaneous tasks such as communications. that's all?over there?Is it just six people? That's right.Wells confirmed with him. damn it.I've asked my dad about it before, and he fought so hard and complained a lot. He tried very hard to get more money and more people for the CIA, but Congress would never cooperate. Did we ever go to this guy, you know, talk to him? Not recently. why not? manpower.Wells simply replied that when it comes to employees, it's interesting that they all want to get paid.But we're not that big. So that's the case, why didn't the CIA ask the local police to arrest him?Bahrain is a friendly country. Friendly, but not vassal.They have their own ideas about the rights of the people, just different from ours.Besides, you can't arrest a guy for what he knows or is thinking, only for what he has done.As you can see, we don't know if he actually did anything. Then, send someone to watch his whistle. The CIA's Bahrain station has only two field agents. How to do this?Wells asked. Oh My God! Welcome to the real world, little Jack.The CIA should have recruited some informants, maybe even the police in Bahrain to help them carry out this type of task, but it hasn't been done yet.Of course, the station master may also have asked for more manpower, but there are not many field intelligence agents who can speak Arabic and look like Arabs on Langley's side, because those who meet the requirements have already been sent to the trouble station. The obvious place to go. The reunion of the two parties proceeded as planned.There are three cars, each with a driver who rarely speaks a word, and when he does, he speaks Spanish.The journey went smoothly, which reminded them of their hometown.Drivers are careful not to speed or do anything that would draw attention to it, but if anything, they keep going.Almost every Arab smokes, all American cigarettes like Marlboro.Mustafa also smoked, he wondered a little, as if the Prophet Muhammad was standing before him, what would the Prophet think about smoking?Might not think smoke is a good thing, but the Prophet didn't say anything back then, did he?Therefore Mustafa smoked as much as he liked.The fact that it would be harmful to his health was far from him at present.He expects to live another four or five days, and if all goes according to plan, a few more days. He thought his people would be very noisy, but no, hardly any of them said a word.They stare blankly at the countryside outside the car, quickly traveling through a culture they don't quite understand, and don't want to know more about anyway. Alright, Brian, here's your gun permit.Peter.Alexander handed over the permit. This was probably his second ID card, and he put the permit in his wallet.So, I can legally carry a gun on the street now? In fact, no cop would ever bother a Marine officer with a gun, whether it was out or concealed.But you'd better play by the rules.Are you going to take Beretta? I'm used to carrying that type of gun, and fifteen rounds made me feel pretty safe.How should I carry my gun? Use this, Aldo.Dominique held up a Thunderbolt bag, which looked like a money fanny pack, or one of those small bags usually carried by women rather than men.With a pull on the cord, the pocket opens to reveal the automatic pistol and two additional magazines stored inside.Many operators use this, it is much more comfortable than a holster belt.On long car rides, the holster is often pressed against your kidneys. For a split second, Brian nearly slipped the gun into his belt.Where are you going today?peter. Head back to the mall for more tracking practice. marvelous.Brian responded, how come you don't have the invisibility pill? H． G．Wells took the prescription away.