Chapter 376 Another Trial

The prosecution case of Captain America is not a simple legal matter in essence. This is a deeply political event. What played a decisive role in the whole incident was not how the court's decision was.

It's about whether the White House, Congress, the Pentagon, and S.H.I.E.L.D. can achieve a proper balance. If the Quartet fails to reach a suitable and mutually acceptable result. This trial will be endlessly extended.

An important factor that will ultimately affect the direction of the four directions is public opinion. Although ordinary people have weak individual abilities, they are the cornerstone of the entire society. Whether it is a superhero or the government, if it is divorced from the people, it is tantamount to losing the vegetation that grows the soil, and it will wither soon.

The direction of public opinion will completely determine the final outcome of this incident. A large part of the reduction in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s budget is due to the continued urgency from the military, as well as some problems with S.H.I.E.L.D. itself.

Among them, the continuous pressure from the military is the key factor. Some people will have struggles, and if there are struggles, it will be easy to divide into two factions. It turned out that when Nick Fury was around, he had various ways to get enough budget.

Perhaps a considerable part of the methods were not so upright, and it also made the military's teeth itch. You know, the National Strategic Science Agency, the predecessor of S.H.I.E.L.D., is an organization under the US military. Until 1955, they had to act according to the face of the military.

And now SHIELD has fully grown into an important armed force in this country, and it can be separated from the military. This made the generals in the Pentagon very dissatisfied.

Politics is a very deep and complicated subject. There are countless plots, compromises, negotiations, exchanges and so on. It is difficult for outsiders to know how serious the division of power in the political territory of a superpower is.

Because of the separation of powers in the American political structure, that is, judicial power, legislative power, and executive power are different from each other. The formation of this country is based on the combination of interests, that is, the federal government.

In the face of a big interest relationship, namely: the integrity of the US national sovereignty and national territorial security, under this major premise, the entire country is divided into countless small interest groups and factions.

Washington fought the Revolutionary War and founded the United States. However, the United States has not achieved a real unification in this regard. The laws and interests of different states are different. The federal government at the time was nothing more than a shaky coalition of interests.

Until Lincoln's Civil War, the interest factions in the entire country were completely unified by means of war. Only then did the prototype of modern American government and distribution of power be constructed.

In fact, up to now, every state in the United States has its own laws. These laws have added the states' own demands without violating the national constitution. This is an unbelievable thing in a unified country.

There are many different laws coexisting in one country. For example, it is legal for you to use a certain firearm in a certain state, but it is illegal for you to take this firearm to the next state. The police will arrest you, and you may even face jail time.

Legal disputes such as these are common problems in the United States. Some cars are legal here, but not there. Some drugs can only be purchased in a certain state, because they cannot be purchased in other states. Even marriage laws are enforced differently from state to state.

For example, the FBI, that is, the leader of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, does not necessarily lose face to the White House. In Hoover's day, it was hardly news that the FBI was arbitrarily and illegally arresting and imprisoning people. It is not uncommon to even interrogate certain officials by illegal means. Because of the independence of power and the lack of sufficient supervision, it is not an exaggeration to say that the FBI in that era was lawless.

Even the famous President Roosevelt in American history couldn't express anything when he met Hoover, the boss of the FBI.

And it was this situation that led Roosevelt to create an institution to counter it. Both the CIA and the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States.

In addition to being an extra pair of eyes and ears for the government, the most important function of the CIA is to decentralize power from the FBI. In the past, the FBI was responsible for domestic and foreign intelligence, and Hoover was awe-inspiring precisely because of this. But the emergence of the CIA directly took away half of the rights.

To put it simply, the government has set up a role to play against the FBI, allowing the FBI and the CIA to fight each other. Since the establishment of the CIA, there have been many times that the FBI and the CIA have had troubles.

So simply put, one of the most important things in politics is balance. The balance among various factions, various rights, and various interest demands. It may sound like a muddle-headed statement, but maintaining stability is the United States' first quest. Only under the premise of stability, the US government can do other things.

Another example is the relationship between Congress and the White House, which is a mutual check and balance.

The military is the country's most important violent institution. Especially the U.S. military, which occupies the highest military expenditure in the world, does not have any power to check and balance it.

Any politician knows that in the struggle for power, he can lose to other parties. But the military must never be allowed to come to power.

Because the rise of the military means that the politicians have to surrender all their rights and are powerless to resist. So when Howard Stark launched S.H.I.E.L.D. in 1955, Congress and the president agreed to the plan.

S.H.I.E.L.D. directly tore off a large piece of flesh and blood from the US military as its own nourishment. For this reason, the military has been in pain for more than two decades, and even now it is still aching.

The existence of S.H.I.E.L.D. ensures that the U.S. government still has a hole card to restrict the military when necessary. But because of the excessive strength of the previous director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury. He even had a tendency to overwhelm the military.

His speeches, about external threats. Truth be told, Congress and the White House don't really want to hear it. Because they can't even handle things on Earth, how can they have so much time to care about things outside space.

Therefore, it is only a matter of time before Nick Fury is dismissed by the government. As long as he makes any slight mistakes, he will be caught and make a big fuss. Because for the government, balance is the most important thing.

The case of Captain America in New York caused a sensation among thousands of people. But in Washington, another trial has been quietly going on.

This is the trial of Nick Fury by the Security Council. The charge is negligence. Regarding the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick needs to bear the responsibility, which was decided internally.

The interrogation was conducted by three members of the Security Council. Rather than saying that they came to interrogate, it would be better to say that they came directly to pronounce the sentence.

"Nick Fury, about your dereliction of duty and the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. and your overreaching without notifying the Security Council many times. After the decision of this council, Nick Fury will be stripped of all his positions again, and Due to the fall of the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, you need to bear the unshirkable responsibility!" The committee member in charge of announcing the trial results took the manuscript and read it.

"In this regard, I pronounce the verdict. Nick Fury will be sentenced to ten years in prison. Do you have any objection to this verdict?"

Nick Fury stood in the middle of the room and said nothing, but stared at the committee member with his eyes, the kind of eyes that choose people and devour them are very uncomfortable.

Nick had to be taken down and locked up. This is the unanimous opinion within the Security Council. Under Nick's leadership, S.H.I.E.L.D. has almost become his voice. The Security Council can't get involved at all, and there is no place to choke the neck except for the budget, which makes many people feel uncomfortable.

Especially when Nick was arrested that day, there were even agents who wanted to prevent Nick from being arrested. It can already be seen from this incident that the existence of Nick has seriously shaken the authority of the Security Council.

So Nick went to jail, and the agents who wanted to prevent his arrest were all expelled from the sequence of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The committee member was very uncomfortable being stared at by Nick's eyes, so he could only wave his hand and signal the guards to take Nick away. Now that the matter was settled, he didn't want to see Nick again.

Just before Nick Fury left, he left a very meaningful sentence: "The threat never stops!"

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Li Jie was not very concerned about the progress of Captain Rogers' case, because he knew that this matter would not end so easily. When the time comes, I will support him in the comics and the media, and help him stir up the heat of the matter.

Speaking of which, I just helped him find a new colleague. Li Jie shook his head thinking of this.

He picked up the phone and called Katie. The dissolution of the mutant school should be a big blow to Katie. As a friend, Li Jie felt that he had to comfort her.

"How are you, Katie? I recently heard that Xavier School for the Gifted is closed?" The call was connected. Li Jie asked with concern.

"It's okay, at least I made a lot of friends there. Although the school is closed, at least I have many new goals!" Katie's voice didn't sound that depressed, which made Li Jie feel still good.

"You sound good. Do you have time tonight? I can treat you to dinner." Li Jie extended the invitation. But Katie on the side of the phone hesitated.

"Oh, uh~. Actually, I haven't been in New York recently."

"Um?"

"My classmates and I went on a trip to relax. Because of the disbandment of the school." Li Jie's intuition told him that Katie was hiding something.

"Are you going on a trip now? Is it a little dangerous?" Li Jie remembered that he told Katie as a night crawler that the situation of mutants is a little dangerous now.

This little girl still ran out to play with such a big heart?

"Don't worry, we have many companions." Katie said quickly.

It is because you have more companions that you are more dangerous. Li Jie still wanted to say something, but Katie hurriedly said: "We are going to start preparing for the barbecue party at noon, I will call you Jason later, goodbye!"

Saying that, Katie hung up the phone in a hurry. Li Jie always felt that Katie seemed to have some problems, and she was hiding something.

In fact, Katie is indeed hiding something. For example, it is true that she and her companions went on a trip, but it was not for relaxation, and the location was a bit far away.

She is now located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the famous City of God. And now she and Iceman Bob are meeting an important person.

Someone who can help this group of young people realize their unrealistic ideals.

The senior from the Xavier School of Geniuses, and also the top richest man in Brazil and even South America: Roberto Squeta, known as Sunspot.