Chapter 1624 The Big Fish Are Biting the Hook

? The atmosphere in the study room became full of gunpowder, and it didn't seem to make everyone present feel nervous.

Old Smith was still leisurely and indifferent with his eyes closed, smoking a cigar. The former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld just looked at Andy with a smile on his lips and narrowed his eyes. A wicked man pondered what he could do to impress this greedy and cunning young man for a while, and gagged him.

As for the U.S. soldiers and the lieutenant colonel who were disarmed and detained, these generals knew very well that they were to blame. After all, it was an illegal military operation. In this case, they dare not do so.

After all, Andy Smith, who has a huge weapon in his hands, if he gets angry and directly flips the table, the military will really be in trouble!

After the overthrow of the Saddam regime and the occupation of Iraq, everything that happened in Iraq is a messy account, involving hundreds of billions of dollars, how many entanglements, how many transactions, how many game of interests , How many interest groups have benefited, there is no way to figure it out, and no one dares to figure it out.

Silence, an eerie silence.

Originally thinking that the generals present would support his toughness, Minister Gates, who had been putting pressure on Andy Smith, who had been looking at him sneering like an idiot, looked around for a week with frowning eyes, his pupils shrank slightly, However, he did not back down, but stared at Andy firmly, waiting for Andy Smith's reply.

"Buzz—"

Andy raised his eyebrows, shrugged his shoulders, took out his phone and looked at it, then Gates smiled mysteriously and connected the phone, "I'm Andy Smith, tell me what's up..."

This time, including the old Smith, they all looked at Andy, whose expression changed wonderfully, with curious eyes. Until Andy hung up the phone, everyone's eyes never left.

"Well, something really happened!" Andy shrugged helplessly and said with a light smile, but his tone was full of jokes.

"In the early hours of the 12th Baghdad time, a group of unidentified militants surrounded the premises of the Freedom Eagle Security Company in Baghdad with live ammunition, and were about to forcibly break through the checkpoint. The resident conducted an illegal search. John Cook, the company’s resident supervisor, was unable to distinguish his suspicious identity because the identity of the other party was unknown. In order to protect the safety of the company’s resident property and personnel, according to the highest administrative The security and anti-terrorism order issued by Mr. Bremmer placed it in disarmament and seizure. . . "

Andy smiled and explained,

In the end, he reached out his hand to gesture to Bremer, who shook his head and smiled helplessly. The others also shook their heads and smiled bitterly. They are now insisting that they are unidentified militants, and they don’t even admit that they are detained American soldiers. It looks better. . . . . .

While the generals were comforting themselves, Andy Smith continued: "No way, our company mainly provides security work and is good at defensive protection. Facing hundreds of militants with live ammunition, there are only fifty or so security personnel. The station is vigilant, and it is understandable to be nervous. The disarmament and seizure are mainly for safety investigation..."

As soon as he said this, the corners of the mouths of the military bosses present couldn't help twitching a few times, and his meowing Hong Guoguo slapped them in the face.

"Ahem..."

The four-star general Abizaid coughed a little bit unbearably at the cryptic ridicule of the young man Andy Smith, reminding him that enough is enough and the dignity of the US military must be maintained, although he knows better than anyone else that freedom The group of vultures in the Eagle are all retired US military elites, and John Cook is a retired colonel of the former Marine Corps. Although they are all their own people, there is still a distinction between active and retired.

Andy raised his eyebrows, no longer irritating the glass hearts of the generals present, but solemnly said with a frown: "After confirming his identity, he was going to release him, but the lieutenant colonel named Hopfen told My employees, they searched for an American contractor and arms dealer named Stordale, claiming that the other party was a spy, but this American from Stordale happened to be a customer of the company, and was providing security services to rush On the way to the US embassy, ​​he was ambushed and killed by unknown armed men..."

As soon as Stordale's name appeared, several generals present and bigwigs in Congress couldn't help but secretly exchanged glances, and their gazes at Andy became more serious. They could confirm that the evidence of the entire chain of interests had been confirmed by the person in front of him. Young people are in control.

"My staff couldn't confirm what Lieutenant Colonel Hopfen said. After all, it was related to the murder of an American citizen. I originally hoped to notify the people in the embassy to deal with it after dawn. However, just after dawn, The company's resident was surrounded by a large number of soldiers. In order to avoid other accidents and worry that the truth would be distorted, the resident director chose to explain the matter clearly and carry out personnel handover under the witness of the embassy, ​​the FBI and the top officials stationed in Iraq. And hand over some evidence that may help investigate the case!"

"..."

The study room became silent again. Even Secretary of Defense Gates, who had a tough attitude just now and wanted to sanction the Liberty Eagle security company, stared fiercely at Army General Tommy Frank sitting opposite him with a livid face. As the Secretary of Defense, Gates will not be an idiot if he is able to become the Secretary of Defense. As the Secretary of Defense, he is very clear about the mess of Iraq. , allowing it to temporarily manage Iraq's oil revenue has long been a bad debt!

As soon as Andy revealed that Stordale was a contractor and an arms dealer, Gates immediately speculated the whole ins and outs. To be honest, he really wanted to stand up and leave the study immediately, not for himself The attitude is not good, but I really don't want to get involved in the ILAK vortex, which is already a rotten quagmire. After all, the donkey party headed by Ao Guanhai has already begun to gather investigators to dig deep into the quagmire and catch big fish.

But alas, as the Washington saying goes, 'No one is ever really innocent, not even the Boy Scouts. ’ As a senior politician, you also have to understand one thing, that is, no matter which side you are on. Everyone has to eat.

The people present are the real big fish. Those who get the most benefit, Washington will never really pursue the big shots. . . . . .

Leaning on the sofa, looking at the silent crowd with a smile, Andy and Old Smith, who was also smiling, looked at each other, and Andy broke the silence, pretending to be angry and dissatisfied, and said: "Before, The Baghdad resident sent me a document, saying that it was given to the employees of the company by the employer Stordale at the last moment of his life, hoping to make the contents of the document public and hand it over to the FBI, because it is related to an Iraqi LA case. A den of corruption that squandered $50 billion in a rebuilding plan in Croatia . . . ”

When the figure of 50 billion was revealed, everyone in the room couldn't help looking at each other and gasped. No matter whether they really didn't know or they didn't know, they all looked shocked. Gates was even more shocked and said: " impossible!"

Former Minister Rumsfeld also looked at Andy Smith who was sneering in surprise, frowning and muttering: "It's too exaggerated..."

"Snapped!"

Andy didn't pay attention to Gates' gaffe, and didn't worry about whether Rumsfeld's so-called "too exaggerated" questioned the figures or lamented the corrupt officials. Instead, he sneered and left the unsealed document bag in his hand. On the table, a stack of photos was thrown out of the file bag with inertia, and unfolded on the table.

"No one supervises, everything is managed out of order, only a lot of money that makes people's hearts beat faster, dangling in front of their eyes every day, lying on the account, hehe, what is more suitable for fishing in troubled waters than this environment?"

Andy looked at the big guys present who had a deep connection with Iraq, and wanted to say something, everyone here is just pretending to be rubbish, but, to extract oil from this group of people, An Di Di Ke will not ruin his plan for the sake of quick SHE.

Everyone present turned their attention to the photos on the table. The top one is behind a desk full of dollar cash, a man in desert camouflage, with a cigar in his mouth, hiding behind the "golden mountain" The colonel winked.

"damn it..."

"This idiot!"

. . . . . .

The people in the photo were recognized at a glance as the generals of Curtis Whiteford who gave them money. His eyes were burning, his face was dark, and he was swearing in his heart through gritted teeth, wishing he could send someone to kill this idiot immediately.

"Takeaway pizza full of US dollar cash, bags of cash were carried into the military camp and delivered to the desks of various offices... Tsk tsk, I saw the evidence, I thought it was some African warlord The barracks are really amazing!" Andy continued the sarcasm of the poisonous snake.

"This is a super rat! It must be punished severely!"

"Send them all to court martial!"

"These bastards are simply damned..."

Seeing the generals filled with righteous indignation and incomparable anger, Andy sneered in his heart, but said with an expression of approval on his face: "Fraud, corruption, dereliction of duty, this group of rats has tarnished the honor of our army and should be punished by law. I have had the directors in Baghdad contact the U.S. Special Inspectorate for Iraq Reconstruction and have decided to turn this evidence over to them. . . ”

"No! Mr. Smith, you can't do that!"

"Absolutely not..."

"Andy, they should have a court martial!"

Andy pretended to be shocked by the unanimous momentum of everyone present, opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, but sneered in his heart, the big fish finally bit the hook!