OBS Chapter 1878 Joe and Morgan (Please give me double the monthly ticket!! Please give me monthly ticke
Chapter 1878 Joe and Morgan (Please give me double the monthly ticket!! Please give me monthly ticke
Chapter 1878 Joe and Morgan (Please give me double the monthly ticket!! Please give me monthly ticket!! Please recommend!!)
"Joe! It's done here!"
Old Joe sat weakly in the car and said into the communicator, "Take away everything you can. Let's see if our logistics department can find anything in there."
After that, he turned to his old partner, Frank Morgan, and said, "It seems that these kids are very adaptable to this secret front. They are doing very well under your training."
Joe, a former senior CIA agent, is Frank Morgan's teacher and mentor. Due to his black identity, he was unable to reach a truly high-level position when he was young and strong. He could only be a senior agent all his life, but because of his seniority, he had a very large network of contacts in the CIA and even in the entire US intelligence community. He even had friends in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (hereinafter referred to as SSCI) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (hereinafter referred to as HPSCI). (The above two committees are collectively known as the United States Congressional Intelligence Committee. This committee is a new type of committee that has both the characteristics of a standing committee and a special committee. Therefore, it has become the only special committee in the US Congressional Committee that has the power to initiate legislation.)
Perhaps after saying this, many people still cannot understand the value of this network.
Well, I have to explain here that the committees here are basically the pinnacle of power in the American political system! According to the current committee system in the United States, the committees in Congress are mainly divided into four types: standing committees, special committees, joint committees and conference committees. Among them, the standing committees are the core and main body of the U.S. congressional committee system, and they occupy an absolute majority in the committees. They are generally divided according to functions and fields. In each corresponding administrative policy field, a corresponding standing committee will be established; special committees are usually established to supplement the deficiencies of standing committees. Special committees are basically established to study and make recommendations on specific matters that need to be dealt with urgently. They are automatically cancelled after the task is completed and are temporary.
The Intelligence Committee of the United States Congress is the "twin" of the standing committee and the special committee. It has some attributes of both standing committees and special committees, and therefore has a special organizational structure and functions that are different from the standing committees and special committees of Congress. Since SSCI and HPSCI are both permanent special committees, the Intelligence Committee of Congress is actually permanent like the standing committees and has the general characteristics of standing committees: for example, the standing committee is the core of the legislative process of the United States Congress and has extensive legislative power; both intelligence committees have the legislative initiative power that only standing committees have, which is not possessed by ordinary special committees. This is the most prominent feature of the Intelligence Committee of the United States Congress that distinguishes it from ordinary special committees in terms of functions and powers. On the other hand, from the perspective of the committee's organizational structure, since SSCI and HPSCI are both special committees, the composition and appointment of their committee members are different from ordinary standing committees.
First, the members of the standing committees of the U.S. Congress are mainly elected by the bipartisan caucuses of the Congress; the special committee nature of the Congressional Intelligence Committee gives party leaders the privilege of directly selecting committee members. All members of the committee are selected by party leaders, including the chairman and vice chairman, who are nominated by the majority and minority leaders of the committee and finally appointed by the speakers of the two houses. In addition, party leaders have the right to set the ratio of seats between the majority and minority parties in the committee. Judging from the composition of the two-party members of the Intelligence Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the ratio of the two-party members of the HPSCI is usually determined according to the proportion of the two-party members of the House of Representatives; in contrast, the Senate pays more attention to seeking bipartisan cooperation in intelligence supervision, strives to reflect the bipartisan stance of the Intelligence Oversight Committee, and avoids the committee from being divided or even split along party lines. Therefore, the allocation of the two-party members of the SSCI always insists that the majority party has one more seat than the minority party. It can be seen that it is precisely because of the nature of the SSCI as a special committee that it gives party leaders flexibility in selecting committee members and setting the proportion of seats between the two parties in the committee, making it more in line with the supervision needs in the intelligence field that is vital to national security, and embodies the concept of "exceptionalism" in intelligence supervision, that is, it is believed that due to the well-known secrecy and sensitivity of intelligence work, Congress cannot supervise intelligence agencies and their activities like it supervises other administrative agencies. Therefore, the U.S. Congress should be more cautious in intelligence supervision. "Intelligence is an exception to the normal rules and accountability standards of the U.S. government; covert operations are too fragile and too dependent on confidentiality to be subject to normal strict supervision."
According to the rules of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees (SSCI and HPSCI), the establishment of their subcommittees requires a majority vote by committee members, and the chairman and vice chairman of each subcommittee are selected by the chairman and vice chairman of the committee. In contrast, the members of the subcommittees under the standing committees are determined by the bipartisan caucuses of the committees based on the applications of the respective members; the chairman and vice chairman of the subcommittee are elected by the majority party caucus and the minority party caucus of the committee respectively.
Secondly, unlike the members of standing committees who generally have no term limits, members of the Congressional Intelligence Committee have term limits, with SSCI members serving for eight years and HPSCI members serving for six years. In addition, due to the special committee nature of SSCI and HPSCI, the service of members of the Congressional Intelligence Committee will not affect their service on other standing committees of Congress, so as to increase the attractiveness of SSCI and HPSCI to members of Congress. In addition, considering that the Military Affairs, Foreign Affairs (called the International Relations Committee in the House of Representatives and the Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate), Judiciary, and Appropriations Committees of Congress also have jurisdiction over some U.S. intelligence activities, Senate Resolution 8 (S.Res.6) and House Resolution 400 (H.Res.400) that established the Intelligence Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives both reflect the interests of these four standing committees. For example, H.Res.658 specifically stipulates that among the members of HPSCI, at least one member of the Military Affairs Committee, the International Relations Committee, the Judiciary Committee, and the Appropriations Committee must participate. S.Res.658 also stipulates that 658 of the 1 members of the SSCI must be 400 members each from the Appropriations, Military, Foreign Relations, and Judiciary Committees. This arrangement helps the Congressional Intelligence Committee coordinate activities related to U.S. intelligence legislation and supervision with the Appropriations, Military, Foreign Relations, and Judiciary Committees. Despite more than 15 years of development, the U.S. Congressional Intelligence Committee has not undergone any substantial changes in terms of organizational structure and functions.
Such a large number may seem complicated, and it is actually very complicated.
But it also shows the value of it, and Joe has very deep connections in both committees, which is the advantage of living long enough. You know a lot of secrets and a lot of people!
Joe had originally retired, but the last time Scylla woke up, it made the US government very passive... All matters related to Scylla are confidential, and the protection of Scylla is also very strict.
But even so, Scylla's information was still leaked, and even at the critical moment, someone helped Nick Fury realize his conspiracy, which eventually led to Scylla's awakening and the subsequent Mechagodzilla rampage.
Although the two incidents did not cause much damage to the United States, the problem was that Colombia was affected, which eventually led to huge international pressure on the United States. Even many South American countries were wavering, which put great pressure on the US government.
The most important thing is Nick Fury. This guy is like a ghost that can't be driven away. He always lingers in the United States. He jumps out from time to time to cause trouble. This makes the White House very angry.
In order to capture Nick Fury and eradicate the legacy he left behind, the White House hopes to have an excellent intelligence officer who has nothing to do with Nick Fury to conduct a purge within the United States... To be honest, the word "purge" was always associated with the Russians, and it is quite rare to use this word in the United States.
Nick Fury is not very good at doing serious work, but he is really good at underground work. In the last Mechagodzilla incident, a technology tycoon was actually connected to Nick Fury. Coupled with the revelation of the military and government in the Scylla incident, many people realized that Nick Fury had planted countless secret lines inside the United States!
This guy is like a tireless old farmer, scattering his seeds all over the land of America... just like a tumbleweed, he may scatter seeds wherever he passes by.
Who knows what he will do with these seeds one day.
So it must be cleared!
Resolutely purge!
And Joe was chosen because of his integrity, loyalty, childlessness, and no connection to Nick Fury... Oh, and another important point is that old Joe is dying of cancer. In fact, his health is already very bad.
But he didn't want to rest... He was a senior agent. He retired very early, at the age of 60. Including the time he spent as a civilian, the old guy had been doing nothing before he was 50. He is now 80 years old, and according to his own words, he has rested for 30 years! He has rested enough.
He lived in a top-class sanatorium, but he was still tortured by the boring life. The most important reason for him to come out of retirement was that he didn't want to die of boredom.
Also because of his dying life, the masters above could rest assured that at least there would be no future troubles, and his death could put a perfect end to this purge.
All resentment and dissatisfaction will go to hell with him, while the masters can go there cleanly and with dignity.
Frank Morgan, the strongest field agent of the CIA, codenamed Church. With his achievements, it is not inappropriate to call him a superhero. This guy is already sixty years old and should have retired a long time ago... The work of a field agent is not something that ordinary people can do. Being able to work as a civilian is the best destination for many field agents, but Morgan broke the record. He was a field ace until his retirement!
This is rare, because he was removed from the CIA due to some internal strife... This is not surprising. The internal strife in the CIA is very serious. There is no other way. They have done too much dirty work, which has caused many people to be neither human nor ghost. Because there is too much black material, in order to keep it secret, the CIA often conducts internal purges by itself.
Morgan is an example. Although he is a legendary agent, because he was exposed to too many dark secrets and some messy external conspiracies, the CIA decided to eliminate this meritorious agent and many people who hold black materials.
There is no way. There are many things about the CIA that really cannot be exposed. If they are exposed, not only the CIA, but even the US government will be shocked.
In order to protect himself and his friends, Morgan had no choice but to join the FBI, but was recruited by the Department of Defense and became an instructor for Team X. In order to train Team X, Morgan found a friend with the same name as himself - "The Punisher" Frank Custer.
Unfortunately, not long after the team was formed, they encountered the Hellfire Club.
Then the whole team was wiped out. The two ordinary instructors, Church and Punisher, were fine, but among the members of Team X who were being trained, only the lone member, Phillip "The Beast" McCoy, was left.
Later, in order to seek revenge, the Punisher called upon his good friend Kai.
Most of the members of the Hellfire Club and the mastermind Sebastian Shaw were killed directly.
After that, the Punisher and Morgan continued to serve the government and trained the new X-Team, which is the team that is now carrying out missions outside.
But then the Punisher left and returned to Jiade Town to continue his retirement.
Morgan was not so lucky. He betrayed the CIA and handed over a lot of dirty stuff to the FBI, which led to the CIA being suppressed for several years. In particular, some powerful people with relevant interests were also severely damaged. He could only continue to work for the government for the rest of his life, otherwise he would lose his protection and be visited by his former enemies at any time. The CIA is very vindictive.
After receiving the task of purge, Lao Qiao went to find his good friend and disciple.
Old Joe still hopes to give his old friend some protection, let him take over his connections, and be able to truly retire one day.
"What's the next mission?"
In fact, to be honest, Morgan didn't really want to continue this kind of mission, as those who do dirty work don't end well. But he had no choice but to continue because of the mission from above and the persuasion of his old friend.
"New York!"
Old Joe said this with a smile, and then his face began to distort.
Morgan quickly took out the medicine and gave it to Old Joe.
Old Joe's dark face eased a little.
"You'll die of exhaustion in office. Maybe you should get treatment."
"It's no use. My cancer cells have spread. And I think if I go back to the hospital, I'll die faster. Two years ago, the doctor told me that I had three months to live at most, but look at me now. Am I not alive and well? I estimate that I can live another year or two. If I go back to the hospital, I'll probably die of boredom soon!"
Actually, Old Joe is not as relaxed as he says. He is indeed alive, which is a miracle. However, the price of the miracle is that he has lived a life worse than death in the past two years!
Sometimes, Old Joe thought that it would be nice if he died in the hospital after three months.
However, his restless heart prevented him from lying in bed.
Psychological torture is much more terrible than physical torture. At least he is used to the pain.
"Okay... whatever you want." Morgan had no choice. He had already said enough to persuade the old man, but what else could he do if the old man didn't listen?
"What is the mission in New York this time? And... that's New York, why would we be needed there?"
New York is the most special city in the United States... and even in the world.
Crime will never leave this city, but they have the most righteous group of people in the world.
It is very consistent with the temperament of this city, it's so contradictory!
"No, we are going to receive a companion! A companion who was stuffed in by the president himself."
(End of this chapter)