Shadow Spy

Chapter 363: Responding to Hoover’s Provocation

On Friday, October 10, when Li Junhao came to the "King tower" again, the place was completely brand new!

The exterior walls of the building were specially painted with iron-gray paint, but there are no signs. Armed guards are guarding the front and rear main side doors and the entrances and exits of the underground parking lot. The entry and exit of people and vehicles are strictly inspected. All the outward-facing windows on each floor of the building have been replaced. One-way light-transmitting bulletproof glass ensures the safety of office workers in the building...

In the underground parking lot, even the parking spaces have been re-planned; in addition, the detention room and interrogation room have been renovated on the second underground floor - although nominally the CIA does not have the power to enforce domestic law, but in reality, everyone Everyone knows it!
I have to say that during his visit, Donovan, who temporarily served as the CIA preparation director, did an excellent job!Li Junhao’s evaluation of him is: Apart from being unsuitable for dealing with senior leaders, Donovan is simply the perfect head of an intelligence organization!

According to the service practices of the U.S. government, the cabinet members and heads of related departments who are replaced with the change of president are called administrative officers. Their terms are equivalent to the presidential term. Their appointment, removal and mid-term replacement require nomination by the president and approval by Congress; in each case, Professional or technical officials serving in departments and agencies are called service officers, and their appointment, removal and use only require the consent of the head of the department.

Just like the current CIA, because it has been approved by Congress and has become a formal department, although its head is only responsible to the president at work, his appointment still requires symbolic approval from Congress, so now Li Junhao is the government affairs officer; and Donovan, who was appointed director of the Intelligence Division, was the affairs officer.

The current situation is actually quite good. Li Junhao is responsible for blending with the upper management, and Donovan can just be a qualified wage earner!

After he sat in the office on the top floor, Donovan and the heads of various departments came to report to him one after another. Generally speaking, it was good news. The only problem was a visit to the Spanish Embassy arranged by Donovan some time ago. Something went wrong in the secret search operation of the US Embassy...

The operation two days ago was personally directed by Donovan. The purpose was to send agents to sneak into the Spanish Embassy and secretly photograph the code books and important documents of the pro-Axis Franco government in order to assist the Navy Department and the British in jointly conquering the Spanish Embassy. Germany's "mystery" secret code, but this secret operation was destroyed by the FBI!

It was at night, and as soon as the CIA operators sneaked into the Western Embassy, ​​the FBI vehicles turned on their lights and sirens, deliberately making noise on the street outside the embassy, ​​scaring the panicked CIA agents out, and then... He was arrested in the name of violating public security management!
To this day, Donovan is still shaking with anger when talking about it!
After the incident, he contacted the FBI and the Department of Justice for explanations, but received no reply. Even the captured agents did not know where they were being held!Originally, he wanted to go directly to President Roosevelt, but thinking that Director Panson was coming back, he decided to put the matter aside first and ask the Director for his opinion.

Hearing this, Li Junhao immediately frowned, grabbed the orange phone on the table and dialed...

When the call was connected, Li Junhao said directly: "I am Director Pan Sen of the CIA. I want you, Director Hoover, to answer the phone!" "Ah..." The voice on the phone obviously faltered, and then he said: "Director Pan Sen, please wait a moment. Wait, I will transfer you immediately..."

Li Junhao looked at the watch on his left wrist and saw that a minute and a half had passed. There was no sound coming from the phone, so he hung up the phone with a bang!Then he picked up the blue phone next to him and ordered: "Assemble the field service of the Operations Office, Level 5 Operation Standard, and set off in [-] minutes!" Then he stood up and walked out.

Donovan at the desk was dumbfounded. He was stunned for a moment before hurriedly jumping up. While chasing his footsteps, he shouted loudly: "Director, what are you going to do? This matter cannot be solved by force!"

"William, you are wrong. This matter must be resolved by force." Li Junhao said coldly as he walked into the elevator.He knew very well that this was Hoover's attempt to exert power over the CIA. He was betting that the newly established CIA would not have the confidence to confront the FBI head-on, and was deliberately disgusting them!
If it was just a small trick to target Donovan while he was on a trip and not in Washington, then forget it. But now that he is back and he still refuses to let him go, then it is targeting him!

If he endures this time, whether through President Roosevelt or letting people like Ayers or Leahy exert pressure, he can get him back immediately, but the CIA's face and dignity will be completely lost, and he will always be under pressure from now on. The FBI was overwhelmed; and his prestige as the director was naturally destroyed and nothing was left!

As far as he knew, Hoover had not only used this method once or twice before, but had even been arrested by agents of the Secret Service; and because he held too many secrets in his hands, other department heads had many concerns. , in the end they had no choice but to bow to him and admit defeat, which made Hoover bolder!
Hoover relied on the privacy and handles of senior officials in his hands to maintain his position while also occupying the top spot in the fields of justice, intelligence and other fields. No one dared to really break up with him.

However, Li Junhao was not afraid of Hoover at all. Not to mention that he had no clues, he was not afraid even if he had any. At most, he could just ask for help from the Stuart family behind him. What's the big deal!
For him, it doesn’t matter whether a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers or he is a fool. When things happen, he just has to be tough. Who is afraid of whom?
Compared with other departments of the CIA, the Operations Division was the first to form combat capabilities. In addition to the logistics personnel, the four operational brigades that have been formed are based on the original team of the Wolf Warrior Brigade as the skeleton, plus the newly transferred Marine Corps. The team consists of 160 people in each brigade. They are equipped with all light and heavy weapons, vehicles and equipment, and even body armor. There are CIA words printed in white on the front, chest and back. It still looks like the same thing. !

At present, the vehicles equipped by the Operations Office are all bulletproof extended versions and heavy-duty hard-top Willis jeeps with overhead weapon racks. Each vehicle can seat eight people. In addition to the personnel staying at the headquarters, the Operations Office has dispatched 500 people and 65 vehicles. , plus Li Junhao's guard vehicles, a convoy of nearly 70 vehicles drove out of L'Enfant Plaza and sped north along 12th Street on the east side of the square...

The size of the convoy was a bit too large, frightening the citizens along the way and the police in Washington. Various reports and police calls were made one after another, which alerted all law enforcement agencies in Washington. It was quickly determined that this was a new car. The established CIA is in action...

(End of this chapter)