The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 386 Plea Agreement
FBI branch in downtown Los Angeles.

Chick drove back from outside and urged his subordinates to send the collected evidence to the evidence room.

He took the elevator upstairs and entered the supervisor's office.

Jennifer Huey sat on the reclining sofa and asked, "Any results?"

Chick elaborated: "We searched Eugene's home carefully and found a lot of evidence, including more than a dozen letters between Eugene and Moscow, and several Russian books that could be used as spy code texts. We also investigated his communication records and found that he had phone records with the Russian embassy and had telephone exchanges with Moscow."

Jennifer praised: "Well done."

In fact, both of them knew very well that these were normal conditions for the Russian immigrant generation.

But when needed, there is evidence.

Eugene was involved in eavesdropping on Twitter's important technological secrets, threatening the security of a strategic plan filed with the Office of Science and Technology Policy. If he isn't a Russian spy, then what is he?
Jennifer was willing to get involved in this case not only because Hawke was her ally, but also because she could benefit from it.

He had just taken office as the FBI Los Angeles director and had cracked a major espionage case, and he secured the position.

Moreover, it is in the FBI's interest to fabricate a Russian espionage case.

The new Russian tsar wanted to get closer to America, but America only treated him as a monkey. It was wishful thinking for him to gain a status like Britain, France and Germany.

Europe is America's Europe, not Russia's Europe.

America has long expelled Russia from European citizenship.

If America wants to be completely assured of Russia, the Tsar must castrate himself like Ukraine did, destroy strategic weapons, and split the vast territory into dozens of countries, and then wage war against each other and kill each other.

Chic had just gone out when Bernardo entered the office.

He handed Jennifer the interrogation transcript and said, "Eugene made a plea deal with us."

Jennifer was a little surprised: "So fast?"

"He has a condition." As a law enforcer, Bernardo said naturally: "We learned through background checks that Eugene has a sister in New York who is currently studying at New York University. I threatened him that if he did not plead guilty, his sister would be deported. I also told him that many young Slavic girls who were deported have disappeared."

The latter statement is true, and Jennifer has seen the records on this.

Bernardo added: "Eugene has reached a certain position in Blackrock, so he should have heard about this. His sister is very beautiful. If she is deported, her fate will definitely not be good, so he made a request to give his savings to his sister so that she can complete her studies."

"You can promise him." Like Hawke, Jennifer's target is not a particular person, but the nature and outcome of the case.

She thought for a moment and said, "I will then apply to the headquarters to provide special protection for Eugene's sister and temporarily keep her out of the public eye."

This way Eugene was completely in control.

Bernardo nodded: "I'll go and have a good chat with him."

After everyone left, Jennifer took out her cell phone, called Hawke, and told him about Eugene's situation.

Hawke immediately replied: "Give me the relevant information about my sister, and I will send someone to New York overnight to protect her."

Jennifer provided the information.

Bernardo quickly reached an agreement with Eugene, who would admit to being a spy and, together with BlackRock executives Haas and Anderson, planned the espionage case to steal Twitter's AI technology.

…………

It is already late at night in New York, but the lights are still on at BlackRock's headquarters on Manhattan Avenue.

In the office, Chairman and CEO Larry Fink put down the phone.

The co-president Roberto Capito asked, "What's the situation in Los Angeles?"

Half an hour ago, the financial director of the BlackRock Film Foundation called and reported to them the changes in Los Angeles. Fink and Capito were confused because they didn't know the situation well enough. They only knew that Anderson, Haas and Eugene were involved in a espionage case and were taken away by the FBI. They couldn't even see their lawyers.

Capito knew something about this, but it was an espionage case involving America's enemies, and ordinary lawyers could not get involved.

Fink said: "Los Angeles has made many inquiries. It is said that the FBI arrested many people near the Coast Building, Twitter's headquarters, during the day."

He was worried: "Could it be that something went wrong with their wiretapping plan?"

Capito is not leaving anything to chance: “Prepare for the worst.”

Fink took this as a train of thought, considering the worst-case scenario. After a moment, he said, "You go contact your connections at the FBI and find out what happened. I'll contact my old friends at the Department of Homeland Security. They have the authority to intervene in this case."

Capito added: "Let the people in Los Angeles launch a money offensive..."

“No, keep quiet over in Los Angeles.” Fink is planning to support social networking media companies in Silicon Valley and push the Federal Trade Commission to initiate antitrust lawsuits. Twitter’s targeted attack has already arrived.

He realized that "Los Angeles has turned red, and we can no longer start from Los Angeles."

Capito said, "That makes sense. The other side is launching a political attack, so we should also respond politically." Fink thought of the various methods used by the FBI and was worried: "Where are the families of Haas, Anderson, and Eugene? Where are they? Send someone to monitor them immediately."

BlackRock is an investment company after all, and it has not made any preparations in this regard. Capito said: "I will send someone to check it out immediately."

While BlackRock was busy, a Mercedes left an apartment building on the Upper East Side and sped toward LaGuardia Airport, the closest airport to Manhattan.

In the car, James Murdoch asked his female assistant: "When is the fastest time to apply for the flight? We must arrive in Los Angeles at dawn tomorrow!"

The female assistant had just finished a phone call and quickly said, "The crew has applied for the route and is doing a pre-takeoff check. It is expected to take off in 35 minutes."

"I see." James thought about how to smooth over the matter.

The female assistant asked, "Why are we rushing over there in such a hurry?"

"Remember one thing: don't underestimate a fast-growing company, and don't underestimate the helmsman of such a company." James still remembers meeting Hawke at Fox's annual party, and added: "Especially this man and his online media company, they almost changed the color of California."

The female assistant didn't ask any more questions.

In last year's election, News Corporation stood on the side of George Walker. James is in a position to know the inside story that many people don't know.

California is one of the states that will determine the outcome.

In addition to Fox, Twitter, Hawke Osment and Brian Ferguson also played a key role in California.

Now, the idiots at World News Weekly still view the emerging online media forces with the traditional media's inherent perspective, thinking that they are nothing special, and they actually blame Twitter for eavesdropping.

He did it, and was caught red-handed.

James is well aware of Hawke's ability to stir up trouble, and not only is he good at stirring up trouble, he also has the huge media platform of Twitter.

He was in a hurry to calm the situation, and that was only part of the reason.

There is also a part that, once caught, will trigger a chain reaction.

James currently controls many print media in the UK and the US. He knows one thing very well: eavesdropping is by no means an isolated case but a widespread phenomenon in some media under News Corporation.

Executives, including him, generally acquiesce to the existence of such news channels.

James took out his cell phone and dialed Hawke's number again. Just like the last time, the call was ongoing on the other end.

The car arrived at the airport and drove directly onto the private jet apron.

After James got on the plane, he called Hawke's number again, and this time the call went through.

"Good evening, Hawke, I hope I didn't disturb you." James said politely and introduced himself: "I'm James Murdoch, we talked at Fox's annual party."

Coast Building, Hawke is staying in the office suite tonight.

He was somewhat surprised to receive a call from James Murdoch. While thinking about the other party's purpose, he said, "Of course I remember. At that time, I also talked about the topic of the development of traditional media and new media."

James laughed and said, "We had a great time chatting, and I've always wanted to have a drink with you. Unfortunately, my father later assigned me to England, and I only had time to come back recently."

He got to the point: "I just returned to New York and heard from my subordinates about the World News Weekly incident. This is all the misconduct of my subordinates. I must apologize to you for this."

These things cannot be resolved with a simple apology. Hawke said calmly: "The law will give Twitter justice."

James stopped laughing and said, "I'm on a private plane heading to Los Angeles and will arrive tomorrow morning. World News Weekly has done something wrong and will definitely have to pay the price, but before you hold the newspaper responsible, please give me a chance to have a face-to-face interview. I'm here with sincerity."

Hawke already had some ideas and said, "I'll meet you at the Coast Building in Santa Monica tomorrow morning."

James said: "I will be on time for the appointment."

Hawke then hung up the phone.

Edward finished answering the phone on the other end, and came over and said, "Jennifer called. The FBI reached an agreement with Eugene."

Hawke said, "Very good. As long as Eugene, a first-generation Russian immigrant, admits that he is a spy, the other two cannot be cleared."

Things were getting more and more complicated, and Edward couldn't keep up with the situation. He said, "Russia won't admit it..."

Hawke said with a smile: "Russia will certainly not admit it, whether it is true or not, it will not admit it."

He picked up the encrypted satellite phone, walked to the window, dialed a number, waited for the other side to pick up, and said, "It's me. I have a new mission for you."

The coastal city of Limon, Costa Rica.

In the newly established Hurricane Security Company, Bosque put down the satellite phone, called his assistant, and said, "I remember there is a fellow who is a Ukrainian who is fluent in Russian. He is very hostile to Russia. Find him. I have an important task for him."

(End of this chapter)