1960: My uncle is the FBI Director

Chapter 151 Secret Operation?

The joys and sorrows between people are not the same.

Just as the Soviet Union was celebrating the success of its manned spaceflight, Emily's departments were frantically applying for budgets.

Just as Harold Wilson envied Billy Hawke for being chosen by Theodore, Billy Hawke was unable to extricate himself from the shock of Theodore's own invention of a method for solving crimes.

Just as Theodore thought that acquiring the Felton Star would free him from having to fight all sorts of strange and unusual creatures, the Felton Star didn't think so.

They used to write with great restraint and trepidation.

After all, they are the Twin Detectives!

It's the sign for the Felton Police Department!
When Theodore was recruited by the FBI, they became even more uneasy and even considered stopping publication at one point.

Writing a story about an FBI agent involves a lot of pressure and risk.

Who knows when someone will knock on the door and shout, "FBI! Open the door!"

it's good now!

They've been acquired!

Since we're all family now, I hope my boss won't mind if I write some anecdotes about him.
While Theodore breathed a sigh of relief, the Felton Star, far away in Felton, was already aggressively recruiting writers, preparing to create even crazier stories.

Science fiction is currently very popular, especially given the Soviet Union's successful launch of humans into space.

If we don't put on a show of "Twin Psychic Detectives vs. Red Ghost," it would be a waste of the 50,000 yuan the boss spent!
They've also connected with DC Comics!

I used to think that as long as we could get a collaboration, I wouldn't mind not getting a single penny.

After all, that's DC.

Now we need to talk about the price properly.

It's just a DC (Digital DC).

It's not that the Felton Star only cares about profits; it's just that the price they offered was too low and didn't match the boss's status!

Theodore had no idea what was happening in Felton, or what was going to happen.

At this very moment, he and Bernie were stuck in traffic on their way back to Georgetown.

The impact of the news about the Soviet manned spaceflight continues to unfold, and the most immediate effect is on the road conditions in DC.

The roads are more congested than before.

In the opposite lane, a Chevrolet with Ohio license plates was honking its horn frantically. The driver looked anxious and leaned out, shouting at the car in front.

He is a sales manager for an aerospace-related company in Ohio.

My boss dragged me out of bed in the early hours of the morning, and I rushed to DC.

He was supposed to take a plane, but all the flights were already booked.

He then turned to the train station, but there were no seats available.

He had to drive himself to DC, and didn't even have time to eat on the way, and even took the wrong turn.

He was already anxious enough that he missed both the plane and the train, falling far behind his peers.

After finally getting to DC, we encountered a traffic jam.

He was about to explode with rage.

He suspected that if the traffic jam continued like this, by the time he arrived at his destination, all the orders would have already been taken by his competitors, and they wouldn't even get a chance to make a profit.

His shouts drew people's attention.

Several drivers got out of their cars and surrounded the Chevrolet.

A heated argument quickly erupted there, accompanied by a string of curses.

A driver rammed into a police car parked on the side of the road, speaking with a southern accent and shouting that he wanted to report a spy from the Soviet Union.

The driver confidently asserted that the person sitting in the Chevrolet from Ohio was a Soviet spy, possibly involved in the leak of manned spaceflight technology.

The police walked over helplessly, dispersed the crowd, and revealed the Chevrolet driver inside, whose face was covered in blood from being beaten.

They witnessed the entire dispute unfold, and they wouldn't have bothered to get involved if someone hadn't reported it.

After all, this kind of thing happens several times every day on my way to and from get off work.

There are always hot-tempered drivers who get so frustrated by traffic jams that they explode in anger and get a beating from their colleagues.

The detective asked perfunctorily if I needed to go to the hospital.

The Chevrolet driver waved his hands repeatedly, anxiously asking the detective if he could be taken to the Capitol Building, as he had a very urgent matter to attend to.

The detective pointed ahead: "They're just like you, they all have urgent business at the Capitol."

The Chevrolet driver completely broke down and desperately began banging his head against the steering wheel.

The detectives were startled and quickly turned back, pulled the man out, and put him in the police car, hoping he could calm down.

The Soviet Union had successfully sent people into space, and Emily Ka would certainly not be content to lag behind.

NASA will inevitably have to increase its budget significantly.

How to spend this budget effectively and efficiently, and generate results as quickly as possible, is the area where companies in various related industries are vying to demonstrate their capabilities.

Those who go even further have already hired lobbying firms to lobby around the country as early as the morning.

For those on a more upscale level, activities begin as early as the early hours of the morning.

Those who arrived by plane, train, or car mostly belong to the lowest tier of the downstream area.

Bernie and Theodore were in the next lane and witnessed the entire incident.

Bernie remarked:

"I suspect that people from all over the country have flocked to DC."

It took the two an hour and a half to get back to Georgetown.

This takes twice as long as usual, and it's incomparable to the time spent in the early morning.

They parked their car and went into a barbecue restaurant for dinner.

The barbecue restaurant was bustling with activity; there were already quite a few customers.

Almost every table was discussing the news about sending people into space.

They analyzed the matter from their respective professional perspectives, predicted the government's response, and extrapolated the impact on the industry.

They spoke with such conviction that they sounded more credible than the White House staff.

Bernie deliberately chose a corner seat, and not long after he sat down, an acquaintance came over to greet him and mysteriously inquired about "insider information".

They are FBI agents, and to outsiders, they are full of "insider information".

But in reality, the two of them did nothing all day.

Besides, even if they knew "insider information," they wouldn't just blurt it out.

Theodore watched with curiosity as Bernie dealt with each of them.

He had no idea when Bernie had gotten to know so many people.

They've only eaten at this restaurant a few times!

Finally, Bernie couldn't take it anymore and asked the owner to pack up the food so he and Theodore could escape.

On their way back to the apartment, they ran into their neighbors who lived in the same building.

My neighbor just came back from the convenience store, carrying a large bag in each hand. One bag was filled with all sorts of canned goods, and the other was filled with daily necessities.

Bernie stepped forward to help.

After thanking them, the neighbors earnestly urged the two to go shopping as well.

He told the two that Emily had lost the Cold War and that the Soviets would soon drop nuclear bombs on DC.

The neighbor confidently asserted that many people had already begun hoarding supplies, and that the two would thank him in the future.

Theodore and Bernie looked at each other in bewilderment.

Bernie drove his neighbor to the apartment and then went to the convenience store with Theodore.

The convenience store was packed with people, most of the shelves were empty, and there were long queues at the checkout counters.

Just as the neighbors said, everyone bought a lot of things, and they looked serious and worried, talking in hushed tones as they queued up.

Bernie stood outside the convenience store and asked Theodore:
"Is the Soviet Union going to attack?"

Theodore gave him a strange look, lifted the food in his hand, and reminded him that if he didn't go home for dinner soon, the roasted ribs would get cold.

Georgetown's residents are mostly elites, federal employees, university professors, media professionals, and so on. They have access to the latest information and tend to be relatively restrained.

In more remote towns and even rural areas, looting has already occurred in some places.

The following day, the House Space Committee held a hearing to question the NASA administrator.

This hearing was supposed to be held yesterday.

But the lawmakers had more important things to do yesterday, so accountability could only be pursued today.

The NASA administrator declared with righteous indignation that their aerospace agency possessed the most advanced technology, and that the Soviets' success was due to the existence of spies.

Spies stole their advanced technology.

NASA wasn't the only one held accountable; the Department of Justice also faced similar scrutiny.

Congress believed that the Soviet Union's success was due to Emily's espionage activities.

Robert was questioned in Congress.

He confidently assured that the Soviet Union's success was solely due to technological superiority and had nothing to do with espionage.

He stated that everything was under the FBI's control.

Even if he was unwilling, Robert had to grit his teeth and endorse the FBI.

President Jack's appointment of him as Attorney General was not without its objections.

In fact, the doubts have never stopped.

In this situation, he, the FBI, and Hoover were all in the same boat, sharing both glory and ruin.

He wouldn't gain anything by selling Hoover.

While Robert was engaging in a heated debate with the assembled experts, he was also mentally unleashing a torrent of criticism on Hoover.

After the hearing, Robert took the budget request to the Budget Committee to request an increase in the budget.

Here he met the NASA administrator, who was also there to apply for a budget.

The two nodded to each other, shook hands with smiles, and then went to exchange pleasantries with the Minister of Defense who had just arrived.

The Budget Committee was exceptionally busy that day.

Vice President Lyon was also busy.

Lyon didn't understand what was going on.

Originally, under pressure from the international situation and with his persuasion from other parties, the two sides had set aside their differences and started to cooperate.

Everything was fine before, so how did the relationship between the two sides suddenly deteriorate to this extent?

Lyon arranged to meet Hoover through Thorsen.

His current performance has made him particularly concerned about another classified operation.

He needed to ascertain Hoover's attitude in order to adjust the progress of the classified operation as needed.

If Hoover continues to refuse to cooperate with the White House, the classified operation will likely have to be put on hold.

Lyon was very reluctant for things to develop to that point.

Because that would mean that this secret operation, which had been in preparation since the general's presidency and took three years to develop, might be postponed indefinitely or even shelved, and all the financial, material, and human resources spent during that time would be wasted.

This also means that Hoover and the White House have officially broken off relations.

That would be a political storm even more terrifying than the Soviet invasion.

Lyon even felt fortunate that the Soviet Union had sent people into space at this time, and that it had succeeded.

This news attracted most people's attention, causing them to miss the potential storm that was about to break.

With these mixed feelings, Lyon had a private conversation with Hoover that lasted for an hour.

After the private meeting ended, Lyon breathed a sigh of relief.

At least Hoover wasn't insane.

The covert operation can continue.

The cooperation can continue.

The storm was just him worrying unnecessarily.

At the same time, Lyon was also secretly on guard.

He didn't think he could have done better than Jack if he were in Jack's shoes.

He has a good relationship with Hoover now, but what about when he enters the White House?

Can their relationship continue to be as good as it has always been?

Offices on the basement level of the Ministry of Justice building.

The storm from above did not reach here.

The Soviet Union's influence was also shut out.

Following Theodore and Bernie, Billy Hawke has also become one of the forgotten people.

Supervisor Rosen had no intention of sending them to participate in the covert operation.

Theodore and his group were completely isolated from the entire incident.

After being refused his offer to help evaluate the personnel information, Theodore returned to his office to continue preparing the article.

Bernie is reviewing the Riverside Hotel case.

After witnessing a group of people looting supplies last night, his anxiety about the war inexplicably disappeared.

Billy Hawke spent the entire day reviewing case files.

He didn't go to the library last night. Given the time and traffic in DC, the library would have been closed long before he arrived.

After returning to his apartment, he inquired with several of his former colleagues.

No one has ever heard of conventional methods and identification marks.

Even the most senior former detective he knew was unfamiliar with the phrase "criminal profiling," saying it was the first time he had ever heard of it.

Billy Hawke finally confirmed that Theodore was not joking.

He actually created his own investigation method!
This morning, Theodore gave Billy Hawke the closing report on the Earl family murder case.

He asked Billy Hawke, who had participated in case investigations during his internship.

Theodore would prefer that he had never been involved at all, ideally a complete blank slate.

In the morning, the case reports on the telephone fraud case and the murder of the prostitute in room 511 of the Riverside Hotel were also delivered.

Billy Hawke now has two more case studies to refer to.

After reading all three reports, Billy Hawke still couldn't understand them.

His biggest takeaway was that Theodore was very efficient in solving cases, saving both time and energy.

The investigations into these three cases were almost all aimed directly at finding the final answer.

Just as Theodore knew who the murderer was from the beginning, all the investigations were only to prove that the murderer was indeed the murderer.

This is completely different from the case investigations he participated in during his internship.

Theodore then showed him his case notes.

Billy Hawke is not Bernie.

Bernie was fully involved in the investigation of these cases, while Billy Hawke only read the case reports.

It's already quite good that he can figure out how the case was solved.

Theodore planned to first let Billy Hawke gain a general understanding of the criminals' personalities through these cases, so he could experience the difference from traditional investigative methods.

This way, when the actual investigation begins, we won't fall completely behind.

As it was nearing the end of the workday, Rosen's assistant appeared at the door of the basement office.

He brought a thick stack of case briefings.

Due to the impact of the Soviet man's flight into space, Director Rosen had to reassign some of his senior agents.

This has led to the suspension of investigations in many cases.

Supervisor Rosen hoped that Theodore's team would take over these cases and focus on investigating them, without trying to get involved in the Soviet man's spaceflight.

Theodore's performance in the Riverside Hotel case convinced Director Rosen that his team was capable of handling most cases.

Thank you to the generous donor, "Too Lazy to Look Back"!
Thank you, boss~~（づ￣3￣）づ╭～

Let's dance for the big shot to liven things up:

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(End of this chapter)