Soviet Union 1991

“In view of NATO’s attempts to establish pro-American forces in former socialist countries such as Poland and Hungary, and to deploy long-range strategic interceptor missiles on their soil that threaten the survival and development of the Soviet Union, the documents of Project Giant also reveal the United States’ attempts to carry out secret operations within Eastern European countries. subversive actions in an attempt to protect their interests overseas through this illegal black operation..."

News reporters in Moscow were reading carefully about the conspiracy implemented by the United States in Eastern Europe. Not only that, this document was also anonymously sent to newspapers in various European countries. The Giant Plan was just like this when the relevant person in charge stared at the TV with a pale face. screen, exposed to the public.

This was destined to be a long day in Eastern European politics. After listening to the text broadcast by the TV host, the leaders of Eastern European political parties were exhausted and sat on the sofa slumped. After thinking for a long time, they dialed the secret contact phone number. Tell America's operators it's over.

Because they will next face scrutiny from the national disciplinary inspection department and the Supreme Court.

The Soviet Union preemptively exposed the American Colossus plan to the public. It not only revealed the general outline of the conspiracy, but also cited a large number of relevant detailed data, such as the proposer of Colossus, former CIA Director Woolsey, President Mario and the National Defense Department. The secretary was responsible for refining the details of the project, and ultimately the CIA's Eastern Europe chief implemented the long-term and massive program. This revelation also triggered several bribery scandals involving the chairs of some pro-American political parties in Eastern European countries. It triggered a wave of collective resignations by Eastern European leaders, who were all focused on the Soviet Union with resentment when they issued press conferences.

President Mario's face can be imagined. Although the White House tried to make up for its mistakes, for example, at the initial White House press conference, it denied what Moscow reported and made no comment on the Soviet Union's revelations. The White House spokesperson claimed that the United States did indeed We are trying to cooperate with Eastern European countries to establish a plan to maintain European stability and unity, but there is no interference in the internal affairs of Eastern European countries.

However, as details were further leaked, the White House also discovered that the Soviet Union knew much more than they imagined. It was simply providing the most secret plans of the United States to the Soviet intelligence agency. For President Mario, this was an absolutely intolerable mistake, and this mistake clearly came from the trusted CIA.

The CIA leader Deutsch was even more panicked. He began to repeatedly investigate where the mistake was. After all, Project Colossus is a top-secret CIA operation. Except for a small number of high-level officials who know about this plan, no one else knows about Project Colossus.

Ames also completely cut off contact after his last phone call with KGB agents. Ostensibly, they were trying to prevent Ames' identity from leaking and being scrutinized by the Inter-Intelligence Investigation Team of the Department of Defense in Washington. In fact, Ames was thrown out as a discarded piece, because the CIA plan the KGB obtained through Ames far exceeded their expectations. Comrade Kryuchkov also asserted that the leakage of the Titan Project will definitely arouse the suspicion of the investigation team, and Ames will either choose to flee to a country that does not have an extradition treaty, or he will be captured by the investigation team personnel and eventually face trial.

This time the CIA will be unlucky for two people, one is CIA Director Deutsch, and the other is CIA spy Ames.

After analyzing the failure of the Soviet operation and the leak of Project Titan, the cross-intelligence investigation team pointed all the fingers at Ames. So far, the former head of Eastern Europe has the biggest suspicion. In order not to alert the enemy, the investigation team intercepted Ames with a shocked look on his face as he was about to enter the CIA gate when he was going to work at the company. When Ames was led away by the investigative team, he clearly didn't believe he had been arrested.

At the beginning of the investigation, Ames showed the good qualities expected of a counterintelligence officer. He first defended and denied, and then chose to remain silent, refusing to explain his affairs to the investigation team until the investigation team put his anonymous Swiss account on the table. As he walked forward, Ames, who looked calm, began to clench his fists.

"If I'm not mistaken. The millions of dollars here are the rewards paid to you by the KGB, right? Ames, you are indeed very cautious, but even the most cautious person will miss some details, such as you Bank-related notes should not be shredded and thrown into the trash so our people can collect evidence against you."

Ames turned pale, knowing that all was lost. The CIA has the most critical core, the bank account. It was equivalent to wiping out all the compensation he had earned over the years.

"Can you tell me how you got in touch with the KGB agents? If you can find out their contacts hidden in Washington or New York, then you may be able to get the judge to be lenient in court and reduce your sentence. For example, recently The giant plan, I think this is also your handiwork, right?"

After defeating the opponent's psychological defense. Investigators tried to get Ames to tell who was behind the scenes in order to save some face in the doomed intelligence war.

"You won't know. Even I don't know who the other party is. The KGB's actions are very cautious and there is only one-sided contact. Apart from the other party contacting me in various ways, even I have never seen them. His appearance." Ames raised his head and sneered, "But I'm giving it to you. Before I convict you, let me make one thing clear. The last intelligence spying I did for them was not Project Titan, but the CIA director's home computer. I helped them get the IP address of the director's computer. Please go there now. Maybe there will be a surprise discovery at his house.”

The dim lights were flickering, making it difficult to see Ames' expression clearly, but it made the interrogators present look at each other in confusion. Apparently they couldn't believe that the intelligence leak came from the director of the CIA.

"You're saying that Director Deutsch leaked intelligence to the KGB?"

This is so ridiculous. The director of the CIA is a traitor to the KGB, which is as unbelievable as the president of the United States being a Soviet spy. After all, the director of the CIA is a confidant of the president of the United States.

Ames's expression became indifferent. Even if he was to be tried, he would have to be scapegoated. Ames pointed at the interrogator and said slowly and logically, "Probably Director Deutsch likes to violate the CIA." According to management regulations, it is not necessary to bring certain secret information home? I am just acting for the CIA and Kremlin. A pawn of the GB, but Director Deutsch is different. If it leaks out, it will be a political scandal. I don’t think anyone wants to see President Mario lose his political career because of Director Deutsch’s betrayal. Put a stain on it? After all, Director Deutsch was strongly recommended by President Mario to join the CIA."

In this way, the personnel of the cross-intelligence investigation team are indeed in a dilemma. They cannot deal with Ames alone. They must uproot the high-level figures behind the mistakes. But according to Ames, once Doe If Director Qi is investigated, then President Mario will lose face. President Mario will never let this matter affect his re-election as president.

"Report this matter to the Department of Homeland Security and let people from the Department of Homeland Security investigate. Our cross-intelligence investigation organization is only targeting traitors within the CIA. As for the director of the CIA... I think it is more appropriate for others to take action. Let the cross-intelligence investigation organization If the investigation team intervenes in the investigation, it will put the president in a very embarrassing position. "

After receiving the news, the leader of the investigation team thought twice. After convening a secret meeting of the investigation team, he finally handed over the decision-making power to the President and asked him to decide how to properly handle the matter, whether to expose it or conduct a secret investigation. .

When the documents of the investigation were placed on the president's desk, this was the most embarrassing situation that President Mario faced. There is nothing that the president is most taboo about. The top brass of the CIA sold intelligence to American competitors. Once the media How much damage would it cause to the Mario government and the CIA if it spread out.

In the President's Office, Mario looked gloomy. He listened to the investigation team's report word for word, and waited until the other party finished speaking before he said, "How serious the damage caused by this intelligence leakage is."

The leader of the investigation team took a deep breath, bit his lip and replied, "It is initially expected to disrupt all US deployments in Eastern Europe, because the Soviets already know our trump cards. Moreover, agents lurking in Eastern European countries will also suffer death Threat, after all, the Soviet Union is now trying every possible means to expand its power in Eastern Europe and restore the power of the Red Iron Curtain. "

Hearing this, Mario already knew very well what a major blow this espionage case had to the U.S. intelligence deployment.

President Mario raised his head and said to the leader of the investigation team standing in front of him, "Investigation, this matter must be investigated secretly. Once the situation is true, I will handle it properly. I don't want the Ames spy case to cause trouble. The entire United States is in turmoil, and this incident must be kept within the scope of a few people’s knowledge.”

The other party nodded and left all the information, as well as the record of previous conversations with Ames, to the president. The Department of Homeland Security did not keep such a sensitive document, and they did not dare to keep such a tainted record in their own possession. in hand. And Homeland Security investigators also know that there will be a grander national review waiting for them.

President Mario clearly no longer trusts the CIA. (To be continued.)