Back to Work

Inside of the Oval Office, John begins explaining to everyone the reason for the prompt meeting.

“When Allison gave us her report about what might be transpiring in Austin,  I remembered we were monitoring one individual for a month.  Near the end of that month we recorded a call that was rushed and the receiver acted as if he didn’t want any part of it.  What got me curious was it wasn’t too long afterwards the oil refinery exploded.  Was he involved, I have no idea.  But I placed a special watch on him which brought no results.

“We are seeing some small traffic from Iran to him.  It is encrypted and we need to sort it out.  However, I want everyone to be aware of this, because after the call I previously talked about, we did try to monitor the guy for another thirty days and that gave us nothing so we gave up watching him.  My gut feeling is this guy is a player in an Iranian cell.  Was he involved in the refinery job, I have no proof.  But I don’t want to be caught short again.”

The president says, “Mark, what has your team found out so far.”

“Sir, I’m sorry to say it’s a dry run so far.  We have nothing to report.”

FBI

Tom wants the four agents to ride by the house of the man they will be doing surveillance on.  “I want each of us to recognize the house this person lives in. We know where he prays and where he works we will drive by those locations as well.  Tomorrow we will rent another vehicle and rotate drivers and cars when we rotate surveillance.  This way there is less likelihood of anyone noticing us.”

The other three nod in agreement.  They must reach a decision regarding this individual whether or not he is a threat to the Saudi Prince.  Somewhere at the top there is a speculation he is involved in an intended plot.

“Let’s have dinner and take our drive by.”

Portugal

Nearly a week after Allison gave the Mossad the names of the victims in the bombing, Ariel returns her phone call.

“Ariel, do you have something for me?”

“Some of what you are looking for but not everything.  Some of this you will have to piece together with your intelligence.”  He gave her the dates when each agent left their country and when and where they entered Mexico.

“They entered Mexico, not the United States?”

“That is all I have for you.  I am sure they entered Mexico assuming it would be easier to enter your country through the border as Mexicans than flying into your country.  They may have felt they could be on an airport barring list.”

Report Information

Ariel Wattenberg is looking at the information Allison sent him as well as the photographs she sent over.  Yes, these are the two men that were hit.  If this was any other circumstance, he would be totally honest with her.  He knows what happened may have been on United States soil but it was vital to Israel’s security.  This time he will wait a couple of days so when he calls her back it appears the Mossad had to do some digging to get the information she requested.

The Mossad knew exactly when the Hezbollah agent left Lebanon and when the Hamas agent left Gaza.  They knew how they traveled and where and how they entered Mexico and later into the United States.  He knows he cannot give her too much information because she will realize they have files on the two men.  She will also realize how good their network is.  It must be in bits and pieces over a period of time.

Ariel lifts his phone and connects with Yosef.  “Yosef has the seed we planted to leak in Austin been accomplished?”

“Yes, our people dropped hints two days after the explosion that the Saudis may have hit the agents in retaliation for Iran attempting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington last year.  The word put out was they hired an assassin to do the job.”

“Do you think it will work?”

“I’ll lay you odds that rumor has already been passed into Iran and into Saudi Arabia already.”

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Two Days Later

Arriving in Austin, Kevin learns from the police the name and address of the secretary, who gave them the identities.  At first they didn’t want to give it to him.  He explains that he is under presidential orders to find more details about the men.  He shows the credentials he always carries for matters like this.

Kevin is amazed they really bought the story he just told them.  They never even called anyone to verify his story.

Armed with the address of the office she worked in, Kevin decides to play the role of a reporter covering the explosion, hoping the secretary can provide some information he needs.

Going to the location, he finds the office is closed.  Kevin looks in the front window and finds the office vacant.  “What the hell.”

Kevin goes next door and inquires if they know when the people next door moved out?

The lady at the counter says, “Yeah, I think they moved out two days ago.  We were surprised.  No one said a word and I think they moved out in the middle of the night.  How we found out, the landlord came over to ask us if we saw them leave.”

“Do you know anyone of the office staff?”

“There were two ladies inside who always kept to themselves.  Two guys came in and out a few times a week but that’s all I know.”