Dicing With Death A Lex Jackson novel 2.3

Chapter 26: Trust no one

Central Intelligence Agency

Director Hamilton Pov:

Director Hamilton rose from behind her desk where she had been sitting. Walking over to the window that overlooked the Potomac River, she started to wonder to if there was a traitor within the mist. If there was it would certainly explains things how Trevor's unit had compromise. And most certainly what classified intel had she gotten after bugging Trevor's office.

There was still matter of trying to figure out who had given David those redacted classified intel to use in his book. It had to be someone within the CIA that for sure she knew. But Lex's redacted files were Highly classified For your eyes only.

After a while she ventured back over to her desk where she noticed a red alert flashing across her computer screen. She foze for a second. Someone had accessed the highly classified

Files using his clearance. Director Hamilton quickly sat down in her chair behind desk. Then she typed in her password on the screen.A few minutes later the screen flashed on showing that The Alpha Group highly classified top secret file had been access. But what caught her attention was the person whad accessed it. She recognized the name right away. JackFoltrigg.

The question was why was a, CIA analyst looking into the ALpha Group for and if he was? Who was he was working for?She knew that it had to be either the Resistance or whoeverCourtney was working for? She was going to wait and see what he did next before she made her move. 

It was too bad that she couldn't interrogate Courntey about who her paymaster was. But maybe just maybe she find out why Foltrigg was interested in the Alpha Group for. She had her suspicions about him for a long time but couldn't prove them yet. Now she would finally have chance.

If that highly classified intel got sold to the highest bidder like a rouge nation or a foregin country that wanted to get revenge on the Alpha and especially Lex. She couldn't let thatHappen. Not with all the knowledge he knew about ongoing current covert ops in Russia. That was a national security risk.

She scrolled up to Jack Foltrigg file and clicked on it. Maybe she would find some answers in it, as to he was working for. A

few minutes later the file flashed onto the screen.

Classified top secret

Name: Jack Foltrigg

Operational status Analyst for the European desk, used to be field agent until he killed a terrorist interrogation room, and the intel had never been discarded for some unknown reason.

Counter intelligence believes that he is working for the Russians or a Rogue country. Although there has no been Proof it would hardly explain the eleven thousand dollarsin his offshore banks.

Known associates: Rose Scorpio, Courtney Hansen

Director Hamilton froze for a second, then thought wait a minute she remembered that she had assigned to Trevor to look into Courtney to see what he could find out. Maybe there wasa connection there? She knew about Rose Scorpio, the thousand of classified secret she sold to rogue countries had cost the CIA lives of their agents who were Non official cover agents stationed all overEurope. 

It was worst disaster since 9/11 and what made iteven worst was that maybe she was one the had supplied David With those classified secrets for his book. If Rose was hishandler then he would have to a burner in his desk drawer.

Now it was all about the waiting game, to see what he would do next or if he contact Rose; then only and then she would make her move. She closed out of Foltrigg file and scrolled up toCourtney Hansen file, and clicked it on it. Three minutes later the file flashed onto the screen

Classified

Name: Courtney Hansen

Operational Status: Security consultant for Aegis

Background: She had been part of the CIA Red team cell think tank before when she had discovered that she could could actually profit from some of the ideas. She is trained in

Weaponry and is to be considered extremely dangerous.

Known associates: Rose Scorpio, Azalea Elizabeth Grey and Triple-A7

Things were making sense now of who Courtney was working for. And If her worst fear was right, she now knew what she was facing and up against. The Resistance, which meant she had to trend carefully. Any sudden movement could alert Foltrigg that she was onto him. And that she didn't right now? Not with everything at stake now.

She was going to have send a cleaning crew to their front to sweep for any listening devices, that might being planted there? Sure it was easy abort any operation if it went bad or was compromised. Aegis Security and Investigation had been there front for counter intelligence unit. 

It would be hard to Know if every counter intelligence operation had being compromised, if the agents running them had been executed.very little could be left to chance now. Even with all the intel they had on Grey and on Triple-A7, it was like looking for a needle in haystack.

That's why she needed the Red Cell team for cause they could think out of the box. And Nidika was very good at that. She knew that President Roberts and President Putin were going beentering a historic treaty to end cyberterrorism and, arms deals. Which a lot powerful people weren't happy with that ending.

Right now her focus on was Foltrigg, she never really did trust him? And now that she knew who his handler was. It wasthat obviously. She had seen all of traitors in her time from

Aldrich Ames to Robert Hannsen. And of course the most dangerous traitor ever Tyler Quinn. It all came down to one She knew money for the most.

But in her opinion Foltrigg had crossed the line when he had killed the terrorist after he was done interrogating him. But he was no match Lex that she was sure of. Once he found out that it was Foltrigg who had sold Alpha group classified intelto a rogue nation. Hell would rain down on him from the Alpha group.

She would hate to be in his shoes right now looking over his back every chance he had? Once Trevor found the dead box site Then it was just a matter of time. How many times had she been in operation that went sideways. And knowing that this one could go sideways too? Was scary thought.

With all espionage training, counterterrorism experience she should have seen it coming at least? But she didn't knowing that Rose would try to recruit Foltrigg as asset. Well they just made one big mistake and that was Lex he was going to after until he put them in ground.

There were secrets that people didn't need to know, and of them was The Alpha Group, it was the CIA most guarded secret ever. The very existence of it was highly classified. And if that secret got found out all their enemies would after them.

Plus she would have to acknowledge to the Senate select intelligence Committee that they did exist and then hell break loose on her as they start questioning her about the ongoing operations the Alpha Group where sanctioned for?

Of Course, Foltrigg would profit it in big way well she wasn't going to let that didn't happen. After all, she was the Director of National Intelligence, and chief of the CIA. She

Should known that Triple-A7 couldn't be trusted but at the time when he was on their payroll selling arms to all every rogue country to gather intel for her. He was her asset onethat was walking on a dangerous edge.

it wasn't until later that she learned that Martin Ray had met with Triple-A7 in Iraq that had confirmed what she figured that now he was working for himself the so called Resistance yhat was much a larger threat she knew.

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