Chapter 589: Faith Collapse: The Lighthouse Country's Lights Go Out
The light of the beacon nation went out. On that day, countless media outlets around the world used this phrase to describe the event. Even some American media outlets used this adjective.
The lights went out and values collapsed.
The Prism program shook the foundation, and the AviLeaks revelations completely shattered the faith of many Americans. In the United States, countless Americans were furious after seeing these materials, feeling that this was an unprecedented humiliation for the United States.
Even the locals themselves are ashamed to face the public, let alone abroad. It has caused a huge heated discussion in Asia, Europe, and other places.
The most intense reactions came from countries in the Middle East and Africa, because these incidents happened in their countries or in their fraternal countries.
Seeing the heinous crimes committed by the US military here, seeing the lives lost under the abuse of the US military, and seeing the US military doing evil things with impunity, countless people became angry.
"Blood debt must be paid with blood, get the Americans out of our country..."
"Worse than beasts, get the Americans out..."
"This is America, this is the modern devil..."
"We must sever diplomatic ties with the United States. Such a country should not exist..."
"Devil, America is the real devil..."
"What has the United States brought us? Nothing but death and destruction. They have taken away our oil and killed our people..."
Anger was rampant on the Internet. In many countries, angry people ran to the front of the US embassy or consulate to protest angrily and even clashed.
In the United States, many people also came out to protest and demanded severe punishment for the murderer.
Meeting after meeting was held at the White House, but no good plan was forthcoming. The evidence was so overwhelming that the US couldn't bring itself to call the allegations a smear campaign. The evidence was irrefutable, and the whole matter was thoroughly vetted.
"Public opinion has gone crazy. Someone has to take responsibility for this. Otherwise, no one will be able to escape unscathed. And AviLeaks, we have to shut down this website and issue a wanted notice for Archie. Otherwise, we won't be able to explain this to the military..."
Inside the meeting room, a council member said loudly, "This is truly a mess. Facing this kind of public opinion, no one can have an easy life."
The current situation is that the opponents have also seized on these events and started to stir up trouble, frantically attacking the ruling party. The general election will be held next year, and the things that have been exposed during this period are simply a godsend.
As for America's image as a beacon of power, elections are still paramount. In Europe and the United States, everything revolves around elections. As for the current mess, we'll deal with it after the election. Besides, the ruling party is the one bearing the brunt of the current mess.
"Also, we absolutely must not allow such scandals to happen again. I believe the intelligence community must conduct a rigorous internal investigation and find out how this information was leaked. This is the most important thing. This information is being leaked now. If our advanced military technology is leaked secretly..."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the conference room immediately turned serious.
Would military technology secrets be leaked? Common sense suggests it's unlikely. But does common sense still exist? If it were, then the Prism program shouldn't have been leaked, and the AviLeaks revelations certainly shouldn't have been leaked. These are top national secrets, so why are they being leaked now?
If these things can be leaked, who can guarantee that other secrets will not be leaked? Until now, they still don’t know how these secrets were leaked, and so far they only know that Deng Nuo is the only defector.
Other matters require a little more investigation, but the enemy's ability makes many people feel terrified. If they can steal such secrets and make them public, what will they do next?
"Is Su Yang really the mastermind behind this?"
Suddenly someone asked a question that stumped everyone. They looked at each other, unable to say a word.
Is Su Yang an artist? Could he be the mastermind behind this incident? It seems unlikely.
But is it such a coincidence?
Su Yang had just been detained in Canada for a few days when Deng Nuo escaped and exposed the Prism project.
Then came the release of Su Yang's new book, and then AviLeaks revealed so much explosive information. Isn't this all a bit too coincidental?
"William has already gone to Canada in person..."
The president whispered, "As the head of the intelligence department, William personally went to Canada, which shows how seriously the United States takes this matter. As for the outcome, we will only know after the discussion."
Just as they were having the meeting, several cars stopped at the door of the villa in Canada where Su Yang was detained.
William got out of the car, and some other agents were on guard around, looking very serious.
Seeing William coming, the Canadian police officers guarding here nodded and left.
Seeing William, Su Yang also smiled and waved to the lawyer not far away. The lawyer nodded and left the villa. Only Su Yang and William were left in the room.
"Would you like to drink coffee, beer, or our Chinese tea?"
Su Yang stood up and acted very relaxed. William looked at Su Yang and suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Coffee, thank you..."
William tried to stay calm, he wanted to see what Su Yang was up to. Su Yang was not in a hurry, he slowly started to make coffee, and his technique was very professional.
After making the coffee, Su Yang brought it to the living room and smiled at William, who was sitting on the sofa and seemed a little anxious.
"I don't know why the famous Director William came to me. He wants to personally extradite me to the United States. This seems to be against the law."
Su Yang asked with a smile. This made William look up at Su Yang, but he could not find anything in Su Yang's eyes.
"Those things outside are related to you, right?"
William asked in a low voice.
"What are you talking about, my new book or my new movie?"
Su Yang looked at William, and his smile was a bit meaningful. This smile made William want to beat Su Yang up.
"Su Yang, you know what I'm talking about. Deng Nuo and Aqi are related to you, right? Do you know what you are doing? Do you know what the consequences of doing this are? Believe it or not, I have ten thousand ways to make you live a life worse than death."
William leaned over and looked at Su Yang threateningly, with a cold look in his eyes. In William's view, Su Yang was just an ordinary person. As the boss of the US intelligence department, it would be easy for him to deal with such a person.
Even if Su Yang is in Canada now, he can be brought back to the United States as long as the United States is willing. As long as he enters the United States, William has too many ways to accuse Su Yang of a crime.
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