MAN IN CHARGE TYSON TOOK OVER the reception from that moment on:
— Gentlemen, I will take you to a more appropriate place for us to work. Please follow me.
They left the presidential office and walked down some corridors until they reached a different room, with a sign on the door, whose name was written:
CRISIS MANAGEMENT ROOM
Inside it, there was a meeting table in the center, and on the walls, numerous screens and monitors, a complex equipment to assist in investigations and analyses of adverse situations.
When they arrived, Tyson continued:
— Tell me what you need and everything will be available as soon as possible.
— Well — said Floyd Kenagan — since private calls are impossible to analyze and President Kenagan's laptop is completely damaged, I believe the only path we have to follow is to investigate how the intruder followed yesterday's State meeting.
— I agree — replied Tyson.
Gregory Evans then began his proposal:
— We need to hypothesize the possible ways he could have monitored the progress of the meeting. I believe this will give us the easiest way to investigate.
— And what can you hypothesize? — asked Floyd Kenagan.
— Tyson, does the meeting room have a sound system or security camera with audio and video?
— There is none. This is a room for classified matters. The room is completely sealed with acoustic lining so that nothing that happens there is recorded in any way.
— So this eliminates the possibility of espionage through hacking. There are two remaining hypotheses: the installation of wiretaps or human espionage.
— What you are suggesting is very serious, Agent Evans. Do you want to believe that any of the Chiefs of Staff could be spies against the government? — asked Floyd, uncomfortable with the suggestion, he seemed to disagree with the possibility of this happening.
— Furthermore, everyone present was properly searched and exposed to all White House security procedures. If one of them had dared to wear a wiretap, he would have been caught, or if he had been the author of the threats made to the President, at the time the last call was made, he would still have been in the building. That would be vaguely conceivable. — Tyson Galloway added.
— I'm just studying possibilities — Gregory Evans replied. — I have a motto that helps me always think clearly: Everyone is guilty until the evidence proves otherwise…
— I'm afraid one more hypothesis needs to be ruled out, gentlemen — Tyson said — We've done a complete sweep of the place and found nothing. There's no way there could be any kind of wiretap, camera or any kind of equipment in the room.
— If we rule that out, we'll have to focus the investigation on a possible act of human espionage — Greg said, to Floyd's irritation. — But there's still a path we can follow.
— Which one, Agent Evans?
— Tyson, it appears the meeting took place in the morning, correct?
— Correct.
— What time did it end?
— Before noon.
— I'm afraid it took place in the morning, correct?
— That's right.
— What time did it end?
— Before noon.
— I'm afraid it took place in the morning ... — And at what time was the investigation carried out on the premises?
— Late in the afternoon, around five o'clock.
— So we can assume that there was enough time for the bug to be removed... — concluded Floyd Kenagan, based on the reasoning proposed by Gregory Evans.
— Exactly. — said Greg.
— Mr. Tyson, — continued Floyd Kenagan, — we want a list of all the people who had access to the building in the last forty-eight hours. I want a complete description of these people, their positions and responsibilities.
— We also need access to the security videos — said Greg.
The old man in charge of White House security frowned, unable to contain his bad mood.
After a sigh of reserved indifference, he replied:
— I'll take care of it as soon as possible.
And poison in our coffee... — thought Gregory Evans, seeing his clear unhappiness.
Tyson was not happy with two external agents, no matter how good they were, interfering in the White House investigations that were under his responsibility. As the person in charge of security, he was the one in charge of all actions and coordination at the site, and with these strange events piling up, his competence in the position was being questioned, which was further aggravated by the presence of third parties to conduct the investigation of his work.
Unfortunately, President Vaine demanded that nothing be denied to them and allowed full access to the files, reports and information, as long as nothing left the premises.
His hands were tied...