Chapter 657 - 631 White Heat
Only one person from the Special Service Bureau came down. He was wearing a suit, indicating he wasn’t from the uniformed group, but his orders seemed to be the most authoritative at the moment.
Another person, shouting for the police to stop Gao Yi and the others, was from the FBI, but his words didn’t have much effect, because Buck, also from the FBI, was waving credentials, asking the police to let them pass.
Joelson said that CIA people would arrive soon, but they hadn’t appeared yet. However, Gao Yi thought that the person from the Special Service Bureau was likely brought by Joelson as an ally, meant to cover his retreat.
The reason is simple: the CIA lacks law enforcement authority on US soil, but the Special Service Bureau does, and with very high authority. When confronted with the FBI, it’s the FBI that has to back down.
The most bewildered ones now are the police.
The situation is already complex, and it’s unclear whether they should control these people with unidentified identities or pretend not to see them and just let them go.
If handled in the police way, it would certainly involve taking everyone away first, bringing them to the station to slowly find out what’s going on. But now, seeing each formidable agency waving credentials and shouting, how could the patrolling officers handle this?
The Special Service Bureau agent rushed to the front of the police, glanced at the FBI agent waving his credentials, and with a cold face, pointed at the agent, saying, "Who are you, show me your credentials!"
The FBI agent absolutely did not expect the Special Service Bureau to get involved and was very wary of direct conflict with them. Standing still, he quickly put his credentials away, looking like a student caught doing something wrong, at a loss for what to do.