Noah: "OK, everyone, pause the cases you're working on and focus all your efforts on the clues for the explosion case."

Noah truly was the boss here. At his command, the contents on the wall monitors immediately switched, displaying the clues related to the explosion case. Of the several suspects previously identified, only one remained, currently under personal surveillance by Gordon. The photo was from an ID, Joseph Young, 31 years old, with a Massachusetts driver's license, and his record was very clean, with no professional information and no criminal record.

Jimmy looked at the suspect's information, his first time seeing the photo. The very clean data itself was suspicious.

Jimmy turned to Noah and asked, "Does he not have a Social Security number (SSN)?"

Noah, with an expressionless face, stared at the suspect on the monitor, "Kerry, check the original information."

Kerry immediately went to an operator, took out a card from his pocket, and made a high-level authorization recheck of the basic information. After a while, Kerry reported back to Noah, "Found something. The driver's license information was added to the system half a year ago, it's fake. The system is very clean, whoever did this cleaned up very well."

Noah, looking at Kerry with an irritated tone, said, "Why wasn't such an important clue discovered earlier? That driver also came to New York half a year ago." He turned to the monitors, "Listen up, everyone, redo a background check on Joseph, track down all his information, phone numbers registered in his name, houses, cars, bank accounts, rental information, travel records, I want to know everything. Kerry, prepare to execute an anti-terrorism operation, contact the FBI field agents, and arrest him directly if necessary."

Noah looked around at his people, seeing everyone starting to move, he relaxed a bit, his face was still expressionless, but at least he didn't seem as cold as before.

Jimmy was surprised; they had quickly identified a suspect when they received the case earlier and he had thought the Anti-Terrorism Bureau was very diligent. It seemed they had not thoroughly committed themselves to this bombing case before but had merely followed standard procedures without detailed tracking.

"The call records have been pulled up," one of the staff called out while looking at their computer.

Noah and others, including Jimmy, walked over, "Play it."

"The driver can't be reached, there might be a problem, go check on him at his place."

"Now? I'm still waiting for some equipment to be delivered, I can't leave at the moment, give me an hour."

"OK, go check as soon as possible."

The brief three sentences ended the call. Noah instructed, "Trace the number that called him, I want to know who's on the other end and their real-time location."

"It's a public payphone by the roadside, located in Springfield, New Jersey. We don't have surveillance in New Jersey."

Noah turned to Kerry, "Kerry, contact the Newark FBI office, have them investigate the scene."

Jimmy saw Noah's arrangements and had no objections. Although he was the FBI liaison, he was just a regular agent, handling things in New York wasn't a problem, but interstate was troublesome. Of course, it's also possible that Noah just didn't think of him at all but contacted them according to the emergency case protocol.

Jimmy took out his phone, stepped out of the command center, and dialed Gordon's number: "Gordon, are you still watching the suspect Joseph? Where is he now?"

Gordon replied, "He just left the house, we are following him."

Jimmy continued, "The recent call records mentioned someone couldn't reach Joseph's driver and asked him to check on him. Joseph said he was waiting for some equipment to be delivered and would go check on the driver in an hour. The driver mentioned is probably Abdul, whom we have in custody. Now that Joseph has left his house, he is likely heading to Abdul's warehouse.

Have you seen Joseph receive any equipment?"

Gordon confirmed, "Yes, a delivery package arrived just now, and Joseph took it into his room. Based on the timing, he didn't check the package and left shortly after putting it in his room."

Jimmy concluded, "Arrest him if necessary and have someone check Joseph's room. Noah from the Anti-Terrorism Bureau has reached out to the Newark FBI office to investigate the person who called Joseph using the public payphone."

After some thought, Gordon said, "Understood. Keep me updated swiftly. If Joseph is indeed headed to Abdul's warehouse, we'll arrest him on the spot."

Jimmy affirmed, "OK. That's it."

Jimmy could say 'arrest him' largely because of something Hughes had said earlier, which convinced him to decide. Normally, they should try to track the suspect to see who Joseph would contact next and any other actions he might take. But since the recorded call mentioned him receiving equipment, if they acted too late and something happened, that would be even more troublesome. It was safer to arrest and interrogate him straight away.

Although hearing 'arrest him' directly was surprising to Gordon, after some deliberation, he agreed. Just a few simple sentences over the phone, and Gordon's mind was already racing. Nothing is ever simple for a leader.

After hanging up, Jimmy returned to the command center to find another monitor on the wall marked the location of the payphone, which seemed very close to Newark. However, this map wasn't a commonly-used overlay of satellite images but just a standard traffic network map, which didn't reveal the scene's surroundings.

After finishing the call, Kerry reported to Noah, "The Newark team has left. They should arrive at the scene in 20 minutes."

Noah replied, "Too slow, contact the agents on their way and tell them to expedite."

Seeing they had stopped talking, Jimmy approached Noah, "Watson, I've contacted Gordon. Joseph has just left his residence by car, possibly headed for Abdul's warehouse. Gordon will make an arrest once it's confirmed."

Noah didn't look at Jimmy but nodded towards the monitor to acknowledge the information, not saying a word.

(Background setup: The Anti-Terrorism Bureau is a division established by the CIA. After the 9/11 attacks, this department has been co-managed by the CIA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and works in collaboration with the National Security Bureau (NSA). Since the CIA doesn't have domestic law enforcement authority, it typically operates domestically under the name of the NSA and DHS.

This expands on the content of the Anti-Terrorism Bureau in the likes of the thriller 'Mission: Impossible'. When discussing monitoring reporters, Noah Watson mentioned this is an NSA Level 4 emergency, indicating their very close cooperation with the NSA. However, as the NSA lacks law enforcement authority, DHS needs to take action as the official agency on the record.)

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