Chapter 652: Broadened Horizons, Narrowed Perspective
Using President Clinton's dirt to threaten a lowly FBI agent?
Was it really necessary to drop a nuclear bomb just to capture a rook?
That was some seriously excessive firepower!!
After a moment of stunned silence.
Akai Shuichi and Irish both voiced their shock at the same time:
"Are you joking?"
"I am not joking."
The voice on the other end remained utterly emotionless.
It was cold enough to send shivers down one's spine.
"Mr. Akai, if you have any doubts about this—"
"I can send you the information so you can verify it yourself."
Akai Shuichi: "..."
He was even going to make him investigate it himself?
Wouldn't he end up investigating himself right out of existence?
It was 1996 now, a crucial year for that man's reelection campaign.
Would he tolerate someone else holding such leverage over him?
Akai Shuichi might have been the FBI's ace.
But let alone a mere FBI ace—even the FBI itself was only one card in that man's hand!
Come to think of it—
That man's reputation in this regard had never been particularly good.
After all, many people throughout history who had obstructed the Clinton family had died for no apparent reason.
This list of more than fifty victims was known as the "Clinton Family Death List."
And that list was the legendary "Clinton Shroud."
A few examples would suffice:
Vincent Foster, former White House counsel. He died of a gunshot wound to the head in July 1993. The police ruled it a suicide. Before his death, he had been about to testify in court regarding the Whitewater Scandal.
Ed Willey, who had been responsible for raising Clinton's campaign funds. He died of a gunshot wound to the head in November 1993. The police ruled it