This was wild.
“That you can do that with your tech is crazy,” Dex stated. “That’s going to make your cases easier.”
Yes, yes, it would.
And that was the point.
“When do we get this tech?” he asked, wishing his detectives could have the same kind of advantage when working their cases.
Kate patted him on the back.
“Oh, well, that’s property of the FBI. I don’t think you’ll have it for a long time,” she admitted. “One day, maybe.”
He wished that was a little closer. Tangling with the phone companies was shit. If they could just get a warrant and go into a phone to pull up information would save themWEEKS.
Justice would be served quicker.
As MATE did her thing, Dex was watching the information in real time pop up on the tablet.
“You weren’t kidding, were you?” he asked, as numbers popped up on the screen. “She’s in that phone doing her magic.”
Yes, yes, she was.
Brody shrugged.
“MATE is using the SIM and memory to find any numbers that match the parameters. We’ll still get the warrant for a judge, but that’s just so the phone company can double-verify what we found for court.”
MATE chimed, alerting them to her finding something for them.
“I found the same call a few times. Once a few days ago, and then once two months ago. Then, when going back even further into the memory on the phone, that same number appears once, three years ago.”
Well, shit.
He was definitely planning in the long term if that number did, indeed, belong to Devon Slater.
Now, they would get down to work.
“MATE, get me that information of who owns that number, and see if you can get a tower to pinpoint where the call was coming from each time.”
MATE had bad news for them.
“That’s going to take longer. I won’t have it anytime tonight. I have to readjust my programming to acclimate to the tech used to protect the phone.”
They were aware.
It took as long as it took. Hopefully, though, they’d get something that could be used for Elizabeth to find Devon Slater.
Brody reassured MATE.
“Just do it as quickly as you can and also get that information to Elizabeth when you find it. Copy us, but priority one to the Deputy Director.”
The system chimed.
“On it, Agent Seaton.”
Then, MATE got down to work, and everyone there knew that the ball was in MATE’S court.
Hopefully, she found something.
