Delta Green-Lost in the Dark Operation Farewell

Date: 20.1.1998

Agents and Friedlies:

• Dockery (Agent Richard)
• Julius Estéban (Agent Robert)
• Joseph Mulligan
• MIA Henry O'Sullivan
• Theodore Weeden

Case Details

Who?

Victim

• Postal Inspector Henry O'Sullivan

Suspicious

• Joseph Mulligan

What?

• The disappearance of O'Sullivan

When?

• 20.1.1998
  • O'Sullivan's escape from home
• 27.1.1998
  • Investigation of Mulligan's lead

Where?

• Washington DC
• Steenbergenmoor, Maryland

Operation Log

• Robert and Richard had discussed talking with the friendlies involved in previous (freelance) investigations into the preternatural
  • They feared that the death or insanity of these investigators would cause the loss of the information they had gained, which could lead into the loss of an agent's life
• The disappearance of Timothy Smith had made this an urgent matter
• Postal Inspector Henry O'Sullivan had the longest experience (outside of Smith) on the subject, so we chose him as our subject
• The problem was his increasing paranoia, which had lead to him going under ground
• While trying to locate him we found that someone else was also on his trail
• When we found his residence, we rushed there
• At the location some federal agency had already cordoned off the block
• We had time to go around the block and settle in for surveillance when we heard gunshots
• We spotted O'Sullivan trying to escape from an alleyway
• Richard rode his motorcycle for interception, but was shot by a police patrol
  • He lost control of his bike, but was not badly hurt
• While Richard and O'Sullivan were escaping the police patrol through an alley, Robert went around and picked them up on his car
• Driving away carefully we managed to avoid the attention of other police patrols
• At a rest stop we heard O'Sullivan's story
  • He said that the DEA had assaulted into his apartment and he barely managed to escape through a window
  • From the police radio we heard that he was wanted for drug trafficking
• We had to find a place for him to lay low, and we did. Richard knew of a safe house in Steenbergenmoore
• The place was a house in a quiet suburb, and suited us well. We brought O'Sullivan some supplies and returned to Washington DC.
• Next day we heard from O'Sullivan that Mulligan had appeared into his hideout
  • He told that he had been investigating a mystery in the neighborhood when he saw O'Sullivan
  • He was suspicious, but not deemed to be a threat
• We told O'Sullivan why we were there an discussed with him
  • It became obvious that he was slipping beyond sanity
  • He had some nuggets of vital information, but they were mixed with insane ravings
• We started planning of setting him up somewhere safe where he could be helped
• Still we decided to return to check on the clues found by Mulligan to make sure there was no risk to the safe house
• A week later we returned with Mulligan and Weeden
  • A body had been found in the severs
  • Also flooding of severs
  • Remarkable number of rats
• All were in the same area
• The plans of the pipes were missing from city archives
  • They were missing after renovations done after the flooding
  • A copy would be available in the county archives, but they were closed during the weekend
• We investigated some farms just in case
• DEA vehicles were spotted in town
• A phone call to O'Sullivan revealed that he had been tipped about them and had obtained a car to escape
• We arranged for a rendezvous a gas station at the highway
• We decided to try to get O'Sullivan in friendly hands and contacted Laura
  • The plan was to drug O'Sullivan and get him to Laura, who would take care of the rest
• At the gas station we talked with O'Sullivan
  • He said that he had contacted friends of his who lived under the ground and could hide him
  • He may be delirious or actually telling the truth
• We tried drugging him, but he was so nervous he didn't touch his coffee
• The TV news were talking about O'Sullivan as a fugitive so he left immediately
• We decided not to try to apprehend the armed and disturbed O'Sullivan
• He left for unknown destination as we returned to Washington DC
• We did not meet him after that, but received a phone call from him
  • He is alive, but his sanity has crumbled

Debriefing

Result of operation:

Causes for success/failure:

Lessons learned:

Improvements (processes, intelligence, resources):

Leads and loose ends:

Attachments

Agent Robert's Report