Cooper Blackthorn is the head of Greystrem Solutions which was a secret NSA hit squad. He was stationed in West Africa for five years and learned how to inflict palmatória, an excruciating practice native to the region of Guinea-Bissau, as torture. the NSA ordered him to tortured Vivian Prince to find the files The American leaked but when he carried out his orders, Prince resisted and he aborted the operation. The Jeffersonian had collected enough forensic evidence to prosecute Blackthorn for torture.
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