While Jimmy and his team were busy confirming that the gunman was Azte's man, Hughes's side also didn't stop investigating the mole.
The mole had gone too far this time, and the coincidence was too striking, since Jimmy had just switched to a new assigned vehicle and was immediately targeted. Thus, the mole's activity was restricted to a very narrow time frame. Mahong was right; the underlying system data could indeed pinpoint who accessed Jimmy's information.
Hughes still had resources he could use. A few phone calls later, he quickly obtained permission. The technical department at DC headquarters also got permission and began filtering massive amounts of data on Hughes's request.
The FBI's system logs were quite comprehensive. By directly querying Jimmy's information logs, they ascertained which account made the query, a task that didn't take much time. However, when they submitted the account and read out the account's user for Hughes, a big problem arose.
