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- "Charlie, a long time ago, a guy named Lenin said that the purpose of terrorism was to terrorize. That’s who they are, and that’s what they do. It’s still a dangerous world out there, maybe even more so today that there are no nation-states who, though they used to support terrorists, actually imposed some restraints on their behavior. Those restraints are gone now."
— Bill Henriksen
William "Bill" Henriksen is a character that appears in the Rainbow Six novel. He is the founder and president of Global Security.
Biography[]
Bill Henriksen is a former member of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team. He worked for Gus Werner on the team before he ended his fifteen year career with the FBI to create his own security consulting company, Global Security, Inc. GSI became known throughout the world for their success in training foreign police. Henriksen later became a news correspondent for FOX News to commentate on criminal and terrorist incidents. He was also an avid environmentalist which led to his fateful meeting with John Brightling. Brightling eventually told Henriksen of "The Project" which called for unleashing a virus to kill the majority of mankind. He also told Henriksen that he would be among the few survivors left to rebuilt a society devoid of pollution. Henriksen subsequently conspired with Brightling to make "The Project" a reality.
Rainbow Six[]
With the initial development of the Shiva virus complete, Brightling tasked Dimitriy Popov to orchestrate a series of terrorists attacks around the globe. Unbeknownst to Popov, this was done in order to help raise terrorism awareness to allow Henricksen to eventually negotiate a security contract for the 2000 Olympic Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. Brightling then intended for Henriksen to release the virus at the Games to start the pandemic.
Following Ernst Model's failed attack on a commercial bank in Bern, Switzerland, Henricksen reviewed the news footage of the incident. A few minutes later, he was called by a reporter with a request to commentate on the incident for FOX News. During the interview, Henriksen gave a brief history of Model to the news anchors and stated that it was unknown whether this was a terrorist attack or a bank robbery. Henriksen then gave his thoughts on the Swiss Swat team that had taken Model and his crew down. Afterwards, he had one of his contacts attempt to find out who had trained the SWAT team to see if it posed a threat to his company though he did suspect that they have been a disguised military formation.
A few weeks later, Henricksen was on-air with ABC news as a consultant and gave his thoughts on the recently foiled hostage situation at World Park. Once the interview ended, Brightling called him and asked that he meet him at his office. Once in Brightling's office, Henricksen was shown the tapes of the terrorist incidents in Vienna, Bern, and World Park. Henricksen deduced that the same team had been present at all three incident. Brightling then told Henricksen that he had been made aware of this from Popov who was deeply troubled at the thought of a international counter-terrorist team. Henricksen told Brightling that while he was not sure yet if they should be worried, he would find more information out about the team from some old contacts.
Reassured, Brightling then sought Henricksen's advice on whether or not they should kill Popov because he had begun to question his role in orchestrating the terrorist attacks. Henricksen warned against it, stating that with Popov's background as a former KGB agent, they had no way of knowing if he had a contingency plan in place should he be betrayed or killed. Both men then spoke about the current progress of human testing with the Shiva virus. With everything going according to plan, Henricksen told Brightling that he was flying out to Australia the following day to speak with the SASR and local police to secure the security contract for the 2000 Olympic Summer Games.
Afterwards, Henricksen asked Brightling to play the tape of World Park again for another review. To his surprise, Henricksen noticed that the helicopter used in the operation was a Sikorsky H-60. Henricksen explained to Brightling that the H-60 was currently not approved for civilian use, meaning that it must've been operated by the USAF. Additionally, he stated that the team is probably based in England which is also home to a USAF special-ops wing. Henricksen then emphasized the importance of finding out who this team was as soon as possible as they could jeopardize his plan to secure the security contract for the Olympic Games. The two then agreed to continue digging and ended their meeting.
Henrickson later called Gus Werner who was now the Assistant Director of the FBI and asked him what he knew about the team that resolved the World Park incident. Werner politely refused to divulge the information, citing classification issues. Respecting his former boss's decision, Henricksen told Werner to tell the team to not use a USAF helicopter during their next operation if they want to blend in with the local police. Werner denied this at first but thanked Henricksen for the catch and told him he would pass the advice along. Henricksen again asked Werner if he could tell him anything about the team. Again Werner turned him down, claiming that he himself did not know much about the team. Unconvinced, Henrickson told Werner that the team should be more careful and ended the call. Henricksen concluded from the call that the counter-terrorism team must be "black project" and that they must be based at Hereford Base due to its existing infrastructure and security. Henricksen then called his contacts in Switzerland and Austria to find out how long it took the team reach both locations. With this information, Henricksen was able to confirm that the team was indeed based in Hereford.
Through the combined efforts of Carol Brightling and Dimitriy Popov, Henricksen learned that the until was called Rainbow and that it was led by John Clark. Back at John Brightling's office, Henricksen suggested to Brightling and Popov that they should find out more information about Rainbow. Popov was then given approval by Brightling to travel to England and survey John Clark and Rainbow. The next day, Henricksen flew out to Australia and met with Sydney's Police Superintendent, Bob Aukland, and a SASR Major to discuss the security contract for the Olympic Summer Games. During the meeting, Henricksen offered to supply the SASR and police with state-of-the-art equipment and training in exchange for the Olympics security contract. He also reminded them of the recent increase of terrorist activity across Europe to emphasize the need to hire Global Security. Knowing Henricksen's background, the SASR Major asked him what he knew of the recent terrorist attacks. Henricksen proceeded to tell them that it was Rainbow who foiled the attacks and that Australia could have a rapid counter-terrorist force like Rainbow if he they hired Global Security. A few days dater, Aukland called Henricksen to inform him that Global Security had won the security contract. Henricksen then agreed for Aukland to fly him out to Sydney the next day to discuss the details and to show of the new communications equipment he spoke of to the SASR.
Trivia[]
- He owns a Porsche 911
- He is an avid diver.