Simon Rossedit

From Bourne Again

Simon Ross is a British journalist of the newspaper The Guardian who has been uncovering the secrets behind the origin of Operation Treadstone, and Bourne's past.

Bourne reads an article in The Guardian where journalist Simon Ross describes Jason Bourne as a CIA officer.

Ross uses a source to learn information on Bourne. Because of his knowledge about the source and Operation: Blackbriar, Bourne and the CIA tries to hunt him down.

Bourne arranges to meet Ross in London at Waterloo station. Ross, however, is under surveillance because his use of the word "Blackbriar" in a phone call to his editor was tracked by ECHELON, alerting the CIA. After receiving a phone call from Bourne, Ross takes a taxi to Waterloo Station and is followed by the CIA, who believe him to be meeting his source there. At the station, Bourne sees CIA officers following Ross and places a prepaid mobile phone on him; through it, Bourne instructs the bemused journalist on how to dodge the station's surveillance, while knocking out the CIA agents attempting to kidnap Ross.

However, CIA official Noah Vosen who heads Operation Blackbriar (a renamed Treadstone proposed by Ward Abbott at the end of The Bourne Identity (Film)), orders an assassin named Paz to kill Ross and his source. Vosen's team identifies Bourne on a security camera and recognize him as a Treadstone assassin, assuming he must be Ross's source. Bourne advises Ross to remain hidden, but Ross panics and reveals himself, giving Paz a clear killing shot, which penetrates his throat. In the ensuing chaos, Bourne steals Ross's notes from his body, revealing Ross's source as Neal Daniels, the CIA's Madrid station chief.