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[classical music playing]

[kettle whistling]

[sniffs]

[dialing phone]

Hey, man, it's Will.

I hope everything's still good for tonight.

I'm taking a morning train in,

so I will call you when I arrive.

RADIO ANNOUNCER: That was Venetian composer Tomaso Albinoni

and the concerto a cinque opus 5...

[voice trails off]

[lock clicks]

[indistinct chatter]

[man making announcement indistinctly over P.A.]

[man making announcement indistinctly over P.A.]

Morning.

Morning, sir.

You read Friedman's pieceon Sudan this morning?

Yes, sir.

And?

Still in lockstep with the State Department, sir.

I detected a little moreurgency in his tone.

I'll read it again.

Oh, goodness...

I hope not.

[train whistle blowing in distance]

MAN [over P.A.]: All passengersdeparting for Washington D.C.,

the Acela 8:30 to Washington

arrives on Track 40 in five minutes.

That's us.

[men talking quietly]

Good morning.

I'm going to assume that you can all manage Will's absence

without me looking too closely over your shoulder.

Let's put Yuri Boeck aside for a moment.

CIA just sent over a new field report

from an agent in Jakarta-

a member of the Indonesian Mujahideen Council,

who provided very solid information for us in the past.

It looks like we may have a window of opportunity

to eliminate Kateb.

Eliminate?

Can't we grab him?

No. Jakarta won't sanction that.

The best we can do is a Hellfirestrike from a Predator.

How soon?

KALE: Day after tomorrow.

NSC wants an assessment.

In 72 hours?

Well, the bad guys aren't going to sit still

just because you got some morereading to catch up on.

When does Will get back from

his teacher's pet tour?

How's Wednesday?

You guys prep the file,

and he can help you write the final.

Oh.

And it has to be unanimous.

There are no split decisions when it comes to irreversibles.

[sighs]

[door closes]

Irreversibles?

People you can't un-kill.

[sighs]

Right.

I hate this shit.

[clock chiming]

[sobbing]

[sobbing continues]

[sniffles]

[breathes deeply]

[phone beeps]

KATHERINE [over voicemail]: Hello, darling, it's me.

Just a heads up.

The grandkids are coming over tomorrow.

I'm at the grocery store.

Let me know if there's anything you want. Love you.

MAN [over voicemail]: Tom, it's James.

If you keep this up, you know what's gonna happen.

[phone beeps]

Tom, it's James.

If you keep this up, you know what's gonna happen.

[phone beeps]

Tom, it's James.

If you keep this up, you know what's gonna happen.

Kateb.

Real name unknown, nationality unknown.

First popped up in the chatter

after Detachment 88 killed Azahari Husin in '04.

'05.'05.

We still don't know how much operational authority he has

in Jemaah Islamiah, but we canlink him directly to the bombing

of the Australian Embassy,The Ritz and the Marriott.

Our asset places him atthe safe house near Semarang

at 0900 GMT on Thursday.

So it's a no-brainer;he's a bad guy.

This kind of assessment requires us

to build a solid foundation.

You do realize that

"surgical strike" is a euphemism

for a thermobaric warhead capable of demolishing

this entire block?

Can we at least agree Kateb is

a legitimate target for lethal action?

These are schoolchildren.

Executive Order 12333

prohibits assassinationunless the target

is specifically engagedin combat

against the United States.

None of this evidence points to

Kateb attacking the United States.

He's a leader of Al Qaeda.

TANYA:Kateb is more thanjust another player.

He's a symbol.

He's an Al Qaeda rock star.

If we take this guy out,

we gain nothing new--

no intelligence, no leverage,no real justice.

Just one less playeron a crowded field.

[knocking]

D-Do you guys need anything?

[sighs]

GRANT: Think we're going to need lunch.

Pays to study the local flora and fauna.

You really could use a good briefcase.

Nothing eye-catching of course,

but something that lets people take you seriously.

Kind of attachedto the one I have.

There's no handle.

For a security tether.

A what?

Handcuffs.

Ah.

Avoid anything that announces its newness, its cost

or its distinctiveness.

You need one that locks, preferably with a key.

Combinations have a nasty habit

of locking themselves at the worst moments.

Clasps.

No zippers.

And none of those spring-loaded closures

that announce to the whole world you're opening the store.

I prefer a single clasp.

Something that allows a file to go in without stopping

or using two hands.

Spangler.

With a... with asecond source confirming this,

our chances of successjumped to over 60%.

Where do you even get these numbers?

Uh, data.Remember that?

We're never going to have a second source in time.

We have to proceed or not on the basis of this report.

And we're below 50%.

Is there any wayto get visual confirmation

of Kateb's arrivalat the location?No.

Then we don't know this is real.

Um, source reliability quotient: 71%.

Targeting accuracydifferential: 4.3.

You think that's real?

She doesn't belong here.

[door slams shut]

Our task:gather allies

in the intelligencecommunity

who will support our bidto keep API fully independent.

Make sure they remember

the information they gather is useless

unless they have us to make sense of it.

All right.

Now, I didn't receive any type of schedule.

Mm. We've got one meetingthis afternoon,

one in the morning

and the big show tomorrow at 3:00.

[chuckling]

Will, Will, I want you to meet

[laughing]: an old friend of mine.

This man knows more about the intelligence business

than all the analysts

at API put together.

Travers here wrotethat, uh, Somalia report

that you liked so much.

Nice work.

Thank you, Mr., uh...

[laughs] Don't worry.

Even this dinosaur doesn't know my real name.

And he came to my wedding.

Sit down.

Now, uh, um...

[sniffs]

You're going to have to excuse us.

Oh.

All right.

I should probably go review

some of the material for this afternoon.

It's nice meeting you, sir.

So, uh...

[indistinct chatting]

SPANGLER:Don't be modest.

You're not just thedeputy director of intelligence.

You're the voiceof sanity around here.

[chuckling]

I've got a file full of old performance reviews

that say otherwise.Yeah, we all knowhow capable

the gentlemen who wrotethose reviews turned out to be.

Well, you know where I stand.

But you're going to have to check the forecast

in order to get a read on DIA or NSA.

Afraid I'm going to haveto fight this one

with the army I have.

We brought youan interesting tidbit.

One that I'm afraid we are notin a position to make use of.

We picked up something out of a Malaysian cipher.

AIDE: We're pulling down the same data

from NSA as you.

WILL:But the analysiswe've done

is pointing to something unusual.

A collection of cities

roughly centeredon the Mediterranean.

Dubrovnik, Larnaca, Seville, among others.

We believe we're looking at the travel itinerary

of a nascentAl-Qaeda operation.

You believe?

Why don't we walk you through it? Hmm?

[sighs]

Has this agent ever given ustime and place info before?

MILES: Yeah, but nothing CA

has ever been able to have verified.

What's his supposedmotivation?

The original pitch the agency gave

was primarily nationalist,

but this guy has been steadily sucking down

U.S. government cash for five years.

Why would he jeopardize that relationship

by floating something big like this if it weren't true?

Just because he thinks it's truedoesn't mean it is.

There is no evidence he has ever lied to his case officer.

The guy is a professional.

All spies lie to somebody.

GRANT:We have gotto get past this.

Kateb is a good target.

This is a solid source.

This agent gave usgreat stuff on MILF.

[snickers]

The Moro IslamicLiberation Front.

[laughing]

In the Philippines.

[sighs]

[vehicle approaching ]

Don't ask me to do this again.

You know what kind of hell I'd catch

if the agency knew about this?

I know. I know. I'm sorry.

Besides, you're totally cleared to see this.

Just do the paperwork.

It'd take me a month to get CIA to cough up these files.

And besides, 30 people would be notified that I asked for it.

You're API, man.

Nobody's going to question it.

Oh, you'd be amazed.

[something banging in distance]

So, what's the dealwith my seven names?

I could only find six.

All agency employees.

Mostly Cold Warriors-- ops guys and black baggers.

One was a career case officer.

One was a station chiefin Damascus.

Two worked on Dewey'scounterterror crew for a while.

What's the story on number seven?

Not sure.His name didn't hit.

They all worked in the Middle East Division in the 1980s?

Do you know where they are no?

Two of them are starson the wall at Langley.

One died of cancera decade ago.

Uh, one's droolingin his applesauce down in Boca.

Two of themare still kicking.

Only two?Yeah. One is that guy,C.M. Haddox,

who writes thoseJohnny Gray thrillers.

The guy has made millionsoff of airport boredom.

The other guyis a Donald Bloom.

You going to tell me what this is about?

[tires squealing in distance]

I can't.Right.

You got anything more?

Ungrateful bastard.

Daniel.

Can I keep this?

Thanks to you, I'm probablygoing to fail my next polygraph.

[car door opens,then slams shut]

[engine starts]

[tires squealing]

[elevator bell dings]

SPANGLER:We want to avoid anythingthat undermines

our ability to actas an effective partner

to the secretaryand the Pentagon.

We simply lack the resources

this kind of reporting would require.

Why, the preparation alone...

I hope you won't mindif we just skip the foreplay.

Certainly.

You don't have to explain to us why you don't want

that bra-burning congresswomanpoking into your business.

Nothing is clearer.

But with all due respect, Truxton,

why should you be spared the same financial sodomizing

we're subjected to twice a year?

I see.

You want to know what's in it for you.

Will...

what's in itfor Colonel Mitchell?

We maintain a unique positionin the intelligence community.

By virtue of our

interjurisdictional portfolio, we at API are...

Can you please justget to the point?

[chuckles]

Colonel... API sees everything.

We ask for it, we get it.

FBI, Homeland Security, Treasury,

CIA, NRO, NSA...

We are aware.

We like to share with our friends.

[clears throat]

That's my cell phone.

[door closes]

♪

Betsy...[speaking Cantonese]

Table for one?

Uh, I want to do takeout.

Sure.

Uh, moo shu pork.

Rice?

Yes.

[speaking Cantonese]

$12.55.

Do you keep computer records of takeout orders?

For a month.

Would you check an address for me?

It's my husband.

Please?

What's the address?

5181 East 73rd.

March 24th, two orders.

Chicken with cashew, shrimp and broccoli.

Did they pay with a credit card?

Yes.

What name?

James Wheeler.

James Wheeler?

GRANT:See these figures on the roof?

Gotta be gunman, right?

I count at least half a dozen.

What do we think that is?

MILES: Looks residential for sure.

What's the distance from the target?

Close.

GRANT: Too close?

It depends on how good a shot that pilot is.

Can you reallycall him a pilot

when he's 3,000 miles awayoperating a joystick?

GRANT: So what do you estimate?

Uh, between ten and a hundred civilians in the target zone.

That's a complete WAG.

What's a WAG?

"Wild-ass guess."

What's the CIA estimate?

It doesn't matter. They're guessing, too.

So what, that's it?

Uh, no, unfortunately.

It came in overnight.

TANYA: This is the building.GRANT: Jesus.

MILES: That's the site.Maybe those kids

don't actually livein the building.

[door opens]

[door slams shut]

[sighs]

I-I don't remember it being this hard last time.

We had Will

and Hadas...

and no girls.

She must hate us.

It's her first time.

Ihate us.

[breathes deeply]

[sniffles and grunts]

[sips water]

Hey.

What's going on in there?

Do you... need anything?

A blunt instrument.

Miles or Grant?

Both.

So, we're talking general slaughter.

Yeah, actually.

This is allwe can do.

Three's no needto pretend.

It's just a cost-benefit analysis.

I missed that part in graduateschool where they explain

the formula for collateral damage.

Three dead infants plus seven old lads

and a dozen farm animal.

But you inventedthat formula.

I did, but I'm still trying

to figure out how to value

Kateb's slaughter of multiple schoolgirl.

You're switching sides.

I just want to feel good about killing these people.

This is a mess.

[door opens]

There's been a change.

Our asset now says Kateb

will be at the safe house tomorrow.

We have to finish our assessment today.

That, that's impossible.

MILES: He, he's right.

TANYA:Will's not back,and our file

is totally incomplete.

Our intelligence is incomplete. Intelligence is incomplete!

That's the nature of it.

You have to do this without Will.

On my desk by 5:00.

[Miles sighs]

[door closes]

Sweetheart, I cannot havethis conversation with you now.

Your, your mother and I pay

for your car insurancefor precisely...

Yes.

I know whata deductible is.

Yeah. Sweetheart,I'm gonna have

to talk to you later.

Mr. Travers?

Yes.

Your office in New York has been trying to reach you.

They've asked for a secure line.

Sweet... [sighs]

Miles, I'm not there. I don't have the intel.

You guys are gonna have to figure this out on your own.

I trust you.

Listen, I need you to do a full trace

on a former Agency guy for me.

Bloom-- B-L-O-O-M-- Donald.

All right? I'll see you tomorrow.

TRIDENT:If this wereentirely our decision,

we'd be more than happy

to keep the entire intelligence community

off-limits to Congress,

but, uh, there are somepolitical realities in play

that make that impossible.

TRUXTON: Oh, one, one final thought if I might.

When you left the house this morning

wearing that tie,

perhaps your wife stopped you in the doorway.

Perhaps she told you how good you looked in that tie...

how handsome it was.

Now, while I'm sure you love your wife,

might I suggest you have many reasons

to distrust her judgment about..

that tie.

Maybe she has a fond memory of another time you wore it.

A sentimental attachment

or perhaps she knows your tie collection,

and she's simply glad you didn't choose

one of the ties she dislike.

Perhaps she just sensed

you were feeling a little fragile.

She felt like bucking you up a bit.

Now, imagine for a minute you-you sit down here with us,

and I say to you how much Iadmired that tie.

Instantly, you have another opinion,

but you don't know me.

There's nothing personal between .

We have no sartorial history.

No emotional attachment.

Whose judgment are you going to trust,

mine...

or your wife's?

The gentleman to my right is

a remarkable intelligence analyst.

He is skilled in pattern recognition,

systems analysis, emergence theories,

but, butin truth, his greatest asset for you

is that you don't know him

and he doesn't know you.

He doesn't care about you.

or your feelings.

He just knows...

what your tie...

looks like.

You can trust him.

[sighs]

I know I'll regret this, but I say yes.

I'd rather live

with the consequencesof my action than my inaction.

Tanya?

We have to putthe assessment in by 5:00.

Tanya?

I heard you.

I know I'm supposed to say yes.

I-I just...

We have to be unanimous.

[sighs]

[knocking]

So?

Yes.

Yes?

We say yes.

Take him out.

Thank you.

A job well done.

Cheers.Cheers.

Oh, what did you think of our-our little show, hm?

Made me glad to bea lowly analyst.

Well, don't-don't sell yourself short.

You were excellent this afternoon.

I didn't speak.

You'd be amazed how hard that is for most people.

Go ahead.

[whistles]

[chuckles]

Uh, yeah?

Thank you.

That's uh...

[laughing][phone ringing]

My eyes are shot.

What does that say?

Uh, "Danielle."

That's my daughter.

She your only child?

No. No, I have a son-- in college.

Oh, where?

I never knew my father much.

He was a remote man.

Presbyterian.

He thought our business was insidious.

Which business exactly?

Intelligence, espionage.

Not that he ever really understood what I did.

Most people misunderstand, I find.

They can't see it

for what it is.

It's a gift, you know?

What is?

The solitude, the...

The separation...

It's a gift.

That's what they don't see.

What does it mean, "Kateb"?

In Arabic, it means "the writer"

They don't speakArabic in Indonesia.

This guy is a genius.

A regular Will Travers.

Will would have done it just the same.

There's no special sauce in this shit.

Just data and decisions.

[sighs] And us to connect the dots.

Mm, and morality, values?

Not our job.

Values arefor politicians,

not analysts.

I'm gonna get good and drunk.

[exhales sharply]

[chuckles]

[lock clicks]

[keys clatter on table]

[blinds rattling]

Hey.

Welcome back.

How'd it go?

Interesting.

That's it?

Interesting?

That's it.

[sighs]

It's good to be back.

Nice to see you.

Team A, Team B,

Team C, Team D, Team F.

Will.

How was the trip?

Good. Productive.

It was an honor, you know?

[laughs quietly]

I know.

Why me?

For some reason,

he thinks you have potential.

[whispering]: Hey, Miles? Miles? Hey.

Hey.Did you get anything on Donald Bloom?

Oh. Very slippery character.

Just like you said, ex-CIA.

And...

I got you...a license photo.

This guy's been in and outof Houston six times

in the past year, and

he flew into JFKtwo days ago.

[stammering]: He's here in New York?

He could be.

[door opening]

[clears throat]

Trip's great.

Thank you.

Climbed the Washington Monument.

Sat in Abraham Lincoln's lap.

[clears throat] We're wondering about Kateb.

Ah, Kateb.

Your recommendations were accepted.

Uh...

[sighs] 9:10 GMT,

a Predator dronelaunched two missiles.

Both made their target.

And? And that was only six hours ago.

We won't know if we were successful

until Kateb either surfaces again or-or doesn't.

Two days of psychic torture, and that's it?

I'm afraid so.

Okay?

Okay. Let's try to refocus on Yuri,

George and our mystery man.

Uh, what do we have?

Grant?

Uh, well, this morning,DI sent up new HUMINT

from FSKN that has Yuri

increasing arms sales outside his traditional territories.

So he's up to something.

We see if we can't connect the dots there.

Still waiting on BND for the George Boeck file.

But NSA's telling us

they may have Munich to Damascus intercepts

that might shed some light.

We're still hoping one of our sources in Sophia will turn up

something fromthe hotel registries

and rail passenger lists, but,uh, I don't think we should be

holding our breath on that one, you know.

[voice trails off]: Beyond that...

♪