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I need that black tree TV I need that

black tree TV I need that black tree TV

black tree

tv top story is the unprecedented

criticism of President Foster by the

veteran chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

Staff General Lloyd at the national

press Club Yesterday let's just say that

on this issue president Foster and I

have agreed to disagree General Lloyd

stated that the president's lack of

support of the military would leave the

country vulnerable and crippled at this

time of high Global

uncertainty supp program

the door knobs cut the grass and wash

mom's

car into your room no TV now go change

your

clothes

sir why is everything always in

order he knows what he

did can't look a problem first max is 13

he was born into this family he didn't

enlist

Todd you handing yourself properly today

watch the game together tomorrow

Orlando's going to win it for zip no way

Nick are going to take it

character

okay okay see you later all right love

you

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well Mr secretary with all due respect

we're not the only ones questioning the

president's indecision the chairman of

the Joint Chiefs of Staff publicly

criticize the president for not signing

the bill as far as general Lloyd's

remarks go you in the media have taken

his agreement to disagree with the

president out of context

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morning

Billy morning

Colonel situation

normal uh we lost another one in Bolivia

last night cook

Patrol any friendly casualties

goodness no that wouldn't be

nice Olivia's fine the Nicks got their

back against the wall they need me hey

who's the old man like not into it

negative who's into it big

time

did call and slam dunk call bets in bym

he's got a betting pool on the finals

thinks it'll go till then been sending

stuff out all week under his own

personal code blue six coat you caught

plugging into the old man's coach you

know what's going to happen I see who

he's got sharing his action cross down

at Tampa Jacobs at NORAD Allen down at

Fort Benning mucho brass looks like

everybody's already in it has he said

anything about it to you to me n you can

ask him about it though he wants to see

you what is's here on a Sunday yeah

bookie's Best Day

you wanted to see me

sir sit down

Mac days like this that I wish I never

accepted this lousy job the only problem

is I can't bear the thought of anyone

else having it in tell us the president

L job first is that the Intel well we'll

know next Tuesday my day on the carpet

think should have kept my big mouth shut

you spoke up straight honest time

somebody did play commanderin-chief I

don't think it's perceived as an attack

sir the president may be a good man but

he doesn't know [ __ ] about National

Defense at least when his wife was alive

he had a reality barometer the way

things were going election day nobody

bothered to ask him about it here you

know I used to know who my enemies were

who did Guess 5 years ago that Iran and

Iraq would be allies the next fight in

the Middle

East it's going to make the Gulf War

look like a family picnic and when it

comes we won't be ready look at this

We're Cops we're Builders we Health Care

Providers worst of

all we're politicians

sucks hell that's not me words it's what

my son always says about

everything M

uh last couple of weeks uh you've been

kind of tense you're not uptight about

the alert this weekend are you no it's

Todd he's

13 he's working at an appliance store

Kramers he stole eight video recorders

took a

months he doesn't know why he did it and

neither do I but somehow it all comes

down to me being a bad father

show he's a good

kid

ni good kids often lose their way don't

be so hard on yourself I've been trained

that way I'm a marine

sir it sucks I like that can to watch

the playoffs this weekend sir playoffs

would you believe it I don't even know

who the hell's playing this year

why did you

start all

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right Mr President can you tell us what

you thought of the latest CNN poll my

chief of staff Miss carran likes to say

that a pole is what you hang a

politician from I don't pay any

attention to them it's a different

number every day Mr one last

question General Lloyd has publicly

accused you of turning your back on the

military would you care to comment

General Lloyd's remarks were taken out

of context and blown way out of

proportion but make no mistake about

it the general was

freelancing but I am smart enough to

know when I'm being shot at by a

professional and I'm still in one piece

thank you for asking

well Betsy from one herd of Jackal to

the next cabinet Mr President the 29%

approval rating you can't tell them what

to do if you don't build a consensus

you're going to pay a price here I

thought the cabinet was supposed to be

the president's

team ladies and

gentlemen St

Harry we have a lot of ground to cover

in a short time as usual I suggest we

get started right

away let's begin with something easy

taxes well as you all know I have on my

desk right now A bill that gives a huge

budget increase to the military suppose

I just don't sign it suppose some of

that goes over to domestic to farm

subsidies and the rest of it to policing

our streets do you really think that's

wise sir I don't know art what do you do

you think if you do that Mr President

I'm told that our Readiness and force

structure will suffer severely that

sounds just like General Lloyd's

position if you veto that bill Mr

President you're going to you're going

to get a huge public

reaction then I'll take the heat Tom

look I know most of you don't like this

idea and I'm not going to ask for a show

of hands but I will need the support of

each and every person in this room we're

going to need to pull together on this

and let's be

clear about what we will not

do we will not any longer defer our

urgent domestic needs in order to

satisfy the inflated demands of the

military we will not add 40 to 60

billion dollars to the budget without

having any idea where the money's coming

from I ran on a pledge to cut the

deficit that's why we're all here today

I'm going to do

it or I'll Die

Trying oh let's not talk about death

taxes is depressing

enough why Walter I always thought the

death was a vice presidential

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Obsession where where is it written that

if your president's from the Heartland

your vice president has to be a back

room boy from the East there a winning

combination but a terrible marriage I

should have gone with Charlie Potter he

gets things

done are we pushing to hard we don't

have a choice things don't change

remarkably it won't be a second

term we've come a long way

Betsy I couldn't have done it without

you

thank you

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sir Central Command yeah going case from

The Joint staff I need the deputy

Commander please thank you Al col Ali

yeah we noticed a little item up here

preparing a Readiness report for the

alert this

weekend it's just a routine exercise

guys but it says here you guys ordered

live ammo not exactly standard well

that's

classified excuse me I'm sorry Colonel

no one but General Allen is authorized

to discuss that operation maybe you can

call back tomorrow sure tomor

fine hello Walter yeah Matt Casey hey Ma

the rising star I got the Dy how the

puzzle palace look wall I'm checking out

this live ammo request Jesus Mac I wish

you guys would get it together you added

the live ammo for your uh slam dunk

thing don't you remember for slam dunk

yeah it's the damnest thing we're

training more for seizure than defense

here

yeah M this will only take a

moment yesterday I ran across a little

glitch in the

printouts there was live ammo ordered

for some operation called slam

dunk I'm sorry you got left out ma it

was the president's idea to keep this

one down to the short list slam dunk is

a covert exercise we're running with the

CIA extremely sensitive Mac extremely

sensitive a team is practicing to go

into a third world country to seize a

nuclear

weapon I can show you the file if you're

curious I wouldn't mind taking a look

thanks can I have an now sir I'll shoot

it to your email you'll have it tomorrow

morning thank you

sir stand by

did you

start 15 points down take a shot and

give it

up so what was your program today

saw the

therapist

yeah you like

her well she's

okay do like your

knes she ask you lots of questions

well she asked if I felt a

rush when I was

stealing and I told her I felt

awful and she says

why and I

say cuz I knew I'd get caught take your

hands out your pocket take a

shot then she says

why did you do

it and you

say what

cuz cuz I cuz I couldn't

stop and she asked how we get

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along how do we get

along you're close to fouling out

trying to stay in the

game trying to St

again take your shot and give it

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up I don't think son of a [ __ ] can't

shut up even if he wants to he's born

politician I'm not a bad one at that

name one successful General who isn't

well I have rapidly lost my appetite for

the daily

battle tell me what would happen to my

poll numbers if I were to fire a living

legend you'd become nostalgic for the

days when you had

29% but look at the upside Lloyd will be

retiring soon with full honors and

you'll have one less problem though of

course replacing him may be a problem

since you've almost run out of women

very good Mr secretary where would I be

without you

Charlie I've been advised General to

fire

you I frankly know of no reason why

sir but you know I serve at your

disposal Mr President yes but you've

gone got yourself a pretty good

constituency I'm asking a lot of the

American people already I can't

liquidate their Captain

Marvel the people want to know they're

defendant they are at a cost of 230

billion a year may I remind you Mr

President that the sole purpose of our

military is to wage and win Wars and

protect our Shores from foreign

aggressors you are a compassionate man

sir but you are withholding funds which

will leave our military degraded you are

recklessly placing this nation in a

position of weakness and may I remind

you General that I with the help of

Congress will make policy you will

follow it if you want my job go out and

win your party's nomination and get

yourself elected I have no interest in

becoming president my sole concern is

there be a country left to defend

another war is coming sir and when it

does we're going to have to call on

Israel to defend us because our own

forces will have become impotent in the

interests of social experiments and

Global public

relations keep your opinions to yourself

general or confine them to this

office thank you

a meeting of the category we system

evaluation group

has after midnight right say4 to 1 I

leave her there par right in that

driveway it's a white house it's late at

night you know she's alone I come back

and I show her this envelope and I say

[ __ ] we got to rush this out to the CIA

at L and this gets you laid I am 6 for

six on this it's great trust me uh yes

sir situation normal uh yes sir

how's the traffic on the old man's ping

pool uh something came in this

morning correct me if I'm wrong but uh

reagent alpha

1 that's an advanced chemical disabling

weapon right yeah what's the point it's

been okayed for the

alert and don't ask me why a national

command authorized

it punch up where General lyd is now

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it's good to see you two playing ball

together

today he's getting

better he's starting to realize what he

did wrong

and I'm sorry you know to where I been

lately just I just got so much on my

mind you just

kid is this um about seeing Todd's

therapist

tomorrow do we need

this I don't even know this woman she

doesn't know us she knows Todd he likes

her said I be there so I'll be there

Mac

thanks good morning chief of staff's

office may I help

you Chief of Staff please who's calling

please

this is the director of current

operations at the pagon colon Mt Casey

could tell it's urgent and private this

thank

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you what's so urgent

Betsy Betsy Betsy I need to talk to you

that's it no hello how are you where are

you anyway I'm sorry this is this is

really important it's it's a matter of

National Security

aren't you pretty far out of channels

Mac you have a boss talk to him I can't

Jesus Mac I'm catching javelins here

what the hell's going on can you give me

some idea yeah I need to talk to you in

person you and everyone else bexi you've

known me for a long time I've been a

marine for 19

years by me calling you I'm going to be

Throwing It All Away hang on for a

second Mech move

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my Betsy Grant Memorial 8:

oh okay uh can can you make it 8:30 this

is not a negotiation

Colonel

okay gret Memorial 8:00 see you then

bye Office of the Attorney General

please hold secretary Potter to see you

good morning Sarah good morning how are

you I'm fine thank you Mr good good

morning Charlie come in sit down thank

you

Sarah the general tells me that you have

misgivings

author I have always had misgivings

Charlie the Constitution is is in my

care others before us have tried to

manipulate the Constitution but Jesus

this thing makes them look like a Sunday

picnic

I I can't be a part of subverting the

Constitution Charlie not as a means to

an end even if that end is saving the

country

itself oh

my you should reread the Constitution

author I

have you unleash this thing

how do you know what will ultimately

happen because I control what happens

what if something goes wrong Arthur

nothing is going to go

wrong you have a backup plan I don't

want to hear about that including that

exercise this Saturday you here very

well I understand you have misgivings

Arthur what I need to know is what do

you intend to do about them

nothing do I have your word on

that

yes damn

you I respect that Arthur

afternoon General afternoon adal come on

in good afternoon oh m u you can set

this one

up Colonel there appears to be a lot of

pressure at home right now Todd talks

about you a great deal seems clear

you've always had a strong relationship

he's my son and I love him but I don't

see what that's got to do with this

don't

you look

doctor I'm sure you're very good at what

you do but I don't think this is getting

us

anywhere Todd made a

mistake he's got to deal with his

punishment learn from it and move on

right

Tod you and your dad live by a pretty

tough code of behavior don't you Todd I

guess so let me ask you something did

you ever wonder what would happen if you

fail to live up to that code I'd get in

a lot of

trouble you think maybe it was possible

you were trying to test things see if

your dad still loved you just as much

even after you got caught

God we watch the game together tonight

you're leaving now

I got to go I'm really sorry how could

you do this I'll be there for tip off sa

me a seat

huh sorry

I was just getting ready to leave

anybody but you I'd be gone by now it

wasn't exactly convenient accommodating

your schedule got exactly 6 minutes make

it

good have you ever heard of a classified

covert exercise involving the military

and the CIA called slam

dunk that the president have approved

this exercise without you having known

the political answer sure the truth no

last Sunday I learned that General Lloyd

was operating a beding pool over the NBA

Playoffs pentagon's always got betting

pools so what the general told me he

doesn't even know who's playing bet

that's not like him he's never lied to

me

before the same day I noticed that um

live ammunition had been ordered for

this weekend's alert so I did some

checking I found out two things

first that they were training more for

seizure than for

protection second this live ammunition

was ordered for this operation slam dunk

and I talked to the

general told him that there must have

been a Communications glitch because I

was not informed of the situation

and he said the president wanted to keep

the list short on this one said he'd

send me the file but he hasn't shown it

to to me yet go

on General

Lloyd has been meeting

privately secretary Potter other members

of the cabinet doesn't add up you have

absolutely nothing but your own

conjecture standard exercise calls for

10,000 men this weekend we're deploying

100,000 troops into the 12 major cities

of this

country and there's one more thing

what's that troops have been armed with

chemical

weapons I need to talk to the

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president hey how are you good to see

youth thank you the Attorney General of

the United

States it's always a pleasure

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H I'm going to call you in the

morning get back

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Mr

Daniel Mr Daniel sir sir

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1 2

3

5 the game 101 to 101 against the mat

trying to avoid the SM we interrupt this

program for a special report good

evening this is Iris gter in front of

the Watergate Plaza in Washington DC

where just moments ago us attorney

general Arthur Daniels collapsed and

died of an apparent heart attack you can

see the police are closing off the area

people are still leaving the fundraising

event that the Attorney General was

attending he had no previous record of a

heart attack or heart problems we'll

keep you posted on what happened here

now back to you in the

studio yes our friend would like you to

come for a visit Eastgate 40 minutes

right 40 minutes I'll be there thanks

bye

[Applause]

out

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ready Mr President Colonel Matt

Casey please sit down Colonel I prefer

to stand thank you sir tell me about the

General Sir this is very uncomfortable

for me because it concerns a superior

officer that I admire and respect

understood the general believes that war

is

inevitable and the next time we will

lose because we have lost our ability to

fight I'd like to ask you a question sir

go ahead

yesterday I saw a private

memo and an ADV Advanced chemical

disabling weapon called reagent alpha

1 have been authorized for this

weekend's

alert only the national command

Authority can do that

sir I didn't order

it the only other person with that

Authority is secretary

Potter yes

sir now let me ask you a question

you believe General Lloyd is a hero yes

I do can a hero be a

traitor I'm afraid he could

be so you think there's a military plot

to take over the government naked

military takeover not in this country

the people would never stand for

it the men in- arms are just regular

American kids they wouldn't stand for it

either there has to be something more

the military action has to be supporting

something something within the law that

the people could

accept the Attorney General he died of a

heart attack

sir AR Daniels just had his physical a

week ago at Bethesda we asked about

it he was in perfect

health the KGB

used to use smoke and pric

acid death was instantaneous looked like

a

coronary our boys could have done the

same

thing you believe art Daniels was

assassinated what I do not believe in

sir it's

coincidence maybe Daniels found out

maybe maybe he was even involved in it

maybe he just had a heart

attack

maybe Mac had has a list of 22 names

they're the commanders of the exercise

this weekend he thinks they'll make a

move during the alert if it is true all

you can do is fire them now what about

the other

generals do I trust them just because

Colonel Casey hasn't found their names

yet if I fire my top 22 generals claim

they're traitors without proof you could

be impeached

reached it's a possibility sir and a

chance we might just have to take sir we

don't know what they're planning or what

they do to protect themselves if they

suspected that we

knew they might move it up they might go

immediately we tip our hands right now

we are giving up our tactical advantage

of surprise and frankly sir that is the

only advantage that we have and what are

we supposed to do with our tactical

Advantage we're going to find out who

who they are what they're planning and

how to stop them in 69 hours your career

military you're General Lloyd's Protegé

why didn't you join them they didn't ask

me if they

had the military exists to support and

defend the government not to be the

government

sir should I worry about where your

loyalty is

lie I'm here

I'm the one who blew the whistle sir

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good night sir

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all

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stop sorry what time did you get in last

night

what Mac you've done classified work

before you've always told me

something it's different

how there's something you should let me

know if I could I

would

see you run out on us twice in one night

you don't come back home until 3:00 in

the morning honey for 15

years me I ever give you trouble like

that I never thought so I'm No Angel

Jean I may be a lousy

father but I promise I'll be there for

him I'm trying really hard to believe

that

good morning Mr President good morning

Mr President how does it look this

morning did our Colonel just have a bad

dream I'm afraid it's not going to go

away thank

you what amazes me is if this thing

hasn't leaked

yet I want you to scrub my meeting with

Karen

insteed throw some smoke at the press

that I'm working on Foreign Affairs for

change tell me about Casey you confident

about

him I've known him for a long long time

we're making a big bet on one man so

what do we do weing the National

Security adviser from Kiev no Charlie

Potter would smell a rat right off I

thought Charlie was my

friend and if we get lucky find a guy

who's not a conspirator how do we know

he'll even help

us FBI Secret Service if Daniels could

have been in on it why not the FBI why

not anybody you might get a hand from uh

Daniel's private secretary or something

she's not too bright I'll make up a

story can

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recall yeah col Casey

please uh yeah he's right here hang on

ma

yeah please hold for the chief of staff

that's right yeah the attorney general

secretary is a Sarah mccan you'll be

meeting her tonight at the justice

department okay 9th Street entrance 7:00

that'll give the building time to clear

oh your name is W Cliff philli I got I I

got to go now I got to

go hey saw you checking out of the White

House last night what are you special

advisor of the president who wasn't me

pal

M

sir did you forget something sir you've

been working too hard

you take care of this briefing and then

take a three-day pass and spend some

time with the family that's an

order thank you

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sir Mr W cliff

I'm Sarah

mccan could have had another appointment

book private one maybe no just that one

I

think did General Lloyd come her

off just that

once can you remember anything about

that how the general looked when he went

in when he came out the Attorney

General's mood after the meeting well

they fought I heard both of their voices

is raised through the door but I

couldn't hear any

words and when they came out they were

smiling

Sarah could you sit down for a

second thank

you what did Miss corkran tell you about

the situation Miss Corran didn't call me

the president called me himself he said

I should give you anything you asked for

and to keep this a secret because Mr

Daniels had some enemies and that you

were defending Mr Daniels good

name he wasn't a perfect

man but he was a good man you

see the president said you to give me

whatever I ask but what we're looking

for it's a

secret so I don't know what to

ask you know

this wasn't anything like Watergate this

was just for his Memoirs and he wouldn't

have written anything until after

everyone had retired and then he would

have handled everything with

Integrity I need the tape Sarah

especially the on from Tuesday uh he

didn't give them to me they were at his

house I think is there anybody there no

after the divorce he lived he lived by

himself I have a

key for

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Scorch tapes and Ashes damn well at

least it proves were right this thing

does go deeper than the military it

proves it to us it doesn't prove it to

the country now we're down to 48

hours

45 I'll update the

president okay

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what's the matter you tired you run you

run home run home now let's go go go I

don't have time to explain now go

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he

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we just want to talk to you

Colonel

Casey who are

you call me

Jake Jake would you prefer Joe

no Jake is

fine I didn't know you guys were still

in business yes we Russians have a great

respect for our Traditions what am I

doing

here you are Colonel Lyall

MacArthur Casey and you are tracking

your own Superior General Lloyd and

Reporting back to the White

House that is why I wish to speak with

you we know that you are facing a

conspiracy in your government Colonel we

wish to

help president

Foster is a humanitarian sympathetic to

the plight of my

people and a militarily controlled us is

not in our best

interests Fort

Benning here is NORAD

now Tampa troop movements all from this

morning how'd you get these

photographs we accessed your high

resolution satellit very

simple

next hunting lodge Blue Ridge Mountains

four meetings in 6 weeks always these

very same men

now Colonel the Pentagon is the best

news manager in the world your general

has all he needs the

politicians the military public

opinion and the next

president vice

president celly

Walter Kelly why am I not

surprised and Jack Giddings more money

than God and the moral sense of an ant

fire everybody in sight the whole

[ __ ] cabinet I can't fire the vice

president and I can't fire Jack Giddings

what's worse I can't prove anything what

about these photographs you want me to

go on TV and say I got these photos from

the Russians of our bases which

incriminate the most popular hero in the

United States the vote to impeach would

end gridlock it it be unanimous and

bipartisan and then Walter Kelly wses

into the Oval Office through the front

door we still have some time

sir go back to your friends

mac there's got to be more get me some

proof I can use we're down to 35 hours

we have to do something I know what I'm

doing yes excuse me sir the president's

online one

good afternoon General good afternoon Mr

President General I'll come straight to

the point I want to cancel the alert

this

weekend if I may sir

um this exercise is vital to our

Readiness as we discussed I agree

general I'm not suggesting we cancel it

indefinitely but with everything that's

happened I want to postpone it of course

the final decision is up to you sir but

I must say I cannot endorse your

decision I take that under consideration

General but I'm afraid my decision is

final I want it cancelled goodbye

General bye Mr President

Arthur Daniels had the same respect for

Life family and God as for the law he

swore to upold he left us a legacy of

decency decency in every aspect of his

life for those of us who knew him we

learned to admire and respect

him we shall miss him

greatly let us

pray unto thee O Lord do I lift up my

soul

oh my God I trust in me let me not be

ashamed let not mine enemies triumph

over

me let none that wait on thee be ashamed

let them be ashamed which transgress

without cause show me thy ways O Lord

teach me thy

paths consider mine enemies for they are

many and they hate me with cruel hatred

will keep my soul and deliver me let me

not be ashamed for I put my trust in me

really thought you were wrong dear Lord

to see you let your son Arthur Daniels

be with you today what

ah Ready

Aim Ready

Aim Ready Aim

Fire ready a fire ready

try it again

fre

ah

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order it's unfortunate that this was

necessary we're going to get our hands

dirty no matter how antiseptically we do

this

we're shutting it down try it again but

I've already gone where no Lieutenant's

gone

before try it again Lieutenant Colonel

this ain't kosher damn it Billy you

just you go have a cup of coffee okay

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but we're in agreement this thing is a

goal for tomorrow

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Colonel

Lieutenant sir was that Colonel

Casey no sir he's on a three-day pass

sir thank you

lieutenant carry

on sir

if I don't get some hard proof by 8:00

tomorrow night there'll be no Second

Chances we came forward to you why would

I hold back hard proof to compromises

some other interest of yours maybe aent

you have in

place hypothetically speaking if such an

agent

existed I presume one could bargain one

can always bargain

come on all the way

the Jordan almond I'm

addicted I need a witness to testify

Jake the agent in place has been a bit

of a problem to us for reasons that I

cannot say going to the other side is he

let's just say emotional

problems let me think on

this the third

basem you're out of it my child got a sh

on you I love this

game Russians are hoping for a

deal get me

proof and our agent goes home yes sir

I'll to be contacting on there let's

pray it

soon because with 20 hours to go we've

got

nothing the ultimate will be a

confession someone inside the conspiracy

why would anybody do that especially

since they'd be confessing to treason

maybe even

murder keep thinking about Arc

Daniels one thing he would never do is

go against the

Constitution we live in a highly evolved

democracy they're going to have to do

something to give this thing the

appearance the illusion of legality

Amendment 25 ratified after Kennedy

presidential disability and succession

act section 4 whenever the vice

president and majority of either the

principal officers of the executive

departments un likee the cabinet sir

keep reading or of such other body as

Congress May by law provide transmit to

the president prot temporary of the

Senate and the Speaker of the House of

Representatives their written

declaration that the president is unable

to discharge the powers and duties of

his office the vice president shall

immediately assume the powers and duties

of the office as acting

president just by sending a letter you

can be removed from

office if I write a letter saying that I

am not disabled I don't automatically

get my job

back the other side gets four days to

say that I am disabled which they will

and then the Congress gets 21 days to

meet and vote on it and through all that

time Walter Kelly that

backbiting remains

president hobby damn that's it that's

what sir they want a new president they

can control the 25th amendment makes it

legal that's their

cover this letter was delivered at 8:00

this evening accordingly I speak to you

now as your President we aren't going to

try the issues of will Foster's mental

and emotional stability not tonight

these issues will be tried in the

Congress as required by our

constitution the system will work its

will in this crisis as it has in

others every man is imp Perfect by

nature and every nation throughout

history has been ruled by men Every

Nation but our

I have therefore decided in consultation

with other government leaders as a

purely temporary measure that for the

next 72 hours there will be a Dusk to

Dawn curfew the rid of habius Corpus

will be suspended during this time

accordingly I have placed in the hands

of our Joint Chiefs of Staff oh we may

want to change that smells of a military

Hunter when you say you place the power

into their hands there's a sense that

you're giving up control wrong you're

the president there simp your traffic

comes so I've given an order to the I've

given orders to M and just lighten up

the tone a little through this section

here let the words carry the power it's

a purely temporary measure they don't

like will Foster any more than we do but

he is the elected president You're

simply letting them off the hook they'll

feel relieved that's what they want to

feel nurture

that let's do it again

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Sarah Mr White

Cliff when I was a little girl if

somebody told that I was going to end up

as a

spy oh

well Jake Ed

me to cooperate with the

president that's why I told you about

the

tapes you got to help us

now

meaning got to testify what's on those

tapes well it won't prove anything

Arthur never said anything incriminating

no no you're all we've got well and if

the CIA finds out what I was doing in

the Justice Department what's going to

happen to me president promis you will

be protected no no no no I I need to

think about this hey you're not

listening to me you got to tell the

president what you know now no

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watch

it call 911

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Jean Jean M what's the matter go to your

mother's house okay are you I don't got

time to explain right now dad want you

go with your mother take care of your

mother pleas tell me's going on let's go

I'm telling you it's not safe I don't

answer that

hello yes

Dad it's General lyd okay let's go you

got to go I love you Bab you got to go

both of you you got to go now you got to

go now Mom where are we going no you

want to talk to me you talk to me in a

public place 1 hour you pick me fine

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hey don't worry anybody asks all I saw

was the inside of my empty

desk what do you mean I've been

transferred to Hawaii effective

immediately I put in for it a few years

ago but I never heard anything now

suddenly

you take care

okay you too

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this is

symbolic we could have met over a beer

like a couple of Marines I thought it

better we meet here in front of the

Marines who died defending the things

you're trying to destroy leave the

features to the politician if there'll

be any left after

you what have you been doing

Mac been watching your covert exercise

it was agreed that no one under the rank

of General would know that's why you

were left out of the discussions Potter

is no General Jack Giddings is no

General you've been

managed you're not going to get what you

want unless Potter and gons get what

they want we all want the same thing the

country secure from foreign aggression

well we can have that as long as we have

a country worth fighting for but who is

going to want to fight for Jack gettings

or Potter not me you can count me out

you would stand by and watch everything

that we fought and died for betrayed by

a man who never wore a

uniform he is the elected president it

will be put to the People by way of

referendum will still be a democracy no

it will be a scare Mac you are a fine

Soldier and a good man but I don't want

to see you make the wrong choice you got

to stop this thing General it's too late

power will change Hands by

constitutional

process don't get caught in the path of

righteous change

son you are a

traitor this conversation is

academic if you'll excuse me it's my

turn to go to the White House

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keep

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this is an exercise this is only an

exercise thank you for your

cooperation this is an exercise this is

only an exercise thank you for your

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cooperation Mr

President it's

time bring them in

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hello Betsy Mr Secretary

General president will see you now

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you've had a long run Mr President but

it's

over if you try to stay in office now it

will only get worse you'll be

isolated and no one in Congress is going

to risk alienating the voters by backing

you if you have any respect for the

office you'll

resign you are some piece of work I'm a

patriot Mr President then why the hell

don't you have any faith in the system

of government you're so hellbent on

protecting you win a mandate at The

Ballot Box you don't steal it after

midnight when its back is

turned this game has been played

everywhere else in the

world I guess I just took it for granted

that it could never happen

here I want your resignation

Charlie Walters the cabinet The Joint

Chiefs every snake in the nest including

you General why is that Mr President

murder for one that's absurd is there

anything

else

trason I presume Mr

President you are prepared to back up

that charge I cancel this weekend's

alert General you have disobeyed a

direct order in addition you have used

defense funds to plan a covert military

operation designation slam dunk whose

sole purpose was to overthrow the

presidency I beg your pardon Mr

President but every detail for slam dunk

was authorized by your secretary of

defense here who was in the national

chain of command it seems to me Mr

President that I made a note in my diary

the day you and I decided to go ahead

with slam dunk there's nothing

treasonous in that what proof do you

have that we're conspiring to overthrow

the presidency

I can't fire Walter I'm sorry to say but

both of you and the rest of the cabinet

are hereby terminated forth with you

mean before we sign the

letter the Letter's already been sent

will Walter's been president for over an

hour your failures of judgment can no

longer be indulged

I'll see you in hell

first that's a date I didn't think you'd

mind what have you got ma we don't have

much time Mr President go ahead you

start

calling you order back the troops you

killed the letter and you cancel The

Telecast and when you are done

calling this whole thing never happened

and if we don't what are you going to do

I'm going to

confess I'm going to confess to my

complicity in our

plot to the press to the

networks a military plot to overthrow

the government led by these

gentlemen and know all the

details I have a request for live ammo

for slam dunk I will explain how Arthur

Daniels was murdered causing his body to

be

exhumed and I will confess to the

ordered murder of his secretary Sarah

myself the post will

find

memos and general Lloyd's private code

tucked away in some very interesting

files it's a memo from lloy to

Daniels sets up most of the plot clear

about my

involvement and of course

yours who's going to believe you nobody

knows who you are you're just another

Colonel so was Oliver North people are

funny they won't believe an accusation

from the

president but they'll believe a

confession from just about anybody

you'd go all the way with

this career family you'd lose it

all I'll lose it all anyway if you're in

charge here's what we're going to

do we're going to stagger the

resignations over the next year I'm not

going to fire you not yet first you're

going to stand behind me while I announc

the General's resignation which I want

now alert the networks get everything

ready I want to talk to the nation in 10

minutes I don't propose General that the

country ever find out just how close you

came to tearing it into

pieces Mac

sir thank

you make sure the general carries out my

order

yes

sir let's go you've got some phone calls

to

make do you know who Judas was

Colonel yes I know who Judas

was he was a man I worked for

and once

respected until it disgraced the four

stars of his

uniform my fellow Americans tonight I

must announce with deep regret that I

have asked for and accepted the

resignation of General R Pendleton Lloyd

as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

I have the highest regard for the

general however he recently conceded to

secretary

Potter and to me that our differences

are just too great to

reconcile that being the case I had no

choice but to accept his

resignation in recent

months there has been abroad and in this

land a whisper that we have somehow lost

our

greatness well it is not

so we must not allow ourselves to be

persuaded to exchange our liberties for

anyone else's

order we must not be dismayed if

democracy even in crisis is an untidy

form of

government we are united

in remaining strong and

proud

peaceful and committed to laying down

our lives for our way of life if need

be thank

you good

night and God bless

you and God bless the United States of

America

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