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Hey, man. All good, thanks.

[man] Grenade! [grunts]

Don't move! Don't fucking move!

You!

You're coming with us.

Don't resist! Do it!

[Jim on laptop] There are indoor-outdoor Jacuzzis

connected to each bedroom,

and yet also protected from the cold.

Wow.

How about you? How was your day?

Hang on.

Duty officer.

Okay.

I gotta go. Bye.

[Susan] This was two hours ago in Karbala.

Our vehicles, our uniforms.

- [Lena] And they drove right in? - [Susan] Yeah.

Civilian admin center, lightly guarded.

They wounded two American soldiers

and captured two of our liaison officers.

And where are the hostages?

[Susan] Whoever did this was heading towards Iran.

Play the intercept.

- That's a Lebanese accent. - [Susan] In Iraq?

[officer] We have a live feed near the border.

I'm on my way. Send in Task Force.

Don't touch anything.

Hey, it's Radwan.

Imad Mughniyeh. 100%.

aura of mystery throughout his existence.

Everybody was looking for Imad Mughniyeh.

But we couldn't find him.

This story, it's one of the most complicated,

morally ambiguous stories that I know.

And it then unfolds into, really, a nightmare story.

He was the absolute Machiavellian mastermind

of a lot of the violence

against Westerners, against America,

against fellow Lebanese even.

He is the guy behind everything.

This was yesterday in Karbala.

[Lena] What do you know about the team who did this?

I was there. It looked very professional.

Iran would never do anything like this.

So, when was the last time you saw Imad?

Which Imad?

Imad Mughniyeh.

Radwan, Abu Dukhan.

[Asgari] Where did you say you're from?

- Michigan. - [Asgari] Yeah.

Ah.

[in English] These attackers were Lebanese.

And they were trying to take their hostages

over the border, into Iran.

Now, why would they do that?

Either you're a Christian Maronite

and you hate me,

or you're a Shia Muslim,

and you need to prove yourself to your bosses.

[Lena] My family had to flee Lebanon.

Do you wanna know why?

It's because of people like you.

[Steve] That's enough.

We brought you here

to ask one simple question about yesterday.

Yesterday, Lena, in Iraq.

Not to scare off

the Deputy Defense Minister of Iran,

who, by the way, is singing like a bird

about their nuclear program.

This is what's important today.

Steve, this is the same group.

This is Radwan, okay?

It's the same guy from 25 years ago,

same guy who's outplayed us ever since.

I was there. You don't need to remind me.

I can pin him to Radwan. He was his recruiter.

This is our best chance.

So tell me about your friend Imad.

That's you in the training camp you set up in Lebanon, right?

[Asgari] Um...

This is all you have?

That was 25 years ago.

What I have is a taxi ready to dump you back in Iran,

where I understand General Soleimani

is not willing to protect you anymore.

How much did you steal?

20 million?

Sixty?

Ali-Reza... come on.

He was your recruit.

I really wanna know.

[in English] There he is, our peacemaker.

- [woman] Congratulations, Bob. - Thank you.

Welcome home, Bob.

[Doug London] Robert Ames was revered.

He was a role model.

This is what you wanna be.

You wanna be someone who is a classically good spy,

but also has tremendous substance.

Robert Ames was a genuine American hero in my book.

He was sort of like the traditional American ideal.

Um, not loud, not pushy, but tough and smart.

[Ames] The PLO are already out of Beirut.

Now, the Israelis need to leave Lebanon.

We secure the Israeli-Lebanese border here with UN troops,

and we initiate peace negotiations

between the Israelis and the Arabs.

In the meantime,

we consolidate stability in Lebanon

and eventually push

to disarm the militia and strengthen the military.

If we play this right,

I'm confident we'll be able to move all parties

to a genuine two-state solution.

Beautiful.

Got something to say, Dewey?

No. Who can argue against world peace?

You know what, Dewey, fuck you!

Whoa, Bob, forgive me for living in the real world.

But this? Again?

This is naive. This is dangerously naive.

[Casey] Oh, calm down, everyone.

All right, listen.

President wants this to work, all right?

He does.

So good work. Good work, everybody.

Take a breath.

Thanks, John.

Dewey, good work.

All right.

Something you want to tell me?

Yeah, it's about Iran.

Oh. We got the revolution boxed in.

Don't worry, all right?

Two operatives close to the Ayatollah

just paid a visit to Lebanon

around the same time someone purchased

an old colonial police station in the Bekaa Valley.

And the satellites are indicating

that it's, uh, being renovated.

I think they're opening a training camp there

under the auspices of the Iranian

Revolutionary Guard Corps.

- Oh, Jesus. - Yeah.

Expand the revolution, yeah.

Attack while you're most vulnerable.

- So, what do we do? - We don't fuck it up.

Ames residence.

- Oh, hey. Hi. - Oh, hi.

How's my favorite city in the world?

Still beautiful, even after eight years of civil war.

Hey, uh, bring me back

some of that fig jam again, will ya?

[chuckling] Fig jam. It's already on the list.

How are you feeling?

Good. Yeah, good.

What could go wrong, right?

- Short of everything? - Or nothing.

I'll vote for nothing.

I miss you. I gotta go, though.

- I love you. - I love you, too.

All right, bye.

[Sam Wyman] I wouldn't say he was pro-Arab

or pro-Israeli.

He was a realist.

And there is a way this could be done,

a genuine two-state solution.

[PLO source] Robert, my friend.

- Good to see you. - Yeah, good to see you, too.

How is Chairman Arafat?

He was sorry to leave Beirut.

He's waiting for your next move now.

This is from the President.

A framework of peace.

President.

Where's his signature?

One thing at a time.

And what about the Israelis?

They will withdraw also, right?

We will use all our leverage.

Please tell Chairman Arafat

that the President is counting on him

to keep things quiet while the Israelis withdraw.

Yeah. We'll keep quiet. Yeah, for sure.

But, uh, you see, when, uh...

When Arafat left Beirut, he...

He gave the keys to our armory to a former bodyguard.

And the thing is, the Iranians have made contact with him now.

Do you have a name?

He only uses nicknames.

Radwan.

Nothing else.

[in English] Friends, friends.

Thank you. Good evening.

Thank you so much for coming tonight.

We are here to honor an historic occasion,

a new President,

and a new opportunity for Lebanon and the region.

My message from our president

is that we Americans all sincerely believe

that a just settlement is possible.

And by just, I mean one that takes into account

the legitimate needs off all persons,

all religions, and all factions.

[woman] Hear, hear.

That future is within our grasp now

if we have the courage to seize the moment.

- To a new Middle East. - [guests] To a new Middle East.

- Cheers. - [guests] Cheers.

[Frank Reynolds, in English] Bachir Gemayel,

the newly-elected President of Lebanon,

has been assassinated.

[reporter] Within minutes of his assassination,

Gemayel's militias began extracting revenge,

tipping Lebanon to the breaking point,

and putting America's regional peace plan

in danger of total collapse.

[Charles Gibson] Perhaps as many as 1,000 people in all

have been massacred

in two Palestinian refugee camps in West Beirut.

[Sam Donaldson] The United States and Israel,

locked in a grave policy confrontation

as a result of this weekend's bloody massacre

of Palestinian civilians in West Beirut,

considered their next move today.

Unless Israel moves quickly and courageously to withdraw,

it will find itself ever more deeply involved in problems

that are not its own and which it cannot solve.

President Reagan hopes

the presence of 800 Marines in Beirut

will stabilize the situation

and pressure Israel to withdraw.

[reporter 2] This is all within the context

of the power struggle in Lebanon.

Various people are not pro-Khomeini

or anti-American.

The problem is that things are fundamentally out of control.

I believe nobody is controlling this area anymore, you know.

Not the Shia, not Iran,

not United States of America, not the Soviets, nobody.

It's some sort of cocktail.

Cocktail, you know, a terrorist cocktail.

[reporter 3] As the death toll from this week's massacres

passes 2,000 civilians,

Lebanon's population is traumatized,

desperate to escape the chaos

that has engulfed this once-peaceful country.

[in English] Commander.

Thank you.

Israel needs to leave Lebanon as quickly as possible.

We will implement our peace plan.

Wake up, Robert.

What peace plan are you talking about?

It died the minute they killed Bachir.

No, it didn't. You still have to withdraw...

Uh, let's say... Hey, let's say we leave Lebanon.

Your president will stop the shooting on Israel?

Or maybe it will be you, Robert.

Go on, Robert.

Our services need to find a way

to step back from the abyss and work together.

Abyss.

[in English] Mr. Ames,

we value your guidance, as always.

But there's a feeling that the Arabists in the CIA

are say, uh, um,

too romantic about our neighbors.

[Ames] No, don't insult my professionalism

or that of my officers.

Our friends are expected to get onboard with our plan,

and those that don't will pay a very heavy price.

Do I make myself clear?

Yes, you do.

And with all the respect,

you can fuck off, sir.

Meir, can you show our friend the way out, please?

[Tom Brokaw] A huge explosion

flattened the Israeli military headquarters

in Tyre, Lebanon, today.

At least 28 people were killed, dozens injured.

Rescue workers still are digging.

The seven-story building was reduced to rubble.

The cause of the explosion is not clear,

but there's speculation about a gas

or an ammunition explosion.

[Saada] Mm.

[in English] You got anything new on that explosion in Tyre?

Israelis still say it was a gas leak.

[in English] We're pushing for a phased withdrawal.

Working north to south.

If they commit, the Israelis could be out in two weeks.

Are they gonna go for this?

Well, Ken, Reagan's had enough.

[man] Mr. Ames, phone call.

Yeah. I can take it in my office.

Ames.

Mr. Ames, it's Meir Dagan.

[Ames] But in the name of jihad, the self-sacrifice is permitted.

A young kid, ordinary.

Nothing special about him,

except all his family was killed by our forces.

What about the, uh, recruiter?

[Meir] Someone who came from Beirut,

but has relatives here.

That's it.

[in English] No name, no picture.

Just a nickname, Radwan.

[Ames] What do your commanders think of your theory?

That it was a gas leak,

and I might be suffering from PTSD,

and fuck them.

They're idiots.

Well, we have idiots at the CIA, too.

I know.

[Meir, in English] That's his house, Ahmad Qassir.

Robert, these are not the same terrorists we've known before.

These are fanatics motivated by Imam Khomeini.

And they will come for you as well.

Somebody recruited this kid

around here.

But what we need is assets

inside the Iranian training camp,

here near Baalbek.

Hmm. Bekaa Valley.

That's tough.

Well, I'm sure you'll find a way.

Gentlemen.

Islamic Jihad.

- What does that mean exactly? - [Ames] Holy war.

[Dewey] Oh, Christ.

Okay, so this, uh, kid blows himself up,

earning a one-way ticket to paradise.

Why is the Mossad still saying it's a gas leak?

[Ames] Because they knew it wasn't.

Didn't wanna make a hero out of the guy, right?

We need a window into that training camp.

[chuckles] No, I'm not sending my case officers to Baalbek,

chasing your crazy-ass theory about the Ayatollah.

What if Bob's right?

What if it is Iran?

- [girl 1] He's on fire. - [woman] That is a very good...

- [girl 2] No! Pass, pass, pass! - You okay?

- [boy] Yeah. - Ready? Watch this, guys.

- Oh! Dad! - [boy] Yeah!

Hey! Here.

Dad gets two.

[girl 2] Two for two.

Ames residence.

It's the switchboard.

[whispers] It's ridiculous. I can't...

[Yvonne, softly] I thought you told them about family time.

I did.

I'll take it in the office.

[in normal voice] Ames.

[Casey] Bob, listen.

Mossad called, all right?

We're a go on the deal.

What did you tell those bastards?

I told them the truth.

That's a good one.

Listen, the White House

wants you back in Beirut now, okay?

Get the Israelis out and close the deal.

[Jane Mayer] It was just such a loss of innocence

for the United States, looking back,

because we felt we were there

as neutral peacekeepers,

and, in fact, we thought...

And we thought we were the good guys

doing the right thing,

trying to bring peace to the world,

and we were perceived instead, locally,

as enemies and combatants.

And we were in a war

we didn't even realize we were in.

The UN?

[Ken] They'll monitor the Israeli troops

on their way out.

[Ames] Any update on the new organization,

Islamic Jihad?

[Ken] We're not sure it's real, Bob.

[Ames] And the Iranian camps?

[Ken] Like a black hole.

No assets?

No prospects?

But if Khomeini really did wanna export his revolution,

why wouldn't he start here in Lebanon?

This is where the Shia are being ignored.

I mean, that's what I would do.

All right, gentlemen, maybe that's, uh, lunch break.

[sighs] Look, uh...

I know what it's like to start from nothing.

We've all been there.

It's the hardest thing for a case officer,

so just hit the streets, start listening.

Do our job.