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Al-Qaeda isn't a normal enemy force.

It's not going to be
like executing a crime boss.

Fire!

You can't just cut the head
off the snake. It's more pervasive.

We've been babysitting
this guy in witness protection

for three friggin' years.

He was with the UBL in Sudan,
one country north.

- He's got no leads for us?
- He's got nothing.

Are you implying that there is
some degradation here at the Agency?

No, sir, but at times,
there may be a lack of momentum.

As I see it, you're leading Alec Station
into a wild goose chase of absurdity.

Well, you can't
fire me, Leonard.

You can move me to the broom closet,

you can make me process
meaningless cables all day,

but you cannot fire me.

The Bureau simply can't cover
what you're spending.

Also, you happen to be in serious debt.

Are you going through
my fuckin' credit cards?

I definitely want us
to be more than buddies.

I want to take you home, to my place.

Right now, I'm here with you.

And I will keep coming to see you,
and I'll bring you news of our progress.

Talk to me.

Boss, I got nothin'.

They fucking close the blinds every time
I walk by the conference room.

- What about Toni-Ann?
- Same situation.

They treat us like
we're their friggin' hostages.

- How old is she now?
- Old enough to think she can party

her little ass off
in Times Square for Y2K.

Young enough that she needs Mommy
to buy her the damn plane ticket.

Like I didn't spend enough
this Christmas.

Talking about her little boyfriend
that's going with her so she'll be safe.

I told her she ain't grown.

And I got to work that night,
so, I'll be damned if...

Shit.

What the fuck?

We need backup down here immediately.

We have a suspicious individual,
possible bomb-making supplies.

He just tried to flee the premises.

Security's enhanced and on alert.

Airports, malls, amusement parks,
power plants, water supplies.

And I want to lock down the embassies
in Abuja, Tehran, Sanaa, and Ashgabat.

- Evacuate them?
- No, but I do want to shutter

Tripoli, Rabat, Tunis,
Islamabad, and Damascus.

Blame it on the holidays.
Then we'll reassess.

And get me that report
on what the hell you guys are proposing

- if Y2K blows the energy grid.
- Yes, sir.

- This afternoon.
- You got it.

- Anything to add, George?
- No.

I'd like to say that covers it,
but when can we ever say that?

We never can say that,
which is why we keep working.

Transit office lost and found?

- Down to the right.
- Thanks.

There it is.

Man, that PalmPilot's some
expensive shit to leave lying around.

- You got kids?
- Yeah, two girls.

Oh, man, that's nice.

I love my little man, but there's
just something about my daughter.

- They're special, right?
- Yeah, they are.

Listen, anyone else share
this office with you?

Nobody comes in here without me.

You legit FBI, huh?
Like for real, for real?

Yeah.

This Y2K shit keeping
you guys crazy like us around here?

You bet. Anybody else handle
this device, besides you?

After we spoke,
I just locked it up in my stuff.

- Nobody touched it?
- I said I locked it up, man.

Okay, okay. It's all good.

Thank you. Here, uh,

buy your daughter something nice.

You're telling me he gave
all that up in one interrogation?

I wish I could
tell you I put my best people on this,

but this guy
must have been dying to confess.

He was petrified at first,
and then he started singing.

Un-fucking-believable.

The way he cracked, there's
no fuckin' way he was working alone.

I haven't even given you
the best news yet.

We got a number. A Brooklyn number.

We found it in Ressam's car.
The press knows nothing about this.

718-134-6827.

Abdul Ghani Meskini.

Meskini.

All right. Thank you.

Officials with
the Clinton administration say

they are quite concerned

that terrorist financier Osama bin Laden

has stepped up his efforts
to attack Americans around the world.

The State Department
recently warned Americans

to stay away from large gatherings
and millennium celebrations abroad.

But with preparations now underway

for big New Year's parties
in major US cities,

the White House today extended
the Y2K warning to American soil.

Occupied.

What do you know
about a guy named Meskini?

- Hmm. Meskini.
- Abdul Ghani Meskini.

Ah, Meskini. Him, I remember.

Uh... Algerian, maybe?

Yes, definitely Algerian.

Can you think of any reason

why Ressam would have been
in touch with him? Does he make bombs?

- Could be.
- What the fuck does that mean?

Junior, we need to know if he was
helping Ressam plan the attack on LAX,

or if there's another possible
millennium plot underway,

like in New York City, we need
to find out right fucking now.

You have me here, alone,
now, over four years.

- It's not to complain...
- I'm not complaining, either.

But I'm not sure the American people are
getting their fucking money's worth yet.

You got the royal treatment here.
Maybe that's the problem.

What do you think, Floyd?

You think maybe a week in Rikers
will help jog his memory?

I know some people who know some people.

Okay, okay, okay.

Meskini's in New York long time now.
And I can remember, he was good.

Special guy.

Good with, uh, making the connections.
Good with money.

A resourceful guy
with connections in New York.

So, what, he's an accountant
for the organization?

Could be.

Not sure, but I have different idea.

Maybe you want to hear?

You mean maybe we want
to hear something other than "could be"?

Yes, Junior, please.

I'm thinking that he is here,
making the money

move around.

You think he's funneling
al-Qaeda money from Brooklyn?

I think.

Hello?

Hello.

Our friends
over at Saudi intelligence

have been keeping an eye

on Mihdhar because he's a citizen,

and he was flagged as being
a member of al-Qaeda.

Which is why our other friends
at the NSA

sent this little gift over.

We know now,
that he's Hada's son-in-law,

and he and his wife are expecting
their second child.

And we know that he's currently
headed for a hotel in Dubai.

Okay, but to me
the question is,

where is he headed
after Dubai and Malaysia?

Diane?

Bennet.

This guy Meskini's funneling
money from Brooklyn

for some millennium plot?

All he's done the last 12 hours
is watch fucking soccer games.

- Diet again?
- Regular.

Thanks.

My ass is numb. I have not had
a home-cooked meal in three days,

and I saw 10 roaches in the bathroom
the last time I pissed.

Rough times, I know.

Thought it couldn't get no worse
until I started to smell

what just came out of your mouth.

- Yeah.
- Jackson here. Check your email.

I'm looking at a plane ticket,
a passport, and a US visa,

which means he's coming here.

And if he's coming, kind of
makes you wonder who's already there.

Fucking hell. Hold on, Jackson.

This is the officer in Dubai.
He says Mihdhar has a US Visa.

- Diane Marsh.
- Mihdhar's flying Dubai

to Kuala Lumpur,
and he has a multiple-entry US visa.

Okay, I'll get the Malaysian
special branch on this immediately.

We're gonna need eyes and ears
in Kuala Lumpur.

You're missing an 'H'.

M-I-H-D-H-A-R.

The US Visa ain't gonna mean shit
in a minute.

We'll be all over him
before he can get a foot off the plane.

Knowing O'Neill, it'll be before
he can even get out of Malaysia.

Especially with
all this Y2K shit going on.

How long do you think it'll take Diane
to give us the okay to share?

She'll read it
as soon as you'll let me send.

Any more problems, Captain Spell Check?

Looks good.

New Year's
is fucking tomorrow night.

Good to know everyone's taking
this shit seriously.

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

Now, where's this fucker going?

What are you doing?

It's noon prayers.
I think I'll go to the mosque.

Hey, we don't need you to be a hero.
You don't just break protocol.

We got Murphy and O'Sullivan
on the street.

Two white boys?
That's who we got on this guy?

What has that got to do with anything?

We're not chasing
Italian mobsters anymore.

- You think I don't know that?
- I think you don't.

- Most of you don't get it.
- But you do?

Wasn't born white.
Wasn't raised Catholic.

But I can't keep
watching this guy on TV.

We can do better.

Fifty-fucking-three, what the fuck?

Hey, I need you to come look
at something right now.

Listen, I promised my therapist

I would eat my breakfast hot
one day this week before doing any work.

- Toni, the Mihdhar cable...
- Vince.

If you don't let me finish
this ham and cheese croissant

while it's still hot,
I promise I will lose my shit.

Hmm-mmm.

- Now, what the fuck is going on?
- Look.

She read our cable.

Diane read it.

Now, look at the Mihdhar cable,
the one from Dubai.

Fifty-fucking-three motherfuckin' people
have read it.

- And Diane won't answer ours?
- There's gotta be a reason.

They sent a fucking cable

saying that this guy is
coming into our country,

that he has a Saudi passport
and a US visa.

Fifty-three people from the CIA
have read it.

- We're not sharing this yet?
- Vince, you got to trust the process.

Diane will tell us when we can share.

I'm calling O'Neill.

There's a reason for the wall.
There is a reason.

We do not just share
this information. That's not our job.

You want to get fired?
You want to get me fired?

You're so convinced Alec Station isn't
busy looking out for Alec Station?

You really think Diane gives a shit
about working with O'Neill and I-49?

Why else would they have
stationed us here, then?

That's exactly what I'm starting
to wonder. Why the fuck did they...

Why the fuck did they bring us here?

George Tenet has testified that

this cable simply
fell through the cracks.

He told us under oath
that no one read it,

and that he wasn't aware of it.

How do you make sense of that?

I don't have to make sense
of the director's claims.

I know for a fact
that 50 to 60 people read the cable.

Think about what that means.

Fifty to sixty people,
and I was never told.

And John O'Neill was never told. Why?

There is little doubt in my mind,

this had to go all the way up.

Welcome to Los Angeles
International Airport.

Please have your passport
and declaration form ready

as you enter the Customs area.

Welcome to America, sir.

Thank you.

Next.

Thank you.

Thank you.

- Mr. Director.
- Mr. Ambassador.

Figs.

- For you and Stephanie.
- Thank you.

- They're from Saudi?
- Of course.

In the desert,
we grow the sweetest fruits.

So, Mr. Director.

I asked for
the privilege of your company

so as to inform you
that a resolution has been reached.

- That problem we recently discussed?
- Yes, our problem.

- It's being taken care of.
- Good man.

I had no doubt
a solution would present itself.

My grandfather used to tell me,

"Make distance between yourself
and every dirtiness."

Important advice for men like us.

My grandfather carried a handkerchief.

I hope your wife enjoys the figs.

Where's my guy?

Your guy left his assigned position.

Must have had a good reason.

I figured you'd say that.

After all, what's agency protocol

when you can just play
Cowboys and Indians?

Pretty sure Meskini's from Algeria.

- Best to you.
- By the way,

that open slot
heading up the New York office?

I just found out
Louis Freeh's D.C. guy got the job.

Yeah.

He's a good guy, Sanchez.

One of the best.

Tell Soufan to come see me.

If you find him.

- Oh.
- Hey.

With two million
expected here

before the night is done,

it appears police are doing
everything they can to be accommodating.

But the 8,000 cops on duty are
not taking any chances.

NYPD helicopters have been
buzzing the Square all day.

Police say security will be tight
even after the ball drops at midnight.

The party here does not end
until just after 6:00 tomorrow morning.

- Hey.
- Hey, man.

Soufan! Get in here.

With everything I got going on,

everyone on my ass,

you broke protocol
by going into a mosque?

I went in there to pray.

You left your post yesterday
because you had a sudden urge

to do something
I've never seen you do before, pray?

This may come as a shock to you, boss,
but I'm a Muslim.

It was afternoon prayers.
I went inside, took off my shoes,

and I prayed.

And, yeah,
I saw Meskini while I was in there.

But if you really have a problem with me
going inside of a mosque to pray,

maybe it's because
you never had to think

about the fact
that I'm an actual Muslim.

Maybe that's the problem.

Don't you dare. This is
about working the case the right way

in the very limited fucking time
that we have.

Which means you cannot do this.

Cannot do what? Pray?

Every day, five times a day,
over a billion Muslims pray together.

But you don't want me to do that, ever?

Okay, Ali, okay. I'm not doing this
with you right now, okay?

Pray whenever the fuck you want.
In the meantime, we have to make a move.

I saw enough
to know that this guy Meskini

knows the whole community,
that he is a mover,

and he's got to be high up there.

Maybe a direct connection to Zawahiri.

- He's collecting money for them.
- How do you know that?

- Because I saw.
- You saw?

I introduced myself.

- You what?
- Not by name, I...

Listen, we're on the right track.

But there's got to be so much more
to this guy that we don't know.

I just need a few days
to figure out exactly where he fits in.

You know this is the tip of the iceberg.

One of the guys that you want to follow

could just be about ready
to pull another Ressam,

except he'll be successful,

and he'll be at the biggest, most
fucking congested party in the world!

So, that's it? Fuck the big picture?

You know we've got 14 goddamn hours

to stop these guys
if they're gonna do something.

We're not gonna get them your way,
not in time.

Get out of my office.

Fuck it.

All right, kids, clock's run out
on our Brooklyn friends.

Arrest everybody we got leads on.

Connected to Meskini, or not.
We're shutting this the fuck down today.

And, Soufan, make the arrests!

Then you can sit tonight out.

FBI! Let me see your hands!

Put your hands up.
Up against the wall! Turn around!

- Turn around. Up against the window!
- Turn around!

Don't try anything.

- FBI! Let me see your hands!
- Let's go!

- Come on.
- Stand up.

FBI!

Sit down! I need you to sit down!

...five, four,

three, two, one!

And there'd be, like,
photos of him everywhere

and videos, and his clothes.

Like a museum.

Except you get to, like,
smoke and be naked inside.

You're here.
Why didn't you come find me?

Hey.

You look like you need rescuing.

Hey, you know I like you,
but I'm not sure about your friends.

Hey.

Those are my neighbors, not my friends.

- And they smoke way too much weed.
- I noticed.

I noticed that you said you like me.

When did that happen?

Sometime between Where's Waldo?

and, uh, that thing
you did the other night.

- What thing?
- You know what thing.

- Oh, that thing.
- Yeah.

- Happy New Year.
- Happy New Year, beautiful.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

- To you. Happy New Year.
- Happy New Year, Floyd.

To two-triple-oh.

I think I'm gonna be
in my prime this year.

- Oh, really? Really?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- I think...
- Why do you think that?

- You think that?
- Hey.

You guys can get on out of here.

Welcome to a new century, fellas.

All right, boss.

Hey, Vince, you need a ride uptown?

Uh... No, I'm gonna hang here
for a minute.

All right.
Happy New Year, y'all.

Yeah, happy New Year.
Take care, Floyd.

Boss. I think
there's something you should know.

I was gonna say,

you can relax, now.

The bad guys lost tonight.

Vince, tell me honestly.
What is it we did here?

What are you talking about?
We stopped them. We won.

"We won"?

I'm telling you, it's like whack-a-mole.

They're here. They're here, in America.

They're in London and Afghanistan.
They're in Kenya, Tanzania.

And we...

We have no idea what we're up against.

Well, our broadcast is coming to an end.

I should remind you
that if you want to see more of it,

and some of it has been
fantastic from around the world,

Sam Donaldson will be on duty
at 8:00 eastern time.

I was tempted to say "tomorrow"
but I really mean today,

from Washington for a broadcast
called "Dawn of a New Era."

And he will have
all of the great highlights

that we've seen touches of
in the last few minutes

from around the world.

And just before we leave,
some absolutely unplanned,

unrehearsed comments.

I feel a little bit,
as I think a lot of us do,

like the people
that were entering the 20th century

a hundred years ago
with great fascination,

that we were on the edge of the unknown,

and, because there was so much
yet to be known,

a real hunger to know more
and a certain trepidation.

They were coming
into the technological age,

and we now go
into a new technological age.

There'll be lots of time
in the days ahead,

to revisit all of the commentary

that has been offered up
about the millennium

in the last several days
and weeks and months.

I remind myself of only one thing
at the end of this thing

and it's what one
of our great futurists,

we do have futurists, you know,
at the end of the 20th century said,

"Remember when you put the known
and the unknown into a computer,

"the unpredictable always outweighs
the predictable."

So, the future is exciting,
and it is uncertain.