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It's a shooting incident. That was me and Andrew Banks.

They're selling you down the river. I can't let you die. I promise you that it

will be painless and civilized.

If intelligence constantly jumps in bed, we'll organize crime.

The war is over.

I want to know how far this poison is spread.

You set me up.

Banks is a dead man.

Don't move until I kill him. Better go.

All right, let's come to order.

This special congressional hearing is now in session.

I'd like to start by thanking the members of the committee for making this

to New York City.

I'm aware of the difficulties in hearing and rearranging the congressional

schedule, so I'd like to get right to it.

Call the first witness, please.

Committee calls Andrew Banks.

Andrew Banks has served his country as a career army officer for the past 19

honorable years.

In Vietnam, he was awarded a silver star, a purple heart. Counsel, we

that Major Banks has an outstanding service record.

Now, may I question your client, or are you going to continue with his resume?

I would like Major Banks' military record entered into the transcripts of

hearing. Fine. Now may we continue.

It's going to be one clean shot.

No pain.

Major Banks, were you aware that arming and training Angolan counter

-revolutionaries was a violation of the Congressional Amendment?

Sir, I was following the directives of my superiors.

And I was doing what was right.

Who was the final authority on this project?

Sir, I can't give you his name.

My superiors know him only as Control.

Do you ever access an overseas bank account on number

0017631 to fund your activities?

I'm sorry, Congressman, but I'm going to have to plead the fifth on that.

Major Banks, I get the feeling you're not going to tell us a damn thing unless

we grant you immunity. Am I right? My client is merely exercising his

constitutional rights.

Major Banks, this is a closed executive session. What you say today is not going

to end up in the press tomorrow.

Certain protections are already available to you.

The security's been pulled. The order just came down from Washington.

Does the police commissioner know about this? Our people told you it.

Your unit's suspended.

It's handcuffed.

What about Banks?

They said he's been informed.

Threat assessment is zero.

Come on. We're waiting for taxpayers' money.

We'll reconvene tomorrow morning at 10 a .m.

How are you feeling, Andrew?

The things I've had to do in my life is a cakewalk.

You're a good man.

The apartment will make this up to you someday.

Hi there, detective.

Thanks. What's this about your...

What?

They said you knew.

First I heard of it. Who gave the orders?

I don't know.

Well, we'll discuss, but what do you suppose it means?

Your guess is as good as mine.

Alice, will you stay with us until we get Drew back to his place?

Sure. And then I'm going to call downtown and raise hell. This is insane.

Insane?

Depends on your perspective.

Let's head out the side door. I want to avoid these reporters.

Give me your gun.

Come on, get him out of here now.

Nice going, champ.

You saved my life. No, you already returned the favor. I was running on

I know I never fit into your concept of a good soldier. But even so, when they

set me up, you were the one person I thought I could count on.

I've told you, I opposed them.

Then how come I wound up spending two years of my life in that hole? I don't

know. And you know something?

I don't care.

Look. Just under a couple of weeks ago, I had three nasty pieces of metal

dug out of my back.

And I reckon that it is my time to opt out.

Now, at the moment, Mr. Gage, you are wasting that precious time of mine. Why

don't you just get on with your life, hmm?

Start rebuilding it, if that's what you want to do.

Yeah. But when you cut loose, you took all your investments with you.

Huh?

Me? What do I got?

$1 .37.

And that includes the subway token.

You were given a full pardon. You're clean.

Your record is totally clean.

That's worth something, isn't it?

What do I do with my skills?

McCall.

What's left for me, you know?

Corporate security. I die of boredom. Yeah.

What's this?

Spare front door key.

You can stay here with me till you get back on your feet.

Just keep out of my way.

Robert, I, uh...

Listen,

when I was on the inside, you don't know how much I would have given for a piece

of New York pizza.

It's not L .A. pizza.

Goat cheese and duck droppings with lots of arugula and pop.

Mickey, is Robert home?

Uh, no.

Do you know where he is?

I don't know, Alice. Why? What's wrong?

There was a shooting incident on Clinton Street today.

Yeah, I heard about it on the way over in the car.

He didn't say he was involved.

The feds put a lid on it. That was me and Andrew Banks.

You know who he is? Yeah.

Can we talk alone?

No, you can trust Gage. In fact, I want him to hear this.

Someone pulled security off banks today.

And then there was an attempted hit.

Sounds like a setup.

I was just downtown raising hell with my people in the department.

They're taking their lead from the feds on this one.

The order came from a computer terminal in Washington.

More likely Langley.

Maybe somebody in the government wanted him dead.

Maybe somebody thought he was going to roll over in front of that committee.

Banks won't roll over.

He's a stand -up guy.

I worked with him before.

The police protection right now at Banks apartment is paper thin.

And the order to pull security can't be officially reversed until tomorrow

morning.

So you want him to call to check this thing out?

Can you help?

Yeah, sure.

Let's go. Where's your car?

Right here.

Cage is a good guy to have on your side, Alice.

First door on the right.

Thanks.

Thanks, Junior.

It's me, Alice.

20 minutes ago.

20 minutes too late.

Life insurance.

The Harley Cage.

Always putting the moves on the women.

How are you, Harley?

Damn, I thought you were history.

No, I'm not history. I'm just news.

You sure rock.

Harley, coffee's on.

Well, I'll be happy to accept it. Story of my life.

Quite a nice little surprise you dreamed of.

Yeah, I wanted them to think somebody else had gotten to me first.

Maybe next time they will.

Thanks for your concern, Arlen. But you don't even work for the agency anymore.

You don't have to watch my back.

By tomorrow morning, the feds will be on my doorstep with the 7th Cavalry.

If someone in government is out to zap you, you're going to need the 7th

Cavalry.

Maybe the breach of security was just a computer error like they said.

Do you really believe that?

Would you excuse me?

Lou, if you honestly think that was a computer error, then your IQ has just

dropped below room temperature.

Same old Harley.

Listen to me, man. There's a congressional hearing going on. If you

that can bring some gum and honcho to his knees...

You are a potential target.

I know. I've been there.

Harley, I don't talk.

Someone out there doesn't care.

They tried to kill you, damn it.

Tell me who it was. Give me an enemy. You just want to fight,

don't you?

Somewhere where you can go one -on -one with the agency.

I care about you, man.

I've seen too many people get chewed up.

by that machine.

Some things are more important than you and me.

Those folks that I helped train are right now out in the jungle dying for

freedom. I have seen a child pick up a stone and go up against a tank.

And you want me to get nervous because somebody's taking a pot shot at me?

I'm not going to betray them.

You get nothing out of me, Harley.

I know you've been burned, Harley, but there is a whole world out there that's

different from ours.

Yeah.

Just do yourself one favor, Drew.

Stay away from that hearing tomorrow.

And lay low for a couple of days.

That'll be just about enough, counsel.

Major Vance, you're part of a shadow army.

that threatens to swallow up legitimate government by making its own foreign

policy and by fighting its own wars.

No, sir. No, sir. No, sir, I am not part of a shadow army.

I am a logistical officer attached to the Department of Defense.

And I've seen firsthand the atrocities that are committed every day against

defenseless people in the third world. How about our congressional amendment?

Did you get a firsthand look at that, too? Your amendment, sir.

did not prohibit the private sector funding of these freedom fighters. But

did prohibit the use of government planes and hardware to transport

into the field. Senator, you're missing the point. What is the point, Mr. Banks?

The point is, when you look into the eyes of a refugee child, you see the

tragedy. You can begin to understand why we need the help.

I think this committee has a fairly good idea of what the so -called point is.

I know what you're doing, Gage. Put it away.

Smile.

You know, if you knew what was good for you, you would stay out of this miasma.

What does that mean? Is that a fancy word for mess?

What are you doing? Are you trying to run interference for banks? Is that it?

No. Actually, I'm here on a field trip for my civics class.

Banks is under very good federal protection. Now, you see this man over

Lyle Murdoch.

Federal agent in charge is a man so clean we believe him to be without

sin.

Banks is in good hands.

He doesn't need you.

Is this a warning, control, or just advice?

You decide.

I've already decided.

You've got one hell of a motive for terminating Banks.

Which means I'm not stupid enough to try.

Everything points to you. You're the only one he's named in these hearings.

That's because I'm a safe target, Gage.

This committee can't touch me. Oh, maybe not now.

But what if a special prosecutor's appointed?

Why not help me clear your name?

What the hell are you doing here?

I just came by to see how you feel.

Thank you.

Now, what are you really doing here?

I came to see you about Harley Gage.

What about Harley Gage?

He's starting to nose in on the Banks affair.

So, what's that got to do with me?

Andrew Banks needs protection. I don't need Harley Gage's interference.

Why don't you tell him yourself?

I don't know how to locate it.

What makes you think that I know?

Robert, Robert, Robert, I know you too well.

After what Gage has been through, you'd find him, you'd help him get back on his

feet.

Yes.

The same way that you helped me get back on my feet, huh?

killed me.

You know that?

If I hadn't dragged you out of there, you'd be in Moscow right now in a

grave, Robert.

So you decided to play God, is that it?

Oh, I know the feeling.

You know something?

All my life, I have been able to take care of myself.

But you changed all that.

You took that away from me, didn't you?

Yes.

If I hadn't, Scott wouldn't have a father.

Know any of these guys?

Well, none of them got away in any beauty contest, that's for sure.

Hey, come on, Bagler.

You're a network man, not a talent, Scott.

What do you know about these goons?

Lyle Murdoch, federal agent.

I already got his name.

Is he clean?

He's so clean, he only takes a bath so he can play with his rubber ducky.

He's involved with the Federal Witness Protection Program.

I don't know these guys.

I don't know this guy.

And this guy is William Virgil. Works for the Department of Defense.

Has White House connections.

He's probably at the hearings to keep an eye on him for the department.

Who the hell is this guy?

Oh, yeah. This is Ronaldo Duran, international banker, financier.

What the hell is he doing at the hearings?

Beats me.

But I'll find out.

I'll get everything there is to know about these gentlemen, including the

location of their dimples and their birthmarks by tomorrow evening, 1800

How much?

For you?

2K.

2 ,000?

I have to tap into some major databases for this information, and that's half my

usual fee.

And don't give me a hard time about how tough life is inside the concrete, Mama,

all right?

Take a check.

On second thought, put it on McCall's account.

How did they get into the apartment in the first place? I don't know. I'm a

Well, thank God he didn't get into this room.

I'll be damned if they're going to drive us into a safe house.

Harley, don't even think about it.

You're trying to kill me, McCall.

Harley Gage, you are already carrying a handgun without a permit.

You'll walk out into the street carrying an automatic rifle. You'll be back in

jail before you know it. Come on, move, move.

Move. By the way, Control is asking after you.

He knows that you are involved with Andrew Banks.

Maybe he was the one that put out the hit.

He's after the assassins in the same way as you are. He just wants you to back

off, that's all.

If Control didn't set me up, Bagler did.

Why'd you think that?

He's the only person besides Cosmeyer that knows I'm living here.

I am not going to back off, McCall.

I am going to kill that little bastard.

Come on.

Bagler is far too useful to be destroyed.

Yeah, you're right.

I'm wired, Robert.

I know you're still hurting, but I need your help.

What can I do?

Excuse me, but I did not ask you in. Where's Magda? He's entertaining a

and he doesn't wish to be disturbed.

Cousin from upstate.

Oh,

well, looky, looky, it's Harley Gage.

Well, Harley, it's good to see you, but I thought our meeting was tomorrow.

This can't wait.

I don't think this is the time or the place, Harley, that we...

You got lousy table manners, Gage.

Yeah.

I eat with my knife.

What the hell are you doing here?

You set me up.

What are you talking about?

Who paid you off?

Wait a minute. It wasn't me. I swear it wasn't. Who was it?

All right, all right, all right.

Some no -name who answers to William Virgil from the Defense Department.

Virgil also set up banks.

I don't. tomorrow.

I want to know how far this poison has spread.

All the names and all the players.

You see me?

I understand.

Will your friend

be joining you for dinner?

No, Robbie. Butch has got to get back to the gym.

I'm really going to catch hell for this.

I'll take the plaque.

Just tell Murdoch I had to have my dim sum.

How do you do it, Banks?

Do what?

Stay so calm when your life is on the line.

Alice, I feel fear just like everybody else.

You never show it.

Not even for a second.

And that's pretty remarkable.

None of them understand.

All these fine people passing judgment on me.

Like you've done something wrong.

All I'm doing is helping a few tribesmen fight for their farm.

What's the big secret?

Your pal, William Virgil, ordered the hit on you.

Who's Virgil?

Department of Defense.

He was your liaison, wasn't he?

Funneled all the money through so that you could keep your guerrillas armed.

They're selling you down the river, Drew.

I can't let you die for those bastards.

Thanks for the information, Harley.

Better get going.

Hey, what the hell's the matter with you?

Why can't you see this thing for what it is? Get off my case, Gage.

This man believes in something, Gage. Do you know what it's like to believe in

something? Yeah.

I believed in Andrew Banks. What is that supposed to mean?

Your freedom fighters are nothing but terrorists. Those men are heroes.

I have seen the casualty list.

Have you seen what happens to a country that goes Marxist?

The mass executions. The re -education camp. You'd do anything to stop them.

Yes, anything.

Seems to me you're becoming just like them.

Oh, get off your high horse, Gage.

You just want to see me alive because I can hurt the people who burned you.

And you can't.

What's wrong with you, man?

Why can't you face the facts?

The truth is greater than the facts, Gage.

is that they tried to kill me last night because their truth is falling

down around their ears.

Yeah. Think about that.

They are disagreement.

It's between brothers and sisters.

But as to the family matter, so it is without understanding, we try to.

Sometimes there is a divorce.

It's sad to have to do this. Oh, what's that?

So it is a coalition of banks. Come on, move it along.

What's the matter? Is this your father, your uncle? You got money invested with

this man?

It's totally unnecessary to know that, don't you?

Well, I feel much better now that you've been neutered.

Besides, why did you invite me out here?

That's the man that's been after banks and you, Ronaldo Duran.

You told me he was an international banker.

He is.

When Congress voted to stop aiding the freedom fighters, William Virgil went to

him. He and Duran raised the money, Duran laundered it.

And banks used it to finance his freedom fund.

What's in it for Duran?

Duran was a young Cubano when Castro threw him and his boss out of Havana 28

years ago.

His boss's name was Meyer Lansky.

The gangster.

Well, made respectable after a generation of holding companies, I'm

Those men weren't William Virgil's. They were Duran.

Here's a kick at Harley.

Duran's a member of the Free World Network.

That name ring a bell?

Yeah. Front organization for dirty tricks.

Whenever the White House refused to authorize a maneuver by the company, and

thought it was necessary, we'd go to the Free World Network.

Well, they're also a front for international gangsters.

They hate totalitarian regimes as much as we do. I mean, after all, it takes a

free society for the mafia to function properly.

So, if banks talked, it'll look like the government's been to bed with organized

crime. Exactly.

my advice, Harley. I know you don't, but I'm going to give it to you anyway.

Stay out of this one. Get the hell out of town.

Too big for you, Harley.

You think so?

I think so.

Well, listen, thanks for the information.

Pleasure.

Party time, huh?

This guy's so far inside, he disappears.

Unseen force like the wind.

Codename, Seltzer.

He wouldn't know his real name by any chance.

I wouldn't want to ruin your fun, McCall.

That's all you get.

you will bring millions of tax dollars to the city. Mr. Doran, may I see you a

moment, please?

Is it necessary?

I'm afraid it is.

Excuse me a moment, please.

What's the problem?

We got banks.

Where? Here, in this hotel.

Are you insane?

It wasn't my idea, sir.

A couple of freelancers just brought them in.

Where are these announcers?

Victor's got them waiting outside.

Give me your coat.

Not this way, my friend.

Now my men will take you to the river, okay?

But I promise you that it will be painless and civilized for any man.

Okay.

Who works with you besides Virgil?

Might as well shoot because I'm not going to talk.

What's your next move on Andrew Bank?

Go dwell.

You worthless creature.

I've made my peace with God.

Really?

You want to die?

I never met anybody like that before.

You're really ready to go.

Gage, don't do it.

Why not?

The world would be a better place without Mickey.

Takes after her father, huh?

A real killer.

Hey, Gage, I got something here.

Lyle Murdoch, the Fed's Mr. Clean.

He's in this chump's address book.

And 1 .30 p .m. today is circled in red in the calendar.

That's when the afternoon session of the hearing begins.

You're going to hit Banks right in front of the committee?

Let's move it.

You'll never make it.

Bash is a dead man.

You hear?

He's dead!

Mr. Banks, are you going to sell them anything?

What about that European bank account?

Our arms are going on right now.

So, the guru.

He says, my son, nothing gives man a sense of the infinite like human

stupidity.

Dumb joke.

Come on, Murdock, you can do better than that. I liked it, Banks. I'm just not a

lopper.

I don't like the setup in here. I want to double up on the side entrances.

Here's what I want you to take. Clinton Street, Vega, you cover fourth.

Now, you think that was bad? I got another one.

Now, this is even worse.

Do you know what King Kong...

Wait a minute, thanks.

Alice, can I talk to you for a minute?

All right girls, have it.

Listen to me.

Just let her go.

I'm the one you want.

You want the one? Don't drop that weapon.

They're not going to do that.

Just let her go.

Take me.

This isn't exactly sitting in the park, Robert.

I know you wanted my help.

I discovered that Agent Murdoch had a codename, a selfie, and was a member of

the Free World Network.

I thought you ought to know.

Harley, I don't know what to say.

Just tell the committee whatever they want to know.

I sense this might be rather difficult for you, Mr. Banks.

But then you see, if intelligence constantly jumps in and out of bed,

organize crime.

And if covert activities are without any morality whatsoever, the war is over.

And we've lost it.

There can be no connection between our government and men like Ronaldo Duran if

this nation is to conduct a just foreign power.

Now, I'm asking you to be candid with us, Major Banks.

What was your connection to Rinaldi Duran?

I never met him in my life.

You saw it coming, huh?

You knew we wouldn't talk.

Yeah.

Why should Drew worry about the facts?

He's got the truth.

See, Alice, it's the job.

I'm afraid that's all that interests a man like Andrew Banks. It's just the

What do you say we have lunch?

That's a good idea.

You can pay.

I've just had a call from Rudy Bagler.

Apparently, the charge for his services has been put on my account.

$2 ,000 worth.

Tell you what, I'll buy lunch.