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We cannot defend America

and our friends

by hoping for the best.

We cannot put our faith in the word of tyrants

who solemnly sign non-proliferation treaties

and then systematically break them.

If we wait for threats to fully materialize,

we'll have waited too long.

Where is Tom tonight, again?

Steve.

Do you think anyone here is a trade delegate, Diane?

Are you kidding, Steve?

Ciao.

I guess I'm just not pretty enough.

Oh, I could've told you that.

Back in a minute.

What's going on?

President Bush.

Oh, I thought he was Rio.

He was.

Apparently coming here tomorrow morning.

Fishing trip?

High level quickie with the PM.

Something major going down with the OPEC negotiations,

they want to bash heads.

It's gonna be a rush on taxis.

Oh, don't worry about that. Harry's outside.

Harry, you know why Bush is coming, of course?

The real reason.

Francois, what can I say?

It's a very special relationship.

The meeting with your PM is a feint,

he is here to meet the Libyans.

Can't believe that.

Oh, you don't have to believe it.

Look at this evening's diplomatic crates from Washington,

we have.

"All diplomatic materials

remain the property of the representative governments

at all time."

UN resolution 3501.

"More than half of modern culture

depends on what one shouldn't read." Oscar Wild.

We do not conduct espionage against our closest ally.

They pay us to watch you, as if you didn't know.

Come on, Harry, we're all Europeans now.

Whose side are you on anyway?

Ours.

Good night.

Andrews Tower, this is Air Force one-

Hey, I thought you said you'd be a minute.

Don't believe everything you hear.

Andrew, this is Air Force One. We are wheels up and clear.

What would Harry want with Thames house counselor?

Shouting practice?

So the advanced teams land two and a half hours

ahead of Air Force One, correct?

Two C-5 Galaxy cargo planes into Brize Norton.

That's a love of cargo.

It's got a lot of stuff.

You get a lot of stuff when you're the president.

What's he bringing?

Bulletproof Limousine, stand-by limos, decoy limos,

private ambulances, sundry Secret Service vehicles.

Marine One plus one other helicopter,

and something called a Blue Goose.

Presidential podium.

So, presumably he's planning to transfer to the embassy

by Marine One after touching down from Brize Norton.

Any clue on who he is meeting?

No. But I do know what happens later.

Coffee with the US ambassador, spot of sightseeing,

goodwill lunch with the Queen, then Chequers for talks

before he's back on the runway.

Elapsed time 15 hours.

Bloody last minute.

Maybe he booked it on the internet.

Yes?

They're sending it here.

What?

You said, tell Customs to open a crate, so I did.

And now they've told me they've had a look

and there's a problem and they're sending it here.

The Libyan problem?

They're not saying, which scares me.

Harry, they're ready for you.

We must take the battle to the enemy,

disrupt his plans,

and confront the worst threats before they emerge.

Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States

will arrive in this country in approximately seven hours

and be here until 2000 hours tomorrow.

We've outlined our security needs

on a minute by minute basis

in the folder resources in front of you.

Clearly FLOTUS and VPOTUS will not be present on this visit.

POTUS himself requested the diversionary trip

at 1800 GMT yesterday.

First you heard- - FLOTUS?

Is probably first we heard of it.

So let's make this as pleasurable as possible.

A command post has been established at Grosvenor Square

with full communication facilities.

The POTUS advance team will, in conjunction

with members of the White House Protective Research Section,

survey each site to be visited by the president.

From these surveys, we can determine

manpower, equipment, medical, and evacuation requirements

for all eventualities.

We'd actually prefer to do that.

Your assistance in these matters

is, of course, a vital part of our entire security operation

and we thank you for coming this evening.

People please note on page eight,

Bagpipe and the PRS

will initiate a full compliment of POTUS SA1 on CP

from the Blacktop Unit at Grosvenor

by the time we get a wheels down from Cowpuncher

at the Basecamp LZ.

In English, please.

A full US secret service team will be there

to meet the president at Brize Norton

once the president touches down.

We'd depreciate close protection teams from MI5

for perimeter security for the duration of the visit.

But not close to the president?

- Well, no. - Why not?

Because that's our job.

It's also our job.

Not in this case.

MI5 oversees protection of the PM, Queen,

and visiting dignitaries. - Not this one.

Diplomatic protocol states quite clearly

that the host government provides 95% of protection

for presidential visits.

Not this president, not this visit.

Vaclav Havel have let us do it our way in Prague

and we're doing it our way now.

That means a complete adherence

to US Secret service close protection protocol.

Every rumor is to be treated as fact until neutralized,

Every target is a potential assassin until dealt with.

We'd like paranoia to be the norm here

until our commander in chief is is safely back in the skies.

I'm sure you can understand that in the current climate.

After he is gone, any residual distrust of others

will, of course, be your own problem.

How very kind of you to point that out.

Customs liaison at Heathrow said to bring it up here.

I don't know anything about it.

They're diplomatic crates, right?

They come through every day

from Washington to the US Embassy.

So why we were told to open this one, God only knows.

This is going bye-bye right now. Follow me, please.

Every presidential visit, domestic or foreign,

since the Kennedy assassination

involved the assembly of what we call the trip file.

In this file is every contact, every threat,

every possible target,

and concern of the safety of the president

in every geographical area he will be passing through.

Last official POTUS visit to the UK

was nearly two years ago.

Obviously, we've done our best

to keep up to speed on these individuals,

but we're gonna need access to all your files

to confirm our information is up to date and watertight.

Well, okay.

Why don't you just give us your information

and we'll cross-reference it.

We'll do it ourselves, if that's okay.

So you want unsupervised access to our registry files?

Yeah.

Or perhaps you prefer the president

to get a bullet in the brain on your watch.

I understand how you feel, Zoe, really I do,

but these interviews are designed for you,

therefore you to blow off steam,

to contribute constructive criticism about our workflow-

Our workflow and our office environment.

Yes, yes. I read the memo. - Good.

Miranda, to be honest,

we're a little bit busy at the moment.

There's this American bloke coming over

and apparently lots of people would like to kill him.

And having sessions under live operations

facilitates greater honesty.

Listen, don't worry about time, Zoe.

I'm here for you day or night.

Miranda, I can't.

So you or Danny in the reading room, please.

Soon as you can.

What's wrong?

Tell you later.

It's really happening, then?

Yep.

She knows we all hide from her

the rest of the year, right?

So why does she do it?

Because personnel send her out once a year

in her very own little psychological sniper unit

to pick us off one by one.

It's like guerrilla warfare.

I don't even go up to the fifth floor anymore,

just in case someone sees me

and thinks I'm going to see her.

Like anyone's gonna voluntarily knock on the door

of the MI5 staff psychologist and say I can't hack it.

Oh, Barry Mitchell did.

- Who's Barry Mitchell? - Exactly.

Hold on.

Oh, very trusting. I'll be heads.

- I wanted heads. - Tails then.

Say that again?

- We opened it up. - Got that.

And started looking through it.

Still with you.

And we just got started when-

Someone spilled their tea into it.

That is correct.

Troy, I'll see you downstairs in a minute.

One of your minutes, he'll be there all night.

Very funny, Tom.

That's Me. Tactful too, you'll find.

Our two countries have a long tradition

of working together

and I see no reason

why we can't be standard-bearers for that

in the next 24 hours.

I wrote the CIA World Fact book, Christine,

written by you.

Britain's entry slightly smaller than Oregon.

Think that's what it was.

That's what we are to you, slightly smaller than Oregon.

Don't think you can just order us around, okay?

Don't believe that for a second.

- He's our president. - It's our country.

They can bleach that out or replicate them,

but Harry's asked me to troll through them

to see if there's a Libyan link.

Oh, before the Americans notice it's missing.

Yeah.

We've kept a few other crates back,

we can always say that there's been a batch delayed.

Fine.

Just keep tea away from all of them,

and coffee, and sodding Ribena, while you're at it.

How long have we got till the American realize?

All depends.

With the president coming,

we may be able to get away with 18 hours, maybe less,

maybe more.

Just be as open and candid as you like.

Anything at all.

Anything or anyone you feel needs scrutiny,

just let rip, this is your time.

It's all good actually.

- Good? - Yep.

Everything is great. Fantastic.

Perhaps if I asked you a few specific questions.

What'd you think of the Service's public access line

for example?

What's that

It's the free phone number of signs,

so members of the public can call in

with tip-offs about terrorist threats.

Oh, that we call it weirdo line.

I see.

Tom?

You are not gonna give our access to the registry,

are you?

Ministerial Vetting files?

It's a show of trust on our side,

but I'm moving all the juicy stuff out of there

until this is all over.

Remember Tom, this visit has become a symbol.

The prime minister's keen as must

that we should look like equal partners with the Americans.

So Christine gets the files,

we get some highly visible close protection duty,

no symbolic victories on either side.

We have a small window of time

while the CIA finalized their prep.

As we're going to be spending the duration on the grid,

I'm tasking someone to collect changes of clothes.

Black tie seems a little too formal.

I'll go myself, if that's okay.

Yeah.

How about Zoe?

Do you have any comments about working with her?

H-How do you mean?

Can mean what you like it to me.

- Ah, finally. - Vicki, what's going on?

- I've been calling you. - Yeah, about 50 times.

Maybe if you'd phoned me back once or twice

I wouldn't have to call you so much.

This has to stop.

You've already made that very clear.

No, the calling Vicki, it has to stop right now.

So clinical Tom, you'd make a good surgeon, you know?

Vicki, I'm warning you.

Stop trying to sound angry, Tom.

You're not angry. You're guilty.

You are ashamed at how you've treated me, and who,

sorry, machine man that should be what you've become.

Tom, the Terminator. Tom, the see-through spook.

Don't call again, okay? Just don't, Vicki?

I can't wait to see your face when you find out.

Find out what?

Find out what?

So, how was it?

How was what?

Your session with Inspector Freud.

Oh, fine.

Thanks.

Hello, hello.

Tom!

Hey Tom!

Finally.

It's you, isn't it?

Sorry, I don't know you.

Obviously, but look, time is money and all that.

Are you working or what Tom?

- I'm dialing 999. - Tom Quinn.

That's definitely you.

So don't try and deny it.

"On her Majesty's sexy service."

So are you working?

- Where did you find this? - You're hurting me.

Where did you find this?

The usual place, in a bloody phone box, mate,

where do you think?

In a phone box?

Outside the Fire Island club.

But there's a bunch in the loos too.

Saturation advertising, if you ask me.

You are wallpapered around at place.

Get away from me. Go, go!

Yeah?

Hello, gorgeous.

Hi, this is Vicki, please leave me a message.

- What? - Tom, where are you?

Zoe, sorry. I'll be back in two seconds.

Listen, I need to do something for me.

Thamesider, Air Force One on schedule.

ETA as per flight plan.

Air Force One, this is Blacktop.

Copy your scheduled landing in Great Britain.

Copy that.

All numbers have been changed, including your home phone,

and there's a guy outside your door.

What happened?

Just a routine security checkup.

One O'clock in the morning?

No one's letting us near the files, Tom.

You get open access to the registry,

we get a small close-protection presence.

Six officers alongside your Secret Service personnel.

Four at most.

Five.

Fine.

But they'd all better be wearing

Secret Service issued lapel pins

or there's a good chance they're gonna get shot.

Hey, did you get my page?

Yeah, I'll try my best.

Okay, it's important

Um, meeting room.

Someone in Herefordshire

has intercepted the Air Force One call sign

from Brize Norton.

How?

These blokes are hobbyists.

They spend their lives searching for military frequencies,

they got lucky.

So some guy with a parka and a ham radio

knows Cowpuncher's in the air, so what?

Well, what it does is create a ripple effect.

Little spotty man talks to his little spotty friends

who put things up on the World Wide Web

where everyone can see it.

GCHQ's done a scan of UK message boards

and they found seven verbal threats

to the safety of the president in the last 30 minutes alone.

We should change the LZ.

What?

The landing zone.

We don't need to change the LZ, Troy.

We need to change the route.

Maybe bounce Nighthawk to bamboo, ground side.

What's the landing zone?

Helipad of the US Embassy.

Why doesn't he just say that?

More coffee, anyone?

Tea.

Or tea? Where's Sam?

No idea.

It's okay. I'll just, gonna get her.

We need to think about this for a minute.

Christine, the landing zone is secure.

We've moved a lot of units up there.

In private, if you don't mind.

The president lands in three hours.

In the meantime, I need background checks

on motorcade police teams, palace workers,

including butlers and the serving staff at Chequers.

We've already done that.

Again, please.

And we all need to be at the Palace by three

for the walkthrough.

Tea?

Tea.

Bad?

Bad.

Libya?

Nothing yet.

Tower, Air Force One inbound.

Looking for descend in two-zero minutes.

Just be as open and as candid as you like.

Don't hold back.

You know, we've had useful criticisms already.

Really?

Absolutely.

And not just about procedure,

you can blow off about colleagues if you like.

Colleagues?

Danny, for example, he was exceptionally candid about you,

for example.

Since news of this visit leaked,

we have received two threats

to the Central London water supply,

one to the Buckinghamshire reservoir

that supplies to Chequers.

Five warnings of civil disobedience

along the motorcade route.

Unofficial calls to protest from two Palestinian groups,

three anti-death penalty campaigners,

and four anti-globalization bodies,

now that to me Christine seems a little more clear

and present than a bunch of ham radio operators.

It's not the operators I'm concerned about.

It's the people having conversations

about my president's immediate travel plans.

Do you really think

that someone is gonna read up on all this

and start taking pot shots at every Sikorsky seeking

that flies over Cricklewood?

Right now a lunatic with flight plan details

is a much greater threat to my commander in chief

than some protest in Hyde Park.

And anybody with a a microlight, a glider, a bottle rocket,

they can get that thing right into the path of MX1

and create a whole lot of hell over northwest London.

Why are you being like this?

You have been going for the jugular

ever since this thing kicked off.

Tom, it's my first big visit in charge.

Everything I do is being put under the microscope.

Those guys are just waiting for me to screw up

and I'm not gonna give them that pleasure.

So it would really help me

if you could just appear to be working with me

instead of against me, what do you say?

Fine.

Okay.

Okay guys, that one there.

I want Kittyhawk over there.

Once again, Kittyhawk is US Secret Service code

for Queen Elizabeth II, please pay attention.

So Tom, are we dealing with this route change or what?

Yeah, what do you need?

I need a road transfer to Halton.

I need a dummy chopper in the air from Brize Norton.

I need the president on Marine One at Halton

en route to blacktop on schedule and free from harm,

can you help with any of that, Tom?

We'll help in any way we can.

Thank you.

Okay, who's Queen? And Pres?

Okay, let's get this over with.

Do you want this done quicker or you want this done right?

I'd like this to be done as quickly as possible.

So how was your interview?

Well, not as good as yours by all counts.

Oh, so she told you then.

So it's true.

Well she sort of surprised me with the question,

it just sort of came out.

What? Do you want me to lie?

Oh no, Danny, God forbid.

She asked a question. I answered it honestly, that's all.

Yeah, well so did I, all right?

Yeah, well there you go then.

Okay, 12:21 motorcade arrives at away point one. 12:25-

Listen, Queen usually meets guests in the courtyard.

So what are they doing over there?

Well, you just put us here.

Okay, George, outside and you QE too.

Drop the attitude and move your ass.

Yep.

Tom got all I could.

Shredded and burnt and shredded again.

Okay.

Tower, this is Air Force One.

We are wheels down and clear.

Roger Air Force One.

Welcome to the United Kingdom.

Cowpuncher is wheels down.

Repeat, Cowpuncher's wheels down

Standby ground teams.

No, no, absolutely not.

I don't understand why this is a problem.

We gave you a rundown of police,

you cannot demand additional checks

against individual police officers.

- Why not? - Because you can't.

We are just concerned about his background.

He's a Muslim.

It's not anything we used to worry about, of course,

but we now have a policy

of stringent background checks on everyone

within 20 yards of the president.

Not this one.

You start checking up on Muslim police officers,

you risk alienating a lot of people.

If it's federal immigration policy, which it is,

then it is Secret Service betting policy, which it is.

Air Force One landed a short while ago,

amidst high security.

The president has come to London on a brief visit

that many believe is a rallying call

to consolidate international opinion

on US preemptive strike policy.

Despite some public misgivings,

Tony Blair has also been vocal

in the support of President Bush.

Apart from individual quests for glory

from Richard Reid shoe-bomber types,

our information tells us

that CIA trip list has six glaring omissions.

All comes down to how we define a threat.

So what do the CIA want us to do?

Nothing to be honest.

Most of this lot rather in the UK permanently

planning arms deals or tooling up

for private wars in Eastern Europe.

There's no history of high level political assassinations,

no personal belief systems

that would suggest a grudge against UK or US policy.

Then everything would appear to be shipshape.

I was hoping

for at least some low grade surveillance on them.

Even if Christine

doesn't think they warrant attention, I do.

Fine.

I'll see Ruth gets these files.

Okay, I'll be with Christine at Horseguard.

- Why? - We're doing a walkthrough

of the closed protection on the sightseeing phase.

If this trip's so important,

then why is the president spending the morning sightseeing?

Presume whatever problem existed

with the crate has disappeared. Please say yes.

Yes.

Harry, I just got a call from the Met,

I can't believe you've agreed.

It's either that or remove DC Khan from active service.

The US ambassador took this to the home office himself.

Well, either way, it's not gonna be him

that picks up the pieces when this gets out.

First of all, she stirs up a race relations row,

then she starts messing around with royal protocol.

She's gonna drive us at the bloody wall.

Who is?

Oh.

Oh, appraisal time, huh?

Who's getting the boot?

Oh, my.

Thamesider, this is Blacktop.

Stagecoach will be on the move in 30.

Tracer and Halfback in position.

Roger that.

Phase two in motion. Prepping phase three.

ETA at Brenda's place 12:05.

Standing by for Horseguards walkthrough.

Brenda's place?

Buckingham Palace.

No, I'm worried about snipers, it's closed limo.

Well let's free up blue team.

I still want rooftop detail

covering all the shoots outta there.

Anyone so much as throws a turnip,

they'll be put in the cage.

- And the phone calls? - What phone calls?

The ones you've been getting on your cell phone

for the past 12 hours.

None of your business.

You changed your number

in the middle of a live project, Tom.

That's called interference.

And if something's interfering

with the smooth running of my operation, it's my business.

There is no interference.

And it's not your operation.

There are two issues here.

One, we're getting a lot of chatter at the Libyan Embassy.

What kind of chatter?

Lot of euphemisms from America being banded around,

several vehicles trying very hard to lose their tails.

There's not been anything on this scale since '84.

Any indication of concrete plans?

It's all disguised as everyday diplomatic traffic, Harry,

but I don't like it one bit, which brings us to two.

A deal memo in the rough, of course,

between the US and Libya.

They accept responsibility for Lockerbie

and pay $7 billion in reparations.

The Americans end unilateral sanctions

and help remove them from the axis of evil

amongst other things.

No mention of reparation for UK victims?

None at all.

What do we have on the Libyans at the moment?

I'll ask Sam to fish it out.

I understand my vetting request

on the Muslim officer caused some ripple, is that right?

Certainly it did.

Sorry about that Tom, just protecting my president.

Of course you are.

By the way, any idea who's following us?

I knew it. I knew it.

I certainly well knew you were two-timing me.

Who the hell are you?

Excuse me?

Yeah, well I'm your worst nightmare sweetie.

An ex-girlfriend with bigger tits than you.

Vicki, you're putting yourself and others

in a lot of danger

unless you get the hell out of here right now, right?

Oh, so what is some great big spy bonanza, is it?

He's a spy, you know? Yeah, Tom Quinn's a spook.

Vicki, the flyers, how many are there?

Look at the face.

Hey lady, I don't know who you are,

but Bob and I have been happily married for six years.

If you're on some kind of bad drug trip,

I suggest you check yourself into rehab right away.

No one dumps me like a sack of shit

and gets away without paying for it.

Anything at all.

Anything or anyone that you feel needs scrutiny,

just let rip, this is your time.

What's everyone else been saying?

Lots of interesting things.

Sorry.

Ruth, GCHQ said you better have a look at this.

We're in the middle of a session.

Yes, Miranda. We bloody well are in the middle.

We should get back now.

You better start telling me exactly what's going on.

We're getting a fix on at least 15 security threats

and planning raids on 10.

We have phone taps going haywire within a two mile radius

of every checkpoint.

Get as much background as you can.

These Americans, I'm telling you,

infecting this whole place.

Hypochondriacs, a lot of them.

So did you hear? - What?

Someone's getting the sack.

Jesus Tom, you could lose your job.

Okay, who else knows? - No one.

You just tore them all down yourself?

No, I had some help, that's all. One person.

Well now you got two.

Christine, I really don't think you should be getting-

I'm not letting you deal with this on your own, come on.

Christine!

What you gonna do? Wait around until she does it again?

I have to clear it with Harry before I do anything.

Are you kidding? You've seen what she's capable of.

There's no reason she's gonna stop either.

We have to act now before she does it again.

Can we just wait a second, please.

That woman is jeopardizing the security of this operation.

This is now a CIA matter

and we will not hesitate to act alone.

Latest threat assessment.

Thank you.

And I'd appreciate if you didn't bad mouth

security service projects in office time.

People who commissioned them in the first place

might get upset.

I'm sorry, what?

Please don't whitewash.

Danny's told me all about it, the weirdo line.

I would've expected more of you.

Tracer now en route to Grosvernor.

Still have 40 minutes in this phase, over. Say again.

Tracer in motion. Schedule change.

Now en route to Grosvernor.

Since when is that on the schedule?

Blacktop, this is Thamesider,

since when is that on the schedule, over?

This is an unauthorized change in the schedule.

Please advise immediately.

Can I ask you something?

Depends.

What the bloody hell is going on?

Harry just gave me the third degree.

Someone's getting the sack.

Good, I'll see you there.

I just need to make a quick stop, you got a minute?

And the water cooler's too hot.

And the pod doors open too slow.

I'm not sure there's a lot of usefulness

in the way the grid's designed either, I have to say.

If you're at the photocopy island

and you need to scan it in for a quick mail,

you've got to go-

Can you just can slow down a second?

Quick mail.

I always presume any new Lockerbie deal

would be a consultation with us.

It's still theory as far as we know,

it could be an innocent hypothetical.

The president is going off schedule,

we're in phase three, he's in phase four,

it's gotta be some subterfuge going on.

There might be a perfectly logical explanation.

There's a perfectly illogical woman

who could clarify that.

Unless she's off schedule two.

Chest pain.

Okay, straight through the resus.

I'll be right there.

What's going on?

Vicki, if you could just come this.

What the hell's going on?

Don't worry about it.

What are you doing?

This visit was last minute.

If there was an arrangement to meet the Libyans,

it would've been a hasty one.

Unless it's been the goal all along.

The French have insinuated

that a Libyan meeting was on the cards.

It does explain

why the Americans scheduled in that sightseeing tour.

It's covered for the meeting preparations

over Libyan chatter.

Who caress if he has the meeting or not.

Seven major state sponsors of terrorism

are Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Cuba, Libya.

Who wants their name off that list most of all?

Libya.

Who wants out of the Arab League?

Libya.

And who cannot be seen officially negotiating

with the diplomatic office of an axis of evil nation.

The United States of America.

And what are they going to be talking about?

Lockerbie.

There's only one person who can tell us for sure.

Try her again.

You need a warrant for this and you know it.

Hi Zoe.

I'm just in the middle of something, can I call you back?

Who are you?

Tear this place apart.

What?

Stop! What are you doing?

Stop it!

What are you doing?

Please.

You like this book?

That is not mine.

Makes a good reading, does it?

Stop!

Please.

Listen, what the hell are you doing?

This is my stuff. This is my room.

Stop it.

You know, writing false prescriptions

will get you struck off the doctors' register.

That's not mine, you just put that there.

Can you stop this?

You're in a lot of trouble.

This is all a mistake.

You are putting the security

of the president of the United States of America at risk

and we intend to stop that.

What me?

You've already put the operational security of this man

in serious danger.

I'm a doctor. I save lives.

I have nothing to do with this.

Well, if you wanna continue saving lives

including your own, I suggest you leave this man alone.

Do you understand?

I understand.

You're on vacation for a few days.

Leave town.

You contact this man

or even mention his name in conversation,

we will find out

and all of this will come tumbling down on your head.

Have a nice day.

Everything all right?

In what sense?

In there.

Oh. Oh yeah, totally fine.

She's lovely actually. Great listener.

Got a lot of stuff off my chest.

I think it's a brilliant idea, don't you?

Yeah, absolutely. Brilliant.

Exactly. Finally getting a chance

to say what you really think about things.

And what were your things?

What did I talk to her about, do you mean?

Yeah, generally.

Generally, what things?

Doesn't matter.

No, you confused me now.

No, no, don't worry about it.

Danny, just here.

Sorry, was I interrupting?

No, no. what's up?

The president's gone walkabout.

We have surveillance

telling us the Libyan embassy lines are going mad

just around the time your president goes off piste.

We're trying to keep abreast of threats here,

we'd appreciate a little honesty from you.

Today's Ashley's 15th birthday.

Ashley is the US ambassador's daughter

and the president, who knows this,

had the idea at Horseguards

of getting a birthday present for her

and delivering it in person.

So he cut the tour short

and sent someone shopping for a video game,

Harrods, I believe.

The president was then invited

to try the game out for himself,

which he was only too pleased to do.

This is why he made the detour

and that is why we are currently

a mere of 15 minutes behind schedule.

Keeping Her Majesty waiting.

I thought she had a lady to do that for her.

By the way, Tom, met a friend of yours earlier,

she's leaving the country for a while.

I thought you might like to know.

Bye.

She's lying.

No surprises there.

At 1:00 PM today, two agents from the US Secret Service

walked into one of London's busiest A&E units

and kidnapped one of its medical registrars.

And presuming there was a very good reason for this,

correct?

An immediate need to remove a liability

from our respective orbits?

Operationally, I give you free rein,

I've done so in the past, and I do so willingly,

but you consult with me

before acting preemptively like this on a personal matter.

Stopped being a personal matter.

We are entering the final phase now.

President's on the move again at 1600.

I need your 100% focus. Do you understand?

Roger that.

Stagecoach returning to Blacktop.

Marine One airborne in 10.

Marine One is airborne.

Repeat Marine one is airborne en route to Backline.

Climate change and the world economy

will also be on the agenda in the talks this afternoon.

In addition to the main agenda

of Mr. Bush's controversial military policy

of preemptive strikes.

These protesters started gathering a few minutes ago.

Hundreds converged on Chequers

from all around the the country.

When news of the president's itinerary leaked.

Many are here

to make a stand against American foreign policy.

Their intention, is to be heard.

Official sources have denied

that Chequers is even on the president's itinerary,

but the security surrounding this high level visit

is the strongest in living memory.

Double perimeter security and brief local forces

to take orders directly from Chequers control.

Danny, you join Tom at Chequers, would you?

What's outstanding on the trip list?

Reservoir security's been doubled,

but we still need a team to watch incoming pipes.

We're a clean sweep on vetting

both Chequers staff and medical teams.

So should I just stay here then?

For now.

What's that?

What we have over the Libyans.

All units, ETA 30 seconds.

Confirm entry area is clear and secure.

Copy that. Area A secured.

Copy. Area B secured.

Area C secured.

- Tom. - Danny, sitrep?

Floors one and two are cleared. All teams in place.

- What about the roof? - It's covered.

Snipers have 270 sight on all compass points.

What's that noise?

I'm just going through the kitchens.

Oh Danny, don't try to cook anything

leave that up to the chefs.

Don't worry I won't.

All clear.

Kitchens are clear.

All details, this is Blacktop control,

we have a wheels down in 10. I need sitreps now.

All floors now clear.

Helipad prepared, and arm protection standing by.

Marine One landing. Principle secure, wheel down.

PM arriving south entrance.

That was Danny, teams are in position.

Control, this is RAF Warrenmore.

Unidentified, slow moving contact

entering the restricted zone.

Please clarify.

Dimitri Bubka was on our housekeeping surveillance.

Ex-Moscow mafia now lives here.

One of our own trip list long shots.

The other suits are arms dealers.

We think some of them

may have been hawking medical equipment.

I understand this is a matter of research Zoe, but-

This was taken yesterday 10 miles from Chequers.

What equipment?

Radiotherapy machines.

Radiotherapy machines hold enough Cobalt-60

to take out Oxford Street on a sunny day

if you can get at it.

Your implication here is?

Dirty bomb.

We have a microlight on a direct routing to Chequers.

Have you got a visual?

Yeah, snipers just picked him up on the roof.

How far away is it?

Three or four miles. It's a small fixed wing.

What are the local aerodromes?

Chiltern Park and Horwood.

Does it have a radio?

Some do, some don't.

Aerodromes says he is not responding.

Tell them to keep trying.

I need air cover now.

There are two Harriers on standby at Cottolmoore.

Get master control on the line,

tell him to launch the Qs.

Sniper detail, can you get a shot?

I can have a shot in 10.

Be ready to engage on my signal.

Cool.

You speak to me. I speak to him.

That is how it's gonna work.

You want this on your head?

It's a microlight.

Yeah Tom, like I said, a microlight.

Warrenmore, this is Q1 on task,

request vectors, ready to copy.

You must make this assumption.

If the pilot's aiming

straight for the roofer of Chequers then-

We can't shoot it down. No, then we have to.

Not if it's carrying nuclear material.

Who ever said anything about nuclear material?

We have nothing credible on that score, however-

What god nuclear material? Put the speaker on.

We cannot discount it completely,

a known hitman sourcing the raw material for a dirty bomb.

Look, we're putting two and two together to get 13,

it is absolutely ludicrous.

No more ludicrous than crushing a plane into a building.

Ask anyone how ludicrous that sounded

on September the 10th, 2001.

Check with the Met office on local wind conditions,

it could just be being blown across

What nuclear material?

We have a source who claims

there may be radioactive material near the Chequers site.

What? On its own in a restaurant?

A UK-based hitman was seen

attempting to acquire some in London.

Attempting, being the operative word.

Oh great.

They're still trying to verify the ID

of the microlight pilot.

Get onto the Met.

This is RAF Warrenmore.

Qs are airborne. 90 seconds to target.

This is Q1.

We're now approaching Chequers,

are we authorized to engage? Over.

- No. - Affirmative.

Q1 Engage on visual.

Front controller, do you have a position?

Do not engage target until we have confirmed, over.

All right.

Cut the chatter.

Who called this in?

The protective research section

of the US Secret Service, the CIA,

and the executive power of the US federal government

has advised the Royal Air Force to engage the target.

You shoot that thing out of the sky

with a sidewinder missile.

You're not just killing someone.

You're raining down hot metal and rocket fuel

on hundreds of people.

Look, we need more information.

This is all we have.

There is a small fixed wing aircraft

on a collision course with this building.

This building houses the President of the United States

and the Prime Minister of Great Britain.

I am not gonna allow it to get any closer.

You went over my head.

We shoot it now, it disperses over there,

we mobilize chem-bio units.

Met office says there's a strong following wind

that could be blowing him in.

This is Q1. 20 seconds to target.

Front controller, do you have a visual? Over.

Warrenmore Q1 on station,

negative visual contact.

Request vector.

Q1 Warrenmore come left 190 degrees.

Target your nose, two miles.

Roger 190.

Merging 15 seconds.

Songbird is turning. Repeat, target is turning.

Is he turning?

Oh yeah, he's turning.

More and more.

Shall we engage? Over.

Should we be engaging?

Tom?

Negative.

We'll confirm with the Air Defense Control,

target is no longer a threat.

Q1 Warrenmore abort! Repeat, abort.

Roger, Warrenmore. Q1, Q2 aborting.

Well, like she said, paranoia.

Thamesider, this is Air Force One,

we are wheels up and clear.

Air Force One has cleared the tower.

Thank you, Thamesider.

Our president is safely in the air.

So the microlight pilot was a Mr. Smith,

straight into restricted space with a defective radio.

And a defective head.

Dmitri Bubka?

Customs are working on that one.

Project for tomorrow perhaps.

Yep.

Tom, am I getting the sack?

- Danny? - Tom, please tell me

'cause I prefer to hear it to my face now.

Danny, what are talking about? Of course you're not.

You would tell me, wouldn't you?

I mean I hope you and I have been-

Danny, you are not getting the bloody sack, all right?

Great, great.

Only Ruth said she ever had Harry.

They were talking about losing someone.

And I-

Danny is not getting the sack.

Great.

All right. Excuse me.

No one is getting the sack!

Sorry.

Yeah, me too.

Thank you for everything.

No problem.

You haven't thanked me yet.

Well, I was just about to.

I did do you a big favor, you know?

Consider it loan.

Yeah? Well now, you can do one for me.

Oh yeah, what's that?

We're missing something,

and it's time for you to give it back.

We've been waiting for someone to come and collect it.

- Admin error, huh? - Uh-huh.

It happens.

The French tipped us off

that you were looking through US diplomatic material,

which made us suspicious

because the French never ever do us any favors.

So we could only presume the reason they were doing it

was to try and drive a wedge between the UK and the USA.

Oh no, that could never happen.

Absolutely.

So that rumor must be false then.

What rumor?

That nasty Libyan sort of rumor.

Tell you what?

If there's anything going on

between us and the Libyans in the UK,

you'll be the first to know.

Of course.

Same to you.

Yep?

Tom. Miranda for you.

Tom. Thank you.

Well, I have a litany of comments here

mainly directed at you.

Brilliant.

Doesn't it worry you that most of the staff on this floor

are overworked and paranoid?

No.

This is meant to be a steam valve exercise,

and that's what that is, steam.

And anyway, I'm not really the one who should be worrying.

- Is that right? - Oh, yeah.

Yeah, because whatever anyone's been saying about me,

that is nothing

compared to what they've been saying about you.

This was a shocking exercise.

I am appalled these mind games

were condoned during such a stressful time.

Personnel wanted a psychological topography

of the department.

They wanted to know who in this section

could be classed as a theoretical weak link.

And what were your findings?

- There aren't any. - I beg to differ.

I think I'm looking at the weakest link right now.

We would have to take this offer to the British

who, of course, may have their own.

The British-

Tell the Libyans, thank you very much,

the sound quality is superb.

"You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free."

Things have changed.

Yeah. I'll let you know.

The president left on Air Force One

at eight o'clock this evening

after his short visit to Britain.

Despite many risks to his security,

the visit passed without incidents.

It's thought that MI5 officers

were also included in the president's security arrangements

in order to ensure his last minute trip to the UK

could go ahead as breezy as possible.

The prime minister has praised all those involved-

So here's my question.

Whatever happened to that nee naw sound?

It was cute, quaint, sort of urgent.

Then it's like one day

you just replaced all your emergency service sirens

with American ones.

It's a shame.

Before you know it, you'll have guns for sale

at Marks and Spencer.

Thank you for your concern.

You're still up.

So are you.

I can never sleep after an operation.

No, me neither.

You wanna come over and meet my friend Jim?

You were heavy-handed.

She put your life in danger, Tom.

She put the president's life in danger.

I'm empty.

Libya?

Don't make me wrestle you for it.

I don't wanna embarrass you.

Oh.

So you lied?

What else did you expect? The truth?

Is this a loss of faith, Tom?

Of course not.

Dostoevsky, Russian writer guy,

wrote a book about a man who told the truth all the time.

Know what he called it? The idiot.

You didn't wrestle me for it very much, did you?

What do you know that I don't.

Lots of things.

Yet another example of the,

the strength of the relationship between our two countries.

It is a very strong relationship, a very special one.