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Bag it.

Let's go!

Yeah?

Professor, we got the hard drive.

Good girl.

Yes, sir.

Would you state your name and place of employment for the record?

Special Agent Ali Soufan, Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Date, and place of birth?

July 8th, 1971. Sidon, Lebanon.

Agent Soufan,

you testified in preliminary session that the CIA withheld intelligence

from the FBI on multiple occasions,

intelligence that would have prevented the attacks of September 11th.

Yes, sir, I did.

What you're saying, is contrary to CIA testimony.

All right.

So, you're telling us they've lied to this commission?

If members of the CIA testified that the Agency

properly shared information with the Bureau

in the manner in which they are by law directed to,

then you've been lied to.

Can you tell us the first time you became aware the Agency

was withholding information from your FBI unit?

In the summer of 1998.

Martin Schmidt was the chief of Alec Station,

the Bin Laden unit of the CIA.

Alec Station was Schmidt's creation, his domain.

He and his team devoted their lives to the hunt for al-Qaeda.

That hunt was meant to be done hand-in-hand with the FBI.

It wasn't.

The Bureau had two agents assigned to Alec Station.

They were supposed to be informed of intelligence,

so, they could report it back to my boss at the FBI,

John O'Neill.

That summer, Alec Station came into possession

of a hard drive from an al-Qaeda cell in Eastern Europe.

Martin Schmidt refused to share that intelligence.

Tirana.

On that hard drive were lists of al-Qaeda operatives,

and more than 50 potential targets.

You know, our boys have been keeping an eye on the Albanian cell.

Indeed, I do.

Professor, the retarded twins.

Shut it down. Close up shop.

What you going over in there, Martin?

Whatever we may, or may not be examining is entirely none of your business.

Sir, the way this works is you show us what you've got,

and then we discuss if it's our business.

The ladies and I analyze what we learn in the manner for which we've been,

shall we say, educated.

Okay. We're flying back to New York this morning.

John O'Neill's gonna wanna know what you're looking at.

I see.

Fuck John O'Neill.

Good morning, Mr. O'Neill.

- Margie. - They're all waiting for you.

Good.

- Gordo, good morning. - Morning, boss.

Kathy, you're a sight for sore eyes.

- Glad to be of service. - Bobby.

- Godfather. - Suck me, asshole.

- Floyd, how are you? - Hey. I'm good, sir. Good morning.

So, I find out this morning, that the Agency raided

Ahmed Salama Mabruk.

Did they invite the Bureau to ride along?

Do they call me to pass on intel,

or do I need to learn about this shit all by myself?

I'm done.

We're gonna start acting on our own, here and overseas.

Let me ask you something.

How many Arabic speakers do we have in the Bureau?

Anybody?

- Eight? - Eight. Thank you.

Eight Arabic speakers out of more than 10,000 agents.

That's how seriously our government takes this threat.

Sorry, boss. Shuttle was late.

- Kiss the ring. - Suck me, Bobby.

What's happening in the Manson Family?

It is weird it's all women, and one bearded guy, right?

Thought it was just me.

Who is this?

Your newest colleague, Ali Soufan. He can answer every question you have.

All right.

- Welcome. - How you doing, Ollie?

Ali.

That's what I said.

- It's all right... - Okay.

Shut the fuck up. What happened on the Mabruk raid?

All we could learn was that they renditioned him to Cairo,

and they got their hands on a computer hard drive.

You didn't see what's on it?

Schmidt closed us out.

God damn it. Fuck that motherfucker.

Interesting. He said the same about you.

Did you see anything?

Him and the redhead were putting some pins in a map.

I think a few were in Africa.

One went in Albania.

Albania?

Tirana, I think.

Okay, fuck this.

I'm getting Justice to ram through an indictment on UBL,

so, we can do this ourselves. We just, we gotta give them something.

Bobby, what do you got?

Anything. Old leads, stale bullshit...

I don't know, John. It... Remember Wadih el-Hage?

Used to be UBL's secretary in the Sudan,

now, lives in Nairobi? We know he broke with him a while back.

It may be a dead end, but...

Get on the first plane to Kenya. I want whatever you can find.

Something's up, people. I can feel it.

Bin Laden invited US journalists to Afghanistan two weeks ago,

so, he can get himself on national TV,

tonight.

Could you show me your gun?

Mr. bin Laden, John Miller, ABC News.

You've been painted as a terrorist by the American people.

To your followers, you're a hero.

How do you see yourself?

Mr. bin Laden,

you issued a fatwa, calling on Muslims to kill Americans

where they can, when they can.

Is that directed at all Americans?

Bin Laden left his home in Saudi Arabia at the age of 19,

to join the Muslims fighting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Like many of the young fighters, he was religious and committed.

Unlike any other, he came from a Saudi family

that ran a construction empire worth $5 billion.

Bin Laden's personal worth is estimated at $200 million.

Bin Laden has made these threats before,

but this time, there's something different.

He put a time cap on it,

saying that whatever action will be taken against Americans in the Gulf,

whatever violence awaits,

will occur within the next few weeks. Ted?

Soufan. Get your coat. We're going to dinner.

Think he's a maniac.

Yeah. I don't really know where he's from.

Look what the cat dragged in.

Hello, beautiful.

- Feels like forever. - Twenty-four hours will do that.

When you miss someone, you miss someone. Dougie! Bring Johnny his drink.

- You applied to the Bureau on a dare? - I was in grad school.

My friends thought it would be funny

if a Muslim who drank heavily sent in a résumé.

We weren't sure which one would disqualify me more,

the alcohol, or the Islam.

We even had a pool whether I'd get in, or not.

- You put money in the pot? - I lost.

Here's to losing. You practice?

- Islam? - Mmm.

Not in a long time.

You?

Yeah, church and me broke up a lifetime ago. Talk to me about the interview.

I think it's the third warning.

First, was the '96 declaration of jihad. Then the February fatwa.

And now, bin Laden is going straight to the American people.

Why three times?

There's this unauthenticated hadith,

the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.

Some think he said it, some don't.

"When you see a snake in your house, you should warn it three times.

"If it returns, you must kill it. It is a devil."

UBL's warning the snake to get out of his house.

Telling America to get out of the Middle East,

out of Saudi Arabia in particular.

That's why he wanted to get on TV.

He used Miller's interview

to appear strong by threatening the United States,

as he looked an American directly in the eye...

Hey! Glad you could make it.

John Miller, meet Agent Ali Soufan. He was just talking about you.

You think I got used?

Um...

- Mr. Miller, I assure you, I... - Sit down, sit down, both of you.

Come on, can't we all just get along?

Did he just quote Rodney King?

Audrey, Glenlivet and rocks for Miller. So, world traveler,

- how was it? - Total luxury. Taliban mountain resort.

Those guys know how to throw a party.

You deserve the best. Hey, that was a good piece you put together.

The network kept making me cut it down.

All anyone wants to hear about is Monica's cum-stained dress.

See, I don't get that. I've cum on a lot of dresses,

and nobody ever wants to hear about those.

Show me the dress, and I'll do the reporting.

- Salud. - Salud.

Let me ask you something.

The background footage for your interview

had two guys scrubbed out.

Why is that?

Ayman al-Zawahiri. You know who he is.

He insisted that we erase a couple of guys from the shots

- before he'd hand over the tapes. - Why those guys?

No idea.

Maybe you did get used.

White here.

Mary Jo, you're the only other person in the Justice Department

who actually works for a living.

Do you call what you do working? I'm sitting at my desk. How about you?

It's all work,

whether you're getting drunk doing it, or not.

Well, I went into the wrong end of the business. What's up, John?

You see the interview tonight? I called Louis Freeh afterwards.

He's tucked in bed with his cell phone off.

What the fuck is that?

I suppose he's trying to sleep. Tell me what I can do for you.

We just got warned by al-Qaeda

on national TV, and our director slept through it.

We're running out of time.

We tried to get Alec Station to hand over intel.

We ask, we ask, they don't give a shit.

I-49 needs an indictment, so, we can start acting on our own.

Tie UBL to something concrete.

Karachi consulate van attack, Khobar Towers.

You get me anything decent, even if it's old, I'll get you an indictment.

You're a good woman, Mary Jo. Go home and get some sleep.

You, too.

I'm working on it.

You're playing our song.

Is this our song?

You making love to Puccini with somebody else these days?

A few guys, mostly freshmen.

Ah...

At least they're learning something useful.

They're certainly not learning anything else.

If I have to read another Beowulf essay cribbed from freaking CliffsNotes,

gonna kill someone.

Well, don't do that, 'cause then I'd have to arrest you.

Oh.

Is that a promise?

Well, aren't you sweet?

Mmm-hmm.

"Whan that Aprill

"with his shoures soote,

"the droghte of March

hath perced to the roote..."

That's good.

The Jesuits taught you well.

"And bathed every veyne in swich licour

"of which vertu engendred is the flour..."

- That is so good. - Thank you.

It's Chaucer, but it's good.

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

You know I keep my firearm on my ankle.

- How was your day, baby? - Oh, just trying to catch some bad guys.

If I could only figure out where they are.

He's got a charity called Help Africa People, whatever that means.

We think he's got this American wife,

April Brightsky Ray.

If she's here, I can do the talking.

Sir.

You will do the talking either way. This is as far as we go.

Why are you here?

Robert Chesney, United States FBI.

I have a warrant to inspect the home of Wadih al-Hage and April Brightsky Ray.

What if I say no?

I'm afraid I'd have to go inside, anyway.

What if I decide to untie this dog?

I'm more of a cat person myself, so I'm concerned,

and if I get frightened, I might have to shoot him.

And I wouldn't want to do that in front of your kids.

Come on.

Thank you.

You got to come all the way to Africa,

just to get up in our business. Look, we good people.

I got kids to take care of, my daily housework to do,

dinner to prepare, and we just trying to do some good work.

Charity work. Help some people.

That's the charity you, uh, run with your husband, Help Africa People?

Don't you get on at me about that name.

I told the old man it didn't make no sense.

I think it's a perfectly good name.

Of course, if you decide

to change the grammar, I...

I suggest you have a few decent choices.

You could add a comma.

That would make it an exhortation, an encouragement.

"Help Africa, people."

Or you could simply add an 'N'. Help African People.

That's probably what you're going for anyway, right?

Hello.

What are you doing in my house? Alone with my wife in my house?

Robert Chesney, FBI.

I have a warrant to inspect your home.

Why must you come to harass my family?

- I am charity worker. - We were just talking about that.

You were the personal secretary to Usama bin Laden. Is that correct?

Many years ago. No longer.

Do you ever speak with him now?

Never.

Email?

Afghanistan does not have AOL.

I see.

But you did work for him.

Many years ago. So many, a very long time.

Did you do work for him on this computer?

We have a major story in the news this morning.

NBC News has learned

that Monica Lewinsky is ready to tell the grand jury

that she and President Clinton discussed ways

of hiding their relationship.

NBC News has confirmed the story first reported by The New York Times,

that the two agreed to deny that they had a sexual relationship.

Lewinsky was granted full immunity Tuesday by Ken Starr,

in exchange for her full, and truthful testimony.

Thank you for making yourselves available once again.

Thanks especially to those who travel in. John.

I come from all the way across the river.

You do, and the American people owe you a debt of gratitude.

Let's get status updates before moving ahead. General?

Details of continuing ops are there for you to read.

The headline is our readiness in Senegal

to evacuate from Guinea-Bissau if the military coup spills over.

Good.

Thank you, General.

- Martin? - Nothing new this week.

You have nothing new?

That's what I said, John.

Hmm.

You think I'm a complete moron?

You interested in an answer to that question?

Can I remind you of NS Directive 30,

signed by President Reagan, and PRD-44,

- signed by President Clinton? - Thank you for the memories.

It's not your choice whether you share intelligence.

You're required to share it with the FBI and everybody else in this room.

I have nothing new, Richard.

What's going on in Albania, Marty?

You got a hard drive from Ahmed Salama Mabruk

that mentions Albania. Where's Mabruk?

Why hasn't the FBI had a chance to question him?

What's on his hard drive?

You got a stash of intel that you refuse to share with my agents.

If we were in possession of such a computer,

and I'm not confirming that we are, it would be a foreign intelligence matter,

not a law enforcement matter.

So, you do have the hard drive.

I don't know how you reached that...

How would you know if it was a law enforcement matter,

or a foreign intelligence matter if you haven't looked at the hard drive?

If we did have any intelligence whatsoever,

it would be for us to decide how best to use it,

before you do what you always do,

go around the globe arresting people and putting them on trial,

before you blow a possible gold mine of information

and render it utterly useless.

So, no, I'm not prepared to say one way or the other...

How about you take a deep fucking breath and get yourself prepared...

- Okay. Calm down for a minute. - I don't want to calm down.

Either of you watch TV the other night?

If one American gets killed because of information you kept secret,

when I get my hands on that hard drive, and I will get my hands on it,

I will shove that thing so far up your ass,

you'll be combing shit out of your pompous fucking beard.

All right, all right. Enough, John.

Martin, after the meeting, you will return to Alec,

and go through what you've got with your team.

The point of these meetings is to share

what we've got from our teams and work together.

We might need to watch-list names. We might...

You know what, gentlemen? Have a good meeting.

I need to do some actual work.

- I'm sorry, Lizzie. - Well, that is a shame,

'cause I'm making your favorite.

Not the lasagna with the ground veal.

You're missing out.

I had a terrible day here. I gotta stick around, make things right.

Any chance that you catch the last shuttle? You can wake me up.

I can't. It's my loss.

You bet it is, and I'm not just talking food.

Oh, you're killing me.

I gotta go, baby.

All right. Well, go catch some bad guys.

Love you.

You, too.

Johnny! You scared me!

Oh! What a sweetheart.

You're playing our song.

Bottled water?

- Robert Chesney? - Hi. Bob.

You can call me Bob.

- Deb Fletcher, Chief of Station. - Um.

Yeah. Hi.

What you got there?

Is that from an archaeological dig, or something?

Yeah, I know. It's ancient one. Big. Hope we can still turn it on.

- Can I help you carry it? - No, no. No, I can handle it.

I, uh... I can do this.

All right, macho man. This way.

I didn't notice you come over. I was watching, well, all of this.

Yeah, it can get a little nuts in here.

It's lively. It's nice.

It is nice. People come and go all day long.

Lots of folks bring their kids, as you can see.

I'm not so crazy about how exposed we are.

- To the street. - Yeah,

the ambassador complained about it,

but there's a part of me that also likes it.

All the light.

- Yeah. - Not being so cut off.

I mean, why go someplace if you can't get involved with the folks there,

or get to know the people. You know what I mean?

Super important to get involved with people.

I'm glad you think so, Bob Chesney. You'll work in here.

There's a secure phone line for when you need to call HQ.

Thank you, I appreciate it. Thank you.

Come find me when you're done. I'm one floor up.

- O'Neill. - John.

I've been up all night, going through el-Hage's computer.

And you know my Arabic is pretty much for shit,

but there seems to be some training material

that got sent to Somalia

in '92, '93,

before Black Hawk Down. Maybe some funding, too.

That's perfect. That'll get us our indictment.

You can get the new guy, Soufan, to go through it all.

Mary Jo'll make it work, whatever's there.

There's something else.

There's a lot of photos on here.

Probably for forging passports or whatnot,

but one of them, I'll bet my life,

is Zawahiri's brother, Muhammad al-Zawahiri.

Bobby, I could fuck you right now.

You know he runs the Albania cell.

Out of Tirana. You're a beautiful man.

Pouch it to me here, share the intel with the Sisters, and come on home.

You've done good, Bobby.

Oh, suck me.

Whatever you want. I'm here for you.

- Fuck you. - Fuck you, too.

- John. - You gotta level with me.

Is the Agency making a move in Tirana?

I got a computer that belongs to UBL's Sudan secretary

that's got passport photos of Muhammad al-Zawahiri.

If there's something going down in Tirana,

I got a right to have an agent there.

- Thanks for meeting me out so late. - Sure.

So, how are the kids?

It's special ed students you teach, yeah?

Mmm-hmm.

- Wait, how did you know that? - FBI.

I do a background check on anyone I go on a date with.

Ali.

- You finally visit me again. - Hey.

He used to practically live here. Now, I cry every day,

because he don't come here no more.

- Mmm? - Sorry. I've been so busy at work.

No excuses.

Welcome to Moustache, young lady. My name is Omar.

Hello, Omar. It's nice to meet you. I'm Heather.

Anything else you want to know, though, just ask him.

He's got the whole dossier.

Oh.

He turn on the charms already, has he?

- I bring the wine, on the house. White? - That would be lovely. Thank you.

Thanks, Omar.

He's nice.

He's been like a second father to me since I moved to New York.

Uh, look, I didn't mean to freak you out. I was trying to make a joke.

Bad joke.

Are you gonna...

- Go ahead. - Sorry.

Hi, boss.

You're going to Albania.

- When? - Now.

The next flight to Frankfurt leaves in 90 minutes.

You can transfer from there to Tirana.

The Sisters are raiding Muhammad al-Zawahiri's cell.

They'll give you a weapon when they pick you up.

Now, listen to me. This is the real deal.

Make sure you lay eyes on any evidence they seize.

If it's in Arabic, I need you reading it.

I want you talking to whoever they pick up, okay?

Okay.

But most important, be careful.

When you land, do not go into the terminal building.

Stay on the tarmac, as long as it takes. You'll be picked up.

- You hear me? - Yes, sir.

Stay on the tarmac. Wait till they come for you.

- Okay. - Good luck.

Don't tell me, you have to leave?

Yeah.

Okay, then.

I'm sorry, I really have to.

I apologize. I have to leave, Omar.

Heather, please stay, huh?

We'll have some wine. I'll get you a taxi. Hmm?

Please stay, and have a drink with me.

Uh...

Okay.

Good.

Be safe.

- Come home soon, inshallah. - Inshallah.

I'm sorry.

Ali Soufan is a good man.

He come here alone four times each week, the first year he lived in New York.

I believe he was looking for someplace to feel more at home.

Please.

Consider giving him another chance.

To your health.

I don't understand.

You must go into terminal building.

Thank you, but I'll wait here.

Now. Go into terminal building.

I'm being picked up, so, I'll wait here.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Get in! - Who are you?

If you're Soufan, we're your ride. Get your ass in the car!

Welcome to Albania.

Professor, the boys in the field are en route.

Rendition plan remains the same?

They're EIJ.

- Egypt wants them, Egypt gets them. - Yes, sir.

- Send them to Cairo in the morning. - Get your answers by the afternoon.

I like how you think, Diane.

We're of one mind, Professor.

Back away! Back away from the machine!

- Soufan? You in there? - Yeah!

- Where are you taking them? - Away.

Hey. Where are you taking them?

Orders from Langley.

- O'Neill. - Boss.

We raided the house, arrested four individuals.

None of them Zawahiri,

confiscated explosives and batteries and wiring.

The Sisters took the suspects to Egypt.

I looked through the house and there was no written material,

no computers, so, I got no information to pass to you.

I'm sorry, boss. I let you down.

You didn't let me down.

This is one of Ayman al-Zawahiri's biggest cells.

They were clearly planning to hit something, probably the embassy.

Maybe Albania was the most urgent warning

the Agency found on Mabruk's hard drive.

Let's hope so.

Let's hope they're not planning to hit somewhere else. You did good.

Okay, thank you, sir.

Thank you, son. Come on home.

To America, I can say that your message has been received,

and the response, with the help of Allah,

will be written in a language you will understand

and will be delivered directly to your home.

Welcome home.

There you go.

Come on. You, too.

It's late.

You staying the night?

No.

Hey, open the gate!

- Open the gate, now! - For what?

I said open the gate!

Hey!

Attack! Attack!

O'Neill.

John, Dick Clarke. I have bad news.

Hello.

Ali, turn on your television.

...causing parallel scenes of chaos

at US embassies in neighboring East African capitals.

Five minutes after an apparent bomb blast

rocked Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,

a second explosion erupted 450 miles away, in Nairobi, Kenya.

I'm gonna need you in the office. I'm on my way in.

I'll meet you there.

Now, it begins.