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- You've been flagged for
recent expense patterns.

- I'm having dinner and drinks
with important people.

- You need to start living
within your means.

- There is a chain of command
in which decisions are made.

Your boss has yet
to learn this lesson.

Can you tell us what happened
a few months ago

with your palm pilot?

- Qimma means mountaintop.

- But it also means summit.
- A summit meeting.

- In Malaysia.
WOMAN: I'll get the

Malaysian Special Branch
on this immediately.

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

- You've built an operation
based outside this country.

- That's where all roads lead:
Southeast Asia.

- What exactly do
you want from me?

- I definitely want us
to be more than buddies.

HEATHER: Okay, then.

Now the
Devil comes to us

as a metal ship.

- ZAWAHIRI: They don't understand our greatest weapon -

those who don't fear death,
don't die.

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- Shit.

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Peace
be upon you, General Qamish.

- And upon you, Ambassador.

You have my assurance
we're doing everything we can.

Allow me to introduce Chief Amin
from our Aden Police force.

- Do we know who executed
the attacks?

- Terrorists.
But we don't know who.

Al

- Please do not rush
to conclusions.

- Ten so far.
The search continues.

- Please order a
patrol boat for me.

- Not safe.
I can't allow it.

Later today.

Once we secure the harbor.

- I hope she doesn't sink.

- I'm sure every measure has
been taken to save her.

- You understand
our own FBI agents

will have to investigate.

- Foreign law enforcement
in Yemen is forbidden.

- And nonnegotiable.

There are dead Americans.

If al-Qaeda did this,
it is an act of war.

- The enemy of peace
is the enemy

of all Islam,
Ambassador Bodine.

- You have my word

the FBI will collaborate
with the Yemen government

and make as small
a footprint as possible.

- Don't tell me how it ends.

- I didn't know you were--
- Yeah.

On and off since I was a kid.
More on lately.

Just...can't escape it.

- Can't run if it's inside you.

- You sure as shit
can't outrun a Jesuit.

But it helps.

Sometimes.

- I grew up in Beirut, boss.

God was the fuel
and the flame.

Why now for you?

- Lot of pressure. I--

I need this one.

I-I...

need it to go well.

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From my home to yours.

- Welcome.

What the--

- I told them
you're a general.

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Welcome to Yemen,
General O'Neill.

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- We've been ordered to
relinquish our long guns, boss.

- Sa'adit al Jiniral.

Is forbidden
for the long guns.

- Who the fuck's
in charge here?

- I am.

- Are you my point person
on the ground?

- Actually, no.
I'm Ambassador Barbara Bodine

of the United States
Foreign Service.

I am a guest of the Yemenis,

and you are my guest.

Here's how this will go.

Your men will not
leave the hotel walls

without one of their men
who speaks Arabic

and understands
the culture and laws.

Keep your handguns holstered
unless absolutely necessary

for your safety.
Who are you?

- John O'Neill, FBI.
- Well, Agent O'Neill,

please hand over your
long guns as requested.

- Around 11:18 local time,

08:18 Universal
Coordinated Time,

a small boat containing
an estimated

400 to 700 pounds of
explosives

approached the port side of
the destroyer and exploded.

17 dead sailors
have been identified.

Kenneth Eugene Clodfelter, 21,

Hull Maintenance
Technician.

Richard Costelow, 35,

Chief Petty Officer.

Lakeina Monique Francis, 19,

Mess Management Specialist.

Timothy Lee Gauna, 21.

Information Systems
Technician.

Patrick Howard Roy--

LIPPOLD:
You're the case agent?

When were you at
Quantico, Soufan?

- '97, sir.

- A lot of sailors
died on this ship.

- He's young,
but he's good.

- Goddamn skiff the size
of my bass boat back home.

I don't envy your job.

MAN: Commander,
23MC on the bitchbox.

- 'Scuse me.

- Million, million two.

- Like picking fly shit
out of pepper.

That's if they're still here.

- They're still here.

Looking at us right now.

- Yes, he is General O'Neill.

Special Agent Ali Soufan.

- I am General
Ghaleb Al-Qamish.

I would like to escort you
to headquarters.

- We're fine, General.

We got some leads
we want to pursue.

- Please, General.

It won't be safe for you
and your colleague

if you're just walking about.

Please.

You are married,
Sa'adit al Jiniral?

- Yes, of course.

And you, young Mr. Ali?

- No.

- You must marry.
It is Allah's will.

God willing.
- God willing.

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Captain Amin
of our Aden Police.

He's our top guy.

I leave you now
with good hands.

Our SAC, John O'Neill.

My name is Ali Soufan.

Soufan, that's a Yemeni name.

- Lubnan.

Why you speak Arabic but live
in America, the beautiful?

The FBI gave you job

because you know
about secrets of our people?

Maybe you have a blonde
American wife

like Christina Aguilera?

I'm not married.

Why not married?

- So you won't speak
Arabic to me?

- No.

I don't trust you.

- Tell me about
the boat trailer.

- Trailers
are usually by lakes,

or where water freezes.
Not warm harbors.

- I don't know the trailer.

- In the back,
behind the fence.

- Mm.
I'll ask.

- The man is not here today.

- We make good advance on
the investigation for you.

You see?

All are held on suspicion.

Suspicion,
.

Suspicion.

- We'd like to speak to them.

- All of them.

- You must have a reason.

- Dead American sailors
is a reason.

- I'll tell you.

The men you want to speak,
they are dead.

Dead when the boat
they drive hit your boat.

- We'd still like to speak
to all these men.

- Sa'adit al Jiniral, please.

We have our policy.

We hold these men for a reason.

You must bring me legal basis,

or a good reason to interview.

Then we decide, kaza,
kaza, kaza, who you talk.

Is the General available?

I wish I had one of those.

- You have several
of those, boss.

- With her mother, who is ill.

- Mm.

- I like you, General.

And I will forgive
you did not understand

never to ask about
a man's wife.

- Sorry. You asked
if I was married.

- Mm-hmm.

I was enquiring about
the character of a man.

You were seeking the location
of a woman, you see?

- Ah...that's a subtle
difference.

- I take no offence.

It is a pleasure
to have the opportunity

to sit with a friend
from beyond the borders

of my little country.

Perhaps together,
we can make decisions

that will change the world
for the better.

- All before midnight.

- Hey.

Never finished this in college.

- I read them all.
Many twice.

- Oh.
- You're a better man than I.

- In the Arab world today,

it is difficult to find
books written in English.

All we have available
is Holy Qur'an,

or Hadith, you see?

The mind is closing.

- That makes me very sad.

- No.

Not really.

- Because I think you are
playing chess with me now.

The compliments,
the late night visits.

- We do have a favor to ask.

- Please.

- The police have a boat
trailer frozen out back.

We need the name and address
on the registration.

Amin won't supply it.

- Yes, of course.

Bring the official license
plate number to my office.

- Actually...

can you do it now?

- You are pushy, Mr. Soufan.

I am sad to see
you did not retain

the polite manner
of our Arab people.

Here. Wait for us.

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[background chatter,
chanting]

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Clear.

See? Looking right at us.

- Well, the Yemenis
provided a dredger,

so we're searching
beneath the Cole,

and Forensics ships what we
find to Dubai for analysis.

It's a mess. You?

- Ever hear
the name Jamal al

The boat was registered to him.

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- I've worked hard
in the state of Texas

to make sure our institutions
are--reflect the state,

with good, smart policy.

Policy that rejects quotas.
I don't like quotas.

Quotas tend to pit one group
of people against another.

BUSH: That's not the way
America's all about.

- Kids.

Nobody mentioned terrorism.

I mean, do these candidates
even know we're here?

Or why?

BUSH: Both Republicans and
Democrats to pass a law

that said if you come
in the top 10%

of your high school class,

you're automatically
admitted to one of our--

ALI: I'm still here.

HEATHER: Are you?

- Yeah.

- I saw these boys tonight.

They were...

Like my friends back in Beirut
when I was a kid

when...

HEATHER: What was that?

- It's nothing.
Nothing.

- The kids that I work with,

you know, the ones
that want to heal,

they find a way
to tell their story.

Saying it out loud helps.

HEATHER: Yeah.

Yeah.

It's nice to be
with someone, isn't it?

- It can be.

HEATHER:
I know that's gunfire.

ALI: It is.
It's non-stop here.

- Please be careful.

- I will.

- ALI: ...and this registration

under the name -
Jamal al Badawi.

- Yes. My boat.

It was stolen.

He says his boat was stolen.

This is a lie.

The boat and
trailer are registered to him

in a house at
Al-Safarat District.

The men who bombed the Cole
were living in that house.

You should be worried.

This man is
a human lie detector.

I told him about you.

That you are
a human lie detector.

- Hmm.

No more lies.
Is this your house?

- The house was rented
by bin Attash.

- Walid Mohammed Saleh
bin Roshayed bin Attash.

- Walid Mohammed Saleh
bin Roshayed bin Attash?

He rented the house?

Now Allah comes to remind you
that Muslims do not lie.

- Quso. Ask Quso. You want Quso.

Is Quso also called bin Attash?

Finish now.

No work at prayer time.
No work.

- I had him. Fuck!

- Amin shriveled up
when he heard Quso

and the long-named guy.

- Walid Mohammed Saleh bin
Roshayed bin Attash.

I assume that's Quso.

- No. See, I didn't get that.

Badawi's going up
the chain of command.

Quso is next.

Then long name guy.

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- I don't think
we know who owns it.

I don't think he knows.

They keep the cells small.
Five or six at the most.

He's saying that if you want
to know about the house,

talk to Quso, or...
long name guy.

- Not possible,
Sa'adit al Jiniral.

Quso is on your list.

- Again, I tell you
we have a system.

- Material witness
offers the name Quso.

In our system, that would
justify bringing him in,

or at least a knock
and talk visit.

Mr. Ali tricked Badawi
with the lie detector.

It's a joke, right?

If he says Britney Spear,

I can't bring you Britney Spear
here to talk for you.

- Britney Spear
is not on your list, man.

- The men you want
are all dead.

- I'm gonna go above
your pay grade.

- Sa'adit al Jiniral,

you give me reason,
I give you Quso.

- Hey.

What are you afraid of, Amin?
Hm?

- Not you, America Mr. Ali.

- Hotel bar remnants
from a better day.

Oh, you shouldn't have.

- I wanted to.

- We can't make
progress this way.

- Did you recently make the
great sociological discovery

that far away foreign cultures
don't operate the same way

mob thugs in Flushing do?

- 17 dead American sailors
and their families

want justice served.
- Every one of those families

would rather
live in a peaceful world.

- I need you to clear
a path for us.

- Yeah, I don't like
your hostility.

Sit.

We need Yemen!

It borders Saudi Arabia,

our most vital ally
in the Arab world.

Every move you have made
since you've arrived

has offended every man, woman,
and organization

you've come in contact with.

You make enemies, not progress
here in my country.

- You're confused.

Isn't your country
the United States?

We're citizens of a country
that offers so much,

the rest of the world either
wants to be us or kill us.

- And my goal is to make sure
Yemen is the former.

- 17 dead Americans!

Their blood's gonna be
on your hands.

- After my initial tour
of the Cole,

my clothes were covered
in blood.

I could've gone to change
before my meeting

with President Abdullah Saleh,
but I wanted him to see it.

Don't talk to me about--

- Make the fucking
phone call, Bodine.

Diplomacy will recover.

Those sailors are gone forever.

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Please.

Welcome!

Is this man
in custody or what?

- You want to talk,
so talk.

I am
Special Agent Ali Soufan, F.B.I.

- No. You work for Mossad.

A puppet for corrupt Jews
of Israel.

- Sit.

- You bring shame
to your father's name. Soufan.

Is your real name,

Walid Mohammed Saleh
bin Roshayed bin Attash?

- They will kill me for talking
with tiny pawn of Mossad.

Al-Qaeda will.

If he's al-Qaeda,
just arrest him.

Usama bin Laden,
I know him.

He trusts me personally.

- With everything.

- Give me an example.

You don't know him.

He doesn't trust you
with anything.

- To film
the USS Cole explosion.

He said he filmed the Cole.

Is this the camera?

You failed. You know there is no
explosion on this tape.

[both continue speaking
in Arabic]

Usama's very
disappointed in you.

He says you
disappointed bin Laden.

- I overslept.

He says he overslept.

Are these men al

Are these men Al

Say what you want
from this man--

- Shh!

Usama doesn't care
about you. You failed him.

- Not when I carry money
for him.

$56,000 USA cash.

No,

I don't believe you.
You're a low-level guy...

...recording video.

- No. I carried $36,000.
I was going to Malaysia.

An attack?

No. A meeting in Malaysia.

- Important people.

Everyone.

- Walid Mohammed Saleh
bin Roshayed bin Attash,

was he at the meeting?

- Yes.

- Did you give the money
to bin Attash in Malaysia?

- No. Before. In Bangkok.

- A new leg. I think.

A prosthetic?

- Yes.

He says the cash
was for a new leg.

A peg leg?

Ask him if it's for
a guy named Khallad.

Walid Mohammed
Saleh bin Roshayed bin Attash -

Is this the name of Khallad?

I don't get it.

The money's moving away
from an operation.

- Maybe it moves towards one.

ALI: I need anything
about Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur, a meeting.
Any of our suspects.

Fahd al-Quso,

Khallad or Walid,

Mohammed,

Saleh bin Roshayed bin Attash.

- I don't have anything.
I'll check.

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- We have another request.

- Play and talk first.

Then I do a favor for you,
friend, a brother.

Tric troc. I win.

I don't
need to when I play you.

You are ruthless.

- I'm a man of peace
in a military uniform.

And you?

You're a man of peace?

- I'm a man of justice.

- I'm sorry to say in this case
of the Cole

the bad guys are all dead.

- Al-Qaeda's behind it.

They're still watching us.
Planning more.

- My investigators told me
there were three men

on the skiff.

One, a young boy,
maybe 12 years old.

This boy was likely born
in a bin Laden camp.

And educated where they teach

only from one book:
the holy Qur'an,

a book I sincerely doubt

any al-Qaeda member
has ever read.

In their version of this book,

there are two forces
in the universe.

Allah, good, and everything
else, evil.

What does
President Clinton think

when he puts this battleship
rising up in our harbor,

like the devil himself,

in a country where
there is only Allah

and not

If one squints at the mast,

with American flag,
from the devil himself.

- You made your point.

Killing is not the
appropriate response.

- I agree.

- I'm not trying
to convert you.

This is the only English
language book I have with me.

- John...

mine is not a curious country
in these times.

This book...
is seen as a threat.

But I have always dreamed of
reading the holy Bible.

Thank you.

- That book has helped me
often.

- I fear I have not been
thoughtful as you

to bring a gift.
- Oh, it's not necessary.

- I'd like for you
to have this.

Subhah, Islamic prayer beads.

It belonged to my father.

- No, those belong to your
family. They're special.

- And the holy Bible
you gave me?

- Fair enough, from my
childhood, but...

- You insult me
if you don't accept.

Please.

- Shukran.

- Afwan.

- And now, for the request.

I need to speak to a Khallad.

I ask for you
but make no promise.

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- Malaysia was
an operational issue.

- Intelligence. Not criminal.

- It is foreign soil
in the Pacific region.

- Not the domain of the FBI.

- The $36,000 originated
offshore

and was delivered offshore.

- CIA business.

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Hide
in the cornfields for a while.

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- Ambassador Bodine.

- Special Agent O'Neill.

- I'd like to update you
on our progress.

- I'm listening.
- Dredging for evidence

beneath the Cole
has been completed,

shipped for analysis.

The Quso interrogation,
which you arranged,

led to a name we believe is
the mastermind of the attack.

Khallad.

- Thank you.

You and I?

- As we ever were.

What do you have
for me, Colonel?

- We have a heavy lift ship
moving South from Europe--

MAN: Are bending to political
pressure

by easing standards for
considering

whether a ballot counts.

The board had been
throwing out ballots

that did not have two corners
poked out of the chad.

The b--

- Give me the FBI office
in New York.

WOMAN: Right away.

- Ambassador Bodine.

Yes, thank you.

It...is a difficult time.

Listen, I'm having a bit
of a problem here

with one of your guys.

- Maybe they need
you back home.

- Nah, it's a different play.
I'm getting jerked by Sanchez.

Just wish me luck.
- All right.

- General!

- I found about the man
you want.

Khallad.

A better gift than old prayer
beads, agree?

- Thank you.

Shukran, shukran.

You are welcome, General.

I'm not a general anymore.

Salam.

- Salam.

- Salam, brother John.

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