Original subtitles

Narrator: A CENTURY AGO...

WHILE THE GREAT WAR RIPS EUROPE APART...

A TERRORIST CELL HAS COME INTO AMERICA.

THERE'S ALWAYS A DANGER OF AN ENEMY WITHIN.

Narrator: ...A SECRET ARMY

WAGES A CAMPAIGN OF TERROR FROM NEW YORK CITY.

WE NEED MORE. MANY MORE.

THE BOMBS CREATE A HOLOCAUST IN THE HOLD OF THESE VESSELS.

IT IS THE MANHATTAN FRONT.

NEW YORK IS AT THE FRONT LINE.

Narrator: THIS IS THE SHOCKING AND LITTLE-KNOWN STORY

OF GERMAN SPIES AND SABOTEURS

HELL-BENT ON ATTACKING THE HEART OF AMERICA.

Blum: VON RINTELEN SAYS HE'S GOING TO DECLARE WAR

AGAINST THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

HE WILL BE A SPIDER SPINNING HIS WEB.

KINDERGARTEN IS OVER.

A PROFESSIONAL IS IN CHARGE NOW.

THEY SET OFF A BOMB IN THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING.

THEY SET UP AN ANTHRAX LAB SIX MILES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

THEY SHOOT THE NATION'S RICHEST MAN.

[ GUNSHOT ]

AND NOT ONLY IS THIS ALL TRUE, BUT IT HAPPENS IN 1915.

Narrator: ONE MAN, TOM TUNNEY...

[ GRUNTS ]

...A NEW YORK CITY COP, UNCOVERS THE PLOT

AND MUST FIGHT TO SAVE HIS COUNTRY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

BUT IN THIS DEADLY GAME...

WHERE'S THE DYNAMITE?!

...NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS.

Jaffe: TUNNEY'S PROBLEM BECOMES,

"WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO STRIKE NEXT?"

[ EXPLOSION ]

Narrator: AS AMERICA RISES AS A NATION...

VIOLENCE REIGNS.

A FEW BRAVE SOULS FACE THE DANGER,

FIGHTING TO CREATE JUSTICE FROM CHAOS.

THESE ARE THE STORIES OF AMERICAN LAWMEN.

-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

**

BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE SOMEBODY THAT USES A BOMB AS A WEAPON

IS A COWARD.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE BOMB SQUAD --

YOU HAVE TO BE COOL UNDER PRESSURE.

THEY LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE.

THEY ARE FOCUSED.

THEY DO NOT GET TUNNEL VISION.

Jaffe: AMIDST OF THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR I,

NEW YORK IS VERY MUCH A CITY AT WAR WITH ITSELF.

THERE ARE BOMBINGS IN NEW YORK

THAT ARE ULTIMATELY TRACED TO ANARCHISTS.

**

THIS IS A MOVEMENT WHICH ISN'T INVOLVED IN THE WAR.

IT'S REALLY INVOLVED IN WHAT THESE PEOPLE WOULD'VE SEEN

AS THE CLASS WAR.

[ SCREAMING ]

Blum: WALL STREET WAS UNDER SIEGE FROM BOMBS.

NEW YORK WAS BECOMING A CITY OF TARGETS.

**

TOM TUNNEY WAS A MAN WITH A VERY STRONG MORAL SENSE.

HE BECAME A POLICEMAN

BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT WAS AN HONORABLE PROFESSION,

AND HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED FORGING A CAREER

THAT WAS BASED ON HONOR AND SERVICE.

THE CASE THAT MADE TOM TUNNEY'S CAREER --

A BOMB WAS GOING TO BE PLANTED IN ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL,

AND HE AND HIS MEN FORMED THE FIRST REAL UNDERCOVER OPERATION

IN NEW YORK POLICE HISTORY.

Pistone: TO BE A GOOD UNDERCOVER AGENT,

YOU GOT TO HAVE A MENTAL TOUGHNESS

THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE,

WITH THE ABILITY TO STAY FOCUSED.

Psst.

**

Blum: MANY OF THE ANARCHIST GROUPS

THOUGHT THE CHURCH WAS LIVING TOO HIGH ON THE HOG,

WAS COLLECTING TOO MUCH MONEY FROM THE PEOPLE

AND NOT GIVING ENOUGH BACK TO THEIR PARISHIONERS.

Jaffe: ANARCHISTS WERE ATHEISTS.

THEY SAW THE CHURCH -- ANY KIND OF ORGANIZED RELIGION --

AS A FORCE OF GREAT CONSERVATISM,

A FORCE THAT PROPPED UP THE WEALTHY AND THE POWERFUL

RATHER THAN SERVING THE POOR.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY A FAIRLY SMALL MINORITY OF NEW YORKERS,

BUT THEY HAD THE BOMBS.

**

Barry: PEOPLE MAY HAVE THE IDEA

THAT BOMB TECHNICIANS HAVE A LOT OF BRAVADO

AND THEY JUST GO UP AND WALK UP ON AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.

IT'S NOT THAT EASY.

**

IF YOU DO MAKE A MISTAKE, YOU NEVER KNOW IT.

YOU WILL SEE THE FLASH,

BUT YOU WILL NEVER HEAR THE SOUND.

IT'S THAT INSTANTANEOUS.

BOMB TECHNICIANS ARE THE BRAVEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

BECAUSE IT TAKES A SPECIAL TYPE OF PERSON

TO LEAN OVER SOMETHING THAT THEY KNOW CAN KILL THEM.

**

TOM TUNNEY SAID HE NEVER PRAYED SO HARD IN HIS LIFE.

**

EXTRA! EXTRA! WAR IN EUROPE!

EXTRA! EXTRA!

WAR IN EUROPE!

Blum: WHEN WAR BREAKS OUT IN EUROPE,

THE U.S. INTERNS ALL THE GERMAN SHIPS THAT ARE HERE IN AMERICA,

BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE NEUTRAL.

FIRST, WE PUT THE BOATS IN NEW YORK HARBOR.

WE'VE RUN OUT OF SPACE.

WE HAVE TO SEND THEM OVER TO NEW JERSEY.

SO ALL THESE SHIPS ARE HERE, AND THEY'RE FILLED WITH SAILORS.

**

AMERICAN NEUTRALITY IS A VERY THIN,

ALMOST A COUNTERFEIT NEUTRALITY.

ALL THE MUNITIONS, WAR HORSES, SUPPLIES

ARE GOING FROM THE PORT OF NEW YORK

TO THE BRITISH, FRENCH, AND THE RUSSIANS.

Stout: GERMANY WASN'T REALLY WORRIED

ABOUT THE UNITED STATES AS A POTENTIAL ADVERSARY.

WHAT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT IS THAT WE ARE STARTING TO SELL

LARGE QUANTITIES OF WAR MATERIEL TO THEIR ENEMIES,

AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT THEY COULD STOP THAT.

**

THERE'S A PERIOD WHEN SHIPS ARE CATCHING FIRE AT SEA,

WHEN CHEMICAL FACTORIES ARE BLOWING UP.

IS THIS AN ANARCHIST ATTACK?

IS THIS WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS, A RASH OF THEM?

IS THIS SOME SORT OF UNION DISPUTE?

**

TUNNEY STUDIED EXPLOSIVES.

HE KNOWS THAT ACCIDENTS DON'T HAPPEN IN SUCH VOLUME.

HE CALLS IT A TROUBLED HOUR.

**

WHEN YOU BEGIN TO GET MULTIPLE I.E.D.s

TARGETING THE SAME TYPE OF TARGET...

...YOU REALIZE NOW THAT YOU HAVE A SERIAL BOMBER.

TUNNEY BEGINS TO THINK THE IMPOSSIBLE --

"COULD THERE BE FOREIGN AGENTS HERE

TRYING TO CAUSE CHAOS IN AMERICA?"

Woods: TUNNEY.

**

JOB WELL-DONE DOWN AT THE CHURCH.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

SIR, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN

ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHIP ATTACKS.

YOU STILL THINK IT'S THE GERMANS.

DOZENS OF DEATHS AND STILL NO OBVIOUS CONNECTION.

UNLESS...

THESE WERE SUPPLY SHIPS BOUND FOR THE ALLIES.

WHAT IF GERMANY HAS OPERATIVES IN AMERICA?

CAPTAIN TUNNEY, IT IS NOT THE NYPD's ROLE

TO MANIPULATE FOREIGN POLICY.

BUT, SIR -- I'M SORRY.

**

GOOD WORK TAKING DOWN THOSE ANARCHISTS.

HE WAS A YOUNG, AGGRESSIVE LEADER,

AND AS HE TRIED TO INVESTIGATE, HE WAS BUTTING HEADS.

Blum: THE POLICE COMMISSIONER,

WHO HE HAS A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR -- ARTHUR WOODS --

HE DOESN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT

BECAUSE THE PREVAILING VIEW IN WASHINGTON

IS THAT AMERICA WANTS TO STAY NEUTRAL.

**

TOM TUNNEY GETS A CALL

TO REPORT TO THE POLICE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE

AT NIGHT AND TO TAKE THE BACK WAY.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

TOM, COME IN.

SORRY ABOUT ALL THE SECRECY,

BUT, UH...I COULDN'T RISK ANYONE SEEING THE TWO OF YOU MEET.

THIS IS GUY GAUNT, BRITISH INTELLIGENCE.

CAPTAIN TUNNEY.

WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

TOM, IT SEEMS THAT YOU WERE RIGHT.

WE'VE ACQUIRED INFORMATION

THAT POINTS TO A COVERT OPERATION

RUN BY THE GERMANS RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK.

**

WE'D LIKE YOU TO DETERMINE WHO'S INVOLVED AND DISMANTLE IT.

IT WAS AS VAGUE AS THAT.

IT WAS, "YOU WERE RIGHT.

WE DON'T KNOW SPECIFICS.

NOW GO OUT AND SOLVE IT."

WE ARE STILL TECHNICALLY NEUTRAL,

YET THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT LOOKS ACROSS THE OCEAN

AND SEES THIS INDUSTRIAL DYNAMO

SUPPLYING THEIR FOE IN THIS DEATH STRUGGLE.

SO THE GERMANS ARE ANGRY.

Woods: TOM, YOU MAY BE THE ONLY MAN CAPABLE OF TAKING THIS ON.

YOU KNOW BOMBS, YOU KNOW THIS CITY.

BECAUSE HE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE,

WHEN THE TIME CAME TO CREATE WHAT HAD NEVER BEEN

IN THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK BEFORE --

A TEAM TO LOOK FOR FOREIGN TERRORISTS ON OUR OWN SOIL --

TOM TUNNEY WAS GIVEN THE JOB.

"DO WHATEVER IT TAKES AND GO GET THEM.

SAVE AMERICA."

I'LL GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY.

**

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

FRANZ VON RINTELEN WAS A GERMAN NAVAL OFFICER

WHO WAS SENT ACROSS UNDER AN ASSUMED IDENTITY

TO FOMENT ACTS OF SABOTAGE.

HE SPOKE ENGLISH FLUENTLY.

HE WAS A DASHING MAN ABOUT TOWN.

Stout: VON RINTELEN TURNS OUT TO BE AN EXTRAORDINARILY ENERGETIC,

IMAGINATIVE, CREATIVE, AND VERY AGGRESSIVE KIND OF GUY.

**

WE MUST PICK UP THE PACE.

IF YOU CAN'T KEEP UP, I'LL THROW YOU OFF THE DOCK.

GO!

VON BERNSTORFF IS THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.

HE'S BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES FOR EIGHT YEARS.

HERR VON RINTELEN.

VON BERNSTORFF.

DANKE SCHOEN.

WELCOME TO AMERICA.

BERLIN ISN'T PLEASED WITH HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING.

WE NEED MORE RECRUITS.

BETTER WEAPONS.

I'M GOING TO PUT THIS OPERATION BACK ON COURSE.

THIS IS MY OPERATION.

[ CHUCKLES ] NO.

IT'S NOT.

**

Blum: IT'S A KAISERPAS.

**

A KAISERPAS IS LIKE A "GET OUT OF JAIL FREE" CARD.

IT'S WRITTEN BY THE KAISER, AND IT SAYS,

"PLEASE EMPOWER THE BEARER OF THIS PASS,"

TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS, BASICALLY.

NO ONE CAN OPPOSE HIM.

HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DECLARE WAR

AGAINST THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

HE WILL BE A SPIDER SPINNING HIS WEB.

KINDERGARTEN IS OVER, COUNT BERNSTORFF.

A PROFESSIONAL IS IN CHARGE NOW.

**

**

Blum: THERE'S A WAR GOING ON,

AND TOM TUNNEY IS FEELING THE PRESSURE EVERY DAY

FROM HIS OWN SENSE OF JUSTICE.

WHAT FILLED HIM EACH DAY WITH RAGE

WAS HIS UNDECLARED WAR AGAINST AMERICA BY A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

TUNNEY WAS INFORMED

THAT THE GERMANS WERE WORKING HERE IN AMERICA

AND WAS ORDERED BY HIS POLICE CHIEF

TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM,

TRACK THEM DOWN, AND STOP THE CITY FROM BEING BLOWN UP.

**

TO START HIS INTELLIGENCE TEAM,

HE DECIDES, "I'M GOING TO GET GERMAN SPEAKERS."

BUT HE WANTS POLICEMEN WHO WERE BORN HERE.

HE DOES NOT WANT TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR ALLEGIANCE.

AND THEN HE SAID,

"I'VE BEEN IN ROOMS WHERE I HAVE TO FIGHT MY WAY OUT,

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE

I CAN COUNT ON THE GUYS WHO GO IN WITH ME."

**

YOU HAVE THIS SMALL CONTINGENT

FROM THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT

UP AGAINST, ESSENTIALLY, THE KAISER'S MILITARY INGENUITY.

TUNNEY AND THE BOMB SQUAD HAD A REALLY TOUGH BATTLE TO FIGHT.

THEY HAVE A HIDDEN ENEMY, COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY,

WAS ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.

**

NEW YORK WAS A TERRIFIC RECRUITING GROUND

FOR THE GERMAN MILITARY.

IT IS THE MANHATTAN FRONT.

NEW YORK IS AT THE FRONT LINE.

WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE?!

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE DOCK!

GO! GO! SCHNELL!

Blum: THE MAN WHO'S REALLY THE HEAD OF THE WATERFRONT

IS A GUY BY THE NAME OF PAUL KOENIG,

AND PAUL KOENIG IS A RATHER IMPERIOUS,

EVEN THREATENING FIGURE.

**

FOR STRANDED SAILORS,

THEY SEEM PRETTY BUSY, DON'T YOU THINK?

WHEN THE GERMAN SPY NETWORK IS SET UP IN MANHATTAN,

KOENIG STARTS KEEPING SECRET DIARIES

OF WHAT HE DOES EACH DAY, WHAT HE EATS, WHO HE MEETS WITH.

Jaffe: A LOT OF GERMAN RESERVISTS

COOLING THEIR HEELS IN NEW YORK.

THESE YOUNG MEN ARE ANGRY,

THEY'RE BORED, THEY'RE IMPATIENT.

THEY WANT TO STRIKE A BLOW FOR THE FATHERLAND.

Barry: NEW YORK IS ALWAYS KNOWN AS THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

THAT'S WHY NUMEROUS TIMES, IT'S BEEN A TARGET.

**

[ LAUGHTER ]

WE -- WE NEED MORE DRINKS.

MORE DRINKS! YES!

VON RINTELEN BEGINS TO WORK UNDER AN ALIAS

AS AN IMPORTER IN LOWER MANHATTAN.

Von Rintelen: THANK YOU. HERE.

FOR YOU.

**

VON RINTELEN WAS ABLE TO LIVE IN TWO WORLDS.

HE WOULD GO OUT EACH NIGHT AS THIS MAN ABOUT TOWN...

FOR YOU, SIR.

...AND DURING THE DAY,

HE WOULD CONTINUE HIS WAR AGAINST AMERICA.

HERE'S TO A BEAUTIFUL EVENING AND NEW FRIENDS.

All: CHEERS.

HIS MISSION IS TWOFOLD --

ONE, TO KEEP AMERICA OUT OF THE WAR,

AND TWO, STOP AMERICA FROM SENDING SUPPLIES TO THE ALLIES.

**

WALTER SCHEELE IS THIS CHEMIST WITH A NEW CREATION --

A CIGAR BOMB.

Stout: THESE BOMBS ARE SMALL ENOUGH

TO BE EASILY SMUGGLED ONTO ANY SHIP.

THE PRODUCT WAS SIMPLE TO MAKE,

EASY TO CONCEAL UNDER THEIR COAT TO BOARD A SHIP,

GIVE IT TO A LONGSHOREMAN

OR A CREW MEMBER WHO MAY NOT EVEN KNOW

AND GET IT ONBOARD THE SHIP

IN A LOCATION THAT'S GONNA CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE.

Blum: THE SHIP WOULD BE ENGULFED IN FIRE,

AND BEST OF ALL, THE EVIDENCE WOULD BE DESTROYED.

YOU'D NEVER KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT.

I WILL REQUIRE HUNDREDS MORE.

HERR VON RINTELEN, TO MANUFACTURE THAT MANY CASINGS,

I WILL NEED A LARGER SPACE.

IF THESE WORK AS WELL AS YOU SAY THEY WILL...

YOU WILL GET IT.

**

Blum: ONE OF HIS COHORTS COMES UP WITH A BRILLIANT IDEA.

"WE HAVE ALL OUR SHIPS IN THE HARBOR.

WE CAN TAKE THE FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE,"

WHICH IS A LARGE PASSENGER SHIP --

FREDERICK THE GREAT --

"WE HAVE OUR MEN THERE TO DO THE WORK,

AND THEY CAN WORK EACH NIGHT AS A BOMB FACTORY,

MAKING UNTRACEABLE BOMBS TO DESTROY AMERICAN SHIPPING."

**

WE NEED MORE.

MANY MORE.

KOENIG.

**

THESE WORKERS MUST DOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS.

YES, SIR.

TAKE THESE TO DR. SCHEELE.

Jaffe: THE BOMBS THAT WALTER SCHEELE AND VON RINTELEN

WERE PLANTING ABOARD THESE SHIPS

COULD CREATE A HOLOCAUST WITHIN MINUTES

IN THE HOLD OF THESE VESSELS.

**

THE SECRET BOMBING CAMPAIGN

WAS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE FOR THE GERMANS.

**

...AND I'LL FIND YOU.

TUNNEY CREATED PROBABLY WHAT WE WOULD REFER TO

AS THE FIRST TERRORISM TASK FORCE IN THE COUNTRY,

BECAUSE HE WAS FIGHTING SABOTEURS.

WE HAD NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM PRIOR TO 1915.

OKAY.

THERE'S TALK ABOUT BOMBS

BEING LOADED ONTO SHIPS IN THIS HARBOR,

BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO'S DOING THE LOADING,

AND HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THE BOMBS ARE COMING FROM.

HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT NEXT MOVE HIS OPPONENT'S GOING TO MAKE

OR EVEN WHAT KIND OF MOVE.

MIGHT BE A MOVE OFF THE BOARD.

HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

KEEP SHAKING THE BRANCHES.

I KNOW THE HIVE'S AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.

IN A PERIOD OF MONTHS, 70 DIFFERENT SHIP FIRES OCCUR.

**

HE FELT HE HAD TO DEFEND THIS NATION.

HE FELT HE HAD TO DEFEND THE HOMELAND.

VON RINTELEN -- HE'S OUT TO WIN THIS WAR ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY.

**

A SHIP FROM FRANCE ARRIVES IN MARSEILLES,

AND FOR SOME REASON, THE CIGAR BOMB DIDN'T BLOW UP.

AND SO IT'S SENT BACK.

**

Barry: THEY WOULD SEE

IF THEY COULD IDENTIFY HOW THE DEVICE WAS BUILT,

SEE IF THERE WAS A SIGNATURE,

MEANING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHARACTERISTICS

THAT WERE IDENTICAL IN THE DEVICES THAT WERE BUILT.

CIGAR BOMB WAS A BOX WITH THE TUBES IN IT

WITH THE CHEMICALS ON EITHER SIDE,

SEPARATED BY A COPPER LINER.

SO THE BOMB BUILDER WOULD SET UP EVERYTHING,

POUR HIS ACID INTO THE DEVICE,

LET IT ACTIVATE AND BURN THROUGH THE METAL,

AND AS SOON AS IT BURNED THROUGH THE COPPER,

WHEN IT MIXED, THE END RESULT IS A MASSIVE EXPLOSION.

Blum: TOM TUNNEY LOOKS AT IT,

AND HE HAS NO IDEA WHO COULD'VE MADE THIS.

HIS FIRST THOUGHT IS, "THEY NEED A FACTORY."

**

TAKE THOSE BOMBS TO THE END OF THE DOCK.

LOAD THE TNT INTO THAT TRUNK.

IF YOU HAVE A GROUP THAT IS PLANTING DEVICES,

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS TO TURN AROUND

AND GET SOME LOW-LEVEL OPERATIVE.

THOSE ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT KIND TO TRY AND TRACK

BECAUSE EACH TIME,

YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSON DOING THE DELIVERY.

EACH TIME HE BUILDS A DEVICE AND IT FUNCTIONS,

THE BOMBER IS GETTING BETTER AT HIS BUSINESS.

**

Jaffe: FOR TUNNEY, THE PROBLEM BECOMES,

"WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO STRIKE NEXT?"

**

[ EXPLOSION ]

Blum: NAME IS ERICH MUENTER.

MAN ON A MISSION.

ALMOST LIKE LEE HARVEY OSWALD.

HE GETS 250 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVE,

AND HE BLOWS UP THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING.

HE HAD VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES TO THE GERMANS,

AND THEY DECIDE, "YEAH, THIS GUY IS NUTS.

LET'S USE HIM.

LET'S SEND HIM OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHES."

**

HE THEN FINDS THAT FUNDING THE ALLIED WAR EFFORT

COMES FROM NEW YORK, COMES FROM WALL STREET,

LED BY J.P. MORGAN JR.

BUT HE ULTIMATELY GIVES THEM

$2 BILLION OF HIS OWN BANK'S MONEY TO HELP THEM,

SO HE, IN THE EYES OF THE GERMANS,

IS THE DEVIL INCARNATE.

**

MAY I HELP YOU?

UH, YES, I AM A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK SOCIAL REGISTER.

I, UH, WISH TO WRITE A PIECE ON MR. MORGAN.

YES, WE ARE OLD FRIENDS, HIM AND I, MR. MORGAN.

[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]

MM.

MR. MORGAN IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE.

[ GUN COCKS ]

TELL ME WHERE HE IS.

**

WHERE IS HE?!

[ SCREAMS ]

JANE! WHAT IS IT?

[ GUNSHOTS ]

**

HE CAME VERY CLOSE TO ACCOMPLISHING THE ASSASSINATION

OF THE NATION'S RICHEST MAN.

**

THANK YOU.

WHERE'D YOU GET THIS?

IS THIS ALL OF IT?

NEIN.

THERE IS MORE.

MUCH MORE.

ALL WILL BE REVEALED IN DUE TIME.

JULY 7th, TO BE PRECISE.

Blum: TOM TUNNEY SAID THAT,

"EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE UNITED STATES

STARTS IN NEW YORK CITY,

AND IT'S MY JOB TO PROTECT THIS CITY."

[ WHISTLES TO THE TUNE OF "DEUTSCHLANDLIED" ]

AND HE TAKES THAT VERY PERSONALLY.

[ GRUNTS ]

**

[ CHOKING ]

WHERE'S THE DYNAMITE?!

[ SPEAKING GERMAN ]

I'LL GIVE YOU THE ADDRESS!

[ COUGHING ]

**

OVER HERE.

**

[ CLANKS ]

DAMN IT!

THERE'S A HUNDRED POUNDS OF DYNAMITE IN IT.

THE OTHER 150 POUNDS OF DYNAMITE ARE MISSING.

IT'S ENOUGH TO BLOW UP POLICE HEADQUARTERS,

ANY BUILDING IN NEW YORK.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS TARGET'S GOING TO BE.

**

ALL WILL BE REVEALED IN DUE TIME.

JULY 7th, TO BE PRECISE.

[ GRUNTS ]

WHERE'S THE DYNAMITE?!

Blum: TOM TUNNEY'S THEORY IS,

MUENTER IS GONNA DO MORE DAMAGE TO OTHER BUILDINGS.

WHO KNOWS WHERE THEY GO NEXT? WOULD IT BE THE WHITE HOUSE?

WOULD IT BE A NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY?

ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE.

**

THIS IS HOW YOU FOUND HIM?

**

TUNNEY REALIZES THIS WHOLE GERMAN NETWORK

IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.

THE HARM THAT THEY COULD CAUSE THIS NATION IS UNIMAGINABLE,

AND HE HAS TO TRY TO STOP IT BEFORE SOMETHING NEW HAPPENS.

AND THEN, JUST AS HE WAS WORRYING ABOUT IT,

SOMETHING NEW DOES HAPPEN.

[ EXPLOSION ]

**

ON JULY 7th, AFTER MUENTER IS DEAD, THE MINNEHAHA BLOWS UP.

IT'S A SHIP THAT'S BEEN SENT TO SEA

WITH ARMAMENTS FOR THE BRITISH.

HOW DID THIS MAN KNOW WHICH SHIP TO PICK?

THERE ARE DOZENS OF SHIPS IN NEW YORK HARBOR.

THERE IS NO DOUBT IN HIS MIND THAT MUENTER WAS A GERMAN AGENT.

TOM TUNNEY AND HIS MEN ARE FIGHTING A MANY-FRONTED WAR,

AND THEY'RE TRYING TO LEARN AS THEY FIGHT.

**

WHAT THE --

WE NEED TO TALK.

I'M THINKING IT'S TIME FOR US TO START SHARING INFORMATION.

I KNOW YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THE GERMANS' OPERATION

THAN YOU'RE LETTING ON.

SECTION 5 HAS NO OBLIGATION TO DISCLOSE AN--

WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM!

SAME ENEMY!

INTELLIGENCE-SHARING CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT

BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

DEALING WITH CERTAIN AGENCIES, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL

BECAUSE SOMETIMES, IT CAN BE A ONE-WAY STREET.

THESE BOMBS ARE GOING OFF EVERY DAY.

GIVE ME SOMETHING.

[ SIGHS ]

THERE IS ONE MAN.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW HE FITS IN YET.

HIS NAME IS... VON RINTELEN.

THEIR CHALLENGE AT THIS POINT WAS THAT

THEY HAD A LOT OF SUSPECTS THAT WERE WELL-VERSED

AND WELL-TRAINED IN COUNTER-ESPIONAGE

AND KNEW QUITE A BIT ABOUT HOW TO LOSE A TAIL,

HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAD ONE, AND IT WAS A LEARNING PROCESS.

IT WAS A NEW CONCEPT IN POLICE WORK.

**

NO, I'M AFRAID YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME DANCE.

NO. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

LISTEN, I HAVE BEEN WELL-INFORMED

THAT I AM AT MY FINEST WHEN I REMAIN PERFECTLY STILL.

CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME DEVELOPS BETWEEN THESE TWO FIGURES.

**

[ CHUCKLES ]

**

Blum: THEY BOTH KNEW EACH WAS ONTO THE OTHER,

AND TUNNEY SAYS, "I HAVE NOTHING ON HIM, BUT I KNOW HE'S DIRTY."

THESE TWO MEN GET INTO A BATTLE OF WITS,

AND AT STAKE IS THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.

NOW, WHERE WAS I?

BEFORE THE UNITED STATES ENTERED THE WAR,

THERE WERE NO LAWS AGAINST PEACETIME ESPIONAGE

IN THE UNITED STATES.

YOU DON'T BOTHER TO OUTLAW SOMETHING

YOU'VE NEVER IMAGINED WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

**

[ SHIP HORN BLARES ]

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WORKED OUT A PLAN

WHERE THEY WOULD GET VON RINTELEN

IN BRITISH TERRITORIAL WATERS.

**

DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!

GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME, YOU FILTHY MAN.

**

GAUNT GOT HIM!

THE BRITS MUST THINK THEY'VE CUT OFF THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE.

MEANWHILE, THE BODY IS SUFFOCATING THIS CITY.

YOU WANT TO EXPOSE THIS THING,

YOU NEED TO FIND THE SMOKING GUN.

FIND SOMETHING CONCRETE

THAT LINKS THE BOMBINGS BACK TO BERLIN.

BIGGEST SURPRISE IN THE UNDERCOVER BUSINESS,

AS IN ANY INVESTIGATION,

YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS YOU HAVE TO PUT ASIDE.

THE INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS BACK IN THOSE DAYS

REQUIRED MAYBE EVEN MORE CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION

THAN IT DOES NOW.

YOU REALLY ARE MAKING THIS STUFF UP YOURSELF.

**

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

**

HEY, VON KLEIST.

COME HERE.

Pistone: PEOPLE THAT WORK UNDERCOVER,

THEY ARE AT EASE IN WHATEVER SURROUNDINGS THEY'RE IN.

YOU NEVER TRY TO PUSH YOURSELF UPON ANYBODY.

YOU WANT TO IDENTIFY YOUR TARGETS

AND WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO INFILTRATE.

YOU HAVE TO BE CREATIVE.

THEY WORK US HARD FOR NOTHING.

JA.

YOU GOT TO KNOW WHO YOU'RE TRYING TO INFILTRATE,

ESPECIALLY IF IT'S AN ORGANIZATION.

YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE STRUCTURE, WHO ARE THE MEMBERS,

HOW DO THEY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER?

[ CONVERSING IN GERMAN ]

WHO'S OPERATING THIS DOCK?

ALL THIS ACTIVITY, AND YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING?

THEN YOU MUST KNOW SOMETHING. TELL ME ANYTHING.

**

THERE'S NO DOUBT IN HIS MIND

PAUL KOENIG IS SOMEONE THAT TOM TUNNEY SHOULD WATCH.

ANYTHING EVIL ON THE WATERFRONT HAS TO ORIGINATE WITH KOENIG.

HE HAS HIS HANDS IN ALL OF THIS.

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FOCUS ON KOENIG.

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KOENIG HAD USED HIM FOR A PLOT ON THE WELLAND CANAL

TO DESTROY SHIPPING COMING OUT OF CANADA.

HE SAYS HE'S MEAN, INSOLENT,

AND HE'S VERY BITTER TOWARDS KOENIG.

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IN THE UNDERCOVER WORLD, HAVE TO BUILD YOUR LEGEND.

A LEGEND IS YOUR BACKSTORY ON WHO YOU ARE,

WHERE YOU'RE FROM, AND, AGAIN, WHAT CAN YOU PROVIDE THEM.

THE BOMB FACTORY IS ON THE FRIEDRICH?

Man: JA.

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FOR ALL WE KNOW,

THERE COULD BE HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES DOWN THERE.

PUT YOUR GUNS AWAY.

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BACK AGAINST THE WALL! UNH!

BACK UP!

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KOENIG ISN'T HERE.

SHOULD WE PICK HIM UP?

NO. [ MAN SHOUTING IN GERMAN ]

TUNNEY SAYS, "NO, MY INSTINCT IS NOT TO DO THIS.

LET'S FOLLOW KOENIG. LET'S KEEP THIS ALIVE."

LEAVE HIM FOR NOW.

LET'S KEEP THE SURVEILLANCE ON HIM, THOUGH.

SEE IF HE TURNS UP ANYTHING USEFUL.

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SEARCH THE PREMISES.

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SCHEELE'S NOW LEFT THE COUNTRY

BECAUSE AFTER THE RAID ON THE FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE,

AND HE'S PICKED UP TWO YEARS LATER IN HAVANA, CUBA,

BY THE CUBAN POLICE.

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WE PICKED UP THAT LAWYER, BONIFACE,

WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE GERMANS.

HE'S GOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO HEAR.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

VON RINTELEN.

HE'S BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE GERMAN EMBASSY.

THEY INSTRUCTED HIM TO START SECURING CHEMICALS.

I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR,

AND I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE EXPLOSIVES THEY'VE BEEN MAKING.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

WE SHUT THEM DOWN!

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE IN HERE! NO, NO, NO!

IT -- IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH BOMBS.

IT'S POISON.

IT'S ANTHRAX.

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THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT HAS SET UP A GERM FACTORY, BASICALLY,

SIX MILES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IN CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND.

THEIR TARGET IS THE WAR HORSES.

AMERICA HAS 21 MILLION HORSES AT THE TIME.

[ HORSE WHINNIES ]

Jaffe: POINT WAS TO KILL THE HORSES

SO THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SERVE THE ENGLISH

OR FRENCH TROOPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

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Blum: TUNNEY LIVES IN A CONSTANT STATE OF FEAR

BECAUSE THINGS WERE HAPPENING THAT HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

IT WAS ONE THING

TO TEACH HIMSELF ABOUT HOW BOMBS WERE MADE,

BUT HERE HE HAS TO LEARN ON THE JOB

ABOUT GERM WARFARE AND ABOUT ANTHRAX.

TUNNEY WAS ONE MAN WHO HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS

ALL, REALLY, ON HIS OWN.

Jaffe: THEY SENT...AGENTS TO THE BRONX,

AND A GUY WENT FROM HORSE TO HORSE,

JABBING IT WITH A SYRINGE FULL OF ANTHRAX.

ANTHRAX IS SPREAD IN AMERICA.

SEVERAL PEOPLE DIE AS A RESULT OF THIS.

HORSES DIE.

TUNNEY REALIZES IT'S NOW TIME TO BRING KOENIG IN.

YOU LISTEN TO ME!

ANYONE WHO INTERFERES WITH THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT

WILL BE PUNISHED!

PAUL KOENIG, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!

PUT THAT DOWN!

PUT THAT DOWN!

IT'S MY PROPERTY!

YOU ARE THE CRIMINAL!

GET HIM OUT OF HERE!

LET ME GO! Man: MOVE IT!

YOU'LL PAY! MOVE IT!

AMERICA WILL PAY!

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THESE DIARIES ARE A VERY METICULOUS REPORT.

THAT'S WHEN TOM HAS IT,

AND THAT'S WHEN HE HAS THE EVIDENCE AGAINST KOENIG.

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THE WILSON ADMINISTRATION IS HAVING AN AWFULLY HARD TIME

MAINTAINING ITS PATIENCE IN THE FACE OF GERMAN SABOTAGE.

IN EARLY 1917,

THE GERMANS RESUME UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE

AS A WAY OF FINALLY TRYING

TO PREVENT MUNITIONS FROM GETTING TO THE ALLIES.

IN APRIL OF 1917,

WOODROW WILSON ASKS CONGRESS TO DECLARE WAR, WHICH IT DOES.

Blum: TOM TUNNEY AND HIS MEN ARE INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY.

HE'S MADE A MAJOR IN U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE.

HE WENT AROUND THE COUNTRY, TRAINING OTHER POLICE AGENCIES

AND BASICALLY CREATING THE FIRST HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY

IN THE COUNTRY, BASED OUT OF THE NEW YORK P.D.

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Barry: IT IS VERY POSSIBLE

THAT IF TUNNEY HAD NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL

WITH REVEALING THAT IT WAS GERMAN COUNTER-ESPIONAGE PEOPLE

AND SPIES CAUSING THESE EVENTS,

THE U.S. MIGHT NOT HAVE ENTERED WORLD WAR I.

THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A VERY BIG POSSIBILITY.

Blum: IT WAS REALLY LUCK

THAT THE RIGHT MAN WAS IN PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

THE UNITED STATES TAKES FROM THIS EXPERIENCE

OF THIS GERMAN SABOTAGE CAMPAIGN

A SENSE THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A DANGER OF AN ENEMY WITHIN.

THAT WAS THE PERIOD THERE AT WHICH WE LOST OUR INNOCENCE.

WE HAVE BEEN ON THE DEFENSE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES EVER SINCE.

HE WAS STERN, HE WAS DIRECT, HE WAS A NO-NONSENSE GUY.

WHAT HE SAID IS WHAT HE MEANT, AND THERE WAS NO B.S. WITH HIM.

THE MARK THAT HE MADE ON THE DEPARTMENT,

AS FAR AS THE CREATION OF A BOMB SQUAD

AND ALSO AN INTELLIGENCE UNIT, HAS STAYED THERE,

AND HE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR IT.

TOM TUNNEY'S LEGACY IS THAT,

AT A TIME WHEN AMERICA WAS THREATENED,

HE NEVERTHELESS WAS ABLE TO CONFRONT THIS THREAT

AND DEAL WITH IT AND KEEP THE HOMELAND SAFE.

HE WAS THE FIRST HEAD OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

HIS DRIVE, HIS QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE,

HIS FIGHT, GOOD AGAINST EVIL.

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TOM TUNNEY WAS A MAN WITH A SENSE OF HONOR.

ONE OF THE MESSAGES HIS FATHER PASSED ON TO HIM IS,

"DO WHAT'S RIGHT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT,"

AND HE DID.

TOM TUNNEY IS AN AMERICAN HERO.