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Everything you face in life, everything you come up against,

everything that stands in your way, your foes,

your fears,

your darkest nights,

are all sent to ask you the same question,

"Who are you?"

Mr. Tabir is very busy this morning.

Oh, I can imagine.

Seems we are waiting.

Why don'’t you practice a little pitch on me?

Actually, if it'’s all the same, I'’ll just-

I know all my uncle'’s business.

He trusts me.

Begin.

Okay. Well, I'’m sure you'’re aware, Mr.--

You'’re aware that recently your subsidiary,

Signal Olio Chemicals,

developed an organic ester-based lubricant derived from Kernel Oil

that makes offshore drilling significantly more environmental.

My company knows those-

You'’re American?

Canadian, actually, from Toronto.

You'’re a Maple Leaf fan?

No, not really.

You must be the only person from Toronto who'’s not a hockey fan.

Oh, I'’m a fan.

Dad'’s from Vancouver, so I'’m a Canuck.

Between us, the Maple Leafs suck.

They should never have signed Mark Bowen. The guy is a liability on and off the ice.

So, who'’s your team?

I don'’t like hockey.

Oh.

Unfortunately, Mr. Tabir has no window this morning.

But tonight he extends an invitation to a private reception at his residence.

Are you sure? I really don'’t wish to intrude.

Come,

to the party.

Thank you. That'’s great.

Thanks, George.

Oh, would you excuse me for one minute?

Mr. Tabir, Jessica McDowell.

Thank you for inviting me to your beautiful home.

What can I do for you?

Well, I was wondering if you had time to glance at my proposal

which would allow us a signal access to our current petro-chemical service partners.

Essentially, it would--

Excuse me. I have to attend to something.

I have something to take care of.

I was waiting for Mr. Tabir.

My uncle had to leave.

He asked me to drive you to his club.

You can have your meeting there.

Ms. McDowell,

my uncle believes trust is something you earn.

He doesn'’t trust people until he knows them

very, very well.

Why are we stopping?

Relax, Canada.

We are friends, we are going to do business.

Don'’t touch me.

I'’m not asking.

Do you know who I am?

I know exactly who you are, Hafiz.

How do you know my name?

The car was swept an hour ago.

Do not get out. If you get out of this car, I can'’t protect you.

Who are you?

-Let go off my arm please, -Who are you?

Now!

Your uncle is in business with Abu Domar Khan.

Khan has made contact with a terror organization

via an aid agency in Pakistan.

They are seeking materials to build a weapon.

That'’s bullshit.

Your brother is in Kalutara jail in Colombo

facing execution for trafficking.

We can help him.

We need information about your uncle. Contacts. Shipments.

If you help us, we help you.

If you don'’t, your brother dies,

and tomorrow you'’re sitting next to your uncle in a cell in Thailand,

and it won'’t be me asking the questions.

No. No, you can'’t help him.

We can help him, Hafiz. Listen to me.

Because I promise you one thing.

Right now, you have no idea what we can and cannot do.

You'’ll get a call at 8:00 AM.

You'’ll be asked if you need a cleaner.

You want her to come three mornings per week. Do you understand?

I said, do you understand?

Tonight I want to take a few minutes to discuss a grave threat to peace,

and America'’s determination to lead the world

in confronting that threat.

The decision has been made to increase the threat condition

designation currently classified at Elevated Risk

to increase that threat condition designation

to the High Risk category.

9/11 and its aftermath

awakened this nation to danger,

to the true ambitions of the global terror network.

The state police are investigating an Anthrax scare.

Threatening letters with a white substance.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has placed the nation'’s nuclear plants

on their highest level of security.

A terrorist attack is now highly likely.

What do we know of the September 11?

We know that these terrorist networks

will use any means they can to cause maximum death and destruction.

And we will take whatever action is necessary

to defend our freedom and our security.

America strikes back.

Afghanistan is pounded with bombs and missiles

from the air and from sea.

American-led military attacks against targets

throughout Afghanistan continue tonight.

Slow down for like 400 yards.

And yet I'’m incredible in bed.

They are targeting both Osama bin Laden'’s training camps

and Taliban military.

Listen, Steve and I are not going on the same plane together.

We'’re not even going to take a train together.

We took the train to your mom'’s.

It only takes one to fly into a nuclear power plant.

- Disney World. -One.

A sarin attack on Disney World.

Yeah, but whatever they'’re telling us,

we'’re totally vulnerable. I mean, who is protecting us?

Would you take the risk of taking your kids to Disney World right now?

Absolutely not.

I'’d be terrified of exposing my children

to what adds up to a clearing house for crap merchandise

and disappointing rides.

Joe thinks Disney World is Vegas for kids.

So, Valerie, what do you do?

I work in venture capital. Brewster Jennings, here in Georgetown.

Oh, cool. Like net start-ups?

Exactly. Retail consumer.

We create pooled investment vehicles.

It'’s actually pretty boring.

You get on a plane.

Two guys in turbans,

seats 1-A, 1-B.

They look nervous, they'’re sweating,

they'’re sweaty, and they're saying prayers.

What do you do? Steve, you have a kid, right? You'’re off that plane.

You'’re calling the cops. if we'’re honest, we all are. Joe?

You know you are.

I mean, come one, you see these two guys on a plane.

Turbans. Sweating. Prayers. The whole thing.

What do you say? What'’s the call?

Well, Jeff--

He started it.

Yes, every time. Every time we go out.

He asked me a question, I gave him a fully considered response.

He was drunk, Joe. Everybody'’s had a hard day.

They'’re just trying to let off steam.

By invoking quasi-racist conundra? He'’s a parent.

Is he teaching his four year old to fear all men in turbans?

It'’s Diana's birthday.

Jeff'’s her oldest friend.

So?

So you can'’t call him a racist pussy.

It'’s not funny, Joe.

No, it'’s not funny. It'’s a very serious subject.

If by not keeping quiet when someone spouts obnoxious crap

makes you an asshole, then I'’m an asshole.

And you knew that when you married me.

How was your trip?

No. Oh, God.

No...

Hey, you cheated.

No, I didn'’t. It'’s a tie.

Valerie, where'’s Kim?

She can'’t get here until after lunch. Didn'’t I tell you?

Okay. I guess I will be working at home this morning.

Is that okay?

Yeah. Me and Spongebob got it.

Break it up. Trevor, don'’t hit your sister.

Listen, the Mitchells want to have dinner on Tuesday.

But if you want to skip it...

I promise I'’ll behave.

I promise to behave.

See, everyone'’s on their best behavior.

I love you.

I'’ll see you.

Bye.

Bye.

Say, "Bye, Mommy"

Bye.

Bye, Mom.

Bye, Mom.

Do you guys want to watch some television?

- Yes. -Okay.

Counter Proliferation tracks and thwarts

nuclear and WMD acquisition

by rogue nations and non-state actors.

We'’re the fastest growing division within the Agency,

which sounds cool, but you may have to share a desk.

-Hafiz hired a cleaner. -Got to go.

Kuala Lumpur just went live.

-What time did he call this in? -1100 hours Zulu time.

The asset passed the intel to the cleaner at approximately 8:15 local time this morning.

She made the drop 50 minutes later, just outside Korean subway station.

The field team picked it up and D&D'’d it at the safe house.

We have a shipment.

A holding company in Pakistan asks Tabir to purchase 200 un-identified units,

trackable by part numbers, from--

TFH Electronics of Lowell, Massachusetts.

The shipment is delivered to Goza Tech in Secaucus, New Jersey.

There it'’s bundled in with a second shipment of legitimate electronic parts,

and documentation attached that masks its point of origin.

It'’s then dispatched as medical electronics on route

to a company in Johannesburg.

First, it spends the night at a bonded customs warehouse in the Port of Jersey.

That'’s the intercept.

Can I help you?

Sir, we'’re from US customs.

Can I take a moment of your time?

Okay, sure. Come on in.

What the hell is that?

A spark gap is a high energy voltage-controlled switching device.

To detonate a nuclear bomb, you need to be able to switch high voltage,

high current electrical circuits at very high speeds

to the nearest of one hundredth of a nanosecond.

The extremely short rise times are achieved by discharging

a low-induct, high-voltage capacitor through the spark gap

and into the bridge wire inside the warhead.

The ballpark is five kilovolt and one MF for the capacitor,

with a peak current between 500 and a 1000 amperes.

Does it have other uses?

High speed photography, industrial photo-chemistry.

Zapping kidney stones.

If your question is, is someone out there

building a fire train to a nuclear device component by component,

you'’re talking one hell of a complicated process.

This guy is just one tiny piece in the jigsaw.

Here is a list of other components exported

through the same network over the last three years.

Tilt tables. Timing equipment. High speed monitoring devices.

Quartz rate sensors.

Calibration units.

It'’s not kidney stones.

Thank God you stopped this.

I'’m not stopping it.

Okay, so we keep the transaction live. Trace it all the way to the end user.

The shipment arrives in Joburg on the 21st.

It'’s put in an unmarked container

and shipped to the Jebel free trade zone in Dubai. Here.

Dr. Jonas and his team at Los Alamos have altered the impedance timings

of the spark gaps by a fraction of a nanosecond.

Val, Chief wants to see you.

I'’ll shut it down.

Why? We have everything, we are ready to go.

We have actual intel on the buyer.

Sargin Vaziri, Syrian National.

Based out of Karachi. On a wire picked up in Cairo,

he talks about nuclear componentry from a known source in Pakistan.

He'’s moving to an unnamed Gulf state.

It could be Iraq?

Vaziri is devoutly Shia.

Iraq is controlled by Sunni.

Saddam is Sunni. There'’s no way this is Iraq.

Seventh floor issued a directive for a joint task force on Iraq.

I want you to head up operations.

Congratulations, Valerie.

Thank you.

You can pick your own team. This is top priority.

I need 24 hours to brief my replacement.

Shut it down.

From Monday, I need your both eyes on Iraq.

Yes, sir.

This is coming from across the river.

Down the line, DFU.

"DFU"?

Don'’t fuck up.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

You can put it there.

Hey.

Don'’t you have a home to go to?

I thought this went away.

DIA released the report Tuesday.

WINPAC aren'’t buying and State kicked it back,

but it'’s still making waves in the Vice President'’s office.

You think Joe could do it?

Well, he'’s qualified.

He'’s been there hundreds of times.

He knows the arena inside out.

Great.

Could you put his credentials in a memo?

I want to kick it up the ladder.

You don'’t look overjoyed.

Joe'’s been working hard to build his business.

Then there'’s the twins. Money is kind of tight right now.

He'’s helped us before.

Could you just ask him to come in?

Hey, Joe?

Hey. Nice place you got here. Cozy.

I need to get you cleared.

You work in the basement?

Actually, I work in Georgetown at Brewster Jennings.

We'’re a small firm of venture capitalists.

Well, that must be interesting work.

It pays the rent.

-Come in.

Joe, this is Jack.

-Hi, Joe Wilson. -Deputy Chief of CPD.

It'’s a pleasure, Ambassador.

-Hi, Joe Wilson. -Ambassador.

I'’ll leave you guys to it.

-Joe Wilson. - Morning, Ambassador.

How are you? Joe Wilson.

Hello.

Joe Wilson, hi.

Have a seat.

Can I get you something to drink?

Coffee would be great, thank you.

How do you like it?

Just black, thanks.

Ambassador Wilson, what do you know about yellowcake?

-Yellowcake uranium? -Mm-hm.

I believe it'’s a concentrate made from uranium ore

that'’s used in the fissile material for weapons programs.

But I'’m not a scientist.

-Thank you. - What about Niger?

I usually pronounce it Niger

to avoid confusion with Nigeria.

The UN Human Development Index rates it the least livable country in the world.

I started my Foreign Service there.

I visited many times as Ambassador to Gabon.

And then, again,

as Director of Africa Policy for President Clinton,

with the NSC.

I'’ve often met with Prime Minister Mayaki.

I know the former foreign minister.

I know the Minister of Mines. I know the country very well.

The Office of the Vice President has received a report

concerning a memorandum of sale

between the governments of Niger and Iraq

for the purchase of 500 tons of yellowcake uranium ore.

I don'’t have to tell you how serious this allegation is.

No, sir you don'’t.

This is a request from the vice president'’s office.

Can you help us?

What do you have in mind?

Hello.

How can Niger help with his old friend, America?

In summer 2001,

Iraq started to purchase 60,000 high alloy 7075 T-6 aluminum tubes

manufactured in China.

The high spec of these tubes led us to conclude

that they were intended for the enrichment of uranium

and, as such, provide proof that Saddam is building a nuclear bomb.

In August 2001, Jay Turner, that'’s me, flew to Vienna

to meet with the IAEA scientists.

I produced this report,

aspects of which represents the CIA'’s present position.

I'’m happy to take questions.

The INR concluded late last year that

these tubes are probably for artillery use

and the deal we agreed exactly matched those used by Iraq

-for artillery rockets. - Where are the tubes?

WINPAC has them.

We'’ve examined them and this is my point.

None of you guys have even seen the tubes.

I'’ve seen them.

And, uh, when was that?

When I led the covert team that intercepted them in Jordan,

brought back samples and delivered them to you guys that were in PAC.

And I take it you'’re not a nuclear expert.

These tubes are a match

for those designed by German scientist,

Gernot Zippe, in the 50s.

You'’re right. I'm no nuclear expert but Dr. Houston Wood,

at the University of Virginia atomic facility is.

He also knows Dr. Zippe

and he told him that the wall thickness of the Iraqi tubes

was three or four times the thickness of his design.

Right, and he also said that the length of the tubes

is twice that of Zippe'’s design.

In fact, he said that the only thing that was similar between

his tubes and the aluminum tubes

was that they were both made of aluminum.

A metal that hasn'’t been used in gas centrifuges since 1952.

I went to Vienna, okay?

Canada, and I'’ve been working on this for months.

They'’re centrifuges, fact.

Okay. So basically,

they'’re your tubes

and if we don'’t let you win you'’re taking them home.

That'’s pathetic.

Joe, no one'’s saying you'’re wrong here,

but if you'’re right, it'’s huge.

So, we ask the question, right?

We have to ask the question.

Niger has two uranium mines in the Sahara Desert.

One'’s flooded, the other is run by Kojima, a French subsidiary

jointly controlled by the Japanese and Germans.

500 tons of yellowcake

is not an off-the-books size transaction.

It represents a 40% production increase

in the nation'’s annual output of uranium.

A sale that size would leave a huge paper trail.

Any documentation would, by law, have to be signed

by the Prime Minister,

Foreign Minister and the Minister of Mines.

But say it was an off the books deal.

How do you hide the transportation of 500 tons of anything,

let alone lightly refined uranium?

You'’re talking 50 semi-tractor trucks

on one road through villages where nothing passed for months

except maybe one bush taxi.

It would be the biggest event for months.

To say they forgot, it'’s like kids forgetting Christmas.

You have the droughts of the 70s and the 80s

which brought millions of dollars in US aid, which continues today.

It doesn'’t make any sense

that the Nigerians would compromise that life line.

So, for that reason,

for all the reasons that I'’ve been telling you,

it is my opinion that this sale could not have happened.

So, what happens next?

Well, they write a report, give it to the analysts,

it'’ll be rewritten then kicked upstairs

and combined with other reports they get.

What?

I just think it'’s ludicrous that they'’re gonna send somebody

all the way over there, spend all that money for the same conclusion.

Well, you can'’t compile intelligence from a single source.

That'’s not intelligence, that'’s an opinion.

Trust me, it'’s a fact.

- Says who? - Says me.

You'’re just a teeny-weeny tiny cog in a giant machine.

You did your job. You should feel good, they count on that.

That'’s why they don't pay you.

I'’m not feeling very 007-ish.

Maybe I can get the kids to make a medal for you.

Us 00s prefer gratuitous sex.

Maybe I can...

do something about that.

Mmm!

- Mm? -Mm-hmm.

Bengal is holding another round of bidding

on their deepwater offshore blocks at the end of the year.

Chevron, Elf and Exxon are interested.

Okay. Buddy, you okay? Four arms, four legs, no broken bones.

Hey kids. Mr. Wilson, I'’m so sorry I'm late.

That'’s fine. Look, guys, Kim'’s here.

When is Mommy coming home?

It'’s an honor to meet you at last.

I was unable to attend your training seminar at MIT,

but I read a transcript.

Did you read my latest paper on quarks?

Dr. Harper, I cite your 1995 essay more than once.

Dr. Harper'’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

She received a call yesterday

requesting she stay home for 48 hours.

I don'’t understand.

Who are you?

I'’m sorry for misleading you,

but I'’m here to ask you the same question

because you'’re not Professor Baddoui.

Your name is Dr. Tarrif Al Falari.

You were born in Basra.

You were lead engineer at the Osirak nuclear facility

until you fled Iraq and arrived here in Cairo.

I need names of your colleagues in the weapons programs.

The lives of hundreds of thousands of your people may depend upon it.

This is absurd!

You were never tortured... broken.

You didn'’t finally escape and arrive here in Cairo with nothing.

No, my name is Bahkrat Baddoui.

I have never been to Basra. I'’m a teacher.

Dr. Falari had two daughters.

They were taken by Uday Hussein'’s private guard.

They were never seen again.

I need names of your colleagues in the weapons programs.

Why is the OVP here?

What?

Yeah?

The Vice President'’s men are here.

What?

My name is Scooter Libby.

I am the chief of staff to the vice president.

You are?

Dave.

I'’m... an analyst in nonproliferation.

What can you tell the Vice President about aluminum tubes?

I didn'’t realize that this is what we we'’re going to be talking about here.

Relax, will you? The Veep'’s just dotting the "I"s.

Oh, come on Jim. The only time the Vice President comes to Langley is to cut a ribbon.

Cheney doesn'’t trust us. This shit in the creek goes back 30 years.

It'’ll blow over.

Hey, Val, where are we on Iraq?

We need to find sources that we can rely on.

We need to get in close.

Jim, I think she can get us inside the weapons program.

How?

In three weeks you'’ll have to come back again.

Come on.

I said come on!

Dr. Hassan, is there somewhere we could talk?

How long is it since you saw your brother?

1992.

Before that, in '’83 he came here for an engineering conference.

Twice in 25 years.

We tried to stay in contact. It'’s difficult.

Would you like to go back and see him?

You want me to become a spy?

We need to ask Hammad some questions.

Do you think he'’d answer?

I am a doctor. I work hard, I'’m also a mother.

I have a small daughter and I'’m all she has.

We could help your brother.

Right now he'’s extremely valuable to us.

And to Saddam.

And Mukhbarat watch him night and day.

He could come here.

He'’s an expert physicist. He'’d have a job.

His children and his family would be safe.

You and your daughter could see him whenever you want.

Can you help us?

I will not do anything to help you. I don'’t know you.

If you care about Iraq, about your country.

My country is America now.

Trust me. If there was another way to do this.

I don'’t trust you. I don'’t trust you at all.

Zahraa...

we'’re going to war

and your brother will be right in the middle of it.

If the Iraqi regime wishes peace,

it will immediately and unconditionally forswear,

disclose and remove or destroy

all weapons of mass destruction.

- Yeah, come in.

They'’re back.

If Iraq'’s regime defies us again, the world must move deliberately,

decisively to hold Iraq to account.

Don'’t make jokes.

He thinks I don'’t understand how serious it is?

Weeks and weeks of 15-hour days.

We'’ve been back over this and over this.

All right. That'’s it. I'’m going to handle this.

We'’ve been over this data with you, five, six times now

and we don'’t know how you want us to play this.

Let me level with you, Paul.

I don'’t know what these tubes are for.

There could be something to this,

from everything you'’re saying but very likely not, right?

Exactly.

May I ask you a question?

When you say we don'’t really know how to play this, what do you mean?

I mean to say that I don'’t know how to say it in any other way--

Except you didn'’t say, "I", you said, "We."

So, you and the others have discussed how to play these briefings.

Why does the CIA feel the need to play these briefings?

No, no. What I mean is-- Okay. Look, I didn'’t mean what I just said.

Which part? The last part? Or other things too?

I'’m sorry, I'm getting a little confused.

You want me to come back?

No. God, no.

You don'’t know why I'’m here, do you?

In 1991, the United States invaded Iraq

and after which weapons inspectors discovered

Saddam was six months off enriching uranium

to sufficiently high specification to make a nuclear bomb.

He had fissile material, and not a single person in the CIA

had the slightest clue that such a program even existed.

So, now, one decade on,

are you telling me that you'’re 100% sure

these tubes are not intended to create nuclear weapons?

One point about intelligence, nothing is 100%.

So what? Are you 99% sure? 98%?

I'’m saying that you can't put an exact figure out of it.

I'’m saying that you cannot-- Excuse me.

You cannot be that precise.

Could you say that you'’re 97% sure?

Is there'’s a three percent chance you'’ve got this wrong?

Or four or five?

It'’s still pretty good odds. Do you like those odds, Paul?

You willing to put your name to that? Ready to make that call?

Actually, I don'’t make that call.

Yes, you do, Paul.

Each time you interpret a piece of data.

Each time you choose a "maybe" over a "perhaps",

you make a call, a decision.

Right now, you'’re making a lot of little decisions

adding up to a big decision,

but what if there'’s only a one percent chance you'’re wrong?

Can you say for sure that you'’ll take that chance

and state, as a fact,

that this equipment is not intended

for a nuclear weapons program?

Do you know what one percent of the population of this country is?

It'’s 3,240,000 souls.

Okay. Sir, look, we'’re not machines,

we look at the evidence, we game it out.

And, believe it or not,

not everybody agrees all the time. It'’s a process.

-It'’s a process... -Yes.

...and not everyone agrees.

Exactly.

Who doesn'’t agree?

What the heck is Joe Turner doing next to the DCI?

Didn'’t you hear? On Friday, the DCI took him to the White House.

He briefed the President on aluminum tubes.

You fucking kidding me.

Ready, aim, fire.

It'’s a dead end. So you got a list of Iraqi scientists.

How do you suggest we get to them?

The Mukhabarat watch the scientists night and day there.

Their houses are bugged, their friends are followed.

Send in a team of NOCs by taxi from the north.

Say you get through the checkpoints and roadblocks.

If you show up in my bedroom in the dead of night

asking me to help out Uncle Sam,

I'’m going to react unpredictably.

Given the theater, it'’s all too high-risk.

Even if we get to them, they won'’t come out alone.

They'’ll want to bring their family, their children, their kids.

We'’ll get down south to Basra, we'’ll ask for Jordan's help.

Give me two months. I'’ll give you two or three.

No, I have 29 names. I need to get to them all.

The wall'’s too high, Val.

What do you want to do, train a mouse?

Maybe.

Hey. Did I wake you?

Yeah, um...

I have to go.

I got to be at the airport in 45 minutes.

It'’s 3:45 in the morning.

Look, I didn'’t want to wake you.

Do we need childcare tomorrow?

I left it a Post-it on the fridge.

It'’s all on the Post-it.

Yeah, of course. It'’s on the Post-it.

Are you OK?

I don'’t know where you go.

Who you meet.

If you'’re in jail somewhere.

If you'’re in a ditch somewhere in Jordan, Beirut.

If you went missing, I couldn'’t tell anybody

because you were never there.

I'’d never know what happened to you.

I don'’t know where you go.

I'’m going to Cleveland.

I'’ll be home tonight.

It'’s...

It'’s on the Post-it.

Have a good day.

You have two of these in your luggage.

This is the only pen we want you to use.

The ink on this pen is visible for 10 seconds.

Only when given the correct chemical fixative can it be read.

If the Mukhabarat see any of this they will do things to me

that you cannot imagine.

Tell me what you need to know. I will memorize it.

We have 50 very specific questions, some extremely technical.

You have 206 bones in your body.

Do you want their names in English, Latin or Arabic?

How do you feel?

If anyone stops you, if anyone asks you anything...

stay calm.

You'’re just visiting your brother.

Keep it simple.

How do you do it?

Lie to someone to their face.

Huh?

You have to know.

Know why you'’re lying and never forget the truth.

It'’s time.

Ready?

Mukhabarat, watching the flight desk on this side.

You will get different estimates

about precisely how close he is.

We do know that there have been shipments going into Iraq,

for instance, of aluminum tubes that really are only suited

for nuclear weapons programs,

centrifuge programs.

There will always be some uncertainty

about how quickly he can acquire a nuclear weapon,

but we don'’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.

-Equipment he needs to be able to enrich uranium. - It'’s a coordinated leak.

Somebody in the OBP leaked the story to theNew York Times.

Smoking gun, mushroom clouds.

They'’re using the same words.

-It'’s a coordinated leak. -I'’m coming home.

We have been able to intercept and prevent him from acquiring,

through this particular channel,

the kinds of tubes that are necessary to build a centrifuge.

I always close the door. I always roll up the window.

Yeah, but you can smell it.

What would you have me do, roll up a towel

and hide in a room like a teenager smoking or sand bag my study?

Just go out on the deck.

It'’s minus-10 degrees outside.

Steve, help me. You'’re missing the whole point.

A cigar gives out the Winston Churchill vibe,

the slippers, the crackling fire.

Crackling fire.

Musty books, like a faithful dog.

You don'’t want to be outside in a goose down,

freezing your balls off while in the dark.

So, don'’t think Churchill.

Think Scott of the Antarctic.

All right. I quit.

Can I ask a dumb question? What is an aluminum tube?

It'’s a centrifuge to make uranium.

They do know what they'’re for. Come on.

Have you read about this, Valerie?

Oh, I was away last week on business.

Basically, Saddam bought these tubes and we nailed him.

I mean, we have them and they'’re packed with uranium.

They'’re packed with uranium?

-They'’re packed with uranium! -Jet packed with uranium!

-My expert husband. -Right.

So they'’re for purifying, but the bomb comes later.

Basically, you boil it up and you make the big one, right?

No. Says who? It'’s a bunch of tubes, Jeff.

Everything you read in The New York Times, you'’re right.

Joe, you know about this stuff. What'’s your hunch on this?

I don'’t know anything about tubes. I'’m not qualified.

-I think the question-- -It'’s a pretext.

I mean, 50% of Americans think Saddam blew up the towers.

I agree with that. - You can'’t say that he'’s not a threat.

If we got rid of Hitler in the 30s.

He'’s not Hitler. I'm sorry. He'’s not a Hitler.

-He'’s Saddam. We put him there. - He'’s evil.

Why? He'’s our fault! He always was. He'’s not a threat.

Have you met him, Fred? Have you met Saddam?

Has Saddam looked you in the eye and threatened you?

Has he threatened to kill you?

You don'’t know what you'’re talking about.

Well, I think that'’s probably true.

I'’m guilty of part of that.

Dessert? Coffee? Any takers?

I'’m going to help you. It was delicious.

He'’s making a separate point.

Obviously, this needs to go elsewhere.

We have a rule in our house, no politics at the table.

It always ends in a squabble.

Nobody knows what'’s going on over there.

At the end of the day, who really knows?

That'’s right, Sue.

Who knows?

Ahmed!

Cuckoo.

They have given me questions for you.

What questions?

How close is your program to a warhead?

When and where is the first test scheduled?

How much 235-grade uranium do you have?

Identify other scientists of the program.

Who in the military controls the program?

Which of the...

Which...

What is it?

They don'’t know?

What, Hammad?

The program was completely destroyed in the '’90s.

The Americans destroyed it and they know this.

What else?

How advanced is the centrifuge facility?

Which method are you using to separate fissile isotopes?

This is insane.

We don'’t have the spare parts to keep a tank on the road.

I have to work at a plant which develops fertilizer and they know.

They know this,

they must know.

You need to see this.

We need to get Jack to see this and Bill.

Ambassador Wilson was the last American official

to meet with Saddam Hussein.

It was 1990, and it was a pretty scary time.

Saddam had threatened that he was going to execute

anybody sheltering people he called foreigners.

Ambassador Wilson called a press conference

and appeared with a noose around his neck

and he said, the press reports,

"If the choice is to allow Americans

to be taken as hostages or to be executed,

I'’ll bring my own fucking rope."

Saddam backed down

and Ambassador Wilson helped get thousands safely home.

When he himself came home to the United States,

he was warmly greeted by our President

who took him to the Oval Office

and introduced him to the war cabinet as an American hero.

That'’s not quite right, it was the Roosevelt Room

not the Oval Office but...

In the middle, please.

Does Saddam pose an imminent threat to national security?

Zahraa'’s brother worked with 500 nuclear scientists

at the South factory.

In '’91 it was blanket boomed by B52s.

Hussain Kamal kept the scientists together,

threatening to kill them if they tried to leave.

But sanctions destroyed the economy

and when Kamal was executed in '’95,

the team just drifted apart.

They'’re all saying the same thing.

Everyone. There'’s no weapons program.

You got 30 nuclear scientists

interrogated by Iraqis in Iraq all saying the same thing.

Jim, these people took a great risk.

To bring us what?

I could have saved us the airfare.

The White House is getting stoved-piped.

Someone is cherry-picking raw data and serving it up to the press as fact.

Then they look to us to confirm it. It'’s bullshit.

One of Saddam'’s ministers asked him

why he had executed a certain official

who had been a loyal supporter.

Saddam said, "I would rather kill my friends in error

than to allow my enemies to live."

For me, that'’s the mark of a monster.

Vice President Cheney,

members of Congress,

distinguished citizens and fellow citizens.

Every year by law and by custom we meet here

to consider the state of the union.

-Thank you so much. -You'’re welcome.

Oh, we'’d like you to have this coffee mug and some pennants for your kids.

-Oh, thank you. -Thank you so much for coming and speaking to us.

Thank you. Drive safe out there.

Today, the greatest danger in the world,

the greatest danger facing America and the world...

Black eye to go.

-Uh, what'’s... -Two shots espresso coffee.

-Black coffee. - ...biological weapons.

US intelligence indicates that Saddam Hussein had upwards

-of 30,000 munitions capable of delivering chemical agents. -Thank you.

From three Iraqi defectors, we know that Iraq

in the late 1990'’s had several global biological weapons labs.

Saddam Hussein had an advanced nuclear weapons development program...

had a design for a nuclear weapon,

and was working on five different methods

of enriching uranium for a bomb.

The British government has learned Saddam Hussein

recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

Our intelligence sources tell us that he'’s attempted

to purchase high strength aluminum tubes

suitable for nuclear weapons production.

This nation fights reluctantly because we know the cost.

We dread the days of mourning that always come.

We seek peace,

we strive for peace

and sometimes peace must be defended.

In Baghdad this morning...

...missiles and bunker buster bombs from F117s...

were aimed at Iraq'’s piers.

...called Shock and Awe.

And he vowed the US will accept no outcome but victory.

Bill, wait up.

Every team is combing the desert looking for WMD.

-I can'’t. -All I need is a couple of units--

We don'’t have the resources, Val.

-I need to get these families and any men-- -Listen to me. Will you listen?

-Let'’s say we extract these guys, okay? -Come on, Bill!

We bring them home and put them on CNN,

what do you think they'’re going to tell us that the White House wants to hear, huh?

"Thank you. Oh, and by the way, there was no nuclear program.

There is no WMD. P.S. You all knew that."

Think about it. You want me to go to DCI, ask him to sign off his own funeral?

Bill, I gave my word.

That'’s not my problem. I got bigger problems.

It'’s like if there was a baby on the ledge up on seventh,

no one would get up and save it in case the White House wanted it there.

Bill'’s right.

This is just one snafu in 1,000 that we have right now.

-These scientists are not-- -These scientists are the WMD.

If we can'’t protect them,

they'’ll run straight to the first country who can and they'’ll put them to work.

I never said this.

If anyone ever asks, I'’ll deny all knowledge.

How quietly can you do this?

I need to know my family will be safe.

My wife, my children we'’re all in danger.

Hammad, I know that.

We'’ll take care of your family, but we have to move fast, okay?

How do I know I can trust you?

Hammad, listen to me. Do exactly as I say.

We won'’t let you down.

US military has reported the death of another five US soldiers on Wednesday.

One soldier died after being struck by a bomb while on foot patrol.

Reported killed across the country.

Official Iraqi figures show that 966...

The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recent--

--significant quantities of uranium-- from Africa.

The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought

significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

Listen, Pete, I want to ask you something. It'’s very important.

Is it possible that the President is referring

to another African country, not Niger?

I'’ve seen the INR. It'’s Niger.

He'’s referring specifically to yellowcake from Niger. Why?

I'’m the source. I went to Niger.

It'’s wrong. It'’s not true.

I see.

What exactly are you proposing to do?

I don'’t know what I'’m going to do.

You want my advice? Do nothing.

You already did your job. You did your best, you came home, end of story.

We'’re talking about Niger, yellowcake from Niger.

Look, I don'’t have to go all the way to Africa to know something'’s messed up here.

Three months and what have we found?

No centrifuges, no yellowcake, no bio, no WMDs.

You think something'’s up here? Join the line.

It stretches all the way from State to the Pentagon and back.

So why hasn'’t anybody stepped forward?

Why you think, Joe?

We went to war.

Listen,

as your friend now,

just be smart.

You have a wife and a family.

We'’re talking about the President of the United States.

The White House.

Now go take a long look in the mirror and say that again.

What'’s wrong?

Nothing.

I'’m just tired.

Are the kids asleep?

Yeah, they'’re asleep.

Okay, good.

I'’m going to go up.

There are some who feel like the conditions

are such that they can attack us there.

My answer is, bring them on.

We'’ve got the force necessary

to deal with the security situation.

There'’s zero, nada, nothing new here.

I think the President'’s statement at the State of the Union goes much broader

than the Niger question.

Is the President'’s statement correct?

Yes. I see nothing that goes broader that would indicate

there was no basis for the President'’s broader statement.

But, specifically on the yellowcake, the yellowcake from Niger,

we have acknowledged that that did, in fact, turn out to be a forgery.

- You believe the British report is true. -Oh, shit.

-I'’m sorry? -The British report.

-Mark, clear my morning. -It was wrong, then?

Let me do this, David.

On David'’s specific question,

I'’m going to come back to you on that.

Fleischer plowed the briefing.

I saw.

CBS knows yellowcake was pulled from Cincinnati

ten weeks ago at the CIA'’s request.

They also had that Gerson wrote both speeches.

Karl is looking for you. He'’s unhappy.

I want a transcript of everything across network, blogs, and print

citing Ambassador Wilson, Niger or yellowcake.

Tell Karl I'’ll be in my office straight after I'’m done.

The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals...

This has become a trust issue for the President,

we can'’t get behind on this.

We need to change the story.

Who is Joe Wilson?

David.

If someone works at the CIA

and they sent their spouse on a trip,

would there be a paper trail?

Well, any such request would require approval from the chain of command.

From the requestor right up to the Director of Operations,

but yes, paperwork would normally be generated.

Okay.

Does the President have the power to declassify information?

-Valerie? -What?

"The CIA'’s decision to send retired diplomat Joseph C. Wilson to Africa"--

Further down.

"Wilson never worked for the CIA but his wife, Valerie Plame"--

"Is an agency operative on weapons of mass destruction."

He just went ahead and did it.

Does this run overseas?

It'’s in the newspaper, Valerie. It'’s on the net, it's...

-No, Novak'’s column. Is he syndicated overseas? -It'’s everywhere.

My God.

Jessica McDowell. Maureen McDermott.

-I just flew in from Scotland. - Valerie, what are you doing?

Grace Dooley. Terry Ross. Grace Semel. Sigma Chemicals.

Paris. Milan. Vienna.

Who are you? Who are you? Who are you?

We need a matrix of everyone

you'’ve come into contact with in a covert capacity.

-I'’ve already started a list. -Good.

We need to get an idea, fast, of how much this thing bleeds.

Sir, I have several live ops at crucial stages.

People in the field in critical windows of operation.

One thing at a time. Make a list, then come back here.

Don'’t do anything else.

-Why is Internal Security here? -To help us.

To help you and us conduct this damage assessment.

Ms. Plame? We'’re going this way.

The restroom.

Ms. Plame? Ms. Plame?

Ms. Plame?

Val? Val!

Jack, I'’ve got to get a message to Baghdad. I'’ve got 15 scientists being taken

to the border today, I have to get word to them.

I don'’t know what you're talking about.

Jack, they'’re packed and ready to go.

You know what this means.

-Sorry. I got to go. - Ms. Plame.

Val, can I see you a minute?

Take a walk.

As of this morning, all CPD operations involving you have been suspended.

Effective immediately, you'’re to have no further contact

with assets or agents in the field.

Any further involvement in operations

is no longer possible.

Bill, I have eight, nine teams in the field.

We have assets in Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Dubai.

I need to brief my replacement in the Joint Task Force.

The head of the JTFI'’s identity is classified for reasons of operational security.

I have a critical operation in Baghdad in a major ongoing--

Val, I'’m sorry.

It'’s over.

You were a good officer, but...

it'’s over.

"Two senior administration officials

told me that Wilson'’s wife suggested sending him to Niger

to investigate the Italian report."

This comes from the Vice President, the Chief of Staff or a top advisor.

- Mom! -I got to go.

-Look at my picture. -I will.

Trevor won'’t let me borrow his Power Ranger.

Mommy!

- Did you say please? -I said please.

There'’s a 1982 act that says it'’s a crime for a government official

to knowingly disclose a covert agent.

It comes with a $50,000 fine and/or up to 10 years in jail.

-Don'’t answer the phone. Do not.

Who have you spoken-- Joe? Please, don'’t.

-She is. -Joe? Joe?

I'’m sorry, honey. Are you okay?

She'’s right here.

It'’s Lisa.

-Hello? -Okay, guys.

Valerie, your name is in the paper.

It says you'’re a CIA agent.

Look, I can'’t talk right now.

Well, I can'’t make a comment.

Look, I'’m going to call you back tomorrow, okay? I'’m really sorry.

-Oh, my God. -Shit.

It'’s got to be true.

Your mom called. Your uncle and Janey in Chicago.

I wrote it down there for you.

And Andrea Mitchell called.

She said White House sources say

the real story is not the 16 words,

but Joe Wilson and his wife.

Did I care to comment?

Well, I damn well do care to comment

and she'’s asked me on the show the day after tomorrow.

No.

You'’re not going on TV, Joe.

Thank you.

This was clearly designed as a shot across the bow

for those who might step forward,

those unnamed analysts who said that pressure was put on them

by the White House, for example, would think twice

about having their own family'’s name dragged through this particular mud.

I didn'’t prepare for this moment.

I had no plan for this day.

When did you join?

'’85, straight out of college.

Wow, that'’s--

-Eighteen years. -So, did they find you, or...?

No, I approached them.

And did Joe know?

Yes.

Your parents?

Yes, but that'’s all.

So you have lovers all over the world? Do you have a gun?

Have you killed people?

I can'’t...

I can'’t tell you anything.

You can'’t tell me anything.

God. We always said Val was such a great listener,

asks a lot of questions about work and the kids.

So selfless.

-Diana-- -Do you remember when I first met Steve

and I didn'’t trust lawyers

and do you remember what you said to me?

You said that you worked with them all the time and that they weren'’t so bad.

And I married him,

he'’s the father of my children.

Did your wife send you to Niger?

I was not sent by my wife, but the issue is not who sent me,

it'’s whether or not a crime was committed.

I'’m going to get it!

I'’m going to get it. I got it.

Hello?

Hello?

Your husband is a communist.

I hope you die, you commie whore.

-We know where you live. -Who is this?

- Trevor. -Who--

- Help me on.

Beat it.

Mommy, Trevor won'’t let me go on his tractor.

Okay, so find something else to play.

I don'’t...

Mommy? Mommy?

What? What?

"He stayed inside for more than two weeks.

-Then he nibbled--"

Zahraa?

Hammad has disappeared.

His wife, his children are missing.

My uncle in Mansour, he said they were targeting them,

-they were killing them. -Who?

Hammad'’s colleagues. Dr. Habbuk was shot dead in the street,

Dr. Falli was murdered in his hallway.

Listen, Zahraa--

I know you can'’t tell me where he is,

just tell me you have him. Please, I beg you.

I don'’t need to know anything, just tell me he'’s safe.

We don'’t have him.

You said he would be safe.

You said, "We would help you, I promise."

I trusted you.

The Justice Department needed to establish whether those in the highest office

sought to destroy the career of a public servant to punish me for telling the truth.

-What'’s going on? -What are you doing here?

Falli, Habbuk. Who else?

I don'’t know what you're talking about.

Don'’t bullshit me, who else is dead?

You were right, it was all about the scientists.

We made a call.

-A call? -We passed your case files to liaison.

The Mossad were already on the same page,

they'’ve been hunting these guys down since the invasion.

You'’ll drive them underground, they'’ll run straight to Iran, Pakistan.

Valerie, it'’s not your problem.

-How can you sleep at night? -I sleep just fine.

Now, Carol'’s mother is here. I'’m sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave.

It'’s called counterproliferation, Jack. Counter.

Linda, are you still here? It'’s late.

At the end of the day, it'’s of keen interest to me

whether or not we see Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs.

And believe me, when I use that name, I measure my words.

Mr. Wilson.

-Excuse me. Hello. -We came all the way from Portland for this.

Okay.

My wife and I have never sought publicity,

but I know when I tell her about all of the support out here today,

she'’ll be thrilled and humbled.

-Hello? -Valerie, turn on MSNBC.

- Mom, why can'’t I have some juice? -Okay. Hold on one second.

They'’ve launched an investigation, Ashcroft just announced it.

They say he'’s going to convene a grand jury.

Hold on a second.

...that the FBI now is conducting a criminal investigation

into who leaked the name of the CIA undercover operative...

I'’m going to be back later.

I'’ve got to go over to Fox, they want me to comment on the investigation.

-Joe, just hold on. -Valerie, we'’ve got to fight this.

We cannot... We'’ve got to push back.

Mom, where'’s my doll?

-I'’ve got another call.

-I got to go. -Joe--

Joe Wilson.

Joe, it'’s Chris Matthews.

I just spoke to Karl Rove, he told me,

"Wilson'’s wife is fair game."

Thank you for coming here.

I wanted to convey my outrage to you in person.

I know it'’s not easy but I want you to know how much the agency appreciates

your silence in the light of this matter.

We can'’t afford to have this knife fight go on any longer.

I get death threats every day.

People threaten to kill my husband, hurt my children.

I went to the agency and I requested security to protect my family.

I was declined because "my circumstances fall outside budget protocols".

If this is a knife fight, sir,

right now we'’re fighting it alone.

Joe Wilson versus the White House, huh?

Well, all I can say is good luck.

But I feel, as a friend, I should tell you that those men, those few men

in that building over there,

are the most powerful men in the history of the world.

How much of a stretch do you think it would be for them to take on Joe Wilson?

Joe is out there on his own, Valerie,

but I know we can trust you.

Speak to your husband.

Tucker Carlson says,

"Wilson'’s wife sent him on a boondoggle

because he needed the work."

Who needs to work for free?

It'’s not like Niger is renowned for its fine dining and celebrated operas,

it reminds me of Paris.

Listen, someone from Vanity Faircalled,

they want to do a piece.

They want to do a full-scale interview,

photographs, tell the whole story.

What do you think about that?

What do I think?

Do I want my photograph in Vanity Fair, is that the question?

Valerie, this is our chance.

To do what?

To tell our side of the story.

It'’ll mean a dozen, maybe 50 TV appearances, we have to do that.

They'’re killing us on Fox, in the blogs, they'’re drowning us out.

We'’ve got to strike back.

What? What'’s wrong? What did I say?

Don'’t you get it, Joe? I mean, where does all this stop?

Our address is on the Internet, a photo of our house.

I changed our phone number, what, five times now?

My name, my name is everywhere,

my real name, Joe.

Where does all this tough-talk and publicity and noise

and all this bullshit that you'’re doing,

where does it get us? Where?

Andy Card told the Financial Times

that they are rolling earthmovers over Joe Wilson."

Quote: earthmovers!

Well, I'’m sorry, you're not going to get me without a fight.

Not without one hell of a fight.

It'’s the White House, Joe. It'’s the White House.

Do you seriously think you can pick a fight with the White House and win?

-They'’ll bury us. -They'’ll bury us if we don't!

Joe Wilson. Joe Wilson.

Don'’t, Valerie! Valerie!

Does that make me right if I shout louder than you?

If I shout louder than you, am I right?

If I'’m the White House and I shout a million times louder than you,

does that make me right?

They lied, Valerie.

They lied. That'’s the truth.

Truth. Right.

-Well, by the time they'’re finished with us... - Mom!

...we won'’t know what that is.

Is Scooter home?

-What'’s that? -The Senate just finished its investigation.

The findings of the Select Committee on Intelligence, all 511 pages.

Check out page 39.

-Hi, Daddy! -Who'’s the prettiest?

Hey there, monster.

How are you?

Go get there. Get some play in before it starts to rain.

What'’s that?

That'’s the Senate Select Committee Intelligence report.

On page 39, it says,

"The former ambassador'’s wife offered up his name."

It then includes a memorandum written by Valerie Plame which says,

"My husband has good relations with both the Prime Minister

and the former Minister of Mines,

both of whom could shed light on this sort of activity."

This is exactly what I'’ve been denying.

-No. -Every newspaper, every television, radio,

-anybody that would listen to me... -Joe--

...saying my wife did not send me on a junket.

-I didn'’t send you. I didn'’t have that power. -You sent an email.

-The SSCI found the email. -I write hundreds of emails.

Why didn'’t you tell me? It never occurred to you, in all this time,

-that this would be important? -I didn'’t make the decision,

I was asked to write a recommendation.

What was I supposed to do? Not say my husband knows about this?

Well, they have this now.

They'’ll call me a liar and it will stick

because they have all the power.

What do I have? My word.

You'’ve got to speak up, Valerie.

You'’ve got to go on the record now.

You'’ve got to defend us. Now.

So what do you want me to do?

Go to the papers like you did?

Write a piece in The New York Times?

You know I'’d have to submit it to the Agency,

-I'’ll have to-- -Wait, wait, wait.

Honey, go play. Go on, go on.

The Agency?

Valerie, who'’s your loyalty to, to your husband or the CIA?

It'’s to my family, I put my family first, always.

Were you putting them first when you wrote that goddamn article?

Mommy!

Trevor, go find Samantha.

I'’m taking different routes to and from school.

I'’m looking in empty rooms,

under beds, every time I come home.

A home we'’re going to lose pretty soon because your work

has dried up and your clients are running for cover.

What has all this achieved, Joe?

Maybe you'’re right.

Maybe I just should have kept my mouth shut.

Is that what your dad taught you, Valerie?

Is that what Colonel Sam Plame would say?

A good American just keeps his mouth shut.

A good American just looks the other way?

Did you send me to Niger?

"His business is struggling, he'’s on the slide.

I'’ll pull a few strings, send the old man a bone."

Is that pretty much what happened?

-How dare you? -Did you send me?

You think I'’m lying to you.

Could I tell if you were?

Trevor? Honey?

Come on, Sam.

Let'’s get in the car.

-Bye, guys. I'’ll see you at home. -Bye, Daddy.

-Bye. -I'’m taking my car, okay?

Joe Wilson was a shameless self-promoter.

Everything about his story was either a lie or a hoax or he was incompetent.

I think this is important. If we'’re in time of war

and you want to know what the President said or what the President didn'’t say,

whether it'’s accurate or not and you have someone who says,

"I'’m sent over there by the Vice President of the United States

and George Tenet to investigate this," and instead it turns out

he was sent over at the recommendation of his wife...

- There he is. - Is it him?

This is private property, you'’re trespassing.

Mr. Wilson, did the Vice President--

You still maintain the Vice President'’s office sent you to Niger

-and not your wife? -Please, get off my property. I have no comment.

Mr. Wilson, was the Niger trip a free holiday? A boondoggle?

Have you been lying to us from the start?

I never lied. I didn'’t receive any payment,

my wife didn'’t send me. Now, leave.

-All of you, leave. -Did the taxpayers pay for your vacation, Mr. Wilson?

It wasn'’t a vacation. It was--

Are you against our troops, Mr. Wilson?

It was a fact-finding mission in the leadup to a war. What? What?

-Are you against our troops? -All the way off the property.

Mr. Wilson, people are saying that your wife doesn'’t actually work for the CIA.

Is it true she'’s just a secretary?

Mr. Wilson, is it true that you donated money to the Kerry campaign?

Mr. Wilson, your wife'’s a nobody.

Well, I think it'’s really all about the money.

We'’re talking about a third-rate CIA agent

who had a government salary and now she'’s out.

She could have transferred somewhere else within the CIA,

she didn'’t have to leave. Probably the CIA wanted her to leave

because she had already been in the press without their permission.

It'’s come out that she was considered kind of a mediocre agent at best.

Can I just take this pillow?

When we were at the Farm,

training to be field officers,

they picked out four or five of us and told us we'’d stood out.

We were bound, hooded, thrown into separate cells.

They deprived us of sleep, beat us.

All we had to do was give up the name of one of the others.

Just one name.

They push you until they find it,

until they find the point at which you break.

And one by one, everybody broke...

except me.

And that made me feel special.

"You can'’t break me.

I don'’t have a breaking point."

I was wrong.

I'’m going to walk down the stairs because I can'’t run down them.

Then you go safely but let'’s go, quickly.

Don'’t forget your jacket. Trevor.

Okay, say goodbye to your father.

Hey, guys.

We'’re going on a mystery tour.

I know you are.

Come here. I'’m going to see you both real soon.

Why won'’t you come, Daddy?

Later. I'’m going to see you really soon.

Let'’s get in the car, guys.

You got it.

Okay, come on. Let'’s go, guys.

I'’m getting wet.

No. I'’m getting soaked.

Grandma!

Baby, how are you?

Hey, Trevor, my goodness, how big you are.

Okay, do you want a red one or a green one?

- Red one. - Red one.

Red one?

Tomatoes. Apples.

And caramels, I think.

So what color of apple do you want?

- Red. - Green.

You want a green. Oh, good. I'’m glad.

Afghanistan can quickly revert back to what it was.

Not because there aren'’t good people here but because--

The governments of Niger and Burkina Faso are interested

in exploiting gold reserves along their common border.

-There'’s not a lot of interest as gold is at 150 an ounce.

But it will compliment your holdings East Africa and the concession'’s cheap.

Hello, my friend.

-Joe Wilson. -Kamalea...

-Such a pleasure. -Nice to meet you.

How is your wife, Joe?

She'’s fine. She'’s, well she's...

Excuse me. Can I just--

two shot of espresso, strong coffee.

I'’m not very hungry.

How long are you in town?

Just a few days.

Kamalea and I are excited to hear your proposal.

Can I help you?

Excuse me. Can I help you?

No. I was just telling these men that you, sir, are a fraud.

This is a private lunch. Could you leave now, please? Thank you.

-This man is a liar and a traitor. -Excuse me.

He is in the pay of left wing hate groups.

He is a Democrat stooge and is an anti-war zealot.

He has stabbed our troops in the back.

Leave now. Excuse me. I am very sorry.

You got blood on your hands and your wife is a traitor and a fantasist.

Leave my table. How dare you talk about my wife.

You don'’t know her, you don'’t know me.

Now, leave now.

Very nice. You gentlemen should know

-you'’re having lunch with a traitor. -I think we should go.

-Oh, please don'’t, please-- -No, we should.

Taxi.

Palisades.

You okay?

I'’m fine.

You'’re him. I see you on TV, you'’re Joe Wilson.

No, I'’m not.

Yes, brother, I see you on TV.

It'’s somebody else.

No, no. I know you.

My name is Joe too.

I'’m from Sierra Leone, Freetown.

You'’ve been there, right? Did you like Freetown?

Joe, you and I both know Freetown is a shithole.

That'’s the truth.

That'’s the truth right there, brother.

Yes, indeed, Sierra Leone is dying.

There'’s too much injustice and corruption in Sierra Leone.

People at the top have too much power,

way too much power.

But people can'’t see that from over here.

Over here in America it'’s a different world.

I wouldn'’t be so sure of that.

How can you say that?

Land of the free, brother. Home of the brave.

Joe, could you pull over?

I'’m just going to... Pull over here, I'’m going to walk.

Keep the change.

That'’s cheating.

I got it.

Done.

Above your head.

Move your rope.

How is he?

Oh, he is okay.

He'’s better.

Shaking through.

I win!

There. There they are.

You see those guys, those little yellow fellers?

Yeah, I see them.

See that?

There'’s a name for 'em.

I used to know the name for them, some kind of...

They'’re very beautiful.

I think my marriage is over, Dad.

I know my little gal wouldn'’t say anything until she absolutely has to.

There'’s going to be another Congressional Investigation.

He wants me to speak out.

Go on the record.

Like that would suddenly make all this go away.

We can'’t even speak to each other.

I can remember saying exactly the same thing.

July '’72.

Me and your mom weren'’t getting along and fighting all the time.

I guess she'’d just plain had enough of moving house.

It wasn'’t until I retired 25 years in the Air Force,

I realized that we never did have a home.

We must'’ve moved 20 different times.

I don'’t know, Germany, Singapore,

Australia, England.

You had 20 different chances to introduce yourself to someone new.

Turned out all right, though, okay.

I mean, you'’re responsible, a little too serious, maybe.

Made you tough, though. Made you real tough.

Probably, tougher than me and your mom could ever understand.

I just can'’t see how this comes around.

Not this time, not anymore.

What they did was wrong, Val. It'’s just plain wrong.

Don'’t you ever forget that.

You see, through some miracle, you get through this thing,

there'’s no guarantee that you and Joe won'’t fight.

He'’s a stubborn son of a bitch.

He'’s not going to give up any more than you are.

Grandpa look.

I swear to God she'’s going to keep at that thing till she licks it.

Come on, raise your hand up.

There you go.

Good shot.

- I need to do it again. -Yeah!

Good try.

-Shit. Mom! -....the final result,

and it turned out to be bad news for one member of the White House team,

and a central figure he is, Scooter Libby, five counts.

And, as Brian Williams just said on NBC news in that special report,

30 years he faces right now.

I want to talk right now to Dan Abrams,

my colleague who handles these legal matters.

You can imagine that the letter of resignation

was probably drafted somewhat in advance

in that there were indications in the past.

What is next?

Lawyers for Lewis Scooter Libby are preparing his defense

following his indictment Friday.

Meanwhile, President Bush is set to announce his next nominee

to replace Sandra Day O'’Connor on the Supreme Court.

...the indictment today, according to sources,

still faces a possible perjury charge.

There are two things here.

First of all, the Karl Rove business about today,

the fact that he was not indicted today,

is certainly what you would call interim good news.

But it can only be called interim good news

because, as you know, the investigation in so far as he is concerned,

is going to--

They served up Scooter Libby, he'’s going to take the fall.

I'’m sure he probably brokered a deal, he takes the fall, deck is stacked.

He gets pardoned, bet there won'’t even be a trial.

I don'’t care...

what they say about us.

I don'’t care how angry you get.

If they take all this away, I don'’t care.

They do not get to take

my marriage.

I'’m so sorry.

You did good.

I did it for me.

I know why you did it.

Thank you.

If I could give it back to you,

if I could give you back who you were...

This is who I am.

Right here.

Are you ready to fight?

Good.

How many of you know the 16 words in President Bush'’s State of the Union address

that led us to war?

How many know my wife'’s name?

Valerie.

Now, how can you know one and not the other?

When did the question move from "Why are we going to war?"

to "Who is this man'’s wife?"

I asked the first question,

but somebody else asked the second,

and it worked because none of us know the truth.

The offense that was committed was not committed against me.

It was not committed against my wife.

It was committed against you, all of you.

If that makes you angry or feel misrepresented,

do something about it.

When Benjamin Franklin left Independence Hall

just after the second drafting,

he was approached by a woman on the street.

The woman said, "Mr. Franklin,

what manner of government have you bequeathed us?"

And Franklin said,

"A republic, madam, if you can keep it."

The responsibility for our country

is not in the hands of a privileged few.

We are strong and we are free from tyranny

as long as each one of us remembers his or her duty as a citizen.

Whether it'’s to report a pothole at the top of your street

or lies in a State of a Union address, speak out.

Ask those questions.

Demand that truth.

Democracy is not a free ride, man,

I'’m here to tell you,

but this is where we live.

And if we do our job,

this is where our children will live.

God bless you.

Thank you.

Ms. Wilson, we'’re pleased to have you here.

Thank you very much for coming to our committee today.

The practice of this committee is that all witnesses

are administered an oath

and I would like to ask you to stand and raise your hand.

Do you promise to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?

-I do. -Please be seated.

Now, there'’s a button on the base of the mic, be sure to press it in

and pull it closely enough to you so you can be heard.

Good morning, Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee.

My name is Valerie Plame Wilson

and I'’m honored to have been invited to testify under oath

before the Committee on Oversight in Government Reform

on the critical issue of safe-guarding classified information.

I'’m grateful for this opportunity to set the record straight.

I'’ve served the United States loyally

and to the best of my ability as a covert operations officer

for the Central Intelligence Agency.

I worked on behalf of the national security of our country,

on behalf of the people of the United States,

until my name and true affiliation were exposed

in the national media on July 14, 2003,

after a leak by administration officials.

Today, I can tell this committee even more.

In the ran up to the war with Iraq,

I worked in the counter proliferation division of the CIA,

still as a covert officer

whose affiliation with the CIA was classified.

I race to discover solid intelligence for senior policy makers

on Iraq'’s presumed weapons of mass destruction programs.

While I helped to manage and run secret, world-wide operations

against WMD target from CIA headquarters in Washington,

I also traveled to foreign countries on secret missions

to find vital intelligence.

I love my career because I love my country.

I was proud of the serious responsibilities entrusted

to me as a CIA covert operations officer.