"will North." "You really want to go out with this man?" " Yes." " He's obviously troublesome." "Then again, if he wasn't, you wouldn't like him, would you?" " will asked me to marry him." "I said yeah." " WOMAN:" "Ahhh!" "will told his idiot brother what you do for a living." "will, this is my job." "Do you understand?" "Do you understand?" "I couId have been sacked!" " You!" "I can't ever trust you again." " Zoe..." "So this was an entirely routine operation into gunrunning?" "There's no such thing as a routine operation." "But you've done it before." "infiltrate the Turkish mafia?" "No." "Take on a false identity to get closer to a target?" "Of course I have." "Can we talk more about that false identity?" " For this operation you were "Sophie"?" " Sophie Newman." " You speak German?" " Yes." " FIuentIy?" " Yes." " tell me more about Operation aladdin." " Nothing more to tell." "We suspected the Turkish mafia were stepping up a level and smuggling more than heroin and handguns." "We had to stop the weapons reaching terrorists." "Miss ReynoIds seduced SeviIin OzaI to access that group?" "Befriended." "OzaI was in the group we sought to infiltrate." "THEY SHOUT IN TURKISH" "You know he's confessed to the murder of 17 people over the years?" "Yes." " He's rediscovered religion." " So I hear." "He's also made a full confession about the warehouse massacre." "Massacre's a strong term for the murder of three." "We tend to use strong terms when one of those killed was a fellow police officer." "OzaI tells us that you encouraged him to carry out the murder of Emre CeIenk." "Don't answer that!" "He went with your injunction to kill CeIenk ringing in his ears, because that was one of MI5's objectives." "You don't understand anything." "No more." "That's it." "Thanks, Superintendent." "Let's go, Zoe." "This was an operation, Iike thousands of others." "It was..." "Except on this operation, a policeman died." "Do you consider that to be collateral damage?" "could you sit down, please?" "Both of you." "May I remind you, Miss ReynoIds, that you are under arrest?" "You, Mr Pearce, are attending this interview against all the rules and as a result of the intervention of the Attorney general." "This investigation is a farce whipped up by a police force motivated by revenge and a media obsessed with attacking the security services." "It is an investigation into a multiple murder whose victims included a police officer and father of two children." "Something that we profoundly regret, but for which we are not responsible." "I disagree." "Miss ReynoIds..." "I'm very sorry to have to say this, but I am satisfied that we have the evidence to charge you." "Charge me with what?" "In the case of Mehmet salem and Hasan Doyan, with involuntary manslaughter by an unlawful act." "And that unlawful act forms the basis of the principal charge, which is conspiracy to murder Emre CeIenk." "A slapped wrist." "Even if they do obtain a conviction, that's all she'II get." "One of my best officers goes on trial tomorrow." "I wish I had your certainty." "Oh, Gordon's hardly known as a hanging judge." "And he'II agree to all the public interest immunity certificates you want." "This should still have been dealt with internally." "In the past it wouId have been." "But the climate has changed." "We cannot be accused of any type of whitewash, however small." "This is an opportunity for the government to polish its tarnished liberal credentials?" "A wonderful opportunity you've given us!" "A botched operation, a dead police officer, his camera-friendIy widow and a media that scented blood from the start." "And brave bobbies versus shady spooks." "Whose corner do you think we want to be in with an election coming?" " Things have changed." " Someone has to pay." "Someone ALWAYS has to pay, Harry." "At least we've ensured it's one officer and not the whole of MI5 picking up the bill." "She's a fine officer, Patrick." "That's why we're only talking a slap on the wrist." "She may get off." "Come round to the club later." "I'II buy you a Scotch, make amends." "You think that's all she's worth to me, a bloody Scotch?" "!" " How was Lord Young?" " exactly what you'd expect." "There's a Iot of anger about this, Harry." " Danny?" " Everyone, especially Danny." " Keep an eye on him." " Did you get the assurances you wanted?" " Yes." "Zoe will be protected." " Good." "We owe her that." "We couldn't have foreseen this, Adam." "You called me." "will you come in?" "Yeah." "So...?" "I don't know where to start." "Let's start where my idiot brother stole photos from me, and you decided it was all MY fault." "I told you how important trust is." "well, that works both ways, Zoe." "well, I'm glad we've sorted THAT out(!" ")" "will." "I'm in a Iot of trouble at the moment." "What sort of trouble?" "I can't tell you." "But I've been very scared and lonely." "What?" "You know when someone has caused you real pain and you think, "What did I ever do to deserve this?"" "You lie awake hating that person, and then you see them and you want to put your arms around them." "That's kind of humiliating, don't you think?" "So put your arms around me." "I'd ask you what's going on, but I know you're not gonna tell me." "I can't." "please just trust me." "please." "I'II contact you when it's all over." "I will." "Zoe, you don't ever have to be lonely, you know that." "I'm so sorry for hurting you." "You're right about not deserving it." "It's just..." "I didn't mean it." "Come here, it's OK." "It's all right." "It's OK." "It's gonna be all right." "It's all right," "I promise." "Yes, I'm here at the central criminal Court in the heart of the city, as it's the first day in the trial of the MI5 officer known only as Officer X." "Now, reporting restrictions are severe." "The judge, Sir Gordon chiles, has signed a raft of public immunity interest certificates." "Joining me now is the widow of the murdered police officer Hasan Doyan." "gillian Doyan, what are your thoughts about this case?" "I just want justice for myself and my children." "And a sense that we live in a democracy where nobody " "least of all a member of the security services - is above the Iaw." "What are your feelings about...?" "well, that's GiIIian Doyan heading into the central criminal Court for the start of this historic case." "We will, of course, be bringing you continual updates throughout the day as the trial continues." "AII rise." " The Crown calls Mr SeviIin OzaI." " Thank you." "AII right, Mr OzaI, you can understand english - that is correct?" "Sure." "You are currently serving 17 life sentences, three of which are for the murders of the individuals who concern us today?" " That is correct?" " Yes." "You have been offered no deals to testify today?" " No." " Right." " Do you know the woman in the dock?" " Yes." " By what name do you know her?" " Sophie Newman." "Where did you first meet Sophie Newman?" "I met her one night in a casino." "David, a three and a five split." "A grand on each." "Three and five, a grand on each - gentleman at the end of the table." "No more bets." "Number five wins!" "HE SPEAKS IN TURKISH" "You appear to be in luck tonight." "It must be the presence of such a beautiful woman." "I'm with Mahmoud." "We've met." "Can I buy you a drink?" "I don't accept drinks from strangers... unless they just happen to have won a Iarge sum of money at the roulette table." "Mahmoud is your boyfriend?" "If he was, do you think he'd let you buy me a drink?" "He won't be in a position to object." " You know what, I don't like guns." " I do." "well, why don't you buy your gun a drink(?" ")" "If you think that impresses me, you are very much mistaken." "HE SPEAKS IN TURKISH" "You certainly will be if you don't find it." "What's your name?" " Eva." " What?" "Eva." "well, Eva, unless you find my scarf, the next cIoakroom you'II find yourself working in will be back home in Kosovo." " I'm polish." " What did you say?" "Why don't you let me buy you a new scarf?" " Did your luck hold?" " Depends." " On what?" " Going to let me take you shopping?" " No, I'm not." " No guns." "Why had you and your men visited the casino that night?" "I was celebrating, because I had sorted out some important business." "HE SPEAKS IN TURKISH" "HE SPEAKS IN TURKISH" "OzaI!" "HE SPEAKS IN TURKISH" "OzaI!" "THEY SPEAK IN TURKISH" "OzaI." "So who was the man who stopped you from shooting the cafe owner?" " OZAL:" "well, we knew him as Zeki." " Zeki's real name was Hasan Doyan, and he was a police officer working undercover in an anti-drugs team." "As usual, he was wearing a wire." "would it be fair to say that this undercover policeman saved the cafe owner's life?" "You would have shot him otherwise?" "Yes." "OK." "So after that you called Sophie Newman again?" " Yes." " Did you arrange to meet her?" "Yes." "I took her shopping, and we went to dinner a few times." "What did she tell you about herself?" "She told me that her father was in the British Army, that her mother was German." "She said that her one aim in life was not to be bored." "Did anything about her seem unusual or strange?" "Not really." "One day, though, I found her alone in my office." "THEY SPEAK IN TURKISH" "What do you think you're doing?" " So where do you hide them?" " Hide what?" "Wedding rings, photographs..." "Is that what this is all about?" " Are you jealous?" " Not jealous, no." "But if some hysterical wife starts running after me, I'd Iike to know about it." "Why should she start running after YOU?" "She would never be able to catch you." "She's too fat." "So there IS a wife." "You know you really shouldn't talk about her like that." "Why?" "It's true." "She's a good cook... she eats too much of her own cooking." "She's my wife." "still, a man should always respect his wife." "This is..." " Sophie Newman." " Sophie, this is my boss, Emre CeIenk." " I've heard about you." " ZOE:" "really?" "From who?" "I was told you were beautiful, and they weren't exaggerating." " It's a pleasure to meet you." " And you." "If you'II excuse me, I have business to discuss with my colleague." "Of course." "Maybe we can all meet for dinner later?" "We can discuss Germany." "I understand you know our friend Mahmoud." "Yes, sure." "call me later." "That was the first time that the woman you knew as Sophie Newman had ever met Emre CeIenk?" "As we are moving on to a new area," "I feel this might be a good time to adjourn for the day." "AII rise." "You're one of them, aren't you?" "What?" "A spy, a spook - whatever they call you." "I've seen you in there." " You are?" " You know who I am." "I can't talk to you." "You think you're aII-powerfuI, you don't have to obey the same rules?" "If that were true, we wouldn't BE here, would we?" "That's thanks to dedicated policemen who don't creep around in the dark like you do." "No wonder they call you spooks." "If we creep around in the dark, it's because we have to, cos there are people out there who also move in the dark." "Look at that old man selling the newspaper." "That woman, scratching her back while she talks." "The couple whose fingers are touching who are obviously having an affair." "They know they should go to the gym, give up smoking, consolidate their debts." "We try to protect them from people who would happily blow them to pieces." "You can question our methods - we do that all the time - but don't question our motives." "Don't talk to her again, Danny." " What was your relationship with CeIenk?" " He was my boss." "Did you get on well with him?" "Prior to shooting him, of course." " Thank you." "Yes?" " He was my boss." "Did you, CeIenk and Sophie ever sociaIise together?" "Sure." "He liked her." "And did she appear to like him?" "She changed when he was around." "No." "No, thank you." "These are the forces that will dictate the shape of our century." "AI-Qaeda, American oil companies and the East European mafia." " Remind me never to have children!" " You shouldn't have children anyway." " Why not?" " You were made for better things." "So you know our friend Mahmoud from Germany?" "Mmm." "I work for an import-export company." "I know." "You'II also know, then, that our interests coincided briefly." "When I came to London, he offered to accompany me to a casino." "I Iove gambling." "You're in good company, then." "I made Sophie a proposition." "I'm going to Frankfurt on a business trip soon." "I need someone with me who speaks German and knows the city." "For how long?" "A weekend." "How strange." "One trip to the toilet, and you suddenly lose your appetite(!" ")" "And did Sophie Newman go to Frankfurt with Emre CeIenk?" "Yes, she did." "And you were jealous, which was of course her intention?" "That's a leading question." "The witness can't comment on my client's intentions." "Rephrase the question, please." "Yes, my lord." "How did you feel about that?" "Bad." "And when she returned from the weekend, did she call you straightaway?" "No." "So what happened?" "I got drunk." "I beat my wife." "I was blinded by love, and only God can forgive me my crimes." "So when did you next see Sophie Newman?" "You slept with him?" "And what did you expect?" "You let me go away with him when you knew he wanted me." "He's my boss!" "I couldn't say no to him!" "Nor could I." "You know, he's a very persuasive, powerful man." "He's much more powerful than you." "killing me isn't going to help you." "HE's the one that laughs at you." "killing me is just going to make him laugh even more." " He laughs at me?" " Yeah." " As he undressed me." " I'm gonna kill him." "I don't think you'd dare." "No." "You know, I think he's more likely to have YOU killed." "He thinks you're weak." "Weak?" "Yeah." "GUN CLICKS" "Why don't you show me that you're not weak?" "Things could be very different." "Why don't you show me that you care enough about me?" "You drive me crazy." "You know what you have to do for us to be together." "HE SPEAKS IN TURKISH" "OzaI!" "OzaI!" "OzaI!" "I just want to draw your attention to the phrase in the transcripts " ""Sophie told me what happened." "She told me to kill you."" "Now, this is what OzaI has just said to CeIenk, and CeIenk's reply is..." "HE SPEAKS IN TURKISH" "tell Sophie that life is only a dream." "OzaI!" "I'm an undercover police officer, OK?" "Don't!" "I'm married with two kids!" "OzaI!" "'PIease don't kill me, OzaI!" "'I'm married with two children." "Shh!" "OzaI, no!" "'" "OzaI, don't do it." "Don't do it!" "please, OzaI, please!" "OzaI!" "'OzaI, don't do it." "Don't do it, please." "'My children..." "please.'" "please." "I have no further questions for this witness, my lord." "'Some said that our investigation would be blocked, 'and that the security services are above the Iaw." "'I can't comment on the trial, 'but the fact that this is taking place proves them wrong." "'What about allegations that Officer X is a scapegoat?" "'" "What are YOU doing here, Harry?" "Came to see if you were OK." "A gruelling day." "Yeah, yeah." "The tapes were bad - they support OzaI's testimony." "Go and tidy your room, Danny." "Right." "Sure." "Can I get you a drink or something?" "I'm preparing my character-witness statement." "Hope you're going to say nice things." "well, I won't tell them about the stapler you stole." "The Attorney general has assured me that even if it comes to the worst, you'II just get a slapped wrist." "Why are they letting this happen?" "They need to slap our wrists publicly, and there's some irritation at how we lost control of the operation." "What is it?" "I need to be sure, Zoe, that you will not deviate from the story that's been agreed." "tell the truth under oath, you mean?" " Heaven forbid(!" ")" " This is very complex." " Much more is at stake here." " Than my career and my liberty?" "Yes." " I'II stick to what we agreed." " To tell the truth but not..." "The whole truth and nothing but the truth." " Truth is a highly elastic concept." " No." "We make it elastic." "But don't worry, Harry." "I understand the stakes." "Try and get a good night's sleep." "Harry?" "Everything's gonna be OK, isn't it?" "Of course it will." "I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." "OK." "I'II start by asking you some questions about the buiId-up to Operation aladdin." "Right." " When did you first find out about it?" " It was a Monday morning." "Two of our officers arrived with a strange new toy." "Les jeux sont faits!" "Rien ne va plus, mesdames et messieurs." " What's that for?" " Look..." " Now, give me a colour." " Red." " Odd or even?" " Odd." "BALL CLATTERS" "cool!" "How does it work?" "Some things must remain among the cognoscenti." " What's it for?" " AII will be explained at the meeting." "These are victims of feuding between two factions of the Turkish mafia." "One wing was more associated with the heroin trade, the other with arms." "It would appear that a decisive winner has now emerged from that battle." "This is Emre CeIenk - ruthless, brilliant and highly educated." "He's in the victorious gunrunning wing." " Not your stereotypical Turkish mafioso." " Why are we interested?" "His victory means a big increase in the number of guns getting into the country." "And not just guns." "He has links to the balkan arms route, and the weaponry is more sophisticated." "Some of that stuff could easily fall into terrorist hands." "SeviIin OzaI - one of CeIenk's lieutenants." " DANNY:" "And the weakest link?" " ADAM:" "Correct." "We think he's our best bet for someone we can both manipulate and turn." "Who are we going to get to do that, then?" "We're going to turn you into just the woman OzaI will love." "Through him, we get to CeIenk." "Right, that's it." "Zoe, Iet's go through a few more details about your legend, shall we?" "During the briefing of that Monday morning, was it ever suggested that one of the objectives of this operation was the assassination of Emre CeIenk?" " definitely not." " What about euphemisms?" ""Remove him"? "cancel his contract"?" "ZOE:" "No euphemisms were used in the case of Emre CeIenk." "And no such suggestion was ever made during the briefing." "Right." "Now, in his evidence," "Mr OzaI made reference to an individual named Mahmoud." "You arrived at the casino with him the first night you met Mr OzaI." "Can you tell us more about that?" "Hey, Sam." "Zoe, this is Mahmoud - an undercover officer with the BND in Germany." "He's infiltrated the Turkish mafia, but is also known to CeIenk." " Nice to meet you." " And you." "I believe MaIcoIm's already shown you the magic roulette wheel." "Yes." "OzaI goes to a casino which is part of CeIenk's empire." "Let me guess." "We let him win?" "Yes." "That's when you make your move." "But we want him to work hard for you." " Quite right too!" " We'II give you a new frock, diamonds." "And the cherry on the cake is that at the end of the op, I get to keep them?" "I'm afraid this particular cake comes without a cherry." "OK, Sophie Newman, Iet's have a look at you." "This should do the trick." "Now, Iet's do the voice again." "Think posh, cigarette-husky." "Come on, it's an important part of your legend." "You're Sophie Newman." "You're clever but easily bored." "You're amoral and you want money and excitement." "What will you say when he wins?" "You appear to be in luck tonight." "Yes!" "nicely done, Zoe." "Have you got a visual, Bravo Two?" "'Affirmative, alpha One." "He's talking to her now.'" "OK, Zoe, find a reason to blow him out." "'She's blown him out, alpha One.'" "Great." "Are you in position, Bravo Three?" " Affirmative, alpha One." " 'Good.'" "Leave him at the roulette wheel." "Mahmoud, you tell him Sophie is slipping from his grasp and she's leaving." "tell him she's at the cloakroom." "I Iove this job sometimes." "But befriending OzaI was really a means of getting closer to Emre CeIenk?" "Yes." "And you first met CeIenk the day that OzaI caught you in his office?" "Yes." "You've got a problem, alpha One." "The target is returning." " Have I got time to get out?" " 'Negative.'" "'ShaII I request back-up?" "'" "No, we'd lose the whole op." "What do you think you're doing?" " So where do you hide them?" " Hide what?" " 'Wedding rings, photographs..." " Is that what this is all about?" " 'Are you jealous?" " Not jealous, no." "'But if some hysterical wife starts running after me, I'd Iike to know about it.'" "control, I'm worried about Persephone." "She's with OzaI, but CeIenk has arrived with one of his heavies." "I should go in." " CELENK: 'A man should always..." " control?" "'" " She'II talk her way out of it." " She might be in danger." "She is, but she's good, so she'II get out of it." "Maybe we can all meet for dinner later." "We can discuss Germany." "I understand you know our friend Mahmoud." "Yes, sure." "call me later." "She's done it." "How did you judge the relationship between OzaI and CeIenk?" "It became clear CeIenk despised him, especially his drug use." " What are you doing with him, Sophie?" " I Iike him." "He amuses me." "He amuses you(!" ") Then you are easily amused." "Apart from gambling, you don't share his other vices." "I mean, you're not a drinker, or drugs." "Drugs are the most boring things in the world." "And very dangerous to our work." "They make you Ioose-tongued." "I may liberate you from OzaI for a weekend soon." "See if we can have a less boring time together." "I don't do that." "I am not talking about one of your english dirty weekends." "It's strictly business." "I made Sophie a proposition." "So relations between OzaI and CeIenk were strained?" "In my opinion, yes." "Yes, they were." "Was OzaI aware of this?" "Sometimes he became paranoid - he thought CeIenk might try to kill him." "I put that down to excessive cocaine use." "What did MI5 hope to gain by you accompanying CeIenk to Frankfurt?" "intelligence on BaIkan gunrunning and a closer proximity to CeIenk." "Not to make OzaI jealous?" "If that had been my aim, I wouldn't have had to go to Frankfurt to do that." "Quite." "And tell us about the meeting with SeviIin OzaI when you returned." "That wasn't at all as he described it." "Um... we met, and I tried to give him a present, but he began ranting again about how CeIenk was trying to have him killed, and then he stormed out." "And the first you knew of the deaths in the warehouse...?" "A colleague picked me up and told me that the operation was over." "obviously, we were distraught at the news of the death of the police officer on the undercover drugs operation." "We had no idea of his existence." "Thank you." "No further questions, my lord." "I think we'II adjourn for lunch." "AII rise." "You have denied that you and Mr OzaI were lovers." "Did that never become an issue between you?" "No." "So you were using the promise of sex to manipulate him?" "Is it common for you to use sex to manipulate people during an operation?" "No." "But you're very attractive." "Perhaps you were recruited for that?" "That was never mentioned at the interview." "The expensive dress, the diamonds?" "What were they for?" "We wanted him to be attracted to me." "No-one denied that." "Mm-hm, so he was buying you gifts and taking you out, and yet he received nothing in return?" "Or was it your sparkling conversation that so entranced Mr OzaI?" "You're totally missing the point." "By denying OzaI sex he was easier to..." "Wind up?" "manipulate?" "To control." "It has been suggested by your defence that OzaI was very frightened of CeIenk." "Yes." "But that's not supported by any of the taped conversations between the undercover policeman and OzaI." "Do you find that strange?" "It's macho culture - you don't confess fear to another man." "And while we're on the subject of tapes, can we go back to the incident where Mr OzaI caught you in his office?" "What were you doing?" "I was replacing a defective bug that had been providing us with a Iot of useful secondary intelligence." "So when you returned from Frankfurt, the new bug was up and running?" "Yes." "So where are the tapes for the period after you returned from Frankfurt?" "We've requested them, but have been told they don't exist." "There could be any number of reasons for that." "Things do sometimes go missing." "Or perhaps you laid down another defective bug?" "Is MI5's equipment that unreliable?" " My lord..." " I'II allow this." "The new bug magically stopped working after you got back from Frankfurt(?" ")" " Is that it?" " obviously not." "So where are MI5's records for what happened that day in OzaI's office?" "We're a very large organisation." "Records do go missing." "Lucky for us, then, that the police aren't so careless with THEIR evidence." "OzaI - "She told me to kill you."" "CeIenk - "well, if she told you to kill me, then you must."" " How do you explain that?" " He was Iying." "I can't speculate as to why." "You used OzaI's sexual jealousy to turn him into your weapon, didn't you?" "No." "And in doing so, you showed a cowardly disregard for human life." "OzaI was in such a rage that anybody with CeIenk would have met the same fate." " But you didn't care about that." " That's not true." "Your regard for the truth is on a par with your regard for human life." "The goal of this shoddy, sordid operation was the death of Emre CeIenk." "That's the truth, isn't it?" "No." "No further questions, my lord." "Nobody is seeking to deny SeviIin OzaI's past, but he has been offered nothing to testify in this trial, and he has confessed to crimes for which he was not even..." "The choice before you is clear." "believe a murderous drug addict, who descended into the cocaine-fueIIed paranoia that his boss might have him killed." "Or believe a brave officer, who has put her life on the line..." "You must put aside all talk of fine lines and grey areas." "Did Officer X, for whatever reason, tell SeviIin OzaI to kill Emre CeIenk?" "And did this result in the deaths of both CeIenk...?" "I don't expect you to reach a verdict today." "You will be sequestered at a hotel for the night." "AII rise." "Zoe?" "Don't come near me, Danny." "I've lost all regard for human life." "You should get some sleep." "Can't." "Do you want something?" "Hot chocolate?" "Whisky?" "No." "Why don't you go back to bed?" "I've dealt with scarier things than missing a night's sleep, Zoe." "I'II stay up with you." "The jury are attacking the minibars now, getting ready for their big day tomorrow." "Don't think about that." "If I don't, I just think about the face of the policeman's widow." "tell me, Zoe." "tell you what?" "tell me what really happened." " I don't know what you're talking about." " You do." "I'II never repeat it to a living soul." "But tell me what really happened." "I'm the only person who can truly understand." "If I tell you, Danny, you can never tell anybody else what you know." "Harry and Adam must always think you believe the version I gave in court." "AII right?" "And you have to swear to me." "I swear." "It began after the first briefing." "..feuding between two factions of the Turkish mafia." "..just the woman OzaI will love." "Through him, we get to CeIenk." "Right, that's it." "Zoe, Iet's go through a few details about your legend, shall we?" "OK." "No-one outside this room knows what we're about to tell you now." "It has to stay that way." "We believe CeIenk has aI-Qaeda connections." " What kind of connections?" " We're not sure." "We think he works in the financial side of things." " In what way?" " AI-Qaeda is also a business empire." "There's money to be made working for them." "The fact is, we just don't know." "CeIenk is an enigma, hence the need for you to get close to him." "And the need for total secrecy about that." "If we find out that he is providing services for aI-Qaeda, then we'II have to explore all our options regarding Mr CeIenk." " including..." " ALL our options." "So it WAS part of the brief to kill CeIenk?" "Come on, you know how these things work." "It was vaguely hinted at as being a Iong-term option." " Yeah, OK." " I couldn't talk about aI-Qaeda in court." " But it might have helped your case." " There are other lives at stake here." "Thought you had no regard for human life." "That was why Harry came over the other night - to make sure I didn't say anything." "They wanted you to stay on CeIenk with the option of killing him?" "Yeah, but first we needed to find out about him." "That's why I went to Frankfurt." "MOBILE PHONE RINGS" "'Status report from Persephone to control." "'Target observed in meeting with two men' the Germans have verified as Saudis." "Having dinner with them." "will report back later." "well..." "Let's have a drink." "really, you are quite safe with me." "I promise." "You know I don't want to sleep with you." "There are things I wish to discuss with you." "I might like you to do some more work for me." "Are you tired?" "No." "I'd love another brandy." "Good." " Risky." " Yeah, a great opportunity, though." "If he didn't want to sleep with you, what did he want?" "I thought it was what he said - to discuss work." "American rubbish." "You don't like Americans?" "I think no better or worse of them than of anybody else." "I did enjoy watching the planes flying into the Twin Towers." "It... it certainly made the pulse beat a little faster." "Mmm!" "The people jumping was awful, though." "Can't you imagine the excitement of those young men who had taken over the planes?" "To do something so devastating, so spectacular..." "It almost sounds as though you support aI-Qaeda." "No, I'm not interested in their ideology." "They are a business, as well as a terrorist organisation." "But they could do something here or in London that would kill everyone." "Why are you so frightened of death, Sophie?" "The couple kissing down in the lobby, the boy who brought us the drinks... who would really care if they all vanished tomorrow?" "well, their families, the people that love them..." "Compare their trivial lives to those men who rushed to their deaths on that beautiful morning in New York." "Is that what you enjoy, then?" " Death and destroying people?" " Enjoy?" "No, not really." "But if you don't like death and destruction," "I suggest you look away for the next 30 years, because it's inevitable, and millions will perish." "You know, you make money from people who deal in death and destruction." "I'm not sure that I entirely approve of you." "But there is a part of you that agrees with me, I'm sure." " And what makes you think that?" " You're clever." "You're a bit lonely." "I imagine you've never been able to keep a lover." "But you pretend that's through choice." "One thing puzzles me, though." " That lost child at the station..." " What about her?" "Mum!" "Mum!" "Mum!" "Are you all right?" "'We would Iike to remind all passengers to keep your luggage with you at all times." "'Any unattended luggage will be removed." "'Thank you for your co-operation.'" "OK." "Bye!" "I saw your face." "It wasn't the Sophie Newman who screams at cIoakroom attendants." "How do you know about that?" "I've always had a soft spot for children." "That other bitch happened to lose a particularly beautiful scarf of mine." " shall I have her killed?" " What?" "The girl in the cloakroom." "well?" "Come on, Sophie." "I thought it was your mission in life not to be bored." " Let's see if she's working tonight." " Let's just... sit down." "One call to the casino, and one of my men can follow her to her house, kill her and everybody in it." " Stop it." " You don't find this boring, do you?" "We can listen to her screaming." "HE SPEAKS IN TURKISH" "Good!" "She's working." "So, how much pain does she deserve for losing your beautiful scarf?" "Stop it." "One person, a million people, you or me." "It changes nothing in the end." "Life is only a dream, and one day we all wake up from it." "I'd Iike to believe that when people wake up, they'II see a kinder face than yours." "Good night, Sophie." "Under no circumstances." "Just when we're making a massive breakthrough." " The trip was a huge success." " He tore my legend to pieces." "He would have killed you if that were the case." "I had to hear how much he enjoyed watching the Twin Towers come down." "Adam, this man disgusts me." "sadly in this job, we don't get to deal with nice guys." "I don't want to do this any more." "I am very uncomfortable that a man who thinks he can do business with aI-Qaeda is in his position." "We can't take you off the mission, Zoe." " And then?" " I went to his office." "I removed the bug and I told him I'd slept with CeIenk in Frankfurt." "That must have driven him crazy after all his time pursuing you." "Yeah." "I didn't spare him any details either." "So you also asked him to..." "I told OzaI to kill CeIenk, Danny." "But you hadn't received specific instructions to do so." "No." "Harry was uncomfortable with CeIenk heading the organisation." "But that's not a kill order." "No." "I just decided to interpret it as one." " Why?" " Because I was frightened." " For Sam?" " For Sam." "For myself." "For the couple kissing in the hotel." "For the kid who brought us our drinks." "For anyone whose life he deemed worthless." "Danny, I couldn't see him as a potential asset or a source of intelligence any longer, just as a man who could see no difference between one death and a million." "We make difficult decisions, and we're denied the luxury of moral absolutes." "Yeah." "Yeah, but this time, Danny, I messed up a mission." "I've exposed the service to this... court farce, and I caused the death of two other men." "You know, you have to live with the consequences of your choices, Danny." "Do you think CeIenk knew you were MI5?" "I don't know." "Sometimes I Iike to think he let me go from Frankfurt cos it gave him some release from the nightmare he'd become." "Thanks for telling me the truth." "Whatever happens tomorrow, whatever the jury decides," "I want you to know something." "It's OK." "I Iove you." "I know." "I just want this to be over." "You're exhausted." "The whisky will help you sleep." "Go on, Iie down." "There's only a few hours till the morning, and I'II stay with you." " I'm so tired, Danny." " Just close your eyes." " Don't go away." " I won't." "You know, we have done some brilliant things together." "Yeah, we have." " And I'm not going to sleep." " Doesn't matter." " This waiting is dreadful." " No need for alarm." "I've had assurances." "Harry!" "The jury are coming back in." "JUDGE:" "will the defendant please stand?" "And would the foreman please stand?" "Have you reached verdicts on which you are all agreed?" "Yes, my lord." "On the charge of involuntary manslaughter of Mehmet salem, do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty?" "guilty." "And on the charge of the involuntary manslaughter of Hasan Doyan, do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty?" "guilty." "And on the charge of conspiring to murder Emre CeIenk, do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty?" "guilty." "The trial of Officer X reached a dramatic conclusion today as the judge handed down a ten-year prison sentence." " You going to see the Attorney general?" " I certainly am." "They've given us a political trial." "Let's get political on them." " My thoughts exactly." " I'd better get back in." " call me as soon as you need me." " Thanks, Adam." "I'm not letting them lock her up." "A slapped wrist?" "!" " The sentence was lenient." " You implied there'd be NO sentence!" "That was something over which I had no control." "You've had control from the start." "This was a show trial." "To a degree, yes." "We were showing this is not a state where the rule of law counts for nothing and where a member of the security services can appoint themseIf as an executioner." "Remember that pious bullshit the next time there's a terrorist outrage on these shores." "And you remember that a democracy is not only protected with guns." "So we reward the loyalty of one of my officers with a prison cell?" " There's no option, Harry." " Oh, there's always an option." "Because let me tell you, a few reputations will go down with Zoe." "We know where the bodies are buried... remember?" "You're playing a very dangerous game here." "So we appear to have reached an impasse." "Sit down." "Harry." "Right." "I'm on it." "Zoe's been sentenced." "I need to know when they're moving her and where." "It's Adam." "No time for explanations - I need a young woman." "No time for jokes, either." "Here's the deal - she needs to be Zoe's height and build." " What's going on?" " Come with us." "We'II explain on the way." "Do you not understand?" "No, Harry!" "OK, Danny, you've got to convince her now." "It's up to you." "What's happening with the stooge?" "The price of silence is her 20-year sentence for drug-smuggIing goes down to Zoe's 10 in an open prison." " Officer X will get a new identity anyway." " Danny's got to convince her." "Gina hamilton." "It's a pretty name." "And chile's a really beautiful country, but I won't do it." "They ask a Iot of you in this job." "Now I'm supposed to convince you to go away and never see any of us again." "well, don't worry, you won't convince me." "Prisons aren't good places, Zoe." "And ten years is longer than it sounds." "Leave my family?" "My friends?" "Leave my job?" "There is no job any longer." "And the gaps between visits will feel like forever." " I said I'd contact will." " Is it fair to ask him to wait ten years?" " He'II think I've betrayed his trust." " I'II call him." "I'II make it all right." "I..." "I can't do this." "Take it." "Take the passport." "Danny, I'm willing to pay the price for what I've done." "Think of the impact it'II have on everyone else." "Are you still appealing to my sense of duty?" "Yes." "Yes." "It never went away." "Look, take it." "It's your freedom, and Harry had to threaten a coup to get it." "BANGING Time's up!" "Wait!" "One minute, please." "Zoe." " I'II know who I am and what I've done." " really?" "Because your name would not be Zoe ReynoIds in prison." "How do you Iike RW936?" "God, it never stops." "What IS your real identity, Zoe?" "I mean, who ever really knows that?" "If it's anything, it's the impulse that led you to decide that ordinary lives weren't trivial and that you had a duty to protect them." "The question is whether you're going to allow them to put that identity behind bars for ten years." "Some..." "lucky person in chile who doesn't know it yet is going to meet Gina hamilton." "Maybe you'II have kids." "I'd Iike to have a baby one day - a little girl." "Then get away from here." "I'II never see you again." "Maybe one day, when nothing matters any more," "I'II come out, and we'II sit by the ocean and laugh at all this." "Oh, Danny!" "You mustn't cry." "No." "You have to go." "Danny?" "Gone." "HARRY:" "So whoever is doing this has cracked this code?" "ADAM:" "Yes." "We've got nine people dead after taking the most commonly used medicine in the country." "Whatever it takes, I want these techno freaks stopped." "You'II ruin millions of lives." " Danny, talk to me." " Why can't we just tell him where she is?" "They've got till tomorrow night, otherwise it hits the headlines."