"It´s been confirmed." "It was a bomb." "The date for your execution is set for the 16th." "You are now in phase two of deathwatch." " It´s not over for Luke." " No." "I´m going to speak to the Pardons Board." "God damn it!" "I kept that man in power." "He´s not the same kiss-ass he was seven years ago, Lynne." "You´re letting Usman dick you around, Gordon." "Who would you rather see as President of Tyrgyztan?" "Eshan or Usman?" " Is there no other way?" " It´s a go." "Their flight plan says they were en route to Tyrgyztan." "They had 10 cylinders of epichlorohydrin." "I´ll be in the office in 20 minutes." " It´s the principal ingredient of nerve gas." " God." "We need positive confirmation from the Russian Aviation Authority that the final destination of that plane was Karaz, Tyrgyztan." "If I could have the names and passport details of the arrested subjects with British nationality," "I´ll see what I can tell them this end." "The authorities are stressing that this is not a terrorist incident." "Charles MacIntyre." "You have some of my men in custody." "A farce, one-dimensional story." "FBI agents injured in a customs raid that went wrong." "It won´t stay small for long." "Not with Brits shooting at the FBI." "What have we got?" "The FBI just confirmed the arrested men were working for CMC Secure Operations." " Who´s employing CMC?" " Centas Industries." "A Tyrgyztan registered company set up in 2002 to handle development contracts." "Why would they want 10 cylinders of chlorine gas?" "Don´t know yet, but Usman´s brother´s on the board." "What´s that bastard MacIntyre got us mixed up in now?" " Special Agent Blake." " Colonel MacIntyre." " We have a very bad situation here." " Indeed you do." "I´ve got flight manifests for the transport plane and its cargo to Karaz, Tyrgyztan, firearms licences for my employees, contracts to provide security for Centas Industries in the Bukek district, and an export licence for 200 litres of epichlorohydrin for use in water treatment." "Your actions last night, Special Agent Blake, severely endangered the lives of my men while they were going about their legitimate business." "Your employees resisted arrest and engaged in gunfire with my agents." "Two of them were seriously injured." "You should think yourself lucky more people weren´t killed." "Didn´t you do your homework?" "Highly toxic chemicals were involved." "Armed forces, unknown to my men, ambushed them at night." " Naturally, they defended themselves." " Appropriate warnings were given." "That´s not their recollection of events." "Look..." "I have a dead colleague with a widow and two children." "What the hell were you doing?" " I was acting on information received." " Received from whom?" "I´m not at liberty to disclose that." "My lawyer´s going be lodging an official complaint regarding the FBI´s handling of this situation, and if you want to hang on to your job, I suggest you release my men." "Thanks for your cooperation, Mr MacIntyre." "Now that I have all this paperwork to get through, I´ll be holding your colleagues until I´m satisfied we´ve investigated every scrap of evidence thoroughly." "I´ll call you right back." "When I was a special envoy to Tyrgyztan," "I was given a tour of a chemical factory financed by the UK Government." "Centas doesn´t need to import epichlorohydrin." "Tyrgyztan can produce it by the tanker." "So why have it flown in?" "Maybe Tyrgyztan wasn´t the real destination." "That´s a possibility." "Maybe it was." "If you´re planning to gas your own people, you wouldn´t want the chemical to be traceable to a factory down the road, would you?" "It´s a theory." " What happened?" " You tell me." "The FBI said they were acting on intelligence, so someone talked." "Are you accusing my lads?" "Listen, if that plane had gone up, it would have lit the sky from here to Baltimore." "Well, we have a leak." "Was it Sinclair?" "You´re head of Defense Intelligence, for Christ´s sake." "Ask the FBI." "They might want to know why I´m interested." " Well, maybe you got careless." " Right." "I sent a memo." " Do we abort?" " Do you honestly believe we´d be allowed to jump?" "This juggernaut is not stopping." "All right, if there was any real knowledge out there, we´d already be headed for death row." " I´ll make sure Sinclair´s contained." " Good." "We stay the course, this could play to our advantage." "Yeah." "PM´s office has confirmed he´ll be attending the memorial service next month." "We´re waiting to hear which Royal the palace are fielding." "Phil..." "Eshan Borisvitch is prepared to hold talks with the US administration." " I wasn´t aware they were putting out feelers." " They´re not." "He is." "Apparently I´m the only person he´ll come out of hiding for." "Don´t be flattered." "It´s a poisoned chalice." " MacIntyre." " Colonel, we need to meet." "Ma´am." "I brought these for Thomas." "Thank you." "I had to send my own son to war, Christopher." "Sometimes our duty requires us to make terrible sacrifices." "I do not shrink from that." "Nor should you." "Amen." "How soon before the media learn those chemicals were heading for Tyrgyztan?" "24 hours. 48 maximum." "Make it sooner rather than later." "What have you got that connects this to Usman?" "Centas, the company that hired them." "His brother´s listed as one of the directors." "We´ve had reports he´s cracking down on Islamic militants after the plane bombing." "Come on, Carl, if he was gonna do that, he´d send his own army in in the current climate." "This is a covert operation." "Night-time flight, heavily-armed mercenaries, 10 canisters of epichlorohydrin, for Christ´s sake." "That would enough to make enough nerve gas to kill how many?" "An entire town?" " It would do." " What are you saying?" "When you were standing in the first Democratic elections, there was an accident in a meeting hall." " Gas leak. 53 people died." " It was carbon monoxide." "I was supervising the election, so I had sight of the initial pathology report." "It mentioned blistering on the skin of the victims." "When the official report was published, all mention of blistering had been removed." "The man´s gassed people before, Carl." "Are we just going to stand by?" "I mean, surely there comes a point at which it´s impolitic for us to be in business with Usman." "Which leaves who?" " Eshan Borisvitch is in hiding." " What if I can get him to Washington?" " Secret talks, toe in the water." "That´s all." " Is this coming from Downing Street?" "As far as Tyrgyztan is concerned, my government wants whatever the US administration wants." "The President won´t consider it without Warner´s say-so." " If I wanted to get her in dialogue with Borisvitch?" " It´d be tough." "So you guys must really be pissed, huh?" " About what?" " I hear the CMC contract´s legitimate." "Someone must have fed the FBI false information." "Not my department, mate." "Talk to Trade." "Wait a minute, you´re telling me British mercenaries, heavily armed, and you didn´t know anything about it?" "Must have had my eye off the ball." "Sorry." " You get my marmalade?" " What?" "Orange." "Thick-cut." "Stop being coy." "Ask me if I´ve been to London." "Have you been to London?" " Yeah." " Look who´s being coy, for Christ´s sakes." "Let." "Don´t get moody with me, sweetheart." "Let´s play." "I´m sick of tidying up after you, Colonel." "What other embarrassments can I expect?" "It´s out of office hours, so unless you´ve got something to offer me," "I´ve got better places to be." "We´re in the market for trigger switches." "We´ll pay above list price." "You´re out of your depth, Brocklehurst." "Isn´t there someone back home warming your bed?" "Please." "It´s Gary." "Gary Pritchard on the telly." " Who?" " A friend of Luke´s." "They were in the paras together." " Which channel?" " The news one." "The one you were on." "Try the other one." "... highly toxic chemical, epichlorohydrin." "Sources have told this network that the destination was the Central Asian Republic of Tyrgyztan." "The private military contractors were arrested in a shootout with customs officials..." "That´s Gary." "Luke got his military medal because of him." " Are you sure?" " Of course." "I´ve got a photo." "That´s Gary." "Well done, Luke." "You saved the life of a psychotic cop-shooter." "They have been charged with resisting arrest." "No other charges have been laid at this time, but I can tell you they will be held for further questioning." "There are still many unanswered questions." "How did the FBI intercept..." "Don´t worry." "You´ll never get to wear it." "... and most importantly, what were these mercenaries intending to do with the key ingredient to the making of nerve gas?" " Yeah." " Azzam Sinclair." "Put him through." "Hi, Azzam." "It´s Mark." "Is my dad with you?" "No." "Why, where are you?" "He said he was only popping out." "He´s been hours." "Who´s looking after you?" "Hello, I need the car at the front entrance, please." "I´m going out." "Hi." "I´m Mark." "How do you do?" " What are you doing?" " What are you doing?" " Get out." " Get off!" " Come on, move." " Get off me!" " Get off me." " Excuse me." " For God´s sake, Mark." "What are you playing at?" " You stupid, selfish bastard!" "You left Azzam alone in the hotel room and you´re out getting pissed." " He´s a sensible boy." "It´s fine." " He´s eight years old, for Christ´s sake." "He´s nine!" "And he´s my bloody son!" "And we manage very nicely, thank you." "He´s a child." "Anything could have happened to him." "Sorry, do you think that´s funny?" "You´re laughing." "What?" "You want to pretend you care now?" "You´ve run away from us for years." "Well, look at you." "You´re a wreck." "You´re a disgrace." "Why don´t you bugger off before I contaminate you?" "Nothing must stain your splendid career." "Number 10 beckons." "You´re all he´s got." " Just get back to your son." " Sentimental shit." "Why don´t you take a look at yourself in the mirror?" "You might as well have killed Saida yourself, and all the others." "She had faith in you." "Only thing she was ever wrong about." "Excuse me." "Uh, I´m sorry about my friend." "Can I buy you a drink?" " Who´s this?" " My godson." "Azzam Sinclair." " You´ve seen Sinclair." " I´ll explain later." "Put him in Lothian." "Tie." " Mark." " Not now, Phil." "I´ve got a speech to make." "Saida." "It´s all going wrong." "I can´t..." "I can´t." "I can´t." "Strip him." "Concentrate." "You sabotage this operation in any way, the FBI will be getting a little present." "Plus your clothes drenched in this poor girl´s blood." "You understand?" "You bad, bad boy." "Whoa." "Whoa." "Whoa." "Whoa." "We know where you live, pal." " Jane?" " Yes." "Nicholas Brocklehurst, Jane." "Nasreen tells me you have something I should hear." "Yeah." "Hi, I´m the Human Rights Liaison in the Luke Gardner case." "The men arrested in the customs bust, the Brit mercenaries?" "Well, I don´t know if it´s of any use but Luke´s mother recognised one of them." " What name?" " Gary Pritchard." " How reliable is Mrs Gardner?" " Why?" "Traumatic times?" "Bad optician?" "She doesn´t wear glasses and she isn´t gaga, and she has a photograph." "Why?" "What are you saying?" "That the name Gary Pritchard isn´t on the list of arrested men?" "No." "No, it isn´t." "How come she knows him?" "Well, he and Luke served together in the Falklands." "Luke won his military medal saving Pritchard." "Was anyone else with you when Mrs Gardner recognised Pritchard?" "Matthew Weiss." "Washington Press." "Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Jane." "And if you find out anything else, anything at all, just let me know." "Sure." "Of course." "Secretary Warner." "Secretary Warner." "How does this government justify its continued support of President Usman?" "Tyrgyztan has been a loyal and steadfast supporter of this country in the War on Terror." "Madam Secretary, are you concerned that the chemical recovered is used in the manufacture of nerve gas?" "As far as I understand it, epichlorohydrin could be used for many applications." " That´s it." " Madam Secretary..." "One more question, please." "Madam Secretary." " Where´s Azzam?" " He´s waiting in the car." "I need to know what happened last night will never happen again." "No more drink." "You have my word." "On Saida´s grave." "I screwed up." "I love Azzam." "I wouldn´t do anything..." "There´s nothing you can say to me that I haven´t already said to myself, so just bring me my son." "How soon can you get Eshan into the country?" " What?" " How soon?" "48 hours." "Secrecy guaranteed." "You to act as broker." "Who´s he seeing at the administration?" "Okay, does London know you´re talking to me?" "Tell Eshan he´ll be my guest at the Residence." "We´ll arrange a diplomatic visa and security." "I´ll send Azzam up." " Sir Mark." "Nicholas." " Madam Secretary." " Please." " Thank you for seeing us." "There have been some disturbing indications that the situation in Tyrgyztan is not as viable as our governments may wish." "This may well be the time for us to consider alternative strategies for the region, especially if they contribute to our stated aim of promoting global democracy." "Nice speech." "So what´s the proposal?" "I´m in a position to facilitate face-to-face talks with Eshan Borisvitch." "We have US personnel, military bases, American investments to protect." "If Usman were to suspect that I was in dialogue with the guy at the top of his hit list, all of the above would be in grave jeopardy." "Forgive me, Madam Secretary." "I would suggest that all of the above may be in jeopardy if you don´t talk to Eshan Borisvitch." "A Chinese trade delegation in Karaz this morning." "Where´s the PM on this?" "Any dialogue with Borisvitch is to be exploratory, held in camera, plausible deniability on both sides," "brokered by me." " Make the arrangements." " Thank you." "I´ll have my assistant ring Sally." "A man deceives me once, shame on him." "Deceives me twice, shame on me." "Thank you, Mark." " That was easy." " Yes, wasn´t it?" "What leverage do we have with the Governor of Florida?" "The kerbside at Tampa International Airport is for loading and unloading only." "Violators will be ticketed and towed." "Karpinski." "It´s not for me to opinionate on the legal rights and wrongs of this case." "In the 21 years I´ve worked here, I´ve never asked for a man´s life before." "I guess what you want to know from me is, if you let Luke Gardner back into the world, will folk be able to sleep safely at night?" "I have two daughters." "Shalette just turned 17." "Angeline, she´s going on 11." "I love them the most in this world." "But if Luke Gardner called, said he had no where to stay, I´d say, "Come over. "" "That´s about it, I guess." "All I can do now is pray for a rightful decisión." "If Luke Gardner dies," "I don´t believe it´s God´s will." "Thank you, Vernon, for your testimony." " We´ll take serious note." " Thank you." "All of us are aware of the witness statements that were never submitted at Luke Gardner´s original trial, the violation of his right to effective counsel under the Sixth Amendment and the subsequent appeal processes that have brought us to this room." "If there is a reasonable doubt, even the smallest doubt in your minds that Luke Gardner is guilty of the crimes for which he´s been convicted, then you have the opportunity to reverse a travesty of justice and free a man" "who does not deserve to die." "They´re deliberating." " How did it go?" " Well, I think." "Warden Salke." "Hold on a moment." "Yeah." "Persuaded, possibly." "I´d say we could be looking at clemency." "I want you to know, Warden, that you have my full support, as ever." " Always appreciated, Governor." " I understand." "It´s hard." "It´s hard to do the right thing, to send a man to his death." "But it´s not as if Luke Gardner hasn´t had his chance in the highest court in the land." "We have two families who lost their daughters tragically, and a violent junkie." "Now, I know he says he´s repentant, but then, they all are." "Are you sure?" "I mean, you know, is this really what we want?" "Any God-fearing citizen knows that Gardner sealed his fate the day he killed those two girls." "Now, what happens next, that´s between him and his maker." "I know that you can help the board understand that, Jerry." "I´d better go." "Nice talking to you." "After thorough examination of all the facts surrounding the case of prisoner Luke Gardner, the Pardons and Parole Board of Stark Prison have found against Gardner´s plea for clemency." "I should have never used the travesty of justice line." "Jumped-up blowhard lecturing them on justice." " How was the vote split?" " It was unanimous." " That doesn´t make any sense." " I know." "Luke´s lawyer wants to appeal on the grounds that lethal injection is a cruel and unusual punishment." "Luke´s refusing." "He sees it as admissión of guilt." "It´s not over." "I´ll fight it to the last second." "What about the Governor?" "He has the power to stay executions for 60 days." " Karpinski." " Governor Karpinski." "He won´t return my calls." "He´s in Tampa now." "Flying back to Tallahassee late tomorrow." "I´ve got 36 hours before an innocent man dies." "Can you try and find out what his itinerary is?" "He´s at a church dedication at 10:00, followed by a formal lunch with the Mayor at the Peninsula." " What have I got on tomorrow that´s important?" " Service for the victims´ families, St John´s Church." "Tell Phil he´s standing in for me." "Yeah, Sally will call you and tell you what flight I´m on." "Great, thanks." "Okay, bye." " I´m going to need a file on Florida executions." " Right." "It wasn´t your fault." " I never said..." " Yes, you did." " Can I get another one of these, please?" " Yeah, sure." "I had a gut feeling." "Not pure science, I admit, but..." "I thought we had the Pardons Board." " I could have..." " Thanks." "Yeah, no problem." "The man we know as Gary Pritchard, the FBI arrested him under the name David Ewan Tegner." "Luke and Pritchard leave the paras at exactly the same time, and they completely disappear off the radar." "No work permits, no visa applications, zilch, except the bar fight in Bangkok." "Guess what?" "Luke isn´t the only one that´s arrested." "So is Pritchard." "Now, here´s my theory." "Luke and Pritchard both work for CMC and were in Bangkok for a little R and R." "For the record, I want you to know this, I am not intimidated by intelligent women." "Okay, so behind their corporate face, CMC is into some nasty shit." "We´re talking coup attempts, civil wars." "Wherever there´s money to be made out of chaos, they´re there." "Okay, here´s the thing." "Seven years ago, before Luke emerges in Florida," "CMC was working for President Usman of Tyrgyztan." "Oh, my God." "I couldn´t even spell Tyrgyztan until a couple of days ago." "So, here´s what we got." "We got a plane blown up by a bomber with connections to Tyrgyztan militants." "The FBI busts two military transporters loaded with dangerous chemicals to Tyrgyztan." "Ferried by mercenaries connected to the CMC," " including Gary Pritchard." " So Tyrgyztan..." "Usman, CMC, Pritchard, Luke." "Now, stick with me here." "Despite all expectations and your gut feeling the Pardons Board reject Gardner´s plea for clemency." " Whoa." "Where are you going with this?" " I don´t know." "My gut feeling." "Coincidences make me twitchy." " I´ll talk to Luke tomorrow." " You were made for me, you know that." "Eshan." "Tell me where Eshan is." "Tell me where Eshan Borisvitch is." "Tell me where he is." "Eshan Borisvitch." "Eshan Borisvitch arrives in Washington the day after tomorrow for talks with Embassy administration." "Did Whitehall approve that or did you just cook it up with Downing Street?" "The Foreign Secretary and I discussed it this afternoon." "You didn´t think to, um, consult me?" "The talks are highly confidential." "No media, no paperwork, no official acknowledgement of Eshan´s presence." "Gordon Adair´s offered to fly him in on his private jet." "Borisvitch is staying where?" "At the Residence." "As my guest." "You live in a goldfish bowl." "You expect to keep that secret?" "Yes, I do." "His visit is strictly need-to-know." "You couldn´t resist, could you?" "If Usman finds out, then what?" "UK-US trade agreements torn up." "Another crackdown on the Tyrgyztani people." "He was probably about to gas a large number of them, Phil." "How long are we meant to plead ignorance?" "There hasn´t been an election since ´98." "How prepared is that country for democracy?" "Do we actually know?" "What about Borisvitch?" "If Usman learns he´s here..." "Eshan knows the risks." "Look, these are difficult choices." "Badly judged." "I´ll thought out." "I´ll make sure Whitehall is fully aware of your concerns." "Of course, if you pull it off, you get all the glory." "But if it goes tits up, it´s not just your career on the shit heap." "You saved this man´s life." "Gary Pritchard, when you were in the paras." "Gary in South Africa." "David Tegner when he´s on duty for CMC." "How many passports have you got?" "The bad dreams, Luke." "The missing years, travelling." "What are you hiding?" "Tyrgyztan, CMC." "What´s going on?" "Is there someone else who needs this execution to take place?" "I don´t want to watch you die, Luke." " You are a sweet girl." " No, I´m not." " It´s a compliment." " Not where I come from." "But thanks." " You should go." " No." "I don´t want to say goodbye." "I´m going to be okay." " Will you look after my mum?" " Yes." "You made the last few days a lot of fun." "Now piss off, all right?" "I want to make a call, Vernon." " I have a Mr Luke Gardner for you, sir." " Put him through." " MacIntyre?" " Luke." "I´m so sorry things haven´t worked out." "You get me out of here, you fucker." "This isn´t Sierra Leone, Luke." "I can´t just ram the gates and send the boys in." "Hey, I haven´t forgotten Bukek." "If I die tonight, you are screwed, you hear?" "MacIntyre?" "MacIntyre!" "Hey, you fucker." "Fucker." "You fucker." "You fucker..." "Fucker!" " Have you told anyone else?" " I was going to tell the Ambassador." " No, I wouldn´t do that." " If it could help Luke..." "You´d be making accusations about a conspiracy to kill Luke Gardner without any evidence." "Yes, yes, of course." "You´re right." "So let Mark handle it his way." "Meanwhile, I´ll do some digging." "No more discussions with journos or Luke´s mum." "Let´s keep this between us until we have some hard facts." " Anything else about Luke´s past..." " Bring it to you, sure." "I´ve got to go." " Sir Mark." " Jane." "Hi." " Have you met Sally, my private secretary?" " Hi." "We´d better hurry if we´re going to catch Karpinski." "Governor Karpinski." "Mark Brydon." "Ambassador, I warned your office on the phone," "I have no intention of granting a stay of execution." "I have a letter here from my Prime Minister." "I trust the judgement of the Pardons Board, Sir Mark." " I´m sorry if you´ve wasted your time." " Governor, can I just float something by you?" "I´ve been investigating the cases of execution in Florida under your governorship." " Eight." " Right." "And none of them have the reasonable doubt that Luke Gardner´s case does." "I appreciate, truly, that it´s hard to accept these rulings, but I can assure you the men and women who made this decisión did not treat it lightly." "You know, it becomes barbaric to prolong these things." "As I understand it, the Supreme Court had to reject his plea on a constitutional technicality, but everyone involved was confident the Pardons Board would free him." "You´re saying someone got to the Board." "To Warden Salke." "I´m saying that if they have, if it ever came to light, Governor, the buck stops with you." "I know Jerry Salke personally." "He is an honourable man." "This is out of my hands." "I can´t help you." "I went to him with concerns about the Pardons Board." "I´ve come away with a much bigger question." "Is it possible Karpinski wants Gardner dead?" "Is he being leant on?" " I´ll get onto it." " Strictly between you and me, Nicholas." "Of course." " Hey." " Hiya." "Well?" "If there is a link between Karpinski and Gardner, I can´t find it." "What about a connection with the victims´ families?" "I checked." "Nothing." "Mrs Gardner, if you would like to have a seat over here." "Ambassador, it´s an honour to have you with us." "Warden Salke." "Thank you very much." "I didn´t kill those girls, Vernon." "It´s..." "It´s just that other ghosts are catching up, you know." "This is who you are." "Okay, okay." "Oh, no." "Oh, no." "Sir Mark, Sir Mark." "I´m Matthew Weiss." "I´m with the Washington Press." "Not now." "I´d really appreciate it if you could spare some time..." "Not now." "Sam´s going to take Jackie back to the motel." "Do you want to go to the airport now?" " Yes, thanks." " Okay." " Excuse me, sir." "Can I have a word?" " Yes, of course." " I´ll see you outside." " Yeah." "How are you?" "This is from Luke." "Thanks." "I´d better go." "I´m..." "I´ll talk to you soon." " MacIntyre." " It´s done." "Thanks." "Richard Lawson." "It´s pretty hard to recognise him, what with his jaw blown off." "A colleague of yours, I believe." "In what way is this relevant to the charges against my client?" "They were at a training camp together in Keyser." "I can understand that men die accidentally in training, right?" "Occupational hazard, I imagine, but stripping the body and removing the bullet, shooting his face off, dumping Richard 50 miles away..." "Is there any evidence linking my client to this man´s death?" "If this operation in Tyrgyztan´s legitimate, why go to all that trouble to cover up his death?" "David?" "You an ex-Marine like Richard?" "No one in the British Army called David Ewan Tegner." "I mean, is this even real?" "Because entering the country illegally is a very serious offence." "My client´s papers are totally valid." "Well, you must be employee of the month, Mr Tegner, because CMC just paid your $200,000 bail." "No leaving town." "You report here every morning." "Your passport stays with me." "If it had been up to me, I´d have buried him, right where he dropped." " Go on." " I´ve tied up the loose ends." "You´ve got nothing to worry about at my end." "Good." "Hello, Mark." "Jesus, Christopher." "You think you´ve got all the bases covered and there´s an incendiary device like this out there." "My message to President Usman, stand down." "This cannot leak." "The entire credibility of Western government is at stake." "They expect your resignation."