"[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA]" "I'll check in with Operations." "WOMAN [OVER PA]:" "Passengers departing on flight 501 from Washington D.C to New York, Boston and Toronto now in final boarding at Gate 5." "I'll have a feed for you at 20 after." "Stand by." "[CHATTERING]" "[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA]" "WOMAN [OVER PA]:" "Attention, there has been a gate change for arriving flight 618 from Chicago." "Passengers on flight 618 may now deplane at Gate 7." "[SNEEZES]" "It's the woman in the black jeans." "[CHATTERING]" "MAN 1:" "What's going on?" "MAN 2:" "Get back." "LEE:" "It's all right, folks it's all right." "Don't panic." "Lee!" "Look out!" "[SCREAMING]" "The suitcase, it's going to blow." "Hit the ground, it's live!" "[SCREAMING]" "Lee!" "[GUNSHOTS ON TV]" "[MAN SPEAKING IN ARABIC]" "Scarecrow anticipated again." "It's impossible to get anything done." "Ask yourself, how does he always know?" "Scarecrow has a source inside." "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "No." "No, give me time to toss the snake from my nest." "[DOOR LOCKS]" "[SPEAKS IN ARABIC]" " Beirut?" " Bunch of old women." "They lie about their villas, stuff their face with spring lamb and absinthe and bellyache because I've not burned Washington to the ground." "Don't they understand about Scarecrow?" "They understand I let him stay one step ahead of me." "I'm not hungry for this zubala." "They can't blame you." "You put a Karbala terror squad on American soil." "No one's ever done it." "I put it here." "Scarecrow dismantles it." "One more busted operation and we're gone." "Or dead." "I've got to think of something." "[CHATTERING]" "LEE:" "Yusef." "YUSEF:" "Lee, Mrs. King." "As God wills it, he is yours." " Birol?" "YUSEF:" "Mm." " When did it happen?" "YUSEF:" "Don't be impatient." "You had Birol boxed in so bad, he had to hit back." "All we do now is pick out the ribbon and wrap him up." "Delivered this morning from our Cable System News cover desk." "BIROL [ON TAPE]:" "God wills me to raise the sleeping conscience of our American brothers in arms." "I will appear for your television within 24 hours and give you my ultimatum." "Be ready to act." "Remember Karbala." "Typical arrogant cur." "They never introduce themselves." "Voice match is 90 percent positive." "It's Addi Birol." "Now to pass on what the president told the National Security Council in executive session this morning." "I quote:" ""Three months ago I asked the Intelligence Community to join forces and formulate a plan to put an end to terror at home." "It works." "I congratulate the ATAC team."" "Unquote." "I congratulate you also." "It's been your show so far, Lee." "Play it out to the end." "You've got 24 hours to push the button on Addi Birol." "All right, let's get to it." "LEE:" "We saved the lives of those people, but we managed to miss Addi Birol." "AMANDA:" "Well...." "LEE:" "We'll get him." "We're close." "Heh." "He's even started changing his own rules." "He was there when she planted the bomb." "That's a first, believe me." "Max's nose must be off." "He walked right by it." "No." "Max's nose was right on." "According to Night Crawler, Birol is using the new Belgian plastique C." "Dogs can't smell it." "But from now on, we're gonna have to forget about dogs X-rays, metal detectors...." "Intelligence is the only way we're gonna beat the new terror." "Night Crawler says this one's named Phyllis." "Night Crawler is a very impressive source." "The best." "[SIGHS]" "AUTOMATED VOICE:" "Smile, please." " Is it for real?" "WOMAN:" "I think so." "He was despondent after the airport, like I've never seen." "He wants the interview." "Who's he told?" "Phyllis, everyone." "I'm safe." " Hi, King." "Stetson in the neighborhood?" " Hello, Mrs. D'Angelo." "No, he's not here right now." "Can I help you?" "Well, he asked me to put together his, uh, pension totals and his early-retirement numbers." "Now, I have factored in the two-salary hike and the dependent breaks." "It's all here, confidential." "I'll see he gets it." "Stetson's got a new bird in the cage." "I know the pattern." "When a bachelor starts thinking about his pension, bring on the rice." " Hello." " Hi." "Hi, Edna." "[LEE CLEARS THROAT]" "Uh, did we say we were coming up to the Q Bureau?" "Well, we didn't say that we wouldn't." "Ha-ha." "Sorry I missed you." "AMANDA:" "See you later, Mrs. D'Angelo." " Bye-bye, King." "[LEE CLEARS THROAT]" "[AMANDA CLEARS THROAT]" "BILLY:" "He wants morning drive time for the traffic." "Easier to pick up a little blocking in a chase." "What's the contact?" "A CSN van waits at Benning and U. He leads us by the nose." "Fire team?" "Well, the news van has to be clean." "You'll check." "Then I send in Amanda." "She's part of the established cover." "Don't worry." "I'll have her stay way back where she'll be safe and she can call in the strike." "You know this was in my round file three times before I decided it wasn't my decision." ""State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research."" "It's a job offer." "SDBIR isn't a bad shop." "[CHUCKLES]" "Just like that, huh?" "Administrative 1?" "Heh, come on." "What makes you think they'd hire me and I'd take it?" " Well, when I decided to marry Jeanie" " Wait a second." " What makes you think I wanna marry?" " You will." "You should." "Lee, you have been a lone wolf too long." "Now that's not good for a man like you." "The pay jumps to GG-17." "It takes money to raise a family." "For that you've got to be at management level." " I hear you." " If you want this, man, make your move." "Promotions are frozen here at the agency." "If you stay here you'll be going nowhere fast." "LEE [OVER RADIO]:" "Single rider coming at you, Dagger 1." "This could be Birol's contact." "Dagger 2, motorcycle slowing." "We copy that, Dagger 1." "Dagger Team stand by." "Okay." "It's a go, Dagger Team." "North on Benning, copy." "We're on you, Dagger 1." "Two go in, I stay here." "Ten minutes and we're out." "WOMAN:" "That's it." "You sit in the van." "MAN:" "All right, you're clear." "Let's move." "BIROL:" "Welcome, gentlemen." "I'm Addi Birol." "We'll do this interview in silhouette." "Not all my enemies know my face." "But I'll send my fighters away." "A gesture of confidence." "Okay, Dagger 2, the soldiers are gone." "BIROL:" "All right." "Whenever you're ready." " You okay?" " I'm okay." "Yeah." "BIROL:" "Ours is not a destiny of violence but one of peaceful harmony, left alone by the superpowers" "LEE:" "Freeze!" "Federal agents!" "[GUNFIRE]" "LEE:" "He tricked us with a mirror." "Odds are this place is booby-trapped." "Okay, boys, it's a bust." "Back me up." "[FOOTSTEPS]" "Dagger 2, what's your status?" "Drive." "Now!" "Amanda!" "BILLY:" "Forget it, Scarecrow." "Best thing you can do is stay away." "Oh, damn it, Billy, the guy is a terrorist with nothing to lose." "He has got Amanda and he took her to get to me." " Don't you see that?" " I know which one of my agents is in trouble." "I always know." "Does she know about Night Crawler?" "Yes, she knows Night Crawler is my source, and that is all." "Birol won't believe her." "BILLY:" ""Night Crawler for the woman."" "Now, stay out of it, Lee." "Because if he gets you, he'll use Amanda to break you and we'll lose the best source we've got." "Could you watch Amanda suffer?" "How'd he pick her out, Scarecrow?" "Random, or he figured the CSN crew for a front or he figured out something else." "If I knew, I would have stopped him." "So he duped all his lieutenants about the interview." "Yeah, and he outsmarted me, and he bagged Amanda all by himself." "He's got us by the back pockets, because we don't have a clue." " I do this for a living, doc." " Then act like a professional." "Let Yusef and the ATAC team get her." "We can't even let her family know until Birol makes this public." "If you go charging after him, you'll simply eliminate the need." "You know what I mean?" "Why don't you bunk down in the TAC center, out of harm's way?" "I'll make it a medical order." "Put you out for a few days." " It'll be best." " Don't you try me." "Easy, easy." "Think it over." "Your first loyalty is to your source." "Night Crawler has been at considerable risk for us." " You owe it." " I know exactly what I owe, doc." "And if I have to, I will pay it back in my own blood." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "He thinks it's his fault, Quidd." "Maybe it is." "We try to tie him down now, someone will get hurt." "There's more going on with him than guilt." "He's got an emotional hang-up." " And that's not good." "BILLY:" "For an agent, that can be bad." "I remember when he didn't have any emotions at all." "Don't give it up, Amanda." "Don't give it up, please." "I'm coming to get you." "Just don't give it up." "AMANDA:" "Lee?" "Oh." "It's all right." " You knew I'd come, didn't you?" " Yeah." "Heh." " Did he hurt you?" " No." "I've come to take you home, Amanda." "But you're going to have to wait a little while longer." "I love you so much." "I can't stand this." "It's killing me." "Remember, I love you." "AMANDA:" "Oh, Lee?" "Don't go." "Lee?" "Lee isn't here, Amanda." "[CHUCKLES]" "It's funny how the mind plays tricks on you when you're tired." "But, uh, sleep deprivation is a disturbing thing." "I'm a reporter for CSN." "I'm doing my job." "I don't know what you're doing." "I'm trying to find a few things out." "I thought you wanted an interview." "I got one." "You." "How did you find out about the airport?" " A tip." " From your lover?" " From Stetson?" " No." "From a source." "Heh." "That's what this is all about, isn't it?" "But we'll get to that." "So Stetson thought he had me, hm?" "I don't know what you're talking about." " I'm just trying to do a story." " About me?" "About catching me and putting me up for public display?" "Is that your cover?" "Why don't you call CSN?" "Just call the station." "You and Stetson, uh, cut me off from anything that would make this easier on you." "Drugs, hypnotic inducers." "[CHUCKLES]" "Let's look at some pictures." "You tell me who you know, who you don't know." "If you don't feel like cooperating, in time, I'll insist." "[CHUCKLES]" "LEE:" "I want you to keep this thing quiet, Leland." "I don't want you to trot it out one night at your Banberry Society." "You know the crypto motto." "The riddle's the thing." "I can keep my trap shut." "And how did he spot Amanda?" "We were both supposed to be under contact zero." "Perhaps the cat's eye principle." " The what?" " In the dark, there's light." "But you can't see it until you see it in a cat's eye." " It's like an obverse prism." " Mm." "You have a stolidly literal head on your shoulders, don't you, son?" "Think inside the puzzle, like Addi Birol." "He couldn't see light..." " ...until he saw the cat see." " See what?" "When a woman is in love, she sees with special eyes." "Yeah, sure." "She yelled out my name at the airport because that was the only way for her to save my life." "Now, if Birol had us under surveillance, he might have seen." "There's always a key." "Thanks a lot, Leland." "You just earned yourself a couple of dozen Ticonderogas." "Well, well, well, it's our loan-out from Saudi Arabia." "Those are pencils, Yusef." "I am where God wills." "In this case, a shortcut to Steno." "Oh, yeah?" "A shortcut to a short life if you say anything." "I want you to stay out of my business." "You hear me?" "Stay out." "You know, I'm kind of glad you heard, pal." " Now you know why I can't sit around." "YUSEF:" "Nor can I." " Look, Birol deserves to die." " Yes." "If for no other reason than for the shame he has brought to the Arab people." " Let me run your source." " No." "Mm-mm." "I can't give you Night Crawler, Yusef." "I expected not." "Birol will never kneel for the headsman." "Perhaps God wills that you should swing the ax." "Billy took me off finding Amanda, Francine." " It's rough." " It's common sense." "Amanda is waiting for me to come and get her." "She is counting on me and I am helpless." "He's gonna try for an ID on Night Crawler." "He'll" "Don't think about it." "Just stick with what's practical." "I'm gonna try to revive an old case." "You still have those brown contact lenses?" "Magda Petrak?" "LEE:" "You've got to help me, Magda." "[MAGDA SIGHS]" "Without you, I could never have defected." "I would still be in Hungary." "I have a debt, to you." "But what is the cost of a new life?" "I can't tell you that." "But I think I do know what it'll cost to save a life." "She's in the hands of Addi." "I was his mistress for three years before I defected." "You know that." " He has a power." " A fatal attraction." "Heh." "Yes, to my whole family, it seems." "[SIGHS]" "This depends on much." "He must believe that I never came west in my heart." "He must have a desire." "A wig won't fool Addi not if I can get him to take me to his bed." "That's the only edge he'll ever give away." "You might be the one person that he trusts enough to see Amanda if your sister gets you in and he's interested enough to give you the chance." "I'll get her in." "One thing about Addi, he's always interested." "LEE:" "Hi." "Oh, look at you." " You're overdressed." " It's a special evening and I've got a very special question." "Oh, come on." "I know you're not really here." "My mind is playing tricks on me." "Don't give it up, Amanda." "Remember how much I love you?" "Don't give what up?" "Do you know her?" "LEE  BIROL:" "Do you know her?" "Do you know her?" "Do you know her?" "I think you've seen her before." "So Night Crawler is my lieutenant." "It's Mara." "Disorientation, confusion." "They can make us betray our best intentions." "But it's interesting how you deal with your apparitions." "I was dreaming." "Dream again." "[MAGDA MOANS]" " It's early." " It's late." " Mm." " You're already American soft." "[BOTH CHUCKLING]" ""Westoxication," we call it." "I have to go back to my guest." "Don't raise that curious eyebrow." " I've hidden Amanda miles away." " Oh, why bother." "I doubt Stetson will betray his source, even to save her life." "But, uh, you sure put him in hell with the choice." " What are you staring at?" " Your soul." "I wonder what kind of deceit I'll find there?" "[CHUCKLES]" "Addi, you never trusted me." "I never trusted anyone." "[CHUCKLES]" "Why should I change for you?" "[MAGDA MOANS]" "Your sister's coming." "Are you going to explain about our reconciliation?" "Oh." "Explain to Mara?" "Heh." "She's as big a fool with you as I was." "As I am." "Did my fool forget to negotiate a fat fee from the Libyans?" "A modest fee for success." "They trust me with 5 million." "If I lose it, uh, my fee is a bullet." " But you never said if" " If I wanted your deal?" "I think I do." "Five million for the woman will be something for my trouble." " And something to rebuild Karbala?" " Now, don't be impolite." "I never asked you what the Libyans plan to do with Amanda King." "Oh, wait." "If you're the termite man, we can't possibly afford what you charge." "No." "I'm Lee Stetson, Mrs. West." " I work with Amanda." " Oh, yes." " We've talked on the phone." " I'm sorry." "Hello." "How are you?" " Yes." " You look vaguely familiar." " Well...." " Oh, well, I was just picking up the den." "I wasn't picking up the den." "Picking things up from the den." " Yes, I understand." " Yeah." "Well, um, won't you come in?" " Uh, what's the occasion?" " Uh, just a social call." " It's a very nice house." " It is a little cramped." "Amanda's sons, Jamie and Philip, had a sock hop here this afternoon 45s all over the place." "That drop dancing they do, I'm surprised they don't break something." "[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]" "Why is it that you said you were here?" "I'm okay." "DOTTY:" "Ahem." " What?" "I was-- Why is it that you said you came by?" "Oh." "I'm sorry." "I was, uh...." "Heh-heh." "I was just thinking." "I was just staring." "You have no idea how many times I've wondered about you." "Heh." "Well, it's" " It's mutual." "Listen, Amanda will be at least another day." "She didn't--?" "[PHONE RINGING]" " She didn't call or anything like that, did she?" " Well, that might be her." "She usually calls when she goes out of town." "Fact is, she's usually with you." "Heh." "Hello?" "Uh" "Oh." "Yeah, just a minute." " Stetson, it's for you." " Oh." "Heh." " I wonder why that doesn't surprise me." " Heh." " Yeah?" " How's Amanda's mom?" "A lot cooler than I am." "Ahem." " Uh, did you find a buyer?" " Uh, yeah." "A couple of real Libyans, in fact." "The Habib brothers." "Their cover is pressed dates..." " ...but, uh, they're shopping for plane parts." " What'd they offer?" "Well, I had to throw in a couple of, uh, F-15 fuel pods and a Xerox machine, but I did get them up to a hundred grand." "Well, don't tell Amanda, huh?" "Uh, it's just the office party." "Ha-ha." "Just some crazy people here." "Ha-ha." "Uh, do they know Birol?" "By reputation." "He's gonna hear that they're dealing him out." "They've got the bank credit in case Birol does his homework." "Aha." " How do they like Magda?" " Oh." "Charmed, darling." "Well, that's great." "Huh?" "You go for it." "Okay." "I'll talk to you later." "Bye-bye." "FRANCINE [IN FOREIGN ACCENT]:" "Gentlemen, I think we have an arrangement." "[WHISTLING]" " Oh, no." " Sorry about that." "But I need this for now." "Don't worry, I won't lose it." "I'm sure it has sentimental value." "[BIROL WHISTLING]" "I might as well tell you, I made love with your sister last night." "It's not the first time." "But I always came back to you so the practical view is best." "Also, this time it was business." "Deliver this like the first." "It's my deadline." "I'll move the woman a few more times until Stetson gives me Night Crawler or I deliver Amanda to the Libyans." "MARA:" "It was in his pocket at the Maryland house a heart shape on a platinum chain." " Yeah, Amanda wears one." " Addi has a fetish." "He wants nothing in his pockets to ID him." "He checks every minute." "He must have just put it there." " This could be the break." " Be cautious." "Addi has six houses in D.C., or more." "He says he moves Amanda." "We are never told where or when." "Why do you think I'm sitting on my hands, huh?" " Do you know where she is?" " I've drawn a map." "It's taped under your seat." "All right, I've gotta try." "His new deadline only gives us 12 hours, and this whole Libyan thing is too iffy." " What's the risk to you?" " Phyllis has been to the house." "But Addi won't need much suspicion to kill me." "I don't want to die, but I don't want her to die in my place." "[DEVICE BEEPING]" "All right, if he's in there, he's not burning the midnight oil." "I've got enough immobilizer to stiffen a division." " Ready?" " Yeah." "Give it to me." "You're neutralized for 10 minutes." "How much silence before I come in after you?" "Thirty minutes." "If you lose signal, you go in there and get me, pronto." " Okay, ready?" " Mm-hm." "LEE:" "He's got a laser alarm grid." "Okay, here goes the gas." "[DEVICE BEEPING]" "FRANCINE:" "You got a green light." "Tracking you on frequency 2.315." "[BIROL COUGHING]" "LEE:" "It's GZP." "Zap gas, Birol." "You'll be stiff as a board for 20 minutes then you'll feel like the bad end of a train wreck for a week but it won't kill you." "LEE [OVER RADIO]:" "Francine, I got Birol." "There's no sign of Amanda." "Keep a look outside." "Some of his boys may be waiting in the wings." "Don't you go away, huh?" "If you've hurt her, my business with you hasn't even started yet." "Amanda?" "Amanda?" "[CRACKING]" "Oh, my God." "[GRUNTS]" "[BEEPING]" "[GRUNTS]" "You should have slit my throat when you had the chance." "I get my hands around your neck, I'll" " Unh!" "[BIROL CHUCKLES]" " Where's Amanda?" " You found Night Crawler upstairs in the cell." "So did I." "She's not dead, you noticed, nor is Amanda." "My business with you has just started." "Get me out of this stuff." "Come on, get me out of it!" "Aah!" "Solvent." "I'd close your eyes." "You should have come in here with an army, Stetson, but I knew you wouldn't." "I know you so well." "[LEE GRUNTS]" "[BEEPING]" "[BEEPING STOPS]" "All right, Francine, they've sifted through the ashes." "Relax." "There are no signs of human remains." " And stand up." " Yes, sir." "That's good news, sir." "The last of it." "The rest of my news is bad." "He disobeyed a direct order of mine, and you helped him." "I should write you up, but who has time?" "I've got two agents to find now." "I'm sorry, sir." "Lee did not wanna use a big force." "He didn't want a repeat of the Egyptian airline disaster." "I can't fault his tactics." "My God, Francine, Birol has them both." "How did the Libyans, the Habib brothers and Magda Petrak get mixed up in this?" "Magda is one of the few people that Birol might trust in a bind." "He has kept Amanda even from his own soldiers." " It's a long shot." " It's a sucker's bet." "It's the only option we have." "Okay." "We're setting Birol up so he thinks he's been stung." "We needed a couple of harmless Libyans to make it work." "I found the Habib brothers." "Face it, Billy, the Libyans are paying top dollar for American hostages." "It'll work." "[GASPS]" "AMANDA:" "Oh, hi." " Amanda." "Yeah." "Oh!" "Ha-ha." " Oh." " Oh, this is getting pretty good now." "Mm." " Are you all right?" " Oh, yeah." "You know, I can actually feel you." "I think this is probably the best hallucination I've had yet." "Mm." "Mm." "Oh, wow!" " Amanda." " Yeah." " It is me." "It is really me." " Oh, it's not" "Yeah, go on, feel it." "See?" "It's me." " It is you." " Yes." " It's you?" "You're here?" " Yeah." "Hello." "LEE:" "Heh." " Oh...." "[DOOR OPENS]" "[DOOR CLOSES THEN AMANDA GASPS]" "It's hello and it's goodbye." "I've got Night Crawler." "Why do I need her?" "[GUN CLICKS THEN AMANDA GASPS]" "Now, I do have a bullet under the hammer." "You want it?" "I have an offer from the Libyans for her." "I like it." "It's up to you what happens." "Give me a list of the ATAC team your assets here and abroad, your sources, your fronts." "I'll be back in an hour." "[GUN CLICKS]" "[DOOR CLOSES]" " I'm sorry I'm shaking so badly." "LEE:" "Heh." "I didn't notice." "We must be shaking together, huh?" "Turn around." "I've got a surprise for you." "[AMANDA GASPS]" "Oh!" "Now, it may need a new clasp, but I think it'll hold for now." "How are Mother and the boys?" " They don't even know a thing." " Mm." "Billy's decision was to keep them out of it unless Birol went public or it dragged on." "Good." "I went to the house." " You saw Mother?" " Yeah." "Yeah." "Heh." "It made me feel closer to you." "Is there a way out of this?" "Look, why don't you just sit down, hm?" " You just sit there while I make out that list." " No." "You can't give him the list." "You'll destroy everything you've done." "He's not the only one." "There are a million Birols." "You have to draw the line somewhere." "Look, I'm buying us some time, Amanda." "I'm not gonna let him sell you to the Libyans." "I'm not crazy about that part either." "You got here in time, I knew you would." "I had hoped to get here in time under different circumstances." " We might not make it out of this one." " Yeah, I know." "It really stinks, doesn't it?" "Hey." "Amanda King, you are the best, the bravest, the smartest most beautiful woman I have ever known." "I love you." "Then will you marry me?" "Will I marry you?" "Oh, yeah, I'll marry you." "We're the luckiest two people on the face of the Earth." "[LEE CHUCKLES]" "BILLY [OVER RADIO]:" "We're in place." "As soon as Birol smells the fish, you do the rest." "He's got to think a big dredge net is about to drop on his head." "FRANCINE [IN FOREIGN ACCENT]:" "There's Birol's truck." "He'll have Amanda." "Be ready to show the money." "[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]" "FRANCINE:" "That's her." "That's Amanda King." " Assalamu alaikum." " Alaikum assalamu." "[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]" "Where's the rest?" "The price was 5 million." "Addi, it's a trick." "Run!" "[YELLING IN ARABIC]" " Those weren't the Habib brothers." " But that was you." "Except for the hair." " Who set me up?" " The agency." "They found out about the trade, Addi, I don't know how." "[MOANS]" "I see you were clever enough not to risk your ace." " It's off." " But the Libyans will still pay." "Forget about the Libyans' money." "You and I can make a new Karbala." "We'll even have martyrs." "Well, Birol has bought it all the way." "And I'm locked into Magda's signal." "[GROANS]" " The list?" " That's it." "I know enough to know you've done a surprisingly complete job." "You'll both be remembered as heroes and martyrs of the people." "[GRUNTING]" " You got it under control?" " Yeah." "[LEE AND BILLY COUGHING]" "It's zap gas." "You better get out until it clears." "BILLY:" "It doesn't matter." "We've been neutralized." " Amanda?" " You know, I don't feel so good." "I know." "Don't worry." " Oh." " Don't worry." "It's zap gas, and right now you won't be able to move." "Let's just get comfortable." "It only lasts a few minutes." "It better last longer than that." "[English" " US" " SDH]"