"#OP CENTER#" "MOMMY'S HOME!" " WHERE ARE MY GIRLS?" "THIS IS FOR YOU AND THIS IS FOR YOU." "WHAT DO YOU SAY?" "THANK YOU, MOMMY." " AND THIS IS FOR YOU." "WHAT'S THE OCCASION?" "I SOLD THE GENGLER ESTATE." " THAT'S GREAT." "I'M SO PROUD OF YOU." "AREN'T YOU GOING TO OPEN IT?" "COME ON, YOU'RE CRAZY." " I'M CRAZY ABOUT YOU." "TELL ME THE KITCHEN'S NOT A MESS." "GIRLS, UP STAIRS." "COME ON." "GET CHANGED." "MOMMY'S GOING TO TAKE EVERYBODY FOR DINNER." "JANE, TROY'S HERE." " TROY." "HI JANE." " TROY, WHAT A LOVELY SURPRISE." "WHAT BRINGS YOU TO WASHINGTON ON A SUNDAY?" "JUST MISCHIEF." "AND I GOT TO GO." "THANK'S FOR THE BEER, PAUL." "YOU LET ME KNOW HOW YOU MAKE OUT." " I'LL CALL YOU TOMORROW." " JANIE." "TROY." "PAUL?" "WHAT DID TROY DAVIS COME SEE YOU ABOUT?" "I ASKED YOU WHAT TROY WAS DOING HERE." "WE HAD SOME THINGS TO TALK ABOUT." "HE DROVE ALL THE WAY UP HERE FROM ANNAPOLIS ON A SUNDAY JUST TO TALK?" "HE WANTS ME TO TAKE A NEW JOB." "PAUL, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" "IT'S ABOUT TIME HE GAVE YOU SOMETHING IMPORTANT." "SO WHAT IS IT?" "ANOTHER REDUCTION IN FORCE THING." "JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TILL WE" "PHASE IT OUT OR SHUT IT DOWN." "THE DART MANSION IS FOR SALE." "SO?" " WELL, THAT MEANS THAT THE CHAIRMAN'S JOB AT NAM IS GOING TO BE OPEN AGAIN." "REALTORS ARE BETTER THAN THE FBI." " COME ON, BE SERIOUS." "THEY WERE ALL OVER YOU TO TAKE THAT JOB WHEN YOU SOLD THE BUSINESS." "YOU CALL THAT A JOB?" "LOBBYING FOR A BUNCH OF FAT CATS." "YEAH, USING THEIR CHAUFFEURED CARS AND PRIVATE JETS AND..." "AND..." "AND..." "NOW COME ON, WE DIDN'T COME TO WASHINGTON FOR THAT, DID WE?" "LOOK, I'M JUST SAYING, WE'VE GIVEN THIS COUNTRY THREE YEARS OF OUR LIVES." "I THINK IT'S TIME WE DID SOMETHING FOR US AND THE GIRLS." "JUST PROMISE ME THAT YOU WILL TALK TO THEM IF THEY CALL." "I ALREADY SAID YES TO TROY." "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT WITHOUT TALKING TO ME?" "IT'S ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS." "SOME OLD CRISIS MANAGEMENT UNIT." "I'LL GO IN THERE AND..." "I'LL STRAIGHTEN..." " IT'S NOT THE POINT." "I THOUGHT WE WERE PARTNERS." " WELL, DON'T BE UPSET." " I AM UPSET." "WELL, IF I THOUGHT YOU'D MIND I WOULD HAVE WAITED..." " THREE YEARS OF SUBSIDIZING" "YOUR GOVERNMENT SALARY WITH OUR SAVINGS, AND YOU DIDN'T THINK I'D MIND?" "JANE?" "JANE, WHAT IS IT?" "JANE, WHAT'S WRONG?" " IT WAS FUN WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO WASHINGTON, IT ISN'T ANYMORE." "IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT." "YOU ALWAYS SAID YOU WANTED TO MEET THE PRESIDENT." "AND IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS TROY WILL FIND ME SOMETHING" "ELSE WITH A WHOLE FLEET OF CARS AND A SQUADRON OF JETS." "YEAH." "SO WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU GOING TO FIRE THIS TIME?" "HEY, HEY, GET YOUR RED HOT BIO PIC OF MISTER NEW DIRECTOR." "ALL RIGHT." " HEY..." "PAUL HOOD?" " WHO'S HE?" " HE'S A SELF MADE MAN." "UN ARRIVISTE, BORING." "BUILT AN AUTO PARTS FACTORY FROM SCRATCH IN THE CLEVELAND GHETTO." "HEY, A LIBERAL, NEAT-O." " BUZZ OFF." "EBERT, GIVE ME THAT." " UNBELIEVABLE." " DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPLIER." "IS THAT HOW DAVIS SPOTTED HIM?" " RAN A NEWPORT BERMUDA SAILING RACE TOGETHER" "LAST YEAR, CAME IN THIRD OR FOURTH, I DON'T KNOW." "SAYS HERE HE'S GOING TO WORK ON DOWNSIZING THE MILITARY." "YOU SAY "DOWNSIZING?" " HEY," "GUY WHO BEATS SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES CAN'T BE ALL BAD." "YOU THINK DIRECTOR HOOD IS GOING TO HELP US TRANSITION INTO CIVILIAN LIFE?" "A FEW TOUCHES THIS PLACE COULD MAKE A HELL OF A VIDEO ARCADE." "GENERAL?" "GENERAL, CLOSE CIRCUIT FEED FROM THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS ROOM." "OKAY." "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." "GOOD MORNING." "PRESIDENT KENNEDY ONCE REMARKED THAT THE CHINESE IDEOGRAPH" "FOR CRISIS IS FORMED BY THE CHARACTERS FOR DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY." "AS WE MOVE INTO A NEW AGE OF UNCERTAINTY THE NATIONAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER" "SHOULD PLAY AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR NATION'S DEFENSE." "THEREFORE, I AM DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT" "OF PAUL HOOD AS DIRECTOR OF THE NCMC." "MR. PRESIDENT?" "MR. PRESIDENT?" "ONCE THE WAR WAS OVER, NCMC HAS DONE NOTHING BUT" "STUDY THE SIMULATIONS EVER SINCE THE PERSIAN GULF." "KATE, THE PRESIDENT IS NOT TAKING ANY QUESTIONS ON..." " EXCUSE ME, MR PRESIDENT," "IF IT TAKES WERE HOPING YOU'D SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR NEW CHINA POLICY." "WHAT ABOUT URBAN CRIME?" "WHAT ABOUT EDUCATION?" "TURN THAT DAMN THING OFF." " MR. PRESIDENT?" "MR. PRESIDENT?" "WHAT YOU DOING?" "THIS IS JUST GETTING GOOD." " KNOCK IT OFF, LOWELL." "UNRULY BUNCH." "DON'T LET THEM GET YOUR GOAT." " NO, SIR, I WONT." "MR. PRESIDENT, KATE MICHAELS SWEARS IF SHE DOESN'T GET FIVE MINUTES" "Q AND A SHE'LL LIGHT HER HAIR ON FIRE AND BURN THE HOUSE DOWN." "FOR MY MONEY, SHE CAME BURN DOWN THE SENATE TOO." "WE HAVE TO HUMOR MS. MICHAELS, SHE AND MR. BENDER HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP." "ALL RIGHT, LOU, TELL YOUR LADY FRIEND FIVE MINUTES IN THE OVAL OFFICE." "GOOD LUCK TOM, WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU." "HE'LL GET YOUR NAME RIGHT, EVENTUALLY." " TROY, THAT IS THE MOST HUMILIATING THING." "SWEETHEART..." "WELL, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, THAT'S WHAT I WANT." "I BETTER RUN." "PAUL, DON'T FORGET THE JEFFERSON'S" "SOCIETY GALA AT THE SWEDISH EMBASSY TONIGHT." "TROY." "THAT'S A GOOD GIRL, MY BOY." " THANKS." "SHE DOESN'T MUCH LIKE WASHINGTON." " WHAT'S TO LIKE?" "MR. PRESIDENT, MS. MICHAELS IS HERE." "SHE INSISTS..." " MR. PRESIDENT, THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT..." "JUST A MOMENT." "NO CALLS." "SO YOU'RE GIVING ME FIVE MINUTES, IS THAT IT?" "UNLESS YOU HAPPEN TO BE FREE AFTER THE GALA." "COULD." "MIGHT BE." " USUAL PLACE?" "DIRECTOR HOOD, MIKE RODGERS DEPUTY DIRECTOR NCMC." "GENERAL, PAUL HOOD." "TROUBLE FINDING THE PLACE?" "WE ALL DID THE FIRST TIME." "MAY I?" "THIS WAY, SIR." "THIS IS WHERE IT ALL HAPPENS." "LET ME INTRODUCE YOU AROUND." "DAN McCASKEY, PAUL HOOD." " WELCOME ABOARD, DIRECTOR." "DAN'S OUR FBI INTERPOL OFFICER." " AND DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE FBI." "I'VE HEARD A LOT OF FINE THINGS ABOUT YOU, SIR." " THANK YOU." "SOLID COP." "KNOWS INTEL TERRORISM, GOOD MAN TO LEAN ON." "MARTHA MACKIN, POLITICAL ECONOMICS OFFICER." " HELLO, BOSS." "MS. MACKIN." "MARTY." " AND MATT STOLL, OPERATIONS SUPPORT." "OUR RESIDENT TECHNOWEENIE." " NICE TO MEET YOU." " HOW YOU DOING?" "I DON'T WANT A CIA ESTIMATE." "I DON'T WANT A DIA ESTIMATE." "I WANT IT STRAIGHT FROM IR AND I WANT TO KNOW THAT" "THE SEVENTH FLOOR HAS SPRINKLED HOLY WATER ON IT." "YES, SIR." " BOB EBERT, NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER." " DIRECTOR." "LOOKING FORWARD TO..." "SORRY, SIR." "YES, YES." "BEIRUT EMBASSY BOMBING EIGHTY-THREE, HIS WIFE WORKED THERE AS A TRANSLATOR." "SHE WASN'T SO LUCKY." " DAMN, LOWELL." "LEAVE ME OUT OF IT, OKAY?" "LIZ GORMAN, OUR LONG SUFFERING PRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON." " HI." "HOW DO YOU DO?" " AND I'M SURE YOU GUESSED LOWELL COFFEY IS OUR LAWYER." "FORMERLY OF BLUEBLOOD OLDBOY DARIEN AND WHITEBREAD." "DIRECTOR." " CALL ME PAUL." "EXCUSE US." "PLEASE." " COFFEY IS RADIO STATION WCDT, WE CAN'T DO THAT." "TROUBLE IS, SOMETIMES HE'S RIGHT." "PHIL MATZEN, SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER." " HI, DIRECTOR, I WAS JUST..." "DON'T LET US KEEP YOU." " THANKS." "I'M NOT BUYING IT." "I'M NOT, NO WAY..." " PAM BLUESTONE." "OUR IN HOUSE MD PSYCHIATRIST." "PAUL HOOD." " PLAY WITH MY BODY NOT MY MIND, LEO." "SORRY." "CARRY ON." "NO, I DON'T ACCEPT THAT THE AGENT GOT THE NUMBER WRONG BECAUSE HE'S DYSLEXIC." "PAM'S OUR OFFICIAL MIND READER AND GOOD WITCH OF THE EAST." "TELL HER HOW A MAN BEHAVES, SHE'LL TELL YOU WHAT" "HE'S THINKING AND WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO NEXT." "WELL, GLAD I DON'T HAVE TO BLIND DATE HER." "YOU AND A LOT OF GUYS." "SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MR. PIN UP NEW DIRECTOR?" "WELL, I DO LIKE A MAN WITH SOMETHING TO PROVE." " YES." "THIS IS OUT BACK DOOR TO THE U.S. INTEL ESTABLISHMENT." "COMMS, SATELLITE PHOTOS, IMAGING ESTIMATES, EVERYTHING WE NEED." "A COLD WAR MONUMENT WITHOUT A MISSION." "IS THAT WHY YOU'RE HERE, TO SHUT US DOWN?" " YOU DON'T MINCE WORDS, DO YOU?" "SIMPLE IS BETTER." "I'LL BE HERE FOR AWHILE." "I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION." "DIRECTOR, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT INTELLIGENCE WORK?" "NO." "BUT I THINK YOU'LL FIND I DON'T THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE." "WELL, I SUPPOSE THAT WILL HAVE TO DO." "I NEVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY." " NOT EVERY MAN'S CALLING." "I OPPOSED THE WAR IN VIETNAM." "I MARCHED." "THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY, MR. HOOD." "I LIKE IT THAT WAY." "THAT'S WHY I PUT THIS GREEN SUIT ON IN THE FIRST PLACE." "AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHETHER THIS CRISIS CENTER WILL HAVE A JOB" "TO DO IN THE NEW WORLD, ORDER, DON'T." "THERE'S PLENTY OF TROUBLE OUT THERE." "SOME OF IT WILL FIND US." "AMAZING SO MUCH DESTRUCTION CAN BE PACKED INTO SUCH A SMALL CONTAINER." "THE WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE WHEN THESE MONSTROSITIES ARE NO MORE." "CAPTAIN DRAKE?" "YOU'RE LATE." " SORRY, SIR." " COLONEL STOLYPIN, MAY I PRESENT CAPTAIN TED DRAKE." "CAPTAIN, YOU HAVE BEEN DELAYING AN EVENT WHICH WILL OPEN HISTORY AS WE KNOW IT." "YOU MAY PASS THE WORD." " YES." "SIR." "EXECUTE PROTOCOL ONE." "COLONEL, I BELIEVE YOU WILL FIND THIS NEXT PROCEDURE MOST INTERESTING." "ARE YOU CRAZY?" "COLONEL CORCORAN, YOU MUST NOW..." "CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE MY PRISONER." "THANK YOU FOR THE FIELD TELEPHONE YOUR AID IS CARRYING." " I THINK NOT COLONEL." "YOU GIVE HIM THAT WE'RE CUT OFF." "I HOPE YOU WILL WITHDRAW YOUR OBJECTION AND" "EXTREME MEASURES WILL NOT BE NECESSARY." "THE PHONE." "SHOOT HIM." " NO!" "NOW, IF YOU'LL FOLLOW LIEUTENANT ARKOV HE'LL SHOW YOU TO A PLACE" "OF SAFE CONFINEMENT." "NOW, TAKE THIS HERO WITH YOU." "MOVE!" "COLONEL CORCORAN, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE WARHEADS." "THEY ARE PERFECTLY STABLE." "AND SO THEY SHALL REMAIN UNTIL THEY ARE ARMED AND DETONATED." "DRAKE, DRAKE..." "CAN YOU..." "EVERYTHING'S FINE." "NO PROBLEM." "THIS IS BURIAL DETAIL." "DO YOU COPY?" "PRIORITY ONE FLASH." "CRITIC FLASH TRAFFIC FOR JCS." "DOWN HERE IS THE OVERNIGHT BIVOUAC." "GANG CALLS IT STALAG SEVENTEEN." "THINGS GET FRANTIC AND YOU CAN'T GO HOME, THIS IS THE PLACE." "ATTENTION, PLEASE." "DIRECTOR TO THE COMM CENTER." "GENERAL RODGERS TO THE COMM CENTER." " IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG?" "WE HAVE A CRITIC FLASH ALERT." " LET'S GO." "ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS TO COMM CENTER." "LIZ, LIZ, WHAT'S GOING ON?" "WHERE'S THAT FEED COMING FROM?" " WHAT'S THE ALARM?" " DON'T KNOW YET." "NSA'S MONITORING A SATCOM SIGNAL TO JCS." " SPEAKER, PLEASE." "THIS IS BURIAL DETAIL." "PRIORITY ONE FLASH." "CRITICAL FLASH TRAFFIC FOR JCS." "THREE RV'S HAVE BEEN STOLEN." "THERE'S BEEN MUTINY BY THE KGB GUARDS." "THEY'RE LOADING RV'S UP." "WELL?" " WE'VE LOST HIM." " DID I HEAR RIGHT?" "EBERT?" " COULD BE TROUBLE." " WHAT'S BURIAL DETAIL?" "CODE NAME FOR START4 OBSERVER UNITS." "MONITOR RUSSIANS DISARMING THEIR MISSILES." " CAN YOU PUT A PIN ON THE SPOT" "WHERE THAT CALL CAME FROM?" "DERAZ HNYA." "UKRAINE." " UKRAINE HITTING AT TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY." "BRING UP EASTERN EUROPE ON SCREEN ONE." " YEAH, MISSILES." " NO WAY..." "SCREEN ONE." "OKAY." "MOVE OVER TO EASTERN EUROPE." "YEAH." "THERE'S THE MEDITERRANEAN." " BLACK SEA." " IS THAT THERE?" "SHOW ME PLACE NAMES." "DERAZHNYA." " BROTHER." " MISSILES." " TOLD YOU." "NO, I TOLD YOU." " NO, NO." " DERAZHNYA SOVIET SS-19." "INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC..." " MISSILES." " DIRECTOR, LINE SIX." "HI, SWEETIE." "WHAT TIME ARE YOU GOING TO GET HOME AND GET CHANGED?" "JANE, LOOK, I CAN'T TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW." "WHY DON'T YOU CATCH A CAB TO THE EMBASSY?" "I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU AS SOON AS I'M DONE." " BUT IT'S BLACK TIE." "YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR TUX." " I KNOW BUT..." "DIRECTOR?" "NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR LINE TWO." " I GOT TO GO." "TROY?" " PAUL." " WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON AROUND HERE?" "EVERY PHONE LINE IN THIS OFFICE, THEY'RE LIT UP LIKE A SLOT MACHINE." "AN OBSERVER TEAM JUST REPORTED AN EMERGENCY AT THE ICBM COMPLEX AT DERAZHNYA." "JCS IS TRYING TO RE-ESTABLISH CONTACT." " GOOD." "YOU CALL ME WHEN YOU GOT SOMETHING." " ANYTHING FROM NATO?" "IT COULD BE AN EXERCISE." " NOT WITHOUT BEING NOTIFIED." " PRACTICAL JOKE?" "COME ON, LOWELL." " I'M SERIOUS." " EVERYONE, GET A GRIP." "ASSESSMENT." " EBERT, KGB MUTINY?" "WELL, MAYBE." " IN THEIR NUKE SECURITY FORCE?" " NEVER." "ALWAYS A FIRST TIME." " EXACTLY." " THREE SS-19 RVS?" "MAYBE ALL THEY CAN HANDLE." " WHAT ARE THESE RVS?" " HEY!" "JUST..." "AT EASE." "AT EASE." "MATZEN." "SS-19 RV SPECS." " COMING UP." "THE SOVIET SS-19 IS A TWO STAGE LIQUID FUEL MISSILE THAT CAN THROW SIX INDEPENDENTLY" "TARGETED WARHEADS OVER SIX THOUSAND MILES AND" "HIT A TARGET THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL STADIUM." "AS FOR THE STOLEN WARHEADS WE'RE TALKING THREE CONICAL RVS" "RE-ENTRY VEHICLES." "FOUR FEET TALL AND EIGHTEEN INCHES AT THE BASE." "EACH CARRYING A FIVE HUNDRED KILOTON THERMONUCLEAR WARHEAD" "WITH TWENTY-FIVE TIMES THE PUNCH OF THE HIROSHIMA BOMB." " CITY KILLERS." "SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT A GANG OF THIEVES JUST WALKED IN THERE..." "NOT THE HALF OF IT." " RUSSIAN STRATEGIC ROCKET FORCES ON THE MISSILES." "THE KGB CONTROLS THE WARHEAD AND THE ARMING CODES." "SO WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME?" " IT'S NOT BEYOND THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY" "THESE MUTINEERS CAN ARM THE WARHEADS AND DETONATE THEM." "IT'S A GOOD THING OUR PEOPLE WERE THERE, OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED." "EXCUSE ME, DIRECTOR, THE KGB KNEW WE HAD OBSERVERS IN DERAZHNYA." "IF THEY DIDN'T WANT OUR PEOPLE TO REPORT, THEY WOULD HAVE EXECUTED THEM." "SO WHY DIDN'T THEY?" " SO THERE WILL BE NO QUESTION THEY'VE" "GOT THE WARHEADS WHEN THE SHOWDOWN COMES." "AND COME IT WILL." "SOON." "ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT NOW, LISTEN UP." "THE PRESIDENT WANTS SOME ANSWERS AND SO DO I." "NOW WHOSE GOT THESE WARHEADS, WHERE ARE THEY GOING WITH THEM," "AND WHO IN THE HELL IS THIS FAMOUS BURIAL DETAIL?" "SOCOM COMMANDER HOLDING ON ONE." " SOCOM COMMANDER'S ON LINE, SIRE." " SOCOM, ABOUD." "WALLY, HOW DID YOUR MAN COME TO BE IN HELL'S KITCHEN WHEN THIS HIT THE FAN?" "CAPTAIN EDWARD ELLIS DRAKE IS AN ASSISTANT" "S-2 SPECIAL FORCES, RUSSIA SPECIALIST." "WORKING THE NORMAL MILL TO MILL ROTATION WITH OSIA." "ALL RIGHT." "WHEN THE UKES RELEASE HIM, FLY HIM STRAIGHT TO NCMC." "AND MIKE, YOU GET HIM DEBRIEFED." " YES, SIR." "NOW WHO IN THE HELL COULD HAVE PULLED A STUNT LIKE THIS OFF?" "ACCORDING TO DRAKE, IT WAS THE KGB REGARDING THE WARHEADS," "WE WERE THINKING..." " I SAID..." " THE KGB GUARDS WERE ON THE RIF LIST," "FOUND OUT AND DECIDED TO CASH IN WHILE THEY COULD." "WELL, RUSSIA HAS THE SAME REDUCTION IN FORCE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE..." "WHERE'S HE GOING WITH THEM WARHEADS, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW." "STOLL?" " NOTHING IN THE DERAZHNYA AREA FOR BACKWARDS COUNTRY ROADS." "CAN'T BE MAKING MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR." "WARHEADS ARE STILL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THAT TWELVE MILE RADIUS, SIR." "WHERE WILL THEY BE IN ONE HOUR?" "IN TWO?" "IN TWO HOURS AND TEN MINUTES, THEY WILL REACH THE ODESSA-KIEV HIGHWAY." "AFTER WHICH THEY COLD BE HEADED ANYWHERE ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH." "ALL RIGHT." "IF THE UKES WANT TO RECAPTURE THEM RVS, WHAT THEN?" "SIR, THEY'VE GOT TO BLANKET THAT AREA." "CUT THE ACCESS ROADS, BLOCK THE HIGHWAY." "GONE IN TWO HOURS." "ALL RIGHT." "I'LL BRIEF THE PRESIDENT." "YOU ALL KEEP ME INFORMED." "ONE MORE THING, ARE YOU IN THERE LIZZY?" " YES, SIR." "LIZZY, I WANT A TOTAL PRESS BLACK OUT." "I DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF THE NEW YORK TIMES GIVES DERAZHNYA A BANNER" "HEADLINE A MILE HIGH." "IT NEVER HAPPENED, IS THAT CLEAR?" "YES, SIR." " GOOD." "WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS DISINFORMATION TO THE RESCUE." "SHUT UP, LOWELL." "OKAY." "ASSUMPTION, THE UKRAINIANS FAIL TO RECAPTURE THE RVS." "I CALL THAT A SAFE ASSUMPTION." "ALL RIGHT." "YOU GOT TWO HOURS." "I NEED SOME OPTIONS." "MAC, MOTIVES?" " ONLY TWO MOTIVES FOR STEALING NUKES." "USE THEM OR SELL THEM." " NO WAY THEY'D USE THEM, WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE TO GAIN?" "WHAT INDEED?" "THE QUESTIONS WE GOT TO ANSWER IS WHO'S IN THE MARKET FOR THREE" "FIVE HUNDRED KILOTON NUKE RVS?" "ANY COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE BOMB BUT THINKS IT'S ENEMY IS DUE." "LOWELL, YOU GO TO THE HEAD OF THE CLASS." " SERGEANT KING." " THANK YOU, PROFESSOR." "NUKE PROLIF DATA?" "COMING UP." " THERE ARE A LOT OF NUCLEAR WANNABES." "FOR EXAMPLE THE VIETNAMESE DON'T HAVE NUKES, THE CHINESE DO." "SYRIANS DON'T, BUT THE ISRAELIS DO." "SO SYRIA AND NAM ARE POTENTIAL BUYERS." " AND THEY'RE NOT ALONE." "IRAN'S AFTER THE BOMB, BUT THEY COULD BUY FOR HAMAS." "THEIR TERROR GANG IN LEBANON PAY A LOT TO HOLD THAT TRUMP CARD AGAINST ISRAEL." "DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, LINE ONE." " SYMPAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING..." "HOOD, I'M BRIEFING THE PRESIDENT IN FIFTEEN MINUTES." "YOU BE IN MY OFFICE WHEN I'M THROUGH." " ON MY WAY." "GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE, SO I'LL BE BACK AS SOON AS I CAN." "OKAY." "I BETTER CHECK FOR..." " I GOT DIBS ON HIS PARKING SPOT." "WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT'S ABOUT?" " HASN'T GOT THE EXPERIENCE TO HANDLE THIS." "DAVIS IS GOING TO BENCH HIM." "CAN IT." " TOUCHY." "WELL, WHO ARE THESE MAD MEN?" " I DON'T KNOW, SIR, MAYBE THE KGB'S GUARDING THE PLACE." "WELL, WHERE ARE THE STOLEN WARHEADS NOW?" " I DON'T KNOW THAT EITHER, SIR." "YOU DON'T KNOW A LOT." " IT'S ALL THERE IN YOUR FILE, MR. PRESIDENT." "I'LL CALL STATE AND TELL THEM THEY'RE IN CHARGE." "AND CIA TO HANDLE THE FIELD WORK." " PAUL HOOD'S IN CHARGE, SIR." "WHO?" " NCMC." "YOU MEAN THAT NEW FELLOW I INTRODUCED THIS MORNING?" "STATE DOESN'T HAVE THE TOOLS, NCMC DOES." "IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE IN CHARGE?" "YOU MIGHT SAY THAT." "WELL, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SHUTTING NCMC DOWN." "I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'D GET AN IDEA LIKE THAT." "MR. PRESIDENT?" "OKAY, TROY." "NCMC IS IN CHARGE." "VERY WELL, SIR." "I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED." "REPORT." " UKRAINIANS ARE MOBILIZING." "WE'LL KNOW IN AN HOUR IF THEY'VE RECAPTURED THE WARHEADS." "WHEN WILL WE HEAR FROM THE RUSSIANS?" "THE RUSSIAN EMBASSADOR HAS ALREADY BEEN HERE AND GONE." "AND?" " WELL, YOU KNOW HOW THEM RUSSIANS ARE." "ONCE THEM RVS WERE SNATCHED THEY'RE OUT OF RUSSIAN CONTROL." "THEY LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN BORDER, NOTHING ELSE." "ANYTHING AFTER THAT IS OUR PROBLEM." "OUR PROBLEM?" "TROY, RUSSIAN WARHEADS WERE STOLEN." "THEY'RE JUST NEEDLING US FOR TREATING THE UKRAINIANS" "LIKE AN INDEPENDENT NUCLEAR POWER." " YOU MEAN THEY'RE NOT INDEPENDENT?" "I DIDN'T INVENT THIS WORLD, SON, I JUST LIVE IN IT." "WELL, IF THE UKRAINIANS CAPTURE THE WARHEADS THEN WE..." "DON'T COUNT ON THE UKES FOR ANYTHING." "SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN, YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS." "THE PRESIDENT APPROVED YOU AS POINT MAN ON THIS PROJECT." "GOOD." " NOT GOOD." "YOU'RE IN WAY OVER YOUR HEAD, PAUL." " I KNOW THAT." "BUT." "WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME I'M OUT?" "NO, NOT UNLESS YOU WANT OUT." " NO WAY." "LOOK TROY, I WANT THE RUSSIANS IN ON THIS." "RUSSIAN WARHEADS STOLEN BY THEIR OWN PEOPLE, THEY GOT MUCH MORE AT STAKE THAN WE DO." "I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, IF THEM KGB HAS SLIPPED THEM NUKES OUT OF THE UKRAINE," "YOU'LL BE HEADING UP A ONE MAN NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK HUNT ALL BY YOURSELF." "ALL RIGHT." "WILL YOU ASK THE RUSSIANS TO COOPERATE?" "AND YOU WON'T JUST BE FIGHTING THE BAD GUY." "THE HOME TEAM'S GOING TO GIVE" "YOU ALL THE TROUBLE YOU CAN HANDLE." " LIKE WHO?" "THEY COULD BE OVER THERE RIGHT NOW BETTING I'VE" "ALREADY FIRED YOU, AND PLANNING YOUR OWN FAREWELL BASH." "ANYMORE DUMB QUESTIONS?" " YEAH." "IF I GO UP AGAINST THE WALL ON THIS ONE, CAN I COUNT ON YOU?" "PAUL, YOU'RE WATCHING TOO MANY OLD TIME MOVIES." "ADMIRALS DON'T GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP ANYMORE." "AND ALL THE TIME WE SPEND HERE JAWING ABOUT THIS MAKES THEM NUKES" "HARDER FOR YOU TO FIND." "NOW GO ON, GET OUT OF HERE." "WHAT ABOUT THE RUSSIANS?" " I'LL TRY." "THANKS." " PAUL," "GOOD LUCK TO YOU SON, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IT." "OKAY EVERYBODY LET'S HAVE YOUR ATTENTION." "DAVIS HAS BRIEFED THE PRESIDENT, WE'RE TAKING POINT ON THE DERAZHNYA INCIDENT." "OUR CODE NAME, THE OP CENTER." " OP CENTER?" "AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE BETTING I WAS OUT, IT'S TIME TO PAY UP, I'M STAYING." "YOU'RE BUYING LUNCH TOMORROW." " ALL RIGHT, ASSESSMENTS." "TIME HAS RUN OUT ON THE UKRAINIANS, NO WAY THEY'LL" "SNAG THOSE RVS BEFORE THEY REACH THE BORDER." " THINK THEY FLEW THEM OUT?" "THERE'S NOT MUCH AIR TRAFFIC THERE." "THEY'D GET SPOTTED." " QUESTION IS, WHICH" "ROAD ARE THEY TAKING?" " DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, LINE TWO." "TROY, GOT YOU ON SPEAKER PHONE." "WHICH WAY DO YOU FIGURE?" "GOT TO GO SOUTH." " WHAT'S THE LATEST?" " SOUTH?" " WHY SOUTH?" "WE ESTIMATE THE UKRAINIANS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PREVENT THE STOLEN RVS..." "THE WESTERN BORDER'S TIGHT." "RUSSIA NORTH AND EAST." "SOUTH'S THE ONLY WAY." "WHAT ABOUT THE RUSSIANS?" "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT THE RUSSIANS IN ON THIS?" " BRING IN THE RUSSIANS?" "I DON'T KNOW." " TROY, WE NEED THEM." " WELL, IT'S YOUR FUNERAL." "THEY'RE FLYING IN A POINT MAN FROM THEIR EMBASSY IN OTTAWA." "HE'S PROBABLY SOME YOUNG FOREIGN MINISTRY HOTSHOT." "HIS NAME IS BORODA." "HE'LL BE AT YOUR HOUSE AT TEN O'CLOCK." "YOU CALL ME AFTER YOU TALK." " DONE." "I HEAR WE'RE WORKING WITH THE RUSSIANS?" "YOU HEARD." "I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU THERE WHEN I MEET THEIR POINT MAN." "SURE." "MIND TELLING ME WHY?" " I HEAR YOU GOT A SIX SENSE FOR READING PEOPLE." "MAYBE I'LL GET THE YOUNG PUNK'S TESTOSTERONE PUMPING AND HE'LL LET A LEAK SLIP?" "DIRECTOR, THIS IS AGENT LEE NELSON, HE'LL SET UP VISUAL SURVEILLANCE" "AT YOUR HOUSE." " I NEED A RUSSIAN, HAVE HIM FOLLOWED, STANDARD PROCEDURE." "THE GUY'S NAME IS BORODA, HE'S FROM THEIR EMBASSY IN OTTOWA." "DIRECTOR, HASN'T IT OCCURRED TO YOU THAT JUST MAYBE THE RUSSIANS STAGED" "THAT SHOW IN DERAZHNYA SO THEY COULD SELL THEIR NUKES TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER?" "ALL RIGHT, SET UP SURVEILLANCE," " OKAY, GET THIS TO THE TECHS." "I HAVE TO RUN BY THE SWEDISH EMBASSY ON THE WAY HOME." "MEET YOU IN A HALF AN HOUR." " WORKS FOR ME." "AND BY THE WAY, BORODA IS RUSSIAN FOR BEARD." "ANYBODY EVER TELL YOU PEOPLE YOU HAVE SUSPICIOUS MINDS?" "THAT'S THE IDEA." "COULD I SEE THE THREE OF YOU IN MY OFFICE IN TEN MINUTES, PLEASE?" "SPENDING THE EVENING WITH THE DIRECTOR, CHARMING." "GROW UP, LOWELL." " STOP BY MY PLACE, AFTER?" " NO." "WHY NOT?" " LOWELL, LEARN TO TAKE NEVER AGAIN FOR AN ANSWER." "SO DO YOU THINK I MADE A MISTAKE BRINGING IN THE RUSSIANS?" "THE WORD FIASCO DOES COME TO MIND." "WHOEVER THEY'RE SENDING HE'S BOUND TO BE FROM THE NEW YELTSIN KGB." "SO WHATEVER YOU THINK HIS MOTIVES ARE, FORGET IDEOLOGY" "FORGET PATRIOTISM, HE'LL BE IN THIS FOR THE MONEY." "DON'T TAKE ANYTHING HE TELLS YOU AT FACE VALUE." "SO HOW DO I WORK WITH THIS MAN?" "AT BEST, REMEMBER THE OLD JOKE ABOUT TWO PORCUPINES MAKING LOVE." "AT WORST?" " YOUR BEARD WILL BE ON THE PAYROLL" "OF THE JOY BOYS WHO STOLE THE NUKES." "I'LL JUST BE A MINUTE." "OVER HERE, MR. PRESIDENT." "THAT'S GREAT." " THANK YOU, SIR." " COULD WE GET A WAVE, SIR?" "GREAT." "YOU MADE IT." "YOUR TUX IS IN THE GARMENT BAG." "I CAN'T STAY." "I GOT A MEETING." " FRIEND OF YOURS?" "MR. PRESIDENT, YOU REMEMBER PAUL HOOD." "GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN." "IT'S HER HUSBAND." " I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND" "IF I BORROW YOUR WIFE FOR THE EVENING." "MINE'S IN NEW YORK OPENING A MUSEUM," "OR IS IT CLOSING A MUSEUM." " SIR, OVER HERE, PLEASE." "WELL, I'M SORRY I WON'T BE ABLE TO STAY, I'VE GOT A..." "I'M SURE YOU HAVE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO." "DON'T WORRY, WE'LL ENTERTAIN YOUR LADY." "Z'DRASTVICHI." " Z1DRASTVICHI." "I'M PAMELA BLUESTONE." "AND THIS IS DIRECTOR HOOD." " HOW DO YOU DO?" "COME IN." "YOU CAN DISMISS YOUR INTERPRETER, BECAUSE I SPEAK ENGLISH, NO?" "ACTUALLY SHE'S..." " IT'S ALL RIGHT." "I'LL GET THE DRINKS." "WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?" " BOURONSKAYA." " ALL RIGHT." "MAY I SIT?" " SURE, SIT." "FIRST I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS THE EMBARRASSMENT" "AND THE CONCERN OF MY GOVERNMENT." "WELL, THANK YOU, BUT I THINK..." " HERE YOU ARE, MR. BORODA." " SPASIBA." "NAZDROVNA." " LUCK." "NOW THE LEADER OF THE CRIMINALS IS A MAN CALLED STOLYPIN." "YURI STOLYPIN." "NOW I HAVE HIS FILES," "IN RUSSIAN." "WELL, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT?" " YEAH, HE IS A" "BRIGHT PERSON." "HE COMES FROM THE SECTION A OF THE CHIEF DIRECTOR," "WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THE ACTIVE MEASURES." "AND HE SEEMS TO HAVE A SKILL" "FOR PUTTING THE RELIABLE" "WRITERS, YOU KNOW, INTO THE NOVOSTI PRESS AGENCY." "RELIABLE WRITERS?" " LIARS, PROFESSIONAL LIARS" "LIKE YOUR RADIO FREE EUROPE." "I SEE." " AND THEN AFTER WHEN YELTSIN HE" "HIS TANKS ATTACKED PARLIAMENT THIS MAN TRANSFERRED TO" "THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CUSTODY SECURITY UNIT." " AND NATURALLY..." "YEAH, WE THOUGHT YOU KNOW THAT HE WAS HAPPY" "IN DERAZHNYA, BUT NO, HE BECAME" "NEW MEMBER OF NEW RIGHT WING AND" "A FASCIST FOLLOWER OF ZHIRINOVSKY." "SO HE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE RIF'ED." "HE FOUND OUT AND" "DECIDED TO ACT BEFORE HE GOT BOOTED OUT ON HIS BUTT." " I DON'T UNDERSTAND BOOT." "KICKED, YOU KNOW." " DA DA DA." "KICKED." "OKAY." "WELL, THAT'S IT, YOU KNOW." "BELIEVE ME, I DO MY BEST TO HELP YOU." "IT'S JUST THAT ONLY THE" " UH..." "ONLY?" " WELL, THE WAY THINGS ARE IN MY COUNTRY," "WE WOULD BE SAFER IF WE STAYED ENEMIES." "DANS V'DANYA." "SO, DO YOU BELIEVE HIM?" "THE RUSSIANS DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RVS ARE." "THEY'RE SCARED TO DEATH." "AREN'T YOU?" "I'VE GOT A TEN YEAR OLD IN MILITARY SCHOOL." "DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?" "BEEN AT THIS LONG?" "TEN YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE." " WORTH IT?" "WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU RECKON PROFIT AND LOSS." "AND HOW DO YOU RECKON IT?" "TOTAL COST, ONE MARRIAGE, LIFETIME FRIENDSHIPS DOWN THE DRAIN," "CAFFEINE ADDICTION, AND THE OCCASIONAL SLEEPING PILL." "SO, WHAT DO YOU GOT TO SHOW FOR ALL THAT?" "SORRY, THAT'S CLASSIFIED." "WELL, AT LEAST YOU'VE MADE YOUR PEACE." "HAVEN'T I." "DON'T YOU KNOW IT'S NOT NICE TO KEEP A LADY WAITING?" "THAT LINGERIE, NOW DON'T TELL ME," "THE SUMMIT CONFERENCE, PARIS, LAST JULY." "OUTSTANDING." "I GOT TO SLIP OUT OF THIS MONKEY SUIT." "WHERE DO YOU SUPPOSE BENDER SLEEPS WHEN WE'RE HERE?" "OUT, I GUESS." "YOU KNOW I THINK YOUNG LOU LEADS SOMETHING OF A SECRET LIFE." "DID YOU BRING HOME ANY OF THOSE LITTLE DINNER MINTS?" "I THINK I LEFT SOME ON THE TABLE." "STOP!" "CUT ENGINES I BOARDING FOR INSPECTION." "HEY." "YOU UP THERE!" "SHOW ME YOUR DOCS." "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?" " NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS." "A POUND OF SAUSAGE MUST HAVE BEEN STOLEN." "SERGEANT." "THIS BARGE..." "SHE'S FROM CHERNOBYL." "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" " YOU FROM CHERNOBYL?" "SURE." "CAN'T YOU READ?" " AFRAID OF A LITTLE RADIATION?" "LET'S GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" "WAIT!" "WE'LL HAVE VODKA TOGETHER." "PAUL?" "IS THAT YOU?" " BROUGHT YOU SOME BREAKFAST BEFORE I SCOOT." "YOU'RE ALL WET." "AM I?" "HEY, SORRY ABOUT LAST NIGHT." "I GOT TO GO." "PAUL." "SOMETIMES I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU." "YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT COULDN'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME AND LAST NIGHT YOU." "YOU COULD HAVE SPENT THE ENTIRE EVENING TALKING TO THE MAN." "WELL, I WAS WORKING AND' I GUESS I DON'T SHARE YOUR SOCIAL AMBITIONS." "NOW I HAVE A VERY SENSITIVE PROBLEM I'VE GOT TO SOLVE." "I'VE GOT TO GO." "WHAT'S WRONG WITH DOING WELL WHEN YOU'RE DOING GOOD?" "PAUL, DON'T BRUSH ME OFF WHEN I HAVE A POINT OF VIEW." " I'M NOT BRUSHING YOU OFF." "WHAT'S WRONG WITH MAKING THE MOST OUT OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY?" "I WANT US TO MATTER IN THIS TOWN." "WELL, MY LIFE ISN'T ABOUT MAKING THE "A" LIST." "AND YOURS SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT SPENDING ALL NIGHT WITH THE PRESIDENT" "DROOLING DOWN THE FRONT OF YOUR DRESS." "WHAT AN AWFUL THING TO SAY." "I'M SORRY." "LOOK, I'M A LITTLE TENSE THIS MORNING." "CAN WE TABLE THIS UNTIL A BETTER TIME?" " AS ALWAYS." "WHAT TIME ARE YOU GOING TO BE HOME FOR DINNER TONIGHT?" "YOU BETTER NOT WAIT." "MAYBE WE CAN GO FOR A SAIL THIS WEEKEND, TAKE THE KIDS." "SPEND A COUPLE NIGHTS" "ON THE BOAT LIKE THE OLD DAYS." "ENJOY YOUR DATE WITH MR. BIG LAST NIGHT?" "IT WASN'T A DATE, AND YOU KNOW IT." "ANYTHING HAPPENING?" "RVS COULD BE ANYWHERE BY NOW, INCLUDING THE BASEMENT OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER." "WHAT ABOUT THAT CAPTAIN DRAKE?" " PLANE'S ON FINAL." "HERE ANY MINUTE." "WELL, LET'S HOPE HE CAN TELL US SOMETHING WE DON'T ALREADY KNOW." "IS MARTHA IN YET?" " NOPE." "CALLED YOU AT ELEVEN." "CALLED YOU AT ELEVEN THIRTY." "SUPPOSE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME THE TWO OF YOU SPENT THE EVENING TALKING UNTIL DAWN." "LOWELL, WHERE I GO AND WHAT I DO ARE NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS." "PITY YOU DIDN'T MAKE THE GROUP PHOTO." "BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME." "SO WHAT'S THE LATEST?" " HEY." "I SAW IT." "DRAKE?" " ANY MINUTE, McCASKEY'S IN THE VIDEO BAY." "YOUR PICTURES ARE READY." "STOP THERE." " FREEZE, ZOOM." "YOUR BEARD IS NO BOYCHIK." " FAMILIAR?" "IT HAS A BAD HABIT." "RADI KUSHNEROV, DEPUTY HEAD OF THE FIRST CHIEF DIRECTORATE ON THE GORBY." "USED TO RUN THEIR OVERSEAS ESPIONAGE OPS." "VERY TOUGH, VERY PRO." "AN OLD BELIEVER." "THEY MUST HAVE DRAGGED HIM OUT OF RETIREMENT." " WHY?" "BECAUSE THEY HAD TO HAVE SOMEBODY THEY COULD TRUST ABSOLUTELY." "IRONIC." " SO WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME?" "LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE RIGHT TO BRING IN THE RUSSIANS." "MY GOD." "THEY'RE TAKING THEIR BEST SHOT." "GENERAL RODGERS, VISITOR IN THE COMM CENTER." " DRAKE." "IT WAS PLANNED TO THE LAST DETAIL." "TRUCKS HERE AND HERE, OVER HERE, READY TO ROLL." "PRE-POSITIONED CHARGES HERE AND HERE TO TAKE" "OUT THE COMM TOWER, COMM LINES IN THE TOWER." " CASUALTIES?" "EIGHT UKE GUARDS DEAD, COUPLE DOZEN WOUNDED." "DID YOU SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAVE" "SUGGESTED WHERE THEY WERE HEADED WITH THE WARHEADS?" "NO, MA'AM." " TRUCKS, ANY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING?" "NO, SIR." "THERE WAS MUD." "THAT'S WHY I WAS LATE." " MUD." "BEEN RAINING OFF AN ON IN UKRAINE THE LAST SIX WEEKS." "BOGGED DOWN TO THEIR AXLES ON PREGLASNOST SOVIET ROADS." "THEY COULD BE GOING BY BOAT OR BARGE." " DOWN THE DNEISTER." "DNEISTER RISES IN THE UKRAINE." " NO WAY." "SOUTH OF DERAZHNYA." "THE YUZHNYY BUG RIVER, IT'S GOT TO BE." " ODESSA?" "NEW DEEP WATER PORT." " OR NIKOLAYEV." "BUT EITHER WAY BOTH OF THEM LEAD TO THE..." " THE BLACK SEA." "GOT THEM." " NO, WE DON'T HAVE THEM." "FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE MAY BE GAINING ON THEM." " EBERT, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE." "STOLL, NRO." "MAC." " ON MY WAY." "INTERPOL, YOU GOT IT." " THANK YOU, CAPTAIN." "SERGEANT KING HERE WILL ARRANGE FOR YOUR TRANSPORT BACK AND FORTH DEVENS." "DIRECTOR." "I'D LIKE TO HAVE A COUPLE MINUTES WITH YOU IN YOUR OFFICE." " SIR," "LET ME HAVE A WORD WITH YOU, PLEASE." "MY OFFICE, FIVE MINUTES." " YES, SIR." "NOW LOOK, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS." "SIR, WHAT TIME WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAVE?" "IF THE KGBS ARE MOVING THOSE WARHEADS BY BOAT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED" "RUSSIAN HELP TO MONITOR RIVER TRAFFIC INTO ODESSA AND NIKOLAYEV." "LIKE WHAT?" "A COUPLE OF KGB GRISHA FRIGETS WILL DO." "YOU MEAN KGB HAS IT'S OWN NAVY?" " OWN NAVY WITH THE BEST DETECTION GEAR AND" "THE WALLOP TO STOP ANYTHING TRYING TO RUN FOR IT." "RUSSIAN SECRET POLICE HAS ITS OWN NAVY." "EXCUSE ME A SEC." "THIRD TIME YOU'RE LATE THIS MONTH." " HEY, I HAD A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT." "WAS THE DIRECTOR ASKING FOR ME?" " ARE YOU GOING HOLLYWOOD ON US" "OR ARE THE LIGHTS TOO BRIGHT IN HERE?" "THESE?" "YOU KNOW WHAT, I GOT A TOUCH OF PINK EYE." "PINK EYE MY BUTT." "LIZ." " BLACK AND BLUE EYE." " GIVE ME THOSE." "GIVE THEM TO ME." "IT WAS JUST A HOUSEHOLD ACCIDENT, OKAY?" "YEAH, I BET YOU BUMPED YOUR HEAD ON THE PROFESSOR." "MS. GORMAN?" " WHAT?" " REPORTER NAMED MICHAELS." "LINE SIX." "KATIE." " LIZZIE." "ANY DEEP SEATED RESENTMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO BURN OFF ON YOUR LUNCH HOUR?" "YEAH, JUST SO HAPPENS I DO." "GOOD, THEN THE USUAL PLACE." "CAPTAIN DRAKE?" "THIS WAY, PLEASE." "SIR, REQUEST THAT A TEAM FROM MY GROUP BE OP-CONNED TO RECOVER THOSE WARHEADS." "THANK YOU, BUT THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY." "SIR, I SPEAK RUSSIAN." "I'M THE ONLY MAN YOU GOT WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE ENEMY ON SITE." "STOLYPIN THE ONE THAT HIT YOU?" "NO, SIR." "HIS LIEUTENANT." "LASH 'EM TIGHT." "COUNT IT IF YOU WISH." "NO NEED." "IF YOU SHORT CHANGE ME, I'LL FIND ANOTHER BUYER." "AND THE OTHER THREE MILLION?" " NOT UNTIL YOU REACH ISTANBUL." "THEN THE BALANCE ON DELIVERY, AS AGREED." "WELL, I HAVE A PLANE TO CATCH." "AND ONE MORE THING..." "WHAT'S THIS?" " IF ANYTHING UNTOWARD SHOULD BEFALL," "A RADIO PHONE CALL TO THAT NUMBER..." " DON'T WORRY." "I'LL SEE YOU IN NEW YORK ON SUNDAY NIGHT." " I WILL EXPECT YOU." "YASMIN, SEE OUR GUEST TO THE DOOR." " OF COURSE." "THIS WAY, PLEASE." "GOT THROUGH TO BORODA KUSHNEROV." "AND?" " NO SHORTAGE OF GRISHAS." "IN FACT, THERE'S ONE IN NIKOLAYEV RIGHT NOW AND ANOTHER ONE" "ON IT'S WAY FROM OCHAKOV TO ODESSA." " ETA?" "THREE HOURS." " WELL, THE BEARD IS PUSHING ALL THE RIGHT BUTTONS." "DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, LINE THREE." "HOOD." " IN THE TANK PAUL, RIGHT NOW, WITH RODGERS AND EBERT." "WHAT HAPPENED?" " GOT A CALL THIS MORNING FROM THE ISRAELI EMBASSY." "THEY INSIST ON A MEETING REGARDING THE SECURITY SITUATION ON THE JORDAN" "JERICHO BORDER, IF YOU COULD BELIEVE." "TROY, I'M A LITTLE PREOCCUPIED." "WELL, IT WOULDN'T DO." "GOOD TO PUT THEM OFF." "DON'T LET THEM KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE." "I THINK THEIR MAN'S NAME IS VERKAUF." "AND YOU WATCH YOUR STEP." "YOU KNOW, LAST I HEARD THE ISRAELIS WERE OUR ALLIES." "WELL, THEY ARE, WHENEVER IT SUITS THEIR NATIONAL INTEREST." "SO HOW AM I GOING TO RECOGNIZE THIS GUY?" "I THINK HE'LL PROBABLY RECOGNIZE YOU YOU BEING SO PHOTOGENIC AND ALL." "MIKE, BOB, WOULD YOU EXCUSE US FOR A MINUTE," "THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TALK TO PAUL ABOUT." "THANKS, FELLAS." "PAUL, I GOT THREE OF YOUR WIFE'S REAL ESTATES CARDS HERE." "WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE?" " WELL, I GOT THEM LAST NIGHT AT THE PARTY." "SHE GAVE ONE OF THEM TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL," "ONE OF THEM TO THE SURGEON GENERAL AND SHE GAVE ONE OF THEM TO A SUPREME" "COURT JUSTICE." "PAUL, YOUR WIFE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LITTLE MORE" "DISCREET CONSIDERING YOUR POSITION AND ALL." "ENOUGH SAID?" " ENOUGH SAID." "GOOD." "NOW GO ON, YOU'LL BE LATE FOR YOUR MEETING." " YES, SIR." "SOME PLACE FOR A MEETING." " ISRAELI IS NOT ABOVE USING GUILT FOR LEVERAGE." "IT'S A DAMN WASTE OF TIME." " MAYBE NOT." "I READ THROUGH STOLYPIN'S FILE LAST NIGHT." "BEFORE HE WENT INTO NUKE SECURITY, HE WAS A FIELD OFFICER" "FOR MID EAST TERROR GROUPS IN BEIRUT." "INCREDIBLE TESTAMENT TO INHUMANITY, IS IT NOT?" "SHALOM." "VERKAUF." " SHALOM." "PAM BLUESTONE, MA' A-SHALOM HA." " EVRIET?" " ENGLISH." "DIRECTOR HOOD, MR. VERKAUF." " HOW DO YOU DO?" " PLEASE." "YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO BE FRANK WITH YOU." "TWO DAYS ON THE JOB I'M NOT EXACTLY UP TO SPEED ON JORDANIAN BORDER POLICY." "SO YOU'RE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT THE UKRAINE?" "EXCUSE ME?" " LET ME BE FRANK." "MY GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF THE THEFT OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS FROM DERAZHNYA." "WELL, THAT'S NEWS TO ME." "WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS, WHAT YOU'RE GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO DO ABOUT IT." "MR. HOOD, YOU'RE AN AMATEUR PLAYING A VERY DANGEROUS GAME." "OUR NUCLEAR CAPABILITY IS THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST." "YOUR GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT THAT BALANCE UPSET ANYMORE THAN WE DO." "A FOOL CAN SEE THOSE WEAPONS WERE STOLEN BY KGB FOR SALE TO A THIRD PARTY." "IF THAT PARTY IS IRAN, THOSE WEAPONS WERE BOUGHT FOR HEZBOLLAH." "WHAT?" "IF THE UNITED STATES IS NOT PREPARED TO TAKE EVERY STEP" "TO RECOVER THE WARHEADS, WE ARE." "DON'T DO ANYTHING YOU'LL REGRET." "BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER, WE MAY" "BOTH DO MUCH WE WILL REGRET." "YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME." "SHALOM." "YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE GLAD HAND AND THE WIRE RIMMED GLASSES IS ONE TOUGH LITTLE S. O. B." "PROBABLY MOSSAD, SECRET SERVICE." "THE ONES THAT LOOK LIKE MR. PEEPERS ARE USUALLY THE STONE KILLERS." "HOW CAN THE ISRAELIS KNOW." "ABOUT DERAZHNYA?" "HOW CAN THEY KNOW THAT OP CENTER IS TAKING POINT?" " ONLY ONE WAY." "THERE'S A LEAK IN SOMEBODY'S CHAIN OF COMMAND." "TALK ABOUT HOSTILE." "WHAT'S EATING YOU?" "THE WAY SOME WOMEN LET MEN ABUSE THEM." "IF THEY DIDN'T OPEN OUR DOORS AND BUY US DINNER, WE'D HAVE A BOUNTY ON THEM." "SPEAKING OF WHICH, HOW'S YOUR NEW DIRECTOR?" "IT'S TOO EARLY TO CALL." "MY EDITOR WANTS TO DO A FEATURE PIECE ON HIM." "KIND OF A TYPICAL DAY AT NCMC." "YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN TO THE GREAT UNWASHED WHERE THEIR TAX BILLIONS ARE GOING." "MAYBE DOWN THE LINE." "LET THE GUY GET HIS FEET ON THE GROUND FIRST." "ANYHOW, WE AREN'T DOING ANYTHING BUT STUDIES AND SIMS." "NOT WHAT I HEARD." "LOT OF TALK ABOUT A PLACE CALLED DERAZHNYA." "SOMETHING I SAID?" "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT NAME?" "AROUND." "PEOPLE ARE TALKING." " WHICH PEOPLE?" "A GOOD REPORTER NEVER REVEALS HER SOURCE." "HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?" "I GOT TO GET BACK TO THE OFFICE." "HAVE A NICE DAY." "BEARD CALLED." "ODESSA GRISHA'S ON STATION." "NIKOLAYEV GRISHA REPORTS NO SIGN OF RVS." "THEY'RE MAKING IT TO SEA, WILL STOP ANY SUSPICIOUS VESSELS PLUS ANY WE DESIGNATE." "GOOD." "NOW IF ONLY WE HAD..." " DIRECTOR?" "SPEAK WITH YOU?" "SURE." " HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THIS KATE MICHAELS?" "WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW SHE WASN'T BLUFFING." "WE JUST GOT THE SAME THING FROM THE ISRAELIS, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?" "THEY COULD BE LEAKING FROM A LOT OF PLACES." "UKRAINIANS, RUSSIANS, PILLOW TALK WITH MR. BENDER." "NO, MR. BENDER IS NOT SMART ENOUGH OR DUMB ENOUGH." "COULD BE LEAKING FROM RIGHT IN HERE." " NO, SIR, NOT HERE." "DIRECTOR, LINE TWO." "PERSONAL." "JANE, I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW." "I'M GOING..." " DADDY, WHEN ARE YOU COMING HOME?" "HI, SWEETHEART." "I'LL BE A LITTLE LATE TONIGHT." "CAN I TALK TO MOM?" " SHE WENT OUT." " OUT?" "GOT ALL DRESSED UP AND EVERYTHING." " ALL RIGHT." "WELL, HAVE MAUREEN MAKE DINNER FOR YOU AND BETH AND I'LL COME HOME AND TUCK YOU IN." "OKAY." "ALL RIGHT." "WHERE WERE WE?" "SCUTTLEBUTT SAYS DRAKE'S STAYING ON IN CASE THERE'S A MISSION TO RETAKE THE RVS." "WELL THAT'S ALL WE NEED, OUR OWN IN-HOUSE PROFESSIONAL KILLER." "HEY, WITH THE CRIME RATE IN WASHINGTON, EVERY FAMILY NEEDS ONE." "I'M JUST SAYING WE OUGHT TO MAKE HIM FEEL AT HOME, YOU KNOW?" "I MEAN, HE'S STAYING IN STALAG SEVENTEEN BY HIMSELF." " RIGHT." "YEAH, COULD YOU IMAGINE ME INTRO HIM FOR THE JONATHAN CLUB?" "HI, THIS IS MY NEW BEST FRIEND, TEDDY DRAKE, KILLS PEOPLE." "DON'T LOOK AT ME, I..." "WOULD YOU LIKE SOME COFFEE, CAPTAIN?" " THANK YOU, MA'AM." "MARTHA MACKIN." "YOU CAN DROP THE MA'AM." "TED DRAKE." "SORRY I MISSED YOUR DEBRIEFING." "HAD A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT." "I GOT PINK EYE." "THANK YOU." "I HEARD ABOUT HOW YOU GOT THAT MESSAGE OUT OF DERAZHNYA." "THAT WAS A BRAVE THING TO DO." " EXCUSE ME, MS. MACKIN?" "YOUR HUSBAND'S OUTSIDE TO PICK YOU UP." " I'LL BE RIGHT THERE." "I'VE GOT TO GO." "IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS FOR TONIGHT MAYBE..." " I FIGURED I'D TURN IN EARLY." "WELL, ANOTHER TIME, MAYBE." "GOOD NIGHT." "GOODBYE, DADDY." "PAUL?" "PAUL, DID THE GIRLS GET OFF TO SCHOOL ALL RIGHT?" "WHY DIDN'T YOU ANSWER ME?" "WHAT TIME DID YOU GET HOME LAST NIGHT?" "IT WAS LATE, I GUESS." " YEAH, I GUESS TWO THIRTY IS LATE." "PAUL, I HAD A SHOWING DOWN IN CHANCELLORVILLE AND THEN" "THE MCGUIRES AND..." "WHY AM I EXPLAINING MYSELF TO YOU?" "JANE?" "JANE, DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME WHEN I'M TALKING." "MAUREEN, WOULD YOU EXCUSE US FOR A MINUTE, PLEASE." "YES, SIR." "PAUL, EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW WE'RE HAVING A DISAGREEMENT." "THIS IS NOT A DISAGREEMENT." "WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM, JANE." "LISTEN, I'VE BEEN THINKING MAYBE WE OUGHT TO GET A LITTLE COUNSELING." "I ASKED FOR THAT THREE YEARS AGO AND YOU COULDN'T FIND TIME." " THIS IS DIFFERENT." "JANE, YESTERDAY TROY HIT ME WITH A STACK OF BUSINESS" "CARDS THAT YOU PASSED OUT AT THE GALA THE OTHER NIGHT." "I WAS EMBARRASSED." " A STACK?" " YES." "I WAS EMBARRASSED FOR YOU." "I SEE, THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE I AM THE PROBLEM." " I'M NOT SAYING THAT." "I'M SAYING WE ARE THE PROBLEM." " PAUL, I'M NOT HAVING A PROBLEM." "I'M HAVING A LIFE." "NOW TROY DAVIS GIVES YOU SOME DO NOTHING JOB," "YOU TURN IT INTO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD." " JANE, STOP IT." "BUT THE MOMENT I HAVE A LITTLE INDEPENDENCE AND GROWTH, YOU SAY JANE, STOP IT." "PAUL, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT MS. SURGEON GENERAL IS LOOKING FOR A NEW HOUSE." "WHAT'S THE POINT." "GO ON, TAKE YOUR RUN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE FOR WORK." "COME ON, JANE." " DON'T." "WHY IS EVERYTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU THAN WE ARE?" "JANE." " DON'T TOUCH ME." "YOU WANTED TO SEE US?" " MAYBE SOMETHING, MAYBE NOTHING." "YOU KNOW THAT GRISHA SHOULD HAVE SAILED INTO THE BLACK SEA?" "SERGEANT KING, COULD YOU PULL UP THE MAP YOU ALREADY MARKED, PLEASE?" "COMING UP, SIR." "OKAY." "HERE'S NIKOLAYEV WHERE SHE WAS ORIGINALLY BERTHED." "AT THE HEAD OF THE BUG RIVER ESTUARY." "NOW HERE THE NATIONAL" "HIGHWAY BRIDGE CROSSES OVER THE RIVER RIGHT AT NIKOLAYEV." "SEE HOW SHARPLY THE RIVER BENDS TO THE EAST RIGHT HERE JUST BELOW THAT?" "SO?" " ANY SAILOR WORTH HIS SALT KNOWS THAT THIS IS THE CHOKE POINT." "CHOKE POINT?" " HE'S RIGHT." "YOU PARK THAT GRISHA MIDSTREAM RIGHT THERE..." "AND TURN OFF RIVER TRAFFIC LIKE YOU TURNED OFF THE TAP." "SO IF THAT GRISH CAPTAIN HAD REALLY WANTED TO CLOSE THAT RIVER DOWN..." "HE WOULD HAVE SAILED NORTH FROM NIKOLAYEV UP TO THIS POINT," "NOT SOUTH DOWNSTREAM TO THE BLACK SEA." "EITHER THAT GRISHA SKIPPER'S NO SEAMAN OR..." " OR HE'S ONE OF THE BAD GUYS." "AND THE RVS ARE ON BOARD HIS SHIP." "I SAY WE CHECK IT OUT." "WHERE SHE GOES, WHERE SHE TIES UP, AND ANY SHIP SHE STOPS." "I'LL CALL KUSHNEROV, SEE IF HE CAN STAGE ANOTHER WARSHIP TO CHECK OUT THE GRISHA." "LOOKS LIKE OUR DIRECTOR'S GETTING THE HANG OF THIS." "AND AN AUTO PARTS MANUFACTURER SHALL LEAD THEM." "COME IN." "SORRY." "I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE SOME BREAKFAST." "THANK YOU." " HERE, PUT IT RIGHT OVER HERE." " OKAY." "THIS ONE IS CHOCOLATE CINNAMON, IT'S REALLY GOOD." "THANKS." "IT SMELLS GOOD." "THIS WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL OF YOU." "THANK YOU." "I'LL SEE YOU UPSTAIRS, OKAY?" "YEAH, LEE." "WHAT DO YOU GOT?" " YESTERDAY'S TAPE FROM GEORGETOWN." "TWO KIDS." "STACY AND BETH." " NICE LOOKING YOUNGSTERS." "DIRECTOR GETTING A LATE START." "LEE, IF ALL YOU GOT IS HOME MOVIES..." " SIT TIGHT." "HOUSEKEEPER, MAUREEN SOMETHING." "BEEN WITH THEM SINCE CLEVELAND." "LIVES IN, COOKS, SHOPS." " HARD TO GET GOOD HELP." "LOOK, I GOT THINGS TO DO HERE." " HOLD IT." "PLAY THAT." "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" " GUY STAYED ABOUT AN HOUR." "SPLIT BEFORE THE HOUSEKEEPER CAME BACK." "USE YOUR IMAGINATION." "FAST FORWARD TO ELEVEN FIFTEEN." "STOP THERE." "PLAY." "FREEZE IT." "PRINT THAT." "CATCH A LICENSE PLATE?" " GOT IT." "RUN IT AND LET ME KNOW." "NOW GO ON AND GET OUT OF HERE." "HERE'S YOUR PRINT, SIR." " THANKS." "GOD." "DON'T THAT BEAT ALL." "HEY MAC, WHAT'S UP." " NOTHING." "WHAT'S THAT?" " I SAID NOTHING." "WORD FROM KUSHNEROV?" " SWEARS HE CAN'T STAGE ANOTHER SHIP" "TO CHECK OUT THE NIKOLAYEV GRISHA." "MEANS THEIR NAVY IS IN WORSE SHAPE THAN WE THINK OR" "THE ADMIRALS SMELL A RAT AND DECIDED TO SIT THIS ONE OUT." "ATTENTION K-MART SHOPPERS." " WHAT DO YOU GOT?" " MAYBE A BREAK." "ACCORDING TO NRO NIKOLAYEV GRISHA'S CHALLENGING SHIPS LEFT AND RIGHT." "PULL UP THE GRISHA STOP INDEX." " YES, SIR." "OKAY." "THE KARA MARU IS A MANGANESE ORE CARRIER OUT OF YOKOHAMA." "ODALISQUE AND ELSINORE AND FRENCH AND DANISH MERCHANTMEN." "BUT THIS CORCOVADO IS A CHORUS OF A DIFFERENT HOLLER." "HOW SO?" " WELL FOR ONE, SHE'S OUT OF KHERSON, NOT NIKOLAYEV." "THAT GRISHA'S SUPPOSED TO BE STOPPING SHIPS COMING DOWN" "FROM NIKOLAYEV, NOT KHERSON." "FOR ANOTHER," "SHE'S OWNED BY THE BAHIA INTERNATIONAL SUGAR CORPORATION." "GET A LINE ON THEM." "YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN RIGHT ABOUT THAT GRISHA IN THE CHOKE POINT." "WHERE THEY BOUND, STOLL?" " NRO'S GOT A GOOD TRACK." "SHE'S MAKING TWELVE KNOTS ON COURSE FOR THE BOSPORUS." "ALL RIGHT." "LET'S HAVE THEM DESIGNATE OUR TARGET, ALPHA." "NORMAL TERRORIST TRANS SHIPMENT POINTS ARE GREECE, CYPRUS MALTA, ALGERIA." "NONE OF THE ABOVE." "ACCORDING TO OUR MANIFEST HER NEXT PORT OF CALL IS MOMBASSA KENYA." "EAST AFRICA?" " THAT MEANS ALPHA'S GOING TO TRANS AT THE SUEZ CANAL." "AND COULD PUT IN AT EGYPT, SUDAN, ETHIOPIA, YEMAN..." " ASSESSMENT." "A LOT OF FOLKS DOWN SUEZ WAY PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE BOMB." "GENERAL RODGERS." " YES, SIR." " I WANT AN ACTION PLAN FOR MOVING AGAINST ALPHA." "SERGEANT KING, MAGIC LANTERN SHOW, PLEASE." " RIGHT AWAY, SIR." "ALL RIGHT." "AS LONG AS ALPHA'S IN THE BLACK SEA, SHE'S OUT OF REACH." "ONCE SHE MOVES THROUGH THE BOSPORUS AND INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN, SHE'S FAIR GAME." "FAIR GAME?" "FOR WHAT?" " WHAT DO YOU THINK, LOWELL?" "BOYS AND GIRLS PLEASE TELL HE I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON AT THIS TABLE" "WHO RECOGNIZES THAT BOARDING A SHIP ON THE HIGH SEAS COULD BE AN ACT OF WAR." "LOWELL, WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DRIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD?" "I'M A LAWYER, MARTY." "GOD CREATED LAWYERS TO GET IN THE WAY." "GOD DIDN'T CREATE LAWYERS." "ALL RIGHT." "OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORIZATION." "RIGHT." "SERGEANT, GET ADMIRAL DAVIS, TELECONFERENCE." " RIGHT." "LET'S GO INTO THE TANK EVERYBODY." "STAY OUT OF THIS, LOWELL." " I DON'T THINK SO." "GOT A POSSIBLE FIX ON THE STOLEN RVS." "THE GRISHAS THAT PULLED OUT OF NIKOLAYEV..." " YEAH, WHAT ABOUT HER?" "STOPPED A FREIGHTER OUT OF KHERSON." "AND THEN WHAT?" " SHE'S OUR ALPHA TARGET." "WE NEED PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORIZATION TO BOARD HER WHEN SHE GETS TO" "THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN." " YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'M A LITTLE DIM THIS MORNING." "BUT I DON'T SEE WHERE YOU HAVE ANY REASON TO SUSPECT THIS" "FREIGHTER OTHER THAN A GRISHA SKIPPER THAT MAY NOT KNOW HIS JOB." "SIR, THE CIA SAYS THAT ALPHA'S ACTUALLY OWNED BY A KGB FRONT COMPANY..." "WELL, SO WHAT, THEY OWN THREE HOTELS IN ATLANTA THAT'S NO BIG DEAL." "I KNOW, BUT..." " AND IT'S SURE NOT ENOUGH TO GO ON." "BUT HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE TWO SHIPS RENDEZVOUSING?" "MAYBE THEY'RE OUT THERE TRADING DIRTY MOVIES." "IF YOU GENTLEMEN WANT TO BOARD SOMEBODY ELSE'S SHIP IN" "THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE ME PROOF POSITIVE" "THOSE TVS ARE ABOARD, AND THEN SOME." "WOULD YOU ACCEPT NEUTRON SCAN AS POSITIVE PROOF?" "I SURE WOULD." "UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES MIKE, I GUESS I'D HAVE TO." "SEE IF YOU CAN TRACK THEM DOWN." " NOW CALL ME BACK WHEN YOU GOT A PLAN." "ALL RIGHT." "BRING ME UP TO SPEED ON THE NEUTRON SCAN." " OKAY." "WE SWEEP THE HULL OF THE FREIGHTER WITH A NEUTRON SOURCE." "IF THE SENSOR DETECTS A GAMMA BACKSCATTER, CHANCES" "ARE NINETY-NINE PERCENT THERE'S A NUKE ABOARD." "IT WORKED IN SEVENTY-THREE WHEN WE CAUGHT THE RUSSIANS" "TRYING TO SLIP A NUKE TO THEIR ALLIES IN EGYPT." "AIR FORCE HAS A SCANNER AT WRIGHT PATTERSON." "YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO SCAN A SHIP ON THE OPEN SEAS?" " WE WON'T HAVE TO." "BRING THAT MAP UP OF THE BLACK SEA." " RIGHT." "ALL RIGHT." "THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS POND..." " THROUGH THE BOSPORUS." "ZOOM IN, PLEASE." " CHANNEL NECK'S DOWN TO SIX HUNDRED YARDS ACROSS..." "IN SOME SPOTS." "YEAH, BUT THERE'S TWO LANES OF SHIPPING." "THEY'RE ALWAYS JAMMED AND SLOWS DOWN TO FOUR OR FIVE KNOTS." "WHAT IF WE INSTALL THIS SCANNER IN A CABIN CRUISER." "HOW BIG IS THE SCANNER?" " NOT THAT BIG." "IT WEIGHS LIKE HELL." "FORTY FOOTER WOULD DO THE JOB." "AND SHE SLIDES RIGHT ALONG THE SIDE OF THE FREIGHTER." "AND VI-OLA." " WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET A FORTY FOOT CABIN CRUISER?" "BUY ONE." " CALL WRIGHT PATTERSON, HAVE THEM FLY THAT SCANNER IN HERE PRONTO." "AND NOTIFY SURFLANT WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE CREW FOR THE CRUISER." "BUY THE CABIN CRUISER IN TURKEY ON ONE DAY'S NOTICE?" "BUY ONE HERE AND FLY IT OVER." " WON'T HAVE TO BUY IT." "JUSTICE PROBABLY HAS A HALF DOZEN CONFISCATED FROM DRUG DEALERS." "WE'RE GOING TO GET A C-5 TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE." "HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO INSTALL THAT THING?" "GIVEN ENOUGH HANDS, TEN, TWELVE HOURS." " THAT'S PERFECT." "THEN YOU JUST STICK THE BOAT, SCANNER, AND INSTALL A CREW ON THE C-5." "BY THE TIME THEY LAND IN ISTANBUL, THEY'VE GOT IT TOGETHER." "ONE C-5 FUELED CREW ON THE ANDREWS PAD IN NINETY MINUTES." "WHEN'S ALPHA DUE IN THE BOSPORUS?" " FIVE PM LOCAL TIME, TOMORROW." "0935 NOW, FIGURED WE'LL HAVE THE C-5 LOADED AND WHEELS UP BY FOURTEEN HUNDRED." "THAT PUTS MATT ON THE GROUND IN ISTANBUL TOMORROW AT NOON." "THEY LAUNCH AT YEDIKULE, STEER NORTH INTO THE STRAITS AND..." "INTERCEPT ALPHA HERE, OFF SARIYER." "ALL RIGHT." "LET'S DO IT." "GET ADMIRAL DAVIS ON THE PHONE, PLEASE." "COMING UP." "MISSION DESIGNATION, TOUCH STONE." " THANK YOU." "SCANNER'S HERE AT ONE O'CLOCK." "THAT'S CUTTING IT AWFUL CLOSE." " ADMIRAL DAVIS LINE TWO." "TROY, YOU'RE ON SPEAKER PHONE." " I'M HERE." "WHAT DO YOU GOT?" "WE'RE INTERCEPTING AND SCANNING ALPHA TOMORROW WHEN SHE GOES THROUGH THE BOSPORUS." "IF WE GET A POSITIVE READING I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOR" "PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORIZATION TO BOARD HER AND RECAPTURE THE WARHEADS." "SOUNDS RIGHT." " ALL RIGHT." "WE'RE GOING TO ASK..." "EXCUSE ME FOLKS, ONE NOT SO MINOR DETAIL." " NO, WHAT NOW?" "PERMISSION FROM THE TURKS, WHICH I GUARANTEE WILL NOT BE FORTHCOMING." "BOSPORUS IS TURKISH TERRITORY." "TROY, YOU THINK YOU CAN GET THE TURKS TO GIVE US AN OKAY?" "I CAN TRY." "LISTEN, NOBODY GET AHEAD OF ME ON THIS THING." "I'M A LONG LONG WAY FROM ASKING FOR PRESIDENTIAL" "AUTHORIZATION, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?" " UNDERSTOOD." "MAGGIE?" " SIR." " CALL GENERAL YAZICI AT THE TURKISH EMBASSY." "TELL HIM TO STAND BY FOR A FAX." "AND MAGGIE, BRING YOUR BOOK AND COME ON IN HERE." "YES, SIR." "WHITE HOUSE SIGNALS OFFICE." " SIGNALS, WHERE'S THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW?" "SIR, HE'S HAVING BRUNCH WITH THE DANISH CULTURAL ATTACHE." "HE'S HAVING BRUNCH WITH THE DANISH CULTURAL ATTACHE?" "YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT." " AT MR. BENDER'S HOUSE." "THANK YOU, SIGNALS." " YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR." "DAMN IT, WHAT NOW?" " MR. PRESIDENT, WE MAY HAVE A LINE ON THE STOLEN WARHEADS." "THAT'S GREAT, TROY." "HOLD ON A MINUTE WHILE I GET TO ANOTHER PHONE." "GO AHEAD, TROY." "I SEE." "YEAH, I SEE, RIGHT." "SO WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS?" "DIRECTOR." " ONE SEC..." "CAPTAIN TIO RODRIGUEZ, LEADER OF DRAKE'S OLD SPECIAL FORCES UNIT FROM TENTH GROUP." "CAPTAIN." "SIR." " CAPTAIN'S TEAM IS FONDLY NAMED LINEBACKER." "BECAUSE WHEN THE GOOD GUYS HAVE TO MAKE A GOAL LINE STAND." "ALL RIGHT." "WELL, I GUESS YOU AND YOUR MEN HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU." "GOOD LUCK." " DON'T WORRY ABOUT LINEBACKER, SIR." "JUST POINT US TOWARDS THE BAD GUY." "WE'LL WIN IT FOR THE HOME TEAM." " BE ROOTING FOR YOU." "SORRY." " BEEN ON THE HORN TO OUR POLAD IN ANKARA." "TOUCHSTONE COVER STORY IS YOU'RE DELIVERING A CABIN CRUISER FOR AN EMBASSADOR'S" "OFFICIAL USE AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT ON A SHAKE DOWN RUN." "WHAT'S THE COVER FOR THE NEUTRON SCANNER, NEW KIND OF AIR CONDITIONER?" "COME ON, YOU HAVE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY." " NO ONE WILL LOOK INSIDE THE BOAT." "WE HOPE." "HERE COMES THE SCANNER." "WISH I WAS GOING WITH YOU." "WISH ME LUCK." " YOU'LL DO FINE." "LEE." "I RAN THAT LICENSE PLATE." "AND?" " MRS. HOOD'S KEEPING COMPANY WITH A REAL PIECE OF WORK." "TELL ME." " QUINN REDMOND, PHILADELPHIA MAINLINE SILVER SPOON BABY." "NOW A BIG TIME LAWYER." "PARTNER WITH TWO FORMER SECRETARIES OF STATE." "CORPORATE LAW?" " CORPORATE, FAMILY, CRIMINAL," "ANYTHING THAT GETS HIGH PROFILE IN THE HEADLINE." "AND HE'S GOT A REP AS A LADY KILLER." "BROTHER." "I'LL HANG ON TO THESE." "KEEP ME INFORMED." "MAC, WHAT IS IT?" "WHAT'S GOING ON?" "YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW." "YEAH, I REALLY DO." "ALL RIGHT." "DAVIS GOT WORD FROM THE TURKS, LINE SIX." "TROY?" "YAZICI CALLED." "ANKARA OKAYED YOUR WHOLE BALL OF WAX." "LANDING RIGHTS, TRANSPORTS, EVERYTHING." "OH MY GOD." " YES." " CALL THE FLIGHT LINE." "HAVE TOUCHSTONE START ENGINES." "AND TELL MATT, GOOD HUNTING." "HOW DID YOU LAY IT OUT FOR THE TURKS?" " A RADICAL MID EAST FACTION." "YOU KNOW, PREVENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER GENERAL SORT OF THING." "MS. GORMAN, A KATHERINE MICHAELS TO SPEAK WITH YOU." " I'LL CALL HER BACK." "SHE'S NOT ON THE PHONE." "SHE'S AT RECEPTION." "YOU GOING TO SHOW THESE TO HIM?" "WELL, I DON'T SEE I HAVE MUCH CHOICE." "MIGHT GO DOWN A LITTLE EASIER COMING FROM YOU." " NO, NO, NO." "I COULDN'T HURT HIM THAT WAY." "YOU KIND OF LIKE HIM." " DON'T MISS MUCH, DO YOU, MAC?" "WE GOT AN OKAY FROM THE TURKS." "GREAT." "WHAT'S A MATTER WITH YOU TWO?" " JUST A LITTLE TIRED, YOU KNOW, ALL THE EXCITEMENT." "DIRECTOR WANTS A MEETING." " BE RIGHT THERE." "BE CAREFUL, HONEY." " HE'S MARRIED." "AND HE'S THE BOSS." "COME ON, DON'T TRY TO STONEWALL ME ON THIS THING." "I KNOW THERE WAS AN INCIDENT IN THE UKRAINE." "I KNOW THAT NUCLEAR WARHEADS HAVE BEEN STOLEN." "AND I KNOW THAT NCMC IS TRACKING A SHIP." "I TOLD YOU, NO COMMENT." "WE ARE A LONG WAY PAST NO COMMENT." "I'M NOT GOING TO SIT ON THIS THING AND GET SCOOP" "BY SOME STRINGER FROM THE PISMIRE DAILY NEWS" "WHO HAPPENS TO BE SLEEPING WITH A WHITE HOUSE USHER." "I CAME ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE SO I DON'T WRITE" "ANYTHING THAT MIGHT EMBARRASS YOU OUT OF A JOB." "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" " A DEAL." "I'M LISTENING." " GET ME INSIDE." "A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHILE THIS NUCLEAR CHASE IS GOING ON." "WHEN YOU MARK IT CASE CLOSED, I WRITE AN EXCLUSIVE FOR THE AP WIRE." "NO COMMENT AND NO DEAL." "I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU A BREAK ON THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR FRIENDSHIP SAKE." "I NEVER MISTOOK YOU FOR A FRIEND." "NO WAY." "NO WAY IN HELL THE TURKS WOULD LET US RUN AN OPERATION" "FROM THEIR TERRITORY WITHOUT KNOWING OUR OBJECT." "EXCUSE ME, SURELY YOU HEARD DAVIS SAY..." " COME ON, MARTHA, WE COULD BE STAGING" "THE ASSASSINATION OF YASSER ARAFAT." " SO WHAT MADE THE TURKS ROLL OVER?" "THE ISRAELIS?" " THE ISRAELIS HAVE BEEN SHARING INTEL WITH THE TURKS SINCE '52." "THE HELL DO THE ISRAELIS COME INTO IT?" " COME ON BOB, WHERE DO YOU THINK" "THE WARHEADS ARE GOING, SILVER SPRING?" "THE ISRAELIS KNOW AS WELL AS WE DO THAT THE MOST LIKELY BUYER IS THEIR ENEMY." "AND THE MOST LIKELY TARGET IS ISRAEL." " SIMMER DOWN." "MAC, WHAT DO YOU THINK?" "THE ISRAELIS COULD BE THE WILD CARD." "LOOK, WHATEVER MADE UP THE TURKS MIND, THERE'S A FIVE HOUR WINDOW FOR THE NEUTRON" "SCAN." "ONCE ALPHA MAKES IT INTO THE NET THE REST OF THIS IS ACADEMIC." "WELL, GET THIS." " NO, WHAT NOW?" "KATE MICHAELS KNOWS WE'RE TRACKING A SHIP THAT MAYBE CARRYING STOLEN NUCLEAR WEAPONS." "ARE YOU KIDDING?" " WHAT?" " HOW DOES THIS WOMAN GET HER INFORMATION?" "WE GOT TO PLUG THAT LEAK." "OTHERWISE, IF LINEBACKER MOVES" "AGAINST THE FREIGHTER THEY COULD BE WALKING INTO A DEATH TRAP." "ALL RIGHT, QUIET DOWN." " THIS IS CRAZY." " QUIET DOWN." "QUIET." "IDEAS?" "MAC?" " HEY..." "COME ON." " ANYBODY?" "WE HAVE KATE MICHAELS ARRESTED." "WHAT?" "NO, THE FBI PICKS HER UP ON THE ESPIONAGE ACT." " NO THANK YOU." "PUTS HER OUT OF BUSINESS FOR FORTY-EIGHT HOURS." " ARE YOU CRAZY FOR GOD'S SAKE?" "ARREST A REPORTER?" " NO, NO, I'M NOT SAYING PROSECUTE HER." "ALL I'M SAYING IS TAKE HER OFF THE STREET, GET HER OFF THE PHONES." "NOW WAIT A MINUTE, LOWELL, IS THIS YOUR IDEA OF RULE OF LAW?" "NO, NO, IT'S LEGAL, HONEST." "NO IT ISN'T, COME ON, LOWELL, YOU KNOW THAT." "DIRECTOR, YOU YOU HAVEN'T A CLUE ABOUT THE STAKES WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE, DO YOU?" "APPARENTLY I DO." " BETTER THAN YOU." "YOU JUST FORGOT THAT A LOT OF GUYS JUST GOT SHOT UP IN THE UKRAINE" "OR THAT LINEBACKER MAY DO EVEN WORSE WHEN THEY BOARD ALPHA." "THAT WAS COMBAT, THAT'S DIFFERENT, LOWELL." "YEAH, WELL, I'M NOT SURE THE DEAD APPRECIATE THE FINE DISTINCTIONS." "YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY SURPRISE ME, LOWELL." "FOR A GUY THAT KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT THE LAW," "YOU HAVE A REALLY TWISTED SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG." " RIGHT AND WRONG?" "LISTEN MR. POLITICAL APPOINTEE HOLIER THAN THOUGH DIRECTOR," "GOVERNMENT IS NOT ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG." "GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT POWER." "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS ABOUT POWER." "SINCE SEVENTEEN SEVENTY-SIX WE'VE BEEN SAYING DON'T TREAD ON ME." "WHY?" "FOR ONE REASON BECAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY DOES, BANG, THEY" "GET A BLOODY NOSE AND A ONE WAY TICKET TO A WAR CRIMES TRIAL." "AM I WRONG?" "PLEASE, SOMEBODY TELL ME I'M WRONG." " GOOD GRIEF, YOU'RE NOT WRONG, LOWELL." "YOU'RE JUST OUT OF LINE." " WAY OUT." "ARE YOU FINISHED?" "YEAH, I'M FINISHED." "GOOD." "THE SUBJECT IS CLOSED." "NO, IT ISN'T." "PHIL, SHOW THE DIRECTOR WHAT HAPPENS IF THE WARHEADS REACH ISRAEL." "PAM..." " HEY, SO LOWELL GOT A LITTLE OUT OF..." " SHOW HIM." "SHOW HIM WHAT HAPPENS IF WE FAIL." "GLOBAL NINETY-FOUR GIDEON VARIATION." "GIDEON?" " BIBLICAL GENERAL WHO DEFEATED THE MEDIANITES." "WHEN I BLOW WITH THE TRUMPET, SAY THE SWORD OF THE LORD AND GIDEON." "READY WITH FILM, SIR." "ROOM LIGHTS." "GIDEON SCENARIO ASSUMES RADICALS TRANSPORT A MEDIUM YIELD SPECIAL" "WEAPON TO AN ISRAELI POPULATION CENTER, SAY TEL AVIV, AND DETONATE IT." "ISRAELIS RETALIATE." "STRIKE DAMASCUS," "AMMAN," "BAGHDAD," "CAIRO." "THE ARAB WORLD RESPONDS." "SYRIAN ARMOR ON THE GOLAN." "EGYPTIAN IN SINAI." "THEIR BOMBERS BLANKET ISRAELI" "CITIES WITH BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS." "AFTER THAT, HAVOC." "THREE DAYS LATER ARAB AND ISRAELI GROUND FORCES FIGHT TO A STALEMATE, AGAIN." "HISTORY BOOKS RECORD FOUR MILLION CIVILIANS DIE." "BUT NOT ONE INCH OF LAND IN THE MID EAST CHANGES HANDS." "FOR FIVE YEARS A PLAGUE OF NEW CANCER CASES SPREADS" "DOWNWIND TO DOZENS OF COUNTRIES INCLUDING OUR OWN." "THOSE ARE THE STAKES WE'RE PLAYING FOR HERE, DIRECTOR." "WE HAVE TO RECAPTURE THOSE WARHEADS."