"Express asks, is Birgitte Nyborg the right Prime Minister?" "You need a media adviser." "Now!" "Hanne Holm's at Express" "They take the ones nobody wants" "Are you going to resign?" "I am not going to resign before we have even got started" "lt's chaos -lt's the same thing at home" "We are still us, right?" "I included a message to you in the New Year address" "A paean to life and children... I had an abortion a couple of hours ago" "Why are we never on the same page?" "Kasper?" "You are good" "Thank you" ""Denying the existence of a ghost will only make it grow bigger" Greenlandic proverb" "See you, Simon" "See you" "TV1 News, Simon Bech speaking lt's for you" "I am afraid she has just left" "Katrine?" "He insists on talking to you." "He says it's urgent" "TV1 News, Katrine Fønsmark I'm standing in a car park with information I'm sure will interest you" "Who is this?" "Come out to the car park, next to the big containers" "Can you leave it in reception?" "I have to hand it to you in person." "Come out, alone lt is a matter of national security" "You have five more minutes lt's up to you" "Do you have a moment?" "Yes, of course" "Katrine?" "Hello?" "Did you see anything?" "No. I mean... a silver grey Renault?" "Shit!" "is that all?" "Yes, I think so." "Thanks for your help" "Stop." "Don't turn around" "Stay where you are" "Move closer to the car" "There" "Why didn't you come alone?" "What did you expect?" "Here." "Look inside" "Who are you?" "Look inside" "A story you won't want to miss out on I must know who you are or there is no story lt could bring down the government" "We hear those words a lot" "Just look inside, all right?" "What is this?" "Are they prisoners of the ClA?" "These could have been tampered with" "Check them" "All the images are on this memory stick in a higher resolution" "Look at the name on the hangar" "cia prisoners on Danish territory." "Finally, you have the proof" "Who are you?" "I will contact you" "Why me?" "Because you don't always do as you are told" "A hundred days" "ONE WEEK LATER" "So my source contacts me, not the other way around" "And I can't tell you who he is." "I promised" "But he works for Military Intelligence" "Are you sure of that?" "I've seen his id and his contract of employment" "Can we use his name?" "No" "We can say a source close to the army" "What is his real motive?" "He says he loves Denmark" "Don't we all?" "I think there's more to it, and I intend to find out what" "Dan and the boys are looking at the images" "They say they look real, taken with a semi-professional kit" "High resolution, no sign of Photoshop" "Torben, when are we running it?" "You had better be bloody sure of your source" "l am sure -100% sure?" "100% sure" "We could all lose ourjobs because of this" "Don't you realise what we have here?" "You got a journalism prize once I have another kind of responsibility here." "You think it's all so easy" "No, I don't, but you saw the photos, and I've checked everything" "Calm down." "We're running the story" "What did you expect?" "...one." "Go, Katrine!" "Here is evidence to prove the US is landing in Thule Air Base in Greenland with ClA prisoners lt is 8:30pm, and this is TV1 News." "Welcome" "How did they get those images?" "TV1 refuses to identify its source even when I push them unofficially" "The armed forces must know" "They are investigating the leak." "You have a meeting about it" "And we'll discuss your first hundred days" "You've been Prime Minister for a hundred days" "Morning" "Good morning" "The press is always interested in this stuff so we must find a favourable story we can use to celebrate you as Prime Minister" "As long as it involves a specific political achievement and not playing board games with Phillip and the kids" "How exciting!" "Sanne?" "Yes" "Clear my diary for this morning" "You have a hairdresser's appointment at eleven" "Not any more, because we're going to clear the whole morning" "Thank you" "Right" "I'll have her removed" "The union is making things difficult" "The Security Committee is ready lt's the Justice Minister, the Defence Minister and the permanent secretaries" "Right." "Who do the national security committee think is behind the leak?" "We don't know" "The premier of Greenland is on his way for an explanation I'll give him half an hour tomorrow" "We kind of owe him an apology" "We are historically reticent to apologise when it comes to Greenland lt presupposes liability and often results in unexpected expenses" "OK" "But we need an action plan on our desks before lunch lt's not my fault the former Prime Minister gave Bush everything he wanted" "Good morning, gentlemen." "Don't get up" "Are we allowing US aircraft to land at Thule carrying cia prisoners?" "Listen here" "Don't play your secret gentlemen's club games with me" "Are these flights happening?" "We can't say for sure" "What does that mean?" "According to our agreement, we have no right to check US aircraft at Thule" "But that agreement is from the Bush era lt should have been terminated" "The ClA is a state within a state lt is hard to strip them of powers once they have them" "What does Washington say?" "The US ambassador will be popping into the Foreign Ministry today" "Right." "Pass on this message "Denmark, your ally in several wars, expects an explanation"" "Yes I see no reason to harm our otherwise good relations with the USA" "What about our otherwise good relations with Greenland?" "Greenland isn't our primary concern right now" "Now, I happen to have Greenland in my remit and I'm a bit concerned about the lack of consistency in our policy and the impression that this will give in the papers" "We free them but overrule them when something vital is at stake" "Yes" "Who can buy us time until we find something concrete?" "l won't speak to the press now" "The Defence Minister should do it lt was his ministry that the leak came from" "Lots of people work at the Thule Air Base" "It need not be any of our personnel" "And the armed forces are not afraid of meeting the press, Troels I wasn't implying that, Hans Christian" "Hans Christian will go on TV" "Right" ""We doubt the authenticity of these images" ""lt's pending"" ""We are investigating the authenticity of the images" ""This is a serious matter"" "OK" "Right" "Yes" "The prisoners were described on the news as being held illegally, right?" "But as far as I know, nobody has been able to show that the prisoners in the photos actually are illegal" "Perhaps we can use that?" "Yes, Mummy" "Defence Minister Hans Christian Thorsen, good evening" "How can these flights land on Danish territory?" "Let's not get over-excited" "Denmark and the USA have enjoyed excellent and very close relations for many, many years" "And I cannot see any reason at all for why they would want to break international rules on Danish soil" "Go on, let him have it!" "You must admit that the photos of the orange overalls are reminiscent of the American Guantanamo prisoners?" "Firstly, Guantanamo is being shut down" "Secondly, I see some men in orange overalls in these photos" "They are the same overalls thousands of criminals in the US judicial system also wear" "Who is to say that these prisoners are actually illegal?" "Can you tell me that?" "So you see no reason to do any more about it?" "Oh, I do, and of course we are looking into the matter" "It is a serious matter" "But I don't think we can go into any more detail" "Thank you for coming" "He's getting away with it?" "And now for the fall in house prices" "Three is on" "Ready server" "What the hell were you doing?" "What the hell is Katrine doing there?" "You could have asked him why they were there" "Come on, Katrine" "Who the hell do you think you are?" "When a minister tells you, "We can't go into any more detail" and his eyes shift, he is lying" "Ten seconds." "Please deal with this afterwards." "Thank you" "Ulrik, this is Torben" "That interview you did just wasn't good enough" "Ulrik, you're on" "The Association of Danish..." "Good evening" "Well done!" "I saw Thorsen settle that matter very nicely on the news" "The matter is hardly settled, Bjørn" "The Foreign Affairs Committee want an explanation I assume I'll be handling it?" "It shouldn't be that hard" "So far, doubts have been cast as to whether the photos show illegal prisoners at all" "You're well briefed." "Have you spoken to the Americans?" "What was their explanation?" "The ambassador was unable to go into detail I wasn't asking for details." "I asked for a yes or a no" "Does the ClA have flights like this via Greenland or not?" "Bjørn" "You let him get away with that?" "The Americans are as hard as nails when it comes to foreign policy" "Yes, but you are Denmark's Foreign Minister and the injured party" "What about the Foreign Affairs Committee?" "I'll handle them" "Have you come home to comfort the lonely housewife?" "I have had layabouts for company all day so I'm grateful not to be married to one" "Up there!" "Tights are the worst..." "Yes, yes" "Why have you locked the door?" "Because we are rearranging the furniture, darling" "Can I have some crisps?" "Yes" "You're gorgeous, you are!" "Really gorgeous lt was three weeks since we last had sex because I was so busy" "What if we had a few regular days so we'd know that we'd get round to it?" "But don't we just have sex whenever we feel like it?" "We'll still do that, but if we had regular days..." "Such as Tuesdays and Saturdays" "Tuesdays and Saturdays?" "On Tuesdays I have a Cabinet meeting, and on Saturdays I'm off" "This is a weird conversation I'm having scheduled sex sessions with the Prime Minister?" "Yes" "You didn't exactly make it difficult for the Defence Minister I thought the interview was shit, too" "This could bring down the government lt happened under the previous government" "The system was aware of it." "The civil servants knew everything" "You know you can't get Danish civil servants to talk" "l am talking" "No, you're whispering" "You're an anonymous source who whispers. I need more than that I have something for you" "Come on" "Transcripts from the Thule Air Base control tower" "Landings and take-offs" "The one I have underlined is the plane in the photos lt did happen" "And here" "Two missing persons bulletins by Human Rights Watch" "Afghan farmers who were abducted by the Americans" "The guy in the red hat..." "He is also in the photo from Thule" "Now they can't deny the fact that they are illegal prisoners" "Why are you doing this, Carsten?" "Honour" "Try telling me a bit more about it I have worked in the military for 25 years" "When I see the flag I see something I am ultimately prepared to die for" "When I was young I was part of the Sirius Patrol l crossed Greenland on a dog sleigh" "You can't imagine that darkness" "The thing is, it's become an important part of my life" "For ten years, I have watched as we have forfeited any kind of sovereignty when it comes to the USA" "We have become their eager little brother" "We enter into their wars without asking for valid reasons" "We help them take innocent people prisoner" "We let them use our territory for whatever they want" "How long has this been going on for?" "A long time" "Since 1 1th September" "Before that, it was nuclear weapons they landed with at Thule" "And when a plane crashed and atom bombs rolled out onto the Greenland ice cap we helped them clean it up" "One of their bombs is still up there" "There comes a point when it has to stop I have been here far too long" "I want you to know, I'm ready to take this all the way I know the risk you're taking." "Your story will come out" "But I simply must be able to get hold of you" "That is out of the question I must be able to get in touch with you, or I can't get any further" "Use a word you don't usually use when ending your news programme "Snow"" "Hello?" "Yeah, yeah!" "Good morning" "Good morning" "Katrine Fønsmark?" "Yes?" "Police." "We have some questions" "How did you make contact with the man who gave you those photos?" "Sorry?" "Did you contact him, or did he phone you?" "l'm not telling you a thing -lt would be wise of you to do so" "What were your names?" "l can't tell you that" "May I see your ids?" "I'm in my flat with two police officers who are trying to force me to reveal my source" "What are your names?" "May I see your ids?" "It's Katrine." "I need to talk to Pia now!" "I want to make sure we agree regarding Greenland before I admit the premier" "Has he already arrived?" "Yes" "ls he waiting outside or what?" "Yes, but he is used to it" "The Greenlanders have huge problems running their own affairs" "They need us" "We have just given them the rights to their own underground resources imagine if there is oil there" "They can't have it both ways, can they?" "I'd give him fifteen minutes at most" "He will be given a cup of coffee." "He won't get any money or an apology" "But we will express our regret over Thule" "Yes, and that we don't know what happened and that it may be that nothing has happened at all" "Niels Erik?" "You have been permanent secretary here for eight years" "You are on the Security Committee." "What do you know about these flights?" "I don't remember being at any meetings where they were mentioned" "This way" "Hello." "Birgitte Nyborg" "Jens Enok" "Welcome to Denmark" "Thank you" "Yes... it hasn't changed a bit" "Apart from the paintings" "A change of government requires new art?" "A bit more than that, I hope." "Won't you sit down?" "Thank you" "Well, Jens." "Thank you for coming all this way" "There isn't a lot one can say because we still don't quite know what has been going on at Thule Air Base but we are investigating..." "Birgitte, that's all right" "No need for you to explain yourself" "We have done our duty already just by meeting like this" "You can't tell me a thing and you can't apologise because you're not the one who violated Greenland" "We are locked into our old positions" "Greenland is small compared to Denmark" "Just as Denmark is small compared to the USA" "KalaaIlit Nunaat" "That is what Greenland is called in Inuit lt means "Land of the Greenlanders"" "That is more an expression of hope than reality I regret this deeply" "Weren't we going to have coffee?" "Yes, we were" "Torben." "Tell them you'll ring them back!" "You'll ring them back!" "OK, I'll ring you back I was woken up by Special Branch this morning" "They want to know my source" "Special Branch." "How do you know?" "I rang the police, and they said they hadn't sent anybody lt was Special Branch" "They do that when you're onto something" "This is serious." "I'll have to leave it with the director I can't pursue it unless it's watertight. I just can't" "Look at this" "Look at it" "Look I met my source last night" "The flights took place." "They are illegal prisoners" "The evidence is right there lt's watertight" "An expert from the Air Force who can vouch for its authenticity" "And I have asked Hanne Holm to come to the studio" "Hanne Holm?" "She is the expert on the old Thule cases" "She says it's a continuation of the authoritarian foreign policy Greenland has suffered since the 1950s" "Torben?" "Are you dropping this?" "My source is risking his life for us." "Do you realise that?" "Not to mention that this is of vital significance to the nation!" "lsn't that why we do this?" "Shut up, for God's sake" "This is bloody great" "We'lI break it on the radio news and give it the works tonight" "Have you got a lighter?" "Sorry" "Kasper Juul" "Can Nyborg come out to play tonight?" "I was hoping you would play with me, instead" "We'd love to have Birgitte Nyborg in to give her comments at 8:30pm lf it's about the Foreign Affairs Committee meeting I doubt much more will emerge from this case I would listen to the news if I were you" "It starts in two minutes" "Can she get here before the others?" "It depends." "Do we have a date?" "Not if it is in order to wheedle my source out of me" "Would I do a thing like that?" "All right, we have a date" "We have a date." "Bye" "Svend Åge?" "Do you have a light?" "Thanks I hear that the Prime Minister is having coffee with the offended Eskimos I believe they prefer us to call them lnuits I know that Mrs Nyborg loves indigenous people by definition but there is a limit to how indigenous they can allow themselves to be" "What do you mean?" "They can't manage their own affairs" "Their kids don't get an education" "Their commerce is based on a mixture of corruption and Stalinism" "They drink like fish and sexually abuse their children" "And what has that got to do with secret cia flights?" "Your government depends on the Solidarity Party ln a moment, the Foreign Affairs Committee will meet I don't think you should let the left wing push you into giving any concessions to Greenland" "You may rely on the support of the Freedom Party for that" "Can I tell the Prime Minister that?" "Of course" "The Eskimos would have full autonomy if it were up to the reds" "Kasper, if you want autonomy you must be able to look after yourself first" "A source with Military Intelligence has revealed to TV1 News that illegal cia prisoners put down at Thule Air Base" "New photos prove that many of the prisoners were missing Afghans presumably innocent whom several human rights organisations have been looking for" "Right." "The Foreign Affairs Committee meets in ninety minutes" "We must form a strategy" "Of course they will ask how the press obtained this information I expect some officer or other leaked it I mean, the military is like a sieve" "Do you mind?" "That was the US ambassador" "They were afraid we might feel pushed to give Greenland influence on our future military agreements up there" "Yes, the Solidarity Party has been babbling away about something similar" "Svend Åge from the Freedom Party says we can count on their support to avoid giving the Greenlanders any concessions at all" "What if this source leaks even more?" "Where will this stop?" "lt is stopping right here" "The police are going to TV1 with an indictment I beg your pardon?" "The journalists can be charged with fencing confidential information if it involves secret documents stolen from the military that TV1 is hawking to its customers" "They can't do that!" "Why not?" "It's the law!" "Because arresting journalists gives you bloody bad press coverage lt has nothing to do with you having an affair with one?" "That will do" "Just what are we working on?" "Cooperating with the Freedom Party to keep the Greenlanders from having influence?" "Arresting journalists?" "We've not been here long and already we sound like the previous government" "Yes." "That's realpolitik for you -lt is not this government's policy" "Kasper Juul said we can have the Prime Minister" "Nice one!" "The background picture..." "Preferably in close up lt will show the prisoners and you will obviously have the landing log documents in your hand lt will look great" "And you'Il have something to refer to that we can all relate to, right?" "Hello." "Police" "We have to inform you that as TV1  has helped to distribute stolen information those responsible will be charged with fencing in accordance with Section 152d" "Fencing?" "Head of news, Torben Friis, chief editor Pia Munk and journalists, Ulrik Mørch and Katrine Fønsmark lt also means that you must not publish the information concerned" "The director has been informed" "Well, fuck me" "This is scandalous!" "Fencing?" "lt's a joke!" "This is press history!" "l'm popping out" "This is our lead story" "May I have a word?" "The Prime Minister is due before the committee" "For that reason, I'd like to raise something with you" "A colleague in the Ministry of Defence informed me that there was a special circumstance with respect to the American landing at Thule" ""SL" stands for "Safety Landing"" "So we are talking about a safety issue here" "An emergency landing?" "Precisely" "A technical problem forced the US aircraft to land at Thule" "Well, that changes everything" "Let's ask her for her views on freedom of the press" "That's a good idea lt's amazing that they think this will stop us" "Just let them try" "We will have to talk strategy I just spoke to the director" "As long as the police are investigating we will not use the landing logs" "What did you say?" "That's just letting them win" "And we can't use the photos of the prisoners, either" "Katrine can refer to them, but we won't show them I can't interview Hanne Holm about a photo I can't show" "Obviously." "And that is also why she is not going to be coming in tonight" "You're pulling the plug?" "No, I'm not" "The Prime Minister will be here" "She will have plenty of opportunities to explain herself" "Ulrik, for God's sake" "Yes?" "Torben is probably right" "Yes lt will be one-sided, and I just can't do that!" "You can." "You're a pro -l'm the only pro left" "This is not up for discussion." "It is a formal order" "Torben..." "No. I'm not discussing it" "You handled that badly I don't know why you weren't told, but we brought you in for nothing" "Torben refuses to let you appear" "And he won't let me use the lists or the photos from Thule" "He's pulling the story?" "In agreement with the management" "Katrine, I want a word lt's amazing, Friis I had no idea they made your kind without any balls" "TV1 showed photographs yesterday of illegal terror prisoners being landed at Thule" "The Defence Minister refused to comment but we believe them to be genuine." "How do you feel about that?" "I can confirm that the flight took place" "It took place?" "Yes, the flight took place" "We have looked into it but it turns out that the landing was not a scheduled one" "An emergency landing?" "Yes" "When a plane asks for an emergency landing, you don't ask questions lt is all in the landing logs you referred to earlier today" "The police have banned us from using the logs in our coverage I can't comment on that." "But I will say, the government has no intention of limiting the freedom of the press I'll get back to that" "lt was an emergency landing" "Yes ls it possible other flights took place?" "Not that I'm aware of" "But it's possible" "You are out of time I'm not aware of other flights." "I can't say more than that" "You can't rule out the possibility" "Katrine, stop it" "I'm afraid that's all we have time for." "Thank you" "Thank you" "Perhaps I'm naive to think I wouldn't lie in my first hundred days..." "You didn't lie" "You are not aware of other flights" "Yes, but I didn't say how the Americans have done what they wanted on Greenland since WWll" "You ended the matter well" "The press and the committee have their explanation. lt's good I have to get used to the nasty taste in my mouth" "What if I went to Greenland, Kasper and gave them an explanation?" "As a gesture" "You said we needed a positive story to celebrate my first hundred days I had hoped for something other than Greenland" "Greenland is kind of unsexy" "Yes" "Fix it up as soon as possible, OK?" "Yes" "What kind of interview was that?" "Why didn't you use the material?" "Are you stupid?" "My boss didn't allow me to ask her proper questions" "Do you realise what I'm risking?" "We are talking about my life" "You said you'd go all the way -l will, but we have been charged" "And my boss is the world's biggest coward so I can't use the material you gave me" "And you should have told me it was an emergency landing" "That's irrelevant." "It was just one of many landings" "So she lied on camera?" "Every time they land there, it's an emergency landing" "Do you know who we are dealing with here?" "I shouldn't have come to you" "That's fine I'll get back to you later" "Perhaps we should stop this" "What has happened?" "I can't tell you" "Who were you talking to?" "I can't tell you" "See?" "It will be a difficult evening" "We can stick to personal stuff" "You lost a baby three weeks ago." "What about that?" "Are you upset?" "Every woman's favourite question" "OK, you lost this round." "It's not the end of the world" "Have we lost?" "is this what's called democracy?" "Calm down" "OK, ask me a question, and I will answer it honestly" "OK." "Did you know I was going to be charged?" "Did you?" "Maybe, yes" "This is not going to work" "Why didn't you warn me about the police?" "Aren't we meant to be friends?" "Your minister had me charged!" "Höxenhaven is not my minister" "And did I have to hear about the landing logs on the news?" "And what if I had warned you?" "I'd know that you are not just loyal to your employer" "How weird" "Somebody has been here" "Somebody has bloody well been here" "I couldn't catch him" "They have messed with my computer" "A journalist's computer!" "He was right!" "Was that why you wanted to meet at a coffee shop?" "Were you involved in this?" "Were you?" "Calm down." "What are you accusing me of?" "Just a moment!" "Who is it?" "The woman you got sacked for drinking" "I think someone from Special Branch burgled my flat yesterday lt doesn't sound unlikely given the situation" "I rang my friends lf the police want to carry on they will now have to charge fifty journalists, and not just you lot lt's the same as saying they must drop the charges" "FREEDOM OF SPEECH UNDER PRESSURE" "Goodness, Hanne..." "I don't know what to say" ""Thank you" is one possibility" "Thank you" "But this is something that wimp Torben Friis can't stop you from pursuing" "So maybe you should get to work I must find a new angle, or I won't be able to persuade him to run it" "What if your source went on camera?" "Live?" "I can't get him to do that." "He's still in the services" "Not for long." "They will find him" "Tell him that he has to speak out, or it will all have been in vain" "Why is he doing this anyway?" "Because we have been under the Americans' thumb for long enough" "And he is prepared to die for Denmark" "Oh, no!" "Man are so primitive!" "Make sure he speaks out first, all right?" "Do you know how to make contact?" "Maybe" "That's the end of the programme" "And we managed to get through it without snow on the screen." "Thank you" "Talk about gobbledygook" ""Snow"!" "is that our new "good night"?" "My mind went blank" "Will someone remove this glass?" "Nice one, boys and girls!" "Talk about headlines!" "That is amazing support from our fellowjournalists!" "And a great triumph for democracy" "Didn't you want to pull the story?" "Once you learn to keep your trap shut, you'll go far" "So this is the lead story today..." "Well. I don't know I can't decide whether there is any more to it lt's still a good story I'm just saying that maybe the story has been told, Katrine" "Maybe you didn't hear that" "Any other news?" "Yes" "The Prime Minister is going on a charm visit to Greenland l think that's just great" "Let's have a few shots of the plane taking off lt is pure spin so it won't make any difference at all" "No, it indicates that they feel guilty!" "Maybe, Katrine, Nyborg has a very transparent leadership style which we are absolutely unused to" "The only evidence we have is this one flight which she told us was an emergency landing" "Do you have anything else?" "If you have, now is the time to tell us!" "No" "No." "Thank you" "So we'll say thank you to Deep Throat" "Listen, we have to mention the fact that we have also been charged" "Let them go to Greenland!" "It would be fun if that eloquent Eskimo mentions what Nyborg can expect to eat for dinner there I'll find a good angle" "Yes, and something over the top." "Lay it on with a trowel" "Torben!" "Yes?" "Yes?" "I have someone I think you should meet" "My name is Carsten Ockels, Military Intelligence" "That emergency landing was not the only cia landing in Greenland" "I'm prepared to tell the whole story" "Have a good flight" "Thanks, Simon" "A few updated figures about Greenland" "The latest financial scandals" "The suicide rate among young people, alcohol abuse..." "That kind of thing" "Just "For my information"" "They say it's beautiful there" "You can easily lose your sense of direction I see" "We've narrowed down the search for the mole" "We need not concern ourselves with him any more" "What does that mean?" "Have a good trip" "Thank you" "Hello, darling" "Are you spending the night in Greenland?" "I don't know. I haven't seen the whole itinerary yet lt's Tuesday, the day I get to shag the Prime Minister" "Have a good trip, darling" "Kasper will be here soon" "Yes, it was a bit hectic getting everything sorted" "You have an hour and a half with the premier of Greenland then a brief red carpet press conference drum dancing and children in kamiks and finally the official handshake with you and the premier" "Do we need to stay the night?" "No, we'll aim for the evening flight" "GreenIand is behind compared to us." "Time-wise, I mean I am sorry I'm late" "We can go now, then" "And in regard to the official photo I expect you wear a medium anorak and size 38 in kamiks?" "I can never remember my kamik size" "will you hold my jacket?" "Of course" "Why is Sanne coming, actually?" "She won the draw among the office secretaries" "There is always one on official trips. lt's customary" "Mail received at the Foreign Ministry from the US ambassador" "The US President has announced that he will be making a short visit to Denmark this summer lsn't it fantastic?" "It's a pay-off for not fussing over Greenland" "Mea culpa!" "The Greenlanders are getting a visit from you" "That's great for them" "We'll get it over with" "Then we can start planning our meeting with the Americans lt's perfect, Birgitte" "You're in power, and the leader of the free world is coming!" "Birgitte Nyborg has landed in Nuuk where she will meet with Parliament and Jens Enok on Greenland soil to tell them about the controversial Thule photos" "I have just been informed that your official Kamik size is 39" "Don't forget the parliamentary meeting at 2:00pm" "Welcome to greenland" "Thank you" "Well, Jens, we really appreciate the chance to come here and I hope we can resolve the matter together" "What?" "Nothing lt is just that this "matter" started 300 years ago when Hans Eegede colonised us and you expect us to resolve it in an hour?" "I meant the matter of the American cia flight at the Thule Base" "Oh, that!" "That only started 60 years ago when a settlement was forced to move for the base to be built" "Oh, I can play the game and smile nicely when I come to see you" "But don't expect me not to tell you the truth when you are in my house" "Aren't you responsible for your affairs?" "Maybe it was our fault we were colonised by you" "No, but you make it hard for us" "We'd give you greater autonomy but time and time again, you are guilty of nepotism disastrous mismanagement and corrupt laws" "More than 40% of your high school students drop out because your schools are not good enough" "We're not responsible for that" "We are trying to tackle the problem" "Really?" "Sometimes it looks like you're just waiting for the ice to melt so you can strike oil and get rich." "But what if there is no oil?" "Who the hell do you think you are?" "If you had given us 24 hours I couId at least have shown you some of what it is all about" "Show me what?" "You could have met an ordinary citizen but that does not interest you" "Kasper and Sanne, come in a moment, will you?" "Delay the press conference" "Move all my appointments." "We're staying till tomorrow" "Thank you" "Carsten Ockels hasn't arrived" "He will" "We go on air in five minutes." "We can't do it" "We're cancelling" "Bloody hell, Pia" "Bloody hell, Katrine!" "Have you delivered the goods?" "Have you?" "No." "So we're pulling it" "Pia?" "After we have done the top story..." "We can say they call their flights emergency landings lt was meant to be based on a live interview with your source I'll ring him, and he can come in tomorrow" "Katrine I couldn't do it" "Carsten, what happened?" "The Chief of Staff rang me" "They will do me for violating the Official Secrets Act" "You were prepared for that" "There are a few things" "About my past I was very upset when my wife died" "I took quite a few pills" "There was a bit of misconduct" "People will understand that!" "When I was on the Sirius Patrol in Greenland I was involved in a rape case" "Charges were dropped but..." "Did you do it?" "Someone left an envelope in my home with copies of everything" "Copies of medicine prescriptions statements by psychologists from fifteen years ago a police report for drunk driving, and the rape!" "Imagine how they will portray me" "As if I'm a sick person with no credibility" "And they left a message on my mobile" "They know my daughter is to start work soon as a teacher" "And what school would employ the daughter of a traitor and a rapist?" "That's what they bloody said" "They are trying to scare you." "Where are you?" "I can come to you" "They will strip me of my honour" "We can still make it if you go on TV tomorrow..." "Are you listening to me?" "You've lost your story, Katrine" "That's all there is to it" "Carsten" "The girl." "The girl from the rape" "Was she Greenlandic?" "Hi." "Has anyone heard from Ockels?" "I talked to him last night but got cut off" "No, but do you mind sitting down?" "I need a word with you, OK?" "Listen... I got a phone call from a friend in the police" "Carsten Ockels was found dead this morning in his flat" "Probably because of pills." "Officially, it was heart failure" "Nobody has been told because Military Intelligence has embargoed it..." "They're the ones who bloody killed him" "We can't say that on television, can we?" "We can't" "But it is still a good story." "We can't deny that." "And it's yours" "And I think you should tell it if you want to" "Talk about your meeting with him and what he told you I'll take the flack from the boss." "I'll cover your back on this" "Military Intelligence would do a character assassination job on him" "And it would hurt his family" "They don't give a toss whether he's dead or alive" "They would strip him of his honour" "OK" "But it's up to you" "This lad was just nineteen years old" "Our biggest problem is that we are dying out as a people" "The birth rate is falling" "Youngsters are emigrating" "The worst thing is that the suicide rate has sky rocketed" "It's the young men who are killing themselves" "Like him" "What are you doing about it?" "We have tried everything suicide hotlines psychologists anti-depressants" "But it's getting worse year by year 20% of all young Greenlanders have tried to kill themselves" "It is a tragic world record" "Why do you think it has come to this?" "From ancient times there has been suicide in Greenland" "People threw themselves off a high fell" "They called the fell " Nakkartaffik" "The place you fall off"" "But they were the elderly who felt they had given all they could and were now a burden on their families ln those days you killed yourself out of pride" "Maybe young people kill themselves because there is nothing to be proud of" "Why do so many Greenlanders drink?" "Why do so many girls and boys get abused?" "Many don't know who they are any more I have a plan for this country lf it is to be carried out we must give our people their self-respect back I want that suicide rate down, Birgitte" "And how do we do that?" "Perhaps you let the Greenlanders be in on it when the big decisions are made" "Security and foreign policy?" "But that is precisely what you can't give us, isn't it?" "Kasper?" "We need to talk to the Americans" "We are going to change some things" "Which won't cause any ripples, I hope" "You've seen how the President's visit fills the papers?" "Sanne?" "Yes?" "Set up a meeting with the Foreign Minister and Defence Minister" "OK" "bloody hell!" "I forgot to buy souvenirs for the kids" "Actually, I fixed that" "There's a bag with a few bits and pieces for you I don't get it." "Why mess up something that is so easy?" "You sell our policies. I make them" "End of story" "Hi" "Are they asleep?" "Yes" "Mummy!" "Hi, darling!" "Hi" "Goodness!" "Did you bring us anything?" "Yes" "A genuine polar bear tooth" "Gosh, it's lovely -lsn't it huge?" "A tupilak!" "Thank you!" "I'll take it to school tomorrow I hope it has got a soul inside I expect it has." "Right" "Bedtime, OK?" "Yes" "Yes" "Good night" "Good night" "Sleep tight." "See you tomorrow" "What are you doing?" "It's a little black book." "It's the accounts you asked for" "Right, let's see" "On Saturday you were very tired, right?" "On Tuesday, you were in Greenland" "So that's twice" "So, you'll have to borrow" "As I expect you have already worked out you'll have your legs apart for the next two weeks" "My sexual reform was a bad idea" "Occupational hazard" "What was it like?" "What was Greenland like?" "It was magnificent lt was depressing" "Hideous I think it's the most beautiful place I have ever seen" "All those things at once" "I don't know if we did Greenland any favours by discovering it" "No." "That's lovely lt's nice" "That's baby seal" "You couldn't be more politically incorrect" "Of course I could" "There is a pair of G-strings made out of musk ox down there" ""Major Carsten OckeIs was a highly valued colleague..." ""...and the Defence Minister is grateful for his loyal service"" "Have I done the right thing?" "You went with his decision" "And you spared him a humiliating mauling in the press" "So, yes." "You did" "On the other hand, his death was in vain" "His revelations have been of no consequence" "Actually, I think they have" "Now for the brief items" "Talks to expand the American radar facilities at Thule began today" "For the first time, they were held in Greenland with the premier at the head of the table" "Talks are expected to last for two weeks but observers point out they may last longer with the Greenlanders now at the negotiating table" "And now for the US" "The US President has cancelled his planned trip to Denmark due to a packed schedule in Washington" "TV1 News, Katrine Fønsmark"