"Whiskey, whiskey." " You want some whiskey?" " No, champagne." " Champagne?" "Yeah." " Bob." "Liquid MDMA?" "No." "Tehran is the world capital." " Oh, yeah?" " Oh, yeah." "You've got a ... friend there." "How's the kid?" "He's fine." "He's ..." "He's fine." "Arash, when you wanna do this?" "After prayer." "Okay." " You said they were both for you." " What do you care?" "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "Mr. Whiting, I'm Bennett Holiday." "A very big company, Connex, our client   loses a huge natural-gas contract in the Persian Gulf   to the Chinese." "At the same time   a smaller company, Killen, somehow gets the rights to Kazakhstan   one of the largest untapped oil fields in the world." "The big company, our client, merges with Killen   Justice wants to know how Killen got those rights." "You've been scrutinizing exactly these types of deals   so if there's something to find   I expect you to get it before they do." "And come straight to me." "Bennett." "Sir?" "At my firm, I have a flock of sheep   who think they're lions." "Maybe you're a lion everyone thinks is a sheep." "No, I wanna talk about the Gulf, and how a goddamn emir " " What is an emir anyway?" " King, it's a king." "A king." "Well, how some Podunk king tossed you out on your ass." "Every company in the world wanted into Kazakhstan   into the Tengiz, but Killen got it." "And then Connex wanted Killen, and here we are." "I made investments." "Investments that'll bear fruit for this company." "Hell, Tommy, we've all got the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act   committed to memory." "I got a little copy of it taped to the wall of my head." "Right here." "Thanks, Jimmy." "We appreciate hearing your point of view." "However, a U.S. Attorney   is looking into your relationships in Kazakhstan   and the U.S. government is holding off on approval of our merger." "So Mr. Janus and I have brought   Connex's Washington counsel, Sydney Hewitt   down here to talk about our strategy for the next 30 days." "Sydney?" "In a way, I feel like Switzerland." "I'd like to remind everybody in this room they've signed confidentiality agreements." "Allow me to introduce my associate, Bennett Holiday   who will be " " How shall I put it?" " building consensus day-to-day." "Good morning." "You've just visited what someday soon   could be the most profitable corporation in America." "Provided the government approves the merger." "Provided we don't start running automobiles on water." "And provided there's still chaos in the Middle East." "Now the job is, find the problem, fix the problem." "And if you do not find a problem, then there is no problem." "And when the government approves this merger   it's gonna buy a lot of houses in the Vineyard." "Maybe even yours." "Cheerios again?" " Max!" " Max!" " Hey, man." " Let's not read at the table, okay?" " Put this hand here." "Block me." " Sweetie, sweetie." " Mommy?" "I want bacon." " Yeah?" " You have bacon." " I want real bacon." "You have real bacon, only it's made from soy beans." "I want pig bacon." "I want pig bacon too." " Don't say it." " I'll try it if you try it." " I don't know if I can bite this." " It's crunchy." " How'd you do that?" " It's kind of hard to cut." " It's pretty bad." " You be quiet." "A merger between two U.S. oil companies is taking place in Houston." "The new company, Connex-Killen Corporation   will become the fifth largest oil and gas company in the world." "The move affects 37,000 workers in 160 countries   and, with revenues larger than the gross domestic product of Pakistan or Denmark   will create the world's 23rd largest economy." "Mr. Leland Janus, chairman of Connex, spoke today of synergy   and a desire to pass on savings to the consumer." "The merged operations will create economies of scale   to deliver the best products to the consumer at the lowest possible prices." "It's a merger of necessity for Connex, Rebecca   who wants Killen's fields in Kazakhstan, after gas blocks they pursued in the Gulf   were awarded to a Chinese consortium." "Producer nations continue to look toward developing markets in Asia   which is having a powerful effect on crude prices." "There's at least 10 to 12 dollars of instability premium." "You have protests in Iran, the threat of more strikes in Venezuela   and the Turks still making noise about Russian crude through the Bosphorus." "All right, thanks for having me, Rebecca." "I'm playing." "That's my job, playing." "Yeah, well, that's a very, very good job for you to have." " Tell Daddy you love him." " I love you, Daddy." "Hey." "The emir's summer party, Marbella, this weekend." "Any interest?" "Well, I can't." "I got, you know ..." "Guy could be huge for the company, Bryan." "It's Maxie's birthday this weekend, so -- So we have Saturday " "Hey, Bryan, I just need your help on this -- The emir's party." "I'll take that." "Through finagling, we have an audience with the emir." "He wrote the strategy, and he's not slick." "I didn't say I could go." "Come on." "Take the children with you." "The beach, summer, Marbella." "Max'll love it." " Can I do that?" " Sure you can." "Besides, they love children." "John D. Rockefeller." "Founded the University of Chicago." "Come on." "That's fine." "You're a good song leader, Mr. Rockefeller." "Bob's freaking out about this other missile." ""Where's the missile?" "Who has it?" He wrote a memo." "I just finished convincing Brit and French intel   we had nothing to do with the Amiri job." "What do we say to them now?" ""Well, something's missing."" "He's gotta stop this." "He's gotta stop with the memos." "Okay." "Here's something." "You put him up for promotion." "He's due." "He's a good man." "He saved our ass in Beirut in '85." "That's great." "Terry likes him." "We'll get him an audition downtown." "You get him an audition downtown." "They're going crazy about Iran now." "Bob's an expert." "Speaks Farsi, for chrissake." "Bob has never had a desk job." "He's never done 9 to 5, never been on committee." "He's gotta show up to work every day." "He's gotta stay on message." "Absolutely." "I'll prep him." "In fact, we just pulled one of our officers out." "I took the initiative to ask him to come down here." "He infiltrated Hezbollah in Beirut in the '80s, won himself some nice medals." "We're thinking about giving him a station." "Beirut in the '80s, is that a résumé-builder?" "Don't chomp down on any bait." "We're fine." "Iran is fine." "Fine." "And our analysis seems to be on the mark." "We're getting good satellite coverage." "We're reprogramming resources into Iran " "Thank you for coming." "Welcome back and forgive me if I wade in   but forgetting for a second your bureaucratic checklist   I'm trying to get undigested information." " Well, to the best of our ability " " India is now our ally." "Russia is our ally." "Even China will be an ally." "Everybody between Morocco and Pakistan is the problem." "Failed states and failed economies, but Iran is a natural cultural ally of the U.S." "Persians do not want to roll back the clock to the eighth century." "I see students marching in the streets." "I hear Khatami making the right sounds." "And what I'd like to know is, if we keep embargoing them on energy   then someday soon, are we gonna have a nice, secular   pro-Western, pro-business government?" "It's possible." "It's complicated." "Of course it is." "Thank you for your time." "They let young people march in the street." "Next day, they shut down 50 newspapers." "Put a few satellite dishes up on the roofs, let them have My Two Dads." "That doesn't mean the ayatollahs   are surrendering one iota of control over that nation." "Mr. Barnes, the reform movement in Iran   is one of the president's great hopes for the region   and crucial to the petroleum security of the United States." "These gentlemen are with the CLI." "The Committee for the Liberation of Iran, Mr. Barnes." "Maybe you'll get made ambassador to somewhere cool." "Like France or Italy or Ghana." "It's not beyond the realm of possibility, is it?" "How's your mom?" "Great." "She's great." "So I know it's still a year away   but I'll have to have a car, a decent car." "Nothing too fancy, but it has to run so that I can get into Boston and New York." "They have a great crew." "That's what they told me." "I said, "Crew of what?" And they said, "Rowing."" " So if I wanna row, it'd be kind of fun." " Thank you." "Robby, listen." "I live in Maryland   which means that you have residency in Maryland." "For the University of Maryland." "I'm sorry, can I steal this from you?" "Thank you so much." "I just want a normal senior year, Dad." "I want a normal house." "I want Cinemax and prom." "You know what prom is like in Pakistan?" "Prom sucks in Pakistan." "It's complicated, you know." "I may have really screwed up at work." "How?" "I was supposed to keep my mouth shut and I didn't." "What does Mom do, again, that we have to live in Islamabad?" " She's a secretary." " Secretary." "Robby." "Both of my parents are professional liars." "Hey." "Did you guys just get a party?" "I do too." "This is a party not for you." "All right, guys." " Does somebody live here?" " Yeah, in the summertime." "My father welcomes the Chinese to our country." "Of course." "Please." "Right there." "Thank you." "Arabs are very family-oriented, as a people." "Is that racist?" "Sure." " It is?" " A little." "Well, no." "I mean, I guess if what you're saying is positive." "You have to go in." "Don't." "Let him work it out on his own." "It's important for his autonomy." "All right!" "Hakim!" "Hakim!" "Hakim!" "Hakim!" "Farooq!" "Hakim!" "Hakim!" "Are you here to see the emir?" "Yeah." "Me too." "What do you do?" "I'm a partner in a derivatives-trading company in Geneva." " Energy?" " Yeah." "Right." " Bryan Woodman?" " Yes." " Good evening." " Hi." "Hi, Bryan Woodman." "We regret that His Highness will be unable to see you." "However, we are authorized to hear your proposition on his behalf." "Oh, okay." "What, here?" "Now?" "Okay." "Well ..." "Okay." "Our position is that the real worry for you guys   is another year of record pricing." "There are no more elephant fields, not even in natural gas   and as structural alternatives become more fully realized   you'll need new strategies to maximize every penny of your existing resources   particularly in a climate of falling prices." "And that's what, you know, our firm is prepared to help problem-solve with you   the, you know, foreseeable   and unforeseeable problems you encounter." "Are you not talking?" "Come on, sweetheart." "Just a little bit, okay?" "You're the shark, and you try to tag us as we swim across." "All right?" "You jump in, count "one, two, three"   then we try to get to the other side." " All right?" "Okay." " Okay." "Come on." "Come on, go." "Go." "Yeah." "Okay." " Come on, jump in." " Come on." " Come on." "Jump in!" " Sissy!" "Just jump, come on!" "Max?" " Max!" " Oh, my God!" "Cut the power!" "Cut the power!" "Max!" "Max!" " Let go!" " Somebody cut the power!" " Max!" " Come on." "Come on." " That's my son!" " Oh, my God." " Get out of my way!" " Okay." " Oh, my God!" " Take him!" "Take him!" "Take him out." "Take him this way." "Take him out." "Put him down." "Down, down." " Sweetie?" " Someone get a doctor, doctor, doctor!" "He's not breathing." "He's not breathing." " Get a doctor!" " Is anybody a doctor?" "Do something!" "Help us!" "I hear phrases thrown around like "the corrupting influence of money"   or "the evil influence of dollars in politics"   when more money was spent on the syndication rights   to the Seinfeld television program   than on the whole of the last presidential election." "Last election cycle, I spent $300,000." "I have pictures of myself with the president that I use all over the world." "I didn't make this coffee for you." "People don't know Danny Dalton, but they know the president of the United States   and they see that I know the president of the United States." " In a free society ..." " Making it for me." "... the one written into law ..." "You   it's the people, individually ..." "... I'm making oatmeal." "... and organized into committees ..." " Then you sleep." "... not the U.S. government, who decide the issues ..." "You look like shit." "... of a political campaign." "In our country, we don't   stuff dollars into ballot boxes." " What we do ..." " You working?" "... is turn money into votes." " I had trouble at work." "The ability of a candidate ... ." "There's beer in my fridge, so you don't die of the DTs." "Please don't smoke in my house." " meaning, not so loosely translated, that money is speech." "And, last time I heard, speech in the United States of America is protected." "You can't limit my advocacy just because it works." "I have a sovereign, inalienable right to petition my government." "And why is it some dirty little secret   that it's in America's interest to do business overseas?" "Johnny." "Mommy!" " Hey, hey, hey." " Mommy." "Come here, bear." "Come here." "You okay?" "I wanna look out the window." "You wanna look out the window?" "Come on." "I spy a bird." "Well, if on Monday, Iran refuses the IAEA inspectors   you can look to crude prices to spike yet again." "Right." "Well, it's not exactly a secret that Iran will refuse snap inspections." "Okay, Rebecca." "Thank you." "Go home." "It was a stupid fucking question, Henry." "The prince's man called again." "I'm just telling him." "Hey, how bad is it?" "When a Volvo dealer says that ..." "Okay." "You're honorable, decent guys." "Right." "My wife and our narrow driveway ..." " How the hell are you?" " Well, you know, can't complain." "That's not good, kiddo." "That's suffering quietly." "Married?" "Kids?" "There is no way a company like Killen   pulled off a deal like this without paying somebody off." "Why don't you tell me what you have so I can respond." "I used to think there was something wrong here." "Now I know there's something wrong here." "Either you don't find anything, because you don't know how to look   or you do and they carve you out and light you on fire." "That's gotta be the play here, right?" "Bennett Holiday." "Sydney Hewitt's new boy." "How many of those have I seen?" "Six?" "Seven?" "They're all gone." "He's still Sydney-fucking-Hewitt." "Fourteen-11." "Match point." "I think they've got someone inside the deal." "Someone they can squeeze." "You mean like an informant?" "Yes, sir, like an informant." "Just my opinion, based on their overconfidence." "Match point." "Thank you." "You know, if people in oil deals   talked to U.S. Attorneys, there'd be no oil business." "Dean." "Bennett Holiday, you know Dean Whiting, founding partner of our firm." " Good to see you, sir." " How are you?" "We've been discussing the Connex-Killen merger situation." "Will they get approval?" "Hell of a large company if they do." "I mean, client." "Well, the Tengiz field, Killen's largest asset   is being looked into pretty heavily by the U.S. Attorney's office." "Well, Bennett, as they say in the Bible:" ""There are many, many ways to light Europe."" "Yeah, well, there's an arrow on the ceiling pointing towards Mecca." "The Bin-Laden Group air-conditioned Mecca." "It was a huge project." "They made billions and billions." "All the women are dressed in black from head to toe   walking 5 feet behind the men." "It's 125." "Literally, 125 and humid." "When I walked out of the airport, it was like a wall fell on me." "The men are all wearing white sheets." "And they're spotless white sheets." "I don't really understand that." "They kind of say:" ""It's hot and I don't have to work."" "I don't understand how you could do anything in that." "I'd like to see these guys play baseball." "Are you okay?" "You sound strange." "No, I'm fine." "This was a birthday and graduation present a couple years ago." "What happened was, I was about to graduate from Oxford   and my mother had a horse in the Royal Ascot race, right?" "The horse won   that same day that I was graduating." "And my trust fund matured." "So that tops any birthday present that any of you have bought for me tonight." "Capitalism cannot exist without waste." "We should write thank-you notes to Mr. Whiting and the U.S.A   for producing one-quarter of the world's garbage   and one-quarter of the demand." "You're certainly welcome." "Our pleasure, really." "Prince   is there anything that we can do for you?" "Americans are always happy to drill holes in other people's countries." "I've heard of you, Mr. Whiting." "The cat's-paw of the Saudi princes." "I know your brother, the foreign minister." "He's very bright." "I know your father too." "He threw the second creepiest party I've ever been to in Washington." "And as far as I can see   you could probably use a bit of the cat's-paw yourself." "Second-born son, so beaten down by his family   he can't even tell me what he wants when he's asked straight-out." "A grown-up baby who's afraid of his brother   and maybe wants to be king?" "Maybe?" "Well, prince   are you a king?" "Can you tell me what you want?" "All right, what's next?" "The lethal finding on Nasir came through." "That was quick." "You have a timetable?" "He'll be in Beirut next week." "We could do it there." "That's good." "Anybody around?" "Actually, yes." "I made contact with Mussawi." "He'd be happy to work with whoever we send." "I was thinking it would be good for Bob." "I'll let you have him without going through Terry   but everything better go exactly right." "And tell him, "Easy on the memos."" "This is the prototype of an oil-rich Arab monarchy." "Since prevailing in the tribal conflicts of the 1920s   the Al-Subaai family have ruled their kingdom effectively   and, by most accounts, benignly." "However, they face enormous challenges in the future." "The fact of the matter is that at current levels of production ..." " Welcome, Bob." " Hi." "Good news." "I think we've got something for you, something you'll like   that utilizes your specific skill set." "You know this guy?" " Prince Nasir Al-Subaai." " His money's in a lot of dark corners   paying for weapons that could be used against the U.S.A." "Paperwork on polygraphs." "Wire transfers to Qaeda fronts." "Letters instructing his water ministry to employ Mohammed Sheik Agiza   the guy who has your missile." "He's traveling to Beirut." "You have experience in Beirut." "It's a great city." "This is a bad guy." "And, who knows, maybe you'll find your blue-eyed Egyptian." " I sent you a report on " " Sorry, I gotta get going." "My daughter's got a soccer game." "Big one." "Did you see my missile report?" "I reset the guidance to blow 10 feet " "Bob, you just don't get it." "Nobody wants to hear about a missing missile, not right now." "This is top of the director's list." "Hit a walk-off home run   you get any desk you want." "Sheik Hamad has not yet made a decision about who will succeed him." "In our view, Prince Nasir   is likely the more ambitious of the two brothers." "This, however, does not mean   that he will prevail in any succession struggle." "My father has ordered the Marbella estate to be razed." "There'll be a park." "We're so sorry for your loss." "Six more North Field blocks are being developed." "We'd like to offer your firm the rights." "Six blocks?" " Which phase?" " Third phase." "Okay, so we'd be in the stream for   10 one-hundredths of a cent." "So $75 million." "Seventy " " Great." "That's great." "How much for my other kid?" "You know, if I were your economic adviser, I'd tell you that   that's not the stupidest thing, financially, you've done   but probably just the dumbest thing you'll do today." "Probably." "But why would you need an economic adviser?" "Years ago, you had the highest GNP in the world." "Today, you're tied with Albania." "So good work." "Your second biggest export is second-hand goods   followed closely by dates, for which you lose 5 cents a pound." "You know what the business world thinks of you?" "We think 100 years ago, you were living in tents, chopping each other's heads off   and that's exactly where you'll be in another 100." "So, yes, on behalf of my firm, I accept your money." "Thank you." "Fine." "I'll have the funds transferred to your firm immediately." "Great." "And I'll give you 100 million for the other kid." "So now you're my economic adviser   why don't you tell me something I don't already know." "All right." "You want an idea?" "Here's an idea." "There's the Eurasian triangle." "Your kingdom is here." "Iran is there." "You've been selling your oil   sticking it on ships and watching as it sails away around Africa to there." "Pretend for a second that this is excess Iranian pipeline capacity." "That's your route." "Right there." "Overland, through Iran." "Hook up with these pipes." "Commoditize it, control it   take it to the doorstep of every home in Europe." "I just doubled your profit." "I think that's a pretty good idea." "My granddaddy was a wildcatter." "Same with my daddy." "That's how I got my start." "Luck and hard work." "Nobody handed me shit." "Now I got   libraries and parks named after me." "And I'll probably ruin my grandkids." "You wearing a wire, Bennett?" "No." "Mr. Janus   chairman of Connex   and Dean Whiting, founding partner of your firm   are proud members of the Committee to Liberate Iran." "Danny D. here is too." "D is for "Dalton."" " I was on the other side of the Tengiz deal." " "The other side"?" "El Presidente Nazarbayev's best pal in the whole world." "She's a beautiful field, the Tengiz." "Goddamn, is she a beautiful field." "What is it? "Irish ... "" ""The Irish pray on their knees, the Scots prey on their neighbors."" "How's Margaret?" "You guys divorced yet?" " We're not getting divorced." " I don't think, in our line of work   there's two people with your security clearances who have made a marriage work." "I'm telling you, Bobby, my boy   number three." "That's the charm." " That's the number, huh?" " Yeah." "I like consulting." "No, I love it." "Love it." "And I'll say this for it:" "Private business is efficient." "There, I've said it." "Fucking cliché." "And the CIA is, like, what, a 30-billion-a-year business   so anybody who wants to sell anything, a pencil, a computer   they gotta interface through a security clearance." "Don't give me shit." "I got two kids in college, and we're doing our kitchen." "Stan, I got a chance to go back to Beirut." "I wanna go back." "Is it safe for me?" "Are we talking about with your wife or with the wackos?" "Clear it with Hezbollah." "Said Hashimi." "Said Hashimi." "Said Hashimi." "I'm Canadian." "It's okay." "Canadian." "Said Hashimi." "It's okay." "It's okay." "It's okay." "It's okay." "Rumors of Bob, but never Bob." "It is "Bob," right?" "What is it you tell people you do these days, Bob?" "Between State Department and Defense." "It's just me, buddy." "As requested." "I'm gonna get some information out, Jimmy." " My name is Mussawi." " Okay, Jimmy." "He's traveling in Beirut." "It's dangerous to travel." "He'll disappear." "Take him from his hotel, drug him, put him in the front of a car   and run a truck into him at 50 miles an hour." "It's good to have you back in town, Bob." "Beirut." "No, no." "He invited me to come with him." "I think he thinks he's some kind of reformer or something." "Anyway, he's got a nice private plane." "Hold on, Vincent." "Hey." "Beirut?" "It's great." "It's like the ..." "It's like the Paris of the Middle East." "Yeah, it's like " " It's like winning the NIT." "It's a bad " " Just never mind, never mind." "American?" "Canadian." "Don't see many Occidentals these days." "It's too bad." "Go, go, go." " This is November, '94." " Yeah." "Excellent, excellent." " Did you find the others?" " I couldn't." "Joe's looking for it." " He'll bring it out when he does." " Where is he?" "He's back there looking." "He'll bring them out." "Okay." "Thank you, Susan." "Hello?" "Yeah." "Who's this?" "Yeah." "Okay." "How you doing, sir?" "Somebody called me." "Bob." "What do you know about torture methods   used by the Chinese on the Falun Gong?" "Method number one." "What's your guess?" "Water dungeon." "Did you guess water dungeon?" "Number two method?" "Number two, twisting arm and putting face in feces." "Not interested in two." "Number three." "Number three is called   "pulling nails from fingers."" "What do you think, Bob?" "Number three sound good to you?" "The purpose is to get the monks or whatever   to recant their beliefs." "What if I had to get you to recant?" "That'd be pretty difficult, right?" "Because   if you have no beliefs to recant, then what?" "Well, then, you're fucked is what." "Bob." "You're gonna give me the names   of every person that's taken money from you." "Oh, that is disgusting." "Come on, Jimmy, you're not a Koran-thumper." "My name is Mussawi." "You fucking fuck, fucking fuck, stupid fuck!" "What the fuck?" "This is a war." "Fuck!" "You're a PO-fucking-W!" "Give me the fucking names!" "Fuck it." "I'm gonna cut your head off, Bob." "Jane." "We've just received a dispatch from Damascus, eight minutes old." "Mussawi's shopping a story that we sent Bob to Beirut   to assassinate Prince Nasir." "We better go talk to Terry." "Can we get this guy?" "I mean now, real-time now." " Mussawi?" " I'll call you back." "The practical answer is no." "Not before he goes into another mosque   or a newspaper and the story gains traction." "No." " He have Bob's name?" " Not his real name." "Mussawi's shopping photos of them doing the deal, long lens." "Photos of Bob being held." "We're lucky this guy is alive." "The whole contact was a setup." "Mussawi now apparently works with Iran." "First he tortures our guy, then he peddles the CIA connection." "Put some space between us and Bob." "Bob has a long history of entrepreneurial operations." "We haven't really had a handle on Bob for years." "After 9/11, some people got leeway, let their emotions get the best of them." "These are complex times." "There's already an active investigation into Bob's activities in " " Help me out here." "Tehran, the Amiri brothers job." "We're finding out who hired Bob for the Amiri brothers job." "Could the same people be behind the Nasir job?" "A lot of people probably want this Nasir dead   and Bob knows lots of people." "Fill in the rest." "Send me everything." "You first established contact with the Amiri brothers in 1998?" "Yeah." " You met them at a party in France?" " Yes." "A party given by Reza Reyhani?" "Reza, yes." "Were you aware they were in illegal arms trade?" "Of course I was aware." "That's why I went." "Were you aware these two men were Iranian intelligence officers?" " What do you think?" " This is a diplomatic incident." "Two men have been murdered." "We've been tasked with the damage assessment." "We'll need you to turn your passport over to us." "Passports." "Hey." "Hey, I found this." "Wire transfer." "In Russian." "I don't speak Russian." "Get it translated." "Do you speak Russian?" " These are dead." " Oh, thanks." "What are these?" "Orphans." "You know, things that don't make any sense." "That one's pretty interesting." "The Lily School." "It's a boarding school in Switzerland." "Paid for by wire transfer." "The meeting's already started." "You're not on the list." "This is not an open function." "You're not wearing a badge." "You don't have a wristband." "This is a private gathering." "Take this to Sydney Hewitt." "They are pushing for the segregation of universities." "Please." "And the banning of the wearing of colorful clothing." "But two-thirds of Iran's population is under 30." "How you doing?" "More than 60 percent of university students are women." "And those restrictions are like a small pebble   in front of a massive tidal wave of reform." "Iranian resources are abundant   and given the chance, there is no limit   to what the Iranian people can achieve." "Their hopes are the same as all people in every land   to live lives of dignity in a nation at peace." "And America will help them." "Killen Oil, through Daniel Dalton and Petroika Energy Consultants   created assetless shell companies   owned by the heirs of Nurzan Detayev   Republic of Kazakhstan's minister of Domestic Resources." "This was discussed at the Upstream Division meeting   in January, 2003 in Sun Valley, Idaho." "I was at the meeting, but I don't focus on those details." "Wherein it was described that Killen bore all financial risk   but Minister Detayev's children, while attending The Lily School in Switzerland   were entitled to all of the profits." "Seventy million dollars." "I attended the meeting, but as I said, I don't focus on those kind of details." "Further, Daniel Dalton Jr." "and Petroika Energy Consultants colluded " "A firm retained by Killen prior to Connex's involvement." "Oh, for chrissake, Tommy." "We both got letters from the grand jury." " It's not your own private pity party." " A good faith purchaser is in good faith   only if they didn't know of the problems at the time of the purchase." "This is the oil business we're talking about?" "Lowliest little shareholder knows we deal with the most stank places on earth." "And it is illegal to offer gifts, money   the promise of money or anything of value to influence foreign officials." "Is it?" "I have personally seen a bill from your law firm   to the government of Saudi Arabia for $36 million." "A one-line bill for "services rendered."" "The business of Whiting Sloan is not under discussion at this time." "Well, it ought to be." "Danny's a good man." "And he's a friend of mine." "A Mareva injunction?" "Some people, cousins of mine, actually, sued my father in the Commonwealth   alleging he broke an agreement to repay funds from the state." "It calls them "aggrieved royals." Aggrieved about what?" "That he tried to cut their allowances from 100,000 a month to 80?" "My cousins aren't bright enough to be anything but finger puppets   and my brother has faith only in his own cunning." "What do you suppose they're up to, my brother and these American lawyers?" "Tell me   what are they thinking?" "What are they thinking?" "They're thinking that it's running out." "It's running out." "And 90 percent of what's left is in the Middle East." "Look at the progression." "Versailles, Suez, 1973, Gulf War One, Gulf War Two." "This is a fight to the death." "So, what are they thinking? "Great."" "They're thinking, "Keep playing, keep buying yourself new toys." "Keep spending $50,000 a night on your hotel room." "But don't invest in your infrastructure." "Don't build a real economy."" "So that when you finally wake up, they will have sucked you dry   and you will have squandered the greatest natural resource in history." "Come with me, please." "I studied at Oxford." "I have a Ph. D. from Georgetown." "I want to create a parliament." "I want to give women the right to vote." "I want an independent judiciary." "I want to start a petroleum exchange in the Middle East   cut the speculators out of the business." "Why are the major oil exchanges in London and New York anyway?" "I'll put all of our energy up for competitive bidding." "I'll run pipe through Iran to Europe, like you proposed." "I'll ship to China." "Anything that achieves efficiency and maximizes profit." "Profit which I will then use to rebuild my country." " Great, that's exactly what you should do." " Exactly." "Except your president rings my father and says:" ""I've got unemployment in Texas, Kansas, Washington state."" "A phone call later, we're stealing out of our social programs   in order to buy overpriced airplanes." "We owed the Americans, but we've repaid that debt." "I accepted a Chinese bid, the highest bid   and suddenly I'm a terrorist." "I'm a godless communist." "Dean Whiting   who represents not only these aggrieved royals and my brother   but also Connex Oil   they've been pressuring my father to invalidate the Chinese contract." "But they underestimate him." "This is about his legacy to his people." "I know it seems like people sitting in hotel rooms." "That's how they do business." "But we're -- We're talking world historical stage here." "I mean, with the " " With the delivery deals we could make in Europe   transport through Iran." "This guy might be able to revolutionize not just his country, but the whole region." "As soon as his father keels over, this guy could be like Mossadegh in '52   in Iran." "The real democracy rising up organically." "If we can be a part of any of these countries   getting a parliament, helping them find efficiency, showing " " You know, showing them how " " Stop it." "Stop it." "Julie, the little company that I started working for   is now chief economic adviser to Prince Nasir." "Do you understand what that means?" "It's like   somebody put a giant ATM on our front lawn." "Here's a question:" "How do you think it looks to profit off the death of your 6-year-old?" "Fuck you." "I changed the diapers." "I put cream on rashes." "I took him to his checkups." "I cared about every fucking percentile." "I did everything right." "I did everything right." "We're going back to the States." "Good." "Riley?" "Sweetie, sweetie, be careful." "We're gonna go now, okay?" "You wanna say goodbye to your dad?" "You can see him later, okay?" "Some trust-fund prosecutor got off message at Yale   thinks he's gonna run this up the flagpole?" "Make a name for himself?" "Maybe get elected some two-bit congressman from nowhere   with the result that China or Russia   can suddenly start having, at our expense   all the advantages we enjoy here?" "No, I tell you." "No, sir." "Corruption charges." "Corruption?" "Corruption is government intrusion   into market efficiencies in the form of regulation." "That's MiIton Friedman." "He got a goddamn Nobel Prize." "We have laws against it precisely so we can get away with it." "Corruption is our protection." "Corruption keeps us safe and warm!" "Corruption is why you and I are prancing around in here   instead of fighting over scraps of meat out in the street." "Corruption is why we win." "How'd it go?" "Well, he's got kids, a wife." "He broke the law." "Mr. Janus himself wanted me to extend you an invitation   to Oilman of the Year." "He's being honored   so it should be a nice weekend." "Relax." "Catch yourself a massage." "Congratulations." " Is Jane in?" " She's in a meeting." "How about Fred?" "He's in a meeting." "Bennett, hey." "Come on, take a ride with me." "Do I have a choice, Don?" "Of course you do." "This is just a courtesy call." "I know you know about the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege." "I do, Don." "Very well." "Then you also know your client is into some shady stuff   and it's starting to look like you could be involved   in hiding the true nature of the transactions." "That's quite a statement, Don." "One word:" "Dalton." "Danny Dalton?" "Defrauded the government of Kazakhstan of funds to which it was entitled." "Defrauded the people of Kazakhstan of the right to the honest services   of their elected and appointed officials." "Seven years." "Does three, maybe two and a half   on your recommendation." " Now, let me guess." "This was a solo act, without the knowledge of Connex or Killen Oil   and Mr. Lee Janus or Jimmy Pope." "Dalton's a bit of a rogue, it's true." "And he'll have a nice little trust fund when he gets out." "Not so little, I imagine." "Look, Don, we can spend the next five years in court   to get back to the very place that we're at right now." "And they will fight tough." "They'll fight dirty." "They'll pressure your boss   the people who appointed your boss   the wives of the people who appointed your boss." "And you will never hit them any harder than this, and you know it." "I'm sorry, Bennett." "I don't think Dalton's enough." "What are you looking at, man?" " I didn't say anything." " That's because you have nothing to say." "You fucking asshole." "There we go." "Okay, pal." "Come on." "Yeah, I know." "I know, I know, I know." " Hey, Fred!" " You've been such a good boy." "Fred." "Hey, Bob." "There you go, pal." "I tell you what, Katie, take that in." "Hey, Jack." "Your sister." "You first." "Take the kids inside." "I'll be right in, okay?" "What's going on, Fred?" "It's okay." "Be in ... in a sec." "FBI's got it, Bob." "That's pretty clear." "Nothing I can do, you know it." "It's a criminal investigation." " Two men were killed." " I was almost killed." "Now they're asking me questions about the Amiri brothers, about Tehran." "Understand, this wrecks careers." "I shouldn't even be talking to you." "I punched in "Prince Nasir Al-Subaai," and my computer gets seized." "Where'd that job come from?" "Where did the Nasir job come from?" "I'm advising you to drop it." "Why am I being investigated?" "Why am I being investigated, Fred?" "Goodbye, Bob." "It's okay." "Hey, hey." "They're worried." "About fallout." "They're worried   you might wanna talk about it." "But if you're already under investigation ..." "What about Mussawi?" "He's a soldier." "He's just like you." "Why are they doing a damage assessment on the Amiris and on me for doing my job?" "This is about our interests in the region." "So if Prince Nasir won't allow our military bases in his country   and his little brother will   well, we'll probably have to do something about that." "Who's worried about the Nasir job?" "Who's worried about me talking?" "Stan." "Who's worried?" "Hello?" "Hello, is this Mr. Whitting?" "This is Homeseal Security." "Yes, this is Mr. Whiting." "Hi, we're showing a motion-sensor failure in your downstairs study." "Yes?" "Like I said, we're getting a failure message." "Want me to stay on the phone while you walk around, or send a car?" "I'll walk around." "Everything seems fine." "How are we doing, Mr. Whiting?" "Everything's fine." " The door's unlocked." " Did you leave it unlocked?" "Send a car, you imbecile." "You were in Beirut in '84." "I lost friends there   as I'm sure you did." "I got a peek at your file." "You're a good man." "One whose experience is narrow and deep." "Your entire career   you've been used." "And probably never even known what for." "I didn't use to need to know." "In this town, you're innocent until you're investigated." "Innocent until investigated?" "That's nice." "It's got a nice ring to it." "I bet you've worn some miles on little sayings like that." "Thank you." " Thank you." " No." "Gives the listener the sense of the law being written as it's spoken." "If anything happens to me or my family   an accident, an accusation, anything   then, first, your son will disappear." "His body will never be found." "Then your wife." "Her body will never be found either." "Now, this is guaranteed." "Then whatever is the most dangerous thing that you do   it might be flying in a small plane   might be walking to the bank   you'll be killed." "Do you understand what I'm saying?" "I want you to acknowledge that you do understand   so that we're clear and there won't be any mistakes." "Beirut rules, Mr. Barnes?" "I want my passports back." "Dalton's not enough." "I would be real careful." "You dig a 6-foot hole, you'll find three bodies." "But you dig 12, and maybe you'll find 40." "China's economy ain't growing as fast as it could   because they can't get all the oil they need." "Now, I'm damn proud of that fact." "We need another body, Mr. Pope." "What if --?" "What if it involved somebody at your firm?" "Someone way the hell above you." "We'd have to have an understanding." "Well   if ..." "If he's as big as you say   then when he goes down, the merger will be approved." "Just like that?" "We're looking for the illusion of due diligence, Mr. Pope." "Two criminal acts successfully prosecuted   it gives us that illusion." "Call me Jimmy." "He's a visionary." "He's like Faisal or Atatürk." "The people love him." "And he's " "The country's gonna be his by Monday." "It's not like you guys have backed the wrong horse here." "No, no." "No, look, he's got nine of 11 generals." "We're on our way to the palace right now." "This is really happening." "Silver Range Rover." "With a sunroof." "Silver Range Rover, sunroof, fourth from lead." " Guys, help me out here." " It's coming now." "His wife will be there." "Pat." "This is good." "You done good." "Lee, you have guests." " Syd." " Leland." " Bennett Holiday." " How are you, sir?" " Lee Janus." "How are we doing?" " Well." "Those number crunchers can get a little overzealous, can't they?" "Christ, when we write the GAAP rules like some sort of abstract painting   you stare at that liability hard enough   and before long, it'll turn into an asset." "No, thank you." " You don't drink?" " No." "It is really beautiful out here." " What is that?" " What?" "In front of them." "The Bedouin always have right of way." "Lawyers say, "If you can't trust a Big Five accounting firm ... "" "The accountants say, "We're not lawyers."" "Legal didn't understand." "Accounting didn't understand." "Nobody understood anything." "Regulatory bodies scratched their heads   that nobody at Connex or Killen was at fault." "But this merger is so balance-positive for American consumers   that, ultimately, Justice wants it." "Federal courts want it." "Everybody wants it." "Our real client, after all, is us, the American people." "And we are increasing American access to oil in Kazakhstan." "So all they ask is that we give them a little something meaningful   which we did." "And they got out of our way." "Something besides Dalton?" "Unfortunately, yes." "And the best option seemed to be   a secret deal for excess Iranian pipeline capacity   that I uncovered during the diligence." "A little side deal benefiting the lead lawyer   involved in the Connex-Killen merger approval process." "What   do you think you're doing?" "It's illegal for an American to control these rights." "Stop right now." "Is there   something that you wanna tell me, Syd?" "Good afternoon." "I wanna thank our host for a wonderful spread." "The strawberry juice is delicious." "Let me just say, on behalf of Connex-Killen   how pleased we are to be back in the Gulf." "Your Highness?" "Why don't you ride together." "Oh, thank you, Bryan." "Ladies and gentlemen   this year's Oilman of the Year:" "Mr. Leland Janus of Connex-Killen." "Who the hell is that?" "Excuse me." "Hey, are you seeing that?" "Hey!" "Could you tell who that is?" "Hey!" "Hey!" "No, no, no!" "No!" " Take the target out." " Roger." "Four miles." "Two miles." "You're the Canadian." "Target destroyed." "23:44 EDT." "I'd like to accept this award   on behalf of the employees of Connex-Killen." "Our people, the finest in the world." "Guys, could I get you to stand up for a moment?" "Please stand up." "Connex-Killen." "And I'd also like to thank   our strategic friends from around the globe who are here tonight." "Most especially   Emir Meshal Al-Subaai." "Emir." "Thank you so much." "Come on, man." "Leave the beer."