"the night that Paddy Murphy died #" "# Is a night I'll never forget #" "# Some of the boys got loaded drunk #" "# And they ain't got sober yet #" "# As long as a bottle was passed around #" "# Every man was feeling gay #" "# O'Leary came with the bagpipes #" "# Some music for to play #" "# That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy #" "# That's how they showed their honor and their pride #" "# They said it was a sin and shame #" "# And they winked at one another #" "# And every drink in the place was full #" "# The night Pat Murphy died #" "# As Mrs. Murphy sat in the corner #" "# Pouring out her grief #" "# Kelly and his gang came tearing down the street #" "# They went into an empty room #" "# And a bottle of whiskey stole #" "# They put the bottle with the corpse #" "# To keep that whiskey cold #" "# That's how they showed their respect for... #" "They took the white kid to the hospital." "He's in a coma." "you should check in with the family." "I ain't buying." "take off." "sir." "Coffee's free for friends of the press." "I heard Metro ballistics was just here." "Who told you that?" "You just did." "You got the names of the victims for me?" "You gotta be kidding me." "You know I'm gonna find out anyway." "Not from me." "Okay." "You want to play a little confirm or deny?" "Cal." "all right?" "goldfish." "all right?" "Okay." "one shooter?" "Confirm." "one in the hospital?" "Confirm." "Drug related?" "but deny later if I have to." "sir." "I'm late." "I know." "I don't need to be reminded of it." "000 times." " Stephen." " Yes?" "Metro Police just called." "What?" "Sonia Baker was killed in an accident on the Metro this morning." "They identified her by her staff badge." "Horrible news for all of us." "we're scheduled to start now." "What'd you want to do?" "Pittsburgh." "Yinzer." " Cal." " Morning." "Talk to me about this shooting." "one guy's still alive." "Deshaun Stagg?" "he's dead." "Vernon Sando." "did you read the guinea pig piece I filed?" "Ferris." "human interest." "So what's the deal?" "and this guy just rides by?" "I think." "That's a remarkable feat of survival." "at least it's got a little bit of a zip code to it." "right?" "the angle is that this guy Vernon Sando has got an MBA from Duke." "What's he doing on a bike?" "He's buying a pizza franchise." "they make you ride the bike learn the ropes." "total citizen." "What's his condition?" "non-reactive." "Paragraph 3." "He's in a coma." "let me know." "I will." "Good morning." "Good morning." "part of the inquiry into the Defense Department's privatization and outsourcing practices." "I've just received some terrible news." "who was the lead researcher for this committee died this morning." "The circumstances of her death are not yet clear." "I'd like to send my condolences to her family." "are those tears?" "50 bucks says he's balling her." "you owe me 50 bucks." "Bad Congressman!" "Bad." "What a scum ball!" "Somebody get me a picture of the girl." "Let's hope she's not 5'2" and 300 pounds." "what is your obsession with fat girls?" "you should just say it." "I got a headache." "Gene." "Say it." "Picture!" "Picture!" "yet questions immediately began to surface as soon as Ms. Baker's death was announced." "Cal McAffrey over at the Globe." "Just calling about that shooting in Georgetown last night." "I heard the dead kid had a couple of priors as a purse snatcher." "Got any more details for me?" "too." "I got a question for you." "Stephen Collins." "is that right?" "Yeah." "I'm Della." "Della Frye." "I write the Capitol Hill blog." " All right." " Online side." "Uh'hu." "I'm a big fan of your work." "I'm writing this piece on personal relationships at your friend's hearing." "Is there a question on the horizon?" "Yeah." "Have you spoken to him today?" "Are you trying to make me part of your story?" "No." "I'm trying to get a little context." "re:" "Dirt?" "do you think he was having an affair with that girl?" "Della." "Yeah." "I don't know." "I'd have to read a couple of blogs before I could form an opinion." "Okay." "Thanks for your help." "Anytime!" "Capitol Hill may be rocked with another bombshell." "Speculation is rife that Stephen Collins may have been romantically linked with the young aide found dead this morning." "His spokesmen call this another political cloud..." "The timing couldn't be worse for Collins." "He needs all the political leverage he can get as he begins looking into the Defense Department's outsourcing practices." "is said to be the biggest beneficiary in the Defense Department's outsourcing in Iraq and Afghanistan." "is thought to have refused to leave his wife for Miss Baker." "Brass tacks." "Were you having a relationship with this girl? and I can't tell you how sorry I am about all of this." "Okay." "I've asked Andrew here to help us handle things from a media point of view." "he can." "the next 72 hours are gonna be brutal." "You ought to brace yourself for that." "you're gonna be everything that's wrong with politics." "Steve." "The party takes care of its stars." "You just have to lay low for a while." "How low?" "Low." "Nothing that would bring any undue attention to yourself." "for instance." "We're not finished with Point-Corp." "but you are. just a calculated distraction." "Is your wife speaking to you?" "not right now." "isn't it? and she knows you're in the building." "Yes." "Morning." "where are we?" "Was he knobbing her or not?" "Cam." "It's funny about you." "Every time your friend runs for reelection you drop his name to me until we give him some coverage." "But he finally does something you're rendered mute." "It's incongruous." "it is not." "It's inconsistent." "Don't be an ass." "What do you think?" "Those are the ideas for our facelift." " I know." "I know." " It's crap." "Our new owners have this odd idea that we ought to be turning a profit." "I hear our online side is doing great." "not like I'm the kinda guy 15 years?" "I use a 16-year-old computer." "and she could launch a Russian satellite with the gear she's got." "she told me you behaved like a pig." "That's too strong." "piggish." "I showed her a little snout." "I happen to like Ms. Della Frye." "I did send her down there to winkle something out of you." "and she churns out copy every hour." "and I take way too long." "you do." "I was Stephen Collins' roommate in college." "I don't live with him now." "isn't it?" "'cause that could sell some newspapers." "Miss Baker died this morning in an apparent accident on the D.C. Metro." "Suicide has not been ruled out." "It appears to be a suicide." "resulting in today's suicide." " Suicide." " Suicide." ""This guy's gotta be pretty desperate to show up here"." "I was thinking I can finally give you back that Roxy Music CD you left in my car." "Is that where that one went?" "I was looking for that." "I got three dozen reporters camped in front of my place." "but I don't have anywhere else to go." " Come in." " Thanks." "I see you redecorated." "Yeah." "I moved that couch a couple of feet." "Looks good." "Aren't you gonna ask me how I could be so stupid?" " In a minute." " Okay." "I co-sponsored two bills in the last three years." "and this is what I'm gonna be remembered for." "I'm gonna get more coverage on this than anything else I do for the rest of my life." "public office." "Okay." "I said a few things." "Hey." "all of it." "obviously." "You're the only real friend I got." "man." "You know?" "it just snuck up on me. she adored me." "for a change." "Have you called the parents?" "I haven't called the parents." "You should." "you're gonna make a condolence call. "He never so much as called after our daughter's suicide. "" "She didn't kill herself." "How do you know that?" "and I can't wait for this weekend." "I love you." "Bye." "That's this morning." "Look like someone who's about to go out and commit suicide?" "No." "You show this to anybody?" "I thought about firing it up on YouTube." "you know what?" "This is the moment where I ask you how stupid could you be." "This changes everything." "It'll bring it all back your way." "How are you gonna do that?" "Because we're gonna fight back with our own facts." "we have to build all right?" "look." "it appears that Sonia Baker" ""has met with a tragic accident on a subway platform." ""So questions have to be asked about transit safety"." " Okay?" " Cal. okay?" "then you're just letting the bloodsuckers and the bloggers have another free shot at you." "The bloodsuckers and the bloggers." "Have you seen the Globe's website tonight?" "No." "Hello?" "Miss Capitol Hill Blog?" "It's Cal McAffrey." "Do you have a pen?" "What?" "right?" "and you need to talk to him." "why?" "Do you have a pen?" "Yeah." "pen." "Write that down." "C-O-M-E-Y." "C~O~M~E~Y." "202-555-0167." "He's gonna show you an off-the-record preview of the security camera tapes from the Metro station." "now?" "like now." "Sorry." "Who am I calling?" "I was trying to get Della Frye the reporter." "I'm sorry." "I thought that I was talking to the guy who wouldn't give me the time of day this morning." "I am just trying to help you get a few facts in the mix next time you decide to upchuck online." "What?" "I'm not doing it." "I'm not." "Wake up." "Does anybody know where Room 514 is?" "514A or 514B?" "It doesn't say." "Is there a big difference?" "Big enough." "You looking for Uniform Squad or Investigation?" "I don't know." "Cal McAffrey sent me." "Why didn't you say so?" "You Cal's new assistant?" "I'm not." "can I see that?" "it's right down the hallway here." "Thank you." "Like a police escort?" "I'm okay." "Thank you." "no trouble." "I'm just grabbing some dinner here real quick." "how long have you known Cal?" "Too long." "Sergeant." "I can file a public records request and get the information anyway." "You got nothing?" "No." "They've got 56 cameras covering the track platforms. and Sonia Baker went down in one of them." "Cal?" "what are we doing?" "I'm on it." "I got Marty lined up to take some pictures of the family." "I can send somebody out there with him." "you can do the nuts and bolts." "No." "No need." "I'm on it." "You'll have it tonight." "You're on it." "Okay." "You know what you gotta do?" "all right?" "Just sort of push him for the details." "Ask him a few more questions." "You know... three from people trying to get their stuff off the tracks before the train came and two of the psycho-on-stranger pushing attacks." "Did Collins sleep at your place last night?" " What?" " Hmm?" "I was just trying to get my facts straight." "Excuse me." "Della here." "just a sec." "He's right here." "hang on." "It's Anne Collins." "I'm not at my desk at the moment." "Can I call you back?" "Yeah. see if anything correlates or anything connects." "Mmm-hmm." "Hello?" "CAL:" "Hey." " You okay?" " No. so I guess that entitles me to half off on Us Weekly." "I've been trying to call you." "I had my phone off." "You talk to Stephen yet?" "No." "They want me to come down for a press conference." "they're gonna toss him on the bonfire." "I'm not that hurt." "I'm not even that surprised." "you know." "Tell me you didn't know about her." "I didn't." "okay?" "I'll take the train down." "Will you buy me a drink after?" "all right?" "Just call Stephen." "Thanks." "Deshaun Stagg." "Be nice if they could spell his name right." "No one's even come to get his stuff yet." "It's appalling." "Never happen to a white man." "Skip it." "I'm not in the mood." "no politics?" "What are we gonna talk about?" "We're not." "You gotta get outta here before we both get into trouble." "They're saying it was only one shooter." "What do you think?" "No idea." "What about drugs?" "It's a good bet." "leave that shit alone." "Close your eyes." "I'm just checking out his cell phone." "this will be the moment they decide to come and pick all this shit up." "Then what are you gonna do?" "get me my job back?" "You know I will." "Cal?" "what do I tell Jack if he walks in?" "'cause I'm done." "all right?" "Bye." "Buy me a soda?" "Not diet." "Thanks." "all right?" "That way I can call you back." "Later for you." "We're sorry." "Your call cannot be... who this?" "man." "Who that?" "you the one got your number blocked!" "man." "It's Deshaun." "Come on." " No." " Where you at?" "fool?" "I was just talking to Kippy." "man." "trick." "Hi." "You've reached Sonia Baker." "I'll be sure to get back to you." "Thanks." "Hi." "You've reached Sonia Baker." "I'll be sure to get back to you." "Thanks." "Excuse me." "Sonia Baker." "We got any kinda drug angle on her?" "She ever arrested or rehabbed or anything like that?" " Who's asking?" " Me." "You're not on the story." "right?" "Yeah." "So are you trying to ruin what's left of her reputation?" "Are you doing this for Collins?" "A little context on Sonia?" "You gotta be kidding." "Maurice." "you getting your regular?" "Yeah." "Jay!" "and a chili half-smoke." "I got the burger on!" "Anybody get you yet?" "eh?" "Yeah." "Happy?" "That's a long way to go for another soda." "You want to buy something from the last bag Deshaun ever stole?" "I need 500 bucks." "Did you get the train okay?" "What?" "Did you get on the train all right?" "Get through?" "Everything okay?" "You're gonna make small talk?" "I will go check on the arrangements." "I'm sorry." "It doesn't have to be a detailed statement." "and we'll be out of here." "Dignified." "Got it." "thank you for joining us here today." "Mr. And Mrs. Collins would like to give you a brief statement." "Deshaun boosted this metal briefcase from some guy outside of Starbucks." "you know?" "Grab a guy's bag and sell it back to him." "people's business papers and shit." " This one?" " This one was different. and a little bag of these weird-looking bullets." "Did you see the guy that owned the bag?" "No." "I told Deshaun we shouldn't sell this bag back." "what about the girl? and he and this guy figured out a time and place." "And that was it." "My boy never came back. and then you called her from Deshaun's phone." "too." "I figured someone had to warn her that this psycho was following her around." "She just didn't pick up." "Mr. Collins moved to staunch a growing tide of hostility towards him this afternoon when he appeared together with his the long line of politicians' wives." "and we've both made mistakes that have caused..." "Apologize for his affair and offer an apology to his constituents." "Can you believe this?" "We're on six channels simultaneously." "Who might have wanted Sonia dead?" "something you haven't told me about?" "Some connections that might have got her in trouble?" "who... or am I talking to a reporter?" "I gotta be both." "You ever heard of a guy called Deshaun Stagg?" "No." "Was a kid." "Minor criminal." "Drug addict." "Got shot and killed the night before Sonia died." "Sonia didn't have anything to do with drugs." "I'm telling you things that I haven't even discussed with the paper." "you gotta think about this." "Who might have wanted Sonia dead?" "Who is this man here in all the photographs where she's crying?" "We don't know that yet." "And what was her background before she started working with Collins?" "she has some very random moments in her resume." "She was..." "She waitressed a couple times." "She had a string of bad debts." "Shoplifting conviction two years ago." "Don't they do background checks on the Hill?" "She wrote position papers for Collins about bank regulations and the SEC." "a lot of people thought she was a star." "She was also the lead researcher on the Point-Corp hearings." "So?" "Stephen represents the loss of a lot of money for those guys." "what if all of this is just an attempt to marginalize Stephen Collins?" "haven't you? and this geezer will turn it into a full-blown corporate conspiracy." "You don't see any connection?" "No." "okay? he shot Deshaun Stagg and Vernon Sando." "he boosts a briefcase. a little baggie of weird bullets." "Metro PD ballistics tell me untraceable." "X'ed for expansion." "So that means that the shooter intended to kill. perhaps even Special Forces." "staffed by 100% ex-military." "I think that's a connection we can't ignore." "how long before we have to hand these over? tops." "don't they need to see it now?" "How's he doing?" "right?" "I'll let you know. gives his moving tribute to Stephen Collins in that ass-wipe excuse of a paper and not to us." "Why?" "padding and fluff." "I'm a journalist." "I'm not a publicist." "I want to bring some more people in people with real experience." "I'm thinking Ted Moody." "Ted's perfect for this." "Are you taking me off the story?" "just off point." "then it's gonna be good for you." "How?" "How is that good?" "watching seasoned reporters you'll learn a lot." "what do you think?" "Don't let her do it." "I want this to be clean through and through." "Tell her to forget it." "It's your gig." "You got it." "Get loud now." "Excuse me." "You're defending her now?" "She's fine." "I can work with her." "she's inexperienced." "Inexperience isn't fatal." "I'm not giving up the story!" "I just..." "Sorry." "I just... I promise you I'm not gonna let you down." "For Christ's sake." "Don't throw those dewy cub reporter eyes at me." "It's nauseating." "And fuck you very much." "Pleasure." "This is Nurse Leif and myself..." "The lab work's back." "It's the panel 13 you ordered?" "we called for a neurologist a half hour ago." "sir." "Carnes?" "How you doing?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Looks like that Sando guy's waking up." "You sending anyone over?" "You ever been to D.C. Hospital?" "No." "Don't worry about it." "It's easy." "there's a uniformed officer on the third floor ICU." " Okay." " Write it down." "Got a pen?" " Yes." " Here." " I have a pen." " Okay." "The uniformed officer's name is Brown." " Okay?" " Brown." "Joe Bynes..." "Okay." "he cleared you for access." "Access for what?" "looks like he's coming around." "That's your side of the story." "Excuse me?" "You heard me. while you clean up the rest of the story?" "is that what that was all about in there?" "this is a real story." "It's not open for interpretation." "It does not require opinion. and we got us with a lead that nobody else has got. and I cannot be in two places at one time." "are you gonna be okay slumming it to find out if Vernon Sando's coming around or not?" "Good." "we gotta work together." "Yeah?" "Deal?" "see you later." "Excuse me." "Don't tell me you're still lost." "what are you doing here?" "Working." "You're Officer Brown?" "You're who I'm looking for." "I knew you'd come around." "How about Sando?" "Is he coming around?" "it looks that way." "They're sending a detective over right now." "Maybe get an ID." "Really?" "I gotta take this." "go ahead." "Officer Brown." "sir." "You okay?" "My dad did warn me about politicians." "The only people he hated more was journalists." "Smart man." "I'm making you nervous." "You always did." "they say sex is the best way to ruin a friendship." "do they?" "And who's they?" "Cosmopolitan magazine?" "Teen Beat?" "Come on." "it didn't ruin ours." "It hasn't ruined anything." "Pulse is 82." "O2 sats 94." "He seems stable." "CBCs... you cannot be in here." " I'd just like to please!" "I'm sorry." " Come on." "Look." "You know you're not supposed to be in here." "I know." "I just..." "Get on the ground!" "Stand back!" "Stay down." "That's a colleague of mine." "I'm gonna have to go." "I'm really sorry." "I'll see you soon." "Alright." "let him through." "Ricky!" "Let him through." "Della!" "You okay?" "You all right?" "right?" " What is it?" "It's just a little bit of blood." "I got it." "It's okay." "It's okay." "It's all right." "It's all right." "It's all right." "we could have stopped this!" "by being psychic?" "No." "We should have given the police that file." "What if there were fingerprints on the photographs?" "we can't just let people get hurt like that." "it's over." "It's all right." "It's okay." "We can't just keep letting people get killed." "it's not okay." "It's okay." "It's over." "It's over." "It's over." "All right?" "It's okay." "You're sitting on evidence in an execution homicide." "How do you think that's gonna play with the family of the guy that just got shot last night?" "let's be productive." "I'm actually not done." "Our reporter made a full statement last night." "you had these when?" "don't answer that!" "When did you have these?" "You want subpoenas?" "I'll get on the phone right now." "We called you!" "We called you before we called outside counsel." "A little late." "It's a little late." "Give me a break." "Don?" "Cal." "You?" "Good." "Good." "This source have anything else I might need to do my job?" "Wait a minute. and we've kept it for less than a day." "we didn't actually know what we had here." "Bullshit." "Bambi's baby brother?" "sir." "You knew exactly what you had. and now you have blood on your hands." "look." "The thesis that we are pursuing involves a certain company that Congressman Collins is investigating." "this is corporate conspiracies that threaten the highest levels?" "I've only ever seen that on TV." "you've only ever watched sports on TV. can we be assured that you will open your books to us?" "Quid pro quo?" "but that's the end of it." "This is an open homicide investigation." "endanger the public it won't be pretty." "I'm still not happy the way you presented the evidence." "I'm just gonna put that out there." "I'm guessing that even Entertainment Tonight will know as much as we do within 48 hours." "So we've gotta have something solid today." "no unnamed sources." "Not fast and loose." "I want this thing wrung out." "Damned if we can't do a better job of it than those cops." "how are you?" "I'm good." " Yeah?" " Mmm-hmm." "okay." "okay? the color of her knickers." "Got it." "Point-Corp?" "you work with Cal." "Cool." "The rule on this one is discretion. you." "truly." "be offended. because this is your new home." "Go on!" "yes." " Speed of light." "Cal?" "Any conflict of interest here?" "Nope." "Perhaps this is a good opportunity to address another issue that's been discussed your price structure." "and I thank you for giving me an opportunity to touch on that today." "Our price structure follows the Defense Department model" "for inflation." "what's costing us so much this time around are some incredible advances in on-field medical care." "we're now keeping more..." "I'm sorry." "Just... when... did you see any combat duty?" "I did not." "No." "you might see things differently?" "Congressman." "I'm not talking about my record." "I'm talking about the numerous allegations of atrocities committed by Point-Corp and its subsidiary contractors against the civilian population in Iraq and Afghanistan." "Those are unsubstantiated allegations." "Okay." "This is straightforward." "has your personal net worth gone up by more than $250 million?" "Straightforward question." "I was told that personal financial data would not be addressed in open session." "Adapt." "Isn't that your slogan?" ""Adapt and Achieve?"" "It's on the brochure here." ""Commoda et Confice"." "You have it in Latin." "Your point being?" "Putting war in the hands of mercenaries and those who consider it a business is a contradiction in terms in any language." "that the wars" "not because of it." "Congressman." "I expect you didn't." "especially from you." "the men you dishonor by calling them mercenaries retired American military personnel." "isn't it?" "and you get rich by killing them." "they're on a roll." "000 acres to expand their facility." "000 acres?" " Yeah." "Where?" "North Carolina." "The locals call it Little Baghdad." "Not so little." "They've also got some interesting real estate locally." "Offices at the Watergate building." "Check that out." ""Medal of Freedom Initiative"." "What's that?" "It's a lobbying interest." "is an umbrella group for a bunch of these private defense contractors." "kill things." "MOFI!" "Hello?" "We went down there." "The place is totally empty..." "Like they're just waiting for all their new recruits." "Did they outsource to Mumbai or something?" "Or are they just getting ready for an expansion?" "Hello?" "This is Della Frye." "I'm a reporter over at the Globe." "You were Sonia Baker's attorney correct?" "Did Dominic give you my number?" "how do you know Dominic?" "I'm sorry." "This really isn't appropriate." "I just..." "I need someone to help me dig a little deeper into Point-Corp. somebody who knows the way they operate." "She owed everybody money." "in her underwear." " I winn." " Yeah!" "But you moved." "yes..." "I moved." "Who is this?" "He looks familiar." "Dominic Foy." "He's a friend of Sonia's." "Dominic." "it's Cal." "So what did you find out?" " Hi." "Mr. Statler?" " Yes?" "I'm from the Globe." "and I just wanted to... high up in Point-Corp?" "Hi." "Della Frye from the Washington Globe." "I..." "Could I speak to you?" "Please don't..." "I'm still holding 'cause that's what I do." "That's what I like to do." "Rhonda Silver." "Nobody's got her yet." "She changed her name a couple times in the past year." "How'd you get it? but two dates with a sweaty guy named Vic." "Don't even ask me." "it's Cal." "Want to run a Social Security number for me?" "Rhonda Silver's number." "Did we just break the law?" "that's what you call damn fine reporting." " Your pen." " Keep it." " You're welcome!" " Thank you!" "please?" "I'm actually an old friend of Rhonda's from school." "and I thought maybe I'd stop by and see her." "Do you think I could show up at her work?" "Would that be all right?" "can I call you back?" "That page and the next page. and then he dies in a freak car accident." "what does "freak car accident" mean?" "Middle of the day..." "He's driving on the open road..." " 30 miles an hour..." " No skid marks..." " Car turns over..." "Oh!" "And the police think it might be sleep apnea." "I really need to talk to you." "What do you got?" "I was looking for images of Sonia right?" "this guy appears." "Okay?" "I think that I saw him last night at the hospital." "Are you sure?" "it's Cal." "now." "I want you to know something." "I love my country." "I love the military." "My aim here is to save them." "You understand my terms?" "I will not give you my name. or the in and out dates of my service." "Understand." "I'm looking for a guy that Point-Corp are using on a covert operation." "Total deniability." "Our mutual friend at DOD thought you might be able to help us find him." "I don't know." "I'll check it out." "what's your understanding of the Point-Corp MO?" "Their MO?" "They do whatever the hell they want." "These soldiers are answerable to no one." "They're loyal to nothing but a paycheck." "It's the Muslim terror gold rush." " You've been watching these hearings?" " Yeah." "Stephen Collins..." "He's finished." "They'll just keep knocking him down until he goes away." "Do you have any idea what he's threatening here?" "This is $30 or $40 billion annually." "That's wrath of God money." "The hearings are saying 3 or 4." "Overseas." "The real money is what Point-Corp stands to make in its domestic operations." "I wasn't aware that they had any." "Who was sent in for crowd control after Hurricane Katrina?" "Us." "Private security contractors deputized to shoot at American citizens." "Who's training Chicago police on new interrogation techniques?" "Point-Corp will take over from the NSA all of it." "It's a fundamental restructuring of domestic intelligence policy." "It is the privatization of Homeland Security." "Billions and billions of dollars." "Now you really think they're gonna forfeit all that because some hero from the seventh district of Pennsylvania thinks that they should?" "Hey." "I just got told by a former Point-Corp employee that they have a plan to monopolize domestic security that's worth about $40 billion a year." "Is that true?" " Yes." " How?" "You cannot connect anything that I tell you back to me." " You understand?" " Of course." "Okay." "47 companies bid on major Homeland Security contracts." "16 companies were granted the bids. and I'm not just talking about someone leaving one company and go work for another." "I'm talking about shared banking practices." "I'm talking about collusive behavior." "when all's said and done you will not see 14 individual companies." "You will see one company." "You understand?" "And you've been digging around trying to make those connections clear." "Yeah." "That's right." "And Sonia was working on that?" "She was my lead researcher." "She was involved in everything we did." "one way or another." "They got 40 billion good reasons to want you out of the way." "You gotta go on the record." "Swing the spotlight back on them." "man." "You go out there and find me evidence linking Sonia's death to Point-Corp." "I will go on the record." "I will shout this thing from the rooftops." "I can do that." "Alright." "I gotta get back." "I'll be in touch." " Stephen." " Yeah?" "Just watch your back." "too." "Hi." "Is Rhonda here?" "she's just right over there." "# Whoa #" "# I'm walking on sunshine #" "# Whoa #" "# I'm walking on sunshine #" "# Whoa #" "# And don't it feel good #" "Yeah!" "you're not gonna believe what Sonia's old roommate just told me." "You're right." "I don't believe a word of it. and she obviously has a financial motivation." "We've got Sonia Baker's roommate claiming and you want to ignore that?" "I am not saying ignore it." "I am saying consider it. and consider that she is full of shit!" "she's also saying 000 credit card debt." "That is a story." "Somebody's gonna put that on the front page." "is that the right thing to do?" "it's your half of the story." "It's your scoop." "Your decision." "Do whatever you want." "But I do know that Stephen and I have been through far too much together to make this one moment the thing that defines us forever." "The political future..." "I tried to call." "but I hung up every time." "'cause I've been wanting to talk to you." "Remember you brought that girl from Humboldt?" "or whatever her name was." "Luna." "Luna." "That's right." "And you two were stoned the whole time." "Yep." "and we lost everything." "We had to walk the rest of the way..." "We flipped the boat?" "You did." "It was an adventure." "That's what you kept saying." "Irish wine." "Whiskey?" " Cheers." " Slainte." " So..." " So..." " I've been..." " I wanted to ask..." " Sorry." " You first. 000 without you knowing?" "What?" "it's a story that might break that basically accuses Stephen of doing something that would require his having access to a large amount of cash." "could he do that?" "A story that might break?" "You mean something that you're involved in?" " Indirectly." " What're you doing?" "I'm trying to help Stephen." "I'm trying to protect you." "Bullshit!" "You always do this. and not for me. you guys are just fine walking around as if nothing ever happened." "Okay." "let's start over." "I come here to tell you that I'm thinking and you say what?" "I say it's too late." "We're way past this." "You made your choice." "Because you wouldn't step up." "What do you mean?" "not in college." "I'm saying that you're asking me for something that's not real." "That's what I'm saying." "Annie..." "We have two mortgages." "We have the place in Virginia." "We've got the apartment here. 000 without me knowing about it." "Annie..." "It's okay. so the pressure's off." "Cal?" "Who's this?" "Across the street." "man." "I got something for you." "And you couldn't just ring the doorbell?" "Precautions." "I asked around." "He's definitely a grunt." "Buddy of mine used to see him at security trade shows. but he worked for an old-timer called Fred Summers." "shit like that." "Here's Fred's address." "Crystal City." "Thanks." "Mr. Summers?" "Hey." "Who you looking for?" "Fred." "Fred Summers." "Do you know him?" "Fred's not here." "yeah?" " Uh-huh." "You live here." "You're his roommate." " Sorry." " Okay." "Do you know where he might be?" "He's overseas." "He shipped out last week. okay?" "and he comes back." "Okay." "Could you pass a message?" "Take it easy." "All right." "Okay." "Joey?" "Cal McAffrey." "shut up." "Listen!" "Listen!" "Tell Bill he's gotta send some cops to 566..." " So?" " No sign of the guy." "Did you get a name?" "How about the apartment?" "You find something?" "Nothing? except Fred passed away last March." "Neighbors say that his nephew stays there from time to time while the probate is being worked out." "Except he doesn't have a nephew." "You're catching on fast." "I thought we had an understanding." "You were supposed to share your information with us." "Do you remember that? who I now find out is deceased." "Do you think I would've gone there if I knew what I was gonna be walking into?" "huh?" "Yeah." "do you mind if I get back on with my story?" "It's not a story." "It's a case! turned up dead tonight." "Probable homicide." "She look familiar?" "We got her fingerprints off of those surveillance photos you so kindly gave us." "I'm Rhonda Silver." "that's what he called "being in committee". but I'm just so bloody angry!" "was that this was not news." "we didn't..." "We were worried that..." "Cam." "All right?" "and I don't believe her." "She's not credible." "She was just trying to sell us her sexy" "Sonia Baker." "Her dead friend." "why the hell couldn't we have printed that?" "A waitress comes forward with a claim about a sex scandal." "that's an A-1 story." "Then he denies it." "There's another story." "and there's another story. because we had it first!" "did we?" "'cause some wanker decided it was beneath us." "come on!" "Look at her!" "She's a sideshow!" "It's a smear campaign." "It's exactly what these companies do to destroy people who get in their way." "is Point-Corp." "The real story is the sinking of this bloody newspaper!" "Christ! not discretion." "And how am..." "How am I gonna tell them that we are now behind a story we were once in front of?" "we're running with what we've got today." "No!" "No." " You can't do that." " Why not?" "We've got more than enough to go with." "and you're gonna frighten off the wildlife." "And we haven't got the rest of the story." "I do not give a shit about the rest of the story!" "We're going to press... tonight." "You've got eight hours." "You look tired." "Want some coffee?" "that's nice." "Can you hold on for one second?" "a word with you for a minute?" "Steve." " Thanks." "I just wanted you to know my speaking up in the hearings the other day was not meant in any way as a gesture of disrespect to you or a lack of gratitude for the support that you've shown me." "no." "Not at all." "It was a very impressive performance." "I understand that." "that's a relief to know." "and you have your work horses." "I'm sure we can all find a way to get along." "There's no way." "There is no way we can meet that deadline." "we're getting our balls busted. turns out he's a gold mine." " Dominic?" " Foy." " Right." " He's a guy I keep hearing about." "A friend of Sonia's in all the surveillance photos where she's crying." " And he's in Rhonda's cell phone shots." " Mmm..hmm. - or is he some kind of freak?" "PETE:" "Freak." "He runs a legitimate PR business." "Handful of corporate clients." "Just likes to party on the weekends." "Special parties. but guess where his registered office is?" " Where?" " Guess." "Where?" "The Watergate." "Suite 413." "which is..." "The lobbying subsidiary of Point-Corp." "Let's get him on tape." "You want me to call Rodney and get the gear?" "same place." "What..." "I'm sorry." "You want to put him on tape?" "Yeah." "cops now?" "That's totally illegal. he's gonna be under a lot of pressure all right?" "So we put him on tape." "That's our insurance." "And why do you think he's even gonna talk to you?" "Because he's scared." "How do you know?" "Because I'm gonna scare him." "is that your Cadillac out there?" "Yeah." "heads-up display?" " That's the one." " That's a hell of an impressive car." "I know." "What do you got in your gay-rage?" " Excuse me?" " Your gay-rage." "Your garage." " Alright." " You drive the same thing?" "I don't." "I have a 1990 Saab." " Oh. you know." "Sorry to hear that." "right?" "Who the hell are you?" "Dominic?" " Sometimes." " Okay." "all right?" "It ain't finished." "I'm still working it up." "Let's see how you feel about this." "a D.C. Public relations figure with known ties to defense contractor Point-Corp was yesterday linked to the death of a Capitol Hill staffer "Sonia Baker"." "what..." "What're you a reporter?" "This is not cool." "This is definitely not cool." " Very unprofessional." " I'm just sitting here..." "Cal McAffrey from the Globe." "Congratulations." "Keep it." "That's gonna run tomorrow unless you can tell me what I need to know today." " I don't think so." " I got a car out the back." "safe place where you and I can talk." "Saab." "alright?" "I'm a PR guy." "Got it?" "there's two ways" "Dominic. and maybe even a photo from your website." "who knows who that's gonna piss off and how badly?" "all right?" "I'd hate to see you end up under a train like Sonia Baker." "right?" "I did." "This place is nice?" "It's classy?" " I'm gonna be comfortable?" " Uh-huh." "What kind of dump is this?" "Where have you brought me?" "No booze in the mini-bar." "There's no On Demand on the TV." "What kinda hotel is this?" "isn't it?" "Dominic." "sweet pea?" "You want to go get Uncle Foy a nice frosty?" "I'll time you." "Christ." "let's start from the beginning." "Where did you meet Sonia Baker?" "Why don't we start with a little compensation?" "and now he wants a beer." " Can I have one?" " Yeah." "What's he taking exactly?" "downers." " This guy's losing his shit." "For what?" "For what?" "Me helping you out." "Me losing my business." "Me..." "This bed's disgusting." "okay?" "so you want to be paid to help solve Sonia's murder?" "all right?" "I'm in PR." "I know a little bit about phrasing questions." "Why don't you try phrasing it like this?" "Would I like to be paid for helping you get a book deal?" "Nobody's here for a book deal." "Really?" "Everybody wants a book deal." "okay?" "That's just fair." "When did you meet Sonia?" "compensation." "Dominic." "I'm the talent and I don't like the vibe." "okay?" "It's a non-smoking room." "It's under your name." "He's a douche." "I love this guy." "I wanna call my lawyer." "I think you should think that through." "Can we get a signal in this rat hole?" "Why don't you think it through?" "Hmm? because I don't think you're getting it!" " So I'll lay it out for you!" "Okay?" " Relax." "I'll lay it out for you nice and clear! and they can make you the one and only principal source." "How do you think that's gonna go down with your friends" " at Point-Corp?" " Not great." "And anybody else you're connected to?" "Don't do that." "Please don't do that. the more protected you are." "That's the way we work. and that is all you're gonna get from us." " Okay?" " Yeah." "Great." "how's it going in here?" "Sounds frigging great." "We're just about ready." "Let's do it." "DELLA:" "Great." "Good." "Come on. and I'm gonna let you say it." "You have to talk to her." "Cal is asking us to push the deadline." "We really can't afford to keep doing this type of thing." "Where the hell are they?" "You saying that as if I should know?" "you just spoke to him." "they didn't tell me where they were." "000 an hour." "Yeah..." "All right!" "Bugger off!" "Shit." "alright?" "a very big one." "I'm not gonna give you... uh..." "He had this... - a very special client." " Name?" "I'll give you that one." "Point-Corp." "And they wanted a special employee." "They needed a girl." "I thought of Sonia." "You got that?" "are you saying that Sonia was working for Point-Corp?" "this one." "Don't lose her to another paper." "that's what I'm saying." "turn it up." "She was a perfect fit." "She had balls." " She was smart." " She was in debt." "exactly." " Yeah." "000 a month." "Whole hell of a lot more than they gave me." " They paid me a flat 20." " It's big." "Did they tell you what the job was?" "though." "She told me about Collins." "She told me about spying on him." "And did they want Sonia to sleep with Collins?" "No." "She got on her back all by herself didn't she?" "How did they get her onto Collins' staff?" "That I'm not gonna tell you." "You can forget it." "You can kidnap and torture someone else for that toughie." " We have a deal." " Yeah. but we need to know who was working this on the Hill." "Mmm-hmm." "they found a guy to fix it." " Name?" " No." " Who?" " Leave it." " Who?" " Come on." "are you not hearing me?" "Forget it." "I'd be afraid to start that sweet ass Caddy every morning." "keep in mind if I was driving I'd probably blow it up myself with me in it." "You seen that thing?" "It's like a lawn mower." "I'm gonna get you another beer." "Hey." "Oi." "Are you sleeping with that guy?" "what are you doing here?" "Are you sleeping with him?" "Hmm?" "right?" "Donna?" " Della." " Della." "too." "Right?" "I don't wanna eave anybody out." "Stephen." "How did you find Sonia?" "What?" "How did she come to work in your office?" "Was somebody..." "Did somebody recommend her?" "What're you talking about?" "I think you've been played." "Really?" "Who gave you her name?" "all right?" "Two questions. and the name of the individual who recommended her?" "Fergus." "George Fergus." "Said she was the daughter of an old family friend." "Doug Sponder's bachelor party." "the Americana?" "Yes." "alone." "I'm in Room 408." "I'll meet you at the office." "we're late already." "I'll call in." "we are late already." " I'll call in." " Okay." "Don't check your voicemail." "Cameron's going on a rampage about this deadline." "did you cue it where I asked?" " Close enough." " Okay." "I'm gonna need you to clear the room." "too." " What?" "I got Stephen Collins coming in here." "It's gonna be a lot more comfortable for him alright?" "Tell me you're kidding." "Since when does the subject of an investigation get his own private preview of another subject's interview?" "That's crazy!" "You're polluting the story!" "Special circumstance." "What?" "What? or that you have a crush on his wife?" "Could you fill me in here?" "All of the above." "you're such a hypocrite!" "and you are about to kill it forever by letting him come in here." "I'm gonna bring him in." "show him this. then we've got both sides of the story." "Hey." "Della Frye." "Congressman." "You know this guy?" "No." "You don't recognize him at all?" "I don't know." "Maybe." "Is this in here?" "it's next door." "He's sleeping it off." "Sit down." "Okay." "Point-Corp wanted to plant someone on your staff." "he finds Sonia." "He takes a fee." "George Fergus does the rest." "No." "That's not possible." "and they paid her monthly to report back every single thing that you were doing." "they killed her for it." "How do you know this?" "I gotta go down to a street corner." "I gotta buy a magazine." "I gotta meet some new guy." "you know?" "scaring the hell out of me because he's pissed off and..." " When was this?" "DOMINIC:" "This is like a month ago." "he's pissed off because" "Sonia's not giving him anything anymore." "And what did he want you to do about it?" "like one of my hair dryers." "And did you?" "I tried." "I tried." "I called." "She wouldn't take my call." "I go over there." "I try to talk to her." "She's crying." "Why is she crying?" "She's scared somebody's after her?" "and she didn't tell him." "and he's not gonna want the baby..." "She got so wrecked about it that she burned thousands of dollars worth of paychecks." "Who does that?" "And I tried to get her to just relax" "her word." ""Just keep your word." "And what about how" ""your decisions are gonna affect me?"" "and so I don't want anything more you know?" "and I wanna come back to a clean slate." "And you guys write your article and just get them off me." "I'm nothing." "I'm nothing to those guys." "man." "Okay?" "And now we can prove it." "I get you on the record." "We can nail these mothers to the wall!" "all right?" "We win!" " Yeah." "Just..." " All right?" "Just..." "Will you just give me a minute?" "Okay." "He just needs a minute." "Shit!" "Get off..." "Get off of me!" "You fucking..." "Help!" "Stephen!" "Get up!" "What're you doing?" "stop!" " No!" "man!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Get off!" "What the hell are you doing to him?" "Stephen!" "Stephen!" "Stephen!" "Stephen!" "Cal." "Did I need to hear that?" "Yeah." "Huh?" "You couldn't tell me yourself?" "You had to do it like that?" "Was that important to you..." "I thought you'd want to hear the truth." "That's right." "that's all." "You're just..." "You're a truth seeker." "That's all." "You can't help it." "It's who you are." "You're such a hypocrite." "You're not interested in me." "Me coming here was all about you and getting your story." "I trusted you." "You're my friend!" "You were supposed to be my friend when you were screwing my wife!" "Cal." "I never would've done this to you!" "okay?" "I'm sorry about all of it. and I can understand why you hate me for it." "You've just gotta put aside how you feel about me and stay with this." "We're so close." "I have put myself on the line." "Stephen." "Stephen!" "I need a minute with Congressman Fergus." "and I'm on a deadline." "Fuck him." "Asshole." "It's all right." "I saw that." "Just give him this card and tell him it's an issue that directly concerns him." "Sir?" "He asked me to give you this." "Excuse me." "Congressman." "That Cal McAffrey." "What's up?" "How'd you find me?" "Congressman." "I need a confirmation from you for an article that we're running tomorrow." "I have been told that you recommended is that correct?" "So? gathering information on Stephen Collins' committee findings and passing that information back to the very company that was being investigated Congressman?" "never use the Lord's name in vain with me." "how could you even assume 25-year-old girl a double agent?" "I went to bat for a young girl a family that seemed like the wholesome ideal upon which this country was founded." "And Sonia Baker's mother's first name is?" "family friend. are going to allow you to publish this speculative drivel?" "You are gonna be out of a job before son." "Janine." "Sonia's mother's first name is Janine." "You're missing the point." "You didn't see his face." "I saw his face." "Fergus is at the heart of this story." "Cal." "Point-Corp pushed" "Sonia Baker in front of that train. our new corporate owners won't let me print any of this unless I have one of the major players on the record." "Cal!" "And the only person who could do that won't." "Would you like to tell me why?" "Or is it just that you shagged his wife?" "when and why MediaCorp chopped off your balls." "This is as big and as connected as it gets." "it's a massive story. all playing for the same country club." "I didn't realize you'd taken up the game." "it's coming from you. and we all know why." "as far as you're concerned." "I can't protect you anymore." "I'm not too sure I'd want to." "You want the story?" "Yeah." "Come on." "I was first introduced to Sonia Baker in April of 2007." "She was hired as a research assistant on my staff." "George Fergus." "Sonia and I began a romantic relationship." "which show beyond doubt the corruption between members of my own party." "I now know that she had been placed in my office as a spy." "Point-Corp's tentacles reach into every corner" "both at home and abroad." "Not only does this pose a great..." "But it is a violation of our laws." "A monopolistic business... obstruct and otherwise destroy my investigation into Point-Corp." "Sonia was paid to make regular reports to Point-Corp... Point-Corp will have its own standing army on US soil." "into their fraudulent practices..." "It will control our intelligence-gathering apparatus..." " What happened in committee?" " She had access to everything... we were doing and effectively crippled our investigation." "It is a frightening vision and one which must be stopped. and I believe they killed her for it." "who I've spent the last year and a half of my life investigating..." "thought of as collateral damage." "And I believe it was simply the public nature of my position that saved me from a similar fate. how was that?" "Congressman." " You okay?" " Yeah." "He was set up." "000 a month." "I mean..." "Sliberty." "Cal." " You all set?" " Mmm-Hmm." "Okay." "Let's go." " You still here?" " Yeah." "I thought you would've been down at your desk blasting it online. people should probably have newsprint don't you think? and corporate and government malfeasance." " Okay." " You do Sonia Baker..." "Rhonda Silver." "alright?" " Yeah." " Retire to the neutral corner." " Okay." " Gentle." " Got it..." " Thank you." "it's Robert Bingham." "I'm sorry to call you directly." "I want to assure you that I'm ready to finish what we started." "Goodbye." "I won't be more than an hour." "sir." "How you doing?" "Hello." "CAL:" "Is it a night for it?" "I think it is." "don't... tell me." "It would just make me sick." "You never ask a girl her age." "and I don't see a girl." "I just see a reporter." "back to the story." " English teacher in high school." " Mmm-hmm." "He was a kind of a long-haired hippie kinda guy." "Mmm-hmm." " He had a pen problem." " Yeah." "Oh." "He solved it by having a piece and that's where he'd keep his pen." "Smart." " Mmm-hmm." "My friend Della's got a pen problem." "How do I solve it?" " And I came up with this." " What is it? 'I'm never without a pen"' celebratory necklace." "it's beautiful!" "I always wanted one of these." " Cheers." " Cheers." "I wanted to tell you something about Anne Collins." "Okay." "I was just talking to her." "How does Anne Collins know that 000 a month?" "What?" "How does she know how much Sonia Baker was earning?" " We know that." " Yeah." "How does Anne Collins know that?" "Stephen must have heard it in the Foy interview. and that figure is never mentioned." "what're you doing?" "What're you doing?" "Cal?" "Uh... you gonna fill me in?" "Hold the story"." "What?" "Cal?" "Cal!" "Shit." "Stephen?" "Who is Robert Bingham?" "Are the police outside?" "No." "I saved Robert Bingham's life in Kuwait in '91." "He was a 17-year-old kid." "He was a good soldier." "He was proud of what we did." "and he had problems when he got discharged." "So you had a guy that you knew to be unstable exactly?" "Scare her?" "Maybe beat her up a little?" "Cal." "I had him follow her." "Why?" "Because I knew she was hiding something from me." "Because when I'd..." "I'd be at her house she'd get nervous." "Because there were phone calls late at night." "I was suspicious." "I asked Bingham to observe her and report back to me." "That's all." "Stephen." "He was more upset about what she was doing than I was." "You have to understand what the military means to Bingham." "He hates Point-Corp for what they're trying to do to it." "she just had to stop." "right?" "and she put her life at risk for you." "but I didn't know that." "I didn't know that he was gonna kill her." "I didn't know he had killed her." "my thought was just the same as yours." "I thought Point-Corp had done it." "And when you did find out?" "What was I supposed to do?" " Tell someone." " I tried. and all you cared about was the story." "I cared about helping you." "Bullshit." "Bullshit." "All you cared about was clearing your conscience over this little soap opera" " you have with Annie." " So you used me." "Cal." " The same way as you used Bingham." "I was suspicious of her." "I brought him in." "That's all it was!" "It was a mistake!" "It's my responsibility." "I should never have done that." "But I never asked him to kill her." "He owed you his life!" "That's why you called him. like you've been trying to use me." "and one to cover it up. - none of this would've happened!" " No." "This is not about Bingham man!" "It's about you and the decisions that you have made that have led to four people being killed." "Stephen." "Cal..." "What're you gonna do?" "You know what I'm gonna do." "your sense of your own self-worth." "Why is that?" "'Cause... nobody reads the papers anymore?" "Is that it? and it's wrapping paper?" "in the middle of all this gossip and speculation I still think they know the difference between real news and bullshit." "And they're glad that someone cares enough to get things on the record and print the truth." "don't do this." "Please." "I'm asking you as your friend." "You got about three minutes before the cops get here." "I thought you said you didn't call 'em." "I lied." "A good soldier fights for his country and his friends." "they wanna make it all about the money." "You wanna live in a world like that?" "Drop the weapon!" "whether I write it or not." "Drop your weapon!" "Drop it!" "I'd rather be nothing." "drop your weapon!" "aren't you gonna send it?" "after all." "You send it." "everybody." "See you tomorrow." "Good night." "Good night." "# Put a candle in the window #" "# 'Cause I feel I've got to move # going #" "# I'll be coming home soon #" "# Long as I can see the light #" "# Pack my bag and let's get movin' #" "# 'Cause I'm bound to drift a while # gone #" "# You don't have to worry long #" "# Long as I can see the light #" "# Guess I've got that old travlin' bone #" "# 'Cause this feelin' won't leave me alone # won't # no #" "# Long as I can see the light #" "# Yeah #" "# Yeah #" "# Yeah # yeah #" "# Put a candle in the window #" "# 'Cause I feel I've got to move # going #" "# I'll be coming home soon #" "# Long as I can see the light #" "# Long as I can see the light #" "# Long as I can see the light #" "# Long as I can see the light #"