"ELISA:" "Senator, you don't have to hide." "It's a beautiful gift." "I take it all back." "Your taste isn't just in your mouth." "SMYTH:" "We've got more gifts, party people." "Hang tight." "That is sweet." "I think the inscription might spark a little fly back." ""Your fundraising in support of our men in uniform will always be remembered." "Best wishes and happy birthday." "Ron and Nancy."" "Thank you, Austin." "And please tell the president that I shall always have a special place in my heart for the military." "You should, we gave your daddy his first billion-dollar munitions contract." "[ALL CHUCKLE]" "Oh." "[CROWD MURMURING]" "MAN:" "It's lovely." ""Some things are destined to be together." "Only tomorrow will tell."" "And it's unsigned." "How romantic." "I love it." "This is absolutely wonderful." "To my little scamp out there here's to tomorrow." "AMANDA:" "Good morning." "LEE:" "Hi." "How about a little hug?" " How about a little philodendron?" " Uh, what are you doing with these?" "These were looking a little bad so I took them home for love and care." " I could use some of that." " I don't think you'd like fish emulsion." " I'll tell you what I would like." "AMANDA:" "What?" "We're all ears, Scarecrow." " Uh, help." "A little help on the" " Yeah." " You need me to help you but" " Yeah." "I said I would." "Tune in." "I'm already late." "Visual aids, kids." "SMYTH:" "Up to date on the Hale collection?" " The Grenada Hale's?" "Bonus points, Stetson." " Go for the big spin." " Prominent Caribbean family lost everything when Grenada fell, including their priceless jewelry collection." "Of which this was one piece." "Whoo." "SMYTH:" "Now, we'd figured the family jewels had disappeared with some sticky-fingered Cubans, until this sprinky dink showed up as a birthday trinket for one of Washington's top clique dwellers." "Loop the circuit on this, King." "I want verification of its authenticity." "Muy pronto." "Yes, sir." "I'll get right on it." " See you later." " Yeah." "Bye, sir." "Need I tell you that, that jewel pries the lid off an old and very sensitive can of worms?" " Project Sand Pebbles." " What do you know about it?" "I mingled with Hale while he was peeling grapes with the Caribbean mainstream." "The next wave of agents groomed him and suggested he start a network..." " ...throughout the basin." " Indeedy-do." "Did a damn good job too." "See, Sand Pebbles was the cornerstone of our intelligence activities down there until Hale's file disappeared with the jewels." "The last thing I heard was that Sand Pebbles was on a day-to-day basis." "We couldn't afford to abandon the network and since Hale's list never surfaced we weren't sure if we were compromised." "We're about to be." "A local tobacco stuffer inside Castro's circle tells us el presidente's been approached about the list and is negotiating its acquisition." "So you think whoever passed the jewels has the list?" "I think it's worth a sniff and a scratch." "I've activated an Alpha-17 Clearance." "Anything you wanted to know about the Grenada operation is waiting for you in a morgue file at the Pentagon." "Get to it, then pop over to the Danton Estate." "The clique dweller." "I understand you've danced cheek to cheek with her at more than one presidential gala." " I suppose you could say that." " Heh." "Sprinkle on some cologne, get next to her but walk the velvet tightrope." "We don't want anyone thinking she's mixed up in an agency investigation." "Oh." "The fewer people who know about this the better chance we have of getting to that list." "And a whole new bunch of chums in Cuba Libre land." "Give my best to Elisa, and behave yourself." "[SIGHS]" "I'll give my very best." "Toodles." "Congratulations, Lee." "[SIGHS]" " On what?" " On your new assignment." "Smyth's memo just floated across Billy's desk." "Elisa Danton." "Mm-hm, you are just the man for the job." "And a job is all it is, Francine." "Purely professional, okay?" "Oh, how times have changed." "I seem to remember lots of stories about you and Elisa that kept many a boring D.C. cocktail party going." "Huh." "Oh, my favorite one, you, Elisa and that little French ballerina." "How did you ever manage all of that in the back of an Italian sports car, heh?" "[CHUCKLES]" "Uh, she was a violinist, it was a limo, and it wasn't easy." "I was in traction for a week." " Oh." " But that was then and this is now." "And like you've just said, things have changed." "Uh, you know what they say about leopards and their spots." "I'm not a leopard." "Well, maybe not, but I hear Elisa has a pretty mean set of claws." "I'd be careful." " Can I help you?" " Yes." "I wanna see the report on operation Urgent Fury..." " ...and anything else you have on Grenada." " Uh, yes, sir." "How about after lunch?" "I'm on an Alpha-17, Sergeant Stillman." "How about now?" "You could be on a Triple-Omega Presidential Directive and I still couldn't give you the files." "The computer's down." "All right, let's skip the computer records." "Get me the hard copy." "I've got over 15 million documents." "I can start digging, but with the computer index I'd sure have a better shovel, sir." "Yeah, I bet you would." "Okay." "Two hours, I'll be back." "Yes, sir." "This is Stillman." "General Garrett left a standing order to be notified if anyone asked about the Grenada files." "The agency." "I'll be damned if I'll have outside intelligence digging around a military operation." " They're always stirring up a hornet's nest." " Grenada was one damn fine operation." "Those intelligence boys ought to look at themselves instead of jumping on us." "They'll probably find something to throw in our faces." "Not this time, McGill." "I'm going down and check with a friend at G-2." "Maybe he can tell me what they're coming up with." "Is there anything I can do?" "Stay on top of this thing and keep me current." "Yes, sir." "MAID:" "Excuse me, Miss Danton?" "[CHUCKLES]" "Oh, my God." "Look what the maid dragged in." " Hello, Elisa." " Hello." "I've got two of your dress shirts and a pair of socks up in my closet." "I think I deserve a little more than "Hello, Elisa."" "[BOTH CHUCKLE]" "You look wonderful." " You feel better than ever." " Yeah." " Well, I wish this was just a social call." " I like to make wishes come true, heh." "I know you do." "But you know why I'm here." "Dr. Smyth just didn't walk off with that earring you got the other night without some explanation." "Darling, I'll tell you everything if you tell me who's got you on a string these days." "I don't know what you mean." "We're alone at my private pool." "The sun's warm, the tanning oil's imported and you're still dressed." "Not the Lee I used to know." "Who is she?" "Listen, I'm the one getting paid to ask the questions, okay?" "[CHUCKLES]" "You always were a rotten poker player, Stetson, heh." "[CHUCKLES]" "You've got something written all over your face." "Business." "Seriously, I'm here on business, okay?" "Rather urgent business at that, so could we please just get started?" "Can we at least have some champagne before we get bogged down in international intrigue?" "[SCOFFS]" "Yeah, sure." "Great." "Should I have the butler bring it to the hot tub or the sauna?" "[CHUCKLES]" "How could I have known someone would recognize the earring?" "Why would you even take the chance?" "Because I'm tired of playing second fiddle to those gold-plated boors." "You risked bringing everything down because of some childish infatuation?" "For God's sakes, I waited four years." "And I told you it might be a decade before we could move the collection." "I never should've trusted a washed-up supply officer with an overactive libido." "Listen, the Grenada operation happened fast." "I was there." "And you were satisfied to let me do the dirty work." " You couldn't have found anyone better." " Or more stupid, apparently." "You actually left the other earring with a note and your name on it?" "It's in a pillow in her bedroom." "I can get it back, no sweat." "No." "No, no, no." "You've already done enough." "I really don't wanna hang next to you on the gallows." "They can't hang us for finding some jewelry on that godforsaken island." "No, but they'd enjoy seeing us twist for committing treason." "There's interest in the Sand Pebbles list." "Sand Pebbles?" "I thought we agreed to destroy that diplomatic pouch." "That wasn't what we were after." "A good officer takes advantage of every opportunity." "Sand Pebbles is a golden opportunity." "I do not intend to let anything or anyone, including Elisa Danton, to keep me from it." "What are you gonna do?" "We're soldiers, Carpenter." "We do what we have to do to survive." "[DOOR OPENS]" "What are you talking about?" "You said you'd have the records here in two hours." "Oh, that is what I said, but these records have been sealed." "Sealed?" "Sergeant, I'm an Alpha-17 authorization." "Sorry." "I've received a Code Vermillion restriction." "Code Vermillion?" "I've only seen that twice in my career." "I've never seen one." "I'm the first one in this building to get one." " Who issued it?" " They never say." "But it had to come from someone like God, now didn't it?" " I mean, it is a Code Vermillion restriction." " Look, sergeant, all I need is five minutes." "That's all." " Sir." " Uh-oh." "I'm sorry." "Files are sealed." "If you persist, I'll be forced to shoot you." "Some armchair shortstop trying to hardball us, eh?" "Now, that's a serious mistake." "Well, update, Stetson." "Bare bones." "I'm already late for cribbage at Henry's." "Bare bones is all we've got." "Someone's slapped a Code Vermillion restriction on the Grenada files." "Vermillion?" "Who comes up with these colors, someone's interior decorator?" "There are only four people with the authority to override an Alpha 17." "The president, the secretary of state, secretary of defense and the officer with most seniority of the Joint Chiefs." "Why would any of these be foolish enough to do it?" "Here's one good reason." "General Bradford Garrett, senior ranking officer of the Joint Chiefs coordinated the invasion of Grenada, spent six months on the island." "SMYTH:" "And he was standing next to me at Elisa's party." "Circumstantial, but sometimes the small hook catches the biggest fish." "Just don't sit there." "We still got rumors about Sand Pebbles being on the auction block so sweat the general a bit, eh?" "I'm gonna wander past the White House and launch an attack of my own." "I don't like being shut out." "It ruffles my pin feathers." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "Hello, stranger." "[SIGHS]" " That's too close to the truth to be funny." " Heh." " You miss me?" " Of course, I missed you." "Good, good." "Any luck authenticating that earring?" "Well, I started with Caribbean artifacts at the Smithsonian." "Then I spent half a day at the Art History Department at Georgetown." "And I've been on the computer with the Louvre for nearly an hour." "It's the real thing." "The key is in the cut of the ruby." "Now, it's something called Louis Soixante Lace designed by a famous Grenadian named Francois Villard de Beauchamp." "The earrings were commissioned in 1839 by Brigadier Hale as a gift for his wife." " Hmm." " They've been in the family ever since." " Very impressive." " Thank you." "We just found out that Pentagon Central Shipping delivered that earring to Elisa's." "Think you could find out who signed that order?" "No problem." "I can get a lot done when I don't have any distractions in here." "Oh." "Listen, uh Amanda, when all this is over, you mind if I get back to distracting you?" "I'll be looking forward to it." "[CHUCKLES]" "McGlLL:" "Ooh!" " That's 40 bucks you owe me, McGill." "McGlLL:" "You're hot." "I think we've got company." "It's bad golf etiquette to stare at a man's game." "It throws it off." "LEE:" "I'm sorry about that, sir." "I'm Lee Stetson." "I'm with the agency, and" "Smyth wants to know why he can't put his mitts on the Grenada files, right?" "That's one of the reasons I'm here, yes, sir." "That and Elisa Danton." " I was hoping we could talk." " No, we can't." "My private life's private, and my military activities are none of your damn business." "Well, I agree with that, sir, yes." "But, uh, you see, we're afraid that the Grenadian invasion involved a very serious breach in our intelligence network." " That's why I'm really here." " Damn it." "That exercise went smoother than the skin on a baby's behind." "And I'm not about to have a bunch of paper-pushing civilians with 20-20 hindsight telling me any different." "Billy." "Billy, Billy." "What a surprise." "BILLY:" "Elisa, how are you?" " Very upset with you." "Yes, you." "You all knew about that silly earring problem and didn't come by once." "Lee came out the very next day." "A lot of help Lee Stetson was." "He's so starry-eyed about that woman he's involved with he can't see straight." "I've never known Lee to be anything but professional especially where there's a woman concerned." "That's because you haven't known him like I have, darling." "What a loss of good manpower." "I was wondering why Lee's name hadn't appeared on the social duty roster for a while." "[SIGHS]" "Humor me, Billy." "What's she like?" "Young, glamorous, sexy, rich?" "Not really." "She's just a lovely woman." "I don't think Lee could have done much better than this particular person." "And who is this particular person?" "You'll have to ask Lee, Elisa." "I get the feeling that that's still classified information." "Classified information, hmm?" "If he's not going public, then he's still a free agent." "I think you're wrong." "Billy, you're talking to Elisa Danton." "I'm never wrong about this sort of thing." "In the circles I travel, I can't afford to be." "Thank you." "Busy schedule?" "Uh, yeah, routine." "Odds and ends." "Including something, uh, quiet and intimate with Elisa Danton, right?" "Oysters Rockefeller?" "Chilled champagne?" " Dinner, actually." " Uh-huh." "[CHUCKLES]" "Listen, Billy, Elisa's got a dozen date books that could give us a clue as to who sent her that hot piece of ice." "This evening was all the time she had available." "I see." " Oh." " Uh...." "How do you know about this?" " Oh, just an educated guess." " Uh-huh." "Elisa slid up next to me at lunch with a trotline in the water." "Every hook is baited and waiting for you, Scarecrow." "Look, you are the second person that has come up to me and warned me to watch my flank." "Why is everyone so concerned, heh?" " This is Elisa Danton, Scarecrow." " Yeah." "You two have a pretty steamy history." "And Elisa has a memory like an elephant." "Well, thanks for the caution, Billy, okay?" "But remember one thing, I'm not a freshman agent anymore." " I can handle myself." " Maybe but, uh, I'd suggest you just stay away from the oysters, all right?" "A diamond tiara for your thoughts, darling." "Oh." "You do stay busy, Elisa." "Short attention span." "Boring company." " Boring?" " Mm." "The names on this calendar are right out of the pages of Who's Who." "How can that be boring?" "[CHUCKLES]" "Even filet mignon every night gets tiresome." " Besides, variety's the spice of life." " Hmm." "At least that's what you used to whisper in my ear." " Hey." "Hey, hey, hey." " Heh." "Still ticklish in all the old familiar places?" "We have got a lot of ground to cover tonight." "Exactly what I was thinking." " Business." " Before pleasure?" "[CHUCKLES]" "You have changed, haven't you?" "I'm not at all sure that I approve." "I wanna talk some more about the names on this list." "Now, you've been seeing a lot of General Garrett lately." "He was at your birthday party." "You're barking up the wrong tree, sweetheart." "Grumpy Garrett and I are like old hunting buddies." "We get together every now and then to scratch and sniff, and tell rude jokes." "The most romantic thing he ever did was to name his Jeep after me." "[SCOFFS]" "Did you ever name your Jeep after me, Lee?" "No, I never did." "I know what you need." "You need me to slip into something a little more comfortable." "ELISA:" "I won't be long, darling." "Be a dear and open another bottle of champagne." "[CHUCKLES]" "[FIRE ALARM WAILING]" "LEE:" "Elisa!" "MAID:" "Up here, Mr. Stetson." "LEE:" "Elisa!" "MAID:" "Hurry." "Elisa." "MAID:" "Please, hurry." "The fire department's on an automatic alarm." "I'll get everyone out of the house and direct the fireman." "Whoever raided the Hale mansion must be desperate to keep us from finding him." "That's why he took the risk to break in on you." "Now, there were seven cases cut." "You didn't see him find it?" "All right, then I'm gonna guess that it was the other earring." "He'd planted it for you to find in one of these pillows." "[COUGHS]" "Why'd he cut so many?" "That's what I'm wondering." "If he planted it he'd know where it was, right?" "Unless it wasn't the same guy." "[PHONE RINGS]" "BILLY:" "Melrose here." "We're not chasing our tails, Billy." "This guy is serious." "He damn near killed Elisa." " How is she?" " Smoke inhalation, possible concussion." "Could've been worse." "The good news is she'll probably have to go to Paris to replace a lot of clothes." " What about you?" " Knee deep in bad news." "Dr. Smyth has brought us up to a full-scale scramble." "Well, for once, I approve of his extremes." "Somebody let the genie out of the bottle." "[POLICE SIREN WAILING]" "We're gonna be sorry if we don't cork it back up soon." "Another thing." "Amanda narrowed down the delivery schedule." "That first earring came from Captain Carpenter's office." "More interestingly, Carpenter took part in the Grenada invasion." "Morning, corporal." " He's been here since midnight, sir." " Who?" "What a snafu." "We're backed up at least six hours." "What?" "Bloody hell." "That's just what the Pentagon Logistical Liaison Commander said when I woke him up." "It didn't do him any good and it won't do you any good." " Says who?" " I've got enough clearance to go over his head, your head, and just about anybody else's head." "I've got a number on Pennsylvania Avenue that rings right next to the oval bed, so to speak." "All right." "Okay." "But tell me what is it you want and I'll just give it to you." "If I can still find it, that is." "I'm not really sure." "I'm only fishing." "But I'll bet you know." " Is this a military matter?" " Military?" "Maybe." "We're interested in a package that was sent to Elisa Danton." "Our records show it came from this office." "This is a central pick-up point." "Miss Danton's a very popular lady with men in uniform." "We must have picked up and delivered a dozen or so packages for her party." "Not picked up and delivered, originated, right here." "Well, yeah, that's possible." "If they've got deliveries and their offices are close by, guys often bring them over." "That way the origination point is shown local." "Okay." "We can check that out." "You were at the party." "That's no secret." "There were plenty of officers from the Pentagon there." "It was her birthday." "What are you getting at?" " And last night about 8:00?" " Why?" "There was a fire at the Danton Estate." "Elisa Danton was knocked out and left for dead inside." "How well did you know the lady?" "Fire?" " Was she hurt badly?" " No." "Are you close?" "No." "No." "She just invited me as a courtesy because, uh, I worked with her on her last fundraiser." "And last night, captain?" "I was at home watching an old Doris Day movie." "A Doris Day movie?" " Were you alone?" " No, at the bachelor officer's quarters." "I, uh, I drifted into the rec room for a while." "Somebody there must have seen me." "I was shooting baskets with Lieutenant Jones until 7:10 about." "Here's Lieutenant Jones' number." "You can call him if you want and check." "I don't see how my watching a Doris Day movie or not..." " ...rates an OSC-3 clearance." " You did a tour in Grenada, right?" "That's a matter of record." "Why?" "Like I told you, just fishing." "This is a very stupid idea." "I didn't wanna take a chance using the office phone." "We don't have anything to talk about." "I told you that." "We've got a thousand things to talk about." "What did you do to Elisa?" "She surprised me in the bedroom, I had to take her out." " The fire was an accident." " She could have died." "The world might have been a better place." "Now Stetson from the agency is snooping around asking questions about Grenada." "Exactly why you should be thanking me." "You could have been court-martialed, tried for theft, murder and treason." " And don't you forget it." " The treason is yours, not mine." "I've had a very interesting response to the Sand Pebbles list." "You don't mind if I enrich your bank account, do you?" "Who's buying?" " The Cubans are very interested." " The Cubans?" "The Cubans will destroy every agent they find." "Pangs of conscience?" "How pathetically touching." "Especially for a guy who's in so far over his head he can't see straight." "Wise up, Carpenter." "Did you ever really stop to think just how thin a 20-year pension really is?" "Especially for a man whose tastes run to expensive jewelry and, uh, thoroughbred women." "Thanks for your help, Lieutenant Jones." "We'll be in touch if we need any more information." "Bye." "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "Come in." "Well, we struck out with Jones." "He confirms Carpenter's story." "They were playing basketball till well after 7:00 last night." "But I found a Captain Rodriguez who's a Doris Day nut." "He claims Carpenter showed up when Doris was singing the Geiger-counter song." " That's absurd, Desmond." "FRANCINE:" "Oh, I know it is, sir but she sang it anyway, 1949, My Dream is Yours." "It was on Channel 6 last night." "Anyway, I'm looking for a time for the" "Never mind about that, okay." "If he was with Jones until after 7, there's no way he could've made it in time." "Yeah." "I sort of figured that." "I just didn't wanna say that I was stumped." "Why not?" "We are." "You know, I'd half counted him out already." "He was really rocked when I told him about the fire." "BILLY:" "More than likely he sent the one earring, if he's worried about her." "The question remains, who went after the mate?" "His partner, naturellement." "He could've had a partner when he knocked over the Hale Estate on Grenada." "And now he's trying to repair the damage of Carpenter's love's labor lost." "Carpenter sent the bauble not expecting anyone to recognize it." "His misfortune I've never seen a 4-carat Louis Soixante cut, D-color yummy I don't remember." "When your teeth are sharp enough, get him in here and chew on him, Billy." "Oh, heh...." "I forgot to boast." "I rattled a few cages on Capitol Hill and got the Senate Armed Services Committee to subpoena Grenada records." "The only way to get around Garrett's hermetic seal." "Like I said, I don't like being shut out." "[DOOR OPENS]" "[DOOR CLOSES]" "MAN:" "Are you ready?" " Right behind you, fellas." "I don't run, major." "If I did, I'd have started in Korea and never stopped." "It's tactical, sir." "For the pride of the Army and your command." "The agency attack is spearheaded by a very murky character named Smyth." "Austin Smyth." "Director of Covert Operations loves cloak and dagger, the dagger, especially." "He mixes in too many parts politics to suit me." "Flirts with the movers and the shakers, he is one, friend of Elisa Danton." "My point." "Pick your fights, sir." "Smyth sidestepped your orders on the Grenada records." " He's got clout, he could misuse it." " That's true enough." "He's made me look pretty impotent." "McGlLL:" "You weren't hiding anything." " Heh, only protecting my turf." "McGlLL:" "But now it could get to be a witch hunt." "Stay above it, sir." "Let me take the flak until they wear themselves out then step in to deliver the coup de grâce." "Could be a strategic withdrawal under fire." "You wrote the book, sir." "They have documented everything down to the dimensions of a foxhole." "What's Garrett hiding?" "How about the bombing of the Hale estate?" "Here's the order for it and he signed it." "It's an order for an air strike." "The defensive cover for part of a mop-up team pinned down by a division of Cubans guarding the airfield." "Yeah, except those Cubans turned out to be laborers and engineers." "There's something wrong here." "I know Garrett's tactics." "He used the same style in Korea and Vietnam." "He does not believe in close air support in a land action like this." "Right." "Talk to Garrett." "See if he can tie Carpenter into it." "If so, then, like the man says I think our teeth will be sharp enough and we can bring Carpenter in." "So he just happened to be called away this morning?" "The general logs, I don't know how many thousands of miles every year..." " ...in the performance of his command." " Where is he now?" "That's more or less classified." "[SIGHS]" "I'm cleared, major." "So am I, but that doesn't mean he tells me everything." "Why don't you start with his general staff?" "There's one captain who does nothing but the travel arrangements." "All right." "How long is this particular piece of red tape going to be?" "I'll cut as much as I can for you, but this is the army, Mr. Stetson we've got warehouses full of the stuff." "What are you doing?" "I thought we weren't ready to sell that." "We weren't, until you started giving the stuff away, one piece at a time." "You're the one who started selling the spy information, one piece at a time." "You didn't turn down the profits." "You almost killed Elisa." "I ought to kill you." "Oh?" "How you gonna do that?" "Marksmanship medals are one thing, Carpenter but this is a bit more personal." "[GUNSHOT THEN CARPENTER GROANS]" "Warehouse is used for storing personal belongings of military families posted abroad." "The guys found this under a low shelf, about 10 feet from the body." " Battle ribbons." "FRANCINE:" "Yeah." "BILLY:" "This one's for the Vietnam conflict, this one's for Korea." "FRANCINE:" "Mm-hm." " I'm not familiar with this one." " That's the Grenada campaign." "The Pentagon security team told me about it." " All places a lot of guys served." " How many served in all three?" "If the guy was in Grenada and then in Korea 30 years earlier we're talking officer country." "General Garrett." " This was torn off." " There must have been a fight." "That's what it looks like." "Carpenter was a career military man." "He wouldn't run from a fight." "[SIGHS]" "But he was shot in the back." "Nobody knows why Carpenter went there he doesn't have any responsibility at that warehouse." "Well, why would one go to a storage warehouse?" "You have something to store, like the Hale jewels." "Or a Cuban agent list." "Although we're putting everything through the strainer, you can bet it's gone now." "Any luck with Garrett?" "I tracked him through NATO to NORAD and COMSUBPAC in Hawaii and found out he never left Virginia." "He's golfing today." "I sent Amanda to his country club." "Shouldn't you go?" "I'm afraid we've got a three-star murderer on our hands." "Yeah, so am I." "I don't think he's on the links." "I have a hunch." "A general like Garrett doesn't like to do paperwork he'd leave that up to his aide de camp." "Now, I checked out who his aide was in Grenada." "It was a Major, then Lieutenant, Sally McGill." "She probably signed most of his orders." "A good aide could do her general's signature..." "[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS] ...almost to perfection." "I've gotta go, Billy." "[BEEPING]" "WOMAN [OVER PHONE]:" "Francine, we've tried all channels." "We're not even getting a decibel from Lee's transmitter." "All right." "Just keep monitoring and let me know if you get through, okay?" "Thanks." "Is he still off the air?" "Oh, either that or his receiver's on the blitz." "I don't know." "Communication can't tell." "If he was just away from the car, we would at least get a ring." "Wait, there's one other possibility." "If Lee is using a distant tracking device he would shut off the radio phone to keep the interference down to a minimum." "That must be it." "He's following McGill in the car." "Then they've left the Pentagon." "What got him interested in her?" "I mean this business about her maybe signing Garrett's orders in Grenada." " That's pretty thin." " She did send him on a wild-goose chase." "That could simply be her loyalty to General Garrett." "I think we should go with Lee's hunch." "it's the best bet we've got." "Maybe." "Amanda called from the country club." "Garrett left before noon, before his game was finished and before Carpenter was murdered." "That was a quick trip." "I was hoping to have a couple of quail before you got here." "I can't stay anyway." "I've already taken the first salvo from the agency." "No direct hits." "This was a good idea, I think, Sally." "You were right." "Wait for my moment, that's the ticket." "Why don't you check what I brought?" "See what I missed, anything else you might need." " What's the hurry?" " I explained." "I've gotta watch our flanks." "[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]" "GARRETT:" "I don't know what you think you're up to, major, but I'm not amused." "McGlLL:" "I'm not here to amuse you, general." "Explain please, major." "That's my pistol." "Yes, it is, and the one you used earlier today to kill Captain Carpenter." "Thirty five years in the military and I've never been outflanked." "Never thought I would be." "Certainly not like this by one of my own soldiers." "McGlLL:" "Life's full of surprises, general." "Open it." "GARRETT:" "And these?" " You can guess." "The Hale jewels." "Or some of them, anyway." "Don't miss the note." ""I have shamed my country and violated its trust in me as an officer." "Garrett."" "You always could spin a phrase better than me." "But my handwriting's not really this neat." "Still, who'll know?" "Uh...." "My fingerprints are on here now as well." "Tactically perfect." "Your uniform's in there with one of the decorations missing." "They'll find it with Carpenter's body." "Oh, and if you look, there's a bottle of tranquilizers." "It's the easy way." "I'm prepared to wait." "Easy for who?" "The blood of good people are on these stones." "You're not gonna profit by it without the living memory of putting a bullet in me." "That's really not a problem for me, general." "You see, the note works either way." "At this close range the tattooing from the powder will serve as a self-inflicted." "LEE:" "Hold it!" "[GROANING]" "She's hit." "She dropped her gun but she may have another." "You call the agency, 202-555-4040." "Do it now." "[CAR ENGINE STARTS]" "I can do this all day, McGill, but you can't." "That's it, McGill." "It's all over." "Two tries, two misses." "You don't have to get hurt any worse." "Come on." "[GROANING]" "[GRUNTING]" "[YELLS]" "[GRUNTS]" "Behind all that society glitter and glamour, she's really a very simple person." "I'm sure she is." "I've read about her for years in the society columns." "She might be a little groggy, she inhaled a lot of smoke." "Yep." "All these young interns have been so wonderful, miracle cures." "We haven't met." " Uh, Amanda King." " Uh, she's my partner." " Partner, yes." "So wonderful to meet you." " Nice to meet you." "I've heard a lot about you." "I haven't heard nearly enough about you." "Come on in." "We need to talk, alone." "Uh...." "[English" " US" " SDH]"