"SLEEPER" "Why are you observing him?" "Let s not discuss that now." "It'II just bias your opinion." "It a ready has." "No, no." "The person can be completely harmless." "And if you think he s harmless, convince us." "All we ask for is your help." "If you help us, that's fine, if not..." "You determine ... what you tell us and how we see him." "So you see, It's all up to you." "You've got a Iot of nerve approaching me, don't you agree?" "No, I don't agree at alI." "I m not lying to you." "I don't need to." "if we observe a person, so there's no need to make a secret of it." "You do good work, but ..." "Mr. Madani doesn't need a lawyer, and certainly not me." "Are you so sure about that?" "Tomorrow will be your first day." "You probably don't want to get your hands dirty, I understand, but..." "look at it this way:" "if you don't do it, someone else will, someone not as scrupulous as you." "I understand, but no." "well, maybe you'd Iike to think about it." "we'd appreciate if you'd keep this conversation confidential." "Oh really, I thought there was no need to be secret." "Good-bye, Mr. Merveldt." "You didn't have to meet me." "Security has gotten tighter." "Now everyone has to check in." "Mr. MerveIdt." "A pleasure." "hello, Professor Behringer." "I see you've met Ms. Schmid already." "We come, I'm sure you'II like it here." "But have a look around f rst." "I have to run." "We'II talk later." "See you later." "I hold great store in your work." "Your colleague hasn't made much progress lately, but no matter." "You have different approaches but share the same goal." "talk to him." "Work together." "All right." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Here s your space." "See you later." "See you." "The order forms for the chemicals." "Thanks." "You drop them off in building D. D. for Dumb or OfficialDom." "They've got no sense of humor." "That s my office over there." "shall we be on a first-name basis?" "Sure." "Farid." "Johannes." "In here we've got our minus 80s." "Five of them." "Just renovated." "This is Robert's office, our software specialist." "Kitchen." "Who have we here?" "Robert Königbauer, our software specialist." "Johannes MerveIdt." "Fei Li." "Our capitalist from China." "I'm getting the grand tour." "Hi." "Oh, hey Markus." "You ve met?" "How's it going?" "Great." "Morituri te salutant." "The mice." "hello, Ruth." "For lab animal handling procedure talk to Ruth." "Have you worked with mice before?" "I know mice inside out." "Me too." "I can magine." "Welcome and good luck." "Thanks." "This s our lounge." "The communa principle is high on our agenda." "I hope I don't have cleaning duty here." "You might." "Our storeroom." "Yeah, briefly." "I'm sure you'II like t here." "I have to run" "Yeah, exactly." "Behringer is a restless animal." "Be careful." "Strong stuff." "What is this?" "Surprise." "Oh man!" "Non-denatured ethanol?" "Specialty of the house." "Oh man." "well then?" "I'm eager to see your results, though I don't trust gene analysis." "Yeah, but you guys are stuck, right?" "You know the proteins are present, but not ... whether they re needed for replication." "The method isn't right yet." "I don't think it'Il work, we're just wasting our time." "No matter what, we shouldn't work against each other." "I agree." "Grandma?" "Grandma?" "Are you done?" "Yes." "Then come on." "I can't go on." "Sure you can, hang in there." "You're so sweet." "What did you do today?" "Me?" "Let's see," "I was in the city and met the people at the lab ... and the professor..." "Was there a dog too?" "Yes, his name was Rex." "I used to have one like that, too, when I was little." "Man, what a coincidence." "I'm turning off the lights now." "No, no. still have to pray." "You already did." "No I didn't." "AII right." "Do you want to?" "No, no, you go ahead." "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." "He makes me lie down in green pastures, and leads me beside still waters." "God restores my soul." "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow..." "We are working with viruses which, as opposed to HIV or smallpox, pose no danger to man." "But we are cloning human genes into animals, thereby creating the risk of animal viruses ... becoming a threat to humans." "The best-known case is of course HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, which is said to have made the jump from African monkeys to humans." "The rule of thumb in science is like with traveling ... or smoking a joint:" "knowledge expans on vs. risk minimization." "Thank you." "Did you finish the book?" "No, not quite." "But you grasp the basic idea?" "Yes." "You must give it to Magit, it's very important..." "How did it go?" "Good." "Good." "How much do you pay for this flat?" "700 without utilities." "You want to grab a bite?" "It's too expensive." "I can cook something if you like." "But it'll be vegetarian." "Are you a vegetarian?" "Yes." "I just got used to not eating meat," "I never ate pork anyway." "Can you look over something in the meantime?" "Sure, what?" "I don't understand these data." "I'm still not getting anywhere." "Three weeks after the infection I find 2 mRNA encoding two small proteins." "I ran the sequences through the database, but nothing." "Let's see." "Can I take this with me and look it over at home?" "Sure." "What?" "normal." "hello." "What are you doing here?" "I can't go on, I can't." "There." "Mrs. Stevic!" "Yes." "Where do you want to go, the toilet?" "Where were you?" "I didn't hear anything." "I'm awfully sorry." "Everything is still lying around." "I have to go." "If you take the shift, you have to be here for real." "You can't just watch TV and not notice what's going on." "That's irrelevant, things just have to work." "Mrs. Stevic?" "Yes." "Have you been opening my mail?" "No, of course not." "Why should I?" "Did you change your mind?" "What's the big idea?" "Why are you opening my mail?" "We can get your phone bill straight from the phone company." "It was probably the mail man or someone else, as clumsily as this was done." "Have you formed an opinion about him?" "I can't judge a person in such a short time." "You were in his flat, weren't you?" "Did you notice he's got his windows taped shut?" "Did he tell you what he brought back from his last trip home?" "Did he mention the other places?" "I don't want to know any of this." "Because you're scared." "Nonsense." "I know." "You want to do the right thing." "You want to be one of the good guys." "That s why I came to you." "You've got integrity." "Your motives are right." "help us find out ... what Mr. Madan is really like." "You only stand to win, and Mr. Madani is lucky you're doing it instead of someone else." "At the conference I'd like you ... to present our TGS analysis." "That s Great." "Thank you." "Don't thank me." "It doesn't matter if I like you or not." "You do a good job, you're ambitious, that's what counts." "Why?" "We've both got the same goal, he has a different approach." "Maybe he should be able to present it too." "Is his approach even leading anywhere?" "I mean, he tries hard," "What?" "What did he want?" "Just about the conference..." "We I?" "Are you giving the talk?" "No, we're both going to give brief presentations of our work." "Great, I'm glad." "Let s compare notes beforehand so we don't overlap." "No need to." "But our work has a Iot in common." "Not that much." "well, Iet's see." "Are you gaming with us tonight?" "I've really got a ot of work to do, but..." "I hope you come, you're our rear cover." "I'Il try." "See you ater." "Later." "Do you know him?" "I'm sorry." "Is it OK if I borrow this?" "You eating anything?" "No thanks." "We totally blew them away." "really?" "Robert has got it all wrong." "Vietcong isn't just a first-person shooter, it's a strategy game." "It's the strategy that counts." "It's like house-to-house combat." "What?" "It's like house-to-house combat." "No matter how many players." "One, two, or three." "The one in back secures the rear." "The one in front gives covering fire." "The one in the middle has the lead." "He gives the orders." "Without him the others ... can't advance to the next cover." "they can move on, as long as the guy in front gives them cover." "if they lose eye contact with each other." "You all right?" "Yeah." "Was he a good friend?" "Why don t you come join us for a bit?" "I don't want to ruin your evening." "I don't think you could manage that." "You underestimate me." "Coming." "It's on the house." "Thanks." "Another lager, please." "Do you know her?" "No, we just met." "Seems to like you." "Look." "What?" "The sequence analysis you're stuck on ... might have more to do with my work than I thought." "I searched the sequence again and ... found sites where the two other proteins are likely encoded." "Wouldn't that be insane?" "I already examined that region and found nothing." "They should have shown up in my results too." "I modified the search algorithm, maybe that's why they showed up here." "Here and here." "I just can't imagine it." "This one?" "So she works here too?" "Looks that way." "hello." "What will it be?" "actually, we came all this way just to see you." "Well if you want to stay, you have to order." "Do you get a cut or something?" "OK, then I I just have a shandy." "Do you have any snacks or light meals?" "There's cream of pumpkin soup - doesn't taste very good." "Egg rolls." "And bruscetta, those are OK." "Then I'Il have a glass of Bordeaux and the..." "Bruscetta." "Thank you." "Thanks." "Thank you." "Cheers." "We don't have to take me home, we could drive to your place f rst." "No, no problem." "We're taking you home and then Farid and I are having another drink." "You mean to say 'm superfluous?" "Or we drop Farid off and you and I go have a drink." "You can't handle anymore, Johannes." "Sure I can." "Big shot." "Here's 5 euros for the taxi, OK?" "No, forget t." "Here's 15 euros for the two of us." "That s too much." "Besides, your place is next." "C'mon, you don't want to walk." "It's better this way." "Here." "See you tomorrow." "C'mon, get back in." "Good night." "To Obermenzing." "Sorry." "relax brother." "Sorry." "Excuse me." "Ms. Wasser wil be right with you." "Mr Merveldt." "hello." "This way." "Have a seat." "Coffee or tea?" "No, thank you." "We divide our conversations into different areas." "Today we'II just be talking about two subjects:" "contacts and work." "This is for you." "Is this being recorded?" "I'I be taking notes." "Let's start with Mr Behringer." "I think he used to respect Farid a Iot, but now he's disappointed because he isn't making much progress." "Does Behringer favor or disadvantage Farid?" "Or rather:" "could Farid use him to achieve his goals?" "Behringer is an honest guy." "He makes private calls from work once in a while, but..." "I don't think he'd purposely disadvantage anyone." "Li?" "Königbauer?" "Just colleagues, I hardly know anything about them." "Ms. Werner?" "Do you know anything about her?" "Who?" "Oh Beate." "Not much." "A chance acquaintance." "An affair." "Then let's have a look at her." "in Graz." "In '88 she leaves home ..." "No contact with her father." "93 therapy..." "She pulled herself together." "Training to be a physical therapist." "Her last partner was an Iranian." "Is this thing with Farid serious?" "No." "How many kilometers do you run?" "I run a set time." "I should do that too, more systematically" "I should get a watch like yours." "Did you go to that guy's funeral?" "No." "I don't even know him." "Where do you live?" "In Obermenzing." "With my grandmother." "really?" "She needs constant care, so I help out." "You help take care of her?" "Interesting." "You don't talk much about yourself." "You're more of a good listener." "OK, we get off here." "What?" "There s nothing out here." "We're getting off here?" "Just wait, you' Il see." "Oh no." "I know where you're taking us." "The go-cart track." "What?" "You're taking us to the go-cart track." "That s the surprise, right?" "I think it s fun, don't you?" "excellent, Mr. Merveldt." "Thanks, looking forward to hearing yours." "I just have to step out for a sec." "Be right back." "Hey." "For me?" "It's like yours, isn't it?" "No, that's the womens version." "Womens' version." "You're crazy." "What?" "I can't accept it." "Why not?" "It's too big of a present." "Johannes, what s going on here?" "He didn t even know we were here." "What?" "Why are you yelling?" "What's going on here, Johannes?" "What?" "You said Farid was coming." "The two of us can go out alone too." "No big deal." "Then why did you lie to me?" "AII right, I lied Is that so terrible?" "Take it as a compliment." "Besides, that s not lying." "Thinking something about someone and not telling him, that's real lying." "And everyone does that." "You're wacko." "You must be drunk." "Think whatever you want, but you guys should be glad you've got me." "Sounds weird, but right now it's the truth." "We're so glad we have you." "Yeah, because I'm stupid and you know everything, right?" "If there's something you want to tell to me, say it." "asshole." "I simply can't imagine that." "please, Mr. MerveIdt." "I know." "You want to hear ..." "But I'm sorry." "I don't believe that." "No, all we need is the truth." "You're not trying hard enough with Mr. Madani." "Or would you tell just anybody from your lab that you went to AIgeria ... and have been a devout muslim ever since?" "Of course not." "You'd feel uncomfortable." "I'm not just anybody." "Maybe." "But are you his friend?" "I don't know." "What has he ever done for you?" "He doesn't need the competition at the lab." "He won you with his openness and he' lI keep it up, especially now that he's scored such a coup." "What's that supposed to mean?" "He's made progress thanks to you." "I'm sure he'II be publishing soon." "How do you know that?" "Never mind that now." "No." "I'm sorry, but I'm not convinced." "We have nothing against Mr. Madani." "We're registering a certain degree of Iow-level activity, i.e. communication from very specific circles .." "and usually this occurs before something really big happens." "So please." "PLease, Mr. Merveldt." "Good-bye." "OK?" "Good-bye." "Good-bye." "Did you ever go over that gene sequence again?" "Yeah." "It looks like it's working." "You didn't tell me." "No, it was in my talk, but can give it to you if you want." "It's for you." "No, it's me." "Yeah, he knew you wanted to talk to me." "Yeah, I'II tell him." "She's complaining that you don't say hi back." "Hi back." "He says hi back." "Fuck, where's my computer?" "Four guys in here and my computer gets stolen." "I saw someone, but assumed it was his..." "Nobody tried to stop him?" "I'm sorry, but..." "bullshit, you're not sorry." "Everyone watches his own gear." "And for what are you here for?" "For what are you here for?" "The network." "Four guys, and my computer gets stolen." "Great." "It happens." "I'm sorry." "You're not sorry." "Shut up." "It can't have just vanished..." "Oh yeah, then what's this?" "Thanks Bye." "Wait, I'Il help you." "No, no, it s OK." "Thanks." "See you tomorrow." "Good night." "Good night." "What are you doing?" "I'm working." "Much longer?" "Yeah, for a while longer." "Can't you sleep?" "Did Mrs. Stevic make you black tea again?" "Drink this." "AII right, one more sip and then we'lI read a little something." "Thank you." "Easy." "I'm going to go shower." "Yes." "It's me." "I have the feeling you re avoiding me." "And somehow I think it's a pity." "And since we all stopped hanging out together, Farid has changed, too." "He's still nice, but, totally strange." "Sometimes when I ask him something, he doesn t even react." "Does your neck hurt?" "A little." "Allright, rest your head in my hands." "Like this?" "Yes, exactly." "And relax completely." "And hold the weight" "OK now I'm going to move it and you stay relaxed." "relax." "exactly." "Good." "Enjoy your meal." "Strange." "The food in China ... tastes totally different than the Chinese food here." "It's not even related." "How does the food taste in China?" "I don't know." "Just fresh vegetables, other spices, no MSG." "I'm serious." "I heard that before too, that it's not even close." "Don't you like it?" "Sure." "If you don't like it, say so." "We didn't have to eat here." "Did I say something wrong, Johannes?" "But that's what you meant." "And if I did?" "She didn t mean't personally, Farid." "Yes she did, that's exactly the point." "Excuse me." "It really doesn't taste good, is that so terrible?" "He wanted to eat here with you." "What am I supposed to say?" "What's wrong?" "Oh forget it." "Why are you so upset?" "You don't understand." "She's always bitching." "Do you think she cares about the food?" "She doesn't." "She just wants attention, that's all." "I'm sure she didn't mean it that way." "Yes she did." "You are nice Johannes, really but I know her." "It's just it's all too much for me right now." "please don't tell Beate or anyone else." "Just recently they profiled me." "That s why I got rid of my cell phone," "I had the feeling they were taping my calls." "They have all sorts of documents on me, old passports, my old student ID..." "They know everything about my parents, where I studied," "they even called my ex-girlfriend and Behringer..." "And what do you think did Behringer say?" "What do you think he said?" "The computer incident was no coincidence either." "Yes?" "" "I'd Iike to talk to Ms. Wasser." "But you don t have an appointment." "Yes, I know." "Mr Merveldt, this way." "You come unannounced." "Ms. Wasser isn't here." "What is it?" "I have to talk to her." "tell me." "Allright." "I want to terminate my contract." "I won't be reporting anymore." "It's over." "Tell her that." "OK?" "well, but why so suddenly?" "What's the reason?" "I have nothing else to say." "I don't want any more meetings." "You leave me alone and I' leave you alone, OK?" "We got the publication." "NATURE accepted." "What?" "Yeah." "That s fantastic." "Yeah, isn't it?" "Behringer just called." "One of the reviewers told him." "Terrific." "How did he tell you?" "How he told me?" ""Mr. Madhani, as you might already know, it worked." "I have to run", and then he hung up." "But he was happy too, wasn't he?" "Yes, I think so." "Fantastic." "Wait here for a sec." "This calls for a drink." "You got something with you..." "For champagne?" "How about the two of us?" "You thirsty?" "Yeah, I'm thirsty too." "Mighty dry air around here." "Thanks." "You know what the worst thing in life is?" "That you can understand everyone." "Everyone has his reasons." "By the way, are you praying?" "What made you think of that?" "Oh, just curious." "Well?" "Why do you want to know?" "Because I think you are some haIf-crazed ... holy warrior planning to blow himself up in the middle of the Oktoberfest." "That s why." "Is that what you think?" "well, crazy at least, but forget the rest." "It was just a stupid joke." "You're my friend, I take what you say seriously." "Farid, forget it." "It was a stupid joke." "Yeah OK." "I pray sometimes." "And you?" "Do you pray?" "No, just with my grandma." "And what does that change now?" "Nothing." "absolutely nothing." "The press conference on the bombing in downtown Munich just ended." "According to reports, detonation occurred shortly before 10 p.m" "The blast ruined the entire foyer of the Waxmann building ... and rocked several blocks in downtown Munich." "Target of the attack was the American Consul, Dean Farmer, who left the building around 10 p.m. after a meeting with company representatives." "Nobody was seriously injured." "As of yet no one has claimed responsibility..." "Come along, please, the others are waiting." "Does everyone have a glass?" "Welcome." "Free booze." "Ms. Schmidt, we need you here too." "Does everyone have everything?" "You too?" "wonderful." "My dear colleagues," "After yesterday's horrible events we have some good news." "Yesterday was a very lucky day for us:" "NATU+RE has accepted our manuscript." "In july nobody would have thought the tide would turn so soon." "But everything changed that fast and because our Farid has done such excellent work," "we can all celebrate w th him today." "It's a great achievement for all of us, and I want to thank you for your work..." "And congratulations." "And now a toast:" "Hip hip hooray!" "Mr Merveldt." "Cheers." "I wanted to thank you too, but you know, with so many people, you can't mention every name." "Of course not." "How about on the paper, though, what authorship will I get?" "Mr. Merveldt - same principle:" "everyone works together, everyone contributes his part." "What do you mean?" "Let s talk about this another time - now we're celebrating." "You mean I m not even going to be second author?" "Mr. MerveIdt, I do not want to discuss this now." "But you are aware that I made an essential contribution to the model." "please let's drop the subject now." "Why won't you talk to me?" "I am talking to you." "Bu you're not answering me." "careful what you say." "We had the concepts you're referring to already." "But not the analysis." "Mr. Merveldt, please stop it." "Farid!" "Tell him." "I wrote the algorithm you used to find ... the two proteins that made the whole model possible." "Mr. Merveldt, that's enough!" "Step outside with me." "We have to talk." "Now you listen to me." "I won't have you contradict me in front of the entire team." "You work like everyone else and you' I be treated like everyone else." "I despise people who begrudge their colleagues their success." "And there are no freeloaders with me." "You got that?" "I don't want to hear anymore about this." "Is that clear?" "Good." "Everything OK?" "No, Johannes don't." "Why not?" "I can't. 'm sorry." "Why did you sleep with me?" "That's got nothing to do with it." "I see." "Sorry, but I'm not up for this tonight." "This mood of yours is the Iast thing I need." "I'I drop by Atzinger and help claudia." "On your birthday?" "Yeah, you guys work it out between you." "Sorry about Behringer." "I didn't know." "You know that I wanted you in too." "Drop it." "Where are you heading?" "Home." "You?" "Subway station." "By the way, the police visited me." "asked me where I was the night of the bombing." "They might ask you too." "See you tomorrow." "Yeah." "Ciao." "Remain calm." "Just remain calm and nothing will happen." "How are you?" "Fine." "Nice place." "I want to ask you some questions about to the attack." "Your friend says that on the night of the 26th ... at 2 a.m he was with you at a nightclub," "but nobody there recalls seeing you." "Why do you suspect him?" "Were you with him at the nightclub or not?" "Mr. Merveldt, I'm relying on you." "I understand that you want to protect him." "If you remain silent, I will take that as a no." "Well?" "Good-bye." "You didn't notice anything about him either, did you?" "No, but ... we had an argument." "Yes, Johannes." "I feel the same way." "Whoever invests a Iot, is going to make mistakes, right?" "I didn't think religion really made a difference, but belief isn't just some mindgmae." "well, in any case..." "Come by next week about the publication." "I'd say these developments have changed a few things." "I have to get back to work, Johannes." "Are you certain you meant what you said?" "absolutely." ".. n Bischofsstadt in 1939 ... as the sixth child." "My father was a police inspector... my mother, a housewife, and when I was 18 months old, we moved to Nuremberg, where my father. ." "We stayed there until 1945, when the bombing started." ".. wasn't until 1951 ." "A woman alone with six children..." "You can magine what our living conditions were like." "When was nine years old ..." "I attended a high school run by Franciscan monks..." "The Lord is my shepherd," "I shall not want." "He makes me lie down in green pastures, and leads me beside still waters;" "He restores my soul." "He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake." "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil." "for You are with me." "Your rod and Your staff - They comfort me." "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies" "You anoin my head with oil my cup overflows." "surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life," "and I shall dwell in the House of the Lord forever."