""Who am I then?" ""tell me that first," ""and then if I like being That person, i'll come up." ""if not, i'll stay down here" "Till I'm somebody else."" "Gene, is that you?" "Yes, it's me." "Oh, dear boy." "It is a comfort To hear your voice." "Do you realize, Gene, this Is our 17th conversation?" "You are all I do, Gene." "Every six months, I am obliged" "To move to a new apartment." "I settle in, Wait to be contacted," "Only to move on again." "I think you are reason I remain alive." "Gene, the old man Wants you to come home." "Home?" "You mustn't fear going home, Dear boy." "But I am afraid" "I am bearer of bad news." "It is your father Gene..." "He is not well." "The American military Headquarters in Vietnam," "Once known as Pentagon East" "But now that Was a last-ditch holding area." "To avoid the threat Of surface-to-air missiles..." "Sir" "Thanks Rose" "You're welcome." "Mcauliffe." "Mr. Mcauliffe, This is Manny Ebbitt" "In the operations center." "What's with The "Mr. Mcauliffe," Manny?" "Wanted to make it Official, jack." "Looks like We got a walk-in." "Okay, i'll come over." "Last week At the Smithsonian," "This woman strikes up A conversation" "With a Russian diplomat." "They chat, End up having lunch." "Tonight, out of the blue," "The Russian shows up At her doorstep." "How'd he get the address?" "He knew her name." "After a long talk, She decides to trust him" "And lets him come up To her place," "And he tells her His whole story." "She agrees to help And calls us." "Gonna go through My underwear, too?" "Ma'am." "I'll be outside If you need me, sir." "Would you mind waiting In the other room?" "I'd mind if I thought Someone would notice." "Good luck, Sergei." "No." "I am" "I'm not wanting that." "Okay." "Let's chat then," "Off the record." "What is your job at the embassy, Mr. Kukushkin?" "Political attaché is my diplomatic cover." "I have rank of captain In KGB." "You may call me Sergei." "And what do you Want with us, Sergei?" "Political asylum in America" "For me, for my wife," "For my 7-years daughter." "What made you decide To come over?" "My wife-- She is heartsick." "She is taking medicine For many years" "But is getting worse" "I want her To have good doctor," "American doctor." "She needs surgery?" "That is correct." "Well, why didn't you Come before?" "Why now?" "Borisov, KGB resident In Washington," "Is schoolmate of mine From Lomonosov University." "From him, I know" "KGB has what you call a mole Inside the CIA." "Impossible for me To come over before." "The mole would tell KGB." "Me, my family would be..." "Two days ago," "After much whiskey," "Borisov is telling me Both mole and cutout of mole" "Are out of city." "This is moment I must act." "If you can identify The mole, Sergei," "We could bring you And your family over" "And make sure that The KGB never found you." "I do not think Even resident" "Knows is identity" "Only that he exists." "But you already know He is not in Washington" "Narrows down list." "And I am able to provide" "Other particulars." "By telling us this mole" "And his cutout Are out of the country," "Pinnacle gives us The first plausible detail." "That could make him A genuine defector." "When's this, um--what name Are we giving this guy?" "Pinnacle." "When's this pinnacle" "Gonna give us Some information, jack?" "Well, he gave me One item," "The code name Of the mole--Sasha." "When we bring the Russian And his family" "To the other side," "He'll give us the first initial Of Sasha's family name," "As well as the dates Of a previous vacation" "That he took." "The dates correspond To a" "A trip that Starik Was on as well." "Pinnacle will give us The corroborating paperwork" "To verify this." "Now with these two pieces Of information," "We should be able to nail His identity cold." "Jim, assessment?" "It is a chance this could be A genuine defection." "But even if he is genuine," "Starik's more likely dangling Some bait in front of my nose." "Well, let's take the worst case." "Let's say pinnacle is bait." "He's offering us the mole, Sasha's identity," "As well as dozens Of other juicy tidbits." "We should be able to separate The wheat from the chaff." "Almost impossible to do." "If pinnacle is real," "We'll need to go through A lengthy process" "To establish this fact." "If he is a dispatched agent," "Starik is going through A great deal of trouble," "And we're going To need to find out why." "We have two weeks, According to pinnacle." "That's when Sasha returns." "Debriefing a defector" "Is an art unto itself." "It's not simply a matter Of asking the right questions," "But not asking the right Questions too quickly" "Very delicate game, Very delicate." "I'd like to bring Someone in on this." "Defections take time, Sergei." "How much time?" "Five, six weeks." "Sasha is back In Washington" "Before five weeks!" "In five weeks, I am dead man!" "Calm down, Sergei." "There is a way out of this." "There is no way Out of coffin." "What should I do?" "Does anyone ever Call you this late?" "Just my mother, it could be her." "Answer it." "But what if it isn't her?" "What do I say?" "Well, don't say anything." "You're a woman having an affair With a married man." "You'll naturally Be evasive, secretive." "Hello?" "Can I speak To Pavel Vitrovski?" "No." "There's no one here By that name." "Okay." "Thank you." "You--you're welcome." "Good-bye." "The S. K. Is having Her phone number." "They are checking on me to see If there is woman here." "He had an accent." "Your people trust you As much as we do." "Thank you, Mrs. Ept." "You did very well." "Thanks." "So this is how You play me, jack?" "You make me to give You now everything." "No, not everything." "Just give us the first initial Of Sasha's last name" "And when he was absent From Washington before." "Is everything I have to bargain with!" "How do I know You are not leaving me" "Out in the cold, huh?" "How can I not know?" "You give us Sasha," "You'll never have to worry About your well-being again" "Or that of your wife Or daughter." "How can she visit doctor?" "KGB will get suspicious." "She'll complain Of a toothache." "It will require several visits To a dentist on our payroll." "At the dentist's office," "There will be a top cardiologist From Walter reed hospital" "Waiting for her." "The Coany has roughly 22,000 regular employees" "And 4,000 contract employees." "Clandestine system alone Has 5,000-- 4,000 in Washington," "Another 1,00 Over the globe." "You're loving this, Aren't you, Jim?" "Taking your time," "Drawing it out." "Your moment on the stage" "After years sitting In a dark, little room" "With your little bits Of information." "Torriti," "We'll hear him out." "You will want To hear me out, Harvey," "Because my Tentative conclusion" "Is that pinnacle" "May be that rarest of breeds-- A genuine defector." "You want to walk us Through the information, Jim?" "Information--yes." "Number one" "Pinnacle claims Sasha" "Is a Russian speaker." "Two" "Sasha's last name begins With the letter k." "The computer came back With the names" "Of 244 Russian-speaking Company employees" "Who have the last name Beginning with the letter k," "All of whom are expected To be away from Washington" "Till Sunday," "Which..." "Brings me to the point" "That I have put on The back burner for 13 years." "You need the patience Of a saint" "For counterintelligence," "Nurturing seemingly..." "Meaningless bits of data," "Amassing And collecting thousands" "Of unrelated facts" "And creating an interlocking..." "Picture, which really only Comes into focus" "Through your own interpretation." "And all the while, You hear voices" "Whispering behind your back." ""mother's obsessed," They say," ""paranoid." "A conclusion searching For confirmatory evidence."" "Believe me..." "I heard it all." "I heard every word." "The information, mother." "I always knew..." "If we could find Sasha's cutout, We could find Sasha," "And that is what i've been Waiting for all this time." "In 1961," "The FBI stumbled across" "An old communist Named Max Cohen," "A.k.a. Kahn." "Who lived above his store," "Who delivered liquor To hundreds of clients" "In the Washington area." "The cutout went by the name Of Dodgson," "Which curiously..." "Is the real name" "Of Lewis Carroll," "Author of "Alice in Wonderland."" "Makes you wonder if Starik Isn't, like Lewis Carroll," "Creating worlds within worlds" "For all of us To get lost in." "Dodgson got away, but I didn't forget" "Not for a moment." "All these years, Nurturing bits of data," "Seemingly meaningless pieces Of evidence." "You have to have the patience Of a saint." "James." "I looked over Kahn's Delivery invoices" "For the past ten years" "And discovered That sometime in the '50s" "Dodgson had been delivering" "To a double agent," "My friend" "And former colleague Adrian Philby." "With Philby gone," "It seemed logical to suppose" "That Dobson would act as a cut up" "For Philby's replacement." "What, his replacement?" "Sasha." "Starik knew He could sacrifice Philby." "Sasha was still delivering Valuable information." "Checking through Kahn's clients" "Who had been on the receiving End of deliveries" "During the previous ten years," "I was able To identify the names" "Of 167 full-time Company employees" "And 64 contract employees." "You matched The liquor delivery list" "Against the names Of company employees" "Who were currently Out of the country" "Whose last names Began with k" "And who spoke Russian?" "That's pretty Damn clever, James." "It seemed too good To be true." "It was." "None of the names Cross-referenced." "It may have looked Like a dead end" "To the ordinary eye," "But not to mine." "Last Saturday, as my wife Was on the telephone" "Making restaurant reservations In her maiden name..." "Tonight at 8:00." "Security precautions..." "Under the name Deautremont." "Oh, yes." "Sasha could have a wife." "Yes." "Yes." "Sasha could have his wife Order the liquor from Kahn's" "Using her maiden name." "In the six years Between Philby's disappearance" "And Max Kahn's arrest," "I've compared the maiden names Of the wives" "Dodgson had delivered Liquor to" "Against the suspects" "From the pinnacle leads." "That's brilliant." "So what maiden name?" "You're not going To like it." "What?" "Was it great?" "Tell me everything." "Oh, it was wonderful" "The French countryside, The food, the wine," "Everything except for the part Where father went off" "To get cigarettes And got completely lost." "What happened, daddy?" "Oh, your mother thought I had a brief encounter" "With a local peasant girl," "But really, I just couldn't Understand the directions" "People were giving me." "Mm-hmm." "Well, I'm not quite convinced That he didn't have an affair" "With a French girl." "I can't speak French Well enough to order lunch," "Let alone lure Some stranger into bed." "Mr. Kritzky?" "I've been instructed To hand deliver" "This eyes-only letter To you, sir." "What is it, daddy?" "The director wants To see me right away." "Doesn't say why." "Sir, I have Transportation waiting." "What department Are you with?" "I'm with the department Of internal security, sir." "What's going on, Leo?" "I don't know." "I'm gonna find out." "Erika, will you drive Your mother home?" "Sorry, darling'." "I'll be home In time for dinner." "Hey!" "What is this?" "Lean forward, Mr. Kritzky," "And put your head between your knees" "I will not, You little bast..." "Place your clothes On this table," "One article at a time, Very slowly." "Start with the left shoe." "You want me to strip?" "Why?" "No talking." "We must search your clothes, Then do a cavity search." "A cavity search?" "This--this is absurd." "You call William Colby, D. C. I., immediately." "You tell him that Leo Kritzky Is being held here." "He'll clear up any confusion you must be having." "Now shall we start again, Mr. Kritzky?" "Your left shoe, Slowly, please." "How about..." "Begin with your father?" "Jim," "It's me, Leo." "Leo Kritzky." "Start with your father." "Can I have Some water, please?" "Water in the bowl." "You're out of your damn mind" "You're crazy if you think i'm Gonna drink out of a toilet." "When you get thirsty enough, You will." "Bill, for chrissakes, this has Got to be a blind alley." "I've known Leo since Yale." "We rowed together." "We roomed together." "I'm the godfather his children." "I-I-I would stake My life on him." "And what If it's true, jack?" "It isn't." "It can't be true." "All those ops that Went sour on Torriti," "Your assets in Berlin, The professor..." "That ballet dancer--what was Her name?" "Rainbow, sniper?" "Rainbow?" "Kritzky worked With the wiz in the '5" "He knew every detail about Your mission in Budapest, jack." "He was Bissell's right-hand man During the bay of pigs." "Who better?" "Who better To be a KGB mole" "Than the man running The soviet division?" "This kind of thing's Happened before" "Philby for one 380 00:19:07,900 -- 00:19:08,800 And Leo's wife?" "She was the White House Legislator aid during the Johnson Presidency" "Just imagine the kind of inside stuff" "He could have gotten On Vietnam." "Makes me sick To my stomach." "Weeks, months..." "It's really no skin Off my nose." "I'm not in any hurry." "U like to begin With your father," "Or should I Come back tomorrow?" "You son of a bitch." "My father's name Was Abraham Kritzky." "He was born in The Jewish quarter of Vilnius" "In November of 1896," "Emigrated to America In the 1910 pogroms." "Go on." "He got a job" "Working at The triangle shirtwaist factory" "Sewing bands inside hats." "He was there when the famous Fire of 1911 broke out" "And killed 150 seamstresses." "He got out with his sewing Machine strapped to his back" "When firemen hacked open A locked fire door." "Did the experience Make him bitter?" "Yeah." "Of course It made him bitter." "Did it turn him Against capitalism?" "Jim, you know, I-I went over all this" "When I was recruited." "The company knows everything." "There are no secrets." "My father's a socialist." "It's common knowledge." "He was a bleeding heart," "Which wasn't a federal crime?" "Until the house un-American Activities came along." "You were born October 29, 1929," "The day that the-- The day that The stock market crashed." "Are you gonna something into t" "By then, your father Had started a small business." "The crash wiped him out." "Yeah." "The banks Called in his loans." "He'd bought the brownstone On grant street," "And he lost it." "He lost everything." "And then what happened?" "I could come back tomorrow" "After my 11:00 conference call," "If you'd prefer that." "He jumped off The Brooklyn bridge." "They found his body" "Washed up under the pier The next morning." "Did capitalism Kill your father?" "No." "My father Killed himself." "Did capitalism Kill your father?" "Capitalism in the '20s and '30s Created conditions" "That caused a great many people To kill themselves," "Including the capitalists," "Who threw themselves out Wall street windows in 1929." "Are you gonna interrogate Their sons?" "Hmm." "Jim," "My wife is gonna Start asking questions" "When I don't turn up At home." "By now the director Will have phoned Adele" "And apologized profusely For packing you off to Asia" "On such short notice." ""something's come up," He will have told her." ""you'll understand I t Provide details, Mrs. Kritzky."" "Your wife will take The news bravely, of course." "She will inquire" "As to when you Might be returning." "Well, when might He be returning?" "Uh, it could Take some time." "The director" "I've instructed him To maintain radio silence," "So he may not be able to speak With you anytime soon." "But rest assured, I will call U personally, Mrs. Kritzky," "When I have more To tell you." "She might say, "will he Be in any danger?" "None whatsoever." "The director will assure her." "You have my personal word On that." "Thank you, Sir." "Mommy!" "I'm coming Matt" "Papa." "Yevgeny." "Olive?" "Afraid I'm out at the moment." "Twist?" "Haven't got that, Either, old boy." "Got ice" "Plenty of that in Moscow." "Starik sends you around" "To check me." "Eugene--is that what You call yourself?" "No." "Starik doesn't Even know that I'm here." "I brought you these." "Oh." "Well, that's awfully kind Of you, Eugene." "I do love to check up On the ladies from Savile row." "Good lord." "Prices have skyrocketed." "How's Russia treating you?" "I can get anything I want in Moscow." "Easy as falling off a log." "Just draw up A shopping list" "M-m-mango chutney From Harrods" "And beluga From the Caspian." "It's more upscale than Your average English slammer," "Mind you." "I first saw the light Of communism" "Way back in Cambridge," "But never In my wildest dreams" "Did I imagine I'd be living here." "I never thought I'd be living in America." "They tell me I need Round-the-clock minding" "To prevent mi6 From knocking me off," "But what they're Really afraid of" "Is that Jimbo Angleton May have turned me" "Tr..tri..triple agent." "By god, if I was A triple agent," "I'd be up nights Trying to figure out" "Which side I'm working for." "Starik didn't send you To check up on me?" "I miss" "The great game, Eugene." "Well, thanks For the drink." "Come back and see me again Before you go b-back," "Won't you?" "Love to chat about What's happening these days" "In the colonies, As it were." "Yes, I-I'd like that." "Good-bye." "Let me take a look at This hero of mother Russia." "Not changed, Yevgeny." "For a long time, I have Been planning kholstomer." "Since the 1950s," "The KGB has been retaining Hard currency" "From the sales Of our national gas Coany," "As well as oil sales abroad," "And placing the proceeds Into shell companies." "E amount in these shells" "Now total more Than 63 billion" "In American dollars." "$63 billion?" "The beauty of kholstomer Is that the dollars" "Are held in banks In the city of New York." "The abrupt sale Of our $63 billion" "Will suck in people And institutions," "Speculators from All over the world," "Asian and European Central Banks" "And the American Stock-Market itself." "The American Commonwealth crumble" "Yes." "Can you see It now, Yevgeny?" "Americans, British, French" "The whole Western world" "Will suffer An economic holocaust," "And the peoples Of these nation rising up" "To demand a government Of equality of workers." "All these nations crying out For change, Yevgeny," "For communism!" "With the CIA crippled, American minds will be open" "To our campaign Of communist ideals," "And the soviet union's example Of equality, commonality" "And hope for the good Within us all" "Will shine like a beacon For the world to see." "I know That you are lonely," "Homesick and at times," "You may wonder If this is all worth it." "It is, Yevgeny." "And the soviet people Need you to go back," "Back to the front lines For one last battle." "Do the initials "l." "K."" "In the upper right-hand corner Look familiar?" "Jim," "I think That I need a doctor," "Because I-- When I pull on my hair," "It comes out in clumps." "They never turn The lights off," "And it's driving me insane." "Your name turns up In a great" "A great number of OP orders" "That were blown" "Or compromise" "Let's go through them" "One by one." "Ease, please stop." "Just..." "Please stop." "Please stop." "Did you betray jack mcauliffe's Assets in Berlin" "Code name Rainbow, Code name Sniper." "God, no." "He's my best friend." "Ah." "Did you betray the Cuban at the Bay of Pigs?" "They turn these lights up Brighter when you leave," "And it's burning Right through my eyelids," "And I can't sleep." "Please, Jim." "Just let me sleep." "I-I can't sleep." "Oh, please, Let me sleep, Jim." "Only tell the truth," "And i'll let you sleep As long as you want." "So what am I supposed To do, jack?" "I can't put a time limit On mother." "It's impossible." "He's been chasing shadows Since Philby was exposed." "He's decimated the company's Entire soviet division" "In this obsession." "We don't even know if Sasha Exists outside of his head." "Jack, if you don't believe that Sasha exists," "Then your defector pinnacle Can't be the real deal." "So which is it," "Is Leo Sashsa?" "Or is it Pinnacle a disinformation agent" "But the most deceptive orchids That survive." "Most orchid species" "Depend upon their ability To misrepresent themselves" "During sex." "They deceive them" "Into landing on them" "And then spreading their pollen To other orchids." "This Trichocereus orchid" "So perfectly mimics" "The underside Of a female fly," "Down to the hairs And even the odor." "It actually triggers A mating response" "In passing male flies." "Jim, I need to know if Your judgment has been clouded." "Jack..." "Deception is everything." "It's an ancient art, arcane," "Underestimated by kings And leaders." "Our very survival" "Depends upon our ability To see the truth" "That lies behind This subterfuge." "Counterintelligence Is the weapon" "We will put our faith in" "In order to win This cold war." "Leo would never betray us." "As I once thought" "My best friend, A double agent?" "That's absurd beyond belief." "But I was deceived." "We were all deceived By his," "I might say..." "Elegant artifice 621 00:33:24,500 -- 00:33:25,900 What if you had caught Philby?" "Did you want him Telling the world" "That is best friend was is A1 source for secret information..." "That James Angleton was giving Him top-secret files?" "I think that is the last thing you would want." "Maybe you warned Philby." "Told him to run." "The damage was done," "But he could do a lot more Damage to you, Jim," "A lot more." "All those lunches At la Niçoise." "Talking about state secrets That went from your mouth to" "Starik's ears-- Scandalous." "You would be out of a job" "An embarrassment, force into an early retirement" "Well, my, my." "You certainly are The sorcery's apprentice." "Before Adrian..." "Betrayed me," "I always knew where I was." "Now I'm lost." "We're all lost, jack." "We're lost in the wilderness Of mirrors." "My superior" "He had much to drink Three nights before." "He left safe open." "While he was sleeping, ok inside files." "I see something that Might help you, Mr. Jack." "What'd you see?" "Sasha went On previous trip" "To meet with Starik," "A trip in 1972 To nova Scotia." "Do you know this place?" "Yeah." "I know nova Scotia." "I check files." "Starik went on trip" "In autumn of 1972." "You see if perhaps dates Match trip" "Your man in custody took." "You check files." "Thanks." "I'll check the files." "Angleton, you bastard!" "Get me food and water In here now!" "Good cop?" "No." "He's genuinely upset." "He still believes He's innocent." "If he'd just Accept the truth," "He'd be wringing His neck right now." "Listen to me." "This doesn't have to end" "With you spending the rest Of your days in prison." "Why would I go to prison?" "Mmm." "It's delicious." "Cold." "Do you believe it?" "Do you believe I'm Sasha?" "We know it, Leo." "I'm here to offer You a deal." "How do you know I'm Sasha?" "We have A Russian defector--pinnacle." "And has pinnacle Identified me by name?" "He said, "Leo Kritzky's Sasha"?" "He said that Sasha's last name Begins with the letter k." "He said he speaks Fluent Russian." "He said that the Russian Spymaster Starik" "Was just in the south of France Visiting an agent." "In September of '72," "Sasha met Starik In nova Scotia." "I was on a bicycle trip With Adele in nova Scotia" "In September of '72." "You know that." "Yes, Leo." "Did it ever occur to you" "That Starik was feeding you A phony defector" "With phony information?" "It would be easy to look At my daily schedule" "And concoct some kind Of scenario." "No." "There are Too many coincidences." "Did you flutter him?" "We will flutter him when We get him over for good." "Pinnacle will never take A lie detector test." "He'll be run over by a car Or mugged in an alleyway" "Or whisked back To mother Russia" "For some reason that sounds plausible," "But he won't be fluttered," "Because he will Never be brought in." "He won't be brought in, Because he's a phony defector" "Sent to convince Angleton That I'm Sasha." "If you're not Sasha, Leo," "That means He's still out there." "Yes." "If that's true," "Then why hasn't Pinnacle Been put on ice by the KGB?" "Jack, ke hasn't been put on ice because Pinnacle is a fake" "And Sasha, if he exists, Knows it." "But they're all in on it" "Starik, the defector, Sasha" "And they're all Manipulating the mind" "Of one paranoid dinosaur-- James Jesus Angleton." "Who do you believe?" "I was your damn crewmate!" "I believe pinnacle, Leo." "Leo," "Look at the mess That you're in." "Think about your family." "Admit it, And we'll double you." "We will turn you Against Starik." "The only way I'm leaving This room is in a bag" "Or walking out that door A free man." "Jack," "Go to Hell!" "There's no reason To think he was coerced" "Into getting on the plane." "E bastard Just up and left!" "At any point Pinnacle could have got old of the policeman" "And demanded Political asylum." "The fact that he didn't Speaks for itself." "He was going Of his own free will." "Yes." "Well, that's the way It was supposed to appear." "The safety of his wife And daughter" "Was being held over his head As a threat." "He had to go back..." "Yeah?" "Or else he would Lose his family forever." "Our informant At Moscow's airport" "Has positively Identified Kukushkin." "So he's in Moscow For certain?" "Not only that," "The informant says That two men grabbed him," "Brought him to a car and placed Him inside none too gently." "Oh, god." "We were so careful." "We have Sasha locked up, So how did they know?" "How in the hell Did they know?" ""traitor Kukushkin trial-- Spied for Americans," "Betrayer Of the motherland."" "You'd think It'd get easier over time." "What would?" "Losing people..." "People Who trusted you..." "People you cared about." "What should We do now, jack?" "There's nothing We can do." "Let it go." "Can you do that, Manny?" "Mcauliffe." "I thought you'd want To know, jack." "We just got word That Kukushkin" "Was executed this morning By firing squad." "Okay, Manny." "Thanks." "Whew." "What the hell, Harvey?" "I didn't know You took up golf." "It's one of the things You do" "When you're about To be retired." "Have a seat, kid." "Get yourself a drink." "Get one for me, too." "It's 11:00 In the morning, Harvey." "I love the fresh air." "Ha." "I'm getting' healthy." "So..." "What brings you to my little Retirement community?" "Something woke me up Last night" "Out of a sound sleep." "It was two things Actually." "First, Angleton Hasn't broken Leo." "What else?" "Well, number two is actually Something Leo said to me" "That--that stuck with me." "He said, "pinnacle Would never be polygraphed."" "He said Kukushkin Would be hit by a car" "Or mugged in an alley" "With some excuse That seemed reasonable." "So Leo was right." "Yeah." "And now this thing is-- Is eating' away at me" "Night and day." "Was Kukushkin Really sent to me" "Just to convince Angleton That Leo was Sasha?" "To keep the heat Off the real Sasha?" "Yeah, was I an insect To one of these orchids" "That--that Angleton Talks about," "Lured by pinnacle To finger the wrong guy?" "Ugh." "I think it stinks." "So now what?" "You want to know if Kukushkin Was really executed" "Or if the whole thing Was a sham." "How do we know It even happened?" "All--all we have Is "Pravda" to tell us." "And if Kukushkin Is still alive?" "Kukushkin was A disinformation agent" "Sent to frame Leo, And Leo is innocent." "Then the real Sasha's Still out there somewhere." "Exactly." "I got to go talk To the rabbi." "These photographs Are Kukushkin," "His wife and his daughter." "And here's His last known address" "Safe house in Moscow." "But if he Was not executed," "If this whole thing Was..." "Theater," "There ought to be A Kukushkin" "Out there somewhere." "If your people Can find out anything," "My people would be Very grateful." "How grateful, Harvey?" "Would the whereabouts Of Klaus Barbie" "Be of any interest To you?" "Ooh." "The rabbi's people Used a tried-and-true method." "They got the forwarding address" "Off a letter sent To Kukushkin's old address." "Quite simply." "Starik knew I was getting close to Sasha," "So what does he do?" "He gives us what we believe" "Is a genuine defector." "And just when I'm getting close," "He pulls the rug out from under me." "Makes me believe" "That i've got the wrong Sasha," "That the real Sasha is still out there somewhere." "So, of course," "We put Leo Kritzky back to work," "And Starik has got his mole back in operation," "Created and executed" "By a grand master spy." "Absolutely brilliant." "Jim," "Leo Kritzky will be released." "Leo Kritzky..." "Is Sasha." "Leo," "Angleton..." "All of us" "Have made a horrible mistake." "Does that mean I get to go home?" "Yeah, buddy." "Home." "What the hell were you guys doing?" "They were protecting the company" "From its enemies." "All right." "All right." "Leo Kritzky's devotion to duty," "His loyalty to the company and his grace under fire" "Have set standard for all of us" "And for future Generations of CIA officers." "Now it's the nature of things that only a handful of us" "Are aware of the details of your ordeal, Leo," "But all of us owe you a debt of gratitude." "When I came on board as a young man," "It was with the intention" "Of serving the country whose system of governance" "Seemed to offer the best hope for the world." "I've since come to understand" "That serving in the trenches of the Cold War" "Is no less important." "And as john Milton said," ""they also serve" "Who only stand and wait."" "I appreciate this..." "All of you." "Now I'm gonna get back to my desk" "And get on with the tedious day-to-day business" "Of winning the cold war." "Leo, welcome back." "If you never forgive me, Leo, I understand." "There's nothing to forgive." "You're my best friend." "All the same to you" "I, uh..." "I have an announcement to make." "James Angleton," "To my great regret," "Made his intentions of retirement clear to me" "Earlier this morning." "I don't need to tell anyone here" "That his contributions to the company" "Are nothing short of legendary." "Jim, any, uh..." "Any parting words?" "Lenin once said," ""the West are wishful thinkers," ""so we will give them" "What they want to think."" "The soviets have a master plan" "Feeding layer upon layer of disinformation" "To the whishful thinkers of the West to make them think" "That we are winning the cold war." "Nothing..." "Could be..." "Further from the truth, gentlemen." "Over the last 20 years, the CIA has transformed" "From a network of informants," "Double agents, caseworkers" "To a shadow of the former self." "All the handiwork..." "Of a soviet mole inside the CIA" "Named Sasha." "Starik and Sasha have made certain" "The world view of America has shifted" "From a beacon of hope and justice..." "To a, uh..." "Tyrannical, power-mad," "Colonialist juggernaut."