"What do you want?" "I don't want to argue with you" "Hi" "Are you..?" "Come off it." "You're drunk, and you're being stupid" "l think he's ugly" "You should go home" "Don't do that" "Stop it!" "We can't meet in private any more lt's no good" "Your wife loves you I love her, too" "But I'm not sure about that Prime Minister lady" "No more friends at Borgen" "You must be able to turn down anyone and be able to fire anyone" "Do you have a minute?" "Of course" "Before we used to protest together" "And then you got all pragmatic I'm the Prime Minister, even for those who didn't vote for me" ""Trust is good, control is better"" "No, in that sense I don't have access to the Prime Minister" "Well, we were sort of friends in those days" "Yes" "solidarity PARTY office I think I can bring that up with Birgitte Nyborg." "Yes" "Oh, yes, we do have our brief meetings" "What is this?" "Sten?" "One second" "Did you install this?" "I'll ring you back" "Great." "Bye" "What is it?" "It looks like a camera" "Magnus, stop that!" "Birgitte, this is against the rules." "You start work at twelve" "Phillip, I can easily read a report and plant some flowers" "No, you can't." "The kids are here because it's your morning off" "We're doing it together" "OK" "OK." "Let's do that" "Give it to me!" "Stop it!" "We're doing this together" "Birgitte!" "Kasper, what's going on?" "I have a minor problem" "The Solidarity Party claim we're bugging their office" "But we're not, are we?" "There are indications that we did" "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" "Anne-Sophie Lindenkrone, you found bugging devices in your rooms today" "What's your comment?" "l'm shocked. lt's scandalous" "We are a political party, and this is a breach of all democratic rules" "Who do you suspect put it up there?" "It wouldn't be the first time Special Branch had abused their rights" "They are controlled by Parliament" "The control doesn't work" "The Control Group is tied to secrecy in most cases" "Hi, Birgitte. I thought you were working from home today" "So did I, but somebody has been bugging a legal party's office" "What equipment did they find?" "l was wondering that myself" "So you don't know?" "I've asked Special Branch to report as soon as possible" "You will need to deny this as soon as possible lf it is Special Branch the request must have been run by you I can't remember all the requests" "There are more than 3,000 every year" "You can't remember if Special Branch requested approval to bug this office, which would be illegal?" "Nobody is monitored without a reason and a judge would be involved before installing anything" "Special Branch follow very strict rules" "So it could be Special Branch?" "l'm not 100% certain" "And I don't want to misinform you in case we are not behind it" "But I'll keep you informed" "Good" "They already call it "NørrebroGate"" "Calm down" "OK?" "OK" "Bugged their office?" "But that's illegal!" "Jesus!" "One moment" "Yes?" "I'll call the Ministry of Justice" "How did they find out?" "OK" "Right" "Yes" "Let's talk at the editorial meeting I'll see you in a moment." "Bye" "That's really good work!" "Laura, why don't you help us?" "Can I go to Emma's?" "All the others are there" "No, you can't." "We're working together here." "Come on" "Hi, Phillip" "Hi, Freja" "What are you doing here?" "The job application form that we talked about... I was wondering if you could read it" "Well..." "I expected it in the mail l thought it would be easier if I came over" "Yes, OK" "What job was it for?" "An internship at the National Bank l really want it!" "You really want it!" "You told us to send a decent application form" "You read so many bad ones when you were a CEO" "You're right lf you email me later I could come back, and we could go through it together" "Right" "No, I think I'd prefer to just read it and write down my comments instead" "OK" "Thanks so much" "No problem." "Bye" "Bye" "Have you received anything?" "Yes, I just got something" "Dan needs to see it" "Where is Christian?" "Hi" "Better late than never" "My bike had a flat tyre -ls he good?" "What are you talking about?" "He looks like he is" "That's a private matter" "Will we be seeing him at the TV festival?" "What?" ""What?" lt's plus one" "You're shortlisted for a prize" "Ulrik will win that" "Answer the question" "Who are you bringing?" "We could go together" "l'd love to" "Would you?" "Boys and girls, I smell a rat here" "The bugging of the Solidarity Party's office takes priority" "Agreed?" "Yes I think that a minister will have to go" "Meaning the Justice Minister" "Right. lf Special Branch is behind this shit I spoke to the Ministry of Justice." "Höxenhaven will join me at six I spoke to him, too" "He only wants to say that they're looking into the matter" "He knows it's Special Branch" "He won't say" "He has a close relationship with them" "With his wife, who wouldn't?" "Someone else could tell us if this equipment is Special Branch stuff" "We're speaking to an expert to gather some background" "Can we try to get hold of him today?" "We could ask him if we can tape an interview I'll use it when I speak to the Justice Minister" "You have to tell him first I don't think so" "Katrine, we don't use methods like that" "We're talking about illegal bugging" "Well, we'll inform him" "But not just yet" "Fine" "Of course I object to the bugging of legal political parties' offices I've asked for an investigation" "Could your ministry through Special Branch possibly be bugging the party's office here?" "Please keep in mind that the current address for the Solidarity Party used to be the address of the publishing house Reaktion which many may have wanted to bug" "Because the publishing house sympathised with revolutionary movements" "That is correct" "Hence Special Branch's interest, I suppose?" "I can't say." "There could be many interested parties" "He's under pressure now." "Slowly move closer ...criminal networks" "So Special Branch aren't behind this?" "There are other possibilities" "We talked to an expert in bugging equipment from a large security company" "Listen to his analysis of who the equipment may belong to lt's one of the world's smallest professional grade surveillance cameras" "A Hapac-Fischer U-46 CCD-camera transmitting on 2.5 gigahertz" "The mic is very sensitive lt will pick up the slightest whisper in a room" "Which means?" "If it's not Special Branch, it would be people they should keep an eye on lt's state-of-the-art equipment" "Who would be the owner here, of this equipment, in your opinion?" "I'm 90% certain it's Special Branch" ""90% certain it's Special Branch," an expert says, Troels Höxenhaven" "l can't comment on that" "What can you comment on, then?" "You are closely connected to Special Branch, are you not?" "I haven't had a chance to look into this. I don't know your expert ls that so?" "His name is Per Hansen and he is considered to be a leading expert amongst his peers" "We won't be going any further than this" "Thank you" "You're welcome" "And now the housing market." "There is some good news..." "Bloody good interview!" "Thanks" "Remember to thank your mum and your boyfriend in your acceptance speech" "Ulrik will receive the prize" "Will we see little Benjamin in a tight tux, perhaps?" "I don't think so, Tanja" "He's only good for sex?" "You were the one to suggest sex!" "You've been together for two months" "Everybody seems to have an opinion about my private life" "What's so bad about being seen together?" "Bye" "Bye, Katrine" "The Legal Affairs Committee are calling in Höxenhaven" "Great. lt has started I've asked for a report before the meeting" "Stay out of this for as long as possible" "The media must not think they can approach you about this issue" "Agreed." "It's a Justice Minister issue" "Sanne also said that the Solidarity Party have been ringing all day" "You shouldn't speak to them I've agreed to meet Lindenkrone in a moment" "Can she approach the Prime Minister just like that?" "The Solidarity Party have a right to be furious lt's the right thing for me to be accommodating with them" "Because you helped Lindenkrone become what she is today?" "No, Bent, I didn't help her with that" "Who has helped who become what?" "Birgitte got her into politic" "You are so wrong, Bent I met her at a radio debate when she was still a squatter" "She was good, and I encouraged her to enter politics" "You were her mentor, really..." "No, I was not her mentor, Bent I always thought our party could agree with the Solidarity Party on a few issues" "Bent never liked Lindenkrone as a principle" "Oh, come on..." "No, no!" "Come on now" "He's a bit uneasy about the red-haired company" "Would you discuss that over a beer at the next party convention?" "Right" "The majority of the government rests on the Solidarity Party" "So a more accommodating approach" "Precisely" "What can we offer her?" "Offer her?" "What do you mean?" "So she won't topple the government, if it comes to that" "Hi, Birgitte" "Hi, Anne-Sophie" "Hi" "Thanks for making the time" "Of course" "How are you?" "You ought to know." "Aren't you listening in on us right now?" "That must be a misunderstanding" "Misunderstanding?" "Didn't TV1 News establish that they were your people?" "My people?" "You make it sound like a police state" "Excuse me but how is bugging a legal party different from a police state?" "In that you're here you get an explanation and an off-the-record apology" "But that's not enough lt's nothing personal lt's not that I don't like you or your project as such" "No and that's why I've contemplated how to accommodate you" "And how would you do that?" "Special Branch is Höxenhaven's area lf a mistake has happened, he will be rebuked and you will receive a formal apology" "And we'll establish a hearing about the existing control of Special Branch" "Headed by a former Special Branch chief?" "No" "Who?" "You tell me who you want" "That's a very generous offer, Birgitte" "Yes ln return l hope that you are aware of how key you are to securing the government's majority I don't want to make life hard for your government" "As long as you can accept that our voters want a watchdog in Parliament" "What do you mean?" "If it really is a misunderstanding, there is no problem lf it goes deeper I will leave neither you nor your government in peace" "Just to make our position quite clear" "Of course" "Let's pretend you don't need this" "What a boring game" "What's this?" "A TV festival invitation" ""We are pleased to invite you and a companion to a gala performance"" "Who's your companion?" "Nobody. I'm going on my own" "Why?" "Because it's work" "Don't you want people to see us?" "Stop it. I see you all the time" "We never see anybody." "We have sex, and that's it" "Yes, but when I'm private, I'm very private" "Let me ask you, then, would you like me to be your companion?" "Maybe" "Yes" "Yes, of course I would" "Really?" "Yes" "Hi, darling" "Good morning. lsn't this nice?" "Yes, it's wonderful" "Did you sleep well?" "Like a log" "Your Justice Minister didn't look good on TV last night I know" "What's he up to?" "Letting them bug competing party offices" "Where I work it would be industrial espionage, which is illegal" "And in my business, too" "That's not what happened" "Are you sure?" "surveillance is getting more and more common lt says here we have 250,000 surveillance cameras in Denmark" "Do you get better marks if you put a photo on your essay?" "Yes, that's a straight A lt's for a job." "She asked me to have a look" "Her hair is longer now" "She came here yesterday." "She wants an internship at the National Bank" "Maybe I should ask Special Branch to tail you" "Well, you're already abusing your power, so why not?" "Ready for the consultation?" "Absolutely lt belongs to Special Branch and was installed by Hesselboe to bug Reaktion" "For what reason?" "Special Branch was convinced that the rooms were used by people on the EU terror list" "And you have names and details?" "Photos and information" "One is Massoud Bucak from PKK's extremist wing and people from Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and also PFLP" "The publishers had lent them the rooms, right?" "Not the Solidarity Party" "Special Branch had a very complicated task" "When the Solidarity Party took over the rooms the police found it difficult to keep track I have details but the committee will get the full report" "That sounds good lt's hardly a desirable situation, if their criticism is justifiable I can explain it all at the consultation" "Thank you" "This is really taking a long time!" "Why don't you get me a sandwich?" "Did you deliver what the Opposition demanded?" "Did the committee get the answers they had asked for?" "No." "Absolutely not" "The Justice Minister explained why the equipment had been set up but he hasn't told us why Special Branch failed to remove it when we moved in five months ago" "Shortly after Nyborg came into office?" "Exactly." "That's why it's his responsibility" "Maybe Special Branch and the Justice Minister didn't know you had moved in?" "I can't speak for special Branch, but the Justice Minister knew that the Solidarity Party had taken over the lease" "How?" "When we moved in, we invited all parties to our housewarming including the Justice Minister" "housewarming PARTY" "Do you have any comments on the consultation?" "It's scandalous if the Justice Minister knew that a party was under surveillance" "The Opposition is making its move" "You were Prime Minister at the time" "At the time, the rooms were taken by a publishing house" "Our government would have removed them immediately" "l wonder" "Do you want something to eat?" "If it had happened in my time the Opposition would have asked me to resign" "They should practise what they preach" "How do you intend to react?" "We've asked for a consultation with the Justice Minister tomorrow" "This consultation was a closed one, but it must be made public" "The Justice Minister must answer to Parliament and to the nation I may call in the Prime Minister" "This has got to stop." "This is enough!" "Sanne!" "I need Höxenhaven now!" "And no excuses, please!" "The Prime Minister does not defend herself during intense questioning" "That's bad media exposure" "You don't have to tell me" "The Justice Minister is in a meeting with Special Branch l said, no excuses!" "They're holding a press conference in a second." "At four o'clock" "What the hell is going on?" "I would like to welcome you all to this press conference" "Before we start, I'd like to say that there may be questions I or the director of Special Branch, Anders Kruse, cannot answer due to the protection of Special Branch work" "What do you think of the criticism of the Ministry of Justice?" "I don't understand it ln my meeting today, I've explained that Reaktion used their rooms for suspicious meetings" "The Solidarity Party claim that you were aware of their moving in" "But..." "The publishers used the rooms after the Solidarity Party's housewarming" "They may have been drinking wine in the front rooms but other things went on in the back rooms I want to point out that the Solidarity Party was never a target for surveillance ls there an investigation against a member of the Solidarity Party?" "I cannot comment on ongoing investigations" "Please tell us whether there is an investigation into any party members I'm sorry." "No comment" "You can't hold a press meeting that hasn't been cleared by me" "l can explain everything" "OK, do that" "Did you approve the bugging after the Solidarity Party took the rooms?" "Listen..." "Yes or no?" "Listen, I have information that justifies the surveillance and which will change everybody's idea of the matter ln my office there is a secret recording of Lindenkrone where she discusses kidnapping former Prime Minister HesseIboe's two teenagers" "Anne-Sophie?" "Yes" "When was the recording made?" "About six years ago lt can't be from those rooms, then lt's from the old Youth House" "There's a lot of noise on the tape because there was a party going on" "But there is no doubt that she considers the possibility I suggest we inform the media by tonight" "Are you out of your mind?" "What did you expect?" "Do you want to press charges because of a bad wiretapping from six years ago from a party in the Youth House?" "A recording that Special Branch didn't take seriously at the time lt's Lindenkrone without any doubt" "That's not a rescue plan, Höx" "lt's an own goal" "You can hear it yourself I don't want to hear it I want nothing to do with it." "You must not use it" "You can't do that." "You can't do that, Birgitte lt's a very important argument" "What else am I supposed to do?" "I don't know" "But you'll have to find out" "You are the minister responsible and tomorrow you'll explain yourself before Parliament" "The Justice Minister must explain whether he was aware that a legal party..." "Anne-Sophie, may I have a word?" "Yes." "We'll talk later" "Thanks" "Bye I didn't know anything about this I'm shocked at the whole thing" "Höxenhaven will answer all relevant questions tomorrow" "What will you gain by ambushing him?" "Even though he acted foolishly?" "Foolishly?" "We're talking about illegal surveillance" "Anne-Sophie, it will be a major defeat if Höxenhaven resigns" "Your party members aside could you hold back a bit tomorrow?" "For your sake?" "You could say that" "You have no political interest in letting down my government, right?" "So tomorrow we belittle a breach of the Constitution for the sake of an old friendship?" "Good" "OK" "Keep me out of it for as long as possible, OK?" "I'll talk to you tomorrow, Kasper." "Bye" "Hi" "Hi" "Tell me something that will make me forget my job I've had a visitor" "Hi" "Hi" "I've gone through Freja's application form with her" "Right." "Of course" "You're a great Prime Minister" "Thank you" "OK. I'll be off then" "OK" "Thanks for your help, Phillip" "lt was really kind of you" "Great" "No, keep them" "OK" "See you later" "Right." "Bye" "Bye" "Bye" "Are the kids not here?" "No" "Laura is sleeping over at lda's" "Magnus went to the circus with William" "They will be here soon" "Are you hungry?" "Hi, Mum" "Hi" "So you went to the circus?" "Hi, Karsten" "Long time no see" "Magnus, take care" "Bye" "Bye" "No, darling. lt's too late for cakes" "Was the circus good?" "Yes" "Look what I have!" "Bye" "Are we having dinner now?" "Yes" "She forgot this" "Spaghetti with meat sauce." "That's what we can offer today." "OK?" "Birgitte Nyborg's press conference" "She won't say anything" "Could we make her come here?" "She's kept away from here so far" "Katrine has a..." "what should we call it a special connection with the Prime Minister's spin doctor" "Great." "Let's use it" "And back to my private life again" "Because it's so bloody secret" "He'll be at the awards" "The Prime Minister's spin doctor?" "No, come on!" "Friis!" "l didn't know that" "What?" "My boyfriend" "OK, great" "Can we move on?" "See you later" "The Justice Minister will face the heat in Parliament today" "The Opposition threatens to call the Prime Minister, as well" "Any comments from the Prime Minister?" "The case belongs 100% to the Ministry of Justice." "Yes?" "Does the Opposition agree?" "I hope they will as soon as the Justice Minister has submitted his report" "And if they don't agree?" "That's hypothetical" "The Speaker decides who can be called before Parliament I think she knows it serves no purpose to call the Prime Minister" "Anne-Sophie Lindenkrone won't reject the possibility of calling in the Prime Minister" "I trust the Justice Minister can answer for himself today lf the Justice Minister has misused his powers will he stay in the government?" "Not if he has failed to recognise his responsibilities" "Höxenhaven knows that as well as the other ministers" "Thank you very much" "Can you guarantee he's out, if he cannot answer for himself?" "Thanks to Hanne Holm." "That was the end of our weekly meeting" "Katrine Fønsmark from TV1 News." "I have a meeting with Kasper Juul" "What are you looking at?" "You're cute" "Thank you" "What?" "What?" "Hi" "Hi" "Well, well..." "Distinguished visitors." "To what do I owe the honour?" "I'd like an appointment with your Prime Minister" "Can we talk in private?" "I thought that was over" "Let's talk about the options" "There's nothing to talk about lt's not her responsibility." "Talk to the Justice Minister" "You took a meeting with me just to say that?" "You asked for it. I looked into it, and I'm sorry." "End of story" "Thanks a lot" "Wait." "Katrine!" "You're a waste of time." "is it because of Benjamin?" "The health club guy?" "You think I'm that primitive?" "Exactly" "Well, I'm sure the Smurf beats me at it" "Good conversations about politics?" "He's so shrewd, isn't he?" "I bet his analyses are razor sharp" "Life is more than work" "Not for you" "I thought we had a guard here" "Did the Justice Minister know that Special Branch wiretapped rooms belonging to a legal party?" "Yes or no" "Doesn't Miss Lindenkrone know that Denmark is targeted by terrorists and that Special Branch fights on the invisible front?" "So the Justice Minister confirms that Special Branch went too far by not removing the equipment" "No, but I'm familiar with Miss Lindenkrone's sympathies" "He didn't say that!" "Would the Justice Minister explain that in more detail, please?" "I can assure Miss Lindenkrone that there has been every reason to wiretap those rooms" "An effective Special Branch is our only guarantee against international terror..." "Let's offer TV1 News an interview tomorrow if it's not already too late I just turned down TV1 ." "Can't we stick to what we agreed?" "That is no longer an option." "Höx just shot himself in the foot" "This may end in a vote of no confidence" "We can't expect Höxenhaven to resign of his own accord" "Then somebody must do it for him" "I'm ready to take responsibility and react accordingly I'll apologise tomorrow and accept the reprimand you must give me" "As a minister, you couldn't answer questions in Parliament" "You've exceeded your powers in a crucial area such as wiretapping a party's office" "We are beyond reprimands" "Well..." "Your morals must be more impeccable than those of other people I see no other option than to ask for your resignation" "I beg your pardon?" "Resign?" "I can't do that I haven't even been Justice Minister for a year" "That would look strange." "There's another solution" "There are no other solutions" "Yes, there are other solutions" "The Special Branch chief..." "If Kruse resigns..." "Stop it!" "Stop, before you make an even bigger fool of yourself" "Go home and talk with your family" "And tomorrow you hand in your resignation in a dignified way" "Right?" "Birgitte, listen to me." "This is unacceptable" "l'll do anything" "Troels" "Don't do this" "Stop lt's no good, Troels lt doesn't have to be your last ministry lf you resign, you can make a come-back in a Cabinet reshuffle" "You are a good politician" "But if you don't want to resign, I have to fire you" "You'll get a vote of no confidence after your show in Parliament today" "Good." "OK" "Right" "Kruse, we have a situation" "Yes. I have to ask for your help" "Where are you right now?" "I'm sorry" "This shouldn't be a problem for us, but it is... lt isn't ...when I can't get an interview, because you dislike my boyfriend" "Boyfriend?" "So it's official now?" "Yes" "You have your interview" "OK?" "The Prime Minister is available tomorrow" "Thanks" "And no more talking about it from now on" "We'll be professional I just need to get used to the idea of you choosing a guy like Benjamin I'm sure he's great" "But it was confirmed" "Yes" "Yes, the Prime Minister will be on tomorrow" "Yes... lt pays off to have connections" "Right, Torben" "Bye" "God, that was sweet of you." "I'm starving" "l've been slaving away today" "Me, too I've taken over Tina's advanced class I'm teaching at the instructor's school!" "That's great!" "If we topple Höxenhaven, we'll have champagne" "Who?" "Höxenhaven" "Who's that?" "The Justice Minister." "You know" "Not really" "Don't you know who the Justice Minister is?" "Why is that so important?" "He's the most talked about minister at the moment I'm not really into politics" "Don't be so serious lt's a serious matter." "You have to keep track of what's going on!" "I'm busy I don't ask you to keep up on anaerobic burning of amino acids" "You can't compare the two." "These are people who run the country" "Why is your world more important than mine?" "It isn't" "But that's what you're saying" "No" "But that's what you mean" "Yes, that is what I mean!" "We tell people what's going on in the world" "And you talk about spinning bikes!" "ls that how you see it?" "No." "That's how it is, for God's sake!" "THANKS FOR helping ME with THE application FORM it WAS SWEET OF YOU." "SAY Hl TO THE kids." "LOVE FREJA" "Are you checking my emails?" "No" "Are you having an affair with Freja?" "Oh, come on!" "She visits you twice in a week and leaves all kinds of stuff" "She calls you "sweet" in her emails" "Are you jealous?" "She's 22, for God's sake" "l'm asking you" "No." "You're checking up on me" "OK, fine." "No, I'm not shagging one of my students lf anything, I miss adult company I'm with people her age all day, and if not them, the kids" "That's not where l would go" "Where would you go?" "I can't be bothered to talk about this" "Loyalty is paramount to me, at home, too" "Loyalty?" "OK" "You're only here when you sleep" "We can't depend on you any more" "We all work our arses off, so you can be Prime Minister" "We're sacrificing our love life and sex life because of that" "Not to mention my career" "We had an agreement, Phillip" "lt's no use crying over it now -l'm not crying" "We need you to participate in this family beyond a hobby level" "Would you like an update?" "Laura got an A for her essay" "She deserved a small present I lied and said that you bought it I didn't ask you to cover for me" "l know what I'm missing" "Oh, shut up" "We are both missing out on things." "That's the price" "Yes" "That is!" "You have more freedom." "You have time to be with the kids" "That's something I miss" "OK." "Fine" "Will you talk to the school psychologist about Magnus?" "About how we stop an eight-year-old from wetting himself" "Maybe he should wear a nappy?" "What are you talking about?" "Did we wake you, darling?" "You're getting cold I'll tuck you in." "Come on" "Let's move that one up" "All right" "Pia, Höxenhaven is on his way out" "What?" "Fired, or what?" "It was only a matter of time." "Nyborg will have to let him go" "l'm in a meeting" "Let me go and dig something up" "Try, but you had better be quick!" "Can't you look into it?" "Who?" "I'll be right there" "Frederik Ravn - doesn't he keep an eye on both right and left?" "Yes." "Why?" "He's in the lobby with a package that we'd "love to see"" "Sorry" "Careful now" "Anne-Sophie, what are you suggesting?" "I've said it before." "Somebody could grab Hesselboe's own children" "Lindenkrone is right." "How would you do that?" "Kidnap them" "So he'll know what it feels like to lose your own children I know which school they attend." "We just have to plan it carefully" "And it stops here?" "ls that all?" "lt's clear that it's Lindenkrone" "How old is it?" "lt says 2005" "What do we do?" "We broadcast it -lt's spin, you know" "Leaked by the Ministry of Justice" "No doubt about that." "But this is bloody great news!" "Based on some old recordings from a dubious source used by Special Branch" "The Justice Minister is desperate." "Why else would we get this?" "It'll divert the criticism from Höxenhaven lt's a better story lt will justify his bugging the Solidarity Party's office although the two cases aren't connected" "Listen..." "This is not one or the other." "We can run both stories" "But which is the top story?" "What do you think?" "We have the story about the Justice Minister" "He talks about terror attacks his memory fails him and he forgets dates and it's complicated" "Then we have a story about a party leader who plans on kidnapping the Prime Minister's kids" "She's not planning it!" "Why does the tape stop right here, do you think?" "She's drunk, leaves to puke and goes home with some ugly guy" "Listen!" "A party leader contemplates a kidnapping" "Do you really mean that we shouldn't broadcast it?" "You have chosen your top story, but it will make Höx a hero" "That's enough." "Höx and Special Branch have tried to protect democracy..." "You can protect it so much that it's no longer a democracy I won't listen to this." "Save it for the School of Journalism" "What we do here is make great television!" "We're on in eight and a half minutes, so let's get a move on" "Ulrik, get on with it" "Fine" "Good luck ls Magnus about to get up?" "Yes." "Have you seen the other shoe?" "No" "Where could it be?" "I'll get it" "Birgitte's mobile, Laura speaking" "Mum, it's Kasper" "Tell him I'll call back from the car" "Sorry, Kasper." "She's looking for one of her shoes" "OK" "Eat your breakfast" "Which channel?" "What are you doing?" "Kasper told me to turn on the TV" "The case took a turn when it became known that Anne-Sophie Lindenkrone some years ago contemplated abducting former Prime Minister Hesselboe's children" "Hesselboe had just decided that Denmark should invade Iraq" "Another ten seconds" "Let's take Hesselboe's own children" "How would you do that?" "Kidnap them" "So he'll know what it feels like to lose your own children I know which school they attend." "We just have to plan it carefully" "The Justice Minister had this comment to make" "On a personal level, I find Lindenkrone's statement shocking" "A year ago, some young activists entered Christiansborg as Lindekrone's guests and threw eggs at the Minister for integration lt was suggested that an ongoing Special Branch investigation was relevant to the issue of wiretapping the party's office" "is the leak part of the investigation?" "I can't comment on that" "Bloody hell!" "He did it!" "It's shocking that she encouraged such a despicable act regardless of when she did it" "They are my children!" "Do you view the bugging of the Solidarity Party's office in a new light now?" "As Miss Lindenkrone inhabits the rooms, it may be reasonable" "Do you still advocate the kidnapping of Hesselboe's children?" "That was six years ago I was young and naive." "It was a party. I had been drinking" "But you encourage a serious crime" "Ask yourself..." "Who wants to make this public?" "The Justice Minister and Special Branch have leaked this information" "So they are responsible for your statement?" "I don't have time now." "I'm expected at a group meeting" "You contacted the New Conservatives, the Liberals and the Freedom Party" "Yes, they have changed their minds" "They won't support Lindenkrone at all" "And they let Höx off the hook I don't care what he's doing." "I want to see him now!" "Thank you" "He makes me sick" "He knows he's about to be fired and yet he leaks a recording I prohibited him from using I offered to let him resign" "He will be fired so badly that he'll never become a minister ever again!" "Birgitte" "We have to call a press conference so I can explain why he's fired and we need to decide on a new minister" "You can't fire him I can't fire him?" "Höx managed to spin the story" "The media bought the non-existent connection between Lindenkrone and the Solidarity Party" "Höx and Special Branch are now heroes who protect our Danish democracy against leftist terrorists" "The Opposition is satisfied with a reprimand to Höx and a report about the bugging of the Solidarity Party's office" "We have to make use of the fact that we just passed the buck" "The only tactical solution is to keep Höxenhaven" "He ignored a straight order" "He is unpredictable." "He organises press conferences. I can't trust him" "Don't trust him, then!" "But don't fire him" "He completely ruined Lindenkrone's political career because of something she said at a party" "Remember what I said about having friends at Borgen?" "This is a political decision lt's the only right thing to do" "The right thing, Bent?" "Thanks" "Yes?" "Anne-Sophie Lindenkrone wishes to see the Prime Minister" "Tell her I'm in a meeting" "For how long?" "Very long" "I'd really like to talk to you I'm sorry, I don't have the time now" "You know what the media are doing to me?" "I'm being attacked by everybody" "They will accuse me of anything" "And what can I do?" "I said it at a party." "You know I'd never do a thing like that I don't control the media" "You could distance yourself from it" "You could say that it's a trivial matter in your opinion" "For my sake" "You said what you said." "You have to accept that" "Birgitte, I have no idea how that tape of Lindenkrone was released" "There are a few things you need to know" "Officially you're still Justice Minister but in my mind you were fired at 9:00am this morning in my office" "You have broken every rule in the book, and you have let me down" "Never come to me unless it's on official business" "And just to be clear  I consider you a dead man in my government" "The Justice Minister has guaranteed that this will never happen again" "The committee will get the details and the Justice Minister will answer further questions in a new consultation" "There's nothing more to do for me in this case" "So Höxenhaven keeps his post?" "The Justice Minister has my full confidence" "Will Lindenkrone be prosecuted?" "l really don't think so" "She will continue as party leader for the time being" "You have a close friendship with Lindenkrone." "Does this affect you?" "If you got personally affected by cases involving friends at Borgen you couldn't be Prime Minister" "Thank you"