Previously...
Rachel Carey, I understand you have this drive
to get to the very heart of things.
It's commendable.
But here at Counter-Terrorism,
accepting you can rarely see
the whole picture is part of the job.
Is anyone going to tell me what the problem is?
You're under suspicion for assault and kidnapping.
This ain't what happened! None of this happened!
I think someone's interfering with our feeds,
tampering with evidence.
They call it correction,
when they take something they don't like and they change it.
Correction is a method of real-time image manipulation using the
disruption of camera feeds and the deployment of deepfake technology.
I'm now joined by Home Office Security Minister Isaac Turner.
- Good evening. - Good evening, Khadija.
You're not a true believer, are you?
I haven't joined them. I am trying to beat them,
and they are watching me day and night.
- You need a plan. - Have you got a plan?
I need to witness the UK Correction programme from the inside.
I need to prove what they're capable of beyond doubt.
The people involved in this,
they'll stop at nothing to keep it secret.
You are not taking this story away from me. I'm calling Legal.
If you're serious about exposing it,
you need to prove it definitively.
- And how do you suggest doing that? - Together.
I stopped by the Commissioner's office this morning.
- Handed in my 728. - You're resigning?
Don't worry, Gemma. I didn't give the real reason.
You can't win, Rachel.
Asset deployed. Asset deployed.
You're asserting that there's some sort of programme
within British Intelligence to create fake video footage?
They call it Correction.
Frank, please detain DCI Carey.
She's involved in subversive action against the state.
Not my state.
She hasn't said anything about the US.
While you believed you were watching Isaac Turner,
you were, in fact, watching me...
a deepfake.
Only by bringing this conspiracy out into the open
can we hope to confront it.
Rachel, you don't know what you've done!
ONE YEAR LATER
Announcing the arrival of flight POL987
from Warsaw at gate 12.
Baggage reclaim information to follow.
_
Passengers are reminded to keep
their luggage with them at all times.
Any unattended items will be removed and may be destroyed.
_
Deepfakes have become easier to create
and harder to detect.
The question we asked ourselves a year ago
has become even more urgent.
How can we believe what we see?
It's a question...
Ma'am.
Ma'am, it's working.
Camera location?
Heathrow T5, immigration.
He's beaten the e-gate, but not our camera.
We see you too.
Do we know who he is?
We know who he's pretending to be.
Track that deepfake.
Ma'am.
Transfer all CCTV from Heathrow
Terminal Five and open comms.
Counter-Terrorism-Command to Heathrow Terminal Five.
Active security breach, Correction in progress.
Target identity as yet unknown.
Travelling under a deepfake avatar.
_
- Where is he now? - Running facial recognition, ma'am.
Come on! We can't have lost him.
Please alight here for baggage reclaim.
Target located, ma'am.
Exiting transit system.
Pos ID! Or fake ID.
Ma'am, sending smudge of target to all units.
May we remind you, smoking and the use of e-cigarettes...
Target received.
Target heading towards baggage reclaim concourse.
How many cameras did we ask for at Heathrow?
- 50. - How many did they give us?
Two.
Face match on target, ma'am.
Anton Koslov, Russian ex-military.
Deceased, apparently.
Armed support, Heathrow Terminal Five.
All units be advised, target's name is Anton Koslov.
He is a hostile foreign asset and may be dangerous.
Copy. Anton Koslov.
Armed police! Move! Armed police! Move!
Move away! Move!
A Russian black op breaching UK Border Control.
- This could be a kill mission. - Get this right, ma'am,
they'll give you all the cameras you need.
SO15 arrest teams to Heathrow.
Target located, lower baggage reclaim.
Hey! Out of the way! Armed police!
Move! Move!
Target on the move towards baggage reclaim, 7-12.
Armed police! Armed police!
Move! Move! Armed police! Armed police! Move back!
Contact, contact. Pos ID.
Target passing baggage reclaim seven, grey jacket.
Armed police! Armed police! Stay there!
Grey jacket! Stay there! Hands in the air!
- Loss. Loss. No eyes on target. - Sorry, repeat?
No eyes on suspect.
It's not your man.
Target located. Pos ID.
Camera D31, baggage claim, belt five.
Armed police! Hands in the air! Stay where you are!
Armed police!
Loss. Loss. No eyes on target.
Pos ID. Target heading towards customs, green channel.
Armed police! Don't move!
Loss. Loss. No eyes on target.
Pos ID. Camera D12.
Target on upper level concourse.
Target seen on camera J12 at gate 13.
Target caught on camera L4.
Camera K49. Target sat at gate 13.
We've got Correction on multiple feeds.
- Target leaving gate 39. Camera L4... - Camera J33.
Target on the right to corridor.
Target exiting business class lounge.
Target sitting in the departure lounge.
Target boarding flight at gate 21.
Target on camera G12.
Armed units on each exit!
The target does not set foot outside the terminal building.
Ma'am.
Armed police! Armed police!
Hands in the air! Show me your hands!
- Get out the car! - Turn around!
Do not move!
Hope you've enjoyed your time in the UK, Anton.
Sorry you can't stay a little while longer.
Kilo Three to Control.
Target secure.
Repeat. Target secure.
If not now, ma'am...
Home Secretary, that's not what I asked.
So I ask you a third time.
Isn't this ultimately a bid for Number 10?
Andrew, if we're serious about protecting ourselves
from threats of artificial intelligence, and those who
would use it against us,
then this Government cannot afford to rest.
And that means smarter surveillance,
smarter borders, smarter elections...
Yes, I get the idea. You're refusing to answer my question
and we are out of time.
- Home Secretary, good afternoon. - Ah, thank you, Andrew.
And the time now is just past 12...
Commander Carey.
Home Secretary.
Operation Veritas is... ready.
*CREDITS*
Whatever happens, don't look at the camera.
- Reads as nervous. - Yes, thank you.
- It's not my first time in a studio. - Well, it's first time in a hot seat.
- Two minutes to air, everyone, two minutes. - Two minutes.
Khadija travelling. Line up on guest, please.
Excuse me, I need to speak to her before we go on.
- I have been asking. - Uh, yes, I haven't forgotten.
They know you're here to talk about Carey-Cams. Not the inquiry.
Smart-Cams! What are you doing?
It's BTS, for social. "Carey-Cams" is getting more traction.
Yes, because you keep pushing it.
If I have to sit through one more talk on inclusivity, I'm going to
exclude myself and take those podcast people up on their offer.
- Carey-Cams, yeah? - Can you take this for me, please?
- Rachel! - 30 seconds.
So glad we could make this happen.
Bloody thrilled you're getting the recognition you deserve.
- Something wrong with your phone? - Were we supposed to have lunch?
What happened to the rest of your expose...?
- Well, you saw the follow up? - Little light, wasn't it?
Whose flask is this and what the fuck's it doing under my desk?
- That's the green tea... - I don't know.
you asked for, Khadija.
- Oh, it's hers. - Oh, well, thank you!
You left out half the evidence.
What are you saving it for, Khadija, the book deal?
- Rachel, please. - Seven...
It's called Legal and Compliance. Get used to it.
five, four, three,
two, one, and cue.
Good evening. I'm Khadija Khan.
Or am I?
12 months on from the BBC's award-winning report
on Britain's deepfake evidence scandal,
questioning everything we see has become a national habit.
So how do we begin to sort fact from fiction,
and who do we trust with the job?
Well, how about the woman who blew
the whistle on Correction herself?
Giving her first interview as Head of SO15,
another exclusive,
whistle-blower turned Commander,
Rachel Carey, joins me live in the studio.
- Scout's honour. - Good evening, Khadija.
It's, er, Acting Commander...
Was blowing the whistle your only option?
No, I-I could've turned a blind eye to what I saw,
- and... kept my head down. - But you didn't. Why?
I believed the best way to stop the Correction programme
was to go public with it.
The question I'm asking, Commander, is why you?
Why were you the one to take a stand?
I suppose it's... It's... It's hard for some people,
you know, some people have families. And I...
I just felt I should do it.
Was there a degree of self-interest?
- Look at that. - I mean, blowing the whistle hasn't exactly
done your career much damage, has it?
I mean, a year ago, you were a thorn in the side of SO15.
And now you're Commander...
Khadija, when I exposed Correction, I wasn't thinking about my career.
- I was risking it. - Well, it was a risk that paid off.
You must admit, you've done rather well since then.
With all the exclusives you've been getting,
you haven't done too badly yourself.
- Touche. - Well, your expose has already led to a number
of convictions being overturned,
starting with that of former soldier Shaun Emery.
Were you glad to see him released?
I was.
But Shaun Emery is just the start.
We don't know the scale of Correction in the UK,
which is why we need a public inquiry.
Well, Lord Justice Frederickson starts calling witnesses
to his long-awaited inquiry from tomorrow.
Do you think the finger of blame will point
to British Intelligence or further afield?
You've seen the same evidence I have, Khadija...
Are you hopeful that Lord Frederickson will get to the truth?
I hope that the people who know the truth will do the right thing.
Come forward and testify so we can
begin to understand how many people
in the UK have been put behind bars
on deepfake evidence.
And if it turns out to be hundreds of violent offenders,
I mean, will they all be released?
Khadija, the question you're asking
is essentially the same one you asked at the beginning.
How do we sort fact from fiction,
and put an end to deepfake evidence?
Well, I'm very excited to announce,
that in partnership with the Home Office,
I'm developing a new kind of CCTV cam...
No, well, the... The question I'm asking is, are
we about to see a tsunami of serious offenders let out onto our streets?
If incriminating footage is found to have been faked,
the defendant will be entitled to a re-trial.
If the conviction cannot be upheld, then... they may be released.
As Commander of Counter-Terrorism, public safety is my first priority.
But I will not break the law to defend the law,
and I will not put people away under false evidence.
Thank you very much, Commander Rachel Carey.
Why didn't you tell us?!
It was just work.
Bollocks. Were you nervous? I'd shit myself.
Did you shit yourself?
Abigail, the Commander of SO15 does not shit herself.
So... what did you think?
Oh, I didn't see it. I-I just saw the comments.
What comments?
No, I'd... I'd rather not know.
Yeah, all right, whatever.
- Why, what were they saying? - You're basically a celebrity now.
Any idea if Dad saw it?
Are you mad? They go to bed at 9.00!
Can you get tables in restaurants now?
I think I could do that anyway.
Actually, I could squeeze in a drink on my way home.
With me?
Well, I mean I've got to be up early in the morning, but, you know,
it's not every day you give your first interview on nation...
You sound...
I'm actually a bit busy. Can we do another time?
Sure, yeah.
Go for it. I didn't realise. Have a good...
Stop it!
Yep.
I would delete that one if I were you.
What the fuck are you doing here?
You might've found a way to make cameras safe,
but doors, not so much.
- Get out of my home. - Your home?
I would've figured this for a rental.
Don't worry,
you won't find many personal touches round my digs either.
I could clear out of there in 20 minutes,
you'd never know I was there.
And yet you linger.
You don't like me very much, do you, Fast-Track?
I'm not used to seeing you without blood on your hands.
What do you want, Frank?
Penthouse apartment and a $12 bottle of Scotch?
Shouldn't you be drinking fine single malts by now?
Saw you on TV.
You did good.
- I have notes. - If you've got something to say, say it.
You never mentioned the US.
- Is that a note? - No, no, no, no.
No, we like that. No, don't change anything about that.
No, one year and still nothing linking the CIA and Correction.
You plan on keeping your mouth shut at the inquiry too?
There is a big difference between "keeping my mouth shut"
and not having enough evidence against you.
Well, we all know you're brave, Fast-Track.
You're not suicidal.
You were smart to make that deal.
What deal?
You used my op to expose the British programme.
Now, if that had happened on my watch without my authorisation,
that would've made you an enemy of the state,
and me an asshole.
So when the Agency bundles you into a van
and starts asking you questions,
remember... we have a deal.
And why would I do you a favour?
So I could owe you one.
Never know, you may need a favour from a guy like me one day.
Oh, I heard you caught a Russian.
Keep up the good work.
What's your interest?
Jesus Christ, can't a person pay a compliment?
You're always fishing for intel.
Garland was right. You're wasted as a cop.
Big day. Lots of interest in the Carey-Cam launch.
We've got ITN, BBC, Sky News, GB News, Al Jazeera,
plus all the major UK broadsheets and tabloids.
Oh, and the Mail On Sunday magazine want 15 minutes and a photoshoot.
- Photoshoot? Why? - They're doing a profile piece.
- Powerful woman. Young, single... - What? Who says I'm...?
What the hell has my relationship status got to do with anything?
Fine, the headline being, you know,
First Female Head of Counter-Terrorism...
I'm not the First Female Head of Counter-Terrorism.
OK, it's just a headline.
- It's not the truth. - Oh, whose truth?
What?
Do you have a preference which side of the stage the podium goes?
I think it makes more sense on the right,
but then if we want the Carey-Cam in the middle...
Paige, I trust you to make these crucial decisions by yourself.
Tom.
I need you to pull all the camera feeds from my building
- from 9.00 till 12.00 last night. - Your building?
And run checks for interference.
- Anything particular I'm looking for? - Commander Carey.
Deputy Commissioner.
Two minutes.
Sir.
Check your phone.
Come in. We won't keep you.
We know how rushed off your feet you must be.
Not too rushed off my feet, sir.
Commissioner, good morning.
Rachel. How are you feeling about this afternoon?
Something happening this afternoon, sir?
I'll be glad to get the launch out of the way, sir, to be honest.
Well, we're all tremendously excited.
Now, I know that your annual review isn't for another few weeks,
but this felt like more of a milestone to, well,
express our profound gratitude.
You've given SO15 a clean bill of health, Rachel,
- in under a year. - Sir, it's a work in progress.
Operation Carey-Cam's going to be the icing on the cake.
Operation Veritas, Smart-Cams.
Really appreciate the timing of the launch, Rachel.
It's a neat distraction from the Frederickson Inquiry.
I'm not responsible for the scheduling of the press launch.
Well, we want to make it crystal clear, Rachel,
you will continue to be the brand ambassador for these cameras,
even when the new Commander begins.
I-I didn't realise one had been selected?
We're very close.
May I ask...?
I'll introduce them as soon as their vetting's complete.
The, er, security process has had to be very rigorous,
as I'm sure you can imagine.
I had thought I'd be involved in that.
Yeah, but then you put yourself forward.
- Conflict of interests. - You asked me to put myself forward.
There'll be other opportunities, Rachel.
Ultimately, we felt that the department could benefit
from somebody with more experience at multi-agency level.
Someone more used to collaborating with other entities.
Sir, I was hired to turn SO15 around.
I could only do that by hiring people I trust.
And you've done a formidable job, Rachel.
You are already the youngest Acting Commander of SO15.
- You'll get there. - Sir.
I look forward to being relieved of my PR duties
so I can concentrate on the real work.
Er, we'd like you to continue with your public-facing commitments.
Absolutely. All those hours
of media training haven't gone to waste.
Oh, congrats, by the way.
I heard you gave Khadija Khan a bit of a kicking.
Paige did a great job.
So just to be clear, you'd like me to be
the face of the department, but not the head?
Ma'am.
You found him, then.
Any concerns?
Frank Napier paying you a visit in the middle of the night?
- I'd say that was a concern. - Did the system flag anything?
- He's made no attempt to hide himself. - What did he want?
Shall I leave this with you, ma'am, or on your desk?
Came for you this morning.
- It's cleared security. - See what it is.
It's a good thing, ma'am, if the CIA can't hack us.
Do you ever worry this has all been too easy?
When you think who wanted us to fail,
the depths they'd go to to try and stop us.
They've left us alone until now.
You want me to put eyes on Napier?
I'm not talking about Frank.
We're getting a new Commander.
Ah, you was robbed, ma'am.
Any ideas?
"Someone more used to collaborating with other entities," apparently.
- Good grief. - Looks like a good one, ma'am.
_
Put eyes on Napier.
The truth about Correction may finally be coming,
as the long awaited Frederickson inquiry
calls its first witnesses.
That's right, Khadija, Lord Justice Frederickson has indeed promised
a "full and unflinching" inquiry into the deepfake scandal.
And he's started off on the front foot,
calling as his first witness
the former Counter-Terrorism Commander Danny Hart.
Many people feel that he is a key witness in this investigation
- into the deepfake scandal... - Ed?
Have you just seen what I've seen?
Yeah. Fuck the Frederickson Inquiry!
Natasha? Wrap it up.
You're covering the Operation Veritas press launch.
But for now, back to you in the studio, Khadija.
Thank you, Natasha.
Where's the fucking press launch?
No, you're the first person I told.
Literally put down the phone to Alistair and picked it up to you.
All right, the first person who matters. How about that?
No.
No, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah. Listen, Simi, I'd better go.
OK? I love you.
I saw a woman on the news last night, looked just like you.
Really?
Never can be sure these days.
- Was it? - Me? Depends.
How'd she come across?
In a word?
Unprofessional?
- No. - Un-broadcastable?
Real.
Simone.
- Oh. Are you...? - Yeah.
I'm really pleased to hear that.
Well, we're giving it a go.
Well, looks like it's working.
What is it?
Don't try and tell me that family life makes you this happy.
Ha-ha! Yeah, no, it's a bit more than that.
As it's you...
It won't stay off the record for long, anyhow.
The PM's not standing for re-election.
A leadership contest?
Well, won't be much of a contest.
So far, there's only one candidate with enough support for a bid.
- A coronation. - Ha-ha. Does have a whiff of the Gordon Brown about it,
- when you put it like that. - That explains the high turnout.
They're all expecting a statement.
Might be a little more stoked.
You are looking at the next PM.
I'm not getting any help this time, Rachel. Not like that.
There's no dark-web data analytics. No Gregory Knox.
I know.
After what you did for me.
For you? I didn't do it for you.
- That's not why I did it. - No, of course.
Still, hardly the shabbiest of outcomes.
Me in Number 10, you running Counter-Terrorism.
It's not going to be me. I assumed you knew.
They're fucking idiots, Rachel.
They're their own worst enemies. You made history.
- The youngest Commander of SO15. - Acting Commander.
Well, what better way to show the department's cleaned up
its act than putting you in charge?
Not that... Not that that would be the only reason, obviously.
Panic over! Figured out how to have the podium on the right
and the Carey-Cam in the middle - battery supply to the Carey-Cam.
It's almost 1.00.
In the wake of the deepfake evidence scandal,
it is now imperative for British justice to interrogate
the dangers of video manipulation,
and indeed the wider threat posed by artificial intelligence
to the very tenets of our society.
Now, Mr Hart, as former head of Counter-Terrorism,
we appreciate your cooperation in this most urgent endeavour.
Glad to help in any way I can, sir.
When did you first become aware of the Correction programme, Mr Hart?
Er, with respect, Lord Frederickson, for reasons of national security,
I am unable to answer that question in the context of an open hearing.
I'm simply asking when you first heard of the programme.
Was it during your tenure at SO15, or before?
With respect, Lord Frederickson, for reasons of national security,
I am unable to answer that question in the context of an open hearing.
And if I were to allow you to testify in a private hearing,
is there any guarantee you'll be more forthcoming in your answers?
With respect, Lord Frederickson, for reasons of national security,
I am unable to answer that question.
Operation Veritas smart camera press packs will be available
at the end of this presentation.
Kevin, get the camera on the fucking tripod.
- Please welcome to the stage... - Dickhead.
Acting Commander Rachel Carey.
As deepfakes have become easier to create
and harder to detect, the question has become more urgent -
how can we trust what we see?
Operation Veritas sees the launch
of a new kind of CCTV camera,
a smart surveillance cam,
designed to detect cyber-attacks and Correction in real time.
Each smart camera has two lenses.
One feeds a signal to our encrypted network,
the other to the camera's hard-drive,
which records internally offline and so cannot be hacked.
The system flags any discrepancies between the two signals
as suspected interference.
If we need reminding of the threat to our country,
in a recent trial, our smart cameras flagged
a blacklisted foreign national
trying to enter the UK under a deepfake identity.
Given his links to Russian Military Intelligence,
we can only wonder how close we may have come
to another Salisbury-level disaster.
Fortunately, Operation Veritas caught Correction in the act.
The Home Secretary's Smarter Surveillance Bill would see
Operation Veritas rolled out across the UK,
creating a nationwide camera network we can rely on.
How can we trust what we see?
It starts with smarter surveillance.
Now, I'm sure you're all eager to hear from the Home Secretary,
so please do join me in welcoming to the stage
a man no stranger to deepfakes himself, Isaac Turner.
Have you spoken to the Prime Minister this afternoon,
- Home Secretary? - Is there to be a leadership contest?
- Are you about to take his job...? - Oh, oh, OK, OK, OK.
I'm told "Carey-Cams" is trending already.
What's trending is you as the next Prime Minister!
OK. O... OK.
- Veritas signal down, sir. - Run diagnostics, find the fault.
This new system is a truly remarkable evolution
in surveillance technology, and none of this would be possible
if it wasn't for the moral courage...
conviction...
dedication...
- and leadership of Rachel Care... - We've lost it.
Come to three. Go to Khadija.
- Well, we do apologise... - Go back to the Frederickson Inquiry.
Natasha, can you hear me?
And I refuse to call her Acting Commander of SO15.
She's definitely not acting.
Commander Rachel Carey.
Shots fired. Plato response.
T66, active shooter in the building.
Top floor. Lockdown the QEII.
Repeat, lockdown the QEII.
Tier One, Protected Asset is down.
Get down! Stay down!
Everyone, remain where you are until otherwise instructed.
This is a crime scene and you are all eyewitnesses.
Paige, until backup arrives, contain everyone.
Um, if everyone could just stay where you are, please.
- Let us out! - Erm, everything is under control.
- We'll take you back there as soon as we can. - Tash?
Natasha, can you hear me?
Can't get her.
Can I get an OB truck at the QEII? Quickly, please!
All units be advised, suspect is white, male, 6'1",
medium build, armed with a semi-automatic handgun.
Other weaponry unknown. Kilo Control.
- Control, Kilo One. - Tom?
All eyes down, ma'am.
Every camera in the building's offline including ours.
Is C-T-C compromised?
No, ma'am. The disruption's taking place locally.
Officer down! Repeat. Officer down.
Active shooter in the south-west corridor lift. Descending.
Get these cameras back up!
Lift access. Two up. Two even. Go.
Ma'am, please stay where you are.
If you insist on trying to defer every answer to a private...
hearing, may I ask, what is the point of holding a public one?
Sorry is that a question, sir?
Let me guess.
"For reasons of national security,
"you are unable to answer the question."
Er, forgive me, Lord Frederickson. May I be excused?
- Excused? - Er, let me rephrase that. I'm off.
Reasons of national security.
Some news just breaking. Reports are coming in...
- Call it a disturbance. - of a disturbance in Central London.
What have we got?
Excuse me, ladies and gents. Clear back, please. Can you clear back?
Sergeant, form a cordon.
- This lot should be 30 feet away from here. You understand? - Yes, sir.
Thank you, sir. Get these people out of here.
Over the other side of the street.
Boys! Clear this area. Get the people back.
Suspect is in the south-west corridor lift of the QEII,
descending.
George!
Guv.
Sorry, force of habit.
Guv's still fine by me, George. Where's the SIO?
Commander Carey's in the building.
You got a spare vest?
Can't allow it.
Come on, George. Don't make me bring up Bournemouth.
Get the guv'nor a vest.
Get back! Go on, get back!
Doors opening.
Lift going down.
Suspect on the move. Lower ground level.
Doors opening.
Movement, underground parking.
Armed police!
Commander Carey! SO15!
For fuck's sake, stand down, it's the SIO.
Apologies, ma'am.
Oh, God!
Commander Carey.
Have you locked down the Palace of Westminster?
What?!
Parliament is in session.
There are reports of gunfire in the vicinity.
Have you locked down the Palace of Westminster?
Parliamentary Protection Officers deploy,
but the order has to come from you.
You are running SO15?
What are you doing here?
I was in the area.
Cameras back online.
We've got to find someone who can help us catch the bastard
- that did it. - All right, it seems to be coming back online now.
- Fuck! - When did you last have eyes on, ma'am?
Level two.
I thought he came down in the lift, but he might've got out up there.
Got armed units on every level, ma'am.
Not on level two, you don't. Not any more.
- Sweep the building, floor to floor. - Ma'am.
Control, Kilo One.
And call Parliamentary Protection Officers.
- Lock down the Palace of Westminster. - Ma'am.
- Go ahead. - CCTV in the building's back up and running, ma'am,
- like it was never down. - What can you see?
Carnage, but no sign of a shooter.
Do you trust the feeds?
Well, there's still no indication of Correction, ma'am.
No-one's hacked our feeds.
As far as I can tell,
they just knocked out the power supply at the source.
It's sabotage all right, but I wouldn't call it sophisticated.
Ha! It's good to know it doesn't take a genius to humiliate us.
Close down all roads 500 yards within QEII building.
He's not in the building.
What makes you say that?
CCTV is up and running.
He doesn't need it. He's gone.
Widen the search area. Suspect may have fled the QEII.
We've had eyes on every exit.
Tactical units surrounding the building.
Tactical may have missed something. Widen the search.
Search teams will need a smudge, ma'am.
And escort the civilian to safety.
Parliament is on lockdown this afternoon
following reports of an armed attack in Westminster.
Police are responding. It would appear that the QEII...
You're welcome.
where Home Secretary Isaac Turner was giving a press conference,
is the focal point of the attack.
No-one is to use their phone or devices until otherwise instructed.
Please remain in this area until the tactical commander has
cleared the building for evacuation.
No-one is to leave until they've given a witness statement
and submitted all video evidence for review.
The sooner we can review it, the sooner we can release it.
- Ma'am. - We need a smudge of the shooter.
We're on it.
They should all have it.
The live broadcast was cut, but their cameras were still recording.
I got him!
His face?
Blink and you'll miss him, but I got him.
OK, right, front of the line.
Paige, are you OK? What did you see?
I saw Isaac Turner's head blown off. I...
- And the shooter? Did you see him? - No.
We're getting a lot of that, ma'am.
If you whack up the brightness it should be all right.
Quick as you can. We need that smudge.
Rachel.
Sir. Liaison officers are on their way to inform the families.
As soon as Simone Turner's been spoken to,
you're clear to make a statement.
Whoever did this
cut the live broadcast and sabotaged the CCTV.
I would advise against any comms
until we know what we're dealing with.
And leave an information vacuum?
If you give people a blank page, they'll start colouring it in.
Was this racially motivated, Rachel?
Downing Street is anxious.
We're not ruling anything out, sir.
First black British PM, gunned down by a lone wolf?
Sounds racially motivated to me.
PM?
- In waiting. - I didn't say the suspect was a lone wolf.
Single shooter, I understood.
This wasn't the work of some crazed fanatic.
This was a professional assassin.
If I was the PM, I'd be anxious
this was hostile state actors,
- foreign or domestic. - Ma'am.
All levels clear. No trace of the suspect.
So he HAS escaped the building, you agree?
We've had eyes on every exit point, ma'am.
So he hasn't left the building and he's not in the building,
is that what you're telling me?
Well, it might help if we had more to go on besides white male,
6'1", medium build.
White male, 6'1", medium build,
late 30s/40s, clean shaven, dark brown eyes, short dark hair,
last seen wearing a black zip-up sports top,
black utility trousers, and black approach shoes.
- You got a good look at him, ma'am? - You must've been close.
He was six feet away from me when he stopped.
Stopped?
He stopped and...
he looked at me for two or three seconds.
Lucky YOU weren't shot.
Rachel, after what you've been through,
we can't expect you to continue...
- Sir, with respect... - unless, of course, you choose to do so.
Yes. Thank you, sir.
I'm trying to bring the new Commander's start date forward
significantly, so that you don't have to steer the ship alone.
That is a great relief, sir.
We need this managed properly.
How's Paige bearing up? I can take the lead on comms if you need me...
No! Paige has been a trooper so far.
She's got this lot in check. I think she can handle the step up.
Got him. Ma'am?
Have you got the shooter?
ICN. Lifted the brightness as high as it'll go.
- There's one or two frames where he's in focus... - We only need one.
- Outstanding. - Thank God for that.
Zoom in.
It's not him.
- What do you mean? - That is not the shooter I saw.
- Well, then, who is it? - A second gunman?
- Am I cleared to release this image? - Absolutely not.
Eyes on target.
- Not him. - Ma'am?
None of this is right.
Found a smudge?
No. Suspected interference.
Sir, this footage is compromised.
We need to investigate before we can even think about releasing it.
From a public safety standpoint, that is out of the question.
Then we send to search teams, but not to the press.
Liaison officers have spoken to Simone Turner, sir.
The family are aware there'll be an announcement.
You think this is Correction?
Yes, sir, I believe it is.
- I want updates every 15 minutes. - Sir.
- I need all footage over to CTC. - OK, ma'am.
Your attention, please!
All footage will now be held under a D-Notice embargo.
That means it stays with us.
Tom, we need to act fast.
I won't be able to lead this op for much longer.
- Have you still got eyes on Frank Napier? - I do.
Contained and controlled.
If Frank's involved, he's remotely involved.
Stay on him. I want you to put eyes on Danny Hart.
And bring Gemma Garland in.
- Gemma Garland's suspended, ma'am. - For questioning.
Correction is in play, Tom. They're all suspects.
- Correction? - The news footage.
Well, any camera running on its own battery supply would've kept
recording after the hack, but that doesn't mean those feeds
could've been intercepted and corrupted.
There were a lot of cameras running this conference.
Paige?
Paige, the smart cam, on stage, the demo cam, the fucking...
The, the, the, the, the Carey-Cam!
Did you say it was running on battery power?
Yeah.
- Nadia. - Ma'am.
- Secure that camera to CTC. - On it.
- DC Clark, secure the Veritas camera. - Yes, ma'am.
Outstanding work, Paige.
OK, a D-Notice embargo means that all of your footage
is not going anywhere. It is considered evidence.
The sooner we can get through this, the sooner you can go.
Failure to comply will be considered a criminal offence.
Shortly after 1.00 this afternoon, the Home Secretary,
Isaac Turner, was shot and fatally wounded by a gunman in Westminster.
Four armed officers were also killed
as the gunman made his escape.
The suspect is believed to be armed and he remains at large.
Anyone who has any information as to the identity of the suspect
should report to the police immediately. Thank you.
I'm told "Carey-Cams" is trending already.
None of this would be possible if it weren't for the moral courage,
conviction... I refuse to call her Acting Commander.
Commander Rachel Carey.
Run facial rec on that unknown.
Ma'am. Uh, ma'am, the TV cameras,
what makes you think they were corrected?
That is not the shooter. Is that enough?
The news cameras were offline.
Were they offline? Or were they intercepted?
- It's possible, isn't it? - Possible, yeah.
Is it also possible this is the shooter?
Try this.
The demo camera. It was rolling at the time of the attack,
full frame, on the shooter, battery-powered.
We've got comms to thank for that.
Database loaded, ma'am.
Every POI on file matching your description.
Bring them up. Cross-reference them with this, as soon as it's loaded.
The online signals will have been blocked,
but the local one should be intact.
Smudges from ITN, Sky News, Al Jazeera uploaded.
Tom, the smart camera, it was facing the suspect.
- We've got him! - Ma'am, this is a demo model.
The clue's in the title.
It's not kitted out. There's no operational hard drive,
no memory card.
Battery power might have been on, but it can't have been recording.
- Smudge from Reuters uploaded. - Our camera,
our smart camera, built to record two channels of video...
wasn't recording one?
Smudge from Channel 4.
I'm... I'm sorry. I'm, I'm, I'm...
- It's not your fault. - I'm... I'm so sorry!
It is not about you, for fuck's sake.
Ma'am.
She seen a medic?
Sit her somewhere.
Smudge from Associated Press.
She stays here.
If she's here, we don't have the head of comms
breathing down our neck.
- Suspect on another camera, ma'am. - That is not the suspect.
Footage has been corrected.
- Matches the others? - Yes, because it's all been corrected!
That is not the shooter.
Are you 100 % sure, ma'am? He matches your description.
White male, 6'1, medium build.
Yes, I am 100%, Nadia. The shooter was nothing like him.
He didn't even have a beard, for fuck's sake!
- Smudge from GB News. - Not sophisticated?
The man appears out of nowhere, shoots a Government minister
right before my eyes, and then disappears without a trace.
I'd say that was sophisticated. I'd say he was a genius, Tom.
He is laughing at us. He is laughing at me.
Why did no-one else see him? It was a fucking press conference!
It was a room full of journalists with cameras rolling.
Why am I the only one who saw the suspect?
Forgive the intrusion.
I know this is a critical time for Operation Veritas,
not to mention a sensitive one,
so all the more reason to waive the ceremonials,
and do this over a simple handshake.
Deputy Commander Carey, allow me to introduce Commander Pierson,
our new Head of SO15.
Hi. Noah.
Pleased to meet you.
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