Bag it.
Let's go!
Yeah?
Professor, we got the hard drive.
Good girl.
Yes, sir.
Would you state your name
and place of employment for the record?
Special Agent Ali Soufan,
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Date and place of birth?
July 8th, 1971.
Sidon, Lebanon.
Agent Soufan,
you testified in preliminary session
that the CIA withheld intelligence
from the FBI
on multiple occasions,
intelligence that would have prevented
the attacks of September 11th.
Yes, sir, I did.
What you're saying is contrary
to CIA testimony.
All right.
So you're telling us they've lied to this commission?
If members of the CIA testified that the Agency
properly shared information with the Bureau
in the manner in which they are by law directed to,
then you've been lied to.
Can you tell us the first time
you became aware the Agency
was withholding information from your FBI unit?
In the summer of 1998.
Martin Schmidt was the chief of Alec Station,
the Bin Laden unit of the CIA.
Alec Station was Schmidt's creation,
his domain.
He and his team devoted their lives
to the hunt for al-Qaeda.
That hunt was meant to be done
hand-in-hand with the FBI.
It wasn't.
The Bureau had two agents assigned to Alec Station.
They were supposed to be informed of intelligence,
so they could report it back to my boss at the FBI,
John O'Neill.
That summer,
Alec Station came into possession of a hard drive
from an al-Qaeda cell in Eastern Europe.
Martin Schmidt refused to share that intelligence.
Tirana.
On that hard drive
were lists of al-Qaeda operatives
and more than 50 potential targets.
You know, our boys have been keeping
an eye on the Albanian cell.
Indeed I do.
Professor, the retarded twins.
Shut it down. Close up shop.
What you going over in there, Martin?
Whatever we may or may not be examining
is entirely none of your business.
Sir, the way this works is you show us what you've got
and then we discuss if it's our business.
The ladies and I analyze what we learn
in the manner for which we've been...
shall we say, educated.
Okay.
We're flying back to New York this morning.
John O'Neill's gonna want to know what you're looking at.
I see.
Fuck John O'Neill.
Good morning, Mr. O'Neill.
- Margie. - They're all waiting for you.
Good.
- Gordo, good morning. - Morning, boss.
Kathy, you're a sight for sore eyes.
- Glad to be of service. - Bobby.
- Godfather. - Suck me, asshole.
Floyd, how are you?
I'm good, sir. Good morning.
So...
I find out early this morning
that the Agency raided
Ahmed Salama Mabruk.
Did they invite the Bureau to ride along?
Do they call on me to pass on intel,
or do I need to learn about this shit
all by myself?
I'm done. We're gonna start acting on our own,
here and overseas.
Let me ask you something.
How many Arabic speakers do we have in the Bureau?
Anybody?
- Eight? - Eight. Thank you.
Eight Arabic speakers out of more than 10,000 agents.
That's how seriously our government takes this threat.
Sorry, boss. Shuttle was late.
- Kiss the ring. - Suck me, Bobby.
What's happening in the Manson family?
It is weird it's all women and one bearded guy, right?
Thought it was just me.
Who is this?
Your newest colleague, Ali Soufan.
He can answer every question you have.
All right.
Welcome. How you doing, Ollie?
Ali.
That's what I said.
- It's all right. - No, okay, shut...
Shut the fuck up.
What happened on the Mabruk raid?
All we could learn was that they renditioned him to Cairo
and they got their hands on a computer hard drive.
You didn't see what's on it?
Schmidt closed us out.
God damn it. Fuck that motherfucker.
Interesting. He said the same thing about you.
Did you see anything?
Him and the redhead were putting some pins in a map.
I think a few were in Africa.
One went in Albania.
Albania?
Tirana, I think.
Okay, fuck this.
I'm getting Justice to ram through
an indictment on UBL
so we can do this ourselves.
We just... we gotta give them something.
Bobby, what do you got?
Anything... old leads, stale bullshit...
I don't know, John. It...
Remember Wadih el-Hage...
Used to be UBL's secretary in the Sudan,
now lives in Nairobi?
We know he broke with him a while back.
It may be a dead end, but...
Get on the first plane to Kenya.
I want whatever you can find.
Something's up, people. I can feel it.
Bin Laden invited US journalists
to Afghanistan two weeks ago
so he can get himself on national TV...
tonight.
Could you show me your gun?
Mr. Bin Laden,
John Miller, ABC News.
You've been painted as a terrorist
by the American people.
To your followers, you're a hero.
How do you see yourself?
_
Mr. Bin Laden,
you issued a fatwa
calling on Muslims to kill Americans
where they can, when they can.
Is that directed at all Americans?
_
Bin Laden left his home in Saudi Arabia
at the age of 19
to join the Muslims fighting
the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Like many of the young fighters,
he was religious and committed.
Unlike any other,
he came from a Saudi family
that ran a construction empire
worth $5 billion.
Bin Laden's personal worth
is estimated at $200 million.
Bin Laden has made these threats before,
but this time, there's something different.
He put a time cap on it,
saying that whatever action will be taken
against Americans in the Gulf
whatever violence awaits,
will occur within the next few weeks.
Ted.
Soufan.
Get your coat. We're going to dinner.
Think he's a maniac.
- I, uh, yeah. - He's a maniac.
Look what the cat dragged in.
Hello, beautiful.
Feels like forever.
24 hours will do that.
When you miss someone, you miss someone.
Dougie! Bring Johnny his drink.
You applied to the Bureau on a dare?
I was in grad school.
My friends thought it would be funny
if a Muslim who drank heavily
sent in a résumé.
We weren't sure which one
would disqualify me more:
the alcohol or the Islam.
We even had a pool whether I'd get in or not.
You put money in the pot?
I lost.
Here's to losing.
You practice?
Islam?
Not in a long time.
You?
Ah, church and me broke up a lifetime ago.
Talk to me about the interview.
I think it's the third warning.
First was the '96 declaration of jihad.
Then the February fatwa.
And now, Bin Laden is going
straight to the American people.
Why three times?
There's this unauthenticated hadith...
the sayings of the Prophet Muhammed...
Some think he said it; some don't.
"When you see a snake in your house,
"you should warn it three times.
"If it returns, you must kill it.
It is a devil."
UBL's warning the snake to get out of his house.
Telling America to get out of the Middle East,
out of Saudi Arabia in particular.
That's why he wanted to get on TV.
He used Miller's interview to... to appear strong
by threatening the United States
as he looked an American directly in the...
Hey! Glad you could make it.
John Miller, meet Agent Ali Soufan.
He was just talking about you.
You think I got used?
Uh...
Mr. Miller, I assure you, I...
Sit down, sit down, both of you.
Come on, can't we all just get along?
Did he just quote Rodney King?
Audrey, Glenlivet and rocks for Miller.
So, world traveler, how was it?
Total luxury.
Taliban mountain resort.
Those guys know how to throw a party.
Well, you deserve the best.
Hey, that was a good piece you put together.
The network kept making me cut it down.
All anyone wants to hear about is Monica's cum-stained dress.
See, I don't get that. I've cum on a lot of dresses
and nobody ever wants to hear about those.
Show me the dress and I'll do the reporting.
- Salut. - Salut.
Let me ask you something.
The background footage for your interview
had two guys scrubbed out.
Why is that?
Ayman al-Zawahiri. You know who he is.
He insisted that we erase a couple of guys from the shots
before he'd hand over the tapes.
Why those guys?
No idea.
Maybe you did get used.
White here.
Mary Jo, you're the only other person
in the Justice Department
who actually works for a living.
Do you call what you do working?
I'm sitting at my desk. How about you?
It's all work,
whether you're getting drunk doing it or not.
Well, I went into the wrong end of the business.
What's up, John?
You see the interview tonight?
I called Louis Freeh afterwards.
He's tucked in bed with his cell phone off.
What the fuck is that?
I suppose he's trying to sleep.
Tell me what I can do for you.
We just got warned by al-Qaeda
on national TV,
and our director slept through it.
We're running out of time.
We tried to get Alec Station
to hand over intel.
We ask, we ask, they don't give a shit.
I-49 needs an indictment
so we can start acting on our own.
Tie UBL to something concrete.
Karachi consulate van attack, Khobar Towers.
You get me anything decent, even if it's old,
I'll get you an indictment.
You're a good woman, Mary Jo.
Go home and get some sleep.
You too.
I'm working on it.
You're playing our song.
Is this our song?
You making love to Puccini with somebody else these days?
A few guys, mostly freshmen.
Ah, at least they're learning something useful.
They're certainly not learning anything else.
If I have to read another "Beowulf" essay
cribbed from freaking Cliffs Notes,
I'm gonna kill someone.
Well, don't do that,
'cause then I'd have to arrest you.
Oh.
Is that a promise?
Well, aren't you sweet?
Mm-hm.
"Whan that Aprill
"with his shoures soote,
"the droghte of March
hath perced to the roote..."
That's good.
The Jesuits taught you well.
"And bathed every veyne in swich licour
of which vertu engendred is the flour..."
That is so good.
It's Chaucer, but it's good.
Is that a gun in your pocket,
or are you just happy to see me?
You know I keep my firearm on my ankle.
How was your day, baby?
Oh, just trying to catch some bad guys.
If I could only figure out where they are.
He's got a charity called Help Africa People,
whatever that means.
We think he's got this American wife,
April Brightsky Ray.
If she's here, I can do the talking.
Sir.
You will do the talking either way.
This is as far as we go.
Who invited you here?
Robert Chesney, United States FBI.
I have a warrant to inspect the home
of Wadih al-Hage
and April Brightsky Ray.
What if I say no?
I'm afraid I'd have to go inside anyway.
What if I decide to untie this dog?
I'm more of a cat person myself,
so I'm concerned,
and if I get frightened,
I might have to shoot him.
And I wouldn't want to do that in front of your kids.
Come on.
Thank you.
You got to come all the way to Africa
just to get up in our business.
Look. We good people.
I got kids to take care of,
my daily housework to do,
dinner to prepare,
and we just trying to do some good work.
Charity work.
Help some people.
That's the charity you, uh, run with your husband,
Help Africa People?
Don't you get on at me about that name.
I told the old man it didn't make no sense.
I think it's a perfectly good name.
Of course,
if you decide
to change the grammar, I...
I suggest you have a few decent choices.
You could add a comma.
That would make it an exhortation,
an encouragement.
"Help Africa, people."
Or you could simply add an N.
Help African People.
That's probably what you're going for anyway, right?
Hello.
What are you doing in my house?
Alone with my wife in my house?
Robert Chesney,
FBI.
I have a warrant to inspect your home.
Why must you come to harass my family?
I am charity worker.
We were just talking about that.
You were the personal secretary
to Usama bin Laden.
Is that correct?
Many years ago. No longer.
Do you ever speak with him now?
Never.
Email?
Afghanistan does not have AOL.
I see.
But...
you did work for him.
Many years ago.
So many... a very long time.
Did you do work for him on this computer?
We have a major story in the news this morning.
NBC News has learned
that Monica Lewinsky is ready
to tell the grand jury that she
and President Clinton discussed ways
of hiding their relationship.
NBC News has confirmed a story
first reported by "The New York Times"
that the two agreed to deny
that they had a sexual relationship.
Lewinsky was granted full immunity Tuesday
by Ken Starr in exchange
for her full and truthful testimony.
Thank you for making yourselves available
once again. Thanks especially
to those who travel in. John.
I come from all the way across the river.
You do, and the American people
owe you a debt of gratitude.
Let's get status updates
before moving ahead. General?
Details of continuing ops
are there for you to read.
The headline is our readiness in Senegal
to evacuate from Guinea-Bissau
if the military coup spills over.
Good. Thank you, General.
- Martin? - Nothing new this week.
You have nothing new?
That's what I said, John.
Hm.
You think I'm a complete moron?
You interested in an answer to that question?
Can I remind you of NS Directive 30,
signed by President Reagan, and PRD-44,
- signed by President Clinton? - Thank you for the memories.
It's not your choice whether you share intelligence.
You're required to share it with the FBI
and everybody else in this room.
I have nothing new, Richard.
What's going on in Albania, Marty?
You got a hard drive from Ahmad Salama Mabruk
that mentions Albania. Where's Mabruk?
Why hasn't the FBI had a chance to question him?
What's on his hard drive?
You got a stash of intel
that you refuse to share with my agents.
If we were in possession of such a computer,
and I'm not confirming that we are,
it would be a foreign intelligence matter,
not a law enforcement matter.
So you do have the hard drive.
I don't know how you reached that...
How would you know if it was a law enforcement matter
or a foreign intelligence matter
if you haven't looked at the hard drive?
If we did have any intelligence whatsoever,
it would be for us to decide how best to use it
before you do what you always do:
go around the globe arresting people
and putting them on trial, before you blow
a possible gold mine of information
and render it utterly useless.
So no, I'm not prepared to say one way or the other...
How about you take a deep fucking breath
- and get yourself prepared... - Okay, calm down for a minute.
I don't want to calm down.
Either of you watch TV the other night?
If one American gets killed
because of information you kept secret,
when I get my hands on that hard drive...
and I will get my hands on it...
I will shove that thing so far up your ass
you'll be combing shit out of your pompous fucking beard.
All right, all right. Enough, John.
Martin, after the meeting,
you will return to Alec
and go through what you've got with your team.
The point of these meetings is to share
what we've got from our teams and work together.
We might need to watch-list names.
We might...
You know what, gentlemen? Have a good meeting.
I need to do some actual work.
I'm sorry, Lizzie.
Well, that is a shame,
'cause I'm making your favorite.
Not the lasagna with the ground veal.
You're missing out.
Ah, I had a terrible day here.
I gotta stick around, make things right.
Any chance that you catch the last shuttle?
You can wake me up.
Ugh...
I can't.
It's my loss.
You bet it is,
and I'm not just talking food.
Oh, you're killing me.
I gotta go, baby.
All right.
Well, go catch some bad guys.
Love you.
You too.
Johnny!
You scared me!
Oh...
You're a sweetheart.
You're playing our song.
Bottled water?
Robert Chesney?
- Hi. - Bob.
You can call me Bob.
Deb Fletcher, Chief of...
- Station. - Um...
Yeah. Hi.
What you got there?
Is that from an archaeological dig or something?
Yeah, I know.
It's an ancient one.
Big.
Hope we can still turn it on.
- Can I help you carry it? - Oh, no, no.
No, I can handle it.
I, uh...
I can do this.
All right, macho man. This way.
I didn't notice you come over.
I... was watching... well, all of this.
Yeah, it can get a little nuts in here.
It's lively. It's nice.
It is nice.
People come and go all day long.
Lots of folks bring their kids, as you can see.
I'm not so crazy about how exposed we are.
To the street.
Yeah, the ambassador complained about it,
but there's a part of me that also likes it.
- All the light. - Yeah.
Not being so cut off.
I mean, why go someplace
if you can't get involved with the folks there, right?
Get to know the people.
- You know what I mean? - Super important
to get involved with people.
I'm glad you think so, Bob Chesney.
You'll work in here.
There's a secure phone line
for when you need to call HQ.
Thank you, I appreciate it. Thank you.
Come find me when you're done.
I'm one floor up.
- O'Neill. - John.
I've been up all night, going through el-Hage's computer.
You know, my Arabic is pretty much for shit,
but there seems to be some training material
that got sent to Somalia
in '92, '93,
before Black Hawk Down.
Maybe some funding, too.
That's perfect. That'll get us our indictment.
You can get the new guy, Soufan, to go through it all.
Mary Jo'll make it work... whatever's there.
There's something else.
There's a lot of photos on here.
Probably for forging passports or whatnot,
but one of them,
I'll bet my life,
is Zawahiri's brother, Muhammed al-Zawahiri.
Oh, Bobby, I could fuck you right now.
You know he runs the Albania cell.
Out of Tirana. You're a beautiful man.
Pouch it to me here, share the intel
with the Sisters, and come on home.
You... you've done good, Bobby.
Oh, suck me.
Whatever you want. I'm here for you.
- Fuck you. - Fuck you too.
John.
You gotta level with me.
Is the Agency making a move in Tirana?
I got a computer that belongs to
UBL's Sudan secretary
that's got passport photos
of Muhammed al-Zawahiri.
If there's something going down in Tirana,
I got a right to have an agent there.
Thanks for meeting me out so late.
Sure.
So how are the kids?
It's special ed students you teach, yeah?
Mm-hm.
Wait, how did you know that?
FBI.
I do a background check
on anyone I go on a date with.
Ali.
- You finally visit me again. - Hey.
He used to
practically live here.
Now I cry every day
because he don't come here no more.
- Sorry. - Mm?
I've been so busy at work.
No excuses.
Welcome to Moustache, young lady.
My name is Omar.
Hello, Omar. It's nice to meet you.
I'm Heather.
Anything else you want to know, though,
just ask him.
He's got the whole dossier.
Ah, he turn on the charms already, has he?
I bring the wine, on the house.
- White? - That would be lovely.
Thank you.
Thanks, Omar.
He's nice.
He's been like a second father to me
since I moved to New York.
Uh, look, I didn't mean to freak you out.
I was trying to make a joke.
Bad joke.
Are you gonna...
- Go ahead. - Sorry.
Hi, boss.
You're going to Albania.
- When? - Now.
The next flight to Frankfurt
leaves in 90 minutes.
You can transfer from there to Tirana.
The Sisters are raiding Muhammed al-Zawahiri's cell.
They'll give you a weapon when they pick you up.
Now listen to me. This is the real deal.
Make sure you lay eyes on
any evidence they seize.
If it's in Arabic, I need you reading it.
I want you talking to whoever they pick up,
- Okay? - Okay.
But most important,
be careful.
When you land,
do not go into the terminal building.
Stay on the tarmac,
as long as it takes.
You'll be picked up.
- You hear me? - Uh, yes, sir.
Stay on the tarmac.
Wait till they come for you.
- Okay. - Good luck.
Don't tell me... you have to leave?
Okay, then.
I'm sorry, I... I really have to.
I apologize. I have to leave, Omar.
Heather, please stay, huh?
We'll have some wine.
I'll get you taxi. Hm?
Please stay and have a drink with me.
Uh...
Okay.
Good.
Be safe.
Come home soon, inshallah.
Inshallah.
Ah...
I'm sorry.
Ali Soufan...
is a good man.
He come here alone four times each week
the first year he lived in New York.
I believe he was looking for someplace
to feel more at home.
Please.
Consider giving him another chance.
Fee sahtikum.
To your health.
I don't understand.
You must go into terminal building.
Thank you, but I'll wait here.
Now.
Go into terminal building.
I'm being picked up,
so I'll wait here.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Get in! - Who are you?
If you're Soufan, we're your ride.
Get your ass in the car!
Welcome to Albania.
Professor, the boys in the field are en route.
Rendition plan remains the same?
They're EIJ.
Egypt wants them, Egypt gets them.
- Yes, sir. - Send them to Cairo in the morning.
Get your answers by the afternoon.
I like the way you think, Diane.
We're of one mind, Professor.
Back away.
Back away from the machine.
Ibiidi aan il-ghassala! Itharraki.
Soufan?
- You in there? - Yeah!
Where are you taking them?
Away.
Hey.
Where are you taking them?
Orders from Langley.
- O'Neill. - Boss.
We raided the house,
arrested four individuals...
none of them Zawahiri,
confiscated explosives
and batteries and wiring.
The Sisters took the suspects to Egypt.
I looked through the house
and there was no written material,
no computers,
so I got no information to pass to you.
I'm sorry, boss. I let you down.
You didn't let me down.
This is one of Ayman al-Zawahiri's
biggest cells. They were clearly
planning to hit something,
probably the embassy.
Maybe Albania was the most urgent warning
the Agency found on Mabruk's hard drive.
Let's hope so.
Let's hope they're not planning to hit somewhere else.
You did good.
Okay, thank you, sir.
Thank you, son.
Come on home.
To America, I can say
that your message has been received,
and the response,
with the help of Allah,
will be written in a language
you will understand
and will be delivered
directly to your home.
Welcome home.
There you go.
Come on.
Him too.
It's late.
You staying the night?
No.
Hey, open the gate!
Open the gate now!
- For what? - I said open the gate!
Hey!
Attack! Attack!
O'Neill.
John, Dick Clarke.
I have bad news.
Hello.
Ali, turn on your television.
Causing parallel scenes of chaos
at US embassies in neighboring
East African capitals.
Five minutes after an apparent bomb blast
rocked Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
a second explosion erupted 450 miles away
in Nairobi, Kenya.
I'm gonna need you in the office.
I'm on my way in.
I'll meet you there.
Now it begins.
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