Émission TV: The Closer - 2x14
Previously on the closer...
The protected witness is sitver there in the garage With some old mafia guy.
We will share custody of deluca with agent hecht, Who may stay with him at an lapd safe house With flynn and provenza.
What's with the crown royal bag?
I keep my gun in it when i'm off duty.
It was marty's idea.
The bag is supple.
It helps keep the gun dry.
Huh?
Yeah.
That's it.
Brenda: agent hecht.
Agent hecht!
Marty.
Marty!
It's a trap.
Sanchez: there you are.
??????
Drop your weapon!
The closer 214-215 Taylor: all right, lieutenant.
I got about 10 minutes, So walk me through this As fast as you can.
Ok.
The victim's a 16-Year-Old boy Named malik fara.
Site manager found him here this morning at 8:30.
Looks like he was shot 3 times?
Four, actually.
He's got one in the back.
The boy falls, he turns over, He tries to crawl away, He falls over onto his back, So malik here was looking straight up at the killer When he got blasted in the chest.
Taylor: mchale.
Evidence suggests that there were 3 people here, Including the victim.
We have 3 different pairs of male shoes.
These footprints here are malik's, the blue tape.
Those over there are the shooter's, the red tape.
And there's a third set over by those car tread marks.
So, fellas, anyone know why there's a dead arab teenager In the middle of nowhere?
Gabriel: the kid's not from around here, Not that anyone is from around here, But we found a library card in his backpack That's from mayflower academy.
Malik might be a rich kid.
What else did he have, detective ross?
Some sheet music, bus schedule, a change of clothes, Toothbrush, and some sandwiches.
Looks like he was going somewhere.
Mchale: maybe he was meeting the person in that car, Got surprised by the shooter.
That doesn't explain why malik brought a knife with him.
Taylor: what knife?
Over here.
Let's start at the beginning.
So we got 3 people.
There's malik, and over there, There's the guy in the car we believe malik was looking To meet up with, and then there's our killer.
Now if we follow the kid's footprints, He walks towards the car, and then from behind comes the killer.
Malik and the killer struggle for a moment, Malik stabs him, probably in the leg, Because there's a blood trail, And it looks like the guy was dragging his foot or maybe limping.
How do we know it was the boy who had the knife?
We found a slit in the pocket of the jacket Where the knife cut through.
Commander, this boy was scared of someone.
So malik stabs the shooter, maybe in the leg.
Malik starts running.
Bam!
Shooter hits boy in the back.
Gabriel: well, maybe.
We found two casings Over here where the two of them struggled And then 3 more up by the body, Probably from the chest wounds, And then 3 more a little further on.
I mean, it was nighttime, so the kid probably-- Mchale: the site manager i interviewed said That nobody from the development company's been here For 48 hours, so this could have happened During the day yesterday.
Well, not exactly, because it didn't stop raining Until about 6 p.M.
Yesterday, And these muddy footprints were made Sometime after the storm, detective.
Taylor: how did all these people get here?
I think it's safe to assume they all drove.
We only found evidence of one car, sir.
Flynn: look.
We should probably widen The search perimeter, get some more personnel-- We can't spare the resources right now, lieutenant.
There was a murder/suicide in hollywood last night.
Besides, the evidence seems pretty much localized.
Well, we won't know that unless we expand the perimeter.
After 4 months, you boys should realize, We're not playing this game by atlanta rules anymore, ok?
Someone get samples of the blood to the lab.
Those casings go to ballistics.
You check with the local hospitals, see if anyone walked in With a knife wound to the leg And try and wrap this up.
A lot of people dying in l.A.
This week.
Wow.
A 5-Mile run in 15 minutes.
That's pretty amazing.
How far did you get this time?
All the way to that pastry shop i hate.
You know, i have an idea.
Why don't you call someone from work And ask them out to lunch?
Like who?
Did you ever call tao back?
Lieutenant tao doesn't have time To have lunch with me.
Besides, he's been reassigned back to s.I.D.
Really?
When did that happen?
Last thursday.
Daniels was sent to liaison With homeland security.
I got an e-Mail from her.
Taylor's using my paid administrative leave To rip my squad apart.
Well, you got--Ow!
Sorry.
Sanchez and provenza, i'm sure they would love to hear from you.
They're in the same situation you are.
They are not!
Sanchez and provenza are being investigated by internal affairs.
Maybe if provenza hadn't left his gun In his desk drawer in a liquor bag And sanchez hadn't shot that guy 4 times...
Then the fbi wouldn't be using the fact...
Let's not go through this again.
That a federal agent was shot to death in my murder room By one of their own protected witnesses to ruin my career, And you know it, you know it, you know it.
Is there any way to not have this argument again?
I'm not the fbi.
I just work there, And paid administrative leave is not all bad.
You're getting a check to just hang out While the bureau finishes their investigation.
If you don't want to have lunch with someone, Why don't you use that time to finish off Some of the many projects you've started?
Or maybe clean them up.
I can't have lunch with anyone today Because pope has called me in for another meeting, And he won't say what it is, so it's bad, And if you could just find out What the fbi's saying about me, Maybe i should just start looking for work.
I will tell you immediately.
You know i would.
Honestly, i would.
Ok.
I...
Hey, 4 months seems long, But it's routine for an investigation like this.
Right now, i have to, uh...
You have to go to work.
I do, i do.
Don't go to work.
Look.
After you see pope, you'll call me, ok?
Ok.
And i love you.
I love you, too.
Got to go.
Ok.
Ok.
What about malik's family?
Mchale?
They're lebanese.
Father's deceased, mom works nights.
Has no idea why malik would be out that late.
He never did that before, doesn't have a car, And the mother said he'd never run away.
What else?
Oh.
Malik was some kind of hardcore pianist.
Played in competitions, didn't have time for girls or friends.
Flynn, anything from the hospitals?
Last night was a rare one.
Not one stab wound reported in all of l.A.
County.
Really?
Does anybody have any ideas About this "n-L-E-R-N-L-W-L" On the boy's hand?
Could be initials, maybe a girl.
With a long, long, very long name.
Come on.
Ross, hurry it up.
Ok.
The cs show where we found casings.
These different-Colored lines are the paths our 3 players took.
This is malik, this is the killer, And this is the guy from the car.
The casings eject to the right of the gun, So we can tell where our shooter stood From the rounds that he fired.
One, the killer grabs the kid, And they struggle, and gun goes off.
Two, he shot malik in the back from here.
3, he shot at the guy in the car Once here, twice here.
And the last 3 casings, the killer limps back to malik And shoots him in the chest.
Now going back to the vehicles for a second-- Wait a minute, ross.
Wait a minute.
Give me this.
Now, look where the assailant grabbed malik.
The bruises on the boy's neck indicate That the killer had him in some kind of serious choke hold.
Sergeant gabriel.
Now he could have strangled him then or shot him.
He had his gun out.
Instead, the killer shoots forward trying to...
Hit the guy in the car.
Malik stabs his assailant, he takes off, His killer shoots him in the back, But even after shooting him, he doesn't finish him off.
He walks right past him...
Trying to shoot the guy in the car.
Malik was not the primary target.
But malik's our victim.
Ross, you were saying something about the vehicle?
Ross: yeah.
The killer's blood trail stops here, So it's probably where he parked.
Excuse me.
Over here, the guy who ran away, Fishtails off in his vehicle un-Hit.
We found no evidence of broken glass, Paint chips, or bullet fragments.
And how did malik get there?
Gabriel: you remember the bus schedule We found in the kid's backpack.
There's a stop about 3/4 of a mile away.
I contacted the mta.
They tracked down the driver of the bus last night.
And he said he remembers seeing malik get off around 10 p.M.
So the kid walks almost a mile In the dead of night to the middle of nowhere, And he brought a knife with him to a gunfight.
Why?
All right.
Detectives ross and mchale, See if you can speed up the dna test From the blood on the knife.
Gabriel, flynn, Why don't you two focus on that murder/suicide for now.
Ross and mchale can handle this.
Oh.
And thank you, everybody.
Thank y'all so very, very much.
* thank you * Oh, i'm sorry, will-- Uh, chief pope.
I was told that you were ready for me.
No.
We are.
An old friend of ours would like to speak with you.
You remember andrew schmidt?
Andrew, w-What are you doing here?
Nice to see you again, too, brenda.
Oh, i'm sorry.
I mean, it's--It's nice to see you, but-- What am i doing here?
She was always very quick To get to the point, wasn't she?
And you don't seem to have aged at all.
Neither have you, sir.
She's also one of the best liars i have ever known.
As you why i am here...
Commissioner schmidt thinks he might be able to make The federal investigation Into the shooting in your squad room go away.
Uh, pardon me, andrew, because that's a very generous offer And it's good to see a friendly face, But why is the c.I.A.
Interested in helping me?
Oh, they aren't.
In fact, the c.I.A.
Wants you to help them, And if you did, the company would make certain That you got your job back As a means of expressing their thanks.
And if i don't?
Then there will be nothing to thank you for.
Ok.
How can i help?
Pope: an arab boy named malik fara Was found murdered this morning.
Commander taylor is investigating it With what's left of your squad.
But mr.
Taylor lacks critical information Necessary to solving this crime.
The lapd has its own intelligence division.
They can handle this.
Unfortunately, malik's murder is proof That there is a significant breach In agency security.
The company could not safely rely on official channels, Which is why they've reached out To retired personnel like you and me.
They don't trust their own people?
They do not.
And all you need from me is to investigate the murder of this boy.
Here's what i can tell you in advance of an agreement.
The death of malik fara Was almost certainly a mistake.
The intended victim, if he's still alive, Is in terrible danger.
We must do everything we can to save him.
Lastly, the person who is responsible for this Must be found, debriefed, and held accountable.
I need my squad to do this.
I can't give it to you legally.
You're still under federal investigation.
If andrew can make this go away when i'm done, Why can't he do it now?
There is a fear related to your past behavior That you might be tempted to substitute Your own agenda for ours.
Well, how can i be expected To conduct this investigation Right under taylor's nose alone?
I didn't say you had to work alone.
I said you can't have your squad back legally.
How you manage your resources is up to you.
How is your memory holding up?
It's excellent.
If you could come to this address This evening at 9:00.
And, um, brenda, please be sure You're not followed, hmm?
I'll see you tonight.
Be very careful.
I--I hope you have a written agreement Stating that if i solve this murder for you I get my job back.
Oh, i do, i do.
Please sit.
Uh, here are some files you will want.
A database, one of our laptops, And a phone with your hello number.
When you want to check in, Identify yourself as gwen and ask for mr.
Schmidt, And they'll find me.
Oh.
And here's the agreement That you need to read and sign Before we can proceed.
Oh.
Voila.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Odd, isn't it, How our enemies never change?
During world war ii, they recited "mein kampf" While shoving people into gas chambers, And during most of my professional life, They, uh, shot you in the back of the head, Quoting marx and engels, And now they misuse the koran.
Same people, different books.
What was operation fireproof?
Your signature, please.
Thank you.
Operation fireproof was a collections network Comprised of 4 agents, who were recruited From within the los angeles iranian community.
Fireproof's focus was on foreign nationals Who were trying to obtain Nuclear weapons technology for tehran, And for a season, fireproof was considered successful Until all 4 of its agents were murdered, One after the other two weeks ago.
And the case officer in charge Of operation fireproof, larry cole.
Is he still alive?
Yes.
And that's troubling.
I'll say.
Why roll up the chain and leave the anchor in place?
And this malik fara?
Tell me, how did a c.I.A.
Officer get involved With an adolescent lebanese concert pianist?
One day last september, mr.
Cole was intercepted In an l.A.
Parking garage by this boy--Malik-- Who quietly proceeded to recite the real names Of every member of operation fireproof.
Fireproof was highly classified, So there was only one way that malik could possibly obtain that information.
The agency has a mole.
I've always preferred to use the word traitor, Especially when blood was spilled, And our traitor is feeding information To a terrorist organization.
We know this because malik described The source of his knowledge As a highly trusted contact within the army of allah.
Now, malik's contact was willing to defect to us On two conditions, First, that we provide him and malik With immunity from prosecution, And then that we should grant them both u.S.
Citizenship.
Man: i'll see you tomorrow.
Woman: good night.
I'm sorry.
I'm a bit on edge.
So did larry cole tell his bosses about malik?
Not at first.
It took mr.
Cole a month to make sure The boy was safe, But then when he reported malik's existence...
No one believed him.
Yeah.
Well, the story is spectacular.
And this friend of malik, This terrorist contact in the army of allah, You think he'll lead you to your traitor?
Perhaps.
And what do you want me to do, Catch malik's murderer Or locate this contact?
I should like you to do both.
I'm just, um...
I want my job back, But i'm a criminal investigator, andrew.
Finding out who killed malik, that's my profession.
Handing over potential defectors to the c.I.A.
Without knowing why or what you're gonna do with them, I don't do that anymore.
I believe that the army of allah Has collected enough separated plutonium To create an atomic bomb.
I need to find that separated plutonium, And i need you to help me.
Stealing information, passing secrets, Reading other people's mail, Blackmailing foreigners, Lying to your friends and your loved ones About your daily lives-- We are most days gray people doing gray jobs, Shadows in a world of black and white, But then, you know, every once in a while, We're offered the opportunity Where we have the chance to do something That is absolutely right to its very core!
This is one of those times, brenda.
I'll help you, andrew.
If i can talk to who i want.
People will cooperate?
Company people, yes.
Richard branch, chief of our outpost in los angeles.
If you tell him what you want, Richard will arrange it.
This friend of malik's, what position does he hold in the army of allah?
I don't know.
How did he communicate with malik?
I don't know.
What's his nationality?
I don't know.
Well, what does he look like?
I don't know.
How old is he?
I don't know.
Then how in the hell you plan on finding him?
He's probably on the database Of possible terrorist associates I was given access to.
Terrorist associates.
Yeah.
How many names in that database?
Approximately 60,000.
Oh, crapola.
Now i'm getting irritated.
Why are you even looking for this guy if he's not the killer?
Because his life is in danger And because he might have information the c.I.A.
Wants.
Let's get back to that for a minute.
I still don't get why the c.I.A.
Is asking you to do anything.
I told you already, lieutenant.
They came to me out of the blue with this offer, And if it gets us back in the squad room-- Don't kid yourself, chief.
I'll help you out.
I got nothing else to do, But i could find the lindbergh baby, And it wouldn't get me back into our squad room.
No, no, no.
The lapd is retiring my ass.
I won't let them.
Don't make promises you can't keep.
So...
Where do we start?
Well, i don't fully understand How malik came to be where he was, So i want to see where he died, But i want to see it like he did--At night.
And we might need a little help.
Thanks for your help, lieutenant flynn.
I know you have other work.
That's ok, chief.
I've got gabriel covering it.
Besides, it's a murder/suicide.
Except for the paperwork, It kind of solves itself.
Anyway, the crime scene is right through this gate.
That's where he died.
I want to find out how he got there.
Wouldn't he go in through the main road here?
If he was in a car, but he was on foot.
Excuse me.
How are things going with taylor?
Oh, just great.
He's been passing investigations off To other divisions and counting them as clearance on paper.
We're doing 30% better.
Asshole.
Look.
What?
There.
What's that?
An illuminated marker.
Who would notice that?
Someone who's looking for it.
Provenza: whoa, whoa, whoa.
This is creepy.
You want me to hold you?
Brenda: ok. "
N" and "l."
Now, let's go north and look left.
Which way is north?
North is this way.
North and look left.
Look at that.
Ok, last one.
Go west and look left.
I told taylor we should expand the crime scene.
No, this is phosphorescent dye.
It wouldn't have shown up in the daytime anyway.
Let's keep following malik's directions.
How does she know about this stuff?
Flynn: so, chief, the crime scene's Just up that hill a piece.
Ok.
So all these markers are so malik can find his way While being sure he wasn't followed.
He would have arrived here Feeling like he avoided surveillance, And he waited until the guy in the car drove up.
Was there anything in his knapsack He could have used to signal his friend?
No, chief.
Wait, wait.
What about this?
What are you looking for?
A transmitter.
Huh.
That explains how malik was followed here.
And why he didn't know it.
So taylor is investigating The murder of malik from the boy's end, And we'd better leave him to it.
So let's discuss what we know About the guy from the car-- Malik's friend.
First, he's foreign because one of the things he asked for Was u.S.
Citizenship, And he asked for immunity from prosecution, So he's participated in criminal activity, Probably terrorism.
We also know that he communicated with malik recently Because the boy had freshly written directions on his hand.
And i think that we can assume that the guy from the car Picked the rendezvous point.
We also know he got there sometime after 6:00, When it stopped raining, Because the dye he used to mark malik's route Would have washed away in the rain.
And we almost have his height.
He had a size 12 shoe, Plus running back to the car, His stride was at least 5 feet long.
So he's got to be 6 feet tall.
You know what?
Shh!
Shh!
What is...
[Whispering] what is wrong with you?
The guy--Let's call him mr.
T. "
T" for terrorist.
So mr.
T has been in l.A.
Longer than just yesterday, Because the place he chose for the meeting with malik Is not on a lot of tour guides.
Howard: brenda, come to bed.
Brenda: let's wrap this up.
Uh, we still have not narrowed down very much Who mr.
T might be, and we know nothing Of how he communicated with malik.
Um...this is gonna be hard.
Lieutenant flynn, if you and sergeant gabriel Could copy the malik murder book for me Without taylor finding out about it.
And, um, if the killer's dna came back from that knife, I'd like that, too, please.
Yes, ma'am.
I'll help you any way i can, But mainly because i really miss hearing the word "please."
Uh, lieutenant provenza and i Are going to look for the killer Without creating too much tension.
How do you intend to do that?
By going where taylor can't.
Good night.
Good night, sergeant.
Thank you.
Good night, chief.
Wait a minute.
W-Wait a minute.
You're not going to tell them anything About this operation fireproof?
I don't know enough about it myself yet, lieutenant.
That's why tomorrow I'm meeting with some of the people that put it together.
This richard branch, who heads up the c.I.A.
Show Here in los angeles.
He's gonna take me around.
This is dangerous.
We know of 5 people already connected to fireproof Who have been murdered.
So if anything happens to me, I'm gonna need you to be able to report On the substance of what i've done, But you can't be at any of the interviews, And the c.I.A.
Can't know about it.
Ok...
[double-O 7] 007.
Just tell me what you want me to do.
Buzz watson.
How can i help you?
Chief johnson wants what?
Push the other button.
I can't hear very well.
It'd be easier if you drove And let me handle the equipment.
Since when have i ever wanted to make things easy for you?
Right.
Brenda: so, richard, how long have you been Chief of outpost here in los angeles?
Two years, so i was in charge out here During some of fireproof, But i didn't know what the operation was about Until andrew showed up asking questions.
And when was that?
Uh, right after larry cole was fired.
Oh, i thought andrew didn't come until fireproof station Started dying.
No, no.
He was here much earlier than that.
Ok.
Pull over, buzz.
Pull over.
They've stopped.
Pull over.
Pull over!
Give me a second.
I might ought to tell you That elaine donahue is angry about this.
To her way of thinking, She organized fireproof perfectly And it's still a big success, So be careful how you approach her.
She can be a raving bitch.
Thanks for the advice.
And by what name would you like to be introduced?
You can call me brenda.
The raving bitch and i are old friends.
Hello.
Hello.
My name's cynthia.
I won't bother to ask your names, Because i know you'd only lie.
My mother's expecting you in the back.
I'd appreciate it if you kept your questions To a minimum.
Even though she's desperately lonely, She's been emotionally exhausted From the way you people have treated her, so...
Hurry it up.
Thank you.
Brenda leigh johnson!
Which of my old students could andrew have sent To more lighten my mood?
Richard, good of you to come.
Nice to see you, too, elaine.
I set this all out last night While cynthia was asleep.
She's angry on my behalf, you know.
Did you hear, brenda?
Richard is my new boss.
One day i'm reading his reports at langley, Feeling slightly sorry for his backwater posting, And the very next week, i am shuffled off To be officer in residence at ucla, Writing up little summaries on foreign exchange students.
Such a change of pace.
I hope you like the cake.
It's store-Bought but from a good store.
Devil's food.
Thank you, elaine.
That's so nice of you.
So how is andrew, anyway?
I heard he looks horrible.
Someone said cancer.
I hope that's not true.
So i was wondering if you could tell me About operation fireproof.
Of course.
That's why we're sitting here, isn't it?
Because andrew says fireproof blew up in my face, Which is complete bull---.
I made coffee.
Anyone?
No, thank you.
Not me.
Ok, so the set piece.
After the invasion of iraq, The c.I.A.'S domestic activities division Approves a collection operation code named fireproof.
Fireproof's first recruited agent turns out to be a gold mine-- Mr.
Mohammed nuballe, An iranian banker living in l.A., With connections to the army of allah.
He was transferring large wads of cash From an army of allah charity to a russian entrepreneur, A former kgb officer named voitski.
Have you ever heard of a military base in russia Called krasny szesenski?
It translates into english as-- Red pines.
I remember.
It's a nuclear missile installation.
Correct.
That's What mr.
Voitski sold to The army of allah, my dear.
A decommissioned missile.
In parts.
Useless as a weapon, but still.
I find that a little hard to believe.
Elaine, what makes you think The army of allah was able to pull off Buying a russian nuclear missile?
I don't think.
I know.
We found actionable intelligence Proving that's what they were gonna do, And i convinced the company's board of directors To let voitski sell the army of allah that missile And to focus every conceivable surveillance asset On following that missile from red pines to berlin.
And elaine succeeded, didn't she, richard?
Yeah.
We got the missile back, Plus a fair number of their support network.
So what makes operation fireproof a failure?
Larry cole and that boy malik, Who suddenly pops up out of nowhere And tells us we were duped, faked out, misled, That operation fireproof was acting on framed material.
That while we were focusing on red pines, The real money was changing hands elsewhere And that that support team we rolled up Was all part of a kleenex network-- Tissue terrorists-- Manufactured to be thrown away.
So elaine found the missile.
Yes, she did, and some very bad people.
And what did elaine get for it?
Her daughter's greenhouse.
Banished.
Banished.
I don't want to spend the rest of my life Watering my daughter's plants!
I want my job back, brenda.
Pretty please.
I want my job back.
So if not red pines, where was the real money changing hands?
If you want to know what larry cole thinks, Talk to him.
And you want to hide this because...
Brenda: the murder book that lieutenant flynn got for me Is all i need for right now.
Besides, when larry cole gets here, I don't want him to see Malik's picture all over the place Or how little we know.
By the way, are you carrying your gun?
You mean the gun that got us both Put on administrative leave?
That gun?
Better that one than none at all.
[Whispering] go on.
Go.
Go on.
Do you want some help?
I got it.
I got it.
Brenda: please have a seat.
Mr.
Cole, there's so much i've been waiting to ask you I hardly know where to begin, But first, looking at your personnel file, Let me say how sorry i am About your recent divorce And losing custody of your son like that, Then getting fired with not very good references.
That's tough.
And then just when you're facing all those personal And financial pressures, All of your agents are murdered, And now malik, too.
I think you were the only person Familiar with all the victims.
Is that right?
Obviously not.
Can you think of anyone else who knew them...
While they were alive, i mean?
No.
You know, elaine donahue made a suggestion That we should discuss.
She believes you made malik up out of thin air, Because no one else ever spoke to him or saw him.
Just you.
Do you have any idea How we can confirm your report?
How about this.
The kid said it was dangerous, and now he's dead.
But how do we know you weren't just waiting around For the first dead arab teenager to turn up in the news, That you didn't latch on to malik's murder And say, "oh, that was the boy i was telling everyone about"?
You never identified malik fara until after he was dead.
I was trying to protect him.
Well, you didn't do a very good job, did you?
I have a copy of everything that the lapd has compiled In this investigation, and there is nothing here indicating How malik communicated with his contact inside the army of allah.
Do you have any idea how they traded messages with each other?
No.
Are you, by any chance, trying to protect malik's friend?
No.
It's been suggested that malik was running away, But the only i.D.
Found in his knapsack was a library card.
Where might his passport have been?
He didn't have a passport.
He was living here illegally.
We have dna from malik's killer.
Anyone you can think of We might match those results against?
If you want to accuse me, my dna's on file.
Andrew can get it for you.
Look.
I am not a killer.
Malik was real.
His information was real.
This whole red pines thing that elaine is so proud of, It was a whopping big misdirect.
Richard: while we were bluffed into using all our assets To cover the missile, The real action was going down in obninsk.
Thank you, richard, but i don't need answers from you.
Richard: well, but you're asking the wrong questions, ma'am.
Do you even know what russia stores at obninsk?
About 60 tons of separated plutonium.
But it doesn't take 60 tons to make a bomb, does it?
No.
It only takes 20 pounds, about that much.
Our scientists turn up their noses at separated plutonium.
It's not as good as the stuff we use in our bombs, But it will do the job.
Is that what malik told you The army of allah had done-- Misdirected our assets so they could smuggle Separated plutonium out of obninsk?
In a round stainless-Steel container About 10 inches in diameter, Made to look like an oversized hockey puck.
And this mr.
Nuballe, the iranian banker That you leveraged into helping you, Did he misdirect you about red pines?
No.
No.
Nuballe never knew what he was paying for.
He was a cutout, a go-Between.
We got the intelligence about the missile from the seller, Mr.
Voitski.
I, uh...
I trained a young girl.
Dara.
College student.
Used her as a honey trap.
She seduced voitski, had an affair with him.
Whenever voitski took her out, We would go through his stuff.
Dara.
Yes.
That's another one of your agents who's no longer with us.
You seem to have been close to her.
Training a young girl to seduce older men-- That's tricky.
How did you manage that?
Or should i ask your ex-Wife?
Moving on.
What did voitski say when you picked him up?
Cole: we didn't pick him up.
The company felt that voitski was the only ongoing connection To the army of allah, and we felt it was important To leave him out there.
Out where, mr.
Cole?
And by where, i mean his address.
Gabriel: ok, chief.
Voitski's parking Outside of his apartment building.
He's getting out of his car now.
Uh-Huh.
Hold on.
Hold on a minute.
Wait a minute.
Ooh, chief.
Chief, he's limping Towards the front door.
What do you want us to do?
Good lord, buzz.
Drive faster.
Hang on.
He didn't see you, did he?
No.
No, he didn't see us.
Uh-Huh.
Ok.
Yes, ma'am.
We'll wait for you.
Sure he didn't see you?
Gabriel: i'm positive.
Lieutenant, are you ok?
Uh, oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Wait.
Hold on a second.
Pope told us to bring some extra stuff.
Ok.
Lieutenant, you're gonna have to wear a gun sooner or later, And i feel sooner very strongly right now.
Brenda: not that one.
It's 614.
Mr.
Voitski!
Yoo-Hoo!
Mr.
Voitski!
You two turn around.
Chief, we need a warrant for that.
The protected witness is sitver there in the garage With some old mafia guy.
We will share custody of deluca with agent hecht, Who may stay with him at an lapd safe house With flynn and provenza.
What's with the crown royal bag?
I keep my gun in it when i'm off duty.
It was marty's idea.
The bag is supple.
It helps keep the gun dry.
Huh?
Yeah.
That's it.
Brenda: agent hecht.
Agent hecht!
Marty.
Marty!
It's a trap.
Sanchez: there you are.
??????
Drop your weapon!
The closer 214-215 Taylor: all right, lieutenant.
I got about 10 minutes, So walk me through this As fast as you can.
Ok.
The victim's a 16-Year-Old boy Named malik fara.
Site manager found him here this morning at 8:30.
Looks like he was shot 3 times?
Four, actually.
He's got one in the back.
The boy falls, he turns over, He tries to crawl away, He falls over onto his back, So malik here was looking straight up at the killer When he got blasted in the chest.
Taylor: mchale.
Evidence suggests that there were 3 people here, Including the victim.
We have 3 different pairs of male shoes.
These footprints here are malik's, the blue tape.
Those over there are the shooter's, the red tape.
And there's a third set over by those car tread marks.
So, fellas, anyone know why there's a dead arab teenager In the middle of nowhere?
Gabriel: the kid's not from around here, Not that anyone is from around here, But we found a library card in his backpack That's from mayflower academy.
Malik might be a rich kid.
What else did he have, detective ross?
Some sheet music, bus schedule, a change of clothes, Toothbrush, and some sandwiches.
Looks like he was going somewhere.
Mchale: maybe he was meeting the person in that car, Got surprised by the shooter.
That doesn't explain why malik brought a knife with him.
Taylor: what knife?
Over here.
Let's start at the beginning.
So we got 3 people.
There's malik, and over there, There's the guy in the car we believe malik was looking To meet up with, and then there's our killer.
Now if we follow the kid's footprints, He walks towards the car, and then from behind comes the killer.
Malik and the killer struggle for a moment, Malik stabs him, probably in the leg, Because there's a blood trail, And it looks like the guy was dragging his foot or maybe limping.
How do we know it was the boy who had the knife?
We found a slit in the pocket of the jacket Where the knife cut through.
Commander, this boy was scared of someone.
So malik stabs the shooter, maybe in the leg.
Malik starts running.
Bam!
Shooter hits boy in the back.
Gabriel: well, maybe.
We found two casings Over here where the two of them struggled And then 3 more up by the body, Probably from the chest wounds, And then 3 more a little further on.
I mean, it was nighttime, so the kid probably-- Mchale: the site manager i interviewed said That nobody from the development company's been here For 48 hours, so this could have happened During the day yesterday.
Well, not exactly, because it didn't stop raining Until about 6 p.M.
Yesterday, And these muddy footprints were made Sometime after the storm, detective.
Taylor: how did all these people get here?
I think it's safe to assume they all drove.
We only found evidence of one car, sir.
Flynn: look.
We should probably widen The search perimeter, get some more personnel-- We can't spare the resources right now, lieutenant.
There was a murder/suicide in hollywood last night.
Besides, the evidence seems pretty much localized.
Well, we won't know that unless we expand the perimeter.
After 4 months, you boys should realize, We're not playing this game by atlanta rules anymore, ok?
Someone get samples of the blood to the lab.
Those casings go to ballistics.
You check with the local hospitals, see if anyone walked in With a knife wound to the leg And try and wrap this up.
A lot of people dying in l.A.
This week.
Wow.
A 5-Mile run in 15 minutes.
That's pretty amazing.
How far did you get this time?
All the way to that pastry shop i hate.
You know, i have an idea.
Why don't you call someone from work And ask them out to lunch?
Like who?
Did you ever call tao back?
Lieutenant tao doesn't have time To have lunch with me.
Besides, he's been reassigned back to s.I.D.
Really?
When did that happen?
Last thursday.
Daniels was sent to liaison With homeland security.
I got an e-Mail from her.
Taylor's using my paid administrative leave To rip my squad apart.
Well, you got--Ow!
Sorry.
Sanchez and provenza, i'm sure they would love to hear from you.
They're in the same situation you are.
They are not!
Sanchez and provenza are being investigated by internal affairs.
Maybe if provenza hadn't left his gun In his desk drawer in a liquor bag And sanchez hadn't shot that guy 4 times...
Then the fbi wouldn't be using the fact...
Let's not go through this again.
That a federal agent was shot to death in my murder room By one of their own protected witnesses to ruin my career, And you know it, you know it, you know it.
Is there any way to not have this argument again?
I'm not the fbi.
I just work there, And paid administrative leave is not all bad.
You're getting a check to just hang out While the bureau finishes their investigation.
If you don't want to have lunch with someone, Why don't you use that time to finish off Some of the many projects you've started?
Or maybe clean them up.
I can't have lunch with anyone today Because pope has called me in for another meeting, And he won't say what it is, so it's bad, And if you could just find out What the fbi's saying about me, Maybe i should just start looking for work.
I will tell you immediately.
You know i would.
Honestly, i would.
Ok.
I...
Hey, 4 months seems long, But it's routine for an investigation like this.
Right now, i have to, uh...
You have to go to work.
I do, i do.
Don't go to work.
Look.
After you see pope, you'll call me, ok?
Ok.
And i love you.
I love you, too.
Got to go.
Ok.
Ok.
What about malik's family?
Mchale?
They're lebanese.
Father's deceased, mom works nights.
Has no idea why malik would be out that late.
He never did that before, doesn't have a car, And the mother said he'd never run away.
What else?
Oh.
Malik was some kind of hardcore pianist.
Played in competitions, didn't have time for girls or friends.
Flynn, anything from the hospitals?
Last night was a rare one.
Not one stab wound reported in all of l.A.
County.
Really?
Does anybody have any ideas About this "n-L-E-R-N-L-W-L" On the boy's hand?
Could be initials, maybe a girl.
With a long, long, very long name.
Come on.
Ross, hurry it up.
Ok.
The cs show where we found casings.
These different-Colored lines are the paths our 3 players took.
This is malik, this is the killer, And this is the guy from the car.
The casings eject to the right of the gun, So we can tell where our shooter stood From the rounds that he fired.
One, the killer grabs the kid, And they struggle, and gun goes off.
Two, he shot malik in the back from here.
3, he shot at the guy in the car Once here, twice here.
And the last 3 casings, the killer limps back to malik And shoots him in the chest.
Now going back to the vehicles for a second-- Wait a minute, ross.
Wait a minute.
Give me this.
Now, look where the assailant grabbed malik.
The bruises on the boy's neck indicate That the killer had him in some kind of serious choke hold.
Sergeant gabriel.
Now he could have strangled him then or shot him.
He had his gun out.
Instead, the killer shoots forward trying to...
Hit the guy in the car.
Malik stabs his assailant, he takes off, His killer shoots him in the back, But even after shooting him, he doesn't finish him off.
He walks right past him...
Trying to shoot the guy in the car.
Malik was not the primary target.
But malik's our victim.
Ross, you were saying something about the vehicle?
Ross: yeah.
The killer's blood trail stops here, So it's probably where he parked.
Excuse me.
Over here, the guy who ran away, Fishtails off in his vehicle un-Hit.
We found no evidence of broken glass, Paint chips, or bullet fragments.
And how did malik get there?
Gabriel: you remember the bus schedule We found in the kid's backpack.
There's a stop about 3/4 of a mile away.
I contacted the mta.
They tracked down the driver of the bus last night.
And he said he remembers seeing malik get off around 10 p.M.
So the kid walks almost a mile In the dead of night to the middle of nowhere, And he brought a knife with him to a gunfight.
Why?
All right.
Detectives ross and mchale, See if you can speed up the dna test From the blood on the knife.
Gabriel, flynn, Why don't you two focus on that murder/suicide for now.
Ross and mchale can handle this.
Oh.
And thank you, everybody.
Thank y'all so very, very much.
* thank you * Oh, i'm sorry, will-- Uh, chief pope.
I was told that you were ready for me.
No.
We are.
An old friend of ours would like to speak with you.
You remember andrew schmidt?
Andrew, w-What are you doing here?
Nice to see you again, too, brenda.
Oh, i'm sorry.
I mean, it's--It's nice to see you, but-- What am i doing here?
She was always very quick To get to the point, wasn't she?
And you don't seem to have aged at all.
Neither have you, sir.
She's also one of the best liars i have ever known.
As you why i am here...
Commissioner schmidt thinks he might be able to make The federal investigation Into the shooting in your squad room go away.
Uh, pardon me, andrew, because that's a very generous offer And it's good to see a friendly face, But why is the c.I.A.
Interested in helping me?
Oh, they aren't.
In fact, the c.I.A.
Wants you to help them, And if you did, the company would make certain That you got your job back As a means of expressing their thanks.
And if i don't?
Then there will be nothing to thank you for.
Ok.
How can i help?
Pope: an arab boy named malik fara Was found murdered this morning.
Commander taylor is investigating it With what's left of your squad.
But mr.
Taylor lacks critical information Necessary to solving this crime.
The lapd has its own intelligence division.
They can handle this.
Unfortunately, malik's murder is proof That there is a significant breach In agency security.
The company could not safely rely on official channels, Which is why they've reached out To retired personnel like you and me.
They don't trust their own people?
They do not.
And all you need from me is to investigate the murder of this boy.
Here's what i can tell you in advance of an agreement.
The death of malik fara Was almost certainly a mistake.
The intended victim, if he's still alive, Is in terrible danger.
We must do everything we can to save him.
Lastly, the person who is responsible for this Must be found, debriefed, and held accountable.
I need my squad to do this.
I can't give it to you legally.
You're still under federal investigation.
If andrew can make this go away when i'm done, Why can't he do it now?
There is a fear related to your past behavior That you might be tempted to substitute Your own agenda for ours.
Well, how can i be expected To conduct this investigation Right under taylor's nose alone?
I didn't say you had to work alone.
I said you can't have your squad back legally.
How you manage your resources is up to you.
How is your memory holding up?
It's excellent.
If you could come to this address This evening at 9:00.
And, um, brenda, please be sure You're not followed, hmm?
I'll see you tonight.
Be very careful.
I--I hope you have a written agreement Stating that if i solve this murder for you I get my job back.
Oh, i do, i do.
Please sit.
Uh, here are some files you will want.
A database, one of our laptops, And a phone with your hello number.
When you want to check in, Identify yourself as gwen and ask for mr.
Schmidt, And they'll find me.
Oh.
And here's the agreement That you need to read and sign Before we can proceed.
Oh.
Voila.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Odd, isn't it, How our enemies never change?
During world war ii, they recited "mein kampf" While shoving people into gas chambers, And during most of my professional life, They, uh, shot you in the back of the head, Quoting marx and engels, And now they misuse the koran.
Same people, different books.
What was operation fireproof?
Your signature, please.
Thank you.
Operation fireproof was a collections network Comprised of 4 agents, who were recruited From within the los angeles iranian community.
Fireproof's focus was on foreign nationals Who were trying to obtain Nuclear weapons technology for tehran, And for a season, fireproof was considered successful Until all 4 of its agents were murdered, One after the other two weeks ago.
And the case officer in charge Of operation fireproof, larry cole.
Is he still alive?
Yes.
And that's troubling.
I'll say.
Why roll up the chain and leave the anchor in place?
And this malik fara?
Tell me, how did a c.I.A.
Officer get involved With an adolescent lebanese concert pianist?
One day last september, mr.
Cole was intercepted In an l.A.
Parking garage by this boy--Malik-- Who quietly proceeded to recite the real names Of every member of operation fireproof.
Fireproof was highly classified, So there was only one way that malik could possibly obtain that information.
The agency has a mole.
I've always preferred to use the word traitor, Especially when blood was spilled, And our traitor is feeding information To a terrorist organization.
We know this because malik described The source of his knowledge As a highly trusted contact within the army of allah.
Now, malik's contact was willing to defect to us On two conditions, First, that we provide him and malik With immunity from prosecution, And then that we should grant them both u.S.
Citizenship.
Man: i'll see you tomorrow.
Woman: good night.
I'm sorry.
I'm a bit on edge.
So did larry cole tell his bosses about malik?
Not at first.
It took mr.
Cole a month to make sure The boy was safe, But then when he reported malik's existence...
No one believed him.
Yeah.
Well, the story is spectacular.
And this friend of malik, This terrorist contact in the army of allah, You think he'll lead you to your traitor?
Perhaps.
And what do you want me to do, Catch malik's murderer Or locate this contact?
I should like you to do both.
I'm just, um...
I want my job back, But i'm a criminal investigator, andrew.
Finding out who killed malik, that's my profession.
Handing over potential defectors to the c.I.A.
Without knowing why or what you're gonna do with them, I don't do that anymore.
I believe that the army of allah Has collected enough separated plutonium To create an atomic bomb.
I need to find that separated plutonium, And i need you to help me.
Stealing information, passing secrets, Reading other people's mail, Blackmailing foreigners, Lying to your friends and your loved ones About your daily lives-- We are most days gray people doing gray jobs, Shadows in a world of black and white, But then, you know, every once in a while, We're offered the opportunity Where we have the chance to do something That is absolutely right to its very core!
This is one of those times, brenda.
I'll help you, andrew.
If i can talk to who i want.
People will cooperate?
Company people, yes.
Richard branch, chief of our outpost in los angeles.
If you tell him what you want, Richard will arrange it.
This friend of malik's, what position does he hold in the army of allah?
I don't know.
How did he communicate with malik?
I don't know.
What's his nationality?
I don't know.
Well, what does he look like?
I don't know.
How old is he?
I don't know.
Then how in the hell you plan on finding him?
He's probably on the database Of possible terrorist associates I was given access to.
Terrorist associates.
Yeah.
How many names in that database?
Approximately 60,000.
Oh, crapola.
Now i'm getting irritated.
Why are you even looking for this guy if he's not the killer?
Because his life is in danger And because he might have information the c.I.A.
Wants.
Let's get back to that for a minute.
I still don't get why the c.I.A.
Is asking you to do anything.
I told you already, lieutenant.
They came to me out of the blue with this offer, And if it gets us back in the squad room-- Don't kid yourself, chief.
I'll help you out.
I got nothing else to do, But i could find the lindbergh baby, And it wouldn't get me back into our squad room.
No, no, no.
The lapd is retiring my ass.
I won't let them.
Don't make promises you can't keep.
So...
Where do we start?
Well, i don't fully understand How malik came to be where he was, So i want to see where he died, But i want to see it like he did--At night.
And we might need a little help.
Thanks for your help, lieutenant flynn.
I know you have other work.
That's ok, chief.
I've got gabriel covering it.
Besides, it's a murder/suicide.
Except for the paperwork, It kind of solves itself.
Anyway, the crime scene is right through this gate.
That's where he died.
I want to find out how he got there.
Wouldn't he go in through the main road here?
If he was in a car, but he was on foot.
Excuse me.
How are things going with taylor?
Oh, just great.
He's been passing investigations off To other divisions and counting them as clearance on paper.
We're doing 30% better.
Asshole.
Look.
What?
There.
What's that?
An illuminated marker.
Who would notice that?
Someone who's looking for it.
Provenza: whoa, whoa, whoa.
This is creepy.
You want me to hold you?
Brenda: ok. "
N" and "l."
Now, let's go north and look left.
Which way is north?
North is this way.
North and look left.
Look at that.
Ok, last one.
Go west and look left.
I told taylor we should expand the crime scene.
No, this is phosphorescent dye.
It wouldn't have shown up in the daytime anyway.
Let's keep following malik's directions.
How does she know about this stuff?
Flynn: so, chief, the crime scene's Just up that hill a piece.
Ok.
So all these markers are so malik can find his way While being sure he wasn't followed.
He would have arrived here Feeling like he avoided surveillance, And he waited until the guy in the car drove up.
Was there anything in his knapsack He could have used to signal his friend?
No, chief.
Wait, wait.
What about this?
What are you looking for?
A transmitter.
Huh.
That explains how malik was followed here.
And why he didn't know it.
So taylor is investigating The murder of malik from the boy's end, And we'd better leave him to it.
So let's discuss what we know About the guy from the car-- Malik's friend.
First, he's foreign because one of the things he asked for Was u.S.
Citizenship, And he asked for immunity from prosecution, So he's participated in criminal activity, Probably terrorism.
We also know that he communicated with malik recently Because the boy had freshly written directions on his hand.
And i think that we can assume that the guy from the car Picked the rendezvous point.
We also know he got there sometime after 6:00, When it stopped raining, Because the dye he used to mark malik's route Would have washed away in the rain.
And we almost have his height.
He had a size 12 shoe, Plus running back to the car, His stride was at least 5 feet long.
So he's got to be 6 feet tall.
You know what?
Shh!
Shh!
What is...
[Whispering] what is wrong with you?
The guy--Let's call him mr.
T. "
T" for terrorist.
So mr.
T has been in l.A.
Longer than just yesterday, Because the place he chose for the meeting with malik Is not on a lot of tour guides.
Howard: brenda, come to bed.
Brenda: let's wrap this up.
Uh, we still have not narrowed down very much Who mr.
T might be, and we know nothing Of how he communicated with malik.
Um...this is gonna be hard.
Lieutenant flynn, if you and sergeant gabriel Could copy the malik murder book for me Without taylor finding out about it.
And, um, if the killer's dna came back from that knife, I'd like that, too, please.
Yes, ma'am.
I'll help you any way i can, But mainly because i really miss hearing the word "please."
Uh, lieutenant provenza and i Are going to look for the killer Without creating too much tension.
How do you intend to do that?
By going where taylor can't.
Good night.
Good night, sergeant.
Thank you.
Good night, chief.
Wait a minute.
W-Wait a minute.
You're not going to tell them anything About this operation fireproof?
I don't know enough about it myself yet, lieutenant.
That's why tomorrow I'm meeting with some of the people that put it together.
This richard branch, who heads up the c.I.A.
Show Here in los angeles.
He's gonna take me around.
This is dangerous.
We know of 5 people already connected to fireproof Who have been murdered.
So if anything happens to me, I'm gonna need you to be able to report On the substance of what i've done, But you can't be at any of the interviews, And the c.I.A.
Can't know about it.
Ok...
[double-O 7] 007.
Just tell me what you want me to do.
Buzz watson.
How can i help you?
Chief johnson wants what?
Push the other button.
I can't hear very well.
It'd be easier if you drove And let me handle the equipment.
Since when have i ever wanted to make things easy for you?
Right.
Brenda: so, richard, how long have you been Chief of outpost here in los angeles?
Two years, so i was in charge out here During some of fireproof, But i didn't know what the operation was about Until andrew showed up asking questions.
And when was that?
Uh, right after larry cole was fired.
Oh, i thought andrew didn't come until fireproof station Started dying.
No, no.
He was here much earlier than that.
Ok.
Pull over, buzz.
Pull over.
They've stopped.
Pull over.
Pull over!
Give me a second.
I might ought to tell you That elaine donahue is angry about this.
To her way of thinking, She organized fireproof perfectly And it's still a big success, So be careful how you approach her.
She can be a raving bitch.
Thanks for the advice.
And by what name would you like to be introduced?
You can call me brenda.
The raving bitch and i are old friends.
Hello.
Hello.
My name's cynthia.
I won't bother to ask your names, Because i know you'd only lie.
My mother's expecting you in the back.
I'd appreciate it if you kept your questions To a minimum.
Even though she's desperately lonely, She's been emotionally exhausted From the way you people have treated her, so...
Hurry it up.
Thank you.
Brenda leigh johnson!
Which of my old students could andrew have sent To more lighten my mood?
Richard, good of you to come.
Nice to see you, too, elaine.
I set this all out last night While cynthia was asleep.
She's angry on my behalf, you know.
Did you hear, brenda?
Richard is my new boss.
One day i'm reading his reports at langley, Feeling slightly sorry for his backwater posting, And the very next week, i am shuffled off To be officer in residence at ucla, Writing up little summaries on foreign exchange students.
Such a change of pace.
I hope you like the cake.
It's store-Bought but from a good store.
Devil's food.
Thank you, elaine.
That's so nice of you.
So how is andrew, anyway?
I heard he looks horrible.
Someone said cancer.
I hope that's not true.
So i was wondering if you could tell me About operation fireproof.
Of course.
That's why we're sitting here, isn't it?
Because andrew says fireproof blew up in my face, Which is complete bull---.
I made coffee.
Anyone?
No, thank you.
Not me.
Ok, so the set piece.
After the invasion of iraq, The c.I.A.'S domestic activities division Approves a collection operation code named fireproof.
Fireproof's first recruited agent turns out to be a gold mine-- Mr.
Mohammed nuballe, An iranian banker living in l.A., With connections to the army of allah.
He was transferring large wads of cash From an army of allah charity to a russian entrepreneur, A former kgb officer named voitski.
Have you ever heard of a military base in russia Called krasny szesenski?
It translates into english as-- Red pines.
I remember.
It's a nuclear missile installation.
Correct.
That's What mr.
Voitski sold to The army of allah, my dear.
A decommissioned missile.
In parts.
Useless as a weapon, but still.
I find that a little hard to believe.
Elaine, what makes you think The army of allah was able to pull off Buying a russian nuclear missile?
I don't think.
I know.
We found actionable intelligence Proving that's what they were gonna do, And i convinced the company's board of directors To let voitski sell the army of allah that missile And to focus every conceivable surveillance asset On following that missile from red pines to berlin.
And elaine succeeded, didn't she, richard?
Yeah.
We got the missile back, Plus a fair number of their support network.
So what makes operation fireproof a failure?
Larry cole and that boy malik, Who suddenly pops up out of nowhere And tells us we were duped, faked out, misled, That operation fireproof was acting on framed material.
That while we were focusing on red pines, The real money was changing hands elsewhere And that that support team we rolled up Was all part of a kleenex network-- Tissue terrorists-- Manufactured to be thrown away.
So elaine found the missile.
Yes, she did, and some very bad people.
And what did elaine get for it?
Her daughter's greenhouse.
Banished.
Banished.
I don't want to spend the rest of my life Watering my daughter's plants!
I want my job back, brenda.
Pretty please.
I want my job back.
So if not red pines, where was the real money changing hands?
If you want to know what larry cole thinks, Talk to him.
And you want to hide this because...
Brenda: the murder book that lieutenant flynn got for me Is all i need for right now.
Besides, when larry cole gets here, I don't want him to see Malik's picture all over the place Or how little we know.
By the way, are you carrying your gun?
You mean the gun that got us both Put on administrative leave?
That gun?
Better that one than none at all.
[Whispering] go on.
Go.
Go on.
Do you want some help?
I got it.
I got it.
Brenda: please have a seat.
Mr.
Cole, there's so much i've been waiting to ask you I hardly know where to begin, But first, looking at your personnel file, Let me say how sorry i am About your recent divorce And losing custody of your son like that, Then getting fired with not very good references.
That's tough.
And then just when you're facing all those personal And financial pressures, All of your agents are murdered, And now malik, too.
I think you were the only person Familiar with all the victims.
Is that right?
Obviously not.
Can you think of anyone else who knew them...
While they were alive, i mean?
No.
You know, elaine donahue made a suggestion That we should discuss.
She believes you made malik up out of thin air, Because no one else ever spoke to him or saw him.
Just you.
Do you have any idea How we can confirm your report?
How about this.
The kid said it was dangerous, and now he's dead.
But how do we know you weren't just waiting around For the first dead arab teenager to turn up in the news, That you didn't latch on to malik's murder And say, "oh, that was the boy i was telling everyone about"?
You never identified malik fara until after he was dead.
I was trying to protect him.
Well, you didn't do a very good job, did you?
I have a copy of everything that the lapd has compiled In this investigation, and there is nothing here indicating How malik communicated with his contact inside the army of allah.
Do you have any idea how they traded messages with each other?
No.
Are you, by any chance, trying to protect malik's friend?
No.
It's been suggested that malik was running away, But the only i.D.
Found in his knapsack was a library card.
Where might his passport have been?
He didn't have a passport.
He was living here illegally.
We have dna from malik's killer.
Anyone you can think of We might match those results against?
If you want to accuse me, my dna's on file.
Andrew can get it for you.
Look.
I am not a killer.
Malik was real.
His information was real.
This whole red pines thing that elaine is so proud of, It was a whopping big misdirect.
Richard: while we were bluffed into using all our assets To cover the missile, The real action was going down in obninsk.
Thank you, richard, but i don't need answers from you.
Richard: well, but you're asking the wrong questions, ma'am.
Do you even know what russia stores at obninsk?
About 60 tons of separated plutonium.
But it doesn't take 60 tons to make a bomb, does it?
No.
It only takes 20 pounds, about that much.
Our scientists turn up their noses at separated plutonium.
It's not as good as the stuff we use in our bombs, But it will do the job.
Is that what malik told you The army of allah had done-- Misdirected our assets so they could smuggle Separated plutonium out of obninsk?
In a round stainless-Steel container About 10 inches in diameter, Made to look like an oversized hockey puck.
And this mr.
Nuballe, the iranian banker That you leveraged into helping you, Did he misdirect you about red pines?
No.
No.
Nuballe never knew what he was paying for.
He was a cutout, a go-Between.
We got the intelligence about the missile from the seller, Mr.
Voitski.
I, uh...
I trained a young girl.
Dara.
College student.
Used her as a honey trap.
She seduced voitski, had an affair with him.
Whenever voitski took her out, We would go through his stuff.
Dara.
Yes.
That's another one of your agents who's no longer with us.
You seem to have been close to her.
Training a young girl to seduce older men-- That's tricky.
How did you manage that?
Or should i ask your ex-Wife?
Moving on.
What did voitski say when you picked him up?
Cole: we didn't pick him up.
The company felt that voitski was the only ongoing connection To the army of allah, and we felt it was important To leave him out there.
Out where, mr.
Cole?
And by where, i mean his address.
Gabriel: ok, chief.
Voitski's parking Outside of his apartment building.
He's getting out of his car now.
Uh-Huh.
Hold on.
Hold on a minute.
Wait a minute.
Ooh, chief.
Chief, he's limping Towards the front door.
What do you want us to do?
Good lord, buzz.
Drive faster.
Hang on.
He didn't see you, did he?
No.
No, he didn't see us.
Uh-Huh.
Ok.
Yes, ma'am.
We'll wait for you.
Sure he didn't see you?
Gabriel: i'm positive.
Lieutenant, are you ok?
Uh, oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Wait.
Hold on a second.
Pope told us to bring some extra stuff.
Ok.
Lieutenant, you're gonna have to wear a gun sooner or later, And i feel sooner very strongly right now.
Brenda: not that one.
It's 614.
Mr.
Voitski!
Yoo-Hoo!
Mr.
Voitski!
You two turn around.
Chief, we need a warrant for that.