Body of Lies Page #3

- Bassam!

SOLDIER 1:
Get his legs!

FERRIS:
No!

SOLDIER 1:
Intel secure!

Let's go! Stay down.

Come on, buddy.

Come on. Get him out, now!

[BREATHING SHARPLY]

[GIRL SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

SOLDIER:

He's dead.

[FINGERS SNAPPING]

DOCTOR:

Who are you?

What's your name?

Do you know where you are? Come on!

F***.

[SOLDIERS CHATTERING]

What's that?

Bone fragments.

Not yours.

- They get that stuff I sent out?

- All uploaded to Langley.

Mr. Hoffman.

- Hey, Ed.

HOFFMAN:
Ferris.

- Christmas came early, buddy.

- Oh, yeah? What'd I get for Christmas, Ed?

Well, 15 pages of this, 40 pages of that.

I got, like, about 712 phone numbers

that are new to us...

...that we can strip and evaluate...

...and amongst other things,

a safe house in Amman.

I've got jihadists coming and going

from this place...

...like it's happy hour at the Cat House.

You gotta see this place.

Before we get into that, I wanna know

what you're doing for Bassam's family, Ed.

I didn't know the man.

What are you doing for Bassam's family?

He was your guy.

So now you don't know him, huh?

[SCOFFS]

You'll be going to Amman

as acting station chief.

You'll outrank Holiday. No matter

what he says, you're the show-runner.

You'll liaise with Jordanian GID,

who are as hot for Al-Saleem as we are.

You'll be working with

a guy named Hani Salaam...

...who is not your run-of-the-mill

fingernail-puller.

Hani is a professional.

And will I be sharing information

with him?

Let me say this about that: No.

Now, you wanna take a few weeks off

and go bang the wife?

I'm getting a divorce, Ed. You know that.

You know more about it than I do.

Everybody around here screws up

their marriage, buddy. Why not you?

So you'll go to Amman?

I will go to Amman. I'll call you later.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

This car is a real pile of sh*t.

Is this the best they could afford?

I brought this car in case you wanted

to cruise the safe house now, you know?

No one cruises that safe house, all right?

I need to take a sh*t, I need a shower

and an Internet connection...

...so just take me to my apartment,

all right?

Got you in a high-rise.

Hot and cold water. And you can drink it.

- Great.

- There's not much local color.

I've had it with the local color.

Thank you.

[MAN CHANTING IN ARABIC

OVER LOUDSPEAKER]

Cheap-ass motherfuckers.

SOLDIER 1:

Morning, sir.

SOLDIER 2:

He's clear.

NSA is listening to the phones

and computer links...

...of anyone who's been near the house.

FERRIS:
Look, they don't have to be geniuses

to stop using their e-mail and cell phones.

I don't understand why

you haven't figured out...

...that they're not communicating

electronically anymore.

The house is owned

by a family named Alousi.

And in my opinion, it just seems

like a normal Jordanian family...

...with a lot of country relatives.

Normal Jordanian family.

But all of them are unmarried males

between the ages of 18 and 35, correct?

Listen, kid,

whatever information you got in Iraq...

...I just don't think this house

is what you think it is.

These boys drink alcohol, they chase girls,

they smoke hash, and...

So did Mohamed Atta, right?

- It's Takfir methodology.

- Takfir methodology.

Correct. It's permitted in order

to deceive the infidel.

You've had guys watching them

go in and out of this safe house here...

...but what I don't get...

...is why you haven't had anyone

monitoring them after.

Well, there's so much activity

at this location...

...that we have exhausted the station's

indigenous-appearing manpower.

So you don't have enough good Arab guys

to follow the bad Arab guys...

...is what you're saying.

- That's right.

FERRIS:
Well, you're gonna need

some more human surveillance...

...loaners from Jordanian Intelligence.

All right. Skip, get out.

Now, I am in receipt of a directive...

...which tells me that I am

to make myself useful to you...

...in whichever way

that you request or require.

But it is my feeling that to involve

the Jordanian secret service...

...is a breach of operational integrity.

You don't need to tell me

about Jordanian Intelligence, all right?

They are doing a far superior job

than you are, my friend.

You've read that directive there...

...which clearly states that I am in charge

of this operation.

So, what I need you to do

is leave this office immediately...

...and hand your entire staff over to me.

You know, we've all watched your rise

in the Near East Division.

I'll see you on the way down.

You and Hoffman both.

I need you to help me out

and get me a fresh pot of coffee, please...

...and a full staff meeting

within the next 15 minutes, all right?

To be fair to Mr. Holiday, Mr. Ferris...

...Mr. Hoffman never told us

this would be such a big deal.

Ed Hoffman is the head

of the Near East Division.

But he does not know sh*t until he steals it

from the guy on the ground, and that's me.

Now, please stop acting

like such a f***ing ingnue...

...and try to get me a meeting

with Hani Salaam. Thanks.

Mr. Ferris.

Hani Pasha.

Pasha? That is an Ottoman term.

Well, I hear you like it, sir.

Pleasure to meet you.

- Mr. Ferris, please take a seat.

- Thank you, sir.

- Welcome to our promising country.

- Thank you so much.

As reliable as your Ed Hoffman would call

a "towelhead monarchy" can be.

Well, we'll leave that to Ed Hoffman, sir.

Mm.

What have you heard about this building?

Well, to be quite honest,

I hear they call it the fingernail factory.

But no one close to you would say that,

of course.

No.

But people are stupid.

Torture doesn't work.

Under torture, a man will say

almost anything to make the pain stop.

You have experience with this, I am sure.

Mr. Ferris, here in Jordan...

...to the fundamentalists, you see,

I am, myself, the enemy.

Perhaps the worst kind.

Take not the Jews and Christians as allies.

Do you know it, Mr. Ferris?

[IN ARABIC]

The dar-al-Harb. Very good.

We are together, Hani Pasha,

in this House of War, yes.

You are smarter than the Americans

who are usually sent to Amman.

- Thank you, sir.

- I knew this, of course, before you came.

You are young,

but you respect your elders.

- You speak Arabic...

- Mm.

...so you are a secret Arab.

- Mm.

[SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

Now, ahem...

We've recently discovered

a large Al-Saleem safe house...

...and training cell here in Amman.

I would need your help

with surveillance, sir.

Now, this is what we know so far.

HANI:

This is unusual.

Your Ed Hoffman would rather have less

information than share with me.

Well, this is not Ed Hoffman.

This is not my predecessor.

This is me, sir. Please, have a look.

HANI:

I have one rule...

...if we are to cooperate, my dear.

Never lie to me.

Understand?

Never lie to me.

You shall have your agents.

Thank you, sir.

WOMAN:

Agent Ferris is arriving at the site now.

HOFFMAN:

Thank you.

WOMAN:
Tracking now.

MAN:
Roger that, I'll reposition the aircraft.

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