Body of Lies Page #6

No, but you did last week.

Ah. So you noticed?

Bad husband.

Ah! Yes. Ahem.

Yes, I was a bad husband.

And she was an even worse wife...

...which is why we're divorced now.

It's over.

And now you're looking

for something else, huh?

Something as different from her

as you can find.

Something close to impossible.

We're done.

FERRIS:

Till next week.

[IN ARABIC]

[DOOR CLOSES]

FERRIS:

May I?

Yes.

I was wondering if maybe...

...you wanted to have a conversation

sooner than next week.

Maybe, inshallah, later this afternoon...

...if that wouldn't make you

uncomfortable.

Well, for you and me

to be able to do that...

...first we would have

to have a conversation...

...about the proper way

to have a conversation.

Anyway, where I'm going

this afternoon...

...would make you more uncomfortable

than me.

Well, I doubt that.

I don't.

[MAN CHANTING IN ARABIC

OVER LOUDSPEAKER]

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

[BABIES CRYING AND COUGHING]

WOMAN [IN ARABIC]:

[WOMEN LAUGHING]

If you're trying to figure out how far I'll go

in order to express my interest...

...I think you have the answer.

- Do I?

- Mm.

What else are you supposed to do

at this point? Leave here alone?

You're safer with me and you know it.

FERRIS:

What are you asking?

I'm asking what you do here.

Well, I'm a political adviser.

Who snowboards in Amman.

- That's right.

- Yeah, yeah.

Listen, I have a thing to tell you,

an important one.

A man is not his job.

I mean, he's apart from his job. The man.

I understand.

No, I just want you

to know my feeling, my...

My understanding of you.

- Well, thank you.

- You're welcome.

[SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

[FERRIS SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

[MAN SCOFFS]

May I see you again, Aisha?

[SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

When you wish

and with your permission, of course.

Where did you learn to speak Arabic

like this?

Yeah, yeah, we are friends.

We may talk again.

We may.

Well, thank you.

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING

OVER SPEAKERS]

[IN ARABIC]

He's my friend.

- It's fine. It's fine.

- You sure?

It's fine.

What's this all about?

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

[GLASS SHATTERING]

Marwan showed you the burning house?

Do you know what happened?

I have absolutely no idea.

You see, you could have said

to me yes or no. Simply that.

When a man says to me more

than yes or no, then I begin to wonder.

I don't know what happened, Hani.

[SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

We had the advantage.

That house could have led us to Al-Saleem.

Now it is gone.

Everything inside it is gone.

MAN:
Here. Kneel.

- Hani, listen to me, I...

I told you never to lie to me.

I am not lying to you, Hani.

HANI:
You did not know that this man,

after everything I said to you...

...everything I said to Edward,

that he tried to take Karami?

He did not know.

When I want to speak with you,

I will look at you.

[SKIP COUGHING]

Now I am talking to Mr. Ferris.

So in as few words as possible...

...did you know?

No.

I don't believe you.

You have 12 hours to leave Jordan.

If I find you here,

I will not be responsible for your safety.

Do you understand me?

[SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

[MEN SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

[CAR DOORS CLOSING

AND ENGINES STARTING]

Now, you knew you needed

to adapt to this environment.

Ferris, I know, but, you know, I...

[GRUNTING]

Ferris!

Ferris!

HOFFMAN:

Well, hey, buddy. Back from the sandbox?

Enjoying civilization?

You wanna get a hot dog?

How do you expect me to operate, Ed,

when you're keeping all the cards?

- What about an ice cream?

- All Hani wanted was patience, Ed.

- Patience. Not as a personal quality...

- I don't care.

Not as a personal quality, but an operational

requirement, and you can't do it?

You're too power hungry and greedy.

You f***ed this whole operation up!

For chrissakes,

I thought Hani wanted to kill me!

Oh, don't exaggerate.

Hani don't want to kill you.

He likes you. He likes you a lot.

And who is he gonna get over there

better for him than you? Nobody.

Don't worry. You're gonna

be back in Jordan before you know it.

Back with your Jordanian

piece of poontang...

...that you think I don't know about,

but I do.

You're a fat f***ing piece of sh*t,

you know that, Ed?

We do this sh*t for a living,

go on a diet, for chrissakes.

Are you quite finished?

Now, I did what I had to do.

I ain't got time to play

Patience, Sidi, Patience...

...and sit around eating couscous.

Hani's interests extend only

to his own little fiefdom.

Mine are global.

Now, having said that...

...I admit that perhaps, possibly, I should

have, from an operational standpoint...

...brought you into what I was doing.

- Exactly.

What you should've done was listen

to what Hani said, and you know that.

[CHUCKLES]

You know, 10 years ago,

I could've beat the crap out of you.

Should've taken the shot

when you had the chance.

Maybe I should've. Can't do it now.

What we need to do,

with or without the cooperation of Hani...

...is get our own man

inside Al-Saleem's tent.

We could penetrate every goddamn

Salafi mosque in the world...

...and still not even get close.

- But Al-Saleem doesn't know that, right?

- What?

He doesn't know that.

I mean, he doesn't know what we can't do.

He doesn't know how close

or how far we are.

He doesn't know what's true

or what isn't.

I mean... Look, Osama fed Zarqawi

to the dogs...

...because he was getting

too powerful, right?

- Right.

- What if instead of tracking Al-Saleem...

...like we're doing right now

with absolutely no results...

...we make it appear that there

is another terrorist operation out there...

...just as effective as his own?

I mean, how would Al-Saleem react

to that kind of challenge to his stats?

- What would he do?

- He would get paranoid.

- He might rejoice. Maybe both.

- Exactly.

But either way,

he'd try to get in contact with them, right?

- Right.

- Which would be us.

That would be us.

You're a devious SOB.

- We can't do this out of Langley.

- No. No, sir.

[CAR ALARM BEEPS]

Garland. Roger Ferris.

Pleased to meet you.

Where's Hoffman?

I don't know. Ben & Jerry's.

He trusts you.

I don't trust him. Every time we run

an operation and I don't see Hoffman...

...it means he's running

another operation. Coffee?

Yes, please. Black. Thank you.

- Fruit? Strawberries, plums, apples?

- No, thanks.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

We're tracking a cell in Syria.

Last night, they were in Damascus.

Today, Dayr Az-Zawr and the Iraqi border.

But something tells me

they won't make it to Hasbaya.

We have ninjas waiting.

Who do these ninjas work for?

Me.

Shall we?

[BIRD CHIRPING]

So where is everyone?

Absolutely no idea what you mean.

- What? You mean it's just you?

- No. It's me and you.

Did you think there'd be some

war room with lights flashing...

...and people with clipboards?

No, it's all here and here and here.

And here.

Sure you won't have a strawberry?

They're really delicious.

Yeah, no, I'm positive.

Look, I'm gonna need some really, really

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