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low-level al Qaeda contacts, all right?

No one too extreme. Picture somewhere

in between Osama and Oprah.

You get my drift?

I'm gonna need a security consultant,

a lawyer.

I'm gonna need an Arab who travels

throughout the region, all right?

A businessman. Someone who fits the role

of jihadist without actually being jihadist.

A straw man.

Receiving money, making plans.

That kind of thing.

Okay, no.

No.

No.

Hang on. There you go.

Second from the top.

Omar Sadiki. He's Jordanian.

He's an architect.

Most of his commissions

are from charitable Islamic groups...

...who then give money to the jihadists.

So he ticks all the jihadist boxes...

...except he's innocent.

So he touches his head to the floor

five times a day.

He believes in God.

So why would he trade

with an infidel like myself?

Money.

[CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMEN BUZZING AND WHIRRING]

[JACKHAMMER RATTLING]

Mr. Sadiki.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Hello, Mr. Sadiki.

Mr. Sadiki, it's Brad Scanlon

from Hayes Andover Bank.

I'm following up on my email.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, listen,

I got into Dubai a little bit early.

I'm staying at the Jumeirah Emirates

Towers, but I can meet you anywhere.

Well, fantastic.

MAN:

Anything else to know?

FERRIS:

Exactly as we discussed.

I'm cool with that.

- I'm used to knowing nothing.

- I'm sure you are, Tony.

- Just get in position.

- Okay, boss.

FERRIS:
Mr. Sadiki.

- Yeah.

Hayes Andover's option to buy this property

is gonna expire by the end of the month.

We're hoping to get some sketches

and a bid...

...by, say, next Thursday

before the Islamic weekend.

Well, I think...

- Yes, certainly.

- Hm.

You'll also have to sign a letter of intent

with Mr. Al-Masri...

...if that's okay with you.

- Makes no difference to me.

- Great.

- Allah will decide if I get the job or not.

- Fantastic.

Mr. Al-Masri?

Mr. Omar Sadiki.

[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

- Would anyone like some coffee?

- Yes, please. Thank you.

FERRIS [ON PHONE]: Ed, Al-Masri

is a lawyer we found with al Qaeda ties.

He's fairly low on the map,

but he is on the map...

... enough for a photograph

to suggest Sadiki's guilt by association.

Mm-hm. You have his computer?

Yeah, look,

I'm gonna go get it right now.

He's going to the Cyclone Club.

He loves the Russian girls.

I'll call you soon. Call you soon.

Three-sixteen.

[CLERK SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

Come on, baby.

- Garland?

- Yeah?

Stand by. All right?

Just getting in right now.

Ah. This is useful.

Very useful.

I have an e-mail list of the members

of the Brothers of Awareness.

The Brothers of who-the-f***?

The Ikhwan Ishfan. They're just a study

group of believers at his local mosque.

But I can make it look like anything.

All right. Let's make it look

like everything, huh?

[SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

Now, make fake accounts

for half a dozen of the brothers...

... and start transferring money to them

from Sadiki's fake receiver account.

Just small operational sums.

Okay.

The Saudis will pick up the money moving,

and everything they pick up...

They'll leak to the jihadists.

- You got it, my friend.

- It's coming up. Now it's done.

[DOOR OPENS]

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

Dad! Dad!

Hey, baby. Hold on. Oh.

[PARENTS CHEERING]

FERRIS:
Hey, Ed, you there?

- Where are you?

Dubai International. I'm on my way back.

No, no, no. No, you're not.

You're going back to Amman.

- Hani called, asked where you were.

- Jesus Christ.

If you don't go back,

he's gonna wonder why you didn't go back.

I think he likes you, buddy.

Change your ticket.

- All right, Ed. I'm on my way.

- All right.

- Oh, hey. Can I get that for you?

- Thank you.

Mr. Ferris. Welcome.

- Thank you.

- Come.

I wanted to see you to tell you

I was sorry how we left things.

- I was upset.

- Well, you had every right to be upset, sir.

I apologize for what happened.

But I am happy you are back.

Miss Aisha, too, I think,

will be happy you are back.

Don't worry, we're not watching you.

We're watching out for you.

But I need you to understand, you

cannot afford any more mistakes in Jordan.

This is a part of the world

where friendship matters.

It can save your life.

FERRIS:
Why don't I call you back in about

Well, thanks so much, Mr. Sadiki.

Let's get something clear, all right?

I'm not tolerating any more

of your bullshit.

- No, it's cool.

- Who do you work for?

- I work for you. I got the call, I got briefed.

- All right, good.

- Front? Back?

- Take my bag.

[VELCRO TEARS]

If you're going to insist on coming here

to see me...

...which is what you're doing...

...my sister's going to want to meet you.

Your sister?

Yeah, my sister looks after me

in matters that are non-medical.

Oh, so she has to approve of me

before you will begin to.

I would like her to think so,

whenever I can.

Okay.

[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

[WOMAN SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

- Hi.

- Hi.

I'm still cooking.

- Come in.

- I brought some dessert, pastry.

Oh, the kids are going to love it.

- The kids?

- Yeah.

- Aha.

- Come.

This is my sister, Cala.

[IN ARABIC]

Mr. Ferris.

And these are my nephews,

Yousef and Rowley.

Hello.

Yousef. Rowley. Hey.

BOYS:
Hi.

FERRIS:
Hi.

- Nephews.

- Yeah, my nephews.

[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING

IN ARABIC ON TV]

Smells good in there, huh?

YOUSEF:

It's not good.

It's not good?

- You don't like your mother's cooking?

- No, not really.

Oh.

What kind of food do you like?

Hamburgers.

- You?

- Spaghettis.

Me too.

So if there's anything that I wouldn't like,

would you two let me know?

- Okay.

- Yeah.

Cool.

[FERRIS SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

CALA:

So, Mr. Ferris...

...how long are you in Amman?

Oh, uh, ahem.

Well, I think I'm gonna be for a while.

I hope so, anyway.

Where were you stationed before?

Riyadh.

- Riyadh?

FERRIS:
Hm.

CALA:

What do you do exactly?

I told you, Cala, he's a political adviser.

Political adviser.

But what does that mean?

Forgive my ignorance.

- It means, uh...

- It means that I...

Well, I offer my assistance to

His Majesty's advisers whenever they ask.

[YOUSEF CLEARS THROAT]

[IN ARABIC]

But you do this now, not before the war.

Before you didn't consult with us at all.

- Cala, please, we are just having lunch.

- It's okay.

- It's okay.

AISHA:
We can talk...

- I'm talking with your friend.

AISHA:
Talk about another subject.

It's quite all right. I understand.

And we understand

that the situation in Iraq...

...has created many hardships

for the Jordanian people.

- The situation?

- You mean, the war.

- He means war.

- No, no, no, he says the situation.

- What do you mean?

AISHA:
You know what...

Please.

I mean the roadside bombings,

the assassination of Iraqi police...

...the kidnappings,

the crowded marketplaces...

...and innocent families that have

been wiped off the face of the Earth.

That's what I mean

by the situation in Iraq.

I can tell you what

His Majesty's thinking.

His Majesty believes the best hope

for the war is that it ends.

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