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- Have a nice trip, Mr Shannon.

- Thank you, Bobby.

How did you get me into this hearing?

I don't have this kind of clearance.

I know a guy that knows a guy.

- Who?

- It's a guy.

Who's the guy?

Doyle, it's national security. I can't tell you.

Security concerns must be given

greater importance in industrial research.

We don't know the cause of the explosion.

And we don't know

the source of the espionage,

if indeed there was espionage.

But we do know that we are at risk.

Every idea that offers a competitive

advantage to Americans is subject to theft.

And that, gentlemen, could be catastrophic.

Mr Shannon,

over the past ten years,

this committee has approved

hundreds of millions of dollars

for your research projects

without having one good,

goddamn idea about where the hell

all the money was going.

He's talking about our tax dollars up there.

We were under the impression, Senator,

that you passed legislation

to ensure that you wouldn't know.

Or perhaps, more accurately,

that you didn't want to know.

I'm aware of the law, Mr Shannon,

thank you. I wrote it.

But I don't remember,

when I drafted it, that I anticipated

a large portion

of the south side of Chicago blown up.

What assurances can you give me

and this committee

that this event will never happen again?

None, Senator.

The incident in Chicago was tragic,

to be sure.

But sometimes that is the price we must pay

to ensure our competitive edge in the future.

We didn't intend to pay for

our space exploration programme

with the lives of ten American astronauts.

But we did.

Nevertheless,

we must not waver in our commitment

to scientific research and development.

As you gentlemen know,

there are many threats to our way of life.

And not all of them wear uniforms

and carry guns.

Mr Shannon, I want to thank you for your

appearance today before this committee.

You have spoken like a true patriot

of whom this country can be very proud.

Thank you, sir.

- I think I'm getting through.

- What about Lucasz?

He never got over

not getting his credentials.

No-one on the team could have done this.

Whoever is doing this

knows an awful lot about us.

If I hadn't have shown up,

they would have thought it was an accident.

And nobody would know

what's really going on.

Oh, my God.

- Welcome back, boss. We missed you.

- What about me?

Surveillance is up on Shannon's estate.

Cue it up, Jimmy.

Where are the files

on the Moore Foundation?

Gentlemen,

Shannon's moving.

There will be an orientation meeting

in the main auditorium, on level one...

- Is everyone here?

- Yes.

- Is it running?

- Not yet.

Good afternoon, gentlemen.

FBI. I'm Agent Williams, this is Agent Lim.

So, what kind of facility is this?

I'm sorry, sir,

we're not allowed to discuss this.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

Bear with me, and we'll soon get started.

Thank you.

I don't care if he's got

an appointment with Mother Teresa.

We have been waiting for him

for 35 minutes.

You're late.

This is another one of your messes, Lyman.

It's not the Peace Corps, Paul.

- Anyway, you said you had it under control.

- I did!

This thing's still not working.

You've got to call off the Bureau.

Do you understand?

I'm not sure I can do that.

There's an awful lot of explaining to do.

Where's the young man?

Kasalivich?

He's someplace safe.

I'm bringing him in today.

Paul!

If someone's going down for this,

it is not gonna be I.

Paul Shannon, please.

Maggie McDermott. We're old friends.

Washington.

Area code's Wisconsin. Checking the prefix.

Punch it up.

Maggie McDermott. She was

put through from the Chicago office.

Maggie?

Shannon, it's Eddie.

It's scrambled.

- It's him, on a payphone in Williams Bay.

- I'll get the locals.

- What are you doing?

- It's OK, it's a payphone. That fax...

I know about that.

Wait at Maggie's.

I'll send someone for you.

Lily tracked it to Beijing.

It routed through a Chinese company,

but it came from

the US Technological Business Council.

We've gotta go.

- Heard of it?

- They'll be there in an hour.

Now, Eddie!

- I gotta go. We'll come to you.

- No, don't.

Eddie. Eddie!

- Thanks.

- Good luck.

Officer. Hey, hey! Andy!

You know that guy on the news?

I saw him run up there.

Really, Maggie?

You should have brought him in

when you had the chance.

Get to the observatory, right away!

Lily! Lily!

- Eddie, it's unbelievable.

- We've gotta go.

Listen, listen. This council

lobbies for defence contractors...

- We've gotta go now. The cops are here.

- What!

Come on!

How did they find us?

Hey! Hold it right there.

Hey!

Hold it! Hey!

Stop!

Hold it!

Stop! Hold it right there.

Get your hands up.

Get 'em up!

Walk back slowly towards me.

Come on, do it!

Keep coming.

Good, hold it right there.

This is Nemitz,

on the roof of the observatory.

I've got 'em.

Aagh!

Go! Go, go, go, go!

Come on!

On the roof!

Get a medical team up here right away.

Suspect is armed!

Get in the boat!

- Eddie, what are you doing?

- Get in!

Eddie, what are you doing?

The best I can.

Get the boat!

He's on the ice!

- Are you OK?

- Yes!

He's out of our sight. 12 o'clock.

Lily, the bag! Give me the bag.

Go, go!

There's nobody in there!

We need a pollution revolution.

I don't care.

Search all of Wisconsin if you have to.

They lost him?

We've been to C-Systems.

We can't get any information.

It used to be a government-run facility.

Now county records say it doesn't even exist.

Maybe you weren't really there.

Maybe we're not really here.

Eddie, I can't... feel my legs.

Come on.

Come on.

We've got fire, we've got fire.

Why would a policeman

shoot another policeman?

Maybe they weren't police.

Why didn't they shoot at us?

I don't know.

What a dump, huh?

- Mr Shannon.

- What?

Two FBI agents want to see you.

This is more important

than his afternoon tea.

My apologies for interrupting

your tea, Mr Shannon.

- What's Kasalivich doing in Wisconsin?

- Running away from you.

We understand he phoned you.

I counselled Eddie

to turn himself in to the authorities.

He and Miss Sinclair

shot a Wisconsin state trooper.

I doubt that very seriously.

Well... the state trooper's very dead.

Mr Shannon, these are copies

of the Moore Foundation IRS files.

Do you know what's in them?

Meagre tax records, I imagine.

We are a non-profit organisation.

The funding for your foundation

comes from a wide variety of sources.

Defence contractors,

telecommunication companies, aerospace.

It's gratifying to know

our work is appreciated.

The bulk of funding seems to come

from one Cayman Islands account.

I don't do the fundraising.

Oh, yeah. And the account is classified.

Who pays your salary, Mr Shannon?

The foundation pays my salary.

Classified accounts,

encrypted phone calls...

A man could be forgiven for thinking

that your foundation is a front for the CIA.

In that case, there may be national security

issues here that are larger than us all.

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