Civic Duty Page #3

for the fbi, please?

The number is

1-800-877-3927.

Thank you.

Thank you.?]

[Man]:
fbi.

Hi.

Uh... i'm not-

I'm not really sure

if i should be calling or not.

I just was wondering

if there's somebody there

I could just- Just talk to

about a situation?

Would you like me

to transfer you

So you can file

a report, sir?

[Tapping on window]

[Paper rustling]

Special agent hilary.

You filed a report

this morning?

Yeah.

Mr. Allen?

Yes, sir.

Do you mind if i follow up

for just a bit?

Thank you.

But, um, how do you know

who i am?

Your license plate number.

Right.

[Cell phone ringing]

You guys work fast.

Yeah.

Excuse me, sorry.

[Jacket rustling]

[Ringing continues]

Hi. Ahem.

Yeah.

I'm going to

pick 'em up.

I'm going

to pick 'em up.

I know.

I'm going to

pick 'em up,

Because-

Be-

Okay. Ahem.

I love you, too.

Sorry.

Okay, um...

So this guy you called about,

You say he lives

in unit number two,

Is that correct?

On the ground floor. Er two

And you said

he was a middle eastern guy,

Yeah?

Yeah.

Look, i know

you must get

A lot of calls

like this, right?

[Laughs]

Most of them turn out

to be nothing?

Yeah, but we got to go

through them all.

You know, i'm sorry,

i don't know

If i should have

called, i just...

Why did you, then?

Well, he seems to fit

the profile

A little too well,

you know what i mean?

The profile?

Yeah, you said

he was interacting

With other

middle eastern men.

Is that what you mean?

Yes, sir.

You said he leads

a minimalist lifestyle.

Yeah. I- He...

You said he was

throwing the garbage out

At odd hours.

Yes, sir. 3:
00 a. M.

3:
00 a. M.?

You were awake,

or did he wake you up?

I was awake

at the time.

[Notepaper rustling]

Did you talk to him?

Did you meet him?

No, sir,

but my wife did.

Does she share your concerns?

Yeah. Pretty much.

Did she have

Any other kind

of exchange with him?

No.

Did you have any other

kind of other interaction,

Any kind of late-Night feuds-

Music too loud,

anything like that?

Uh, no, sir.

Okay.

[Clears throat]

What did you say

you do for a living, mr. Allen?

I'm an accountant.

Accountant,

okay.

We will run a check

And see

if anything comes up.

Really?

Is there anything i should do

in the meantime?

No, just keep

an eye out.

If you see

anything imminent,

Give us a call.

You know, it's funny.

When i graduated from college,

i almost applied to the bureau.

Really?

Yeah, it was just

kind of a whim, though.

A whim?

Yeah, me too.

Thank you very much

For your concern,

mr. Allen.

You have a nice day.

Thank you.

[Complex door creaking open]

[Sighing]

[Door opening]

[Door shuts]

Hey.

Come here.

Just...

don't turn any lights on.

Just come here.

What are you doing?

Just come on.

What are you doing?

Just... come here.

I need you to just

listen to me, okay,

And don't get upset.

All right?

What is it? What?

Look, an fbi agent

came by here today,

And he wanted to ask me

some questions

About our neighbor

downstairs.

How did he know

About our neighbor

downstairs, terry?

Did you call him?

Did you?

Yeah, i did-

You called the fbi?

The fbi!

They considered

the report valid-

For god's sake,

terry!

Okay,

and they're running

A background check

on the guy.

Great.

They're probably

running

A background check

on us, too.

Come on, what?

We got some pot

in the house

Or something?

Why do you insist on

making this our problem?

We have enough problems

as it is, terry.

Well, we don't always

get to choose

Our problems, marla.

Sometimes we do,

terry.

Did you call

the loan officer today?

If this guy downstairs

Is responsible for

killing innocent people

And we didn't do

anything to stop it,

You'd just be okay

with that?

No, of course not,

I wouldn't be okay

with that, but...

[Sighing]

Okay, this fbi agent,

what did he say?

Well, he wants us

To continue

monitoring him.

Us two, but not him.

Look, the guy gets

a lot of calls, marla,

All right?

We all have to be the eyes

and ears now.

The what?

What did you say?

Okay, i need to know

what you're going to do.

What do you mean?

How far are you

going to take this?

Well, i don't know.

You don't know?

Well, i need to know.

Well, i guess i'm going to do

whatever i have to.

Whateveryouhave to?

What about us, terry?

What about the house?

I am doing everything

that i possibly can!

I've sent out resumes.

There aren't any more jobs.

I went to bank today,

like you asked.

I talked to the loan officer

to restructure the loan,

And he wouldn't buy it,

all right?

So what else

do you want from me?

Well, maybe if you weren't

up here all day long,

Spying on your neighbor

Like some paranoid

right-Wing wack-Job,

We wouldn't have lost

the f***ing house!

That is not what i'm doing!

Yes, you are, terry!

And you know what?

Just because

they're paranoid

Doesn't mean

they're wrong.

I mean, in case

you forget, marla,

This sh*t has happened.

People, they've overlooked

their neighbors,

And sh*t has

f***ing blown up.

Thank you

for the f***ing recap.

What are you doing?

Going out.

Where are you going?

Out.

Yeah, say hi to your sister

for me.

[Sighing]

[Gate opening]

[Gate rattles and closes]

With the holy month of ramadan

approaching-

[Telephone ringing]

[Woman]:
hello?

Jenny, it's terry.

Hi, terry.

Sorry to bother you.

Is marla there?

No, not at

the moment.

Do you know where she is?

No. No, i don't.

Is she okay?

Not really.

Well, could you just

let her know that i called?

Yeah,

i'll tell her.

[Phone beeps off]

[Anchorwoman]:

the announcement

Coming on the heels

of last month's

Torching of a mosque

in sussex county,

On mosques

and the muslim community

Over the past year,

Yet some of

the attendees believe

The city's new measures-

God. What am i doing?

Hello?

Hello?

[Creaking]

Hello?

[Clinking]

[Sniffing]

[Complex door rattles]

[Television clicks on]

[Television playing

in arabic]

[Computer]:

you have two new messages.

[Television continues playing

in arabic]

[Cell phone ringing]

Hello?

Omar?

[Speaking arabic]

Sh*t.

Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t!

[Panting]

[Dialing phone]

Mr. Allen.

Agent.

Is everything okay?

Yeah, yeah, i'm fine.

You sure?

Yeah.

Just some personal stuff.

Just, uh... times have been

a little rough.

[Clears throat]

You wanted

to talk about something?

Uh, yeah.

You ever hear

of money structuring?

Making low-Profile deposit?

In multiple bank accounts,

Different institutions,

Splitting up

large sums of money,

Earning huge returns

in interest

Without anybody

knowing about it?

Is that what you think

mr. Hassan is doing?

Well, he's got several boxes

full of atm deposit envelopes

In his closet...

And based upon his lifestyle,

I think that these accounts

Belong to this organization

that he's involved with,

The sons of benevolence.

He's also got

some sort of chemical process

Going on in there-

Beakers,

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