Creating 'The Kingdom' Page #2

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some of this evidence.

Get Jack and Steve

to cover on the far side.

(EXPLOSION)

REPORTER 1:

The initial attack,

involving a suicide bomber

and at least two gunmen...

...was apparently designed

to lure...

REPORTER 2:
...in and around

the Al Rahmah...

...first responders

to the scene...

...Western housing complex

near Riyadh.

...followed by

a massive secondary explosion.

FLEURY:
Numbers so far, 100 plus killed,

200 plus injured.

Target was a softball game.

The killers wore Saudi

police uniforms. Special...

Special Agent Fran Manner

was killed.

(GASPING)

(CRYING)

(CLEARS THROAT)

Grant? Take a stab

at the bomb sizes.

(CLEARING THROAT)

From the craters it looks like they used

a high explosive, possibly military grade.

Twenty, thirty pounds

of P.E.T.N.

That's something

that they have.

Semtex or C-4

if they could get it.

That there. God knows.

That crater looks like a plane

dropped a 500-pounder.

Sir? I, already know the answer to this,

but is there any chance in hell

we get to go over there

and use our hands?

If you already know the answer,

why ask the question?

Just thought I'd ask.

SYKES:
Look, we're not seeing

this kind of planning and execution

anywhere else, are we?

No.

I mean, these ain't hot-wired

artillery shells

waiting for Humvees

to roll by.

These hits are coordinated.

The planning, timing in big,

broad-daylight, balls-out ugly.

So f***ing greedy.

Do we know if they used the uniforms

in the other two attacks?

No, as far as I know

this is the first time for that.

Then you're saying now they got

access to Saudi uniforms?

SYKES:
I mean, baby Jesus!

Is anybody taking credit?

Anybody seen anything on the web?

Haven't heard anything.

Tom, you got anything?

We haven't found anything yet.

How do we know

it's not Saudi on Saudi?

Could be. If it's Saudi, then it's

quite probably the work of Abu Hamza.

Osama wannabe.

Lived in Iraq. Afghanistan.

Sir, not to beat a dead horse,

but if there was ever a time for us

to put boots on Saudi sand,

I mean,

don't you think this is it?

There's no way, Adam.

They will never allow it.

Then let's just ask.

The Saudi Royal Family cannot appear

as if they're losing control.

If they lose control of their country,

lose control of the people,

they risk losing

control of the oil.

And that is not gonna happen.

State Department.

'We are in agreement

with the Saudi security assessment

'that any additional American presence

on kingdom soil represents reckless risk.'

AGENT:
Oh, come on, risk?

FLEURY:
Yeah.

What's that?

That's not a reckless risk?

F*** it.

You hang tight.

I'm gonna go get access.

Keep your bags packed.

Keep your phones on.

Some of you are gonna

get some calls.

(WHIPPING)

(MAN GRUNTING)

(GASPING)

(GRUNTS)

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

(GASPING)

Everyone's terrified,

so nothing moves.

You and your team

aren't going anywhere

and this meeting's

just a circle jerk, Ronnie.

Attorney General Young is

gonna go through the motions

because protocol says

we get an appeal.

We'll be on record,

but you expect nothing more.

I met with Prince Thamer

at Saudi Embassy

15 minutes after hearing

this morning's news.

And after speaking

with Thamer,

I advised withholding

additional U.S. Personnel,

because a large part

of the religious justification

for these bombs is the presence

of current U.S. Personnel.

More boots on Saudi soil

is only gonna make

an already combustible situation

that much more so.

CANAVESIO:
My two cents.

The Saudis have not asked for F.B.I. Help.

They've done the opposite.

This is just going to further complicate

an already deteriorating situation

with one of our few remaining

allies in the Middle East.

Rock solid logic.

Well, we would like to be on the record

as saying the F.B.I. Would like

an Evidence Response on the ground in Riyadh now.

Doesn't your team in that country

represent exactly the kind

of target that these masters

would die for?

They'd trade 10 of their own

for one of you.

Not to go after criminals

because they might try to harm you

is really not

a policy of the F.B.I.

See, we try not to say uncle.

We try.

Let me put it to you

another way.

Al Qaeda lost the first phase

of this war.

And they know it.

So a new zero-sum phase

has begun.

'If you're a Westerner

or a moderate Arab

'and you won't join us, we will let loose

the truly talented murderers.'

Men like Abu Hamza.

These are

operational commanders

who plan, organize, train, brainwash,

preach extreme violence.

These are the men

we're fighting.

Duly noted.

YOUNG:
Anything else?

Now, as far as

the public's concerned

let's try to view this

through F.B.I. Agents' eyes.

Is that clear?

Sir, how do you suppose this is viewed

through F.B.I. Agents' eyes?

Pardon me?

I said, in this situation,

how do you feel this is viewed

through our eyes?

It's a variation of vengeance.

When one of your own is killed,

agents lose their analytical skills.

Kind of like a...

Thirty-six hours.

We don't do it in 36 hours,

we can forget it.

Agent Fleury, Agent Mayes,

I appreciate your passion.

Quite spirited.

If you were running the F.B.I. ,

you might turn it into Patton's Third Army.

Might be a good idea,

I don't know.

My daddy used to fly a helicopter

up in Saudi Arabia.

Is that right?

Now, where would he sit?

Would he sit either here,

or would he sit over there?

No, he used to sit

right here.

And you want to know a secret?

What?

My daddy died in Saudi Arabia.

Yeah. Your daddy died

in Saudi Arabia.

You know your daddy

was my friend, right?

Yeah.

So that means

that now you're my friend.

Yeah.

So, since we're friends

you promise to take me flying

when you know

how to fly this helicopter?

Yeah.

Good. Good.

What sound does it make

when it takes off?

(IMITATING HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

Yeah.

What about...

(IMITATING HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

Yeah, like that, huh?

That's when it's coming in.

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

How hard you gonna hit

the Royal Family tomorrow in your column?

I'm gonna hit them

with a f***ing sledgehammer.

The bombings or other things?

What's other

than the bombings?

I know you've been tracking

our investigation on Al-Haramain, right?

Yeah. Royal Family's donations

that end up blowing sh*t up.

Yeah. Seat's taken.

I need a favor.

I don't do favors, Ronnie.

Listen, Elaine, when this thing breaks

and it's gonna be real,

I'm gonna bring it

to you first.

I'm listening.

I need you to call Thamer

at the Embassy,

tell him that the F.B.I.

Is getting ready

to lay out major Saudi VIP indictments

dealing with charity financing

out of this Boston investment firm.

We're gonna freeze a lot of Saudi cash

and roll out some

hardcore embarrassment.

And you tell them

I'm heading up the investigation.

And I'm not the nicest

kid on the block.

That's accurate.

And all I need is

15 minutes tonight.

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