Dying of the Light Page #2

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That's what I just said.

Okay, which one?

The one in...

Arlington.

- Ev.

- Yeah?

- Excuse me.

- Yeah?

Get this man something to eat, please,

- and a cup of coffee.

- You got it.

Can I clear that for you?

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

That wasn't very sociable.

What's going on?

- Nothing.

- Do you want to talk about it?

What is so goddamn important?

This "something" that has come up.

There's been a possible hit on Banir.

Over the last year,

five requests for deferiprone

- which is not too unusual...

- No, it doesn't affect the anemia.

- It's just the iron deficiency.

- Right, but the same source...

the man requesting it was Kenyan,

but the doctor is in Bucharest University

Hospital, a research hospital.

Decitabine and Azacitidine, which are

only used for clinical trials...

- Mediterranean anemia.

- Thalassemia,

which is hereditary, which we

know Muhammad Banir carries,

even though he has

been dead for 20 years.

You know his father died of it.

And Abdikarim, the man procuring the drug,

was a suspect in a Nigerian fraud ring.

Rather than give himself up,

he jumps off a bridge.

Medical info was on a flash drive.

- He ain't no Kenyan.

- He was 100% healthy.

- He had no need for the medication.

- What else?

- Nothing.

- I knew he didn't die.

This means his condition has

moved to an advanced stage.

Now he can lay low,

he can become invisible,

but sooner or later the

disease will flush him out.

Banir's got it.

It's come out. It's in his blood.

Mbui!

- Sorry to impose on our relationship.

- What is it?

I've come across intelligence which leads

me to believe Muhammad Banir is alive.

Give us the room, gentlemen.

Go on.

Banir was believed killed during my

extraction. The evidence was circumstantial.

Intelligence intercepts led the

agency to conclude Banir was dead.

He disappeared from our radar.

The C.I.A. closed the books on him.

Not a word about him has been

heard for 22 years... until now.

Banir has a hereditary

blood disease... thalassemia.

If not apparent during childhood,

it can lay dormant until midlife or later.

There have been recent

intercepts of requests

for medicine used primarily during

clinical trials for this anemia.

These requests have a Kenyan source.

- And what's the source of these intercepts?

- The source is confidential.

Lake, I am the director

of the f***ing agency.

Nothing is confidential.

Who's the source?

If the source were to become known,

- the source would be in danger.

- What do you propose?

I would like to set up a task force,

establish Banir's whereabouts,

extract him, and have him return

to the United States for trial.

You'd like to set up a task force?

- I meant the agency, sir.

- Why don't we just let the man die?

That is assuming that your

confidential source is correct,

and assuming that it

does in fact indicate

the presence of a man that no

one's heard of in 22 years.

Because it is not the policy of this agency,

nor is it the policy of this government,

to allow the man who's responsible

for at least 17 kidnappings,

a dozen executions and the

bombing of a tourist bus...

some of whom were children, by the way...

to go free simply because he's sick.

Mary, sent in Sanjar.

Come in.

This is Dr. Sanjar. He's with

the office of medical services.

Please, Evan, sit.

Dr. Sanjar was speaking

at Upenn Hospital...

a conference on

service-related diseases.

Did you really think you

could travel 150 miles,

make three visits to a neurological

clinic under a false identity,

give blood, leave fingerprints and

not have us find out about it?

Dr. Clayborne forwarded

your medical records.

You don't have to worry about payment

or privacy or quality of care.

The C.I.A. Takes care of its own.

The O.M.S. has a

state-of-the-art facility.

In addition to which, we coordinate our

efforts with A.F.R.H. Here in Washington.

And we'd like to make this

as easy as possible for you.

We've been speaking to the D.D.O.

We'll have a retirement dinner.

The press... everyone'll come, heck,

even the president will be there.

Banir. What about Banir?

Muhammad Banir is dead, Lake.

Has been for 22 years.

We interviewed your

departmental associates.

We are concerned about these

mood swings you've been suffering,

the unpredictability of behavior.

Banir, damn it.

There is a concern that you could

become a liability to the agency.

- F*** you.

- Calm down.

I'm a liability? You f***ed this up just

like you f***ed up everything else.

F***ed up Iran-contra, f***ed up Ames,

f***ed up 9/11, f***ed up W.M.D.,

Afghanistan, Iraq, Benghazi.

Not you yourself of course, no.

No, you're just the latest

in a long line of f***-ups

who turned this agency into a cesspool

of politics and special interests

on behalf of the weapons makers

and the surveillance industry,

who get richer while we get weaker!

- Mr. Lake.

- I could...

I've forgotten more about this

agency than you'll ever know.

Who put you up to this? Whose got

their hand in your pocket now?

I've seen a million people like you.

A million people.

You've got your head

so far up Obama's ass,

you can't see anything except

his sh*t anymore. Shame on you.

Shame on you.

- Agent Lake?

- Yes.

The director's asked us to

collect your security badge.

Please stand, sir.

Sir, we've been instructed to

escort you out of the facility.

Place the items you would like to take

here on the desk for inspection, sir.

- You want to check my aftershave?

- There's no need to be snippy, sir.

You want my life? You want my files?

Here, take them!

Would you like awards? Here.

Here's a couple of them for you.

This is what they give to a**holes like me

who give their lives for their country!

Core values!

Get someone else to give your

goddamn lecture! I resign!

I have your stuff. I... I hope you

don't mind. I didn't want to leave it there.

Can I come in?

Yeah, come in.

Thanks.

You... you want something to drink?

What are you having?

- Sake.

- Sounds good.

I screwed up pretty bad today?

No going back.

So much for the retirement party.

They're not gonna do

nothing about Banir.

They treated me like I

was some sort of crackpot.

- Kanpai.

- Kanpai.

Have a seat.

That's the other reason I came.

N.S.A. forwarded a copy

of Abdi's flash drive.

The prescribing physician is

Dr. Iulian Cornel, medical research.

That's why none of the

indicators went off.

- How long has this been happening?

- Two years.

- Banir...

- Well...

...possible Banir uses

Abdikarim as a middleman.

Their communications,

any information about possible Banir...

Goes into the river...

or so he thinks.

And Abdi pays Dr. Cornel.

Evan.

Ignorant... ignorant doctor in this?

Well, except for one thing.

Dr. Cornel has a Kenyan wife.

- How much does he charge?

- 10k euro every month.

- And doesn't report it.

- Nope.

Now we're on the same page. The doctor's

protecting himself. You got the files?

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