Fair Game Page #6

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This has become a trust issue

for the President.

We can't get behind on this.

A Democratic-led Senate

Judiciary committee...

We need to change the story.

Who is Joe Wilson?

A new controversy over re-targeting

some of America's nuclear weapons.

There will be more

at the President's press conference.

David?

If someone works at the CIA

and they sent their spouse on a trip,

would there be a paper trail?

Any such request would require approval

from the chain of command.

From the requestor

right up to the Director of Operations.

Yes, paperwork

would normally be generated.

Okay.

Does the President

have the power to declassify information?

Valerie?

What?

"'The CIA's decision to send

retired diplomat Joseph C. Wilson... "

Further down.

"Wilson never worked for the CIA

but his wife... "

"Is an agency operative

on weapons of mass destruction. "

He just went ahead and did it.

Does this run overseas?

It's in the newspaper, Valerie.

It's on the news.

Novak's column. Is he syndicated overseas?

It's everywhere.

God.

Jessica McDowell.

Maureen McDermont.

- I just flew in from Scotland.

Valerie, what do you do?

I work in venture capital.

Grace Semel. Sigma Chemicals.

Paris, Milan, Vienna.

Who are you?

We need a matrix of everyone

you've come into contact with

- in a covert capacity.

- I've already started a list.

Good. We need to get an idea, fast,

of how much this thing bleeds.

Sir, I have several live-ops at crucial stages.

People in the field

- in critical windows of operation.

- One thing at a time.

Make a list, then come back here.

Don't do anything else.

Why is Internal Security here?

To help you and us

conduct this damage assessment.

Ms. Plame? We're going this way.

The restroom.

Ms. Plame?

Ms. Plame?

Ms. Plame?

Val? Val!

Jack, I've got to get a message to Baghdad.

I've got 15 scientists being taken

to the border today.

I have to get word to them.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Jack, they're packed and ready to go.

You know what this means.

- Sorry. I've got to go.

Ms. Plame.

Val, can I see you for a minute?

Take a walk.

As of this morning,

all CPD operations involving you

have been suspended.

Effective immediately,

you're to have no further contact

with assets or agents in the field.

Any further involvement in operations

is no longer possible.

Bill, I have eight, nine teams in the field.

We have assets

in Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Dubai.

I need to brief my replacement

in the Joint Task Force.

The head of the JTFI's identity is classified

- for reasons of operational security.

- I have a critical operation

- in Baghdad in a major...

- Val, I'm sorry.

It's over.

You were a good officer,

but it's over.

"Two senior administration officials told me

"that Wilson's wife

suggested sending him to Niger

"to investigate the Italian report. "

This comes from the Vice President,

the Chief of Staff, or a top advisor.

I got to go.

Look at my picture.

- I will.

Trevor won't let me

borrow his Power Ranger.

- Mommy!

Did you say please?

- I said please!

- There's a 1982 act

that says it's a crime

for a government official

to knowingly disclose a covert agent.

It comes with a $50,000 fine

andlor up to 10 years in jail.

- Don't answer the phone, honey.

- It's been ringing all day.

Do not... Who have you spoken... Joe?

- Please don't. Joe, Joe...

- She is. Hello?

- I'm sorry, honey. Are you okay?

- She's right here.

It's Lisa.

- Hello?

- Valerie, your name is in the paper.

It says you're a CIA agent.

Look, I can't talk right now.

- Well, I can't make a comment.

Mom!

Look, I'm going

to call you back tomorrow, okay?

I'm really sorry.

- Oh, my God.

- Sh*t.

It's got to be true.

Your mom called.

Your uncle. Janey in Chicago.

I wrote it down there for you.

And Andrea Mitchell called.

She said White House sources say

the real story is not the 16 words,

but Joe Wilson and his wife.

Did I care to comment?

Well, I damn well do care to comment,

and she's asked me on the show

the day after tomorrow.

No.

You're not going on TV, Joe.

Thank you.

This was clearly designed

as a shot across the bow

for those who might step forward,

those unnamed analysts who said

that pressure was put on them

by the White House, for example,

would think twice about having

their own family's name

dragged through this particular mud.

I didn't prepare for this moment.

I had no plan for this day.

When did you join?

'85, straight out of college.

- Wow, that's...

- Eighteen years.

So, did they find you, or...

No, I approached them.

And did Joe know?

Yes.

Your parents?

Yes, but that's all.

So, do you have lovers all over the world?

Do you have a gun?

Have you killed people?

I can't. I...

I can't tell you anything.

You can't tell me anything.

Okay. All right.

So, do you want to go shopping?

- See a movie? Mani-pedi?

- Diana.

Hi, Mom.

Did your wife send you to Niger?

I was not sent by my wife,

but the issue is not who sent me,

it's whether or not a crime was committed.

I'm going to get it!

I'm going to get it! I got it!

Hello?

Hello?

Your husband is a communist.

I hope you die, you commie whore.

- We know where you live.

- Who is this?

Trevor!

- Who...

Beat it!

Mommy, Trevor won't let me go

on his tractor.

Okay. So, find something else to play.

I don't...

Mommy?

Mommy?

What? What?

"He stayed inside for more than two weeks.

"Then he nibbled... "

Zahraa?

Hammad has disappeared.

His wife, his children are missing.

My uncle in Mansour,

he said they were targeting them.

They were killing them.

- Who?

- Hammad's colleagues.

Dr. Habbuk was shot dead in the street.

Dr. Falli was murdered in his hallway.

- Listen...

- I know you can't tell me where he is.

Just tell me you have him.

Please, I beg you.

I don't need to know anything.

Just tell me he's safe.

We don't have him.

You said he would be safe.

You said we would help you.

You promised.

I trusted you.

The Justice Department need to establish

whether those in the highest office

sought to destroy the career

of a public servant to punish me

for telling the truth.

- What's going on?

- What are you doing here?

Falli. Hubbuk. Who else?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Don't bullshit me. Who else is dead?

You were right.

It was all about the scientists.

We made a call.

A call?

We passed your case files to liaison.

Mossad were already on the same page.

They've been hunting these guys down

since the invasion.

You'll drive them underground.

They'll run straight to Iran. Pakistan.

Valerie, it's not your problem.

- How can you sleep at night?

- I sleep just fine.

Now, Carol's mother is here. I'm sorry,

but I'm going to have to ask you to leave.

It's called counter-proliferation, Jack.

Counter.

Linda, are you still here? It's late.

At the end of the day,

it's of keen interest to me

whether or not we see Karl Rove

frog-marched out of the White House

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