Hidden Agenda Page #3

Just let me say one thing,

so there can be no misunderstanding.

When you have completed your inquiry,

you will deliver your report to me first.

- I understood it was to go to the DPP first.

- No, it comes to me first.

I will forward it

to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

That is the constitutional position.

We might as well keep that

on a professional basis, too.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

Ingrid...

Henri and I will stay with you

for as long as you need us.

- I'm okay.

- You sure?

I think you can do more

back home than you can do here.

Hello?

No, it isn't Ingrid. Who is calling?

Can you wait a second?

It's Paul's mother.

All right?

Rose?

How are you? Are you all right?

Is there somebody there?

Is somebody with you?

That's good.

I'm all right.

I have some friends here, and it's...

What's the crack on this

Insp. Stephens of CID?

Stephens? Decent enough man.

Is he handling the shooting?

Yes. If he was one of my detectives,

he'd be back in uniform.

Why?

Three hours after the shooting,

the RUC issued a statement.

It was fabricated.

- Maybe they had a reason?

- No resistance was offered.

The weapon found in the car

clearly didn't belong there.

Forensic showed that

the shot that killed the Yank...

was fired at two meters.

The trajectory was wrong.

The officer that did the shooting

claims he shot at 25 feet.

None of this was in the interim report.

What if there were witnesses,

and it comes out at the inquest?

You know as well as I

how long these things take.

I know of two cases:

One seven years ago, the other was five.

- There's still no inquest in either of them.

- This one's different.

There's a lot of dead bodies

in Northern Ireland, Peter.

Jack, you haven't been followin' the news.

Why the hell do you think I'm here?

- A prominent American was involved.

- Brodie was hoping you'd do a snow job.

Not a chance.

Next to the Pope,

you're about to become...

the most unpopular man

in Northern Ireland.

What you have to understand is

Special Branch control the whole thing.

Why do you think I got out?

As soon as my time was up,

I just grabbed my pension and ran.

These three policemen involved

in the shooting...

- Cowboys, not policemen.

- Tell me about them.

Members of an antiterrorist squad,

operating undercover.

SSU, Special Support Unit...

code-named Echo 4 Alpha.

- Answerable to whom?

- Don't ask.

I have to know.

I'm not saying

we shouldn't use them against the IRA...

but the fact is, they're out of control.

They're off the wire, trigger-happy.

They go where they want,

do what they want.

They shoot first, no questions asked.

The other side don't play

by the rules either.

We're not the IRA.

Goin' back to these three policemen...

If they were involved,

then it's a covert operation.

- What about Special Branch?

- They are Special Branch.

- Sanctioned by them?

- Or Ml5 or Ml6.

Take your pick.

We all piss in the same pot.

If the British public knew

half of what goes on...

in Northern Ireland,

they wouldn't sleep in their beds.

- I don't know what the answer is.

- Good night, Jack. Thanks.

Do yourself a favor, Peter.

I know it goes against the grain,

but toe the line.

Give them what they want,

and get back to England.

- We'll see.

- You're a pillock!

Mind how you go.

Nobody gives a sh*t

what happens in Northern Ireland.

- What's wrong?

- I found this on the seat of my car.

"The next bullet is for you

if you don't get out of Ireland.

"Our day will come".

IRA?

It's a 9-millimeter.

Walther PPK pistol.

That's a weapon favored by the cowboys

we talked about earlier.

- Echo 4 Alpha?

- Yeah.

So where are you taking me?

It's one of ours, Peter.

Excuse me. Hi.

Good afternoon, Ms. Jessner.

- Any further news yet?

- No, none.

- What are your plans now?

- I have none...

and I don't want to say anything.

Please, now, thank you.

- Ms. Jessner.

- Mr. Kerrigan.

- Thank you for seeing me.

- Of course.

Did you get in touch with Mrs. Molloy?

Yes. She's expecting us.

How are your skills as a navigator?

This is Paradox.

Subjects leaving location.

Tabs on now, please.

Paul was murdered, Mr. Kerrigan.

- Why would the police want to kill him?

- I don't know, but they did.

- What proof do you have?

- None.

But I do know what goes on here.

Torture, paid informants,

roadside executions, death squads.

Mr. Kerrigan, when I was

going through Paul's things...

I found something

I think might be important.

It's an empty cassette box.

Paul was meticulous,

and I can't find that tape.

- Did you ask about it?

- I told the police.

- And what did they say?

- They would look into it and call me back.

- And did they?

- No.

What was on the tape?

I don't know, but he was listening

to it the night before.

This is it.

I also found this list of names.

- Is this his writing?

- Yes.

This is a pretty formidable group.

Lord Randall, Alec Nevin,

Sir Gerald Binning...

Why did he write these six names?

- I don't know.

- Had he met them?

No, not that I know of.

Have you shown this to anyone else?

No. Why, what do you think it is?

What do you think?

Could be people targeted, hit list.

- I'm not saying it is, but...

- Paul was not involved with terrorists.

Perhaps innocently.

- Maybe he was being used.

- He was too smart to be manipulated.

He was a good lawyer.

He thought like one.

Then why did he write down

these six names?

And why did he leave the hotel

at 5:
00 in the morning, leaving you?

What was he doing

driving around Dungannon...

with a fringe member of the IRA?

He must have been mixed up in something.

Mrs. Molloy, is this Frank's father?

- That's his father.

- Who's that?

Them's his friends, lifelong friends.

They just can't believe it either.

Those were taken on holiday.

It was the last holiday we had.

Have you a religion, Mr. Kerrigan?

Catholic.

In the heel of the hunt,

we'll all be answerable to God.

I curse the bloody day

we ever came back here.

Why did you?

No choice. He was workin'

for the Ministry of Defense in London.

Some bright spark

sent him on this course.

Then he was transferred over here.

What kind of work did he do?

It came under the army...

to do with education

and publishing things.

To tell you the truth,

he never talked much about it...

but he wasn't happy.

That's why he left?

Under a cloud.

Said he couldn't stomach it anymore.

Can I take a look at these?

- Who's that?

- That's Grace's weddin'.

- It's your daughter?

- That was a beautiful day.

She looks wonderful.

Mrs. Molloy...

Did your husband ever mention

Paul to you?

No.

They must have known each other, though,

don't you think?

They must've.

But I never heard Frank mention him.

You were telling us earlier...

that the house was searched.

Yes. Two days after.

Do you know who authorized it?

Was it the police?

The big knock authorized it.

1:
00 in the mornin', you either

open up, or your door goes in.

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