State Of Play Page #6

The hearings

are saying 3 or 4.

Overseas. The real

money is what PointCorp

stands to make in its

domestic operations.

I wasn't aware

that they had any.

Who was sent in for crowd control

after Hurricane Katrina? Us.

Private security

contractors deputized

to shoot at

American citizens.

Who's training Chicago police

on new interrogation techniques?

Soon, PointCorp will

take over from the NSA

on phone taps, terrorist databases, all of it.

It's a fundamental

restructuring

of domestic

intelligence policy.

It is the privatization

of Homeland Security.

Billions and

billions of dollars.

Now you really think they're

gonna forfeit all that

because some hero

from the seventh district

of Pennsylvania thinks

that they should?

Hey.

I just got told by a former PointCorp employee

that they have a plan to

monopolize domestic security

that's worth about

$40 billion a year.

Is that true?

- Yes.

- How?

You cannot connect anything

that I tell you back to me.

You understand?

Of course.

Okay.

Last year, 47 companies bid on

major Homeland Security contracts.

Of those, 16 companies were granted the bids.

Of those, I could make

connections between 14 companies,

and I'm not just talking about

someone leaving one company

and go work for another.

I'm talking about

shared banking practices.

I'm talking about

collusive behavior.

Now, my belief is,

when all's said and done

and when

the veil is pulled away,

you will not see 14

individual companies.

You will see one company.

You understand?

And you've been

digging around

trying to make

those connections clear.

Yeah. That's right.

And Sonia was

working on that?

She was my lead researcher.

She was involved in

everything we did.

They're gonna get you,

Stephen, one way or another.

They got 40 billion good reasons

to want you out of the way.

You gotta go on the record.

Swing the spotlight

back on them.

You gotta

protect yourself, man.

You go out there

and find me evidence

linking Sonia's

death to PointCorp.

I will go on the record.

I will shout this thing

from the rooftops.

I can do that.

All right. I gotta get back. I'll be in touch.

Stephen.

Yeah?

Just watch your back.

You, too.

Hi. Is Rhonda here?

Yeah, she's just

right over there.

Whoa

I'm walking on sunshine

Whoa

I'm walking on sunshine

Whoa

And don't it feel good

Yeah!

Cal, you're not gonna believe what

Sonia's old roommate just told me.

You're right. I don't believe a word of it.

You got no corroboration,

no independent witness,

and she obviously has

a financial motivation.

We've got Sonia

Baker's roommate claiming

she had a threesome

with Stephen Collins,

and you want to ignore that?

I am not saying ignore it.

I am saying consider it.

Consider how it impacts

everything else we have,

and consider that

she is full of sh*t!

Yeah, but, Cal,

she's also saying

that Stephen paid off Sonia's

$40,000 credit card debt.

That is a story.

Somebody's gonna put that

on the front page.

Okay, is that

the right thing to do?

Look, it's your half of

the story. It's your scoop.

Your decision.

Do whatever you want.

But I do know

that Stephen and I

have been through

far too much together

to make this one moment the

thing that defines us forever.

The political future...

I tried to call.

I mean, I actually did call about

Well, you know,

I'm glad you dropped by,

'cause I've been

wanting to talk to you.

Remember you brought that girl from Humboldt?

Soleil,

or whatever her name was.

Luna.

Luna. That's right.

And you two were

stoned the whole time.

Yep.

You managed to flip the boat,

and we lost everything.

We had to walk

the rest of the way...

We flipped the boat?

You did.

It was an adventure.

That's what you kept saying.

Irish wine.

Whiskey?

Cheers.

Slinte.

So...

So...

I've been...

I wanted to ask...

Sorry.

You first.

I was wondering,

do you think Stephen could have pulled

together $40,000 without you knowing?

What?

Well, it's a story

that might break

that basically accuses

Stephen of doing something

that would require his having

access to a large amount of cash.

I was just wondering,

could he do that?

A story that might break?

You mean something that

you're involved in?

Indirectly.

What are you doing?

I'm trying to help Stephen.

I'm trying to protect you.

Bullshit!

You always do this.

Sometimes I feel like

we all made this deal,

and it works out great for you

and Stephen, and not for me.

And instead of us

just figuring it out,

you guys are just fine walking

around as if nothing ever happened.

Okay.

Okay, let's start over.

I come here to tell you

that I'm thinking

about walking away

from my marriage,

and you say what?

I say it's too late.

We're way past this.

You made your choice.

Because you

wouldn't step up.

What do you mean?

Not then, not now,

not in college.

I'm saying that

you're asking me

for something

that's not real.

That's what I'm saying.

Annie...

We have two mortgages.

We have the place

in Virginia.

We've got

the apartment here.

Basically, we spend

everything we make,

so there's no way Stephen

could have given anyone $40,000

without me

knowing about it.

Annie...

It's okay.

Now I'm just a source,

so the pressure's off.

- Hello?

- Who's the great-looking blonde, Cal?

Who's this?

Across the street.

I like your style, man.

I got something for you.

And you couldn't

just ring the doorbell?

Precautions.

The guy in the photo, I asked

around. He's definitely a grunt.

Buddy of mine used to see him

at security trade shows.

Never knew his name,

but he worked for an

old-timer called Fred Summers.

Does alarm installations,

sh*t like that.

Here's Fred's address.

Crystal City.

Thanks.

Mr. Summers?

Hey.

Who you looking for?

Fred. Fred Summers.

Do you know him?

Fred's not here.

Oh, yeah?

You live here.

You're his roommate.

Sorry. Okay.

Do you know

where he might be?

He's overseas.

He shipped out last week.

Overseas like...

Look, I don't really know

what Fred's into, okay?

He ships out,

and he comes back.

Okay.

Could you pass a message?

Take it easy.

All right. Okay.

Hey, Joey? Cal McAffrey.

Yeah, yeah, shut up.

Listen! Listen!

Tell Bill he's gotta

send some cops to 566...

- So?

- No sign of the guy.

Did you get a name?

How about the apartment?

You find something?

Nothing?

Place belongs to a guy

named Fred Summers,

except Fred passed away

last March.

Neighbors say that his nephew

stays there from time to time

while the probate

is being worked out.

Except he doesn't

have a nephew.

You're catching on fast.

Cal, I thought we had

an understanding.

You were supposed to share

your information with us.

Do you remember that?

Don, I went there to talk to a

guy named Fred Summers, right,

who I now find

out is deceased.

Do you think

I would've gone there

if I knew what I was

gonna be walking into?

Just happened to

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