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Our pleasure, really.

Prince...

...is there anything

that we can do for you?

Americans are always happy to drill holes

in other people's countries.

I've heard of you, Mr. Whiting.

The cat's-paw of the Saudi princes.

I know your brother, the foreign minister.

He's very bright.

I know your father too.

He threw the second creepiest party

I've ever been to in Washington.

And as far as I can see...

...you could probably use

a bit of the cat's-paw yourself.

Second-born son,

so beaten down by his family...

...he can't even tell me what he wants

when he's asked straight-out.

A grown-up baby

who's afraid of his brother...

...and maybe wants to be king?

Maybe?

Well, prince...

...are you a king?

Can you tell me what you want?

All right, what's next?

The lethal finding on Nasir came through.

That was quick. You have a timetable?

He'll be in Beirut next week.

We could do it there.

That's good. Anybody around?

Actually, yes.

I made contact with Mussawi.

He'd be happy to work

with whoever we send.

I was thinking it would be good for Bob.

I'll let you have him

without going through Terry...

...but everything better go exactly right.

And tell him, "Easy on the memos."

This is the prototype

of an oil-rich Arab monarchy.

Since prevailing in the tribal conflicts

of the 1920s...

...the Al-Subaai family have ruled

their kingdom effectively...

...and, by most accounts, benignly.

However, they face enormous challenges

in the future.

The fact of the matter is that

at current levels of production...

- Welcome, Bob.

- Hi.

Good news. I think we've got something

for you, something you'll like...

...that utilizes your specific skill set.

You know this guy?

- Prince Nasir Al-Subaai.

- His money's in a lot of dark corners...

...paying for weapons

that could be used against the U.S.A.

Paperwork on polygraphs.

Wire transfers to Qaeda fronts.

Letters instructing his water ministry

to employ Mohammed Sheik Agiza...

...the guy who has your missile.

He's traveling to Beirut.

You have experience in Beirut.

It's a great city.

This is a bad guy.

And, who knows, maybe you'll find

your blue-eyed Egyptian.

- I sent you a report on...

- Sorry, I gotta get going.

My daughter's got a soccer game.

Big one.

Did you see my missile report?

I reset the guidance to blow 10 feet...

Bob, you just don't get it.

Nobody wants to hear about

a missing missile, not right now.

This is top of the director's list.

Hit a walk-off home run...

...you get any desk you want.

Sheik Hamad has not yet made

a decision about who will succeed him.

In our view, Prince Nasir...

...is likely the more ambitious

of the two brothers.

This, however, does not mean...

...that he will prevail

in any succession struggle.

Your generosity is bigger than a mountain

that shades us from the burning sun.

My house has grown too small

for my family.

If we had more land...

...then my son could build

his own house.

My father has ordered

the Marbella estate to be razed.

There'll be a park.

We're so sorry for your loss.

Six more North Field blocks

are being developed.

We'd like to offer your firm the rights.

Six blocks?

- Which phase?

- Third phase.

Okay, so we'd be

in the stream for...

...10 one-hundredths of a cent.

So $ 75 million.

Seventy... Great. That's great.

How much for my other kid?

You know, if I were your

economic adviser, I'd tell you that...

...that's not the stupidest thing,

financially, you've done...

...but probably just the dumbest thing

you'll do today. Probably.

But why would you need

an economic adviser?

Years ago, you had

the highest GNP in the world.

Today, you're tied with Albania.

So good work.

Your second biggest export

is secondhand goods...

...followed closely by dates,

for which you lose 5 cents a pound.

You know what the business world

thinks of you? We think 100 years ago...

...you were living in tents,

chopping each other's heads off...

...and that's exactly where you'll be

in another 100.

So, yes, on behalf of my firm,

I accept your money. Thank you.

Fine. I'll have the funds

transferred to your firm immediately.

Great.

And I'll give you 100 million

for the other kid.

So now you're my economic adviser...

...why don't you tell me something

I don't already know.

All right. You want an idea?

Here's an idea.

There's the Eurasian triangle.

Your kingdom is here. Iran is there.

You've been selling your oil...

...sticking it on ships and watching

as it sails away around Africa to there.

Pretend for a second that

this is excess Iranian pipeline capacity.

That's your route. Right there.

Overland, through Iran.

Hook up with these pipes.

Commoditize it, control it...

...take it to the doorstep

of every home in Europe.

I just doubled your profit.

I think that's a pretty good idea.

Hondo, Texas

My granddaddy was a wildcatter.

Same with my daddy.

That's how I got my start.

Luck and hard work.

Nobody handed me sh*t.

Now I got...

...libraries and parks named after me.

And I'll probably ruin my grandkids.

You wearing a wire, Bennett?

No.

Mr. Janus...

...chairman of Connex...

...and Dean Whiting,

founding partner of your firm...

...are proud members of

the Committee to Liberate Iran.

Danny D. Here is too.

D is for "Dalton." I was on the

other side of the Tengiz deal.

"The other side"?

El Presidente Nazarbayev's best pal

in the whole world.

She's a beautiful field, the Tengiz.

Goddamn, is she a beautiful field.

What is it? "Irish..."

Rockville, Maryland

"The Irish pray on their knees,

the Scots prey on their neighbors."

How's Margaret?

You guys divorced yet?

- We're not getting divorced.

- I don't think, in our line of work...

...there's two people with your security

clearances who made a marriage work.

I'm telling you, Bobby, my boy...

...number three. That's the charm.

- That's the number, huh?

- Yeah.

I like consulting.

No, I love it.

Love it. And I'll say this for it:

Private business is efficient.

There, I've said it. F***ing clich.

And the CIA is, like, what,

a 30-billion-a-year business...

...so anybody who wants

to sell anything, a pencil, a computer...

...they gotta interface through

a security clearance. Don't give me sh*t.

I got two kids in college,

and we're doing our kitchen.

Stan, I got a chance

to go back to Beirut.

I wanna go back.

Is it safe for me?

Are we talking about with your wife

or with the wackos?

Clear it with Hezbollah.

Hezbollah-controlled suburb

Beirut, Lebanon

Said Hashimi. Said Hashimi.

Said Hashimi.

I'm Canadian. It's okay. Canadian.

Said Hashimi.

It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay.

I have a good feeling

about American people, Bob.

A good people.

There are 10 million Muslims

in the U.S.

Thank you for this audience.

I have a business proposal for Mussawi,

one that benefits everyone.

Mussawi is an energetic young man.

Your Arabic is very good.

I thought it would be prudent to say that

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