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when I was working in counterfeiting.

Okay. Just fielded a call from this guy.

I told him you weren't running

informants anymore,

offered to transfer the call to WFO, PID...

He said you're the only person he'd talk to.

Thanks.

There he is! Publishers Clearing House,

my man! You got something for me?

Did you fill yours out yet?

Every year my mom bugs me

to fill that thing out. I never do.

- Long time, no see, Walter. What's up?

- Let's walk.

You got some info on that

Charlie Merriweather murder?

- Was that that agent who was killed last night

outside his house on Monday? - Yeah.

Maybe he stumbled into something

he wasn't supposed to, like I did.

- What was that something?

- A plot to kill the president.

Walter, you know, it's a little

more difficult than it sounds.

Not if you got somebody inside.

What are you saying?

There's a mole in the Secret Service?

That's right.

- There's an agent who wants to help

assassinate the president? - That's right.

- Well, what's his name?

- I don't know. I just know he exists.

Well, how? I mean who's

giving you the information?

- I want one million dollars.

- What are you smoking, Walter?

- Now be serious.

- I'm dead serious.

I tell you this stuff, you roll these guys up,

they gonna know I'm the one.

- They'll hunt me down for the rest of my life.

- We'll put you in protective custody.

Yeah, and I'll be dead in a day.

Listen, you got a traitor in your organization.

- You get me the money, and I will disappear.

- I gotta be honest with you.

I find it pretty far-fetched we got agents

in on an assassination attempt.

Here. Maybe this will change

your mind, okay?

Call signs, code words,

today's encryption keys!

Yeah, whoever this traitor is,

they're either on the president's detail

or in a key liaison position.

Listen, I want a list of everyone

who's got "Q" clearance.

And where's the president right now?

Press conference at his house, 20 minutes.

This morning's action demonstrates

our continuing resolve

to take on the infrastructure of terrorism,

wherever we find it

anywhere around the globe.

How reliable is this guy Xavier?

I've built three counterfeiting cases

using his information.

- Against who?

- Mid-level guys, Barranquilla Cartel.

Sir, that's everyone with "Q" clearance.

Polygraph everyone on that list,

and stand up a red team to find the traitor.

Now, I'm going to assume that the hit

on Merriweather is connected to this,

so let's fold that investigation in as well.

And we put Breckinridge

in charge of the whole thing.

- You think he's the best we've got?

- Yeah.

Pete, he's kind of a protg of yours.

What do you think?

- He'll follow the evidence wherever it leads him.

- Then he's the guy.

You can have anybody you want.

From ID, from the field.

You get carte blanche.

- Not right now.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- I can tell personnel you need to lose the rookie.

- No, I'm gonna keep her.

She hasn't been ruined by years in the field.

I will blow you up.

I come to bomb this country.

Holy wars.

We have intel that representatives

of Al-Qaeda have met

on at least two occasions

with the Barranquilla leadership.

You think it's timed to coincide

with the Camp David talks?

Probably. And the threat alone

interferes with the process.

We pulled 50 agents in from the field.

These are people who haven't worked

at the White House in at least two cycles.

They'll integrate with both of your teams.

We're all gonna be looking over each

other's shoulders till we find this guy, sir.

Well, do what you have to to protect me,

but I want the threat,

the investigation,

I want everything kept classified.

As far as the public is concerned,

I'm just carrying on my normal business.

- Is that clear?

- Mr. President,

we're going to need to get

everyone involved here.

Bill, what do you think would happen

to the power of the president,

if people thought I wasn't even safe

from my own Secret Service?

It took over 200 years to create

the symbol of the presidency,

and I'm not gonna undermine it

with something like this.

Let's circle the wagons, okay?

- You all right?

- Fine.

Good, let's do that. How do we proceed?

Bill, you're the guy.

You're the last line of defense.

You can protect him better

than any of us can.

Is there anything else that you can

think of that'll help you do that?

Yeah.

This.

And I promise you, right here and now,

we're gonna win this one.

You can bank on it.

Thank you very much. Good night.

Good night. Thank you.

Heads it's 6th Street, tails it's 8th.

Bravo cars.

- This way, Mr. President.

- Thank you, Bill.

Classic is moving to bravo cars.

Copy that. Command to alpha cars.

You are off the hook.

Sir, could you put down

that knife for a second?

It's not what they wanted to hear,

but it's what they needed to hear.

Hello, young lady.

Where'd this guy come from?

He's an old CI of Garrison's. 9 or 10 years.

- Garrison?

- Mm-hm.

What's wrong?

It's nothing.

- Are you sure?

- Yes. It's okay.

- How do I find Xavier?

- I don't know where he lives.

- He's fanatic about not being followed.

- You ever tried?

- What?

- Have you ever tried?

He wants a million bucks from us, Dave.

I'm sure he'll contact us.

You better be right.

You get in touch with us

as soon as you find him.

Could be any one of them.

It makes you a little sick, doesn't it?

What percentage of your people

have had a polygraph?

A little over half.

"Over half"?

The president's life is at stake.

Heads up!

I want everybody in this room to have had

a polygraph by 5:00 p.m. this afternoon,

or don't show up for work tomorrow.

- Were you born in Morocco?

- No.

- Do you live in Bethesda?

- No.

- Were you born in Alabama?

- No.

Have you ever had contact

with child pornography?

Yes. I was involved with an

investigation with the bureau--

- Just yes or no answers, please.

- Okay, Stan. Yes.

Are you up? The witch hunt is on.

Get your polygraph today!

How did they get these?

Night-vision camera on a boat

stabilized by a gyroscope.

Pretty sophisticated.

I'm so sorry, Sarah.

I'm sorry.

It's gotta be someone inside the Service.

Somebody could have picked it up.

I mean, they're good. That's what they do.

Who?

The same agent plotting to kill John? Who?

141 years there's never been

a traitor in the Secret Service.

Now, all of a sudden, there's two?

I don't buy that.

Somehow they're connected.

Maybe this is the assassination?

This is a death sentence for John,

a political death sentence.

That's not gonna happen.

Oh, Pete.

Sarah, I promise.

Let's get this goddamn witch hunt over with.

- Just relax.

- I'm relaxed.

- Were you divorced in 1998?

- No.

Have you received adequate

training for your profession?

No. But I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express.

Have you ever violated Secret Service

protocol in the past 30 days?

No.

Have you done anything

in the past 30 days to violate

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