XIII: The Conspiracy Page #7

Put that in his mouth.

You're not listening to me.

I'm telling you the truth.

Hey. Hey. What the hell is that?

Electro-acupuncture.

The current targets

the nerve endings

to produce regional anaesthesia,

relieves pain.

Of course, if administered improperly

it produced quite the opposite result.

You're not listening to me.

Everyone has a breaking point,

Mr. Rowland.

I'm not Mr. Rowland.

We're going to find yours.

I'm not Steve Rowland.

Proceed, Doctor.

Hey! Hey! Hey!

You shot and killed

the President of the United States.

Why? On whose behalf?

Take a look around.

I want you to take all this in

because this is real.

One day you are going to answer

to a higher power until then it is me.

Answer my question.

I can end this for you.

Answer my question!

Increase the voltage.

Maintain your cover.

Only you can find out who did this.

As far as the world's concerned

you are Steve Rowland.

I didn't tell you to stop.

Look at him.

He can't take anymore.

His heart is going to cease.

Call me when he's lucid then.

What do you mean you need more time?

He hasn't given us anything yet.

You're the one

who leaked the photograph.

You made us go public.

Now, I staked my campaign on this.

Is he the shooter or not?

He is. I'm certain of it.

And he will confess.

We just need a little more time.

There's too much at stake, Sir.

We need to bring him in right now.

Mr. Wax is right.

The polls open in three days.

If I don't deliver the man

who assassinated

President Sheridan

this administration is done.

Mr. President, with all due respect,

turning him in prematurely

would be a huge mistake.

Once we charge him he has rights.

That means

That means he doesn't have to talk.

Let me remind you,

other than the ATM footage

we have no evidence

linking Rowland to the assassination.

What we do have is a very small window

of opportunity to extract a confession.

By what means?

By any means necessary.

You know I can't sanction

those methods.

I'm not asking you to.

As far as I'm concerned

we never had this conversation.

Sir, the tip that led us to

Rowland came off a civilian.

I extracted that information myself

and we acted immediately.

Yet someone beat us to the location

and tried to take out our suspect.

The person behind the intel has to

have access to our investigation

and that has to come from high up.

Colonel Amos are you suggesting

that this is someone within

this administration?

That is the only way

they could have acted so quickly.

Who?

I don't know, but the shooter does.

That's why they wanted him dead.

And that's why it's imperative

that we aggressively debrief him

on the shooting and everything else.

Sir.

Sir, if something were to happen

if it were to get out

that this administration authorized

a violation of his civil rights

or if the information that he provides

is not credible the political fallout

would be disastrous.

This is not about public relations,

Mr. Wax.

It's about national security.

This man killed Sally Sheridan.

Now I'm not about to cave

because it may jeopardize my campaign.

All right, Colonel,

you have four hours.

Round two

is psycho-chemical persuasion.

The drugs will flood

your cerebral vortex

and the pressure will build

in your brain

until it truly feels like

it's going to explode.

I am going to get inside that head

one way or the other, Mr. Rowland.

The choice is yours.

I told you I don't know anything.

I think you know too much.

That's why they wanted you dead.

At the barn, before we apprehended you,

someone tried to take you out.

They didn't want you to talk.

What is it that they're afraid

you're going to tell us?

I don't know.

Fine.

Don't be afraid to tell me.

It's okay. I can protect you.

You don't have to be afraid.

Just tell me what I want to know.

T ake him away.

Thank you, gentlemen.

You're dismissed.

It's good to see you again, Xlll.

How do you know me?

How quickly we forget the little people.

Excuse me. Colonel,

I have something you need to see.

Notice the micro-fracture along

the left parietal bone?

Consistent with a gun shoot wound.

This kind of head trauma can have

a significant effect on brain function.

Amnesia?

It's hard to say but it could support

his claim of memory loss.

There's more. See these protrusions

along the cheek bones?

They're implants.

The jaw line has also been reset.

This man has

had major facial reconstruction.

We ran his DNA sample through

the USAF database.

It returned a hit.

Who is he?

We don't know.

The file's been classified.

Are you familiar with Trizitherol?

Kevorkian special.

You know that they'll find me, right?

It doesn't matter.

Unlike you I'm prepared to die

for the cause.

You're a coward.

You chose to save yourself

instead of saving your country.

But I'm going to give you

a chance to die with some dignity.

Who did you talk to?

No one.

You went back to Kim.

General Carrington was at the barn

when we found you.

What did you tell them, huh?

I said nothing.

I'm on my way to my daughter's funeral,

Colonel.

This is not a good time.

I'm sorry, general.

But this is about the shooter.

We have evidence of

reconstructive surgery.

Reconstructive surgery?

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

We ran a DNA sample and got a match

at the USAF databases.

Only the file has been classified.

I'm sorry, Colonel.

But this is all coming

as quite a surprise.

I find that hard to believe considering

you were the one

who had the file classified.

You were at the barn

when we got there.

Somehow you knew the shooter

was going to be there.

I demand to know how.

Colonel, we have a breach.

Lock it down now!

Freeze.

Suspect is on the move.

Third floor, the floors if necessary.

There. Keep moving.

Where is he?

Don't move.

What's he doing?

Where is he?

There.

Suspect is moving to the roof.

On your knees. Now!

Don't move!

Put up your hands! Do it!

T ake him down.

We're in position ready for extraction.

You had him in a secure lockup.

How the hell did you lose him?

He had help, Sir, on the inside.

Whoever it was had to have

a level six clearance to

have access to the building.

All this time you've been suggesting

that there's a mole

in my administration.

Well, perhaps it's your house

that needs cleaning, Colonel.

Not my house, Mr. President.

The N.S.A.

It appears that there was a breach

in the agency

and I think

that I've identified the source.

The Deputy Director,

General Carrington.

I've known Ben Carrington

for over 20 years.

He's a friend.

Now if you're going to level

that kind of accusation at him

you had better have some hard evidence

to back it up.

I am in the process of

gathering information

and I will have it for you shortly.

Information isn't what we need,

Colonel.

What we need here is the shooter.

We'll find him.

You'd better.

The polls open in 72 hours.

Now if word gets out

that we lost the suspect

I'm officially out of a job.

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