Zero Dark Thirty Page #5

if he doesn't f*** up, he could

be called in to treat bin Laden.

At that moment, with 25 mill on the

table, I think he gives up the big man.

And if he doesn't, we kill him.

- John.

- Yeah.

When he arrives, let me set the

tone, and then I'll flip it to you,

and you can talk about asset protection.

- Roger that.

- Uh, Lauren,

I know you wanna get some questions in

there, but give Balawi a little time.

After John speaks, we'll cover

the basics, have his birthday cake,

then we'll get into the nitty-gritty.

Is that order okay? Or d-do

you wanna introduce everyone?

I'll introduce you,

you introduce your team.

- He knows this is a high-level meeting.

- Quick question.

All this taking place

inside our main building?

Right, and, uh, Lauren,

Washington will want...

real-time updates, so

please, stay on top of that.

Be concise, the director's in the loop.

And I wouldn't be surprised,

if he doesn't update the president.

Yeah, I'm on it.

Now, I just gotta get his ass down here.

Why are there gate guards there?

We talked about this, no one is supposed

to be there when my source arrives.

You might have spooked him already.

Well, procedures only work

if we follow them every time.

This is different. I'm sorry, I can't

explain, but it's for a good cause.

Look, I'm responsible for everybody's

safety, okay. It's not just about you.

I just need them to go away for a minute

You can search him as

soon as he gets here.

All stations, this is Whiplash.

Go ahead and stand down.

Copy that.

Thank you.

Okay, he's coming.

- We gonna search him when he gets here

- Sure.

Okay, let's go.

- Is he supposed to limp like that?

- Get your hand out of your pocket.

- Hey.

- "Allah hu Akbar. " (God is Great)

- Hey!

- Get your hand out of your pocket

- Do it now!

- "Allah hu Akbar. "

- Get your hand out of your poc...

- "Allah hu Akb... "

The CIA says, seven of

it's employees were killed,

and six others wounded, in a suicide

bombing in a base in Afghanistan.

It was one of the deadliest

attacks in CIA history.

The Associated Press has learned that...

the chief of the CIA's post in

the province, is among the victims.

Former officials say, she

was the mother of three.

The Taliban claimed

resposibility for the bombing...

- You okay?

- Mhm.

I, um, didn't think this

day could get any worse,

But, uh...

bad news from Saudi

intelligence. The, um...

courier guy, Abu Ahmed, is dead.

It's a detainee video.

He's dead.

In Afghanistan, 2001, I

buried him with my own hands.

He's dead. In Afghanistan, 2001...

And where was this?

Kabul.

No, I don't believe this.

I don't believe this.

Sorry, Maya.

I always liked this lead.

Sorry I just got here.

What are you going to do?

I'm gonna smoke everybody

involved in this op.

And then I'm gonna kill bin Laden.

Right.

Right.

I wanna make something absolutely clear.

If you thought there was some...

secret cell somewhere, working al-Qaeda,

well, I want you to

know that you're wrong.

This is it.

There's no working group

coming to the rescue.

There's nobody else hidden

away on some other floor.

There is just us.

And we are failing!

We're spending billions of dollars.

People are dying!

We are still no closer

to defeating our enemy.

They attacked us!

On land, in '98,

by sea in 2000, and from the air in 2001

They murdered 3,000 of our

citizens, in cold blood.

And they have slaughtered

our forward-deployed!

And what the f*** have

we done about it, huh?

What have we done?

We have twenty leadership names.

We've only eliminated four of them.

I want...

targets.

Do your f***in' jobs,

bring me people to kill.

Hi, I painstakingly combed through

everything in the system and found this.

It's him.

He was one of ten names on a watch list

sent to us by the Moroccans after 9/11.

Ibrahim Sayeed.

They told us to watch

out for him. Apparently,

they think his whole family and extended

family is bad, and has ties to KSM.

He was picked up for fake papers and a

doctored exit visa leaving Afghanistan,

traveling through Morocco, en route

to Kuwait. Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti.

This must be Abu Ahmed.

Doesn't matter. God, I wish

I had that five years ago.

- How come I never saw it before?

- Nobody saw it, most likely.

There was a lot of

white noise after 9/11.

Countries wanting to help out.

We got a million tips, and...

you know, things got lost in the shuffle

Human error.

Anyway, I thought you

should know about it.

I just wanna say, I've

heard a lot about you.

You've inspired me to come to Pakistan.

Maybe you'd let me buy

you a kebab sometime.

Don't eat out.

It's too dangerous.

- Yup.

- Dan, Debbie found Abu Ahmed.

Really?

Yeah, he's been in the files this...

whole time. The family's name is Sayeed.

Okay, but he's, uh...

he's dead, so doesn't that make him

a little less interesting to you?

He may not be. We now know Abu

Ahmed is one of eight brothers.

All the brothers in the family look

alike. Three of them went to Afghanistan

Isn't it possible that when...

the three eldest brothers grew beards in

Afghanistan, they started to look alike?

I think the one calling himself

Abu Ahmed is still alive.

The picture we've been using is wrong.

It's of his older brother,

Habib. He's the one that's dead.

Okay, and what are you basing this on?

We have no intercepts

about Abu Ahmed dying.

We just have a detainee, who said he

buried a guy, who looked like Abu Ahmed.

But if someone as important

as Abu Ahmed had died,

they'd be talking about it online,

in chatrooms all over the place.

Plus, the detainee said

that Habib died in 2001.

We know Abu Ahmed was alive then,

trying to get into Tora Bora with Ammar.

That means it's probably

one of the other brothers...

that's dead.

- In other words, you want it to be true

- Yes, I f***ing want it to be true!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down.

- Calm down.

- I am calm.

State your request.

Move heaven and earth.

And bring me this f***ing

Sayeed family's phone number.

Okay, I'll go and talk to the Wolf.

- As-salam alaykum. (Peace be unto you)

- Wa-alaykum salam. (And unto you peace)

I need a couple of

hundred thousand bucks.

Four max.

- Where're you gonna get that?

- From you.

- You think so?

- Yeah.

This could crack open...

the facilitator Maya's been looking

for, by giving us a phone number.

She's your killer, Wolf,

you put her on the field.

Come on.

"Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem" (In the

name of God,most Gracious,most Merciful)

Allah rewards those that strive and

fight, over those that sit behind a desk

As you know, Abu Ghraib

and Gitmo f***ed us.

The Detainee Program is now flypaper.

We got Senators jumping out of our asses

And the director is very concerned.

They will not stop

until they have a body.

I ran it.

I'll defend it.

Done.

I tell you what, man, it's

good to be back in Kuwait.

It's good to see you again.

Huh? It's been a while.

I need a favor.

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