1 00:00:05,021 --> 00:00:08,057 You think you want to be investigative journalists. 2 00:00:08,091 --> 00:00:10,960 Well, my little woodwards and bernsteins, 3 00:00:10,994 --> 00:00:13,129 welcome to your wake-up call. 4 00:00:13,163 --> 00:00:15,965 The hours are long. 5 00:00:15,999 --> 00:00:19,168 The pay... it's crap. 6 00:00:19,202 --> 00:00:21,036 Nowadays, everybody wants to get their news 7 00:00:21,071 --> 00:00:23,205 in 140 characters or less. 8 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:25,508 The glory days of investigative journalism 9 00:00:25,575 --> 00:00:27,510 are long gone, 10 00:00:27,577 --> 00:00:31,414 but if you're the type that likes to suffer... 11 00:00:31,448 --> 00:00:34,250 Every once in a while... 12 00:00:34,284 --> 00:00:38,187 You might come onto a story that blows your hair back. 13 00:00:38,221 --> 00:00:41,157 I didn't think you'd come for the lecture. 14 00:00:41,191 --> 00:00:42,324 Oh, I wouldn't miss the chance 15 00:00:42,392 --> 00:00:43,692 to see one of the giants of journalism 16 00:00:43,727 --> 00:00:45,361 dash the hopes of the next generation. 17 00:00:46,663 --> 00:00:48,664 I am getting crotchety in my old age. 18 00:00:48,698 --> 00:00:51,033 Fred, you were crotchety when I was in your class. 19 00:00:51,067 --> 00:00:53,235 What do you want to talk to me about? 20 00:00:53,270 --> 00:00:55,538 I'm interviewing a spy. 21 00:00:55,572 --> 00:00:58,707 Guy's done on-the-ground intel for years, 22 00:00:58,742 --> 00:01:02,044 high-value interrogations in Africa and the Balkans, 23 00:01:02,112 --> 00:01:04,547 and then things changed. 24 00:01:04,581 --> 00:01:06,248 Ready for this? 25 00:01:06,316 --> 00:01:09,618 He says, per orders of the CIA, 26 00:01:09,653 --> 00:01:12,354 he's assassinated US citizens on US soil. 27 00:01:12,389 --> 00:01:15,191 Wow. 28 00:01:15,225 --> 00:01:17,359 - T-that's a h-huge allegation. - I know. 29 00:01:17,394 --> 00:01:19,695 I filed freedom of information act requests 30 00:01:19,729 --> 00:01:22,465 on all the CIA operations that he told me about. 31 00:01:22,499 --> 00:01:24,166 Most of them check out. 32 00:01:24,234 --> 00:01:26,702 I am onto something big here, Daniel. 33 00:01:26,736 --> 00:01:29,071 Exposing the criminal underbelly of the CIA? 34 00:01:29,105 --> 00:01:31,073 "Big" doesn't begin to describe it. 35 00:01:31,107 --> 00:01:34,009 Which is why the guy is extremely skittish. 36 00:01:34,044 --> 00:01:36,712 He's worried that talking to me is gonna get him killed. 37 00:01:36,746 --> 00:01:38,547 But at the same time, he's got to talk. 38 00:01:38,582 --> 00:01:40,382 He's traumatized by what he's done. 39 00:01:40,417 --> 00:01:41,650 So you want me to evaluate him? 40 00:01:41,685 --> 00:01:44,153 Do you still consult for the FBI? 41 00:01:44,187 --> 00:01:45,387 I do. 42 00:01:45,455 --> 00:01:47,690 Then I want you to help me find him. 43 00:01:47,724 --> 00:01:50,993 He missed our last appointment. He hasn't called. 44 00:01:51,027 --> 00:01:52,761 I checked out the motel that he uses as a safe house. 45 00:01:52,796 --> 00:01:54,597 He's not there. 46 00:01:54,631 --> 00:01:59,435 The FBI is the only agency with jurisdiction over the CIA. 47 00:01:59,503 --> 00:02:01,804 I was hoping that you could look into it. 48 00:02:01,838 --> 00:02:03,772 Fred, you know, I'm really just a neuro/psych guy over there. 49 00:02:03,807 --> 00:02:06,709 I mean, the CIA? That's a little beyond my purview. 50 00:02:06,743 --> 00:02:09,111 Since when have you worried about your purview? 51 00:02:09,145 --> 00:02:12,181 Okay. What's this guy's name? 52 00:02:12,215 --> 00:02:15,284 Uh, that I don't know. 53 00:02:15,318 --> 00:02:19,288 He refers to himself by his code name... 54 00:02:19,322 --> 00:02:20,422 Cobra. 55 00:02:20,457 --> 00:02:22,424 Cobra. What does he look like? 56 00:02:22,459 --> 00:02:27,062 He wears a ball cap and glasses whenever we meet. 57 00:02:27,130 --> 00:02:29,431 - Fred, how am I supposed to... - But... 58 00:02:29,499 --> 00:02:33,402 You can listen to his voice. 59 00:02:33,436 --> 00:02:37,172 This stuff I'm telling you could get us both killed. 60 00:02:37,207 --> 00:02:39,608 I've got a buddy, Lemke, 61 00:02:39,643 --> 00:02:42,578 department of agriculture guy, but that's just his cover. 62 00:02:42,646 --> 00:02:46,348 A few months ago, he contacts me, upset. 63 00:02:46,383 --> 00:02:47,650 Said he found out the agency ordered 64 00:02:47,684 --> 00:02:49,618 domestic hits on US citizens. 65 00:02:50,620 --> 00:02:53,622 He starts talking about where the hits took place, 66 00:02:53,657 --> 00:02:56,125 and I realize that I did half of them. 67 00:02:56,192 --> 00:02:58,227 Bastards called it "Operation Clean Hands." 68 00:02:58,261 --> 00:03:00,396 I never thought twice 69 00:03:00,430 --> 00:03:03,232 about killing terrorists in the golden triangle. 70 00:03:03,300 --> 00:03:05,568 And when the order was to hit people in the US, 71 00:03:05,602 --> 00:03:08,304 I convinced myself that it was okay. 72 00:03:08,338 --> 00:03:10,673 They were foreign infiltrators, 73 00:03:10,707 --> 00:03:13,208 but it was just government-sanctioned murder, 74 00:03:13,243 --> 00:03:15,678 and they made me the weapon. 75 00:03:15,745 --> 00:03:18,647 Cobra reveals the CIA is killing American citizens. 76 00:03:18,682 --> 00:03:21,216 Next thing you know, surprise, he's missing. 77 00:03:21,251 --> 00:03:22,785 Or he could just be on another mission. 78 00:03:22,852 --> 00:03:24,553 Yeah, or maybe his agency brethren 79 00:03:24,588 --> 00:03:26,522 are torturing him in a basement somewhere. 80 00:03:26,556 --> 00:03:28,824 Okay, I'll look into it, but for the record, 81 00:03:28,892 --> 00:03:30,793 I think you're jumping to conclusions. 82 00:03:30,827 --> 00:03:32,461 Well, logical conclusions. 83 00:03:32,495 --> 00:03:35,164 Kate, w-we're the only ones that can help this guy. 84 00:03:35,198 --> 00:03:38,767 All right, look, maybe we can talk to his buddy, Lemke. 85 00:03:38,802 --> 00:03:40,469 He should be listed 86 00:03:40,503 --> 00:03:42,538 on the department of agriculture website. 87 00:03:42,606 --> 00:03:44,273 If Lemke knows what Cobra knows, 88 00:03:44,307 --> 00:03:45,774 he might be just as hard to find. 89 00:03:48,712 --> 00:03:50,646 Actually, he's not going to be hard to find at all. 90 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:51,814 Why is that? 91 00:03:51,848 --> 00:03:55,026 Because he died two weeks ago. 92 00:04:00,001 --> 00:04:03,501 Sync and corrections by explosiveskull www.addic7ed.com 93 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,428 Mrs. Lemke, how much did you know 94 00:04:06,463 --> 00:04:08,297 about your husband's work? 95 00:04:08,365 --> 00:04:10,299 He was a good provider. 96 00:04:10,333 --> 00:04:13,769 And the rest... was none of my business. 97 00:04:13,803 --> 00:04:15,337 Did he ever work from home? 98 00:04:15,372 --> 00:04:16,839 Sometimes. 99 00:04:16,873 --> 00:04:20,342 I haven't been able to go into his study since he died. 100 00:04:20,377 --> 00:04:22,144 So it hasn't been disturbed? 101 00:04:22,178 --> 00:04:24,480 Well, a man from the office did come by 102 00:04:24,514 --> 00:04:25,914 and take his laptop. 103 00:04:28,585 --> 00:04:30,519 Can you remember his name? 104 00:04:30,553 --> 00:04:32,921 Craig Berkowitz? 105 00:04:32,956 --> 00:04:34,523 Special Agent Moretti, FBI. 106 00:04:34,557 --> 00:04:36,825 I need to ask you a few questions about Roger Lemke. 107 00:04:36,893 --> 00:04:39,528 I want a lawyer. 108 00:04:41,498 --> 00:04:43,365 I'm telling you, 109 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:44,933 whatever he's hiding is on Lemke's computer... 110 00:04:44,968 --> 00:04:46,835 the details about Clean Hands, Cobra, 111 00:04:46,870 --> 00:04:48,270 maybe even Lemke's murder. 112 00:04:48,304 --> 00:04:49,738 Lemke died of a heart attack. 113 00:04:49,773 --> 00:04:51,407 You think that's a coincidence? 114 00:04:51,441 --> 00:04:53,375 There are poisons that can induce heart attacks. 115 00:04:53,410 --> 00:04:54,510 So can burgers, 116 00:04:54,544 --> 00:04:55,611 which you love reminding me of, 117 00:04:55,645 --> 00:04:57,246 so let's not get worked up. 118 00:04:57,280 --> 00:04:58,747 I'm not worked up. I am very stable right now. 119 00:04:58,815 --> 00:05:01,617 Look, all I'm saying is that these events, 120 00:05:01,651 --> 00:05:02,918 which you are linking together, 121 00:05:02,952 --> 00:05:05,788 could be completely random. 122 00:05:08,792 --> 00:05:10,626 Gentlemen. 123 00:05:12,729 --> 00:05:17,199 My client apologizes for his earlier reticence. 124 00:05:17,233 --> 00:05:19,368 He's prepared to give you all the information you need 125 00:05:19,402 --> 00:05:20,636 in exchange for full immunity. 126 00:05:20,670 --> 00:05:22,171 I can't make any deals 127 00:05:22,238 --> 00:05:23,706 until I know what your client's offering. 128 00:05:25,775 --> 00:05:27,376 How about a list 129 00:05:27,410 --> 00:05:28,477 of the prominent government officials involved? 130 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,283 I believe a deal can be made. 131 00:05:36,352 --> 00:05:38,954 Okay, first of all, I just want to say 132 00:05:38,988 --> 00:05:42,524 I had no idea they were hookers until after the party started. 133 00:05:43,827 --> 00:05:45,327 Hookers? 134 00:05:45,361 --> 00:05:46,795 I'm just a low-level guy. 135 00:05:46,830 --> 00:05:49,331 Roger and bill allocated the funds for the girl. 136 00:05:49,365 --> 00:05:51,500 Mr. Berkowitz, I'm not interested in your sex parties. 137 00:05:51,534 --> 00:05:54,269 Just tell me everything you know 138 00:05:54,304 --> 00:05:55,604 about Roger Lemke's involvement 139 00:05:55,672 --> 00:05:58,307 in CIA operations here in the US. 140 00:05:58,341 --> 00:06:01,610 Was Roger involved with the CIA? 141 00:06:01,644 --> 00:06:04,513 Mr. Berkowitz, why did you take Mr. Lemke's laptop? 142 00:06:04,547 --> 00:06:07,249 Because that's where he kept the pictures from the party. 143 00:06:07,283 --> 00:06:09,518 I just erased those. I didn't touch anything else. 144 00:06:09,586 --> 00:06:13,822 There's music, a lot of travel itineraries... 145 00:06:13,857 --> 00:06:15,657 Amsterdam, Bangkok, Havana. 146 00:06:15,692 --> 00:06:16,959 But the US doesn't have 147 00:06:16,993 --> 00:06:19,294 agricultural interests in any of those cities. 148 00:06:19,329 --> 00:06:20,829 He was obviously traveling for his spy work. 149 00:06:20,897 --> 00:06:22,731 Yeah, or his perverted mid-life crisis. 150 00:06:22,766 --> 00:06:24,767 These are all primo sex-tourism destinations. 151 00:06:28,671 --> 00:06:30,839 Daniel Pierce's personal answering service. 152 00:06:30,874 --> 00:06:32,808 How may I help you? 153 00:06:32,842 --> 00:06:35,577 It's Max. 154 00:06:35,612 --> 00:06:36,879 Yeah? 155 00:06:36,913 --> 00:06:38,313 Fred Kleinman left you a few messages. 156 00:06:38,348 --> 00:06:39,615 Can you meet him at his office? 157 00:06:39,649 --> 00:06:40,883 Did he say what it was about? 158 00:06:40,917 --> 00:06:42,684 He said he had new information 159 00:06:42,719 --> 00:06:46,255 and not to do anything else until you talk to him in person. 160 00:06:46,322 --> 00:06:48,757 Thanks. 161 00:06:55,532 --> 00:06:58,033 Fred, it's Daniel. 162 00:07:01,838 --> 00:07:03,305 It's Dani... 163 00:07:03,339 --> 00:07:04,606 Oh, no! 164 00:07:12,916 --> 00:07:17,918 This wasn't random, Kate. This was an assassination. 165 00:07:22,765 --> 00:07:25,333 Journalism department, third floor. 166 00:07:25,368 --> 00:07:27,336 And I'm sure that the university would appreciate 167 00:07:27,370 --> 00:07:30,673 CPD keeping a low profile on this one. 168 00:07:30,707 --> 00:07:32,875 Thank you. Daniel, what are you doing? 169 00:07:32,909 --> 00:07:34,376 This is a crime scene. 170 00:07:34,444 --> 00:07:35,878 I'm just looking for Fred's notes on Cobra. 171 00:07:35,912 --> 00:07:37,479 If CPD gets their hands on them, 172 00:07:37,547 --> 00:07:38,881 it's only a matter of time before the CIA does. 173 00:07:38,915 --> 00:07:42,184 What the hell happened here? Who are you people? 174 00:07:42,218 --> 00:07:44,553 Special Agent Moretti, FBI. 175 00:07:44,587 --> 00:07:46,422 This is my crime scene. Who are you? 176 00:07:46,489 --> 00:07:49,658 John Taylor. And this is a FISA warrant. 177 00:07:49,693 --> 00:07:50,793 So I guess this isn't really your crime scene after all. 178 00:07:50,827 --> 00:07:52,761 FISA warrant. 179 00:07:52,796 --> 00:07:54,563 Big brother's excuse to invade our privacy 180 00:07:54,597 --> 00:07:55,764 courtesy of the patriot act. 181 00:07:55,832 --> 00:07:57,700 Central intelligence, I presume. 182 00:07:57,734 --> 00:07:59,735 In the interests of national security, we're confiscating everything. 183 00:07:59,769 --> 00:08:01,670 You'll have to leave. 184 00:08:03,907 --> 00:08:06,308 How'd you get onto Kleinman in the first place? 185 00:08:06,342 --> 00:08:08,377 Somebody tip you off? 186 00:08:08,445 --> 00:08:11,346 Or you saw he filed freedom of information requests, 187 00:08:11,381 --> 00:08:12,514 so you started bugging his office. 188 00:08:12,549 --> 00:08:14,950 Unh-unh-unh. Laptop stays here. 189 00:08:21,891 --> 00:08:26,228 A journalist comes to you with a CIA conspiracy story, 190 00:08:26,262 --> 00:08:29,631 and you take the case without telling anybody. 191 00:08:29,666 --> 00:08:32,468 Your journalist ends up dead, and then the CIA 192 00:08:32,502 --> 00:08:34,403 takes the evidence right out of your hands. 193 00:08:34,437 --> 00:08:35,704 Sir, I do apologize 194 00:08:35,739 --> 00:08:37,372 for not coming to you with all of this sooner. 195 00:08:37,407 --> 00:08:38,474 - I just... - Save it. 196 00:08:38,508 --> 00:08:40,042 This could be an opportunity 197 00:08:40,076 --> 00:08:42,644 to nail those CIA bastards to the wall. 198 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,614 So I'm... I'm not in trouble? 199 00:08:45,648 --> 00:08:48,650 I got a crash course in CIA bullshit 200 00:08:48,685 --> 00:08:51,620 back when I was an FBI legat at the Madrid embassy. 201 00:08:51,654 --> 00:08:53,388 Arrogant pricks 202 00:08:53,423 --> 00:08:57,059 blew off every request I made for information sharing. 203 00:08:57,093 --> 00:08:59,061 If your journalist has it right, 204 00:08:59,095 --> 00:09:02,397 we have a legal duty and a moral imperative 205 00:09:02,432 --> 00:09:05,567 to bring these tight-lipped SOBs to justice. 206 00:09:05,635 --> 00:09:07,870 So you'll get the evidence back? 207 00:09:07,904 --> 00:09:09,605 Forget the evidence. 208 00:09:09,672 --> 00:09:11,940 I'd need a chain saw to cut through all the red tape, 209 00:09:11,975 --> 00:09:13,575 and even then, 210 00:09:13,610 --> 00:09:14,977 half the material would be redacted anyway. 211 00:09:16,513 --> 00:09:18,347 You want to blow the lid off this thing? 212 00:09:19,783 --> 00:09:21,583 Find this Cobra. 213 00:09:29,325 --> 00:09:30,392 Well, d-don't touch that! 214 00:09:30,426 --> 00:09:32,361 Why? What is it? I don't know. 215 00:09:32,395 --> 00:09:33,796 It could be anything... could be a bomb. 216 00:09:37,734 --> 00:09:39,001 I'm pretty sure 217 00:09:39,035 --> 00:09:40,602 the law firm of Petersen, Durtschi, and Harding 218 00:09:40,637 --> 00:09:42,404 isn't in the business of sending letter bombs, doc. 219 00:09:44,307 --> 00:09:47,576 It's a flash drive... 220 00:09:51,714 --> 00:09:53,715 and a letter from Fred Kleinman. 221 00:09:55,819 --> 00:09:58,487 "Dear Daniel, if you're reading this, 222 00:09:58,521 --> 00:10:01,623 then this Cobra story is the one that finally got me. 223 00:10:01,658 --> 00:10:03,625 But make no mistake. 224 00:10:03,660 --> 00:10:04,927 I'm dead because of 225 00:10:04,961 --> 00:10:06,929 the information that's on this flash drive. 226 00:10:06,963 --> 00:10:10,566 This is the proof of Cobra's allegations against the CIA. 227 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,734 I'm giving it to you because our country has the right to know 228 00:10:12,769 --> 00:10:15,037 and because I've always wanted... 229 00:10:15,104 --> 00:10:17,739 to win a posthumous pulitzer. 230 00:10:17,774 --> 00:10:20,943 Your friend, Fred." 231 00:10:23,613 --> 00:10:25,447 Okay, keep your eyes on the businessman. 232 00:10:31,487 --> 00:10:33,555 - What happened? - Cobra happened. Play it again. 233 00:10:33,590 --> 00:10:34,957 You see the guy in the ball cap? 234 00:10:35,024 --> 00:10:36,959 - Mm-hmm. - That's Cobra. Now watch. 235 00:10:37,026 --> 00:10:38,393 He reaches into his bag 236 00:10:38,428 --> 00:10:40,696 just as he's passing business guy... there. 237 00:10:40,730 --> 00:10:42,197 He bumps into him on purpose 238 00:10:42,232 --> 00:10:44,566 and shoots him with a tiny dart of lethal poison 239 00:10:44,601 --> 00:10:46,568 called Succinylcholine, induces a heart attack. 240 00:10:46,603 --> 00:10:48,971 Daniel, there's no way you can get all that from this. 241 00:10:49,005 --> 00:10:50,572 Play... play the audio file. 242 00:10:50,607 --> 00:10:52,674 They call it a heart-attack gun. 243 00:10:52,742 --> 00:10:54,076 It's tiny, but powerful enough 244 00:10:54,110 --> 00:10:55,744 to shoot the dart through the bag 245 00:10:55,778 --> 00:10:57,079 and the target's clothing. 246 00:10:57,146 --> 00:10:59,081 What about an autopsy report? 247 00:10:59,148 --> 00:11:01,617 The poison is Succinylcholine. 248 00:11:01,651 --> 00:11:04,887 Its properties disappear almost immediately. 249 00:11:04,921 --> 00:11:07,623 So the autopsy reveals nothing but the heart attack. 250 00:11:07,657 --> 00:11:09,958 Okay, show her... show her the, uh... the newspaper article. 251 00:11:11,494 --> 00:11:15,998 Okay, uh, "Nicolai Zalesky, 49 years old, 252 00:11:16,032 --> 00:11:18,000 sudden cardiac arrest. 253 00:11:18,034 --> 00:11:20,836 Died December 11th," last year. 254 00:11:20,904 --> 00:11:23,906 Okay, but why would the CIA target this guy? 255 00:11:23,940 --> 00:11:25,874 Funny you should ask. Lewicki. 256 00:11:25,909 --> 00:11:28,644 Do you know why Nicolai Zalesky was targeted? 257 00:11:28,678 --> 00:11:30,646 File said that he was financing 258 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:32,848 a white supremacy group called the White Horizon. 259 00:11:32,882 --> 00:11:34,983 It said Zalesky was a Russian national. 260 00:11:35,018 --> 00:11:36,752 But later, I did some digging. 261 00:11:36,819 --> 00:11:38,921 He was a US citizen, and we never should have been 262 00:11:38,988 --> 00:11:40,889 assassinating people in the United States. 263 00:11:40,924 --> 00:11:44,026 Arrest them, investigate them, give them due process. 264 00:11:44,060 --> 00:11:46,561 This is supposed to be America. 265 00:11:46,596 --> 00:11:49,264 What are you gonna do if the CIA finds out that you've been talking? 266 00:11:49,299 --> 00:11:52,100 If you don't hear from me, call the ambassador. 267 00:11:52,168 --> 00:11:54,937 Oh, so... so, now who's jumping to conclusions? 268 00:11:54,971 --> 00:11:56,805 Okay. I'm on board. 269 00:11:56,839 --> 00:11:58,040 But that can't be the end of the file. 270 00:11:58,074 --> 00:11:59,908 S-s-so, who was the ambassador? 271 00:11:59,943 --> 00:12:02,811 The ambassador may not be a who, but a what. 272 00:12:02,845 --> 00:12:05,714 Fred said Cobra uses a local motel as a safe house. 273 00:12:07,250 --> 00:12:09,785 I didn't do the check-in, so I've never seen the guest. 274 00:12:09,819 --> 00:12:12,921 Got a last name Smith, enough cash for a week's stay. 275 00:12:12,989 --> 00:12:15,791 Hasn't come out, won't let anyone in. 276 00:12:15,825 --> 00:12:16,825 - Management... open up! - Whoa! 277 00:12:16,859 --> 00:12:19,227 Hey! Take it easy! 278 00:12:21,764 --> 00:12:24,199 Cobra, this is the FBI. We're here to help. 279 00:12:26,602 --> 00:12:28,203 You have a master? 280 00:12:39,015 --> 00:12:40,983 Cobra, unless you want a SWAT Team 281 00:12:41,017 --> 00:12:42,684 crawling all over this place, 282 00:12:42,719 --> 00:12:46,688 drop your weapon and come out right now! 283 00:12:48,925 --> 00:12:50,959 Listen, we know who you're hiding from. 284 00:12:51,027 --> 00:12:54,696 The FBI can protect you if you cooperate. 285 00:12:54,731 --> 00:12:57,265 How do I know you're telling the truth? 286 00:12:58,968 --> 00:13:00,569 Who are you? 287 00:13:00,603 --> 00:13:02,104 My name is Daisy Brennan. 288 00:13:02,171 --> 00:13:06,008 I'm Cobra's girlfriend. Please don't shoot! 289 00:13:06,042 --> 00:13:07,175 You alone? 290 00:13:07,210 --> 00:13:09,544 Yes! Yes, I'm alone. 291 00:13:09,579 --> 00:13:11,013 I'm alone! 292 00:13:11,047 --> 00:13:12,881 I'm sorry. I was so scared. 293 00:13:12,949 --> 00:13:14,082 I thought you were here to kill me. 294 00:13:23,415 --> 00:13:26,998 What were you doing holed up in a motel room with a shotgun? 295 00:13:27,052 --> 00:13:30,321 Cobra kept a duffel bag up filled with cash and supplies 296 00:13:30,325 --> 00:13:31,956 in case of a threat on our lives. 297 00:13:31,990 --> 00:13:34,925 On his signal, I'd go to the ambassador 298 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,461 with the bag and a shotgun, and I wait. 299 00:13:37,496 --> 00:13:39,530 Why would you be a target? 300 00:13:39,598 --> 00:13:42,233 Cobra always said I was the only leverage 301 00:13:42,267 --> 00:13:44,468 anyone could ever use against him. 302 00:13:44,536 --> 00:13:47,004 He said he'd do anything to protect me, 303 00:13:47,039 --> 00:13:48,305 no matter what the cost. 304 00:13:50,008 --> 00:13:51,909 This job is gonna kill him one way or another. 305 00:13:51,943 --> 00:13:56,047 Listen, Daisy. We can protect Cobra. 306 00:13:56,081 --> 00:13:58,616 We just have to find him. 307 00:13:58,650 --> 00:14:00,418 Now, you need to tell us his real name. 308 00:14:00,452 --> 00:14:02,286 Sorry... I promised him I would never reveal 309 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,222 his identity to anyone under any circumstances. 310 00:14:05,257 --> 00:14:06,924 I understand. 311 00:14:06,958 --> 00:14:09,260 He's a courageous man, knowing what he knows, 312 00:14:09,294 --> 00:14:10,795 coming forward, telling the truth, 313 00:14:10,862 --> 00:14:12,229 but we're on his side. 314 00:14:18,637 --> 00:14:22,106 There is something I can give you. 315 00:14:22,174 --> 00:14:23,541 A burner phone. 316 00:14:23,575 --> 00:14:26,110 If I haven't heard from Cobra in five days, 317 00:14:26,144 --> 00:14:28,446 I'm supposed to call his handler. 318 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,615 The authentication code is "Grayhawk." 319 00:14:39,458 --> 00:14:40,958 Authenticate. 320 00:14:41,026 --> 00:14:42,159 Grayhawk. 321 00:14:42,194 --> 00:14:43,260 Who the hell is this? 322 00:14:43,295 --> 00:14:44,895 Friends of Cobra. 323 00:14:44,930 --> 00:14:46,897 ID yourselves, or this call's over. 324 00:14:48,133 --> 00:14:50,968 Why don't you identify yourself first? 325 00:14:51,002 --> 00:14:52,636 Look. You don't have any leverage. 326 00:14:52,704 --> 00:14:54,638 Right about now, your tech is gonna realize 327 00:14:54,706 --> 00:14:56,006 he can't trace this call. 328 00:14:57,476 --> 00:14:59,343 You got three seconds to tell me who you are, 329 00:14:59,377 --> 00:15:00,945 or I hang up. 330 00:15:00,979 --> 00:15:03,247 One... Two... 331 00:15:03,315 --> 00:15:04,582 Uh, Daniel J. Pierce. 332 00:15:04,616 --> 00:15:06,550 I-I'm a neuroscientist consulting with the FBI. 333 00:15:06,618 --> 00:15:08,185 Special Agent Moretti. 334 00:15:08,253 --> 00:15:10,187 Listen. We know that Cobra is on the run from the CIA. 335 00:15:10,255 --> 00:15:12,189 We want to ensure his safety. 336 00:15:12,257 --> 00:15:15,392 I'm not telling you anything till you've both been vetted. 337 00:15:15,427 --> 00:15:19,430 If you check out... I'll be in touch. 338 00:15:21,166 --> 00:15:23,067 Sorry. 339 00:15:23,101 --> 00:15:26,403 I guess we just settle in and wait for his call. 340 00:15:26,438 --> 00:15:28,405 If he calls. 341 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,441 I mean, vetting us could take a while. 342 00:15:30,475 --> 00:15:33,010 Fleckner's still analyzing the video, so, uh... 343 00:15:33,044 --> 00:15:35,246 So you're just gonna leave and do what? 344 00:15:35,313 --> 00:15:38,482 Actually, I have plans... with Donnie. 345 00:15:38,517 --> 00:15:39,683 Oh. 346 00:15:39,718 --> 00:15:41,018 What do you mean, "Oh"? 347 00:15:41,052 --> 00:15:42,319 Nothing. 348 00:15:42,354 --> 00:15:43,921 Just you two have been getting along recently. 349 00:15:43,955 --> 00:15:45,523 We're just having dinner. Don't read into it. 350 00:15:45,557 --> 00:15:47,625 - I'm not reading into it. - It's just dinner, okay?! 351 00:15:52,197 --> 00:15:54,365 Mm. Um, one... 352 00:15:54,399 --> 00:15:55,699 - What? - Yeah. 353 00:15:55,767 --> 00:15:57,468 - What's wrong? - I forgot to send an e-mail. 354 00:15:57,502 --> 00:15:59,170 - E-mail? - Yep. 355 00:15:59,237 --> 00:16:00,204 Kate. 356 00:16:00,238 --> 00:16:01,672 Mm. 357 00:16:01,706 --> 00:16:04,608 You remember saying you wanted a life outside of work? 358 00:16:04,643 --> 00:16:06,277 Mm-hmm. 359 00:16:06,311 --> 00:16:08,245 But, uh... 360 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,182 Okay. What's really going on? 361 00:16:13,718 --> 00:16:15,386 Every time I... 362 00:16:15,420 --> 00:16:18,322 Try to just let go, I can't. 363 00:16:18,356 --> 00:16:22,193 What if we go down this road again, and you... 364 00:16:22,227 --> 00:16:23,561 I won't. 365 00:16:25,597 --> 00:16:27,965 I will never make another mistake like that again. 366 00:16:27,999 --> 00:16:31,468 I want to know what happened between you and Ashley. 367 00:16:31,503 --> 00:16:33,170 I want the full story. 368 00:16:33,238 --> 00:16:36,740 I thought you said you didn't want details. 369 00:16:36,775 --> 00:16:40,311 Maybe it would help me... I don't know... move on. 370 00:16:44,249 --> 00:16:46,217 Okay. 371 00:16:46,251 --> 00:16:47,418 What do you want to know? 372 00:16:49,688 --> 00:16:51,188 How many times? 373 00:16:51,223 --> 00:16:52,556 Once. 374 00:16:52,624 --> 00:16:55,726 Were there other women? 375 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:57,228 No! 376 00:16:57,262 --> 00:16:59,597 Don't act like you're shocked that I asked. 377 00:16:59,631 --> 00:17:02,299 You did sleep with my best friend, so... 378 00:17:05,770 --> 00:17:10,741 It was only Ashley. It was only once. 379 00:17:10,775 --> 00:17:13,143 And it was the stupidest thing I have ever done. 380 00:17:13,178 --> 00:17:16,046 Hmm. 381 00:17:19,317 --> 00:17:21,085 Where are you going? 382 00:17:24,656 --> 00:17:26,323 I don't blame you for asking, 383 00:17:26,358 --> 00:17:28,192 but you got to admit, it's kind of a mood killer. 384 00:17:30,328 --> 00:17:33,397 Maybe we can pick this up another time? 385 00:17:52,250 --> 00:17:54,084 I want to talk. 386 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,755 I wish I knew what to say here. 387 00:17:57,789 --> 00:17:59,223 I still haven't forgiven myself. 388 00:17:59,257 --> 00:18:00,691 I don't know how you could possibly... 389 00:18:00,725 --> 00:18:02,526 How many times did you sleep with Donnie? 390 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,094 Once. 391 00:18:05,797 --> 00:18:07,264 How could you? 392 00:18:07,299 --> 00:18:11,268 I've asked myself that a million times. 393 00:18:13,138 --> 00:18:15,105 After Brian dumped me, 394 00:18:15,140 --> 00:18:17,341 I was really lonely and insecure. 395 00:18:17,375 --> 00:18:19,677 I was crashing on your couch. 396 00:18:19,711 --> 00:18:22,079 I just felt so pathetic. 397 00:18:22,113 --> 00:18:23,414 So you thought 398 00:18:23,481 --> 00:18:25,416 you'd just make yourself feel a little better 399 00:18:25,483 --> 00:18:27,551 by sleeping with my husband? 400 00:18:27,585 --> 00:18:29,386 Donnie and I were alone a lot. 401 00:18:29,421 --> 00:18:31,388 You were at work all the time. 402 00:18:33,525 --> 00:18:37,628 The night we, uh, you know, uh... 403 00:18:37,662 --> 00:18:39,596 He had made a big, romantic dinner for you. 404 00:18:39,631 --> 00:18:43,634 I went to O'Neill's to give you guys privacy, 405 00:18:43,668 --> 00:18:45,636 had a few drinks, and when I got back, 406 00:18:45,670 --> 00:18:48,272 Donnie was drunk, too, 407 00:18:48,340 --> 00:18:50,407 and alone. 408 00:18:50,442 --> 00:18:51,608 He said you blew him off, 409 00:18:51,643 --> 00:18:52,910 said you were married to your job. 410 00:18:56,214 --> 00:18:59,216 And we talked for a long time, and then it just happened. 411 00:18:59,284 --> 00:19:02,386 I wish more than anything that it hadn't. 412 00:19:02,420 --> 00:19:04,254 - If I could take it back... - But you can't. 413 00:19:11,296 --> 00:19:14,498 Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, 414 00:19:14,532 --> 00:19:17,334 General Ahmed Dlimi of Morocco, René Schneider. 415 00:19:17,402 --> 00:19:18,869 Do you have any idea 416 00:19:18,903 --> 00:19:21,405 how many people the CIA has illegally killed? 417 00:19:21,439 --> 00:19:23,107 Allegedly, doc. 418 00:19:23,141 --> 00:19:24,575 This is a conspiracy website. 419 00:19:24,609 --> 00:19:27,311 Just because it's on the Internet doesn't make it true. 420 00:19:31,583 --> 00:19:33,550 Dr. Pierce's residence. 421 00:19:33,585 --> 00:19:35,285 Put Pierce on the phone. 422 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:36,387 May I ask who's calling? 423 00:19:36,421 --> 00:19:38,355 No, just get him on the phone. 424 00:19:38,423 --> 00:19:40,724 All right. Uh, doc? 425 00:19:43,595 --> 00:19:44,695 Hello? 426 00:19:44,729 --> 00:19:46,764 Arrow Coffee Shop on Elm Avenue. 427 00:19:46,831 --> 00:19:48,465 10 minutes. 428 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:51,635 Sit in the back booth, face the wall, come alone. 429 00:19:51,669 --> 00:19:54,505 Uh, w-w-what about Agent Moretti? 430 00:19:54,539 --> 00:19:56,407 My information is sensitive. 431 00:19:56,441 --> 00:19:58,642 It's hard enough just trusting you. 432 00:20:09,287 --> 00:20:11,388 Hello, Dr. Pierce. 433 00:20:13,258 --> 00:20:15,392 Did Cobra's handler send you? 434 00:20:15,427 --> 00:20:17,428 No. 435 00:20:17,462 --> 00:20:19,430 Do you have a light? 436 00:20:19,464 --> 00:20:20,998 Natalie. 437 00:20:21,032 --> 00:20:22,566 My name is Natasha. 438 00:20:23,802 --> 00:20:25,636 Why are you here? 439 00:20:25,670 --> 00:20:28,405 To warn you, Daniel. 440 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,241 There are secrets in the shadows. 441 00:20:31,276 --> 00:20:34,211 Don't turn around, Dr. Pierce. 442 00:20:34,245 --> 00:20:35,879 Do you know where Cobra is? 443 00:20:35,914 --> 00:20:38,449 He's off the grid. It's way too hot right now. 444 00:20:38,483 --> 00:20:41,485 Because of what he told Fred about the CIA assassinations? 445 00:20:41,519 --> 00:20:44,388 No. It's much bigger now. 446 00:20:44,422 --> 00:20:47,691 I assume you know about botulinum. 447 00:20:47,725 --> 00:20:50,360 It's an incredibly lethal neurotoxin. 448 00:20:50,428 --> 00:20:53,597 Cobra found out that the White Horizon Neo-Nazis 449 00:20:53,631 --> 00:20:56,900 are gonna use it to hit the Chicago transit system. 450 00:20:56,935 --> 00:21:00,471 Payback for Zalesky's assassination. 451 00:21:00,505 --> 00:21:03,474 But even a small amount in the ventilation system... 452 00:21:03,508 --> 00:21:04,908 And hundreds of people die. 453 00:21:07,879 --> 00:21:09,346 I'm trusting you 454 00:21:09,380 --> 00:21:11,882 to take this information to the authorities. 455 00:21:11,916 --> 00:21:13,750 Since the CIA burned Cobra, 456 00:21:13,818 --> 00:21:15,886 he's no longer a credible source. 457 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,323 Lives are in your hands, Dr. Pierce. 458 00:21:33,737 --> 00:21:36,205 Local hospitals are on alert. 459 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,543 Now, if there is widespread exposure to this toxin, 460 00:21:39,577 --> 00:21:40,844 we're talking about... 461 00:21:40,878 --> 00:21:43,713 Uh, 36 hours for symptoms to present. 462 00:21:43,748 --> 00:21:45,282 I-it shuts down brain activity, 463 00:21:45,349 --> 00:21:47,417 causing rapid paralysis and respiratory failure. 464 00:21:47,451 --> 00:21:50,153 We're looking for a powdery substance 465 00:21:50,188 --> 00:21:51,621 in a hermetically sealed container. 466 00:21:51,656 --> 00:21:53,223 As far as I'm concerned, 467 00:21:53,257 --> 00:21:54,457 your men can search every bag in the subway. 468 00:21:54,492 --> 00:21:56,326 Okay. 469 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:59,462 Meanwhile, we'll be rounding up some of these fine citizens. 470 00:21:59,497 --> 00:22:01,331 I got a team of A-USAs on standby... 471 00:22:01,365 --> 00:22:03,867 arrest warrants, search warrants, anything you need. 472 00:22:03,901 --> 00:22:06,403 Great. All right, let's shut down these trains. 473 00:22:06,437 --> 00:22:08,772 What the hell, Jack? You've got half of Illinois 474 00:22:08,806 --> 00:22:10,507 mobilized for a bio-attack, 475 00:22:10,575 --> 00:22:11,675 and you don't loop in the agency? 476 00:22:11,709 --> 00:22:13,410 - You didn't get a call? - We didn't. 477 00:22:13,477 --> 00:22:14,678 We didn't see any chatter on this, either, 478 00:22:14,712 --> 00:22:16,580 - so who's your source? - That's classified! 479 00:22:16,614 --> 00:22:19,749 Um, I have an operation to run here, John. 480 00:22:19,784 --> 00:22:21,218 Moretti will catch you up. 481 00:22:21,252 --> 00:22:22,352 Whatever happened 482 00:22:22,386 --> 00:22:24,187 to interagency cooperation, Jack? 483 00:22:24,255 --> 00:22:25,622 We only cooperate with agencies 484 00:22:25,656 --> 00:22:27,490 t-that don't assassinate people on American soil. 485 00:22:27,558 --> 00:22:28,725 I've had just about enough of you! 486 00:22:28,759 --> 00:22:30,360 Our government dollars at... 487 00:22:30,394 --> 00:22:32,696 The source is a low-level white supremacist 488 00:22:32,730 --> 00:22:35,532 named Tim Lipsky... L-i-p-s-k-y. 489 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:36,700 Thank you! 490 00:22:36,734 --> 00:22:38,568 Tim Lipsky? 491 00:22:38,603 --> 00:22:39,536 He doesn't exist. 492 00:22:39,570 --> 00:22:41,705 Nice. 493 00:22:41,739 --> 00:22:43,707 That should keep him busy for a while. 494 00:22:45,877 --> 00:22:49,379 Not that I have to justify anything to you, 495 00:22:49,413 --> 00:22:51,381 but intelligence assessment is what the CIA does. 496 00:22:51,415 --> 00:22:52,682 And when you cut us out, 497 00:22:52,717 --> 00:22:54,618 you compromise the safety of American citizens. 498 00:22:54,652 --> 00:22:56,319 Oh, really? Really? 499 00:22:56,354 --> 00:22:57,454 Was the CIA concerned with Nicolai Zalesky's safety 500 00:22:57,521 --> 00:22:58,989 when they took him out? 501 00:22:59,023 --> 00:23:01,558 We didn't kill Nicolai Zalesky. He died of a heart attack. 502 00:23:01,592 --> 00:23:03,226 Right, the kind of heart attack you get 503 00:23:03,261 --> 00:23:04,728 when you're shot in the leg with a Succinylcholine dart. 504 00:23:04,762 --> 00:23:06,763 Meanwhile, Fred Kleinman gets a bullet between the eyes. 505 00:23:06,797 --> 00:23:08,431 That's your... that's your version of humane? 506 00:23:08,499 --> 00:23:09,666 I got news for you, Dr. Pierce. 507 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:10,767 There was nobody on the grassy knoll, 508 00:23:10,801 --> 00:23:12,936 there are no aliens in Area 51, 509 00:23:12,970 --> 00:23:15,505 and the CIA did not assassinate Nicolai Zalesky 510 00:23:15,539 --> 00:23:16,640 or your friend. 511 00:23:16,674 --> 00:23:19,376 Daniel? A word? 512 00:23:19,410 --> 00:23:21,711 I never said anything about aliens. 513 00:23:21,746 --> 00:23:23,179 What is it? 514 00:23:23,214 --> 00:23:26,816 Fleckner enhanced the Zalesky video. 515 00:23:26,851 --> 00:23:28,685 We lose a little resolution when we zoom in, 516 00:23:28,719 --> 00:23:30,287 but check this out. 517 00:23:31,622 --> 00:23:34,491 Ka-bam... direct linkage to the DMV database. 518 00:23:34,525 --> 00:23:37,661 30 possible matches. Could be worse. 519 00:23:37,695 --> 00:23:39,562 She denies the brilliance because she likes me. 520 00:23:39,597 --> 00:23:41,531 Could you g-go back to the full frame? 521 00:23:41,599 --> 00:23:42,699 Sure. 522 00:23:44,602 --> 00:23:46,736 That bird... that wasn't there before. 523 00:23:48,005 --> 00:23:49,940 No, no, it was there. 524 00:23:50,007 --> 00:23:51,741 You just didn't see it 525 00:23:51,809 --> 00:23:53,476 'cause it was hidden in a shadow until I enhanced the frame. 526 00:23:53,511 --> 00:23:55,745 When did Zalesky die? 527 00:23:55,780 --> 00:23:58,315 December 11th, last year. 528 00:23:58,349 --> 00:24:00,817 - Oh, this isn't right. - What is it? 529 00:24:00,851 --> 00:24:02,319 The bird on the sidewalk is a swallow. 530 00:24:02,353 --> 00:24:03,987 They're all over Chicago in warm weather, 531 00:24:04,021 --> 00:24:05,221 but they fly south for the winter. 532 00:24:05,256 --> 00:24:06,523 It wouldn't be there in December. 533 00:24:06,557 --> 00:24:08,391 This must have been shot in summer or fall. 534 00:24:08,459 --> 00:24:09,459 That's impossible. 535 00:24:10,494 --> 00:24:12,896 Unless... 536 00:24:12,930 --> 00:24:14,564 Unless it was staged. 537 00:24:14,598 --> 00:24:16,733 Or maybe the bird decided 538 00:24:16,767 --> 00:24:18,935 to take a staycation for the holidays. 539 00:24:18,970 --> 00:24:20,637 Swallows don't just decide that. 540 00:24:20,705 --> 00:24:23,073 T-their birds are hardwired to fly to San Juan Capistrano. 541 00:24:24,642 --> 00:24:26,943 There's no evidence of doctoring here. 542 00:24:26,978 --> 00:24:28,611 I say this video is legit. 543 00:24:28,646 --> 00:24:29,913 Look, maybe it would help if we knew 544 00:24:29,947 --> 00:24:32,315 exactly where this video came from. 545 00:24:32,350 --> 00:24:34,484 Now, we know that Zalesky died 546 00:24:34,518 --> 00:24:36,286 on the corner of Dempsey and Union. 547 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,522 Let's take a ride. 548 00:24:41,826 --> 00:24:43,960 Hi. Can I help you folks? 549 00:24:43,995 --> 00:24:45,295 Yeah. 550 00:24:45,329 --> 00:24:47,297 Special Agent Moretti, FBI. 551 00:24:47,331 --> 00:24:48,898 You guys have a security system here? 552 00:24:48,933 --> 00:24:50,734 Uh, well, that would be big Mike. 553 00:24:50,768 --> 00:24:53,536 Of course, I use the term 554 00:24:53,604 --> 00:24:54,738 "Security" and "System" loosely. 555 00:24:58,476 --> 00:25:00,610 You know, for a spy, you're not exactly inconspicuous. 556 00:25:00,644 --> 00:25:03,346 And you're only looking at what's in front of you. 557 00:25:03,381 --> 00:25:06,649 A spy understands what's behind what he sees. 558 00:25:06,684 --> 00:25:08,518 You're a hallucination. 559 00:25:08,586 --> 00:25:10,720 The only thing behind you is my disorder. 560 00:25:10,788 --> 00:25:11,888 Look again. 561 00:25:21,432 --> 00:25:22,432 Kate. 562 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:25,468 What is it? 563 00:25:25,503 --> 00:25:28,538 Look at the hand sanitizer. 564 00:25:30,107 --> 00:25:31,808 "Cleen Handz." 565 00:25:31,842 --> 00:25:36,046 The name of the operation that targeted Zalesky. 566 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,848 Hey. Look at this. 567 00:25:38,883 --> 00:25:43,353 You have got to be kidding me. 568 00:25:49,527 --> 00:25:51,394 "Grayhawk." 569 00:25:52,530 --> 00:25:55,565 The handler's authentication code. 570 00:25:58,035 --> 00:26:02,572 And here's Roger Lemke, department of agriculture. 571 00:26:02,606 --> 00:26:05,475 He's not Cobra's buddy. He's just a name on the wall. 572 00:26:06,811 --> 00:26:10,447 The whole thing was a total fraud. 573 00:26:16,584 --> 00:26:18,634 The security video you're talking about, 574 00:26:18,852 --> 00:26:20,453 that's got to be Greggie's movie. 575 00:26:20,487 --> 00:26:22,421 Who's Greggie? 576 00:26:22,456 --> 00:26:23,422 Uh, Greg Palmer, one of my regulars. 577 00:26:23,490 --> 00:26:25,391 He makes movies? 578 00:26:25,425 --> 00:26:27,960 No, no, no. He works security at Oak Glen Mall. 579 00:26:27,994 --> 00:26:31,597 But I think he had some sort of a black-ops job. 580 00:26:31,631 --> 00:26:34,967 He had a whole story for how the CIA offed Zalesky... 581 00:26:35,035 --> 00:26:37,069 real detailed James Bond stuff. 582 00:26:37,104 --> 00:26:39,438 Then a few months later, he comes running in here, all excited, 583 00:26:39,473 --> 00:26:41,774 and says he wants to shoot this movie script he wrote. 584 00:26:41,808 --> 00:26:44,944 Let me guess... about a CIA operative named Cobra 585 00:26:44,978 --> 00:26:46,779 who's ordered to kill American citizens 586 00:26:46,813 --> 00:26:48,414 and has a crisis of conscience. 587 00:26:48,448 --> 00:26:49,448 Oh, so you know the story? 588 00:26:49,483 --> 00:26:50,983 Yeah, we're familiar with it. 589 00:26:51,017 --> 00:26:52,685 - Hey, Gus. Can I get your help? - Excuse me. 590 00:27:01,428 --> 00:27:02,828 I believed it all, Kate. 591 00:27:02,863 --> 00:27:08,000 Look, he fooled all of us... you, Fred, the FBI. 592 00:27:08,034 --> 00:27:09,502 Yeah, but I wanted it to be true. 593 00:27:10,904 --> 00:27:16,542 Because then I wouldn't be just another paranoid nutjob. 594 00:27:19,646 --> 00:27:20,780 God, I could have warned Fred. He'd still be alive. 595 00:27:20,814 --> 00:27:22,047 We don't know that. 596 00:27:22,082 --> 00:27:23,816 We don't even know why he was killed. 597 00:27:23,850 --> 00:27:26,819 Warning him might not have changed anything. 598 00:27:26,853 --> 00:27:28,954 Maybe he already knew. 599 00:27:30,157 --> 00:27:31,690 He tried to get in touch with us 600 00:27:31,725 --> 00:27:33,058 just before he got killed, 601 00:27:33,093 --> 00:27:34,960 and maybe he figured out the truth about Cobra 602 00:27:34,995 --> 00:27:36,495 after he sent me that letter 603 00:27:36,530 --> 00:27:38,130 and somebody got to him before we could. 604 00:27:40,734 --> 00:27:44,003 Greg Palmer is a pathological liar. 605 00:27:44,037 --> 00:27:45,838 And, we believe, a murderer. 606 00:27:45,872 --> 00:27:47,706 Who convinced an award-winning journalist 607 00:27:47,774 --> 00:27:50,643 and half the FBI that he works for the CIA. 608 00:27:50,710 --> 00:27:53,679 Will you kindly tell me how the hell this is possible?! 609 00:27:53,713 --> 00:27:55,147 It's... i-i-it's neurological. 610 00:27:55,182 --> 00:27:57,449 I-I-I'm guessing if we scan Palmer's brain, 611 00:27:57,484 --> 00:28:00,085 we'd find decreased connectivity in his corpus callosum, 612 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:01,921 which may account for his exceptional creative skills, 613 00:28:01,955 --> 00:28:03,522 but at the same time, 614 00:28:03,557 --> 00:28:05,491 significant dysfunction in paralimbic structures, 615 00:28:05,525 --> 00:28:07,626 suggesting a-a-a level of... of moral restraint that I... 616 00:28:07,694 --> 00:28:09,028 You're not helping. 617 00:28:09,062 --> 00:28:12,698 Sir, we believe that the handler was Palmer, too. 618 00:28:12,732 --> 00:28:14,133 He never expected us to actually call him, 619 00:28:14,167 --> 00:28:16,869 so he invented the handler to cover his tracks. 620 00:28:16,903 --> 00:28:18,938 You paint a guy like Palmer into a corner, 621 00:28:18,972 --> 00:28:20,573 a-and instead of admitting the truth, 622 00:28:20,607 --> 00:28:22,408 he'll just escalate the lie, making it more grandiose. 623 00:28:22,442 --> 00:28:25,077 Which is why Palmer's next move was to invent the idea 624 00:28:25,111 --> 00:28:27,513 of a botulinum attack on the transit system. 625 00:28:27,547 --> 00:28:29,181 A scenario he knew would be the perfect hook 626 00:28:29,249 --> 00:28:30,482 for a crazy neuroscientist. 627 00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:44,129 Nothing you've told me conclusively proves 628 00:28:44,164 --> 00:28:46,832 that a botulinum attack isn't imminent. 629 00:28:46,867 --> 00:28:49,501 Well... 630 00:28:49,569 --> 00:28:50,870 C-Cobra... Cobra is a fiction. 631 00:28:50,904 --> 00:28:52,204 The whole thing is a lie. 632 00:28:52,239 --> 00:28:55,207 No source is 100% reliable. 633 00:28:55,242 --> 00:28:57,676 Sir, we're pretty certain that there's no... 634 00:28:57,711 --> 00:28:59,044 the FBI owes it to our citizens 635 00:28:59,079 --> 00:29:01,881 to respond swiftly and comprehensively 636 00:29:01,915 --> 00:29:04,250 to every potential threat. 637 00:29:04,284 --> 00:29:06,752 Nod your heads if you understand what I'm getting at. 638 00:29:08,955 --> 00:29:12,858 But if I were responsible for this particular boondoggle 639 00:29:12,893 --> 00:29:15,628 with the transit system on lockdown 640 00:29:15,695 --> 00:29:20,165 and cops searching people first and asking questions later... 641 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,903 I would bring in the son of a bitch who fooled me. 642 00:29:23,937 --> 00:29:26,038 Authentication. 643 00:29:26,106 --> 00:29:27,773 Grayhawk. 644 00:29:27,807 --> 00:29:29,241 Go ahead. 645 00:29:29,276 --> 00:29:31,110 It's Pierce. We... we, uh, have a situation. 646 00:29:31,144 --> 00:29:32,945 What kind of situation? 647 00:29:32,979 --> 00:29:35,681 Cobra's intel led us to a-a Chicago transit employee 648 00:29:35,715 --> 00:29:37,249 named Tim Lipsky. 649 00:29:37,284 --> 00:29:40,252 He's an HVAC operator with ties to the White Horizon. 650 00:29:40,287 --> 00:29:42,988 FBI made a covert entry into his apartment. 651 00:29:43,023 --> 00:29:46,058 No botulinum, but they did find precursor chemicals 652 00:29:46,092 --> 00:29:48,294 for sarin gas... he was planning an attack. 653 00:29:48,328 --> 00:29:51,964 Well, I'll tell Cobra his intel paid off. 654 00:29:51,998 --> 00:29:53,332 Problem is, Lipsky's not talking, 655 00:29:53,366 --> 00:29:55,000 and it's doubtful he's a lone operator. 656 00:29:55,035 --> 00:29:57,569 We're concerned that the threat may not be fully... 657 00:29:57,604 --> 00:29:59,271 Neutralized. 658 00:29:59,306 --> 00:30:02,241 We're hoping that Cobra can help us break this guy 659 00:30:02,309 --> 00:30:04,743 since he knows the terror cell better than anybody. 660 00:30:04,778 --> 00:30:06,145 That's too risky. 661 00:30:06,179 --> 00:30:07,880 The CIA... won't be a problem. 662 00:30:07,914 --> 00:30:09,181 They're out of the loop. 663 00:30:09,249 --> 00:30:11,717 If Cobra will help us interrogate Lipsky, 664 00:30:11,751 --> 00:30:14,219 we'll ensure he gets in and out here without any trouble. 665 00:30:14,254 --> 00:30:16,221 He has my word. 666 00:30:31,271 --> 00:30:34,707 Cobra? 667 00:30:34,741 --> 00:30:38,377 Let's not worry about names. 668 00:30:38,411 --> 00:30:39,845 Where's the suspect? 669 00:30:55,028 --> 00:30:56,161 You hungry? 670 00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:58,430 Thirsty maybe? 671 00:30:58,465 --> 00:30:59,765 Want some water? 672 00:30:59,799 --> 00:31:02,801 What did we miss? 673 00:31:02,836 --> 00:31:04,870 He's softening Fleckner up. 674 00:31:04,904 --> 00:31:06,905 You know, I'm looking in your eyes, Tim. 675 00:31:06,940 --> 00:31:10,342 And I see someone who's scared. 676 00:31:10,377 --> 00:31:13,679 Someone who knows he's made mistakes. 677 00:31:13,713 --> 00:31:15,147 Palmer must have read 678 00:31:15,181 --> 00:31:16,882 a lot of Tom Clancy and soldier of fortune. 679 00:31:16,916 --> 00:31:18,384 Yeah, he's pretty good. 680 00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:20,619 Do you know what else I see, Tim? 681 00:31:20,653 --> 00:31:22,087 I see a human being. 682 00:31:23,189 --> 00:31:24,990 I don't see a killer. 683 00:31:25,025 --> 00:31:28,127 So, what exactly is the point of this piece of theater? 684 00:31:28,161 --> 00:31:31,163 Guys like Palmer, they have a deep-seated desire 685 00:31:31,197 --> 00:31:32,831 for a more heightened experience, 686 00:31:32,866 --> 00:31:35,067 so we're giving it to him. 687 00:31:35,101 --> 00:31:36,835 You don't want 688 00:31:36,870 --> 00:31:39,004 the blood of innocents on your hands, believe me. 689 00:31:39,039 --> 00:31:41,206 You don't want their faces in your nightmares. 690 00:31:43,076 --> 00:31:44,877 That doesn't have to happen, friend. 691 00:31:49,349 --> 00:31:51,717 Just write down the names of the others. 692 00:31:54,988 --> 00:31:56,789 Lay down your burden. 693 00:32:09,436 --> 00:32:12,905 All right, you're coming with me. 694 00:32:19,245 --> 00:32:21,880 Hmm. 695 00:32:26,086 --> 00:32:29,721 I, um... 696 00:32:29,756 --> 00:32:33,025 I think she's a little jealous. 697 00:32:33,093 --> 00:32:34,760 Not a competition. 698 00:32:34,794 --> 00:32:36,995 End of the day, we're all he same team. 699 00:32:37,030 --> 00:32:40,399 Yeah, clearly, some players are more valuable than others. 700 00:32:40,433 --> 00:32:42,367 Thing about people with secrets is, 701 00:32:42,435 --> 00:32:45,938 there's always a part of them that needs to talk. 702 00:32:45,972 --> 00:32:47,272 Just got to tap into it. 703 00:32:47,307 --> 00:32:49,274 Right, I guess t-that's why 704 00:32:49,309 --> 00:32:51,410 you were talking to Fred Kleinman. 705 00:32:51,444 --> 00:32:54,046 How do you know that? 706 00:32:54,114 --> 00:32:57,149 Oh. Fred was a good friend of mine. 707 00:32:57,217 --> 00:32:58,517 I'm sorry. 708 00:32:58,551 --> 00:33:00,519 What the agency did to him... 709 00:33:00,553 --> 00:33:02,387 I can't help but blame myself. 710 00:33:02,422 --> 00:33:03,856 Somebody had to tell the truth. 711 00:33:03,890 --> 00:33:06,024 I-I can't imagine 712 00:33:06,059 --> 00:33:08,994 the toll it must have taken on you, working for them. 713 00:33:09,028 --> 00:33:10,829 I knew what I was signing up for. 714 00:33:10,864 --> 00:33:12,764 I'm not talking about the guilt. 715 00:33:12,799 --> 00:33:14,266 It's the secrets, 716 00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:17,236 t-the stress of having to lie all the time. 717 00:33:17,270 --> 00:33:18,804 Well, if you're not careful, 718 00:33:18,838 --> 00:33:20,439 I mean, the line between fiction and nonfiction, 719 00:33:20,473 --> 00:33:22,307 - it gets blurry. - Right. 720 00:33:22,342 --> 00:33:27,179 I mean, one moment, you're a... you're a spy for the CIA, 721 00:33:27,213 --> 00:33:28,814 and the next, 722 00:33:28,848 --> 00:33:31,984 you're a security guard at Oak Park Mall. 723 00:33:32,018 --> 00:33:33,819 You know my cover? 724 00:33:33,853 --> 00:33:36,355 That's not your cover, Greg. It's who you really are. 725 00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:37,990 You're 41 years old. 726 00:33:38,024 --> 00:33:39,858 You've never actually been out of the country. 727 00:33:39,893 --> 00:33:41,493 You don't even have a passport. 728 00:33:43,163 --> 00:33:44,796 Daisy's worried sick about you, by the way. 729 00:33:44,831 --> 00:33:47,132 S-she... she really believes 730 00:33:47,167 --> 00:33:49,968 you're this close to being offed by the CIA. 731 00:33:50,036 --> 00:33:51,336 You leave Daisy out of it. 732 00:33:51,371 --> 00:33:53,338 She's already in it, Greg. 733 00:33:53,373 --> 00:33:54,840 How many sleepless nights 734 00:33:54,874 --> 00:33:57,009 have you put her through at home, alone, 735 00:33:57,043 --> 00:33:59,478 wondering where you are, imagining the worst when... 736 00:33:59,546 --> 00:34:00,879 when really you're at the bar 737 00:34:00,914 --> 00:34:02,214 or at the mall 738 00:34:02,282 --> 00:34:05,384 spinning your secret-agent nonsense? 739 00:34:05,418 --> 00:34:08,921 She loves you, Greg. She deserves the truth. 740 00:34:08,955 --> 00:34:10,255 She wouldn't love me 741 00:34:10,323 --> 00:34:12,558 if she found out who I really was. 742 00:34:12,592 --> 00:34:14,560 Fred Kleinman found out who you really are. 743 00:34:14,594 --> 00:34:16,061 Is that why you killed him? 744 00:34:21,501 --> 00:34:27,172 Tell the truth for once in your life! 745 00:34:27,207 --> 00:34:30,842 He said he had proof. And I was a fraud. 746 00:34:30,877 --> 00:34:34,513 He was gonna expose me to the world. 747 00:34:34,547 --> 00:34:37,015 I would have been a laughingstock. 748 00:34:39,285 --> 00:34:42,387 Daisy would have found out her whole life was a lie. 749 00:34:42,422 --> 00:34:47,459 I went to Fred's office just to talk him out of it. 750 00:34:47,493 --> 00:34:51,296 But he was angry, said he didn't want to talk. 751 00:34:51,331 --> 00:34:55,634 I felt bad that I lied. 752 00:34:55,668 --> 00:34:58,103 I just kept thinking about Daisy. 753 00:34:59,505 --> 00:35:01,006 I couldn't let her suffer 754 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,542 the consequences of what I'd done. 755 00:35:05,878 --> 00:35:07,379 So I shot him. 756 00:35:17,056 --> 00:35:19,057 Impressive, Dr. Pierce. 757 00:35:19,092 --> 00:35:20,926 Yeah. 758 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,329 Except that everything that guy just said is complete bullshit. 759 00:35:36,121 --> 00:35:38,056 You have news about Cobra? 760 00:35:38,090 --> 00:35:40,225 Yes, we found him. He's okay. 761 00:35:40,259 --> 00:35:41,893 Thank God. 762 00:35:41,927 --> 00:35:43,528 Where is he? Can I see him? 763 00:35:43,562 --> 00:35:44,996 Not just yet. 764 00:35:45,030 --> 00:35:49,200 Cobra... uh, Greg Palmer has confessed 765 00:35:49,235 --> 00:35:51,069 to the murder of Fred Kleinman. 766 00:35:51,136 --> 00:35:54,606 He... he... he what? 767 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,207 He confessed to everything. 768 00:35:58,377 --> 00:36:02,347 Of course, that was just part of a bigger lie, wasn't it? 769 00:36:02,381 --> 00:36:04,349 You said that he would do 770 00:36:04,383 --> 00:36:08,553 anything it took to protect you, no matter what the cost. 771 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,361 It was me. 772 00:36:18,097 --> 00:36:19,397 I killed Fred Kleinman. 773 00:36:23,302 --> 00:36:25,603 He was gonna go public 774 00:36:25,638 --> 00:36:27,705 with information that would have gotten Greg killed. 775 00:36:29,408 --> 00:36:30,508 What information? 776 00:36:30,542 --> 00:36:33,044 It was the file 777 00:36:33,078 --> 00:36:35,446 from that stupid PI My parents hired. 778 00:36:37,316 --> 00:36:40,618 They got it in their head that's Greg's a liar. 779 00:36:40,686 --> 00:36:43,488 So a few months ago, they hired some idiot 780 00:36:43,522 --> 00:36:45,256 to follow Greg around and get proof. 781 00:36:46,525 --> 00:36:48,359 Which ended up being some pictures 782 00:36:48,394 --> 00:36:49,661 of Greg drinking in a bar 783 00:36:49,695 --> 00:36:52,130 when he was supposed to be on assignment... 784 00:36:52,197 --> 00:36:53,364 that and some medical records that said 785 00:36:53,399 --> 00:36:55,166 the scar from Greg's old bullet wound 786 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,235 was actually from a mole removal. 787 00:36:59,238 --> 00:37:01,072 Of course that's what the medical records say! 788 00:37:01,140 --> 00:37:03,274 That's the whole point of a cover! 789 00:37:03,342 --> 00:37:06,210 But there was no convincing my parents. 790 00:37:06,278 --> 00:37:10,381 So the other day, they started in on me, 791 00:37:10,416 --> 00:37:13,284 and I told them Fred Kleinman's doing 792 00:37:13,319 --> 00:37:16,154 a big article on Greg being a national hero. 793 00:37:16,188 --> 00:37:18,222 And they were gonna have to eat their words. 794 00:37:18,257 --> 00:37:20,959 I should have kept my mouth shut. 795 00:37:20,993 --> 00:37:23,661 Because then they called Kleinman. 796 00:37:23,696 --> 00:37:25,530 And then Kleinman called the house, 797 00:37:25,564 --> 00:37:26,965 and now he was convinced 798 00:37:26,999 --> 00:37:28,433 that Greg was a fraud and a liar, too, 799 00:37:28,467 --> 00:37:31,703 and he was gonna write about that. 800 00:37:31,737 --> 00:37:35,406 Greg was on assignment. He couldn't defend himself. 801 00:37:35,441 --> 00:37:37,342 So I had to handle it. 802 00:37:37,376 --> 00:37:41,045 I begged Kleinman to let it go, but he wouldn't. 803 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,314 Said it wasn't the story he set out to write, 804 00:37:43,382 --> 00:37:46,317 but that it would make a fascinating character study, 805 00:37:46,352 --> 00:37:47,652 how a nobody fooled 806 00:37:47,686 --> 00:37:50,555 an award-winning investigative journalist. 807 00:37:50,589 --> 00:37:52,223 He gave me no choice. 808 00:37:58,464 --> 00:38:02,300 All Fred was gonna do was write a story about a liar. 809 00:38:02,334 --> 00:38:04,669 You killed a completely innocent man. 810 00:38:04,703 --> 00:38:08,172 Greg... isn't... a liar! 811 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:11,576 He is a national security asset! 812 00:38:11,610 --> 00:38:15,546 If Kleinman had publicly revealed Greg's identity, 813 00:38:15,581 --> 00:38:18,049 Greg would have been tortured and killed! 814 00:38:19,318 --> 00:38:22,253 There is nothing innocent about that. 815 00:38:37,369 --> 00:38:42,306 Got to be some reason she's so incapable of seeing the truth. 816 00:38:42,341 --> 00:38:45,043 Worst psychiatric disorder of all. 817 00:38:45,077 --> 00:38:46,344 Love? 818 00:38:46,378 --> 00:38:47,745 Yep. 819 00:38:51,383 --> 00:38:55,653 Look, I wanted to tell you, I, um... 820 00:38:55,687 --> 00:38:57,455 I had a drink with Ashley. 821 00:38:57,489 --> 00:38:59,624 Really? 822 00:38:59,658 --> 00:39:01,426 Why? 823 00:39:01,460 --> 00:39:04,595 Wanted to talk to her about what happened that night. 824 00:39:04,630 --> 00:39:07,632 I thought we had talked about that night. 825 00:39:07,666 --> 00:39:10,134 We did. I just wanted to... 826 00:39:10,202 --> 00:39:12,403 Wanted to check my story against hers. 827 00:39:12,438 --> 00:39:14,572 I'm an investigator, okay? 828 00:39:14,606 --> 00:39:15,706 It's a habit. 829 00:39:15,741 --> 00:39:18,376 And I love that about you. 830 00:39:18,444 --> 00:39:21,612 I just don't love being the one getting investigated. 831 00:39:21,647 --> 00:39:22,814 I know. 832 00:39:22,848 --> 00:39:25,650 And some of what happened... 833 00:39:25,684 --> 00:39:27,452 That was my fault. 834 00:39:27,486 --> 00:39:32,590 I mean, I should have spent less time on work and... 835 00:39:32,624 --> 00:39:34,192 more time with you. 836 00:39:34,226 --> 00:39:36,327 But? 837 00:39:37,696 --> 00:39:40,198 But... 838 00:39:40,232 --> 00:39:42,366 My crappy behavior wasn't permission 839 00:39:42,401 --> 00:39:44,068 for you to sleep with her. 840 00:39:46,105 --> 00:39:48,306 And you still can't let it go. 841 00:39:54,546 --> 00:39:55,746 Dr. Pierce. 842 00:39:58,550 --> 00:39:59,750 Agent Taylor. 843 00:39:59,785 --> 00:40:01,419 Didn't mean to startle you. 844 00:40:01,453 --> 00:40:03,754 Then don't sneak up on me in a dark hallway. 845 00:40:03,789 --> 00:40:05,223 What are you doing here? 846 00:40:05,257 --> 00:40:07,525 The agency was very impressed 847 00:40:07,593 --> 00:40:10,228 with the way you brought Palmer and his girlfriend in. 848 00:40:10,262 --> 00:40:12,430 You've piqued our interest, Dr. Pierce. 849 00:40:12,464 --> 00:40:15,166 Now, I'm sure you know 850 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:19,704 that the CIA has a long history of working with academia. 851 00:40:19,738 --> 00:40:21,305 Perhaps we'll meet again. 852 00:40:28,514 --> 00:40:31,349 There's nothing worse than a liar. 853 00:40:31,383 --> 00:40:35,253 We all feel that way, right? But why? 854 00:40:35,287 --> 00:40:36,787 Why do we take such exception 855 00:40:36,855 --> 00:40:39,457 to somebody pulling the wool over our eyes? 856 00:40:39,491 --> 00:40:41,459 'Cause it feels lousy. 857 00:40:41,493 --> 00:40:42,860 Literally. 858 00:40:42,895 --> 00:40:46,564 Disbelief gets processed by the limbic system's 859 00:40:46,598 --> 00:40:49,867 cingulate cortex and the anterior insula... 860 00:40:49,902 --> 00:40:52,803 the same parts of the brain that report 861 00:40:52,838 --> 00:40:55,706 visceral sensations like pain and disgust. 862 00:40:55,741 --> 00:40:58,242 This not only explains why we hate liars 863 00:40:58,277 --> 00:41:01,712 but why we as human beings long for something to believe in. 864 00:41:06,585 --> 00:41:08,452 Whether it be Santa Claus 865 00:41:08,487 --> 00:41:10,855 or a scientific fact like gravity, 866 00:41:10,889 --> 00:41:15,459 our brains reward us emotionally when we believe. 867 00:41:15,494 --> 00:41:18,896 To believe is to feel good. 868 00:41:18,931 --> 00:41:21,365 To feel comforted. 869 00:41:21,433 --> 00:41:24,235 But how can we trust our own belief systems 870 00:41:24,269 --> 00:41:27,939 when our brains are giving them emotional kickbacks? 871 00:41:27,973 --> 00:41:31,542 By balancing it all with critical thinking, 872 00:41:31,577 --> 00:41:37,415 by questioning everything, and by always, always... 873 00:41:37,449 --> 00:41:40,117 being open to the possibilities. 874 00:41:42,126 --> 00:41:47,626 Sync and corrections by explosiveskull www.addic7ed.com