1 00:00:11,446 --> 00:00:13,056 I just got a call from Florida, 2 00:00:13,143 --> 00:00:15,406 they're tracking a possible anthrax attack. 3 00:00:15,493 --> 00:00:17,887 The last natural human infection on American soil 4 00:00:17,974 --> 00:00:20,194 was almost 30 years ago. 5 00:00:20,281 --> 00:00:22,283 You're not the only one that's supposed to see things coming. 6 00:00:22,370 --> 00:00:24,459 But what if I do this time? 7 00:00:24,546 --> 00:00:25,851 And no one listens? 8 00:00:25,938 --> 00:00:28,245 The results came back. It's Ames. 9 00:00:28,332 --> 00:00:29,942 I didn't think it existed outside our high-security research labs. 10 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:31,770 It doesn't. 11 00:00:31,857 --> 00:00:33,381 JUDITH : I share the concern about 12 00:00:33,468 --> 00:00:35,557 Iraq's biological weapons program. 13 00:00:35,644 --> 00:00:37,385 MOORE: Is Al-Qaeda even in Iraq? 14 00:00:37,472 --> 00:00:38,603 Iraq's bioweapons capabilities were shut down 15 00:00:38,690 --> 00:00:40,257 after the war. 16 00:00:40,344 --> 00:00:42,390 As far as you and I have been told. 17 00:00:42,477 --> 00:00:44,609 Anthrax spores do not die off. 18 00:00:44,696 --> 00:00:46,394 They lay in wait. 19 00:00:46,481 --> 00:00:48,613 What we are talking about is a ticking time bomb. 20 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:50,311 Where might the letter have been dropped off? 21 00:00:50,398 --> 00:00:52,095 One of our blue boxes? 22 00:00:52,182 --> 00:00:53,053 How many of those blue boxes are we talking? 23 00:00:53,140 --> 00:00:55,098 Over 600. 24 00:00:55,185 --> 00:00:57,100 Bruce, we got some samples coming in from Florida. 25 00:00:57,187 --> 00:01:03,063 Do you suspect someone at work is possibly involved? 26 00:01:03,150 --> 00:01:05,456 BROKAW : NBC was not the only target. 27 00:01:05,543 --> 00:01:07,806 Other news outlets including The New York Post 28 00:01:07,893 --> 00:01:09,982 were targeted as well. 29 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:12,420 But now, with multiple attacks along the eastern seaboard and 30 00:01:12,507 --> 00:01:17,860 no suspect yet identified, our nation is gripped with fear. 31 00:01:17,947 --> 00:01:20,689 We can only hope there will be no more victims. 32 00:01:26,129 --> 00:01:28,566 REPORTER : And from Capitol Hill, 33 00:01:28,653 --> 00:01:30,786 the White House continues to gather support to pass the Patriot Act, 34 00:01:30,873 --> 00:01:33,963 which would expand the government's surveillance powers. 35 00:01:34,050 --> 00:01:36,618 Critics charged that it would take away vital protections 36 00:01:36,705 --> 00:01:38,707 for personal privacy. 37 00:01:38,794 --> 00:01:41,797 The most contentious issues revolve around removing the 38 00:01:41,884 --> 00:01:43,364 FISA requirement that the surveillance target be 39 00:01:43,451 --> 00:01:45,017 a foreign national. 40 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:46,628 This means the government can gather 41 00:01:46,715 --> 00:01:48,456 what they call foreign intelligence, 42 00:01:48,543 --> 00:01:51,981 even if the target involved is a US citizen. 43 00:01:52,068 --> 00:01:54,766 The man with the task of passing the controversial bill 44 00:01:54,853 --> 00:01:57,465 is Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. 45 00:02:31,238 --> 00:02:33,327 Start over there with distribution. 46 00:02:41,596 --> 00:02:44,207 Hold on, you got all the... 47 00:03:54,973 --> 00:03:56,671 Morning. Here you go. 48 00:04:09,379 --> 00:04:10,685 REPORTER : The White House is pushing for 49 00:04:10,772 --> 00:04:12,600 a Senate vote later this week. 50 00:04:12,687 --> 00:04:14,602 At least nobody calls you Samantha behind your back. 51 00:04:14,689 --> 00:04:16,473 REPORTER : But Daschle insisting his members 52 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:17,474 have adequate time to debate the USA PATRIOT Act, 53 00:04:17,561 --> 00:04:19,433 an acronym for "Uniting" 54 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,783 "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate 55 00:04:21,870 --> 00:04:25,395 Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism." 56 00:04:27,136 --> 00:04:29,269 Man, somebody got really excited when 57 00:04:29,356 --> 00:04:30,313 they came up with that one. 58 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:31,445 Mm-hmm. 59 00:04:31,532 --> 00:04:32,533 Oh. Shocker. 60 00:04:32,620 --> 00:04:34,317 More hate mail. 61 00:04:34,404 --> 00:04:36,145 Want me to drop it off in Leahy's office? 62 00:04:37,451 --> 00:04:39,540 Ooh. 63 00:04:39,627 --> 00:04:43,674 Please, let it be cute drawings instead of misspelled profanity. 64 00:04:44,762 --> 00:04:45,807 Oh, my God. 65 00:04:47,896 --> 00:04:51,813 Okay, what did they say in the training? 66 00:04:54,468 --> 00:04:57,427 No one move more than you have to. 67 00:04:57,514 --> 00:05:00,648 Billy, call the Capitol Police. 68 00:05:00,735 --> 00:05:02,606 Steve, the FBI? 69 00:05:02,693 --> 00:05:03,955 Got it. 70 00:05:04,042 --> 00:05:05,348 Close the door. 71 00:05:12,050 --> 00:05:14,357 Toretti. Counterterrorism. 72 00:05:20,189 --> 00:05:21,364 Okay. 73 00:05:23,671 --> 00:05:25,368 I need a team at Capitol Hill right now. 74 00:05:52,874 --> 00:05:55,050 Toretti, Profiler with Counterterrorism. 75 00:05:55,137 --> 00:05:56,530 Profiler? 76 00:05:56,617 --> 00:05:58,183 You're like a shrink or something? 77 00:05:58,270 --> 00:06:00,055 Yeah, if disco was still a thing. 78 00:06:00,142 --> 00:06:01,796 Where's the letter? 79 00:06:01,883 --> 00:06:03,014 I got a guard on it. 80 00:06:03,101 --> 00:06:04,973 Forensics is on their way. 81 00:06:05,060 --> 00:06:06,844 Listen, we've responded two of these hoaxes already today. 82 00:06:06,931 --> 00:06:08,629 There's no reason to think this is any different. 83 00:06:08,716 --> 00:06:09,978 Oh, there's a lot of reasons, actually. 84 00:06:10,065 --> 00:06:11,849 I got a Hazmat team on their way. 85 00:06:11,936 --> 00:06:13,808 You seal that contaminated room until they decon it. 86 00:06:13,895 --> 00:06:16,071 Get me somebody in facilities. 87 00:06:16,158 --> 00:06:18,856 It could be pumping spores through this entire building right now. 88 00:06:18,943 --> 00:06:21,206 Shut this ventilation system down! 89 00:06:21,293 --> 00:06:24,296 Tell Hazmat I need rapid tests, swabs, and Cipro. 90 00:06:27,778 --> 00:06:28,997 Are you the one that found it? 91 00:06:29,084 --> 00:06:30,520 - Yeah. - Okay. 92 00:06:30,607 --> 00:06:32,870 Is it really anthrax? 93 00:06:32,957 --> 00:06:34,655 We can't run it until the letter's been swabbed for evidence. 94 00:06:34,742 --> 00:06:36,744 But either way, we're gonna start you on antibiotics. 95 00:06:36,831 --> 00:06:38,746 So if you were exposed, hammering it with Cipro before 96 00:06:38,833 --> 00:06:40,835 symptoms appear should knock it out. 97 00:06:40,922 --> 00:06:42,314 It's what they did in New York. 98 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:44,012 What about the others? 99 00:06:44,099 --> 00:06:45,579 It's the same protocol. 100 00:06:45,666 --> 00:06:46,884 You gotta hit 'em before they hit you, 101 00:06:46,971 --> 00:06:48,451 that's what my mom always says. 102 00:06:48,538 --> 00:06:50,192 I got the South Dakota version. 103 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,412 Better to be cautious than sorry. 104 00:06:52,499 --> 00:06:54,588 That's right. You'll be okay. 105 00:07:13,128 --> 00:07:15,478 JENNY : Hey, Matty, not sure if you're back yet. 106 00:07:15,565 --> 00:07:17,959 Uh, don't forget Kari's birthday party on the 17th. 107 00:07:18,046 --> 00:07:19,917 Hope you can make it. 108 00:07:20,004 --> 00:07:21,658 But just be forewarned, Devon's been a bit of a 109 00:07:21,745 --> 00:07:24,705 handful lately with his dad off the grid. 110 00:07:24,792 --> 00:07:25,923 Miss you. 111 00:07:28,491 --> 00:07:29,318 VOICE : You've reached the end of your messages. 112 00:07:29,405 --> 00:07:30,319 To repeat this message, 113 00:07:30,406 --> 00:07:31,494 press one. 114 00:07:32,887 --> 00:07:35,063 Ryker. 115 00:07:35,150 --> 00:07:36,020 COPAK : If you're thinking of unpacking your suitcase, 116 00:07:36,107 --> 00:07:37,021 gonna have to wait. 117 00:07:37,108 --> 00:07:37,892 Hill just got hit. 118 00:07:37,979 --> 00:07:39,807 Anthrax letter. 119 00:07:39,894 --> 00:07:41,243 Where? 120 00:07:41,330 --> 00:07:42,984 Senator Daschle's office. 121 00:07:43,071 --> 00:07:44,464 But there's already an agent on the ground, 122 00:07:44,551 --> 00:07:46,161 she caught the call when it came in. 123 00:07:46,248 --> 00:07:47,467 I'm on my way in. 124 00:07:50,687 --> 00:07:51,993 I need to see that letter. 125 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:53,516 Uh, Special Agent Ryker, 126 00:07:53,603 --> 00:07:55,257 forensics is doing a sweep right now on 127 00:07:55,344 --> 00:07:57,564 the Daschle letter for hair, skin, any particles. 128 00:07:57,651 --> 00:07:59,130 I know you didn't find anything on the New York letters, but I thought... 129 00:07:59,217 --> 00:08:01,524 Worth a shot. Who are you? 130 00:08:01,611 --> 00:08:02,960 TORETTI: Special Agent Toretti. Dani. 131 00:08:03,047 --> 00:08:04,135 What division? 132 00:08:04,222 --> 00:08:05,136 Counterterrorism. 133 00:08:05,223 --> 00:08:06,703 I lead a fly team. 134 00:08:06,790 --> 00:08:08,749 Washington Field Office called us in. 135 00:08:08,836 --> 00:08:10,141 - On Hazmat? - Mm-hmm. 136 00:08:10,228 --> 00:08:11,839 So I'll take it from here. 137 00:08:11,926 --> 00:08:13,275 No, that is not how this is gonna go. 138 00:08:13,362 --> 00:08:14,668 I was first boots on the ground. 139 00:08:16,626 --> 00:08:18,367 I read your briefings on Florida and New York, 140 00:08:18,454 --> 00:08:20,195 I've seen copies of the letters. 141 00:08:20,282 --> 00:08:21,849 It's the same block handwriting, 142 00:08:21,936 --> 00:08:23,590 slanted to the right. 143 00:08:23,677 --> 00:08:24,939 This sure as hell looks like the same guy to me. 144 00:08:25,026 --> 00:08:26,941 Guy? You mean Al-Qaeda? 145 00:08:27,028 --> 00:08:28,943 No, that would not be my first thought. 146 00:08:29,030 --> 00:08:31,032 I would lean more towards a lone wolf. 147 00:08:31,119 --> 00:08:32,468 Three weeks after terrorists started a war? 148 00:08:32,555 --> 00:08:34,383 Not a chance. 149 00:08:34,470 --> 00:08:36,211 Here's the thing, it was postmarked three weeks 150 00:08:36,298 --> 00:08:37,821 after the New York letters. 151 00:08:39,867 --> 00:08:41,695 After Bob Stevens? 152 00:08:41,782 --> 00:08:44,480 Yeah, and after the entire country saw it on TV. 153 00:08:44,567 --> 00:08:46,308 So our sender knew he had killed someone. 154 00:08:46,395 --> 00:08:48,702 He wants more people to die. 155 00:08:48,789 --> 00:08:50,747 And we've swabbed all the interns in the room now, 156 00:08:50,834 --> 00:08:52,488 I'm gonna order anthrax tests for everybody that was in 157 00:08:52,575 --> 00:08:53,750 the Hart building today. 158 00:08:53,837 --> 00:08:55,491 We need a wider sweep. 159 00:08:55,578 --> 00:08:56,579 I'd quarantine all the mail in the Capitol until 160 00:08:56,666 --> 00:08:57,972 we can get it tested. 161 00:08:58,059 --> 00:08:59,451 You wanna just shut down 162 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:01,410 the entire United States government? 163 00:09:01,497 --> 00:09:02,977 The Hill anyway, until we can get the staffers tested 164 00:09:03,064 --> 00:09:05,109 in the office and deconned. 165 00:09:05,196 --> 00:09:08,417 In a perfect world, I'd set up a full BSL4 lab to handle 166 00:09:08,504 --> 00:09:10,201 that kind of volume. 167 00:09:10,288 --> 00:09:11,594 Daschle had the President on the phone and 168 00:09:11,681 --> 00:09:13,857 we've been offered all resources. 169 00:09:13,944 --> 00:09:16,860 Good, I'll get someone scouting locations to start the build. 170 00:09:16,947 --> 00:09:21,343 Also, we need to get the head of pathology from USAMRIID 171 00:09:21,430 --> 00:09:23,258 over here and take a look at that letter, 172 00:09:23,345 --> 00:09:25,477 send it back to the lab, and see if it comes back positive. 173 00:09:41,972 --> 00:09:43,974 Thanks. We'll take it from here. 174 00:10:01,905 --> 00:10:05,430 Uh, the type of writing is the same, 175 00:10:05,517 --> 00:10:08,608 but the powder is different from the Brokaw and Post letters. 176 00:10:08,695 --> 00:10:10,087 Take a look. 177 00:10:10,174 --> 00:10:13,090 It's whiter, less clumpy, no debris. 178 00:10:13,177 --> 00:10:14,788 I need to know if it's the same strain. 179 00:10:17,094 --> 00:10:21,142 You'll notice something different about this letter. 180 00:10:21,229 --> 00:10:24,014 - A return address. - Our guy is smart. 181 00:10:24,101 --> 00:10:26,321 He knows that the anthrax letters have been in the news, 182 00:10:26,408 --> 00:10:27,975 people are nervous. 183 00:10:28,062 --> 00:10:29,150 You see a letter with strange handwriting, 184 00:10:29,237 --> 00:10:30,542 you're gonna chuck it. 185 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:31,805 But from a bunch of kids. 186 00:10:31,892 --> 00:10:33,415 Yeah. 187 00:10:33,502 --> 00:10:34,634 We have to track down the address and get 188 00:10:34,721 --> 00:10:36,026 this to USAMRIID for testing. 189 00:10:43,077 --> 00:10:45,557 Both the Brokaw and The Post letters are postmarked here, 190 00:10:45,645 --> 00:10:48,169 so our agents are gonna swab all 600 plus mailboxes 191 00:10:48,256 --> 00:10:49,561 that feed into this facility, 192 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:50,954 full hazmat gear. 193 00:10:51,041 --> 00:10:52,564 This is gonna be tedious, okay, 194 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:54,131 but if we can identify this specific box, 195 00:10:54,218 --> 00:10:55,263 it's gonna help lead us to the terrorists. 196 00:10:57,395 --> 00:10:58,396 Excuse me. 197 00:10:58,483 --> 00:11:00,485 Hey, it's Chris Moore. 198 00:11:00,572 --> 00:11:01,835 RYKER : Hey, put another agent on the boxes, 199 00:11:01,922 --> 00:11:03,575 I need you on something else. 200 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:05,360 The Daschle letter has a return address. 201 00:11:05,447 --> 00:11:08,015 It's an elementary school in Franklin Park. 202 00:11:08,102 --> 00:11:09,973 MOORE : Franklin Park? 203 00:11:10,060 --> 00:11:11,061 That's, that can't be more than 20 miles from here. 204 00:11:21,332 --> 00:11:24,031 That fed guy is up in Quinton's office again. 205 00:11:24,118 --> 00:11:26,381 Wonder what he got himself into. 206 00:11:41,831 --> 00:11:44,094 Testing the sample is gonna take me a few hours in the lab. 207 00:11:44,181 --> 00:11:45,705 You got it. 208 00:11:45,792 --> 00:11:48,316 I'll let him know we're heading over now. 209 00:11:50,666 --> 00:11:52,363 I can give him an ETA. 210 00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:48,898 Is that from the Daschle letter? 211 00:12:48,985 --> 00:12:51,509 Bruce. I didn't you were here. 212 00:12:53,207 --> 00:12:54,948 Mind if I take a look? 213 00:12:55,035 --> 00:12:56,514 Sure. 214 00:13:07,874 --> 00:13:10,398 I've never seen anthrax so aerosolized. 215 00:13:10,485 --> 00:13:13,618 It's far more lethal in this form. 216 00:14:02,798 --> 00:14:06,454 Jody, what if the anthrax killer is one of us? 217 00:14:08,412 --> 00:14:11,546 I think you're letting all this get to you. 218 00:14:11,633 --> 00:14:13,504 Think about it, Jod. 219 00:14:13,591 --> 00:14:15,289 The terrorists would still need some patsy here 220 00:14:15,376 --> 00:14:16,899 on the ground to help them carry it out. 221 00:14:16,986 --> 00:14:18,205 Someone who has access to anthrax and 222 00:14:18,292 --> 00:14:20,163 knows how to handle it. 223 00:14:20,250 --> 00:14:22,078 I know there's been a flood of new faces around here 224 00:14:22,165 --> 00:14:24,689 with all with all the added help for testing but they were 225 00:14:24,776 --> 00:14:26,822 brought in after the letters were found. 226 00:14:26,909 --> 00:14:28,389 Be careful pointing fingers. 227 00:14:28,476 --> 00:14:30,521 Maybe it's not someone new. 228 00:14:30,608 --> 00:14:32,567 For shirts and giggles, let's just say this person was part 229 00:14:32,654 --> 00:14:34,308 of the old guard around here. 230 00:14:34,395 --> 00:14:36,353 Someone we've been working with on a daily basis. 231 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,443 Bruce, there's enough division around here as it is, 232 00:14:39,530 --> 00:14:41,793 science versus military, old gen, new gen and 233 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:43,230 without creating more, 234 00:14:43,317 --> 00:14:45,275 I just.. 235 00:14:45,362 --> 00:14:47,060 I'm not sure I'm the one you should be talking to. 236 00:14:50,411 --> 00:14:52,935 I tell you everything. 237 00:14:53,022 --> 00:14:54,894 I would never keep something like this from you. 238 00:14:56,504 --> 00:14:58,767 If you really have concerns, Bruce, 239 00:14:58,854 --> 00:15:00,334 you should tell the Colonel. 240 00:15:02,118 --> 00:15:05,165 I just think we have a duty here, you know. 241 00:15:05,252 --> 00:15:07,167 I mean, what if a person could weasel their way into 242 00:15:07,254 --> 00:15:09,691 a position where they could impede the FBI's investigation, 243 00:15:09,778 --> 00:15:11,475 maybe even destroy evidence? 244 00:15:11,562 --> 00:15:13,651 It'd be up to us to stop them, wouldn't it? 245 00:15:25,228 --> 00:15:26,577 Hey, Matt, I have to call you back. 246 00:15:26,664 --> 00:15:28,101 Where are you? 247 00:15:28,188 --> 00:15:29,798 Not where I'm supposed to be. 248 00:15:29,885 --> 00:15:31,669 Small Biz Committee started three minutes ago. 249 00:15:31,756 --> 00:15:32,627 RYKER : On the Hill? 250 00:15:32,714 --> 00:15:34,281 Yeah, why? 251 00:15:34,368 --> 00:15:35,412 I want you to get out of the building. 252 00:15:35,499 --> 00:15:37,153 What's going on? 253 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,807 The Hill's been attacked, it's anthrax. 254 00:15:38,894 --> 00:15:40,417 RYKER : In a few minutes, 255 00:15:40,504 --> 00:15:41,462 every building's gonna be evacuated. 256 00:15:41,549 --> 00:15:43,116 Oh, my God. 257 00:15:43,203 --> 00:15:45,596 Listen, head to Constitution and Second. 258 00:15:45,683 --> 00:15:46,728 RYKER : There's three buses arriving to take people to 259 00:15:46,815 --> 00:15:48,121 Bethesda to get tested. 260 00:15:48,208 --> 00:15:50,123 Get on the first bus, okay? 261 00:15:50,210 --> 00:15:51,602 I'll call you later. 262 00:15:51,689 --> 00:15:54,040 Matthew? 263 00:15:54,127 --> 00:15:56,607 REPORTER : As the evacuation on Capitol Hill continues, 264 00:15:56,694 --> 00:15:59,393 FBI teams scour for evidence. 265 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,308 Growing sources insist there 266 00:16:01,395 --> 00:16:03,701 is a direct link between the New York and 267 00:16:03,788 --> 00:16:06,008 D.C. mailings to terrorists, 268 00:16:06,095 --> 00:16:08,271 and possibly Iraq. 269 00:16:08,358 --> 00:16:11,057 So far, the FBI has declined to comment. 270 00:16:15,452 --> 00:16:16,932 Move it along, please. 271 00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:24,635 Okay, do you have a fever? 272 00:16:26,333 --> 00:16:27,421 Take the next person out here. 273 00:16:27,508 --> 00:16:30,032 Hi. Sheila Willis. 274 00:16:46,092 --> 00:16:49,617 REPORTER : The FBI is quarantining all mail on Capitol Hill. 275 00:16:49,704 --> 00:16:53,490 And reportedly, the Bureau is building a lab as no labs on 276 00:16:53,577 --> 00:16:56,711 the East Coast can handle the volume. 277 00:16:56,798 --> 00:16:59,975 Vacuum seals capable of sustaining directional airflow, uh, 278 00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:02,717 self-closing doors, decontamination stations. 279 00:17:02,804 --> 00:17:06,938 You're building an entire BSL4 lab in an unsecure, unsterile space? 280 00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:08,810 Uh, it'll be both once we're done. 281 00:17:08,897 --> 00:17:11,117 Daschle got a green light directly from the White House. 282 00:17:11,204 --> 00:17:12,944 With this splashed all over the news, 283 00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:15,556 whole damn seaboard is terrified to touch their mail. 284 00:17:15,643 --> 00:17:17,993 Once we prove the rest of the mail on the Hill is clean, 285 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,256 it'll put people's minds at ease about their own. 286 00:17:20,343 --> 00:17:23,477 Fine, the administration is shelling out millions, 287 00:17:23,564 --> 00:17:25,827 you better deliver more than just another envelope 288 00:17:25,914 --> 00:17:27,872 filled with white powder. 289 00:17:27,959 --> 00:17:30,527 Hand them the connection to terrorists. 290 00:17:30,614 --> 00:17:34,140 Look, I'll find the terrorists, 291 00:17:34,227 --> 00:17:36,446 but I've been hearing all the rumblings in the press, 292 00:17:36,533 --> 00:17:39,145 and I don't know that this came from Iraq. 293 00:17:39,232 --> 00:17:42,365 You and I aren't cleared for all classified intel. 294 00:17:42,452 --> 00:17:46,021 Who knows where those bastards are hiding out? 295 00:17:46,108 --> 00:17:47,805 Just find them. 296 00:17:53,898 --> 00:17:55,900 Chris, tell me you got something at the school. 297 00:17:55,987 --> 00:17:57,641 So, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, 298 00:17:57,728 --> 00:18:00,340 but this return address is bogus. 299 00:18:00,427 --> 00:18:03,125 There actually aren't any schools called Greendale in Franklin Park. 300 00:18:03,212 --> 00:18:05,475 The closest match we could find was a Greenbrook Elementary, 301 00:18:05,562 --> 00:18:07,129 it's in Kendall Park. 302 00:18:07,216 --> 00:18:09,218 But we've been here since the doors opened, 303 00:18:09,305 --> 00:18:11,742 there's nobody on any FBI Watchlist associated with the school. 304 00:18:11,829 --> 00:18:13,353 CIA's got nothing. 305 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:14,876 Students, faculty, no one from Iraq? 306 00:18:14,963 --> 00:18:16,269 Uh, five students, 307 00:18:16,356 --> 00:18:18,227 three staff from the Middle East. 308 00:18:18,314 --> 00:18:19,837 But I mean, these people have all been vetted since 9/11. 309 00:18:19,924 --> 00:18:22,231 And there's none that are of Iraqi descent. 310 00:18:22,318 --> 00:18:23,972 There's nothing here, Matt. 311 00:18:24,059 --> 00:18:26,192 MOORE : Sorry. 312 00:18:26,279 --> 00:18:28,281 Look, I don't wanna overstep here, but... 313 00:18:28,368 --> 00:18:30,718 Didn't you say Iraq never had the Ames strain? 314 00:18:30,805 --> 00:18:32,676 Yeah, we'll know more once we find out 315 00:18:32,763 --> 00:18:34,852 where those letters were mailed. 316 00:18:34,939 --> 00:18:37,638 In the meantime, get everyone up there swabbing mailboxes, okay? 317 00:18:37,725 --> 00:18:39,944 Okay. 318 00:18:40,031 --> 00:18:41,816 REPORTER : Many US citizens have stopped 319 00:18:41,903 --> 00:18:45,298 opening their mail, even tossing it on the curb. 320 00:18:45,385 --> 00:18:47,952 We now join a live conference at 321 00:18:48,039 --> 00:18:50,912 the Brentwood Mail Facility in D.C. 322 00:18:50,999 --> 00:18:53,567 MANAGER : Thank you for joining us here today. 323 00:18:53,654 --> 00:18:56,135 At the postal services in Washington, D.C. 324 00:18:56,222 --> 00:18:58,746 processing and distribution center. 325 00:18:58,833 --> 00:19:01,836 As you know, one letter from among the more than 326 00:19:01,923 --> 00:19:06,971 3.5 million pieces of mail handled here each day contained anthrax. 327 00:19:07,058 --> 00:19:08,973 And there is no... 328 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:10,279 I don't know why they made you stay after your shift 329 00:19:10,366 --> 00:19:11,976 and sweep up round the sorters. 330 00:19:12,063 --> 00:19:15,023 You can't even see them on the TV. 331 00:19:15,110 --> 00:19:16,807 MANAGER : This afternoon, I am announcing the offer of a 332 00:19:16,894 --> 00:19:21,072 reward of up to $1 million for the information 333 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,858 leading to the arrest and conviction of those 334 00:19:23,945 --> 00:19:27,383 responsible for the mailing of the anthrax. 335 00:19:27,470 --> 00:19:29,080 You leavin'? 336 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:30,256 There's enough smoke being blown up 337 00:19:30,343 --> 00:19:32,475 certain places around here. 338 00:19:32,562 --> 00:19:35,348 And I'm feeling a little run-down anyway. 339 00:19:37,437 --> 00:19:39,178 Later. 340 00:19:41,005 --> 00:19:42,616 How many others on the Hill have been infected? 341 00:19:44,574 --> 00:19:46,707 We got 28 new cases, hundreds more to test. 342 00:19:46,794 --> 00:19:48,839 And I've got three more right here. 343 00:19:48,926 --> 00:19:50,885 Okay, let's pin 'em. 344 00:19:50,972 --> 00:19:53,322 The green indicates where infected people worked, 345 00:19:53,409 --> 00:19:56,499 the red is where our hazmat teams found spores, here, 346 00:19:56,586 --> 00:19:58,936 high concentration in Feingold's offices, 347 00:19:59,023 --> 00:20:00,895 in the central atrium, and the courtyard in front 348 00:20:00,982 --> 00:20:02,679 of Daschle's suite. 349 00:20:02,766 --> 00:20:03,898 What about your three? 350 00:20:03,985 --> 00:20:05,378 I got Alicia Herrera, 351 00:20:05,465 --> 00:20:06,901 works in Feingold's basement office. 352 00:20:06,988 --> 00:20:08,555 Okay. 353 00:20:08,642 --> 00:20:11,166 Mike Wakefield, uh, Capitol Police, 354 00:20:11,253 --> 00:20:12,646 first responders. 355 00:20:12,733 --> 00:20:14,125 He's one of the first into 356 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:15,257 the Hart Building after the attack. 357 00:20:15,344 --> 00:20:16,432 That'd be atrium. 358 00:20:16,519 --> 00:20:17,999 And Peter Browning, 359 00:20:18,086 --> 00:20:20,741 a contractor in the State Department... 360 00:20:20,828 --> 00:20:22,786 Building. 361 00:20:30,011 --> 00:20:31,621 Ryker? 362 00:20:31,708 --> 00:20:34,145 We shut the Hill down too late. 363 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:36,191 Somebody opened another letter. 364 00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:44,243 Mr. Browning, I just need to confirm, 365 00:20:44,330 --> 00:20:46,375 you were nowhere near the Hart Building this morning, correct? 366 00:20:46,462 --> 00:20:48,464 I stay in the annex. 367 00:20:48,551 --> 00:20:51,162 Keep my distance from the senators and staffers, the egos. 368 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:52,947 How long have you had symptoms? 369 00:20:53,034 --> 00:20:55,689 I've felt like crap for two days. 370 00:20:55,776 --> 00:20:57,517 Well, you could have been exposed days ago from an 371 00:20:57,604 --> 00:20:59,258 entirely different letter. 372 00:20:59,345 --> 00:21:02,217 We need to know when that letter arrived and 373 00:21:02,304 --> 00:21:05,002 who might've been the target. 374 00:21:05,089 --> 00:21:06,917 Mr. Browning, 375 00:21:07,004 --> 00:21:09,224 think back, do you remember opening any suspicious mail 376 00:21:09,311 --> 00:21:11,095 over the past week? 377 00:21:11,182 --> 00:21:12,706 It would've likely look similar to the anthrax letters 378 00:21:12,793 --> 00:21:14,273 that you've seen on TV, 379 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:16,275 with all caps and childish handwriting. 380 00:21:16,362 --> 00:21:17,493 I don't really see what comes in or 381 00:21:17,580 --> 00:21:19,147 where it's going. 382 00:21:19,234 --> 00:21:20,148 I'm a supervisor. 383 00:21:20,235 --> 00:21:22,106 I don't open mail. 384 00:21:22,193 --> 00:21:23,934 Ever. 385 00:21:33,248 --> 00:21:34,554 Uh, give me a minute, okay? 386 00:21:34,641 --> 00:21:35,685 Yeah. 387 00:21:38,079 --> 00:21:39,776 Hey. 388 00:21:39,863 --> 00:21:44,346 Hey. How bad is this? 389 00:21:44,433 --> 00:21:47,523 I'm not really sure. Are you okay? 390 00:21:47,610 --> 00:21:50,439 Yeah. I'm still waiting to find out, and they're getting us Cipro. 391 00:21:50,526 --> 00:21:51,962 Mm-hmm. 392 00:21:52,049 --> 00:21:53,573 I'm trying not to freak out. 393 00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:55,749 Hey, you're gonna be okay, all right? 394 00:21:55,836 --> 00:21:56,967 The important thing is they caught everyone on 395 00:21:57,054 --> 00:21:58,099 the Hill early. 396 00:21:58,186 --> 00:21:59,709 Okay. 397 00:21:59,796 --> 00:22:01,842 Um, I really gotta go. 398 00:22:01,929 --> 00:22:02,886 I'll check in with you later? 399 00:22:02,973 --> 00:22:04,235 Okay. 400 00:22:10,416 --> 00:22:12,200 It's a little high, but not so bad. 401 00:22:12,287 --> 00:22:13,636 Flu's going around. 402 00:22:13,723 --> 00:22:15,421 It don't feel like the flu. 403 00:22:15,508 --> 00:22:17,292 You know, Joe left after his shift. 404 00:22:17,379 --> 00:22:19,120 Looked like hell. 405 00:22:19,207 --> 00:22:21,340 Said he wasn't feeling good neither. 406 00:22:21,427 --> 00:22:23,342 Joe said he hit the crab cake buffet at Milton's yesterday. 407 00:22:23,429 --> 00:22:25,256 Chances are it's food poisoning. 408 00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:28,608 But they had me shut down number 17. 409 00:22:28,695 --> 00:22:30,610 You don't think maybe it had to do with what's happening on 410 00:22:30,697 --> 00:22:32,742 the Hill with the anthrax mail? 411 00:22:32,829 --> 00:22:34,744 They held a whole press conference here. 412 00:22:34,831 --> 00:22:36,485 All the big wigs were down on the floor. 413 00:22:36,572 --> 00:22:38,748 They wouldn't do that if it weren't safe. 414 00:22:38,835 --> 00:22:42,578 Look, just take a few aspirin and finish up. 415 00:22:42,665 --> 00:22:45,799 You don't wanna use a whole sick day just 'cause you're feeling warm. 416 00:23:18,484 --> 00:23:22,488 It is a blessing to see so many faces here tonight. 417 00:23:22,575 --> 00:23:25,055 I only wish it was for different reasons, 418 00:23:25,142 --> 00:23:28,581 but the atrocities of 9/11 have left us searching for 419 00:23:28,668 --> 00:23:32,933 answers and comfort in the house of our Lord. 420 00:23:38,852 --> 00:23:41,158 Honey? 421 00:23:43,770 --> 00:23:45,424 Joe, you okay? 422 00:23:45,511 --> 00:23:47,077 What's going on? 423 00:24:05,661 --> 00:24:08,403 Come in. 424 00:24:08,490 --> 00:24:09,926 IVINS: Colonel Charles, evening. 425 00:24:10,013 --> 00:24:12,146 Sorry to barge in on you this late. 426 00:24:12,233 --> 00:24:13,930 Not a problem, Dr. Ivins, especially 427 00:24:14,017 --> 00:24:15,715 if you keep it quick. 428 00:24:15,802 --> 00:24:16,933 Wife's making pot roast tonight. 429 00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:17,891 Oh. 430 00:24:19,632 --> 00:24:22,373 It's about the anthrax investigation, sir. 431 00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:24,767 I'd like to have a word with you about Simon Kurz. 432 00:24:24,854 --> 00:24:26,552 You have an issue with how Kurz's running things? 433 00:24:26,639 --> 00:24:28,554 I do, sir. 434 00:24:28,641 --> 00:24:31,034 As you know I've spent my whole career working on anthrax, 435 00:24:31,121 --> 00:24:33,036 I pretty much wrote the book on it, uh, 436 00:24:33,123 --> 00:24:36,344 at least a cornucopia of articles. 437 00:24:36,431 --> 00:24:39,695 And Simon has not consulted with me about the Daschle letter. 438 00:24:39,782 --> 00:24:41,915 Not that strange, Bruce. 439 00:24:42,002 --> 00:24:44,221 Situations like this always fall to the head of the department. 440 00:24:44,308 --> 00:24:46,963 With all due respect to Dr. Kurz, sir, 441 00:24:47,050 --> 00:24:48,748 I'm the one here who's worked on not one, 442 00:24:48,835 --> 00:24:50,053 but two anthrax vaccines 443 00:24:50,140 --> 00:24:53,317 and I just... 444 00:24:53,404 --> 00:24:54,971 I think something's amiss. 445 00:24:58,018 --> 00:25:00,455 You think Kurz is purposely keeping you out? 446 00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:02,501 I don't want to speculate, sir. 447 00:25:02,588 --> 00:25:04,851 I just want to help. 448 00:25:04,938 --> 00:25:08,942 If I could have a couple of hours with the Daschle letter, 449 00:25:09,029 --> 00:25:11,771 there's some tests that Simon hasn't run yet. 450 00:25:31,791 --> 00:25:33,488 They're the same stock as the attack envelopes? 451 00:25:33,575 --> 00:25:36,360 Yes, how can a person who didn't even open 452 00:25:36,447 --> 00:25:38,275 the letter get infected? 453 00:25:38,362 --> 00:25:40,321 I thought it took, like, 8,000 spores? 454 00:25:40,408 --> 00:25:42,018 Do you know how they got those estimates? 455 00:25:42,105 --> 00:25:43,890 Tests on monkeys. 456 00:25:43,977 --> 00:25:45,848 For humans, they don't know exactly. 457 00:25:45,935 --> 00:25:47,850 Now, this cocoa powder is just about the same particle size 458 00:25:47,937 --> 00:25:50,810 as the anthrax. 459 00:25:50,897 --> 00:25:54,030 So last week in New York, a woman from The Post, 460 00:25:54,117 --> 00:25:55,771 said she was infected, 461 00:25:55,858 --> 00:25:58,252 who swears she never opened an envelope. 462 00:25:58,339 --> 00:26:00,123 - Like Browning? - Exactly. 463 00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:03,605 So I thought she just couldn't remember opening it. 464 00:26:03,692 --> 00:26:05,868 Then we found it, and it was sealed. 465 00:26:05,955 --> 00:26:07,827 But how can even a few spores escape an envelope 466 00:26:07,914 --> 00:26:09,524 that's been taped shut? 467 00:26:09,611 --> 00:26:11,613 I don't think they did. 468 00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:14,616 This morning, we got a call from Dr. Kurz over at USAMRIID. 469 00:26:14,703 --> 00:26:17,053 He said that the second batch of spores were 470 00:26:17,140 --> 00:26:18,925 the most refined he's ever seen. 471 00:26:26,367 --> 00:26:28,238 Powder's not leaking from the edges of the tape. 472 00:26:30,371 --> 00:26:32,634 It's coming right through the fibers of the envelope. 473 00:26:32,721 --> 00:26:34,854 Which means that anyone even in the vicinity of the 474 00:26:34,941 --> 00:26:37,900 anthrax letters is at risk. 475 00:26:37,987 --> 00:26:40,599 There could be a whole string of victims we don't know anything about, 476 00:26:40,686 --> 00:26:41,861 all the way back to Jersey 477 00:26:41,948 --> 00:26:44,037 where the letters were mailed. 478 00:26:44,124 --> 00:26:45,691 So we need to know each stop that they made along the way. 479 00:26:48,215 --> 00:26:49,303 RYKER : Shut it down! 480 00:26:49,390 --> 00:26:51,000 What, all of it? 481 00:26:51,087 --> 00:26:52,828 There must be a dozen DBCS machines down there. 482 00:26:52,915 --> 00:26:54,351 Yes, you need to evacuate every employee and 483 00:26:54,438 --> 00:26:55,831 get them all on Cipro. 484 00:26:55,918 --> 00:26:56,919 We'd have mountains of mail. 485 00:26:57,006 --> 00:26:58,921 It's a federal offense. 486 00:26:59,008 --> 00:27:00,183 I've contacted the CDC and you should be hearing from 487 00:27:00,270 --> 00:27:01,576 the Governor any minute. 488 00:27:01,663 --> 00:27:02,621 This needs to happen right now! 489 00:27:02,708 --> 00:27:04,579 The Governor? 490 00:27:04,666 --> 00:27:06,233 Your machines could be spewing poison throughout... 491 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,191 RYKER : The entire building. 492 00:27:08,278 --> 00:27:09,410 We already know of three letters full of anthrax have 493 00:27:09,497 --> 00:27:10,411 passed through your equipment, 494 00:27:10,498 --> 00:27:12,543 there could be more. 495 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:14,937 The anthrax is coming through the envelopes. 496 00:27:15,024 --> 00:27:17,374 One of your employees was already admitted into St. Francis. 497 00:27:17,461 --> 00:27:18,854 They found a lesion on her arm. 498 00:27:18,941 --> 00:27:20,421 - Who? - Angela Lowman. 499 00:27:20,508 --> 00:27:21,727 We're checking in with another employee 500 00:27:21,814 --> 00:27:23,642 who might also be infected. 501 00:27:23,729 --> 00:27:25,905 I'm gonna have the floor evacuated immediately. 502 00:27:27,994 --> 00:27:30,257 Inspector, sorry to keep you waiting. 503 00:27:30,344 --> 00:27:32,302 Here's a copy of what I faxed to your office. 504 00:27:32,389 --> 00:27:34,043 - Happy to help. - Thank you. 505 00:27:34,130 --> 00:27:35,915 We shut down the Hamilton facility in New Jersey. 506 00:27:36,002 --> 00:27:37,786 But what we need to know is everywhere the letter went 507 00:27:37,873 --> 00:27:39,962 between there and Senator Daschle's office. 508 00:27:40,049 --> 00:27:41,616 We need test everyone along the way, 509 00:27:41,703 --> 00:27:43,618 so we just wanna know how precise we can get. 510 00:27:43,705 --> 00:27:45,664 Well, you see those series of hash marks? 511 00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:47,491 It's actually an encoded time stamp. 512 00:27:47,578 --> 00:27:49,058 It traces a letter's path, 513 00:27:49,145 --> 00:27:50,625 marks every facility it went through. 514 00:27:52,279 --> 00:27:53,367 - Huh. - Oh, there we go. 515 00:27:55,499 --> 00:27:58,720 Okay, on October 9th, 516 00:27:58,807 --> 00:28:00,417 the envelope went through the 517 00:28:00,504 --> 00:28:01,941 Automatic Flats Canceling and Sorting machine 518 00:28:02,028 --> 00:28:04,726 at Hamilton at 4:57 pm. 519 00:28:04,813 --> 00:28:09,165 At 5:15, it was encoded by a DBCS machine according to its 520 00:28:09,252 --> 00:28:12,038 zip plus four, and sorted into a mail bin that was 521 00:28:12,125 --> 00:28:14,910 loaded onto Truck number 468. 522 00:28:14,997 --> 00:28:18,784 The truck left Hamilton at 7:18 am the next morning, 523 00:28:18,871 --> 00:28:20,524 and drove to Newark Airport, 524 00:28:20,611 --> 00:28:23,484 where it was loaded on a USPS airliner. 525 00:28:23,571 --> 00:28:25,355 We need to track down that driver, 526 00:28:25,442 --> 00:28:27,227 the pilot, and the co-pilot, and those baggage handlers. 527 00:28:27,314 --> 00:28:29,055 Plane landed in D.C. 528 00:28:29,142 --> 00:28:30,883 on the night of the October 10th, and from there, 529 00:28:30,970 --> 00:28:34,887 the letter went to its final USPS stop... 530 00:28:34,974 --> 00:28:37,846 Brentwood. 531 00:28:37,933 --> 00:28:39,587 Brentwood's one of the largest mail facilities on 532 00:28:39,674 --> 00:28:40,980 the East Coast. 533 00:28:41,067 --> 00:28:43,156 It employs almost 2,000 workers. 534 00:28:43,243 --> 00:28:46,246 Can you trace the exact machines that letter went through? 535 00:28:46,333 --> 00:28:48,683 Just one. 536 00:28:48,770 --> 00:28:51,338 DBCS machine number 17. 537 00:28:51,425 --> 00:28:53,296 We need to get all those workers out of there. 538 00:28:58,606 --> 00:28:59,999 What the... 539 00:29:00,086 --> 00:29:02,566 They didn't evacuate? 540 00:29:02,653 --> 00:29:04,177 How can they just let these employees come to work 541 00:29:04,264 --> 00:29:07,397 in a contaminated space? 542 00:29:15,536 --> 00:29:16,493 I'm looking for Jerry Reid. 543 00:29:16,580 --> 00:29:17,886 You found him. 544 00:29:17,973 --> 00:29:19,627 Special Agent Ryker, FBI. 545 00:29:19,714 --> 00:29:21,194 This place should have been evacuated hours ago. 546 00:29:21,281 --> 00:29:23,239 We got your recommendation. 547 00:29:23,326 --> 00:29:27,853 We shut down DBCS 17 and I passed it on up the chain, 548 00:29:27,940 --> 00:29:30,159 they said that was enough. 549 00:29:30,246 --> 00:29:33,162 Letters filled with anthrax came through here days ago. 550 00:29:33,249 --> 00:29:34,642 We've had two positive cases 551 00:29:34,729 --> 00:29:36,078 in a postal facility in New Jersey. 552 00:29:36,165 --> 00:29:37,210 They shut down. 553 00:29:37,297 --> 00:29:38,820 Why haven't you? 554 00:29:38,907 --> 00:29:40,343 Hamilton is a fraction of our size. 555 00:29:40,430 --> 00:29:42,215 We service the entire U.S. Government, 556 00:29:42,302 --> 00:29:43,782 every embassy and... 557 00:29:43,869 --> 00:29:45,087 You need to shut this place down. 558 00:29:47,002 --> 00:29:48,656 FBI doesn't have carte blanche jurisdiction. 559 00:29:48,743 --> 00:29:50,440 Look, there's a whole chain of heavy hitters above 560 00:29:50,527 --> 00:29:52,312 the two of us. 561 00:29:52,399 --> 00:29:53,574 What part of this do you guys not understand? 562 00:29:53,661 --> 00:29:55,228 People are dying! 563 00:29:55,315 --> 00:29:58,144 Not postal workers. They're all fine. 564 00:29:58,231 --> 00:30:01,974 You don't understand what we do, what we are. 565 00:30:02,061 --> 00:30:04,411 Social Security checks, mortgages. 566 00:30:04,498 --> 00:30:05,978 You don't let somebody's house get foreclosed on, 567 00:30:06,065 --> 00:30:08,197 'cause they missed a payment? 568 00:30:08,284 --> 00:30:09,982 And what about the insulin that's sitting in one of 569 00:30:10,069 --> 00:30:12,680 our carts on its way to some diabetic? 570 00:30:12,767 --> 00:30:15,291 People's lives rely on the postal service. 571 00:30:15,378 --> 00:30:16,684 We don't "shut down." 572 00:30:16,771 --> 00:30:18,729 Ever. 573 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:20,122 What you're looking at on that floor is an essential service. 574 00:30:20,209 --> 00:30:21,558 They're essential. 575 00:30:21,645 --> 00:30:23,299 Don't you mean expendable? 576 00:30:26,389 --> 00:30:29,175 I may not have the authority to evacuate your employees, 577 00:30:29,262 --> 00:30:31,046 but let's see how many of them stick around when they start 578 00:30:31,133 --> 00:30:33,135 seeing a hazmat team sweeping through. 579 00:30:35,442 --> 00:30:37,183 Rough pass first. 580 00:30:37,270 --> 00:30:39,750 Get suited up. 581 00:30:51,153 --> 00:30:53,025 What are they all doing here? 582 00:30:55,723 --> 00:30:57,246 Excuse me? 583 00:30:57,333 --> 00:30:58,769 Uh, can you tell us what is going on here? 584 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:00,859 Is the floor contaminated or something? 585 00:31:00,946 --> 00:31:02,251 We don't know yet, 586 00:31:02,338 --> 00:31:04,166 but I'm gonna be honest with you. 587 00:31:04,253 --> 00:31:06,386 There are probably a few workers here in this facility 588 00:31:06,473 --> 00:31:10,085 that have been exposed to anthrax spores. 589 00:31:10,172 --> 00:31:12,609 Now, I'm trying to track down anyone who's been sick, 590 00:31:12,696 --> 00:31:14,524 so we can get them help. 591 00:31:14,611 --> 00:31:15,743 Are you feeling ill in any way? 592 00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:17,571 Not, not me. 593 00:31:17,658 --> 00:31:20,791 Somebody else then? 594 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:24,491 Their best chance is for us to get to them as soon as possible. 595 00:31:26,667 --> 00:31:30,453 A friend of mine, Louis Miller, he, 596 00:31:30,540 --> 00:31:33,892 he's never left mid-shift his whole life until today. 597 00:31:33,979 --> 00:31:35,328 I'll give you his number. 598 00:31:35,415 --> 00:31:37,896 Please, yes. 599 00:31:37,983 --> 00:31:40,333 He wasn't home and he isn't picking up his cell. 600 00:31:40,420 --> 00:31:42,335 TORETTI : He wasn't at his HMO's urgent care either. 601 00:31:42,422 --> 00:31:43,814 I'm heading over to Central Hospital. 602 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,294 All right. 603 00:31:45,381 --> 00:31:46,382 I'll tell you what I find out here. 604 00:31:49,037 --> 00:31:50,691 I'm looking for a patient, 605 00:31:50,778 --> 00:31:53,259 African-American male in his 40s. 606 00:31:53,346 --> 00:31:55,435 Place of employment is the Brentwood Mail Facility. 607 00:31:55,522 --> 00:31:56,784 I have his name and address right here. 608 00:31:56,871 --> 00:31:58,525 Is it Thomas Morris? 609 00:31:58,612 --> 00:31:59,961 Qieth McQue? 610 00:32:00,048 --> 00:32:01,745 I've also got a Joseph Curseen. 611 00:32:01,832 --> 00:32:03,051 These men all work at Brentwood? 612 00:32:03,138 --> 00:32:04,618 Yeah. 613 00:32:04,705 --> 00:32:06,054 And they're all current patients? 614 00:32:06,141 --> 00:32:09,057 Two of them are in the ICU, 615 00:32:09,144 --> 00:32:13,192 but Joe is in Room 311. 616 00:32:13,279 --> 00:32:14,541 Thank you. 617 00:32:19,676 --> 00:32:21,417 Hi. 618 00:32:21,504 --> 00:32:22,853 I'm looking for a patient, he's a middle-aged man, 619 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:24,594 African-American named Louis Miller. 620 00:32:24,681 --> 00:32:25,769 He hasn't seen a doctor yet. 621 00:32:25,856 --> 00:32:27,206 He's in the waiting area. 622 00:32:27,293 --> 00:32:28,511 Okay, I need someone now. 623 00:32:30,209 --> 00:32:31,819 Louis Miller? 624 00:32:31,906 --> 00:32:33,342 Over here. 625 00:32:33,429 --> 00:32:34,778 Mr. Miller? 626 00:32:34,865 --> 00:32:36,258 From the Brentwood Mail Facility? 627 00:32:36,345 --> 00:32:38,130 Yeah, what's, what's going on? 628 00:32:38,217 --> 00:32:39,827 Are you experiencing flu-like symptoms? 629 00:32:39,914 --> 00:32:41,960 Oh, something's not right. 630 00:32:42,047 --> 00:32:44,875 I'm sorry, who are you? 631 00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:47,052 Dani Toretti, FBI, we believe you may have been 632 00:32:47,139 --> 00:32:48,705 exposed to anthrax at Brentwood, 633 00:32:48,792 --> 00:32:50,229 we just need to make sure. 634 00:32:50,316 --> 00:32:51,491 Okay. 635 00:32:51,578 --> 00:32:53,058 Chest X-ray and a spinal tap. 636 00:32:53,145 --> 00:32:54,581 It'll show that Mr. Miller has anthrax. 637 00:32:54,668 --> 00:32:56,670 But first start him on Cipro, right now. 638 00:32:56,757 --> 00:32:58,280 I'll get a doctor. 639 00:32:58,367 --> 00:32:59,281 Once we have you on antibiotics, 640 00:32:59,368 --> 00:33:00,761 you should be okay. 641 00:33:00,848 --> 00:33:02,545 There are others, you know, 642 00:33:02,632 --> 00:33:04,765 who've been sick all of a sudden. 643 00:33:04,852 --> 00:33:06,854 Yeah. Yeah. We know. 644 00:33:06,941 --> 00:33:08,290 Just give me one minute, okay? 645 00:33:10,727 --> 00:33:11,946 Ryker, I found him. 646 00:33:12,033 --> 00:33:13,556 We caught it just in time. 647 00:33:13,643 --> 00:33:14,993 RYKER : No, we didn't. 648 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,516 I just found Joe Curseen. 649 00:33:16,603 --> 00:33:18,387 He works with Louis. 650 00:33:18,474 --> 00:33:20,563 He passed out in church yesterday. 651 00:33:20,650 --> 00:33:21,738 RYKER : By the time he got to the hospital, 652 00:33:21,825 --> 00:33:23,175 it was already too late. 653 00:33:23,262 --> 00:33:24,219 He's dead. 654 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:30,399 All right, thanks. 655 00:33:42,629 --> 00:33:45,545 MORRIS : My breathing is labored and my chest feels constricted. 656 00:33:45,632 --> 00:33:47,764 Uh, I am getting air, but just to get up and 657 00:33:47,851 --> 00:33:49,375 walk and what have you. 658 00:33:49,462 --> 00:33:51,899 I feel like I might just pass out. 659 00:33:51,986 --> 00:33:52,639 911 OPERATOR : And you said you work at the post office? 660 00:33:52,726 --> 00:33:54,510 Which one? 661 00:33:54,597 --> 00:33:55,555 MORRIS : The post office downtown, 662 00:33:55,642 --> 00:33:57,600 Brentwood Road. 663 00:33:57,687 --> 00:33:59,689 They never let us know if that thing had anthrax or not. 664 00:33:59,776 --> 00:34:02,040 The doctor thought it was just a virus or something, 665 00:34:02,127 --> 00:34:04,172 so I was taking aspirin for the achiness. 666 00:34:04,259 --> 00:34:06,000 But now there's the shortness of breath. 667 00:34:08,307 --> 00:34:11,701 The person who called 911 was one of your employees. 668 00:34:11,788 --> 00:34:13,486 Is he okay? 669 00:34:13,573 --> 00:34:14,878 Thomas Morris, 670 00:34:14,965 --> 00:34:17,229 he's dead. 671 00:34:17,316 --> 00:34:18,534 So is Joe Curseen. 672 00:34:22,234 --> 00:34:24,062 I don't know what to say. 673 00:34:24,149 --> 00:34:25,367 Well, maybe there's a reason the workers here call 674 00:34:25,454 --> 00:34:27,369 this place "The Plantation." 675 00:34:27,456 --> 00:34:28,892 Look, I shut the machines down and started 676 00:34:28,979 --> 00:34:32,026 closing the place up after you left here. 677 00:34:32,113 --> 00:34:35,290 My heart goes out to them, their families. 678 00:34:35,377 --> 00:34:36,900 Your team knew there could be anthrax here 679 00:34:36,987 --> 00:34:38,554 multiple shifts ago. 680 00:34:38,641 --> 00:34:40,469 We were assured it wasn't a problem. 681 00:34:40,556 --> 00:34:42,428 I was following orders, trusting the people who 682 00:34:42,515 --> 00:34:44,386 are supposed to know more about this. 683 00:34:44,473 --> 00:34:45,909 "Supposed to" doesn't mean anything to the 684 00:34:45,996 --> 00:34:47,781 people who have lost someone. 685 00:35:04,493 --> 00:35:06,321 Uh, it's pretty straightforward. 686 00:35:06,408 --> 00:35:08,280 We examined the powder from the Daschle letter under an 687 00:35:08,367 --> 00:35:11,457 electron microscope which can magnify up to 2,000 times and 688 00:35:11,544 --> 00:35:12,806 identified the augmentation and 689 00:35:12,893 --> 00:35:14,460 presence on a molecular level. 690 00:35:14,547 --> 00:35:16,462 Layman's terms. 691 00:35:16,549 --> 00:35:18,551 I'll have to spell it out for them. 692 00:35:18,638 --> 00:35:20,857 We found that something had been added to the spores. 693 00:35:20,944 --> 00:35:23,295 And based on your expertise in anthrax, 694 00:35:23,382 --> 00:35:25,732 how certain are you about what that substance is? 695 00:35:25,819 --> 00:35:27,125 Bentonite? 696 00:35:27,212 --> 00:35:29,127 100%. 697 00:35:29,214 --> 00:35:30,867 Will they know what that means? 698 00:35:30,954 --> 00:35:32,608 They might not understand microbiology, 699 00:35:32,695 --> 00:35:35,045 but they've read enough intelligence briefings. 700 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:38,266 There's only one country we know of that's added bentonite to anthrax. 701 00:35:38,353 --> 00:35:39,963 Iraq. 702 00:35:43,750 --> 00:35:46,535 You're not answering your phone. 703 00:35:46,622 --> 00:35:48,494 I hadn't slept since New York. 704 00:35:50,757 --> 00:35:52,585 I haven't eaten. Do you mind? 705 00:35:52,672 --> 00:35:54,761 No, make yourself right at home. 706 00:35:57,067 --> 00:35:58,286 Not exactly a meal. 707 00:36:01,420 --> 00:36:04,031 This is cozy. 708 00:36:04,118 --> 00:36:07,426 Well, I spend a lot of time on the road. 709 00:36:07,513 --> 00:36:09,428 Sorry, I'm a little late. 710 00:36:09,515 --> 00:36:12,213 It's just, I have a, a dinner date tonight and then I have a 711 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:15,738 family birthday thing that totally slipped my mind, 712 00:36:15,825 --> 00:36:19,046 kind of a two birds with one stone situation. 713 00:36:20,439 --> 00:36:21,875 Who's the lucky girl? 714 00:36:21,962 --> 00:36:25,444 Is she the stone or one of the birds? 715 00:36:25,531 --> 00:36:27,837 What are you doing here again? 716 00:36:27,924 --> 00:36:30,405 They found a hot drum full of mail, 717 00:36:30,492 --> 00:36:32,233 led them to another anthrax letter. 718 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,061 It's the one we think infected Browning. 719 00:36:34,148 --> 00:36:37,543 - Who was the target? - Senator Leahy. 720 00:36:37,630 --> 00:36:41,677 Leahy. Judiciary Committee. 721 00:36:41,764 --> 00:36:43,940 Why wasn't it in the mail from his office? 722 00:36:44,027 --> 00:36:46,378 The postal machine misread the handwritten zip code, 723 00:36:46,465 --> 00:36:48,075 so it ended up unopened, 724 00:36:48,162 --> 00:36:50,556 way down at the State Department building. 725 00:36:50,643 --> 00:36:52,775 Which is a very good thing, because it had triple the 726 00:36:52,862 --> 00:36:56,257 amount of powder than the Daschle letter. 727 00:36:56,344 --> 00:36:58,738 That's enough spores to kill thousands of people. 728 00:36:58,825 --> 00:37:00,435 No other hot spots? 729 00:37:00,522 --> 00:37:03,438 No, not that they found so far. 730 00:37:03,525 --> 00:37:07,312 So then why target Daschle and Leahy and 731 00:37:07,399 --> 00:37:08,791 then no one else? 732 00:37:08,878 --> 00:37:10,358 Two Democratic Senators both 733 00:37:10,445 --> 00:37:12,882 needed to push the Patriot Act through. 734 00:37:12,969 --> 00:37:14,101 Since when does Al-Qaeda care about 735 00:37:14,188 --> 00:37:15,407 our internal politics? 736 00:37:15,494 --> 00:37:16,669 Is that what you're implying? 737 00:37:16,756 --> 00:37:17,713 I'm not implying. 738 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:19,411 It's just a fact. 739 00:37:19,498 --> 00:37:21,195 This is the perfect storm for a copycat after 740 00:37:21,282 --> 00:37:24,764 thousands of hoax letters over the past few months. 741 00:37:24,851 --> 00:37:27,810 Clumsily we're just throwing the blame on Al-Qaeda. 742 00:37:31,292 --> 00:37:32,641 Uncle Matty! 743 00:37:32,728 --> 00:37:34,382 Oh, hello, you. 744 00:37:34,469 --> 00:37:35,470 Happy birthday, girl! 745 00:37:35,557 --> 00:37:36,950 How are you? 746 00:37:37,037 --> 00:37:39,344 - Good. - Yeah? All right. 747 00:37:39,431 --> 00:37:41,259 Hey, I like you to meet my friend, Sheila. 748 00:37:41,346 --> 00:37:42,477 Hi. 749 00:37:42,564 --> 00:37:44,479 Hi, happy birthday. 750 00:37:44,566 --> 00:37:46,133 Look what I have. 751 00:37:46,220 --> 00:37:47,134 Look what I have here for a special someone. 752 00:37:47,221 --> 00:37:48,788 Is it for me? 753 00:37:48,875 --> 00:37:50,137 It is for you, would you like it now? 754 00:37:50,224 --> 00:37:51,138 - Yes. - All right. 755 00:37:51,225 --> 00:37:52,270 Go ahead. Take it. 756 00:37:52,357 --> 00:37:53,749 Thank you. 757 00:37:53,836 --> 00:37:55,360 Wow. 758 00:37:55,447 --> 00:37:57,492 Valedictorian and debate captain, huh? 759 00:37:57,579 --> 00:37:59,451 Yeah, welcome to our time capsule. 760 00:38:01,148 --> 00:38:02,628 Oh, wow. 761 00:38:02,715 --> 00:38:04,107 How long did your dad serve? 762 00:38:04,194 --> 00:38:06,458 Uh, about six years. 763 00:38:06,545 --> 00:38:07,763 He actually wanted to stay longer, 764 00:38:07,850 --> 00:38:08,982 but he got sick. 765 00:38:09,069 --> 00:38:10,636 Oh. 766 00:38:10,723 --> 00:38:12,377 Chemical exposure, had to come home. 767 00:38:12,464 --> 00:38:14,248 I'm sorry. 768 00:38:14,335 --> 00:38:15,771 He looks really happy in this picture. 769 00:38:15,858 --> 00:38:17,904 Ah, he was smiling for the photo. 770 00:38:17,991 --> 00:38:19,819 It's my Mattie! 771 00:38:19,906 --> 00:38:21,473 Hi, mom. 772 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,910 - Hello, sweetheart. - Hey, you. 773 00:38:23,997 --> 00:38:25,259 Come on here, loser. 774 00:38:26,956 --> 00:38:28,480 Uh, Jenny, Mom, I would love you to 775 00:38:28,567 --> 00:38:30,220 meet Sheila Willis. 776 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:31,396 - Hi, Sheila. - Hi, nice to meet you. 777 00:38:31,483 --> 00:38:32,832 So nice to meet you. 778 00:38:32,919 --> 00:38:34,964 Thank you for inviting me. 779 00:38:35,051 --> 00:38:36,618 We just, uh, we're dropping by on our way to dinner. 780 00:38:36,705 --> 00:38:38,185 Oh, come on now, we have plenty of food. 781 00:38:38,272 --> 00:38:40,013 Uh, actually, we have a reservation. 782 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:42,232 That's totally enough time to get to know her. 783 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,409 Oh. 784 00:38:44,496 --> 00:38:46,802 You'll have to come over for dinner. 785 00:38:46,889 --> 00:38:49,414 Oh, um, I'd like that. Thank you. 786 00:38:49,501 --> 00:38:50,589 So how long have you two been seeing each other? 787 00:38:50,676 --> 00:38:52,417 Hey, I have an idea. 788 00:38:52,504 --> 00:38:53,679 How about we save the third degree until after cake? 789 00:38:54,854 --> 00:38:56,551 Come on back. 790 00:38:56,638 --> 00:38:57,509 We're about to play pin-the-tail-on-the Shrek. 791 00:38:57,596 --> 00:38:59,119 Okay. 792 00:38:59,206 --> 00:39:00,555 Which means copious amounts of wine. 793 00:39:00,642 --> 00:39:01,904 - Oh. - I like copious. 794 00:39:04,951 --> 00:39:05,865 Hey. 795 00:39:05,952 --> 00:39:06,996 Hey. 796 00:39:09,651 --> 00:39:11,697 REPORTER : There are rumors circulating D.C. 797 00:39:11,784 --> 00:39:13,394 about a possible war in... 798 00:39:13,481 --> 00:39:14,830 Sorry I missed your game. 799 00:39:14,917 --> 00:39:16,092 Didn't miss much. 800 00:39:16,179 --> 00:39:17,572 We got our asses handed to us. 801 00:39:17,659 --> 00:39:20,488 Dad thinks we need a new coach. 802 00:39:20,575 --> 00:39:22,925 You heard from him this week? 803 00:39:23,012 --> 00:39:24,318 Called from the base. 804 00:39:24,405 --> 00:39:25,972 Said there's talk. 805 00:39:26,059 --> 00:39:28,017 Maybe they're going to get deployed to Iraq. 806 00:39:30,933 --> 00:39:33,936 If we go after Saddam, will we even get Al-Qaeda? 807 00:39:34,023 --> 00:39:35,721 All the terrorists who did all this? 808 00:39:40,552 --> 00:39:43,076 Your dad's gonna be okay. 809 00:39:43,163 --> 00:39:45,078 Is that what they train you to tell us? 810 00:39:55,305 --> 00:39:58,308 REPORTER : Two more victims have died of anthrax exposure. 811 00:39:58,396 --> 00:40:00,876 Ottilie Lundgren and Kathy Nguyen. 812 00:40:00,963 --> 00:40:03,488 Their cases are particularly troubling as they have 813 00:40:03,575 --> 00:40:05,446 no connection to the media, politics, 814 00:40:05,533 --> 00:40:07,796 or the U.S. Postal Service, 815 00:40:07,883 --> 00:40:09,624 which have so far been the targets. 816 00:40:14,586 --> 00:40:16,849 So you heard about Lundgren and Nguyen? 817 00:40:16,936 --> 00:40:19,808 You're thinking cross contamination? 818 00:40:19,895 --> 00:40:22,376 I just found out that Lundgren had a letter that 819 00:40:22,463 --> 00:40:26,249 went through the DBCS machine at Brentwood 15 seconds after Leahy's. 820 00:40:26,336 --> 00:40:27,686 Well, your hunch was right. 821 00:40:27,773 --> 00:40:29,470 And that powder was so fine, 822 00:40:29,557 --> 00:40:30,776 it just blasted itself all through those machines, 823 00:40:30,863 --> 00:40:32,299 so it makes sense. 824 00:40:35,302 --> 00:40:37,826 So tell me more about your lone wolf theory. 825 00:40:39,785 --> 00:40:41,830 Finally coming to your senses? 826 00:40:41,917 --> 00:40:44,093 My senses aren't in question. 827 00:40:44,180 --> 00:40:45,704 I'm just curious. 828 00:40:45,791 --> 00:40:47,401 Okay. 829 00:40:47,488 --> 00:40:49,316 I've been working with our handwriting analyst. 830 00:40:49,403 --> 00:40:52,058 We believe that the sender tried to disguise his writing 831 00:40:52,145 --> 00:40:54,016 with this block lettering. 832 00:40:54,103 --> 00:40:56,628 Now, this is a penmanship style that was taught to 833 00:40:56,715 --> 00:41:01,023 American schoolchildren from the 1940s through the 1960s. 834 00:41:01,110 --> 00:41:02,721 American, born and raised. 835 00:41:02,808 --> 00:41:05,201 Next up is this "take penicillin" bit. 836 00:41:05,288 --> 00:41:07,813 Somebody knows enough to reference a specific antibiotic, 837 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:09,684 but they don't know how to spell it? 838 00:41:09,771 --> 00:41:12,382 And why would Al-Qaeda warn their victims anyways? 839 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:14,167 So "Allah is Great" was a misdirect, 840 00:41:14,254 --> 00:41:15,603 to put the focus on foreigners? 841 00:41:15,690 --> 00:41:17,866 Probably. Yeah. 842 00:41:17,953 --> 00:41:20,826 All signs point to our perp being a highly educated American citizen 843 00:41:20,913 --> 00:41:22,958 with scientific expertise. 844 00:41:23,045 --> 00:41:24,482 Most likely works in isolation, 845 00:41:24,569 --> 00:41:26,309 suffers from mental illness. 846 00:41:26,396 --> 00:41:28,311 Someone spurred by 9/11, 847 00:41:28,398 --> 00:41:30,749 which is why the first letters bore that date, 848 00:41:30,836 --> 00:41:32,620 despite being mailed later. 849 00:41:32,707 --> 00:41:34,187 I drew up this profile to send to 850 00:41:34,274 --> 00:41:36,755 the American Society of Microbiology. 851 00:41:36,842 --> 00:41:41,107 I suspect one of their members knows or 852 00:41:41,194 --> 00:41:43,109 is the anthrax mailer. 853 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,202 It's risky, tipping off a suspect. 854 00:41:49,289 --> 00:41:52,553 Or it's a very smart way to smoke him out. 855 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:54,120 How many members are there? 856 00:41:54,207 --> 00:41:55,295 TORETTI: 30,000. 857 00:41:55,382 --> 00:41:56,862 And if we get any hits, 858 00:41:56,949 --> 00:41:59,081 we send field agents out to do interviews. 859 00:41:59,168 --> 00:42:01,127 The Bureau's interest is squarely on terrorists, I doubt... 860 00:42:01,214 --> 00:42:03,521 I sent it through my own channels already. 861 00:42:51,481 --> 00:42:53,135 Evening, Colonel. 862 00:42:53,222 --> 00:42:54,746 Got a call from the Hill to commend you. 863 00:42:54,833 --> 00:42:56,748 Oh, I was just doing my job, sir. 864 00:42:56,835 --> 00:42:58,750 Your name's come up for commendations. 865 00:42:58,837 --> 00:43:01,187 I wouldn't be surprised to see you decorated one of these days. 866 00:43:01,274 --> 00:43:02,971 You did a real service for your country, Dr. Ivins. 867 00:43:03,058 --> 00:43:05,713 Oh. 868 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,150 Well, that means a lot to me, sir. 869 00:43:08,237 --> 00:43:09,848 Thank you. 870 00:43:09,935 --> 00:43:11,676 It's an honor, sir.