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Episode 3x01 (Working version) "Tin Man Is Down"
(Fan whirring)
(Bottles clink)
(Closes fridge)
I solemnly swear that my testimony today will be the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God.
Would you state your full name?
Carrie-Ann Mathison.
And would counsel identify herself?
Erin Kimball, Mr. Chairman.
Ms. Mathison, we're holding this hearing
behind closed doors, in order to avoid
burning former networks of yours still active in the Middle East.
I appreciate that, Mr. Chairman.
It's been 58 days,
since the attack on Langley in which 219 Americans lost their lives.
Since then, this committee has been trying to get to the bottom of what happened.
We've heard from dozens of witnesses,
some who go so far as to accuse the CIA
of covering up it's own negligence in the days and weeks leading up to the attack.
If that's the case Ms. Mathison, I can assure you
the judgment of this committee will be harsh.
It's beyond argument that the Agency is now crippled,
it's managerial ranks decimated, and it's reputation in tatters.
The question before us is plain.
How can the CIA be expected to protect this country,
if it can't even protect itself?
You'll be questioned by Majority Counsel,
then Minority Counsel, then each member will have 15 minutes to question you.
Mr. Portillo.
Ms. Mathison, I'm David Portillo, Majority Counsel, good morning.
Good morning.
How long have you worked at the CIA?
A little over 14 years.
In what capacity?
I'm a case officer in the National Clandestine Service.
There was a break in your employment last year, what happened?
I was fired, Mr. Portillo.
For what reason?
Conducting an unauthorized surveillance operation
and taking home classified documents.
But that wasn't the end of your tenure at the CIA, was it?
- No. - In fact, you were reinstated,
and most recently asked to join an off-book taskforce.
- Yes. - Whose primary mission was what?
To expose Abu Nazir's network, here in America.
And why were you asked to join this taskforce, do you think?
I was The Agency's point person on Nazir.
The point person, what does that mean exactly?
It was my responsibility to try to track his whereabouts
and anticipate his next move.
Anticipate his next move, you mean...
stop an attack?
If you're asking did he outsmart me? (Scoffs)
Yes he did.
If you're asking will I ever forgive myself?
No I won't.
I should be there myself, sitting right beside her.
- No you shouldn't. - For moral support.
- It would have sent the wrong message. - Fucking Lockhart.
He's had a hard-on for us ever since Abu Ghraib, he'll go right after her.
- Yeah, he will. - What if she can't handle it?
- She can. - What if she can't?
- Either way. - What's that supposed to mean?
Only that her history of insubordination and mental illness
might be more useful to us than a good performance in front of the select committee.
Hey.
I won't do that...
I won't throw Carrie under the bus.
Then just jump up and down on her really hard.
- I'm serious. - So am I.
What do you see out there, every morning when you come into work?
That's right, not a crane, not a jackhammer, not a hardhat in sight,
just one ugly-ass hole on the ground.
I was up on the Hill yesterday and there's
funding for us in the appropriations bill, working...
Bullshit.
They started repairs on The Pentagon the day after 9/11.
(Sighs)
So we're being punished.
- Maybe we deserve it. - Punished, Saul...
- They wanna put us out of business. - Sir!
(Approaching footsteps)
- What is it? - Just got word from Peter Quinn.
Last piece of the puzzle, Caracas, is a go.
Set up a briefing, inform The White House.
Yes, sir.
And the red light is on, so I'll yield the floor back to Chairman Lockhart.
Ms. Mathison I'd like to use the time before our first break
to get some clarification on
what the Agency knew about Congressman Brody,
and when, okay with you?
- Sure. - When did you first meet him?
After his rescue in Afghanistan, I was
part of a team that debriefed him at Langley.
I've read those transcripts, and it seems to me you were the one who was...
pressing the issue.
Which issue is that?
That he'd been turned in captivity.
I was just doing my job, sir...
covering the bases.
One moment.
(Whispers indistinctly)
Mr. Portillo, would you mark as DOJ exhibit 2,
a memorandum offering the Congressman immunity
in exchange for his help in capturing or killing Abu Nazir.
I show you DOJ exhibit 2,
Ms. Mathison.
To your knowledge, did The CIA have such a deal with Brody?
No sir, not to my knowledge.
How do you explain this document then?
I can't, sir.
Well, assuming he did have immunity,
can you at least tell us... immunity from what?
I have no idea.
Well it wasn't overdue parking tickets.
This is a Department of Justice memorandum signed by the Attorney General himself.
- Well I can see that. - A victim of the very same attack
we're investigating. I can't ask him, so I'm asking you.
At what point did The Agency know
- Brody was a bad guy? - (Whispers) Let me handle this...
- Ms. Mathison. - Mr. Chairman, a worldwide
manhunt is underway for the Congressman.
Yeah, I think I am aware of that, Counsel.
As a condition of appearing here today,
you promised not to compel my client
to give testimony which might compromise that effort.
I'm not asking her to compromise a damn thing.
I'm asking her just how cozy the CIA was
with a traitor who went on to kill 219 Americans.
Well, what if I told you I don't think he did it?
Carrie...
Did what?
Kill all those people.
I don't think Brody knew the bomb was in his car.
Mr. Chairman, my client would be the first to tell you
that hers is a minority view.
A minority view?
What is she gonna say next,
that we never landed on the Moon?
I really think that we're overdue for that break, Mr.--
- No, I'm curious now... - I believe it's our prerogative...
Just what is it you're smoking, Ms. Mathison?
Okay.
We'll take a 15 minute break.
A word, Mr. Chairman?
(Whispers indistinctly)
(Approaching footsteps)
So?
(Ms. Kimball sighs)
I told him you weren't feeling well and
asked for a recess until after the holiday weekend.
- What did he say? - He gave us until tomorrow morning.
What the hell were you thinking in there?
Well, I was thinking I just committed perjury in front of Congress.
Carrie, we talked about this.
The suicide vest,
it's the one thing the committee can never know.
It would bury the Agency.
And please,
you have to stop making the case for Brody in public.
Well, he's innocent.
Nobody wants to hear it.
And it undermines your credibility.
I need some air.
(Footsteps echo)
_
(Sighs)
I had it in my hands.
The actual memorandum?
Somebody leaked it to the committee, Saul.
Okay, Carrie. We'll get to the bottom of it.
- Calm down. - No, don't tell me to calm down.
I feel like I walked into a propeller.
Well, you got out alive.
Yeah, barely.
There's about a thousand people in this building
standing with you right now.
Find the leak.
I will.
You okay, otherwise?
You must be kidding. (Exasperated sigh)
(Phone bleeps)
(Birds chirping)
(Sighs)
So today we're going to talk about re-entry.
As you all know, this is Dana's last day.
(Clapping)
I'd like to invite her to share her thoughts on going home
and what that's going to look like.
And then afterwards, feel free to contribute
any constructive ideas of your own.
I don't know.
(Nervous sigh)
Uh, I guess...
that I will try to remember
the things that we talked about.
The tools
that I learned here.
Not to mention the tools you met here.
What coping mechanisms come to mind?
Um...
one day at a time
and all that.
Uh, meditation,
scheduling,
asking for help.
We talked about really slowing things down
so that they're not so overwhelming.
Right... making lists.
I wrote that down somewhere.
_
(Giggles)
Okay.
Who else wants to share?
Girl: Um, I haven't been sleeping.
Dana has made great progress
over the last month.
Her eating and sleeping patterns are normal.
She participates in group.
She's doing well.
You mean for someone who got in the bathtub and slit her wrists.
Yes, that's what I mean.
What can I expect?
Um, how closely do I have to watch her?
This isn't just a Dana problem.
I recommend regular counseling for the whole family.
In addition to her followup treatment here.
Well, we don't have any insurance.
Or any source of income.
My mother had to reverse-mortgage her house,
just to pay for this.
Well, there are County programs.
I can give you a name at the Department of Children and Families.
What is that, a grad student?
A volunteer?
Mrs. Brody,
I'm worried that you're losing focus of the real issue.
There's a real issue other than my daughter tried to kill herself?
Yes.
That you missed it.
Dana's gesture is the kind that we don't often see.
Clear-eyed, determined,
no substances distorting her judgment. She meant business.
She was under a ridiculous amount of stress.
We've had death threats...
Bricks through our window...
I had to pull her out of school...
We're not even welcome at our church anymore.
I understand. And that stress will still be there when she goes home.
You have to address it head on. You can't afford to be in denial.
Let me get you that information.
(Door opens)
(Door closes)
(Birds chirping)
(Moves chair)
(Indistinct conversations)
(Birds chirping)
When can I see you again?
I don't know.
We're going to be under complete surveillance.
Your mom?
No, the FBI.
Oh. Right. Shit's for real.
Dana!
Your mom's here.
Got it.
Hey.
Call me.
How?
- How did...? - Shh.
Go! Go, go.
Come on.
(Woman) Ms. Brody, why was your daughter in the hospital?
(Woman) Does she have a drug problem?
(Man) Is it true she tried to commit suicide?
(Woman) Dana, did you try to kill yourself because of your father?
(Man) Where is he now?
(Woman) Do you know where he is?
(Man) When did you hear from him last?
(Woman) How has this affected you, Mrs. Brody?
(Man) Where are you going?
(Unintelligible questions) (Car engine starts)
(Phone rings)
Take your seats.
- Afternoon, Mr. Director. - What do we got?
A window.
How big a window?
20 minutes.
Starting tomorrow, 19:50 Eastern Standard Time.
20 minutes is narrow.
20 minutes is what we've got.
All six targets are vulnerable in that timeframe?
Yes, sir.
What's your assessment?
There's a lot of moving parts.
But I don't think we're likely to get
an opportunity like this again anytime soon.
So the plan is to take them all out at once?
That way we get everybody before they get a chance to warn each other.
And Brody?
I'm assuming he's not on the kill list.
We don't know where he is, Admiral.
Is it worth waiting until we do?
Well, Brody already knows we're after him.
The other six don't.
Look, the President wants closure for the American people, Saul.
As his representative here,
I'm telling you, Brody's the poster boy for this attack.
No one wants to find him more than we do.
And what about this Iranian we've been hearing so much about?
The mastermind of the operation.
Is he also beyond our reach?
For the time being.
Scott.
Yeah, his name is Majid Javadi.
He's a commander with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
and deputy minister of its intelligence directory.
He hasn't been seen in public since 1994,
when Mossad identified him as the man behind the bombing
at the Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires...
which killed 85 people.
He's also directly tied to the Mykonos assassinations and
the attacks on the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia.
By coincidence, the Director had some dealings with him
in Tehran in the late seventies.
Back then he worked for SAVAK.
We knew him as "The Magician".
The Magician?
He liked to make people disappear.
So he was the Shah's man before he was the Ayatollah's?
Yeah.
Go ahead.
The other six,
make up the network he put together,
to plan and carry out the attacks on Langley.
This is fast work, Saul. Impressive.
Thank you, Admiral.
So, do we have a green light?
Do I get the President to sign off?
Are we decided?
We're still deciding.
(Dar Adal) You did us no favors in there.
Meaning what?
Meaning, we can't be seen hand-wringing
in front of the National Security Advisor.
(Sighs) I'm just trying to make the correct call here.
Then make it.
I will.
You brought every Agency resource to bear
on identifying and locating these guys.
What was that for, if not this?
The Admiral's right.
Javadi's the guy we should be chasing.
(Scoffs) Nobody, not even the Israelis know where he is.
Our own analysts believe he died in the 2005 purges.
He's not dead.
You know what I think?
I think you're scared.
(Scoffs)
Six separate ops conducted on three different continents,
an untested command and control team and a short clock.
You heard about Carrie today?
I did.
She's blowing it.
She got ambushed.
It's a distinction without a difference.
Somebody's leaking documents to the committee.
Who?
No idea.
But what we need, right now,
is a big honking win to take the pressure off.
Yeah.
A win would be nice.
Another fuck-up would be fatal.
_
(Door opens) (Keys jingling)
(Keys clatter)
(Door closes)
(Birds chirping) (Footsteps)
- Hey, Dad. - Hey.
What's this?
All the places Brody may or may not
have been in the last two months.
You mean reported sightings of him?
Yeah, the more reliable ones anyway.
(Pouring juice)
You're off your lithium, aren't you?
Have been for some time.
No!
Alright, I am. But it's all good. I feel good.
- Really? - Yeah,
I'm medicating myself in other ways.
Exercise, meditation...
Tequila?
I saw the empties in your recycle.
I'm following a program, Dad.
A doctor-supervised program.
Oh yeah, where did you find this doctor?
I read about him, for your information, in The Journal of Alternative Medicine.
And he opposes the use of drugs for psychiatric illness, why?
No, he doesn't oppose them per se,
he just believes in self reliance more.
Oh great. Well you let him come get you
when you're strapped down on a gurney screaming bloody murder.
Look, I'm running six miles a day, I'm sleeping eight hours. It's working.
You think it is.
219 people died at the CIA.
- I understand. - No, Dad. You don't.
I let it happen.
- No. - Yeah, I did.
I wasn't myself, Dad. I-I was... I was only half there.
Sweetheart...
Those people didn't die because you were taking your meds.
It was right in front of my eyes,
and I never saw it coming.
(Keys jingling)
(Door opens)
(Door closes)
(Keys clatter)
There she is. There's our girl.
Hi, grandma.
Oh, you look so pretty.
And so skinny. Did they feed you in there?
- Mom! - They did, but it was awful.
I've been looking forward to your...
- chicken-- - Chicken de vin.
I'm going to make it tomorrow night.
Great.
Hey, dingus.
You are.
- Holding down the fort? - Absolutely.
Fort's still intact.
Well, I've got some homework.
Oh, but you just got back.
I thought we'd go out and celebrate.
Tell that to Beowulf, grandma.
I don't know who that is.
(Chuckles)
You had the bathroom redone?
Looks nice.
(Door closes)
(Drawer closes)
(Paper crinkles)
Dear Shiva the Destroyer.
(Paper crinkling)
(Beep)
(Shutter clicks)
(Saul) I didn't want the job.
I never asked for the job.
I'm not temperamentally suited to it.
Who are you trying to convince?
You.
Me.
I don't know.
I hate seeing you like this.
They could really do that?
Dissolve the CIA?
Revoke our charter.
Yeah.
Congress has that power.
Then again, some good old fashioned American justice...
Would go a long way to restoring your credibility.
A long way.
So, what's the downside?
So far the operation sounds like a win-win.
We're not assassins, Mira.
We're spies.
We don't kill our targets if we don't have to.
We trawl for 'em, we develop 'em.
And then we redirect them, against more important targets.
So, do that.
(Chuckles)
(Sighs)
(Glass clinks)
Let's go upstairs.
- You need some sleep. - Okay.
(Floor creaks)
Here, let me.
You want some advice?
You're not going to like it.
It's been two months since... I've been back from Mumbai.
So?
So, in two months,
have we had one real conversation about what we're doing?
Yeah, we did.
We agreed to take it a day at a time. See how it goes.
We're still sleeping in separate bedrooms.
Well, I thought that's what you wanted.
Well the point is, what do you want?
You do everything you can to avoid making a decision.
I'm just waiting for the right answer to present itself.
Well, it's paralyzing you.
Apparently.
Good night, Saul.
(Floor creaks)
Good night.
(Door closes)
(Horns honking, traffic) This is how Saul wants to play it?
It's how we both think it should be played.
Well, he should have asked me himself.
(Door opens)
You're late.
My apologies, Mr. Chairman.
You realize you're still under oath.
Counsel has informed me that you're retracting
some of the comments you made yesterday.
Let the record reflect the witness has nodded her head
so as to indicate an affirmative response.
So ordered.
Too bad, Ms. Mathison. You certainly woke us all up.
What we'll do instead, is clear up some confusion
as to your whereabouts in the aftermath of the explosion.
There are roughly 14 hours you haven't accounted for.
She has accounted for them, Mr. Chairman.
In her written statement to this committee.
Not to our satisfaction, she hasn't.
Where were you when the bomb went off? Let's start there.
My client stands by her written statement, sir.
- That she was in the ladies room. - Yes.
Where she was knocked unconscious by the blast
and remained there for the rest of the night?
Yes.
For 14 hours?
When she came to, it took her a while to get her bearings
and to make herself known to first responders.
Well, we have testimony which directly contradicts that statement.
What testimony is this?
People saw her leaving the auditorium with the Congressman.
What people are these and
why wasn't I made aware of it during discovery?
Because this isn't a trial.
We're on a fact finding mission here.
Well, it's starting to feel more like a witch hunt, Mr. Chairman.
Counsel, why is it you're doing all the talking and
your client is sitting there silent as a sphinx?
Mr. Chairman, members of the committee,
Ms. Mathison is going to assert her constitutional privilege
at this time, not to be a witness against herself.
Is that right, Ms. Mathison?
Yes, sir.
I thought so.
You're aware of what this means?
Fully... aware.
Truth is,
I don't buy it.
I don't buy half of what you and your colleagues are selling.
You're hiding something, Ms. Mathison.
And when we find out what it is,
we're going to put the whole lot of you in jail.
For now, all I can do is hold you in contempt of Congress.
But make no mistake,
you are doing and have done great harm to your country.
Which you will pay for one day, I promise you.
Could be the last order we ever give.
Yeah.
Take 'em.
Take 'em all.
_
(Motorcycle starts)
(Car honks)
(Bomb toggle clicks)
(Speaking Spanish) Please, I told you not to do that any more. Leave it alone, okay?
(Bomb toggle clicks)
That was Central Command.
JSTARS are tracking.
And we should have an image from Global Hawk 1 up
- on the monitor when, Sandy? - Any second now.
There.
What are we looking at, folks?
Yemen, sir. The Eastern Desert.
Hold on. We're seven miles up. Let's move in.
Yemeni intelligence puts Sharif Ashad in that car,
on its way to an AQ training camp.
Global Hawk 1 is spinning up its Hellfires.
Wants a countdown to weapons.
- Tell them to stand by. - Stand by, GH1.
Here comes Global Hawk 3.
Downtown Gaza City.
I believe it's the compound just to the right of the crosshairs.
Verifying coordinates now.
How come we haven't heard from Caracas yet?
Gene, see if you can get Red 5 on the uplink?
We should have had our first report in by now.
On it.
GH3 has target acquisition.
Copy that.
- Stand by, GH3. - GH3 stand by.
Ground kill teams are also in position, sir.
And Tel Aviv is asking for final confirmation.
Red 5, I have Wizard.
I had to abort, there was a kid in the car.
- Where are you? - I'm at the residence.
The place is a fucking fortress. Walls, security...
Looking at 2 lookouts right now.
What are the odds of you getting inside?
You give me satellite support?
No, not in this timeframe.
Mission clock is 14 minutes, 42 seconds.
What do you want me to do?
Hold on, Red 5.
We either send him in or stand down the operation.
Why, Saul? Five out of six ain't bad.
Wasn't the plan. It's all six or nothing.
Banker has to be part of the body count.
Sir, that might not be possible.
Otherwise, he will disappear into the woodpile.
You tell Quinn he has ten minutes.
If he can't get it done, we scrub the entire mission.
- Sir? - You heard me, Scott.
Red 5, you are clear to engage.
But we need you to bell back within ten minutes or less, do you copy?
Copy that.
Gene, Sandy. Everybody else is standing by.
Mission clock...
13:46, and counting.
(Bomb toggle clicks)
(Beep, explosion)
(Spanish) - What did just happen!? (Spanish) - What was that outside?
(Gate creaks)
(Silenced gunshots)
(Silenced gunshot)
(Door rattles)
(Lock clicks)
(Silenced gunshots)
(Camera shutter clicks)
(Silenced gunshot) (Glass breaks)
(Drawer slams)
(Beeps)
Ten minutes is up, sir.
Sir...
we're cutting it awfully close.
Give him another 30 seconds.
I'm getting something on the uplink. It's a JPEG.
Put it up on monitor 3.
Who is that? Cerdaño?
Hang on, there's an encrypted message attached. Decrypting now.
Tin Man is down.
Engage our birds and ground teams.
Counting five additional targets, we have two minutes.
All clear to engage. I repeat, all clear to engage.
(Indistinct radio chatter)
Glinda and Scarecrow are down.
(Indistinct radio chatter)
Here comes Tel Aviv.
Toto is down.
Here comes Bravo.
Dorothy is down.
Alpha Team.
Cowardly Lion is down.
Yes! Yes!
That's how we do it, people. (Clapping)
Good job. Well done. Well done.
Nice going.
Thanks.
Thanks, everybody.
(Music on radio) (Bottles clink)
You buy in bulk, I see.
- Cheaper at Costco. - Just not as convenient.
(Bottles clink)
There you have it. Modern dilemma.
(Bottles clink)
It's delicious, grandma.
Mom, how was your job interview?
Fine, I guess.
You had a job interview?
A couple this week.
Dusting off the accounting degree, and um,
having a lot of meetings with 22 year olds.
When was the last time you worked at an office?
Before you were born.
The landscape has changed.
I don't know why you want to do this right now.
- I think it's pretty cool. - Me too.
But right now...
I mean, you have enough to worry about.
Yeah, including the fact that we need some money coming in.
Government can't just cut you off.
All the years you devoted to being a military wife.
Well, once the government determines you're a traitor,
kinda puts an end to government benefits.
You could take legal action.
Against the Marine Corps?
Yes, it happens. And you have a very good case.
Jess, you should at least consult an attorney.
Mom, I don't want to talk about it.
Wasn't that his whole argument for enlisting?
He could take care of his family that way.
You thought he was going to teach school.
He was only supposed to be in the Marine Corps for two years.
Then 9/11 happened. Nobody saw that coming.
My point is, he never consulted you about anything.
He always did exactly what he wanted.
Okay, mom, that's enough.
(Sighs)
Well, what can I talk about?
Hey, guys...
What did the optimist say as he was jumping off a building?
So far, so good.
So far, so good!
(Laughter)
So far, so good!
(Laughter)
(Loud panting, moaning)
(Phone rings)
(Beep) Hello.
Have you seen the paper yet?
No.
You want me to read it to you?
(Groans)
Hold on, I'll wake up.
(Sighs)
Okay, go ahead. (Clears throat)
Alright, now the headline is... "CIA officer linked to Langley bomber."
"A CIA case officer may have had a sexual relationship
with Congressman Nicholas Brody in the days and weeks
leading up to the attack on Langley, according to anonymous sources.
Because the officer still has active agents in the field,
her identity is being withheld."
(Dar Adal) We are pragmatists, we adapt.
We are not keepers of some sacred flame.
Doesn't have to be sacred.
Just so long as we keep it lit.
Well, we did that. And some.
Eye for a fucking eye.
Quinn saved our asses though, didn't he?
Hmm? (Glasses clink)
- I assume you've seen this. - Carrie...
Yeah, no, of course you have.
We all know how we hate things getting out into the press.
Unless, of course, we put them out there ourselves.
Well, that's not what's happening here.
You don't think I know what you're doing?
No, I know exactly what you are doing.
- Well, you're wrong. - Am I!?
Why don't we ask him, your little lapdog?
Except he's trained to kill.
Breathe, Carrie. You're making a bad mistake.
Was that a threat!?
Is that supposed to intimidate my ass!?
Come on, sit down. Have some tiramisu. We'll talk about this.
- There's nothing to talk about. - We will contain this.
Contain it!? You are containing it!
- Come on... - Get your fucking hands off me! - Hey!
Take her home. And sit on her 'til she calms down.
Brody was your operation, Saul.
Remember that.
You proposed it, you sanctioned it, you ran it.
Now, fuck you! Fuck all of you!
(Indistinct murmuring)
(Murmuring continues)
She's right, you know.
Classic counterintelligence.
I told you. I didn't plant that story.
Well, it's straight from your playbook.
I'm not saying it wasn't smart.
Especially if things had gone south yesterday, as insurance.
It wasn't me, Saul.
(Cell phone chimes)
(Beep) (Chuckles)
(Sighs)
(Chuckles)
(Jess) I know you're trying to help,
but I feel like you have to find a way to be more relaxed around her.
We all do.
- I feel like I'm doing that. - (Jess scoffs) You aren't.
Uh, if you ask me,
you're the one who's making too much of this whole thing.
Too much? Of my daughter's suicide?
She didn't commit suicide.
(Clatter) She tried to. Very hard. Even the doctor said so.
Well, of course he did. He's the doctor.
He's worried about being sued. (Dishes clatter)
I know about teenage girls. I raised one.
My God, Jessie. You talked about killing yourself once a week.
I talked about it. But I never tried it.
And I'm saying she didn't really mean to, either.
It was a... a cry for attention.
If she really meant to kill herself, she'd be dead.
(Dishes clatter)
I hereby call this meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee to order.
Mr. Berenson, in accordance with practice of the committee,
would you stand and be sworn?
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony
you will give in this proceeding, will be the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
I do.
I understand you have a statement you would like to read at this time.
(On TV) - A short one, Mr. Chairman. - Very well, please proceed.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Chairman, distinguished senators,
exactly two months ago, in the worst attack on this nation since 9/11,
the men and women of the CIA suffered a terrible blow.
Yesterday, we took a decisive step in bringing those responsible to justice.
As the President announced from the Oval Office this morning,
American air and ground forces,
in a series of six coordinated strikes on three separate continents,
eliminated the top tier of the terrorist network
which perpetrated the bombing at Langley.
It was a textbook operation, Mr. Chairman.
Meticulously planned, flawlessly executed.
I want to congratulate all those involved.
As a result of their efforts,
there's a little less evil in the world today.
Thank you, Mr. Berenson. I'm sure we're all grateful to you
and to our brave men and women in uniform.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
These were civilians who were killed, am I correct?
The legal term is enemy combatant.
The point is, they weren't the people who actually ordered the attack,
not to take anything away from the success of the mission.
Of course not.
The point is...
you went after the easier targets.
None of these targets proved easy, Senator, I can assure you.
Well then, I guess I question your timing, Mr. Berenson.
- My timing? - Coming as it does,
when the American people have lost faith in your
ability to get things right.
Frankly, it feels convenient.
And this committee will not be distracted
from fulfilling its purpose.
Which is what, exactly?
Apart from pointing fingers and assigning blame.
Perhaps you'd care to comment on the article in yesterday's paper.
(On TV) I don't comment on unsubstantiated reports in the press.
What if the information is correct?
And the Agency brought the bombing at Langley down on its own head?
The information is flawed.
I remind you Mr. Berenson, that you are under oath.
The information is flawed.
Flawed in what way?
Mr. Berenson?
It wasn't entirely an Agency matter.
What do you mean?
The case officer in question...
has a history of erratic behavior.
She's unstable.
Unstable. How?
She's been diagnosed as bipolar.
A condition she concealed from her superiors for more than 10 years.
What else did she conceal from you, Mr. Berenson?
Did she conceal from you the fact that she was sleeping with Congressman Brody?
It was on my watch, Senator. Whatever happens on my watch,
- I take full responsibility. - Answer the question, please.
Did she conceal from you the fact that she was sleeping with Congressman Brody?
I'm afraid she did, yes.
God...
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