Pursuit

Will the delegates please take their seats?

It would be very helpful if the delegates

and the alternates would please take their seats.

Will the... delegates please clear the aisles?

Will the sergeant-of-arms and the brain employees...

When a government ignores the wishes of its people,

when it cloaks its actions in secrecy and deceit,

saying one thing publicly, and privately doing the opposite,

when it betrays our gallant allies

to seek accommodation with our communist enemies,

then, my friends, it is time for loyal Americans to act!

What can a person do in America today?

If you think your vote can change anything, you're wrong.

Your vote is meaningless.

You are given an empty choice between two political parties

whose only real difference

lies in the names by which they call themselves.

They're all a trap, my friends.

Our country's traditional means,

our political expression have been used to render us impotent.

Impotence... inability to act,

inability to be effective.

This is what we must change.

This is what we shall change.

With the help of god and by any means available to us.

James Wright made that speech three months ago,

before the annual conference of Americans for a better nation...

An extremist group that he started and still runs.

It's a small organization

with little or no impact on national politics.

However, in the past three years,

Wright has poured $1.7 million of his own money into its operation.

Money doesn't seem to matter to him,

but the lack of impact, the impotence...

Matters a great deal.

Steven graves has been in charge of Wright's surveillance

in the San Diego area for the past two months.

Steve?

The two points.

Number one, Eddie trasker.

Eddie trasker is a resident of Las Vegas, 53 years old.

In the last two months, Wright has seen him nearly every week,

mostly during the early hours of the morning.

Trasker is currently under indictment for grand larceny

involving hijacking of interstate commerce shipments.

Two... Timothy drew.

Ex-army officer with a background in computers.

Wright has also been friendly with this man.

The meaning of both these associations

is as yet unclear.

I arranged this meeting because that condition no longer prevails.

Mr. stark.

I've been in the special projects division the last six months,

checking call-up locations through government databanks...

Because we've discovered online thefts of government information.

Now, in theory, anyone with a knowledge of computers

and access to the proper code

could tap into the system and call out any information he wanted.

Classified information.

- Timothy drew. - Exactly.

By a process of elimination,

we've been able to discover that Timothy drew,

posing as a computer repairman,

was the person stealing defense department secrets.

The question before this committee now...

Is whether or not to authorize the arrest of James Wright.

On what charge?

Conspiracy to steal classified information.

Conspiracy?

You've shown me evidence of an association, but not a conspiracy.

Well, I think we have ample reason to apprehend Wright at this time.

I feel we should.

I don't like it.

Perhaps...

A discreet interrogation wouldn't hurt.

What makes you think Wright is gonna crack under a discreet interrogation?

I think we have to pick him up.

And after we release him and he goes to the newspapers?

A private citizen, needlessly harassed...

What do you accomplish?

What have you accomplished under two months' surveillance?

Look, we know that James Wright is surfacing, right?

We all know he's up to something. You have to give me more time.

Steve, this isn't a game.

Now, you've gone out on a limb before and lost.

If there was any other way, we'd do it, but there isn't.

You have to give me more time.

All right.

You've got till 6:00 tonight, but I want him in custody by 6:00.

You understand that?

Somebody better notify the federal marshals.

They've already been notified. They'll be waiting for your call.

6:00, Steve.

You and your games.

Enthusiasm

and confidence.

It's 38 votes for the next vice President of the United States.

The chair, it must... must...

The chair must follow the rules

of this proceeding, of this convention.

The motion is not in order...

There seems to be some trouble in the roll call.

Yesterday, this convention hall had trouble with its microphones.

Today, either the delegates aren't paying any attention,

or, well, I just don't know what.

In any case, this roll call is going very slowly.

Federal marshals checked in a half hour ago.

Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.

When do we make the arrest?

I think I'll hold off for a while.

At least until this afternoon.

Of these United States.

The leaders of our party stand head and shoulders

above the men who are being offered by the opposition,

no matter who they are.

What time did Wright quit last night?

Lights out at 9:00.

Pretty early for him, isn't it?

That's what it said on the time clock sheet.

Ever happened before?

Well... let's see.

June 5th. He had the flu.

There he is.

Right on schedule.

He was looking right over here.

- Think he's on to us? - No, I don't think so.

Been pretty careful. Different cars every day, different clothes.

I don't think so.

- Ever hunt? - Yeah, a couple of times.

My father was a hunter.

I just never cared much for it.

Used to take me with him.

I remember he'd track an animal

and talk about it like it was an old friend.

He'd discuss the psychic state of a moose or a deer.

What it was thinking. Tried to figure it out.

He tried to figure out how it would react...

Where it would make its mistake.

I remember once he said,

"t've lost it."

I thought he meant the trail, but the trail was there, very clear.

And then I realized that what my father meant...

Was that he no longer knew what the animal was doing.

Plastics manufacturer and a machine shop.

You manage to find out what he bought at that other machine shop last week?

Two 12-foot lengths of flexible stainless steel hosing.

Expensive and unusual.

Why unusual?

The guy told me nobody buys that kind of hosing anymore.

You see, stainless steel's only used for corrosive materials

like concentrated dyes and gasses.

These days, most of the corrosive material

is pumped through glass piping.

But glass isn't flexible.

Has the wit of Lincoln,

the common sense of Lincoln,

the human compassion of Lincoln,

and the unusual ability to relate common sense solutions

to the challenge of present-day...

Why's he doing this all by himself?

In person?

- Why shouldn't he do it by himself? - 'Cause he's too smart for that.

- What are you doing? - Let's see what he's buying.

It's a little risky, isn't it?

That doesn't matter. We have to arrest him today anyway.

You understand, this isn't to your standard 72-cubic-foot tank.

It holds only 25 minutes of air, at best.

I'll need two of them.

I think we have another in the stockroom.

- Was there anything in particular? - I'm looking for a depth Gauge.

You'll find them there. I'll be with you in a minute.

Thank you.

You do a lot of diving?

No. A present for my son.

Diving's always seemed a little too dangerous for me.

There's a certain thrill in danger, though.

Not for me.

You prefer golf?

Poker.

Poker can be very challenging.

But it's like any other game.

When you get too good, you're limited in your opponents.

Yes, I've found that.

Still, I admire the young with their exuberance for physical sports.

It raises the stakes, so to speak.

You could get hurt, severely injured, even killed.

You're in luck, Mr. Johnson. Our last tank.

- Shall I put it in your car? - That'll be fine, thank you.

I suppose you went right up and talked to him.

No. He talked to me.

You're just toying with him, Steve. Playing a game.

This is graves. Over.

702 to 701.

Pick up Wright's limousine on Avenue d and 13th street.

Heading west on Avenue d. Continue surveillance.

702 out.

Call the federal marshals. Have them meet me here.

We're going to arrest that man.

Is he somebody important?

That, my friend, is Timothy drew.