Deep State

They infiltrated the intelligence services

to act on their behalf.

Their key contact is Amanda Jones.

I need to know what's gonna happen.

- Nathan, my name is on there. - However this thing

plays itself out, it is now toxic.

Clarke and Toumi are a threat

to the operation in Mali, sir.

I've been accused... of, uh,

- harassment. - I fucked my own career

for this. My wife's career.

What did Kingsley say?

I'm seeing him again this afternoon.

What does that mean for me?

I always figured you for more than an errand boy.

They'll wait for him to be sworn in

and then they'll come for you.

You give us your contact who supplied the arms.

KMPH is selling service contracts

to its rival, Seracom.

- Seracom paid Miller's ransom, right? - Right.

Unpack those boxes. This isn't over.

Sir, sir.

Colonel Russell, how many have we lost?

Twenty-two.

- Jesus. - This is just the beginning.

Now these guys have something to shoot at,

it's gonna get a whole lot worse.

Al Moctar?

Fled before the battle.

- What about Clarke and Toumi? - You were right.

He was protecting them. Gave them a vehicle.

Last seen, they were headed southwest.

Thank you.

Hey, man, thanks.

Brandon?

What are you doing here?

Miller sent me.

Since when do you report to him?

He didn't tell you I was coming?

Wait here.

- Are you shutting me out? - I thought you could

- use the support. - He's Agency, Nate.

You go through me.

Should I be worried?

Amanda, I'm just trying

to help you out.

Don't get paranoid on me.

I got to go.

You don't have to do this, you know.

What?

Hitch your wagon to mine, hurtling toward the precipice.

Don't be so dramatic.

I hear Senator Garcia is hiring.

Will you stop?

Why are KMPH dumping assets?

They just won a whole bunch of military contracts,

now they're selling them to Seracom?

Maybe the two companies are connected.

2003, KMPH won a whole bunch

of no-bid contracts in Iraq.

Hospitals, water plants, oil infrastructure.

Man on the ground in Baghdad was William Kingsley.

Wait. Um...

um...

Nathan Miller was a case officer in Baghdad, same time.

You think they met?

Possible.

2006, the Feds investigated KMPH

over the Iraq contracts.

Ah, nothing came of it.

The lawyer who represented them was Nicole Auster.

Auster was her maiden name.

She married...

Nathan Miller.

You got everything?

Daddy, you already asked me that, like, a thousand times.

- You got everything? - You got everything?

You're being so annoying right now.

- Hey, sweetie. - We watched Charlie Chaplin. The Kid.

I bet her five dollars that she couldn't sit through

a silent movie.

- She cried. - I did not.

- Yes, you did. You cried. - Maybe I did.

Hey, it's good you're running bets, I like that.

Some things never change.

I love you.

I love you, too, Daddy.

There you go.

- Thanks. - Mm.

- Oh, her, uh, school bag. - Oh.

Uh, we finished her homework.

Look at you, Mr. Organized.

- Yeah. - Hey.

You never did her homework.

- That's not true. - Um...

Okay, yeah.

Yeah, that's... that is true.

You're so like her.

She's like you, I don't know.

Yeah.

Hey, what if, um...

What if I got out?

If I retired?

- Nate. - Nic, I don't want to be

a weekend dad.

I don't.

I want to come home.

Look, I know that I need to do better.

I know that.

I'm not asking you for an answer right now.

I'm just asking for your permission to try.

I need some time, Nate.

But you're not saying no?

- No. - You are, you're saying no.

No.

No, I'm not saying no.

Ah. No, you're not saying no.

Yeah. I'm gonna shut up now.

This is me shutting up.

Shutting it.

Where are we going?

I'm gonna find the contact.

Look, you don't have to come with me.

Either of you.

I can get you across the border, you'll be safe, but...

I'm-I'm doing this.

Somewhere down there is Al Moctar's contact?

Yeah.

How will you find him?

I've got a number.

Give it a call, see who answers.

Except you're too far away to see anything.

Are you gonna help?

I'm still here, aren't I?

I'll do it.

I can get closer.

What?

It's not like you two can blend in.

As-salaam alaikum.

That's him there, in the compound.

He's got security.

How do we get to him?

Thank you.

Meaghan.

Hello, Aaron.

How's Karen?

Missing those day trips with her godmother,

but her godmother's a workaholic, so...

Well, you should've thought of that before you asked me

to beher godmother.

How can I help? You know I'm retiring

- next month? - I'm not asking you to prosecute.

Just need an opinion. You're familiar

with Nicole Miller?

Mm, crossed paths.

Thought she quit practicing to run her NGO.

She did. Her client list

included a company called KMPH.

- I know them. - The SEC hit them

with a subpoena in 2004

under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

They were paying off Iraqi officials to procure contracts.

Except it never went to court.

KMPH attorneys shrugged the lawsuit,

claiming they were, uh, grease payments, not bribes.

- Nicole Miller represented them? - Not that time.

Conflict of interest. Her firm were caught red-handed

setting up a shell company to route bribe money.

Miller was implicated as a defendant.

- Ouch. Still, they managed to keep it out of court. - So...

what if I brought a new lawsuit?

I'm scratching my head why you're so worked up

over a mid-ranking ex D.C. lawyer

and a bunch of Baghdadi bribes from ancient history.

You run out of fights to pick?

Trust me, this one's worth it.

Everyone was paying kickbacks in the post-Iraq gold rush.

Even so, the technicality KMPH used

to dodge the subpoena was bogus.

An offshore shell company

with Iraqi officials as direct beneficiaries

predating any business transaction?

There's no way that qualifies as grease payments.

Right, just-just go with me here.

If you were to prosecute this case,

where'd that leave Nicole Miller?

In the dock, sweating bullets, guilty as sin.

So I have a case?

She'd do time?

I'd say you want her, you got her.

Go! Go!

Go! Go! Go!

Drive.

Who the fuck are you?

Fucking drive!

Keep your hands on the wheel.

Okay, check in the back.

See if there's any rope or cables or something.

Will this do?