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What the hell is this? All our screens for the eastern quadrant are locked.

I took out your control units. I want you to see what we can do.

Get ready to make the course change.

G.S.A. 117, this is Northeast Three Control.

Go ahead, Air Traffic Control.

We have a new runway assignment for you.

Sid, there's another plane landing on 4 Right. It crosses 31 Left.

G.S.A. 117, pull up. 4 Right, pull up.

That was just a warning shot. Whatever we do next, it'll be the real thing.

Get the module ready. - As promised.

General Juma will be pleased.

Perhaps now would be a good time to make your demands known to President Taylor.

Make the preparations. Your government is about to pay...

a very steep price for interfering in our affairs.

They assumed my son killed himself.

They didn't look deeply enough at anything.

The authorities have already questioned your son's girlfriend, sir.

You're not going anywhere till I get the truth.

- Sir. - You know who murdered my son.

He killed himself.

I'm gonna find out what you're hiding. And when I do, God help you.

You're right. He's not one of ours.

We'll follow him, see if he leads us to Almeida. Dornan!

That's not the right move.

- You can't bring anyone else into this. - What the hell's goin' on?

We're following up on a lead, and I will fill you in if and when we find something.

I do not like this. I just flat-out lied to my boss.

I told you I would help you find Tony Almeida,

but you're gonna have to let me do it my way.

Tony! Stop!

The device is gone. The locator files have been deleted.

Where is it?

What the hell happened to you?

- Where's Almeida now? - He's in transit to F.B.I. headquarters.

- He'll be formally interrogated there. - I don't understand.

Almeida was orchestrating these attacks.

If he doesn't have the C.I.P. device, who does?

The F.B.I. has learned that Almeida

handed off the device to someone else.

They don't know who. I may have an answer to that question, Madam President.

I'm listening. Almeida's working for the Juma regime.

Approximately five minutes ago, an audio message

was routed to the State Department subnet.

It's from Colonel Iké Dubaku. He's Juma's right-hand man.

He's known as the Butcher of Sangala.

Over 300,000 people were murdered. I know who he is.

What did the message say?

Think you should hear it yourself.

President Taylor, this is Colonel Iké Dubaku.

As you have no doubt confirmed,

the near collision at J.F.K. International was no accident.

We have the C.I.P. device. We have the capability...

to kill tens of thousands of Americans,

and we are prepared to do so.

We demand the complete and immediate

withdrawal of the U.S. naval strike force...

to a position west of the 23rd meridian by this time tomorrow.

In order to meet this timeline,

we require satellite confirmation within three hours...

that the carrier air wing is in full retreat.

Don't sacrifice your fellow countrymen,

Madam President.

Allow the people of Sangala to determine their own destiny.

Stand your forces down.

Voiceprint's an 89% match. It's Dubaku.

There's little doubt. Looks like your suspicions were correct, Madam President.

This is about Africa. My God.

Dubaku should have been tried for war crimes years ago.

Now he's giving us ultimatums.

We cannot let this monster hold our country hostage. Where do we stand on the planes?

There's still 2,500 planes in the air.

We have got to shore up the firewall...

so that the C.I.P. device will be rendered useless.

We now think we can reengineer the code in six days.

Six days? We don't have the luxury of six hours.

I'm sorry, Madam President, but there's no way

we can rebuild the firewall in that time frame.

I want you to instigate a series of restricted alerts.

Keep it to first responders only.

We want people to be ready in case we're attacked again,

- but we don't want to start a panic. - Yes, Madam President.

And gentlemen, Almeida is our only lead.

Make sure the F.B.I. is aware of the demands.

They need to work Almeida from the Africa side,

and they need to know we don't have a lot of time.

Yes, ma'am.

Come on.

Keep your head down.

Get him ready for questioning.

I want an explanation.

You went after that shooter without backup or

authorization, and then refused to tell me why.

Now, I wanna know. Look, we didn't know who might be listening.

Someone in this office is helping Almeida. What?

The F.B.I. has been compromised, Larry. There's a leak.

Based on what? Excuse me! This is private.

Tony knew we were going to Schector's office before we even got there.

That's how he managed to get a sniper in position.

The tip had to come from your office.

And whoever it was helped Schector's assassin get out of the building.

He's right, Larry. That's why we couldn't tell you.

You had a full perimeter, right? Covered every exit?

How else do you think he got out of there?

All right. Assuming this is true, you got any idea who it could be?

No. We didn't see it. But we know that it went down.

It could be anyone in the Bureau.

You need to tighten your circle around Tony.

You can't let any information that he gives

you get back to the people he's working with,

otherwise you will never get that C.I.P. device.

All right. [Cell Phone Ringing]

We'll limit access to Level Four clearance and above.

Have Janis run the security protocols.

See if she can track down this leak.

It's Moss.

Sir, I have the White House calling.

- Yeah, I'll... I'll take it in my office. - Yes, sir.

- Yeah. -

It's the White House.

From now on, keep me in the loop.

And he doesn't do a damn thing without telling me.

We had to tell him. We had no choice. You trust him?

No question. There's no one I trust more.

Where are they gonna hold Tony?

I am gonna have to lift up your shirt.

Is that comfortable for you?

Take that as a yes.

Is he hooked up? [ Janis] Yeah, we're ready to go.

Janis, I'll run this session. I want you to handle something else.

What else? Plugging a security leak.

What?

We think someone in this office has been helping Almeida.

They've kicked this up to Level Four clearance.

I want you to vet all communication and information flow.

Red tag every data point that has to do with Almeida.

Okay. Well, do we have any idea who it is?

No, we don't. I'm hoping you can help us find out. Okay.

Okay, there's a 0.2 deviation on the blood pressure monitor,

and you're gonna have to compensate for that.

Thanks, Janis.

Sorry about your friend, Jack. I know you were hoping...

he wasn't capable of doing something like this.

Yeah.

Hey, what's going on? Why are we in Level Four lockdown? Don't worry about it.

Just do your job. How am I supposed to do my job...

when I can't get through to half the server nodes in the building?

You're sifting through the evidence gathered at Almeida's arrest site.

That does not require Level Four clearance.

You have everything you need to do your work. Please.

Nichols.

It's confirmed. The F.B.I. has Almeida.

Then we should move on. There's nothing we can do.

No. We have assets inside the Bureau. We use them to help get him out.

No, it's too risky. We'd be jeopardizing the entire mission.

Almeida's not that important. What about the next operation? Tony's prepped.

He's ready to go. You'll just have to find someone else.

I realize you and Tony are friends.

I don't like throwing him to the wolves any more than you do.

But he knew what he was getting into.

I just spoke with Juma. The American troops are still in position near our country.

Tell Juma to be patient.

President Taylor just received your demands.

Then perhaps it is time for a more forceful demonstration.

If it comes to that, we'll be ready.

For now, let's give the White House a little more time to respond.

For now.

Agent Walker.

Almeida's working for the Juma regime.

What are you talking about? The president just received a set of demands.

They're from Colonel Iké Dubaku. Dubaku?

Looks like he contracted Almeida to build the C.I.P. module.

And now, he's using it to blackmail the White House. How?

Excuse me?

How is he gonna blackmail the White House?

By insisting we stand down the invasion force off the coast of Sangala.

If the president doesn't comply with his demands,

Dubaku is gonna start killing Americans.

I can get you your C.I.P. device.

Just let me talk to him.

I know him. I know how he thinks. We have a history.

I can use it against him.

He's gotten us this far, Larry. It makes sense.

You're running out of time. You don't have a better option.

Give us the room.

I watched you die in my arms.

You want to explain to me how you're still alive?

Didn't think so. Why don't I tell you what I know.

I know that you're working for the Juma regime.

The White House just got their demands,

and you have to know that I will never let that happen.

So why don't you save yourself some time...

and some pain...

and tell me where the C.I.P. device is.

I can't tell you that, Jack. Damn it, Tony.

You are not just facing charges for domestic terrorism.

You are gonna face international charges for aiding and abetting a genocide.

They will give you the death penalty.

Come on. Just work with me on this.

I could help you cut a deal. I can maybe even get you immunity.

You're wasting your breath, Jack. If I were you,