En mor till salu

Mohamed? Mohamed?

This is Ayman al‐Zawahiri.

Tell the Americans we can take on the United States.

The war has only just begun.

Anybody else handle this device besides you?

- I said I locked it up, man. - Okay.

What exactly do you want from me?

I definitely want us to be more than buddies.

You've been flagged for recent expense patterns.

I'm having dinner and drinks with important people.

You need to start living within your means.

Sir, your card has been declined.

- Really? - There is a chain of command

by which decisions are made.

Your boss has yet to learn this lesson.

Use the chain of command. It exists for a reason.

In other words, get the hell out of my office.

Sanchez, you and Louie can go fuck yourselves.

By the way, that open slot heading up the New York office?

I just found out Louis Freeh's D. C. guy got the job.

Sanchez. One of the best.

Martin, you started this.

Nobody else at the Agency foresaw

what's happening with al‐Qaeda.

You are the prophet.

You have my undivided devotion, Martin.

They sent a fucking cable

saying that this guy is coming into our country,

that he has a Saudi passport and a U. S. Visa.

Welcome to America, sir.

53 people from the CIA have read it,

and we're not sharing this yet?

Diane will tell us when we can share.

- I'm calling O'Neill. - Wait.

There's a reason for the wall. There is a reason.

Are you visiting the States, or settling in?

We don't know.

It's easier to settle in

if you can meet people from home.

They're here.

They're here in America.

We have no idea what we're up against.

When I was a little boy...

...the world didn't know us.

Even the few who did, didn't understand us.

You and I come from a poor country.

But, please remember, Egypt has a glorious history.

By the time I was born...

foreigners had already invaded Palestine.

We tried to resist, but our president betrayed us.

How could he think that offering peace to infidels

was better than defending the Arab people?

We had no one to trust but ourselves. So we acted for ourselves.

I paid the price.

Gladly.

We are Muslims.

We are Muslims who believe in their religion,

both in ideology and practice,

and hence, we tried our best

to establish this Islamic state and Islamic society.

We have sacrificed,

and we are still ready for more sacrifices.

Now I make my home in Afghanistan.

We had to fight for this, too.

We were outnumbered. We fought with what God gave us.

We were outnumbered. We fought with what God gave us.

We won our stake in the world.

This is our new paradise.

From here, our next struggle begins.

For you and for me.

To educate a new generation

about our religion, our culture...

our future.

This is our fight.

Our fight to expel infidels from Muslim lands.

To reclaim our nations, our greatness.

They will never simply let us win.

Never.

They don't understand our greatest weapon.

Those who don't fear death, don't die.

My leader, you are a brave man.

A wise man.

You know your history.

I have lived it, Mr. Atta.

We have a problem in America.

Our mission there isn't going well.

You're a natural leader.

You're smart.

Your English is perfect.

No one is perfect.

I want to rely on you

to fix things for us in America.

Dr. Zawahiri, I'm at your service.

I will do all that I can.

This is the world you're dealing with.

This potentially explosive, dangerous world.

Your situation needs to be handled with discretion.

So long as you're here,

Alec Station's been left in good hands.

I believe that.

I was taught well.

Let's examine...

You've built an operation based outside this country.

- That's where all roads lead. - Away from here.

Southeast Asia.

So, take a step back

and look at the intelligence structure

that you've put together painstakingly.

Should you hand over the keys to this house

so soon after its construction?

Do you allow others to unlock doors,

to poke around, remove posts and beams?

Collapse the intricate structure that you've erected?

This is the decision you need to make.

You have the clarity of mind and sense of purpose

to arrive at the right choice.

Are you writing a book?

I'm not sure yet what it is. Maybe. It may be a book.

Can I ask what it's about?

I try to follow Samuel Clemens' dictum

of write what you know.

I don't know much, but what I do know I know well.

You know me better than anyone ever has.

Can I be... I need to be perfectly honest.

- It's okay, I shouldn't... - No.

- I'm sorry, I... - No, will you please...

Nothing.

Still nothing.

She's probably trying to get some answers for you.

- Really. You think? - Could be.

I don't know why you keep assuming the worst in people.

I think we saw something we weren't supposed to see.

Good morning, ladies.

How's your granddaughter?

Oh, she's so great! So smart, I can tell already!

How do you say cunt in Arabic?

She wants you in her office in three minutes.

Oh, three minutes?

Not two? Not four?

She said three.

- - Come.

- You wanted to see... - Close the door.

You are, at times, on the receiving end

of classified intelligence.

More than 50 people inside Langley know about Mihdhar.

You need to understand something,

and I want you to understand it deeply and clearly.

You are never the decider

of what to do with that intelligence.

- - You may recall a night

when you endeavored to remove classified materials

from this office.

The Professor was forgiving enough

not to prosecute you.

I am not so forgiving.

When you receive classified intelligence,

either by happenstance or by design,

if you reveal that intelligence to anyone outside this Station,

intelligence that I have not personally cleared,

I will see to it that you are handcuffed,

that you are escorted from this building,

that you are imprisoned and tried for theft and treason.

Now get the fuck out of my office

and close the door behind you.

Vince. Thanks for coming by.

Good to see you. Found it, finally.

- You've been up here before. - Ah, I've never been upstairs.

They keep us squirreled away in the basement.

This whole visitor deal

between the Agency and the Bureau, there's a reason

we call it the hostage‐exchange program.

Can I get you a drink?

- Oh, uh... - We just put in a long day

keeping America safe. I think we deserve a scotch.

- Yes? - Uh, sure.

Has been a long day. Okay.

Are you married, Vince?

In a relationship?

Uh, not married.

In a, you know,

relationship or two.

I remember those days.

Makes it easier.

- I'm not following. - Oh, right.

Let me back up.

I'm trying to make some changes at Alec Station,

and one of them is making sure