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Have you secured the canister?

I'm afraid not, ma'am. Our suspect escaped beyond the perimeter.

I was told that the area was locked down. What happened?

He had help from Tony Almeida.

Almeida? He was working for us.

It only appeared that way.

Apparently, he was pursuing his own agenda, trying to get his hands on the canister.

We're all regrouping to develop leads. I may have one.

As Hodges was taken into custody,

he yelled at me about some larger group that would continue on after his arrest.

If that's the case, Madam President, we need to talk to him.

I need you to call the Attorney General...

and draft a witness protection agreement for Jonas Hodges.

There's no other way he'll talk.

This man murdered your son,

not to mention hundreds of innocent civilians.

Is there anything else that I can do for you?

Other than kill Jonas Hodges? No.

- I didn't mean that. - You know, you're right.

We shouldn't be talking about this over the phone.

- How soon can you be at the White House? - How's 15 minutes sound?

Good.

Plan was to launch simultaneous attacks...

early next year, multiple cities,

so the public would finally see that the government can't protect them.

They'd demand drastic measures, and we'd step in.

We were gonna supply the enemies...

that wanna destroy this country... Muhammad this, Ahmed that.

Mr. Hodges, I need the names of the people you are working with.

- I don't have... - I want the names!

I don't know any!

Another attack today is all we

need to push this thing right over the edge.

This is no time to pull back.

I say we take that canister and finish the job off today.

I'll contact the group.

The attack will be attributed to this man: Jibraan Al-Zarian.

We're talking about launching...

a new operation in the next few hours with only one canister.

The plan for this operation was already in place.

We'd just be accelerating the timetable.

Jonas Hodges was a loose cannon, and the group is well rid of him.

But in his lunacy, he did us a favor.

- I say we take it. - Hamid!

- Keep your mouth shut, and no one gets hurt.

You understand? Yes!

How much more time do you need?

The material's almost finished downloading.

The financial records are in place.

I'm gonna need about another 15 minutes...

to alter the time stamps.

Good.

I'm gonna take this off.

You yell for help, you and your brother die. Understand?

Who are you people?

Putting jihadi propaganda on my computer.

These weapons... You're...

You're trying to make me look like a terrorist.

Why are you doing this?

Listen to me, Jibraan.

There's only one thing you need to know.

If you don't do exactly as I say,

you're gonna watch your younger brother die...

right in front of your eyes.

And then, I'm gonna kill you. Hmm?

However,

if you cooperate,

there's a good chance the two of you will live through this.

What do you want me to do?

Well, first off,

you're gonna read this statement in front of a camera.

And you're gonna read it like you mean it.

No, this is insane. I can't read this. I'm not going to do this. No.

Okay. See, that sounds to me like you think you have a choice.

Please, this is not right. You can't do this to us.

Okay. Fine.

Okay, okay! Please, please, don't hurt him!

I'll do whatever you say.

Okay?

I'll give you five minutes to look that over.

They're working on it. Just finished the first sweep with the C.T.U. servers.

There's been no chatter, no activity at all. You updated the watch list?

Yes. Everyone on that list is already under surveillance by law enforcement.

If one of them was going to do something, we would know about it.

Yeah, well, we're gonna have to widen our perimeter. To include what?

Run a check on every Muslim in the Washington,

D.C. area. Target anyone who's working...

in a sensitive government position or in a place that might get hit.

Then I want you to start pulling the files...

on every political activist working in the Muslim community.

Also, I want you to contact I.N.S. I want a list...

of every recent immigrant from an Islamic country.

Excuse me. Has anybody heard of racial profiling?

Janis, not now.

No, she's right.

You're right. This is racial profiling, and I don't like it any more than you do.

But Hodges told me specifically that he was gonna utilize Muslim extremists...

in an effort to off-load the blame for this attack.

I need to know who he's working with, and we're running out of time.

I don't know a better way of doing this.

So, if you do, please tell me now.

No.

Okay. Thank you.

Chloe. I-I need you to run down the list...

Uh...

[Exhales Sharply ] I... I'm sorry.

I forgot what I was saying. I.N.S. records, Jack?

Yeah. Run those down first, and then work backwards.

Excuse me.

This is the second time he's done this. He keeps forgetting things. He looks like hell.

He's doing pretty well, considering.

Considering? Considering what?

He didn't tell you?

Tell me what?

If there's something wrong with Jack, tell me now.

He's sick, Chloe. He was infected with the prion variant.

How? He was trying to recover...

the bioweapon canisters, and one of them ruptured.

He was exposed. Oh, my God.

I'm sorry, Chloe. He probably didn't want you to worry. Chloe.

Frank. Come here a sec.

Why didn't you tell me you were sick?

It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter? I'm your friend.

We need to stay focused on finding Tony.

Jack, you should be in the hospital.

There's no treatment for this.

There's no cure.

So you're telling me you're dying.

Yes.

How long?

A day. Maybe two.

I've been taking this antiseizure medicine to keep me on my feet.

It's been working so far.

Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.

Chloe, it's all right.

I've accepted it.

And I need you to accept it too.

Whatever time I've got left, I want it to matter.

We need to find Tony,

put an end to this.

Chloe.

I can't do this without you.

Please, I need you to go back to work.

Okay.

We strike this blow for our brothers and sisters...

who have died at the hands of this corrupt nation.

The hour is here, and we are ready for the war that is to come.

Our fighters will not rest until America lies crippled and dying,

her streets running with blood, her people begging for mercy.

There will be none.

Only our vengeance. We have a problem.

What is it? Police.

Why don't you close down the computer and get out of sight.

Take everything down, and watch the brother.

You're coming with me. What's happening?

The two police officers outside...

I want you to find out what they want...

and convince them that everything's okay in here.

Jibraan,

don't try to warn them.

D.C. P.D. Open the door, please.

Yes? "Jibrain" Al-Zarian?

Jibraan Al-Zarian. Uh, we got a call from one of your neighbors.

They said they heard some yelling coming from your apartment,

saw some people they didn't recognize enter the premises,

thought there might be some trouble.

No. Everything is fine. Those were friends of mine.

And what about the yelling?

We got into an argument, and they were drinking a little too much.

Uh, it was nothing.

Where are your friends now, sir?

Um, no. They got too loud, so I asked them to leave.

They won't be back.

Yes, I'm very sorry for the noise.

Uh, it won't happen again. I... I promise.

Okay. Just keep it down from now on.

I will. Have a good night.

You too.

All right. We're clear.

You did good, Jibraan.

Now we have to finish reading the statement before we take off.

Where are we going?

Don't worry about that.

You just keep doing as we say,

and you and your brother are gonna make it through this.

All right?

Set him up.

And there will be none. Only our vengeance.

And this is only the beginning.

We will strike again and again,

in the name of all that is great and righteous.

I think I've got something.

Agent Walker. What is it?

One of the filters flagged this a few minutes ago. I just finished vetting it.

These are multiple deposits over a period of six months.

They're from an overseas Muslim relief organization...

called The Islamic League for World Peace.

A total of two million dollars to the Washington Continental Bank.

Every penny of it was withdrawn within 30 minutes.