According to Jim
According to Jim
  • 4 months ago
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00:00We cannot defend America and our friends by hoping for the best.
00:24We cannot put our faith in the word of tyrants, who solemnly sign non-proliferation treaties
00:31and then systematically break them.
00:33If we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have waited too long.
00:40I welcome you.
00:41I want to show you one of your best friends.
00:42Pleased to meet you.
00:43Hi.
00:44Steve.
00:45Do you think anyone here is a trade delegate?
00:46Diane.
00:47Are you kidding?
00:48Steve.
00:50I guess I'm just not pretty enough, huh?
00:59Oh, I could have told you that.
01:05Back in a minute.
01:07What's going on?
01:08President Bush.
01:09I thought he was in Rio.
01:10He was.
01:11Now he's coming here tomorrow morning.
01:12Fishing trip?
01:13High level quickie with the PN.
01:14Something major going down with the OPEC negotiations.
01:16They want to bash heads.
01:17It's going to be a rush on taxis.
01:18Don't worry about that.
01:19Harry's outside.
01:20Harry.
01:21You know why Bush is coming, of course.
01:22The real reason.
01:23Francois, what can I tell you?
01:24It's a very special relationship.
01:25The meeting with your PNs of hate is here to meet the Libyans.
01:26Can't believe that.
01:27Oh, you don't have to believe it.
01:28Look at this evening's diplomatic crates from Washington.
01:29We have.
01:30All diplomatic materials remain the property of the representative governments at all time,
01:31UN Resolution 3501.
01:32More than half of modern culture depends on what one should know.
01:33I'm not going to lie to you.
01:34I'm not going to lie to you.
01:35I'm not going to lie to you.
01:36I'm not going to lie to you.
01:37I'm not going to lie to you.
01:38I'm not going to lie to you.
01:39All diplomatic materials remain the property of the representative governments at all time,
01:44UN Resolution 3501.
01:46More than half of modern culture depends on what one should know.
01:49Oscar-wise, we do not conduct espionage against our closest ally.
01:52They pay us to watch you.
01:54As if you didn't know.
01:56Come on, Harry.
01:57We're all Europeans now.
01:59Whose side are you on anyway?
02:00Ours.
02:01Goodnight.
02:02Hey.
02:03I thought you said you'd be a minute.
02:07Don't believe everything you hear.
02:09This is Air Force One. We are wheels up and clear.
02:16What would Harry want with the Dems' house counsellor?
02:18Shouting practice.
02:19So the advance teams land two and a half hours ahead of Air Force One, correct?
02:22Er, two C-5 Galaxy cargo planes into Mars Norton.
02:25That's a lot of cargo.
02:26That's got a lot of stuff. You get a lot of stuff when you're the president.
02:32What's he bringing?
02:34Er...
02:36Bulletproof limousines, standby limos, decoy limos, private ambulance,
02:39sundry secret service vehicles, Marine One plus one other helicopter,
02:42and something called a Blue Goose.
02:44Presidential podium.
02:45So, presumably he's planning to transfer to the embassy by Marine One
02:48after touching down at Bryze Norton.
02:49Any clue on his meeting?
02:50No, but I do know what happens later.
02:52Coffee with the US ambassador, spot of sightseeing,
02:54Goodwill lunch with the Queen,
02:56then there's checkers for talks before he's back on the runway.
02:58That's time, 15 hours.
02:59Bloody last minute.
03:01Maybe he booked it on the internet.
03:06Hey.
03:19Yes?
03:20They're sending it here.
03:21What?
03:22You said tell customs to open a crate, so I did.
03:24And now they've told me they've had a look, and there's a problem,
03:26and they're sending it here.
03:27A Libyan problem.
03:28They're not saying, which scares me.
03:30Harry, they're ready for you.
03:32We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans and confront the worst
03:37threats before they emerge. Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States will arrive in this country in approximately seven hours and be here until
03:44twenty hundred hours tomorrow. We've outlined our security needs on a minute
03:48by minute basis in the folder resources in front of you. Clearly Flotus and
03:51Vapotis will not be present on this visit. Flotus himself requested the
03:54diversionary trip at 1800 GMT yesterday. First you heard of it is probably first
03:59we heard of it. So let's make this as pleasurable as possible. A command post
04:03has been established at Grosvenor Square with full communication facilities. The
04:07POTUS advance team will in conjunction with members of the White House
04:10protective research section survey each site to be visited by the President.
04:14From these surveys we can determine manpower, equipment, medical and
04:18evacuation requirements for all eventualities. We'd actually prefer to do
04:21that. Your assistance in these matters is of course a vital part of our entire
04:24security operation and we thank you for coming this evening. People please note
04:28on page 8 bagpipe and the PRS will initiate a full complement of POTUS SA1s
04:33on CP from the blacktop unit at Grosvenor by the time we get our wheels
04:36down from cow puncher at the base camp LZ. In English please. A full US Secret
04:42Service team will be there to meet the President at Bryce Norton once the
04:45President touches down. We'd appreciate close protection teams from MI5 for
04:48perimeter security for the duration of the visit. But not close to the
04:54President. Well no. Why not? Because that's our job. It's also our job. Not in
04:58this case. MI5 oversees protection of the PM, Queen and visiting dignitaries. Not
05:03this one. Diplomatic protocol states quite clearly that the host governor
05:07provides 95% of protection for presidential visits. Not this president,
05:11not this visit. Baclav Havel let us do it our way in Prague and we're doing it
05:14our way now. That means a complete adherence to US
05:17Secret Service close protection protocol. Every rumor is to be treated as fact
05:20until neutralized. Every target is a potential assassin until dealt with. We'd
05:25like paranoia to be the norm here until our commander-in-chief is safely back in
05:28the skies. I'm sure you can understand that in the current climate. After he's
05:32gone any residual distrust of others will of course be your own problem. How
05:36very kind of you to point that out.
05:39Customs liaison at Heathrow said to bring it up here. I don't know anything
05:52about it. They're diplomatic crates right? They come through every day from
05:56Washington to the US Embassy. So why we were told to open this one God only
06:01knows. This is going bye-bye right now. Follow me please.
06:09Sam, Sam, Tom wants us to start police briefings as soon as possible. Wait, wait, wait, isn't that? Yeah, yeah, so shut up and help. No problem. Sorry about the shut up. Every presidential visit
06:21domestic or foreign is since the Kennedy assassination involved the assembly of
06:24what we call the trip file. In this file is every contact, every threat, every
06:27possible target and concern of the safety of the president in every
06:30geographical area he'll be passing through. Last official POTUS visit to
06:33the UK was nearly two years ago. Obviously we've done our best to keep up
06:36to speed on these individuals but we're gonna need access to all your files to
06:40confirm our information is up-to-date and watertight. Well okay why don't you
06:43just give us your information and we'll cross-reference it. We'll do it ourselves
06:46if that's okay. So you want unsupervised access to our registry files? Yeah or
06:52perhaps you prefer the president to get a bullet in the brain on your watch. I
06:58understand how you feel Zoe, really I do, but these interviews are designed for you.
07:02They're for you to blow off steam, to contribute constructive criticism about
07:06our workflow and our office environment. Yes, yes I read the memo.
07:09Miranda, to be honest, we're a little bit busy at the moment. There's this American bloke
07:13coming over and apparently lots of people would like to kill him. And having
07:16sessions under live operations facilitates greater honesty. Listen, don't
07:19worry about time Zoe. I'm here for you day or night. Miranda, I can't. So you or Danny in
07:24the reading room please, as soon as you can.
07:29What's wrong? I'll tell you later. So it's really happening then? Yep. She knows we all
07:36hide from her the rest of the year right? So why does she do it? Because personnel
07:40send her out once a year in a very own little psychological sniper unit to pick
07:44us off one by one. It's like guerrilla warfare. I don't even go up to the fifth
07:48floor anymore just in case someone sees me and thinks I'm going to see her. Like
07:51anyone's gonna voluntarily knock on the door with the MI5 staff psychologist and
07:54say I can't hack it. Well, Barry Mitchell did. It's Barry Mitchell. Exactly. Well done.
07:59Oh, very trusting. I'll be heads. I wanted heads. Tails then.
08:09Say that again? We opened it up. Got that. And started looking through it. Still with you.
08:15And we just got started when... Someone spilled their tea into it. That is correct.
08:23Yeah, that was the bit I had some problems with.
08:36Troy, I'll see you downstairs in a minute. One of your minutes. He'll be there all
08:40night. Very funny, Tom. That's me. I'm tactful too, you'll find. Our two countries have a
08:45long tradition of working together and I see no reason why we can't be
08:48standard-bearers for that in the next 24 hours. I read the CIA World Factbook,
08:52Christine, written by you. Britain's entry, slightly smaller than Oregon. I think that's
08:56what it was. That's what we are to you. Slightly smaller than Oregon. Don't think
09:01you can just order us around, okay? Don't believe that for a second. He's our
09:04president. It's our country.
09:07How much bloody tea did you spill in here? It was an Arsenal centenary mug. For you know,
09:22quite a lot. It wasn't you, was it? No, I drink coffee. I think it was Earl Grey. I don't
09:29care what bloody kind it was. They can bleach that out, or replicate them. But
09:34Harry's asked me to trawl through them to see if there's a Libyan link. Before
09:37the Americans notice it's missing. Yeah, we've kept a few other crates back. We
09:41can always say that there's been a batch delayed. Fine, just keep tea away from
09:45all of them and coffee and sodding Ribena while you're at it. How long have
09:48we got till the Americans realise? All depends. With the president coming, we may be able to
09:52get away with 18 hours, maybe less, maybe more.
09:59Clean and meadow-fresh by morning, you have my word.
10:07Just be as open and candid as you like.
10:25Anything at all. Anything or anyone you feel need scrutiny. Just let rip, and this
10:36is your time. It's all good, actually. Good? Yep. Everything is great. Fantastic.
10:49Perhaps if I asked you a few specific questions. What do you think of the
10:58service's public access line, for example? What's that? It's the free phone number
11:05assigned so members of the public can call in with tip-offs about terrorist
11:08threats. Oh, that. We call it the weirdo line. I see.
11:22Yeah, well, when I say... well, what I meant...
11:35Tom. You're not going to give our access to the registry, are you? Ministerial vetting
11:48files? It's a show of trust on our side, but I'm moving all the juicy stuff out of
11:51there until this is all over. Remember, Tom, this visit has become a symbol. The
11:55Prime Minister's keen as mustard that we should look like equal partners with the
11:58Americans. So Christine gets the files, we get some highly visible close protection
12:02duty. No symbolic pictures on either side. We have a small window of time while the
12:05CIA finalise their prep. As we're going to be spending the duration on the grid,
12:09I'm tasking someone to collect changes of clothes. Black tie seems a little too
12:12formal. I'll go myself. That's okay. How about Zoe? Do you have any comments about
12:23working with her? How do you mean? It can mean what you like it to mean.
12:37Ah, finally. Vicky, what's going on? I've been calling you. Yeah, about 50 times. Maybe
12:57if you'd phoned me back once or twice I wouldn't have to call you so much. It has to stop.
13:01You've already made that very clear. No, the calling, Vicky. It has to stop. Right now.
13:06Go clinical, Tom. You'd make a good surgeon, you know. Vicky, I'm warning you. Stop trying
13:11to sound angry, Tom. You're not angry, you're guilty. You're ashamed at how you've treated
13:16me and who... Sorry, machine man. That should be what, at what you've become. Tom the Terminator.
13:22Tom the see-through spook. Don't call again, okay? Just don't. Vicky? I can't wait to
13:28see your face when you find out. Find out what? Find out what? So, how was it? Was what?
13:54Your session with Inspector Freud. Oh, right. Thanks. Well, that's it. You want more? I
14:05know. Good, bad and different. Friendly. Deeply antagonistic or just traditionally irritating.
14:11Just... Right. Do you want me to write it all down from your detail? No. Because, you know,
14:18I will if you want. No, no, no, no. It's fine. Exactly.
14:34Hello? Wait. Hello? Tom! Hey, Tom! Finally.
15:04It is you, isn't it? Sorry, I don't know you. Obviously. But look, time is money and
15:14all that. Are you working or what, Tom? I'm dialing 999. Tom Quinn. It's definitely you.
15:27Don't try and deny it. On Her Majesty's sexy service. So, are you working? Where did you
15:40find this? You're hurting me. Where did you find this? Where did you find this? Usual place. In a
15:47bloody phone box, mate. What do you think? In a phone box? Outside the Fire Island Club, where
15:53there's a bunch in the loos, too. Saturation advertising. If you ask me, you're wallpapered
15:58around that place. Get away from me. Go! Go! Yeah? Hello, gorgeous.
16:12Hi, this is Vicky. Please leave me a message.
16:18What? Tom, where are you? Zoe, sorry, I'll be back in two seconds. Listen, I need you to do
16:22something for me. Tamsider, Air Force One on schedule. ETA as per flight plan. Air Force One,
16:29this is Blacktop. Copy your scheduled landing, Great Britain. Copy that.
16:38All numbers have been changed, including our hometown, and there's a guy outside your door.
16:41What happened? Just a routine security check-up. What, one o'clock in the morning? No one's letting
16:44us hear the files, Tom. You get open access to the registry, we get a small close protection
16:48presence. Six officers alongside your Secret Service personnel. Four at most. Five. Fine,
16:53but they'd all better be wearing Secret Service-issued lapel pins, or there's a good chance
16:56they're gonna get shot. Hey, can you get my page? Yeah, I'll draw the page. Okay, it's important.
17:03Uh, meeting room. Someone in Herefordshire has intercepted the Air Force One call sign from
17:09Bryce Norton. How? These blokes are hobbyists. They spend their lives searching for known military
17:14frequencies. They got lucky. So if some guy with a parka and a ham radio knows Cowpunch is in the
17:18air, so what? Well, what it does is create a ripple effect. Little spotty man talks to his little
17:22spotty friends, who put things up on the World Wide Web, where everyone can see it. GCHQ's done
17:27a scan of UK message boards, and they found seven verbal threats to the safety of the President in
17:31the last 30 minutes alone. We should change the LZ. The what? The landing zone. We don't need to
17:36change the LZ, Troy. We need to change the route. Maybe bounce Nighthawk to Bamboo, ground side.
17:40What's the landing zone? Helipad on the US Embassy. Well, why doesn't he just say that?
17:43More coffee, anyone? Tea. Or tea. Where's Sam? No idea. It's okay, I'll just, uh, forget. We need to
17:50think about this for a minute. Christine, the landing zone is secure. We've moved a lot of
17:53units up there. In private, if you don't mind. The President lands in three hours. In the meantime,
17:57I need background checks on motorcade police teams, palace workers, including butlers,
18:01and the serving staff at Checkers. We've already done that. Again, please. And we all need to be
18:05at the palace by three for the walkthrough.
18:35Tea. Tea. Bad? Bad.
19:06Libya? Nothing yet.
19:12Tower, Air Force One inbound. Looking for descent in two zero minutes.
19:16Just be as open and as candid as you like. Don't hold back. You know, we've had useful criticisms already.
19:42Really? Absolutely. And not just about procedure. You can blow off about colleagues, if you like.
19:50Colleagues? Danny, for example. He was exceptionally candid about you. For example.
20:01Since news of this visit leaked, we have received two threats to the central London water supply,
20:13one to the Buckinghamshire Reservoir that supplies Checkers, five warnings of civil disobedience
20:17along the motorcade routes, unofficial calls to protest from two Palestinian groups,
20:21uh, three anti-death penalty campaigners, and four anti-globalization bodies. Now that, to me,
20:26Christine, seems a little more clear and present than a bunch of ham radio operators. It's not the
20:31operators I'm concerned about. It's the people having conversations about my president's immediate
20:35travel plans. Do you really think that someone is going to read up on all this and start taking
20:38pot shots at every Sikorsky Sea King that flies over Cricklewood? Right now, a lunatic with flight
20:42plan details is a much greater threat to my commander-in-chief than some protest in Hyde Park.
20:47Hence, anybody with a microlight, a glider, a bottle rocket, they can get that thing right
20:51into the path of MX-1 and create a whole lot of hell over northwest London. Why are you being like this?
20:57You have been going for the jugular ever since this thing kicked off.
21:01Tom, it's my first big visit in charge. Everything I do is being put under the microscope.
21:05Those guys are just waiting for me to screw up, and I'm not going to give them that pleasure.
21:09So it would really help me if you could just appear to be working with me instead of against
21:12me. What do you say? Fine. Okay.
21:17Okay.
21:23Okay guys, that one there, and we want Kitty Hawk over there. Once again, Kitty Hawk is U.S.
21:26Secret Service code for Queen Elizabeth II. Please pay attention. So Tom, are we dealing with this
21:31route change or what? Yeah, what do you need? I need a road transfer to Halton. I need a dummy
21:35chopper in the air from Bryce Norton. I need the President on Marine One at Halton en route to
21:39Blacktop on schedule and free from harm. Can you help with any of that, Tom? We'll help in any way
21:43we can. Thank you. Okay, who's Queen? Empress? Okay, let's get this over with. Do you want this
21:49done quickly, or do you want this done right? I'd like this to be done as quickly as possible.
21:53So how was your interview? Well, not as good as yours, by all accounts. Oh, so she told you then?
21:58So it's true. Well, she sort of surprised me with a question. It just sort of came up.
22:03What, do you want me to lie? Oh no, Danny, God forbid. She asked a question,
22:07I answered it honestly, that's all. Yeah, well so did I, all right? Yeah, well there you go then.
22:11Okay, 1221, motorcade arrives at away point one. 1225. Listen, Queen usually meets guests in the
22:17courtyard. So what are they doing over there? Well, you just put us here. Okay, George, outside,
22:23you, QE2. Drop the attitude and move your ass. Yep. Tom, got all I could. Shredded and burnt and
22:34shredded again. Okay. Tower, this is Air Force One. We are wheels down and clear.
22:40Roger, Air Force One. Welcome to the United Kingdom. Co-puncher is wheels down. Repeat,
22:45co-puncher is wheels down. Stand by, ground teams.
22:50No, no, absolutely not. I don't understand why this is a problem. We gave you a rundown of police
22:55vessel. You cannot demand additional checks against individual police officers. Why not?
22:58Because you can't. We're just concerned about his background. He's a Muslim. It's not anything we
23:02used to worry about, of course, but we now have a policy of stringent background checks on everyone
23:06within 20 yards of the president. Not this one. You start checking up on Muslim police officers
23:10you risk alienating a lot of people. If it's federal immigration policy, which it is,
23:14then it is Secret Service vetting policy, which it is.
23:21Air Force One landed a short while ago amidst high security. The president has come to London
23:26on a brief visit that many believe is a rallying call to consolidate international opinion on US
23:30preemptive strike policy. Despite some public misgivings, Tony Blair has also been vocal in
23:35the support of President Bush. Apart from individual quests for glory from Richard Reed
23:39shoe bomber types, our information tells us the CIA trip list has six glaring omissions.
23:44It all comes down to how we define a threat. So what does the CIA want us to do?
23:48Nothing, to be honest. Most of this lot are either in the UK permanently, planning arms deals or
23:52tooling up for private wars in Eastern Europe. There's no history of high-level political
23:55assassinations, no personal belief systems that would suggest a grudge against UK or US policy.
24:01Then everything would appear to be ship shape. I was hoping for at least some low-grade
24:05surveillance on them. Even if Christine doesn't think they warrant attention, I do.
24:09All right, I'll see Ruth gets these files. Okay, I'll be with Christine and Horsecast.
24:12Why? We're doing a walkthrough of the
24:15close protection on the sightseeing phase. If this trip's so important,
24:18then why is the president spending the morning sightseeing?
24:28Presume whatever problem existed with the crate has disappeared. Please say yes.
24:31Yes. Harry, I just got a call from the Met.
24:34I can't believe you've agreed. Well, it's either that or remove DC
24:37Khan from active service. The US ambassador took this to the Home Office himself.
24:40Well, by the way, it's not going to be him that picks up the pieces when this gets out. First
24:43of all, she stirs up a race relations row. Then she starts messing around with
24:46royal protocol. She's going to drive us to the bloody wall.
24:48Who is it? Oh, appraisal time, huh?
24:54Who's getting the boot?
24:55Oh, my.
25:25Tim Cider, this is Blacktop. Stagecoach will be on the move in 30. Tracer and have back in position.
25:37Roger that. Phase two in motion, prepping phase three. ETA at Brenda's place,
25:431205. Standing by for Horseguard's walkthrough.
25:47Brenda's place? Buckingham Palace.
25:50I'm not worried about snipers. It's a closed limo.
25:52Well, let's free up blue team. I still want rooftop detail covering all the
25:55chutes out of there. Anyone so much as throws a turnip,
25:58they'll be put in a cage. And phone calls?
26:02More phone calls. The ones you've been getting on your cell
26:05phone for the past 12 hours? They're none of your business.
26:10You changed your number in the middle of a live project, Tom.
26:12That's called interference. And if someone's on the phone,
26:15There is no interference. And it's not your operation.
26:25There are two issues here. One, we're getting a lot of chatter at the
26:28Libyan embassy. What kind of chatter?
26:30A lot of euphemisms for America being banded around, several vehicles trying
26:33very hard to lose their tails. There's not been anything on this scale
26:36since 84. I don't know what you're talking about.
26:38I'm talking about what's going on in Libya right now.
26:41A deal memo, in the rough, of course, between the US and Libya.
26:44They accept responsibility for Lockerbie and pay $7 billion in reparations.
26:48The Americans end unilateral sanctions and help to remove them from the axis of
26:51evil, amongst other things. No mention of reparation for UK victims?
26:54None at all. What do we have on the Libyans at the
26:59moment? I'll ask Sam to figure that out.
27:01I'll ask Sam to figure that out.
27:03I'll ask Sam to figure that out.
27:05I'll ask Sam to figure that out.
27:07I'll ask Sam to figure that out.
27:10I'll ask Sam to figure that out.
27:20Walkthrough time. Come on, Sparky. I understand my vetting request on the
27:24Muslim officer cost him ripples, is that right?
27:26Certainly did. Sorry about that, Tom. Just protecting my president.
27:29Of course you were. By the way, any idea who's following us?
27:35I knew it! I knew it! I certainly well knew you were two-timing me!
27:39Who the hell are you? Excuse me? Yeah, well, I'm your worst nightmare,
27:42sweetie. An ex-girlfriend with bigger tits than you!
27:45You're putting yourself and others in a lot of danger unless you get the hell
27:47out of here right now. Oh, so what? It's some great big spy
27:49bonanza, is it? He's a spy, you know. Yeah, Tom Quinn's a spook.
27:53The key to the flyers. How many are there?
27:55Look at the look on your face! Hey, lady, I don't know who you are,
27:59but Bob and I have been happily married for six years.
28:01If you're on some kind of bad drug trip, I suggest you check yourself into rehab
28:05right away. No one thumbs me like a sack of shit
28:07who gets away without paying for it!
28:26Anything at all? Anything or anyone that you feel needs
28:30scrutiny, just let rip. This is your time. What's everyone else been saying?
28:35Lots of interesting things. Sorry. Ruth, QCHQ said you'd better have a
28:41look at this. We're in the middle of a session. Yes, Miranda, we bloody well are
28:43in the middle.
28:54Ex-girlfriend, huh? You want to talk about it?
28:59It must be a great lay. You should get back now.
29:02You better start telling me exactly what's going on.
29:11We're getting a fix on at least 15 security threats and planning raids on
29:1410. We have phone taps going haywire within a two mile radius of every
29:17checkpoint. Get as much background as you can.
29:18See, it's Americans, I'm telling you, infecting this whole place.
29:21Hypochondriacs, a lot of them. So did you hear? What? Someone's getting the sack.
29:27It's all under control. It's a career-defining moment, Tom. If the
29:31wrong kind of someone has seen those pictures of you, you'll never go out in
29:33the field again, that's for sure. Jesus, Tom, you could lose your job.
29:37Okay, who else knows? No one. You just tore them all down yourself.
29:40No, I had some help, that's all. One person. Well, now you've got two.
29:44Christine, I really don't think you should be getting involved. I'm not letting you
29:46deal with this on your own. Come on. Christine! What are you going to do, wait
29:49around until she does it again? I have to clear it with Heather.
29:55I have to clear it with Harry before I do anything. Are you kidding? You've seen
29:58what she's capable of. There's no reason she's going to stop, either. We have to
30:02act now before she does it again. Can we just wait a second, please? That woman
30:05is jeopardising the security of this operation. This is now a CIA matter, and
30:09we will not hesitate to act alone.
30:13You could have stood up for me. When?
30:17Back at Brenda's. Where?
30:19The palace. Oh, you were Queen, you could stand up for yourself.
30:22No, I wasn't the Queen, I was the QE2, apparently.
30:25Well, you should have sounded your horn. This isn't funny, Danny.
30:29Tell me about it. You are being so strange.
30:33Can you blame me? Can you blame anyone? I don't see how we're expected to be
30:37What do you mean?
30:39Haven't you heard? Heard what?
30:41Are you telling me you haven't heard?
30:43Yes, I am. Heard what?
30:45Danny.
30:47Oh, Harry.
30:49Latest threat assessment. Thank you.
30:51And I'd appreciate it if you didn't badmouth security service projects in office time.
30:55People who commission them in the name of security.
30:57I don't know what you're talking about.
30:59I don't know what you're talking about.
31:01I don't know what you're talking about.
31:03I don't know what you're talking about.
31:05Don't badmouth security projects in office time.
31:07People who commission them in the first place might get upset.
31:09I'm sorry, what?
31:11Please don't whitewash. Danny's told me all about it. The weirdo line.
31:13I would have expected more of you.
31:19Tracer now en route to Grosvenor.
31:21Still have 40 minutes in this phase. Over. Say again.
31:25Tracer in motion. Schedule change. Now en route to Grosvenor.
31:29Since when is that on the schedule?
31:31Blacktop, this is Temsider. Since when is that on the schedule? Over.
31:35This is an unauthorised change in the schedule. Please advise immediately.
31:43How long's Sam been in there?
31:45Too bloody long.
31:47Did she say anything to you?
31:49No. Why, did she say anything to you?
31:51Well, no.
31:55Look, can I ask you something?
31:57Depends.
31:59Sorry, just gave me the third degree.
32:01Someone's getting the sack.
32:17Good, I'll see you there.
32:19I just need to make a quick stop. You got a minute?
32:23And the water cooler's too hot.
32:25And the pod door's open too slow.
32:27I'm not sure there's a lot of usefulness in the way the grid's designed either, I have to say.
32:31If you're at the photocopy island and you need to scan it in for a quick mail, you've got to go...
32:34Can you just... Slow down a second.
32:39Quick mail.
32:41Right.
32:45I always presumed if any of you luckily deal, we'd be in consultation with us.
32:48It's still theory. As far as we know, it could be an innocent hypothetical.
32:51The President's going off schedule. We're in phase three, he's in phase four.
32:53There's gotta be some subterfuge going on.
32:55There might be a perfectly logical explanation.
32:57There's a perfectly illogical woman who could clarify that.
32:59She's off schedule too.
33:13I'll be right there.
33:15What's going on?
33:17Vicky, if you could just come this way.
33:19What the hell's going on?
33:21Don't worry about it.
33:24This visit was last minute.
33:26If there was an arrangement to meet the Libyans, it would have been a hasty one.
33:29Unless it's been the goal all along.
33:31The French have insinuated that a Libyan meeting was on the cards.
33:34It does explain why the Americans scheduled in that sightseeing tour.
33:37There's cover for the meeting preparation to know the Libyan chatter.
33:40Who cares if he has the meeting or not?
33:42The seven major state sponsors of terrorism are Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Cuba, Libya.
33:48Who wants their name off that list most of all?
33:50Libya.
33:51Who wants out of the Arab League?
33:52Libya.
33:53And who cannot be seen officially negotiating with the diplomatic office of an axis of evil nation?
33:57The United States of America.
33:59What are they going to be talking about?
34:01Lockerbie.
34:02They could close the deal without even including us.
34:04We all know how well you know the American mind, Tom.
34:07But there's only one person who can tell us for sure.
34:11Try her again.
34:14Try her again.
34:22You need a warrant for this and you know it.
34:24Hi, Zoe. I'm just in the middle of something. Can I call you back?
34:29Who are you?
34:30Tear this place apart.
34:31What?
34:32Stop! What are you doing?
34:36Stop it!
34:37What are you doing?
34:40Please, stop it!
34:43Please.
34:44You like this book?
34:45That is not mine.
34:47Makes good reading, does it?
34:50Stop.
34:53Please.
35:04What the hell are you doing?
35:07This is my stuff. This is my room.
35:10Stop it!
35:11You know writing false prescriptions will get you struck off the doctor's register?
35:15That's not mine. You just put that there.
35:20Can you stop this?
35:21You're in a lot of trouble.
35:23This is all a mistake.
35:24You are putting the security of the President of the United States of America at risk and we intend to stop that.
35:30What? Me?
35:31You've already put the operational security of this man in serious danger.
35:36I'm a doctor. I save lives. I have nothing to do with this.
35:41Well, if you want to continue saving lives, including your own, I suggest you leave this man alone. Do you understand?
35:48I understand.
35:51You're on vacation for a few days.
35:53Leave town.
35:55You contact this man or even mention his name in conversation, we will find out.
35:59And all this will come tumbling down on your head.
36:03Have a nice day.
36:16Quite a session.
36:17Sorry.
36:18I was just saying, you were in there for ages.
36:20Was I? I guess I was.
36:22Everything all right?
36:23In what sense?
36:24In there.
36:25Oh. Oh, yeah, totally fine. She's lovely, actually. Great listener.
36:29Got a lot of stuff off my chest.
36:31I think it's a brilliant idea, don't you?
36:33Yeah, absolutely. It's brilliant.
36:35Exactly. Finally getting a chance to say what you really think about things.
36:39And what were your things?
36:41What did I talk to her about, do you mean?
36:43Yeah, generally.
36:44Generally what things?
36:45Doesn't matter.
36:46No, you confuse me now.
36:47No, no, don't worry about it.
36:48Danny, just tell her.
36:50Sorry, was I interrupting something?
36:51No, no. What's up?
36:52Ah, the President's gone walkabout.
36:55We have surveillance telling us the Libyan embassy lines are going mad just around the time your President goes off-piste.
37:00We're trying to keep abreast of threats here. We'd appreciate a little honesty from you.
37:03Today is Ashley's 15th birthday.
37:05Ashley is the U.S. Ambassador's daughter, and the President, who knows this,
37:09had the idea at Horse Guards of getting a birthday present for her and delivering it in person.
37:13So he cut the tour short and sent someone shopping for a video game.
37:16Harrods, I believe.
37:17The President was then invited to try the game out for himself, which he was only too pleased to do.
37:21This is why he made the detour, and that is why we are currently a mere 15 minutes behind schedule.
37:26Keeping Her Majesty waiting.
37:28I thought she had a lady to do that for her.
37:32By the way, Tom, met a friend of yours earlier.
37:35She's leaving the country for a while.
37:38I thought you might like to know.
37:40Bye.
37:48She's lying.
37:50No surprises there.
37:59At 1 p.m. today, two agents from the U.S. Secret Service
38:02walked into one of London's busiest A&E units and kidnapped one of its medical registrars.
38:06I'm presuming there was a very good reason for this, correct?
38:09An immediate need to remove a liability from our respective orbits?
38:13Operationally, I give you free rein.
38:15I've done so in the past, and I do so willingly.
38:18But you consult with me before acting preemptively like this on a personal matter.
38:22Stopped being a personal matter.
38:24We're entering the final phase now.
38:26The President's on the move again at 1600.
38:28I've got a pointless personnel person interfering with the staff
38:31at Viper's Nest of Paranoia on the grid,
38:33and I need your 100% focus. Do you understand?
38:40Roger that. Stagecoach returning to blacktop.
38:43Marine One airborne in ten.
38:45Marine One is airborne. Repeat, Marine One is airborne.
38:48En route to backline.
38:57TENSE MUSIC
39:03Climate change and the world economy will also be on the agenda in the talks this afternoon,
39:07in addition to the main agenda of Mr Bush's controversial military policy of preemptive strikes.
39:12These protesters started gathering a few minutes ago.
39:15Hundreds converged on checkers from all around the country
39:18when news of the President's itinerary leaked.
39:20Many are here to make a stand against American foreign policy.
39:23Their intention is to be heard.
39:26Official sources have denied that checkers is even on the President's itinerary,
39:29but the security surrounding this high-level visit is the strongest in living memory.
39:34Double perimeter security and brief local forces to take orders directed from checkers control.
39:38Danny, you join Tom at checkers, would you? What's outstanding on the trip list?
39:41Reservoir security's been doubled, but we still need a team to watch incoming pipes.
39:44We're a clean sweep on vetting both checkers staff and medical teams.
39:47So, shall I just stay here, then?
39:49For now.
39:52What's that?
39:53What we have over the Libyans.
39:57All units, ETA 30 seconds. Confirm entry areas clear and secure.
40:02Copy that. Area A secure.
40:06Copy. Area B secure.
40:09Area C secure.
40:13Tom.
40:14Danny. Sitrep.
40:15Floors 1 and 2 are cleared. All teams in place.
40:17What about the roof?
40:18It's covered. Snipers have 270 sight on all combat sites.
40:21What's that noise?
40:22Just going through the kitchen.
40:24Oh, Danny, don't try to cook anything like that to the chefs.
40:26Don't worry, I won't.
40:27All clear.
40:28Kitchens are clear.
40:29All details, this is blacktop control. We have a wheels down in 10. I need sitreps now.
40:34All floors now clear. Helipad prepared.
40:36Guard protection standing by.
40:38Marine 1 landing. Principle secure. Wheels down.
40:41PM arriving south entrance.
40:55That was Danny. Teams are in position.
40:57Control, this is RAF Warrenmoor. Unidentified slow-moving contact entering the restricted zone.
41:04Please clarify.
41:07Dimitri Booker was on our housekeeping surveillance.
41:09Ex-Moscow Mafia now lives here. One of our own triplist longshots.
41:12The other suits are arms dealers. We think some of them may have been holding medical equipment.
41:16I understand this is a matter for research, Zoe, but...
41:18This was taken yesterday. Ten miles from Chequers.
41:22What equipment?
41:24Radiotherapy machines.
41:26Radiotherapy machines hold enough cobalt-60 to take out Oxford Street on a sunny day, if you can get at it.
41:31Your implication here is...?
41:33Dirty bomb.
41:39We have a microlight on a direct routing to Chequers.
41:42Have you got a visual?
41:43Yeah, snipers just picked him up on the route.
41:45How far away is it?
41:46Three or four miles. It's a small, fixed wing.
41:48What are the local aerodromes?
41:49Chilton Park and Ballwood.
41:50Does it have a radio?
41:51Some do, some don't. Aerodromes say he's not responding.
41:53Tell him to keep trying.
41:56I need air cover now.
41:57There are two Harriers on standby at Cottlemore.
41:59Get Master Control on the line. Tell him to launch the cues.
42:04Sniper detail, can you get a shot?
42:06I can have a shot in ten.
42:07Be ready to engage on my signal.
42:11You speak to me, I speak to him. That is how it's going to work.
42:15You want this on your head?
42:16It's a microlight!
42:17You want this on your head?
42:18It's a microlight!
42:19Yeah, Tom, like I said, a microlight.
42:24Warren Moore, this is Q1 on task. Request vectors. Ready to copy.
42:30You must make this assumption.
42:32If the pilot's aiming straight for the roof at Chequers, then...
42:34We can't shoot it down.
42:35No, then we have to.
42:36Not if it's carrying nuclear material.
42:38Who ever said anything about nuclear material?
42:40We have nothing credible on that score, however...
42:42What goddamn nuclear material? Put the speaker on.
42:45We cannot discount it completely.
42:46A known hitman sourcing the raw material for a dirty bomb.
42:49No, we're putting two and two together to get 13. It is absolutely ludicrous.
42:52No more ludicrous than crushing a plane into a building.
42:54Ask anyone how ludicrous that sounded on September the 10th, 2001.
42:57Check with the Met Office on local wind conditions. It could just be being blown across.
43:00What nuclear material?
43:02We have a source who claims there may be radioactive material near the Chequers site.
43:05What, on its own? In a restaurant?
43:07A UK-based hitman was seen attempting to acquire some in London.
43:10Attempting being the operative word.
43:12Oh, great.
43:13They're still trying to verify the ID of the MyClient pilot. Get on to the Met.
43:17This is RAF Warrenmore. Cues on airborne. 90 seconds to target.
43:20This is Q1. We're now approaching Chequers. Are we authorized to engage? Over.
43:24No.
43:25Affirmative. Q1, engage on visual. Front controller, do you have a position?
43:29Do not engage target until we have confirmed. Over.
43:32Cut the chatter.
43:33Who called this in?
43:34The Protective Research Section of the US Secret Service.
43:38The CIA and the executive power of the US Federal Government has advised the Royal Air Force to engage the target.
43:44You shoot that thing out of the sky with a sidewinder missile, you're not just killing someone.
43:48You're raining down hot metal and rocket fuel on hundreds of people.
43:51Look, we need more information.
43:53This is all we have.
43:54There is a small fixed-wing aircraft on a collision course with this building.
43:58This building houses the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain.
44:01I am not going to allow it to get any closer.
44:03You went over my head.
44:05Leave it now. It disperses over there. We mobilize chem-bio units.
44:09Met Office says there's a strong following wind that could be blowing him in.
44:17This is Q1. 20 seconds to target.
44:19Front controller, do you have a visual? Over.
44:22Warren Moore, Q1 on station. Negative visual contact. Request vectors.
44:26Q1, Warren Moore, come left 190 degrees. Target your nose 2 miles.
44:31Roger, 190.
44:32Merging 15 seconds.
44:33Songbird is turning. Repeat, target is turning.
44:36Is he turning?
44:37Is he turning?
44:41Oh yeah, he's turning.
44:42Warren Moore, shall we engage? Over.
44:45Visual engaging.
44:47Tom?
44:51Negative. We'll confirm with air defense control. Target is no longer a threat.
44:54Q1, Warren Moore, abort. Repeat, abort.
44:58Roger, Warren Moore. Q1, Q2, aborting.
45:04Well, like she said. Paranoia.
45:20Tempsider, this is Air Force One. We are wheels up and clear.
45:23Air Force One has cleared the tower.
45:25Thank you, Tempsider. The President is safely in the air.
45:29The microlight pilot was a Mr. Smith,
45:31straight into restricted space with a defective radio and a defective head.
45:35Dimitri Bubko?
45:36Customs are working on that one.
45:38Roger. Tomorrow, perhaps.
45:44Tom, am I getting the sack?
45:46Danny?
45:47Tom, please tell me, because I prefer to hear it to my face now.
45:49Danny, what are you talking about? Of course you're not.
45:51You would tell me, wouldn't you? I mean, I'd hope you and I would be...
45:53Danny, you're not getting the bloody sack, all right?
45:56Great. Great. Only, Ruth said she overheard Harry.
45:59They were talking about losing someone.
46:01Danny is not getting the sack.
46:05Great.
46:07All right. Since me.
46:09No one is getting the sack!
46:23Sorry.
46:25Sorry.
46:29Yeah, me too.
46:34Thank you for everything.
46:36No problem.
46:37You haven't thanked me yet.
46:39Well, I was just about to.
46:41I did you a big favour, you know.
46:42Consider it known.
46:43Yeah? Well, now you can do one for me.
46:45Oh, yeah? What's that?
46:46We're missing something, and it's time for you to give it back.
46:55We've been waiting for someone to come and collect it.
46:57Admin error, huh?
47:03It happens.
47:07The French tipped us off that you were looking through US diplomatic material,
47:10which made us suspicious, because the French never ever do us any favours.
47:13So we could only presume the reason they were doing it
47:16was to try and drive a wedge between the UK and the USA.
47:18Oh, no, that could never happen.
47:20Absolutely.
47:21So that rumour must be false, then?
47:23What rumour?
47:24That nasty Libyan sort of rumour.
47:28Tell you what,
47:29if there's anything going on between us and the Libyans in the UK,
47:33you'll be the first to know.
47:35Of course.
47:36Same to you.
47:39Yep.
47:40Tom.
47:41Miranda for you.
47:44Tom.
47:45Thank you.
47:47Well, I have a litany of comments here,
47:50mainly directed at you.
47:53Brilliant.
47:55Doesn't it worry you that most of the staff on this floor
47:58are overworked and paranoid?
48:00No.
48:02This was meant to be a steam-valve exercise, and that's what that is.
48:05It's not a steam-valve exercise.
48:07It's a steam-valve exercise.
48:09No.
48:11This was meant to be a steam-valve exercise, and that's what that is. Steam.
48:15And anyway, I'm not really the one who should be worrying.
48:17Is that right?
48:18Oh, yeah.
48:19Yeah, because whatever anyone's been saying about me,
48:21that is nothing compared to what they've been saying about you.
48:26This was a shocking exercise.
48:32I'm appalled that these mind games were condoned during such a stressful time.
48:36The personnel wanted a psychological topography of the department.
48:39They wanted to know who in this section could be classed as a theoretical weak link.
48:43And what were your findings?
48:44There aren't any.
48:45I beg to differ.
48:46I think I'm looking at the weakest link right now.
48:59Tell the Libyans thank you very much.
49:01The sound quality is superb.
49:03You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
49:08Things have changed.
49:10Yeah, I'll let you know.
49:14The President left on Air Force One at eight o'clock this evening after his short visit to Britain.
49:19Despite many threats to his security, the visit passed without incident.
49:23It's thought that MI5 officers were also included in President's security arrangements
49:27in order to ensure his last-minute trip to the UK could go ahead as smoothly as possible.
49:32The Prime Minister has praised all those involved.
49:34So here's my question.
49:36Whatever happened to that Nina sound?
49:38It was cute.
49:39Great.
49:40Sort of urgent.
49:41Then it's like one day you just replaced all your emergency service sirens with American ones.
49:45It's a shame.
49:46Before you know it, you'll have guns for sale in Marks and Spencer.
49:49Thank you for your concern.
49:50You're still up.
49:52So are you.
49:53I can never sleep after an operation.
49:56No, me neither.
49:58You want to come over and meet my friend Jim?
50:03No.
50:07You were heavy-handed.
50:09She put your life in danger, Tom.
50:12She put the President's life in danger.
50:15I'm empty.
50:28Olivia.
50:29Don't make me wrestle you for it.
50:32I don't want to embarrass you.
50:41So you lied.
50:43What else did you expect? The truth?
50:48Is this a loss of faith, Tom?
50:54Of course not.
50:56Dostoevsky. Russian writer guy.
50:59Wrote a book about a man who told the truth all the time.
51:02Know what he called it?
51:04The Idiot.
51:07You didn't wrestle me for it very much, did you?
51:13What do you know that I don't?
51:18Lots of things.
51:21Another example of the strength of the relationship between our two countries.
51:25It is a very strong relationship. A very special one.