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leave the safety of our borders every year.
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is called into action.
We got you.
Unit Chief Jack Garrett,
you have the right to remain silent
and refuse to answer questions today.
If you give up that right, anything you say
can and will be used against you in a court of law.
You have the right to consult
with an attorney before and during this questioning.
If you cannot afford an attorney...
I'm sorry.
Unit Chief Garrett, do you understand these rights
as I've explained them to you?
Yes.
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"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead." Benjamin Franklin.
Are you willing to sit down now and answer our questions?
Yes.
Jack, are you sure you don't want your lawyer?
It could get rough.
I don't need a lawyer.
Let the record reflect that IRT Unit Chief Jack Garrett
has waived his right to counsel at this time.
Let us identify those also present for this session...
Agents Brian Lynch and Jody Reynolds
with the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility.
Janice Reichel, Deputy Counsel, District of Columbia,
representing the Department of Justice.
Walter Atwood, Deputy Director of National Intelligence,
and I am Linda Barnes, Executive Assistant Director
of the FBI's National Security Branch.
Deputy Director Atwood and I have been authorized
to conduct this joint inquiry for the FBI and DNI.
Now, Unit Chief Garrett,
can you walk us through the beginnings
of Case Number 67-16-01 in Qalea, Kurjikistan?
We were refueling in Lisbon,
when Agent Russell Montgomery gave notification
about a request from the U.S. Ambassador
and the Kurjikistan Foreign Minister.
It was a double homicide involving a U.S. citizen
and a Kurjik national.
Keri Lodel, 29. She's from Providence, Rhode Island,
and she worked as a network engineer
for a U.S. contractor called Global Strategem Development.
Also, Aron Sabri, 32, from Qalea.
He worked as a security guard for GSD.
Now according to Captain Rifai of the Kurjik National Police,
Keri was stabbed to death by by a co-worker who she was
allegedly having an affair with.
That man's name is Edward Delgado.
Delgado is 46 years old, from Alexandria, Virginia.
He's a systems analyst,
and he's married with a 2-year-old daughter.
Sabri, the local security guard, appears to have died
during the struggle with Delgado
as he fled the GSD housing compound.
So it looks like all this took place
inside of Qalea's Steel Ring.
Steel Ring?
It's a heavily fortified 4-square-mile area
much like Baghdad's Green Zone.
Jack, uh, I know Delgado.
You know him?
I-I mean, knew him.
We used to work together for an NGO in Myanmar.
When was this?
Three years ago when I took my leave of absence.
What do you remember about him?
Honestly, this doesn't make any sense to me at all.
The man that I knew... he could barely raise his voice in anger,
much less escalate to murder.
Not only that, he's a fugitive now.
As someone whose job requires her to analyze
and objectively profile the behaviors of criminal suspects,
wasn't Agent Seger's judgment already compromised?
No, not at all.
Not at all?
You don't believe Agent Seger's history with Mr. Delgado
could have in any way impacted her ability to...
No, I don't, just like I don't believe
that Deputy Director Atwood's longtime friendship with me
is going to impact his ability to be objective
during this inquiry.
Did Agent Seger disclose to you
or to any other member of your team
the full extent of her prior relationship with Mr. Delgado?
Agent Seger disclosed that she previously worked with him
in Myanmar three years ago.
She didn't happen to mention
her personal relationship with this man?
No. She didn't mention it, but... doesn't matter because...
What matters is how well you know the members of your team.
No doubt this line of questioning is important,
but let me jump ahead.
When you landed in country, run us through the protocol.
When we landed in Qalea, we began coordinating
with Captain Basir Rifai,
head of the Kurjik National Police.
Unfortunately, my men have made little progress
in our hunt for the fugitive, Edward Delgado.
We are beginning to believe he may have escaped the Steel Ring
and may in fact be already dead.
Because as a westerner on the run,
he could've easily fallen into the hands
of the militant group, the Brotherhood of Faith.
Yes, one of many terror groups that plague my country.
Only this one was led
by one of your former army generals, Rashan Noori.
Indeed. An even deeper wound for us.
But Delgado's a pretty smart guy, right?
So you think if he's really gonna roll the dice
outside the Ring, he's only gonna do it
if he knows exactly where he's gonna be able to hide
for a little bit.
You may be right, Agent Jarvis, but in my experience,
the desperate man always makes the desperate choice.
Well, right now Agent Seger and I should inspect the crime scene
while Agent Simmons here evaluates our suspect's
possible escape routes from the housing compound.
Yes, of course.
I'd also like the bodies of Keri Lodel and Aron Sabri
brought back here so Agent Jarvis
can conduct supplemental autopsies.
I'll arrange for the transfer.
Unit Chief, earlier you mentioned,
if I'm not mistaken, that the Kurjik Foreign Minister
was one of the folks who had asked
for the IRT's help in this matter. Is that right?
Yes, that's right.
Did you or did you not
acknowledge and respect the lead investigative role
of the local authority, Captain Rifai?
Deputy Director, the IRT's role, as always,
was to advise and assist Captain Rifai and the KNP
during the course of this double homicide investigation
and the pursuit of the fugitive, Edward Delgado.
Now much of that advice and assistance
comes from your team's ability
to build these behavioral profiles
of criminal suspects.
- Is that right? - Yes.
And as Assistant Director Barnes
has pointed out, Agent Seger was familiar with...
perhaps a bit too familiar with
the particular subject, Mr. Delgado.
Agent Seger demonstrated no bias
during this investigation.
In fact, her awareness
of Mr. Delgado's actions in the past
only helped to contextualize the evidence we found
at Keri Lodel's crime scene.
Isn't GSD helping to update
your department's technical security?
It is. Some of my officers knew the victim
as well as Mr. Delgado.
Did they ever see the two of them out together socially?
No.
But your theory is a lover's quarrel gone horribly wrong.
Before the security guard confronted Mr. Delgado,
he radioed for help.
It was 2 a.m., and he'd heard screams from this apartment.
He then pursued the suspect from here
and confronted him on the balcony at the end of the hall,
but Mr. Delgado got the better of him.
That doesn't confirm an intimate relationship
- between the two of them. - No, I agree.
It more strongly confirms a probable sexual assault
that escalated to murder.
Just all this rage.
Yeah, it's overkill. Something personal.
What do you got, Mae?
What I got is something weird in Keri's tox panel.
So she has Lorazepam in her system
even though she does not have a prescription for it,
and the amount of the drug is so high,
it's like she's been sedated.
And on top of that, Keri has no defensive wounds on her.
So you think
Keri was drugged, and then she was stabbed to death.
I mean, that's what it's looking like to me.
What about the second victim, Aron Sabri?
Well, the COD is blunt force trauma,
which is consistent with being tossed off a balcony,
but unfortunately,
the post-mortem injuries are making it
really difficult for me to confirm the extent
of the struggle with the suspect,
and I'm also really puzzled by the abrasions on his hands.
But, I mean, it is what it is.
Okay, thanks, Mae.
Jack, there is nothing here to confirm or deny
an intimate relationship between these two.
And there's certainly nothing to tell why
whatever relationship they did have
took such a tragic turn.
Maybe his room will tell us more.
Maybe, but I really think we need to conduct
a deeper victimology of Keri Lodel.
If you look at her mementos,
she's obviously very popular with lots of different people,
any one of whom could have developed
some twisted sense of an attachment
that would have motivated this violence.
Okay. We'll have Monty follow up.
So to be clear, the next step in your investigation
was based on Agent Seger's recommendation?
No. Conducting a victimology is part of our profile building.
But you just described how Agent Seger said
a deeper victimology would help you move off Delgado.
That's not what I said, and you keep trying
to twist my words like that.
- I'm only trying to clarify. - You're trying to hang the IRT.
That's what you're trying to do here.
- Perhaps it's time we took a break. - I think we're fine.
- I think we're taking a break. - Aron Sabri and Keri Lodel
are not the only victims of this case.
A civilian suspect lost his life
because of the IRT's reckless actions.
You think I want to hang the IRT?
Unit Chief Garrett, let me be crystal clear with you.
When we are all done here today,
I will have everything I need to shatter the IRT
into a thousand pieces
and scatter the remnants to the wind.
What's your big secret?
Well, that could have gone... better.
- It's going fine. - Mm, 'cause you don't think
it's hard to prove bias when you lay your own cards
out on the table like that?
You need to tread lightly.
Is that so?
Yes, it is. This isn't just an inquiry.
This is a political game of chess.
You like chess?
I like boxing.
I see that. Now I love chess myself.
Requires patience and understanding strategy
and of human weakness.
Plus you always get to be king.
Not that I don't appreciate the pep talk, but I don't.
Settle down. I'm trying to protect you,
and if you really wanna see justice done,
you will gather the facts... just the facts,
and let the powers that be do the rest.
I shouldn't have to remind you
that no one in this room is under arrest.
So if you don't mind,
I'm gonna go stretch my legs and get some coffee.
Anybody want anything?
This is ridiculous.
Look, I think it's best if we avoid sharing
for the time being.
You think they wired the room?
Why would they wire the room?
Because while we are not actually under arrest,
we're prohibited from discussing anything that has to do
with the case with each other.
Unbelievable. What do they think that we're gonna do,
sit in here and try to line our stories up?
That's exactly what they think,
and even the mere appearance of collusion
is cause for termination if not straight up prosecution.
So... how are Karen and the kids?
Oh, come on, Walt. Cut the crap.
I'm sorry, man. This is tough.
But I want you to know I got your back.
I don't need you to have my back.
Jack, you heard the woman yourself.
This is not about who is right or who is wrong.
This is about who's to blame.
Walt, we did everything by the book.
I know you did, Jack, but we got a body count.
So book or no book, somebody screwed the pooch.
I just don't want that somebody to be you.
You're not done with me yet.
No, we're not.
But you and Barnes needed a time-out, so... excuse me.
Agent Seger, three years ago, you took a leave of absence.
- Yes, I did. - Why?
- Yes, that's the question.
Uh, I'm not sure that I understand.
You have my personal file sitting right in front of you.
You know exactly why I took the time off.
Yes, I do know why. Unfortunately, I suspect
some of my tricks as an interrogator
are going to be transparent to an expert in forensic psychology
such as yourself, am I right?
I'd only ask your indulgence.
Or you can choose to not answer the question,
but that might suggest something about your state of mind,
don't you think?
You want to play games? I can play your game.
Three years ago,
my husband, SSA Brad Seger...
he was killed in the line of duty,
and I took a leave of absence for bereavement.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
During your bereavement leave, you traveled extensively,
but I'd like to focus on the time you spent in Myanmar
three years ago, during which time
you became... quite familiar with Edward Delgado,
the man who would later become
the focus of the investigation in Qalea
and the man whose complicated connection to you
- would prejudice your team. - That is not true.
Regardless of my personal knowledge of Delgado,
my team, without prejudice, pursued this man as a fugitive
from the law.
In fact, it was Agent Montgomery who reached out to his wife
to get a better understanding of where he might seek refuge.
Agent Montgomery, I haven't been able to get a hold
of my husband in 24 hours.
- Mrs. Delgado... - Please call me Amelia.
Amelia, please.
There was an incident at the GSD housing compound.
Two people were killed.
One was a woman who worked with your husband named Keri Lodel.
The other was a security guard named Aron Sabri.
Your husband is also missing.
Missing?
What do you mean, missing?
Amelia, when was the last time
you communicated with your husband?
He e-mailed me yesterday morning.
What did he say?
Nothing. He just sent me photos.
May I see them?
How often did the two of you communicate
while he was overseas?
Once a week, mainly by e-mail.
Must have been tough... for both of you.
Why do I get the feeling that what you really wanna ask me
is if I think my husband was sleeping with Keri.
Is it possible?
No, it isn't.
He sent me those photos so that I could see his friends,
that's all.
Okay.
Well, was your husband under any unusual stress lately?
No, not that I know of.
He's a good man. He gets along with everyone.
I swear, he'd never hurt anyone.
Delgado's wife gave me access
to all of her husband's social media,
and I'm going through it now, but I gotta be honest,
Amelia seemed to know her husband really well.
So if he wasn't having an affair with Keri,
then what would be his motive to kill her?
Well, if Delgado didn't kill Keri,
then why does he attack the guard?
And why does he run?
Which brings us to our more pressing question...
where is Edward Delgado?
Listen, guilty or not, he's not some hardened criminal.
He is a stranger in a strange land,
and it's like Mae said before.
If he did manage to sneak out of the Steel Ring,
it's because he knows someone on the other side
who might protect him.
I may have found something.
Looks like Delgado got pretty close
to the family of his first interpreter.
Young man's name is Omar Tahan.
I apologize, Agent Seger.
What was the young man's name again?
Omar Tahan. He was Delgado's translator
for two weeks until those duties were transferred
to an officer from the KNP.
And why were those duties transferred?
Delgado's work exposed him to confidential KNP communications,
and Mr. Tahan would have not been permitted access.
Once you identified Mr. Tahan,
what did you or your team do next?
We drove out to the Tahan house.
It was located 1 mile northwest of the Steel Ring,
and that's where we discovered Mr. Delgado hiding out.
Did he offer any resistance?
No, he did not. He came into custody without incident.
Agent Seger, whose decision was it
to transport Edward Delgado back to the IRT jet
rather than transfer him immediately into KNP custody?
That was Unit Chief Garrett's decision.
And do you recall if you perhaps challenged that decision?
- No. - No, you don't recall, or...
- No, I did not challenge it. - Did you encourage it?
Look, at this point, Delgado was a suspect
in a joint task force investigation
between the IRT and the KNP.
It was well within Unit Chief Garrett's purview
to bring a suspect onto the jet for questioning.
- And who questioned him? - I did.
You gotta talk to me, Ed.
You have to tell me what happened
in the apartment with the guard.
Why did you run?
Were you sleeping with her?
What do you think?
Honestly, I don't think you'd ever betray
the mother of your child.
I just... wanna go home,
and I swear to God I didn't do this.
I know, so let me help you.
But you don't understand. You can't.
This is insane.
You being here, dropping into my life,
just like you did before.
To "save" me.
No, I think we saved each other.
Did we?
You know, I still remember exactly where we were
when you told me we were together
for all the wrong reasons.
But the crazy thing is,
if you don't leave me, then I don't go home.
I don't get married, and...
I don't get my baby girl, Julia, in my life.
Yeah, and I don't get
to be here with you right now to help you.
You have to trust me, Ed.
Truth is, there is only one person in the whole world
that I trust, Clara.
Clara, Jack just got off the phone with Captain Rifai.
He's asking us to transfer him to KNP custody.
KNP? No, hold on a second.
I'm an American citizen arrested by the FBI.
Why can't you guys hold on to me?
Okay, everything is gonna be okay, Ed.
My team and I will be with you every step of the way.
It's a joint investigation.
Actually, it was easier bringing him here
than it will be getting him back to the Steel Ring,
so I'll need to coordinate security protocols
for Captain Rifai.
Okay, I'll get him ready.
Security protocols?
Such as encrypting communications
between the KNP and the IRT
before, during, and after prisoner transfers.
- Is that correct? - Yes.
Excuse me, SSA Simmons. Could we rewind a moment here?
You get the call from Captain Rifai.
He asks you to give him the guy.
Could you walk me through what should have happened next?
The plan was for the IRT to convoy the prisoner
back to KNP headquarters inside the Steel Ring.
We were to travel by way of secured route,
mapped by Captain Rifai.
The primary concern for the operation
was to avoid the main road
between the airport and the Steel Ring.
Right, because what do they call that road...
"Damnation Alley"?
Agent Simmons, we know what should have happened.
- Tell us what did happen. - We were ambushed
by fighters loyal to the Brotherhood of Faith.
And do you know how you were targeted?
How?
No. It was a random attack.
Random?
It wasn't random.
You were found because you got caught
talking on open lines of communication.
That's impossible. I personally secured those lines.
Well, you tell me, sir.
Are you incompetent, or are you a traitor?
'Cause the digital evidence says no encryption.
These logs can't be right.
Those logs are from the KNP server.
What happened during the ambush?
We engaged in evasive maneuvers.
At one point, we were forced off the road,
and a gun battle ensued.
The prisoner was hit by gunfire.
You got Delgado shot.
It was at that point the decision was made
to double back to the jet.
- Who made that decision? - Unit Chief Garrett.
It was the only chance we had to save Delgado's life.
Was that your unit chief's medical opinion
or that of his field medical examiner, Agent Mae Jarvis?
You know, I don't know.
I was too busy getting us the hell out of there.
Tell us what happened once you got back to the jet.
Delgado had been shot in the chest.
Here, here. I got him out of the SUV,
and I was gonna help carry him up to the conference room,
and that's when they tried to board the plane.
"They" being those Brotherhood boys.
Yes. Clara and Mae and the rest of our flight crew
got Delgado out of the line of fire.
All right, bring him right in here.
Okay.
Clara, can you get his vest off?
Okay.
I mean, there was a lot of chaos.
Jack and I were able to hold them back
while Clara and Mae tended to Delgado.
We should get an oxygen line started.
Tighter.
And nobody else got injured?
I'm sorry?
Delgado was the only one who got shot.
Yes, he was.
We were able to get the cargo bay doors closed.
But you weren't able to save Delgado's life, were you?
Come on. Stay with me. Come on.
Mae.
Come on, Edward!
Okay, tell me what to do. What do I do?
Mae?
He's gone.
I'm sorry.
Looks like they're regrouping, Jack.
Probably calling in reinforcements.
Well, you don't think they're gonna try and board the plane, do you?
I don't want to have to find out.
Captain Rifai, where's our backup you promised?
They are en route to you now.
SSA Jarvis, when Unit Chief Garrett
ordered the unit back to the jet,
did you know the full extent of Mr. Delgado's injuries?
Um, I had identified an entry wound
to his upper right thoracic region,
and I suspected that his lung had collapsed.
- So did you challenge the order? - No
You had a man with a gaping chest wound,
and you didn't insist on being rerouted to U.S. Camp Granato,
where they have a field hospital?
No, I didn't... because
I mean, truth is, I knew that what I had on the plane
could stabilize him, and everything else
was just an unknown variable,
and it was all happening while we were under enemy fire.
I get it. It was tough out there.
- Yeah, it was. - Maybe that speaks to why,
after medical school, you became a medical examiner
instead of continuing in trauma medicine.
Excuse me?
Do you recall a young man
by the name of Dylan Jacobs?
Yeah. Yeah, I remember Dylan.
You were a resident at St. Colette's Trauma Center
the night he was brought in.
Do you recall what happened to him?
Yeah, he died on the table.
And his family felt that you and Dr. Justin Wyatt
and the hospital were negligent.
They filed a lawsuit.
Uh, that was settled out of court
with a nondisclosure agreement.
So are you saying you can't disclose whether or not
you feel responsible for Mr. Jacobs' death?
Jack, I am so sorry.
I-I should have told you everything.
No, it's all right, Clara.
You told me everything you needed to.
Hey, guys, listen.
I-I know we're not supposed to talk,
but there is something else going on here.
Barnes and Atwood basically blamed me
for the entire ambush.
They said that I didn't encrypt the lines of communications,
and what they offered as proof
were the digital log books from the KNP command post.
I'm telling you, those logs were doctored.
But, presumably, only somebody who works for the KNP
- could have done that. - Right.
Clara, I think you were right from the start.
Delgado never fit the profile of Keri's killer.
Question is, why did he run?
Maybe he didn't trust the local cops.
Maybe. Delgado's job focused primarily on improving
cybersecurity for the KNP,
so what if he came across something
that he shouldn't have?
A secret, something so compromising
that someone inside the KNP would be
willing to frame him for murder.
Okay, but consider this.
You know that security guard, Aron Sabri?
He was only moonlighting at the GSD compound.
His primary job was patrol officer for the KNP.
Remember the abrasions on his hands?
The ones that Mae really couldn't explain?
What if they hadn't come from a struggle with Delgado?
What if they were a result of stabbing Keri
over and over again?
So you think the original plan was the guard kills Keri,
then he kills Delgado as he tries to escape.
Only Delgado got the better of him.
Unfortunately, as good as this sounds,
it's pure speculation.
Yeah, and given our current status,
we need some hard evidence to prove
that someone from the KNP was behind all of this.
And I'm not sure we're gonna be able to prove anything
when we've been stripped of everything.
Maybe not everything. Look, if we're right about Delgado,
and he did discover the KNP's dirty little secret,
if he's the man that I remember,
he would have hedged his bets on the evidence.
What do you mean?
I think that he would have sent his proof
to the only person in the world that he trusts.
- You okay? - Sure.
Look, you know they're just playing these mind games
in order to try to break you.
Yeah, well, they're ballers at it,
'cause I feel pretty broken.
It'll be all right.
I mean, I don't care what anybody says.
When you have someone's life in your hands,
you feel the weight of that responsibility.
And, yeah, you can... You can put on a brave face,
but I don't think you ever really learn how to...
turn your emotions on and off.
And if you lose that person,
You never stop second-guessing yourself.
Agent Montgomery, I'd like to direct your attention
to the events that took place after Mr. Delgado's death.
You recall receiving a distress call from Betsy Ross?
Yes, I do.
Hey, boss, what's going on?
We're in trouble.
We got ambushed by the Brotherhood.
We sustained a casualty. It looks like
they're gonna try to board the plane.
Okay, I'll call the KNP right now.
I tried that. They're too far away.
I need you to call in the cavalry
from U.S. Camp Granato right now.
Why did you ignore Unit Chief Garrett's direct order?
I didn't ignore it. I assessed the situation.
I looked at the map. They were too far away.
Perhaps you would be willing to tell us
when you first became aware of the existence
of the Z-TAC Nighthawk S-2.
I can't tell you about a program that doesn't exist, now, can I?
You must think you're pretty smart.
I think the Nighthawk S-2 is the worst kept secret
in the U.S. Intelligence community.
Did Jack Garrett direct you to compromise
the Nighthawk system?
No, he did not.
- What's going on? - They're knocking at the door.
Okay, Jack, the way I see it,
your only option is to take off right now.
I'm not sure how that's gonna happen.
- They've got us surrounded. - Not for long.
Agent Montgomery,
do you know what it means to misappropriate
and destroy a $164 million unmanned aerial vehicle?
With all due respect, $164 million
suggests that you're including the R&D on the project.
The price tag for a single drone is $3.74 million.
Do you honestly think this is a joke?
Yes. Do you wanna know if I stole the drone?
Yes, I stole the drone because there were men with guns
going after my team, so I hacked
the nearest surveillance drone in flight
and I strafed the airfield with it... several times.
Thank God those boys
over at the Brotherhood of Faith
are really bad at skeet shooting,
because that gave them time to draw away from the plane
and for me to create a $3.74 million light show,
which allowed my team to get off the tarmac
and get out of harm's way.
Were you aware of enemy casualties?
There were none. You didn't know that at the time.
I understand at the end of all this,
there has to be a blame game,
but the truth of the matter is
there's only a chosen few who will ever be qualified
to work in the field.
There's no other way to say it.
Their instincts, their judgment, their courage...
it's better... because it has to be.
Because in the heat of the moment,
they make the hard choices.
And do you think that you are one of those chosen few?
I don't think it.
I know, so I did what I did. I'd do it again,
and I'm now prepared to accept the consequences of my actions.
Good, because, Agent Montgomery...
... you're under arrest,
for willful theft, malfeasance,
and destruction of government property.
I need your badge.
Hello, Amelia.
Thank you for, uh, for meeting me.
Ed and I had no secrets, Clara.
I came here today because I know
that you were important to his life,
and I really need someone to get justice for him
and for Keri.
That's exactly what I intend to do.
May I see the photos that he e-mailed you?
Did Ed have a habit
of sending you candid snapshots like these?
No. But I'm glad he did.
Do you mind e-mailing me copies of these?
Why?
Amelia, my team and I believe
that Ed was framed for Keri's murder
because of a secret that he discovered,
and I think these photos will tell me
exactly what that secret is.
Hey, what's going on here?
- It's all right, Jack. - No, it's not all right.
Let it go, my friend. Let it play out.
It's all part of the process.
What's the charge?
What does it matter, Jack? This is the worst of it.
Walter, listen to me. Delgado was set up.
I may have a way to get the evidence.
Agent Seger and Simmons are working on...
Whoa, whoa.
Seger and Simmons can't be working on anything.
You know that.
Oh, damn it, Jack. You have just opened yourself
right back up. We're talking insubordination.
Yeah, yeah, not to mention
conduct unbecoming a federal officer.
Take him back upstairs.
Please, take a seat.
Unit Chief Garrett,
during the course of the proceedings today,
did you or did you not communicate
with members of your IRT unit?
- I did. - Where and when did
these prohibited communications take place?
Like the rest of my team,
I feel responsible for Mr. Delgado's death.
- That wasn't the question. - It's the reason we're here.
Unit Chief Garrett.
The real reason that Mr. Delgado is dead
is betrayal.
What are you talking about?
He was a good man doing good work,
who, by chance, uncovered a secret.
He found out about a deal between the KNP
and the leader of the Brotherhood of Faith,
Rashan Noori.
In exchange for ratting out terrorist cells,
Noori was guaranteed that the KNP
would turn a blind eye
toward its own criminal activities
which include the trafficking of Kurjik children.
You know all this how?
Delgado followed the protocol.
He met with the U.S. Ombudsman in Qalea.
He offered evidence, but to answer your question,
I know about all this because Mr. Delgado
also violated protocol.
He sent copies of the same evidence to his wife
in encrypted messages in photos.
Like this one.
Saying that Edward Delgado used steganography?
Yes. He was able to camouflage one digital file within another,
and if you continue to swipe past those images,
you'll find the encryption that was provided to me
by BAU Technical Analyst, Penelope Garcia.
Let me see that.
Despite this evidence, your conduct...
This evidence helps to prove that the IRT
was also set up, just like Delgado.
Set up?
Yes, because the most compromising part
of this deal with the devil is that it was all
illegally sanctioned by a U.S. Intelligence officer.
That's why Delgado had to be framed.
That's why my team had to be ambushed...
to protect the identity of the officer,
code-named "Bishop."
I have an obligation to tell you that if you accuse
an Intelligence officer of a crime
without sufficient evidence...
That's the real trick, isn't it?
How do you get to the truth in a shadow world
defended by lies?
I like to think that's where profiling comes in handy.
The ability to decipher motive behind behavior,
the liar behind the lie.
Something tells me you think
you already know the answer to that, Jack.
I think I do, Linda.
First, you have to ask yourself who benefits?
Who would be best served by taking advantage
of an off-the-shelf resource like Noori?
But more importantly, who would have the nerve
to make that deal with the devil?
It would have to be somebody who felt comfortable
rationalizing all those necessary evils
in order to protect the greater good.
It'd have to be somebody who believes that
the ends always justify the means.
Right.
You see what I'm saying?
Bishop. So maybe even someone who enjoys
the game of chess?
Because in chess, the Bishop's personality
is often considered sly, cunning...
and corrupt.
Plus you always get to be king.
Assistant Director Barnes,
I would consider your next move carefully.
Oh. I am.
Deputy Director Atwood, you're under arrest.
You have the right to remain silent.
You can't be serious.
Jack's psycho profile B.S. isn't evidence.
But the e-mails that Agent Garcia
found on your private server are, Walter.
You have no idea what you've done.
You son of a bitch.
You had Delgado killed.
You put my team in the line of fire
like we were expendable.
You are expendable!
Because you're soldiers, Jack, just like I am.
And soldiers sacrifice themselves
so others won't have to.
You think I like lying down with dogs like Noori?
You're damn right it's a necessary evil.
You know why? Because we're at war, my friends.
Make no mistake, just because we're telling people
to keep streaming and shopping,
we're in a dog fight for everything we hold to be true.
And without men like me,
without men willing to do what is necessary,
we will lose!
Spare me the self-righteousness,
and don't you dare compare yourself
to the men and women in uniform.
You're a clerk
and a criminal.
Get him outta here.
How you doing?
Better,
now that I got the handcuffs off.
But... what's going on?
Given our current state of affairs,
I've agreed to this little tête-à-tête.
Thank you.
Obviously, I've made no secret
about my desire to diminish the IRT's role.
You'd like to get rid of us.
I'd like you to be accountable.
We are. We always have been.
Then why did you ask me here, Jack?
If not to ask for leniency for Agent Montgomery?
And this is what I'm talking about.
The fact remains that in spite of his good intentions
or the positive results, Agent Montgomery
must be held accountable for his actions.
And even if I were to recommend
not seeking criminal prosecution,
at the very least, the Bureau must terminate his employment.
She's right, Jack.
No, I don't think so.
Because Agent Montgomery's actions
or any actions taken by a member of my team
are done on my orders,
whether directly stated or implied.
The buck stops with me, always,
so if anyone's gonna get fired, it's me.
I'm serious, Linda.
I know you are, Jack, but I'm not sure
you appreciate the scope of the situation here.
You just took down
the Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
Now I'm gonna be the one to take your badge?
Yes, because that's how it works.
That's accountability.
Unit Chief Jack Garrett, let me be crystal clear.
You and your unit are on notice.
You may consider this your first strike,
and in this game, a second strike means
you are out.
You good?
Me? Forget about me. They were about to lock you up.
Yeah, but I knew you guys would come break me out, right?
Or share a cell with you.
We had each other's backs.
Yes, we did. Let's go home, get some rest.
Uh, guys?
Well... no rest for the wicked.
No.
'Cause we got a job to do.