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The defeat and breakup
of the Soviet empire,
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culminating in the crumbling
of the Berlin Wall,
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is one of the great events
of world history.
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There were many heroes
in this battle,
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but to Charlie Wilson must
go this special recognition.
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Just 13 years ago, the Soviet
Army appeared to be invincible.
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But Charlie, undeterred,
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engineered
a lethal body blow
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that weakened
the Communist empire.
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Without Charlie,
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history would be hugely
and sadly different.
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And so,
for the first time,
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a civilian is being given
our highest recognition,
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that of Honored Colleague.
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Ladies and gentlemen
of the Clandestine Services,
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Congressman Charles Wilson.
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It'd be like Dallas.
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That's right.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Like Dallas but set
in Washington.
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Yeah. And you should
say it just like that.
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When I pitch it.
You should say it just...
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"Oh, this is fucking great. "
You should say it just like that.
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Dallas set
in Washington D.C.
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You know, with the
intrigue and the power plays
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and the overt
natural sex.
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The glamour,
the power.
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Do you know what I'm
saying? It's fucking Dallas.
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Or,
or Falcon Crest.
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Yes.
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That's set in Washington.
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Say it to Charlie
like that.
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The resistance fighters
disguised us as one of them.
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Charlie.
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It's like Dallas
but in Washington.
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With Crystal
in the starring role.
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Yeah.
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You tell me when to watch.
I'll make sure I'm home.
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You don't think
I can make it happen?
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I don't know anything
about how any of that works.
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I do. You said that
you would listen to him.
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That's why we're here.
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Do they routinely give starring
roles on network programs
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to people who haven't
acted professionally before?
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She was just on the fucking
cover of Playboy, Charlie.
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Well, I guess that's
just the same thing.
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Would you take
this seriously, please?
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I am taking it seriously, hon,
but can you all tell me something?
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What is... What is Dan
Rather wearing right now?
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What?
Dan Rather.
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What is he wearing?
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You're watching TV?
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Why hasn't he shaved?
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Well, who gives a damn?
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Excuse me! Hey! Excuse me,
could you turn that up?
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Could you just turn up
the volume on the TV?
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Oh, I'm completely high.
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Yeah. Okay.
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Still, could you just
grab the remote there
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and find
the volume button?
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Charlie, are we
gonna do business?
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Dan Rather is wearing a turban,
Paul. Don't you want to know why?
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He's doing a thing
from India.
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No, that's Afghanistan.
Got it.
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Appreciate it. We got
it... We captured it
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from the Afghan, the
Afghan army. Thank you.
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Does he have ammunition
for this? He has three.
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But does he have ammunition?
A lot of ammunition?
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Well, he's talking
about the mujahideen.
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No, we don't,
we didn't capture any.
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Priests?
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No, mujahideen means,
like, holy warriors.
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Priests!
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How the hell am I
supposed to know?
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Paul.
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And he was... He is saying that,
you know, America seems to be asleep.
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It doesn't seem to realize
that if Afghanistan goes
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and the Russians
go over to the Gulf,
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that in a very short time,
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it's going to be the turn
of the United States as well.
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I'm sure he knows
that in Vietnam...
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Excuse me.
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We were just wondering
what you do for a living.
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I'm not a police officer,
if that's what you're asking.
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No. We just... We don't meet a lot
of guys here who both, you know,
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know about the world
and like to party.
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No.
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I'm a member of the U.S.
House of Representatives.
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I'm sorry?
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I'm a Congressman.
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Are you kidding?
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No. No,
I'm absolutely serious.
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I'm Charlie Wilson. I represent
the Texas Second Congressional.
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Texas. And this
is Crystal Lee.
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This is Paul Brown.
What are your names?
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Stacey.
Stacey.
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Kelly. Kelly. Well, it's
nice to meet you both.
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If you are a Congressman should you
be in here with strippers and blow?
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Hey, I'm not a stripper.
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I am a stripper.
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I'm a stripper.
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Yes, see, they were
talking about themselves.
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You know, you do
have a point there.
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I really should get going.
A little pruney.
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Look, Charlie, I need
$29,000 to make it happen.
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And you know I can make it happen,
and you know you want in on this.
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Hey, who wants to take a
ride with me to the airport?
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Oh, me!
Paul?
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Okay.
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A holy war
against the Soviets.
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A war they say that,
if they get weapons,
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from us or anyone else in
the free world, they will win.
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Yeah, I'm with Congressman
Charles Wilson and Crystal Lee.
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I wish he wouldn't do that. From Texas.
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Has there ever been a
show about Washington?
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I don't think there has.
Me, neither.
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Thank you. We got the suite
another night. Comped.
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Should I go back?
No.
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You can't stay another night? No. No.
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Stay another night.
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I can't.
I have a vote.
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What, an important one?
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Yes.
What is it?
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Well, it's a
non-binding resolution
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expressing the sense
of the Congress
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that the Department of Defense should
continue to exercise its authority
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to support the Boy Scouts of America.
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Are you fucking kidding me?
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Come on, Charlie,
call, raise or fold.
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I want to get an answer
on this thing
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that Crystal
and I want to do.
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First off,
I'd appreciate it
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if you didn't throw my name
around quite so much,
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'cause, from time to time, I use it
myself, and I need it in good condition.
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Second, I'm
from Lufkin, Texas.
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I'm the son of an accountant
for a timber company.
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I take home about 700 bucks
a week, and I pay alimony,
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so the idea that I got $29,000
in the bank is pretty hysterical.
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That said,
I love your idea.
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Crys, I'll call you this week. Okay.
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All right.
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Stacey, Kelly, nice to meet you
both. Are you Nevada residents?
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Yeah.
Well, don't forget to vote.
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Bye. We love you!
We love you!
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Oh, it helps not to know me.
Oh! That is for you.
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Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
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Bye!
Bye, Charlie.
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I love Las Vegas!
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All right, what else?
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That Dairy Queen guy,
Larry Liddle,
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is sitting in your office. Hey.
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Yeah, I told him
he could come in.
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He wants to talk
to you about a cr�che.
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What, a nativity scene
with baby Jesus?
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Yeah, it's on public property,
and the city's making him move it.
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Shit. I thought
he was just coming in
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to get his picture took,
you know? Congressman.
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Yeah? You're exactly
who I need to speak to.
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You have a moment?
Sure.
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Tip asked me to talk to you. Okay.
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He wanted me to talk to you
about John Murtha.
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Go ahead. The prosecutor's
gonna go after him.
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Well, they ain't
gonna find anything.
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John Murtha's as clean
as my mother's kitchen floor.
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Yeah, but Tip would
like to put you
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on the Ethics Committee
just the same.
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You're kidding.
No.
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Well, Jesus, Donnelly,
everyone in town knows
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I'm on the other side
of that issue.
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Ethics?
Yeah!
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Well, the Speaker would like to
put you on the committee anyway.
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Okay. Well, if anyone asks what the
hell I'm doing on the Ethics Committee,
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we'll just tell them I like
chasing women and drinking whiskey
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and the Speaker felt
we were underrepresented.
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One man, one vote.
Exactly.
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Tip's gonna want
to return the favor.
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Tuesday, right?
That is Tuesday, yes.
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So if anything comes up
that you'd like me
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to speak with him
about, please...
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Yes.
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Yes!
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I'd like to be on the Board of
Directors of the Kennedy Center.
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Charlie.
I'm sorry?
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Turns out Congress appoints the Board
of Directors of the Kennedy Center.
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It's a great place to take a date,
and I can never afford the tickets.
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Consider it done.
Excellent.
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Go vote.
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Another few minutes. Let's
see what's on the wires.
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Why can't you wait for
newspapers like everybody else?
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'Cause I think it's productive
to know today's news today.
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And it makes me one day smarter
than you, which I enjoy as well.
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I know you do.
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You don't think
that's a little crazy?
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Pan Am and Eastern
are lowering their fares.
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'Cause of Braniff.
What's a little crazy?
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Joining the Board
of the Kennedy Center
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so you can get free tickets
to the Royal Ballet of...
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Hold on.
What?
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AP story out of Kabul.
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Uzbekistan?
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Afghanistan.
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Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
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Jordan, Israel, Egypt.
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Jim Van Wagenen's our
point man on black approps
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for the Defense
Subcommittee?
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Yeah.
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Have him come to my office
as soon as possible.
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How am I voting on this?
Yes.
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You sure?
Yes.
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The Boy Scouts?
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Jim Van Wagenen. Get him
and show him that wire story.
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Yes, sir. You are the
man I wanted to talk to.
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The Congressman will
be here in a moment.
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He's just coming up
from a vote.
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I'm sure it's
an important one.
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No. Not really.
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So, Marla, can you fit this
into his schedule next week?
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Charlie Wilson's office.
Good morning.
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The third...
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It is? How are you?
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Suzanne, can you help
me with this? Okay.
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I'll be right back. I'll have him do it.
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Okay, bye-bye.
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Miss?
Yes, sir?
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It seems to me, looking around, that
it's almost all women working here,
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and that they're
all very pretty.
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Is that common?
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Well,
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Congressman Wilson,
he has an expression.
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He says, "You can teach them to type,
but you can't teach them to grow tits. "
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Well, that's charming.
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Larry!
Congressman!
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No, no, no. For $5,000 every two
years you get to call me Charlie.
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And for 10,000, you can call me Betty
Sue and I'll clean out your rain gutters.
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This is my daughter, Jane.
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Well, now I remember Jane.
Two-L at SMU.
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Charlie Wilson's office.
Good morning.
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Welcome to the
United States Congress.
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Hey, I'm gonna talk to your
daddy for a couple of seconds.
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Larry, can we
get you a drink?
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It's 10:00 in the morning.
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Well, fair enough,
I guess.
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Grab a seat.
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Now, this situation with the
cr�che, I want to know all about it.
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Well, sir,
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Every single year
since the world was young,
247
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the firehouse in the Nacogdoches
Township has displayed a cr�che.
248
00:11:35,261 --> 00:11:38,697
Now, the ACLU has filed suit
against the township
249
00:11:38,764 --> 00:11:42,256
for displaying a religious
symbol on public property.
250
00:11:42,334 --> 00:11:44,495
It's Christmas time.
It's a cr�che.
251
00:11:44,570 --> 00:11:47,300
I could understand if we
were in gosh-darn Scarsdale,
252
00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:51,002
but this is east Texas, and I
want to know who we're offending.
253
00:11:51,077 --> 00:11:52,908
Except two lawyers
from the ACLU.
254
00:11:52,978 --> 00:11:56,414
That is a terribly interesting
and complicated question.
255
00:11:56,482 --> 00:11:58,313
Let me make
this suggestion, though.
256
00:11:58,384 --> 00:12:01,217
There's a church about
a block and a half
257
00:12:01,287 --> 00:12:04,222
from that firehouse, First
Baptist Church of Nacogdoches.
258
00:12:04,290 --> 00:12:06,986
They've got a beautiful
rolling lawn out there in front.
259
00:12:07,059 --> 00:12:08,856
No, no. This is a
Christian country, Charlie,
260
00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:10,896
founded on Christian values. Sure.
261
00:12:10,963 --> 00:12:13,022
We welcome other faiths
to worship as they wish,
262
00:12:13,099 --> 00:12:15,465
but when you can't
put a nativity scene
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00:12:15,534 --> 00:12:18,628
in front of a firehouse at Christmas
time in Nacogdoches Township,
264
00:12:18,704 --> 00:12:20,137
something's gone
terribly wrong.
265
00:12:20,206 --> 00:12:22,299
Well, that's not
really true, Larry.
266
00:12:22,374 --> 00:12:24,968
You could move that cr�che
over to that church
267
00:12:25,044 --> 00:12:26,033
and everything's just fine.
268
00:12:26,112 --> 00:12:27,306
That's not the point!
269
00:12:27,379 --> 00:12:30,507
Okay. Why don't we just
start back at the beginning?
270
00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:31,777
What can I do for you?
271
00:12:31,851 --> 00:12:34,012
You can intervene in the case
against the cr�che committee.
272
00:12:34,086 --> 00:12:35,280
Intervene? How?
273
00:12:35,354 --> 00:12:36,878
You appointed the judge.
274
00:12:36,956 --> 00:12:38,253
I don't appoint judges.
275
00:12:38,324 --> 00:12:40,189
I just made a recommendation
to the President.
276
00:12:40,259 --> 00:12:41,283
Uh-huh.
277
00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:42,657
I think you and I both know
what that means.
278
00:12:43,829 --> 00:12:46,662
I cannot just call up a
judge and tell him what to do.
279
00:12:46,732 --> 00:12:48,632
Why? Well, 'cause
it's against a shitload
280
00:12:48,701 --> 00:12:50,965
of really good laws, Gary.
281
00:12:51,036 --> 00:12:52,799
Larry.
Larry.
282
00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:57,866
I got to go talk to this guy out
here for a second. Will you excuse me?
283
00:12:57,943 --> 00:12:59,137
By the way,
I love Jesus Christ
284
00:12:59,211 --> 00:13:00,838
and his mother Mary
as much as anybody.
285
00:13:00,913 --> 00:13:04,508
About 38 churches you could move
that cr�che to, everybody lives.
286
00:13:04,683 --> 00:13:05,741
Give me a call.
Okay.
287
00:13:05,818 --> 00:13:07,012
I love Chivas.
288
00:13:07,086 --> 00:13:08,849
Jane, how are you?
289
00:13:08,921 --> 00:13:10,548
You need a cup of coffee?
290
00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:12,989
Something to drink? Anything
like that? Okay. Mmm-mmm.
291
00:13:13,058 --> 00:13:14,855
Jim.
Congressman.
292
00:13:14,927 --> 00:13:16,827
You see Lederer's
AP story out of Kabul?
293
00:13:16,896 --> 00:13:18,363
Yeah. We're reading
this story every day now.
294
00:13:18,430 --> 00:13:19,454
You see Dan Rather
last night?
295
00:13:19,532 --> 00:13:21,022
Yeah. I did.
296
00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:23,398
Tell me something. What is the
Defense Subcommittee's budget
297
00:13:23,469 --> 00:13:25,596
for covert ops against the
Communists in Afghanistan?
298
00:13:25,671 --> 00:13:26,865
All in?
All in.
299
00:13:26,939 --> 00:13:28,531
It's 5 million.
300
00:13:30,142 --> 00:13:33,305
Well, they can't shoot down
helicopters for $5 million, Jim.
301
00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:36,780
Though they're trying to. Which
is more than I can say for us.
302
00:13:36,849 --> 00:13:38,612
Get everybody together
for me, would you?
303
00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:40,308
And double it.
304
00:13:40,386 --> 00:13:41,819
Charlie Wilson's office.
305
00:13:41,887 --> 00:13:43,684
Okay, I'm sorry, sir?
306
00:13:43,956 --> 00:13:46,015
The covert ops budget.
Double it.
307
00:13:48,327 --> 00:13:49,419
Okay.
308
00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:52,123
This ain't gonna
be much longer, okay?
309
00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,561
Here's what
I'm gonna do, Larry.
310
00:13:56,635 --> 00:13:58,603
Charlie Wilson's office.
311
00:14:00,906 --> 00:14:04,808
Maybe in about 20 minutes.
He's just going into a meeting.
312
00:14:04,877 --> 00:14:05,969
Sure.
313
00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:09,173
My XO wrote in a report,
314
00:14:09,248 --> 00:14:13,651
I was the best officer
he ever served at sea with,
315
00:14:13,719 --> 00:14:17,849
and the worst officer
he ever served in port with.
316
00:14:17,923 --> 00:14:20,016
You can look it up.
317
00:14:20,092 --> 00:14:22,686
I must've graduated
from Annapolis
318
00:14:22,761 --> 00:14:25,286
with the second most demerits
of any midshipman
319
00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:27,161
in the history
of the Naval Academy.
320
00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:29,724
Well, who had the most?
I want to sleep with him.
321
00:14:31,303 --> 00:14:35,137
It's hotter here in D.C.
Than in Nacogdoches,
322
00:14:35,207 --> 00:14:38,768
so I hope you don't mind, I
took off a few of my clothes.
323
00:14:38,844 --> 00:14:42,007
Well, I'm just gonna have
to live with that, Jane.
324
00:14:42,147 --> 00:14:48,347
Just call me angel
of the morning, angel
325
00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:51,981
Just touch my cheek
before you leave me
326
00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:54,890
Come on over here. I'm gonna show
you the best view in the District.
327
00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:56,018
You want some of this?
328
00:14:56,095 --> 00:14:57,255
No, no, I got this.
329
00:14:57,329 --> 00:14:58,660
I like both.
330
00:14:58,731 --> 00:15:00,824
Well, it must be
great being me.
331
00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,527
I've heard it is.
332
00:15:03,602 --> 00:15:05,729
Iwo Jima Memorial.
333
00:15:05,804 --> 00:15:07,328
There's the Lincoln.
334
00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:09,931
Washington. Now follow it
around to the right.
335
00:15:10,009 --> 00:15:13,877
The Jefferson Memorial.
The Arlington Bridge.
336
00:15:13,946 --> 00:15:16,881
And there's the Pentagon.
337
00:15:16,949 --> 00:15:18,348
Oh, that's the Pentagon.
338
00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:19,543
That's the Pentagon.
339
00:15:19,618 --> 00:15:23,520
How about I show you the second
best view in the District?
340
00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:25,648
Why, Jane, would you like...
341
00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:29,955
Well, that was predictable.
342
00:15:31,463 --> 00:15:33,124
Just give me one second.
343
00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:36,267
Hello? That was an extraordinary thing
344
00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:37,825
you did today.
345
00:15:38,270 --> 00:15:39,259
Who is this?
346
00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:40,396
It's Joanne.
347
00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:41,967
Joanne!
348
00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:44,903
Why, gosh, how nice
to hear from you.
349
00:15:44,977 --> 00:15:46,808
Could I call you back
in a little bit?
350
00:15:46,879 --> 00:15:49,006
Is Ronald Reagan in
your bedroom right now?
351
00:15:49,081 --> 00:15:51,140
No. Then I'm considerably more important
352
00:15:51,216 --> 00:15:53,184
than whoever is.
Is anything wrong?
353
00:15:53,252 --> 00:15:55,982
This is gonna take
just a second or two.
354
00:15:56,355 --> 00:15:58,585
Okay, I'm all yours.
355
00:15:59,058 --> 00:16:02,926
What did I do that
was so extraordinary?
356
00:16:02,995 --> 00:16:04,155
"Double it. "
357
00:16:04,229 --> 00:16:06,026
'Cause I was told you
didn't have a girlfriend.
358
00:16:06,098 --> 00:16:07,087
What?
359
00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:09,157
You told Jim Van Wagenen
to double it.
360
00:16:09,234 --> 00:16:12,533
Well, shit, Joanne, I don't
know what you're talking about,
361
00:16:12,604 --> 00:16:14,970
and if I did,
it'd be classified,
362
00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:16,707
and I'd wonder where
you got your information
363
00:16:16,775 --> 00:16:17,799
on the Subcommittee.
364
00:16:17,876 --> 00:16:19,173
Oh, what do you care, hon?
365
00:16:19,244 --> 00:16:22,975
It's a little matter of national
security and I can't help but think...
366
00:16:23,048 --> 00:16:25,107
Excuse me, I'm sorry.
367
00:16:25,184 --> 00:16:26,776
Hold on.
I am sorry,
368
00:16:26,852 --> 00:16:28,877
but I was told you
didn't have a girlfriend.
369
00:16:28,954 --> 00:16:30,387
I don't.
This isn't my girlfriend.
370
00:16:30,456 --> 00:16:32,947
It's the sixth
wealthiest woman in Texas.
371
00:16:33,025 --> 00:16:34,788
Which is still pretty good.
372
00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:36,088
Okay, so, hi.
373
00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:38,755
A friend of mine has made a
terrific movie about the need
374
00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:40,958
for American aid
to Afghanistan.
375
00:16:41,033 --> 00:16:42,591
He's made a movie?
Yes.
376
00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:46,502
I'm gonna run this movie Friday
night at my house at a fundraiser.
377
00:16:46,572 --> 00:16:48,802
You know, you've never
been to my house, Charlie.
378
00:16:48,874 --> 00:16:51,809
You want me to come to
Houston and see a movie?
379
00:16:51,877 --> 00:16:55,040
There'll be women and wealthy
donors. See you Friday.
380
00:16:55,114 --> 00:16:56,479
Yes, ma'am.
381
00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:03,879
Hey.
382
00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:04,945
Mmm-mmm.
383
00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:06,082
Hey.
Mmm-mmm.
384
00:17:12,631 --> 00:17:13,689
Thank you, Joanne.
385
00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:18,792
Okay. I know it was difficult for
you to come in here, hat in hand.
386
00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:22,864
That's not the kind of upbringing,
I guess, is the word I'm looking for.
387
00:17:22,941 --> 00:17:25,705
It's not the kind of man
you are. I understand that.
388
00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:28,975
I'm not looking to humiliate
you or exact a price in any way,
389
00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:30,948
so why don't you
just apologize?
390
00:17:31,016 --> 00:17:33,507
We'll call it water under the dam,
and we'll go about our business.
391
00:17:33,585 --> 00:17:35,576
Excuse me,
what the fuck?
392
00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:38,513
What? What the fuck
are you talking about?
393
00:17:38,590 --> 00:17:40,558
Clair George said you were
coming in here to apologize.
394
00:17:40,626 --> 00:17:43,151
No, I'm supposed to come in here
so you could apologize to me.
395
00:17:43,228 --> 00:17:44,991
According to whom?
Clair George.
396
00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:48,033
You told me to go fuck myself.
I'm supposed to apologize to you?
397
00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:51,194
Also, water goes over a dam and
under a bridge, you poncy schoolboy.
398
00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:54,569
Clearly there's been a miscommunication
between Clair George and somebody.
399
00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:55,834
Excuse me.
Yes?
400
00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:57,170
Does this look all right?
It's fine.
401
00:17:57,242 --> 00:17:58,334
Thank you. I can sand it down a little.
402
00:17:58,410 --> 00:18:00,605
I, I don't know. I have no
fucking idea who this guy is.
403
00:18:00,679 --> 00:18:03,409
He is here to fix the glass that you
broke the last time you were here.
404
00:18:03,482 --> 00:18:05,973
Could you just excuse us
for a second there? Yes.
405
00:18:06,051 --> 00:18:07,075
You tell me to go
fuck myself
406
00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:08,710
and I'm supposed to
apologize? You break my window,
407
00:18:08,787 --> 00:18:10,687
I'm supposed to apologize?
The Helsinki job was mine!
408
00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:13,384
The Helsinki job was not yours. If
it was yours, you'd be in Helsinki.
409
00:18:13,459 --> 00:18:14,892
Alan Wolfe stood in
this office! Alan Wolfe
410
00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:16,484
is no longer the Director.
Yeah, it was on the books!
411
00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:19,360
Alan Wolfe is no longer the
Director of European Operations.
412
00:18:19,431 --> 00:18:20,796
He does not make
those appointments. I do.
413
00:18:20,866 --> 00:18:22,561
Promises were made.
Not by me.
414
00:18:22,634 --> 00:18:24,932
I've been with
the company for 24 years.
415
00:18:25,003 --> 00:18:26,937
I was posted
in Greece for 15.
416
00:18:27,005 --> 00:18:30,771
Papandreou wins that election if I
don't help the junta take him prisoner.
417
00:18:30,843 --> 00:18:32,743
I've advised and armed
the Hellenic army.
418
00:18:32,811 --> 00:18:34,745
I've neutralized
champions of Communism.
419
00:18:34,813 --> 00:18:38,112
I've spent the past three
years learning Finnish!
420
00:18:38,183 --> 00:18:40,151
Which should come in handy
here in Virginia!
421
00:18:40,219 --> 00:18:42,187
And I'm never,
ever, sick at sea.
422
00:18:42,254 --> 00:18:45,655
So I want to know why I'm not gonna
be your Helsinki station chief.
423
00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:47,521
You're coarse.
Excuse me?
424
00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:50,186
For Helsinki, I need someone
with diplomatic skills.
425
00:18:50,262 --> 00:18:51,490
You don't have them.
Is that right?
426
00:18:51,563 --> 00:18:53,588
That is right. And I don't know
why the hell I didn't fire you
427
00:18:53,665 --> 00:18:54,757
when you broke
my fucking window!
428
00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:56,698
Oh, yes, sure
you do, Cravely.
429
00:18:56,768 --> 00:18:58,827
Look, Gust... Yeah, you're
fucking Roger's fianc�e
430
00:18:58,904 --> 00:19:00,201
and you know I know.
431
00:19:01,773 --> 00:19:04,003
I'm not... I'm not even gonna
dignify that with a response.
432
00:19:04,076 --> 00:19:06,010
Yeah, yeah, you're
dignifying her in the ass
433
00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:08,012
at the Jefferson Hotel,
room 1210.
434
00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,981
But let me ask you. The
3,000 agents Turner fired
435
00:19:11,049 --> 00:19:13,244
was that because they lacked
diplomatic skills as well?
436
00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:15,183
You're referring
to Admiral Stansfield Turner?
437
00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:16,312
Yeah, the 3,000 agents.
438
00:19:16,388 --> 00:19:19,323
Each and every goddamn one of them
first or second generation Americans.
439
00:19:19,391 --> 00:19:21,882
Is that because they lack
the proper diplomatic skills?
440
00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,428
Or did Turner not think it
was a good idea to have spies
441
00:19:24,496 --> 00:19:27,829
who could speak the same language as
the people they're fucking spying on?
442
00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,425
Well, I'm sorry, but you
can hardly blame the Director
443
00:19:30,502 --> 00:19:33,494
for questioning the loyalty to America
of people that are just barely Americans
444
00:19:33,572 --> 00:19:35,563
in the first place. Yeah,
well, I'd like to take a moment
445
00:19:35,641 --> 00:19:37,233
to review the several ways
in which you're a douchebag.
446
00:19:37,309 --> 00:19:39,368
Get the fuck out of my office! Yes, sir.
447
00:19:39,444 --> 00:19:40,741
Before I end
your career, asshole.
448
00:19:40,812 --> 00:19:41,836
Yes, sir!
449
00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:45,042
Yeah, my friend, I'm gonna
need you for a second.
450
00:19:46,952 --> 00:19:48,317
God damn it!
451
00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:50,152
My loyalty?
452
00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:53,651
For 24 years, people have
been trying to kill me.
453
00:19:53,725 --> 00:19:55,090
People who know how.
454
00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,152
Now, do you think that's because
my dad was a Greek soda pop maker
455
00:19:58,230 --> 00:20:00,630
or do you think that's
because I'm an American spy?
456
00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:03,224
Go fuck yourself,
you fucking child.
457
00:20:09,408 --> 00:20:10,773
How was I?
458
00:20:11,777 --> 00:20:12,869
Thank you.
459
00:20:13,845 --> 00:20:17,372
There's a woman in Aliquippa,
Pennsylvania, named Nitsa.
460
00:20:18,083 --> 00:20:19,641
And she thinks
she's a witch.
461
00:20:19,718 --> 00:20:22,118
Yeah, she offered to put
a curse on Cravely for me.
462
00:20:22,187 --> 00:20:23,279
Yeah?
463
00:20:23,455 --> 00:20:24,683
And she...
464
00:20:25,257 --> 00:20:29,091
She asked me do I want a
professional curse or a health curse.
465
00:20:29,561 --> 00:20:31,256
"If it's a health curse,
I can do it right away,
466
00:20:31,330 --> 00:20:34,026
"but a professional curse
takes longer. "
467
00:20:34,099 --> 00:20:37,159
Well, I'm living proof
she's right about that.
468
00:20:37,836 --> 00:20:39,531
Did you get the brownie?
Oh, no, sir, I didn't.
469
00:20:39,605 --> 00:20:40,936
I got you.
470
00:20:43,008 --> 00:20:46,205
I'm reading transcripts
of phone conversations
471
00:20:46,278 --> 00:20:47,973
between French
and German generals
472
00:20:48,046 --> 00:20:51,413
arguing over office space
at NATO headquarters
473
00:20:51,483 --> 00:20:55,214
and analyzing wiretaps out
of Mercury Bay, New Zealand.
474
00:20:55,287 --> 00:20:58,916
You know, historically, a
hotbed of anti-American activity.
475
00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:02,788
Yeah, nobody will come
near me. I'm in the weeds.
476
00:21:03,829 --> 00:21:06,229
You know,
a typical case officer
477
00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:11,297
doesn't walk into his boss's office
and tell him to go fuck himself. Twice.
478
00:21:11,370 --> 00:21:14,032
I just told you, I paid a
witch in Pennsylvania $80
479
00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:16,802
to put a curse
on Henry Cravely for me.
480
00:21:17,409 --> 00:21:19,570
Do I sound like a
typical case officer? No.
481
00:21:19,645 --> 00:21:22,375
Well, then,
let's assume I'm not.
482
00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:24,608
Listen. If you're really
not doing anything,
483
00:21:24,683 --> 00:21:26,275
why don't you come upstairs
and work with us?
484
00:21:26,351 --> 00:21:27,477
What are you doing?
485
00:21:27,552 --> 00:21:28,985
Killing Russians.
486
00:21:30,355 --> 00:21:34,587
Our next slave girl is a Texas
rose named Ashley Rensler.
487
00:21:35,761 --> 00:21:39,458
Ashley is prelaw at U. T.,
and her three sorority sisters
488
00:21:39,531 --> 00:21:42,591
from Delta Delta Delta
will wash your car or truck
489
00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:45,762
in special outfits they
have chosen for the occasion.
490
00:21:45,837 --> 00:21:50,331
So, who wants their wheels cleaned clean
as a whistle by a 19-year-old lawyer
491
00:21:50,409 --> 00:21:52,570
and her three friends
from Tri-Delt?
492
00:21:53,712 --> 00:21:56,545
I have 10,000, who'll give
me 11? 11, 11, I got 11.
493
00:21:56,615 --> 00:21:58,515
I got 15 right here.
Thank you very much.
494
00:21:58,583 --> 00:22:00,847
Oh, my God,
she is a Minute Woman.
495
00:22:00,919 --> 00:22:02,716
No, she's a Tri-Delt.
496
00:22:03,655 --> 00:22:05,520
No, she is a
Minute Woman, Charlie.
497
00:22:05,590 --> 00:22:06,852
Oh. Joanne.
498
00:22:06,925 --> 00:22:10,759
Yeah, she's a direct descendant
of George Washington's sister.
499
00:22:10,929 --> 00:22:13,625
Says she had a great uncle
who was killed at the Alamo.
500
00:22:13,699 --> 00:22:16,793
Former Miss Cotton Bowl. Had her
own local television talk show.
501
00:22:16,868 --> 00:22:20,065
Look. Pakistan's Honorary
Consul to Houston, Texas.
502
00:22:20,138 --> 00:22:21,537
How's that
for a title, huh?
503
00:22:21,606 --> 00:22:24,769
This is an ultra-right wing
group of anti-Communist fanatics.
504
00:22:24,843 --> 00:22:26,310
They're not
ultra-right wing.
505
00:22:26,378 --> 00:22:28,141
What are they?
506
00:22:28,213 --> 00:22:29,976
Well, they're
ultra-right wing.
507
00:22:30,048 --> 00:22:32,448
What are you doing
hanging around this woman?
508
00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:36,180
Did you hear me say she was
a former Miss Cotton Bowl?
509
00:22:36,254 --> 00:22:37,448
You are unbelievable.
510
00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:38,682
Oh, come on.
You're gonna love her.
511
00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:40,691
And, you know, one of the things
she's trying to do over there
512
00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:42,283
is liberate the women.
513
00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:45,194
And what better way than
through a slave girl auction?
514
00:22:45,263 --> 00:22:46,491
Charlie.
515
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:51,601
So sorry for keeping
you waiting.
516
00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:53,797
Oh, it's no problem,
Joanne.
517
00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:55,362
This is Bonnie Bach.
518
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,237
So nice to meet you.
519
00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:04,711
It's a pleasure meeting you, Mrs.
Herring. This is a wonderful party.
520
00:23:05,984 --> 00:23:08,544
Why don't you
give us a few moments?
521
00:23:09,654 --> 00:23:10,951
Yes, sir.
522
00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:16,323
Oh, Bobbie, if you could ask someone
for a Bombay martini up, very dry?
523
00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:18,488
Oh, I'm not a slave girl, actually.
524
00:23:18,563 --> 00:23:20,724
I'm the Congressman's
administrative assistant.
525
00:23:20,799 --> 00:23:22,130
Isn't that wonderful
for you.
526
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,428
Yes.
527
00:23:23,502 --> 00:23:26,369
Two olives, please. Tell them
it's for me, they'll know.
528
00:23:26,438 --> 00:23:27,769
Certainly.
529
00:23:29,775 --> 00:23:31,367
She doesn't like me.
530
00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:32,535
Everybody likes you.
531
00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:34,044
She's a liberal.
532
00:23:34,112 --> 00:23:35,875
Well, I'm a liberal.
533
00:23:36,348 --> 00:23:38,111
Not where it counts.
534
00:23:38,650 --> 00:23:39,947
Have you seen the house?
535
00:23:40,018 --> 00:23:43,112
Well, I've seen the
downstairs, what's upstairs?
536
00:23:43,188 --> 00:23:44,519
Fourteen bedrooms.
537
00:23:44,589 --> 00:23:46,022
I should have a look.
538
00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:47,115
What did you think
of the movie?
539
00:23:47,192 --> 00:23:48,887
What, that thing
we just saw?
540
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,019
The reason
for the party, yes.
541
00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:53,860
Well, I'm not an expert
in the field or anything,
542
00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:56,765
but the production quality
seemed amateurish to me.
543
00:23:56,835 --> 00:23:58,325
Yeah, I'm not
submitting the thing
544
00:23:58,403 --> 00:24:00,633
for a Golden Globe
nomination, Charlie.
545
00:24:00,705 --> 00:24:02,969
You know what
I'm talking about.
546
00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:05,669
Well, as a member
of the Defense Subcommittee,
547
00:24:05,744 --> 00:24:07,075
did you think
I wasn't aware
548
00:24:07,145 --> 00:24:09,340
that the Soviet Union's
invaded Afghanistan?
549
00:24:09,414 --> 00:24:11,348
Yes, I believe
my government is aware,
550
00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:13,907
but I was wondering if they were
thinking of doing anything about it
551
00:24:13,985 --> 00:24:17,182
other than boycotting the Olympics,
which I think you'll agree,
552
00:24:17,255 --> 00:24:18,813
was a fairly
impotent response
553
00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:21,085
to the greatest national
security threat we've faced
554
00:24:21,159 --> 00:24:22,558
since the
Cuban Missile Crisis.
555
00:24:22,627 --> 00:24:25,790
Well, I don't think making more
movies about it is gonna do the trick,
556
00:24:25,864 --> 00:24:27,456
if that's what
you're asking.
557
00:24:27,532 --> 00:24:28,794
It's not.
558
00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:32,799
Exactly how much power do you have
as a member of the Subcommittee?
559
00:24:32,871 --> 00:24:34,361
Which one? I'm on two.
560
00:24:34,439 --> 00:24:35,565
Foreign Ops.
561
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,768
Eight members and myself hand out
11 billion in foreign assistance.
562
00:24:38,844 --> 00:24:41,176
And what about
the Defense Subcommittee?
563
00:24:41,246 --> 00:24:42,235
Our budget is hidden.
564
00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:43,679
It is also unlimited.
565
00:24:43,748 --> 00:24:45,215
Yeah.
566
00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:48,848
Would you like
to see my room?
567
00:24:48,987 --> 00:24:50,079
Yeah.
568
00:24:51,256 --> 00:24:55,215
So, unless I'm wrong, and
that would be unusual for me,
569
00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:58,186
you sit at the intersection
of the State Department,
570
00:24:58,263 --> 00:25:00,231
the Pentagon and the CIA.
571
00:25:00,699 --> 00:25:03,691
You meet in a soundproof room
underneath the Capitol,
572
00:25:03,768 --> 00:25:07,101
and you preside over a
secret and unlimited budget
573
00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:10,801
for the three agencies you would
need to conduct a covert war.
574
00:25:10,876 --> 00:25:12,503
Isn't that right?
575
00:25:12,577 --> 00:25:14,807
I also have seats
at the Kennedy Center.
576
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,247
Isn't that how you were able to
double the CIA budget for black approps
577
00:25:18,316 --> 00:25:20,750
in Afghanistan
just by saying so?
578
00:25:20,819 --> 00:25:24,448
Why are you only asking me questions
you already know the answers to?
579
00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:27,390
Why is Congress saying one
thing and doing nothing?
580
00:25:27,459 --> 00:25:29,359
Well, tradition mostly.
581
00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:37,065
Come here.
582
00:25:37,669 --> 00:25:38,761
Okay.
583
00:25:47,779 --> 00:25:51,977
I do not understand the
energy women have after sex.
584
00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:54,883
You're dancing around,
you're baking a pie.
585
00:25:54,953 --> 00:25:56,853
Charlie?
Yes, ma'am?
586
00:25:56,922 --> 00:26:00,050
Why is the CIA running
a fake war in Afghanistan?
587
00:26:00,125 --> 00:26:02,116
They're doing
everything they can.
588
00:26:02,193 --> 00:26:04,058
They're doing it badly.
589
00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:06,662
The CIA is arming
the mujahideen.
590
00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:07,925
Where do you think they're
getting their weapons?
591
00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:11,332
They're arming them with
12.7 millimeter Dishukas
592
00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:13,030
which would be good,
593
00:26:13,104 --> 00:26:16,267
except the Soviets have specifically
armor-plated their Hind helicopter
594
00:26:16,341 --> 00:26:19,242
to resist
a 12.7 millimeter shell.
595
00:26:19,611 --> 00:26:21,511
We sold Pakistan F-16s,
596
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:25,277
but didn't give them the
look-downlshoot-down radar.
597
00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:26,408
If this were a real war,
598
00:26:26,484 --> 00:26:28,884
State would issue a white paper
outlining the Communist threat
599
00:26:28,954 --> 00:26:31,149
the way they did
in El Salvador.
600
00:26:31,222 --> 00:26:35,056
If this were a real war, there'd
be a National Bipartisan Commission
601
00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:39,756
on Afghanistan, headed by Henry Kissinger
the way they did in Central America.
602
00:26:39,831 --> 00:26:44,029
If this were a real war, Congress
would authorize $24 million
603
00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:47,367
for covert operations
the way you did in Nicaragua.
604
00:26:47,739 --> 00:26:49,764
If this were a real war...
605
00:26:50,041 --> 00:26:52,874
You may be
the sexiest woman ever.
606
00:26:52,944 --> 00:26:55,310
I'm not kidding.
You are Helen of Troy.
607
00:26:55,380 --> 00:26:56,642
Are you patronizing me?
608
00:26:56,715 --> 00:26:59,115
What do you want me
to do, Joanne?
609
00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:01,275
This is what
I want you to do.
610
00:27:01,353 --> 00:27:04,481
I want you to save Afghanistan
for the Afghans.
611
00:27:04,889 --> 00:27:06,948
I want you to deliver
such a crushing defeat
612
00:27:07,025 --> 00:27:08,754
to the Soviets
that Communism crumbles,
613
00:27:08,827 --> 00:27:11,193
and in so doing,
end the Cold War.
614
00:27:11,262 --> 00:27:12,354
I'll tell you,
I'd do it, too,
615
00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:14,921
but I got this Dairy Queen
problem in Nacogdoches.
616
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,993
Don't underestimate me, Charlie.
Believe everything you've heard.
617
00:27:19,771 --> 00:27:21,500
What exactly
do you want me to do?
618
00:27:21,573 --> 00:27:23,006
Go to Pakistan
and meet with Zia.
619
00:27:23,074 --> 00:27:24,268
Zia?
620
00:27:24,743 --> 00:27:26,506
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq.
621
00:27:26,945 --> 00:27:28,606
He's the President
of Pakistan.
622
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,204
I've already arranged it.
623
00:27:30,281 --> 00:27:33,216
You've arranged a meeting between
me and the President of Pakistan?
624
00:27:33,284 --> 00:27:34,273
Yes.
625
00:27:34,352 --> 00:27:35,512
You're going
to Israel next week
626
00:27:35,587 --> 00:27:37,418
to meet with Zvi Rafiah
about the Lavi jets.
627
00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:40,424
I want you to tack Pakistan
on the end of your trip.
628
00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:41,686
And meet
with the President?
629
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,923
Let him convince you that
it's a Christian imperative
630
00:27:44,996 --> 00:27:48,193
to let the Afghans rid
their country of Communism.
631
00:27:48,967 --> 00:27:52,801
Okay. It's not likely the President
of Pakistan is a Christian,
632
00:27:52,871 --> 00:27:55,533
but I'm gonna do this
for you, Joanne,
633
00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:58,337
'cause you saved my ass
once with the pro-lifers
634
00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:02,642
and I owe you my seat in Congress
and because you look very good naked.
635
00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:06,741
But I have to tell you,
I'm elected by Jews.
636
00:28:06,818 --> 00:28:09,286
How many Jews do you have
in your district?
637
00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:10,378
Seven.
638
00:28:10,455 --> 00:28:12,514
But congressmen aren't
elected by voters,
639
00:28:12,590 --> 00:28:13,955
they're elected
by contributors,
640
00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:17,017
and mine are in, well, New
York, Florida, Hollywood,
641
00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:19,586
because I'm one of
Israel's guys on the Hill.
642
00:28:19,664 --> 00:28:20,892
And I don't know
how they're gonna feel
643
00:28:20,965 --> 00:28:23,433
about me taking up
the cause of Muslims.
644
00:28:23,501 --> 00:28:24,832
Well, that's
your problem.
645
00:28:24,903 --> 00:28:26,200
Yes, it is.
646
00:28:26,905 --> 00:28:28,429
Go fight this war
and win it, Charlie.
647
00:28:28,506 --> 00:28:31,942
Everything possible is on the
line, including your manhood.
648
00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:34,808
Oh, I was afraid you
were gonna say that.
649
00:28:37,449 --> 00:28:39,974
Well, I guess it ain't
gonna be twice tonight.
650
00:28:40,051 --> 00:28:42,576
Well, I guess
somebody can't count.
651
00:28:42,654 --> 00:28:45,179
Oh, darling,
I was talking about me.
652
00:29:54,726 --> 00:29:56,193
Congressman Charlie Wilson.
653
00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:57,250
Mr. Congressman.
654
00:29:57,328 --> 00:29:58,989
Mr. President.
655
00:30:01,733 --> 00:30:02,859
Yeah.
656
00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:05,368
Joanne Herring speaks
very highly of you.
657
00:30:05,436 --> 00:30:07,927
Oh, well, thank you, sir.
Thank you.
658
00:30:08,006 --> 00:30:09,803
These are two
of my brightest advisors
659
00:30:09,874 --> 00:30:12,809
when it comes to the
problem of the Soviets.
660
00:30:13,444 --> 00:30:15,139
This is Brigadier Rashid.
661
00:30:16,147 --> 00:30:17,205
How do you do?
Pleased to meet you.
662
00:30:17,282 --> 00:30:18,647
Colonel Mahmood.
How do you do?
663
00:30:18,716 --> 00:30:20,206
Pleased to meet you.
664
00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:21,274
Please come.
665
00:30:21,352 --> 00:30:22,512
Thank you.
666
00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:27,792
You must be thirsty.
Can we get you a drink?
667
00:30:27,859 --> 00:30:31,659
Oh, actually I'd love a glass
of ice and any kind of whiskey.
668
00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:33,320
Rye, Canadian.
669
00:30:34,432 --> 00:30:35,421
Uh...
670
00:30:37,302 --> 00:30:39,429
I'm sorry, Congressman,
we don't have alcohol
671
00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:41,734
in the Presidential Residence.
672
00:30:42,340 --> 00:30:45,605
Of course, you don't.
I apologize.
673
00:30:47,645 --> 00:30:48,805
Fruit juice?
674
00:30:51,216 --> 00:30:52,774
Bet a lot of people
make that mistake.
675
00:30:54,252 --> 00:30:55,276
No.
676
00:30:55,954 --> 00:30:56,943
Okay.
677
00:30:57,021 --> 00:30:58,079
Brigadier?
678
00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:01,918
So you understand the
situation on our border?
679
00:31:02,594 --> 00:31:05,859
Yes, sir, I think I do.
And I think it's terrible.
680
00:31:06,431 --> 00:31:09,696
And I know I speak for all the people in
the Texas Second Congressional District
681
00:31:09,767 --> 00:31:12,292
when I say our thoughts and
our prayers are with you.
682
00:31:12,370 --> 00:31:14,861
All the people of the Texas
Second Congressional District,
683
00:31:14,939 --> 00:31:16,304
you say?
Yes, indeed, sir.
684
00:31:16,374 --> 00:31:20,401
Three million Afghan refugees are
living like poorly treated livestock.
685
00:31:20,478 --> 00:31:22,241
Another two million
have fled into Iran.
686
00:31:22,313 --> 00:31:23,780
And two million
more angry men
687
00:31:23,848 --> 00:31:25,873
is just what the doctors ordered
for Iran, don't you think?
688
00:31:25,950 --> 00:31:28,510
People are dying
by the tens of thousands.
689
00:31:28,586 --> 00:31:31,646
And the ones that aren't are
crossing into Pakistan every day.
690
00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:33,190
Would you like
to know how many?
691
00:31:33,258 --> 00:31:35,089
One fifth of Afghanistan
now lives
692
00:31:35,159 --> 00:31:37,753
in Pakistan's
North-West Frontier Province.
693
00:31:37,829 --> 00:31:39,797
So, what I have
been wondering is
694
00:31:39,864 --> 00:31:43,027
why your State Department
would send someone here
695
00:31:43,101 --> 00:31:45,331
who thinks he understands the problem.
696
00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:48,895
'Cause I don't think the prayers of
the Texas Second Congressional District
697
00:31:48,973 --> 00:31:50,304
are going to turn
the trick.
698
00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:53,401
Well, now, I wasn't sent here by
the State Department, Mr. President.
699
00:31:53,478 --> 00:31:55,469
I was asked to come here
by our friend in Houston.
700
00:31:55,546 --> 00:31:57,741
So this is
a courtesy call.
701
00:31:57,815 --> 00:32:01,683
I don't need courtesy. I need
airplanes, guns and money.
702
00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:06,452
Well, we just doubled the
CIA budget for covert ops...
703
00:32:06,524 --> 00:32:07,957
From 5 million
to 10 million.
704
00:32:08,026 --> 00:32:10,017
That's right.
Is that a joke?
705
00:32:11,362 --> 00:32:13,455
No. Is that meant to be a funny joke?
706
00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:14,520
No, sir.
707
00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:16,396
Congressman,
what they're saying is
708
00:32:16,467 --> 00:32:20,130
$10 million from the U.S.
To fight the Russian Army
709
00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:23,836
is such a low figure that it
can be mistaken for a joke.
710
00:32:23,908 --> 00:32:27,639
I caught up to the sarcasm
there, sir. Let me be clear.
711
00:32:28,646 --> 00:32:30,807
The United States is
eager to assist you.
712
00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:31,940
No, you're not.
You're not.
713
00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:33,711
Absolutely not.
I went to Oxford
714
00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:35,082
and I know what
that word means.
715
00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:37,383
The U.S. Is not eager
to assist us.
716
00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:40,322
Well, now it's my understanding
that we offered to sell you F-16s.
717
00:32:40,391 --> 00:32:41,380
You didn't want them.
718
00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:43,120
Because you refused
to sell us the radar.
719
00:32:43,194 --> 00:32:44,456
So to hell with that.
720
00:32:44,529 --> 00:32:47,862
And this is emblematic
of American fence sitting
721
00:32:47,932 --> 00:32:49,422
when it comes
to fighting the Soviets.
722
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:52,435
To hell with it! You sell us
the planes but not the radar.
723
00:32:52,503 --> 00:32:55,666
You offer Afghans rifles
from the First World War
724
00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:59,373
while Soviet helicopters are
killing everything they can find,
725
00:32:59,444 --> 00:33:02,072
people, animals, food
supplies. So to hell with it!
726
00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:04,410
Yeah. You sell the Israelis the radar,
727
00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:06,473
so that's why he says,
"To hell with it. "
728
00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:08,678
Again, I understood. Yeah.
729
00:33:08,886 --> 00:33:12,322
Also, the arms and funding
should flow through us.
730
00:33:14,392 --> 00:33:15,416
I'm sorry?
731
00:33:15,493 --> 00:33:17,222
That's been part
of the problem.
732
00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:19,820
The arms and the funding
should flow through us.
733
00:33:19,897 --> 00:33:22,525
We have experience
with warfare of this kind.
734
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,535
And your CIA has an
unimpressive track record.
735
00:33:25,603 --> 00:33:27,764
Oh. I wouldn't say that.
736
00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:31,741
They missed 130,000 Soviet
soldiers walking into Afghanistan.
737
00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:34,404
Okay, we blew that call.
738
00:33:34,479 --> 00:33:36,003
I would say so.
739
00:33:39,817 --> 00:33:46,052
Well, I don't want to use up
any more of your hospitality,
740
00:33:46,124 --> 00:33:50,993
so I will take your message
back to my committee chairman,
741
00:33:51,062 --> 00:33:53,860
and we will give it
our fullest attention.
742
00:33:54,065 --> 00:33:56,192
Let me walk you
to the door.
743
00:34:01,072 --> 00:34:03,666
I learned about you
before you came here.
744
00:34:03,741 --> 00:34:07,040
I learned that you're a man
of many character flaws.
745
00:34:07,245 --> 00:34:08,337
I am.
746
00:34:08,446 --> 00:34:10,539
But I also learned that
you never promise anything
747
00:34:10,615 --> 00:34:12,344
you cannot deliver.
748
00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:14,211
No, I don't,
Mr. President.
749
00:34:14,285 --> 00:34:15,775
Then promise me this.
750
00:34:15,853 --> 00:34:18,947
Go to Peshawar
and see the refugee camps.
751
00:34:19,290 --> 00:34:20,917
Right now. Today.
752
00:34:21,426 --> 00:34:24,224
Go to Peshawar and see
with your own eyes.
753
00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:27,125
I have a helicopter
waiting to take you.
754
00:34:28,032 --> 00:34:29,897
All right, I'll do it.
755
00:34:30,168 --> 00:34:31,692
Thank you,
Mr. Congressman.
756
00:34:31,769 --> 00:34:33,066
Mr. President.
757
00:34:38,676 --> 00:34:40,644
All right, you,
come on.
758
00:34:43,047 --> 00:34:44,173
How did it go?
759
00:34:44,248 --> 00:34:45,510
Well, there were
three of them.
760
00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:48,711
It was like getting slapped around
by a Pakistani vaudeville team.
761
00:34:48,786 --> 00:34:50,117
You know you've pretty
much hit rock bottom
762
00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:51,883
when you've been told you
have character flaws by a man
763
00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:54,948
who hanged his predecessor
in a military coup.
764
00:34:55,026 --> 00:34:56,015
Can we go home now?
765
00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:58,756
No. No, we have
to make one more stop.
766
00:36:54,679 --> 00:36:56,306
I've seen enough.
767
00:36:59,016 --> 00:37:03,476
About 350 people in three
small villages at Kandahar.
768
00:37:03,554 --> 00:37:06,546
But instead of doing
it all at once,
769
00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:09,058
the Russians would
make the parents watch
770
00:37:09,126 --> 00:37:11,617
as they slit the
throats of the children.
771
00:37:15,199 --> 00:37:21,866
So, the Russians gathered all the
defectors and piled them like wood
772
00:37:21,939 --> 00:37:24,134
in the center
of the village.
773
00:37:24,709 --> 00:37:27,041
Then they ran over them
with their tanks.
774
00:37:29,814 --> 00:37:33,545
I saw something shiny on the
ground. I thought it was a toy.
775
00:37:35,853 --> 00:37:39,311
When I reached down to grab
it, it exploded in my hand.
776
00:37:40,224 --> 00:37:41,623
I should have known.
777
00:37:41,692 --> 00:37:46,720
Because last year my little brother
tried to pick up a piece of candy.
778
00:37:48,399 --> 00:37:50,196
It split him in half.
779
00:37:50,901 --> 00:37:54,564
It takes more work to take care
of a wounded child than a dead one.
780
00:37:54,639 --> 00:37:57,472
So when the Russians
cover fields with toy mines,
781
00:37:57,541 --> 00:38:01,773
adults who might help with the war
effort have to take care of the children.
782
00:38:01,846 --> 00:38:04,007
You can see yourself.
783
00:38:05,049 --> 00:38:06,107
Like a bug.
784
00:38:11,355 --> 00:38:13,016
They're beautiful.
785
00:38:13,891 --> 00:38:16,121
How many children
do you have?
786
00:38:20,464 --> 00:38:21,863
She had six.
787
00:38:24,101 --> 00:38:27,002
So, what do you want to be
when you grow up?
788
00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:13,309
Hi. I have Congressman Wilson here
to see the station chief, Harold Holt.
789
00:39:13,384 --> 00:39:16,080
Down the hall.
Second door on the left.
790
00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:18,313
I'll wait outside.
791
00:39:19,657 --> 00:39:21,557
Look, normally,
a congressional delegation,
792
00:39:21,625 --> 00:39:25,026
we'd give them a courtesy briefing
on the situation, but as you can see,
793
00:39:25,096 --> 00:39:28,463
it's getting pretty late, we don't
have a whole lot of time anyway, so...
794
00:39:28,532 --> 00:39:30,295
Well, make the time.
Huh?
795
00:39:31,168 --> 00:39:33,864
Fuck your time, Harold.
I'm on Defense Appropriations.
796
00:39:33,938 --> 00:39:36,805
I'm catching a plane back to
Washington in just a few minutes.
797
00:39:36,874 --> 00:39:40,037
Now, I need a full
classified briefing right now.
798
00:39:43,748 --> 00:39:45,613
Hundred and twenty thousand
Soviet troops in all.
799
00:39:45,683 --> 00:39:46,672
Hundred and twenty thousand?
800
00:39:46,751 --> 00:39:48,912
40th Army is garrisoned
in the cities
801
00:39:48,986 --> 00:39:50,146
and in the airports.
802
00:39:50,221 --> 00:39:52,883
Your seventh and eighth
infantry divisions are in Kabul.
803
00:39:52,957 --> 00:39:55,721
The 18th in Mazar-e Sharif,
the fourth armored...
804
00:39:55,793 --> 00:39:56,782
Anything inside?
805
00:39:56,861 --> 00:39:57,953
I'm sorry?
806
00:39:58,028 --> 00:39:59,689
They controlling
anything inside?
807
00:39:59,764 --> 00:40:01,356
Soviet advisors
have appropriated
808
00:40:01,432 --> 00:40:03,593
the Afghan intel service
and the ministries.
809
00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:05,100
Which ministries?
810
00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:06,568
All of them.
811
00:40:06,904 --> 00:40:11,170
Anyway, the fourth armored
covers Bagram Airbase.
812
00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:12,470
Seventh Armored is...
813
00:40:12,543 --> 00:40:15,341
Why ain't they shooting down
them helicopters?
814
00:40:15,413 --> 00:40:16,641
I'm sorry?
815
00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:18,341
The helicopters, Harold.
816
00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:21,852
Why ain't we giving them something
to shoot down them helicopters?
817
00:40:21,919 --> 00:40:25,411
The helicopters
are a problem.
818
00:40:27,324 --> 00:40:28,655
You think?
819
00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:31,792
Congressman... They're
shooting at Soviet gunships
820
00:40:31,862 --> 00:40:35,559
with Enfield rifles. That's
basically what Davy Crockett used.
821
00:40:35,633 --> 00:40:38,466
The Soviet Hind gunship is especially
armor plated to resist bullets.
822
00:40:38,536 --> 00:40:42,495
Yeah, I know, I know. So you tell
me what you need to shoot them down.
823
00:40:42,573 --> 00:40:43,562
What do you mean?
824
00:40:43,641 --> 00:40:45,370
Tell me what you need.
825
00:40:46,610 --> 00:40:47,702
Do you understand
what I'm saying?
826
00:40:47,778 --> 00:40:51,646
You tell me what you need, and I
will go about getting it for you.
827
00:40:51,715 --> 00:40:54,047
Congressman, I appreciate
your generosity,
828
00:40:54,118 --> 00:40:58,987
but a sudden influx of money and
modern weaponry would draw attention.
829
00:40:59,890 --> 00:41:02,415
What? A sudden influx
of money and modern...
830
00:41:02,493 --> 00:41:04,518
Wait, it would
draw attention?
831
00:41:04,595 --> 00:41:05,619
Yeah.
832
00:41:06,564 --> 00:41:09,158
Why, I don't even know
what that means.
833
00:41:09,233 --> 00:41:10,996
This is the Cold War.
Everybody knows about it.
834
00:41:11,068 --> 00:41:12,126
Should I continue
with the briefing?
835
00:41:12,203 --> 00:41:16,299
Have you been to these refugee
camps? Have you heard these stories?
836
00:41:16,373 --> 00:41:19,570
Congressman, I am required
to give you a briefing.
837
00:41:19,944 --> 00:41:21,605
Should I continue?
838
00:41:21,912 --> 00:41:23,402
No. Thank you.
839
00:41:37,094 --> 00:41:42,122
You know, I had a neighbor, growing
up, with a name right out of Dickens.
840
00:41:43,267 --> 00:41:45,428
Mr. Charles Hazard.
841
00:41:46,804 --> 00:41:49,967
And Mr. Hazard didn't like
the neighborhood dogs
842
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,133
messing up his flower beds.
843
00:41:52,676 --> 00:41:54,541
One day, I heard a bunch of
yelling from across the street,
844
00:41:54,612 --> 00:41:56,045
so I ran on over
to Mr. Hazard's,
845
00:41:56,113 --> 00:41:59,879
and there were about 15 grown-ups
standing around my dog, Teddy,
846
00:41:59,950 --> 00:42:03,852
who was writhing on the
ground in obvious agony.
847
00:42:04,388 --> 00:42:06,253
Blood was pouring
out of his mouth.
848
00:42:06,323 --> 00:42:08,655
Mr. Hazard had
ground up a glass bottle
849
00:42:08,726 --> 00:42:11,991
and put it in a bowl of
dog food and fed it to him.
850
00:42:13,697 --> 00:42:15,289
What did you do?
851
00:42:15,833 --> 00:42:18,927
Well, I got some gasoline and
burned down his flower beds.
852
00:42:19,003 --> 00:42:21,437
But that wasn't
satisfying enough.
853
00:42:22,573 --> 00:42:26,202
And then I remembered, Mr.
Hazard was an elected official.
854
00:42:26,277 --> 00:42:28,609
He was the head
of the town council.
855
00:42:28,679 --> 00:42:31,580
His reelection every two years
was a foregone conclusion.
856
00:42:31,649 --> 00:42:36,086
So come Election Day, I drove
over to the black section of town.
857
00:42:36,153 --> 00:42:39,452
Now, these people hadn't voted
in any of these elections, so...
858
00:42:39,523 --> 00:42:42,424
I was only 13,
but I had a farmer's license
859
00:42:43,961 --> 00:42:45,451
and I filled up my car
with black voters
860
00:42:45,529 --> 00:42:46,791
and drove them
to the polling place
861
00:42:46,864 --> 00:42:48,195
and then waited,
then drove them on home.
862
00:42:48,265 --> 00:42:51,200
But before they got out
of the car to vote
863
00:42:51,268 --> 00:42:56,399
I said, "I don't mean to influence
you, but I think you should know
864
00:42:56,473 --> 00:43:00,068
"Mr. Charles Hazard has
intentionally killed my dog. "
865
00:43:02,479 --> 00:43:05,175
About 400 ballots were
cast in that election.
866
00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:07,843
I drove 96 of them
to the polls.
867
00:43:08,953 --> 00:43:11,046
Hazard lost by 16 votes.
868
00:43:14,625 --> 00:43:18,117
And that's the day I
fell in love with America.
869
00:43:21,665 --> 00:43:23,462
What time do we land?
870
00:43:24,101 --> 00:43:26,126
7:30 a. m. In D.C.
871
00:43:26,837 --> 00:43:29,431
I want the CIA in my office at 10:00.
872
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:32,765
Assistant Deputy Director
or higher.
873
00:43:33,177 --> 00:43:35,839
Tell them that if I don't
see someone at 10:00,
874
00:43:35,913 --> 00:43:40,850
I'm gonna start docking their allowance
at a rate of $1 million a minute.
875
00:43:41,051 --> 00:43:42,313
Yes, sir.
876
00:43:42,653 --> 00:43:44,086
And get me another
one of them, would you?
877
00:43:46,123 --> 00:43:47,385
Yes, sir.
878
00:43:50,194 --> 00:43:52,162
The AKs,
RPG-7 grenade launchers
879
00:43:52,229 --> 00:43:55,289
and 82 millimeter mortars are
coming into Pakistan by air and sea,
880
00:43:55,532 --> 00:43:57,193
and then trucks take them
to the Afghan border.
881
00:43:57,267 --> 00:43:59,167
Then we take them
across on mules,
882
00:43:59,236 --> 00:44:00,863
which are running a little
more than we thought.
883
00:44:00,938 --> 00:44:02,633
The mules?
They're 2,400 a piece,
884
00:44:02,706 --> 00:44:04,674
plus we got to get them
checked out. For what?
885
00:44:04,742 --> 00:44:08,007
Diseases. Foot and mouth. Plus they
have to have their ears cleaned.
886
00:44:08,078 --> 00:44:10,444
The mules are getting better
health care than the Afghans.
887
00:44:10,514 --> 00:44:13,813
Plus, they're gonna cost a little
extra if we want them pre-trained.
888
00:44:13,884 --> 00:44:15,408
To do what?
Walk over a mountain
889
00:44:15,486 --> 00:44:16,612
with ammunition
on their back.
890
00:44:16,687 --> 00:44:18,018
Aren't they born
with that instinct?
891
00:44:18,088 --> 00:44:20,784
I mean, isn't that something
they want to do naturally?
892
00:44:20,858 --> 00:44:24,089
You think Afghanistan might, one day,
think about building some fucking roads?
893
00:44:24,161 --> 00:44:25,924
Gust.
Yeah?
894
00:44:25,996 --> 00:44:27,964
I got something for you.
895
00:44:28,932 --> 00:44:30,331
I need you
to be specific...
896
00:44:30,401 --> 00:44:32,869
The whole thing has changed.
Get your diary. I'll show you.
897
00:44:32,936 --> 00:44:34,028
Okay.
898
00:44:35,272 --> 00:44:37,206
No problem.
Thank you.
899
00:44:38,742 --> 00:44:39,902
He should be here
any moment.
900
00:44:39,977 --> 00:44:42,639
Don't worry about me.
I'm fine.
901
00:44:44,148 --> 00:44:45,877
Good morning.
Good morning, Congressman.
902
00:44:45,949 --> 00:44:47,576
Welcome back.
Yeah. Marla.
903
00:44:47,651 --> 00:44:49,084
Welcome back.
Suzanne.
904
00:44:49,153 --> 00:44:50,620
Welcome back.
905
00:44:51,955 --> 00:44:52,979
Who are you?
906
00:44:53,057 --> 00:44:54,251
This is Gust Avrakotos.
907
00:44:54,324 --> 00:44:56,087
He's come up from Langley
to bring you the information
908
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,151
that you wanted.
Bonnie!
909
00:44:58,662 --> 00:44:59,651
Yes, sir?
910
00:44:59,730 --> 00:45:01,322
I said Assistant Deputy
Director or higher.
911
00:45:01,398 --> 00:45:03,298
I know, sir. I called... No,
Assistant Deputies don't come
912
00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:04,459
to the Hill
without a subpoena.
913
00:45:04,535 --> 00:45:07,231
I'm the guy you want to talk to,
Congressman. I'm on the Afghan desk.
914
00:45:07,304 --> 00:45:09,204
You're on the Afghan desk? Yeah.
915
00:45:09,273 --> 00:45:11,867
Well, I wouldn't be too proud of
that. I just got back from there.
916
00:45:11,942 --> 00:45:14,274
Oh, I know. And that's
a hell of a flight, too.
917
00:45:14,344 --> 00:45:16,175
That nine hours flying time
against the jet stream.
918
00:45:16,246 --> 00:45:18,373
Probably had to stop in Brussels,
plus the time difference.
919
00:45:18,449 --> 00:45:19,780
I'd be a little grumpy
myself.
920
00:45:19,850 --> 00:45:21,442
I ain't grumpy
because of the plane.
921
00:45:22,586 --> 00:45:25,714
We want to give you this 'cause
we know you like single malt.
922
00:45:25,789 --> 00:45:27,256
It's called Talisker,
923
00:45:27,324 --> 00:45:29,315
and it's mentioned in a
Robert Louis Stevenson poem,
924
00:45:29,393 --> 00:45:31,224
The Scotsman's Return
from Abroad.
925
00:45:31,295 --> 00:45:33,160
"The king o' drinks,
as I conceive it,
926
00:45:33,230 --> 00:45:35,721
"Talisker, Isla
or Glenlivet!"
927
00:45:35,799 --> 00:45:38,290
Who are you again?
Gust Avrakotos.
928
00:45:39,670 --> 00:45:41,103
Have Bonnie come
into this meeting.
929
00:45:41,171 --> 00:45:42,729
Yes, sir.
930
00:45:43,540 --> 00:45:45,167
What's the gift for?
931
00:45:45,242 --> 00:45:48,109
It's from the Afghan desk for
doubling the budget for the mujahideen.
932
00:45:48,178 --> 00:45:50,908
Oh. Well, thank you.
933
00:45:51,548 --> 00:45:53,072
It was nothing.
934
00:45:53,350 --> 00:45:55,841
Well, it's a nice
bottle of Scotch.
935
00:45:56,653 --> 00:45:57,677
Must've been hard to get.
936
00:45:57,755 --> 00:45:59,518
No, doubling
the budget was nothing.
937
00:45:59,590 --> 00:46:02,616
I mean, $10 million for covert ops
against the Russian Army is meaningless.
938
00:46:02,693 --> 00:46:05,184
What are you, an infant? Now,
you hang on just one second.
939
00:46:05,262 --> 00:46:06,251
I don't remember your name.
940
00:46:06,330 --> 00:46:08,720
Gust Avrakotos.
941
00:46:08,799 --> 00:46:09,788
Yeah.
942
00:46:09,867 --> 00:46:11,562
Okay, you mind
if I call you Gus?
943
00:46:11,635 --> 00:46:14,069
Yeah, well, my name's Gust
with a "t," but I don't care.
944
00:46:14,138 --> 00:46:19,576
Fifteen hours ago, I offered Harold
Holt the keys to the safe, okay?
945
00:46:20,410 --> 00:46:24,642
I stood there in the office in Islamabad,
and I said, "How much do you need?"
946
00:46:24,715 --> 00:46:26,239
And I was apparently
annoying him.
947
00:46:26,316 --> 00:46:29,080
Well, Harold Holt's a massive tool,
Congressman. He's a cake-eater.
948
00:46:29,153 --> 00:46:30,848
He's a clown.
He's a bad station chief.
949
00:46:30,921 --> 00:46:33,981
And I don't mean to cast aspersions on
a guy, but he's gonna get us all killed.
950
00:46:34,057 --> 00:46:35,217
Really?
Yeah.
951
00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:38,193
Well, how does he expect to defeat
the Soviets in Afghanistan without...
952
00:46:38,262 --> 00:46:40,321
He said, "A sudden influx of
money... " Yeah, an influx of money
953
00:46:40,397 --> 00:46:41,762
and new weaponry
would draw attention.
954
00:46:41,832 --> 00:46:44,300
He's not trying to defeat
the Soviets, Congressman.
955
00:46:44,368 --> 00:46:45,460
What the hell
are you talking about?
956
00:46:47,504 --> 00:46:48,835
Excuse me.
957
00:46:49,973 --> 00:46:51,668
I'm the Congressman's
aide, Bonnie Bach.
958
00:46:51,742 --> 00:46:52,936
Gust Avrakotos.
959
00:46:53,010 --> 00:46:54,671
Gus, I need the room
for a second.
960
00:46:54,745 --> 00:46:56,440
Sure.
Jailbait!
961
00:47:00,184 --> 00:47:02,778
Whoa, whoa. Hey, hey.
Whoa, all right.
962
00:47:02,853 --> 00:47:04,047
Just tell me
what's happening.
963
00:47:04,121 --> 00:47:06,351
A Justice Department task
force that was formed last year
964
00:47:06,423 --> 00:47:08,618
to investigate reports of sex
between members of the House
965
00:47:08,692 --> 00:47:10,626
and their male interns
has recently widened
966
00:47:10,694 --> 00:47:12,491
to include the use
of recreational drugs
967
00:47:12,563 --> 00:47:14,497
by senators and congressmen.
968
00:47:14,565 --> 00:47:15,827
Do you know a man
named Paul Brown?
969
00:47:15,899 --> 00:47:17,093
He doesn't have to
answer that. Keep going.
970
00:47:17,167 --> 00:47:18,156
Oh, shit.
971
00:47:18,235 --> 00:47:21,966
Paul Brown, under investigation
by federal prosecutors for fraud.
972
00:47:22,706 --> 00:47:25,641
He wanted me to invest
in some TV show for Crystal.
973
00:47:25,709 --> 00:47:28,075
Well, he's saying he witnessed
you doing cocaine nine times
974
00:47:28,145 --> 00:47:30,113
in a fantasy suite
in Las Vegas.
975
00:47:30,180 --> 00:47:32,876
Brian Ross at NBC is
breaking the story.
976
00:47:33,016 --> 00:47:36,975
All right, guys. I was in Las
Vegas with Crystal and Paul Brown,
977
00:47:37,054 --> 00:47:39,352
because she wanted me to
talk to him about this thing.
978
00:47:39,423 --> 00:47:41,084
There was cocaine?
979
00:47:42,192 --> 00:47:44,251
I want you to go in the other
room and start on a statement.
980
00:47:44,328 --> 00:47:45,852
Let's get Stu on the phone.
Okay, I'll call him.
981
00:47:45,929 --> 00:47:46,987
Okay, Bait,
you just need to start...
982
00:47:47,064 --> 00:47:48,053
It's all right,
everybody.
983
00:47:48,131 --> 00:47:49,655
It's gonna be all right.
I want to get back to...
984
00:47:49,733 --> 00:47:50,791
Gus!
985
00:47:52,636 --> 00:47:53,694
You having problems?
986
00:47:54,938 --> 00:47:55,996
No.
987
00:47:56,073 --> 00:47:58,667
What do you mean, he's not
trying to defeat the Soviets?
988
00:47:58,742 --> 00:48:01,370
Well, he wants to bleed them.
Payback for Vietnam.
989
00:48:01,445 --> 00:48:02,969
Make it so they just have
to keep sending troops in,
990
00:48:03,046 --> 00:48:04,343
keep sending money,
and troops, and money
991
00:48:04,414 --> 00:48:06,314
until they just go out of their
fucking minds the way we did.
992
00:48:06,383 --> 00:48:09,045
You mean to tell me that the
U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
993
00:48:09,119 --> 00:48:11,110
is to have the Afghans keep
walking into machine gun fire
994
00:48:11,188 --> 00:48:12,348
till the Russians
run out of bullets?
995
00:48:12,422 --> 00:48:13,514
That's Harold Holt's
strategy.
996
00:48:13,590 --> 00:48:15,490
It's not U.S. Strategy.
What is U.S. Strategy?
997
00:48:15,559 --> 00:48:16,992
Well, strictly speaking,
we don't have one.
998
00:48:17,060 --> 00:48:18,152
But we're working
hard on that.
999
00:48:18,228 --> 00:48:19,695
Who's we?
Me and three other guys.
1000
00:48:21,431 --> 00:48:23,194
Would you excuse me?
1001
00:48:27,971 --> 00:48:28,995
All right,
what do you have?
1002
00:48:29,072 --> 00:48:32,303
"Representative Charles Wilson has learned
he is joining several members of Congress
1003
00:48:32,376 --> 00:48:35,243
"who are under investigation by a
Justice Department task force that is... "
1004
00:48:35,312 --> 00:48:36,574
Don't say task force.
It makes it sound
1005
00:48:36,647 --> 00:48:37,909
like Eliot Ness is
running the thing. Okay.
1006
00:48:37,981 --> 00:48:40,575
Who is running the thing?
Who's the prosecutor?
1007
00:48:40,651 --> 00:48:42,380
Rudolph Giuliani,
New York, Southern District.
1008
00:48:42,452 --> 00:48:44,010
You know him?
No.
1009
00:48:44,087 --> 00:48:46,214
Well, it's been going on
forever. We should say that, too.
1010
00:48:46,290 --> 00:48:49,384
"Representative Charles Wilson has learned
he is joining several members of Congress
1011
00:48:49,459 --> 00:48:51,791
"who are under investigation
by the Justice Department
1012
00:48:51,862 --> 00:48:54,592
"in what is now an 18-month
long, wide-ranging examination
1013
00:48:54,665 --> 00:48:56,565
"that has resulted
in no convictions. "
1014
00:48:56,633 --> 00:48:58,658
"Congressman Wilson has not
been charged with any crime,
1015
00:48:58,735 --> 00:49:00,635
"nor has he been questioned
by the authorities.
1016
00:49:00,704 --> 00:49:03,434
"He denies any allegation of
illegal or improper behavior
1017
00:49:03,507 --> 00:49:05,475
"and will fully cooperate with
the ongoing investigation. "
1018
00:49:05,542 --> 00:49:06,600
Okay. Run it by Stu.
1019
00:49:06,677 --> 00:49:07,837
Yes, sir.
1020
00:49:09,579 --> 00:49:10,637
Gus!
1021
00:49:13,550 --> 00:49:16,075
You and three other guys?
Yeah.
1022
00:49:16,153 --> 00:49:19,953
Well, I'll tell you what I told
Harold Holt. I can get the money.
1023
00:49:20,023 --> 00:49:23,015
Now, the 10 million is a joke?
Fine. What do you need?
1024
00:49:23,093 --> 00:49:24,822
To do what? To shoot
down the helicopters.
1025
00:49:24,895 --> 00:49:26,021
To shoot down
the helicopters.
1026
00:49:26,096 --> 00:49:28,656
If we can help them shoot down
the goddamn helicopters,
1027
00:49:28,732 --> 00:49:30,097
everything's gonna
start going our way.
1028
00:49:30,167 --> 00:49:33,603
You know, there's a story about
a Zen master and a little boy.
1029
00:49:33,670 --> 00:49:35,570
All right, and... Yeah.
1030
00:49:38,809 --> 00:49:39,833
It's Stu.
1031
00:49:39,910 --> 00:49:41,400
You should be on this.
1032
00:49:43,380 --> 00:49:44,438
Stu?
1033
00:49:44,948 --> 00:49:46,848
No. No,
it's gonna be fine.
1034
00:49:46,917 --> 00:49:48,885
It was a party in Vegas.
1035
00:49:49,252 --> 00:49:51,152
Lot of drugs, lot of
people I don't know.
1036
00:49:51,221 --> 00:49:54,520
I was there with Crystal Lee
and this guy Paul Brown
1037
00:49:54,591 --> 00:49:57,754
who wanted me to invest
in a TV show for Crystal.
1038
00:49:58,228 --> 00:49:59,252
I don't know.
1039
00:49:59,329 --> 00:50:02,355
I don't know, it's gonna be
like a Dallas set in Washington.
1040
00:50:02,432 --> 00:50:04,593
What... Stu,
what does it matter?
1041
00:50:04,668 --> 00:50:05,760
Okay.
1042
00:50:06,403 --> 00:50:07,495
Okay.
1043
00:50:08,071 --> 00:50:10,301
Will Crystal back up your
story that you weren't using?
1044
00:50:10,374 --> 00:50:12,672
Just go put out
the statement.
1045
00:50:12,843 --> 00:50:14,333
You know what?
1046
00:50:14,644 --> 00:50:18,205
You never should have been
in the same room, Congressman.
1047
00:50:20,684 --> 00:50:21,742
Gus!
1048
00:50:23,053 --> 00:50:26,511
Yeah. The Swiss make an antiaircraft gun
1049
00:50:26,590 --> 00:50:28,387
called the Oerlikon.
Listen, Charlie.
1050
00:50:28,458 --> 00:50:30,085
Twenty-millimeter cannon,
high rate of fire.
1051
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:31,752
I know the Oerlikon.
1052
00:50:31,828 --> 00:50:33,728
Don't forget
the limo driver.
1053
00:50:33,797 --> 00:50:34,855
What do you mean?
1054
00:50:34,931 --> 00:50:37,729
Well, you took a limo from
the casino to the airport.
1055
00:50:37,801 --> 00:50:40,497
Maybe it's easy enough to track down
a limo driver, hand him a subpoena,
1056
00:50:40,570 --> 00:50:42,197
ask him if anything was
going on in the back seat,
1057
00:50:42,272 --> 00:50:44,263
so, you know, in terms
of cleaning up this...
1058
00:50:44,341 --> 00:50:45,831
Were you listening
at the door?
1059
00:50:45,909 --> 00:50:47,740
I wasn't listening at the
door. Were you standing
1060
00:50:47,811 --> 00:50:49,938
at the goddamn door listening to me? No.
1061
00:50:50,013 --> 00:50:52,447
How could you even...
That's a thick door!
1062
00:50:52,516 --> 00:50:54,313
You stood there
and you listened to me?
1063
00:50:54,384 --> 00:50:55,715
I wasn't standing at the door.
Don't be an idiot.
1064
00:50:55,786 --> 00:50:57,083
I bugged the Scotch bottle.
1065
00:50:57,154 --> 00:50:58,212
What?
1066
00:50:59,222 --> 00:51:00,348
Yeah, it's got a little
transmitter on it.
1067
00:51:00,424 --> 00:51:03,291
I got a little thing
in my ear. Get past it.
1068
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:06,693
I don't believe this. Who the
fuck... Who the fuck are you?
1069
00:51:06,763 --> 00:51:08,492
It's not in my ear right now.
Take it easy.
1070
00:51:08,565 --> 00:51:10,965
I was gonna tell you about it, but
I had to leave the room for a second
1071
00:51:11,034 --> 00:51:13,059
'cause you were getting indicted.
I ain't getting indicted.
1072
00:51:13,136 --> 00:51:15,536
Is there a camera in here?
No, that's a little paranoid.
1073
00:51:15,605 --> 00:51:16,765
That's right.
1074
00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:19,900
Will you take the bug
off my Scotch bottle now?
1075
00:51:20,277 --> 00:51:21,369
Sure.
1076
00:51:24,081 --> 00:51:27,244
I saw two kids,
had their hands blown off
1077
00:51:27,651 --> 00:51:29,380
when they tried to pick
up something shiny.
1078
00:51:29,453 --> 00:51:32,445
Sometimes the kids think
those bombs are toys.
1079
00:51:32,556 --> 00:51:34,854
For children to pick up.
Yeah.
1080
00:51:35,425 --> 00:51:36,949
They're raping the women and... Yeah.
1081
00:51:37,027 --> 00:51:40,224
...bayoneting the pregnant
ones. It's as bad as it can be.
1082
00:51:40,297 --> 00:51:43,391
But they still want to go out
and fight the Red Army.
1083
00:51:43,467 --> 00:51:45,526
Each and every one of them. I've
never seen anything like that.
1084
00:51:45,602 --> 00:51:47,194
No, me, neither.
1085
00:51:47,804 --> 00:51:50,466
Let's be clear. I want to kill
Russians as much as you do.
1086
00:51:50,540 --> 00:51:53,600
Is the Oerlikon the right gun?
Is that what they should have?
1087
00:51:53,677 --> 00:51:55,406
Now, you know what?
1088
00:51:55,645 --> 00:51:56,669
You've had a long flight.
1089
00:51:56,746 --> 00:51:58,441
You're under a lot of stress.
You're under arrest.
1090
00:51:58,515 --> 00:52:00,039
I ain't under arrest.
1091
00:52:00,117 --> 00:52:01,709
Do you drink?
Oh, God, yeah.
1092
00:52:01,785 --> 00:52:03,309
Well, should we try
this Scotch,
1093
00:52:03,386 --> 00:52:05,115
or is it gonna release
sarin gas when I open it?
1094
00:52:05,188 --> 00:52:08,123
Oh, I don't think so,
but open it over there.
1095
00:52:13,663 --> 00:52:16,154
How'd a guy like you get
into the Agency?
1096
00:52:16,233 --> 00:52:19,464
What, you mean a street guy?
You ain't James Bond.
1097
00:52:19,536 --> 00:52:22,972
And you ain't Thomas Jefferson,
so let's call it even.
1098
00:52:23,173 --> 00:52:24,265
Deal.
1099
00:52:25,976 --> 00:52:27,500
Since there's no other reason
I should be here,
1100
00:52:27,577 --> 00:52:30,637
let's assume it's 'cause
I'm very good at this.
1101
00:52:33,150 --> 00:52:35,618
They need to shoot down
the helicopters, Gus.
1102
00:52:35,685 --> 00:52:38,245
They need at least,
what, 50 Oerlikons.
1103
00:52:38,321 --> 00:52:40,289
Yeah, it's gonna cost
a lot more than $10 million.
1104
00:52:40,357 --> 00:52:42,257
And I say for the fourth time,
I can raise the money.
1105
00:52:42,325 --> 00:52:43,622
Yeah, how?
1106
00:52:43,693 --> 00:52:46,856
Is the Oerlikon the gun
I should be recommending?
1107
00:52:46,997 --> 00:52:48,430
I'm not sure.
1108
00:52:48,498 --> 00:52:51,023
Who is sure? A weapons
guy named Mike Vickers.
1109
00:52:51,101 --> 00:52:53,331
I'll call him. Yeah.
Let's call him right now.
1110
00:52:59,342 --> 00:53:01,333
All right, here's a test.
1111
00:53:01,912 --> 00:53:03,573
You see the nerdy-looking kid
in the white shirt
1112
00:53:03,647 --> 00:53:05,706
playing against
the four guys at once?
1113
00:53:05,782 --> 00:53:06,771
Yeah.
1114
00:53:06,950 --> 00:53:09,475
Which one of the guys do you
think is a strategic weapons expert
1115
00:53:09,553 --> 00:53:11,680
with the CIA?
1116
00:53:14,090 --> 00:53:15,284
That was a trick question,
Charlie.
1117
00:53:15,358 --> 00:53:17,826
It's the nerdy-looking kid
in the white shirt.
1118
00:53:17,894 --> 00:53:19,521
All right, no reason this
can't be fun, you know.
1119
00:53:19,596 --> 00:53:22,190
Mike!
Yeah, just a second.
1120
00:53:22,666 --> 00:53:24,395
Need you now, Mike.
1121
00:53:28,505 --> 00:53:29,972
Keep playing.
1122
00:53:31,308 --> 00:53:33,469
Mike Vickers, this is
Congressman Charles Wilson
1123
00:53:33,543 --> 00:53:35,534
of the Defense Appropriations
Subcommittee.
1124
00:53:35,612 --> 00:53:38,103
How are you, sir?
Fine, thank you.
1125
00:53:39,049 --> 00:53:41,950
How old are you?
I'll be 30 next week.
1126
00:53:42,018 --> 00:53:44,418
This is the CIA's weapons
expert?
1127
00:53:44,521 --> 00:53:46,182
One of them.
But he's the most senior.
1128
00:53:46,256 --> 00:53:47,280
Look...
Mike!
1129
00:53:47,357 --> 00:53:49,655
Yeah, bishop to queen's
knight 7.
1130
00:53:49,726 --> 00:53:51,353
See? He's playing without
even looking at the board.
1131
00:53:51,428 --> 00:53:52,554
That's a useful skill
1132
00:53:52,629 --> 00:53:55,655
if Afghanistan's ever invaded
by Boris Spassky.
1133
00:53:55,732 --> 00:53:58,030
Did my office not make it clear
to Langley that I'm in no mood
1134
00:53:58,101 --> 00:53:59,125
to be fucked around with?
Charlie...
1135
00:53:59,202 --> 00:54:01,363
You answer to me or you answer
to Jim Baker. Which do you want?
1136
00:54:01,438 --> 00:54:04,305
All right, the guy's a fucking Green
Beret, Charlie. He trained with the SEALs.
1137
00:54:04,374 --> 00:54:06,899
No one's trying to fuck with you! Mike?
1138
00:54:06,977 --> 00:54:09,912
Yeah, what was your move?
Knight to queen's bishop 5.
1139
00:54:09,980 --> 00:54:11,572
All right, queen to king's
rook 3.
1140
00:54:11,648 --> 00:54:14,674
Guy on the right, you don't
want to trade queens with me.
1141
00:54:14,751 --> 00:54:15,843
Shit.
1142
00:54:16,186 --> 00:54:18,677
All right, I apologize.
1143
00:54:18,755 --> 00:54:20,746
Okay.
Everybody friends?
1144
00:54:20,857 --> 00:54:24,190
As a former naval officer myself,
Mike, I should've known better.
1145
00:54:24,261 --> 00:54:26,286
As a former naval officer, I'd
have been surprised if you had.
1146
00:54:26,363 --> 00:54:27,387
Now, what the fuck?
Hey.
1147
00:54:27,464 --> 00:54:29,329
He said he was sorry.
Hey.
1148
00:54:29,399 --> 00:54:30,889
What can I do for you, sir?
1149
00:54:30,967 --> 00:54:33,800
All right, he wants to make a
recommendation to his Subcommittee.
1150
00:54:33,870 --> 00:54:36,862
Now, the Swiss made Oerlikon S.T.A.
Antiaircraft cannon, that's what you'd use
1151
00:54:36,940 --> 00:54:39,431
to shoot down the Ml-24 Hind
gunship in the mountains, right?
1152
00:54:39,509 --> 00:54:40,635
Well, the Oerlikon's
a good start,
1153
00:54:40,710 --> 00:54:42,974
but the Russians will just start
flying higher altitude missions.
1154
00:54:43,046 --> 00:54:44,070
So what else do they need?
1155
00:54:44,147 --> 00:54:46,911
Same thing you give us.
AK-47 s, AK-74s, AKMS.
1156
00:54:46,983 --> 00:54:49,042
The Soviets didn't come into
Afghanistan on a Eurail Pass.
1157
00:54:49,119 --> 00:54:50,609
They came in T-55 tanks.
1158
00:54:50,687 --> 00:54:53,417
The fighters need RPG-7
anti-tank grenade launchers,
1159
00:54:53,490 --> 00:54:57,893
Katyusha 107 mm rockets, wire mines,
plastic mines, bicycle bombs, sniper rifles,
1160
00:54:57,961 --> 00:54:59,394
ammunition for
all the above
1161
00:54:59,462 --> 00:55:01,225
and frequency-hopping radios
and burst transmitters
1162
00:55:01,298 --> 00:55:03,926
so these guys aren't
so fucking easy to find.
1163
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:05,968
Well, I've written it all
in a report you can read.
1164
00:55:06,036 --> 00:55:08,334
You'd be the first
one who did.
1165
00:55:09,506 --> 00:55:11,804
Send a copy of it to me
by secure courier right away.
1166
00:55:11,875 --> 00:55:14,105
I will. All right.
All right.
1167
00:55:16,513 --> 00:55:17,912
There was a report?
1168
00:55:17,981 --> 00:55:19,243
It's not that simple.
1169
00:55:19,916 --> 00:55:22,714
Why not? Well, for
one thing it's covert.
1170
00:55:22,786 --> 00:55:24,413
When an Afghan freedom fighter
gets captured,
1171
00:55:24,487 --> 00:55:25,920
it can't be with an
American-made weapon on him.
1172
00:55:25,989 --> 00:55:27,889
That's how a cold war turns
into an actual war,
1173
00:55:27,957 --> 00:55:29,891
and that's something you
want to keep a good eye on.
1174
00:55:29,959 --> 00:55:31,950
So anything we give them
has to look like
1175
00:55:32,028 --> 00:55:34,929
it could have plausibly been
captured from the Soviets.
1176
00:55:34,998 --> 00:55:36,693
Yeah, that's right.
You know who's good at that?
1177
00:55:36,766 --> 00:55:39,098
Israel and Egypt.
That's right.
1178
00:55:40,704 --> 00:55:42,137
You know what Vickers
just described back there
1179
00:55:42,205 --> 00:55:44,639
could cost as much
as $40 million.
1180
00:55:44,908 --> 00:55:47,536
I can get the appropriation.
But how?
1181
00:55:48,511 --> 00:55:50,570
I want to know how are you gonna
get the approval of Congress
1182
00:55:50,647 --> 00:55:52,342
when they're saying no
to the Contras for nothing,
1183
00:55:52,415 --> 00:55:55,077
for $5 million, a request
made by the President?
1184
00:55:55,151 --> 00:55:57,210
When a black approp makes it
through this Subcommittee,
1185
00:55:57,287 --> 00:55:59,517
the full body has
to vote on it blind.
1186
00:55:59,589 --> 00:56:01,750
They know the dollar amount, but
they don't know what it's for.
1187
00:56:01,825 --> 00:56:05,852
So, theoretically, your $10
million can become 40 million
1188
00:56:05,929 --> 00:56:07,954
without anyone ever noticing
but the Russian Army.
1189
00:56:08,031 --> 00:56:09,896
Because Congress wouldn't
know what it was voting on.
1190
00:56:09,966 --> 00:56:11,024
That's the beauty of it!
1191
00:56:11,101 --> 00:56:12,864
All you need are the nine
other Subcommittee members.
1192
00:56:12,936 --> 00:56:14,460
All I really need is
the Committee Chairman.
1193
00:56:14,537 --> 00:56:16,300
Doc Long.
Doc Long.
1194
00:56:16,639 --> 00:56:19,733
And with Doc's backing, you'll get the
votes of the other Committee members.
1195
00:56:19,809 --> 00:56:20,935
Yep.
I don't believe you.
1196
00:56:21,010 --> 00:56:22,034
I don't care.
1197
00:56:22,112 --> 00:56:23,374
And until the phone rang
this morning, Charlie,
1198
00:56:23,446 --> 00:56:25,710
I didn't know
I'd never heard of you.
1199
00:56:25,782 --> 00:56:27,409
Well, ask around.
1200
00:56:27,550 --> 00:56:29,677
I did.
And what'd you find out?
1201
00:56:29,753 --> 00:56:31,744
That your greatest legislative
achievement in six terms
1202
00:56:31,821 --> 00:56:33,288
was getting reelected
five times.
1203
00:56:33,356 --> 00:56:34,380
Anything else?
1204
00:56:34,457 --> 00:56:36,789
That you hold more IOUs
than any member of the House.
1205
00:56:37,961 --> 00:56:39,485
How about that?
1206
00:56:39,662 --> 00:56:43,291
I represent the only district in
America that doesn't want anything.
1207
00:56:43,366 --> 00:56:46,301
They want their guns, they
want low taxes, that's it.
1208
00:56:46,369 --> 00:56:49,167
I can do favors.
I get to vote yes a lot.
1209
00:56:51,374 --> 00:56:54,571
Now, me and three other guys
are killing Russians.
1210
00:56:54,644 --> 00:56:55,906
I mean, is it possible
1211
00:56:55,979 --> 00:56:59,779
that I've met the only elected
official in town who can help?
1212
00:57:01,651 --> 00:57:03,983
Give me a week
to set things up.
1213
00:57:04,087 --> 00:57:07,784
Go pack a bag. I have a friend,
an arms dealer in Israel.
1214
00:57:08,258 --> 00:57:10,226
He's who we need for this,
God help us.
1215
00:57:10,293 --> 00:57:12,488
Should be interesting.
Yeah.
1216
00:57:13,396 --> 00:57:14,420
All right.
1217
00:57:15,732 --> 00:57:17,222
We need you, Zvi.
1218
00:57:17,300 --> 00:57:19,768
You're gonna be our man
inside the Israeli Parliament.
1219
00:57:19,836 --> 00:57:21,599
ZVl: I'm not in the Israeli
Parliament.
1220
00:57:21,671 --> 00:57:23,662
That's what's gonna
make you so effective.
1221
00:57:23,740 --> 00:57:26,038
No one has your pull
with the 10th Knesset.
1222
00:57:26,109 --> 00:57:28,202
No one has your relationship
with the Speaker.
1223
00:57:28,278 --> 00:57:30,508
And we are gonna... We're gonna
need your arm around Menachem,
1224
00:57:30,580 --> 00:57:34,482
when he finds out that we're
working with Egypt and the Saudis.
1225
00:57:34,884 --> 00:57:37,785
Tell him.
Tell him why we need him.
1226
00:57:38,288 --> 00:57:40,848
I'm not saying anything.
Why not?
1227
00:57:41,191 --> 00:57:43,819
I don't know who the fuck
these two other guys are.
1228
00:57:43,893 --> 00:57:45,986
Well, ain't they bodyguards?
Not ours.
1229
00:57:46,095 --> 00:57:47,153
Zvi?
1230
00:57:51,334 --> 00:57:53,996
Now, just to sum this
up in a nutshell.
1231
00:57:54,571 --> 00:57:57,165
You want me
to move Israel
1232
00:57:57,774 --> 00:58:02,404
toward a partnership with
Egypt, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
1233
00:58:02,479 --> 00:58:04,106
And Saudi Arabia.
1234
00:58:05,782 --> 00:58:08,808
Well, just a couple of problems I
can foresee off the top of my head.
1235
00:58:08,885 --> 00:58:09,909
Look.
1236
00:58:09,986 --> 00:58:11,010
Charlie...
I know.
1237
00:58:11,087 --> 00:58:15,251
...Pakistan and Afghanistan don't
recognize our right to exist.
1238
00:58:15,325 --> 00:58:19,193
Calm down. We just got done
fighting a war with Egypt
1239
00:58:19,262 --> 00:58:22,595
and every person who has ever
tried to kill me and my family,
1240
00:58:22,665 --> 00:58:24,690
has been trained
in Saudi Arabia.
1241
00:58:24,767 --> 00:58:26,997
That's not entirely true, Zvi.
1242
00:58:27,303 --> 00:58:29,498
I mean, some of them
were trained by us.
1243
00:58:29,572 --> 00:58:31,039
Gus, come on.
1244
00:58:32,108 --> 00:58:35,134
It's his sense of humor. It's
a bit of an acquired taste.
1245
00:58:35,211 --> 00:58:37,236
Now, Zvi, look at me.
1246
00:58:37,780 --> 00:58:40,647
This is the front
of the Cold War.
1247
00:58:40,717 --> 00:58:43,686
It's not in Berlin, it's not in
Cuba, it's not in Czechoslovakia.
1248
00:58:43,753 --> 00:58:46,313
It's in a pile of rocks
called Afghanistan.
1249
00:58:46,389 --> 00:58:48,983
These are the only people who are
actually shooting at the Russians.
1250
00:58:49,058 --> 00:58:51,822
Now, you and I know we have
to get Soviet-made weapons
1251
00:58:51,895 --> 00:58:53,260
into the hands
of the mujahideen.
1252
00:58:53,329 --> 00:58:55,058
And you and I know
where the largest stockpile
1253
00:58:55,131 --> 00:58:58,032
of Soviet weapons
outside the Soviet Union is.
1254
00:58:58,101 --> 00:58:59,693
I can't tell you offhand
how many
1255
00:58:59,769 --> 00:59:01,999
and what kind of weapons
we've confiscated.
1256
00:59:02,071 --> 00:59:06,405
I can. These are Keyhole-11
satellite photos.
1257
00:59:07,176 --> 00:59:10,270
They've been degraded
so I can show them to you.
1258
00:59:10,446 --> 00:59:12,141
All right, that's
a five-wheeled chassis tank.
1259
00:59:12,215 --> 00:59:14,775
That's not the Mk. 1,
that's the T-55.
1260
00:59:14,851 --> 00:59:17,820
And it and four others are
about 12 miles from here.
1261
00:59:17,887 --> 00:59:20,151
What do you want tanks
in mountains for?
1262
00:59:20,223 --> 00:59:22,657
Oh, we don't. I just wanted
you to know I know you got them.
1263
00:59:22,725 --> 00:59:26,126
$35.5 million. Which you'll
be able to appropriate.
1264
00:59:26,329 --> 00:59:27,353
Yeah.
1265
00:59:27,430 --> 00:59:29,398
Without the press asking
questions about it.
1266
00:59:29,465 --> 00:59:30,489
You know,
there's good news there,
1267
00:59:30,567 --> 00:59:33,400
because the press is going to be
busy asking about a weekend in Vegas
1268
00:59:33,469 --> 00:59:35,835
and his pending arrest on
charges of narcotics possession.
1269
00:59:35,905 --> 00:59:38,931
Oh, Gus.
Shit, Charlie.
1270
00:59:39,008 --> 00:59:41,067
It's nothing.
Is this true?
1271
00:59:41,144 --> 00:59:43,237
No, for our purposes,
it doesn't really matter.
1272
00:59:43,313 --> 00:59:44,974
Thank you.
I was just explaining to him
1273
00:59:45,048 --> 00:59:47,175
that as long as the press sees
sex and drugs behind the left hand,
1274
00:59:47,250 --> 00:59:48,945
you can park a battle carrier
behind the right hand
1275
00:59:49,018 --> 00:59:50,280
and no one's gonna
fucking notice.
1276
00:59:50,353 --> 00:59:51,479
What the hell happened?
1277
00:59:51,554 --> 00:59:53,419
It's not germane. It's
not germane to these people
1278
00:59:53,489 --> 00:59:56,925
who are fighting and dying, and
being massacred in their homes.
1279
00:59:56,993 --> 01:00:00,019
Now, for the love of Christ,
will you help us help them
1280
01:00:00,096 --> 01:00:01,996
shoot down these fucking
helicopters?
1281
01:00:05,001 --> 01:00:06,764
I love you, Charlie,
1282
01:00:07,670 --> 01:00:09,570
but you are a grown man
1283
01:00:09,872 --> 01:00:14,707
who still hasn't learned to look both
ways before he crosses the fucking street!
1284
01:00:21,284 --> 01:00:22,683
Yes, I'm in.
1285
01:00:24,887 --> 01:00:28,050
But I don't like this guy.
I know how you feel.
1286
01:00:29,659 --> 01:00:32,594
ZVl: What happens now?
You come with us to Cairo.
1287
01:00:32,662 --> 01:00:34,960
This meeting's gonna be run
professional? Oh, absolutely.
1288
01:00:35,031 --> 01:00:37,056
We'll be talking
to the Deputy Defense Minister
1289
01:00:37,133 --> 01:00:40,432
while his boss gets a belly
dance from a friend of Charlie's.
1290
01:00:40,503 --> 01:00:42,562
What? A good friend
of mine back in Texas
1291
01:00:42,639 --> 01:00:43,833
is a well-known
belly dancer.
1292
01:00:43,906 --> 01:00:47,501
It's always been her dream to
perform in Egypt, so she's our way in.
1293
01:00:47,577 --> 01:00:51,479
While she's dancing for the Defense
Minster, we'll be talking to the Deputy.
1294
01:00:51,547 --> 01:00:53,879
Oh, my God.
No, she's supposed to be good.
1295
01:01:29,952 --> 01:01:32,750
That's an extraordinary woman. Oh, yeah.
1296
01:01:37,093 --> 01:01:39,687
That's not any belly dance
I'm familiar with.
1297
01:01:39,762 --> 01:01:43,061
That's why I wanted the
Defense Minister to see her.
1298
01:01:43,299 --> 01:01:46,894
This is your girlfriend? Carol's
a friend. She's an old friend.
1299
01:01:46,969 --> 01:01:50,530
I understand her father didn't allow
dancing because of the religion?
1300
01:01:50,606 --> 01:01:53,268
Yeah, that's correct.
1301
01:01:53,342 --> 01:01:54,809
And what religion is that?
1302
01:01:54,877 --> 01:01:56,742
You know, she's a Baptist.
1303
01:01:58,581 --> 01:02:03,177
As I was saying, the Russians will
learn, I'm quite afraid the hard way,
1304
01:02:03,252 --> 01:02:05,743
to fear God's vengeance
upon those
1305
01:02:05,822 --> 01:02:09,519
who oppress his humble servants
who submit to him in Islam.
1306
01:02:09,826 --> 01:02:12,624
Their skulls will hang
from the treetops.
1307
01:02:12,695 --> 01:02:16,324
You can do whatever you like
with their skulls, I suppose.
1308
01:02:16,499 --> 01:02:22,404
What has Gus here concerned is a SA
surface-to-air missiles you all have.
1309
01:02:22,472 --> 01:02:24,201
For some reason, he thinks
they were stored poorly.
1310
01:02:24,273 --> 01:02:26,764
No, no, no, the SA-7 s
were stored properly.
1311
01:02:26,843 --> 01:02:30,540
Excuse me. What about
the oppression of my people?
1312
01:02:30,613 --> 01:02:32,274
Oh, Zvi.
I beg your pardon?
1313
01:02:32,348 --> 01:02:33,815
Fellows, we have
to do this now.
1314
01:02:33,883 --> 01:02:38,411
I am about to arrange
for $35 million worth of guns
1315
01:02:38,488 --> 01:02:40,080
to be put into the hands
of Muslims!
1316
01:02:40,156 --> 01:02:43,489
I meant no disrespect.
Oh, really?
1317
01:02:43,559 --> 01:02:46,119
Well, anyway, that...
None of this is important.
1318
01:02:46,195 --> 01:02:49,164
You have Soviet-licensed factories
that can put out Kalashnikovs
1319
01:02:49,232 --> 01:02:51,166
at a rate of 25,000 a week?
1320
01:02:51,234 --> 01:02:54,328
That's correct. What
about city warfare devices?
1321
01:02:54,403 --> 01:02:56,462
What kind?
Bicycle bombs, limpet mines,
1322
01:02:56,539 --> 01:02:57,801
plastic, tripwire mines?
1323
01:02:57,874 --> 01:03:00,001
Yes, yes. Whatever you need.
1324
01:03:02,345 --> 01:03:04,108
We can't improve
the price now,
1325
01:03:04,180 --> 01:03:07,638
but when we come back for
more, we'll make it up to you.
1326
01:03:07,750 --> 01:03:08,978
I agree.
1327
01:03:09,685 --> 01:03:11,016
All right.
1328
01:03:21,497 --> 01:03:25,058
Hey, you did good back there
ignoring the religious shit.
1329
01:03:25,968 --> 01:03:27,902
'Cause these people are
totally fucking unspooled,
1330
01:03:27,970 --> 01:03:30,871
and I'm not just talking
about the Muslims.
1331
01:03:31,340 --> 01:03:33,831
Zvi's all right.
Oh, I know he is.
1332
01:03:34,143 --> 01:03:35,303
He is Mossad, by the way.
1333
01:03:35,378 --> 01:03:38,541
What I'm talking about is
your friend in Houston.
1334
01:03:38,815 --> 01:03:42,876
Now, she's got to stop throwing fundraisers
and she's got to stop doing press.
1335
01:03:42,952 --> 01:03:45,512
Joanne is raising awareness.
1336
01:03:48,057 --> 01:03:52,721
She's using
a non-secular vocabulary
1337
01:03:53,062 --> 01:03:55,587
and framing this
as a religious war.
1338
01:03:56,699 --> 01:03:58,963
And America doesn't
fight religious wars.
1339
01:04:00,203 --> 01:04:02,671
Is that right? Yeah, that's
why I like living there.
1340
01:04:02,738 --> 01:04:05,536
Good morning, ladies and
gentlemen. This is your captain.
1341
01:04:05,641 --> 01:04:07,438
We will begin our initial
descent
1342
01:04:07,510 --> 01:04:10,877
into Washington Dulles Airport.
I got to go down to Houston, so...
1343
01:04:10,947 --> 01:04:12,972
...I would like to thank you
and hope...
1344
01:04:13,049 --> 01:04:15,950
Well, talk to her.
Yeah, I'll talk to her.
1345
01:04:19,455 --> 01:04:21,923
You want me to go into
business with the Israelis?
1346
01:04:21,991 --> 01:04:24,289
Just for this one purpose,
yes, Mr. President.
1347
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:28,888
The Israelis have the largest stockpile
of Soviet-made weapons in friendly hands.
1348
01:04:28,965 --> 01:04:30,364
I know that.
1349
01:04:31,100 --> 01:04:34,536
I need to trust that this
arrangement will remain secret.
1350
01:04:34,604 --> 01:04:38,904
Pakistan and Israel would have to
appear to be enemies in the public eye.
1351
01:04:38,975 --> 01:04:41,443
Yeah, I don't think
that's a tough sell.
1352
01:04:41,510 --> 01:04:43,239
You have authority
to do this?
1353
01:04:43,312 --> 01:04:46,406
None whatsoever. In fact, I'm pretty
close to violating the Logan Act.
1354
01:04:46,482 --> 01:04:48,347
Well, I don't know
what that is.
1355
01:04:48,417 --> 01:04:49,816
But, Charlie.
Yes, sir.
1356
01:04:49,886 --> 01:04:52,787
If I see one fucking
Star of David on a crate...
1357
01:04:52,855 --> 01:04:54,652
You won't. I promise.
1358
01:04:56,592 --> 01:04:57,650
Hey.
Excuse me.
1359
01:04:57,727 --> 01:05:00,491
You want me to take a look
at those remarks?
1360
01:05:00,563 --> 01:05:02,588
Why? Just... Well, your introduction,
1361
01:05:02,665 --> 01:05:06,999
want me to look it over? It's an
introduction, Charlie. I'll be fine.
1362
01:05:14,810 --> 01:05:18,473
Today we honor President
Zia ul-Haq of Pakistan.
1363
01:05:32,128 --> 01:05:35,859
Before we go any further, I
would like you all to know this,
1364
01:05:36,165 --> 01:05:38,599
President Zia did not
kill Bhutto.
1365
01:05:39,802 --> 01:05:41,497
In the time that
he's been President,
1366
01:05:41,570 --> 01:05:44,505
the fortunes of Pakistan
have changed radically.
1367
01:05:44,573 --> 01:05:45,801
I've asked you all here
today...
1368
01:05:54,183 --> 01:05:56,276
You disappeared.
1369
01:05:56,485 --> 01:05:58,476
Well, they weren't
selling alcohol in there.
1370
01:05:58,554 --> 01:06:01,022
It's a traditional
Pakistani gathering.
1371
01:06:01,090 --> 01:06:02,887
You think they might be
a lot happier over there
1372
01:06:02,959 --> 01:06:06,326
if they could just get women and booze
in the same room at the same time?
1373
01:06:06,395 --> 01:06:08,192
I think they'd be a whole
lot happier over there
1374
01:06:08,264 --> 01:06:09,731
if the Communists got out.
1375
01:06:09,799 --> 01:06:12,359
"Zia did not kill Bhutto. "
1376
01:06:12,835 --> 01:06:16,293
That's not something you usually
hear in introductory remarks.
1377
01:06:16,372 --> 01:06:19,830
He didn't, Charlie. Bhutto had
a trial and was found guilty.
1378
01:06:19,909 --> 01:06:21,536
Shocking verdict.
1379
01:06:22,378 --> 01:06:24,972
What did you need
to talk to me about?
1380
01:06:25,848 --> 01:06:29,545
Joanne, darling,
dial down the religion.
1381
01:06:29,885 --> 01:06:32,217
What?
It could alienate people
1382
01:06:32,288 --> 01:06:34,017
whose support we need.
1383
01:06:34,090 --> 01:06:36,786
It's luncheons like this that
are raising the money we need.
1384
01:06:36,859 --> 01:06:39,726
This thing is not gonna get
done by ballrooms full of people
1385
01:06:39,795 --> 01:06:41,023
in the Houstonian Hotel.
1386
01:06:41,097 --> 01:06:44,464
It's gonna get done by the
CIA, Israel, Egypt and Pakistan,
1387
01:06:44,533 --> 01:06:46,160
and it's gonna get
done quietly.
1388
01:06:46,235 --> 01:06:47,600
Now, you start making
people think
1389
01:06:47,670 --> 01:06:50,138
we're trying to convert
everybody to Christianity.
1390
01:06:50,206 --> 01:06:53,403
I was saved by Jesus Christ,
Charlie, and I am not ashamed of it.
1391
01:06:53,476 --> 01:06:56,707
My fervor is not about religion,
it's about freedom of religion,
1392
01:06:56,779 --> 01:06:57,837
which we have, they want,
1393
01:06:57,913 --> 01:07:00,177
and the Communists
are slaughtering them for.
1394
01:07:00,249 --> 01:07:03,548
And I get it.
Just tamp down the fervor.
1395
01:07:04,553 --> 01:07:07,454
Well, I can't modulate
God's will, sweetie.
1396
01:07:07,690 --> 01:07:09,089
You can try.
1397
01:07:09,992 --> 01:07:13,587
Now, I got to get back to D.C. They've
set up a briefing for me at Langley.
1398
01:07:13,662 --> 01:07:16,028
On what?
On getting the guns.
1399
01:07:18,968 --> 01:07:20,458
Afghanistan's barely
a country.
1400
01:07:20,536 --> 01:07:22,800
There's no phones or roads
outside the cities.
1401
01:07:22,872 --> 01:07:24,305
It's likely that a villager
would live his life
1402
01:07:24,373 --> 01:07:26,933
without having contact with another
village just three miles down the road
1403
01:07:27,009 --> 01:07:29,068
unless he was going
to war against them.
1404
01:07:29,145 --> 01:07:31,773
Now, my thinking is instead
of 400,000 sloppy guys,
1405
01:07:31,847 --> 01:07:35,544
we concentrate on several elite
forces totaling about 150,000.
1406
01:07:35,618 --> 01:07:37,108
Give these guys
real training,
1407
01:07:37,186 --> 01:07:40,121
20 different courses covering
irregular warfare disciplines.
1408
01:07:40,189 --> 01:07:41,713
And do you have anybody
in mind?
1409
01:07:41,791 --> 01:07:44,885
The most successful rebels
today are in the Panjshir Valley.
1410
01:07:44,960 --> 01:07:47,451
They're called the United Front
of the Council of the North.
1411
01:07:47,563 --> 01:07:49,588
We've earmarked them
for 10 million in weapons
1412
01:07:49,665 --> 01:07:52,259
and 10 to 15 agency advisors
for training.
1413
01:07:52,334 --> 01:07:55,394
Who's their leader?
Ahmed Shah Massoud.
1414
01:07:55,471 --> 01:07:58,929
He's Tajik, so he's not well
liked by the Pashtun.
1415
01:07:59,008 --> 01:08:02,171
So the... What, the Tajiks have
a problem with the Pashtuns?
1416
01:08:02,244 --> 01:08:04,405
Well, they say when a Tajik
wants to make love to a woman,
1417
01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:07,278
his first choice is always
a Pashtun man.
1418
01:08:08,717 --> 01:08:11,208
It's funnier in
the original Pashto.
1419
01:08:11,487 --> 01:08:15,218
All right, I've heard enough.
I'm going to go get our money.
1420
01:08:15,458 --> 01:08:17,790
All right, don't fuck
us up now.
1421
01:08:18,661 --> 01:08:19,787
Awesome pep talk.
1422
01:08:19,862 --> 01:08:24,128
Afghanistan, Egypt, Pakistan
and Saudi Arabia,
1423
01:08:24,200 --> 01:08:26,998
these are all totalitarian
dictatorships.
1424
01:08:27,069 --> 01:08:31,506
And they'd like to blow the only democracy
in the region right into the Mediterranean.
1425
01:08:31,574 --> 01:08:34,634
Now, you heard me say that
Israel's gonna be on board.
1426
01:08:34,710 --> 01:08:37,406
Oh, well, Zvi Rafiah's
out of his mind.
1427
01:08:37,646 --> 01:08:41,742
These people are draconian thugs,
and in an evil and twisted derby
1428
01:08:41,817 --> 01:08:44,183
between the Communists
and the Fundamentalists,
1429
01:08:44,253 --> 01:08:45,811
it's 6-to-5 and pick them,
as far as I'm concerned.
1430
01:08:45,888 --> 01:08:48,288
No, you're wrong about that, Doc,
and you know you don't mean it.
1431
01:08:48,357 --> 01:08:52,157
In Pakistan, a blind girl gets
raped, but there's a witness.
1432
01:08:52,228 --> 01:08:54,719
Now, in Pakistan it takes
four witnesses.
1433
01:08:54,797 --> 01:08:57,231
So the rapist walks away
and the girl is in prison.
1434
01:08:57,299 --> 01:08:58,823
Can you tell me why?
1435
01:08:58,901 --> 01:09:01,631
Well, fornication.
That's right.
1436
01:09:01,704 --> 01:09:04,730
Mr. Chairman, President Zia is the
only one willing to shoulder the risk
1437
01:09:04,807 --> 01:09:07,970
of actively training
and funding the mujahideen
1438
01:09:08,043 --> 01:09:09,408
while Egypt
and Saudi Arabia...
1439
01:09:09,478 --> 01:09:12,208
Now, the Saudis are matching
any funding from Congress?
1440
01:09:12,281 --> 01:09:14,806
That's right. So when
you say 40 million to me,
1441
01:09:14,884 --> 01:09:16,112
you're really talking
about 80 million.
1442
01:09:16,185 --> 01:09:17,311
Only 40 from us.
1443
01:09:17,386 --> 01:09:19,479
You want to put $80 million
in the hands of these people?
1444
01:09:19,555 --> 01:09:21,682
No, see, Doc, now, if you took
a trip with me to the border,
1445
01:09:21,757 --> 01:09:23,452
you'd stop calling them
"these people. "
1446
01:09:23,526 --> 01:09:27,018
They are farmers and children mostly,
and they are fighting our enemies for us.
1447
01:09:27,096 --> 01:09:28,586
I know. And that should
be impossible for America.
1448
01:09:28,664 --> 01:09:30,564
I know. It should be
impossible for America
1449
01:09:30,633 --> 01:09:34,194
to sit on the bench while little kids
and their mothers fight our enemies.
1450
01:09:34,270 --> 01:09:37,103
Now, all you have to do to
change that is to support me
1451
01:09:37,173 --> 01:09:38,640
in the Committee,
Mr. Chairman.
1452
01:09:38,707 --> 01:09:43,041
I'm sorry, Charlie, but doubling
from 5 to 10 million is one thing,
1453
01:09:43,112 --> 01:09:45,876
but, you know,
I just can't get behind this.
1454
01:09:49,151 --> 01:09:51,881
Joanne Herring's
residence. Who's speaking?
1455
01:09:51,954 --> 01:09:54,752
Miss Herring, Congressman
Wilson for you.
1456
01:09:57,293 --> 01:09:58,692
Hello.
Hey.
1457
01:09:58,827 --> 01:09:59,919
Tell me what's happening.
1458
01:09:59,995 --> 01:10:03,123
Well, I need Doc Long,
and he's not getting on board.
1459
01:10:03,199 --> 01:10:06,225
Now, he's a church-going guy,
so I thought,
1460
01:10:06,302 --> 01:10:08,361
you know, maybe you could...
So now you need God.
1461
01:10:08,904 --> 01:10:11,202
Yeah. Let me give you
his private line.
1462
01:10:11,640 --> 01:10:13,039
I've got it.
1463
01:10:14,843 --> 01:10:16,071
Trish!
Yes, ma'am.
1464
01:10:16,612 --> 01:10:18,136
Boss?
Yeah.
1465
01:10:18,214 --> 01:10:21,342
Hey, that's a nice sweater.
Oh, thank you.
1466
01:10:21,417 --> 01:10:23,885
The Washington Times wants to
know if you've ever been in rehab.
1467
01:10:23,953 --> 01:10:25,944
Well, what are you gonna tell
them? That you won't go to rehab
1468
01:10:26,021 --> 01:10:27,283
'cause they don't serve
whiskey there.
1469
01:10:27,356 --> 01:10:29,517
Well, that's why you're
the press secretary, boo-boo.
1470
01:10:29,592 --> 01:10:32,755
I've got Stu on the line.
Can you jump on? Yeah.
1471
01:10:33,028 --> 01:10:34,689
Hey, Stu, it's me.
1472
01:10:34,930 --> 01:10:36,261
All right.
1473
01:10:36,498 --> 01:10:40,161
No, she's not a stripper, Stu.
She just posed for the cover...
1474
01:10:40,236 --> 01:10:42,033
Oh, what the hell
difference does it make?
1475
01:10:42,605 --> 01:10:44,095
They're talking
to Crystal today.
1476
01:10:44,173 --> 01:10:45,265
Yeah.
1477
01:10:45,441 --> 01:10:47,966
Giuliani subpoenaed
the limo driver.
1478
01:10:48,310 --> 01:10:49,971
Oh, that's what Gus
said he'd do.
1479
01:10:50,045 --> 01:10:52,138
Well, the limo driver said
he didn't see anything.
1480
01:10:52,214 --> 01:10:53,340
He didn't see anything.
1481
01:10:53,415 --> 01:10:55,542
So Giuliani subpoenaed
every limo driver
1482
01:10:55,618 --> 01:11:00,817
between Arlington and Silver Spring to see
if any of them can recall you using cocaine.
1483
01:11:01,190 --> 01:11:04,921
Joanne Herring's on the phone. Hey, you.
1484
01:11:05,227 --> 01:11:06,524
We're all leaving
in the morning.
1485
01:11:06,595 --> 01:11:07,994
You're kidding?
No.
1486
01:11:08,697 --> 01:11:10,892
Well, what did you have
to promise him?
1487
01:11:10,966 --> 01:11:13,434
There's a blind girl in jail
'cause she was raped.
1488
01:11:13,502 --> 01:11:14,992
Yeah.
You're gonna get her out.
1489
01:11:15,271 --> 01:11:17,398
What, I got to bust somebody
out of jail?
1490
01:11:17,473 --> 01:11:19,668
Don't be stupid, Charlie. You're
gonna tell Zia to pardon her.
1491
01:11:19,742 --> 01:11:21,437
That's Doc's condition.
1492
01:11:21,510 --> 01:11:25,002
I'll fly in tonight. Buy
me a drink? Yes, ma'am.
1493
01:11:25,481 --> 01:11:27,608
We're almost there, Charlie.
1494
01:11:31,487 --> 01:11:35,355
I'm going back to Pakistan
tomorrow! Let's party!
1495
01:11:40,729 --> 01:11:41,889
Charlie!
Oh, that was... I'm gonna...
1496
01:11:41,964 --> 01:11:43,261
You want a refill here, darling? Thanks.
1497
01:11:43,332 --> 01:11:44,993
Can we get another round?
1498
01:11:45,067 --> 01:11:46,227
Mario!
1499
01:11:46,769 --> 01:11:49,101
Oh, Charlie.
1500
01:11:54,710 --> 01:11:56,109
Hey, Joanne.
1501
01:11:57,746 --> 01:11:59,873
Can I call you Joanne?
Yes.
1502
01:12:01,617 --> 01:12:03,778
You'll want to dress
considerably more modestly
1503
01:12:03,852 --> 01:12:05,217
when we're at the border.
1504
01:12:05,287 --> 01:12:08,484
Well, thank you, but I have
been passionately involved
1505
01:12:08,557 --> 01:12:10,422
with the cause of the Afghans
for three years.
1506
01:12:10,492 --> 01:12:12,187
I've been there many times.
1507
01:12:12,261 --> 01:12:14,354
Okay, well, then I'll just
go fuck myself.
1508
01:12:14,430 --> 01:12:17,126
I am not easily shocked,
Mr. Avrakotos.
1509
01:12:17,933 --> 01:12:20,424
I knew you two were gonna
hit it off right away.
1510
01:12:20,502 --> 01:12:21,730
Charlie!
1511
01:12:21,904 --> 01:12:24,998
Sorry, Stu's on the phone.
You can take it at the bar.
1512
01:12:25,074 --> 01:12:27,975
Stu. This can't be good.
1513
01:12:30,646 --> 01:12:32,580
How'd you hook up
with Charlie?
1514
01:12:32,648 --> 01:12:35,617
Are you also passionately involved
with the cause of the Afghans?
1515
01:12:35,684 --> 01:12:38,585
No, I just wasn't really
doing anything else.
1516
01:12:38,654 --> 01:12:41,054
I mean, how did you
get into the CIA?
1517
01:12:41,123 --> 01:12:43,921
Oh, I didn't. I'm with
the Department of Agriculture.
1518
01:12:43,992 --> 01:12:47,120
Food and Plant Division.
Specifically apple imports.
1519
01:12:47,196 --> 01:12:50,359
Now, you don't seem like
the apple type. I know.
1520
01:12:52,067 --> 01:12:53,125
What's that mean?
1521
01:12:54,937 --> 01:12:57,531
Where are you from?
What do you care?
1522
01:12:57,606 --> 01:13:00,302
Are you a Catholic?
Greek Orthodox, Mrs. Herring.
1523
01:13:00,376 --> 01:13:03,277
That's still Christian.
Imagine my relief.
1524
01:13:04,079 --> 01:13:05,979
What's your problem with me?
1525
01:13:06,048 --> 01:13:07,982
You know, I've found,
in my business,
1526
01:13:08,050 --> 01:13:11,542
that when people with time on their
hands get involved in politics,
1527
01:13:11,620 --> 01:13:14,248
I start forgetting what I'm
supposed to be shooting at.
1528
01:13:14,323 --> 01:13:16,518
That would be in the apple
import business.
1529
01:13:16,592 --> 01:13:17,991
Yes, ma'am.
1530
01:13:18,060 --> 01:13:20,255
I'll have to remember that.
Please do.
1531
01:13:20,896 --> 01:13:22,227
It's over!
1532
01:13:24,466 --> 01:13:26,730
It's over! It is over!
1533
01:13:26,802 --> 01:13:29,965
That was Stu, and it is over. Wait,
wait, wait. Crystal didn't name you?
1534
01:13:30,038 --> 01:13:32,370
Well, she witnessed
me doing coke
1535
01:13:32,441 --> 01:13:34,272
in the Cayman Islands.
Oh, shit, Charlie.
1536
01:13:34,343 --> 01:13:37,574
No, it's all right. That's out of
the Justice Department's jurisdiction,
1537
01:13:37,646 --> 01:13:39,136
so it is over.
1538
01:13:39,615 --> 01:13:41,139
I'm going home!
1539
01:13:42,484 --> 01:13:47,387
Gus, Joanne, the most important
trip of our lives is in the morning,
1540
01:13:47,456 --> 01:13:49,754
so let's get plenty of sleep.
I'm going home.
1541
01:13:49,825 --> 01:13:52,123
Jailbait, slap my hands!
Yeah!
1542
01:13:52,694 --> 01:13:54,389
Mario, this is all on me.
1543
01:13:54,463 --> 01:13:55,725
Yes, sir.
1544
01:13:56,331 --> 01:13:59,095
He may be in trouble with the
press, but he stayed out of jail.
1545
01:13:59,168 --> 01:14:00,897
You don't see
God's hand in this?
1546
01:14:00,969 --> 01:14:02,732
Well, reasonable people
can disagree,
1547
01:14:02,805 --> 01:14:05,638
but I don't see God anywhere
within miles of this.
1548
01:14:05,707 --> 01:14:07,436
On the other hand,
if you slept with me tonight,
1549
01:14:07,509 --> 01:14:10,034
I bet you I could change
my mind in a hurry.
1550
01:14:10,112 --> 01:14:11,909
Oh, you would.
Yeah.
1551
01:14:15,350 --> 01:14:17,375
I'll see you on the plane.
1552
01:14:24,726 --> 01:14:25,886
Sluts.
1553
01:14:51,186 --> 01:14:53,279
Doc's eating this up.
Yeah?
1554
01:14:53,355 --> 01:14:55,880
We're gonna get the money.
Charlie?
1555
01:14:57,459 --> 01:14:58,687
Charlie!
1556
01:14:59,194 --> 01:15:00,991
Guy's a little senile.
Don't be fooled.
1557
01:15:01,063 --> 01:15:02,587
He chairs a Subcommittee?
Mmm-hmm.
1558
01:15:02,664 --> 01:15:07,067
Charlie, Joanne, this has been an
absolutely eye-opening experience.
1559
01:15:07,135 --> 01:15:08,966
I mean, it's absolutely
stunning.
1560
01:15:09,037 --> 01:15:12,336
Tell them what we saw,
Mr. Papadropolous. Tell them.
1561
01:15:13,475 --> 01:15:15,500
They only want to go back
there and fight.
1562
01:15:15,577 --> 01:15:16,942
And you're their savior,
Mr. Chairman.
1563
01:15:17,012 --> 01:15:18,843
Oh, I wouldn't go that
far, no. Watch this.
1564
01:15:18,914 --> 01:15:20,347
She's gonna lock it
right on up. Mr. Chairman,
1565
01:15:20,415 --> 01:15:23,543
these people have been waiting for
you. They have been sitting here
1566
01:15:23,619 --> 01:15:26,679
and bleeding and waiting
and praying for you.
1567
01:15:26,989 --> 01:15:30,288
It's only gonna be a man
like you who can save them.
1568
01:15:30,659 --> 01:15:33,219
We know, don't we,
about our men,
1569
01:15:33,629 --> 01:15:36,291
what they can do when
they summon themselves.
1570
01:15:36,365 --> 01:15:38,595
Charlie, I think they want
you to make some remarks.
1571
01:15:38,667 --> 01:15:41,033
No, you should do it,
Mr. Chairman.
1572
01:15:41,103 --> 01:15:44,038
These people have been
waiting a long time for you.
1573
01:15:44,106 --> 01:15:46,131
Show Muriel what you can do.
Show your wife.
1574
01:15:46,208 --> 01:15:49,371
I'm a little bit emotional
about what I've seen here today.
1575
01:15:49,444 --> 01:15:50,706
Show her.
1576
01:15:52,714 --> 01:15:54,204
You can do it.
1577
01:15:55,751 --> 01:15:56,911
Go on.
1578
01:15:57,753 --> 01:15:59,084
All right.
1579
01:16:03,158 --> 01:16:06,355
Papadropolous. Well, it's
Greek. It's in the ballpark.
1580
01:16:06,428 --> 01:16:08,487
My friends,
1581
01:16:08,564 --> 01:16:11,590
my son served in Vietnam.
1582
01:16:11,667 --> 01:16:16,695
He was wounded fighting in battle
against the Soviet oppressors.
1583
01:16:16,772 --> 01:16:18,569
I didn't know that
about his son.
1584
01:16:18,640 --> 01:16:20,972
So, you see,
I'm no stranger,
1585
01:16:21,043 --> 01:16:25,104
no stranger at all to the horrors
and atrocities of the Communists!
1586
01:16:29,451 --> 01:16:30,941
Thank you so much.
1587
01:16:34,222 --> 01:16:36,588
I talk about God for
one simple reason.
1588
01:16:36,658 --> 01:16:39,650
As God is my witness today...
We need him on our side.
1589
01:16:39,728 --> 01:16:43,755
...these Russian gunships,
every last one of them,
1590
01:16:43,832 --> 01:16:45,959
are gonna be blown right
out of the sky.
1591
01:16:46,034 --> 01:16:50,767
We're gonna see that you have guns and
we're gonna see that you have training!
1592
01:16:54,209 --> 01:16:55,574
Thank you.
1593
01:16:57,379 --> 01:16:59,279
Well, what I think's got
Gus worried
1594
01:16:59,348 --> 01:17:03,546
is that sooner or later
God is gonna be on both sides.
1595
01:17:04,486 --> 01:17:07,853
This is good against evil.
1596
01:17:07,923 --> 01:17:11,154
And I want you to know that
America's always going to be
1597
01:17:11,226 --> 01:17:13,490
on the side of the good.
1598
01:17:14,129 --> 01:17:17,530
And God will always punish
the wicked!
1599
01:17:30,078 --> 01:17:31,545
God is great!
1600
01:17:32,581 --> 01:17:34,048
God is great!
1601
01:18:17,859 --> 01:18:20,487
This has been a year of
setback and frustration.
1602
01:18:20,562 --> 01:18:23,030
And the Soviet Army, more than
at any time since the war began,
1603
01:18:24,433 --> 01:18:26,230
Now has the upper hand.
1604
01:18:26,301 --> 01:18:28,599
The mujahideen are
pinned down.
1605
01:18:28,970 --> 01:18:32,667
The Afghan resistance has been
sanctified by the United States,
1606
01:18:32,741 --> 01:18:37,144
but the support has not been
translated into military hardware.
1607
01:18:37,212 --> 01:18:40,113
The guerrillas still cling to the
Kalashnikov, but it's not enough.
1608
01:18:41,650 --> 01:18:44,312
They're waiting in vain
for bigger modern weapons
1609
01:18:44,386 --> 01:18:46,217
to turn on the Red Army.
1610
01:18:46,288 --> 01:18:48,586
The guerrillas survived
the raid.
1611
01:18:49,825 --> 01:18:53,625
The Soviets now are conducting some
of the heaviest bombing of the war.
1612
01:18:53,695 --> 01:18:57,153
The Soviets have put more
troops and equipment back in.
1613
01:18:57,999 --> 01:18:59,728
Communist bastards.
1614
01:19:10,579 --> 01:19:12,638
Don't send us rice
and bandages,
1615
01:19:12,714 --> 01:19:16,081
give us weapons so that we
can shoot down their gunships.
1616
01:19:19,554 --> 01:19:22,250
It's called the MILAN
anti-tank missile.
1617
01:19:22,324 --> 01:19:25,122
Can the Afghans win without it? No.
1618
01:19:26,394 --> 01:19:27,622
End of discussion.
1619
01:19:27,696 --> 01:19:30,563
I would like to have the
previously approved sum increased
1620
01:19:30,632 --> 01:19:32,623
by an additional 30 million,
1621
01:19:32,701 --> 01:19:36,398
bringing the total
appropriation to 70 million.
1622
01:19:36,471 --> 01:19:39,440
I'd like to introduce
the MILAN anti-tank missile.
1623
01:19:39,975 --> 01:19:41,306
We've got 300 in the field.
1624
01:19:41,376 --> 01:19:42,741
Yeah!
Yep.
1625
01:19:43,712 --> 01:19:45,703
Let's kill some Russians!
1626
01:19:57,826 --> 01:20:00,920
Voting to pump up the money for
the freedom fighters is the only way
1627
01:20:00,996 --> 01:20:03,226
for the northeastern liberal
to prove that he's serious.
1628
01:20:03,298 --> 01:20:04,595
How much are you asking for?
1629
01:20:04,666 --> 01:20:06,634
I'd want to go from 70 million
to 100 million.
1630
01:20:06,701 --> 01:20:10,034
And if you vote for me, I can deliver
the Black Caucus for the farm subsidy.
1631
01:22:52,334 --> 01:22:54,302
And they asked him,
quite reasonably enough,
1632
01:22:54,369 --> 01:22:55,802
"How did you vote on that?"
1633
01:22:55,870 --> 01:22:59,135
And I swear to God, he
looks over at his staff guy.
1634
01:23:00,442 --> 01:23:03,900
He had to check with an aide
for an answer to that question.
1635
01:23:05,113 --> 01:23:07,274
I don't know how that guy
stays in office.
1636
01:23:40,015 --> 01:23:42,074
It was the Bamian-led group.
They set an ambush here
1637
01:23:42,150 --> 01:23:43,811
at the Fuladi Bridge.
What'd they get?
1638
01:23:43,885 --> 01:23:46,786
Four supply trucks coming out
of Bagram Airbase.
1639
01:23:46,855 --> 01:23:49,949
They hit a Soviet motorized
rifle battalion on horseback?
1640
01:23:50,058 --> 01:23:52,686
You bet your ass. Then
these guys are pretty good.
1641
01:24:16,751 --> 01:24:18,844
We can't control this
thing anymore.
1642
01:24:18,920 --> 01:24:22,048
The man stood in my office
in Islamabad, and I told him,
1643
01:24:22,123 --> 01:24:23,715
"A sudden influx of money
1644
01:24:23,792 --> 01:24:27,284
"and weaponry... " Could you
hand me that belt, please?
1645
01:24:28,263 --> 01:24:29,992
Thank you.
I mean, how is it possible
1646
01:24:30,065 --> 01:24:32,761
that this congressman
of no particular importance
1647
01:24:32,834 --> 01:24:34,358
is doing this by himself?
1648
01:24:34,436 --> 01:24:36,427
I will admit it's not
unimpressive.
1649
01:24:36,504 --> 01:24:39,337
Is this the war we want
to be fighting, Henry? Huh?
1650
01:24:39,407 --> 01:24:44,174
Harold, whatever he's doing,
believe me, it's working.
1651
01:25:02,197 --> 01:25:08,193
The CIA estimates that seven out of
every 10 times the muj fires a Stinger,
1652
01:25:09,337 --> 01:25:11,862
a Soviet chopper or a plane
falls out of the sky.
1653
01:25:11,940 --> 01:25:16,104
Now, Russian MiGs go for $20
million, Stingers go for 60-70,000.
1654
01:25:16,177 --> 01:25:17,610
What do you want to do?
1655
01:25:17,679 --> 01:25:19,442
Well, I'd like to double
to 250 million.
1656
01:25:19,514 --> 01:25:22,415
Remind me again,
where did this thing start?
1657
01:25:22,717 --> 01:25:24,184
5 million.
1658
01:25:35,230 --> 01:25:38,529
Hello? Is this Mrs.
Joanne King Herring Davis?
1659
01:25:39,601 --> 01:25:40,966
Where's it at, Charlie?
1660
01:25:42,403 --> 01:25:43,927
How's the honeymoon?
1661
01:25:44,472 --> 01:25:47,464
Am I ever gonna see you
naked again?
1662
01:25:48,209 --> 01:25:49,403
Where's it at, Charlie?
1663
01:25:50,912 --> 01:25:54,370
500 million.
Matched by the Saudis.
1664
01:25:55,049 --> 01:25:56,607
One billion dollars.
1665
01:25:56,684 --> 01:25:59,084
That's right.
Billion with a "b. "
1666
01:26:00,421 --> 01:26:03,151
Where does this rank relative
to other covert wars?
1667
01:26:03,791 --> 01:26:05,952
There's never been anything
else like it.
1668
01:26:06,027 --> 01:26:07,392
Since when?
1669
01:26:08,930 --> 01:26:10,022
Ever.
1670
01:26:11,966 --> 01:26:13,695
I miss you, Charlie.
1671
01:26:14,068 --> 01:26:15,399
I, Joanne,
1672
01:26:17,372 --> 01:26:18,999
I always miss you.
1673
01:26:23,578 --> 01:26:24,977
I better go.
1674
01:26:35,023 --> 01:26:37,048
There's nothing
wrong with that!
1675
01:26:37,125 --> 01:26:39,821
And out in Polk, there's the polecat
who took us over the side there.
1676
01:26:39,894 --> 01:26:42,556
You know, that's the truth.
What do you got?
1677
01:26:42,630 --> 01:26:44,564
Is that Gus? You got it.
1678
01:26:44,632 --> 01:26:45,758
Hey, Gus!
1679
01:26:46,167 --> 01:26:48,431
Congratulations on your
reelection. Yeah, thank you.
1680
01:26:48,503 --> 01:26:51,631
Tell me what you know. All
right. Doc Long is gonna lose.
1681
01:26:51,706 --> 01:26:53,867
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We saw that coming.
1682
01:26:53,942 --> 01:26:56,570
Yeah, so who's gonna be
our wallet now?
1683
01:26:57,178 --> 01:26:59,305
John Murtha.
And is that good news?
1684
01:26:59,380 --> 01:27:00,711
Yep.
Why?
1685
01:27:01,883 --> 01:27:04,579
I was his vote on
the Ethics Committee.
1686
01:27:06,688 --> 01:27:09,156
You know, you're a very, very
easy man to like, Congressman.
1687
01:27:09,457 --> 01:27:11,391
Call me tomorrow morning
at high noon.
1688
01:27:11,626 --> 01:27:13,719
I will. Bye-bye.
1689
01:27:24,505 --> 01:27:27,133
We present you with
this Stinger tube.
1690
01:27:33,014 --> 01:27:37,041
There was wild jubilation
inside the country of Afghanistan
1691
01:27:37,118 --> 01:27:40,519
as last weekend it became
the first country in history
1692
01:27:40,588 --> 01:27:43,056
to defeat the mighty
Soviet Union.
1693
01:27:44,892 --> 01:27:48,623
The retreat of Soviet military
power from Afghanistan is complete.
1694
01:27:48,696 --> 01:27:52,223
The last of Russia's regular
army invasion force is out.
1695
01:27:52,567 --> 01:27:55,365
Fear and uncertainty
were mixed with joy today
1696
01:27:55,436 --> 01:27:57,199
as the commander
of Soviet troops
1697
01:27:57,272 --> 01:27:59,502
followed the last of his men
across the border.
1698
01:27:59,574 --> 01:28:03,203
CBS News Moscow correspondent,
Barry Petersen, begins our coverage.
1699
01:28:03,278 --> 01:28:06,714
It was the last hurrah.
The final Soviet combat troops
1700
01:28:06,781 --> 01:28:08,749
crossing the Friendship Bridge
on the border
1701
01:28:08,816 --> 01:28:11,284
between Afghanistan
and the Soviet Union.
1702
01:28:11,352 --> 01:28:12,876
The Soviet commander,
Lieutenant...
1703
01:28:12,954 --> 01:28:15,047
Look what you did, Charlie.
1704
01:28:15,423 --> 01:28:17,789
Hey, it's... Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, hey!
1705
01:28:17,859 --> 01:28:21,488
It's traditional to make a
gesture towards the vanquished.
1706
01:28:21,996 --> 01:28:24,464
Gus, it's your honor.
Okay.
1707
01:28:24,532 --> 01:28:27,023
Reports that some Afghan
units have...
1708
01:28:27,101 --> 01:28:31,299
Well, here's to you,
you motherfuckers.
1709
01:28:32,540 --> 01:28:37,034
...determined to show the world that
the era of Soviet military intervention
1710
01:28:37,111 --> 01:28:39,978
in other countries
is now over.
1711
01:28:42,950 --> 01:28:46,943
Well, I told you.
Told me what?
1712
01:28:47,021 --> 01:28:50,115
All we had to do was
shoot down the helicopters.
1713
01:28:52,860 --> 01:28:55,693
Listen, not for nothing,
but do you know the story
1714
01:28:55,763 --> 01:28:57,424
about the Zen master
and the little boy?
1715
01:28:57,498 --> 01:28:59,090
Oh, is this something
from Nitsa,
1716
01:28:59,167 --> 01:29:01,965
the Greek witch of Aquilippa,
Pennsylvania?
1717
01:29:02,070 --> 01:29:04,436
Yeah, as a matter
of fact, it is.
1718
01:29:06,307 --> 01:29:09,606
There was a little boy, and on
his 14th birthday he gets a horse.
1719
01:29:09,677 --> 01:29:12,646
And everybody in the village says,
"How wonderful! The boy got a horse. "
1720
01:29:12,714 --> 01:29:15,308
And the Zen master says,
"We'll see. "
1721
01:29:15,783 --> 01:29:17,944
Two years later, the boy falls
off the horse, breaks his leg.
1722
01:29:18,019 --> 01:29:20,044
And everybody in the village
says, "How terrible!"
1723
01:29:20,121 --> 01:29:22,715
And the Zen master says,
"We'll see. "
1724
01:29:23,091 --> 01:29:24,388
Then a war breaks out,
1725
01:29:24,459 --> 01:29:25,949
and all the young men
have to go off and fight,
1726
01:29:26,027 --> 01:29:27,790
except the boy can't 'cause
his leg's all messed up.
1727
01:29:27,862 --> 01:29:29,489
And everybody in the village
says, "How wonderful!"
1728
01:29:29,564 --> 01:29:32,158
And the Zen master says,
"We'll see. "
1729
01:29:32,867 --> 01:29:34,858
So you get it.
1730
01:29:34,936 --> 01:29:37,461
No. No, I don't
'cause I'm stupid.
1731
01:29:37,538 --> 01:29:40,029
You're not stupid.
You're just in Congress.
1732
01:29:40,108 --> 01:29:41,871
Send them money. You
can start with the roads.
1733
01:29:41,943 --> 01:29:44,138
Move on to the schools,
factories. Gus, now, it's a party.
1734
01:29:44,212 --> 01:29:45,577
Restock the sheep herds.
Hey.
1735
01:29:45,646 --> 01:29:47,409
Give them jobs, give them
hope. I'm trying. I'm trying.
1736
01:29:47,482 --> 01:29:49,450
Yeah, well, try harder. I'm
fighting for every dollar.
1737
01:29:49,517 --> 01:29:53,146
Yeah, yeah. I took you
from 5 million to a billion.
1738
01:29:53,621 --> 01:29:55,111
I broke the ice on the Stinger
and the MILAN.
1739
01:29:55,189 --> 01:29:58,181
I got a Democratic Congress in
lockstep behind a Republican President.
1740
01:29:58,259 --> 01:29:59,453
Well, that's not good enough
1741
01:29:59,527 --> 01:30:01,893
'cause I'm gonna hand you a code
word classified NIE right now,
1742
01:30:01,963 --> 01:30:03,794
and it's gonna tell you that
the crazies have started rolling
1743
01:30:03,865 --> 01:30:06,925
into Kandahar like it's
a fucking bathtub drain.
1744
01:30:08,035 --> 01:30:10,629
Jesus, Gus, you could depress
a bride on her wedding day.
1745
01:30:10,738 --> 01:30:11,796
Hey.
1746
01:30:15,276 --> 01:30:17,574
Listen to what
I'm telling you.
1747
01:30:35,096 --> 01:30:38,623
You did a hell of a job for
the son of a soda pop maker.
1748
01:30:39,233 --> 01:30:42,896
"We'll see,"
said the Zen master.
1749
01:30:58,252 --> 01:31:00,379
$1 million for school
reconstruction?
1750
01:31:00,455 --> 01:31:01,717
Oh, shit, Charlie.
1751
01:31:01,789 --> 01:31:04,519
Listen. He's like the
congressman from Kabul.
1752
01:31:04,592 --> 01:31:08,323
Did you hear me say it was a million,
not a billion, for school construction?
1753
01:31:08,396 --> 01:31:10,330
Yeah, we heard you.
Everybody heard you, buddy.
1754
01:31:10,398 --> 01:31:12,059
They heard you in Dover,
Delaware.
1755
01:31:12,133 --> 01:31:13,600
Well, I sure hope I'm not
annoying you, Bob,
1756
01:31:13,668 --> 01:31:15,533
'cause that's the last
thing I want to do. Look...
1757
01:31:15,603 --> 01:31:18,572
I was in the Roosevelt Room
with the President last week.
1758
01:31:18,639 --> 01:31:19,731
You know what he said?
1759
01:31:19,807 --> 01:31:22,002
He said, "Afghanistan?
Is that still going on?"
1760
01:31:22,076 --> 01:31:23,475
Well, it is.
1761
01:31:23,644 --> 01:31:25,111
Half the population
of that country
1762
01:31:25,179 --> 01:31:26,510
is under the age of 14.
Charlie.
1763
01:31:26,581 --> 01:31:30,176
Half the population is
under the age of 14.
1764
01:31:31,052 --> 01:31:32,542
Now, think how fucking
dangerous that is.
1765
01:31:32,620 --> 01:31:35,350
They're gonna come home and
find their families are dead,
1766
01:31:35,423 --> 01:31:36,947
their villages have
been napalmed.
1767
01:31:37,024 --> 01:31:39,788
And we helped kill the guys who did
it. Yeah, but they don't know that, Bob,
1768
01:31:39,861 --> 01:31:41,829
'cause they don't get home
delivery of The New York Times.
1769
01:31:41,896 --> 01:31:45,093
And even if they did,
it was covert, remember?
1770
01:31:45,833 --> 01:31:49,633
This is what we always do. We
always go in with our ideals
1771
01:31:49,704 --> 01:31:52,537
and we change the world
and then we leave.
1772
01:31:52,907 --> 01:31:54,499
We always leave.
1773
01:31:54,909 --> 01:31:57,707
But that ball, though,
it keeps on bouncing.
1774
01:31:57,778 --> 01:32:00,178
What?
The ball keeps on bouncing.
1775
01:32:00,381 --> 01:32:01,712
Yeah, we're
a little busy right now
1776
01:32:01,782 --> 01:32:03,716
reorganizing Eastern Europe,
don't you think?
1777
01:32:03,784 --> 01:32:05,547
We've spent billions.
1778
01:32:05,686 --> 01:32:09,417
Let's spend a million on
H.R.118 and rebuild a school.
1779
01:32:09,490 --> 01:32:13,017
Charlie, nobody gives a shit
about a school in Pakistan.
1780
01:32:13,628 --> 01:32:15,027
Afghanistan.
1781
01:32:36,417 --> 01:32:41,514
So, for the first time, a civilian is
being given our highest recognition,
1782
01:32:42,089 --> 01:32:44,114
that of Honored Colleague.
1783
01:32:44,325 --> 01:32:46,953
Ladies and gentlemen
of the Clandestine Services,
1784
01:32:47,028 --> 01:32:49,121
Congressman Charles Wilson.
1785
01:32:53,067 --> 01:32:54,591
Bravo, Charlie.