:02:01
When a president
does something sticky...
:02:03
...he can say he didn't do it
and plausibly deny it.
:02:06
- Nice term.
- Eisenhower used it.
:02:08
Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon,
Ford and Carter used it.
:02:11
Who takes the rap?
:02:13
Whoever did what the president
said he didn't do, but did.
:02:17
- Are you saying Lockwood did?
- Did what?
:02:22
What he didn't do.
:02:26
Do you have any idea how many
people hate the CIA?
:02:30
You know how many people
have tried to destroy us?
:02:33
Congressmen have tried, senators.
:02:36
Even some of our own agents
have tried.
:02:40
Your rat's just died.
:02:42
The autopsy will show it died
of a heart attack.
:02:46
That's a hell of a pen.
:02:47
Do you really think it's important
who killed King Awad?
:02:50
- Well, don't you?
- No.
:02:55
I do.
:02:57
And you're ready to go on national
television and blame the CIA?
:03:01
- Can you keep a secret, sir?
- I doubt it.
:03:05
Well, in that case, Mr. Hale...
:03:08
"Croak him," "waste him,"
"grease him."
:03:11
- And you still don't understand?
- No, sir.
:03:14
Well, how's this:
K- l-double-L him, by God.
:03:17
- By God, sir?
- By executive action.
:03:19
Fire him! Shoot him!
Charge the CIA with treason!
:03:22
- Too late.
- Deny it.
:03:25
- Pat, boy!
- Mr. President.
:03:28
- Excuse me.
- President's office.
:03:32
You're angry.
:03:34
Disappointed.
:03:37
Drink?
:03:39
Coffee?
:03:42
Carrot juice?
:03:45
Hemlock.
:03:49
A few answers, Mr. President,
spiked with the truth.
:03:55
Well, I don't know where to begin.
:03:58
How about "K-l-double- L him"?