1 00:00:31,699 --> 00:00:33,501 Joan? 2 00:00:33,501 --> 00:00:35,703 Run a search in the NICK. 3 00:00:35,703 --> 00:00:36,970 "Yaarun Nabi: 4 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:39,673 Y-a-a-r-u-n 5 00:00:39,673 --> 00:00:41,041 N-a-b-i." 6 00:00:41,041 --> 00:00:43,644 "Yaarun Nabi" is a Persian name. 7 00:00:43,644 --> 00:00:44,478 Yeah? 8 00:00:44,478 --> 00:00:47,148 Means "friend of the prophet." 9 00:00:49,583 --> 00:00:50,951 Getting anything? 10 00:00:50,951 --> 00:00:52,953 Four AKAs. 11 00:00:52,953 --> 00:00:57,991 "Yaquin Kashani, Raqim Ali, Yamin Bandari, Yawar Aryanpur." 12 00:00:57,991 --> 00:00:59,793 Run them. 13 00:00:59,793 --> 00:01:04,031 I wonder if they all mean "friend of the prophet." 14 00:01:04,031 --> 00:01:06,967 Guess that would be silly... 15 00:01:06,967 --> 00:01:09,203 or at least remarkably coincidental... 16 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:11,205 that the aliases would mean 17 00:01:11,205 --> 00:01:13,541 the same thing as the actual name. 18 00:01:13,541 --> 00:01:15,576 I mean, you got to ask, what good 19 00:01:15,576 --> 00:01:17,145 would an alias be, if it...? 20 00:01:17,145 --> 00:01:20,114 Greg? 21 00:01:27,188 --> 00:01:29,490 Get me the Secret Service Joint 22 00:01:29,490 --> 00:01:32,226 Operations Center at the White House. 23 00:01:32,226 --> 00:01:33,194 JOSH: Donna? 24 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:36,197 Yeah. 25 00:01:36,197 --> 00:01:37,265 I'm going home. 26 00:01:37,265 --> 00:01:39,933 It's only 5:00. 27 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:42,270 You can't go yet. You have to talk 28 00:01:42,270 --> 00:01:44,004 to the students. What students? 29 00:01:44,004 --> 00:01:45,439 From Presidential Classroom. 30 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:46,874 What are you talking about? 31 00:01:46,874 --> 00:01:48,809 They're high school kids from across the country 32 00:01:48,809 --> 00:01:50,411 who are accepted for... I don't know. 33 00:01:50,411 --> 00:01:52,112 They come to Washington for four days. 34 00:01:52,112 --> 00:01:53,814 They get to meet with interesting people 35 00:01:53,814 --> 00:01:55,249 and you're one of them. What did...? 36 00:01:55,249 --> 00:01:56,250 When did this get on my schedule? 37 00:01:56,250 --> 00:01:57,585 It's been there. 38 00:01:57,585 --> 00:01:59,420 No, it hasn't. It just... 39 00:01:59,420 --> 00:02:01,088 There isn't anybody else who can do this? 40 00:02:01,088 --> 00:02:02,223 It's supposed to be you. 41 00:02:02,223 --> 00:02:03,424 I have to work. 42 00:02:03,424 --> 00:02:04,592 You can work in the office. 43 00:02:04,592 --> 00:02:06,527 No, I can't work in the office. 44 00:02:06,527 --> 00:02:09,330 We've crashed five times in three weeks. 45 00:02:09,330 --> 00:02:11,265 When I'm not being evacuated from the building 46 00:02:11,265 --> 00:02:13,167 I'm not being allowed to leave the building 47 00:02:13,167 --> 00:02:14,635 and now, the one... 48 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:16,704 God, Donna, I want to go home. 49 00:02:16,704 --> 00:02:19,507 Josh, it's been on your schedule. 50 00:02:19,507 --> 00:02:21,609 All right, I'll give them a few minutes 51 00:02:21,609 --> 00:02:23,244 but then I got to go, okay? 52 00:02:23,244 --> 00:02:24,445 Yeah. 53 00:02:24,445 --> 00:02:26,280 When am I supposed to do this? 54 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,482 Now. Where are they? 55 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:30,751 They're right in the Northwest Lobby. 56 00:02:30,751 --> 00:02:32,253 ( sighs ) 57 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:36,624 Good evening. Good to see you. 58 00:02:36,624 --> 00:02:39,360 You're the group from Presidential... 59 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:40,361 something? 60 00:02:40,361 --> 00:02:41,729 Classroom. Classroom? 61 00:02:41,729 --> 00:02:43,864 I'm their supervisor, Marjorie Mann. 62 00:02:43,864 --> 00:02:46,434 Josh Lyman. Thank you for taking the time. 63 00:02:46,434 --> 00:02:47,468 So, how'd you all get here? 64 00:02:47,468 --> 00:02:48,569 ALL: On the bus. 65 00:02:48,569 --> 00:02:50,070 I meant... They qualify 66 00:02:50,070 --> 00:02:51,572 with essays, recommendations 67 00:02:51,572 --> 00:02:52,973 grades in history and government. 68 00:02:52,973 --> 00:02:54,608 It's very competitive. 69 00:02:54,608 --> 00:02:57,911 Well, all right, uh, I'm Josh Lyman. 70 00:02:57,911 --> 00:03:01,582 I'm the Deputy White House Chief of Staff. 71 00:03:01,582 --> 00:03:03,251 I joined the Bartlet campaign 72 00:03:03,251 --> 00:03:05,018 shortly before the Iowa caucus 73 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:07,054 and served as the campaign's political director. 74 00:03:07,054 --> 00:03:08,689 Uh, before that 75 00:03:08,689 --> 00:03:11,024 I worked for then Senator John Hoynes for a while. 76 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:12,059 Josh? 77 00:03:12,059 --> 00:03:13,727 Yeah. 78 00:03:15,396 --> 00:03:19,267 Station One, Code Black. Crash. 79 00:03:19,267 --> 00:03:21,969 Don't let it frighten you. They need to seal the building. 80 00:03:21,969 --> 00:03:24,405 Stay where you are, please. Everybody, please... 81 00:03:24,405 --> 00:03:26,139 stay where you are. 82 00:03:26,139 --> 00:03:27,408 Mr. Lyman... 83 00:03:27,408 --> 00:03:29,410 are these kids with you? 84 00:03:29,410 --> 00:03:31,945 Yeah, I guess they are. 85 00:03:34,415 --> 00:03:40,020 Something's happened. 86 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:41,522 Right in here. 87 00:03:41,522 --> 00:03:44,392 Just grab a seat anywhere. 88 00:03:44,392 --> 00:03:46,026 Right in here. This is the mess. 89 00:03:46,026 --> 00:03:47,561 This is where we eat lunch. 90 00:03:47,561 --> 00:03:50,398 We'll just... wait here. 91 00:03:50,398 --> 00:03:51,299 What's going on? 92 00:03:51,299 --> 00:03:53,066 How should I know? 93 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:55,336 Would you call Leo's office and find out what's going on 94 00:03:55,336 --> 00:03:57,471 and more important, how long it's going to be going on for? 95 00:03:57,471 --> 00:03:58,872 They're probably scared. 96 00:03:58,872 --> 00:04:00,541 You might try lightening up a little bit. 97 00:04:00,541 --> 00:04:01,775 Yeah, I'll definitely 98 00:04:01,775 --> 00:04:02,976 give that a try. 99 00:04:06,614 --> 00:04:09,850 Okay, uh, well, uh, this is called a "crash." 100 00:04:09,850 --> 00:04:13,921 It means there's been some kind of security breach 101 00:04:13,921 --> 00:04:17,558 and no one's allowed in or out of the building. 102 00:04:17,558 --> 00:04:19,827 Would you call Leo's office? 103 00:04:22,463 --> 00:04:25,299 So, I guess we should use this time. 104 00:04:25,299 --> 00:04:27,768 Uh, this is the White House 105 00:04:27,768 --> 00:04:31,672 the home of the President and the Executive Branch 106 00:04:31,672 --> 00:04:34,642 the most powerful of the three branches 107 00:04:34,642 --> 00:04:35,709 of the Federal Government. 108 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:37,277 Yeah. 109 00:04:37,277 --> 00:04:39,580 Actually, Mr. Lyman, isn't it true 110 00:04:39,580 --> 00:04:42,816 that the Executive Branch was the weakest 111 00:04:42,816 --> 00:04:45,719 Because we were breaking off from the royalist model 112 00:04:45,719 --> 00:04:48,121 that put absolute power in just one place. 113 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:50,724 I mean, isn't that why they made the Legislative Branch-- 114 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:52,159 or People's Branch-- the most powerful? 115 00:04:52,159 --> 00:04:54,495 What's your name? 116 00:04:54,495 --> 00:04:56,096 I'm Billy Fernandez. 117 00:04:56,096 --> 00:04:57,531 Okay, I'll call you Fred. 118 00:04:57,531 --> 00:04:59,232 A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. 119 00:04:59,232 --> 00:05:01,469 I don't know how long we're all going to be here 120 00:05:01,469 --> 00:05:02,636 but you just made my list. 121 00:05:02,636 --> 00:05:05,806 Yes, I suppose, technically 122 00:05:05,806 --> 00:05:08,175 constitutionally, the Legislative Branch 123 00:05:08,175 --> 00:05:11,379 is the most powerful, but we get a motorcade, so back off. 124 00:05:11,379 --> 00:05:14,081 All right, you already know 125 00:05:14,081 --> 00:05:16,650 I assume you know how a bill becomes a law. 126 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:18,819 What do you want to talk about? 127 00:05:22,523 --> 00:05:24,925 Guys, seriously, it's nothing to worry about. 128 00:05:24,925 --> 00:05:26,860 We've been having these crashes once a week. 129 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:29,897 Let's go. Somebody ask me something. 130 00:05:29,897 --> 00:05:30,898 So... what's the deal 131 00:05:30,898 --> 00:05:32,500 with everybody trying to kill you? 132 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,535 Well... it's not everybody 133 00:05:34,535 --> 00:05:36,437 and they're trying to kill you, too. 134 00:05:36,437 --> 00:05:38,071 But mostly you. 135 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:40,207 No, both of us the same. 136 00:05:40,207 --> 00:05:41,842 Let's go. 137 00:05:41,842 --> 00:05:43,511 It doesn't have to be about politics. 138 00:05:43,511 --> 00:05:45,178 You're off to college. 139 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:47,381 I'm the guy who knows what you need to know. 140 00:05:47,381 --> 00:05:48,782 Sophomore year, my roommates and I 141 00:05:48,782 --> 00:05:50,651 got a fish registered for 18 credits 142 00:05:50,651 --> 00:05:51,952 and she made Dean's List. 143 00:05:51,952 --> 00:05:54,655 My roommates and I made a Dean's List 144 00:05:54,655 --> 00:05:56,524 of a different sort, but that doesn't matter. 145 00:05:56,524 --> 00:05:59,092 Do you get scared coming to work at the White House? 146 00:05:59,092 --> 00:06:01,328 No. I mean, we're bystanders, basically 147 00:06:01,328 --> 00:06:03,797 and we work around a lot of people 148 00:06:03,797 --> 00:06:06,500 who routinely put themselves in harm's way-- 149 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:08,736 the Secret Service and the military. 150 00:06:08,736 --> 00:06:10,838 You know, the protection detail? 151 00:06:10,838 --> 00:06:13,707 They practice a thousand different scenarios for a gun: 152 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:15,843 who tackles the President 153 00:06:15,843 --> 00:06:17,611 who opens the car, who's covering the perimeter 154 00:06:17,611 --> 00:06:19,513 and there's one guy 155 00:06:19,513 --> 00:06:22,516 whose job it is to stand in front of the bullet. 156 00:06:22,516 --> 00:06:24,251 Not get the shooter-- 157 00:06:24,251 --> 00:06:25,486 stand in front of the bullet. 158 00:06:25,486 --> 00:06:26,687 I've seen them do it. 159 00:06:26,687 --> 00:06:28,221 Do you ever think about quitting? 160 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:29,590 No. 161 00:06:29,590 --> 00:06:32,259 Well, my, uh... 162 00:06:32,259 --> 00:06:33,827 my mother wants me to. 163 00:06:33,827 --> 00:06:35,829 My family members have a habit 164 00:06:35,829 --> 00:06:39,467 of, uh, dying before you're supposed to. 165 00:06:39,467 --> 00:06:42,936 So it's just me and my mom now, and... 166 00:06:42,936 --> 00:06:46,940 You guys know, I guess, that I got accidentally shot 167 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:51,244 a little bit or something in Rosslyn. 168 00:06:51,244 --> 00:06:53,481 So she'd like to see me in the private sector 169 00:06:53,481 --> 00:06:55,048 but I tell her 170 00:06:55,048 --> 00:06:57,184 my government salary may not be a lot 171 00:06:57,184 --> 00:06:58,952 but I still make more 172 00:06:58,952 --> 00:07:01,922 than the guy whose job it is to stand in front of the bullet 173 00:07:01,922 --> 00:07:04,024 so how do I tell him I'm quitting? 174 00:07:04,024 --> 00:07:06,026 So she made me this box 175 00:07:06,026 --> 00:07:08,929 that I'm supposed to keep in the trunk of my car 176 00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:11,599 and it's got a super-powered flashlight 177 00:07:11,599 --> 00:07:13,534 five gallons of water 178 00:07:13,534 --> 00:07:16,036 and a transistor radio and some first aid. 179 00:07:16,036 --> 00:07:19,039 But she keeps thinking of things to add to it. 180 00:07:19,039 --> 00:07:21,942 She'll call and say, uh, "I found that cap that Dad got 181 00:07:21,942 --> 00:07:24,612 "Joe Pepitone to sign for you on your birthday. 182 00:07:24,612 --> 00:07:27,080 "You wore it to school every day in seventh grade. 183 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,017 Do you want me to send it to you so you can put it in the box?" 184 00:07:36,323 --> 00:07:38,158 So... so I'll say 185 00:07:38,158 --> 00:07:41,328 "Yeah, Ma, let's... let's put it in the box." 186 00:07:41,328 --> 00:07:43,096 So, anyway, I don't know 187 00:07:43,096 --> 00:07:44,798 against who 188 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:46,967 and I don't know what it's going to look like 189 00:07:46,967 --> 00:07:49,837 but one of these days, we're going to have a big win 190 00:07:49,837 --> 00:07:52,372 and for a lot of us who've seen what we've seen 191 00:07:52,372 --> 00:07:54,241 we're not leaving till we do. 192 00:07:54,241 --> 00:07:56,977 I'm going to be here six presidents from now 193 00:07:56,977 --> 00:07:59,212 in my office, Wile E. Coyote and a map. 194 00:07:59,212 --> 00:08:01,248 So why is everybody trying 195 00:08:01,248 --> 00:08:02,349 to kill us? 196 00:08:02,349 --> 00:08:03,383 It's not everybody. 197 00:08:03,383 --> 00:08:04,818 It seems like everybody. 198 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:06,353 It's just the Arabs. 199 00:08:06,353 --> 00:08:07,955 Saying the Arabs is too general. 200 00:08:07,955 --> 00:08:08,922 It's Islamic. 201 00:08:08,922 --> 00:08:10,558 It's not Arabs, it's not Islamics. 202 00:08:10,558 --> 00:08:11,458 They're juniors and seniors? 203 00:08:11,458 --> 00:08:12,893 Yes. 204 00:08:12,893 --> 00:08:14,595 You're juniors and seniors. 205 00:08:14,595 --> 00:08:16,864 In honor of the SATs you're about to take 206 00:08:16,864 --> 00:08:19,199 answer the following question. 207 00:08:19,199 --> 00:08:20,367 Thanks. 208 00:08:20,367 --> 00:08:23,537 Islamic extremist 209 00:08:23,537 --> 00:08:25,639 is to Islamic 210 00:08:25,639 --> 00:08:28,408 as "blank" is to Christianity. 211 00:08:28,408 --> 00:08:31,378 "Islamic... 212 00:08:31,378 --> 00:08:33,213 "extremist... 213 00:08:33,213 --> 00:08:36,016 "is to... 214 00:08:36,016 --> 00:08:38,251 "Islamic... 215 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:40,888 "as... 'blank' is... 216 00:08:40,888 --> 00:08:43,691 to... Christianity." 217 00:08:43,691 --> 00:08:45,192 Christian fundamentalists. 218 00:08:45,192 --> 00:08:46,393 No. 219 00:08:46,393 --> 00:08:48,461 Uh, Jehovah's Witnesses? 220 00:08:48,461 --> 00:08:50,931 No, guys, the Christian Right may not be your cup of tea 221 00:08:50,931 --> 00:08:52,766 but they're not blowing stuff up. 222 00:08:52,766 --> 00:08:55,603 Islamic extremist is to Islamic 223 00:08:55,603 --> 00:08:57,204 as "blank" is to Christianity. 224 00:09:06,714 --> 00:09:08,515 That's what we're talking about. 225 00:09:08,515 --> 00:09:10,417 It's the Klan 226 00:09:10,417 --> 00:09:14,822 gone medieval and global. 227 00:09:14,822 --> 00:09:16,824 with Islamic men and women of faith 228 00:09:16,824 --> 00:09:18,859 of whom there are millions upon millions. 229 00:09:18,859 --> 00:09:20,761 Muslims defend this country in the Army 230 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:22,162 Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps 231 00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:24,164 National Guard, police and fire departments. 232 00:09:24,164 --> 00:09:25,933 So, let's ask the question again. 233 00:09:25,933 --> 00:09:29,136 Why are Islamic extremists trying to kill us? 234 00:09:29,136 --> 00:09:31,471 That's a reasonable question if ever I heard one. 235 00:09:31,471 --> 00:09:32,740 Why are we targets of war? 236 00:09:32,740 --> 00:09:34,074 Because we're Americans. 237 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:35,542 That's it? 238 00:09:35,542 --> 00:09:36,644 It's our freedom? 239 00:09:36,644 --> 00:09:37,878 No other reasons? 240 00:09:37,878 --> 00:09:40,547 Freedom and democracy. 241 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:44,051 I'll tell you, right or wrong-- and I think they're wrong-- 242 00:09:44,051 --> 00:09:46,353 it's probably a good idea to acknowledge 243 00:09:46,353 --> 00:09:48,722 that they do have specific complaints. 244 00:09:48,722 --> 00:09:50,824 I hear them every day-- 245 00:09:50,824 --> 00:09:53,661 the people we support, troops in Saudi Arabia 246 00:09:53,661 --> 00:09:56,463 sanctions against Iraq, support for Egypt. 247 00:09:56,463 --> 00:09:59,599 It's not just that they don't like Irving Berlin. 248 00:09:59,599 --> 00:10:00,834 Yes, it is. 249 00:10:00,834 --> 00:10:02,069 No, it's not. 250 00:10:02,069 --> 00:10:03,771 No, not about Irving Berlin 251 00:10:03,771 --> 00:10:05,538 but your ridiculous search for rational reasons 252 00:10:05,538 --> 00:10:07,808 why somebody straps a bomb to their chest is ridiculous. 253 00:10:07,808 --> 00:10:09,977 You just called me ridiculous twice in one sentence. 254 00:10:09,977 --> 00:10:11,011 Hardly a record for me. 255 00:10:11,011 --> 00:10:12,746 And you just made my list. 256 00:10:12,746 --> 00:10:13,881 Nothing happens on the list. 257 00:10:13,881 --> 00:10:16,183 It's a serious list. 258 00:10:16,183 --> 00:10:17,985 Watch now as he's going to put me down 259 00:10:17,985 --> 00:10:19,519 and make my point at the exact same time. 260 00:10:19,519 --> 00:10:20,988 JOSH: Hardly a record for me. 261 00:10:20,988 --> 00:10:22,589 What's Islamic extremism? 262 00:10:22,589 --> 00:10:24,424 It's strict adherence 263 00:10:24,424 --> 00:10:27,761 to a particular interpretation of 7th Century Islamic law 264 00:10:27,761 --> 00:10:29,697 as practiced by the prophet Muhammad 265 00:10:29,697 --> 00:10:31,932 and when I say "strict adherence" 266 00:10:31,932 --> 00:10:33,834 I'm not kidding around. 267 00:10:33,834 --> 00:10:36,036 Men are forced to pray 268 00:10:36,036 --> 00:10:38,371 grow their beards a certain length. 269 00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:39,807 Among my favorites 270 00:10:39,807 --> 00:10:42,509 is there's only one acceptable cheer 271 00:10:42,509 --> 00:10:44,477 at a soccer match: 272 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:47,547 Allah-u-Akbar-- God is great. 273 00:10:47,547 --> 00:10:49,516 If your guys are getting creamed 274 00:10:49,516 --> 00:10:51,318 then you're on your own. 275 00:10:51,318 --> 00:10:53,453 Things are a lot less comic for women 276 00:10:53,453 --> 00:10:56,957 who aren't allowed to attend school or have jobs. 277 00:10:56,957 --> 00:10:59,226 They're not allowed to be unaccompanied 278 00:10:59,226 --> 00:11:02,195 and oftentimes get publicly stoned to death 279 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:04,464 for crimes like not wearing a veil. 280 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:06,399 I don't have to tell you 281 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:08,802 they don't need to shout at a soccer match. 282 00:11:08,802 --> 00:11:10,670 They're never going to go to one. 283 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:13,774 So what bothers them about us? 284 00:11:13,774 --> 00:11:15,342 Well, the variety of cheers alone 285 00:11:15,342 --> 00:11:17,477 coming from the cheap seats in Giants Stadium 286 00:11:17,477 --> 00:11:19,880 when they're playing the Cowboys is enough for a jihad 287 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,282 to say nothing of street corners 288 00:11:22,282 --> 00:11:24,384 lined church next to synagogue next to mosque 289 00:11:24,384 --> 00:11:26,854 newspapers that can print anything they want 290 00:11:26,854 --> 00:11:30,323 and women who can do anything they want 291 00:11:30,323 --> 00:11:34,461 including taking a rocket ship to outer space 292 00:11:34,461 --> 00:11:36,629 vote and... and play soccer. 293 00:11:36,629 --> 00:11:39,166 This is a plural society. 294 00:11:39,166 --> 00:11:41,634 That means we accept more than one idea. 295 00:11:41,634 --> 00:11:43,904 It offends them. 296 00:11:43,904 --> 00:11:46,106 but it certainly doesn't mean 297 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:47,640 you should listen to her. 298 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,576 GIRL: So, what do we do now? 299 00:11:49,576 --> 00:11:50,543 What? 300 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:51,979 What do we do now? 301 00:11:51,979 --> 00:11:53,580 Well, I think for help with that question 302 00:11:53,580 --> 00:11:55,783 we're going to need some people smarter than I am. 303 00:11:55,783 --> 00:11:56,917 Definitely. Thing is... 304 00:11:56,917 --> 00:11:59,719 that's pretty tough to find 305 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:00,954 and see if I can get some of my friends 306 00:12:00,954 --> 00:12:02,856 to come down and join us. 307 00:12:02,856 --> 00:12:04,992 Listen, I-I don't know what's going on 308 00:12:04,992 --> 00:12:07,928 and I don't know how long we're going to be here. 309 00:12:07,928 --> 00:12:09,897 Are you guys hungry? GIRL: Yeah: 310 00:12:09,897 --> 00:12:12,065 Freddy, why don't you grab a couple of people 311 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:13,733 go to the back of the kitchen 312 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:15,668 and get apples and peanut butter? 313 00:12:15,668 --> 00:12:18,471 Guys, I've gotten entire pieces of legislation 314 00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:20,007 through Congress on apples and peanut butter. 315 00:12:20,007 --> 00:12:21,942 I'll be back in a little bit. 316 00:12:44,031 --> 00:12:47,134 ( door knob rattling ) 317 00:12:47,134 --> 00:12:48,936 Secret Service! Don't move! 318 00:12:48,936 --> 00:12:50,871 Show us your hands. Do it now. 319 00:12:50,871 --> 00:12:52,372 Are you Raqim Ali? 320 00:12:52,372 --> 00:12:54,374 Yes. The-There's... 321 00:12:54,374 --> 00:12:56,243 Stay calm. I'm Special Agent Ron Butterfield 322 00:12:56,243 --> 00:12:57,610 of the United States Secret Service. 323 00:12:57,610 --> 00:12:59,546 Keep your hands over your head 324 00:12:59,546 --> 00:13:01,949 and step away from the window. 325 00:13:01,949 --> 00:13:03,984 We're going to ask you some questions. 326 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:21,935 Five hours ago 327 00:13:21,935 --> 00:13:24,371 Khuram Sharif was taken into custody 328 00:13:24,371 --> 00:13:27,174 while crossing from Ontario into Vermont. 329 00:13:27,174 --> 00:13:29,676 There was a warrant for his arrest 330 00:13:29,676 --> 00:13:32,779 in connection with an attempted bombing at La Guardia. 331 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:36,216 Turning state's evidence over to the U.S. Attorney 332 00:13:36,216 --> 00:13:38,085 he named several coconspirators 333 00:13:38,085 --> 00:13:40,253 one of whom was Yaarun Nabi. 334 00:13:40,253 --> 00:13:44,424 A preliminary check in the NCIC kicked out five aliases 335 00:13:44,424 --> 00:13:47,094 one of which was Raqim Ali. 336 00:13:47,094 --> 00:13:49,562 There are three Raqim Alis. 337 00:13:49,562 --> 00:13:52,765 One's a software designer in Spokane. 338 00:13:52,765 --> 00:13:55,668 Another is a caterer in Los Angeles. 339 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:56,904 Who's the third? 340 00:13:56,904 --> 00:13:59,272 He works in the White House. 341 00:14:06,213 --> 00:14:10,317 It was only a matter of time, huh? 342 00:14:10,317 --> 00:14:11,885 Yeah. 343 00:14:14,321 --> 00:14:16,489 Have you ever heard of Khuram Sharif? 344 00:14:16,489 --> 00:14:18,525 Yes. He was arrested in connection 345 00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:20,693 with an attempted bombing of, uh... 346 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:22,529 one of the New York airports. 347 00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:25,065 I think he may have also been arrested once 348 00:14:25,065 --> 00:14:27,000 in Paterson, New Jersey. 349 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,069 Paterson mean something to you? 350 00:14:29,069 --> 00:14:31,304 I was born there. 351 00:14:31,304 --> 00:14:33,073 Where did you go to school? 352 00:14:33,073 --> 00:14:34,774 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 353 00:14:34,774 --> 00:14:37,110 I have a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics. 354 00:14:44,051 --> 00:14:46,253 You know who I am? 355 00:14:46,253 --> 00:14:49,422 Of course I know who you are. 356 00:14:51,291 --> 00:14:52,692 TOBY: Kill 'em all, yeah. 357 00:14:52,692 --> 00:14:55,295 All the Islamic extremists? 358 00:14:55,295 --> 00:14:57,730 TOBY: No, no, I mean everyone. 359 00:14:57,730 --> 00:15:00,300 You're all bothering me; I want to be left alone. 360 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:02,769 Clearly the only way that's going to happen is to be alone 361 00:15:02,769 --> 00:15:05,038 so I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to let you all go. 362 00:15:08,108 --> 00:15:10,177 Except the Yankees and the Knicks 363 00:15:10,177 --> 00:15:12,212 and the Yankees and the Knicks 364 00:15:12,212 --> 00:15:14,014 are going to need someone to play 365 00:15:14,014 --> 00:15:16,649 so keep the Red Sox and the Lakers... 366 00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:17,917 and the Laker Girls... 367 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:19,652 and the Palm 368 00:15:19,652 --> 00:15:21,754 and we'll need to keep the people who work at the Palm. 369 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:24,191 That's it, though. 370 00:15:24,191 --> 00:15:27,827 The Yankees, the Red Sox, the Knicks, the Lakers 371 00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:31,231 the Laker Girls and anyone who works at the Palm. 372 00:15:31,231 --> 00:15:34,067 Sports, Laker Girls and a well-prepared steak-- 373 00:15:34,067 --> 00:15:35,268 that's all I need. 374 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:36,703 Sometimes I like to mix it up 375 00:15:36,703 --> 00:15:38,438 with Italian... and Chinese. 376 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:40,607 All right, you can all stay, but don't bug me. 377 00:15:40,607 --> 00:15:42,409 You're on probation. 378 00:15:42,409 --> 00:15:45,645 Don't forget-- I was this close to banishing you. 379 00:15:45,645 --> 00:15:48,748 This is Toby Ziegler, and actually, he's in charge 380 00:15:48,748 --> 00:15:50,717 of crafting our message to the public. 381 00:15:50,717 --> 00:15:52,585 And today that message is? 382 00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:53,853 Don't bug me? 383 00:15:53,853 --> 00:15:54,821 That's right. 384 00:15:54,821 --> 00:15:55,788 Nice beard. 385 00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:57,490 My choice, sister 386 00:15:57,490 --> 00:15:59,326 and by the way, there's nothing wrong 387 00:15:59,326 --> 00:16:01,561 with a religion whose laws say a man's got to wear a beard 388 00:16:01,561 --> 00:16:03,563 or cover his head or wear a collar. 389 00:16:03,563 --> 00:16:06,733 It's when violation of these laws 390 00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:09,369 become a crime against the State and not your parents 391 00:16:09,369 --> 00:16:10,470 that we're talking about lack of choice. 392 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:15,842 "Islamic extremist is to Islamic 393 00:16:15,842 --> 00:16:18,778 as KKK is to Christianity." 394 00:16:18,778 --> 00:16:19,946 That's... that's about right. 395 00:16:19,946 --> 00:16:21,381 That's a good religious analogy. 396 00:16:21,381 --> 00:16:22,649 What's a political analogy? 397 00:16:22,649 --> 00:16:26,086 What's an analogy using governments? 398 00:16:26,086 --> 00:16:28,388 They don't have a government. 399 00:16:28,388 --> 00:16:29,722 They have the Taliban. 400 00:16:29,722 --> 00:16:32,792 They have the government of Afghanistan. 401 00:16:32,792 --> 00:16:35,162 the recognized government of Afghanistan. 402 00:16:35,162 --> 00:16:36,629 The Taliban took over 403 00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:39,432 the recognized government of Afghanistan 404 00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:41,234 and there's your political analogy. 405 00:16:41,234 --> 00:16:42,402 What do you mean? 406 00:16:42,402 --> 00:16:43,803 When you think of Afghanistan 407 00:16:43,803 --> 00:16:45,672 think of Poland. 408 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:47,707 When you think of the Taliban, think of the Nazis. 409 00:16:47,707 --> 00:16:50,243 When you think of the citizens of Afghanistan 410 00:16:50,243 --> 00:16:53,746 think of Jews in concentration camps. 411 00:16:53,746 --> 00:16:56,716 A friend of my dad's was at one of the camps. 412 00:16:56,716 --> 00:16:59,652 He used to come over to the house 413 00:16:59,652 --> 00:17:02,755 and he and my dad used to shoot some pinochle. 414 00:17:02,755 --> 00:17:05,825 He said he once saw a guy at the camp 415 00:17:05,825 --> 00:17:07,494 kneeling and praying. 416 00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:10,463 He said, "What are you doing?" 417 00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:13,933 The guy said he was thanking God. 418 00:17:13,933 --> 00:17:15,802 And my dad's friend said 419 00:17:15,802 --> 00:17:19,839 "What... could you possibly be thanking God for?" 420 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:23,610 He said, "I'm thanking God for not making me like them." 421 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:29,516 Bad people can't be recognized on sight. 422 00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:32,185 There's no point in trying. 423 00:17:32,185 --> 00:17:33,686 JOSH: Actually 424 00:17:33,686 --> 00:17:34,921 we already covered that. 425 00:17:34,921 --> 00:17:38,158 It's worth covering twice, don't you agree? 426 00:17:38,158 --> 00:17:39,692 I do. 427 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:42,462 Yeah? 428 00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:44,397 Pinochle's a card game? 429 00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:46,233 Yeah, I've changed my mind again. 430 00:17:46,233 --> 00:17:47,900 Kill 'em all. 431 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:49,068 Laker Girls? 432 00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:50,103 TOBY: No. 433 00:17:50,103 --> 00:17:51,638 All right. 434 00:17:51,638 --> 00:17:53,106 What was the first act of terrorism? 435 00:17:53,106 --> 00:17:55,775 What was the first act of terrorism? 436 00:17:55,775 --> 00:17:58,678 I could answer, but I think he's asking you, man. 437 00:18:02,349 --> 00:18:03,916 I-I know it's not new. 438 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:05,552 I know in the 11th Century-- 439 00:18:05,552 --> 00:18:08,020 I'm going to have trouble pronouncing this-- 440 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:11,258 in the 11th Century... 441 00:18:11,258 --> 00:18:16,263 secret followers of al-Hasan ibn-al-Sabbah... 442 00:18:16,263 --> 00:18:18,898 who were taught to believe in nothing and dare all 443 00:18:18,898 --> 00:18:22,034 carried out these very swift and very treacherous murders 444 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:23,570 of fellow Muslims 445 00:18:23,570 --> 00:18:25,438 and they did it in a state of religious ecstasy. 446 00:18:25,438 --> 00:18:27,106 As a matter of fact 447 00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:29,742 young men between 12 and 20 were given hashish 448 00:18:29,742 --> 00:18:32,545 and smuggled into-- I really don't know what to call it-- 449 00:18:32,545 --> 00:18:34,514 they were smuggled into a kind of 450 00:18:34,514 --> 00:18:36,349 specially designed pleasure garden 451 00:18:36,349 --> 00:18:37,550 complete with concubines. 452 00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:39,686 They were told this was paradise 453 00:18:39,686 --> 00:18:42,455 and that the Master's angels would carry them back 454 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:45,258 if they carried out murders of the Master's enemies. 455 00:18:45,258 --> 00:18:46,593 Ah, temptation. 456 00:18:46,593 --> 00:18:49,596 I have named thee and thy name is woman. 457 00:18:49,596 --> 00:18:51,498 JOSH: This is Sam Seaborn 458 00:18:51,498 --> 00:18:53,266 Deputy Communications Director. 459 00:18:53,266 --> 00:18:55,168 Now, don't be frightened 460 00:18:55,168 --> 00:18:56,669 when I tell you now, that in this room 461 00:18:56,669 --> 00:18:58,871 Sam is the knowledgeable terrorism expert. 462 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:01,174 The good news is that in this government 463 00:19:01,174 --> 00:19:02,375 we have some extremely 464 00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:04,844 I heard I was needed, I came. 465 00:19:04,844 --> 00:19:07,414 We were talking about al-- am I pronouncing this right?-- 466 00:19:07,414 --> 00:19:09,115 al-Hasan ibn-al-Sabbah. 467 00:19:09,115 --> 00:19:10,750 Yeah, from the 11th Century. 468 00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:13,453 By the way, the Arabic name for their secret order 469 00:19:13,453 --> 00:19:14,987 has survived until today. 470 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:16,789 Can anybody guess what it was? 471 00:19:16,789 --> 00:19:17,990 The Arabic Name? 472 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:20,159 You know. 473 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:21,461 Assassins. 474 00:19:21,461 --> 00:19:23,296 Assassins, that's right. 475 00:19:23,296 --> 00:19:24,163 Yeah, we don't call on him. 476 00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,132 ( all laughing ) 477 00:19:26,132 --> 00:19:28,935 What's going on? There's supposed to be a meeting at Treasury. 478 00:19:28,935 --> 00:19:30,603 I had a 6:00 o'clock on the Hill. 479 00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:32,872 Now I'm stuck here, you know 480 00:19:32,872 --> 00:19:35,442 talking with well-dressed children who can't vote. 481 00:19:35,442 --> 00:19:37,176 GIRL: You know a lot about terrorism? 482 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,078 I dabble. 483 00:19:39,078 --> 00:19:40,146 What are you 484 00:19:40,146 --> 00:19:42,349 struck by most? 485 00:19:42,349 --> 00:19:44,817 Its 100% failure rate. 486 00:19:44,817 --> 00:19:46,986 Really? Not only do terrorists always fail 487 00:19:46,986 --> 00:19:49,055 at what they're after, they pretty much always succeed 488 00:19:49,055 --> 00:19:51,190 in strengthening whatever it is they're against. 489 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:52,625 What about the IRA? 490 00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:54,261 The Brits are still there. 491 00:19:54,261 --> 00:19:56,929 Protestants are still there. 492 00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:59,699 terrorist attacks in Spain for decades with no result. 493 00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:02,969 Left wing Red Brigades from the '60s and '70s 494 00:20:02,969 --> 00:20:05,037 from the Bader-Meinhoff Gang in Germany 495 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:06,639 to the Weathermen in the U.S. 496 00:20:06,639 --> 00:20:08,508 have tried to overthrow capitalism. 497 00:20:08,508 --> 00:20:10,310 You tell me-- how's capitalism doing? 498 00:20:10,310 --> 00:20:12,312 What about nonviolent protest? 499 00:20:12,312 --> 00:20:13,480 What about it? 500 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,249 Well, it worked for Gandhi. 501 00:20:16,249 --> 00:20:17,584 Yeah, it did. 502 00:20:17,584 --> 00:20:20,052 Who else did it work for? 503 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:21,321 The Civil Rights movement. 504 00:20:21,321 --> 00:20:23,122 That's right. 505 00:20:23,122 --> 00:20:25,325 Yeah, but weren't we terrorists at the Boston Tea Party? 506 00:20:25,325 --> 00:20:26,993 Nobody got hurt at the Boston Tea Party. 507 00:20:26,993 --> 00:20:29,061 The only people who got hurt were some fancy boys 508 00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:31,631 who didn't have anything to wash down their crumpets with. 509 00:20:31,631 --> 00:20:33,199 We jumped out from behind bushes 510 00:20:33,199 --> 00:20:34,834 while the British came down 511 00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:37,069 the road in their bright red jackets 512 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:39,872 but never has a war been so courteously declared. 513 00:20:39,872 --> 00:20:42,241 It was on parchment with calligraphy and... 514 00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:44,544 "Your Highness, we beseech you on this day in Philadelphia 515 00:20:44,544 --> 00:20:46,112 to bite me, if you please." 516 00:20:46,112 --> 00:20:48,948 Can I go back to what you were saying at the beginning? 517 00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:50,750 Yeah. 518 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:53,052 About it being 100% ineffective? 519 00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:54,587 Yeah. 520 00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:55,855 They're still doing it anyway. 521 00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:57,256 Yeah. 522 00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:58,625 They're not frustrated by the failure. 523 00:20:58,625 --> 00:21:00,860 No. 524 00:21:00,860 --> 00:21:04,997 Well, what do you call a society that has to just live every day 525 00:21:04,997 --> 00:21:08,335 with the idea that the pizza place you're eating in 526 00:21:08,335 --> 00:21:10,169 can just blow up without any warning? 527 00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:12,739 Israel. 528 00:21:12,739 --> 00:21:15,007 Can you tell us about the wire in your backpack? 529 00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:16,876 It's for my computer. 530 00:21:16,876 --> 00:21:18,878 My apartment is in an older building. 531 00:21:18,878 --> 00:21:20,713 I needed the older telephone wires 532 00:21:20,713 --> 00:21:23,650 so I could upgrade the M-Waves on my motherboard. 533 00:21:23,650 --> 00:21:25,785 You're an expert in circuitry and wiring? 534 00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:27,787 My father works for the phone company. 535 00:21:27,787 --> 00:21:29,822 I want to talk about the applied mathematics degree. 536 00:21:29,822 --> 00:21:31,157 Yeah? 537 00:21:31,157 --> 00:21:32,525 What are you doing working 538 00:21:32,525 --> 00:21:33,626 for a White House staff secretary? 539 00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:35,795 I... What do you mean? 540 00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:37,530 We don't do a lot of math around here. 541 00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:39,198 Well, my interests shifted. 542 00:21:39,198 --> 00:21:41,668 I became interested in policy. 543 00:21:41,668 --> 00:21:44,070 You're aware that the intelligence agencies 544 00:21:44,070 --> 00:21:46,606 routinely recruit top mathematicians-- 545 00:21:46,606 --> 00:21:50,276 oftentimes out of MIT-- and train them to be cryptographers. 546 00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:51,844 Sure. 547 00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:53,279 And those cryptographers are the ones 548 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:54,981 who, on a daily basis 549 00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:56,983 code and decode messages sent between the White House 550 00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:58,250 the State Department and the Pentagon. 551 00:21:58,250 --> 00:22:00,587 Yes. 552 00:22:05,992 --> 00:22:08,928 Last year your father made a contribution 553 00:22:08,928 --> 00:22:11,798 to something called the Holy Land Defenders. 554 00:22:11,798 --> 00:22:15,968 Were you aware of the contribution? 555 00:22:15,968 --> 00:22:18,738 Mr. McGarry, I understand the need for these questions 556 00:22:18,738 --> 00:22:20,573 and I hope you notice 557 00:22:20,573 --> 00:22:23,576 I've been cooperating, but if you drag my father 558 00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:25,578 into this pitiful exercise 559 00:22:25,578 --> 00:22:27,647 I'm afraid I'm going to get angry. 560 00:22:27,647 --> 00:22:30,016 I don't think you understand 561 00:22:30,016 --> 00:22:32,485 the seriousness of what's happening right now. 562 00:22:32,485 --> 00:22:35,555 I don't think you do. 563 00:22:44,431 --> 00:22:48,067 TOBY: You don't ask C.J. about the CIA. 564 00:22:48,067 --> 00:22:51,003 C.J. has a bizarre affection for the intelligence community 565 00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:53,072 that we just don't... Bizarre? How about right? 566 00:22:53,072 --> 00:22:54,073 Okay. 567 00:22:54,073 --> 00:22:55,542 This song is called 568 00:22:55,542 --> 00:22:57,276 "The CIA: Our Maligned Little Brother." 569 00:22:57,276 --> 00:22:58,478 Oh, God. 570 00:22:58,478 --> 00:22:59,612 We need spies. 571 00:22:59,612 --> 00:23:01,080 Human spies. 572 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,050 Spy satellites are great if you're trying to detect 573 00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:06,052 whether or not Khruschev's put missiles in Cuba 574 00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:08,087 but you want to overhear a conversation 575 00:23:08,087 --> 00:23:10,623 over Turkish coffee in Khyber Pass, you need a spy. 576 00:23:10,623 --> 00:23:12,992 You guys want to get great jobs after college 577 00:23:12,992 --> 00:23:14,093 and serve your country? 578 00:23:14,093 --> 00:23:16,095 Study Arabic, Chinese and Farsi. 579 00:23:16,095 --> 00:23:17,730 Maybe this'd be a good time for a chorus 580 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:19,466 of "Our Maligned Little Brother, Civil Liberties." 581 00:23:19,466 --> 00:23:21,267 Liberties, Shmiberties. C.J. Cregg, ladies and gentlemen. 582 00:23:21,267 --> 00:23:24,003 You know of a way to do this without tapping some phones? 583 00:23:24,003 --> 00:23:25,805 What about illegal searches? What about profiling? 584 00:23:25,805 --> 00:23:28,040 You know what Benjamin Franklin said? 585 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,377 He said, "Hey, look, I've invented the stove." 586 00:23:31,377 --> 00:23:35,014 He said, "They that they can give up essential liberty 587 00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:38,150 "to obtain a little temporary safety 588 00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:39,486 "deserve neither liberty 589 00:23:39,486 --> 00:23:40,453 nor safety." 590 00:23:40,453 --> 00:23:42,455 What's your name? 591 00:23:42,455 --> 00:23:44,056 Well... 592 00:23:44,056 --> 00:23:45,057 I'm on it. 593 00:23:45,057 --> 00:23:46,693 Well, I don't think we're talking about 594 00:23:46,693 --> 00:23:48,695 a little temporary safety, and it's not like we need 595 00:23:48,695 --> 00:23:50,997 to search high and low for clear and present danger. 596 00:23:50,997 --> 00:23:53,700 Well, what would you say the point to fighting terrorism is? 597 00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:56,335 It's to insure freedom, Pokey. I don't need the brochure. 598 00:23:56,335 --> 00:23:58,705 I think you do, 'cause during times of great crisis and threat 599 00:23:58,705 --> 00:24:00,907 America has used draconian measures before 600 00:24:00,907 --> 00:24:02,709 and I think maybe you've forgotten 601 00:24:02,709 --> 00:24:04,477 just how effective they've been. 602 00:24:04,477 --> 00:24:05,512 Can you name some? 603 00:24:05,512 --> 00:24:06,679 The blacklist. 604 00:24:06,679 --> 00:24:09,315 I want her to name them. 605 00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:13,019 Look, I take civil liberties as seriously as anybody, okay-- 606 00:24:13,019 --> 00:24:15,755 and we haven't even talked about free speech yet 607 00:24:15,755 --> 00:24:19,125 and somebody getting lynched by the patriotism police 608 00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:23,395 That said, Tobus, we're going to have to do some stuff. 609 00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:25,832 and partner with some people who are the lesser of evils. 610 00:24:25,832 --> 00:24:29,335 I'm sorry, but terrorists don't have armies and navies. 611 00:24:29,335 --> 00:24:31,604 we're going to have to walk up to them and shoot them. 612 00:24:31,604 --> 00:24:33,806 Yeah, we can root terrorist nests 613 00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:36,743 but some of these guys aren't going to be taken by 105th Armored Tank Division. 614 00:24:36,743 --> 00:24:39,679 Some of these guys are going to be taken by a busboy with a silencer. 615 00:24:39,679 --> 00:24:42,549 So it's time to give the intelligence agencies 616 00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:44,884 the money and the manpower they need. 617 00:24:44,884 --> 00:24:46,719 We don't hear about their successes. 618 00:24:46,719 --> 00:24:49,088 Guess what? The Soviets never crossed the Elbe 619 00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:50,790 the North Koreans stayed behind the 38th parallel. 620 00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:52,191 During the millennium? 621 00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:53,660 Not one incident. 622 00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:55,494 You think that's because the terrorists decided 623 00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:57,964 that'd be a good day to take off; not much action that day? 624 00:24:57,964 --> 00:24:59,599 End of song. 625 00:24:59,599 --> 00:25:01,033 CLEARY: You were arrested two years ago. 626 00:25:01,033 --> 00:25:03,035 Yes, and the charges were dropped. 627 00:25:03,035 --> 00:25:05,605 You were arrested for holding a rally without a permit. 628 00:25:05,605 --> 00:25:06,973 I had a permit; it hadn't processed 629 00:25:06,973 --> 00:25:09,809 and the charges were dropped. 630 00:25:09,809 --> 00:25:12,612 The presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. 631 00:25:12,612 --> 00:25:14,146 What, exactly, is your concern 632 00:25:14,146 --> 00:25:16,348 with our troops in Saudi Arabia? 633 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:19,552 Saudi Arabia is the home to two of our holiest mosques. 634 00:25:19,552 --> 00:25:21,187 Mecca is there. 635 00:25:21,187 --> 00:25:23,255 How'd you like it if I camped out in front of the Vatican 636 00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:24,624 with a stockpile of M-16s? 637 00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:26,058 I'd like it fine if you were there 638 00:25:26,058 --> 00:25:28,527 to protect the Vatican. Mister... 639 00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:30,930 to make sure our friends didn't cross the Kuwaiti border 640 00:25:30,930 --> 00:25:32,198 and seize Saudi territory. 641 00:25:32,198 --> 00:25:34,867 You mean Saudi oil. 642 00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:36,803 Yes. We have oil interests in the Gulf. 643 00:25:36,803 --> 00:25:38,938 So does the rest of the world. 644 00:25:38,938 --> 00:25:41,608 You sent an army composed of women as well as men 645 00:25:41,608 --> 00:25:43,743 where women aren't even allowed to drive a car. 646 00:25:43,743 --> 00:25:46,312 Maybe we can teach them. 647 00:25:49,081 --> 00:25:54,153 Anyway... that's what I was protesting. 648 00:25:59,091 --> 00:26:02,061 You went to Edison High School in Paterson, correct? 649 00:26:02,061 --> 00:26:03,129 Correct. 650 00:26:03,129 --> 00:26:06,032 On December 3, 1994, someone called in 651 00:26:06,032 --> 00:26:08,635 Yeah. Yeah, I remember that there were bomb threats. 652 00:26:08,635 --> 00:26:10,569 I remember that there were more than one 653 00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:12,271 but I don't remember the exact dates. 654 00:26:12,271 --> 00:26:14,373 According to your transcripts, police questioned you. 655 00:26:14,373 --> 00:26:18,244 Yeah. It's on my school transcript because I wasn't arrested. 656 00:26:18,244 --> 00:26:22,214 They asked me if I called in a bomb threat, which I didn't. 657 00:26:22,214 --> 00:26:24,116 It was a couple of football players 658 00:26:24,116 --> 00:26:26,085 that didn't want to take a chem final. 659 00:26:26,085 --> 00:26:27,654 So, it was a couple of football players 660 00:26:27,654 --> 00:26:29,088 but they called you in anyway. 661 00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:31,223 It's not uncommon for Arab-Americans 662 00:26:31,223 --> 00:26:33,760 to be the first suspected when that sort of thing happens. 663 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,561 I can't imagine why. 664 00:26:35,561 --> 00:26:36,595 Look... 665 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:38,130 No, I'm trying to figure out 666 00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:40,499 why anytime there's terrorist activity 667 00:26:40,499 --> 00:26:43,269 people always assume it's Arabs. 668 00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:46,205 I don't know the answer to that, Mr. McGarry 669 00:26:46,205 --> 00:26:47,874 but I can tell you that it's horrible. 670 00:26:47,874 --> 00:26:49,175 Well, that's the price you pay. 671 00:26:51,143 --> 00:26:52,244 Excuse me? 672 00:26:53,980 --> 00:26:57,149 The price I pay for what? 673 00:26:58,450 --> 00:26:59,819 Continue the questions. 674 00:27:11,297 --> 00:27:14,000 C.J.: There's nothing more American than coalition building. 675 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,768 The first thing John Wayne always did 676 00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:17,169 was put together a posse. 677 00:27:17,169 --> 00:27:18,838 That's a hell of an example, C.J. 678 00:27:18,838 --> 00:27:21,107 Shouldn't you be thinking 679 00:27:21,107 --> 00:27:23,442 and comfort for our boys in intelligence? 680 00:27:23,442 --> 00:27:26,478 You know, they may need some comforting right now. 681 00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:28,447 you best get in some fishnets and head to a bar. 682 00:27:28,447 --> 00:27:29,281 I will. 683 00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:31,851 Yeah. 684 00:27:31,851 --> 00:27:33,920 Where do terrorists come from? 685 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,421 Where do they come from? 686 00:27:35,421 --> 00:27:36,923 SAM: Everywhere. 687 00:27:36,923 --> 00:27:39,291 Mostly they come from exactly where you'd expect-- 688 00:27:39,291 --> 00:27:41,828 places of abject poverty and despair. 689 00:27:41,828 --> 00:27:43,362 Horribly impoverished places 690 00:27:43,362 --> 00:27:45,197 are an incubator for the worst kind of crime. 691 00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:46,899 Which is the same as it is right here. 692 00:27:49,468 --> 00:27:52,638 Same as it is here. 693 00:27:52,638 --> 00:27:54,807 I live in Southeast DC. 694 00:27:54,807 --> 00:27:57,609 If you don't know the area, think Compton 695 00:27:57,609 --> 00:27:59,645 or South Central L.A. 696 00:27:59,645 --> 00:28:01,313 Detroit, the South Bronx. 697 00:28:01,313 --> 00:28:04,516 Dilapidated schools, drugs, guns and what else? 698 00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:06,552 Gangs? 699 00:28:06,552 --> 00:28:08,054 Gangs. 700 00:28:08,054 --> 00:28:09,856 Gangs give you a sense of belonging 701 00:28:09,856 --> 00:28:11,557 and usually an income 702 00:28:11,557 --> 00:28:15,061 but mostly, they give you a sense of dignity. 703 00:28:15,061 --> 00:28:17,830 Men are men, and men will seek pride. 704 00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:20,466 Everybody here has got a badge to wear. 705 00:28:20,466 --> 00:28:22,034 "I'm the Deputy 706 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:23,803 Communications Director." 707 00:28:23,803 --> 00:28:25,838 "I made Presidential Classroom." 708 00:28:25,838 --> 00:28:27,339 "I know the answer. I'm going to Cornell." 709 00:28:27,339 --> 00:28:28,941 You think bangers are walking around 710 00:28:28,941 --> 00:28:30,276 with their heads down, saying 711 00:28:30,276 --> 00:28:32,378 "Oh, man, I didn't make anything out of my life. 712 00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:34,313 I'm in a gang." 713 00:28:34,313 --> 00:28:36,048 No, man. 714 00:28:36,048 --> 00:28:38,484 They're walking around saying 715 00:28:38,484 --> 00:28:39,551 "Man, I'm in a gang." 716 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:40,953 I'm with them." 717 00:28:44,791 --> 00:28:48,060 STAFF: Good evening, Mr. President. 718 00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:49,762 PRESIDENT: Hello. 719 00:28:49,762 --> 00:28:52,498 Everyone, stand up. 720 00:28:52,498 --> 00:28:54,566 Sir, this is a group of high school students 721 00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:55,601 from Presidential Classroom. 722 00:28:55,601 --> 00:28:56,268 Oh. Please. 723 00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:01,440 You women seem bright 724 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,608 and lovely. 725 00:29:02,608 --> 00:29:04,576 The men, disturbingly dense. 726 00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:05,945 ABBEY: Ignore him. 727 00:29:05,945 --> 00:29:07,446 God knows the rest of us do. 728 00:29:07,446 --> 00:29:10,016 Weren't you coming down 729 00:29:10,016 --> 00:29:11,683 to get me some apples and peanut butter? 730 00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:12,885 We're out of apples, sir. 731 00:29:14,053 --> 00:29:16,688 So, we're stuck here, huh? 732 00:29:16,688 --> 00:29:17,656 Yes, sir. 733 00:29:17,656 --> 00:29:18,891 Well, I live here. 734 00:29:18,891 --> 00:29:19,758 Yes, sir. 735 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:20,993 ( laughter ) 736 00:29:20,993 --> 00:29:22,528 I'm going back to my office. 737 00:29:22,528 --> 00:29:23,996 Nice meeting you all. 738 00:29:23,996 --> 00:29:25,464 I'm going to stay here a few minutes. 739 00:29:25,464 --> 00:29:26,598 Sir? 740 00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:28,034 Yeah. 741 00:29:28,034 --> 00:29:30,669 Do you consider yourself a man of principle? 742 00:29:30,669 --> 00:29:32,071 I try to be. 743 00:29:32,071 --> 00:29:35,041 Well, don't you 744 00:29:35,041 --> 00:29:37,176 consider-- I mean, I know they're our enemy-- 745 00:29:37,176 --> 00:29:39,045 but don't you consider 746 00:29:39,045 --> 00:29:41,313 there's something noble about being a martyr? 747 00:29:44,350 --> 00:29:46,552 A martyr would rather suffer death 748 00:29:46,552 --> 00:29:48,087 at the hands of an oppressor 749 00:29:48,087 --> 00:29:52,024 than renounce his beliefs. 750 00:29:52,024 --> 00:29:53,525 Killing yourself and innocent people 751 00:29:53,525 --> 00:29:57,029 to make a point is sick, twisted, brutal dumb-ass murder. 752 00:29:57,029 --> 00:29:58,965 And let me leave you with this thought 753 00:29:58,965 --> 00:30:00,399 before I go searching 754 00:30:00,399 --> 00:30:03,102 for the apples that were rightfully mine. 755 00:30:03,102 --> 00:30:04,904 We don't need martyrs right now. 756 00:30:04,904 --> 00:30:07,039 We need heroes. 757 00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:09,208 A hero would die for his country 758 00:30:09,208 --> 00:30:11,177 but he'd much rather live for it. 759 00:30:11,177 --> 00:30:13,880 It was good meeting you all. 760 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,181 C.J.: Thank you, Mr. President. 761 00:30:15,181 --> 00:30:17,516 JOSH: Thank you, sir. 762 00:30:29,261 --> 00:30:31,063 Why were you in Uzbekistan? 763 00:30:31,063 --> 00:30:33,165 It was my Russia trip. 764 00:30:33,165 --> 00:30:35,201 I went there with some friends after graduation. 765 00:30:35,201 --> 00:30:37,203 Can you tell me about the Islamic League of Allston? 766 00:30:37,203 --> 00:30:39,371 It used to be my mosque. 767 00:30:43,042 --> 00:30:44,376 We found him. 768 00:30:44,376 --> 00:30:45,611 Where? 769 00:30:45,611 --> 00:30:48,380 Germany. 770 00:30:48,380 --> 00:30:50,182 I'm fine. 771 00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:52,384 Mr. Ali, you're free to go. 772 00:30:52,384 --> 00:30:54,453 Thank you. 773 00:30:54,453 --> 00:30:56,322 Thank you. 774 00:30:58,124 --> 00:31:01,393 ( sighs ) 775 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:14,606 You know what, Mr. McGarry? 776 00:31:19,511 --> 00:31:23,849 You have the memory of a gypsy moth. 777 00:31:23,849 --> 00:31:26,018 When you and the President and the President's daughter 778 00:31:26,018 --> 00:31:27,486 and about a hundred other people-- 779 00:31:27,486 --> 00:31:29,788 including me, by the way-- were met 780 00:31:29,788 --> 00:31:33,259 with a hail of .44 caliber gunfire in Rosslyn... 781 00:31:33,259 --> 00:31:35,461 not only were the shooters white 782 00:31:35,461 --> 00:31:38,330 they were doing it 'cause one of us wasn't. 783 00:31:44,603 --> 00:31:46,905 GIRL: How did all this start? 784 00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:49,008 How did what all start? 785 00:31:49,008 --> 00:31:51,843 Well... this. 786 00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:54,046 Sarah. 787 00:31:54,046 --> 00:31:55,414 God said to Abraham 788 00:31:55,414 --> 00:31:58,484 "Look toward the heaven and number the stars 789 00:31:58,484 --> 00:32:01,020 and so shall your descendants be." 790 00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:03,689 But Abraham's wife, Sarah 791 00:32:03,689 --> 00:32:05,791 wasn't getting any younger 792 00:32:05,791 --> 00:32:08,460 and God wasn't coming through on his promise. 793 00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:10,729 I was very young when I had my kids. 794 00:32:10,729 --> 00:32:11,930 I was very, very, very 795 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:13,132 very young. 796 00:32:13,132 --> 00:32:15,567 I was barely even born yet 797 00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:17,936 when I had my oldest daughter, Elizabeth. 798 00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:19,671 Anyway... 799 00:32:19,671 --> 00:32:24,543 Sarah was getting older, and she was getting nervous 800 00:32:24,543 --> 00:32:26,878 because she didn't have any children. 801 00:32:26,878 --> 00:32:29,915 So she sent Abraham to the bed of her maid, Hagar 802 00:32:29,915 --> 00:32:33,219 and Abraham and Hagar had Ishmael 803 00:32:33,219 --> 00:32:35,354 and not long after they did 804 00:32:35,354 --> 00:32:39,258 God kept his promise to Sarah as he'd always intended to 805 00:32:39,258 --> 00:32:42,828 and Abraham and Sarah had Isaac. 806 00:32:42,828 --> 00:32:44,630 And Sarah said to Abraham 807 00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:47,433 "Cast out this slave woman with her son 808 00:32:47,433 --> 00:32:50,469 "for the son of this slave woman 809 00:32:50,469 --> 00:32:53,405 will not be heir with my son Isaac." 810 00:32:56,008 --> 00:32:58,244 And so it began. 811 00:32:58,244 --> 00:33:01,280 The Jews, the sons of Isaac. 812 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:04,650 The Arabs, the sons of Ishmael. 813 00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:08,787 But what most people find important to remember 814 00:33:08,787 --> 00:33:11,757 is that in the end 815 00:33:11,757 --> 00:33:15,527 the two sons came together to bury their father. 816 00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:20,732 I think most people also find it important to remember 817 00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:23,869 that the whole thing took place about 73 million years ago. 818 00:33:23,869 --> 00:33:25,137 Yeah. 819 00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:28,574 Excuse me, ma'am. 820 00:33:28,574 --> 00:33:29,741 We're clear. 821 00:33:29,741 --> 00:33:33,412 Well, that's that then. 822 00:33:33,412 --> 00:33:35,647 It was good talking with you guys. 823 00:33:35,647 --> 00:33:37,383 Hang in there. 824 00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:42,121 Well, all right. 825 00:33:42,121 --> 00:33:43,455 That's it then. 826 00:33:43,455 --> 00:33:44,523 Can I ask one more question? 827 00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:45,524 Yeah. 828 00:33:45,524 --> 00:33:47,259 Do you favor the death penalty? 829 00:33:47,259 --> 00:33:49,395 No. But you think 830 00:33:49,395 --> 00:33:50,596 we should kill these people? 831 00:33:50,596 --> 00:33:52,030 You don't have the choices in a war 832 00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:53,965 that you do in a jury room 833 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:55,934 but, I-I wish... 834 00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:57,103 I wish we didn't have to. 835 00:33:57,103 --> 00:33:58,304 I think death is too simple. 836 00:33:58,304 --> 00:34:00,038 What would you do instead? 837 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:03,909 I'd put them in a small cell, and make them watch home movies 838 00:34:03,909 --> 00:34:06,245 of the birthdays and baptisms and weddings 839 00:34:06,245 --> 00:34:07,879 of every single person they killed 840 00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:10,316 over and over, every day for the rest of their lives. 841 00:34:10,316 --> 00:34:11,817 ( clears throat ) 842 00:34:11,817 --> 00:34:14,653 And then they'd get punched in the mouth 843 00:34:14,653 --> 00:34:17,289 by a different person every night. 844 00:34:17,289 --> 00:34:19,091 There would be a long list of volunteers 845 00:34:19,091 --> 00:34:20,159 but that's all right. 846 00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:21,793 We'll wait. 847 00:34:21,793 --> 00:34:24,163 But listen, don't worry about all this right now. 848 00:34:24,163 --> 00:34:25,764 We got you covered. 849 00:34:25,764 --> 00:34:27,933 Worry about 850 00:34:27,933 --> 00:34:31,002 Worry about what you're going to tell your parents 851 00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:32,304 when you break curfew. 852 00:34:32,304 --> 00:34:33,839 You're going to meet guys. 853 00:34:33,839 --> 00:34:36,142 You're going to meet girls. 854 00:34:36,142 --> 00:34:37,509 Not so much you, friend. 855 00:34:37,509 --> 00:34:40,112 Learn things, be good to each other. 856 00:34:40,112 --> 00:34:42,214 Read the newspapers, go to the movies 857 00:34:42,214 --> 00:34:43,715 go to a party, read a book. 858 00:34:43,715 --> 00:34:47,286 In the meantime, remember pluralism. 859 00:34:47,286 --> 00:34:50,256 You want to get these people? 860 00:34:50,256 --> 00:34:52,458 I mean, you really want to reach in 861 00:34:52,458 --> 00:34:56,128 and kill them where they live? 862 00:34:56,128 --> 00:34:58,364 Keep accepting more than one idea. 863 00:34:58,364 --> 00:35:00,599 It makes them absolutely crazy. 864 00:35:05,003 --> 00:35:08,106 Go. 865 00:35:16,081 --> 00:35:17,816 See you later. Okay. 866 00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:19,151 Thank you. 867 00:35:19,151 --> 00:35:20,686 Thank you. Thanks a lot. It was fun. 868 00:35:20,686 --> 00:35:22,053 Don't steal anything on the way out. 869 00:35:22,053 --> 00:35:23,255 Thank you. 870 00:35:23,255 --> 00:35:25,090 Okay, bye-bye. 871 00:35:25,090 --> 00:35:26,091 Billy. 872 00:35:26,091 --> 00:35:27,426 Listen... 873 00:35:33,765 --> 00:35:36,134 Nothing, just... 874 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:38,003 just keep doing what you're doing. 875 00:35:38,003 --> 00:35:40,071 Okay. 876 00:35:40,071 --> 00:35:41,273 Okay. 877 00:35:42,508 --> 00:35:44,510 See you. 878 00:35:44,510 --> 00:35:46,312 Bye. 879 00:36:04,730 --> 00:36:09,268 Good evening. 880 00:36:09,268 --> 00:36:12,904 That's the price you pay... 881 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:15,241 ...for having the same physical features as criminals. 882 00:36:15,241 --> 00:36:17,209 That's what I was going to say. 883 00:36:17,209 --> 00:36:20,111 No kidding. 884 00:36:20,111 --> 00:36:22,047 I'm sorry about that. 885 00:36:22,047 --> 00:36:23,982 Also about the crack I made 886 00:36:23,982 --> 00:36:25,951 about teaching Muslim women how to drive. 887 00:36:28,754 --> 00:36:31,390 I think if you talk to people who know me 888 00:36:31,390 --> 00:36:33,425 they'd tell you that... 889 00:36:33,425 --> 00:36:37,829 that was unlike me, you know? 890 00:36:41,099 --> 00:36:45,170 We're obviously all under, um... 891 00:36:45,170 --> 00:36:50,008 a greater than usual amount of... 892 00:36:50,008 --> 00:36:52,344 you know. 893 00:36:52,344 --> 00:36:54,313 And like you pointed out 894 00:36:54,313 --> 00:36:57,283 with the shooting and everything... 895 00:37:03,121 --> 00:37:05,190 Yeah. 896 00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:07,225 All right. 897 00:37:09,395 --> 00:37:10,762 Well, that's all. 898 00:37:22,274 --> 00:37:23,975 Hey, kid... 899 00:37:25,744 --> 00:37:28,447 Way to be back at your desk. 900 00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:37,523 * There's something happening here * 901 00:37:37,523 --> 00:37:42,594 * What is ain't exactly clear 902 00:37:42,594 --> 00:37:46,832 * There's a man with a gun over there * 903 00:37:46,832 --> 00:37:51,303 * Telling me I got to beware 904 00:37:51,303 --> 00:37:53,372 * I think it's time we stop, children * 905 00:37:53,372 --> 00:37:54,840 * What's that sound? 906 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:57,843 * Everybody look what's going down * 907 00:38:06,852 --> 00:38:10,989 * There's battle lines being drawn * 908 00:38:10,989 --> 00:38:12,157 * And nobody's right 909 00:38:12,157 --> 00:38:15,794 * If everybody's wrong 910 00:38:15,794 --> 00:38:19,731 * Young people speaking their minds * 911 00:38:19,731 --> 00:38:22,868 * Getting so much resistance 912 00:38:22,868 --> 00:38:24,470 * From behind 913 00:38:24,470 --> 00:38:25,537 * It's time we stop 914 00:38:25,537 --> 00:38:27,673 * Hey, what's that sound? 915 00:38:27,673 --> 00:38:32,478 * Everybody look what's going down... *