Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016) s02e09 Episode Script
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1 Jack: Over 68 million Americans leave the safety of our borders every year.
If danger strikes, the FBI's International Response is called into action.
[Voice echoing.]
We got you.
[Woman gasping.]
[Gasps.]
[Door closes.]
Unit Chief Jack Garrett, you have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions today.
If you give up that right, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
[Voice echoes.]
You have the right to consult with an attorney before and during this questioning.
[Man speaking indistinctly.]
If you cannot afford an attorney [Voices overlapping indistinctly.]
Woman: [Whispers.]
I'm sorry.
Unit Chief Garrett, do you understand these rights as I've explained them to you? Yes.
[Theme music.]
Criminal Minds Beyond Borders S02E09 (Dramatic instrumental music) [Camera shutters clicking.]
"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
" Benjamin Franklin.
Are you willing to sit down now and answer our questions? Yes.
Jack, are you sure you don't want your lawyer? It could get rough.
I don't need a lawyer.
Let the record reflect that IRT Unit Chief Jack Garrett has waived his right to counsel at this time.
Let us identify those also present for this session Agents Brian Lynch and Jody Reynolds with the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility.
Janice Reichel, Deputy Counsel, District of Columbia, representing the Department of Justice.
Walter Atwood, Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and I am Linda Barnes, Executive Assistant Director of the FBI's National Security Branch.
Deputy Director Atwood and I have been authorized to conduct this joint inquiry for the FBI and DNI.
Now, Unit Chief Garrett, can you walk us through the beginnings of Case Number 67-16-01 in Qalea, Kurjikistan? We were refueling in Lisbon, when Agent Russell Montgomery gave notification about a request from the U.
S.
Ambassador and the Kurjikistan Foreign Minister.
It was a double homicide involving a U.
S.
citizen and a Kurjik national.
Keri Lodel, 29.
She's from Providence, Rhode Island, and she worked as a network engineer for a U.
S.
contractor called Global Strategem Development.
Also, Aron Sabri, 32, from Qalea.
He worked as a security guard for GSD.
Now according to Captain Rifai of the Kurjik National Police, Keri was stabbed to death by by a co-worker who she was allegedly having an affair with.
That man's name is Edward Delgado.
Delgado is 46 years old, from Alexandria, Virginia.
He's a systems analyst, and he's married with a 2-year-old daughter.
Sabri, the local security guard, appears to have died during the struggle with Delgado as he fled the GSD housing compound.
So it looks like all this took place inside of Qalea's Steel Ring.
Steel Ring? It's a heavily fortified 4-square-mile area much like Baghdad's Green Zone.
Jack, uh, I know Delgado.
You know him? I-I mean, knew him.
We used to work together for an NGO in Myanmar.
Simmons: When was this? Three years ago when I took my leave of absence.
What do you remember about him? Honestly, this doesn't make any sense to me at all.
The man that I knew he could barely raise his voice in anger, much less escalate to murder.
Not only that, he's a fugitive now.
As someone whose job requires her to analyze and objectively profile the behaviors of criminal suspects, wasn't Agent Seger's judgment already compromised? No, not at all.
Not at all? You don't believe Agent Seger's history with Mr.
Delgado could have in any way impacted her ability to No, I don't, just like I don't believe that Deputy Director Atwood's longtime friendship with me is going to impact his ability to be objective during this inquiry.
Did Agent Seger disclose to you or to any other member of your team the full extent of her prior relationship with Mr.
Delgado? Agent Seger disclosed that she previously worked with him in Myanmar three years ago.
She didn't happen to mention her personal relationship with this man? No.
She didn't mention it, but doesn't matter because What matters is how well you know the members of your team.
No doubt this line of questioning is important, but let me jump ahead.
When you landed in country, run us through the protocol.
When we landed in Qalea, we began coordinating with Captain Basir Rifai, head of the Kurjik National Police.
Unfortunately, my men have made little progress in our hunt for the fugitive, Edward Delgado.
We are beginning to believe he may have escaped the Steel Ring and may in fact be already dead.
Because as a westerner on the run, he could've easily fallen into the hands of the militant group, the Brotherhood of Faith.
Yes, one of many terror groups that plague my country.
Only this one was led by one of your former army generals, Rashan Noori.
Indeed.
An even deeper wound for us.
But Delgado's a pretty smart guy, right? So you think if he's really gonna roll the dice outside the Ring, he's only gonna do it if he knows exactly where he's gonna be able to hide for a little bit.
You may be right, Agent Jarvis, but in my experience, the desperate man always makes the desperate choice.
Well, right now Agent Seger and I should inspect the crime scene while Agent Simmons here evaluates our suspect's possible escape routes from the housing compound.
Yes, of course.
I'd also like the bodies of Keri Lodel and Aron Sabri brought back here so Agent Jarvis can conduct supplemental autopsies.
I'll arrange for the transfer.
Unit Chief, earlier you mentioned, if I'm not mistaken, that the Kurjik Foreign Minister was one of the folks who had asked for the IRT's help in this matter.
Is that right? Yes, that's right.
Did you or did you not acknowledge and respect the lead investigative role of the local authority, Captain Rifai? Deputy Director, the IRT's role, as always, was to advise and assist Captain Rifai and the KNP during the course of this double homicide investigation and the pursuit of the fugitive, Edward Delgado.
Now much of that advice and assistance comes from your team's ability to build these behavioral profiles of criminal suspects.
- Is that right? - Yes.
And as Assistant Director Barnes has pointed out, Agent Seger was familiar with perhaps a bit too familiar with the particular subject, Mr.
Delgado.
Agent Seger demonstrated no bias during this investigation.
In fact, her awareness of Mr.
Delgado's actions in the past only helped to contextualize the evidence we found at Keri Lodel's crime scene.
Isn't GSD helping to update your department's technical security? It is.
Some of my officers knew the victim as well as Mr.
Delgado.
Did they ever see the two of them out together socially? No.
But your theory is a lover's quarrel gone horribly wrong.
Before the security guard confronted Mr.
Delgado, he radioed for help.
It was 2 a.
m.
, and he'd heard screams from this apartment.
He then pursued the suspect from here and confronted him on the balcony at the end of the hall, but Mr.
Delgado got the better of him.
That doesn't confirm an intimate relationship - between the two of them.
- No, I agree.
It more strongly confirms a probable sexual assault that escalated to murder.
Just all this rage.
Jack: Yeah, it's overkill.
Something personal.
[Cellphone rings.]
What do you got, Mae? What I got is something weird in Keri's tox panel.
So she has Lorazepam in her system even though she does not have a prescription for it, and the amount of the drug is so high, it's like she's been sedated.
And on top of that, Keri has no defensive wounds on her.
So you think Keri was drugged, and then she was stabbed to death.
I mean, that's what it's looking like to me.
What about the second victim, Aron Sabri? Well, the COD is blunt force trauma, which is consistent with being tossed off a balcony, but unfortunately, the post-mortem injuries are making it really difficult for me to confirm the extent of the struggle with the suspect, and I'm also really puzzled by the abrasions on his hands.
But, I mean, it is what it is.
Okay, thanks, Mae.
[Hangs up cellphone.]
Jack, there is nothing here to confirm or deny an intimate relationship between these two.
And there's certainly nothing to tell why whatever relationship they did have took such a tragic turn.
Maybe his room will tell us more.
Maybe, but I really think we need to conduct a deeper victimology of Keri Lodel.
If you look at her mementos, she's obviously very popular with lots of different people, any one of whom could have developed some twisted sense of an attachment that would have motivated this violence.
Okay.
We'll have Monty follow up.
Barnes: So to be clear, the next step in your investigation was based on Agent Seger's recommendation? No.
Conducting a victimology is part of our profile building.
But you just described how Agent Seger said a deeper victimology would help you move off Delgado.
That's not what I said, and you keep trying to twist my words like that.
- I'm only trying to clarify.
- You're trying to hang the IRT.
That's what you're trying to do here.
- Perhaps it's time we took a break.
- I think we're fine.
- I think we're taking a break.
- Aron Sabri and Keri Lodel are not the only victims of this case.
A civilian suspect lost his life because of the IRT's reckless actions.
You think I want to hang the IRT? Unit Chief Garrett, let me be crystal clear with you.
When we are all done here today, I will have everything I need to shatter the IR into a thousand pieces and scatter the remnants to the wind.
What's your big secret? Well, that could have gone better.
- It's going fine.
- Mm, 'cause you don't think it's hard to prove bias when you lay your own cards out on the table like that? You need to tread lightly.
Is that so? Yes, it is.
This isn't just an inquiry.
This is a political game of chess.
You like chess? I like boxing.
[Chuckles.]
I see that.
Now I love chess myself.
Requires patience and understanding strategy and of human weakness.
Plus you always get to be king.
Not that I don't appreciate the pep talk, but I don't.
Settle down.
I'm trying to protect you, and if you really wanna see justice done, you will gather the facts just the facts, and let the powers that be do the rest.
I shouldn't have to remind you that no one in this room is under arrest.
So if you don't mind, I'm gonna go stretch my legs and get some coffee.
Anybody want anything? This is ridiculous.
Look, I think it's best if we avoid sharing for the time being.
You think they wired the room? Why would they wire the room? Because while we are not actually under arrest, we're prohibited from discussing anything that has to do with the case with each other.
Unbelievable.
What do they think that we're gonna do, sit in here and try to line our stories up? That's exactly what they think, and even the mere appearance of collusion is cause for termination if not straight up prosecution.
[Door closes.]
So how are Karen and the kids? Oh, come on, Walt.
Cut the crap.
I'm sorry, man.
This is tough.
But I want you to know I got your back.
I don't need you to have my back.
Jack, you heard the woman yourself.
This is not about who is right or who is wrong.
This is about who's to blame.
Walt, we did everything by the book.
I know you did, Jack, but we got a body count.
So book or no book, somebody screwed the pooch.
I just don't want that somebody to be you.
You're not done with me yet.
No, we're not.
But you and Barnes needed a time-out, so excuse me.
Agent Seger, three years ago, you took a leave of absence.
- Yes, I did.
- Why? - Why? - Yes, that's the question.
Uh, I'm not sure that I understand.
You have my personal file sitting right in front of you.
You know exactly why I took the time off.
Yes, I do know why.
Unfortunately, I suspect some of my tricks as an interrogator are going to be transparent to an expert in forensic psychology such as yourself, am I right? I'd only ask your indulgence.
Or you can choose to not answer the question, but that might suggest something about your state of mind, don't you think? You want to play games? I can play your game.
Three years ago, my husband, SSA Brad Seger he was killed in the line of duty, and I took a leave of absence for bereavement.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
During your bereavement leave, you traveled extensively, but I'd like to focus on the time you spent in Myanmar three years ago, during which time you became quite familiar with Edward Delgado, the man who would later become the focus of the investigation in Qalea and the man whose complicated connection to you - would prejudice your team.
- That is not true.
Regardless of my personal knowledge of Delgado, my team, without prejudice, pursued this man as a fugitive from the law.
In fact, it was Agent Montgomery who reached out to his wife to get a better understanding of where he might seek refuge.
Agent Montgomery, I haven't been able to get a hold of my husband in 24 hours.
- Mrs.
Delgado - Please call me Amelia.
Amelia, please.
[Sighs.]
There was an incident at the GSD housing compound.
Two people were killed.
One was a woman who worked with your husband named Keri Lodel.
The other was a security guard named Aron Sabri.
Your husband is also missing.
Missing? What do you mean, missing? Amelia, when was the last time you communicated with your husband? He e-mailed me yesterday morning.
What did he say? Nothing.
He just sent me photos.
May I see them? [Touchscreen clicks.]
How often did the two of you communicate while he was overseas? Once a week, mainly by e-mail.
Must have been tough for both of you.
Why do I get the feeling that what you really wanna ask me is if I think my husband was sleeping with Keri.
[Scoffs.]
Is it possible? No, it isn't.
He sent me those photos so that I could see his friends, that's all.
Okay.
Well, was your husband under any unusual stress lately? No, not that I know of.
He's a good man.
He gets along with everyone.
I swear, he'd never hurt anyone.
Delgado's wife gave me access to all of her husband's social media, and I'm going through it now, but I gotta be honest, Amelia seemed to know her husband really well.
So if he wasn't having an affair with Keri, then what would be his motive to kill her? Well, if Delgado didn't kill Keri, then why does he attack the guard? And why does he run? Which brings us to our more pressing question where is Edward Delgado? Listen, guilty or not, he's not some hardened criminal.
He is a stranger in a strange land, and it's like Mae said before.
If he did manage to sneak out of the Steel Ring, it's because he knows someone on the other side who might protect him.
- I may have found something.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
Looks like Delgado got pretty close to the family of his first interpreter.
Young man's name is Omar Tahan.
I apologize, Agent Seger.
What was the young man's name again? Omar Tahan.
He was Delgado's translator for two weeks until those duties were transferred to an officer from the KNP.
And why were those duties transferred? Delgado's work exposed him to confidential KNP communications, and Mr.
Tahan would have not been permitted access.
Once you identified Mr.
Tahan, what did you or your team do next? We drove out to the Tahan house.
It was located 1 mile northwest of the Steel Ring, and that's where we discovered Mr.
Delgado hiding out.
Did he offer any resistance? No, he did not.
He came into custody without incident.
Agent Seger, whose decision was it to transport Edward Delgado back to the IRT jet rather than transfer him immediately into KNP custody? That was Unit Chief Garrett's decision.
And do you recall if you perhaps challenged that decision? - No.
- No, you don't recall, or - No, I did not challenge it.
- Did you encourage it? Look, at this point, Delgado was a suspect in a joint task force investigation between the IRT and the KNP.
It was well within Unit Chief Garrett's purview to bring a suspect onto the jet for questioning.
- And who questioned him? - I did.
[Clicking.]
[Exhales deeply.]
You gotta talk to me, Ed.
You have to tell me what happened in the apartment with the guard.
Why did you run? Were you sleeping with her? What do you think? Honestly, I don't think you'd ever betray the mother of your child.
I just wanna go home, and I swear to God I didn't do this.
I know, so let me help you.
But you don't understand.
You can't.
[Sighs.]
This is insane.
You being here, dropping into my life, just like you did before.
To "save" me.
No, I think we saved each other.
Did we? You know, I still remember exactly where we were when you told me we were together for all the wrong reasons.
But the crazy thing is, if you don't leave me, then I don't go home.
I don't get married, and I don't get my baby girl, Julia, in my life.
Yeah, and I don't get to be here with you right now to help you.
You have to trust me, Ed.
Truth is, there is only one person in the whole world that I trust, Clara.
Clara, Jack just got off the phone with Captain Rifai.
He's asking us to transfer him to KNP custody.
KNP? No, hold on a second.
I'm an American citizen arrested by the FBI.
Why can't you guys hold on to me? Okay, everything is gonna be okay, Ed.
My team and I will be with you every step of the way.
It's a joint investigation.
Actually, it was easier bringing him here than it will be getting him back to the Steel Ring, so I'll need to coordinate security protocols for Captain Rifai.
Okay, I'll get him ready.
Barnes: Security protocols? Such as encrypting communications between the KNP and the IR before, during, and after prisoner transfers.
- Is that correct? - Yes.
Excuse me, SSA Simmons.
Could we rewind a moment here? You get the call from Captain Rifai.
He asks you to give him the guy.
Could you walk me through what should have happened next? The plan was for the IR to convoy the prisoner back to KNP headquarters inside the Steel Ring.
We were to travel by way of secured route, mapped by Captain Rifai.
The primary concern for the operation was to avoid the main road between the airport and the Steel Ring.
Right, because what do they call that road "Damnation Alley"? Agent Simmons, we know what should have happened.
- Tell us what did happen.
- We were ambushed by fighters loyal to the Brotherhood of Faith.
And do you know how you were targeted? How? No.
It was a random attack.
Random? It wasn't random.
You were found because you got caught talking on open lines of communication.
That's impossible.
I personally secured those lines.
Well, you tell me, sir.
Are you incompetent, or are you a traitor? 'Cause the digital evidence says no encryption.
These logs can't be right.
Those logs are from the KNP server.
What happened during the ambush? We engaged in evasive maneuvers.
At one point, we were forced off the road, and a gun battle ensued.
The prisoner was hit by gunfire.
You got Delgado shot.
It was at that point the decision was made to double back to the jet.
- Who made that decision? - Unit Chief Garrett.
It was the only chance we had to save Delgado's life.
Was that your unit chief's medical opinion or that of his field medical examiner, Agent Mae Jarvis? You know, I don't know.
I was too busy getting us the hell out of there.
Tell us what happened once you got back to the jet.
Delgado had been shot in the chest.
Here, here.
I got him out of the SUV, and I was gonna help carry him up to the conference room, and that's when they tried to board the plane.
[Loud slam, men shouting.]
"They" being those Brotherhood boys.
Yes.
Clara and Mae and the rest of our flight crew got Delgado out of the line of fire.
Mae: All right, bring him right in here.
Okay.
Clara, can you get his vest off? Okay.
I mean, there was a lot of chaos.
[Gunfire, glass shattering.]
Jack and I were able to hold them back while Clara and Mae tended to Delgado.
We should get an oxygen line started.
- Tighter.
- [Grunts.]
Atwood: And nobody else got injured? I'm sorry? Delgado was the only one who got shot.
Yes, he was.
We were able to get the cargo bay doors closed.
[Gunfire continues.]
But you weren't able to save Delgado's life, were you? Come on.
Stay with me.
Come on.
[Panting.]
Mae.
Come on, Edward! [Panting.]
Okay, tell me what to do.
What do I do? Mae? He's gone.
[Whispers.]
I'm sorry.
Looks like they're regrouping, Jack.
Probably calling in reinforcements.
Well, you don't think they're gonna try and board the plane, do you? I don't want to have to find out.
Captain Rifai, where's our backup you promised? Rifai: They are en route to you now.
SSA Jarvis, when Unit Chief Garrett ordered the unit back to the jet, did you know the full extent of Mr.
Delgado's injuries? Um, I had identified an entry wound to his upper right thoracic region, and I suspected that his lung had collapsed.
- So did you challenge the order? - No You had a man with a gaping chest wound, and you didn't insist on being rerouted to U.
S.
Camp Granato, where they have a field hospital? No, I didn't because I mean, truth is, I knew that what I had on the plane could stabilize him, and everything else was just an unknown variable, and it was all happening while we were under enemy fire.
I get it.
It was tough out there.
- Yeah, it was.
- Maybe that speaks to why, after medical school, you became a medical examiner instead of continuing in trauma medicine.
Excuse me? Do you recall a young man by the name of Dylan Jacobs? Yeah.
Yeah, I remember Dylan.
You were a resident at St.
Colette's Trauma Center the night he was brought in.
Do you recall what happened to him? Yeah, he died on the table.
And his family felt that you and Dr.
Justin Wyatt and the hospital were negligent.
They filed a lawsuit.
Uh, that was settled out of court with a nondisclosure agreement.
So are you saying you can't disclose whether or not you feel responsible for Mr.
Jacobs' death? Jack, I am so sorry.
I-I should have told you everything.
No, it's all right, Clara.
You told me everything you needed to.
Hey, guys, listen.
[Lowered voice.]
I-I know we're not supposed to talk, but there is something else going on here.
Barnes and Atwood basically blamed me for the entire ambush.
They said that I didn't encrypt the lines of communications, and what they offered as proof were the digital log books from the KNP command post.
I'm telling you, those logs were doctored.
But, presumably, only somebody who works for the KNP - could have done that.
- Right.
Clara, I think you were right from the start.
Delgado never fit the profile of Keri's killer.
Question is, why did he run? Maybe he didn't trust the local cops.
Maybe.
Delgado's job focused primarily on improving cybersecurity for the KNP, so what if he came across something that he shouldn't have? A secret, something so compromising that someone inside the KNP would be willing to frame him for murder.
Okay, but consider this.
You know that security guard, Aron Sabri? He was only moonlighting at the GSD compound.
His primary job was patrol officer for the KNP.
Remember the abrasions on his hands? The ones that Mae really couldn't explain? What if they hadn't come from a struggle with Delgado? What if they were a result of stabbing Keri over and over again? So you think the original plan was the guard kills Keri, then he kills Delgado as he tries to escape.
Only Delgado got the better of him.
Unfortunately, as good as this sounds, it's pure speculation.
Yeah, and given our current status, we need some hard evidence to prove that someone from the KNP was behind all of this.
And I'm not sure we're gonna be able to prove anything when we've been stripped of everything.
Maybe not everything.
Look, if we're right about Delgado, and he did discover the KNP's dirty little secret, if he's the man that I remember, he would have hedged his bets on the evidence.
What do you mean? I think that he would have sent his proof to the only person in the world that he trusts.
[Door closes.]
- You okay? - Sure.
[Scoffs.]
Look, you know they're just playing these mind games in order to try to break you.
Yeah, well, they're ballers at it, 'cause I feel pretty broken.
It'll be all right.
I mean, I don't care what anybody says.
When you have someone's life in your hands, you feel the weight of that responsibility.
And, yeah, you can You can put on a brave face, but I don't think you ever really learn how to turn your emotions on and off.
And if you lose that person, [Sighs.]
You never stop second-guessing yourself.
[Sighs.]
[Door opens.]
Agent Montgomery, I'd like to direct your attention to the events that took place after Mr.
Delgado's death.
You recall receiving a distress call from Betsy Ross? Yes, I do.
Hey, boss, what's going on? We're in trouble.
- [Gunfire in distance.]
- We got ambushed by the Brotherhood.
We sustained a casualty.
It looks like they're gonna try to board the plane.
Okay, I'll call the KNP right now.
I tried that.
They're too far away.
I need you to call in the cavalry from U.
S.
Camp Granato right now.
Why did you ignore Unit Chief Garrett's direct order? I didn't ignore it.
I assessed the situation.
I looked at the map.
They were too far away.
Perhaps you would be willing to tell us when you first became aware of the existence of the Z-TAC Nighthawk S-2.
I can't tell you about a program that doesn't exist, now, can I? You must think you're pretty smart.
I think the Nighthawk S-2 is the worst kept secret in the U.
S.
Intelligence community.
Did Jack Garrett direct you to compromise the Nighthawk system? No, he did not.
- What's going on? - Jack: They're knocking at the door.
Okay, Jack, the way I see it, your only option is to take off right now.
I'm not sure how that's gonna happen.
- They've got us surrounded.
- Not for long.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
- Agent Montgomery, do you know what it means to misappropriate and destroy a $164 million unmanned aerial vehicle? With all due respect, $164 million suggests that you're including the R&D on the project.
The price tag for a single drone is $3.
74 million.
Do you honestly think this is a joke? Yes.
Do you wanna know if I stole the drone? Yes, I stole the drone because there were men with guns going after my team, so I hacked the nearest surveillance drone in flight and I strafed the airfield with it several times.
Thank God those boys over at the Brotherhood of Faith are really bad at skeet shooting, because that gave them time to draw away from the plane and for me to create a $3.
74 million light show, which allowed my team to get off the tarmac and get out of harm's way.
Were you aware of enemy casualties? There were none.
You didn't know that at the time.
I understand at the end of all this, there has to be a blame game, but the truth of the matter is there's only a chosen few who will ever be qualified to work in the field.
There's no other way to say it.
Their instincts, their judgment, their courage it's better because it has to be.
Because in the heat of the moment, they make the hard choices.
And do you think that you are one of those chosen few? [Scoffs.]
I don't think it.
I know, so I did what I did.
I'd do it again, and I'm now prepared to accept the consequences of my actions.
- Good, because, Agent Montgomery - [Chair scrapes floor.]
you're under arrest, for willful theft, malfeasance, and destruction of government property.
I need your badge.
[Thud.]
[Clatter.]
[Handcuffs click.]
Hello, Amelia.
Thank you for, uh, for meeting me.
[Siren wailing in distance.]
Ed and I had no secrets, Clara.
I came here today because I know that you were important to his life, and I really need someone to get justice for him and for Keri.
That's exactly what I intend to do.
May I see the photos that he e-mailed you? [Touchscreen clicking.]
Did Ed have a habit of sending you candid snapshots like these? No.
But I'm glad he did.
Do you mind e-mailing me copies of these? Why? Amelia, my team and I believe that Ed was framed for Keri's murder because of a secret that he discovered, and I think these photos will tell me exactly what that secret is.
- Hey, what's going on here? - [Elevator bell dings.]
- It's all right, Jack.
- No, it's not all right.
Let it go, my friend.
Let it play out.
It's all part of the process.
What's the charge? What does it matter, Jack? This is the worst of it.
Walter, listen to me.
Delgado was set up.
I may have a way to get the evidence.
- Agent Seger and Simmons are working on - Whoa, whoa.
Seger and Simmons can't be working on anything.
You know that.
Oh, damn it, Jack.
You have just opened yourself right back up.
We're talking insubordination.
Yeah, yeah, not to mention conduct unbecoming a federal officer.
Take him back upstairs.
[Door opens.]
[Door closes.]
Please, take a seat.
Unit Chief Garrett, during the course of the proceedings today, did you or did you not communicate with members of your IRT unit? - I did.
- Where and when did these prohibited communications take place? Like the rest of my team, I feel responsible for Mr.
Delgado's death.
- That wasn't the question.
- It's the reason we're here.
Unit Chief Garrett.
The real reason that Mr.
Delgado is dead is betrayal.
What are you talking about? He was a good man doing good work, who, by chance, uncovered a secret.
He found out about a deal between the KNP and the leader of the Brotherhood of Faith, Rashan Noori.
In exchange for ratting out terrorist cells, Noori was guaranteed that the KNP would turn a blind eye toward its own criminal activities which include the trafficking of Kurjik children.
You know all this how? Delgado followed the protocol.
He met with the U.
S.
Ombudsman in Qalea.
He offered evidence, but to answer your question, I know about all this because Mr.
Delgado also violated protocol.
He sent copies of the same evidence to his wife in encrypted messages in photos.
Like this one.
Saying that Edward Delgado used steganography? Yes.
He was able to camouflage one digital file within another, and if you continue to swipe past those images, you'll find the encryption that was provided to me by BAU Technical Analyst, Penelope Garcia.
Let me see that.
Despite this evidence, your conduct This evidence helps to prove that the IR was also set up, just like Delgado.
Set up? Yes, because the most compromising part of this deal with the devil is that it was all illegally sanctioned by a U.
S.
Intelligence officer.
That's why Delgado had to be framed.
That's why my team had to be ambushed to protect the identity of the officer, code-named "Bishop.
" I have an obligation to tell you that if you accuse an Intelligence officer of a crime without sufficient evidence That's the real trick, isn't it? How do you get to the truth in a shadow world defended by lies? I like to think that's where profiling comes in handy.
The ability to decipher motive behind behavior, the liar behind the lie.
Something tells me you think you already know the answer to that, Jack.
I think I do, Linda.
First, you have to ask yourself who benefits? Who would be best served by taking advantage of an off-the-shelf resource like Noori? But more importantly, who would have the nerve to make that deal with the devil? It would have to be somebody who felt comfortable rationalizing all those necessary evils in order to protect the greater good.
It'd have to be somebody who believes that the ends always justify the means.
Right.
You see what I'm saying? Bishop.
So maybe even someone who enjoys the game of chess? Because in chess, the Bishop's personality is often considered sly, cunning and corrupt.
Plus you always get to be king.
Assistant Director Barnes, I would consider your next move carefully.
Oh.
I am.
Deputy Director Atwood, you're under arrest.
You have the right to remain silent.
You can't be serious.
Jack's psycho profile B.
S.
isn't evidence.
But the e-mails that Agent Garcia found on your private server are, Walter.
You have no idea what you've done.
You son of a bitch.
You had Delgado killed.
You put my team in the line of fire like we were expendable.
You are expendable! Because you're soldiers, Jack, just like I am.
And soldiers sacrifice themselves so others won't have to.
You think I like lying down with dogs like Noori? You're damn right it's a necessary evil.
You know why? Because we're at war, my friends.
Make no mistake, just because we're telling people to keep streaming and shopping, we're in a dog fight for everything we hold to be true.
And without men like me, without men willing to do what is necessary, we will lose! Spare me the self-righteousness, and don't you dare compare yourself to the men and women in uniform.
You're a clerk and a criminal.
Barnes: Get him outta here.
[Handcuffs clicking.]
[Door opens.]
How you doing? - [Door closes.]
- Better, now that I got the handcuffs off.
- But what's going on? - [Door opens.]
Given our current state of affairs, I've agreed to this little tête-à -tête.
Thank you.
Obviously, I've made no secret about my desire to diminish the IRT's role.
You'd like to get rid of us.
I'd like you to be accountable.
We are.
We always have been.
Then why did you ask me here, Jack? If not to ask for leniency for Agent Montgomery? And this is what I'm talking about.
The fact remains that in spite of his good intentions or the positive results, Agent Montgomery must be held accountable for his actions.
And even if I were to recommend not seeking criminal prosecution, at the very least, the Bureau must terminate his employment.
She's right, Jack.
No, I don't think so.
Because Agent Montgomery's actions or any actions taken by a member of my team are done on my orders, whether directly stated or implied.
The buck stops with me, always, so if anyone's gonna get fired, it's me.
I'm serious, Linda.
I know you are, Jack, but I'm not sure you appreciate the scope of the situation here.
You just took down the Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
Now I'm gonna be the one to take your badge? Yes, because that's how it works.
That's accountability.
Unit Chief Jack Garrett, let me be crystal clear.
You and your unit are on notice.
You may consider this your first strike, and in this game, a second strike means you are out.
[Door opens.]
[Door closes.]
You good? Me? Forget about me.
They were about to lock you up.
Yeah, but I knew you guys would come break me out, right? Or share a cell with you.
[Chuckles.]
We had each other's backs.
Yes, we did.
Let's go home, get some rest.
Uh, guys? Well no rest for the wicked.
[Paper rustles.]
No.
'Cause we got a job to do.
If danger strikes, the FBI's International Response is called into action.
[Voice echoing.]
We got you.
[Woman gasping.]
[Gasps.]
[Door closes.]
Unit Chief Jack Garrett, you have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions today.
If you give up that right, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
[Voice echoes.]
You have the right to consult with an attorney before and during this questioning.
[Man speaking indistinctly.]
If you cannot afford an attorney [Voices overlapping indistinctly.]
Woman: [Whispers.]
I'm sorry.
Unit Chief Garrett, do you understand these rights as I've explained them to you? Yes.
[Theme music.]
Criminal Minds Beyond Borders S02E09 (Dramatic instrumental music) [Camera shutters clicking.]
"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
" Benjamin Franklin.
Are you willing to sit down now and answer our questions? Yes.
Jack, are you sure you don't want your lawyer? It could get rough.
I don't need a lawyer.
Let the record reflect that IRT Unit Chief Jack Garrett has waived his right to counsel at this time.
Let us identify those also present for this session Agents Brian Lynch and Jody Reynolds with the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility.
Janice Reichel, Deputy Counsel, District of Columbia, representing the Department of Justice.
Walter Atwood, Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and I am Linda Barnes, Executive Assistant Director of the FBI's National Security Branch.
Deputy Director Atwood and I have been authorized to conduct this joint inquiry for the FBI and DNI.
Now, Unit Chief Garrett, can you walk us through the beginnings of Case Number 67-16-01 in Qalea, Kurjikistan? We were refueling in Lisbon, when Agent Russell Montgomery gave notification about a request from the U.
S.
Ambassador and the Kurjikistan Foreign Minister.
It was a double homicide involving a U.
S.
citizen and a Kurjik national.
Keri Lodel, 29.
She's from Providence, Rhode Island, and she worked as a network engineer for a U.
S.
contractor called Global Strategem Development.
Also, Aron Sabri, 32, from Qalea.
He worked as a security guard for GSD.
Now according to Captain Rifai of the Kurjik National Police, Keri was stabbed to death by by a co-worker who she was allegedly having an affair with.
That man's name is Edward Delgado.
Delgado is 46 years old, from Alexandria, Virginia.
He's a systems analyst, and he's married with a 2-year-old daughter.
Sabri, the local security guard, appears to have died during the struggle with Delgado as he fled the GSD housing compound.
So it looks like all this took place inside of Qalea's Steel Ring.
Steel Ring? It's a heavily fortified 4-square-mile area much like Baghdad's Green Zone.
Jack, uh, I know Delgado.
You know him? I-I mean, knew him.
We used to work together for an NGO in Myanmar.
Simmons: When was this? Three years ago when I took my leave of absence.
What do you remember about him? Honestly, this doesn't make any sense to me at all.
The man that I knew he could barely raise his voice in anger, much less escalate to murder.
Not only that, he's a fugitive now.
As someone whose job requires her to analyze and objectively profile the behaviors of criminal suspects, wasn't Agent Seger's judgment already compromised? No, not at all.
Not at all? You don't believe Agent Seger's history with Mr.
Delgado could have in any way impacted her ability to No, I don't, just like I don't believe that Deputy Director Atwood's longtime friendship with me is going to impact his ability to be objective during this inquiry.
Did Agent Seger disclose to you or to any other member of your team the full extent of her prior relationship with Mr.
Delgado? Agent Seger disclosed that she previously worked with him in Myanmar three years ago.
She didn't happen to mention her personal relationship with this man? No.
She didn't mention it, but doesn't matter because What matters is how well you know the members of your team.
No doubt this line of questioning is important, but let me jump ahead.
When you landed in country, run us through the protocol.
When we landed in Qalea, we began coordinating with Captain Basir Rifai, head of the Kurjik National Police.
Unfortunately, my men have made little progress in our hunt for the fugitive, Edward Delgado.
We are beginning to believe he may have escaped the Steel Ring and may in fact be already dead.
Because as a westerner on the run, he could've easily fallen into the hands of the militant group, the Brotherhood of Faith.
Yes, one of many terror groups that plague my country.
Only this one was led by one of your former army generals, Rashan Noori.
Indeed.
An even deeper wound for us.
But Delgado's a pretty smart guy, right? So you think if he's really gonna roll the dice outside the Ring, he's only gonna do it if he knows exactly where he's gonna be able to hide for a little bit.
You may be right, Agent Jarvis, but in my experience, the desperate man always makes the desperate choice.
Well, right now Agent Seger and I should inspect the crime scene while Agent Simmons here evaluates our suspect's possible escape routes from the housing compound.
Yes, of course.
I'd also like the bodies of Keri Lodel and Aron Sabri brought back here so Agent Jarvis can conduct supplemental autopsies.
I'll arrange for the transfer.
Unit Chief, earlier you mentioned, if I'm not mistaken, that the Kurjik Foreign Minister was one of the folks who had asked for the IRT's help in this matter.
Is that right? Yes, that's right.
Did you or did you not acknowledge and respect the lead investigative role of the local authority, Captain Rifai? Deputy Director, the IRT's role, as always, was to advise and assist Captain Rifai and the KNP during the course of this double homicide investigation and the pursuit of the fugitive, Edward Delgado.
Now much of that advice and assistance comes from your team's ability to build these behavioral profiles of criminal suspects.
- Is that right? - Yes.
And as Assistant Director Barnes has pointed out, Agent Seger was familiar with perhaps a bit too familiar with the particular subject, Mr.
Delgado.
Agent Seger demonstrated no bias during this investigation.
In fact, her awareness of Mr.
Delgado's actions in the past only helped to contextualize the evidence we found at Keri Lodel's crime scene.
Isn't GSD helping to update your department's technical security? It is.
Some of my officers knew the victim as well as Mr.
Delgado.
Did they ever see the two of them out together socially? No.
But your theory is a lover's quarrel gone horribly wrong.
Before the security guard confronted Mr.
Delgado, he radioed for help.
It was 2 a.
m.
, and he'd heard screams from this apartment.
He then pursued the suspect from here and confronted him on the balcony at the end of the hall, but Mr.
Delgado got the better of him.
That doesn't confirm an intimate relationship - between the two of them.
- No, I agree.
It more strongly confirms a probable sexual assault that escalated to murder.
Just all this rage.
Jack: Yeah, it's overkill.
Something personal.
[Cellphone rings.]
What do you got, Mae? What I got is something weird in Keri's tox panel.
So she has Lorazepam in her system even though she does not have a prescription for it, and the amount of the drug is so high, it's like she's been sedated.
And on top of that, Keri has no defensive wounds on her.
So you think Keri was drugged, and then she was stabbed to death.
I mean, that's what it's looking like to me.
What about the second victim, Aron Sabri? Well, the COD is blunt force trauma, which is consistent with being tossed off a balcony, but unfortunately, the post-mortem injuries are making it really difficult for me to confirm the extent of the struggle with the suspect, and I'm also really puzzled by the abrasions on his hands.
But, I mean, it is what it is.
Okay, thanks, Mae.
[Hangs up cellphone.]
Jack, there is nothing here to confirm or deny an intimate relationship between these two.
And there's certainly nothing to tell why whatever relationship they did have took such a tragic turn.
Maybe his room will tell us more.
Maybe, but I really think we need to conduct a deeper victimology of Keri Lodel.
If you look at her mementos, she's obviously very popular with lots of different people, any one of whom could have developed some twisted sense of an attachment that would have motivated this violence.
Okay.
We'll have Monty follow up.
Barnes: So to be clear, the next step in your investigation was based on Agent Seger's recommendation? No.
Conducting a victimology is part of our profile building.
But you just described how Agent Seger said a deeper victimology would help you move off Delgado.
That's not what I said, and you keep trying to twist my words like that.
- I'm only trying to clarify.
- You're trying to hang the IRT.
That's what you're trying to do here.
- Perhaps it's time we took a break.
- I think we're fine.
- I think we're taking a break.
- Aron Sabri and Keri Lodel are not the only victims of this case.
A civilian suspect lost his life because of the IRT's reckless actions.
You think I want to hang the IRT? Unit Chief Garrett, let me be crystal clear with you.
When we are all done here today, I will have everything I need to shatter the IR into a thousand pieces and scatter the remnants to the wind.
What's your big secret? Well, that could have gone better.
- It's going fine.
- Mm, 'cause you don't think it's hard to prove bias when you lay your own cards out on the table like that? You need to tread lightly.
Is that so? Yes, it is.
This isn't just an inquiry.
This is a political game of chess.
You like chess? I like boxing.
[Chuckles.]
I see that.
Now I love chess myself.
Requires patience and understanding strategy and of human weakness.
Plus you always get to be king.
Not that I don't appreciate the pep talk, but I don't.
Settle down.
I'm trying to protect you, and if you really wanna see justice done, you will gather the facts just the facts, and let the powers that be do the rest.
I shouldn't have to remind you that no one in this room is under arrest.
So if you don't mind, I'm gonna go stretch my legs and get some coffee.
Anybody want anything? This is ridiculous.
Look, I think it's best if we avoid sharing for the time being.
You think they wired the room? Why would they wire the room? Because while we are not actually under arrest, we're prohibited from discussing anything that has to do with the case with each other.
Unbelievable.
What do they think that we're gonna do, sit in here and try to line our stories up? That's exactly what they think, and even the mere appearance of collusion is cause for termination if not straight up prosecution.
[Door closes.]
So how are Karen and the kids? Oh, come on, Walt.
Cut the crap.
I'm sorry, man.
This is tough.
But I want you to know I got your back.
I don't need you to have my back.
Jack, you heard the woman yourself.
This is not about who is right or who is wrong.
This is about who's to blame.
Walt, we did everything by the book.
I know you did, Jack, but we got a body count.
So book or no book, somebody screwed the pooch.
I just don't want that somebody to be you.
You're not done with me yet.
No, we're not.
But you and Barnes needed a time-out, so excuse me.
Agent Seger, three years ago, you took a leave of absence.
- Yes, I did.
- Why? - Why? - Yes, that's the question.
Uh, I'm not sure that I understand.
You have my personal file sitting right in front of you.
You know exactly why I took the time off.
Yes, I do know why.
Unfortunately, I suspect some of my tricks as an interrogator are going to be transparent to an expert in forensic psychology such as yourself, am I right? I'd only ask your indulgence.
Or you can choose to not answer the question, but that might suggest something about your state of mind, don't you think? You want to play games? I can play your game.
Three years ago, my husband, SSA Brad Seger he was killed in the line of duty, and I took a leave of absence for bereavement.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
During your bereavement leave, you traveled extensively, but I'd like to focus on the time you spent in Myanmar three years ago, during which time you became quite familiar with Edward Delgado, the man who would later become the focus of the investigation in Qalea and the man whose complicated connection to you - would prejudice your team.
- That is not true.
Regardless of my personal knowledge of Delgado, my team, without prejudice, pursued this man as a fugitive from the law.
In fact, it was Agent Montgomery who reached out to his wife to get a better understanding of where he might seek refuge.
Agent Montgomery, I haven't been able to get a hold of my husband in 24 hours.
- Mrs.
Delgado - Please call me Amelia.
Amelia, please.
[Sighs.]
There was an incident at the GSD housing compound.
Two people were killed.
One was a woman who worked with your husband named Keri Lodel.
The other was a security guard named Aron Sabri.
Your husband is also missing.
Missing? What do you mean, missing? Amelia, when was the last time you communicated with your husband? He e-mailed me yesterday morning.
What did he say? Nothing.
He just sent me photos.
May I see them? [Touchscreen clicks.]
How often did the two of you communicate while he was overseas? Once a week, mainly by e-mail.
Must have been tough for both of you.
Why do I get the feeling that what you really wanna ask me is if I think my husband was sleeping with Keri.
[Scoffs.]
Is it possible? No, it isn't.
He sent me those photos so that I could see his friends, that's all.
Okay.
Well, was your husband under any unusual stress lately? No, not that I know of.
He's a good man.
He gets along with everyone.
I swear, he'd never hurt anyone.
Delgado's wife gave me access to all of her husband's social media, and I'm going through it now, but I gotta be honest, Amelia seemed to know her husband really well.
So if he wasn't having an affair with Keri, then what would be his motive to kill her? Well, if Delgado didn't kill Keri, then why does he attack the guard? And why does he run? Which brings us to our more pressing question where is Edward Delgado? Listen, guilty or not, he's not some hardened criminal.
He is a stranger in a strange land, and it's like Mae said before.
If he did manage to sneak out of the Steel Ring, it's because he knows someone on the other side who might protect him.
- I may have found something.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
Looks like Delgado got pretty close to the family of his first interpreter.
Young man's name is Omar Tahan.
I apologize, Agent Seger.
What was the young man's name again? Omar Tahan.
He was Delgado's translator for two weeks until those duties were transferred to an officer from the KNP.
And why were those duties transferred? Delgado's work exposed him to confidential KNP communications, and Mr.
Tahan would have not been permitted access.
Once you identified Mr.
Tahan, what did you or your team do next? We drove out to the Tahan house.
It was located 1 mile northwest of the Steel Ring, and that's where we discovered Mr.
Delgado hiding out.
Did he offer any resistance? No, he did not.
He came into custody without incident.
Agent Seger, whose decision was it to transport Edward Delgado back to the IRT jet rather than transfer him immediately into KNP custody? That was Unit Chief Garrett's decision.
And do you recall if you perhaps challenged that decision? - No.
- No, you don't recall, or - No, I did not challenge it.
- Did you encourage it? Look, at this point, Delgado was a suspect in a joint task force investigation between the IRT and the KNP.
It was well within Unit Chief Garrett's purview to bring a suspect onto the jet for questioning.
- And who questioned him? - I did.
[Clicking.]
[Exhales deeply.]
You gotta talk to me, Ed.
You have to tell me what happened in the apartment with the guard.
Why did you run? Were you sleeping with her? What do you think? Honestly, I don't think you'd ever betray the mother of your child.
I just wanna go home, and I swear to God I didn't do this.
I know, so let me help you.
But you don't understand.
You can't.
[Sighs.]
This is insane.
You being here, dropping into my life, just like you did before.
To "save" me.
No, I think we saved each other.
Did we? You know, I still remember exactly where we were when you told me we were together for all the wrong reasons.
But the crazy thing is, if you don't leave me, then I don't go home.
I don't get married, and I don't get my baby girl, Julia, in my life.
Yeah, and I don't get to be here with you right now to help you.
You have to trust me, Ed.
Truth is, there is only one person in the whole world that I trust, Clara.
Clara, Jack just got off the phone with Captain Rifai.
He's asking us to transfer him to KNP custody.
KNP? No, hold on a second.
I'm an American citizen arrested by the FBI.
Why can't you guys hold on to me? Okay, everything is gonna be okay, Ed.
My team and I will be with you every step of the way.
It's a joint investigation.
Actually, it was easier bringing him here than it will be getting him back to the Steel Ring, so I'll need to coordinate security protocols for Captain Rifai.
Okay, I'll get him ready.
Barnes: Security protocols? Such as encrypting communications between the KNP and the IR before, during, and after prisoner transfers.
- Is that correct? - Yes.
Excuse me, SSA Simmons.
Could we rewind a moment here? You get the call from Captain Rifai.
He asks you to give him the guy.
Could you walk me through what should have happened next? The plan was for the IR to convoy the prisoner back to KNP headquarters inside the Steel Ring.
We were to travel by way of secured route, mapped by Captain Rifai.
The primary concern for the operation was to avoid the main road between the airport and the Steel Ring.
Right, because what do they call that road "Damnation Alley"? Agent Simmons, we know what should have happened.
- Tell us what did happen.
- We were ambushed by fighters loyal to the Brotherhood of Faith.
And do you know how you were targeted? How? No.
It was a random attack.
Random? It wasn't random.
You were found because you got caught talking on open lines of communication.
That's impossible.
I personally secured those lines.
Well, you tell me, sir.
Are you incompetent, or are you a traitor? 'Cause the digital evidence says no encryption.
These logs can't be right.
Those logs are from the KNP server.
What happened during the ambush? We engaged in evasive maneuvers.
At one point, we were forced off the road, and a gun battle ensued.
The prisoner was hit by gunfire.
You got Delgado shot.
It was at that point the decision was made to double back to the jet.
- Who made that decision? - Unit Chief Garrett.
It was the only chance we had to save Delgado's life.
Was that your unit chief's medical opinion or that of his field medical examiner, Agent Mae Jarvis? You know, I don't know.
I was too busy getting us the hell out of there.
Tell us what happened once you got back to the jet.
Delgado had been shot in the chest.
Here, here.
I got him out of the SUV, and I was gonna help carry him up to the conference room, and that's when they tried to board the plane.
[Loud slam, men shouting.]
"They" being those Brotherhood boys.
Yes.
Clara and Mae and the rest of our flight crew got Delgado out of the line of fire.
Mae: All right, bring him right in here.
Okay.
Clara, can you get his vest off? Okay.
I mean, there was a lot of chaos.
[Gunfire, glass shattering.]
Jack and I were able to hold them back while Clara and Mae tended to Delgado.
We should get an oxygen line started.
- Tighter.
- [Grunts.]
Atwood: And nobody else got injured? I'm sorry? Delgado was the only one who got shot.
Yes, he was.
We were able to get the cargo bay doors closed.
[Gunfire continues.]
But you weren't able to save Delgado's life, were you? Come on.
Stay with me.
Come on.
[Panting.]
Mae.
Come on, Edward! [Panting.]
Okay, tell me what to do.
What do I do? Mae? He's gone.
[Whispers.]
I'm sorry.
Looks like they're regrouping, Jack.
Probably calling in reinforcements.
Well, you don't think they're gonna try and board the plane, do you? I don't want to have to find out.
Captain Rifai, where's our backup you promised? Rifai: They are en route to you now.
SSA Jarvis, when Unit Chief Garrett ordered the unit back to the jet, did you know the full extent of Mr.
Delgado's injuries? Um, I had identified an entry wound to his upper right thoracic region, and I suspected that his lung had collapsed.
- So did you challenge the order? - No You had a man with a gaping chest wound, and you didn't insist on being rerouted to U.
S.
Camp Granato, where they have a field hospital? No, I didn't because I mean, truth is, I knew that what I had on the plane could stabilize him, and everything else was just an unknown variable, and it was all happening while we were under enemy fire.
I get it.
It was tough out there.
- Yeah, it was.
- Maybe that speaks to why, after medical school, you became a medical examiner instead of continuing in trauma medicine.
Excuse me? Do you recall a young man by the name of Dylan Jacobs? Yeah.
Yeah, I remember Dylan.
You were a resident at St.
Colette's Trauma Center the night he was brought in.
Do you recall what happened to him? Yeah, he died on the table.
And his family felt that you and Dr.
Justin Wyatt and the hospital were negligent.
They filed a lawsuit.
Uh, that was settled out of court with a nondisclosure agreement.
So are you saying you can't disclose whether or not you feel responsible for Mr.
Jacobs' death? Jack, I am so sorry.
I-I should have told you everything.
No, it's all right, Clara.
You told me everything you needed to.
Hey, guys, listen.
[Lowered voice.]
I-I know we're not supposed to talk, but there is something else going on here.
Barnes and Atwood basically blamed me for the entire ambush.
They said that I didn't encrypt the lines of communications, and what they offered as proof were the digital log books from the KNP command post.
I'm telling you, those logs were doctored.
But, presumably, only somebody who works for the KNP - could have done that.
- Right.
Clara, I think you were right from the start.
Delgado never fit the profile of Keri's killer.
Question is, why did he run? Maybe he didn't trust the local cops.
Maybe.
Delgado's job focused primarily on improving cybersecurity for the KNP, so what if he came across something that he shouldn't have? A secret, something so compromising that someone inside the KNP would be willing to frame him for murder.
Okay, but consider this.
You know that security guard, Aron Sabri? He was only moonlighting at the GSD compound.
His primary job was patrol officer for the KNP.
Remember the abrasions on his hands? The ones that Mae really couldn't explain? What if they hadn't come from a struggle with Delgado? What if they were a result of stabbing Keri over and over again? So you think the original plan was the guard kills Keri, then he kills Delgado as he tries to escape.
Only Delgado got the better of him.
Unfortunately, as good as this sounds, it's pure speculation.
Yeah, and given our current status, we need some hard evidence to prove that someone from the KNP was behind all of this.
And I'm not sure we're gonna be able to prove anything when we've been stripped of everything.
Maybe not everything.
Look, if we're right about Delgado, and he did discover the KNP's dirty little secret, if he's the man that I remember, he would have hedged his bets on the evidence.
What do you mean? I think that he would have sent his proof to the only person in the world that he trusts.
[Door closes.]
- You okay? - Sure.
[Scoffs.]
Look, you know they're just playing these mind games in order to try to break you.
Yeah, well, they're ballers at it, 'cause I feel pretty broken.
It'll be all right.
I mean, I don't care what anybody says.
When you have someone's life in your hands, you feel the weight of that responsibility.
And, yeah, you can You can put on a brave face, but I don't think you ever really learn how to turn your emotions on and off.
And if you lose that person, [Sighs.]
You never stop second-guessing yourself.
[Sighs.]
[Door opens.]
Agent Montgomery, I'd like to direct your attention to the events that took place after Mr.
Delgado's death.
You recall receiving a distress call from Betsy Ross? Yes, I do.
Hey, boss, what's going on? We're in trouble.
- [Gunfire in distance.]
- We got ambushed by the Brotherhood.
We sustained a casualty.
It looks like they're gonna try to board the plane.
Okay, I'll call the KNP right now.
I tried that.
They're too far away.
I need you to call in the cavalry from U.
S.
Camp Granato right now.
Why did you ignore Unit Chief Garrett's direct order? I didn't ignore it.
I assessed the situation.
I looked at the map.
They were too far away.
Perhaps you would be willing to tell us when you first became aware of the existence of the Z-TAC Nighthawk S-2.
I can't tell you about a program that doesn't exist, now, can I? You must think you're pretty smart.
I think the Nighthawk S-2 is the worst kept secret in the U.
S.
Intelligence community.
Did Jack Garrett direct you to compromise the Nighthawk system? No, he did not.
- What's going on? - Jack: They're knocking at the door.
Okay, Jack, the way I see it, your only option is to take off right now.
I'm not sure how that's gonna happen.
- They've got us surrounded.
- Not for long.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
- Agent Montgomery, do you know what it means to misappropriate and destroy a $164 million unmanned aerial vehicle? With all due respect, $164 million suggests that you're including the R&D on the project.
The price tag for a single drone is $3.
74 million.
Do you honestly think this is a joke? Yes.
Do you wanna know if I stole the drone? Yes, I stole the drone because there were men with guns going after my team, so I hacked the nearest surveillance drone in flight and I strafed the airfield with it several times.
Thank God those boys over at the Brotherhood of Faith are really bad at skeet shooting, because that gave them time to draw away from the plane and for me to create a $3.
74 million light show, which allowed my team to get off the tarmac and get out of harm's way.
Were you aware of enemy casualties? There were none.
You didn't know that at the time.
I understand at the end of all this, there has to be a blame game, but the truth of the matter is there's only a chosen few who will ever be qualified to work in the field.
There's no other way to say it.
Their instincts, their judgment, their courage it's better because it has to be.
Because in the heat of the moment, they make the hard choices.
And do you think that you are one of those chosen few? [Scoffs.]
I don't think it.
I know, so I did what I did.
I'd do it again, and I'm now prepared to accept the consequences of my actions.
- Good, because, Agent Montgomery - [Chair scrapes floor.]
you're under arrest, for willful theft, malfeasance, and destruction of government property.
I need your badge.
[Thud.]
[Clatter.]
[Handcuffs click.]
Hello, Amelia.
Thank you for, uh, for meeting me.
[Siren wailing in distance.]
Ed and I had no secrets, Clara.
I came here today because I know that you were important to his life, and I really need someone to get justice for him and for Keri.
That's exactly what I intend to do.
May I see the photos that he e-mailed you? [Touchscreen clicking.]
Did Ed have a habit of sending you candid snapshots like these? No.
But I'm glad he did.
Do you mind e-mailing me copies of these? Why? Amelia, my team and I believe that Ed was framed for Keri's murder because of a secret that he discovered, and I think these photos will tell me exactly what that secret is.
- Hey, what's going on here? - [Elevator bell dings.]
- It's all right, Jack.
- No, it's not all right.
Let it go, my friend.
Let it play out.
It's all part of the process.
What's the charge? What does it matter, Jack? This is the worst of it.
Walter, listen to me.
Delgado was set up.
I may have a way to get the evidence.
- Agent Seger and Simmons are working on - Whoa, whoa.
Seger and Simmons can't be working on anything.
You know that.
Oh, damn it, Jack.
You have just opened yourself right back up.
We're talking insubordination.
Yeah, yeah, not to mention conduct unbecoming a federal officer.
Take him back upstairs.
[Door opens.]
[Door closes.]
Please, take a seat.
Unit Chief Garrett, during the course of the proceedings today, did you or did you not communicate with members of your IRT unit? - I did.
- Where and when did these prohibited communications take place? Like the rest of my team, I feel responsible for Mr.
Delgado's death.
- That wasn't the question.
- It's the reason we're here.
Unit Chief Garrett.
The real reason that Mr.
Delgado is dead is betrayal.
What are you talking about? He was a good man doing good work, who, by chance, uncovered a secret.
He found out about a deal between the KNP and the leader of the Brotherhood of Faith, Rashan Noori.
In exchange for ratting out terrorist cells, Noori was guaranteed that the KNP would turn a blind eye toward its own criminal activities which include the trafficking of Kurjik children.
You know all this how? Delgado followed the protocol.
He met with the U.
S.
Ombudsman in Qalea.
He offered evidence, but to answer your question, I know about all this because Mr.
Delgado also violated protocol.
He sent copies of the same evidence to his wife in encrypted messages in photos.
Like this one.
Saying that Edward Delgado used steganography? Yes.
He was able to camouflage one digital file within another, and if you continue to swipe past those images, you'll find the encryption that was provided to me by BAU Technical Analyst, Penelope Garcia.
Let me see that.
Despite this evidence, your conduct This evidence helps to prove that the IR was also set up, just like Delgado.
Set up? Yes, because the most compromising part of this deal with the devil is that it was all illegally sanctioned by a U.
S.
Intelligence officer.
That's why Delgado had to be framed.
That's why my team had to be ambushed to protect the identity of the officer, code-named "Bishop.
" I have an obligation to tell you that if you accuse an Intelligence officer of a crime without sufficient evidence That's the real trick, isn't it? How do you get to the truth in a shadow world defended by lies? I like to think that's where profiling comes in handy.
The ability to decipher motive behind behavior, the liar behind the lie.
Something tells me you think you already know the answer to that, Jack.
I think I do, Linda.
First, you have to ask yourself who benefits? Who would be best served by taking advantage of an off-the-shelf resource like Noori? But more importantly, who would have the nerve to make that deal with the devil? It would have to be somebody who felt comfortable rationalizing all those necessary evils in order to protect the greater good.
It'd have to be somebody who believes that the ends always justify the means.
Right.
You see what I'm saying? Bishop.
So maybe even someone who enjoys the game of chess? Because in chess, the Bishop's personality is often considered sly, cunning and corrupt.
Plus you always get to be king.
Assistant Director Barnes, I would consider your next move carefully.
Oh.
I am.
Deputy Director Atwood, you're under arrest.
You have the right to remain silent.
You can't be serious.
Jack's psycho profile B.
S.
isn't evidence.
But the e-mails that Agent Garcia found on your private server are, Walter.
You have no idea what you've done.
You son of a bitch.
You had Delgado killed.
You put my team in the line of fire like we were expendable.
You are expendable! Because you're soldiers, Jack, just like I am.
And soldiers sacrifice themselves so others won't have to.
You think I like lying down with dogs like Noori? You're damn right it's a necessary evil.
You know why? Because we're at war, my friends.
Make no mistake, just because we're telling people to keep streaming and shopping, we're in a dog fight for everything we hold to be true.
And without men like me, without men willing to do what is necessary, we will lose! Spare me the self-righteousness, and don't you dare compare yourself to the men and women in uniform.
You're a clerk and a criminal.
Barnes: Get him outta here.
[Handcuffs clicking.]
[Door opens.]
How you doing? - [Door closes.]
- Better, now that I got the handcuffs off.
- But what's going on? - [Door opens.]
Given our current state of affairs, I've agreed to this little tête-à -tête.
Thank you.
Obviously, I've made no secret about my desire to diminish the IRT's role.
You'd like to get rid of us.
I'd like you to be accountable.
We are.
We always have been.
Then why did you ask me here, Jack? If not to ask for leniency for Agent Montgomery? And this is what I'm talking about.
The fact remains that in spite of his good intentions or the positive results, Agent Montgomery must be held accountable for his actions.
And even if I were to recommend not seeking criminal prosecution, at the very least, the Bureau must terminate his employment.
She's right, Jack.
No, I don't think so.
Because Agent Montgomery's actions or any actions taken by a member of my team are done on my orders, whether directly stated or implied.
The buck stops with me, always, so if anyone's gonna get fired, it's me.
I'm serious, Linda.
I know you are, Jack, but I'm not sure you appreciate the scope of the situation here.
You just took down the Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
Now I'm gonna be the one to take your badge? Yes, because that's how it works.
That's accountability.
Unit Chief Jack Garrett, let me be crystal clear.
You and your unit are on notice.
You may consider this your first strike, and in this game, a second strike means you are out.
[Door opens.]
[Door closes.]
You good? Me? Forget about me.
They were about to lock you up.
Yeah, but I knew you guys would come break me out, right? Or share a cell with you.
[Chuckles.]
We had each other's backs.
Yes, we did.
Let's go home, get some rest.
Uh, guys? Well no rest for the wicked.
[Paper rustles.]
No.
'Cause we got a job to do.