Spooks s04e06 Episode Script

Do you really think we should be doing this? Someone's got to draw the line somewhere.
We've all got a job to do, Harry.
Sometimes it's not a particularly pleasant one, but it has to be done.
We're better than that.
GLASS SMASHES Get him down - now! GUNSHOT It's not that I want to encourage this sort of behaviour, but we've saved their lives.
Jobs yours if you want it.
Seriously? If you can think of a funkier way to make a living Prisoner J Has been detained without charge or trials for two years.
That the government is now releasing him without apology or justification only compounds the abuse of freedom suffered by our client.
Nevertheless, his release is a great victory for human rights.
PROTESTERS SHOUT Nazim Malek is one of the key terror suspects we're still holding without charge.
When arrested in 2003, his name was linked with a planned bomb attack on Heathrow.
As I recall he was a contacts man.
He didn't get near the action, it all went through him.
Still does.
What do you mean? Yesterday, French intelligence intercepted an email from a terror cell in Algiers.
The email indicates Malek is co-ordinating another attack on London.
How the hell can Malek be operating from inside prison? We have no idea.
But it looks like he might be reviving the 2003 operation.
I think we can expect an attack within the next few days.
What do you want me to do? I want you to release him.
PROTESTERS SHOUT Sorry about the circus.
Are you OK? Malek's been freed.
Surveillance is in place.
Good.
We've recommended tighter security at Heathrow and on all other transport systems.
Have you found a way in? Malek's lawyers at Liberation are trying to make political capital out of his release.
They're looking for a PR expert.
That's how I'll get to him.
Now we just need him to lead us to the cell.
DOOR BUZZER DOOR OPENS Rebecca Sinclair.
Sarah Morris.
Chappell Jones.
Did you get the file on our client? Two years solitary without trial, makes you proud to be British.
What's the brief? Last year eight law lords declared the holding of foreign nationals without charge illegal.
The government should have released them all immediately.
Keeping Malek in prison contravened international law and the bill of human rights.
They got away with it cos no-one else could fight them.
With the release of Malek, we can.
You want to sue the British government? This is our one chance to change the direction this country's heading in.
You're damn right I want to sue them.
I assume you want maximum media impact.
I can get Malek interviewed by sympathetic reporters, set up a I can't get Nazim involved.
What do you mean? He will support us in this case, but only if I keep his identity a secret.
No interviews.
No appearances.
And you're happy with that? It's his right.
OK.
We'll need to move fast while the story's still live.
Um I'll set up an event, exploit the media interest.
You'll need to deliver a speech.
I'll write a draft and show it to you Malek should see it too.
You want to see him.
It's always helpful to meet the man you're fighting for.
They put him in the Copeland Hotel, Bayswater.
We've put cameras all over the hotel.
The Liberation offices are a tougher call.
They sweep them every two weeks.
You'd think they were living in a police state.
We'll need full surveillance inside Liberation.
He could make contact from in there.
They've got a sweep scheduled.
We'll go in after that.
What have you got on Malek? Everything suggests a highly intelligent controlling figure.
When Special Branch arrested him in All they found was some maps with British cities circled.
No computers, no contacts, no phones.
Nothing they could pin on him.
If the attack happens, Malek won't be near it.
But it won't happen without his say-so.
Your new superhero, Mr Pearce.
I'll leave her with you.
I see you've made a friend! Harry Pearce, let me introduce Jo Portman.
Joanne.
I'm glad Adam managed to rescue you from the jaws of journalism.
How was the training? It was amazing.
Sorry, um Paul Seymour's lurking.
Yeah.
Adam if Fiona gets close to Malek, you'll let me know? Yeah.
I thought your name was Nick Harding.
Nick Harding, Johnny Baxter.
You'll get used to it.
So, how is Prisoner J treating you? I presume Juliet fully briefed you about her decision to release him? Of course.
And if you need any help from Special Branch just ask.
Come now, Paul, you didn't take a taxi all the way over here just to tell me that.
Look no-one would be happier than I will to see Malek go down.
I was in charge of his arrest.
One of the proudest moments of my career.
Yes, you got a rather nice promotion out of it as I recall.
But you're playing a dangerous game, Harry.
You lose Malek and we'll all go down with you.
It's a risk I'm prepared to take.
As far as I'm concerned, the safest place for Nasim Malek is behind bars.
Mmm, unless of course you happen to be in the airport lounge when the bomb goes off.
I'd like you to meet Sarah Morris.
She's helping me with the campaign.
You said, no meeting anyone.
Nazim, um I understand your situation and I guarantee that we will never use your name or do anything that would threaten your security.
But, this case is a major opportunity to ensure that no innocent man ever suffers the way you've suffered.
I have nothing to say.
Please.
Get her out of here.
Sorry.
They could be anything.
Notes for her legal case, a list of potential supporters.
Why did she wait for Fiona to leave before she gave it to him? D'accord Merci.
Either he's spun her a story, justifying why she has to keep her mouth shut.
Or else she knows exactly what's he's doing and is actively helping him.
Er I've just spoken to DGSE in Paris.
They've picked up increased mobile activity around Gare du Nord and at the Eurostar terminus in Lille.
Is the tunnel how they're getting in, or is it the target? Either way we should close it.
No, we don't want Malek to know what we're up to.
Issue a high-level security alert on all tunnel traffic.
Ruth, I want hourly briefings with Paris.
I'll talk to Juliet.
Yes.
Um I'm going to be busy dealing with Paris.
Could you write Fiona's Liberation speech for me? Yeah, of course.
Is Rebecca Sinclair threatening to sue the government? That seems to be her intention.
You released a man who plans to bomb our transport system.
The decision to release Malek was taken by both of us.
On your recommendation.
Now either get something tangible out of Malek or I'm throwing him back in prison, where the world might just forget about him.
How was the witch? Someone's leaning on her.
She's acting like she never wanted Malek released.
Passing the buck.
What did you expect? She's made a career out of it.
Hmm, you said it, Ruth.
Is it ready? Yeah, I think so.
Jo, have you got plans tonight? Um, yeah, I was just gonna go out.
It's nothing I can't cancel though.
Good.
Let's go.
This is great.
Almost makes me believe in civil liberties.
Thanks.
The release of Prisoner J is a victory for civil rights the world over and a wake-up call for the rest of us.
It reminds us that whatever the conditions of our world after 9/11, the rights of every human being are sacred.
'Now we have a right to walk down our streets 'and talk to our friends and families without being spied on and listened to by the state.
' Confirming alarm is now disabled.
Estimated time for de-activation? Target move faster, please.
We have a right to be treated the same, whatever our name, creed or skin.
'We have a right to be considered innocent until such time that we are proven otherwise!' He still hasn't slept.
The guilty don't.
'These gifts that make us human' are today threatened by the very state that claims to defend us.
'But there is an enemy within our own walls' Colin Colin.
Positive.
'As dangerous, as unknowable and as ruthless as the enemy that haunts us from outside.
' Test on feed three, please.
Positive.
'People of the free world must stand up against both enemies,' defeat them, and lay claim to a lasting, living victory for liberty! Rebecca Sinclair isn't telling me the truth.
I can get her to talk.
I just need more time.
We've already had 24 hours.
Malek hasn't left his room.
Any news on the target? Um, nothing new.
The French side's gone quiet.
We took a gamble.
It hasn't paid off.
I'm going to shut down the operation.
Harry, Malek hasn't slept since he got out.
He's continually alert.
I am sure he's going to move soon.
I can't go to the Cabinet Office with intuition! If we rearrest him without new evidence, it'll cause a huge scandal.
The damage will be substantial.
I'm not risking lives to protect my job.
If he doesn't make a move in the next three hours I'm recommending the closure of the Channel Tunnel and rearresting Malek.
How do you stand this waiting? Until he makes a move, that's all you can do.
You get used to it.
How are you settling in? OK.
Except my flatmate hates me because I want to move out.
We have this tradition of getting drunk and telling each other our secrets.
Which is fine when it comes to boyfriends But not so hot when it's national security.
I had the same problem too with my mother when I started.
Don't you still see your mum? Sure, but, she thinks I'm a civil servant in local town planning, which limits conversation somewhat.
It's a price you have to pay.
Actually, you don't get used to it.
I'm going down now.
Um Look, I do have a room at my place, if you need it, which I'm sure you won't.
But if you do, it's there.
Thank you.
I will think about it.
Purely tosave me the rent.
He's moving.
This is Alpha One.
Suspect is alone, travelling east.
I have eyeball.
Alpha Two? Copy.
Harry? It looks like Malek's making contact.
Subject in the subway.
Let's see the subway.
Where is he? Lost him.
Take that one.
Alpha One.
Zaf! We need to know your status, Zaf.
We've lost him.
He must have gone into the Square.
Got him.
Transaction taking place.
Alpha Two, stay with Malek.
Alpha One, follow the rucksack.
Face-match him.
His name is Rachid Medi.
He's a member of Free Islam.
Rachid has a brother, Khaled Medi.
He was in prison with Malek.
Medi was Malek's contact inside.
Looks like it.
Is the place empty? Rachid left with another man about 40 minutes ago.
Passports.
Zaf it's the envelope Rebecca gave him.
He's had more than one made.
The photo edges you found in the bin are from standard processing paper used in photo booths.
Three came from the same machine, the other from another.
But they're all from British machines? That's my belief, yes.
Which means the operatives are already in the country.
So why does he need passports? To get them out again afterwards.
I think the attack is imminent.
We need to get to Rebecca Sinclair and find out who is on those photographs.
Where is she? In her office.
It looks like Malek's on his way to meet her.
Any news from Rachid? No, he's at his house, and not moving.
INTERCOM Yes? Subject is entering Liberation.
Could you patch the signal through, please? Are you sure it is safe here? Stop panicking.
The place was swept yesterday morning.
Did you see them? I've just come from there.
They're fine.
Thank you.
Rebecca, I have been thinking things through.
I need you to stop the legal case.
What?! I will be back in a few days to pick them up.
I do not want you involved.
But I AM involved! Where are you going? I will contact you.
Nazim? He used Rebecca to set up the operation.
I want to know where she went this morning.
What about bringing Rebecca in? That'd send the whole operation underground.
We'd have no more on Malek.
You can take the Channel Tunnel off high security.
What? French intelligence have just stormed a suspected terror cell near Gare du Nord in Paris.
They've shot dead two Algerians.
One of the men is of particular interest to us.
His name is Nazim Malek.
Ruth has gone through incoming visas from Algeria in the last five years.
This man Nazim Malek came to study computer science at West London Poly in 2001, before dropping out suddenly in October 2003.
Where was he living? North Acton.
Where was our Malek arrested? At his home, in North Acton.
Two Nazim Maleks.
Both living in North Acton.
In the Paris flat where Malek was killed was a laptop which contained all the emails we intercepted two years ago.
It also contained detailed plans of both Heathrow and Eurotunnel.
Are you saying? Special Branch arrested the wrong Malek.
Hold on a second.
Now, Paul, I've asked you to be present so you can hear this.
Listen.
Special Branch bumped into the same name and jumped too soon.
That's why our Malek had no computers, no contact names, nothing.
He wasn't planning anything.
The other Malek heard about the arrest and got out as soon as he could, thinking we'd realise the mistake and come after him, which we never did.
If this is true, our Malek Has spent two years in prison as an innocent man.
He's meeting Rachid.
If he's innocent, what's he doing delivering passport photos to Islamic extremists? Well, that's why we need to bring him in and tell him what we know.
No, no, no.
I don't think so, Harry.
Assume you're right.
Assume we've kept an innocent man in detention for two years.
He's not acting like an innocent man now.
He's acting like a man who wants revenge.
Please, give me the passport.
In the glove compartment.
Only three.
Where is the other one? I'll give you that one when you have finished the job.
That is not what we agreed! It is what we agree now.
Come on, Harry.
I'm big enough to admit that we've made a mistake.
But look who Malek's been in contact with since he was released.
Rachid Medi is on the lunatic fringe of the lunatic fringe.
You're more interested in covering Special Branch's arse than saving an innocent man.
And maybe you just can't admit that releasing this guy was a seriously dumb idea.
I cannot do it.
They locked you up for two years, Nazim.
Treated you worse than an animal.
And now you're just gonna run away.
I just want the passport! Once you do this, you'll be completely free.
Isn't that what you want? I'll call you with further instructions.
Malek spent two years in solitary for something he did not do.
I understand your concern, Harry.
But you bring Malek in and we admit we know he was innocent.
And you're giving Liberation licence to blow our whole anti-terror operation out of the water.
We should continue with the operation.
Follow Malek, see where he takes you.
If he'd gone to trial, the case would have been thrown out.
What happened in there was pure bloody politics.
I think she's right.
What?! Whatever happened in the past, our job is to deal with the present danger.
The present danger right now is Malek.
We're spooks, Harry, not philosophers.
Nazim! Nazim! No.
It's OK.
LIFT BELL RINGS I work for MI5.
Do you know what MI5 is? French police killed another Nazim Malek in Paris.
We know you are innocent.
I do not believe you.
I need to ask you some questions.
When you were arrested, the police found maps, with cities circled.
They thought they were intended targets.
No.
They were places to live.
You had no papers, no passport, nothing.
How did you get in? In a truck from France.
Why leave Algeria? I was in the army.
My division was sent to the south.
To a village near Laghouat.
We were told to dress ourselves as Mujahadeen and to kill the village.
It was a communist village.
They wanted the villagers dead, but they wanted to blame the fundamentalists.
Village was all women and children.
I and my friend refused.
They were going to shoot us.
But I escaped.
And you came here.
Why didn't you tell the men who arrested you this? I did! Rachid Medi is a known radical extremist.
Why are you meeting him? In prison I was alone almost all of the time.
Khaled Medi started to talk to me during exercise sessions.
He said, he could help me, if I helped him.
And what did he want you to do? He knew I could use long-distance rifle.
He said it would be someone from Algerian government.
People that kill innocent Muslim and put innocent Muslim in prison.
People like you.
We don't kill innocent Muslims.
I am innocent! You put me in prison for two years.
We made a mistake.
I told you who I am! Maybe we weren't listening properly.
We're listening now, Nazim.
I do not want trouble! I just want a normal life.
I think that's exactly what you want.
You don't want to kill anyone.
I think what you want is the reward Rachid is offering.
What did he offer you? It's not money, so what is it? What's he offering you, Nazim? What is it Rachid is offering you? What did Rachid give you in the car? He gave you passports, didn't he? Show me the passports.
No! You will take them away! You can not take them! You didn't come here alone, did you? You came here with people you loved, with your family.
You hid in a truck together and when you arrived, you tried to rebuild your lives.
But then you were arrested and you knew if we found out about your family, they'd be deported back to Algeria, and, given your desertion, they'd be killed.
Show me the passports.
He would not give me my son's passport until after I had done the job.
What job? What does Rachid want you to do? I do not know.
He did not say.
He kept my son's passport.
I can help you.
I can get you and your family somewhere safe, somewhere where they'll never be found.
Call Rebecca.
Tell her to expect us.
Stop it, stop it, you're ruining it.
It's not meant to be like that.
Hello? It is Nazim.
I am going to collect Samira and the children.
What do you mean? I'll explain when I get there.
Is everything all right, Nazim? DOOR BELL RINGS Someone's here Someone is at the door! Did you send someone, Nazim? Hey! Rebecca! Samira What is happening? Samira, run.
What is happening? I need full backup.
7 Pedingham Street.
Rebecca, talk to me! Argh! Samira! Abdel! Khalida! Samira Abdel She's dead.
'The police are still trying to understand 'why such a popular human rights campaigner should have been killed.
'They have released the name of one of the victim's clients' What the hell is going on Harry? I'm seeing dead women on my television.
Shall we talk in my office? Where's Malek? He disappeared while we were with Rebecca.
I remember being told that wouldn't happen.
My office.
We think they kidnapped Malek's family to force Malek to complete the operation.
What they didn't know was that Rebecca Sinclair was in there.
Harry! I wasn't aware of having given Mr Seymour the keys to Thames House.
I asked Paul to come.
In that case, please take a seat.
Thank you, Ruth.
Why has Malek gone AWOL? We believe he will try to complete the operation as the only way to get his family back.
What do you know about the operation? It's an assassination.
Malek's a top-grade marksman.
Target? Unknown.
Something else came up.
Malek claims after he was arrested he told his interviewers that he had deserted from the army.
Yet I can find no evidence of this on any of the Special Branch records.
He's lying.
Why would he not mention it? Why would we not report it? Maybe it wasn't what you wanted to hear? Are you accusing me of suppressing the evidence? Well, anything's possible when the pressure for results is high enough.
That is enough! Find Malek, if he's a threat to public security, then take him down.
Because if he kills anyone, you will both be held accountable.
We've got 24-hour surveillance on Rachid's place in Hackney.
I don't think he's running the op.
Then who is? We haven't found him yet.
What about Rachid's brother in prison? We could cut him a deal.
Offer to release him? After what happened with Malek? Politically impossible.
A pay-as-you-go mobile called Miss Sinclair yesterday at 1700 hours.
I'm trying to locate the handset now.
Good.
Possible targets? If Malek's told the truth, it'll be an Algerian trying to make business contacts with the West.
I've asked the Algerian government about anyone visiting here, but they've not been forthcoming.
And they've refused to warn their own people.
Bad for business.
Not as bad as a bullet in the back of the head.
Will Malek really go through with it? After what he's been through? He's been locked up for two years, away from his family.
He's in trauma, he's not thinking rationally.
You should have seen his face when he heard his children scream.
He's capable of anything.
I've found the handset, Southwark Park, he's on the phone.
'Walk out of the exit, turn right.
' Voice-match him.
'You shall be met and given instructions.
'If you don't do this, you won't see your family again.
' HIGH-PITCHED SOUND What was that? His mobile.
So we can't track them.
We have the registration number.
Gather a list of possible targets in and around the area.
I'm going down.
I'm coming with you.
We've done voice recognition on the phone call, tallies with a leading member of the Free Islam movement.
Operates under the name Badrak Madjid.
Wanted in Algeria for six counts of murder against corporate and government targets.
His mission is to stop Algerian expansion into the West.
Sounds like we've found our man.
Ruthclose the door.
Harry? There's a file somewhere in Special Branch records which will tell us what Malek said to the officers who arrested him.
Now, Paul Seymour doesn't want me to see it.
I'll see what I can do.
When can I see my family? My name is Badrak Madjid.
I am sorry we have to conduct business in this way, but we gave you every chance.
Where are my family? When the operation is complete, they will be returned to you.
You will be given your passports and a car.
If you fail or refuse, your family will be killed.
Is that clear? Let me see them.
I want to see them.
Abbud! If you hurt my family, I swear I will kill you.
Abbud! Abdel.
Oh, Abdel, oh, my son.
Why does he not hug you? He has not seen me for two years.
Maybe he has forgotten who I am.
I will do whatever you say.
'Greenwich police have traced the car to the Kidbrooke estate.
' Tell them well done and go home.
I don't want a uniform in sight.
The Kidbrooke Estate.
Is that Special Branch records office? Could I speak to Gordon Hopkins, please? Gordon? Er, it's, it's Ruth.
Ruth Evershed.
We, er met at GCHQ last year.
Yes.
Listen, you asked me out for a drink, and, I-I may have given the impression I wasn't that interested, but actually, I'd love to.
Yes.
Well, er What about lunch? Now.
Call once you are in position.
If you fail to go through with this, you know what will happen.
There he is.
Drop me here.
You follow Malek but don't touch him until I get the family out.
Take the gun I said take it! Do you also turn water into wine? Not really.
Harry this just came in from the Foreign Office.
"President of Algerian Bank, Abdelhak Rachmani arriving City Airport, "attending meeting with Western investors at Northern Global Head Office at 1300 hours.
"Please offer standard protection.
" Why do we only know this now? It's the Algerian way.
I can get in contact with Northern Global.
Make Rachmani go back to the airport.
Get him on a plane out of here.
If we do that, they'll kill Malek's family.
We can put in a substitute.
There isn't time.
Are you suggesting we use the president of the Algerian Bank as bait? Yes.
Right.
Malek's on the move.
He just left a flat on the Kidbrooke Estate.
That's where the family are being held.
Zaf's following him.
Get Fiona over here and alert Special Forces.
We need to get the family out.
We know the target.
President of the Algerian Bank.
Northern Global offices.
The meeting is at 1300.
You need to secure the building by 12.
55 at the latest.
That's 40 minutes.
Your maths is impeccable.
PHONE RINGS Harry.
How can I help you, Paul? Special Forces tell me they're storming the flat where the family are being held in 40 minutes.
It's 30 minutes now.
Does that mean you've also located Malek? Not yet no.
Well, if you need any assistance, just give me a call, yes? Your offers of help are always appreciated, Paul.
What's that supposed to mean? As soon as we find Malek and his family, you will be the first to know.
Where are they being held? Fifth door along.
What are you planning? Special Forces has suggested smashing through the windows and breaking down the door.
Oh, no.
A guaranteed way to kill the whole family.
They've put the hostages by the windows.
We have to get in without shooting.
So we'll need your delicate approach.
What approach is that? Knock on the front door.
Where are you? He's just going in to the art college on Abbeyglen Road.
The target is the President of the Algerian Bank.
He'll be in the Northern Global building at 1300.
There's a clear eye line from here to the Northern Global building.
If we can't get his family out in time, you'll have to take him down.
Get his family out on time.
I'm not shooting him.
You must shoot him if he's about to commit an act of terror.
He's innocent! He isn't if he pulls the trigger.
Mr Clemence.
SHE KNOCKS I know you're in there, Mr Clemence.
I'm representing the landlords of the property.
I'm chasing arrears.
Mr Rachmani, welcome to Northern Global.
Mr Clemence, if you don't come to the door, my colleague and I will have to make a forced entry.
Get rid of her.
We have the necessary paperwork.
What is it? Gemma Beckett.
Clydes Adjusters and Reclaim Division.
Is Mr Clemence around? Sorry, he doesn't live here any more.
According to our records He doesn't live here.
We'll need confirmation of that.
It won't take a minute.
Today's meeting is aimed at promoting a new era of collaboration Sorry.
Harry, it's Zaf.
I need news fast! Adam! Fiona! I need information! Get away or I shoot the boy.
Abdel! Abdel! Move outside! No, no, no! Harry, we can't take this any further.
We'll be accomplices to murder.
Zafar, this is Harry.
We have no news from the estate.
I am ordering you to shoot the subject.
Shoot him.
Don't shoot.
Your children will be safe.
I do not believe you.
I'm telling you the truth.
How do I know that? Everyone is lying! I was told this was a country that received people and helped.
I was told my family would be safe here.
You have treated us like animals.
Not us! Yes, you! All of you! We can arrange passports for you and your family, anywhere in the world.
New name.
New identities.
An income from the British Government.
You will have the life you have been seeking with your family.
I promise.
Just drop the rifle.
Prove to me my family are safe! How can I do that? I want to hear them.
Nazim listen to me.
I am being ordered to shoot you.
I didn't join this service to shoot innocent people! Then prove you have my children.
No bullets below four feet, there's a kid in there.
Go.
GLASS SHATTERS Why won't you believe me? You know why.
You have three seconds.
Three.
Shoot him! Baba? Baba? Baba? Baba? This is a Special Branch file on Malek.
It seems to have got separated from his other records.
It details in full Malek's first interview on his arrest.
In it he tells the story of the massacre in the village and his subsequent desertion from the army.
Had this information come to light, he would never have spent two years in jail without trial.
How did you get hold of that? It's my job.
It amazes me what some people will do for promotion.
Thank you Harry.
I think Mr Seymour and I need some time alone to discuss his future.
I wasn't aware he had one.
'Police confirmed today that the man shot dead 'by special operatives in a South London housing estate on Friday 'was almost certainly responsible for the murder of the human-rights activist Rebecca Sinclair.
'Police ruled out any involvement of the prisoner Nazim Malek 'who, they say had nothing to do with the case and is thought already to have returned to Algeria.
'A police statement denied allegations from pressure group Liberation 'that the British people were not being told the whole truth about the affair.
' Where are they? In the hotel.
Zaf's seeing them off tomorrow.
The Irish government have agreed to grant them citizenship.
Give them new names, a new life, and enough money to ensure Nazim never has to work again.
The mother's face when he had her son in the kitchen.
I've never seen anything like it.
You did well.
You flat-hunting? Zaf offered me a room.
But I'm not sure.
Take it.
There'll be plenty of times in the first year you won't want to be alone.
See ya! I almost got you killed before.
I'm not going to let it happen again.
I know what I'm doing, just trust me.
I can't.
I'm just tired of continually living a lie.
Where's my wife? Where is she? MOBILE RINGS Come on, Harry! They were looking for YOU.
Talk to me, Ruth.
Talk to me! Five blocks away.
I don't know what to do.
I think I've screwed up.
Most people don't know anything about Syria.
Have you ever been there? Not yet.
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