Colonel Dubaku, we are just leaving the township now, sir.
How many do you have?
- Five. - Only five?
By the time we got to the field, most of the boys were gone.
I need soldiers, not excuses.
I will bring some more, sir. I promise.
Just bring them to me.
Youssou, get it for me.
You will learn to fight like men.
Of that I have no doubt.
This...
...will make you strong, little soldiers.
This will make you free.
Come.
Take it.
How does it make you feel?
Powerful, yes?
Come.
Your mothers and your fathers, they have made you weak.
But General Juma, he will make you strong.
He will make you strong...
...so that you can take back your country from the government...
...and the traitors that work for them.
Like this cockroach, here.
This cockroach...
...that works for the government and their white masters. Yes, yes.
They have taken our land.
No.
But soon, all that will change.
Soon, all the land will belong to the people again.
And so...
...we must buy our freedom...
...with the blood of this cockroach.
No.
You know what to do to cockroaches.
Kill the cockroach.
Kill the cockroach!
I thought I told you to turn up the air conditioning.
All right, sir. I did, sir.
- But we need another player. - Find somebody else.
Who? Tell me, Willie. Who can handle the ball better than you?
That's right. No one.
We're not supposed to go without Mr. Benton.
Mr. Benton worries too much and so do you.
Hey, Desmond. Hurry or the bus will leave. Come on.
- Let's go. - You're not my father.
- I'm your brother, you'll do what I say. - No.
Fine, then.
The truck is here.
It's arriving.
The truck is here.
I wasn't stealing it. I swear.
I was just looking.
I forgot these.
Very pretty. For a woman, yes?
I was gonna give it to my daughter one day.
You have a daughter?
Yeah.
Where did you get it?
Rajasthan.
India.
- You ask a lot of questions. - That's what Mr. Benton says.
I bet.
When were you there?
Last summer.
- Before you came here? - Yes.
- And before that, where were you? - Different places.
When are you going home?
I'm not going home.
Listen, I told the other boys I'd help them unload the truck.
- If you want that, you can keep it. - Really?
Really.
Willie.
You're gonna have to give me my knife back, though.
Go on.
Hey, Willie, the supply truck's here. The boys could use some help.
Look what Jack gave me.
Very nice. - It's from India.
Jack, this is Frank Trammell.
He's the ambassador's chief political officer.
I know who he is.
He left messages for you to see him at the embassy.
I got his messages.
- What's going on? - I'll tell you what's going on.
The subcommittee has questions about the detention...
...and torture of certain prisoners in Mr. Bauer's custody.
I have a subpoena requesting you to appear and it's way past due.
So consider yourself served.
I told the boys I'd help them unload the truck. Excuse me.
Failure to comply to a subpoena is a federal offense, Mr. Bauer.
- You are bound by law to respond. - Then give them my response.
If they want me back in Washington, they can come and get me.
The ambassador said that you and Bauer were in the Special Forces together.
- How long has he been here? - A few months.
He never mentioned the subpoena?
Nope.
He's been ducking it for more than a year, across different continents.
Washington is leaning on the ambassador to deliver him.
And now the ambassador is leaning on you.
If Bauer doesn't come back to the States on his own, they'll come for him.
That would be a mistake.
You're doing God's work here, Carl.
Between malaria and the wars, these kids never had a chance.
Now you're giving them a decent life. It'd be a shame if the funding dried up.
Don't threaten me, Frank.
I'm just giving you the facts.
You're his friend.
Talk some damn sense into him.
- Here, Jack. - Thank you, Thomas.
Okay.
- Now you. Go, go. - There he is.
The mighty warrior who traded his gun for a wheelbarrow.
Thank you.
Why are you here?
To do penance for all your sins?
You don't want to talk about it.
I don't blame you.
Here. Be careful. Don't drop that.
The government won't be able to hold out against us for long.
Except we have more weapons than soldiers who can use them.
We need to overrun the main garrison from the west.
We have minefields here and here.
Then I'll bring you more little soldiers to kill them.
Do not worry.
Our father would be really proud, Youssou.
Very proud.
You will have your little soldiers.
Go.
This is Colonel Dubaku.
Hodges here. I've just heard some troubling news, colonel.
That your recruiting numbers are still coming up a little short.
I want you to know my offer stands.
I've got personnel standing by across the border.
- They can be deployed within the hour. - That won't be necessary.
Oh?
Do some thinking now, colonel. I'm offering you professional soldiers.
Not children you haven 't had time to train.
You provided the weapons.
We will fight our own war.
Well...
...it's your country.
It will be soon.
- Is there anything else, Mr. Hodges? - Yeah.
Tell General Juma to give me a call when he gets there, will you?
- I'll let him know. - Good.
That's one hard-nosed son of a bitch.
It is his country.
But I'm paying for it.
I don't want those transactions traceable, Mr. Nichols.
Not by the SEC, the IRS or any of my ex-wives.
You understand me, don't you?
John, what do you want me to tell you?
- You gotta hang in there and be patient. Right.
No, hold on. Hold on. Stop, stop.
We got caught by the margin, it's gonna turn around.
Yes. Yes, it is.
Yes, it is.
Yeah, you've gotta give it time...
...and just... Yeah, be patient.
Yeah. Okay.
Yes, yes, okay. All right. Bye-bye.
Chris.
- Yeah. - Would you come in here, please?
- Who was that guy? - A client.
I need you to close out Abu Dhabi and Eritrea.
Burn the records and bury the ashes.
- Go. - Yeah.
Jack. Can I have a word?
Yeah.
Willie, go on up to the truck. Pick up another load.
I think you should take a look at this.
I don't need to.
I know what it says.
Don't worry, Carl. I'll be gone by dark.
I'm not asking you to leave, Jack. I'm asking you to have a conversation.
Trammell says this subpoena's been chasing you for over a year now.
It's gonna catch up with you sometime.
I'm not going back.
I'm not saying you should.
But a year's a long time to spend looking over your shoulder.
A lifetime of that drives you out of your mind.
Whatever I've done, I've paid for in full.
All I've got is my freedom. I'm not letting them take that away from me.
Freedom? What kind of freedom's this, Jack? You're running away.
What do you want from me, Carl?
I want you to trust me, Jack. I am your friend.
I'm sorry.
When you called me up for the first time in, what, 10 years...
...I hoped you were maybe looking for something...
...more than just a place to stay.
I'm trying to find a way to make some sense of it all.
It's a normal impulse, especially for people like us.
Yeah, except you found what you were looking for.
Yeah.
Damn it.
Carl.
I just meant it's different for me.
You know, I'm not so sure I have found what I was looking for.
But I have found a way to live with myself.
It took a long time.
The first thing I had to do...
...was stop running.
I meant what I said, Jack.
You can stay here.
Don't worry about Trammell.
The State Department's not the only place with money.
I appreciate what you're trying to do, Carl, but this is my problem.
I'm not gonna let it become yours.
What you've done with this place...
...this school, what you've done for the boys, it's worth protecting.
You and I both know...
...it'd be better for everyone if I leave.
I'm sorry, Jack.
Me too.
Thank you, Carl.
Always.
Yeah.
You're spreading rumors. You start a panic over nothing.
They are not rumors. It's the truth.
You're a boy. You don't know what you talk about.
Juma is taking our children.
The United Nations has no evidence of that.
What do you know? This isn't even your country.
Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?
Thomas is talking nonsense.
He's spreading rumors about Juma.
Rumors? They're not rumors.
Juma's soldiers have been crossing the border and stealing our children.
Juma has no soldiers and he has no weapons. Everyone knows that.
My cousin is missing.
He went to the market yesterday and he has not returned.
It was gunrunners that took him or someone from the diamond mines.
My brother is in town with James.
You see that, huh? Now you have the boy all worried.
He should be worried.
We should all be worried.
Stop it, both of you.
Finish up work. I'll go into town and find out what's going on.
- Fine. But you are wasting your time. - Take this.
I thought I told you kids not to go into town without telling me.
Desmond never listens to anyone but Desmond.
- Where'd he go? - Playing football.
There's a field just past the bridge.
- I'll be back soon. - Benton.
You're not seriously worried about all of this, are you?
If Juma was making trouble, we would've heard something, no?
Probably. But this is Sangala.
I'm not taking any chances.
What do you think that was? Nothing.
- Why do you say nothing? - Nothing.
Give me that.
Oh, wow. He's so powerful, guys. Give him a hand.
- Oh, he's just a little... Now you wanna fight? Fight.
- Now you wanna fight? - Yes.
Go fetch the ball if you want the ball. Go fetch it. Go fetch it.
Run!
Oh, no.
You are now soldiers in the People's Freedom Army.
You will all have the honor of fighting the imperialists...
...until we have taken back our land.
Samuel tells me you are from the American school in Okavango.
These Americans make our people slaves.
But we will free you...
...and we will free the other children so they can become soldiers.
- Take them. - Let's go.
- Come on. - Let's go. Let's go.
- Tell me your name. - Steven.
- Louder. - Steven.
Are you a baby, Steven?
I asked you a question.
- Are you a baby? - No.
Good. Because we need soldiers, Steven.
Not babies who wet themselves.
Now, stop crying or I will stop you myself.
Commander.
Put them in the truck.
Go. Let's go.
Go.
Faster. Don't lose them.
What are you doing?
Idiot. They are no good to us dead.
Go.
With the inauguration less than two hours away...
...President Daniels is scheduled to meet with his successor at the White House...
...to review final details for the transfer of power.
Their respective teams have been working together...
...for several weeks to insure a smooth turnover.
Stop looking at me like that.
Shouldn't you be getting dressed?
We got time.
Stop.
- Hello. - I need to talk to you, Rog.
- Chris? - Yeah. Look, uh...
...I think I might be in trouble. - Okay.
- You using again? - That's not what this is about.
You didn't answer my question.
I can't, uh...
I can't really talk on the phone, okay? I was hoping that I could, um...
- I could meet up with you, face-to-face. - Now?
Rog, hang on a second.
Chris?
It's terrible timing. Believe me, I know.
But I wouldn't be asking if it wasn't really important.
I gotta leave in 45 minutes, man.
I can be there in 20.
- Chris... - I am not gonna stay long, I swear, Rog.
Just please do this for me.
Fine. But I'm out of here in 45 minutes.
Thank you. Thank you.
You're letting Chris come here right now?
He's having some relapse. What am I supposed to do?
Exactly. What are you supposed to do?
Make sure he calls his sponsor?
- I don't know. - This is so Chris.
He's been a friend for a really long time.
He got me my job, which if he hadn't...
...I wouldn't have met you.
Stop.
Just don't be late for your mother's inauguration, okay?
Madame President.
- Not yet. - This way.
Nice to see you.
How are you feeling?
Excited.
- Nervous. - You should be.
In a few hours, you'll be the most powerful person in the world.
As if you're not already hard enough to live with.
- Ma'am. Mr. Taylor. - Tom.
The president apologizes he could not be here to greet you.
- But something urgent has come up. - Something urgent?
Whatever it is, Tom, it's gonna land on my desk in about two hours.
Could I just have a moment?
- I'm sorry. - Don't be.
Go ahead.
Our embassy in Sangala just got word of an imminent coup.
- How imminent? - Very.
- Where's the president now? - He's in TelePresence suite.
He's on a secure line with Prime Minister Motobo.
Juma is moving his forces...
...toward the capital as we speak.
This video was taken moments ago.
Mr. Prime Minister, this news has caught us all by surprise.
But our priority here in Washington is to insure the safety of you and your family.
My priority is to defend my country from this monster, Juma.
The only way that can happen is if you accelerate the military assistance...
...your congress has pledged to us.
Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to make that happen.
Certainly not today.
What about your successor?
Will she be in a better position to help us?
I'm afraid I can't speak for her.
Will you excuse us for a moment?
Yes, of course.
You were right, sir.
Taylor does wanna weigh in on this.
- Where is she? - Just outside.
I am sorry, Mr. Prime Minister, but I have to cut this short.
The president-elect is waiting for me.
Please, sir, convey to her my request for military assistance.
I'll do that.
Mr. President.
Senator Taylor.
Tom told me what's happening in Sangala.
It is a damn tough situation.
I don't understand.
How could Juma raise an army without our getting wind of it?
We disarmed him three years ago.
The U.N.'s been monitoring the situation.
Not closely enough, apparently.
Then you have no idea who's supplying him?
All we know is Juma's secured some fairly advanced weapons systems...
...which is why Prime Minister Motobo is asking for our military assistance.
- And what did you tell him? - The truth. It's not a viable option.
You don't agree?
We have troops in the region.
A show of force might make Juma blink.
And if it doesn't...
...we get caught up in another civil quagmire halfway around the world.
Now, that is a hard sell.
There's nothing in Sangala worth protecting.
No natural resources, no substantial economic ties.
Nothing that threatens our national security.
The last time Juma made a power grab...
...he ignited a tribal war that killed tens of thousands of civilians.
Our involvement could avert a genocide.
And this war will be tragic too.
But it isn't our war.
I've ordered the ambassador to begin evacuating all nonmilitary nationals.
I think that's a mistake.
I don't want any Americans caught in the crossfire when Juma starts shooting.
Closing our embassy sends a signal to the world...
...that we are willing to sell out a democratic ally to a war criminal.
I appreciate your idealism.
I can't say the same for your cynicism.
Let's talk...
...after you've been sitting in my chair for a while.
But until then, we still have some transition business to go over.
So I suggest we get started.
Send in Tom Lennox.
Yes, Mr. President.
No.
Desmond.
Open your eyes.
Open your eyes. Desmond.
Stay with me. Stay with me.
Open your eyes.
Do not go to sleep.
Do you understand?
Do not go to sleep.
Be a good lad.
Don't go to sleep.
It's not heavy.
I can carry it.
I want to go with you.
Me and my brother, Desmond, too.
We can carry your things and work for you.
No.
- Why not? - Because you can't.
I'm going alone.
People who like to be alone are witches, my grandfather says.
Well, there you go.
Your grandfather wouldn't be happy if you left with a witch.
He would want me to go to America. His favorite was Elvis Presley.
I'm not going to America.
Where are you going, then?
I don't know yet.
"I don't know yet" is better than here.
You sure about that?
Here doesn't seem so bad to me.
Mr. Benton is very nice...
...but there are too many ghosts walking around.
Ghosts?
My mother, my father and my three sisters.
They live in the bush and come out at night.
But you wouldn't see them, because you are poomui.
A white person.
Willie...
...you and I are friends, right?
Then I want you to do me a favor, as a friend.
I want you to stay here with Mr. Benton and help take care of the other boys.
Can you do that?
- You promise? - I promise.
Okay.
Thank you.
Jack.
Benton is calling. He says he needs to talk to you.
- Carl? - Jack...
...James is dead.
Desmond's been shot.
- What happened? - Juma's raising an army.
Desmond says they're heading for the school.
They're coming for the boys. You gotta get them into the shelter.
- Thomas knows where it is. - How many guns are coming?
A dozen, I don 't know. Hold them off till I get there.
You need to call the embassy. Get them to send some Marines.
I've been trying. I can't get through. Jack, go into my room.
You'll find what you need in a locker. The key's on top of the cupboard.
- How far out are you? - Maybe five minutes.
Jack, don't let them take my kids. Don't let them take the children.
Carl, I won't.
Everybody.
Everybody, I want you to listen. Go to the shelter with Thomas.
- He'll take you there. - What's going on?
I don't have time to explain. Go with Thomas. Ring the bell.
- Where's my brother? - Your brother's with Mr. Benton.
- Follow me. - Juma's men are coming.
Do you have a weapon?
- How do you know this isn't a rumor? - Do you have a weapon?
If they are coming, I will talk to them. They will listen.
Save your helmet for the parade. They're coming. Two of our boys have been shot.
The United Nations remains neutral in this matter.
You son of a bitch.
You still wanna talk to them?
I didn't think so.
Why don't you go hide in the shelter with the other children?
Willie, enough. Let's go. Let's go, Willie. Come on.
Boys, let's go.
- You're the last? - Yeah.
Wait.
Wait for me.
Get that boy.
- Colonel. - Go.
Find the boys. Find them.
Fire.
Come.
No.
Do not kill him yet.
Not until he tells us where the children are hiding.
Okay.
Stay here, stay here.
Where are you going?
I'll be back in a bit.
Bring him up.
Tighter.
U.S. Citizens only.
I have a sister in Chicago.
- She has a job. - She needs to sponsor you.
By then, it will be too late.
My husband died fighting Juma.
Juma will kill me.
He will kill my child.
I'm sorry.
Whatever you want me to do for you, I will do.
Please.
Just take me from here.
Anything at all.
I can't.
- I'm sorry. - Sir, it's Carl Benton.
Please, don't let them kill my baby.
Please. Please.
- Benton. - I've been trying to get through.
- Our lines are overloaded. - Juma's men are here.
- They're raising an army. - We know.
- You know? - We don 't know how he pulled it off.
No one saw it coming, but he's got soldiers, they're moving in.
They're here right now, Frank. They're at my school.
- Send some Marines to help. - I can't spare any.
They're being deployed for the evacuation.
- Evacuation? - The orders came from the president.
We're rolling up nationals. We started ferrying people to the border.
Look, I got 14 kids hiding in a shelter.
One that will bleed to death if he doesn't get attention.
If you want us to get you out, you need to get here.
- The last chopper's leaving in an hour. - Frank, don't strand me like this, please.
- My hands are tied. - Trammell, please.
- I'm sorry. - Please. Damn it.
Damn it.
I am running out of ways to ask the question.
Where are the children?
You're wasting your time.
They're not gonna find anything. I already told you, they're not here.
You're lying.
No, I'm not.
If you wanna find soldiers for your army...
...you're gonna have to look somewhere else.
Where...
...are the children?
I don't know.
Jack.
I will keep doing this until you beg me to kill you.
But I won't kill you even then.
Not until you tell me...
...what I want to know. - No.
Please. Please, no, no.
I'll show you where the kids are.
Tell me.
I need to show you. They're in an underground shelter.
No.
- You tell me where this shelter is. - Okay.
About 200 meters up the footpath...
...behind the tree line.
There's a wooden hatch under a mound of dirt, please. Please.
Get the children.
I'll stay here with him.
Don't worry.
Once I have these children...
...I will kill you quickly.
- You all right, Jack? - Yeah.
The kids are in the shelter.
- How's Desmond? - He's lost a lot of blood.
The border's five hours from here. I don't think he's gonna make it.
I'll try and get him to the embassy. They've started evacuating.
How'll you get asylum? They're not U.S. Nationals.
I've got sponsorship papers. Trammell's gotta let them in.
But I have to go now, Jack.
The last chopper leaves in an hour. You all right?
Go. Go.
Hey, Jack...
...good luck.
- Stay here. - Jack may need our help.
If they catch you, they will make you tell them where we are.
- You are endangering us. - We wouldn't be in danger...
...if you had done something about Juma instead of looking the other way.
All right. Everyone out.
Quickly.
Over to the bus. Quickly.
Thomas, go get Desmond.
He's in the jeep by the end of the footpath.
Quickly, quickly. Quickly.
Go to the bus, go to the bus. Go to the bus.
- Where's my brother? - Thomas will get him.
Then he's all right?
He will be, he will be. Go to the bus.
Quickly. Quickly.
Come on. Come on. Hurry up.
Desmond.
It's not as bad as it looks.
On the bus. Move. Quickly. Quickly.
Solenz.
- Where are you going? - I told Mr. Bauer before.
The United Nations remains neutral in this conflict.
A U.N. Escort might help us get where we need to go.
- Solenz! - Let him go.
He's trying to save his own ass because he knows the children are a target.
You're gonna need my help, Carl.
Juma's men will set up roadblocks, checkpoints, into the city.
I got one of the soldiers' walkies. We can use it to try and avoid them.
Jack, you won't have to go anywhere near the embassy.
Just help me get the kids to the city. You can head to the border from there.
- Thank you. Can you take it easy? - Keep your hands where I can see them.
I told you, he's expecting me. Hey, Rog.
Rog, can you call your watchdog off, please?
Agent Vossler, he's a friend of mine. You can let him in.
- Your friend's jacked up on something. - I'll take care of it. It's all right.
- I'll be outside. - Thank you.
Look, man, I know that my timing right now must, you know, suck.
So thank you.
Just... I think I'm in a little bit of trouble here, so...
- What kind of trouble? Coke? Pills? - Okay.
You know what? Don't get all righteous on me.
I seem to remember most nights, you partied me under the table.
- That was a long time ago. - Yeah, not that long ago.
All right, you got five minutes, so talk fast.
Okay.
A couple of months ago, Nichols calls me into his office.
He wants me to manage a special project.
- Special project? - That's what he calls it.
He says that he knows that I've taken some serious hits in the stock market...
...and he's gonna give me a chance to recover my losses.
The money he paid me...
Rog...
...it was crazy. All I had to do was keep my mouth shut.
What'd he have you do, Chris?
You know, open a few off-shore accounts...
...move a bunch of money in and out.
You helped Nichols embezzle money from his firm.
It's what I thought I was doing.
But, Rog, three days ago, I recognized the prefix of the account...
...as something the Justice Department has red-flagged for traders to report.
So I do a little digging...
...and it turns out that the account holder...
...is on the terrorist watch list.
It's crazy and it's getting a little too weird for me.
This morning, there was this creepy guy in Nichols' office who...
Look, I don't know what he's doing.
I don't wanna have anything to do with it.
- I'm willing to turn state's evidence. - Yeah.
Good. You should go to the FBI.
Man, I was just thinking...
...that I could cut a much better deal if we take this directly to your mother.
You want my mother to clean up your mess?
- What do you expect me to say to that? - Rog, I don't know, Rog.
How about:
"I'm sorry that you're in trouble but you're a friend...
...and I'm gonna do whatever I can do to help you out"?
Do you even have any evidence?
Nichols asked me to destroy some records.
I didn't do it.
I sent them to my hard drive at home instead.
They're coded but, you know, they're probably traceable.
- Hello, Chris. - Hey, Sam.
- You look great. - Thank you.
We need to leave now. We're already pushing it.
Agent Vossler's in the car waiting.
I'll meet you there.
I'm right behind you.
- See you at work later? - Right.
- I have to go. - I know, I know, I know.
Look, if I forward you these records, will you show them to your mother?
I'm not talking to anybody until I see them.
Okay, all right. That's... Look, Rog, thank you.
Just... Can you check your e-mail in one hour?
Clean yourself up, okay?
Yeah.
Sixteen mortar teams supported by 20 forward observers.
Make sure we have the same encryption codes.
And have a backup in case government tries to jam communications.
Sir, General Juma is here.
Welcome home, general.
Colonel Dubaku.
Look what you've built here.
Our American friends have been very helpful.
- Did they send us the howitzers? - Yes.
We have them in position about 20 kilometers from the capital.
- Go ahead. - We can hit any target in the city.
All we need is your order to begin the bombardment.
Sir, one of our checkpoints.
Excuse me, general.
- Yes? - Colonel...
...this is Lieutenant Kintu at Checkpoint Delta.
We have a man in custody, a U.N. Relief worker.
He was driving to his base but we have detained him for questioning.
He says he has information about your brother.
What sort of information?
He says your brother is dead, sir.
Your brother and his men, they were ambushed at the American school.
He says that he can help us find the man who killed your brother.
Be right back.
I stopped the bleeding but his fever is spiking.
If we don't get him to a hospital soon, he's gonna go into shock.
We're five kilometers from the city.
Carl, I'm really sorry about the school. I know how much you put into it.
It's just a bunch of cement and 2-by-4's, right?
What the hell was I thinking?
Letting myself believe that things were different here.
That this country had turned the corner.
The bus is from the American school.
They are heading into the city from Okavango.
There are one or two roads they can go on.
I am seeing patrols on both.
Sir, this is Patrol 1.
We have not seen a bus matching that description.
- Where is your position? - Heading east...
...one kilometer west of Okavango Junction.
Jack, they're right in front of us.
Everybody hold on.
Hold on.
- Quiet. - What is it?
Rebel patrol.
Carl, we can't get back on that road.
We'll walk to the embassy. If we follow the river, it'll take us to the city.
- Desmond will not make it that far. - Then you help him, Thomas.
We're not getting back on that road.
- Where are we going? - To the embassy.
Let's go. Quickly, quickly.
Hurry up, hurry up.
Quickly. Quickly.
I'll take him. I'll take him.
The Decision Book.
Master protocols for the command and control of our nuclear arsenal.
I never knew how much I didn't know until I read that book.
Are the gold codes in here?
Not yet.
Dan Wilcox will deliver them to your designate.
All right, then.
- If we're finished, I should get going. - Join me for a drink.
A toast to your administration.
As much as I'd like to, it's still a little early in the morning.
You sure?
Yes.
To your administration.
Thank you.
"Thank you, Mr. President."
Thank you, Mr. President.
Please extend my gratitude to your transition team...
...for all they've done.
You know what the talking heads are saying?
That I lost this election because I didn't wanna win it.
They're saying...
...that my heart wasn't in it.
What about you?
Me?
Do you agree with their opinion?
I don't believe there's a simple answer to that question.
You're right.
Nothing about this job lends itself to simple answers.
Just jagged edges and moving parts.
Most you won't even see coming till they've smacked you in the head.
So...
...be careful...
...Madame President.
See you at the inauguration.
I understand.
- Are you all right? - I'm not sure yet.
Gentlemen. We just got word of a coup in Sangala.
Daniels has ordered the embassy to evacuate without even consulting me.
- Is it the right call? - He should've brought me in...
...on the decision.
Maybe he's still bitter about the election.
Oh, Noah Daniels isn't that vindictive.
Do you think he has a reason for pulling out of Sangala before you take office?
Maybe.
I'll call Ethan from the car.
If Daniels is hiding anything about Sangala, he'll be able to dig it up.
It is the bus from Okavango.
They were here not too long ago. At least a dozen boys.
I don't care how many boys.
How many men? Just Benton? Or is he with that bastard that killed my brother?
There were two men.
Along the river would be their fastest route.
- Good. - Colonel Dubaku.
I am sorry to hear about your brother but I need you here.
Are you ordering me to stay?
Our campaign is just beginning and you are critical to its success.
There will be time for you to avenge your brother after we have taken power.
The man who killed my brother is heading toward the embassy.
They are evacuating within an hour. That is all the time I have.
And all the time I need.
Sir.
Excuse me, general.
Sir, the men are ready, sir.
Go.
Is this everything, Mr. Whitley?
You've been stealing financial records from your office.
Those files are private property and I'm here to recover them.
Is this everything?
Look, I saw something didn't look right, I took it home to check it out.
- It's probably a mistake. - Just calm down.
Answer my question.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's everything. It's all there.
What about your laptop?
Oh, it's in my briefcase if you wanna check it.
Did you make any hard copies?
No, I swear. I barely even looked at those files.
Who have you shown them to?
No one. Nobody.
So...
...just erase it and then you take whatever you want, then you leave.
Okay? Are we cool?
Whoa, hey, hey, do we look like fools to you, huh?
- No. - Do we?
- No. No.
Then don't talk to us like we are.
Sit down.
Open your shirt, Mr. Whitley.
- Why? - Your shirt.
- What are you doing? - You'll tell us everything you know.
And we'll know if you're lying.
Just leave it alone, okay? Chris asked me not to tell anyone.
- I am not anyone. - Come on, Sam.
- I don't trust him. - Then trust me.
- We're here, sir. - You made great time, Edward.
Look, I know that Chris is your friend.
It's this idea of you having some secret with him...
I gave him my word that I wouldn't tell anyone.
You need to respect that, okay?
Okay?
Okay. Okay.
Big turnout.
It's crazy, having a mother who's the hottest ticket in town.
Vossler.
It took some doing...
...but we recovered the files.
What's our exposure?
Unclear.
We're working on it now.
Find out and call me back.
Clear.
Willie...
...take Desmond.
Thomas...
...stay close, okay?
Jack...
...there's a road through those trees.
It takes us to the city. We should be safe when we get there.
You follow the riverbed. That will take you to the border, all right?
- You'll get there before dark. - You sure?
Jack, we'll be fine.
Thanks for helping us get this far.
Jack.
Take care of yourself, all right?
Carl.
Get into the trees.
- In the trees. Now. Move. - Run.
Quickly.
I can't see them.
Hurry up.
Hurry up. Take cover. Take cover.
Hurry up.
Take cover.
Okay, put us down. We'll follow them on foot.
It's all right. Let's go.
Willie, come back.
Come back here.
Willie, get back here.
Stop. Stop.
Stop. Don't move.
Jack.
Stay there. Don't move. Don't come near me.
- I didn't wanna leave this. - I know, I know. It's all right.
Go with Thomas.
Willie, it's all right.
Come with me. Slowly, slowly.
Stay on the path. Go with the other boys. Go on.
Forget it, Jack.
Just go.
Take the kids and go.
Damn it, Jack. There's nothing we can do.
Okay, it's round in a gray casing...
...with a Cyrillic B and the number 291 stenciled on the side.
Spring-loaded Russian antipersonnel mine, five kilo.
Weight off, that's it.
- I'll disassemble the trigger mechanism. - It's got an anti-tamper system.
I'll find a workaround.
It'd take more than an hour to disarm this thing.
- There's a kill switch. Let me find it. - There's no time, Jack. Stop.
- Just give me a second. - Jack, stop.
Stop.
It's all right, Jack.
I can die like this.
Just take the kids to the embassy.
Make sure they're safe.
- Carl, don't do this. - Shh.
Take these papers.
The sponsorship papers.
Give them to Trammell.
Please, Jack. Please.
Give me the rifle.
I'm gonna buy you some time, Jack.
Maybe more.
Yeah.
Go on.
Go, go.
Go ahead with Jack.
I'll be right behind.
Mr. Benton.
I'll catch up.
Go, go.
We gotta go. We gotta go.
Please. Come on, let's go.
Let's go.
Yeah, take the...
Yes.
Okay, I'll tell him.
Colonel.
Sir...
...we cannot follow them into the city.
It's still under government control.
Since when do you start giving orders?
I spoke to Udo.
There are some men inside the city looking for Benton and the other man.
With the children, they won't be hard to find.
Well, I will find them and kill them myself.
Even if I have to go into the city.
Go.
Colonel Dubaku, look.
- Colonel. - Go.
Who are you?
I'm Benton.
Where is your friend?
Which one?
Where is he?
I don't know who you're talking about.
All right.
He's taking them...
- What? - He's taking...
What are you saying?
- What are you saying? - He's taking...
Bring him to me.
Go to hell.
- What was that? - Nothing. Just keep moving.
All right.
Go on.
Go on. Move.
- How much farther to the embassy? - Two more blocks.
But we only have 10 minutes.
As soon as we get there, I'll give you all the paperwork.
Give that to Mr. Trammell. He'll take care of everything.
- Then you're not coming with us? - No.
- Where's Mr. Benton? - He's not coming.
- Why? - He's dead.
No. He was supposed to be behind us.
He said he was coming.
- Willie. - Willie.
Willie.
- Stop it. Stop it. - Why?
- Stop it. Stop it.
- He lied to me. Why? - Mr. Benton did not lie.
He made one promise to you...
...and that was to protect you and to make sure that you were safe.
Mr. Benton died to make sure that Juma's soldiers couldn't follow us.
He died to make sure you'd get to the embassy.
Mr. Benton died to make sure that you would be safe.
I'm so sorry.
But we have to go.
It's what Mr. Benton would've wanted.
Okay?
You okay?
Let's go.
Come on, come on.
Come on.
It's okay.
Come on, let's go, let's go.
Stop. Thomas, take the boys.
Hide behind that car now. Move, move.
Everybody, now.
Kill the cockroach.
- Put the gun down. - Kill the cockroach.
I don't wanna hurt you. Just put the gun down.
Willie, wait. Willie.
I know you're scared. Just put the gun down. I'm not gonna hurt you.
Just put the gun down now.
- Willie. - You see those boys? They're like you.
We're getting them out of the country. Somewhere safe.
Somewhere where no one can hurt them.
You can come with us. Just put the gun down.
Come on. Just like me. Watch.
See? It's going down.
Like me.
Come with me. I promise you, no one will hurt you.
No one will hurt you.
- Wait. - Come on, Jack.
We have to go.
- We have to go now. - Boys.
Come with me now, come on. Let's go.
Everybody hold hands. Come on.
- I see. - Congratulations to you.
You look lovely.
- Expecting a call? - Hm?
It's about Chris.
He was supposed to send me something.
Call him later. Your mother's here.
It's been a long journey, Madame President.
I'm afraid we're just getting started.
- Henry. - Ethan.
Our Africa group is preparing a brief on Sangala.
You'll have it on your desk as soon as you're done here.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
- Madame President, it's an honor. - Hi.
- Good morning. - Thank you so much.
You look beautiful, Madame President.
Thank you, Samantha.
- Father. - Roger. Samantha.
It's nice to see you on time for once.
Mm-hm.
How you holding up?
It still doesn't feel quite real.
It will soon enough.
Whitley needed some encouragement but he told my man everything.
How much does Roger Taylor know?
Nothing you need to worry about.
He knows Nichols was involved.
All he knows is that his desperate...
...drug-addicted friend told him some crazy story.
He's got no evidence.
If he finds Nichols, he can find me.
Not without evidence.
Sir...
...Whitley's no longer a problem.
We limited the damage.
But you haven't eliminated it.
Thank you.
Keep your eye on Taylor.
Follow me. Stay right behind me.
Stay behind me.
Stay together. Stay together.
Oh, please take us.
Soldiers, I need to see Frank Trammell. He's expecting me.
- Who are you? - Jack Bauer.
Everybody, stay with me.
Everyone together.
Don't worry, Desmond. We made it.
We're going to America.
Trammell, listen to me.
I've got 14 children seeking political asylum.
All of them are R-1 status.
One of them needs urgent medical care.
Where's Benton?
He's dead.
Wait, wait.
I've got their paperwork.
- Show me. - Bring Desmond up.
There.
Desmond, it's all right. Stay with me. Come on.
- They appear to be in order. - Open the gate and let them in.
There's just one small problem.
They need the legal guardianship of a U.S. Citizen.
Guardianship? I told you, Benton is dead. He died getting these children here.
Then don't let him have died in vain. Surrender yourself to the subpoena.
The ambassador will waive the guardianship.
- I am warning you, leave me out of this. - I'm afraid I can't do that.
We are talking about innocent children.
Whatever happens to them is on you.
You'd leave these children in the street knowing what you do about Juma?
Damn it, Frank, they will be used as cannon fodder...
...or slaughtered in the stadium for entertainment.
I am giving you the chance to make sure that doesn't happen.
The choice is yours.
I don't have a choice, you son of a bitch.
Open the gate.
Come on, boys.
Hold on. Desmond, come on.
No, no, no, you in first, Bauer.
It's all right, Willie. It's all right.
It's all right.
Take him into custody right now.
Let them in. Let them in.
Let them in.
They're with me. Let them in, damn it.
No, those two are with me too.
All of them. All of them.
It's all right, Willie. Just go with them. Go with the soldiers.
What about the choppers?
All right, boys, come on.
It's all right.
Raise your right hand and repeat after me.
I, Allison Taylor, do solemnly swear...
...that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States...
...and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect...
...defend the Constitution of the United States...
...and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect...
...and defend the Constitution of the United States...
...so help me God.
- Congratulations, Madame President. - Thank you. Thank you, justice.
When the founders of our country...
...boldly declared America's independence to the world...
...they knew that they derived their power...
...to govern from three basic human rights:
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Today...
...we rededicate ourselves...
...to the preservation of those inalienable rights.
But even as we carry forth the torch lit by those great men...
...we need to remember...
...its light doesn't always shine as brightly as it should.
It flickers and grows dim...
...because of apathy...
...greed...
...and fear.
De Tocqueville said:
"In every democracy...
...the people get the government they deserve."
Today...
...I am asking each of you...
...to help me give you the government you deserve.
We all share the responsibility history has placed in our hands.
The future...
...our future...
...depends on it.
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