- Elizabeth McCord: My job is to understand people. Judge what they're capable of. My old job. Part of it.
- Dr. Kinsey Sherman: So you let yourself down?
- Elizabeth McCord: And my country.
- Jay Whitman: Why are we dealing with these people? How could we?
- Elizabeth McCord: Because I have to weigh Izad Ahmadi's life against the prospect of a nuclear bomb going off in New York, DC, Tel Aviv. Millions of lives.