The Looming Tower (TV Mini Series)

Now it Begins... (2018)

Peter Sarsgaard: Martin Schmidt

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• John O'Neill : You have nothing new?

  Martin Schmidt : That's what I said, John.

  John O'Neill : Hm. You think I'm a complete moron?

  Martin Schmidt : You interested in an answer to that question?

  John O'Neill : Can I remind you of NS Directive 30, signed by President Reagan, and PRD-44, signed by President Clinton?

  Martin Schmidt : Thank you for the memories.

  John O'Neill : It's not your choice whether you share intelligence. You're required to share it with the FBI and everybody else in this room.

• John O'Neill : What's going on in Albania, Marty? You got a hard drive from Ahmed Salama Mabruk that mentions Albania. Where's Mabruk? Why hasn't the FBI had a chance to question him? What's on his hard drive? You got a stash of intel that you refuse to share with my agents.

  Martin Schmidt : If we were in possession of such a computer, and I'm not confirming that we are, it would be a foreign intelligence matter, not a law enforcement matter.

  John O'Neill : So you do have the hard drive.

  Martin Schmidt : I don't know how you reached that...

  John O'Neill : How would you know if it was a law enforcement matter or a foreign intelligence matter if you haven't looked at the hard drive?

  Martin Schmidt : If we did have any intelligence whatsoever, it would be for us to decide how best to use it before you do what you always do: go around the globe arresting people and putting them on trial, before you blow a possible gold mine of information and render it utterly useless. So no, I'm not prepared to say one way or the other...

  John O'Neill : How about you take a deep fucking breath and get yourself prepared to get your ass...

  Richard Clarke : Okay, calm down for a minute.

  John O'Neill : I don't want to calm down. Either one of you watch TV the other night? If one American gets killed because of information you kept secret, when I get my hands on that hard drive - and I will get my hands on it - I will shove that thing so far up your ass, you'll be combing shit out of your pompous fucking beard.