FBI (TV Series)

Compromised (2018)

Michael Mosley: U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman

Quotes 

• [SPOILER:] 

  Special Agent Maggie Bell : Takes a certain type of animal to prey on the vulnerabilities of those they're entrusted to protect, Ackerman.

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : I didn't mean for innocent people to get hurt.

  Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan : You going with that for your defense?

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : You're young and unblemished. I wouldn't expect you to understand this.

  Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan : You took an oath, just like us.

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : You two get to play heroes every day. I protect scumbags. I give criminals who wanna rat out their friends a second chance. What about me? What about my second chance?

  Special Agent Maggie Bell : Your second chance? Whether your witnesses were criminals at one point or not, they chose to obey the rules and do the right thing. They turned their lives around.

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : Can a leopard really change his spots? They chose their fate.

  Special Agent Maggie Bell : So did you.

• U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : Welcome to hell. Chief Deputy Paul Ackerman, U.S. Marshals Service. I know the FBI's used to this kind of thing. This is a fiasco.

  Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan : Eyewitnesses?

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : No, they made sure of that. Took out this passing motorist and-and this kid on a skateboard. Including my Marshal there, that's three dead. Now, my other man is stable, but the uh... the witness is in surgery.

  Special Agent Maggie Bell : Government witness?

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : Yeah.

  Special Agent Maggie Bell : Tell us about him.

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : Damon Cruz. My deputies were gonna escort him to Los Angeles so that he could testify in a Jairo Cartel case.

  Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan : Blood patterns are smeared.

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : Yeah, that's Cruz. He got shot five times.

  Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan : He knew to tuck and roll to protect his vital organs while being shot at.

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : Majority of our witnesses are formal criminals. Their instincts are hard-wired.

• Special Agent Maggie Bell : What was Cruz's involvement with the Jairo Cartel?

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : Money laundering, and he was good at it, too. He helped the Jairo Cartel screw over a lot of good people.

  Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan : Shooter got out of the car to get a better shot at Cruz.

  Special Agent Maggie Bell : So Cruz was the primary target. The rest were just collateral.

  Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan : And his wife?

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : She's at the hospital, but she... she didn't know that Cruz was in witness protection.

  Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan : He didn't tell her?

  Special Agent Maggie Bell : No, he couldn't. Not if he met her after he already entered the program.

• Special Agent Maggie Bell : Two witnesses dead in two days. With all those names out in the open, is the Marshals Service gonna move everyone in the program?

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : We're talking 15,000 people. There's no way we can move that many in time, not even with FBI's help. But then again, maybe we don't have to.

  Special Agent Maggie Bell : Why?

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : Of the 60 cases my office oversees and the five deputies in my office, both of these witnesses were under Jim Ruhde's supervision.

  Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan : Marshal Ruhde is the source of the leak.

• Jim Ruhde : Hell, no. This is impossible. No way I'd compromise my cases.

  Special Agent Maggie Bell : Well, how did this happen?

  Jim Ruhde : You don't understand. I-I care about these people. I'd never put them in any kind of danger.

  U.S. Marshal Paul Ackerman : Office hasn't detected a breach in our software. All of our hardware is accounted for. I'm sorry, Jim, if the list is secure internally...

  Jim Ruhde : I'll take a polygraph, boss, hand over my log-in, credentials...

  Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan : Marshal Ruhde, did anyone know about scheduled visits with your witnesses?

  Jim Ruhde : No one. And visits varied on a case-by-case basis, protocol.

  Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan : Mind if I have a look in your garage?

  Jim Ruhde : Whatever you need to do.