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because my husband is missing.

He's a journalist. And he was...

Ma'am, I'm afraid the Consulate

is closed at the moment.

If you can call back in the morning

and ask for Randall Bennett,

he's Diplomatic Security.

He gets in pretty early, okay?

Hi, can I speak to John Bussey, please?

-John Bussey.

-Hi, John, this is Asra.

Hey, Asra. How are you?

How's the book?

Yeah, it's going really well.

John, listen,

I'm with Mariane Pearl in Karachi

and Danny went for an interview earlier

on today and he hasn't come back yet.

Oh, okay.

Well, who's he interviewing?

Hello?

-Ruth, it's Mariane.

-Mariane?

Judea? It's Mariane.

Is everything all right?

Danny had an interview

and he's not back.

He didn't come home last night.

Mariane, this is Judea.

Who was he interviewing?

A religious leader.

His name was Sheikh Gilani.

Does anyone there

know that he's Jewish?

No, I don't think so.

Mariane, just let us know

as soon as you hear anything. Okay?

Okay. Bye, Ruth.

Sorry, I'm so late.

I love you. I'll call you, okay?

-Hello, I'm calling for Randall Bennett.

-Randall Bennett speaking.

Hello, my name is Mariane Pearl

and my husband is Daniel Pearl.

He's a journalist

for the Wall Street Journal.

I know your husband.

-You do?

-Yeah, I met him yesterday.

-Daniel?

-Daniel Pearl, yeah.

Randall Bennett, Diplomatic

Security Service. How are you?

I wanna ask your advice

about something, if you don't mind.

I'm supposed to be meeting later

with Sheikh Gilani.

Okay.

And I wanna get a sense from you

whether you think

that that's a good idea.

-Who arranged that meeting for you?

-My fixer in Islamabad.

-Is he going to be there?

-No.

I mean, I left him in lslamabad.

-Hello?

-Masud, it's Mariane.

-Hi, Mariane. Is everything okay?

-Danny did not come home last night.

What do you mean

he didn't come home last night?

I need a number for Bashir.

I have the number to the contact

but I don't have the number to Bashir.

Who is your contact?

His name is Arif.

He met him in Rawalpindi.

Driver, please stop near

the Hotel Akbar lnternational.

-Hello.

-Hi. I'm Danny.

-Hello.

-Masud.

-What's your name?

-Bashir.

Hello, Bashir, nice to meet you.

You know, Sheikh Gilani

is a direct descendant of the Prophet.

He is a Pir.

-A holy man.

-The holy man.

Most of the journalists who come here,

they come

with only one story they want to write

and that is,

they want to write about terrorism.

Is that what you want?

Honestly, I can't tell you that

until I meet him.

I don't know that until I meet him.

Sheikh Gilani

does not want to meet journalists.

I understand.

Listen, I have a number of articles.

If you'd like to see them,

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