Dying of the Light Page #3

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Rather than give himself up,

he jumps off a bridge.

Medical info was on a flash drive.

- He ain't no Kenyan.

- He was 100% healthy.

- He had no need for the medication.

- What else?

- Nothing.

- I knew he didn't die.

This means his condition has

moved to an advanced stage.

Now he can lay low,

he can become invisible,

but sooner or later the

disease will flush him out.

Banir's got it.

It's come out. It's in his blood.

Mbui!

- Sorry to impose on our relationship.

- What is it?

I've come across intelligence which leads

me to believe Muhammad Banir is alive.

Give us the room, gentlemen.

Go on.

Banir was believed killed during my

extraction. The evidence was circumstantial.

Intelligence intercepts led the

agency to conclude Banir was dead.

He disappeared from our radar.

The C.I.A. closed the books on him.

Not a word about him has been

heard for 22 years... until now.

Banir has a hereditary

blood disease... thalassemia.

If not apparent during childhood,

it can lay dormant until midlife or later.

There have been recent

intercepts of requests

for medicine used primarily during

clinical trials for this anemia.

These requests have a Kenyan source.

- And what's the source of these intercepts?

- The source is confidential.

Lake, I am the director

of the f***ing agency.

Nothing is confidential.

Who's the source?

If the source were to become known,

- the source would be in danger.

- What do you propose?

I would like to set up a task force,

establish Banir's whereabouts,

extract him, and have him return

to the United States for trial.

You'd like to set up a task force?

- I meant the agency, sir.

- Why don't we just let the man die?

That is assuming that your

confidential source is correct,

and assuming that it

does in fact indicate

the presence of a man that no

one's heard of in 22 years.

Because it is not the policy of this agency,

nor is it the policy of this government,

to allow the man who's responsible

for at least 17 kidnappings,

a dozen executions and the

bombing of a tourist bus...

some of whom were children, by the way...

to go free simply because he's sick.

Mary, sent in Sanjar.

Come in.

This is Dr. Sanjar. He's with

the office of medical services.

Please, Evan, sit.

Dr. Sanjar was speaking

at Upenn Hospital...

a conference on

service-related diseases.

Did you really think you

could travel 150 miles,

make three visits to a neurological

clinic under a false identity,

give blood, leave fingerprints and

not have us find out about it?

Dr. Clayborne forwarded

your medical records.

You don't have to worry about payment

or privacy or quality of care.

The C.I.A. Takes care of its own.

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