Shock and Awe Page #5

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Strobel.

I was looking to get your advice

on a critical scheduling matter.

If you could contact me at your

earliest possible convenience...

I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you.

LOOSE NUKES:
Hello.

Yeah, hi, it's Jonathan.

LOOSE NUKES:
I don't have

anything for you.

No, I know, I know, but I'm

doing a story...

on the administration's seeming

interest in Iraq.

LOOSE NUKES:
Jonathan, we're

not going to talk about this.

No, I know, I know I'm not

talking about this...

because it's off the record, but

can you give me some indication?

LOOSE NUKES:
Bye, Jonathan.

What'd she say?

She sends her love.

ANNOUNCER:

Across the nation...

flags have been flying off

the shelves.

A wave of patriotism has been

spreading across America.

At times like this,

it's what we do in America.

We the People pull together.

They had a discussion in school

today...

about why America is so great,

right?

Yeah, and what'd you say?

It's a free country.

That's a great answer.

That's Mama's boy.

May I be done now?

Not until I get a big hug.

Okay, after your mom gets a hug.

Oh, whoa!

Proud of you, munchie.

Love you.

They're really pushing this

nationalism thing at school.

What do you expect?

Of course, there's

going to be patriotism now.

Oh, you want to call it

patriotism?

Fine.

It smells a lot like

nationalism to me.

That's how it started in

Yugoslavia before the war.

Tore my country apart.

You want some help?

No, I'm okay, thank you.

Okay, have a good night.

Good night.

How real is the Iraqi

conversation?

There's an argument

taking place.

Yeah? Who's winning it?

I couldn't say.

Look, my boss is gonna send me

to Afghanistan, and all I want..

to know is should he be buying

a roundtrip ticket...

or is Afghanistan just a

layover on the way to Baghdad?

I can't tell you anything.

MYLROIE:
I believe major acts

of terrorism...

against the U.S. are

state-sponsored.

So, we asked ourselves,

"Who could have been behind...

the most massive terrorist

assault in human history...

"which state?"

I think Iraq is the state that

most immediately comes to mind.

- This is an idea which in...

- (PHONE RINGING)

is gaining increased

credibility.

Knight Ridder, it's Strobel.

THE ITALIAN LADY: Jim Woolsey

is going to Europe...

to try to find a link

between Saddam...

and the 1993 World Trade Center

bombing.

Is he freelancing?

THE ITALIAN LADY: He was sent

on an official government jet.

Jesus, who sent him?

THE ITALIAN LADY:

The deputy defense secretary.

Can you meet for coffee?

THE ITALIAN LADY:

I'll be in touch.

Hi, this is Warren

Strobel with Knight Ridder.

I'm working on a story...

about former CIA director James

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