gardiner, yes, sir.
no problem, chief.
yes, sir - we are aware of all that, but still, we haven't been able to.
yes, mr. president, we attempted to contact mr. rand, but he was too ill to.
right, chief.
no, sir.
right, chief.
we.  uh, have been unable to come up with any information before the man appeared at mr. rand's home .  and, uh.
well, we do have data from honeycutt's sources, chief - but it isn't pertinent.
yes, sir.
suits hand-made by a tailor in chicago in 1918. the tailor went out of business in 1929, then took his own life. .  his shoes were hand-made in 1928. the cobbler has long since been dead. underwear, all of the finest cloth, factory destroyed by fire in 1938. the man carries no identification; no wallet, no driver's license, no credit cards. .  he carries one item along with him, a fine swiss pocket-watch crafted at the turn of the century; so far they have been unable to ascertain where or when purchase was made. .  he has never dyed his hair. .  computers have analyzed gardiner's vocal characteristics; it is impossible to determine his ethnic background, they feel his accent may be northeastern, but they will not commit to that. .  fingerprint check proved negative, no identification possible. .  that's it, mr. president.
well, sir - it occurred to us that he might be an agent of a foreign power. but, we ruled that out, as they invariably are provided with too much documentation, too much american identity.  we, uh. don't quite know what to make of it yet, sir.  but we'll keep on top of it, mr. president - we'll come up with the answer.
sorry to disturb you, chief but we have new developments.
we have word that the soviets have put out a top priority alert for information on gardiner's background. so far, they haven't come up with a thing - what's more, as a result of their eagerness, one of their ablest agents blew his cover, we have him in custody at this time.
yes, chief - eight other foreign powers have put gardiner under surveillance. we're around-the clock now, sir - i'll keep you posted.