can it wait till morning, agent wood, i'm going to hear bruce springsteen .
christ, the concert's for the prince of wales or somebody .
wait. who is this?
mary jane, get the pentagon! call the san francisco office. it seems alcatraz was just re-opened.
what was this book hummel wrote on vietnam? anybody read it?
except for the red sea trading company. what is that?
f.b.i. director womack, general.
what did hummel mean by ",standard countermeasure," general?
tell him to pack a bag for san francisco.
the c.i.a. director and i have something to discuss in private.
you're not actually suggesting .
i am very uncomfortable about this.
when he escaped from san quentin.
i'm told you're our best chemical weapons man, goodspeed. what's your education?
excellent. what do you know about v.x. gas?
no goodspeed. it's not a training exercise.
the following is a state secret. disclose it to any party and you will be subject to prosecution. his name is john mason. a british national incarcerated on alcatraz island in 1962, escaped in 1963.
i'm telling you facts, agent sanchez. do not argue and do not question. he was recaptured and sent to san quentin, from which he escaped in february, 1976. he's been held at wolfburg since. he has no identity. he does not exist. understood? i want one thing: how he escaped alcatraz - specifically the route he took through the island's tunnels.
don't even entertain it. this man laughs at strong arm tactics. dodium pentathol doesn't work either.
because i'm willing to give him what he wants, goodspeed - a full pardon.
sanchez - try subtlety.
i ask for an interrogator and what do i get .
real subtle, sanchez.
impressive, sanchez.
he's already had you for the first course. go.
don't answer that, goodspeed .
don't give away the farm, goodspeed.
no. you'll give it to me. give it to me, reynolds.
show attorney reynolds outside there's a car waiting for him. and sanchez - i'll handle the next stage.
i'll decide what's legal, goodspeed.
you're out of your depth, goodspeed. you are on a need to know basis and you do not need to know.
i personally picked this suite. only one exit.
that's all you get.
without these he can't stab you in the throat.
you cocksucker you dislocated my shoulder and cost the city of san francisco ten million dollars. you try to escape again and agent chaney here will break your legs.
he knows every inch of those tunnels, commander.
what if he went with you?
i'll handle that. chaney.
you're not cooperating, john. maybe this will help. i'm sure you're curious about what's happening on alcatraz. twelve united states marines - a terrorist rogue force - have seized it. they've aimed fifteen poison gas rockets at the city. enough poison gas to kill every man, woman and child in san francisco. yes, john, including your daughter.
get him some gear. he's going to the rock. goodspeed!
if mason's still alive, it's not over.
1962. j. edgar hoover is head of the f.b.i., some say the country. it's no secret the esteemed mr. hoover kept microfilm files on prominent americans and europeans. de gaulle, british members of parliament, even the prime minister. the man had dirt on everyone in the world,
the british sent over their best operative, john mason, to steal it.
our agents caught mason at the canadian border but with no microfilm. it's never been found. so hoover held him without trial. the british claimed they didn't know him.
he died in 1972. she wasn't born yet today it's a different bureau and no one wants to touch this.
john mason has been incarcerated without trial on american soil since 1962. he knows our most intimate secrets of the last half century. the alien landing at roswell, the truth about the j.f.k. assassination.
goodspeed, this is director womack. are the hostages alive?
what about mason?
goodspeed. is mason-alive?
where's mason?
i'll take it.
i can explain all of this, sir .