Memorable Quotes from John Spencer
2 quotesTensions Rise Among Military Leadership
General Al Kramer
Frank, it's Al Kramer.
BG Francis Hummel
Hi, Al, how you doin'?
[chomps a cigar]
Kramer
I don't know, Frank. Ah, why don't you tell me. Got a lot of very, very worried people here, Frank.
Hummel
I'll come straight to the point. Eighty-three ] have died under my various commands. Forty-seven in northern Laos and southern China.
[[w:United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnaissance|Force Reconnaissance Marines]
White House Chief of Staff Hayden Sinclair
Southern China? We never admitted we sent troops into China.
Hummel
Who is this? Identify yourself.
Sinclair
White House Chief of Staff Hayden Sinclair, General.
Hummel
How old are you, Chief of Staff Sinclair?
[stands up]
Sinclair
I'm 33-
Hummel
Well, Mr. Sinclair, you've probably got no fucking idea what I'm talking about. By your ninth birthday, I was running black ops into China. My men were responsible for over 200 enemy kills. Now put some rigging tape over Mr. Sinclair's mouth, he's wasting my time!
Kramer
Ah you want to continue, Frank?
Hummel
Remember Operation Desert Storm? Those surgical hits made by our smart bombs, covered so well on CNN? It was my men on the ground that made those hits possible by lasing the targets. Twenty of them were left to rot outside Baghdad after the conflict ended. No benefits were paid to their families. No medals conferred. These men died for their country and they weren't even given a goddamn military burial. This situation is unacceptable. You will transfer 100 million dollars from the Grand Cayman Red Sea Trading Company account to an account I designate. From these funds, reparations of $1 million will be paid to each of the 83 Marines families. The rest of the funds, I will disperse at my discretion. Do I make myself clear?
FBI Director James Womack
Except for the Red Sea Trading Company. What is that?
Hummel
Identify yourself.
Womack
This is FBI Director Womack, General.
Hummel
It's a slush fund where the Pentagon keeps proceeds from illegal arms sales-
Kramer
Jesus, Frank! This is classified information!
Hummel
You alert the media, I launch the gas. You refuse payment, I launch the gas. You've got 40 hours, till noon day after tomorrow to arrange transfer of the money. I am aware of your countermeasure. You know, and I know, it doesn't stand a chance. Hummel from Alcatraz. Out.
[disconnects video call]
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Trust and Redemption in Uncertain Times
John Mason
So what do you have in store for me, Womack, when this is over?
FBI Director James Womack
You'll get your life back, Mason.
Mason
But you could have given my life back years ago. Why should I trust you now?
[walks away, but turns back to Womack]
Womack
You've got my word.
Mason
Will you shake on it?
[Womack nods. Both men shake hands but Mason attaches a rope on Womack's hand and throws him off the balcony.]
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