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Clips from Madam Secretary - Ghost Detainee (S02E02)

"Whatever works, right?"
Madam Secretary
"Guys, that decision might not be ours to make anymore."
Madam Secretary
"Alex Jones from White House Counsel"
Madam Secretary
"I don't think you understand the dangerous position"
Madam Secretary
"you've put the White House in."
Madam Secretary
"At your urgent request,"
Madam Secretary
"President Dalton authorized Justice"
Madam Secretary
"to issue an arrest warrant,"
Madam Secretary
"so you could legally rendition Hijriyyah Al Bouri."
Madam Secretary
"She's been in U.S. custody for three days,"
Madam Secretary
"and you haven't registered her in the system."
Madam Secretary
"Only because we have good reason to think that Jibral Disah"
Madam Secretary
"believes that she was killed in the raid."
Madam Secretary
"After we grabbed her, we bombed the compound."
Madam Secretary
"JANE: If we file charges against Hijriyyah in federal court,"
Madam Secretary
"he'll know she's alive, and he'll alter his plans."
Madam Secretary
"then file for political asylum."
Madam Secretary
"We're holding out asylum as an inducement to get her talking."
Madam Secretary
"(sighs)"
Madam Secretary
"Hijriyyah Al Bouri onto U.S. soil,"
Madam Secretary
"she was automatically granted"
Madam Secretary
"certain rights: The right to an attorney."
Madam Secretary
"The right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus."
Madam Secretary
"The right..."
Madam Secretary
"We've been trying to keep things friendly."
Madam Secretary
"How friendly can things be when you're holding her prisoner?"
Madam Secretary
"Because she doesn't want to go back to Libya."
Madam Secretary
"Okay, look."
Madam Secretary
"We need a few more days. The weekend."
Madam Secretary
"Hijriyyah holds the key to finding Jibral Disah."
Madam Secretary
"If we miss this chance,"
Madam Secretary
"it could be years before we have another lead."
Madam Secretary
"The weekend."
Madam Secretary
"or a political refugee."
Madam Secretary
"Jones is right about one thing:"
Madam Secretary
"We're just strangers that took her"
Madam Secretary
"from the only home she's ever known."
Madam Secretary
"Bleak and dangerous as that home was."
Madam Secretary
"Someone who can give her hope"
Madam Secretary
"for a better future."
Madam Secretary
"The teacher, Laila."
Madam Secretary
"We pushed her pretty hard the last time."
Madam Secretary
"He's got no affiliation"
Madam Secretary
"with any radical group, past or present."
Madam Secretary
"The guy is clean."
Madam Secretary
"Can we get State"
Madam Secretary
"to expedite his visa"
Madam Secretary
"Okay, hold on. Does this really rise"
Madam Secretary
"Save it."
Madam Secretary
"I'll get approval from Russell Jackson"
Madam Secretary
"and I'll meet you back at the office."
Madam Secretary
"So, I got a memo this morning from Oliver Shaw's office."
Madam Secretary
"You asked him to run a search on Talia Petrov."
Madam Secretary
"It's kind of a bureaucratic turf thing."
Madam Secretary
"I just wanted to check and see if she was okay."
Madam Secretary
"(sighs) Look, Henry,"
Madam Secretary
"she's been arrested by the Russian police."
Madam Secretary
"What? When?"
Madam Secretary
"Two weeks ago."
Madam Secretary
"Why didn't you tell me?"
Madam Secretary
"Because given your history with Dmitri Petrov,"
Madam Secretary
"I had this crazy idea you might react badly."
Madam Secretary
"(scoffs, laughs) It's not that simple."
Madam Secretary
"Ever since Talia returned to Russia,"
Madam Secretary
"she's been pressuring the military"
Madam Secretary
"to turn over Dmitri's remains for burial."
Madam Secretary
"Now, officially, she was told"
Madam Secretary
"that he died of a fever,"
Madam Secretary
"When in reality, he was most likely shot,"
Madam Secretary
"or... tortured to death."
Madam Secretary
"Dmitri's body is evidence"
Madam Secretary
"his government executed him as a traitor."
Madam Secretary
"She was threatening to go public."
Madam Secretary
"They needed to do something"
Madam Secretary
"She's recovering from cancer."
Madam Secretary
"Right now, they're holding her"
Madam Secretary
"at a jail in the city."
Madam Secretary
"Just long enough to convince her"
Madam Secretary
"is to let events take their course."
Madam Secretary
"Dmitri was captured and killed."
Madam Secretary
"That wasn't your fault."
Madam Secretary
"I promised him"
Madam Secretary
"I would do everything I could to keep him safe."
Madam Secretary
"The human cost"
Madam Secretary
"is part of the intelligence game, Henry."
Madam Secretary
"I know."
Madam Secretary
"HENRY: Her name is Talia Petrov."
Madam Secretary
"She's being held at a facility near, uh, Leninsky Prospekt."
Madam Secretary
"Will you call me when you've seen her?"
Madam Secretary
"Yes. Thank you, Mr. Brayshev."
Madam Secretary
"(knocking on door)"
Madam Secretary
"and now I'm turning around to go right back out again."
Madam Secretary
"I hate it."
Madam Secretary
"That's why I never became a rock star."
Madam Secretary
"That and I can't sing."
Madam Secretary
"Rock stars sleep in."
Madam Secretary
"You're jumping out of bed at 4:00 a.m."
Madam Secretary
"to answer e-mails."
Madam Secretary
"My staff spent the night"
Madam Secretary
"preparing a report for the new"
Madam Secretary
"Well, if you want to fight terror,"
Madam Secretary
"you got to run with the big dogs."
Madam Secretary
"Ooh, which reminds me,"
Madam Secretary
"um, we got the request from Murphy Station"
Madam Secretary
"for the expedited visa for Laila Ayyad's brother."
Madam Secretary
"She agreed to help us with Hijriyyah"
Madam Secretary
"Well, it's in process."
Madam Secretary
"We forwarded it to Marc Forsythe"
Madam Secretary
"at the Bureau of Consular Affairs."
Madam Secretary
"Because we need it, like, today."
Madam Secretary
"Okay. I-I can talk to Marc."
Madam Secretary
"He's got a crush on me."
Madam Secretary
"Or, how about this?"
Madam Secretary
"How about you deal with your departmental issues,"
Madam Secretary
"and, uh, clear up the backlog, and..."
Madam Secretary
"get this thing approved."
Madam Secretary
"I'm on your side, remember?"
Madam Secretary
"Well, it doesn't feel like it."
Madam Secretary
"It feels like I'm dealing with a typical DC bureaucrat."
Madam Secretary
"It is indefensible"
Madam Secretary
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