Designated Survivor (TV Series)

The Enemy (2016)

Kevin McNally: Harris Cochrane

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• Harris Cochrane : Mr. President. I wasn't expecting you, sir.

  Tom Kirkman : That's pretty obvious, general. Is it true that you gave the order to take the Algerian air defenses offline?

  Harris Cochrane : Yes, sir. I ordered Cyb-Command at Fort Meade to set a glide path through Algerian airspace.

  Tom Kirkman : Without clearing it through me or Algeria, which happens to be one of our allies. Correct me if I'm wrong, general, but is that not an act of war?

  Harris Cochrane : It was necessary preparation.

  Tom Kirkman : For an attack I have not authorized yet.

  Harris Cochrane : You tried diplomacy. It failed. And now you're risking the entire country to protect one person? I did what needed to be done.

  Tom Kirkman : Well, general, one day if you become president, you can make that call. But as long as I am and one of our own is unaccounted for, we do nothing that will jeopardize their safety any further. I agreed to twelve hours.

  Harris Cochrane : These terrorists came to our home. They killed our people. Any sacrifices we make to eradicate them from the face of the Earth are sacrifices worth making. When a snake's in your kitchen, you don't invite it to dinner, you cut off its head.

  Tom Kirkman : You make a good point, general. And seeing that this is my kitchen... I am relieving you of your command, effective immediately.

  Harris Cochrane : What?

  Tom Kirkman : General, you are fired.

• Director Carrera : Sammy Serafian is an American operative who has been in Algeria six years working under non-official cover. Sixteen months ago, he infiltrated Al-Sakar. This morning, we received a message from him confirming a direct link between Al-Sakar and the attack.

  Tom Kirkman : It says here that he found an unexploded ordnance with the same unique signature as the bomb from the Capitol site?

  Harris Cochrane : Yes, sir, confirming without a doubt that Al-Sakar was behind the attack.

  Tom Kirkman : Do we have a location?

  Director Carrera : Serafian was able to pinpoint Nassar's position; a compound in the tri-border region between Mali and Niger. Satellite surveillance confirms multiple vehicles and a heavy perimeter.

  Tom Kirkman : And we think that's Nassar's security.

  Harris Cochrane : Yes, Mr. President. On your order, F-18s can be deployed from the USS Eisenhower. We'll disable their air defense and reduce them to a stain in the sand within a matter of seconds.

  Tom Kirkman : Where's agent Serafian now?

  Director Carrera : We've lost contact with him, sir.

  Admiral Chernow : We gave him twenty-four hours to evacuate. That was six hours ago.

  Harris Cochrane : Sir, if we wait for him to surface, we may lose our window to take out the enemy.

  Tom Kirkman : And what's the probability that he's in the compound with him now?

  Director Carrera : It's high, sir.

  Tom Kirkman : So in all likelihood, if we bomb the compound, we'd be killing an American agent.

  Harris Cochrane : He knew the risks, sir.

  Tom Kirkman : I have to believe, general, that he's in Algeria trying to help his country, not get killed by it.

  Harris Cochrane : We have the enemy in our sights, the man who destroyed all three branches of our government, a thousand Americans. Are we gonna let one man stand in the way of retribution?

• Tom Kirkman : General, it's barely 7:00 a.m. and I've already been ambushed by the presumptive Speaker, and I am facing a potential domestic crisis, so please choose your words wisely.

  Harris Cochrane : I don't need to, sir. We found Majid Nassar.