Covert Operations. Division: Russia. Security Clearance: Level One. Vice President of Products and Development, Rink Petroleum. ibid. Salt
Evelyn Salt was injured during the Moscow car crash that killed her parents in 1988. ibid. message on cell phone
I work for the CIA. ibid. Salt in back of car
And we will strike. Together. One day I will come for all of you. ibid. Russian controller
Our mission: The bunker eight storeys below the White House. That’s where the president needs to be. ibid. bloke on plane to Salt
Sir, I think we seriously need to consider the possibility that today right now could be the start of Day X. ibid. agent in bunker
Her: I’m the patsy.
Him: And I’m the hero. ibid.
Because somebody had to. ibid. Salt in helicopter
In other words we want you to turn him. Legacy 2013 starring Charlie Cox & Romola Garai & Simon Russell Beale & Geraldine James & Christian McKay & Olivia Grant & Richard McCabe & Andrew Scott & Tessa Peake-Jones & Robert Ashby & Charlotte Randle & Barrie Martin et al, director Peter Travis, Soviet section boss to trainee
He told me that since the war my father had been a KGB spy. His codename was Builder. ibid. trainee to boss
It is always the family that suffers. ibid. Russian spy
During all those years when they thought he was working solely for them he was working for us. As a double agent. ibid. boss to trainee
Standard program of denial recommended. The Falcon and the Snowman 1985 starring Sean Penn & Timothy Hutton & Sean Penn & Pat Hingle & Joyce van Patten & Rob Reed & Richard Dysart & David Suchet & Chris Makepeace et al, director John Schlesinger, teletext
I had no idea of the extent of the lie, the level of deception. Australia is not the only one of our allies being deceived. ibid. Boyce
They’re just as dangerous and paranoid as we are. ibid. Boyce
A very serious breach in the security of the United States. The arrest of Robert Hanssen for espionage should remind us all, every American should know, that our nation, our free society, is an international target in a dangerous world. Breach 2007 starring Ryan Phillippe & Chris Cooper & Laura Linney & Caroline Dhavernas & Dennis Haysbert & Gary Cole & Kathleen Quinlan & Bruce Davison & Jonathan Potts et al, director Billy Ray, John Ashcroft 2001
You know what’s going on behind that door? Analyst looking for a spy inside the intelligence community. ibid. boss
Why did they [communists] fail? Godlessness. Atheism. ibid. boss
This is the worst breach in the history of US Intelligence. ibid.
Robert Hanssen is now serving a life sentence … In 22 years of espionage, Hanssen betrayed at least 50 human sources. ibid.
We want to know if you’ve succeeded in penetrating this sabotage ring yet? The Black Windmill 1974 starring Michael Caine & Joseph O’Conor & Donald Pleasence & John Vernon & Janet Suzman & Delphine Seyrig & Joss Ackland & Clive Revill & Catherine Schell & Denis Quilley et al, director Don Siegel, Spy chief to Tarrant
Don’t tell me you prefer pot? ibid. wife of spy chief to Harper
What do you know about yellow-cake? What about Niger? The office of the Vice-President has received a report concerning a memorandum of sale between the government of Niger and Iraq for the purchase of 500 tons of yellow-cake uranium ore. Fair Game 2010 starring Naomi Watts & Sean Penn & Noah Emmerich & Ty Burrell & Sam Shepard & Bruce McGill & Brooke Smith & Michael Kelly & Liraz Charhi & Khaled el Nabawy & Anand Tiwari & David Denman, director Doug Liman, CIA bloke to Joseph Wilson
You can’t compile intelligence from a single source. ibid. her to him
Val, I’m sorry. It’s over. You were a good officer. ibid. Bill the boss
1968: America, Britain, Russia signed an agreement to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. This treaty contained four secret protocols. Today, only one remains … The Fourth Protocol 1968 starring Michael Caine & Pierce Brosnan & Ned Beatty & Joana Cassidy & Julian Glover & Michael Gough & Ray McAnally & Ian Richardson & Anton Rodgers & Caroline Blakiston & Joseph Brady & Matt Frewer & Betsy Brantley et al, director John Mackenzie, captions
I am well aware that you somehow consider yourself as outside the normal chain of command. ibid. Preston’s boss
You’re a Mormon: next to you we all have a drinking problem. Burn After Reading 2008 starring George Clooney & Frances McDormand & Brad Pitt & John Malkovich & Tilda Swinton & Richard Jenkins & Elizabeth Marvel & David Rasche & J K Simmons & Olek Krupa, directors Coen brothers, Ozzy opening scene
I can’t believe this: this is like Intelligence shit. ibid. Pitt
They all seem to be sleeping with each other. ibid. spy to spy
We’ll take it. Grimsby 2016 starring Sacha Baron Cohen & Mark Strong & Isla Fisher & Rebel Wilson & Gabourey Sidibe & Annabelle Wallis & Ian McShane & David Harewood & Ricky Tomlinson & Johnny Vegas & Scott Adkins & Sam Hazeldine et al, director Louis Leterrier, opening scene Sacha and partner making love in bed in shop to salesman
Heroin: it’s a gateway drug – to more heroin. ibid.
Our new grandson – Django Unchained. ibid.
People have been chucked out of Grimsby for ordering a vegetarian breakfast. ibid.
One thing I noticed about rich people – they’re angry most of the time. Turks & Caicos 2014 starring Bill Nighy & Helena Bonham Carter & Rupert Graves & Ralph Fiennes & Ewen Bremner & James McArdle & Winona Ryder & Christopher Walken & Dylan Baker et al, director David Hare, her to him
You’re useless in the kitchen. Why don’t you go back to bed? Funeral in Berlin 1966 starring Michael Caine & Paul Hubschmid & Oskar Homolka & Eva Renzi & Guy Doleman & Hugh Burden & Heinz Schubert & Wolfgang Volz & Thomas Holtzmann & Sarah Brackett et al, director Guy Hamilton, Palmer to bird
Colonel Stok is thinking of defecting. ibid. Ross to Palmer
Sean Bean: You ever kill anybody?
Robert De Niro: I hurt someone’s feelings once. Ronin 1998 starring Robert De Niro & Natascha McElhone & Sean Bean & Jean Reno & Stellan Skarsgard & Skipp Sudduth & Michael Lonsdale & Jonathan Pryce et al, director John Frankenheimer
A secret vital to your air defence ... you don’t believe me? The 39 Steps 1935 starring Robert Donat & Madeleine Carroll & Lucie Mannheim & Godfrey Tearle & Peggy Ashcroft & John Laurie & Helen Haye & Wylie Watson et al, director Alfred Hitchcock, her to him