because of your unique qualities,
field record, courage, etc, etc.
You are to be indoctrinated
in counterterrorist techniques...
...which will enable you to meet your
terrorist adversary on equal terms.
Air France passenger
Andrew Dunham...
...please pick up a white courtesy phone...
Is this trip business or pleasure?
Pleasure, I hope.
Welcome to the United States.
The ATAC squad - that's the
Antiterrorist Action Command -
...has been formed due to a serious
lack of ruthlessness by the police.
- What are we doin' here?
- They've become bland.
First lesson: Threat equals fire power.
Terrorists, though relatively few
in number, rely on massive fire power.
Fragmentation grenades,
other improvised explosive devices.
Law-enforcement officials,
on the other hand, are poorly armed...
...indoctrinated in the use
of non-deadly force...
...and, to a great extent, are not
proficient in what weapons they do have.
Department policy, reluctance to fire,
police-public relations...
...human rights, civil rights...
...safety orientation, necessary
when dealing with civilians...
...but catastrophic with terrorists.
- Pay attention, huh?
- The most important rule is...
...hesitation kills.
Hesitation must be removed
from the policeman.
Are you sure that
this guy's even in the city?
The latest information, as gathered by
the Interpol computer bank, supports this.
He isn't comfortable in Europe.
No one will hire him.
Africa, Asia, the Middle East,
South America...
They've got enough revolutionaries.
But if you wanted worldwide press
coverage... New York. Where else?
What about the possibility that he
could have retired or gone into hiding?
Sergeant Fox, isn't it?
The answer to the possibility
of Wulfgar's retirement, sir, is...
...he's only beginning.
Go ahead.
In 72 hours, I want each of you to know
every detail of his past operations.
We must make use of
every bit of time we have.
I assure you Wulfgar isn't wasting his.
International terrorism, gentlemen,
is a worldwide organization...
...and the man who runs like a thread
through the majority of all of it is one...
...alias Wulfgar.
There was a plastic surgeon
murdered in Paris recently.
The method and caliber of bullet used...
...was the same as Wulfgar has used
in similar assassinations.
So, gentlemen, he may now
look entirely different.
The man truly enjoys killing.
Don't start trouble, OK? Why are
you always such a troublemaker?
His pattern is that he makes
female contacts...
...to establish safe housing for his armory.
He also has a liking for fancy foods,
expensive clothes and the nightlife.
Let's not be strangers. I'm Eric.
The real name is Heymar Reinhardt.
Born Frankfurt, Germany, 1946...
...educated Paris and
Patrice Lumumba University, Moscow.
Currently financed by... no one.
Since the London incidents...
...he has become persona non grata
with revolutionary communities.
What makes him dangerous
is that he wants to prove himself...
...as invincible as he ever was.
Well, not to us, of course, but
to international terrorist networks.
So he may strike anywhere,
without warning.
What he wants most is press coverage.
The media is their voice.
ABC... Television, right?
Right. And CBS is down there.
Radio City is way on down there.
- The news is here.
- Mm-hm.
You know...
I never asked you what you do.
Well, besides dance a lot,
I fly for National.
"I'm Pam. Fly me."
That's an airline joke, sort of.
Don't get me wrong. I don't actually
fly the plane. I'm just a stewardess.
A flying waitress, some people call us,
but I'd rather dance than do any of that.
- How about you?
- Me?
I'm an international terrorist,
wanted by half the countries in Europe.
- And I'm a lady-killer.
- Sure(!)
If you allow him to
dictate the circumstances...
...the hostages will ultimately die.
You can count on that.
So, try to stay with me, everybody.
Time is short.
Very short.
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