The Hot Zone

Previously on The Hot Zone Anthrax.

The person who called 911, Thomas Morris,

he's dead, so is Joe Kercy.

This investigation now falls under Operation Noble Eagle.

I'm forwarding you Bruce's email, so you be careful.

When Bruce gets into these moods,

he sees everyone around him as a threat.

So tell me more about your lone wolf theory.

All signs point to our perp being a

highly-educated American citizen with scientific expertise.

Bruce can snap.

You don't know what Bruce is capable of.

So what should I do with the report?

Just file it.

The results came back, it's Ames.

Ames strain?

I didn't think it existed outside of high security research labs.

It doesn't.

This administration is not afraid

of saying the word Iraq.

Iraq has been on the terrorist list for years.

That's USAMRIID, one of only 16 labs in the US that

has the Ames strain which means the anthrax came from

the most respected biodefense lab in the country.

Sometimes I go places.

Bad neighborhoods in Baltimore,

hoping somebody will pick a fight.

No one's cleaning up the streets.

There's no justice out there.

Justice?

Are you saying that you carry a loaded weapon?

Bruce, in those moments are you considering

doing bodily harm to someone?

People harm people for bad reasons all the time.

If I wanted to do real damage,

every day I work with deadly diseases

no one's never even heard of,

USAMRIID's full of them.

One vial from my lab, I could contaminate the water supply,

wipe out a whole city.

Obviously I'm not that person.

I wanna help people and save lives like my anthrax vaccine.

Why don't they see that?

Who?

The FBI, they subpoenaed anthrax samples from us.

Keep poking on our labs like we're the suspects, us,

the good guys, when there's terrorists out there.

I'll tell you, Lisa,

senators here on Capitol Hill are frustrated

by the FBI's sleepy response to the anthrax attacks.

Five Americans have lost their lives and

yet no terrorists are in custody.

I'll make sure we get a call on the Southwest today.

What's going on?

Copak's adding two more teams to the investigation.

Miller and Reilly,

you'll join Sykes' team as well.

Senate just voted to send our troops into Iraq,

people's husbands, sons, wives, daughters

will be risking their lives to fight terrorists.

We owe it to them to find the terrorists here on our soil.

They've been out on the streets too long.

We need results.

Everyone, run down your own leads, stay in your lanes,

too easy to influence each other, pull focus.

Whoever gets me a smoking gun first

I'm shifting all resources to their team.

America needs to see someone in handcuffs dragged into Guantanamo.

I need to talk to the head of the labs.

Chris, why don't you pull access records?

Okay. I'll flag anybody who was working unusual hours

in BSL three and four around the time of the mailing.

Yeah, start with the day after 9/11.

- After? - Yeah.

The powder in the attack letter is cruder than in

the second batch like it was made in a hurry,

probably in response to the towers.

You're turning the microscope on the same scientist

you're asking help solve this.

Got everybody on edge.

Dr. Livingston, why did you team drag its feet

submitting samples under subpoena?

Do you have any idea how overtaxed this place has been since 9/11?

I got a pretty good idea.

Our samples should be arriving at

your repository in Arizona today.

Other labs submitted to the subpoena days ago.

Yeah.

I've spoken to some of those labs.

They don't have agents running all over their facility.

Why do you think that is?

We wouldn't be here if we didn't have evidence

leading us back to USAMRIID.

We're gonna need to see psych evals on

all personnel with access to level three and

level four hot suites.

Psych evaluations?

I mean, we don't do those.

You're telling me you have scientists working with

every lethal pathogen on this planet,

and no one ever thought to monitor their mental stability?

Okay, well, then we need every personnel file.

I've got another one, left the lab a little late,

entered the hot suite alone,

stayed for two hours.

Add the name.

I'll go see if Dani has flagged anyone on the list.

You delayed submitting your anthrax samples for weeks.

Arizona says you kept calling for clarification

on how to submit.

So?

So, it's pretty simple, Bruce.

I sent in the samples.

They should have them by now.

You used the wrong slants.

They won't accept it.

Because those generic slants they want a malarkey,

mine are better.

They don't care, Bruce.

Well, they should care.

Does no one give a darn about quality anymore?

Just follow their protocol, Bruce.

You're making us look like we've got something to hide.

I've told Arizona to dispose of your submissions.

We've promised that you would comply and

re-submit right away.

I'm not surprised, Adya,

since you've been best buddies with

every FBI agent who's walked in here.

Jesus Christ.

I didn't wanna be the one to tell you but people are

beginning to wonder what side you're on.

We're all on the same side, Bruce.

We should all be careful.

These are not glorified cops with badges.

Some of these agents are scientists.

And if you don't submit,

they will sweep in and do it for you.

How's your anxiety?

The Valium should help get a handle on that.

Have you noticed a difference with the new dosage?

We're under attack!

There's no meds that will fix that!

We're here to handle how you react to those situations.

And was Baltimore the only long drive you've taken lately

or have there been others?

We're almost out of time.

You missed group therapy twice.

Were you on one of your drives?

I went to see Mara.

You said she lived in upstate New York.

Why did you go see her?

I must have been really mad.

Did you have your gun?

What did you do, Bruce?

I might have put something in wine.

But I didn't give it to her.

I realized...

It's like that poem,

and all those emails,

I find after I've sent them and

I don't remember.

This is all confidential, isn't it?

Yes.

Unless I feel that you are becoming a threat to yourself,

or to others.

Thank you so much for agreeing to sit down with me today.

I understand how disruptive this is.

And I know you guys are all professionals protecting America and

it's exactly what this interview is going to prove today.

So let's start by talking a little bit about

some of your coworkers.

Tell me about Dr. Kurz.

Does he have any connections overseas,

maybe the Middle East?

Not that I know of.

He is very dedicated, doesn't joke around much.

What's it like, uh, working for Dr. Livingston?

Do you ever hear her criticize the government?

Well, no more than anyone else nowadays.

Not sure, uh, honestly it took a while to get to know her.

She's made some amazing breakthroughs here though.

I have heard nothing but good things about, uh, Dr. Ivins.

Ivins, what can you say?

Bruce is Bruce.

He's always quick with the joke,

he's a seriously good researcher.

I had to cut this tree down in my yard and who shows up on a,

on a Saturday with a chainsaw.

Helped me out with some vaccine research.

And nobody has a better sense of humor.

I have heard nothing but good things about Bruce Ivins.

Bruce, he's kind of a...

I mean...

Um, he's, uh, how do I say it?

And odd duck?

I don't know what to tell you.

Have you guys come across Bruce Ivins?

Uh, yes, he was on the late-night access list.

Why, did he say something?