:02:02
...andreturn the hostage safely, had,
by this point, been dissipated.
:02:06
Tell your colonel...
:02:07
...it's his responsibility now.
:02:09
He's got his orders. He fucks about...
:02:12
...l'll be the least of his problems.
:02:20
Factoring the time-sensitive interests
of the group holding Lenoir...
:02:24
...the limited communication available
with the London office...
:02:27
...and the Russian insistence...
:02:28
...that they, and they alone,
deliver the ransom payment.
:02:33
lmade the decision
that there was simply no alternative...
:02:36
...but to give the Russians
exactly what they wanted.
:02:47
Knowing that l'dretain possession
ofthe ransom money...
:02:50
...l'dmanaged to contact
the Chechens privately.
:02:52
We hadagreed to rendezvous
at an alternative location.
:02:57
Transport options in this area are limited.
:03:00
Drive!
:03:01
So l did the best that l could.
:03:05
The group holding Mr. Lenoir...
:03:07
...was responsible for a dozen kidnappings
over thepast two years.
:03:11
This is a battle-testedguerrilla militia.
:03:13
They are well-armed,
highly mobile and extremely unpredictable.
:03:19
Mr. Lenoir was found to be
in an excellent state ofhealth...
:03:23
...considering the circumstances.
:03:33
l sent the Russians away.
l don't know how much time we've got.
:03:36
Following a review ofthe ransom payment.
:03:38
Mr. Lenoir was released into our care.
:03:44
The success ofthis extraction depended on
a brisk, timely, transfer schedule.
:03:49
We were, however, not quite fast enough.
:03:59
Airborne!