Can I ask you how you plan to handle the financial end?
We have a discretionary fund. This'll classify as a home improvement.
Happy to pave over the money trail accordingly.
No. I'm not afraid if this becomes public.
So the illusion of transparency?
No, Mr. Bishop, actual transparency. I'm happy to defend actions that protect our people. And making the ambassador's home safer qualifies as an improvement, don't you think? Maybe I'll throw in a fountain.
If anyone is well-acquainted with code of ethics, Madam Secretary, it is 'the new guise of Satan'.
I didn't actually call you Satan.
No, no. Just my life's work.
I was in academia then. I have a different job now.
Right. You're a diplomat.
I'm responsible for the safety of our employees overseas.
I understand. Desperate times, desperate measures and all of that.
We'll let Shakespeare have the last word on that, shall we?
How does it feel? To make a deal with the devil?
Thank you, Mr. Bishop.
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