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Breach · 2007 — 第 9 / 20 章 · 2'46" · C1

Kate Reveals Hanssen Is a Traitor, Explained：shoot his mouth off

Eric thinks the whole case is a setup designed to run a harmless eccentric out of the Bureau. "It's bullshit," he tells Kate. She lets him vent, then answers with the one fact he didn't have: "But he's a traitor, Eric."

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Eric O'Neill confronts Kate Burroughs over the investigation into Robert Hanssen, convinced the case is manufactured to push a difficult colleague out. Kate hears him out, then tells him the truth the Bureau has been keeping from him: Hanssen has been spying for Russia since 1985, and the human cost is far worse than the money.

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このシーンの表現

shoot his mouth off

talk too freely

Eric says Hanssen keeps running his mouth about the Bureau.

He keeps shooting his mouth off about the merger.

このシーンの他の表現

  • cooked

    done for, rigged

  • bullshit

    nonsense, crap

  • give up lives

    betray people to death

  • have a handle on

    know the extent of

  • inadmissible

    not usable in court

このシーンのメモ一覧

44 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B2have something on someone

have evidence against

What's the trouble? I want to see what you got on this guy.
表現 · C1read someone in

brief someone

I can read you in. I'm authorized to do that.
表現 · B1tell dirty jokes

off-color jokes

The guy doesn't drink, doesn't tell dirty jokes.
文法 · B2a guy who's retiring in two months

relative clause: The who-clause adds that the man retires in two months.

And why the hell would you hand a new division to a guy who's retiring in two months, especially if he's under investigation?
表現 · B2something is cooked

is rigged

You know, I think this whole thing is cooked.
スラング · B2cooked

done for — Casual and blunt; avoid it at work.

You know, I think this whole thing is cooked.
発音shooting his

Link shooting his so his almost disappears.

I think he keeps shooting his mouth off about the Bureau and nobody knows what to do with him, so we tag him as a deviant and run him out of the building.
スラング · B2the Bureau

the FBI — Insider shorthand for the FBI.

I think he keeps shooting his mouth off about the Bureau and nobody knows what to do with him, so we tag him as a deviant and run him out of the building.
スラング · B2deviant

pervert — A harsh label; not for polite use.

I think he keeps shooting his mouth off about the Bureau and nobody knows what to do with him, so we tag him as a deviant and run him out of the building.
表現 · B1run around doing something

rush about

The whole thing, it's Kenneth Starr all over again, except I'm running around looking for the blue dress.
表現 · B1that was inevitable

that was bound to happen

Well, that was inevitable.
表現 · B2for our purposes

as far as we're concerned

For our purposes, it was sort of necessary.
表現 · B2spy for someone

work as a spy for

He started spying for the Russians, we think, in 1985.
表現 · B2military secrets

defense secrets

He's given them military secrets, intelligence secrets.
文法 · C1which told them where the President would be taken

relative clause: The which-clause explains what the program revealed.

He gave them our Continuity of Government Program, which told them where the President would be taken during a nuclear or terrorist attack.
表現 · B2in the billions

amounting to billions

The damage he's done to the U.S. Government is in the billions.
発音in the billions

Stress billions; keep the rest low and quick.

The damage he's done to the U.S. Government is in the billions.
表現 · B2give up lives

betray people to death

Plesac moves from money to lives: Hanssen's leaks got people killed.

He's also given up lives.
表現 · B2have a handle on something

not know the extent of

We don't have a handle yet on how many of our assets he's compromised.
文法 · C1how many of our assets he's compromised

noun clause: The how-many clause is what they still don't know.

We don't have a handle yet on how many of our assets he's compromised.
表現 · C1inadmissible evidence

not usable in court

Plesac notes that nothing in the file can be used as evidence.

Of course, everything in the file is inadmissible.
表現 · B2make a case

build one's own case

We make our own case independently, or he walks.
発音or he walks

Blend or he into one sound, then land on walks.

We make our own case independently, or he walks.

「Kate Reveals Hanssen Is a Traitor」を読み解く

What's really going on

Eric has spent weeks as Hanssen's handler and started to see him as a lonely, devout man being hounded for being odd, not dangerous. He says out loud what a lot of people suspect: "we tag him as a deviant and run him out of the building." Kate's reply is the scene's real turn. She doesn't argue with his read of the office politics; she simply says, "But he's a traitor, Eric." The Bureau's motive is ugly and its file is legally worthless, yet the accusation is true, and men were executed over it. Eric's assignment stops being a hazing ritual and becomes something that can get people killed. Kate's calm delivery makes it worse: this is a place where the truth arrives as procedure, not drama.

Theme

BetrayalHanssen sold out his country, his sources, and the men who trusted the Bureau, and Kate makes Eric hear it as fact.
SecretsThe whole scene is compartmented information being opened to Eric one line at a time.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Plesac never argues; he just states the facts.
  • The dead agents make the case personal.
  • He walks is a blunt way to say he goes free.
  • Cooked here means rigged, not cooked food.

発音のポイント

  • shooting his — Link shooting his so his almost disappears.
  • in the billions — Stress billions; keep the rest low and quick.
  • or he walks — Blend or he into one sound, then land on walks.
And why the hell would you hand a new division to a guy who's retiring in two months, especially if he's under investigation?

Eric's challenge: the assignment makes no sense unless the real goal is to move Hanssen out, not use him.

I think he keeps shooting his mouth off about the Bureau and nobody knows what to do with him, so we tag him as a deviant and run him out of the building.

Eric's theory of the case: Hanssen is just an abrasive oddball the Bureau wants gone, and the investigation is the excuse.

The damage he's done to the U.S. Government is in the billions.

Kate puts a price on the betrayal, framing the damage as financial before she gets to the deaths.

He's also given up lives.

The pivot from money to people: Hanssen didn't just cost dollars, he cost the lives of sources.

We don't have a handle yet on how many of our assets he's compromised.

The Bureau still doesn't know the full scope of the damage; assets means their own spies and informants.

We make our own case independently, or he walks.

Because the file can't be used in court, they must build a fresh case or Hanssen will go free.

このシーンについての質問

Why doesn't Kate just arrest Hanssen if she knows he's a spy?

Because the evidence she has can't be used. The file came from paid Russian defectors, so everything in it is inadmissible, and they have to build a fresh case before they can move.

Is Eric right that the investigation is a setup to get rid of Hanssen?

Only half right. The Bureau does find Hanssen difficult and the timing is suspicious, but he genuinely is a traitor, so the case isn't invented—it's just being run badly and for mixed reasons.

What happened to the sources Hanssen exposed?

He identified two KGB agents the U.S. had turned, Valery Martynov and Sergei Motorin, in one of his drops. They were flown back to Moscow and executed, which is what Kate means by Hanssen having 'given up lives.'

Why does Kate mention the sexual allegations at all?

To separate rumor from the real case. The stories online are about Hanssen's wife, using her real name, and while they happen to be true, Kate says they're irrelevant—the espionage is what matters.

Who is Kate Burroughs in this scene?

She's the FBI agent running the Hanssen investigation and the one who finally tells Eric the truth. Eric has been complaining about a pointless case, and Kate is the person authorized to read him in.

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次のチャプター · 第 10 章caught in the actEric Learns the Real Story
第 1 章riding the deskEric Is Assigned to Watch Hanssen第 2 章keep an eye onKate Recruits Eric to Spy on Hanssen第 3 章lapsedHanssen Interrogates His New Assistant第 4 章wipe off the mapHanssen Explains Why He Stayed第 5 章turf protectionEric Gets Debriefed on Turf Protection第 6 章the varsityHanssen Lectures Eric on God and Empire第 7 章work miraclesKate Explains Why They Picked Eric第 8 章play the gameHanssen Invites Eric to His Home再生中 · 第 9 章shoot his mouth offKate Reveals Hanssen Is a Traitor第 10 章caught in the actEric Learns the Real Story第 11 章be read inKate Reveals the Mole Was Hanssen第 12 章insanely loyalHanssen's Letter to the KGB第 13 章boundariesJuliana Confronts Eric About Hanssen第 14 章put on yourselfEric Asks His Father About Quitting第 15 章come out firingHanssen's DIA Meeting Cut Short第 16 章power playHanssen Dumps His Tail第 17 章sure as hellEric Confesses He Lied to Hanssen第 18 章keep 'em straightJuliana Reads Herself Into the Case第 19 章keep your head on straightEric Questions If It's Worth It第 20 章at the end of the dayHanssen Pulls a Gun on Eric
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