You directly interfered with a government operation. And as a result, you caused the deaths of innocent civilians. Is that correct?

Yes, sir.

Yates

You're absolutely right, sir. Thanks to Lasseter activating Howell, seven American citizens are now dead.

This is an operation that you created and spearheaded without any authorization, is that correct?

Yates

Yes, sir. But you have to understand, I was self-starting.

Excuse me?

Yates

Did I make some mistakes? You know, I did. Did I take some shortcuts? Sure. But in the end, I was just doing what I needed to do to create a cost-efficient exploit of a system already put in place. And if I'd pulled it off, you'd be thanking me. Right? Come on, you'd be **** thanking me, right?

Yeah.

Yates

Okay! Thank you.

I don't know if this is appropriate, but please do not kill me.

I'm your source. When I called to notify you that the sweep was happening, I did it out of respect and courtesy. And you've made me regret that now. It was not my intention for you to act like a child and try to save your puppy. The puppy was going down, I was notifying you of the puppy's death. But the puppy just shit all over everything! You have a crazy, scary rabid puppy that murders people and will still need to be put down. You understand that, correct?

Yes, sir.

You better pray you can find a way to turn this into a win and pull a miracle out of your ass. Because if you can't, that's you. [looks to Yates]

You already have your miracle, sir. My program worked. Wiseman beat Toughguy. Mike Howell eliminated 17 Toughguy assets single-handedly. That makes him the most effective asset we've ever seen in any of the Ultra programs. Ever! In 60 years. Pardon me for saying it, sir, but that is a puppy worth saving. That is a $400 million puppy. And you have him sitting in a holding cell right now.