He has the stuff. She knows he has it, but plays along as if she's just asking if he knows who might have it.
He does not know that she knows this.
He says he has to make some calls to see if he can find out who has it. He says it will take a $5 million payment just for him to make the calls because just asking around is very dangerous. He tells her if he can find the owner, $5 million is a pittance.
She plays along, says she'll ask her buyer if he's willing to pay the $5 million, and she'll get back to the former KGB guy. The make believe buyer is Jack Bauer.
Jack tells her that he can have the money wired to the KGB guys' account to facilitate the deal. The federal government is all good with this, since they are trying to keep New York City from being nuked.
Here is my quibble: if a KGB terrorist says he needs $5 million, you do not say "okay, no problem.' That's not how negotiations work. KGB terrorists know this.
You say, "sorry, my buyer isn't going to give you $5 million just to make some calls without a guarantee of some kind. You can either have a third party hold the money in escrow, or he'll pay you $1 million for your trouble, even if you come up with diddly squat. If you come through and we make the deal, you'll get your huge cut."
I'm just sayin', ....
if I were a former KGB agent with weapons grade plutonium to sell, and somebody said "OK" to my first demand without haggling, I'd immediately think I was dealing with an undercover agent and that person would be sharin' a room with some mutated fish at the bottom of the East River.
Apparently, I have spent way too much time thinking about making a deal with former KGB officials.
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