It all just changed. They called the game. You've got to come back. Joint Chiefs are...

[at the CIA - O'Donnell is on the phone with Mendez in Iran] Jack O'Donnell: It all just changed. They called the game. You've got to come back. Joint Chiefs are planning a military rescue of the hostages in a month. Delta Force started training to storm the grounds. So if the six of them get brought down there, they won't be held for long. Tony Mendez: I never would have exposed them if I wasn't authorized to take them out. Jack O'Donnell: It's over, Tony. Tony Mendez: They will be taken. Probably not alive. Jack O'Donnell: Listen to me. The thinking's changed. Six Americans get pulled out of a Canadian diplomat's house and executed, it's a world outrage. Six Americans get caught playing movie make-believe with the CIA at the airport and executed, it's a national embarrassment. They're calling the operation. Tony Mendez: We're responsible for those people. Jack O'Donnell: What we are is required to follow orders. I'm sorry. [Mendez hangs up. O'Donnell sits listening to the dial tone for a moment, then puts the phone on the receiver. Then, very suddenly, he looks at an old coffee cup near him and backhands it off his desk]