So, we were helping the secret police supply weapons... to the Afghani rebels fighting the...

[Edward "Brill" Lyle and Robert sit in a restaurant. Brill tells Robert about his shady past as a NSA agent] Edward Lyle: So, we were helping the secret police supply weapons... to the Afghani rebels fighting the Soviets. My partner and I were on the eastern border monitoring Soviet military transmissions. It was kind of fun actually. [Brill chuckles] Edward Lyle: I liked the Iranians. Back in Tehran, the hard-liners seized the embassy, and overnight, the whole country changed. People we'd been working with, they turned on us. I got out. My partner didn't. By the time I got home, the whole mission had become a press disaster waiting to happen. Aiding and abetting the new enemy. The agency conveniently forgot I existed. I don't blame them. It's what they had to do. I loved the agency. I loved the work. I loved the people. It was my whole life. Robert Clayton Dean: Your partner was Rachel's father. [Robert picks up a cup of coffee] Edward Lyle: [nods] Yeah. The idea was... [pause] Edward Lyle: ...the idea always was that if one of us got out, he'd take care of the other's family. [Robert drinks the coffee] Edward Lyle: Rachel was all he had. So she became my promise to him. [a waitress approaches them and places a plate on the table] Waitress: Here you go, hon. Edward Lyle: Thank you. [Robert looks at a woman and two children who sit nearby] Robert Clayton Dean: Maybe we can still keep that promise in a way. Edward Lyle: [shakes his head] You're a threat now, just like I was. Robert Clayton Dean: Threat to whom? To them? Edward Lyle: To your family, friends, everyone you know, everyone you meet. That's why I went away and didn't come back. You gotta go away, Robert. Robert Clayton Dean: No, I don't think so. This is my life. I worked hard for it, and I want it back. [Brill eats] Robert Clayton Dean: I grew up without a father. I know what that is. And I will not allow my family to go through that.