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Burrell thinks I crossed him.- He said this to you? In so many words. - You need to explain...- Explain what? That I'm bringing in a casethat goes everywhere? Today it was some senator's driver. Twodays from now, a city councilman, maybe. He asked for a charge on barksdale.That's all he asked for. This thing with the legislative aide,who could've foreseen it? He saw it. Burrell. See, this is the thingthat everyone knows and no one says. You follow the drugs, you get a drug case. You start following the money,you don't know where you're going. They don't want wiretaps or wired clsor anything else they can't control. Because once that tape starts rolling,who knows what's gonna be said?
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Burrell thinks I crossed him He said this to you
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In so many words
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You need to explain Explain what
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That I'm bringing in a case that goes everywhere
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Today it was some senator's driver Two days from now a city councilman maybe
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He asked for a charge on barksdale That's all he asked for
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This thing with the legislative aide who could've foreseen it
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He saw it Burrell
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See this is the thing that everyone knows and no one says
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You follow the drugs you get a drug case
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You start following the money you don't know where you're going
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They don't want wiretaps or wired cls or anything else they can't control
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Because once that tape starts rolling who knows what's gonna be said
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Movie Summary
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.