8. The War Will Go On Forever

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Dean, the reporter that Ellen has been talking to, meets with a contact in Afghanistan and asks him to help him look for Chris Sanchez. Boorman arrives at the safe house to find his girlfriend waiting for him. She had been following him to prove that she could learn his secrets, and discovered that the terror suspect he's been imprisoning is just a child. She asks who the boy is and why he’s locked up. Boorman angrily throws her out. Patty informs Ellen that Shaw filed a motion to dismiss, and the judge wants a hearing that afternoon. Ellen is worried about her argument to keep the case going with two witnesses now gone. Patty agrees to join her at the hearing. At the hearing, Patty persuades the judge to let the case go forward. The judge grants Ellen’s request to depose Erickson. Ellen handles the first round of the deposition and successfully gets Erickson angry. Dean tells Ellen that locals are aware that a few High Star men were killed in a mission in October. He’s still working on finding out more, but can’t push too hard, too fast. He later finds out that someone wants to kill a High Star employee. Boorman talks nicely to the boy and asks him what happened to his mother, but he remains silent. Patty meets with Boorman’s girlfriend. She tells Patty that if she gives her some information, it must remain a secret. Patty agrees, and she gives her an envelope. Patty surprises Erickson when she takes the lead on the second day of the deposition. Patty informs him that the last Dust Devil mission was to seize a boy. Erickson is stunned and confronts Boorman with this. Boorman meets with his girlfriend in a hotel room, where he then kills her. At the end, he calls Patty and offers to give up everything on Erickson.