TAKEN A BIT OF A BEATING RECENTLY, DIRECTOR JAMES COMAY
IS GOING TO BE GIVING A DOCU- SERIES PRETTY WIDE ACCESS TO ONE
OF THE FBI'S FIELD OFFICES IN NEW YORK TO PRODUCE A TV SERIES
ABOUT THE SORT OF WORK THE FBI DOES WHICH I'M SURE IS GOING TO
BE A VERY BALANCED LOOK AND NOT PROPAGANDA BUT LET'S FIGURE IT
OUT TOGETHER.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT A BRIEF PART OF THE TRAILER.
PRE-9/11, IT WAS VERY MUCH BE MAN VERSUS MOBSTER BUT
POST-9/11, THE FBI IS FIRST AND FOREMOST AN INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY THAT HAS A GLOBAL REACH.
FBI NEW YORK.
JOIN US AS WE GO INSIDE THE NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE FBI AND
GET
AN ALL ACCESS LOOK AT THE MEN AND WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINES.
FBI, OPEN THE DOOR!
WEíLL TOUCH DOWN AND THEN MAKE ENTRY TO THE BUILDING THERE.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY TERRORISM CASE THAT HAS NOT
HAD SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION TO NEW YORK.
AN INDIVIDUAL WE'RE TRYING TO LOCATE.
WE NEED TO FIND HIM.
WHEN IT COMES TO TERRORISM, THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS 0.
CAN'T WAIT TILL THE TYT WHAT THE FLICK REVIEWS THAT.
EVERY EPISODE.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE FIGHTING TERRORISM, THE MAIN THING
YOU WANT TO DO IS LEAVE TIME FOR A TV SHOW, TO TAPE A TV SHOW.
OUT OF THE WAY, I'M ON A TRAIL OF A TERRORIST HERE BUT FIRST,
MY B ROLE, OKAY?
HOLD ON, THE SHOTíS NOT GOOD.
BEING A NEW YORKER, I ALSO LOVE THE SORT OF NEW YORK
CENTRIC, THE WAY THERE'S NEW YORK AND THEN THERE'S THE
REST OF THE WORLD.
EVERY BIT OF TERRORISM HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH NEW
YORK EXCEPT THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE THOUSAND OTHER PLACES.
THE GOOD FOLKS OF PARIS WOULD DISAGREE.
AND SAN BERNARDINO AND ORLANDO.
THE FUNNY THING IS THE FBI ACTUALLY HAS BEEN DOING
REALLY GOOD WORK LATELY OUTSIDE OF THE POLITICAL STUFF THAT
THEY NEEDLESSLY GOT INVOLVED IN.
SOME PHONE SOMEONE EASILY BUT IN THE WRONG WAY.
FOR EXAMPLE HE JUST STOPPED ANOTHER TERRORIST PLOT.
THE GUY WITH THE THOUSAND ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION WHO PLAN TO GO
KILL THESE PEOPLE THOUGHT THERE WAS A GUY IN THE MIDDLE COUNTRY
OR GROUP IN THE MIDDLE THE COUNTRY, I ALWAYS FORGET IF IT'S
MISSOURI, THEY WERE GOING TO DETONATE THESE GIANT TRUCK BOMBS
WITH NEW IMMIGRANTS THAT IT, AND I THINK THEY WERE SIMILARLY.
THEY WERE GOING TO KILL PERHAPS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND THE FBI
SPOTTED IT AND TOOK THEM DOWN.
STORY AFTER STORY.
I GET SUPER FRUSTRATED WITH THE CIA.
I
CANNOT BELIEVE WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE LEADER OF ISIS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WITH ALL THE GUYS WE HAVE DEPOSED AND
THE RAIDS WE DID WE GOT NOTHING ON KIM JONG-IL AND I GET
SUPER FRUSTRATED BY THE CIA BUT I THINK THE FBI DOES WONDERFUL WORK.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I AGREE THEY SHOULD DO A PROPAGANDA
SHOW FOR THE FBI ON USA NETWORK.
THAT IS DEFINITELY WITHOUT IS.
THEY ALSO TOOK DOWN THAT RING THAT WAS I BELIEVE GOING TO BLOW
UP MULTIPLE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCHES AND THEIR STATED
GOAL WAS TO START A RACE WAR AND THEY TOOK THAT DOWN.
IT'S AMAZING THAT THINGS LIKE THIS ARE REALLY NEWS WHEN
A, WHICH THESE GOALS.
FOR SOME REASON.
MAYBE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH SOME OF THE VARIABLES
INVOLVED IN THE RULES.
WE HAVE A STATEMENT FROM JAMES COMAY ABOUT THE SHOW.
HE SAID WE HAVE TO CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF US.
THE FAITH AND CONFIDENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS THE BEDROCK.
I WORRY SOMETIMES THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WAS THAT WE DID A LOT
LESS TO THE CONFUSED PEOPLE THAT WE'RE NOT ON ANYBODY'S SIDE.
WE REALLY DO NOT CARE.
ALSO WE REALLY DON'T THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE TIMINGS OF THE
STATEMENT TO MAKE IN PUBLIC.
HE DID A LOT TO CONFUSE PEOPLE.
IT WAS A LOT OF THAT ONE STATEMENT THOUGH.
DID YOU NOTICE THAT EACH SENTENCE WASN'T QUITE TIED
TO THE ONE BEFORE THAT SORT OF LIKE LET'S COVER EVERYTHING THAT
I AGREE, THAT PI HAS DONE A LOT OF GOOD BUT THEY ALSO GET
INVOLVED IN INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE DON'T AGREE LIKE TRACKING
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, I'M NOT GOING TO MEMBER THE PARTICULAR
CASE THEY DO GET INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT WE ARE AT LEAST
I THINK GO BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF THEIR ACTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES
AND WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING BUT ESPECIALLY IN AMERICA.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT A US GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN GIVEN ACCESS TO FOR INSTANCE THE
FIELD OFFICES OF THAT PI BUT WE ALSO HAVE JUST ONE EXAMPLE I
WAS ABLE TO THINK OF THAT I WISH WE HAD WITH THE BOY CHARACTER
WOULD DO A BETTER JOB AT MICHAEL PAPER EXISTENCE ON THE
TRANSFORMERS SET AND NEW MEXICO A HANDFUL OF MILITARY PERSONNEL
STANDBY AT ALL TIMES TO HELP A STRATEGIZE IS ATTACHED SCENES.
THERE THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE US ARMY'S
ENTERTAINMENT LIAISON GROUP GIVING ACCESS TO FREE TANKS
HUMVEES AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS.
THERE BEEN MOVIES WHERE THE NAVY HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH
FILMMAKERS AND THAT IS GREAT BECAUSE IT SEEMS MORE
REALISTIC, BUT YOU ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS NOT GOING TO
BE CRITICISM OF THE MILITARY IN THOSE CASES.
THERE WAS A MOVIE THAT HAD SUMMER REAGAN'S AND THEY
WORKED WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY AND THAT IS FINE DYNAMICS
IS SUPER EXCITING AND INTERESTING, THE MOVIES.
YOU ALSO KNOW THAT AMERICANS ARE PRONE TO PATRIOTISM THAT
SOMETIMES GOES TOO FAR AND SOMETIMES HAS DEADLY
CONSEQUENCES.
THEM MEDIA IS VERY DEFERENTIAL TO THE MILITARY OR TO THE
USE OF THEIR FOURTH AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S
NECESSARILY A GOOD THING WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING
THE SHOW AND NOT REALIZE THAT THERE IS AN INHERENT BIAS THERE.
THEY ARE ONLY GOING TO PER TRADE THAT BEYOND A CERTAIN WAY
THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SUPER CRITICAL OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR THAT.
IT'S TECHNICALLY A REALITY THAT YOU ACTUALLY CANNOT USE
PENTAGON THINGS LIKE A GIANT AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN YOUR MOVIE
IF YOU ARE NOT DOING A POSITIVE FICTION OF THE PENTAGON.
THE PENTAGON LITERALLY WILL NOT ALLOW IT.
PENTAGON THINGS LIKE A GIANT AIRCRAFT DONE THAT
THAT THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE THEM.
SO IF YOU SEE ANY KIND OF MILITARY HARDWARE ON THAT SCALE
IN A MOVIE, THAT MEANS THE PENTAGON LITERALLY SAID THIS IS
ACCEPTABLE, WE FIND IT SUFFICIENTLY TO OUR PURPOSES
WHICH IS BASICALLY PROPAGANDA AND SOME OF THAT WAS INITIATED
BY THE PENTAGON THAT THEY WANTED TOP GUN, THEY WANTED ALL OF
THESE MOVIES TO BE POSITIVE PROPAGANDA FOR THE PENTAGON.
LOOK, IF YOU'RE DOING IT FOR PATRIOTISM, OKAY, MAYBE
SOME FOLKS COULD ARGUE THAT BUT IF THE END RESULT IS WE GET
INTO MORE WARS THEN THAT IS MUCH MORE PROBLEMATIC.
THAT PI IS NOT INVOLVED IN WARS, THAT IS INTERNAL, BUT
STILL, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO A NEGATIVE AND THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO DO A BALANCE LOOK AT THE FBI.
THEY GIVE THEM PERMISSION BECAUSE THEY WANTED A GREAT
PR OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT PI.
FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK GOODNESS THAT THEY
DID GIVE US TOP GUN.
BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TOP GUN.
AS
SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED WITH THE MILITARY AND STUFF, THEY DO
REQUIRE A LOT OF INFORMATION UP FRONT.
THEY WANT TO
KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND HOW YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
TELL THE STORY, WITH THE ANGLE IS THAT
ITíS LIKE YOUR BASKETBALL COACH.
IT ALL COMES BACK TO MY COACH.
WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION?
BUT THEY DON'T DO ANY EDITORIAL CONTROL AFTER THE FACT.
YOU GO IN DO YOUR REPORT.
YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FIELD.
THAT'S ON THE JOURNALISM SIDE.
ON THE ENTERTAINMENT SIDE IT'S
A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING TO ME.
WHAT IS THE INTENTION OF THIS.
ITíS ON THE USA NETWORK, SO THIS IS AT ALL, RIGHT?
ON THE JOURNALISM SIDE, THERE'S STILL SOME MISUNDERSTANDING.
FAMOUSLY MICHAEL HASTINGS REPORTED THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION
THAT HE WOULD REPORT POSITIVE STUFF IS LIKE BUT YOU DIDN'T
TELL ME POSITIVE STUFF AND ARE REPORTED WHAT I HAD BUT THAT IS
STILL DEFINITELY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF ACCEPTABLE, ETC.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT ENDED UP HAVING CONSEQUENCES FOR JOHN MCCHRYSTAL
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT, THIS IS A TV SHOW.
IN A MOVIE, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE VERY CLEAR.
YOU WILL BE PRO PENTAGON OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS.
IN THIS CASE, YOU ARE NOT SHOOTING AN ANTI-FBI MOVIE
OR TV SHOW THAT JAMES COMAY IS EXCITED ABOUT AND LIKE
HEY, THIS IS A GNU THING AND THEN THE EXPLOSIONS, COME
ON.
ITíS OBVIOUSLY MARKETING.