The Siege (1998)

radical Islamic fundamentalists

One Federal Plaza

FBI assistant special agent in charge Anthony Hubbard (Washington)

Elise Kraft/Sharon Bridger (Bening) National Security Council

Shalhoub

Asif Mandvi

Fringe guys Valley

note scr

Army General Willis: "God, duty, honor, country. Remember? Where on Capitol Hill or Wall Street or Hollywood have you heard anyone utter one of those phrases in the last ten years?"

"This is the land of opportunity, gentlemen--the opportunity to turn yourself in."

"It's easy to tell the difference between right and wrong," she says. "What's hard is choosing the wrong that's more right."

600 dead

"The word 'Arab' is not synonymous with the word 'terrorist.' Islam is a religion of peace."

martial law in NYC

"If we torture him, General--we do that, and everything that we have bled and fought and died for is over. And they've won."

internment