Without a Trace2002

[During Sam's OPR interview]

Agt. Jason Farrell:
Well, uh... Oh, oh, one other thing, Agent Spade. Have you and Agent Malone ever had a sexual relationship?

Samantha:
I beg your pardon?

Agt. Jason Farrell:
Unless you're going to go Clinton on me, it's a fairly straightforward question.

Samantha:
You have no right to ask me that.

Agt. Jason Farrell:
Actually, I do. Administrative Operation Procedures of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, section 23...

[Farrell flips througha manuscript]

Agt. Jason Farrell:
"A supervising agent - " that would be Agent Malone - "is strictly forbidden from having a sexual relationship with an agent and his immediate reporting chain."

[Looks at Sam]

Agt. Jason Farrell:
That would be you.

Samantha:
I'm not going to respond to this.

[Sam stands up and heads for the door]

Agt. Jason Farrell:
[forcefully] We are not done!

[Sam stops at the door]

Agt. Jason Farrell:
Look... Samantha...

Samantha:
"Agent Spade."

[Sam sits back down]

Agt. Jason Farrell:
Agent Spade... I don't mean to be impolitic when I say I think we can all understand the pressures of this job, especially the difficulties a junior agent may face, say, if she were approached by a superior - a man in a very unhappy marriage, desperate for the intimacy he wasn't getting at home. In this light, the Agent's actions would be understandable. However, refusing to answer, or lying about such a relationship, would not.