中情局分析员杰克莱恩和新上任的上司詹姆斯格里尔追踪一系列可疑的金融交易的模式，这让他们开展了一场横跨欧洲和中东的生死追捕，目标人物是正在准备对美国及其盟国发起大规模袭击的一位新崛起的恐怖主义首脑。

In 2003, John Nixon, a CIA analyst became the first American to positively identify and interrogate Saddam Hussein. During their time together, Nixon began to understand the potential consequences of the invasion, the humanitarian horrors and geopolitical turbulences that would follow Saddam's deposing.