Vanishing Point (1997 TV Movie)

Keith David: Warren Taft

Quotes 

• Asst. F.B.I. Agent : [reading Jimmy's record]  Former Army Ranger, one Bronze Star in Desert Storm.

  Warren Taft : Police record?

  Asst. F.B.I. Agent : Served nine months in Chicago, battery. Some kind of... drug case.

  Warren Taft : Well, it's either drugs or guns.

  Asst. F.B.I. Agent : Sir?

  Warren Taft : That he's running.

  Asst. F.B.I. Agent : How do you figure guns?

  Warren Taft : Idaho, Dornham. Extremists. Right-wing militias. That's it. That's our way in. Domestic terrorism. This boy could be carrying high explosives. Planning another Oklahoma City.

  Asst. F.B.I. Agent : He could be, sir, but we don't have any evidence of that.

  Warren Taft : Well, get it. He's run across four states. It's gotta be something big.

• Warren Taft : [listening to Jimmy talk to the Voice]  It must be a cellular phone. Call Frank Fisher at NSA, get some satellite time. Try to pinpoint the signal.

  Official #1 : How am I gonna sell it?

  Warren Taft : You're gonna tell Mr. Fisher that the credibility of the federal government is on the line. With all the heat we've taken with Waco and Ruby Ridge, we can't afford to let this Kowalski character embarrass us.

• Asst. F.B.I. Agent : Why don't we let him through?

  Warren Taft : What?

  Asst. F.B.I. Agent : What's the harm? He sees his wife, he plays hoochie-coochie with his kid, we pick him up at home next week, nice and easy. No media, no hostile crowd, no problem.

  Warren Taft : You obviously don't understand the situation.

  Asst. F.B.I. Agent : Yes, I do, sir. That's why I said what I just did.

  Warren Taft : Well, you got two choices. You can stand here and do as you're told, or tomorrow morning, you can be fetching coffee for Dudley Do-Right.