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wait a minute? ***MAJOR SPOILERS***


So burke was paid $3 mil to give ice-9 to terrorist etc, and he done it through layla...

then he sent clayton on layla to clear his own name...

this is what ive come to after watching the recruit twice.

can someone please fill out or correct any errors i may have made?

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After 27 years of feeling completely inadequate, Burke decided he would leave the CIA and deliver Ice-9 to foreign powers. Yes, he sent Clayton onto Layla to clear his own name. You have it right.

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One small thing, Burke never worked with Layla; her job was to smuggle the 'virus' out of the CIA. Burke then intended Clayton to get that from Layla and deliver it to him. Otherwise, yea you're right.

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I think Layla was tasked by Burke. She thought the program she was smuggling out was junk, after all, it was just an exercise in her mind.

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Burke would have been paid $3 million if he had delivered ice-9 to his buyer, but he didn't succeed. He set Clayton on Layla to prepare to clear his own name and blame them, but that didn't work either.

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That much money is not worth treason...

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i would disagree wth that

potentially nice pension pot for walter burke

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