Senior Agent
If he's a no-show, I'm gonna ask for a bench warrant.
Fox Mulder
I'm sorry I'm late.
Scott Blevins
Agent Mulder, the assembled members of this review panel... First convened to address your reported death, only to find shortly that this report had been a lie-- that you were indeed very much alive... And that the body found in your apartment, believed to be yours, was a murder victim killed with a weapon... Issued by the FBI and registered to you.
Fox Mulder
Respectfully, sir, I've come here today to set the record straight... So that this process you've begun can be completed, and the guilty parties can be named.
Walter Skinner
Respectfully, sir, I'd like to ask for a short break.
Fox Mulder
I'm... Ready to proceed, please, sir.
Scott Blevins
Go on, agent Mulder.
Fox Mulder
Four years ago, while working on an assignment outside the FBI mainstream, I was paired with special agent Dana Scully, who I believed was sent to spy on me-- to debunk my investigations into the paranormal. That agent Scully did not follow these orders... Is a testament to her integrity as an investigator, a scientist and a human being. She has paid dearly for this integrity.
Scott Blevins
Agent Mulder, agent Scully lied straight-faced to this panel about your death.
Fox Mulder
She lied because I asked her to. Because I had evidence of a conspiracy-- a conspiracy against the American people.
Senior Agent
We've already heard testimony to these allegations, agent Mulder.
Fox Mulder
And a conspiracy intended to destroy the lives... Of those who would reveal its true purpose; to conduct experiments on unwitting victims... To further a secret agenda for someone within the government operating at levels... Without restraint or responsibility, without morals or conscious. Men who pretend to honor as they deceive. The price of this betrayal-- the lives and reputations of those deceived. Agent Scully... Is lying in a hospital bed right now diagnosed with terminal cancer. The victim of these same tests, conducted without her knowledge or consent... By these same men who, as they try to cover their tracks, who suborn and persecute the same people they've used in their plot, I will now call by name.
Senior Agent
Agent Mulder, did you or did you not shoot the man found dead in your apartment?
Fox Mulder
I will answer that question.
Senior Agent
Did you shoot scott Ostelhoff, employee of the Department of Defense?
Fox Mulder
I will answer that question.
Senior Agent
[ man ] answer the question asked, agent Mulder!
Fox Mulder
I will answer the question after I name the man!
Senior Agent
Agent Mulder--
Fox Mulder
I will answer that question... After I name the man who is responsible for agent Scully. The same man who directed that my apartment be surveilled by the d.o.d. A man I want to see prosecuted for his crimes, who is sitting in this very room as I speak.
Senior Agent
Agent Mulder, the section chief has asked you a question! You are going to answer!
Fox Mulder
I can't do that, sir.
Senior Agent
You can and you will!
Fox Mulder
I can't do that, sir, because the section chief is the man I'm about to name!