The Bricklayer

Steve Vail, a former CIA field agent, is working as a bricklayer when the CIA recruits him to track down the killer of three international journalists who have been murdered within a month, including Greta Becker, an outspoken critic of U.S. intelligence activities across the world, where the CIA is being framed as being responsible. Kate Bannon, a junior CIA agent assigned to the case, and CIA Director O'Malley meet and inform him that Victor Radek, a former operative and friend of Steve who was believed to be dead, was responsible for the murders, believing that he wants revenge against the agency for leaving him to die after a botched mission and the death of his family. Vail refuses due to Kate's inexperience. One night, Vail is attacked by Radek's men, but he kills them.