jedburgh, who is suffering from an unrelated terminal illness, meets with the senator and two political advisers who had hired jedburgh to handle craven. they want to spin the northmoor incident in a positive light. jedburgh suggests that an assassination attempt on the senator could be an angle to drive bennett's death out of the headlines. they are pleased with this idea until jedburgh abruptly kills both advisers and the senator. when a young police officer nervously enters the senator's room, jedburgh asks the officer at gunpoint if he has children. when the officer replies yes, jedburgh lowers his gun, allowing the officer to shoot him dead.