This time George Clooney is a US Army journalist (Jake) reporting about how peaceful post-war Berlin is. It is via his driver (Tobey Maguire ) however that things change, as he is re-acquainted with ex-flame Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett). The troubled world in to which Lena and her husband have fallen is quickly revealed to Jake. Already sucked in too far, Jake goes on to discover a spiralling web of conspiracy involving the US and Russia.