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Pamela Landy

The CIA Deputy Director who hunted Bourne—then learned the truth.

Pamela Landy is a CIA Deputy Director who investigates the theft of $20 million and the death of a CIA agent in Berlin. She pursues Jason Bourne after his fingerprints are found at the scene, believing he was involved in the killing of Russian politician Vladimir Neski. Throughout the film, she works with Section Chief Ward Abbott to track Bourne, but eventually uncovers the truth about Abbott's corruption. After Abbott commits suicide, Landy finds a tape from Bourne that incriminates Abbott and Gretkov; Gretkov is later arrested. In the final scene, she speaks with Bourne by phone, thanking him for the tape and revealing his original name, David Webb.

Quick Facts

First appearance
The Bourne Supremacy

Lore & Background

Landy is introduced as a Deputy Director of the CIA, investigating a failed operation in Berlin where a CIA agent was killed while paying $3 million for the Neski files. She finds Bourne's fingerprint at the scene and believes he is responsible. She questions Ward Abbott about Operation Treadstone and learns that the Neski files name the CIA agent who stole $20 million seven years prior. Landy believes Bourne and Treadstone supervisor Alexander Conklin were involved in the murder of Vladimir Neski and his wife.

With Abbott, she meets former Treadstone support technician Nicky Parsons in Berlin to question her about Bourne. Bourne kidnaps Nicky and later breaks into Abbott's hotel room, recording a conversation between Abbott and Russian oligarch Yuri Gretkov that incriminates them in the theft. Landy confronts Abbott about her suspicions, and he commits suicide. She then finds an envelope containing the tape of Abbott's conversations with Gretkov and Bourne in her hotel room.

Later in New York, Bourne calls Landy. She thanks him for the tape, reveals his original name—David Webb—and his date and place of birth, and asks him to meet her. Bourne, watching her from a building, tells her she looks tired and to get some rest, then disappears into the city.

Reader's Guide

Pamela Landy is a CIA Deputy Director who first appears in The Bourne Supremacy. She investigates the death of a CIA agent in Berlin and the theft of $20 million, following Bourne's fingerprints to him. She works with Section Chief Ward Abbott, but eventually uncovers Abbott's corruption. Landy receives a tape from Bourne that incriminates Abbott and Russian oligarch Yuri Gretkov. After Abbott commits suicide, Landy finds the tape in her hotel room. In the final scene, Bourne calls her in New York City; she thanks him for the tape, reveals his real name (David Webb), and asks him to meet. Bourne declines, telling her she looks tired and should rest, then disappears. Landy is defined by her integrity and determination to uncover the truth, even when it implicates her own agency.

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