A low-ranking Secret Service agent is conned into supplying information to Eastern Bloc countries. Although he is not a suspect due to his unimportant position, when his office partner is hauled in as a suspect he realises he has got himself into very deep water.
It is not shown, but initially implied as a man walks off with the dog, gun in hand. The dog's suffering after the task is botched and then completed is later described in brief, but disturbing detail.