Jack Goldwater, an IRS agent temporarily assigned to the Federal Air Marshal Service, is removed from active duty after offending an influential U.S. Senator. Consequently, he is relegated to a demeaning desk position in Nevada, where he is tasked with overseeing a legal brothel that has defaulted on its taxes. With the assistance of the brothel’s Madam, Lady Magdalene, he discovers a scheme by Al Qaeda to deliver a crate the size of a nuclear bomb to Hoover Dam.