 Agent Doggett returns home after work and finds Absalom waiting for him with a gun . Absalom demands Doggett show the back of his neck to confirm that Doggett is still himself . He tells Doggett that the man killed at the White House , Howard Salt , died for what he knew about an alien invasion . Absalom duct tapes his gun to Doggett 's back in a plan to get Salt 's information with Doggett used as a hostage . The two attempt to sneak into the census bureau 's database ; Absalom claims that the census bureau had data which showed the aliens were already here . Unfortunately , the plan fails because of an X @-@ Ray scanner detecting the gun . Security shoots Absalom through the head despite his use of Doggett as a body shield . 
