Fleming Character Analysis

One of Kaplan’s cronies, Fleming is an army major with the Internal Intelligence Department of Military Information. Fleming initially wins Anderton’s trust by playing into his paranoia and telling him that Lisa is behind the plot. Acting like the good guy, Fleming provides Anderton with money, a new identity, and a tip that Anderton should look into the minority report. Later, when Anderton flees the police station with Lisa on a ship, Fleming, who has been hiding on the ship, attempts to prevent Lisa from forcing Anderton to return to the station. He then tries to murder Lisa, but Anderton, at this point unsure who to trust, stops him by knocking him unconscious. Reading Fleming’s army identification card, Anderton thinks that he must be working for Kaplan, and that Fleming’s job is to prevent Anderton from being in police custody. Kaplan never reveals why he wants to keep Anderton out of police custody, but it seems necessary for his plan to unfold.