Character Analysis
Ghost in the Shell
Patrice's name might as well be Red Herring. He is the man Bond pursues at the beginning. Why is Bond after him? Because he stole a list of secret government identities. Tanner gives Bond the details on Patrice when Bond resumes the chase after a brief vacation (i.e., after apparently being dead):
TANNER: He's a ghost. No known residence or country of origin.
Bond ends up dropping this dude off a skyscraper in Shanghai. Oops. What a way to go. If a ghost falls off a building, and no one is around to see it, did he fall at all?