1 00:01:36,810 --> 00:01:42,056 Ca Lu, half a click that way, two-nine-zero. 2 00:01:42,146 --> 00:01:44,514 - I say we go right up the middle. - Negative. 3 00:01:44,564 --> 00:01:47,559 One round flank up the hill, the other one right through the swamp. 4 00:01:50,347 --> 00:01:53,355 Heads, you get the hill. Tails, you get the swamp. 5 00:01:53,395 --> 00:01:55,353 Flip the motherfucker. 6 00:01:57,311 --> 00:01:59,560 - See you in Ca Lu. - All right. 7 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,697 Delta Two, what's your SITREP? Over. 8 00:04:33,777 --> 00:04:35,865 What do you got, Gibson? 9 00:04:35,945 --> 00:04:40,152 Nothing, sir. Delta One, Delta Two, SITREP. Over. 10 00:04:40,242 --> 00:04:42,448 Two-one, contact! Contact way out! 11 00:04:53,029 --> 00:04:57,116 Cease fire! Cease fire! 12 00:04:57,156 --> 00:05:00,571 Go, go, go. Let's get 'em! 13 00:05:00,611 --> 00:05:02,570 Come outta there! 14 00:05:02,620 --> 00:05:04,948 Put your hands on your head! Get on your knees now! 15 00:05:04,988 --> 00:05:07,076 Come on! Down, down. 16 00:05:07,156 --> 00:05:09,784 Come on out of there! Now! 17 00:05:12,112 --> 00:05:17,116 How many you slopes are out here? Huh? What's your unit? What's in it? 18 00:05:17,196 --> 00:05:20,113 Tuan, get over here! Talk to these motherfuckers! 19 00:05:20,203 --> 00:05:22,991 Find out how many of them are here! 20 00:05:23,071 --> 00:05:26,578 Where are they? What's in it? Talk to me, goddamn it! 21 00:05:36,988 --> 00:05:39,116 Aah! 22 00:05:54,452 --> 00:05:57,409 Two, this is One Actual. Where are you? 23 00:06:06,122 --> 00:06:08,041 Uuh! 24 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,497 Other side of the tree line. I'm in the water unable to withdraw. 25 00:06:24,126 --> 00:06:29,579 Unable to withdraw! I'm calling in a fire mission on this position! 26 00:06:32,667 --> 00:06:35,994 - Hurry up and drop that arty! - They're all over! 27 00:06:38,542 --> 00:06:40,670 Go left! Get out there! 28 00:06:40,710 --> 00:06:43,958 Tell this man to get on that radio and pull his men off Hodges. 29 00:06:44,037 --> 00:06:46,454 Tell him to break contact and move his men north of Ca Lu! 30 00:06:49,291 --> 00:06:52,828 Tell him I ain't playin'! Pull his men off Hodges now! 31 00:06:55,206 --> 00:06:57,335 I ain't bullshittin' with you. 32 00:06:57,375 --> 00:06:59,333 Either you call your men off Hodges, 33 00:06:59,373 --> 00:07:02,041 or this motherfucker's dead and you're next. 34 00:07:02,121 --> 00:07:05,496 Last warnin '! 35 00:07:09,503 --> 00:07:12,041 Uuh! 36 00:07:12,121 --> 00:07:15,588 Call your men off Hodges now! 37 00:07:15,628 --> 00:07:20,084 If he does, he can go. He's got my word on that. 38 00:07:20,164 --> 00:07:24,249 If you don't, I'll kill you where you stand. 39 00:08:20,128 --> 00:08:23,545 Two, this is One Actual. You still with me? 40 00:08:30,010 --> 00:08:33,045 Crank off a pop-up if you're still alive. 41 00:08:46,554 --> 00:08:50,929 You got a reprieve, you hear me? You don't get to die today. 42 00:08:51,009 --> 00:08:53,337 "You got your "Hail Mary". 43 00:09:43,510 --> 00:09:48,766 Hey! It's the colonel with his cover on! 44 00:10:03,722 --> 00:10:06,100 All right! Make way, make way! 45 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:09,677 - I guess the drinks are on me. - All right! 46 00:10:09,727 --> 00:10:11,685 At ease! Listen up. 47 00:10:13,434 --> 00:10:17,219 Ladies and gentlemen, 48 00:10:17,309 --> 00:10:21,975 the reason we're all here, Colonel Hayes Hodges. 49 00:10:32,147 --> 00:10:37,431 He's calling it a career after 32 years of distinguished service. 50 00:10:41,188 --> 00:10:43,096 All right, all right. 51 00:10:44,225 --> 00:10:47,103 Colonel, we got you a gift and a surprise, 52 00:10:47,103 --> 00:10:49,561 so don't act like you're not coming up here. 53 00:10:49,641 --> 00:10:52,057 Speech! Speech! Speech! 54 00:10:56,643 --> 00:10:58,642 Speech! Speech! Speech! 55 00:11:07,025 --> 00:11:08,933 Hey, my man! 56 00:11:15,936 --> 00:11:17,854 Good to see you. 57 00:11:17,934 --> 00:11:21,481 You damn well better be. I came halfway 'round the world for this. 58 00:11:31,061 --> 00:11:32,980 Hey, get up here. 59 00:11:37,936 --> 00:11:39,894 Speech! 60 00:11:41,893 --> 00:11:45,268 The sword, Colonel. You know the story, Hayes. 61 00:11:45,358 --> 00:11:48,145 Marine Lieutenant Presley O'Banion defeated the Barbary pirates... 62 00:11:48,225 --> 00:11:50,444 on the shores ofTripoli in 1805. 63 00:11:50,524 --> 00:11:53,611 Out of gratitude, the pasha gave him the Mameluke sword. 64 00:11:53,651 --> 00:11:56,189 Marine officers have carried one ever since. 65 00:11:56,269 --> 00:11:58,567 It's the symbol ofa warrior, 66 00:11:58,647 --> 00:12:01,565 and you are a warrior. 67 00:12:01,645 --> 00:12:05,230 The best I ever served with. 68 00:12:09,646 --> 00:12:12,064 This man's been riding a desk for the past 28 years, 69 00:12:12,104 --> 00:12:14,652 but not because he wanted to. 70 00:12:14,732 --> 00:12:17,480 He knows how to fight. It's in his blood. Ah-ooh! 71 00:12:21,854 --> 00:12:24,612 What are you gonna do now, Colonel? 72 00:12:24,652 --> 00:12:27,610 Well, uh... Well. 73 00:12:27,650 --> 00:12:30,697 Heh! No more wars to fight, no more trials to lose. 74 00:12:32,775 --> 00:12:35,863 So I expect I'll do some teaching at V.M.I. 75 00:12:35,943 --> 00:12:39,028 I will recon the local restaurants in a concerted effort... 76 00:12:39,068 --> 00:12:42,905 to find out what civilians eat. 77 00:12:42,945 --> 00:12:46,023 Of course, I intend to continue serving my country... 78 00:12:46,113 --> 00:12:48,231 by honorably depleting the trout streams... 79 00:12:48,321 --> 00:12:51,238 of the Southern United States with my fly rod! 80 00:12:54,156 --> 00:12:56,073 That's about it. 81 00:12:59,989 --> 00:13:01,948 Let's get outta here. 82 00:13:06,694 --> 00:13:09,941 - I missed you. - Yeah, I missed you too. 83 00:13:10,031 --> 00:13:12,279 How's the kid, the smart Hodges? 84 00:13:12,359 --> 00:13:16,444 You know, he studies more than any two people. I never see him. 85 00:13:16,524 --> 00:13:19,741 - You gotta fix that. - Yeah. 86 00:13:21,910 --> 00:13:24,278 - Got my orders. - Oh, yeah? What? 87 00:13:24,318 --> 00:13:27,735 Got command of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. 88 00:13:27,785 --> 00:13:31,949 - Special Operations capable. - Congrats. Huh! Congrats. 89 00:13:31,989 --> 00:13:33,948 - Yeah. - Outstanding. 90 00:13:33,948 --> 00:13:36,696 All I gotta do is lash 'em together, take 'em to sea. 91 00:13:38,154 --> 00:13:40,403 That's, uh... outstanding. 92 00:13:42,781 --> 00:13:46,618 You ain't missin' nothin', Hodge. It's a whole new ball game. 93 00:13:46,658 --> 00:13:49,653 No friends, no enemies, no front, no rear. 94 00:13:49,743 --> 00:13:52,031 No victories, no defeats, no Mama, no Papa. 95 00:13:52,071 --> 00:13:55,199 - Yeah. - We're orphans out there. 96 00:13:55,279 --> 00:13:57,447 It's funny, you know? 97 00:13:57,537 --> 00:14:00,155 One guy walks out through a swamp, he gets to come home to a desk. 98 00:14:00,245 --> 00:14:02,573 Another guy drives up a hill and he gets to still be doin' it, 99 00:14:02,663 --> 00:14:04,701 all over the flip ofa goddamn coin. 100 00:14:04,741 --> 00:14:06,697 You know, that's... 101 00:14:09,115 --> 00:14:12,073 It's funny. 102 00:14:12,113 --> 00:14:15,530 You gave good service to the corps, Hodge. 103 00:14:15,580 --> 00:14:19,537 To think otherwise would be just plain crazy. 104 00:14:19,577 --> 00:14:22,704 - You'd have gotten your command. - Oh, yeah, sure. 105 00:14:55,834 --> 00:14:57,792 What's up, John? 106 00:14:57,832 --> 00:15:01,247 Terry, we've been ordered to the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden. 107 00:15:01,327 --> 00:15:03,995 This comes straight down Second Division through General Perry. 108 00:15:04,075 --> 00:15:05,993 The American Embassy in Yemen is surrounded... 109 00:15:06,083 --> 00:15:07,582 by a crowd of demonstrators. 110 00:15:07,622 --> 00:15:09,041 The crowd isn't hostile, but it's large enough... 111 00:15:09,121 --> 00:15:12,288 to spook their government into pulling their security forces. 112 00:15:12,368 --> 00:15:15,666 Twenty-fourth Marine Expeditionary Unit's gonna provide extra security. 113 00:15:15,706 --> 00:15:18,661 We're gonna baby-sit, Colonel. Just show our presence. 114 00:15:18,701 --> 00:15:21,499 Remember, though, if it turns hot, we're looking at an evac. 115 00:15:21,539 --> 00:15:24,916 We got an ambassador and his family there. Let me run you through this. 116 00:15:24,956 --> 00:15:26,914 Here's your potential L.Z.S. 117 00:15:26,954 --> 00:15:30,042 Marines at the embassy advise we can gain entrance through the back way. 118 00:15:30,082 --> 00:15:32,710 Here's some stairs where you can deploy your men to the roof. 119 00:15:32,750 --> 00:15:34,876 These are your over-watch positions. 120 00:15:34,916 --> 00:15:37,124 I'll take them in myself quietly. 121 00:15:37,164 --> 00:15:40,541 One platoon, TRAP team, put everyone else on Ready Five. 122 00:15:40,621 --> 00:15:42,620 My thoughts exactly, Colonel. 123 00:17:07,841 --> 00:17:10,169 What's wrong, Mommy? 124 00:17:10,259 --> 00:17:12,627 The people are upset about some things, darling. 125 00:17:12,717 --> 00:17:15,754 - Are they mad at Daddy? - No, they're not mad at your daddy. 126 00:17:15,844 --> 00:17:17,753 Why are they yelling? 127 00:17:17,843 --> 00:17:22,177 They're trying to get attention so that people will listen to them. 128 00:17:51,591 --> 00:17:54,469 Sir, state security analysts are asking for an assessment. 129 00:17:54,547 --> 00:17:57,465 Assessment? We're getting the hell out of here. That's the assessment. 130 00:17:57,555 --> 00:18:00,053 The Sixth Fleet marines are in the air, sir. 131 00:18:00,133 --> 00:18:02,631 If they think I'm gonna tough this one out, they're crazy. 132 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,468 Tell Mrs. Mourain to start packing. We're going home. 133 00:18:05,508 --> 00:18:07,756 Shall I indicate we're ready to evacuate? 134 00:18:07,846 --> 00:18:10,134 Ask them where the hell are those helicopters! 135 00:18:10,174 --> 00:18:12,013 The ambassador wants to know where the choppers are. 136 00:18:12,093 --> 00:18:14,259 You heard me. Where the hell are the choppers? 137 00:19:15,474 --> 00:19:17,682 Lock and load! Lock and load! 138 00:19:17,722 --> 00:19:20,100 Lock and load! Lock and load! 139 00:20:27,477 --> 00:20:31,234 We're gonna take a betterlookbefore we go in. 140 00:20:45,191 --> 00:20:48,978 Wagon Wheel, this is Red Man. I'm over the embassy. 141 00:20:49,068 --> 00:20:51,984 This ain 't no baby-sit. It's ugly down there. 142 00:20:52,024 --> 00:20:53,942 Red Man, Wagon Wheel. 143 00:20:53,982 --> 00:20:55,900 Roger that. Let's go for the evac. 144 00:20:55,940 --> 00:20:58,978 Put it on deck. We're going in the north side. 145 00:22:01,190 --> 00:22:04,447 There! Go! 146 00:22:07,115 --> 00:22:09,033 - Captain Lee! - Yes, sir! 147 00:22:09,073 --> 00:22:12,201 Nobody comes over those walls or through those gates. Nobody! 148 00:22:12,281 --> 00:22:16,028 One Alpha, secure all entries. Tango and Bravo, on the walls! 149 00:22:16,117 --> 00:22:20,152 - Move, move, move! - Last man! Last man! 150 00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:25,028 Pull back! Pull back! 151 00:22:30,864 --> 00:22:32,902 Take cover! 152 00:22:38,365 --> 00:22:41,533 You speak English? - Yes! 153 00:22:41,573 --> 00:22:45,160 Where's the ambassador? He's topside! Go topside! 154 00:22:50,156 --> 00:22:54,321 Take that corner! Take that side! Move! 155 00:23:00,945 --> 00:23:02,824 Aah! 156 00:23:03,913 --> 00:23:06,411 Move, move, move! Go, go! 157 00:23:07,950 --> 00:23:10,288 Bravo Two, left! Move, move, move! 158 00:23:10,368 --> 00:23:13,243 Incoming sniper fire! Stay down! Stay down! 159 00:23:16,201 --> 00:23:18,409 Two blue, clear! 160 00:23:18,489 --> 00:23:21,457 - Who's Mrs. Mourain? - I'm Mrs. Mourain. 161 00:23:21,537 --> 00:23:24,784 - Where's the ambassador? - He's in there. Are we leaving? 162 00:23:24,874 --> 00:23:27,452 The helos are outside, ma'am, but that's up to the ambassador. 163 00:23:27,532 --> 00:23:29,788 Stay away from the windows, please. 164 00:23:31,367 --> 00:23:33,285 Duck! Ow! 165 00:23:33,365 --> 00:23:36,452 Aah! Colonel! Please! 166 00:23:38,621 --> 00:23:42,158 My God! Are the helicopters here? What kept you people so long? 167 00:23:42,248 --> 00:23:45,325 We're ready to evacuate, unless you want to stay and run the embassy. 168 00:23:45,415 --> 00:23:48,491 I want to go right... now! We called hours ago! 169 00:23:48,581 --> 00:23:51,658 All right, sir, come to me. Stay calm and come to me. 170 00:23:51,708 --> 00:23:57,204 - Stay calm. Come to me. Stay low. - We're like targets! 171 00:23:57,284 --> 00:23:59,872 - We're sitting targets! - Follow Sergeant Mac. Go! 172 00:24:05,325 --> 00:24:08,622 Come on! Down there! Down there! Right there! 173 00:24:13,289 --> 00:24:15,997 Right there! Down there! Down there! 174 00:24:38,916 --> 00:24:40,912 Go ahead, ma'am! 175 00:24:40,952 --> 00:24:43,870 Go ahead! Go ahead, ma'am, go ahead! 176 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,627 Come on, son. Come on! 177 00:24:47,707 --> 00:24:50,005 - What's your name, son? Justin? -Justin. 178 00:24:50,085 --> 00:24:52,873 Come on, Justin! Come on! 179 00:24:52,963 --> 00:24:55,461 - Justin, what's that you got there? - A flashlight. 180 00:24:55,541 --> 00:24:58,336 We're gonna ride in a helicopter. Wanna bring that with you? 181 00:24:58,416 --> 00:25:02,163 - Huh? Come on. Come on! - Mommy! 182 00:25:02,253 --> 00:25:04,961 Let's go, ma'am, go! Go, go, go! 183 00:25:09,167 --> 00:25:11,915 All TRAP Unit six, stay low, stay low! 184 00:25:12,005 --> 00:25:15,001 We got crap coming over the walls and sniper fire at 100 meters. Over. 185 00:25:15,081 --> 00:25:18,458 Stay low! Sit tight, sit tight, sit tight! 186 00:25:30,208 --> 00:25:33,174 Colonel, we got three marines hit! One is K.I.A. 187 00:25:33,214 --> 00:25:35,832 One Alpha says they're gonna try to breach the front gate! 188 00:25:35,922 --> 00:25:38,170 - Tell them to wait out! - Roger that! 189 00:25:46,343 --> 00:25:52,087 Put the missus on board first. Get in there, Mr. Ambassador. 190 00:25:52,127 --> 00:25:55,424 I'll personally recommend you... Where's the belt? 191 00:25:55,464 --> 00:25:58,921 - I'll personally recommend... - Hold it! 192 00:25:58,961 --> 00:26:03,967 Where are you going? What? Colonel! Colonel, we can't wait here! 193 00:26:04,047 --> 00:26:07,215 Come on! Let's get out! Come on! 194 00:26:13,428 --> 00:26:15,086 Let's go! Christ! 195 00:26:15,176 --> 00:26:16,135 We're leaving in just a few seconds. 196 00:26:16,215 --> 00:26:21,011 Let's go! Why are we sitting here? Why are we sitting here? 197 00:26:21,051 --> 00:26:24,429 - Sir, please! Look at me. Stay calm. - Let's go! 198 00:26:55,549 --> 00:26:57,888 She's free, sir! Go! 199 00:27:06,678 --> 00:27:09,256 Hope you know how to fold this, sir. 200 00:27:09,306 --> 00:27:11,634 Thank you, Colonel. I'll never forget this. 201 00:27:11,674 --> 00:27:14,512 Sir. 202 00:27:19,556 --> 00:27:21,514 Go! 203 00:28:06,264 --> 00:28:11,598 Krasevitch is hit! 204 00:28:13,806 --> 00:28:18,352 Corpsman! Corpsman! Shit! 205 00:28:18,432 --> 00:28:21,180 Goddamn it! 206 00:28:21,270 --> 00:28:23,189 Fuck! 207 00:28:29,062 --> 00:28:30,980 Six, Red Man. 208 00:28:31,060 --> 00:28:32,979 Engage hostile targets as they appear. 209 00:28:33,059 --> 00:28:36,516 Deadly force is authorized. How copy? Over. 210 00:28:36,606 --> 00:28:39,184 Red Man, Trans Six Actual. Negative, negative! 211 00:28:39,264 --> 00:28:41,981 Be advised, I have women and children in my line of fire. 212 00:28:42,021 --> 00:28:44,849 I got snipers in the buildings at 400 meters. How copy? Over. 213 00:28:44,939 --> 00:28:49,014 What is it about this order you don't understand, Captain Lee? 214 00:28:49,064 --> 00:28:52,021 Sir, are you ordering me to fire into the crowd? Over. 215 00:28:52,021 --> 00:28:54,729 Yes, goddamn it! Waste the motherfuckers! 216 00:28:54,809 --> 00:28:57,727 Six out. Engage! Engage! 217 00:28:57,817 --> 00:29:01,234 Open fire! 218 00:29:20,936 --> 00:29:24,561 Cease fire! 219 00:29:24,601 --> 00:29:26,729 Cease fire! 220 00:29:26,809 --> 00:29:28,897 Cease fire! 221 00:29:28,977 --> 00:29:31,735 Stay down! There may still be snipers out there. 222 00:29:31,815 --> 00:29:33,893 Cease fire! 223 00:29:33,983 --> 00:29:37,730 - Cease fire, goddamn it! - Everybody stay down! 224 00:29:37,820 --> 00:29:42,434 There may still be snipers out there. Stay down! 225 00:29:42,484 --> 00:29:44,443 Get down! 226 00:30:40,991 --> 00:30:42,949 - Sergeant Mac. - Sir? 227 00:30:42,989 --> 00:30:46,317 Contact all stations. Mission complete. 228 00:30:46,407 --> 00:30:50,651 Launch medevacs. Dead and wounded out first. 229 00:30:50,731 --> 00:30:52,650 Aye, Colonel. 230 00:30:52,740 --> 00:30:57,366 All stations, this is RedMan. Mission complete. 231 00:30:57,446 --> 00:31:01,153 Move all medevacs to L.Z. Howcopy? Over. 232 00:31:17,827 --> 00:31:19,286 The FBI. investigation shows... 233 00:31:19,366 --> 00:31:21,744 that all the bullet holes in the embassy wall... 234 00:31:21,784 --> 00:31:24,820 came from directly across the way, from the snipers. 235 00:31:24,910 --> 00:31:28,027 Any weapons or ammo found among the dead or wounded? 236 00:31:28,117 --> 00:31:31,744 No, sir. Nothing. However, intelligence suggests... 237 00:31:31,824 --> 00:31:34,242 this could have been a terrorist operation. 238 00:31:34,282 --> 00:31:36,240 Any proof? 239 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,578 This is a tape from the embassy security system. 240 00:31:39,658 --> 00:31:42,116 - Want me to thread it up? - No. I don't want to watch videos. 241 00:31:42,196 --> 00:31:44,572 I don't want to hear about ammo casings in some building, 242 00:31:44,662 --> 00:31:48,079 'cause here I got 83 dead people... 243 00:31:48,119 --> 00:31:50,996 unarmed... women, children, old men. 244 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:53,205 Another hundred or so critically wounded. 245 00:31:53,285 --> 00:31:57,661 Here I got an international crisis of mega fucking proportions! 246 00:31:57,741 --> 00:31:59,659 Bill, you know there have been regular reports... 247 00:31:59,739 --> 00:32:01,946 of a terrorist plot against this embassy. 248 00:32:01,996 --> 00:32:05,323 This was a regularly scheduled protest. It was every week. 249 00:32:05,363 --> 00:32:08,780 It was the usual bullshit about American presence in the gulf. 250 00:32:08,830 --> 00:32:12,827 Have you looked at these? I mean, I'm just assuming you have, 251 00:32:12,867 --> 00:32:16,664 since they're on the front page of every newspaper in the world. 252 00:32:16,744 --> 00:32:19,539 It's not that the rest of the world wants to hold us responsible, 253 00:32:19,619 --> 00:32:21,538 we are responsible! 254 00:32:23,496 --> 00:32:26,284 We can't even have the appearance of a cover-up. 255 00:32:26,324 --> 00:32:29,371 That does not excuse us from our duty, Mr. Sokal. 256 00:32:29,451 --> 00:32:34,417 We sent Colonel Childers in there, and the mission went to shit. 257 00:32:34,497 --> 00:32:36,953 We can't go after the man who carried out his orders... 258 00:32:37,033 --> 00:32:39,371 and ignore the people who issued those orders. 259 00:32:39,451 --> 00:32:41,370 Childers ordered the slaughter... 260 00:32:41,450 --> 00:32:43,788 of innocent women and children. Get that straight right now. 261 00:32:43,868 --> 00:32:45,207 I'll tell you what we ought to get straight. 262 00:32:45,287 --> 00:32:47,125 We lost three United States Marines. 263 00:32:47,165 --> 00:32:49,873 They lost 83! 264 00:32:49,953 --> 00:32:52,998 Now, are we gonna go to war with Yemen over it? 265 00:32:53,038 --> 00:32:56,825 We're covering our ass all over the Middle East right now, General. 266 00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:59,453 Because of your man's hot headed miscalculation, 267 00:32:59,493 --> 00:33:03,750 we are in danger of losing embassies in Saudi, Jordan and Egypt. 268 00:33:03,830 --> 00:33:06,537 We're in danger of losing our presence... 269 00:33:06,627 --> 00:33:09,455 with every moderate in the region. 270 00:33:09,545 --> 00:33:11,791 Now they're gonna scream "cover up". 271 00:33:11,871 --> 00:33:15,118 The screaming will get so loud we'll be sending Marines back over there, 272 00:33:15,168 --> 00:33:18,536 and the body count of American dead is gonna be higher than three. 273 00:33:20,374 --> 00:33:24,081 I see where you're going with this, Mr. Sokal. 274 00:33:24,171 --> 00:33:26,419 Will you be needing me anymore today? 275 00:33:27,838 --> 00:33:29,834 No. 276 00:33:29,914 --> 00:33:32,253 No, that's fine, General. Thankyou. 277 00:33:32,292 --> 00:33:34,421 Good day to you, sir. 278 00:33:47,628 --> 00:33:50,955 Where do you think you're going with that? 279 00:33:51,045 --> 00:33:56,041 - You don't want to look at it. - Nobody's lookin' at it. 280 00:33:56,131 --> 00:33:58,539 Why should the United States be held responsible... 281 00:33:58,589 --> 00:34:02,466 for the actions of one man? 282 00:34:02,546 --> 00:34:04,922 What if the crowd had weapons? 283 00:34:05,002 --> 00:34:07,500 What if this shows they did fire first? 284 00:34:07,590 --> 00:34:10,707 He could have fired over their heads, this moron! 285 00:34:10,797 --> 00:34:13,415 Didn't he know where he was? The Middle East! 286 00:34:13,465 --> 00:34:15,174 He could have isolated on the snipers. 287 00:34:15,254 --> 00:34:16,753 He could have avoided confrontation. 288 00:34:16,832 --> 00:34:19,131 He could have done 50 fuckin' things! 289 00:34:19,211 --> 00:34:21,507 Instead, he destroyed a fragile trust, put his own men in danger... 290 00:34:21,587 --> 00:34:25,084 Fuck this guy! Forget this tape. 291 00:34:25,124 --> 00:34:29,091 I don't want to watch it. I don't want to testify about it. 292 00:34:31,459 --> 00:34:33,417 I don't want it to exist. 293 00:34:45,585 --> 00:34:47,674 Good morning, sir. 294 00:34:48,883 --> 00:34:50,841 Good morning, sir. 295 00:34:53,629 --> 00:34:55,547 Aye, aye, sir. 296 00:34:55,637 --> 00:34:59,052 As soon as it's time. 297 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:06,506 General, Colonel Childers reporting as ordered, sir. 298 00:35:06,546 --> 00:35:08,635 - Give us a minute, Skip. - Yes, sir. 299 00:35:13,011 --> 00:35:17,965 Colonel, it's my duty to inform you that you've been charged with... 300 00:35:19,883 --> 00:35:23,840 You know the drill. 301 00:35:27,387 --> 00:35:29,306 This is the Article 32 investigation. 302 00:35:29,386 --> 00:35:31,424 You're facing a general court-martial... 303 00:35:31,512 --> 00:35:34,300 and charged with violation ofat least three articles... 304 00:35:34,380 --> 00:35:36,928 everything from "breach of peace" to "conduct unbecoming". 305 00:35:37,008 --> 00:35:42,883 But the bottom line... 83 counts, violation of Article 118, murder. 306 00:35:42,923 --> 00:35:44,881 You issued an illegal order to have your marines... 307 00:35:44,931 --> 00:35:48,179 fire into a group of innocent civilians. 308 00:35:48,259 --> 00:35:50,635 Murder, sir? 309 00:35:54,591 --> 00:35:58,298 I'm the convening authority, so I've gotta get this B.S. out of the way. 310 00:36:00,886 --> 00:36:03,674 Sign here, initial here. 311 00:36:07,599 --> 00:36:12,135 You're not a flight risk, so there won't be any pretrial confinement. 312 00:36:16,222 --> 00:36:18,680 This court-martial convenes in eight days... 313 00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:23,726 by direct order of the national command authority. 314 00:36:23,766 --> 00:36:27,141 Do you want me to call Bob Bennett or one of those guys, 315 00:36:27,221 --> 00:36:29,639 or do you want to go with base legal? 316 00:36:32,227 --> 00:36:36,643 Terry, goddamn it, we've been friends for20years. 317 00:36:40,470 --> 00:36:43,636 You want to tell me exactly what the hell happened out there? 318 00:36:45,684 --> 00:36:50,430 I lost marines. The crowd was hostile. They fired on us. 319 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,017 They fired first, sir. 320 00:36:54,057 --> 00:36:56,975 I want you to know I did everything in the world... 321 00:36:57,055 --> 00:36:58,893 to keep this from happening. 322 00:36:58,893 --> 00:37:01,679 It's just out of my hands now. 323 00:37:13,599 --> 00:37:15,558 Thanks a lot. 324 00:37:15,598 --> 00:37:18,264 When's the last time you actually caught something here? 325 00:37:19,603 --> 00:37:22,390 Two years. 326 00:37:27,147 --> 00:37:30,394 - I really need your help. - I'll help. Anything you need. 327 00:37:30,434 --> 00:37:32,812 You want me to take the stand? I'll be a character witness. 328 00:37:32,892 --> 00:37:35,098 No, you don't understand what I'm asking. 329 00:37:36,187 --> 00:37:39,185 I want you to be my lawyer. 330 00:37:43,102 --> 00:37:46,689 I'm a good enough lawyer to know you need a better lawyer than me. 331 00:37:46,729 --> 00:37:48,647 'Sides that, I'm short. 332 00:37:48,727 --> 00:37:50,146 Two-nine plus one wake-up, and I'm gone. 333 00:37:50,226 --> 00:37:52,354 You need one of those Washington cats. 334 00:37:52,392 --> 00:37:56,519 I don't want some Starbucks drinker who's never seen combat. 335 00:37:56,559 --> 00:37:59,816 - I need somebody who's been shot at. - Yeah, I've been shot at. 336 00:37:59,896 --> 00:38:03,063 That's what I am... a shot-up marine. 337 00:38:03,143 --> 00:38:06,770 As a matter of fact, that's all the hell I am. 338 00:38:06,850 --> 00:38:09,478 No, wait a minute. I'm also a weak lawyer. 339 00:38:10,565 --> 00:38:13,683 I'm a very weak lawyer... 340 00:38:13,733 --> 00:38:18,399 and the government is gonna come at you with everything they've got. 341 00:38:27,690 --> 00:38:30,727 Major, Bill Sokal. It's a pleasure to meet you. Come on in. 342 00:38:30,777 --> 00:38:32,735 Let me introduce you. 343 00:38:32,775 --> 00:38:34,734 Gentlemen, this is Major Mark Biggs. 344 00:38:34,774 --> 00:38:36,942 He'll be prosecuting the Childers court-martial. 345 00:38:36,982 --> 00:38:39,400 The marines put the major through Stanford Law, 346 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,937 and he owes them a couple of years before he takes over the world. 347 00:38:43,027 --> 00:38:44,946 You know General Lowry. 348 00:38:45,026 --> 00:38:47,112 I'd like you to meet the general of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 349 00:38:47,192 --> 00:38:50,069 General West, and the secretary of Defense, Mr. Wyatt. 350 00:38:50,109 --> 00:38:52,068 Have a seat. Make yourself comfortable. 351 00:38:52,068 --> 00:38:55,905 What I gather from our esteemed NSC advisor and secretary of state... 352 00:38:55,985 --> 00:38:58,153 is that we've got a trial in two weeks. 353 00:38:58,233 --> 00:39:01,530 - Seems awfully damned fast. - Everyone in this room will agree... 354 00:39:01,610 --> 00:39:04,316 it's in the national interest that this trial be moved along quickly. 355 00:39:04,396 --> 00:39:08,193 The Article 32 investigation was complete and comprehensive. 356 00:39:08,273 --> 00:39:09,981 It all seems to point in one direction. 357 00:39:10,071 --> 00:39:11,440 Has he got a lawyer yet? 358 00:39:11,530 --> 00:39:14,448 He's requested a military attorney, Colonel Hayes Hodges. 359 00:39:14,488 --> 00:39:17,235 Second Marine Division, Lejeune. 360 00:39:17,315 --> 00:39:19,024 Any relation to General H. Lawrence Hodges? 361 00:39:19,074 --> 00:39:20,233 His son. 362 00:39:20,273 --> 00:39:22,939 Larry Hodges was one of this country's most distinguished officers. 363 00:39:23,029 --> 00:39:25,197 What do we know about Colonel Hayes Hodges? 364 00:39:25,237 --> 00:39:27,655 He's a guy who got blown apart in Vietnam, 365 00:39:27,735 --> 00:39:30,443 then went to Georgetown Law and became a cynic. 366 00:39:30,483 --> 00:39:32,441 Is that about right, Major? 367 00:39:32,491 --> 00:39:34,609 He was 67th in his class at Georgetown, sir. 368 00:39:34,699 --> 00:39:37,527 He doesn't take too many cases, doesn't win too many. 369 00:39:37,617 --> 00:39:40,363 He apparently went through an ugly divorce, had a drinking problem, 370 00:39:40,443 --> 00:39:44,989 retiring in two weeks. - Can we guarantee we get this guy? 371 00:39:45,069 --> 00:39:47,617 Sir, if I may say something? 372 00:39:48,736 --> 00:39:50,824 I am not a hired gun. 373 00:39:50,904 --> 00:39:52,363 I accepted this assignment... 374 00:39:52,403 --> 00:39:54,781 'cause I believe in the merits ofthe government's case. 375 00:39:54,821 --> 00:39:57,027 I am not gonna stack the deck against this guy. 376 00:39:57,117 --> 00:39:59,945 I will try this case on good evidence only. 377 00:40:00,025 --> 00:40:02,323 I'm glad to hear it. 378 00:40:36,531 --> 00:40:39,529 Hold your fire. 379 00:40:39,619 --> 00:40:42,826 Set that weapon down over here. 380 00:40:46,034 --> 00:40:49,779 We need a couple of canteens up here. 381 00:40:55,864 --> 00:40:58,452 Party incoming! - You can go. 382 00:40:58,532 --> 00:41:01,539 You can go, goddamn it! Go on! Dee dee! 383 00:41:01,619 --> 00:41:05,036 Get the fuck out of here before I change my mind! 384 00:41:09,870 --> 00:41:12,538 Looks like you're going back to the world, baby. 385 00:41:12,578 --> 00:41:16,785 - Doc! - Twenty meters out. Left! 386 00:41:16,825 --> 00:41:20,202 - Right there. - Anybody else? 387 00:41:40,544 --> 00:41:42,500 I got you now! 388 00:41:44,079 --> 00:41:45,997 - Hey, buddy! - Hi, Mom. 389 00:41:48,075 --> 00:41:49,994 He looks fabulous. 390 00:41:50,084 --> 00:41:51,952 - Happy anniversary, Mom. - Oh, thank you. So good to see you. 391 00:41:52,002 --> 00:41:53,451 I wasn't sure you'd make it. 392 00:41:53,541 --> 00:41:55,499 - You look wonderful. - Thank you. 393 00:41:55,539 --> 00:41:58,127 - How's it feel to be retired? - Um, crazy. 394 00:41:58,207 --> 00:41:59,784 Good. Oh, you look great. 395 00:41:59,834 --> 00:42:01,243 - Thank you. - Well, come see Dad... 396 00:42:01,293 --> 00:42:03,541 - There he is. ...and all the family. 397 00:42:03,621 --> 00:42:06,119 Hello, sir. 398 00:42:06,209 --> 00:42:08,627 - Glad you could make it. - Yes, sir. 399 00:42:14,292 --> 00:42:17,538 Good to see you, Hayes. - How are you doing? 400 00:42:17,628 --> 00:42:20,995 Hey, kid. Hey, you. Remember me? 401 00:42:21,085 --> 00:42:23,912 - The old guy who looks like you. - Do I know you? 402 00:42:24,002 --> 00:42:26,460 - Yeah. - Your voice sounds really familiar. 403 00:42:26,540 --> 00:42:29,088 Here's a clue. I was married to your mom for about five minutes. 404 00:42:29,168 --> 00:42:32,256 - Really? You sure? 'Cause I don't... - Yeah. 405 00:42:36,750 --> 00:42:39,838 - Well, is he guilty? - Sir? 406 00:42:39,918 --> 00:42:42,376 Your friend Colonel Childers. 407 00:42:42,415 --> 00:42:45,673 - Guilty of what, sir? - Come on, Hayes. 408 00:42:45,753 --> 00:42:49,380 You served with him. Is he the rabid dog we've all been hearing about? 409 00:42:49,460 --> 00:42:51,208 I don't think I should comment, sir. 410 00:42:51,248 --> 00:42:54,334 Come on, Dad. This is family. You can lighten up a little. 411 00:42:54,414 --> 00:42:56,332 You know what we said at the naval academy. 412 00:42:56,422 --> 00:42:59,340 Even if you thought you weren't responsible, 413 00:42:59,380 --> 00:43:01,838 it went wrong and you were there. 414 00:43:01,878 --> 00:43:03,666 Since when have you not had a comment? 415 00:43:03,756 --> 00:43:05,505 Since Childers asked me to defend him. 416 00:43:05,585 --> 00:43:07,383 No. Oh, Hayes. 417 00:43:07,423 --> 00:43:09,839 - What? - Excuse me. 418 00:43:09,919 --> 00:43:12,207 - Are you kidding me? - No. 419 00:43:12,257 --> 00:43:15,465 Why would you do that? Huh! 420 00:43:15,505 --> 00:43:18,292 - Because he asked me, and I owe him. - That's great. 421 00:43:18,382 --> 00:43:21,840 That represents everything that's wrong with the military. 422 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:23,838 Wisdom from the one person in this family... 423 00:43:23,878 --> 00:43:27,083 who has not elected to serve his country. 424 00:43:27,133 --> 00:43:29,092 Childers must have snapped. It happens in combat. 425 00:43:29,132 --> 00:43:32,209 I've seen it. I'm sure you have too. 426 00:43:32,299 --> 00:43:34,218 Thank you for reminding me... 427 00:43:34,298 --> 00:43:37,085 why we have the presumption of innocence in America. 428 00:43:37,135 --> 00:43:40,043 What are you, Abraham Lincoln? You can't hide behind that. 429 00:43:40,133 --> 00:43:42,011 The guy murdered innocent women and children. 430 00:43:42,091 --> 00:43:44,130 - You hear that on television? - And newspapers. 431 00:43:44,219 --> 00:43:46,755 - It's all over the place. - It's Mom and Dad's anniversary. 432 00:43:55,219 --> 00:43:57,337 Don't take this case, son. 433 00:43:57,427 --> 00:44:00,175 This man has trashed the reputation of the Corps. 434 00:44:00,255 --> 00:44:02,263 He's put us back 20 years. 435 00:44:06,298 --> 00:44:08,756 Is this how you want to be remembered? 436 00:44:08,846 --> 00:44:11,503 I don't see how I can turn him down. He saved my life. 437 00:44:11,593 --> 00:44:14,511 Well, I understand that as well as anyone. 438 00:44:14,551 --> 00:44:19,507 But you don't repay him by falling senselessly on a grenade. 439 00:44:19,547 --> 00:44:22,592 The way I see it, this man should find himself... 440 00:44:22,672 --> 00:44:26,799 the best laywer in the country. - Somebody better than me? 441 00:44:29,347 --> 00:44:31,425 The guy's a real marine, Dad. 442 00:44:31,505 --> 00:44:34,223 I mean, if they can do this to him... 443 00:44:34,263 --> 00:44:37,588 just hang him out to dry... they can do it to anybody. 444 00:44:37,678 --> 00:44:41,675 Forget that he's my friend. They can do it to anybody. 445 00:44:41,765 --> 00:44:44,263 That means your medals and your citations... 446 00:44:44,303 --> 00:44:47,260 won't mean jack shit when they come afte ryou. 447 00:44:53,845 --> 00:44:56,091 At least two of his own guys are gonna testify... 448 00:44:56,131 --> 00:44:58,929 that he didn't have to open fire, sir. 449 00:44:59,009 --> 00:45:02,926 Nobody reports seeing any weapons among the demonstrators. 450 00:45:03,016 --> 00:45:06,183 - His psych eval was a disaster. - What about embassy footage? 451 00:45:06,263 --> 00:45:08,681 Cameras, film, videotape, home movies, shit like that? 452 00:45:08,761 --> 00:45:13,845 No, I've subpoenaed everything. The embassy got hit pretty good. 453 00:45:13,925 --> 00:45:17,302 Most of it was destroyed. 454 00:45:21,639 --> 00:45:24,057 Terry, you know Tom Chandler. He's gonna help us prepare your case. 455 00:45:24,137 --> 00:45:27,804 Colonel Childers, good to see you again, sir. Um, all right. 456 00:45:27,894 --> 00:45:31,768 First, we've subpoenaed all the Article 32 investigator's notes, 457 00:45:31,848 --> 00:45:33,767 the State Department's notes on Yemen. 458 00:45:33,847 --> 00:45:37,304 Major Biggs has already had your head checked by their doctor. 459 00:45:37,394 --> 00:45:39,182 I've got you an appointment with ours. 460 00:45:39,262 --> 00:45:41,311 - No. - What? 461 00:45:41,351 --> 00:45:44,348 No more multiple choice questions about self-esteem. 462 00:45:44,388 --> 00:45:47,096 We got the combat fitness reports. He can forget the psych eval here. 463 00:45:47,186 --> 00:45:48,853 That's a mistake, Colonel. 464 00:45:48,933 --> 00:45:52,640 Listen, when I turned 18 I joined the Marine Corps. 465 00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:54,678 I asked to be in the infantry. 466 00:45:54,768 --> 00:45:57,186 - I asked to go to Vietnam. - Terry. 467 00:45:57,226 --> 00:45:59,474 I live for the privilege of commanding troops. 468 00:45:59,554 --> 00:46:02,062 I think it's the greatest honor an American can have. 469 00:46:02,142 --> 00:46:04,770 You know how many birthdays and Christmases I missed, 470 00:46:04,850 --> 00:46:06,766 spent rotting in jungles or in the desert, 471 00:46:06,846 --> 00:46:08,765 just so you could play war at ROTC? 472 00:46:08,854 --> 00:46:13,271 Childers! You gotta keep your shit together here, man. 473 00:46:13,311 --> 00:46:15,769 Your court-martial board is gonna be made up of people... 474 00:46:15,849 --> 00:46:18,267 who might've spent one day in Grenada, maybe two days in Kuwait. 475 00:46:18,357 --> 00:46:20,765 They're gonna be beach boys who've never been anywhere near combat. 476 00:46:20,855 --> 00:46:22,473 They're gonna be people like Tom Chandler... 477 00:46:22,563 --> 00:46:24,270 sitting right here in front of you. 478 00:46:24,350 --> 00:46:27,397 That's who you're making your case to. 479 00:46:27,437 --> 00:46:31,394 We don't have anybody to back up your case. 480 00:46:31,434 --> 00:46:34,482 That's because all my witnesses are dead. 481 00:46:36,230 --> 00:46:39,558 - Okay. So what happened? - He lost it. He snapped. 482 00:46:39,648 --> 00:46:41,434 That's good. We can snap him on the stand. 483 00:46:41,514 --> 00:46:43,143 This doesn't happen in a vacuum. 484 00:46:43,223 --> 00:46:45,641 Let's get a complete history of Colonel Childers. 485 00:46:45,691 --> 00:46:48,269 Talk to every marine he ever served with. 486 00:46:48,359 --> 00:46:50,267 My guess is this has happened before. 487 00:46:50,317 --> 00:46:52,525 We have to be careful here. 488 00:46:52,605 --> 00:46:54,853 This guy is the warrior's warrior. 489 00:46:54,943 --> 00:47:00,477 A Navy Cross, two Silver Stars for composure in battle. 490 00:47:00,567 --> 00:47:03,564 He has no wife, no kids, just the Corps. 491 00:47:03,644 --> 00:47:07,981 He was our best. That's why he was sent. 492 00:47:08,021 --> 00:47:10,229 He's not on trial for the good service he gave the country, 493 00:47:10,319 --> 00:47:12,777 but for what he did on the wallin Yemen, period. 494 00:47:12,817 --> 00:47:14,735 Major, nobody wants to say it, 495 00:47:14,815 --> 00:47:17,811 but it occurs to me we're trying to set an example here. 496 00:47:17,851 --> 00:47:20,728 So let's set it and show the world we mean business. 497 00:47:20,818 --> 00:47:25,235 The first charge supports the death penalty, and I say we go for it. 498 00:47:25,275 --> 00:47:27,103 No more death. 499 00:47:27,153 --> 00:47:29,861 I'll see that he never gets another command and I'll put him in jail, 500 00:47:29,901 --> 00:47:33,528 but I will not seek death for a man who served his country honorably. 501 00:47:33,608 --> 00:47:35,894 I don't want it brought up again. 502 00:47:35,944 --> 00:47:39,151 We gotta show Childers' state of mind. 503 00:47:39,191 --> 00:47:41,230 We gotta prove he went out with intent to kill, 504 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,568 and that is not going to be easy. 505 00:47:43,608 --> 00:47:46,236 Whether a man is charged with murder or hailed as a hero... 506 00:47:46,316 --> 00:47:48,983 is sometimes a very thin line. 507 00:47:49,023 --> 00:47:53,188 Our case is this. Childers receives orders that a regularly scheduled, 508 00:47:53,238 --> 00:47:56,905 I awful protest outside our embassy in Yemen is unruly. 509 00:47:56,985 --> 00:47:59,863 He is to secure or evacuate the premises. 510 00:47:59,903 --> 00:48:02,650 There has been no violence prior to his arrival. 511 00:48:02,730 --> 00:48:04,189 Once there, Ambassador Mourain... 512 00:48:04,279 --> 00:48:06,907 does not feel the situation warrants evacuation. 513 00:48:06,987 --> 00:48:09,313 - Childers ignores him. - There was sniper fire. 514 00:48:09,403 --> 00:48:12,441 They draw fire from snipers across the street. 515 00:48:12,530 --> 00:48:16,028 Childers retaliates into an unarmed crowd in front of the embassy. 516 00:48:16,108 --> 00:48:20,074 A crowd of women and children. He shot the wrong people. 517 00:48:21,693 --> 00:48:24,111 All right, here's what this means. 518 00:48:24,151 --> 00:48:26,737 Murder... Obviously, he could get up to the death penalty. 519 00:48:26,777 --> 00:48:28,366 Conduct unbecoming an officer. 520 00:48:28,406 --> 00:48:31,193 Max is dismissal with a dishonorable discharge, 521 00:48:31,233 --> 00:48:35,070 for feature of all pay and allowances and confinement for one year. 522 00:48:35,150 --> 00:48:37,198 What about breach of peace? What is that? 523 00:48:37,238 --> 00:48:39,317 Breaching the peace is minor. 524 00:48:39,407 --> 00:48:42,614 That means participating in an act of violent or turbulent nature... 525 00:48:42,654 --> 00:48:45,859 that deprives the community of the peace and tranquility it deserves. 526 00:48:45,899 --> 00:48:49,157 It's sort of the military equivalent of the civilian misdemeanor. 527 00:48:49,197 --> 00:48:51,655 No big deal. 528 00:48:52,944 --> 00:48:56,111 There he is! You goddamn baby killer! 529 00:48:56,151 --> 00:48:58,110 Baby killer! 530 00:48:59,568 --> 00:49:01,537 You're disgusting! 531 00:49:01,577 --> 00:49:04,822 I'm not answering any questions, all right? Get out of here. Go away. 532 00:49:04,902 --> 00:49:08,199 You fucking baby killer! 533 00:49:08,279 --> 00:49:10,577 Fuck you! 534 00:49:12,536 --> 00:49:15,454 Who the fuck are you to spit on this uniform? Huh? 535 00:49:31,908 --> 00:49:33,747 You ever play blackjack, Colonel? 536 00:49:33,827 --> 00:49:37,072 Not really. 537 00:49:38,531 --> 00:49:42,698 There are no intangibles. It's all odds, sir. 538 00:49:42,787 --> 00:49:45,745 You know them, you'll beat the guy next to you. 539 00:49:45,785 --> 00:49:48,203 You know what cards have been played, you'll beat the house. 540 00:49:50,581 --> 00:49:54,248 Sometimes you just can't win no matter what you do. 541 00:49:55,865 --> 00:49:59,742 I saw your man on television knockin' some zit-faced kid around. 542 00:49:59,832 --> 00:50:01,950 You have to understand the kind of pressure Childers has been under. 543 00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:04,908 A man with that kind of service... No, no thanks. 544 00:50:04,997 --> 00:50:08,125 This was a rescue mission that went bad. Nothing more. 545 00:50:08,165 --> 00:50:10,623 You're aware, Colonel, we could ask for the death penalty. 546 00:50:10,703 --> 00:50:12,122 You're not serious. 547 00:50:12,162 --> 00:50:14,788 Oh, I'm very serious. In fact, it's been suggested. 548 00:50:14,867 --> 00:50:18,245 What do you think would happen ifa Yemeni killed 83 Americans? 549 00:50:18,325 --> 00:50:20,123 He'd have a trial that would last for one day, 550 00:50:20,163 --> 00:50:21,452 and they'd take off his head. 551 00:50:21,542 --> 00:50:23,451 Have a seat, Colonel. 552 00:50:24,869 --> 00:50:26,788 Please. 553 00:50:32,581 --> 00:50:34,450 So here it is. You plead him out. Guilty. 554 00:50:34,540 --> 00:50:36,248 He throws himself at the mercy. 555 00:50:36,288 --> 00:50:39,126 - We'll help him out at sentencing. - How much help? 556 00:50:39,206 --> 00:50:41,704 I'm not about to promise you anything, but I'd say... 557 00:50:41,794 --> 00:50:44,791 in the neighborhood of ten to fifteen, out in seven. 558 00:50:44,871 --> 00:50:46,000 Major, 559 00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:49,076 do you know what the life expectancy was for a second lieutenant... 560 00:50:49,126 --> 00:50:52,373 dropped into a combat zone in Vietnam in 1968? 561 00:50:52,453 --> 00:50:54,911 I don't have time for 20 questions, sir. 562 00:50:54,961 --> 00:50:57,619 Then what's all this shit about the odds of winning at blackjack? 563 00:50:57,709 --> 00:51:02,545 You got time. Take a guess. 564 00:51:02,585 --> 00:51:05,870 My guess is your man's going down 'cause he deserves to go down. 565 00:51:07,829 --> 00:51:12,295 I got a question for you, Colonel. What happened at Ca Lu? 566 00:51:12,375 --> 00:51:15,792 The battle of Ca Lu, Vietnam. 567 00:51:15,832 --> 00:51:19,169 You were there with Childers. Something happened. What was it? 568 00:51:19,249 --> 00:51:22,994 Fuck you is what happened at Ca Lu, Biggs. 569 00:51:24,083 --> 00:51:26,002 Two weeks. 570 00:51:26,082 --> 00:51:27,501 Life expectancy of a second lieutenant... 571 00:51:27,541 --> 00:51:30,089 in combat in Vietnam was two weeks. 572 00:51:30,129 --> 00:51:31,547 Sir, I need more time to prepare this case. 573 00:51:31,627 --> 00:51:33,836 I need your permission to go to Yemen... 574 00:51:33,916 --> 00:51:37,503 It's all here, Hodge. We did an exhaustive Article 32 investigation. 575 00:51:37,543 --> 00:51:40,131 This thing happened 3,000 miles away. I need more time. 576 00:51:40,170 --> 00:51:41,877 Colonel, it's all here. 577 00:51:41,957 --> 00:51:44,125 We had it brought from Yemen, and it's not unusual to convene... 578 00:51:44,165 --> 00:51:46,124 a court-martial on short notice. 579 00:51:46,214 --> 00:51:49,791 There could be witnesses, something the investigators overlooked, sir. 580 00:51:49,881 --> 00:51:52,838 Don't you think Colonel Childers is entitled all consideration? 581 00:51:52,878 --> 00:51:56,795 Colonel Hodges, I don't care ifyougo to China. 582 00:51:56,835 --> 00:51:58,791 We have our marching orders, and this court-martial... 583 00:51:58,881 --> 00:52:00,750 will convene at 0900 a week Monday. 584 00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:03,917 - Now, is that clear? - Yes, sir. 585 00:52:07,374 --> 00:52:10,042 One! Two! 586 00:52:19,752 --> 00:52:24,209 ...contact the sergeant? - He's off-base, sir. 587 00:52:34,379 --> 00:52:36,297 Terry? 588 00:52:50,046 --> 00:52:51,962 Terry? 589 00:52:57,758 --> 00:52:59,716 Childers? 590 00:53:05,222 --> 00:53:07,300 Ohh. 591 00:53:07,380 --> 00:53:09,296 Oh, shit. 592 00:53:12,424 --> 00:53:14,632 It's okay. 593 00:53:14,722 --> 00:53:16,630 It's okay. 594 00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:19,009 - I wasn't... - No, no. I know. 595 00:53:20,387 --> 00:53:24,304 It's okay. It's all right. I know. Believe me, I know. 596 00:53:25,843 --> 00:53:29,638 Can I leave you alone with that thing in the house? 597 00:53:29,718 --> 00:53:31,676 Yeah. I ain't goin' six on you, Hodge. 598 00:53:31,756 --> 00:53:32,675 I'm goin' to Yemen. 599 00:53:32,755 --> 00:53:35,054 If I have to stick your ass in a hospital till I get back, 600 00:53:35,094 --> 00:53:39,180 that is what I will do. - You don't have to do that. 601 00:53:39,220 --> 00:53:41,348 Got your word on that? 602 00:53:42,428 --> 00:53:44,384 Oh, shit. 603 00:53:44,424 --> 00:53:47,092 They take my uniform away, they may as well shoot me. 604 00:53:47,182 --> 00:53:51,348 You can live with it, bud. Believe me. 605 00:53:52,597 --> 00:53:55,805 I'm not gonna shit you. They offered us a deal. 606 00:53:55,845 --> 00:54:00,101 You plead guilty, it's ten to fifteen. You're out in seven. 607 00:54:00,141 --> 00:54:04,016 - What do you think? - I think they're out to crucify you. 608 00:54:04,096 --> 00:54:08,642 For a whole lot of reasons, I say we take it and call it a day. 609 00:54:20,511 --> 00:54:23,928 I did what they asked me to do, Hodge. 610 00:54:23,968 --> 00:54:27,385 I lost marines over there. 611 00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:36,268 If I'm guilty of this, 612 00:54:36,308 --> 00:54:41,312 I'm guilty of everything I've done in combat for the last 30 years. 613 00:54:45,978 --> 00:54:47,937 I don't know. 614 00:55:30,646 --> 00:55:33,853 Colonel Hodges? Captain Hustings. 615 00:55:33,933 --> 00:55:36,771 I'm not in uniform and I'm not saluting because of the snipers. 616 00:55:36,811 --> 00:55:39,479 Please know that I'm saluting on the inside. 617 00:55:39,559 --> 00:55:41,977 I've got some Kevlar back there with your name on it. 618 00:55:42,017 --> 00:55:44,815 We're not the most popular team in town right now, sir. 619 00:55:44,815 --> 00:55:46,643 Hustings, are you a wiseass? 620 00:55:46,733 --> 00:55:49,609 My mother prefers to think of me as glib, sir. 621 00:55:49,649 --> 00:55:54,685 Very well then. You will most glibly belay all bullshit and drive on. 622 00:55:54,775 --> 00:55:57,272 Roger that, sir. 623 00:56:18,603 --> 00:56:22,268 I've lined up some people who were at the scene, as you requested, sir. 624 00:56:22,358 --> 00:56:24,606 - We can start tomorrow. - Good. 625 00:56:24,646 --> 00:56:27,694 - All right. Here we are. - Oh. 07:00. 626 00:56:27,734 --> 00:56:29,692 Roger that, sir. 627 00:56:49,814 --> 00:56:53,071 The old embassy was a fifth century palace. 628 00:56:53,111 --> 00:56:54,230 Got pretty shot up. 629 00:56:54,320 --> 00:56:56,109 We're moving the newone to a bunker outside the city... 630 00:56:56,149 --> 00:57:00,194 behind about a mile of barbed wire, sir. 631 00:57:06,449 --> 00:57:08,657 - You want me to come with you, sir? - Negative. 632 00:57:08,697 --> 00:57:11,654 Stay with the vehicle. Meet me at the hotel. 633 00:57:11,654 --> 00:57:13,613 Yes, sir. 634 01:01:52,505 --> 01:01:56,342 Armed American marines, they were shooting at his people. 635 01:01:56,422 --> 01:01:58,838 They were just trying to defend themselves. 636 01:01:58,928 --> 01:02:01,965 Is he saying the marines shot first? 637 01:02:07,301 --> 01:02:10,009 Why were your police officers ordered to abandon the embassy... 638 01:02:10,089 --> 01:02:12,047 on the day of the riot? 639 01:02:20,758 --> 01:02:24,136 It was a peaceful demonstration. There was no reason to stay. 640 01:02:24,215 --> 01:02:27,013 After the killing, were any weapons found in the crowd? 641 01:02:35,714 --> 01:02:39,971 No. They picked up everything that was left. No weapons. 642 01:03:04,349 --> 01:03:06,267 Hey! 643 01:03:11,761 --> 01:03:14,429 No, look. Now, wait. Wait a minute. 644 01:03:14,519 --> 01:03:17,686 Wait a minute, fellas. 645 01:03:22,932 --> 01:03:25,518 Hey. Hey! 646 01:05:14,318 --> 01:05:17,525 Hi. What's your name? 647 01:05:17,605 --> 01:05:19,524 Do you speak English? 648 01:05:19,604 --> 01:05:21,522 You're a very pretty girl. 649 01:05:21,612 --> 01:05:23,151 Katchi! 650 01:05:23,191 --> 01:05:25,938 Is that your name? "Katchi"? 651 01:05:25,988 --> 01:05:28,355 - May I help you? - Yeah. 652 01:05:31,152 --> 01:05:33,730 I was wondering what happened to her? 653 01:05:33,820 --> 01:05:37,817 She lost her leg. Who are you? 654 01:05:37,857 --> 01:05:41,564 I'm a lawyer with the United States Marine Corps. What happened? 655 01:05:41,654 --> 01:05:43,862 - A marine lawyer? - Yeah. 656 01:05:43,862 --> 01:05:46,108 Follow me, please. 657 01:06:15,193 --> 01:06:18,650 There are hospitals like this all over the city. 658 01:06:22,275 --> 01:06:25,822 Most of the people here will die. 659 01:07:54,870 --> 01:07:58,537 Sir? Do you want something to drink? 660 01:08:17,290 --> 01:08:19,248 Give me another one! 661 01:08:21,127 --> 01:08:23,335 Open the goddamn door! 662 01:08:36,832 --> 01:08:38,751 What's wrong with you? 663 01:08:38,830 --> 01:08:41,169 Get yourself a new lawyer, you son of a bitch. You lied to me. 664 01:08:41,248 --> 01:08:43,495 I could not find one goddamn witness. 665 01:08:43,535 --> 01:08:46,332 I couldn't find one goddamn shred of evidence! 666 01:08:46,372 --> 01:08:48,581 Not for our side anyway! 667 01:08:48,660 --> 01:08:50,879 You clearly opened up on those people. What were they? 668 01:08:50,959 --> 01:08:54,666 Rag heads, camel jockeys or fucking gooks? 669 01:08:54,746 --> 01:08:56,794 - You through? - Yeah. 670 01:08:59,959 --> 01:09:01,878 Get up. 671 01:09:01,918 --> 01:09:05,335 Come on. Get up. Come on. 672 01:09:09,502 --> 01:09:11,750 Look at you. You went all the way to Yemen. 673 01:09:11,830 --> 01:09:13,998 All you proved is you're still a drunk. 674 01:09:14,088 --> 01:09:16,836 You know what your problem is? You never measured up to your old man. 675 01:09:16,916 --> 01:09:20,581 But I can't help you with that. 676 01:10:23,594 --> 01:10:26,971 Stop this shit before somebody gets hurt. 677 01:11:00,470 --> 01:11:04,255 I lost every one of my men at Ca Lu. 678 01:11:04,305 --> 01:11:07,093 And I'll tell you the first thing I felt. 679 01:11:07,132 --> 01:11:10,430 Joy. 680 01:11:10,510 --> 01:11:14,307 Elation. Gladto be alive. 681 01:11:14,347 --> 01:11:18,763 I was glad it wasn't me, and I fucking hate myself for that. 682 01:11:26,465 --> 01:11:29,682 That wasn't your fault. 683 01:11:31,221 --> 01:11:33,429 We're in deep shit, bud. 684 01:11:33,469 --> 01:11:35,637 Yeah. 685 01:11:40,432 --> 01:11:42,890 It's fourth and 40, Hodge. 686 01:11:44,718 --> 01:11:47,426 I need a Hail Mary. 687 01:11:47,516 --> 01:11:50,184 How? 688 01:12:16,468 --> 01:12:18,886 Send him in. 689 01:12:31,894 --> 01:12:34,722 I just want to make sure we're on the same page here. 690 01:12:34,762 --> 01:12:37,519 - Off the record. - Of course, Bill. 691 01:12:37,559 --> 01:12:42,305 Now, you didn't see any weapons in that crowd, did you? 692 01:12:42,395 --> 01:12:45,013 Well... 693 01:12:45,103 --> 01:12:47,561 There was some shooting, but I... 694 01:12:47,601 --> 01:12:51,396 couldn't be sure exactly where it was coming from. 695 01:12:51,436 --> 01:12:54,893 Now, see, that's gonna be a problem, 696 01:12:54,973 --> 01:12:58,390 because we can't get on the stand and waffle about the charges. 697 01:12:58,480 --> 01:13:00,399 Waffle, Bill? 698 01:13:00,479 --> 01:13:04,066 In your mind, Childers was responsible, wasn't he? 699 01:13:04,106 --> 01:13:06,892 I wasn't exactly there. I had already evacuated. 700 01:13:06,932 --> 01:13:08,980 You have to remember he saved my life and my family. 701 01:13:09,060 --> 01:13:10,399 This all happened after... 702 01:13:10,479 --> 01:13:11,808 Does that mean the United States... 703 01:13:11,898 --> 01:13:14,146 is gonna have to take the fall for what he did? 704 01:13:14,186 --> 01:13:17,893 I don't understand. 705 01:13:17,983 --> 01:13:21,060 The investigating team didn't find any weapons in the crowd. 706 01:13:21,150 --> 01:13:23,438 That's because they weren't there until the following day. 707 01:13:23,518 --> 01:13:25,974 The Yemeni government cleaned up the scene, 708 01:13:26,024 --> 01:13:28,692 but unfortunately that's not something we can prove. 709 01:13:28,772 --> 01:13:31,440 Nor can I testify about it. It all happened afterward. 710 01:13:31,520 --> 01:13:34,188 Yeah, but you can testify about Childers' frame of mind, 711 01:13:34,227 --> 01:13:36,895 his behavior while you were there. 712 01:13:38,064 --> 01:13:41,520 He saved my life. 713 01:13:41,649 --> 01:13:44,267 Surely this will all come down to what the tape shows. 714 01:13:44,317 --> 01:13:46,645 The tape's inconclusive. 715 01:13:48,184 --> 01:13:52,231 Hodges subpoenaed it, of course, but, uh... 716 01:13:52,311 --> 01:13:54,609 it was a faulty recording. 717 01:13:57,067 --> 01:13:59,313 - I see. - Do you? 718 01:13:59,393 --> 01:14:03,860 If Childers isn't held totally responsible, 719 01:14:03,939 --> 01:14:06,817 then the United States will be. 720 01:14:06,857 --> 01:14:09,605 And just guess... 721 01:14:09,695 --> 01:14:11,863 where the finger... 722 01:14:11,943 --> 01:14:14,111 is eventually gonna point. 723 01:14:15,480 --> 01:14:17,776 - Me? - Where else? 724 01:14:19,855 --> 01:14:22,522 You should've known this was gonna erupt. 725 01:14:22,612 --> 01:14:25,570 And if you didn't, you were asleep at the wheel. 726 01:14:25,650 --> 01:14:29,357 Either way, your conduct was inexcusable. 727 01:14:29,447 --> 01:14:33,194 Now, do you want to face a congressional inquiry over this, 728 01:14:33,274 --> 01:14:35,320 put your career at risk? 729 01:14:37,029 --> 01:14:39,647 Think about it. 730 01:14:39,736 --> 01:14:42,065 Thank you, Bill. 731 01:15:50,072 --> 01:15:52,030 All rise. 732 01:16:00,113 --> 01:16:02,032 Be seated. 733 01:16:05,367 --> 01:16:07,535 Look closely at this picture. 734 01:16:09,614 --> 01:16:11,702 Why did a well-trained fighting unit... 735 01:16:11,782 --> 01:16:15,119 have to slaughter unarmed men, women and children... 736 01:16:15,159 --> 01:16:17,497 when their orders were simply to protect... 737 01:16:17,577 --> 01:16:20,743 and if necessary, evacuate the embassy? 738 01:16:22,162 --> 01:16:24,280 The answer is, they didn't. 739 01:16:24,330 --> 01:16:28,117 They were ordered to open fire, and that order came from one man... 740 01:16:28,197 --> 01:16:30,415 Colonel Terry Childers, 741 01:16:30,495 --> 01:16:33,283 who stands trial here today, 742 01:16:33,373 --> 01:16:36,160 a day of sadness, 743 01:16:36,240 --> 01:16:39,366 a day when America has to accept responsibility... 744 01:16:39,406 --> 01:16:43,782 for its failures and its mistakes as well as its glories. 745 01:16:46,490 --> 01:16:50,617 We will show you that the accused, through his mind-set and actions, 746 01:16:50,667 --> 01:16:53,075 ignored the rules of engagement... 747 01:16:53,125 --> 01:16:55,830 and went far beyond the scope of his authority... 748 01:16:55,870 --> 01:16:57,999 to intentionally order the murder... 749 01:16:58,039 --> 01:17:01,576 of 83 innocent people. 750 01:17:09,749 --> 01:17:14,373 I was the last one to enter the courtroom this morning. I was late. 751 01:17:14,413 --> 01:17:17,581 I was late because I was in the head. 752 01:17:17,621 --> 01:17:21,578 And I was in the head because... I was throwing up. 753 01:17:23,626 --> 01:17:26,084 And I was throwing up because I don't know if I'm... 754 01:17:26,164 --> 01:17:29,921 able to handle this job. 755 01:17:34,085 --> 01:17:39,461 I believe that Colonel Childers is innocent of these charges. 756 01:17:39,501 --> 01:17:42,289 I just don't know if I have what it takes to make his case for him. 757 01:17:42,329 --> 01:17:45,916 I'm simply not on the same page as Major Briggs, uh... 758 01:17:45,956 --> 01:17:50,120 Major Biggs here, as a lawyer. 759 01:17:50,170 --> 01:17:53,458 We all know that. 760 01:17:53,538 --> 01:17:55,956 So why did I take this job? 761 01:18:01,501 --> 01:18:04,839 I took this case because Terry Childers told me... 762 01:18:04,919 --> 01:18:09,213 I would have done the same thing he did if I'd been in his shoes. 763 01:18:09,253 --> 01:18:12,630 I took the case because I know Terry Childers. His word is his bond. 764 01:18:12,670 --> 01:18:16,877 He told me he did what he had to do. 765 01:18:16,917 --> 01:18:20,004 Now, I hope I don't let him down. 766 01:18:23,132 --> 01:18:27,127 We sent Terry Childers out on a very tough mission. 767 01:18:27,206 --> 01:18:29,714 And when it went bad, 768 01:18:29,754 --> 01:18:33,591 and he did everything he could to save the lives of his marines, 769 01:18:33,671 --> 01:18:36,959 save the lives of the embassy people, 770 01:18:37,009 --> 01:18:40,963 you turn around now and want to blame the whole mess on him, 771 01:18:42,792 --> 01:18:45,710 send him to prison possibly for the rest of his life. 772 01:18:47,378 --> 01:18:50,546 That's not fair. 773 01:18:50,626 --> 01:18:53,004 It's not right. 774 01:18:54,792 --> 01:18:58,627 It is what made me sick this morning. 775 01:18:58,717 --> 01:19:00,625 It was a large crowd. 776 01:19:00,715 --> 01:19:04,752 There was a lot of commotion. The noise was very unsettling. 777 01:19:04,792 --> 01:19:07,050 But it was a peaceful crowd. 778 01:19:07,130 --> 01:19:09,758 That is, until Colonel Childers arrived and prevented me... 779 01:19:09,838 --> 01:19:12,216 from pursuing further avenues of diplomacy. 780 01:19:12,296 --> 01:19:14,714 Did Colonel Childers force you to leave the embassy? 781 01:19:14,754 --> 01:19:16,800 Yes. He charged in. 782 01:19:16,840 --> 01:19:20,088 He... started pushing us around. 783 01:19:20,178 --> 01:19:23,345 He physically restrained me from doing my job. 784 01:19:23,425 --> 01:19:25,423 What was his state of mind at this time? 785 01:19:25,503 --> 01:19:27,172 He was in a fury. 786 01:19:27,262 --> 01:19:29,380 He was disrespectful to me and my family. 787 01:19:29,420 --> 01:19:31,049 Oh, that's bullshit. 788 01:19:31,089 --> 01:19:34,004 It was almost, how should I say, a murderous rage. 789 01:19:34,094 --> 01:19:36,003 Do you remember what he said? 790 01:19:36,093 --> 01:19:38,091 I remember he said something like... 791 01:19:38,131 --> 01:19:40,719 diplomacy is bullshit at this point... 792 01:19:40,799 --> 01:19:44,426 "and that ""nobody fucks with the American flag""." 793 01:19:44,506 --> 01:19:46,924 - Those were his words. - Thank you, Ambassador. 794 01:19:46,964 --> 01:19:48,922 No further questions. 795 01:19:48,972 --> 01:19:51,588 Do you believe... 796 01:19:51,678 --> 01:19:53,467 that an American embassy on foreign soil... 797 01:19:53,547 --> 01:19:55,345 is sovereign United States territory? 798 01:19:55,385 --> 01:19:57,344 As a general principle, yes. 799 01:19:57,424 --> 01:19:59,132 Do you believe Americans have a right... 800 01:19:59,222 --> 01:20:00,801 to defend that territory if it's attacked? 801 01:20:00,881 --> 01:20:02,799 If it is, in fact, attacked. 802 01:20:02,889 --> 01:20:05,967 Would you have expected Colonel Childers to surrender... 803 01:20:06,057 --> 01:20:08,055 to the attacking crowd or to fight them? 804 01:20:08,135 --> 01:20:09,422 I would have expected neither. 805 01:20:09,512 --> 01:20:11,090 The colonel should have let me address the crowd, 806 01:20:11,130 --> 01:20:13,389 then he could have withdrawn his marines. 807 01:20:13,469 --> 01:20:15,557 Would you have expected him to hold his fire as he withdrew, 808 01:20:15,637 --> 01:20:18,924 even if he were taking casualties? - To the extent possible. 809 01:20:18,974 --> 01:20:20,093 So your order would have been, 810 01:20:20,183 --> 01:20:21,932 Hold your fire to the extent possible, Marines. 811 01:20:21,972 --> 01:20:24,470 And to the extent not possible, fire away. 812 01:20:27,016 --> 01:20:28,924 Ambassador. 813 01:20:31,592 --> 01:20:33,760 This photograph is exhibit "C". 814 01:20:37,217 --> 01:20:40,015 - What is that? - It's a security camera. 815 01:20:40,055 --> 01:20:41,474 Is it mounted on the roof of the embassy... 816 01:20:41,514 --> 01:20:43,552 and pointed down to where the crowd had gathered? 817 01:20:43,642 --> 01:20:45,848 - I would suppose so. - Yes or no, please. 818 01:20:45,928 --> 01:20:47,847 Yes. 819 01:20:47,927 --> 01:20:50,724 - Is it in operation 24 hours a day? - I suppose so. 820 01:20:50,804 --> 01:20:52,723 - Yes or no? - Yes. 821 01:20:52,803 --> 01:20:56,180 Do you suppose there is a taping system attached to this camera? 822 01:20:56,260 --> 01:20:57,809 - Your Honor. - Colonel. 823 01:20:57,889 --> 01:20:59,307 - Yes. - Where's the tape? 824 01:20:59,347 --> 01:21:02,263 It is my understanding that if there were tapes, 825 01:21:02,303 --> 01:21:05,261 undamaged tapes, they'd have been sent to the State Department. 826 01:21:05,351 --> 01:21:06,390 Undamaged tapes? 827 01:21:06,470 --> 01:21:09,767 Well, there was destruction and looting... 828 01:21:09,847 --> 01:21:12,265 after the killing. 829 01:21:12,345 --> 01:21:16,432 As you withdrew, did you remember to take the American flag with you? 830 01:21:22,645 --> 01:21:25,642 Did you remember to take the American flag, sir? 831 01:21:25,682 --> 01:21:28,600 - Of course. - Where is that flag now? 832 01:21:28,640 --> 01:21:31,647 I brought it home and returned it to the State Department. 833 01:21:31,687 --> 01:21:34,475 It was shot to shreds, wasn't it? 834 01:21:34,515 --> 01:21:36,433 By the snipers, yes. 835 01:21:36,523 --> 01:21:39,479 Yeah? 836 01:21:50,810 --> 01:21:52,938 Right! Go right! 837 01:21:54,187 --> 01:21:56,313 Goal! 838 01:22:04,437 --> 01:22:06,435 At ease, son. 839 01:22:06,525 --> 01:22:09,563 Let me see. Which one of you people is named Justin? 840 01:22:09,643 --> 01:22:12,518 - Let me take a guess. How about you? - No. 841 01:22:12,598 --> 01:22:16,015 Then I'll have to make another guess. I'll take, uh... you. 842 01:22:16,105 --> 01:22:18,523 How'd you know? Are you in the marines? 843 01:22:18,563 --> 01:22:20,941 Yes, sir, lam. 844 01:22:20,981 --> 01:22:23,649 Go on in the house, kids. There are sandwiches in the kitchen. 845 01:22:23,729 --> 01:22:26,777 Mrs. Mourain, I'm sorry to bother you at home. 846 01:22:26,817 --> 01:22:29,485 - I'm Colonel... -I know who you are, Colonel Hodges. 847 01:22:29,564 --> 01:22:32,480 - Is that your boy? - Yes. 848 01:22:32,560 --> 01:22:35,608 Can I talk to you a few minutes? 849 01:22:35,687 --> 01:22:38,645 I don't think that's appropriate. 850 01:22:38,735 --> 01:22:40,643 I don't believe your husband is telling the truth... 851 01:22:40,733 --> 01:22:42,852 about what Colonel Childers did in Yemen. 852 01:22:45,270 --> 01:22:48,395 Kids, go on in the house. There are sandwiches on the table. 853 01:22:48,435 --> 01:22:50,893 Let's go! Come on! 854 01:22:56,109 --> 01:22:58,987 You should take that up with my husband, shouldn't you? 855 01:22:59,027 --> 01:23:02,234 Colonel Childers risked his life so you could be here, ma'am, 856 01:23:02,314 --> 01:23:05,769 watching these kids play out these windows. 857 01:23:05,819 --> 01:23:07,817 Does that bother you? 858 01:23:12,194 --> 01:23:14,902 I feel terrible about what happened to Colonel Childers. 859 01:23:14,982 --> 01:23:17,230 Can you tell me that he manhandled your family? 860 01:23:17,320 --> 01:23:19,898 Or that he prevented your husband from doing his job? 861 01:23:19,988 --> 01:23:23,193 Ma'am? Can you tell me that? 862 01:23:23,273 --> 01:23:25,231 No. 863 01:23:25,271 --> 01:23:28,279 As far as I'm concerned, he behaved quite honorably. 864 01:23:28,319 --> 01:23:30,277 Will you testify to that? 865 01:23:37,322 --> 01:23:40,319 - My husband's a good man. - So is Colonel Childers. 866 01:23:42,316 --> 01:23:43,944 I've been married for ten years. 867 01:23:43,984 --> 01:23:46,282 You're asking me to throw that away in an afternoon. 868 01:23:46,362 --> 01:23:49,650 Your husband and you and your son... 869 01:23:49,740 --> 01:23:52,987 owe your lives to Colonel Terry Childers. 870 01:23:55,615 --> 01:23:57,903 We all have our priorities, Colonel. 871 01:23:59,819 --> 01:24:01,738 I can subpoena you, ma'am. 872 01:24:03,446 --> 01:24:05,655 Please don't. 873 01:24:05,695 --> 01:24:10,651 Don't put me up there. I'm a very credible witness. 874 01:24:10,701 --> 01:24:12,659 Now, if you'll excuse me. 875 01:24:12,699 --> 01:24:15,984 You won't tell the truth if I put you on the stand? 876 01:24:16,074 --> 01:24:19,492 I don't know what the truth is. 877 01:24:19,571 --> 01:24:22,609 Colonel Childers is on trial for what he did outside the embassy. 878 01:24:22,699 --> 01:24:24,987 I wasn't there. Were you? 879 01:24:30,822 --> 01:24:32,571 Captain Lee, you were in command of the TRAP team... 880 01:24:32,611 --> 01:24:35,367 and the second ranking officer under Colonel Childers in Yemen? 881 01:24:35,407 --> 01:24:37,035 - Yes, sir. -And you were on the roof... 882 01:24:37,115 --> 01:24:39,783 of the embassy, were you not? - Yes, I was. 883 01:24:39,823 --> 01:24:41,861 Colonel Childers ordered you to open fire... 884 01:24:41,951 --> 01:24:44,779 immediately after Sergeant Richard Krasevitch was shot. 885 01:24:44,869 --> 01:24:47,037 - Is that correct? - Yes. 886 01:24:47,077 --> 01:24:50,035 But Sergeant Krasevitch was not shot by the demonstrators, was he? 887 01:24:50,115 --> 01:24:51,532 Objection. How could we know the exact firing position... 888 01:24:51,612 --> 01:24:53,490 of the bullet that killed Sergeant Krasevitch? 889 01:24:53,570 --> 01:24:56,118 Sustained. Counsel refrain from leading the witness. 890 01:24:56,198 --> 01:24:58,246 Did you at any time... 891 01:24:58,326 --> 01:25:01,743 receive gunfire from within the demonstration itself? 892 01:25:03,872 --> 01:25:06,699 Captain? 893 01:25:06,789 --> 01:25:09,155 I can't remember any fire from the demonstrators, 894 01:25:09,195 --> 01:25:11,913 to my knowledge that is, sir. 895 01:25:11,993 --> 01:25:14,911 You killed the wrong people, didn't you? 896 01:25:14,991 --> 01:25:17,658 You should've been firing at the snipers across the way. 897 01:25:17,738 --> 01:25:20,077 - Isn't that correct? - I can't answer... 898 01:25:20,156 --> 01:25:21,615 - Objection. Calls for speculation. - Sustained. 899 01:25:21,705 --> 01:25:24,283 You shot at people who were demonstrating peacefully, 900 01:25:24,323 --> 01:25:26,032 who were not using deadly force. 901 01:25:26,082 --> 01:25:27,369 Your Honor, that's not in evidence here. 902 01:25:27,449 --> 01:25:31,705 Sustained. Major, I'm not going to warn you again. 903 01:25:33,324 --> 01:25:36,791 Captain, what were the words Colonel Childers used... 904 01:25:36,871 --> 01:25:39,159 when he ordered you to fire on the demonstrators? 905 01:25:39,249 --> 01:25:42,247 I don't remember the exact words, sir. 906 01:25:42,327 --> 01:25:44,783 He ordered me to open fire. 907 01:25:46,541 --> 01:25:48,500 When you obeyed Colonel Childers' order to open fire, 908 01:25:48,579 --> 01:25:50,498 did you believe it to be a lawful order? 909 01:25:50,578 --> 01:25:51,617 Yes, sir. 910 01:25:51,707 --> 01:25:54,665 Otherwise it would have been your duty to disobey. Is that right? 911 01:25:54,704 --> 01:25:55,784 Yes, sir. 912 01:25:55,874 --> 01:25:58,372 When your men opened fire on the attackers in the crowd, 913 01:25:58,451 --> 01:26:02,206 did the snipers in the buildings across the way cease their firing? 914 01:26:02,246 --> 01:26:04,245 Absolutely, sir. It went completely quiet. 915 01:26:04,285 --> 01:26:05,414 It would seem, then, 916 01:26:05,454 --> 01:26:06,953 that the two groups were actually one working together. 917 01:26:07,043 --> 01:26:09,830 Objection. Counselis drawing a conclusion for the witness. 918 01:26:09,910 --> 01:26:11,579 Sustained. 919 01:26:11,669 --> 01:26:13,128 Were you in a position to observe Colonel Childers... 920 01:26:13,168 --> 01:26:14,417 when everyone was evacuated? 921 01:26:14,496 --> 01:26:15,416 Yes, I was. 922 01:26:15,496 --> 01:26:17,454 What was the last thing you saw him do? 923 01:26:17,544 --> 01:26:20,659 - He went to the flagpole. - Then what'd he do? 924 01:26:20,749 --> 01:26:22,788 He took down the American flag. 925 01:26:22,878 --> 01:26:25,416 Was he personally under heavy fire at that time? 926 01:26:25,496 --> 01:26:29,412 - Yes, sir. - No more questions. 927 01:26:29,462 --> 01:26:32,580 Captain, prior to receiving orders from the accused to open fire, 928 01:26:32,620 --> 01:26:35,418 where was the point of greatest concern for the safety of your men, 929 01:26:35,458 --> 01:26:39,832 the crowd below or the snipers in the buildings across the way? 930 01:26:39,872 --> 01:26:43,459 - I'm not really sure. - You're not sure? 931 01:26:43,499 --> 01:26:45,457 Well, I guess... 932 01:26:45,587 --> 01:26:47,875 Don't guess. I'll repeat the question. 933 01:26:47,915 --> 01:26:51,253 Was the point of greatest concern the crowd below... 934 01:26:51,293 --> 01:26:53,751 or the snipers across the way? 935 01:26:55,248 --> 01:26:57,706 I would have to say the snipers. 936 01:26:57,755 --> 01:27:00,663 Did you feel an immediate mortal danger from the crowd as a whole? 937 01:27:00,753 --> 01:27:02,711 - I don't understand. - You don't understand? 938 01:27:02,791 --> 01:27:05,839 - No, sir. - Let me help you. 939 01:27:09,046 --> 01:27:10,665 Were you more worried... 940 01:27:10,755 --> 01:27:13,211 you'd be killed by these people or by these people? 941 01:27:13,251 --> 01:27:15,839 I wasn't thinking about that. Have you ever been under fire? 942 01:27:15,919 --> 01:27:19,666 You didn't see the crowd firing, but you did take fire from the snipers. 943 01:27:19,756 --> 01:27:22,673 Is that correct? 944 01:27:26,800 --> 01:27:29,088 Yes. 945 01:27:29,417 --> 01:27:33,213 Our clinic is not too far from the embassy. 946 01:27:33,293 --> 01:27:36,840 So I was one of the first to arrive there. 947 01:27:36,920 --> 01:27:40,257 Did you see any weapons on the bodies of the dead? 948 01:27:40,337 --> 01:27:41,966 No. 949 01:27:42,006 --> 01:27:44,963 Did you remove any weapons from the people you were treating? 950 01:27:45,093 --> 01:27:46,132 No. 951 01:27:46,172 --> 01:27:49,508 Not a single weapon anywhere among the victims? 952 01:27:49,588 --> 01:27:51,506 No, no weapons. 953 01:27:51,586 --> 01:27:55,633 In your opinion, is Yemen a training ground for terrorists? 954 01:27:57,171 --> 01:27:59,470 Not at all. 955 01:27:59,550 --> 01:28:02,467 We met in Yemen. 956 01:28:02,507 --> 01:28:05,383 You encouraged me to tour your clinic in order to witness... 957 01:28:05,463 --> 01:28:07,631 the suffering caused by Colonel Childers' orders. 958 01:28:07,671 --> 01:28:10,009 - Do you remember that? - Yes. 959 01:28:12,007 --> 01:28:14,845 I found an audiocassette on the floor of your clinic. 960 01:28:14,925 --> 01:28:17,553 It's marked exhibit "R". 961 01:28:17,633 --> 01:28:19,801 Do you remember that? 962 01:28:23,296 --> 01:28:25,964 - Yes. - I found another one... 963 01:28:26,004 --> 01:28:28,052 inside the embassy. 964 01:28:28,132 --> 01:28:31,680 In fact, I found several others. They're all marked exhibit "R". 965 01:28:33,428 --> 01:28:36,506 Will you translate the writing on the outside of that cassette? 966 01:28:38,964 --> 01:28:43,258 Declaration of Islamic Jihad... 967 01:28:43,298 --> 01:28:45,756 "Against United States". 968 01:28:45,886 --> 01:28:48,634 These audiocassettes are used for the purposes of religious... 969 01:28:48,674 --> 01:28:51,971 and political propaganda due to the high illiteracy rate in Yemen. 970 01:28:52,051 --> 01:28:54,219 - Is that correct? - Yes. 971 01:28:54,299 --> 01:28:55,638 Will you translate the words you hear... 972 01:28:55,718 --> 01:28:58,634 on this audiocassette for the court, please? 973 01:29:10,424 --> 01:29:12,722 Dr Ahmar? 974 01:29:12,802 --> 01:29:16,807 We call on every Muslim who believes in God... 975 01:29:16,887 --> 01:29:19,515 and hopes for reward... 976 01:29:19,555 --> 01:29:22,343 "to obey God's command". 977 01:29:30,266 --> 01:29:33,142 Dr Ahmar, does it say what God's command is? 978 01:29:34,221 --> 01:29:36,509 To kill Americans... 979 01:29:36,559 --> 01:29:38,677 and plunder... 980 01:29:38,767 --> 01:29:43,184 "their possessions wherever he finds them". 981 01:29:45,512 --> 01:29:48,270 - Go on, please. 982 01:29:50,346 --> 01:29:52,514 To kill Americans... 983 01:29:52,594 --> 01:29:54,932 and their allies, 984 01:29:55,012 --> 01:30:00,018 both civil and military, 985 01:30:00,058 --> 01:30:04,434 is duty of every Muslim... 986 01:30:04,474 --> 01:30:06,932 "who is able". 987 01:30:07,012 --> 01:30:11,727 To kill Americans is a duty. 988 01:30:11,767 --> 01:30:14,604 - Is that what it says? - Yes. 989 01:30:20,270 --> 01:30:23,057 Do you recognize the speaker's voice? 990 01:30:23,147 --> 01:30:26,563 No. 991 01:30:26,603 --> 01:30:29,520 Dr Ahmar, in your opinion, is this propaganda... 992 01:30:29,600 --> 01:30:32,558 representative of that demonstration? 993 01:30:32,648 --> 01:30:37,394 No. I'm not a member of Islamic Jihad! 994 01:30:38,933 --> 01:30:41,481 The crowd was singing songs. 995 01:30:42,849 --> 01:30:45,305 I heard them from my clinic. 996 01:30:45,645 --> 01:30:47,893 What was your reaction when you learned that Colonel Childers... 997 01:30:47,973 --> 01:30:49,642 had been selected to lead this mission? 998 01:30:49,732 --> 01:30:52,729 I was very pleased. The colonel had a distinguished record. 999 01:30:52,809 --> 01:30:56,566 - He's a nationally renowned war... - How did you define his mission? 1000 01:30:56,646 --> 01:30:58,565 We wanted to increase security, but frankly, 1001 01:30:58,645 --> 01:31:02,390 if things got threatening, we wanted an evacuation. 1002 01:31:02,440 --> 01:31:04,898 So you weren't looking for confrontation? 1003 01:31:04,938 --> 01:31:07,815 No, that's what we wished to avoid at all costs. 1004 01:31:07,855 --> 01:31:09,933 What was your reaction to what happened? 1005 01:31:10,023 --> 01:31:12,811 I was stunned, 1006 01:31:12,851 --> 01:31:14,810 appalled. 1007 01:31:14,860 --> 01:31:17,607 Wasn't the severity of the problem at the embassy understated? 1008 01:31:17,647 --> 01:31:19,853 Absolutely not. 1009 01:31:19,933 --> 01:31:23,770 We operated on the information we had at the time. 1010 01:31:23,850 --> 01:31:27,777 I have here a State Department report from Yemen. 1011 01:31:27,897 --> 01:31:29,815 It's exhibit "M". 1012 01:31:29,895 --> 01:31:32,983 Will you read the underlined sections for the court, please? 1013 01:31:33,063 --> 01:31:35,311 Certainly. 1014 01:31:35,361 --> 01:31:40,315 'January25. Grenade thrown at police car. 1015 01:31:40,355 --> 01:31:46,070 January 27. Sixteen Western tourists abducted by fundamentalist group". 1016 01:31:46,150 --> 01:31:50,607 - Go on, please. - "February 6." 1017 01:31:50,687 --> 01:31:53,155 - A bomb explodes in a car... - You got today's Post? 1018 01:31:53,234 --> 01:31:55,151 - Yeah. - Yeah. Give it to me. 1019 01:31:55,231 --> 01:31:58,648 Stun grenade thrown at newspaper kiosk near a police station. 1020 01:31:58,778 --> 01:32:01,146 March 13. A military officer... 1021 01:32:01,236 --> 01:32:06,482 is seriously wounded by Yemen's first... donkey bomb. 1022 01:32:06,522 --> 01:32:09,030 Explosives were apparently concealed under the saddle. 1023 01:32:09,150 --> 01:32:11,396 Thank you. 1024 01:32:11,486 --> 01:32:16,771 I have another State Department document, dated 17 November. 1025 01:32:16,861 --> 01:32:19,189 It's from the ambassador to you. 1026 01:32:19,279 --> 01:32:22,197 Will you read this for the court, please? 1027 01:32:26,613 --> 01:32:30,239 Dear Bill. Please, we must revisit our previous conversation... 1028 01:32:30,278 --> 01:32:32,856 in that the security measures we have taken are still inadequate... 1029 01:32:32,946 --> 01:32:34,865 "for the protection ofour mission to Yemen". 1030 01:32:34,945 --> 01:32:36,613 You have to understand that when I received this letter... 1031 01:32:36,653 --> 01:32:41,569 Thank you. Now, there are... Well, are there... cameras... 1032 01:32:41,649 --> 01:32:45,276 mounted on the roof of the embassy? - Uh, yes. 1033 01:32:45,316 --> 01:32:47,273 Are they designed to observe and record... 1034 01:32:47,323 --> 01:32:49,361 activities in the public spaces outside the embassy? 1035 01:32:49,441 --> 01:32:52,528 - Yes. - Where are the tapes? 1036 01:32:52,568 --> 01:32:55,406 Uh, it's my understanding the embassy was looted. 1037 01:32:55,486 --> 01:32:58,324 Maybe the cameras were destroyed. 1038 01:33:01,032 --> 01:33:05,616 This is a photograph. It is exhibit "D" for the court. 1039 01:33:05,696 --> 01:33:09,113 It's a picture of a camera on the embassy roof. 1040 01:33:09,193 --> 01:33:11,151 Does it appear to be damaged? 1041 01:33:11,241 --> 01:33:12,820 No. 1042 01:33:12,860 --> 01:33:15,528 - Where are the tapes? - I don't know. 1043 01:33:15,618 --> 01:33:18,326 Don't you think the United States owes it... 1044 01:33:18,406 --> 01:33:20,993 to Colonel Childers for 30 years of service... 1045 01:33:21,073 --> 01:33:23,320 to find that tape and produce it here? 1046 01:33:23,360 --> 01:33:25,238 Objection. We don't know anything about any tapes. 1047 01:33:25,318 --> 01:33:29,285 - This is pure speculation. - Sustained. 1048 01:33:31,153 --> 01:33:34,371 This is a shipping manifest. It's exhibit "O". 1049 01:33:34,451 --> 01:33:36,909 It is a list of items removed from the embassy during the evacuation... 1050 01:33:36,989 --> 01:33:38,577 and shipped to the State Department. 1051 01:33:38,617 --> 01:33:41,823 Will you read line six, please? 1052 01:33:41,903 --> 01:33:45,829 Videotape from security camera, VHS, one. 1053 01:33:45,909 --> 01:33:47,368 You too busy to look at those tapes or you just didn't care? 1054 01:33:47,408 --> 01:33:50,406 Objection. He's badgering the national security advisor. 1055 01:33:50,446 --> 01:33:52,744 Sustained. Counsel, please proceed carefully. 1056 01:33:52,784 --> 01:33:55,242 - Where are those tapes? - Objection! Asked and answered. 1057 01:33:55,282 --> 01:33:58,657 Oh. Yes, right. Right. Don't you think it's funny... 1058 01:33:58,697 --> 01:34:01,495 that a tape that could exonerate my client is missing? 1059 01:34:01,575 --> 01:34:03,163 I don't think it's funny at all. 1060 01:34:03,243 --> 01:34:05,701 Withholding evidence is a very serious crime. 1061 01:34:05,741 --> 01:34:09,498 - Objection. - Sustained. Counsel, rephrase. 1062 01:34:09,538 --> 01:34:12,206 Withholding evidence to frame a United States Marine... 1063 01:34:12,246 --> 01:34:14,494 is no less evil than charging my client with murder. 1064 01:34:14,534 --> 01:34:15,831 Where are those tapes? 1065 01:34:15,911 --> 01:34:17,989 Colonel, I turned over all materials in my possession... 1066 01:34:18,079 --> 01:34:20,038 to Major Biggs. 1067 01:34:20,118 --> 01:34:22,995 If those tapes showed a happy crowd of peaceful demonstrators, 1068 01:34:22,995 --> 01:34:24,954 we'd be looking at 'em. 1069 01:34:24,994 --> 01:34:26,702 Objection, Your Honor. This is contempt. 1070 01:34:26,782 --> 01:34:29,040 Colonel, this is your last warning. 1071 01:34:29,080 --> 01:34:31,039 It was a new security system. 1072 01:34:31,079 --> 01:34:33,205 The cameras were pointed down at the crowd. 1073 01:34:33,245 --> 01:34:35,663 Tapes were recorded, and those tapes were sent to the State Department. 1074 01:34:35,703 --> 01:34:37,372 Why are those tapes not here? 1075 01:34:37,452 --> 01:34:40,499 Objection, Your Honor. I've seen no such tapes. 1076 01:34:43,866 --> 01:34:47,244 No further questions. 1077 01:34:47,334 --> 01:34:49,252 There are no tapes showing the crowd firing weapons? 1078 01:34:49,332 --> 01:34:51,208 None that I'm aware of. 1079 01:34:51,288 --> 01:34:54,166 And the government has turned over all of its evidence? 1080 01:34:54,206 --> 01:34:55,455 Of course. 1081 01:34:55,535 --> 01:34:57,493 Colonel Hodges has gone to some length... 1082 01:34:57,583 --> 01:35:01,790 to have you read security reports illustrating violence in Yemen. 1083 01:35:01,870 --> 01:35:04,708 - Yes, he has. - Here is today's Washington Post. 1084 01:35:04,788 --> 01:35:06,206 Will you read these headlines that I've underlined... 1085 01:35:06,336 --> 01:35:08,123 from today's Metro section? 1086 01:35:09,622 --> 01:35:13,828 Agent, kidnapper killed in rescue of businessman's son. 1087 01:35:13,918 --> 01:35:16,706 Bomb threat evacuates Museum of Natural History. 1088 01:35:16,786 --> 01:35:20,163 Officer chases truckdriver, fires 38 times. 1089 01:35:20,253 --> 01:35:24,210 Husband shoots wife, himselfin street. 1090 01:35:24,330 --> 01:35:27,415 Mr. Sokal, does this random, unfortunate news mean we should... 1091 01:35:27,495 --> 01:35:31,712 allow Colonel Childers and his troops loose in Washington, D.C.? 1092 01:35:31,752 --> 01:35:34,330 Don't answer that. Thankyou, Mr. Sokal. 1093 01:35:34,420 --> 01:35:36,708 Present arms! 1094 01:35:38,706 --> 01:35:42,583 Order arms! 1095 01:36:15,712 --> 01:36:19,007 Take deep breaths, sir! You're almost out of here. Stay calm. 1096 01:36:19,087 --> 01:36:22,295 I hope you know how to fold it, sir. 1097 01:36:22,375 --> 01:36:25,003 Thank you, Colonel. I'll never forget this. 1098 01:36:42,626 --> 01:36:44,425 Krasevitch is hit! 1099 01:36:44,465 --> 01:36:46,213 Corpsman! 1100 01:36:47,213 --> 01:36:49,171 Corpsman! Shit! 1101 01:36:49,211 --> 01:36:51,299 Goddamn it! 1102 01:37:16,885 --> 01:37:19,552 Engage hostile targets as they appear! 1103 01:37:19,632 --> 01:37:23,180 Waste the motherfuckers! 1104 01:37:30,472 --> 01:37:33,969 Cease fire! Cease fire! 1105 01:37:34,049 --> 01:37:36,007 Cease fire! 1106 01:37:39,265 --> 01:37:42,012 Order arms! 1107 01:37:42,382 --> 01:37:44,760 I was proud of my marines. 1108 01:37:44,840 --> 01:37:46,677 They showed remarkable discipline. 1109 01:37:46,756 --> 01:37:48,675 Why didn't you fire at the snipers in the buildings... 1110 01:37:48,755 --> 01:37:51,013 instead of at the crowd below? 1111 01:37:51,053 --> 01:37:53,511 Because I believed we were in greater danger from the crowd. 1112 01:37:53,591 --> 01:37:55,889 - Was that crowd firing at you? - Yes. 1113 01:37:55,929 --> 01:38:00,056 The demonstrators in front of the building were firing at you... 1114 01:38:00,096 --> 01:38:02,933 in addition to the snipers? - Yes. 1115 01:38:03,013 --> 01:38:05,469 Why didn't anybody else see that crowd firing? 1116 01:38:05,549 --> 01:38:07,718 My men were under cover on the roof, 1117 01:38:07,807 --> 01:38:10,176 except for Krasevitch who was on an observation post. 1118 01:38:10,216 --> 01:38:13,473 And why isn't he here testifying on your behalf today? 1119 01:38:15,801 --> 01:38:19,138 Because he was killed in action. He died in my arms. 1120 01:38:19,178 --> 01:38:23,433 So you were the only man left in a position to observe that crowd? 1121 01:38:23,473 --> 01:38:25,931 Yes. 1122 01:38:25,971 --> 01:38:28,429 Where else have you been in combat, Colonel? 1123 01:38:28,559 --> 01:38:31,346 Vietnam, Beirut, 1124 01:38:31,426 --> 01:38:33,724 Panama, Persian Gulf. 1125 01:38:33,804 --> 01:38:36,262 Can you identify that blue and white ribbon on your uniform?It's the Navy Cross. 1126 01:38:38,101 --> 01:38:41,926 Do you remember the citation that accompanied that medal? 1127 01:38:42,016 --> 01:38:44,724 For conspicuous gallantry in the face of great personal danger, 1128 01:38:44,804 --> 01:38:46,722 reflecting great credit upon himself, 1129 01:38:46,802 --> 01:38:48,970 "the United States Marine Corps and the Naval Service". 1130 01:38:49,060 --> 01:38:51,348 Your witness. 1131 01:38:56,014 --> 01:38:58,261 Colonel, 1132 01:38:58,351 --> 01:39:00,809 you gunned down more than 80 people. 1133 01:39:02,058 --> 01:39:06,184 You wounded another hundred or so. 1134 01:39:06,224 --> 01:39:10,930 Could this have been motivated by a desire for retaliation? 1135 01:39:11,020 --> 01:39:12,979 I was protecting my men. 1136 01:39:13,059 --> 01:39:16,184 Sergeant Richard Krasevitch was shot only a few feet away from you. 1137 01:39:16,264 --> 01:39:19,272 - Is that correct? - Yes. 1138 01:39:19,352 --> 01:39:21,520 And right after Sergeant Krasevitch died, 1139 01:39:21,600 --> 01:39:23,518 you ordered open fire on the crowd? 1140 01:39:23,598 --> 01:39:26,516 - Is that also correct? - I was taking fire. 1141 01:39:26,556 --> 01:39:29,024 There were weapons in that crowd. 1142 01:39:29,104 --> 01:39:31,182 Well, you wouldn't shoot unarmed people, would you? 1143 01:39:31,272 --> 01:39:32,309 No, I would not. 1144 01:39:32,349 --> 01:39:35,896 Even in the heat of battle, you wouldn't shoot an unarmed person? 1145 01:39:38,144 --> 01:39:40,772 No. 1146 01:39:49,723 --> 01:39:51,891 This is exhibit "F". 1147 01:39:51,981 --> 01:39:55,149 Will you please read the following to the panel? 1148 01:39:56,687 --> 01:40:00,314 Rules of engagement governing ground conflict in urban areas. 1149 01:40:00,394 --> 01:40:03,652 One. If possible, the enemy will be warned first, 1150 01:40:03,732 --> 01:40:05,650 then asked to surrender. 1151 01:40:05,730 --> 01:40:08,726 Colonel, did you warn the enemy? 1152 01:40:08,816 --> 01:40:11,314 We arrived in helicopters. We were standing on that roof armed. 1153 01:40:11,393 --> 01:40:15,021 Did you warn them, either with shots into the air or by a loudspeaker? 1154 01:40:15,100 --> 01:40:17,858 Did you ask them to surrender? 1155 01:40:17,938 --> 01:40:20,396 No. 1156 01:40:20,436 --> 01:40:23,444 I'm sorry, no, you did not warn the crowd? 1157 01:40:23,564 --> 01:40:26,309 Yes. No, I did not warn the crowd. 1158 01:40:26,399 --> 01:40:29,567 Continue, Colonel. You seem to know them by heart. 1159 01:40:29,647 --> 01:40:32,394 Deadly force is the last resort. 1160 01:40:34,353 --> 01:40:36,361 - Go on. - Three. 1161 01:40:36,481 --> 01:40:38,859 When possible, try to arrange for the evacuation of civilians... 1162 01:40:38,899 --> 01:40:41,028 prior to any U.S. attack. 1163 01:40:41,107 --> 01:40:43,354 Did you do that, try to evacuate the innocent people... 1164 01:40:43,444 --> 01:40:45,232 before you slaughtered them? 1165 01:40:45,312 --> 01:40:48,190 Objection. That is inflammatory. - Rephrase, Major. 1166 01:40:48,270 --> 01:40:51,567 Did you try, following Section C ofthe rules of engagement... 1167 01:40:51,647 --> 01:40:56,943 for ground conflict in urban areas, to evacuate innocent civilians? 1168 01:40:57,023 --> 01:40:59,730 - No. - No. 1169 01:41:06,483 --> 01:41:08,901 Yeah, yeah. 1170 01:41:10,280 --> 01:41:12,568 I just have one more thing, Colonel. 1171 01:41:13,857 --> 01:41:17,024 Did you have to repeat your orders to Captain Lee? 1172 01:41:17,114 --> 01:41:19,321 - I'm sorry? - You ordered Captain Lee... 1173 01:41:19,361 --> 01:41:21,489 to engage hostile targets, and he advised you... 1174 01:41:21,529 --> 01:41:23,487 that there were women and children in the line of fire. 1175 01:41:23,567 --> 01:41:25,526 - Is that correct? - He couldn't see... 1176 01:41:25,565 --> 01:41:29,532 Yes or no, Colonel? Didhe follow your first set of orders? 1177 01:41:31,691 --> 01:41:33,609 I don't remember. 1178 01:41:33,699 --> 01:41:36,655 Captain Lee is on record as saying he hesitated... 1179 01:41:36,774 --> 01:41:39,362 and mentioned the snipers in the buildings. 1180 01:41:39,402 --> 01:41:43,489 - Is his testimony accurate? - I don't remember. 1181 01:41:43,569 --> 01:41:45,777 Let me get this straight. 1182 01:41:45,867 --> 01:41:48,075 You evacuate the ambassador. 1183 01:41:48,155 --> 01:41:52,152 You go back to the roof. Two of your marines are K.I.A. 1184 01:41:52,282 --> 01:41:54,568 A third, Sergeant Krasevitch, dies. 1185 01:41:54,658 --> 01:41:57,026 "You give your captain an order which he doesn't follow;" 1186 01:41:57,116 --> 01:41:59,734 in fact, he questions. 1187 01:41:59,824 --> 01:42:01,902 And then you said what? 1188 01:42:01,952 --> 01:42:05,739 I don't remember. 1189 01:42:05,779 --> 01:42:07,278 You don't remember what you said next? 1190 01:42:07,368 --> 01:42:09,736 It was combat, not some training exercise. 1191 01:42:09,786 --> 01:42:11,073 A moment later, your men were shooting. 1192 01:42:11,153 --> 01:42:11,952 What did you say to make that happen? 1193 01:42:11,992 --> 01:42:12,951 I don't know. 1194 01:42:12,991 --> 01:42:16,738 You must have said something. Captain Lee reversed himself. 1195 01:42:16,818 --> 01:42:19,906 - What did you say? - I don't know the exact words. 1196 01:42:19,985 --> 01:42:21,155 - Let me help you. - Your Honor. 1197 01:42:21,194 --> 01:42:23,243 You said, "Waste the motherfuckers," didn't you? 1198 01:42:23,323 --> 01:42:24,822 - No, no, no. - You didn't say it? 1199 01:42:24,911 --> 01:42:27,867 - It all happened so fast... - You're under oath, Colonel! 1200 01:42:29,486 --> 01:42:31,744 Let me refresh your memory. 1201 01:42:31,784 --> 01:42:34,572 This is exhibit "ry" a tape recording made aboard... 1202 01:42:34,662 --> 01:42:38,538 the U.S.S. Wake Island of all radio communications received that day, 1203 01:42:38,618 --> 01:42:41,196 including your exact words. 1204 01:42:41,286 --> 01:42:43,494 Your Honor, with your permission I would like to play this tape. 1205 01:42:43,534 --> 01:42:45,451 If you got it on tape, then that's what I said! 1206 01:42:45,491 --> 01:42:48,079 They were killing my marines, so, yeah, I said it! 1207 01:42:48,159 --> 01:42:50,117 Waste the motherfuckers! 1208 01:42:51,406 --> 01:42:53,245 - Are these "the motherfuckers"? - Objection. 1209 01:42:53,285 --> 01:42:54,534 - Overruled. - Yes! 1210 01:42:54,573 --> 01:42:57,081 - These? - Objection! 1211 01:42:57,161 --> 01:42:59,040 Yes! 1212 01:42:59,080 --> 01:43:00,039 - These? - Objection! 1213 01:43:00,079 --> 01:43:01,578 - Overruled. - Yes. 1214 01:43:01,658 --> 01:43:03,324 Are these "the motherfuckers"... 1215 01:43:03,404 --> 01:43:05,163 that you ordered to be wasted? - Your Honor. 1216 01:43:05,243 --> 01:43:07,081 - Major. - Yes! 1217 01:43:07,161 --> 01:43:10,908 The crowd in front of the embassy had no weapons, did they, Colonel? 1218 01:43:10,998 --> 01:43:12,657 Objection. We found no snipers' weapons either. 1219 01:43:12,707 --> 01:43:14,745 Yes, they had weapons! 1220 01:43:14,825 --> 01:43:16,744 You think there's a script for fighting a war... 1221 01:43:16,833 --> 01:43:17,993 without pissing somebody off? 1222 01:43:18,082 --> 01:43:19,991 Follow the rules, and nobody gets hurt? 1223 01:43:20,081 --> 01:43:22,537 Yes, innocent people probably died. 1224 01:43:22,617 --> 01:43:24,535 Innocent people always die. 1225 01:43:24,615 --> 01:43:27,533 But I did not exceed my orders! 1226 01:43:27,583 --> 01:43:29,621 There are rules, and marines are sworn to uphold them. 1227 01:43:29,741 --> 01:43:33,208 I was not going to stand by and see another marine die... 1228 01:43:33,248 --> 01:43:35,496 just to live by those fucking rules! 1229 01:43:35,576 --> 01:43:38,542 Colonel! 1230 01:43:43,328 --> 01:43:45,326 Your Honor, I request a recess. 1231 01:43:45,456 --> 01:43:47,165 Major. 1232 01:43:48,914 --> 01:43:52,371 The government is finished with Colonel Childers, Your Honor. 1233 01:43:52,461 --> 01:43:55,418 All right, Colonel, you have your recess. 1234 01:44:02,660 --> 01:44:04,459 Why didn't you tell me what you said? 1235 01:44:04,499 --> 01:44:06,957 - I didn't remember. - "Waste the motherfuckers". 1236 01:44:06,997 --> 01:44:09,375 That's brilliant. You didn't think that was important? 1237 01:44:09,415 --> 01:44:10,874 Why didn't you know about the goddamn recording? 1238 01:44:10,954 --> 01:44:13,869 - You're supposed to know... - I had a week to prepare this case. 1239 01:44:13,959 --> 01:44:15,038 I didn't realize what a fuck up I'm defending. 1240 01:44:15,128 --> 01:44:17,456 - Well, now you know. - Goddamn. 1241 01:44:30,546 --> 01:44:33,252 - This is going to take us both down. - How's that work? 1242 01:44:33,292 --> 01:44:36,709 You gonna spend the rest of your life in prison too? 1243 01:44:47,170 --> 01:44:49,586 I'm sorry. 1244 01:44:53,673 --> 01:44:57,170 - I really screwed up in there, huh? - Yeah, you really did. 1245 01:44:57,210 --> 01:44:59,668 Whew! 1246 01:44:59,748 --> 01:45:02,876 - So what happens now? - Shit, I don't know. 1247 01:45:02,916 --> 01:45:07,040 I don't know. 1248 01:45:09,089 --> 01:45:10,877 Your Honor, the government calls Colonel Bin Le Cao... 1249 01:45:10,917 --> 01:45:13,045 as a rebuttal witness. - Objection, Your Honor. 1250 01:45:13,085 --> 01:45:15,214 What are the grounds for this rebuttal witness to be allowed? 1251 01:45:15,294 --> 01:45:17,842 Will counsel please approach the bench. 1252 01:45:23,757 --> 01:45:27,042 - Who is Colonel Bin Le Cao? - A North Vietnamese Colonel... 1253 01:45:27,132 --> 01:45:29,210 who fought against Colonel Childers at the battle of Ca Lu. 1254 01:45:29,250 --> 01:45:32,418 What he has to say directly refutes statements made by Colonel Childers. 1255 01:45:32,508 --> 01:45:34,966 - When was the battle of Ca Lu? - 1968. 1256 01:45:35,046 --> 01:45:38,713 This is uncharged misconduct. It is not allowable under military law. 1257 01:45:38,803 --> 01:45:41,171 How do you know this witness is going to charge misconduct? 1258 01:45:41,211 --> 01:45:42,218 I'm assuming... 1259 01:45:42,258 --> 01:45:44,176 He knows because he was at the battle of Ca Lu. 1260 01:45:44,256 --> 01:45:46,175 - Is that true? - Yes, sir. 1261 01:45:46,255 --> 01:45:49,092 On what grounds are you calling your witness? 1262 01:45:49,172 --> 01:45:51,380 Colonel Hodges made Colonel Childers' combat experience... 1263 01:45:51,460 --> 01:45:52,879 part of his defense. 1264 01:45:52,919 --> 01:45:54,878 Furthermore, Colonel Childers testified... 1265 01:45:54,928 --> 01:45:56,886 that he never shoots unarmed people. 1266 01:45:56,926 --> 01:46:00,961 My witness has an important perspective on that statement. 1267 01:46:03,758 --> 01:46:06,386 I'm gonna allow the witness. 1268 01:46:19,803 --> 01:46:21,132 Do you swear or affirm... 1269 01:46:21,212 --> 01:46:22,671 that the evidence you shal I give in this case... 1270 01:46:22,801 --> 01:46:24,260 shall be the truth, the whole truth... 1271 01:46:24,380 --> 01:46:26,258 and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 1272 01:46:26,338 --> 01:46:28,926 Yes, I do. 1273 01:46:29,006 --> 01:46:30,515 Will you please state your name for the court? 1274 01:46:30,555 --> 01:46:35,259 - My name is Bin Le Cao. - In 1968, you were a colonel... 1275 01:46:35,339 --> 01:46:38,306 with the North Vietnamese army, B3 regiment, involved in a fight... 1276 01:46:38,386 --> 01:46:42,093 with American marines at Ca Lu in the Quang Tri province? 1277 01:46:42,173 --> 01:46:43,592 Yes, I was. 1278 01:46:43,722 --> 01:46:45,760 Will you tell the court about that battle? 1279 01:46:45,840 --> 01:46:48,968 We were aware that small units of Americans... 1280 01:46:49,008 --> 01:46:52,133 ryere ryeryr my company of men. 1281 01:46:52,223 --> 01:46:55,551 We found ourselves behind your forces. 1282 01:46:55,640 --> 01:46:59,258 This was lucky for us because we were out numbered. 1283 01:47:03,684 --> 01:47:05,592 Do you recognize this man? 1284 01:47:07,181 --> 01:47:09,100 Yes. 1285 01:47:09,180 --> 01:47:11,596 Did he capture you and your radio operator that day?Yes. 1286 01:47:12,805 --> 01:47:16,602 Did he remove your weapons and place you under armed guard? 1287 01:47:16,681 --> 01:47:17,601 Yes. 1288 01:47:17,641 --> 01:47:19,559 Did you consider yourself a prisoner of war? 1289 01:47:19,599 --> 01:47:22,267 Yes. 1290 01:47:22,347 --> 01:47:24,475 Did he execute your radio operator? 1291 01:47:26,683 --> 01:47:28,600 Yes. 1292 01:47:28,680 --> 01:47:31,517 You personally saw him shoot a fellow prisoner of war? 1293 01:47:31,597 --> 01:47:33,886 Yes. 1294 01:47:33,975 --> 01:47:36,394 Where did he shoot him? 1295 01:47:36,433 --> 01:47:38,512 In the head. 1296 01:47:38,602 --> 01:47:40,850 Thank you. No further questions. 1297 01:47:45,264 --> 01:47:49,351 Were your men annihilating that platoon of marines? 1298 01:47:49,431 --> 01:47:51,349 Yes. 1299 01:47:51,429 --> 01:47:54,387 Did Colonel Childers force you to call your men off? 1300 01:47:54,517 --> 01:47:56,515 Yes. 1301 01:47:56,605 --> 01:47:58,564 Do you believe his actions were calculated to save... 1302 01:47:58,604 --> 01:48:02,558 the lives of American marines? - Yes. 1303 01:48:02,678 --> 01:48:05,096 Would you have done the same thing Colonel Childers did... 1304 01:48:05,186 --> 01:48:07,105 if the situation had been reversed? 1305 01:48:14,599 --> 01:48:16,517 Colonel Cao, would you have shot... 1306 01:48:16,607 --> 01:48:19,065 a captive American radio operator in the head if you thought... 1307 01:48:19,105 --> 01:48:23,809 it would persuade Colonel Childers to spare the lives of your own men? 1308 01:48:27,516 --> 01:48:29,974 Yes. 1309 01:48:32,812 --> 01:48:35,730 No more questions. 1310 01:48:35,809 --> 01:48:38,265 This court is in recess until tomorrow at 09:00. 1311 01:48:38,355 --> 01:48:40,274 #NAZWA? 1312 01:48:49,976 --> 01:48:52,604 - General, good to see you. - Perry, good to see you too. 1313 01:48:52,644 --> 01:48:55,352 I want you to meet my grandson. 1314 01:48:55,440 --> 01:48:57,728 Hi. Nice to meet you, sir. 1315 01:48:57,808 --> 01:48:59,816 Thanks. 1316 01:49:03,443 --> 01:49:06,271 Colonel Terry Childers is a decorated war hero, 1317 01:49:06,351 --> 01:49:09,109 a trusted leader of American marines, 1318 01:49:09,148 --> 01:49:12,526 and I wish that was all there was to it. 1319 01:49:12,606 --> 01:49:15,941 Unfortunately, there are 83 dead Yemeni citizens, 1320 01:49:15,981 --> 01:49:19,148 many of them women and children. 1321 01:49:19,228 --> 01:49:23,195 Colonel Hodges would have you believe that this crowd was armed. 1322 01:49:23,315 --> 01:49:25,603 He would also have you believe that there is a videotape... 1323 01:49:25,693 --> 01:49:28,021 proving this to be true. 1324 01:49:31,067 --> 01:49:34,944 There is no tape exonerating Colonel Childers. 1325 01:49:35,024 --> 01:49:38,691 There is no evidence exonerating Colonel Childers! 1326 01:49:45,985 --> 01:49:50,609 Is Colonel Childers a man capable of killing defenseless, unarmed people? 1327 01:49:52,278 --> 01:49:54,945 Is he capable of ordering the execution... 1328 01:49:54,985 --> 01:49:58,363 of innocent men and women? 1329 01:49:58,443 --> 01:50:03,528 Is he capable of executing P.O.W.s with his own hand? 1330 01:50:03,568 --> 01:50:06,444 Unfortunately, we have shown that he is. 1331 01:50:06,484 --> 01:50:08,982 You have heard the sad testimony of Colonel Cao... 1332 01:50:09,072 --> 01:50:12,319 who witnessed Colonel Childers' barbarism firsthand. 1333 01:50:14,398 --> 01:50:17,315 You've even heard Colonel Childers' own admission... 1334 01:50:17,405 --> 01:50:21,782 that his desire was to "waste" them, regardless of who they were. 1335 01:50:25,407 --> 01:50:29,523 Now, we are faced with the difficult prospect... 1336 01:50:29,573 --> 01:50:31,902 of convicting one of our own. 1337 01:50:31,991 --> 01:50:34,949 None of us wants to do this, but you've heard the facts, 1338 01:50:35,029 --> 01:50:37,277 and it is unavoidable. 1339 01:50:37,367 --> 01:50:41,282 Colonel Terry Childers ordered the senseless slaughter... 1340 01:50:41,362 --> 01:50:44,200 of a peaceful crowd! 1341 01:50:44,280 --> 01:50:48,406 Now, as marines, 1342 01:50:48,406 --> 01:50:52,403 we do not get the luxury of covering up our mistakes. 1343 01:50:52,533 --> 01:50:55,281 We must air them, 1344 01:50:55,361 --> 01:50:58,946 there by ensuring that they never happen again. 1345 01:50:59,026 --> 01:51:01,783 Thank you. 1346 01:51:08,908 --> 01:51:10,866 That's sovereign United States territory... 1347 01:51:10,906 --> 01:51:13,864 as much as if it were in Ohio or Maryland. 1348 01:51:13,904 --> 01:51:16,410 Colonel Childers didn't volunteer to go over there. 1349 01:51:16,529 --> 01:51:19,527 He was ordered to go there because he was the best man for the job. 1350 01:51:19,617 --> 01:51:21,575 We armed him. We trained him. 1351 01:51:21,655 --> 01:51:24,283 We sent him over there to risk his life to save other Americans. 1352 01:51:24,363 --> 01:51:27,780 And then ask him not to return fire? 1353 01:51:27,820 --> 01:51:31,537 There are over 300 bullet holes in this building. 1354 01:51:31,617 --> 01:51:36,281 Colonel Childers didn't open fire. He returned fire. 1355 01:51:36,371 --> 01:51:40,288 And he waited until after three of his marines were dead... 1356 01:51:40,368 --> 01:51:42,656 and another lay mortally wounded. 1357 01:51:42,696 --> 01:51:45,204 He waited until he was personally under heavy fire. 1358 01:51:45,284 --> 01:51:49,331 He waited until he saw that crowd holding weapons. 1359 01:51:49,411 --> 01:51:52,946 Only then did he order his men to return fire. 1360 01:51:53,036 --> 01:51:54,914 Under the rules of engagement, a civilian pointing a weapon... 1361 01:51:54,954 --> 01:51:56,873 is no longer a civilian, 1362 01:51:56,953 --> 01:51:59,581 and the use of deadly force is authorized... 1363 01:51:59,621 --> 01:52:03,118 in order to save lives. 1364 01:52:03,208 --> 01:52:05,666 It's not murder. 1365 01:52:06,825 --> 01:52:08,783 It's combat. 1366 01:52:10,080 --> 01:52:12,248 Colonel Childers is the only man alive... 1367 01:52:12,288 --> 01:52:14,666 who was in a position to see that crowd. 1368 01:52:14,706 --> 01:52:17,284 But the camera on the embassy roof had the same point of view. 1369 01:52:17,374 --> 01:52:19,163 The government would have you believe... 1370 01:52:19,243 --> 01:52:21,291 there's no tape from that camera. 1371 01:52:21,371 --> 01:52:24,828 I have shown you that that tape was delivered to the State Department. 1372 01:52:24,918 --> 01:52:27,324 Do you believe that tape got up and walked out... 1373 01:52:27,454 --> 01:52:29,832 of the State Department on its own? 1374 01:52:31,870 --> 01:52:34,159 By not producing that tape, the national security advisor, 1375 01:52:34,249 --> 01:52:38,205 Mr. Sokal, has brought dishonor into this court. 1376 01:52:38,335 --> 01:52:41,952 Without that tape, I cannot show you that the crowd fired first... 1377 01:52:42,002 --> 01:52:44,211 and that Colonel Childers is innocent. 1378 01:52:44,250 --> 01:52:47,166 But without that tape, they cannot prove... 1379 01:52:47,206 --> 01:52:50,334 beyond a reasonable doubt that he's guilty! 1380 01:52:52,662 --> 01:52:55,040 Here's my case. 1381 01:52:55,080 --> 01:52:57,708 He's all I've got. Thirty-two years of service, 1382 01:52:57,788 --> 01:53:00,126 thirty-two years of heroism as a United States Marine. 1383 01:53:00,206 --> 01:53:03,081 Regardless of what you decide here, 1384 01:53:03,121 --> 01:53:05,419 Colonel Childers' career as a marine is over. 1385 01:53:05,499 --> 01:53:07,458 He will never again command men in combat. 1386 01:53:07,538 --> 01:53:10,835 The ambassador and his family are alive today because of him. 1387 01:53:10,875 --> 01:53:12,963 And I know how the ambassador feels, 1388 01:53:13,043 --> 01:53:15,331 because Colonel Childers saved my life too. 1389 01:53:15,371 --> 01:53:17,330 I'm alive today because of him. 1390 01:53:17,380 --> 01:53:20,375 My son is sitting in this courtroom because of him. 1391 01:53:20,415 --> 01:53:22,913 I'm alive today, and I have a son, 1392 01:53:23,003 --> 01:53:25,921 because of the heroism of Colonel Childers. 1393 01:53:26,001 --> 01:53:29,997 To ask this man to risk his life for his country, 1394 01:53:32,416 --> 01:53:36,462 to ask this man to watch his marines die in his arms... 1395 01:53:36,582 --> 01:53:39,088 and call it murder when he's defending himself, 1396 01:53:39,168 --> 01:53:42,415 call it murder for firing back when fired upon... 1397 01:53:42,505 --> 01:53:45,083 To call it murder for saving the lives of his countrymen... 1398 01:53:45,123 --> 01:53:49,090 under the most extreme of circumstances, that's, uh... 1399 01:53:49,170 --> 01:53:53,756 My fellow Marines, that's hanging him out to dry. 1400 01:53:55,293 --> 01:53:58,750 It's worse than leaving him woundedon a battlefield. 1401 01:53:58,840 --> 01:54:01,588 That is something you do not do... 1402 01:54:01,588 --> 01:54:04,715 if you are a United States Marine. 1403 01:54:06,714 --> 01:54:10,341 And it is something that I pray to God you won't do here either. 1404 01:54:34,677 --> 01:54:37,135 - What'd you think? - You're pretty good. 1405 01:54:37,215 --> 01:54:39,593 Yeah. Yeah. 1406 01:54:39,633 --> 01:54:41,592 Dad, you were awesome. 1407 01:54:41,671 --> 01:54:43,590 Thanks, son. 1408 01:54:43,670 --> 01:54:46,428 I'm very glad that I don't have to sit on that panel, son. 1409 01:54:46,468 --> 01:54:48,424 You made it awful tough on them. 1410 01:54:51,801 --> 01:54:54,379 - 15,000 to 25,000... - Excuse me. 1411 01:54:58,965 --> 01:55:00,884 I said no interruptions. 1412 01:55:00,964 --> 01:55:03,921 I'm sorry, Mr. Sokal. It's very important. 1413 01:55:09,385 --> 01:55:11,343 Send him in. 1414 01:55:12,553 --> 01:55:15,220 Can we pick this up after lunch, gentlemen? 1415 01:55:15,300 --> 01:55:17,219 Absolutely. 1416 01:55:34,723 --> 01:55:37,261 Close the door. 1417 01:55:41,095 --> 01:55:43,633 What is it, Colonel? 1418 01:55:43,723 --> 01:55:47,970 No matter what happens to Terry Childers tomorrow, 1419 01:55:48,050 --> 01:55:49,349 I'm not going to leave thisjob until I find out... 1420 01:55:49,389 --> 01:55:53,675 what happened to that tape. - Good. 1421 01:55:53,765 --> 01:55:55,883 Think it'll ever turn up? 1422 01:55:55,973 --> 01:55:58,142 No. 1423 01:55:58,180 --> 01:56:00,807 I don't either. 1424 01:56:00,887 --> 01:56:04,934 Well, then there's nothing more for us to talk about, is there? 1425 01:56:05,014 --> 01:56:08,431 You ever had a pissed-off marine on your ass? 1426 01:56:08,511 --> 01:56:11,269 Is that a threat? 1427 01:56:11,309 --> 01:56:13,727 Oh, yes, sir. 1428 01:56:52,889 --> 01:56:55,937 All rise. 1429 01:57:01,143 --> 01:57:03,101 Has the panel reached a verdict? 1430 01:57:03,231 --> 01:57:05,479 We have, sir. 1431 01:57:18,147 --> 01:57:21,604 Colonel Terry L. Childers, this court-martial finds as follows. 1432 01:57:21,604 --> 01:57:24,442 On the charge of breach of peace, 1433 01:57:24,482 --> 01:57:27,018 the court finds the defendantguilty. 1434 01:57:27,098 --> 01:57:29,935 On the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer, 1435 01:57:30,015 --> 01:57:33,932 the court finds the defendant not guilty. 1436 01:57:34,062 --> 01:57:35,980 On the charge of murder, 1437 01:57:36,060 --> 01:57:40,227 the court finds the defendant not guilty. 1438 01:57:40,267 --> 01:57:42,106 This court-martial is adjourned. 1439 01:57:42,145 --> 01:57:45,311 Sentencing will be conducted at a time to be determined. 1440 01:57:45,391 --> 01:57:47,519 Thank you. 1441 01:58:04,234 --> 01:58:06,812 - I need one more favor. - Yeah. 1442 01:58:06,852 --> 01:58:08,150 Teach me how to fly-fish. 1443 01:58:08,230 --> 01:58:10,858 You are well aware that I know shit about fly-fishing. 1444 01:58:13,856 --> 01:58:15,984 Oh. 1445 01:58:24,106 --> 01:58:26,314 Colonel. 1446 01:58:29,571 --> 01:58:31,819 You realize in light of Colonel Cao's testimony, 1447 01:58:31,859 --> 01:58:34,447 we'll be pushing for charges on the Ca Lu incident. 1448 01:58:34,527 --> 01:58:35,776 That was 30 years ago. 1449 01:58:35,856 --> 01:58:38,192 You're going to have a hard time finding witnesses. 1450 01:58:38,232 --> 01:58:40,270 I thought maybe you'd be willing to testify. 1451 01:58:40,400 --> 01:58:41,729 I'll make you a deal. 1452 01:58:41,819 --> 01:58:46,316 If you can tell me right now what the life expectancy was... 1453 01:58:46,445 --> 01:58:50,772 for a second lieutenant dropped into a hot L.Z. in Vietnam in 1968, 1454 01:58:50,862 --> 01:58:53,780 I'll tell you everything I remember about Ca Lu. 1455 01:58:55,276 --> 01:58:56,815 - One week. - Negative. 1456 01:58:56,905 --> 01:59:00,152 Sixteen minutes. 1457 01:59:00,232 --> 01:59:03,070 Sixteen fucking minutes. 1458 01:59:03,110 --> 01:59:05,108 And that's all I remember.