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Ca Lu, half a click that way,
two-nine-zero.
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- I say we go right up the middle.
- Negative.
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One round flank up the hill, the
other one right through the swamp.
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Heads, you get the hill.
Tails, you get the swamp.
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Flip the motherfucker.
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- See you in Ca Lu.
- All right.
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Delta Two, what's your SITREP?
Over.
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What do you got, Gibson?
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Nothing, sir.
Delta One, Delta Two, SITREP. Over.
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Two-one, contact!
Contact way out!
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Cease fire! Cease fire!
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Go, go, go.
Let's get 'em!
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Come outta there!
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Put your hands on your head!
Get on your knees now!
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Come on!
Down, down.
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Come on out of there!
Now!
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How many you slopes are out here?
Huh? What's your unit? What's in it?
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Tuan, get over here!
Talk to these motherfuckers!
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Find out how many of them are here!
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Where are they? What's in it?
Talk to me, goddamn it!
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Aah!
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Two, this is One Actual.
Where are you?
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Uuh!
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Other side of the tree line.
I'm in the water unable to withdraw.
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Unable to withdraw! I'm calling
in a fire mission on this position!
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- Hurry up and drop that arty!
- They're all over!
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Go left! Get out there!
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Tell this man to get on that radio
and pull his men off Hodges.
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Tell him to break contact
and move his men north of Ca Lu!
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Tell him I ain't playin'!
Pull his men off Hodges now!
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I ain't bullshittin' with you.
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Either you call your
men off Hodges,
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or this motherfucker's
dead and you're next.
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Last warnin'!
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Uuh!
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Call your men off Hodges now!
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If he does, he can go.
He's got my word on that.
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If you don't, I'll kill you
where you stand.
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Two, this is One Actual.
You still with me?
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Crank off a pop-up
if you're still alive.
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You got a reprieve, you hear me?
You don't get to die today.
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"You got your "Hail Mary".
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Hey! It's the colonel
with his cover on!
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All right! Make way, make way!
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- I guess the drinks are on me.
- All right!
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At ease! Listen up.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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the reason we're all here,
Colonel Hayes Hodges.
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He's calling it a career after
32 years of distinguished service.
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All right, all right.
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00:10:43,882 --> 00:10:46,757
Colonel, we got you a gift
and a surprise,
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so don't act like
you're not coming up here.
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Speech! Speech! Speech!
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Speech! Speech! Speech!
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Hey, my man!
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Good to see you.
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You damn well better be. I came
halfway 'round the world for this.
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00:11:30,707 --> 00:11:32,624
Hey, get up here.
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Speech!
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The sword, Colonel.
You know the story, Hayes.
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Marine Lieutenant Presley O'Banion
defeated the Barbary pirates...
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on the shores of Tripoli in 1805.
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Out of gratitude, the pasha
gave him the Mameluke sword.
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Marine officers have
carried one ever since.
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It's the symbol of a warrior,
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and you are a warrior.
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The best I ever served with.
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This man's been riding a desk
for the past 28 years,
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but not because he wanted to.
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He knows how to fight.
It's in his blood. Ah-ooh!
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00:12:21,487 --> 00:12:24,243
What are you
gonna do now, Colonel?
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Well, uh... Well.
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Heh! No more wars to fight,
no more trials to lose.
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So I expect I'll do
some teaching at V.M.I.
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I will recon the local restaurants
in a concerted effort...
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to find out what civilians eat.
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Of course, I intend to continue
serving my country...
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by honorably depleting
the trout streams...
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of the Southern United States
with my fly rod!
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That's about it.
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Let's get outta here.
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- I missed you.
- Yeah, I missed you too.
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How's the kid,
the smart Hodges?
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You know, he studies more than
any two people. I never see him.
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- You gotta fix that.
- Yeah.
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- Got my orders.
- Oh, yeah? What?
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Got command of the 24th
Marine Expeditionary Unit.
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- Special Operations capable.
- Congrats. Huh! Congrats.
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- Yeah.
- Outstanding.
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All I gotta do is lash 'em
together, take 'em to sea.
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That's, uh... outstanding.
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You ain't missin' nothin', Hodge.
It's a whole new ball game.
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No friends, no enemies,
no front, no rear.
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No victories, no defeats,
no Mama, no Papa.
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- Yeah.
- We're orphans out there.
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It's funny, you know?
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One guy walks out through a swamp,
he gets to come home to a desk.
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Another guy drives up a hill
and he gets to still be doin' it,
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all over the flip
of a goddamn coin.
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You know, that's...
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It's funny.
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You gave good service
to the corps, Hodge.
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To think otherwise
would be just plain crazy.
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- You'd have gotten your command.
- Oh, yeah, sure.
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What's up, John?
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Terry, we've been ordered
to the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden.
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00:15:00,918 --> 00:15:03,585
This comes straight down Second
Division through General Perry.
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The American Embassy in Yemen
is surrounded...
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by a crowd of demonstrators.
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The crowd isn't hostile,
but it's large enough...
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to spook their government
into pulling their security forces.
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Twenty-fourth Marine Expeditionary
Unit's gonna provide extra security.
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We're gonna babysit, Colonel.
Just show our presence.
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00:15:18,287 --> 00:15:21,084
Remember, though, if it turns
hot, we're looking at an evac.
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We got an ambassador and his family
there. Let me run you through this.
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Here's your potential L.Z.S.
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Marines at the embassy advise we can
gain entrance through the back way.
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Here's some stairs where you
can deploy your men to the roof.
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These are your
over-watch positions.
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I'll take them in myself quietly.
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One platoon, TRAP team,
put everyone else on Ready Five.
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My thoughts exactly, Colonel.
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What's wrong, Mommy?
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00:17:09,815 --> 00:17:12,182
The people are upset
about some things, darling.
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- Are they mad at Daddy?
- No, they're not mad at your daddy.
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00:17:15,399 --> 00:17:17,306
Why are they yelling?
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00:17:17,396 --> 00:17:21,731
They're trying to get attention
so that people will listen to them.
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00:17:51,136 --> 00:17:54,013
Sir, state security analysts
are asking for an assessment.
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00:17:54,093 --> 00:17:57,009
Assessment? We're getting the hell
out of here. That's the assessment.
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The Sixth Fleet marines
are in the air, sir.
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00:17:59,676 --> 00:18:02,173
If they think I'm gonna
tough this one out, they're crazy.
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00:18:02,263 --> 00:18:05,010
Tell Mrs. Mourain to start packing.
We're going home.
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00:18:05,050 --> 00:18:07,297
Shall I indicate we're
ready to evacuate?
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00:18:07,387 --> 00:18:09,674
Ask them where the hell
are those helicopters!
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00:18:09,714 --> 00:18:11,552
The ambassador wants to know
where the choppers are.
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You heard me.
Where the hell are the choppers?
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Lock and load!
Lock and load!
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00:19:17,244 --> 00:19:19,621
Lock and load!
Lock and load!
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00:20:26,982 --> 00:20:30,737
We're gonna take a better
look before we go in.
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00:20:44,691 --> 00:20:48,476
Wagon Wheel, this is Red Man.
I'm over the embassy.
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00:20:48,566 --> 00:20:51,483
This ain't no baby-sit.
It's ugly down there.
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Red Man, Wagon Wheel.
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Roger that.
Let's go for the evac.
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Put it on deck.
We're going in the north side.
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There! Go!
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00:22:06,594 --> 00:22:08,512
- Captain Lee!
- Yes, sir!
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Nobody comes over those walls
or through those gates. Nobody!
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One Alpha, secure all entries.
Tango and Bravo, on the walls!
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- Move, move, move!
- Last man! Last man!
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Pull back! Pull back!
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Take cover!
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You speak English?
- Yes!
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Where's the ambassador?
He's topside! Go topside!
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Take that corner!
Take that side! Move!
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Aah!
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Move, move, move!
Go, go!
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00:23:07,412 --> 00:23:09,749
Bravo Two, left!
Move, move, move!
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Incoming sniper fire!
Stay down! Stay down!
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Two blue, clear!
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- Who's Mrs. Mourain?
- I'm Mrs. Mourain.
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- Where's the ambassador?
- He's in there. Are we leaving?
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The helos are outside, ma'am,
but that's up to the ambassador.
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Stay away from
the windows, please.
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Duck! Ow!
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00:23:32,822 --> 00:23:35,908
Aah! Colonel! Please!
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00:23:38,075 --> 00:23:41,611
My God! Are the helicopters here?
What kept you people so long?
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We're ready to evacuate, unless you
want to stay and run the embassy.
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I want to go right... now!
We called hours ago!
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All right, sir, come to me.
Stay calm and come to me.
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- Stay calm. Come to me. Stay low.
- We're like targets!
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- We're sitting targets!
- Follow Sergeant Mac. Go!
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Come on! Down there!
Down there! Right there!
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00:24:12,734 --> 00:24:15,441
Right there!
Down there! Down there!
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Go ahead, ma'am!
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Go ahead!
Go ahead, ma'am, go ahead!
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Come on, son. Come on!
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- What's your name, son? Justin?
- Justin.
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Come on, Justin! Come on!
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00:24:52,397 --> 00:24:54,895
- Justin, what's that you got there?
- A flashlight.
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We're gonna ride in a helicopter.
Wanna bring that with you?
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- Huh? Come on. Come on!
- Mommy!
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Let's go, ma'am, go!
Go, go, go!
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All TRAP Unit six,
stay low, stay low!
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We got crap coming over the walls
and sniper fire at 100 meters. Over.
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00:25:14,511 --> 00:25:17,887
Stay low! Sit tight,
sit tight, sit tight!
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00:25:29,633 --> 00:25:32,600
Colonel, we got three marines hit!
One is K.I.A.
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One Alpha says they're gonna
try to breach the front gate!
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- Tell them to wait out!
- Roger that!
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Put the missus on board
first. Get in there, Mr. Ambassador.
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I'll personally recommend you...
Where's the belt?
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00:25:54,883 --> 00:25:58,339
- I'll personally recommend...
- Hold it!
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00:25:58,379 --> 00:26:03,383
Where are you going? What? Colonel!
Colonel, we can't wait here!
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Come on! Let's get out!
Come on!
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00:26:12,842 --> 00:26:14,500
Let's go! Christ!
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00:26:14,590 --> 00:26:15,549
We're leaving in just a few seconds.
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00:26:15,629 --> 00:26:20,423
Let's go! Why are we sitting here?
Why are we sitting here?
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- Sir, please! Look at me. Stay calm.
- Let's go!
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She's free, sir!
Go!
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00:27:06,079 --> 00:27:08,656
Hope you know how
to fold this, sir.
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00:27:08,706 --> 00:27:11,033
Thank you, Colonel.
I'll never forget this.
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Sir.
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Go!
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00:28:05,649 --> 00:28:10,982
Krasevitch is hit!
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00:28:13,190 --> 00:28:17,734
Corpsman! Corpsman! Shit!
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00:28:17,814 --> 00:28:20,561
Goddamn it!
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00:28:20,651 --> 00:28:22,569
Fuck!
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00:28:28,442 --> 00:28:30,359
Six, Red Man.
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00:28:30,439 --> 00:28:32,357
Engage hostile targets
as they appear.
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00:28:32,437 --> 00:28:35,893
Deadly force is authorized.
How copy? Over.
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00:28:35,983 --> 00:28:38,560
Red Man, Trans Six Actual.
Negative, negative!
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Be advised, I have women
and children in my line of fire.
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00:28:41,396 --> 00:28:44,223
I got snipers in the buildings
at 400 meters. How copy? Over.
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00:28:44,313 --> 00:28:48,388
What is it about this order
you don't understand, Captain Lee?
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00:28:48,438 --> 00:28:51,393
Sir, are you ordering me
to fire into the crowd? Over.
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00:28:51,394 --> 00:28:54,101
Yes, goddamn it!
Waste the motherfuckers!
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Six out. Engage! Engage!
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Open fire!
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00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:23,926
Cease fire!
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00:29:23,966 --> 00:29:26,093
Cease fire!
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Cease fire!
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00:29:28,341 --> 00:29:31,098
Stay down! There may still be
snipers out there.
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00:29:31,177 --> 00:29:33,255
Cease fire!
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00:29:33,345 --> 00:29:37,090
- Cease fire, goddamn it!
- Everybody stay down!
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00:29:37,180 --> 00:29:41,795
There may still be snipers
out there. Stay down!
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00:29:41,845 --> 00:29:43,802
Get down!
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00:30:40,336 --> 00:30:42,293
- Sergeant Mac.
- Sir?
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00:30:42,333 --> 00:30:45,659
Contact all stations.
Mission complete.
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00:30:45,749 --> 00:30:49,994
Launch medevacs.
Dead and wounded out first.
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00:30:50,074 --> 00:30:51,992
Aye, Colonel.
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All stations, this is RedMan.
Mission complete.
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Move all medevacs to L.Z.
Howcopy? Over.
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The FBI. investigation shows...
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that all the bullet holes
in the embassy wall...
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came from directly across
the way, from the snipers.
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00:31:24,244 --> 00:31:27,360
Any weapons or ammo found
among the dead or wounded?
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00:31:27,450 --> 00:31:31,075
No, sir. Nothing.
However, intelligence suggests...
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00:31:31,155 --> 00:31:33,573
this could have been
a terrorist operation.
238
00:31:33,612 --> 00:31:35,570
Any proof?
239
00:31:35,610 --> 00:31:38,906
This is a tape from
the embassy security system.
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00:31:38,986 --> 00:31:41,443
- Want me to thread it up?
- No. I don't want to watch videos.
241
00:31:41,523 --> 00:31:43,900
I don't want to hear about
ammo casings in some building,
242
00:31:43,990 --> 00:31:47,406
'cause here I got 83 dead people...
243
00:31:47,446 --> 00:31:50,323
unarmed...
women, children, old men.
244
00:31:50,403 --> 00:31:52,530
Another hundred or so
critically wounded.
245
00:31:52,610 --> 00:31:56,985
Here I got an international
crisis of mega fucking proportions!
246
00:31:57,065 --> 00:31:58,982
Bill, you know there have been
regular reports...
247
00:31:59,062 --> 00:32:01,270
of a terrorist plot
against this embassy.
248
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,646
This was a regularly scheduled
protest. It was every week.
249
00:32:04,686 --> 00:32:08,102
It was the usual bullshit about
American presence in the gulf.
250
00:32:08,152 --> 00:32:12,147
Have you looked at these?
I mean, I'm just assuming you have,
251
00:32:12,187 --> 00:32:15,982
since they're on the front page
of every newspaper in the world.
252
00:32:16,062 --> 00:32:18,859
It's not that the rest of the
world wants to hold us responsible,
253
00:32:18,939 --> 00:32:20,857
we are responsible!
254
00:32:22,814 --> 00:32:25,601
We can't even have
the appearance of a cover-up.
255
00:32:25,641 --> 00:32:28,687
That does not excuse us
from our duty, Mr. Sokal.
256
00:32:28,767 --> 00:32:33,731
We sent Colonel Childers in there,
and the mission went to shit.
257
00:32:33,811 --> 00:32:36,268
We can't go after the man
who carried out his orders...
258
00:32:36,348 --> 00:32:38,685
and ignore the people
who issued those orders.
259
00:32:38,765 --> 00:32:40,683
Childers ordered the slaughter...
260
00:32:40,763 --> 00:32:43,120
of innocent women and children.
Get that straight right now.
261
00:32:43,180 --> 00:32:44,519
I'll tell you what we
ought to get straight.
262
00:32:44,598 --> 00:32:46,436
We lost three
United States Marines.
263
00:32:46,476 --> 00:32:49,183
They lost 83!
264
00:32:49,263 --> 00:32:52,309
Now, are we gonna go to war
with Yemen over it?
265
00:32:52,349 --> 00:32:56,135
We're covering our ass all over
the Middle East right now, General.
266
00:32:56,185 --> 00:32:58,762
Because of your man's
hot headed miscalculation,
267
00:32:58,802 --> 00:33:03,057
we are in danger of losing embassies
in Saudi, Jordan and Egypt.
268
00:33:03,136 --> 00:33:05,843
We're in danger
of losing our presence...
269
00:33:05,933 --> 00:33:08,760
with every moderate
in the region.
270
00:33:08,850 --> 00:33:11,097
Now they're gonna scream
"cover up".
271
00:33:11,177 --> 00:33:14,423
The screaming will get so loud we'll
be sending Marines back over there,
272
00:33:14,473 --> 00:33:17,839
and the body count of American
dead is gonna be higher than three.
273
00:33:19,677 --> 00:33:23,382
I see where you're going
with this, Mr. Sokal.
274
00:33:23,472 --> 00:33:25,720
Will you be needing me
anymore today?
275
00:33:27,138 --> 00:33:29,136
No.
276
00:33:29,216 --> 00:33:31,553
No, that's fine, General.
Thankyou.
277
00:33:31,593 --> 00:33:33,720
Good day to you, sir.
278
00:33:46,925 --> 00:33:50,251
Where do you think
you're going with that?
279
00:33:50,341 --> 00:33:55,335
- You don't want to look at it.
- Nobody's lookin' at it.
280
00:33:55,425 --> 00:33:57,832
Why should the United States
be held responsible...
281
00:33:57,882 --> 00:34:01,757
for the actions of one man?
282
00:34:01,837 --> 00:34:04,214
What if the crowd had weapons?
283
00:34:04,294 --> 00:34:06,791
What if this shows
they did fire first?
284
00:34:06,881 --> 00:34:09,997
He could have fired over
their heads, this moron!
285
00:34:10,087 --> 00:34:12,704
Didn't he know where he was?
The Middle East!
286
00:34:12,754 --> 00:34:14,462
He could have isolated
on the snipers.
287
00:34:14,542 --> 00:34:16,040
He could have
avoided confrontation.
288
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,417
He could have done
50 fuckin' things!
289
00:34:18,497 --> 00:34:20,795
Instead, he destroyed a fragile
trust, put his own men in danger...
290
00:34:20,874 --> 00:34:24,370
Fuck this guy!
Forget this tape.
291
00:34:24,410 --> 00:34:28,376
I don't want to watch it.
I don't want to testify about it.
292
00:34:30,743 --> 00:34:32,700
I don't want it to exist.
293
00:34:44,866 --> 00:34:46,954
Good morning, sir.
294
00:34:48,162 --> 00:34:50,120
Good morning, sir.
295
00:34:52,907 --> 00:34:54,824
Aye, aye, sir.
296
00:34:54,914 --> 00:34:58,330
As soon as it's time.
297
00:35:01,996 --> 00:35:05,781
General, Colonel Childers
reporting as ordered, sir.
298
00:35:05,821 --> 00:35:07,909
- Give us a minute, Skip.
- Yes, sir.
299
00:35:12,284 --> 00:35:17,238
Colonel, it's my duty to inform
you that you've been charged with...
300
00:35:19,155 --> 00:35:23,111
You know the drill.
301
00:35:26,657 --> 00:35:28,574
This is the Article 32
investigation.
302
00:35:28,654 --> 00:35:30,692
You're facing
a general court-martial...
303
00:35:30,782 --> 00:35:33,568
and charged with violation
of at least three articles...
304
00:35:33,648 --> 00:35:36,195
everything from "breach of peace"
to "conduct unbecoming".
305
00:35:36,275 --> 00:35:42,148
But the bottom line... 83 counts,
violation of Article 118, murder.
306
00:35:42,188 --> 00:35:44,186
You issued an illegal order
to have your marines...
307
00:35:44,196 --> 00:35:47,442
fire into a group
of innocent civilians.
308
00:35:47,522 --> 00:35:49,899
Murder, sir?
309
00:35:53,854 --> 00:35:57,560
I'm the convening authority, so I've
gotta get this B.S. out of the way.
310
00:36:00,147 --> 00:36:02,934
Sign here, initial here.
311
00:36:06,859 --> 00:36:11,394
You're not a flight risk, so there
won't be any pretrial confinement.
312
00:36:15,479 --> 00:36:17,936
This court-martial convenes
in eight days...
313
00:36:17,976 --> 00:36:22,980
by direct order of the
national command authority.
314
00:36:23,020 --> 00:36:26,396
Do you want me to call
Bob Bennett or one of those guys,
315
00:36:26,476 --> 00:36:28,893
or do you want to go
with base legal?
316
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:35,895
Terry, goddamn it,
we've been friends for 20 years.
317
00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:42,886
You want to tell me exactly
what the hell happened out there?
318
00:36:44,934 --> 00:36:49,678
I lost marines. The crowd
was hostile. They fired on us.
319
00:36:49,768 --> 00:36:53,264
They fired first, sir.
320
00:36:53,304 --> 00:36:56,221
I want you to know
I did everything in the world...
321
00:36:56,300 --> 00:36:58,138
to keep this from happening.
322
00:36:58,139 --> 00:37:00,925
It's just out of my hands now.
323
00:37:12,841 --> 00:37:14,799
Thanks a lot.
324
00:37:14,838 --> 00:37:17,505
When's the last time you
actually caught something here?
325
00:37:18,844 --> 00:37:21,630
Two years.
326
00:37:26,385 --> 00:37:29,631
- I really need your help.
- I'll help. Anything you need.
327
00:37:29,671 --> 00:37:32,048
You want me to take the stand?
I'll be a character witness.
328
00:37:32,128 --> 00:37:34,335
No, you don't understand
what I'm asking.
329
00:37:35,424 --> 00:37:38,421
I want you to be my lawyer.
330
00:37:42,336 --> 00:37:45,922
I'm a good enough lawyer to know
you need a better lawyer than me.
331
00:37:45,962 --> 00:37:47,879
'Sides that, I'm short.
332
00:37:47,959 --> 00:37:49,378
Two-nine plus one wake-up,
and I'm gone.
333
00:37:49,457 --> 00:37:51,585
You need one of those
Washington cats.
334
00:37:51,625 --> 00:37:55,750
I don't want some Starbucks
drinker who's never seen combat.
335
00:37:55,790 --> 00:37:59,046
- I need somebody who's been shot at.
- Yeah, I've been shot at.
336
00:37:59,126 --> 00:38:02,292
That's what I am...
a shot-up marine.
337
00:38:02,372 --> 00:38:05,998
As a matter of fact,
that's all the hell I am.
338
00:38:06,078 --> 00:38:08,705
No, wait a minute.
I'm also a weak lawyer.
339
00:38:09,793 --> 00:38:12,910
I'm a very weak lawyer...
340
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:17,624
and the government is gonna come
at you with everything they've got.
341
00:38:26,913 --> 00:38:29,950
Major, Bill Sokal. It's a pleasure
to meet you. Come on in.
342
00:38:29,999 --> 00:38:31,957
Let me introduce you.
343
00:38:31,997 --> 00:38:33,955
Gentlemen, this is Major Mark Biggs.
344
00:38:33,995 --> 00:38:36,162
He'll be prosecuting
the Childers court-martial.
345
00:38:36,202 --> 00:38:38,619
The marines put the major
through Stanford Law,
346
00:38:38,699 --> 00:38:42,155
and he owes them a couple of years
before he takes over the world.
347
00:38:42,245 --> 00:38:44,163
You know General Lowry.
348
00:38:44,243 --> 00:38:46,330
I'd like you to meet the general
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
349
00:38:46,410 --> 00:38:49,287
General West, and the secretary
of Defense, Mr. Wyatt.
350
00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:51,282
Have a seat.
Make yourself comfortable.
351
00:38:51,283 --> 00:38:55,120
What I gather from our esteemed NSC
advisor and secretary of state...
352
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,367
is that we've got a trial
in two weeks.
353
00:38:57,447 --> 00:39:00,743
- Seems awfully damned fast.
- Everyone in this room will agree...
354
00:39:00,823 --> 00:39:03,541
it's in the national interest that
this trial be moved along quickly.
355
00:39:03,610 --> 00:39:07,405
The Article 32 investigation
was complete and comprehensive.
356
00:39:07,485 --> 00:39:09,193
It all seems to point
in one direction.
357
00:39:09,283 --> 00:39:10,651
Has he got a lawyer yet?
358
00:39:10,741 --> 00:39:13,658
He's requested a military
attorney, Colonel Hayes Hodges.
359
00:39:13,698 --> 00:39:16,444
Second Marine Division, Lejeune.
360
00:39:16,524 --> 00:39:18,232
Any relation to
General H. Lawrence Hodges?
361
00:39:18,282 --> 00:39:19,441
His son.
362
00:39:19,481 --> 00:39:22,148
Larry Hodges was one of this country's
most distinguished officers.
363
00:39:22,238 --> 00:39:24,405
What do we know about
Colonel Hayes Hodges?
364
00:39:24,445 --> 00:39:26,862
He's a guy who got
blown apart in Vietnam,
365
00:39:26,942 --> 00:39:29,649
then went to Georgetown Law
and became a cynic.
366
00:39:29,689 --> 00:39:31,646
Is that about right, Major?
367
00:39:31,696 --> 00:39:33,814
He was 67th in his class
at Georgetown, sir.
368
00:39:33,904 --> 00:39:36,730
He doesn't take too many cases,
doesn't win too many.
369
00:39:36,820 --> 00:39:39,567
He apparently went through an ugly
divorce, had a drinking problem,
370
00:39:39,647 --> 00:39:44,192
retiring in two weeks.
- Can we guarantee we get this guy?
371
00:39:44,272 --> 00:39:46,819
Sir, if I may say something?
372
00:39:47,937 --> 00:39:50,025
I am not a hired gun.
373
00:39:50,105 --> 00:39:51,563
I accepted this assignment...
374
00:39:51,603 --> 00:39:53,980
'cause I believe in the merits
of the government's case.
375
00:39:54,020 --> 00:39:56,227
I am not gonna stack the deck
against this guy.
376
00:39:56,317 --> 00:39:59,144
I will try this case
on good evidence only.
377
00:39:59,224 --> 00:40:01,521
I'm glad to hear it.
378
00:40:35,721 --> 00:40:38,717
Hold your fire.
379
00:40:38,807 --> 00:40:42,013
Set that weapon down over here.
380
00:40:45,219 --> 00:40:48,965
We need
a couple of canteens up here.
381
00:40:55,048 --> 00:40:57,635
Party incoming!
- You can go.
382
00:40:57,715 --> 00:41:00,721
You can go, goddamn it!
Go on! Dee dee!
383
00:41:00,801 --> 00:41:04,217
Get the fuck out of here
before I change my mind!
384
00:41:09,051 --> 00:41:11,718
Looks like you're going back
to the world, baby.
385
00:41:11,758 --> 00:41:15,963
- Doc!
- Twenty meters out. Left!
386
00:41:16,003 --> 00:41:19,379
- Right there.
- Anybody else?
387
00:41:39,715 --> 00:41:41,673
I got you now!
388
00:41:43,251 --> 00:41:45,168
- Hey, buddy!
- Hi, Mom.
389
00:41:47,246 --> 00:41:49,164
He looks fabulous.
390
00:41:49,254 --> 00:41:51,121
- Happy anniversary, Mom.
- Oh, thank you. So good to see you.
391
00:41:51,171 --> 00:41:52,620
I wasn't sure you'd make it.
392
00:41:52,709 --> 00:41:54,667
- You look wonderful.
- Thank you.
393
00:41:54,707 --> 00:41:57,294
- How's it feel to be retired?
- Um, crazy.
394
00:41:57,374 --> 00:41:58,952
Good. Oh, you look great.
395
00:41:59,002 --> 00:42:00,410
- Thank you.
- Well, come see Dad...
396
00:42:00,460 --> 00:42:02,708
- There he is.
...and all the family.
397
00:42:02,788 --> 00:42:05,285
Hello, sir.
398
00:42:05,374 --> 00:42:07,792
- Glad you could make it.
- Yes, sir.
399
00:42:13,455 --> 00:42:16,701
Good to see you, Hayes.
- How are you doing?
400
00:42:16,791 --> 00:42:20,157
Hey, kid. Hey, you.
Remember me?
401
00:42:20,247 --> 00:42:23,074
- The old guy who looks like you.
- Do I know you?
402
00:42:23,163 --> 00:42:25,621
- Yeah.
- Your voice sounds really familiar.
403
00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:28,247
Here's a clue. I was married
to your mom for about five minutes.
404
00:42:28,327 --> 00:42:31,414
- Really? You sure? 'Cause I don't...
- Yeah.
405
00:42:35,908 --> 00:42:38,995
- Well, is he guilty?
- Sir?
406
00:42:39,075 --> 00:42:41,532
Your friend Colonel Childers.
407
00:42:41,572 --> 00:42:44,828
- Guilty of what, sir?
- Come on, Hayes.
408
00:42:44,908 --> 00:42:48,533
You served with him. Is he the rabid
dog we've all been hearing about?
409
00:42:48,613 --> 00:42:50,361
I don't think
I should comment, sir.
410
00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:53,488
Come on, Dad. This is family.
You can lighten up a little.
411
00:42:53,567 --> 00:42:55,485
You know what we said
at the naval academy.
412
00:42:55,575 --> 00:42:58,492
Even if you thought
you weren't responsible,
413
00:42:58,532 --> 00:43:00,989
it went wrong
and you were there.
414
00:43:01,029 --> 00:43:02,816
Since when have you
not had a comment?
415
00:43:02,906 --> 00:43:04,654
Since Childers asked me
to defend him.
416
00:43:04,734 --> 00:43:06,532
No. Oh, Hayes.
417
00:43:06,572 --> 00:43:08,989
- What?
- Excuse me.
418
00:43:09,069 --> 00:43:11,356
- Are you kidding me?
- No.
419
00:43:11,406 --> 00:43:14,613
Why would you do that?
Huh!
420
00:43:14,652 --> 00:43:17,439
- Because he asked me, and I owe him.
- That's great.
421
00:43:17,529 --> 00:43:20,985
That represents everything
that's wrong with the military.
422
00:43:21,025 --> 00:43:22,983
Wisdom from the one person
in this family...
423
00:43:23,023 --> 00:43:26,229
who has not elected
to serve his country.
424
00:43:26,279 --> 00:43:28,236
Childers must have snapped.
It happens in combat.
425
00:43:28,276 --> 00:43:31,353
I've seen it.
I'm sure you have too.
426
00:43:31,443 --> 00:43:33,360
Thank you for reminding me...
427
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,227
why we have the presumption
of innocence in America.
428
00:43:36,277 --> 00:43:39,183
What are you, Abraham
Lincoln? You can't hide behind that.
429
00:43:39,273 --> 00:43:41,151
The guy murdered innocent women
and children.
430
00:43:41,231 --> 00:43:43,269
- You hear that on television?
- And newspapers.
431
00:43:43,358 --> 00:43:45,895
- It's all over the place.
- It's Mom and Dad's anniversary.
432
00:43:54,355 --> 00:43:56,473
Don't take this case, son.
433
00:43:56,563 --> 00:43:59,310
This man has trashed
the reputation of the Corps.
434
00:43:59,389 --> 00:44:01,397
He's put us back 20 years.
435
00:44:05,432 --> 00:44:07,889
Is this how you want
to be remembered?
436
00:44:07,979 --> 00:44:10,636
I don't see how I can
turn him down. He saved my life.
437
00:44:10,726 --> 00:44:13,643
Well, I understand that
as well as anyone.
438
00:44:13,683 --> 00:44:18,637
But you don't repay him by
falling senselessly on a grenade.
439
00:44:18,677 --> 00:44:21,723
The way I see it,
this man should find himself...
440
00:44:21,803 --> 00:44:25,928
the best laywer in the country.
- Somebody better than me?
441
00:44:28,475 --> 00:44:30,553
The guy's a real marine, Dad.
442
00:44:30,633 --> 00:44:33,349
I mean, if they
can do this to him...
443
00:44:33,389 --> 00:44:36,715
just hang him out to dry...
they can do it to anybody.
444
00:44:36,805 --> 00:44:40,800
Forget that he's my friend.
They can do it to anybody.
445
00:44:40,890 --> 00:44:43,387
That means your medals
and your citations...
446
00:44:43,427 --> 00:44:46,384
won't mean jack shit
when they come after you.
447
00:44:52,966 --> 00:44:55,213
At least two of his own guys
are gonna testify...
448
00:44:55,253 --> 00:44:58,050
that he didn't have
to open fire, sir.
449
00:44:58,130 --> 00:45:02,045
Nobody reports seeing any
weapons among the demonstrators.
450
00:45:02,135 --> 00:45:05,301
- His psych eval was a disaster.
- What about embassy footage?
451
00:45:05,381 --> 00:45:07,799
Cameras, film, videotape,
home movies, shit like that?
452
00:45:07,878 --> 00:45:12,962
No, I've subpoenaed everything.
The embassy got hit pretty good.
453
00:45:13,042 --> 00:45:16,418
Most of it was destroyed.
454
00:45:20,753 --> 00:45:23,170
Terry, you know Tom Chandler.
He's gonna help us prepare your case.
455
00:45:23,250 --> 00:45:26,916
Colonel Childers, good to see
you again, sir. Um, all right.
456
00:45:27,006 --> 00:45:30,881
First, we've subpoenaed all
the Article 32 investigator's notes,
457
00:45:30,961 --> 00:45:32,879
the State Department's
notes on Yemen.
458
00:45:32,959 --> 00:45:36,415
Major Biggs has already had
your head checked by their doctor.
459
00:45:36,505 --> 00:45:38,292
I've got you an appointment
with ours.
460
00:45:38,372 --> 00:45:40,420
- No.
- What?
461
00:45:40,460 --> 00:45:43,456
No more multiple choice
questions about self-esteem.
462
00:45:43,496 --> 00:45:46,214
We got the combat fitness reports.
He can forget the psych eval here.
463
00:45:46,293 --> 00:45:47,961
That's a mistake, Colonel.
464
00:45:48,041 --> 00:45:51,746
Listen, when I turned 18
I joined the Marine Corps.
465
00:45:51,826 --> 00:45:53,784
I asked to be in the infantry.
466
00:45:53,874 --> 00:45:56,291
- I asked to go to Vietnam.
- Terry.
467
00:45:56,331 --> 00:45:58,578
I live for the privilege
of commanding troops.
468
00:45:58,658 --> 00:46:01,165
I think it's the greatest honor
an American can have.
469
00:46:01,245 --> 00:46:03,872
You know how many birthdays
and Christmases I missed,
470
00:46:03,952 --> 00:46:05,870
spent rotting in jungles
or in the desert,
471
00:46:05,950 --> 00:46:07,867
just so you could play
war at ROTC?
472
00:46:07,957 --> 00:46:12,372
Childers! You gotta keep
your shit together here, man.
473
00:46:12,412 --> 00:46:14,869
Your court-martial board
is gonna be made up of people...
474
00:46:14,949 --> 00:46:17,366
who might've spent one day in
Grenada, maybe two days in Kuwait.
475
00:46:17,456 --> 00:46:19,863
They're gonna be beach boys who've
never been anywhere near combat.
476
00:46:19,953 --> 00:46:21,571
They're gonna be people
like Tom Chandler...
477
00:46:21,661 --> 00:46:23,369
sitting right here in front of you.
478
00:46:23,449 --> 00:46:26,495
That's who you're
making your case to.
479
00:46:26,535 --> 00:46:30,491
We don't have anybody
to back up your case.
480
00:46:30,531 --> 00:46:33,577
That's because
all my witnesses are dead.
481
00:46:35,325 --> 00:46:38,651
- Okay. So what happened?
- He lost it. He snapped.
482
00:46:38,741 --> 00:46:40,529
That's good.
We can snap him on the stand.
483
00:46:40,609 --> 00:46:42,237
This doesn't happen in a vacuum.
484
00:46:42,317 --> 00:46:44,734
Let's get a complete history
of Colonel Childers.
485
00:46:44,784 --> 00:46:47,361
Talk to every marine
he ever served with.
486
00:46:47,451 --> 00:46:49,358
My guess is
this has happened before.
487
00:46:49,408 --> 00:46:51,616
We have to be careful here.
488
00:46:51,695 --> 00:46:53,943
This guy is
the warrior's warrior.
489
00:46:54,033 --> 00:46:59,566
A Navy Cross, two Silver Stars
for composure in battle.
490
00:46:59,656 --> 00:47:02,653
He has no wife, no kids,
just the Corps.
491
00:47:02,732 --> 00:47:07,067
He was our best.
That's why he was sent.
492
00:47:07,107 --> 00:47:09,315
He's not on trial for the
good service he gave the country,
493
00:47:09,405 --> 00:47:11,862
but for what he did
on the wallin Yemen, period.
494
00:47:11,902 --> 00:47:13,819
Major, nobody wants to say it,
495
00:47:13,899 --> 00:47:16,896
but it occurs to me we're trying
to set an example here.
496
00:47:16,936 --> 00:47:19,812
So let's set it and show
the world we mean business.
497
00:47:19,902 --> 00:47:24,317
The first charge supports the death
penalty, and I say we go for it.
498
00:47:24,357 --> 00:47:26,185
No more death.
499
00:47:26,235 --> 00:47:28,952
I'll see that he never gets another
command and I'll put him in jail,
500
00:47:28,981 --> 00:47:32,607
but I will not seek death for a man
who served his country honorably.
501
00:47:32,687 --> 00:47:34,974
I don't want it
brought up again.
502
00:47:35,024 --> 00:47:38,230
We gotta show
Childers' state of mind.
503
00:47:38,270 --> 00:47:40,308
We gotta prove he went out
with intent to kill,
504
00:47:40,398 --> 00:47:42,645
and that is not going to be easy.
505
00:47:42,685 --> 00:47:45,312
Whether a man is charged
with murder or hailed as a hero...
506
00:47:45,392 --> 00:47:48,059
is sometimes a very thin line.
507
00:47:48,099 --> 00:47:52,264
Our case is this. Childers receives
orders that a regularly scheduled,
508
00:47:52,314 --> 00:47:55,979
lawful protest outside
our embassy in Yemen is unruly.
509
00:47:56,059 --> 00:47:58,936
He is to secure
or evacuate the premises.
510
00:47:58,976 --> 00:48:01,723
There has been no violence
prior to his arrival.
511
00:48:01,802 --> 00:48:03,261
Once there, Ambassador Mourain...
512
00:48:03,351 --> 00:48:05,978
does not feel the situation
warrants evacuation.
513
00:48:06,057 --> 00:48:08,385
- Childers ignores him.
- There was sniper fire.
514
00:48:08,475 --> 00:48:11,511
They draw fire from snipers
across the street.
515
00:48:11,601 --> 00:48:15,097
Childers retaliates into an unarmed
crowd in front of the embassy.
516
00:48:15,177 --> 00:48:19,142
A crowd of women and children.
He shot the wrong people.
517
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,177
All right, here's what this means.
518
00:48:23,217 --> 00:48:25,804
Murder... Obviously, he could get
up to the death penalty.
519
00:48:26,344 --> 00:48:27,932
Conduct unbecoming an officer.
520
00:48:27,972 --> 00:48:30,759
Max is dismissal with a
dishonorable discharge,
521
00:48:30,799 --> 00:48:34,634
forfeiture with all pay and allowances
and confinement for one year.
522
00:48:34,714 --> 00:48:36,762
What about breach
of peace? What is that?
523
00:48:36,802 --> 00:48:38,879
Breaching the peace is minor.
524
00:48:38,969 --> 00:48:42,175
That means participating in an act
of violent or turbulent nature...
525
00:48:42,215 --> 00:48:45,421
that deprives the community of the
peace and tranquility it deserves.
526
00:48:45,461 --> 00:48:48,718
It's sort of the military equivalent
of the civilian misdemeanor.
527
00:48:48,757 --> 00:48:51,215
No big deal.
528
00:48:52,503 --> 00:48:55,669
There he is!
You goddamn baby killer!
529
00:48:55,709 --> 00:48:57,667
Baby killer!
530
00:48:59,125 --> 00:49:01,093
You're disgusting!
531
00:49:01,133 --> 00:49:04,379
I'm not answering any questions,
all right? Get out of here. Go away.
532
00:49:04,459 --> 00:49:07,755
You fucking baby killer!
533
00:49:07,835 --> 00:49:10,132
Fuck you!
534
00:49:12,090 --> 00:49:15,006
Who the fuck are you
to spit on this uniform? Huh?
535
00:49:31,457 --> 00:49:33,295
You ever play blackjack, Colonel?
536
00:49:33,375 --> 00:49:36,621
Not really.
537
00:49:38,079 --> 00:49:42,244
There are no intangibles.
It's all odds, sir.
538
00:49:42,334 --> 00:49:45,291
You know them, you'll beat
the guy next to you.
539
00:49:45,331 --> 00:49:47,748
You know what cards have been
played, you'll beat the house.
540
00:49:50,125 --> 00:49:53,791
Sometimes you just can't win
no matter what you do.
541
00:49:55,409 --> 00:49:59,284
I saw your man on television
knockin' some zit-faced kid around.
542
00:49:59,374 --> 00:50:01,491
You have to understand the kind of
pressure Childers has been under.
543
00:50:01,581 --> 00:50:04,448
A man with that kind of service...
No, no thanks.
544
00:50:04,538 --> 00:50:07,664
This was a rescue mission
that went bad. Nothing more.
545
00:50:07,704 --> 00:50:10,161
You're aware, Colonel,
we could ask for the death penalty.
546
00:50:10,241 --> 00:50:11,659
You're not serious.
547
00:50:11,699 --> 00:50:14,326
Oh, I'm very serious.
In fact, it's been suggested.
548
00:50:14,406 --> 00:50:17,782
What do you think would happen
if a Yemeni killed 83 Americans?
549
00:50:17,862 --> 00:50:19,661
He'd have a trial that
would last for one day,
550
00:50:19,700 --> 00:50:20,988
and they'd take off his head.
551
00:50:21,078 --> 00:50:22,986
Have a seat, Colonel.
552
00:50:24,404 --> 00:50:26,322
Please.
553
00:50:32,115 --> 00:50:33,983
So here it is.
You plead him out. Guilty.
554
00:50:34,073 --> 00:50:35,781
He throws himself at the mercy.
555
00:50:35,821 --> 00:50:38,657
- We'll help him out at sentencing.
- How much help?
556
00:50:38,737 --> 00:50:41,234
I'm not about to promise you
anything, but I'd say...
557
00:50:41,324 --> 00:50:44,321
in the neighborhood of ten
to fifteen, out in seven.
558
00:50:44,401 --> 00:50:45,529
Major,
559
00:50:45,609 --> 00:50:48,606
do you know what the life expectancy
was for a second lieutenant...
560
00:50:48,656 --> 00:50:51,902
dropped into a combat zone
in Vietnam in 1968?
561
00:50:51,982 --> 00:50:54,439
I don't have time
for 20 questions, sir.
562
00:50:54,489 --> 00:50:57,145
Then what's all this shit about
the odds of winning at blackjack?
563
00:50:57,235 --> 00:51:02,070
You got time.
Take a guess.
564
00:51:02,110 --> 00:51:05,396
My guess is your man's going down
'cause he deserves to go down.
565
00:51:07,353 --> 00:51:11,818
I got a question for you, Colonel.
What happened at Ca Lu?
566
00:51:11,898 --> 00:51:15,314
The battle of Ca Lu, Vietnam.
567
00:51:15,354 --> 00:51:18,690
You were there with Childers.
Something happened. What was it?
568
00:51:18,770 --> 00:51:22,515
Fuck you is what happened
at Ca Lu, Biggs.
569
00:51:23,604 --> 00:51:25,522
Two weeks.
570
00:51:25,602 --> 00:51:27,020
Life expectancy of
a second lieutenant...
571
00:51:27,060 --> 00:51:29,607
in combat in Vietnam
was two weeks.
572
00:51:29,647 --> 00:51:31,065
Sir, I need more time
to prepare this case.
573
00:51:31,145 --> 00:51:33,353
I need your permission
to go to Yemen...
574
00:51:33,433 --> 00:51:37,018
It's all here, Hodge. We did an
exhaustive Article 32 investigation.
575
00:51:37,058 --> 00:51:39,645
This thing happened 3,000
miles away. I need more time.
576
00:51:39,685 --> 00:51:41,393
Colonel, it's all here.
577
00:51:41,473 --> 00:51:43,640
We had it brought from Yemen,
and it's not unusual to convene...
578
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:45,638
a court-martial on short notice.
579
00:51:45,728 --> 00:51:49,304
There could be witnesses, something
the investigators overlooked, sir.
580
00:51:49,394 --> 00:51:52,350
Don't you think Colonel Childers
is entitled all consideration?
581
00:51:52,390 --> 00:51:56,305
Colonel Hodges, I don't care
if you go to China.
582
00:51:56,345 --> 00:51:58,303
We have our marching orders,
and this court-martial...
583
00:51:58,393 --> 00:52:00,261
will convene at 0900
a week Monday.
584
00:52:00,351 --> 00:52:03,427
- Now, is that clear?
- Yes, sir.
585
00:52:06,883 --> 00:52:09,550
One! Two!
586
00:52:19,258 --> 00:52:23,713
contact the sergeant?
- He's off-base, sir.
587
00:52:33,881 --> 00:52:35,799
Terry?
588
00:52:49,542 --> 00:52:51,460
Terry?
589
00:52:57,253 --> 00:52:59,211
Terry?
590
00:53:04,714 --> 00:53:06,792
Ohh.
591
00:53:06,872 --> 00:53:08,790
Oh, shit.
592
00:53:11,916 --> 00:53:14,123
It's okay.
593
00:53:14,213 --> 00:53:16,121
It's okay.
594
00:53:16,211 --> 00:53:18,498
- I wasn't...
- No, no. I know.
595
00:53:19,877 --> 00:53:23,792
It's okay. It's all right.
I know. Believe me, I know.
596
00:53:25,330 --> 00:53:29,126
Can I leave you alone
with that thing in the house?
597
00:53:29,205 --> 00:53:31,163
Yeah. I ain't goin' six
on you, Hodge.
598
00:53:31,243 --> 00:53:32,162
I'm goin' to Yemen.
599
00:53:32,242 --> 00:53:34,539
If I have to stick your ass
in a hospital till I get back,
600
00:53:34,579 --> 00:53:38,664
that is what I will do.
- You don't have to do that.
601
00:53:38,704 --> 00:53:40,832
Got your word on that?
602
00:53:41,910 --> 00:53:43,868
Oh, shit.
603
00:53:43,908 --> 00:53:46,575
They take my uniform away,
they may as well shoot me.
604
00:53:46,665 --> 00:53:50,830
You can live with it, bud.
Believe me.
605
00:53:52,078 --> 00:53:55,285
I'm not gonna shit you.
They offered us a deal.
606
00:53:55,325 --> 00:53:59,580
You plead guilty, it's ten to
fifteen. You're out in seven.
607
00:53:59,619 --> 00:54:03,495
- What do you think?
- I think they're out to crucify you.
608
00:54:03,575 --> 00:54:08,119
For a whole lot of reasons,
I say we take it and call it a day.
609
00:54:19,985 --> 00:54:23,401
I did what they
asked me to do, Hodge.
610
00:54:23,441 --> 00:54:26,857
I lost marines over there.
611
00:54:33,030 --> 00:54:35,737
If I'm guilty of this,
612
00:54:35,777 --> 00:54:40,781
I'm guilty of everything I've done
in combat for the last 30 years.
613
00:54:45,445 --> 00:54:47,403
I don't know.
614
00:55:30,102 --> 00:55:33,309
Colonel Hodges?
Captain Hustings.
615
00:55:33,388 --> 00:55:36,225
I'm not in uniform and I'm not
saluting because of the snipers.
616
00:55:36,265 --> 00:55:38,932
Please know that I'm
saluting on the inside.
617
00:55:39,012 --> 00:55:41,429
I've got some Kevlar back
there with your name on it.
618
00:55:41,469 --> 00:55:44,264
We're not the most popular
team in town right now, sir.
619
00:55:44,265 --> 00:55:46,093
Hustings, are you a wiseass?
620
00:55:46,183 --> 00:55:49,060
My mother prefers to
think of me as glib, sir.
621
00:55:49,100 --> 00:55:54,134
Very well then. You will most glibly
belay all bullshit and drive on.
622
00:55:54,224 --> 00:55:56,721
Roger that, sir.
623
00:56:18,046 --> 00:56:21,711
I've lined up some people who were
at the scene, as you requested, sir.
624
00:56:21,801 --> 00:56:24,048
- We can start tomorrow.
- Good.
625
00:56:24,088 --> 00:56:27,135
- All right. Here we are.
- Oh. 07:00.
626
00:56:27,175 --> 00:56:29,132
Roger that, sir.
627
00:56:49,249 --> 00:56:52,505
The old embassy was
a fifth century palace.
628
00:56:52,545 --> 00:56:53,663
Got pretty shot up.
629
00:56:53,753 --> 00:56:55,541
We're moving the newone
to a bunker outside the city...
630
00:56:55,581 --> 00:56:59,626
behind about a mile
of barbed wire, sir.
631
00:57:05,879 --> 00:57:08,086
- You want me to come with you, sir?
- Negative.
632
00:57:08,126 --> 00:57:11,083
Stay with the vehicle.
Meet me at the hotel.
633
00:57:11,084 --> 00:57:13,040
Yes, sir.
634
01:01:51,860 --> 01:01:55,696
Armed American marines,
they were shooting at his people.
635
01:01:55,776 --> 01:01:58,193
They were just trying
to defend themselves.
636
01:01:58,283 --> 01:02:01,319
Is he saying the marines shot first?
637
01:02:06,653 --> 01:02:09,360
Why were your police officers
ordered to abandon the embassy...
638
01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:11,397
on the day of the riot?
639
01:02:20,107 --> 01:02:23,483
It was a peaceful demonstration.
There was no reason to stay.
640
01:02:23,563 --> 01:02:26,360
After the killing, were
any weapons found in the crowd?
641
01:02:35,059 --> 01:02:39,314
No. They picked up everything
that was left. No weapons.
642
01:03:03,685 --> 01:03:05,603
Hey!
643
01:03:11,097 --> 01:03:13,763
No, look. Now, wait.
Wait a minute.
644
01:03:13,853 --> 01:03:17,020
Wait a minute, fellas.
645
01:03:22,263 --> 01:03:24,850
Hey. Hey!
646
01:05:13,621 --> 01:05:16,828
Hi. What's your name?
647
01:05:16,908 --> 01:05:18,825
Do you speak English?
648
01:05:18,905 --> 01:05:20,823
You're a very pretty girl.
649
01:05:20,913 --> 01:05:22,451
Katchi!
650
01:05:22,491 --> 01:05:25,238
Is that your name? "Katchi"?
651
01:05:25,288 --> 01:05:27,655
- May I help you?
- Yeah.
652
01:05:30,452 --> 01:05:33,029
I was wondering
what happened to her?
653
01:05:33,118 --> 01:05:37,114
She lost her leg.
Who are you?
654
01:05:37,154 --> 01:05:40,859
I'm a lawyer with the United States
Marine Corps. What happened?
655
01:05:40,949 --> 01:05:43,156
- A marine lawyer?
- Yeah.
656
01:05:43,157 --> 01:05:45,404
Follow me, please.
657
01:06:14,479 --> 01:06:17,935
There are hospitals like this
all over the city.
658
01:06:21,561 --> 01:06:25,107
Most of the people here
will die.
659
01:07:54,131 --> 01:07:57,797
Sir? Do you want
something to drink?
660
01:08:16,545 --> 01:08:18,503
Give me another one!
661
01:08:20,380 --> 01:08:22,588
Open the goddamn door!
662
01:08:36,082 --> 01:08:38,000
What's wrong with you?
663
01:08:38,079 --> 01:08:40,417
Get yourself a new lawyer,
you son of a bitch. You lied to me.
664
01:08:40,497 --> 01:08:42,744
I could not find
one goddamn witness.
665
01:08:42,784 --> 01:08:45,581
I couldn't find one goddamn
shred of evidence!
666
01:08:45,620 --> 01:08:47,828
Not for our side anyway!
667
01:08:47,908 --> 01:08:50,125
You clearly opened up on
those people. What were they?
668
01:08:50,205 --> 01:08:53,911
Rag heads, camel jockeys
or fucking gooks?
669
01:08:53,991 --> 01:08:56,038
- You through?
- Yeah.
670
01:08:59,204 --> 01:09:01,122
Get up.
671
01:09:01,162 --> 01:09:04,578
Come on. Get up. Come on.
672
01:09:08,743 --> 01:09:10,990
Look at you.
You went all the way to Yemen.
673
01:09:11,070 --> 01:09:13,238
All you proved is
you're still a drunk.
674
01:09:13,328 --> 01:09:16,074
You know what your problem is? You
never measured up to your old man.
675
01:09:16,154 --> 01:09:19,820
But I can't help you with that.
676
01:10:22,815 --> 01:10:26,191
Stop this shit
before somebody gets hurt.
677
01:10:59,682 --> 01:11:03,467
I lost every one
of my men at Ca Lu.
678
01:11:03,517 --> 01:11:06,304
And I'll tell you
the first thing I felt.
679
01:11:06,344 --> 01:11:09,640
Joy.
680
01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:13,515
Elation.
Glad to be alive.
681
01:11:13,555 --> 01:11:17,970
I was glad it wasn't me, and
I fucking hate myself for that.
682
01:11:25,671 --> 01:11:28,887
That wasn't your fault.
683
01:11:30,425 --> 01:11:32,633
We're in deep shit, bud.
684
01:11:32,673 --> 01:11:34,840
Yeah.
685
01:11:39,634 --> 01:11:42,092
It's fourth and 40, Hodge.
686
01:11:43,919 --> 01:11:46,626
I need a Hail Mary.
687
01:11:46,716 --> 01:11:49,383
How?
688
01:12:16,162 --> 01:12:18,579
Send him in.
689
01:12:31,584 --> 01:12:34,410
I just want to make sure
we're on the same page here.
690
01:12:34,450 --> 01:12:37,207
- Off the record.
- Of course, Bill.
691
01:12:37,247 --> 01:12:41,991
Now, you didn't see any weapons
in that crowd, did you?
692
01:12:42,081 --> 01:12:44,698
Well...
693
01:12:44,788 --> 01:12:47,245
There was some shooting,
but I...
694
01:12:47,285 --> 01:12:51,080
couldn't be sure exactly
where it was coming from.
695
01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:54,576
Now, see, that's
gonna be a problem,
696
01:12:54,656 --> 01:12:58,072
because we can't get on the stand
and waffle about the charges.
697
01:12:58,162 --> 01:13:00,080
Waffle, Bill?
698
01:13:00,160 --> 01:13:03,745
In your mind, Childers
was responsible, wasn't he?
699
01:13:03,785 --> 01:13:06,572
I wasn't exactly there.
I had already evacuated.
700
01:13:06,612 --> 01:13:08,660
You have to remember
he saved my life and my family.
701
01:13:08,740 --> 01:13:10,078
This all happened after...
702
01:13:10,158 --> 01:13:11,556
Does that mean the United States...
703
01:13:11,576 --> 01:13:13,824
is gonna have to take the fall
for what he did?
704
01:13:13,863 --> 01:13:17,569
I don't understand.
705
01:13:17,659 --> 01:13:20,735
The investigating team didn't
find any weapons in the crowd.
706
01:13:20,825 --> 01:13:23,113
That's because they weren't
there until the following day.
707
01:13:23,192 --> 01:13:25,650
The Yemeni government
cleaned up the scene,
708
01:13:25,699 --> 01:13:28,366
but unfortunately that's
not something we can prove.
709
01:13:28,446 --> 01:13:31,113
Nor can I testify about it.
It all happened afterward.
710
01:13:31,193 --> 01:13:33,860
Yeah, but you can testify
about Childers' frame of mind,
711
01:13:33,900 --> 01:13:36,567
his behavior
while you were there.
712
01:13:37,735 --> 01:13:41,191
He saved my life.
713
01:13:41,321 --> 01:13:43,938
Surely this will all come down
to what the tape shows.
714
01:13:43,988 --> 01:13:46,315
The tape's inconclusive.
715
01:13:47,853 --> 01:13:51,898
Hodges subpoenaed it,
of course, but, uh...
716
01:13:51,978 --> 01:13:54,276
it was a faulty recording.
717
01:13:56,733 --> 01:13:58,980
- I see.
- Do you?
718
01:13:59,060 --> 01:14:03,525
If Childers isn't held
totally responsible,
719
01:14:03,605 --> 01:14:06,481
then the United States will be.
720
01:14:06,521 --> 01:14:09,268
And just guess...
721
01:14:09,358 --> 01:14:11,525
where the finger...
722
01:14:11,605 --> 01:14:13,773
is eventually gonna point.
723
01:14:15,141 --> 01:14:17,438
- Me?
- Where else?
724
01:14:19,516 --> 01:14:22,183
You should've known
this was gonna erupt.
725
01:14:22,272 --> 01:14:25,229
And if you didn't,
you were asleep at the wheel.
726
01:14:25,309 --> 01:14:29,015
Either way, your conduct
was inexcusable.
727
01:14:29,104 --> 01:14:32,850
Now, do you want to face a
congressional inquiry over this,
728
01:14:32,930 --> 01:14:34,977
put your career at risk?
729
01:14:36,685 --> 01:14:39,302
Think about it.
730
01:14:39,392 --> 01:14:41,719
Thank you, Bill.
731
01:15:49,709 --> 01:15:51,667
All rise.
732
01:15:59,747 --> 01:16:01,665
Be seated.
733
01:16:05,001 --> 01:16:07,168
Look closely at this picture.
734
01:16:09,246 --> 01:16:11,333
Why did a well-trained
fighting unit...
735
01:16:11,413 --> 01:16:14,749
have to slaughter unarmed
men, women and children...
736
01:16:14,789 --> 01:16:17,127
when their orders
were simply to protect...
737
01:16:17,206 --> 01:16:20,373
and if necessary,
evacuate the embassy?
738
01:16:21,791 --> 01:16:23,908
The answer is, they didn't.
739
01:16:23,958 --> 01:16:27,744
They were ordered to open fire,
and that order came from one man...
740
01:16:27,824 --> 01:16:30,041
Colonel Terry Childers,
741
01:16:30,121 --> 01:16:32,908
who stands trial here today,
742
01:16:32,998 --> 01:16:35,784
a day of sadness,
743
01:16:35,864 --> 01:16:38,991
a day when America has
to accept responsibility...
744
01:16:39,031 --> 01:16:43,405
for its failures and its
mistakes as well as its glories.
745
01:16:46,112 --> 01:16:50,237
We will show you that the accused,
through his mind-set and actions,
746
01:16:50,287 --> 01:16:52,694
ignored the rules
of engagement...
747
01:16:52,744 --> 01:16:55,451
and went far beyond
the scope of his authority...
748
01:16:55,491 --> 01:16:57,619
to intentionally order
the murder...
749
01:16:57,659 --> 01:17:01,194
of 83 innocent people.
750
01:17:09,365 --> 01:17:13,989
I was the last one to enter the
courtroom this morning. I was late.
751
01:17:14,029 --> 01:17:17,195
I was late because
I was in the head.
752
01:17:17,235 --> 01:17:21,191
And I was in the head
because... I was throwing up.
753
01:17:23,238 --> 01:17:25,695
And I was throwing up
because I don't know if I'm...
754
01:17:25,775 --> 01:17:29,531
able to handle this job.
755
01:17:33,696 --> 01:17:39,070
I believe that Colonel Childers
is innocent of these charges.
756
01:17:39,109 --> 01:17:41,896
I just don't know if I have what
it takes to make his case for him.
757
01:17:41,936 --> 01:17:45,522
I'm simply not on the same page
as Major Briggs, uh...
758
01:17:45,562 --> 01:17:49,727
Major Biggs here, as a lawyer.
759
01:17:49,777 --> 01:17:53,063
We all know that.
760
01:17:53,143 --> 01:17:55,560
So why did I take this job?
761
01:18:01,103 --> 01:18:04,439
I took this case because
Terry Childers told me...
762
01:18:04,519 --> 01:18:08,814
I would have done the same thing
he did if I'd been in his shoes.
763
01:18:08,854 --> 01:18:12,230
I took the case because I know Terry
Childers. His word is his bond.
764
01:18:12,270 --> 01:18:16,475
He told me he did
what he had to do.
765
01:18:16,515 --> 01:18:19,602
Now, I hope
I don't let him down.
766
01:18:22,728 --> 01:18:26,723
We sent Terry Childers out
on a very tough mission.
767
01:18:26,803 --> 01:18:29,310
And when it went bad,
768
01:18:29,350 --> 01:18:33,185
and he did everything he could
to save the lives of his marines,
769
01:18:33,265 --> 01:18:36,551
save the lives
of the embassy people,
770
01:18:36,601 --> 01:18:40,557
you turn around now and want
to blame the whole mess on him,
771
01:18:42,385 --> 01:18:45,301
send him to prison possibly
for the rest of his life.
772
01:18:46,969 --> 01:18:50,135
That's not fair.
773
01:18:50,215 --> 01:18:52,592
It's not right.
774
01:18:54,380 --> 01:18:58,216
It is what made me sick
this morning.
775
01:18:58,306 --> 01:19:00,213
It was a large crowd.
776
01:19:00,303 --> 01:19:04,339
There was a lot of commotion.
The noise was very unsettling.
777
01:19:04,379 --> 01:19:06,636
But it was a peaceful crowd.
778
01:19:06,716 --> 01:19:09,343
That is, until Colonel Childers
arrived and prevented me...
779
01:19:09,423 --> 01:19:11,800
from pursuing
further avenues of diplomacy.
780
01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:14,297
Did Colonel Childers
force you to leave the embassy?
781
01:19:14,337 --> 01:19:16,384
Yes. He charged in.
782
01:19:16,424 --> 01:19:19,670
He... started
pushing us around.
783
01:19:19,760 --> 01:19:22,927
He physically restrained me
from doing my job.
784
01:19:23,006 --> 01:19:25,004
What was his state
of mind at this time?
785
01:19:25,084 --> 01:19:26,752
He was in a fury.
786
01:19:26,842 --> 01:19:28,959
He was disrespectful
to me and my family.
787
01:19:28,999 --> 01:19:30,627
Oh, that's bullshit.
788
01:19:30,667 --> 01:19:33,584
It was almost, how should I say,
a murderous rage.
789
01:19:33,674 --> 01:19:35,582
Do you remember what he said?
790
01:19:35,671 --> 01:19:37,669
I remember he said
something like...
791
01:19:37,709 --> 01:19:40,296
diplomacy is bullshit
at this point...
792
01:19:40,376 --> 01:19:44,002
"and that 'nobody fucks
with the American flag'."
793
01:19:44,081 --> 01:19:46,499
- Those were his words.
- Thank you, Ambassador.
794
01:19:46,539 --> 01:19:48,496
No further questions.
795
01:19:48,546 --> 01:19:51,163
Do you believe...
796
01:19:51,253 --> 01:19:53,041
that an American embassy
on foreign soil...
797
01:19:53,121 --> 01:19:54,919
is sovereign
United States territory?
798
01:19:54,959 --> 01:19:56,916
As a general principle, yes.
799
01:19:56,996 --> 01:19:58,704
Do you believe Americans
have a right...
800
01:19:58,794 --> 01:20:00,432
to defend that territory
if it's attacked?
801
01:20:00,452 --> 01:20:02,370
If it is, in fact, attacked.
802
01:20:02,460 --> 01:20:05,536
Would you have expected
Colonel Childers to surrender...
803
01:20:05,626 --> 01:20:07,624
to the attacking crowd
or to fight them?
804
01:20:07,704 --> 01:20:08,992
I would have expected neither.
805
01:20:09,082 --> 01:20:10,660
The colonel should have let me
address the crowd,
806
01:20:10,700 --> 01:20:12,957
then he could have withdrawn
his marines.
807
01:20:13,037 --> 01:20:15,125
Would you have expected him
to hold his fire as he withdrew,
808
01:20:15,205 --> 01:20:18,491
even if he were taking casualties?
- To the extent possible.
809
01:20:18,541 --> 01:20:19,739
So your order would have been,
810
01:20:19,749 --> 01:20:21,497
Hold your fire to the extent
possible, Marines.
811
01:20:21,537 --> 01:20:24,034
And to the extent not possible,
fire away.
812
01:20:26,581 --> 01:20:28,489
Ambassador.
813
01:20:31,156 --> 01:20:33,323
This photograph is exhibit "C".
814
01:20:36,779 --> 01:20:39,576
- What is that?
- It's a security camera.
815
01:20:39,616 --> 01:20:41,034
Is it mounted
on the roof of the embassy...
816
01:20:41,074 --> 01:20:43,112
and pointed down to where
the crowd had gathered?
817
01:20:43,202 --> 01:20:45,409
- I would suppose so.
- Yes or no, please.
818
01:20:45,489 --> 01:20:47,407
Yes.
819
01:20:47,486 --> 01:20:50,283
- Is it in operation 24 hours a day?
- I suppose so.
820
01:20:50,363 --> 01:20:52,281
- Yes or no?
- Yes.
821
01:20:52,361 --> 01:20:55,737
Do you suppose there is a taping
system attached to this camera?
822
01:20:55,817 --> 01:20:57,365
- Your Honor.
- Colonel.
823
01:20:57,445 --> 01:20:58,863
- Yes.
- Where's the tape?
824
01:20:58,903 --> 01:21:01,819
It is my understanding
that if there were tapes,
825
01:21:01,859 --> 01:21:04,816
undamaged tapes, they'd have been
sent to the State Department.
826
01:21:04,906 --> 01:21:05,945
Undamaged tapes?
827
01:21:06,024 --> 01:21:09,321
Well, there was
destruction and looting...
828
01:21:09,400 --> 01:21:11,818
after the killing.
829
01:21:11,898 --> 01:21:15,983
As you withdrew, did you remember
to take the American flag with you?
830
01:21:22,195 --> 01:21:25,192
Did you remember to take
the American flag, sir?
831
01:21:25,232 --> 01:21:28,148
- Of course.
- Where is that flag now?
832
01:21:28,188 --> 01:21:31,195
I brought it home and returned
it to the State Department.
833
01:21:31,235 --> 01:21:34,021
It was shot to shreds,
wasn't it?
834
01:21:34,061 --> 01:21:35,979
By the snipers, yes.
835
01:21:36,069 --> 01:21:39,025
Yeah?
836
01:21:50,352 --> 01:21:52,479
Right! Go right!
837
01:21:53,728 --> 01:21:55,855
Goal!
838
01:22:03,976 --> 01:22:05,974
At ease, son.
839
01:22:06,063 --> 01:22:09,100
Let me see. Which one
of you people is named Justin?
840
01:22:09,180 --> 01:22:12,056
- Let me take a guess. How about you?
- No.
841
01:22:12,136 --> 01:22:15,552
Then I'll have to make
another guess. I'll take, uh... you.
842
01:22:15,642 --> 01:22:18,059
How'd you know?
Are you in the marines?
843
01:22:18,099 --> 01:22:20,476
Yes, sir, lam.
844
01:22:20,516 --> 01:22:23,183
Go on in the house, kids.
There are sandwiches in the kitchen.
845
01:22:23,263 --> 01:22:26,309
Mrs. Mourain, I'm sorry
to bother you at home.
846
01:22:26,349 --> 01:22:29,016
- I'm Colonel...
- I know who you are, Colonel Hodges.
847
01:22:29,096 --> 01:22:32,013
- Is that your boy?
- Yes.
848
01:22:32,093 --> 01:22:35,139
Can I talk to you
a few minutes?
849
01:22:35,219 --> 01:22:38,175
I don't think
that's appropriate.
850
01:22:38,265 --> 01:22:40,173
I don't believe your husband
is telling the truth...
851
01:22:40,263 --> 01:22:42,380
about what Colonel Childers did
in Yemen.
852
01:22:44,798 --> 01:22:47,924
Kids, go on in the house.
There are sandwiches on the table.
853
01:22:47,964 --> 01:22:50,421
Let's go! Come on!
854
01:22:55,635 --> 01:22:58,511
You should take that up
with my husband, shouldn't you?
855
01:22:58,551 --> 01:23:01,757
Colonel Childers risked his life
so you could be here, ma'am,
856
01:23:01,837 --> 01:23:05,293
watching these kids play
out these windows.
857
01:23:05,343 --> 01:23:07,341
Does that bother you?
858
01:23:11,716 --> 01:23:14,422
I feel terrible about what
happened to Colonel Childers.
859
01:23:14,502 --> 01:23:16,750
Can you tell me that he
manhandled your family?
860
01:23:16,840 --> 01:23:19,417
Or that he prevented
your husband from doing his job?
861
01:23:19,506 --> 01:23:22,713
Ma'am?
Can you tell me that?
862
01:23:22,793 --> 01:23:24,750
No.
863
01:23:24,790 --> 01:23:27,797
As far as I'm concerned,
he behaved quite honorably.
864
01:23:27,837 --> 01:23:29,794
Will you testify to that?
865
01:23:36,836 --> 01:23:39,832
- My husband's a good man.
- So is Colonel Childers.
866
01:23:41,830 --> 01:23:43,458
I've been married for ten years.
867
01:23:43,498 --> 01:23:45,795
You're asking me to throw that
away in an afternoon.
868
01:23:45,875 --> 01:23:49,161
Your husband and you
and your son...
869
01:23:49,251 --> 01:23:52,497
owe your lives
to Colonel Terry Childers.
870
01:23:55,124 --> 01:23:57,412
We all have our priorities,
Colonel.
871
01:23:59,329 --> 01:24:01,247
I can subpoena you, ma'am.
872
01:24:02,955 --> 01:24:05,162
Please don't.
873
01:24:05,202 --> 01:24:10,156
Don't put me up there.
I'm a very credible witness.
874
01:24:10,206 --> 01:24:12,164
Now, if you'll excuse me.
875
01:24:12,204 --> 01:24:15,490
You won't tell the truth
if I put you on the stand?
876
01:24:15,580 --> 01:24:18,996
I don't know what the truth is.
877
01:24:19,076 --> 01:24:22,112
Colonel Childers is on trial for
what he did outside the embassy.
878
01:24:22,202 --> 01:24:24,490
I wasn't there.
Were you?
879
01:24:30,323 --> 01:24:32,071
Captain Lee, you were in command
of the TRAP team...
880
01:24:32,110 --> 01:24:34,867
and the second ranking officer
under Colonel Childers in Yemen?
881
01:24:34,907 --> 01:24:36,535
- Yes, sir.
- And you were on the roof...
882
01:24:36,615 --> 01:24:39,282
of the embassy, were you not?
- Yes, I was.
883
01:24:39,322 --> 01:24:41,360
Colonel Childers ordered you
to open fire...
884
01:24:41,449 --> 01:24:44,276
immediately after Sergeant
Richard Krasevitch was shot.
885
01:24:44,366 --> 01:24:46,533
- Is that correct?
- Yes.
886
01:24:46,573 --> 01:24:49,530
But Sergeant Krasevitch was not
shot by the demonstrators, was he?
887
01:24:49,610 --> 01:24:51,028
Objection. How could we know
the exact firing position...
888
01:24:51,108 --> 01:24:52,986
of the bullet that killed
Sergeant Krasevitch?
889
01:24:53,066 --> 01:24:55,613
Sustained. Counsel
refrain from leading the witness.
890
01:24:55,693 --> 01:24:57,740
Did you at any time...
891
01:24:57,820 --> 01:25:01,236
receive gunfire from within
the demonstration itself?
892
01:25:03,363 --> 01:25:06,190
Captain?
893
01:25:06,280 --> 01:25:08,647
I can't remember any fire
from the demonstrators,
894
01:25:08,687 --> 01:25:11,404
to my knowledge that is, sir.
895
01:25:11,484 --> 01:25:14,400
You killed the wrong people,
didn't you?
896
01:25:14,480 --> 01:25:17,147
You should've been firing
at the snipers across the way.
897
01:25:17,227 --> 01:25:19,564
- Isn't that correct?
- I can't answer...
898
01:25:19,644 --> 01:25:21,102
- Objection. Calls for speculation.
- Sustained.
899
01:25:21,192 --> 01:25:23,769
You shot at people who
were demonstrating peacefully,
900
01:25:23,809 --> 01:25:25,517
who were not using
deadly force.
901
01:25:25,567 --> 01:25:26,856
Your Honor, that's not
in evidence here.
902
01:25:26,936 --> 01:25:31,191
Sustained. Major, I'm not going
to warn you again.
903
01:25:32,809 --> 01:25:36,275
Captain, what were the words
Colonel Childers used...
904
01:25:36,354 --> 01:25:38,642
when he ordered you to fire
on the demonstrators?
905
01:25:38,732 --> 01:25:41,728
I don't remember
the exact words, sir.
906
01:25:41,808 --> 01:25:44,265
He ordered me to open fire.
907
01:25:46,023 --> 01:25:47,981
When you obeyed Colonel
Childers' order to open fire,
908
01:25:48,061 --> 01:25:49,978
did you believe it
to be a lawful order?
909
01:25:50,058 --> 01:25:51,097
Yes, sir.
910
01:25:51,187 --> 01:25:54,143
Otherwise it would have been your
duty to disobey. Is that right?
911
01:25:54,183 --> 01:25:55,262
Yes, sir.
912
01:25:55,352 --> 01:25:57,849
When your men opened fire
on the attackers in the crowd,
913
01:25:57,929 --> 01:26:01,684
did the snipers in the buildings
across the way cease their firing?
914
01:26:01,724 --> 01:26:03,722
Absolutely, sir.
It went completely quiet.
915
01:26:03,762 --> 01:26:04,891
It would seem, then,
916
01:26:04,931 --> 01:26:06,429
that the two groups were
actually one working together.
917
01:26:06,519 --> 01:26:09,305
Objection. Counsel is drawing
a conclusion for the witness.
918
01:26:09,385 --> 01:26:11,053
Sustained.
919
01:26:11,143 --> 01:26:12,602
Were you in a position
to observe Colonel Childers...
920
01:26:12,641 --> 01:26:13,890
when everyone was evacuated?
921
01:26:13,970 --> 01:26:14,889
Yes, I was.
922
01:26:14,969 --> 01:26:16,926
What was the last thing
you saw him do?
923
01:26:17,016 --> 01:26:20,133
- He went to the flagpole.
- Then what'd he do?
924
01:26:20,222 --> 01:26:22,260
He took down the American flag.
925
01:26:22,350 --> 01:26:24,887
Was he personally
under heavy fire at that time?
926
01:26:24,967 --> 01:26:28,882
- Yes, sir.
- No more questions.
927
01:26:28,932 --> 01:26:32,048
Captain, prior to receiving orders
from the accused to open fire,
928
01:26:32,088 --> 01:26:34,885
where was the point of greatest
concern for the safety of your men,
929
01:26:34,925 --> 01:26:39,300
the crowd below or the snipers
in the buildings across the way?
930
01:26:39,340 --> 01:26:42,926
- I'm not really sure.
- You're not sure?
931
01:26:42,966 --> 01:26:44,923
Well, I guess...
932
01:26:45,053 --> 01:26:47,340
Don't guess.
I'll repeat the question.
933
01:26:47,380 --> 01:26:50,716
Was the point of greatest concern
the crowd below...
934
01:26:50,756 --> 01:26:53,213
or the snipers across the way?
935
01:26:54,712 --> 01:26:57,169
I would have to say
the snipers.
936
01:26:57,219 --> 01:27:00,125
Did you feel an immediate mortal
danger from the crowd as a whole?
937
01:27:00,215 --> 01:27:02,173
- I don't understand.
- You don't understand?
938
01:27:02,253 --> 01:27:05,299
- No, sir.
- Let me help you.
939
01:27:08,505 --> 01:27:10,123
Were you more worried...
940
01:27:10,213 --> 01:27:12,670
you'd be killed by these people
or by these people?
941
01:27:12,710 --> 01:27:15,297
I wasn't thinking about that.
Have you ever been under fire?
942
01:27:15,377 --> 01:27:19,123
You didn't see the crowd firing, but
you did take fire from the snipers.
943
01:27:19,213 --> 01:27:22,129
Is that correct?
944
01:27:26,254 --> 01:27:28,542
Yes.
945
01:27:28,871 --> 01:27:32,667
Our clinic is not too far
from the embassy.
946
01:27:32,747 --> 01:27:36,292
So I was one of the first
to arrive there.
947
01:27:36,372 --> 01:27:39,708
Did you see any weapons
on the bodies of the dead?
948
01:27:39,788 --> 01:27:41,416
No.
949
01:27:41,456 --> 01:27:44,413
Did you remove any weapons from
the people you were treating?
950
01:27:44,543 --> 01:27:45,581
No.
951
01:27:45,621 --> 01:27:48,957
Not a single weapon
anywhere among the victims?
952
01:27:49,037 --> 01:27:50,955
No, no weapons.
953
01:27:51,035 --> 01:27:55,080
In your opinion, is Yemen
a training ground for terrorists?
954
01:27:56,618 --> 01:27:58,916
Not at all.
955
01:27:58,996 --> 01:28:01,912
We met in Yemen.
956
01:28:01,952 --> 01:28:04,829
You encouraged me to tour
your clinic in order to witness...
957
01:28:04,909 --> 01:28:07,076
the suffering caused by
Colonel Childers' orders.
958
01:28:07,116 --> 01:28:09,453
- Do you remember that?
- Yes.
959
01:28:11,451 --> 01:28:14,287
I found an audiocassette
on the floor of your clinic.
960
01:28:14,367 --> 01:28:16,994
It's marked exhibit "R".
961
01:28:17,074 --> 01:28:19,242
Do you remember that?
962
01:28:22,737 --> 01:28:25,404
- Yes.
- I found another one...
963
01:28:25,444 --> 01:28:27,492
inside the embassy.
964
01:28:27,572 --> 01:28:31,118
In fact, I found several others.
They're all marked exhibit "R".
965
01:28:32,865 --> 01:28:35,942
Will you translate the writing on
the outside of that cassette?
966
01:28:38,399 --> 01:28:42,694
Declaration of Islamic Jihad...
967
01:28:42,734 --> 01:28:45,191
"Against United States".
968
01:28:45,321 --> 01:28:48,067
These audiocassettes are used
for the purposes of religious...
969
01:28:48,107 --> 01:28:51,403
and political propaganda due to
the high illiteracy rate in Yemen.
970
01:28:51,483 --> 01:28:53,651
- Is that correct?
- Yes.
971
01:28:53,731 --> 01:28:55,069
Will you translate
the words you hear...
972
01:28:55,149 --> 01:28:58,066
on this audiocassette
for the court, please?
973
01:29:09,852 --> 01:29:12,149
Dr Ahmar?
974
01:29:12,229 --> 01:29:16,234
We call on every Muslim
who believes in God...
975
01:29:16,314 --> 01:29:18,941
and hopes for reward...
976
01:29:18,981 --> 01:29:21,768
"to obey God's command".
977
01:29:29,688 --> 01:29:32,565
Dr Ahmar, does it say
what God's command is?
978
01:29:33,643 --> 01:29:35,931
To kill Americans...
979
01:29:35,981 --> 01:29:38,098
and plunder...
980
01:29:38,188 --> 01:29:42,603
"their possessions
wherever he finds them".
981
01:29:44,930 --> 01:29:47,687
- Go on, please.
982
01:29:49,764 --> 01:29:51,932
To kill Americans...
983
01:29:52,012 --> 01:29:54,349
and their allies,
984
01:29:54,429 --> 01:29:59,433
both civil and military,
985
01:29:59,473 --> 01:30:03,848
is duty of every Muslim...
986
01:30:03,888 --> 01:30:06,345
"who is able".
987
01:30:06,425 --> 01:30:11,139
To kill Americans is a duty.
988
01:30:11,179 --> 01:30:14,016
- Is that what it says?
- Yes.
989
01:30:19,679 --> 01:30:22,466
Do you recognize
the speaker's voice?
990
01:30:22,556 --> 01:30:25,972
No.
991
01:30:26,011 --> 01:30:28,928
Dr Ahmar, in your opinion,
is this propaganda...
992
01:30:29,008 --> 01:30:31,964
representative
of that demonstration?
993
01:30:32,054 --> 01:30:36,799
No. I'm not a member
of Islamic Jihad!
994
01:30:38,337 --> 01:30:40,884
The crowd was singing songs.
995
01:30:42,252 --> 01:30:44,709
I heard them from my clinic.
996
01:30:45,049 --> 01:30:47,296
What was your reaction when you
learned that Colonel Childers...
997
01:30:47,376 --> 01:30:49,044
had been selected
to lead this mission?
998
01:30:49,134 --> 01:30:52,131
I was very pleased. The colonel
had a distinguished record.
999
01:30:52,210 --> 01:30:55,966
- He's a nationally renowned war...
- How did you define his mission?
1000
01:30:56,046 --> 01:30:57,964
We wanted to increase security,
but frankly,
1001
01:30:58,044 --> 01:31:01,789
if things got threatening,
we wanted an evacuation.
1002
01:31:01,839 --> 01:31:04,296
So you weren't looking
for confrontation?
1003
01:31:04,336 --> 01:31:07,213
No, that's what we wished
to avoid at all costs.
1004
01:31:07,253 --> 01:31:09,330
What was your reaction
to what happened?
1005
01:31:09,420 --> 01:31:12,207
I was stunned,
1006
01:31:12,247 --> 01:31:14,204
appalled.
1007
01:31:14,254 --> 01:31:17,001
Wasn't the severity of the problem
at the embassy understated?
1008
01:31:17,041 --> 01:31:19,248
Absolutely not.
1009
01:31:19,328 --> 01:31:23,164
We operated on the information
we had at the time.
1010
01:31:23,244 --> 01:31:27,169
I have here a State Department
report from Yemen.
1011
01:31:27,289 --> 01:31:29,207
It's exhibit "M".
1012
01:31:29,287 --> 01:31:32,373
Will you read the underlined
sections for the court, please?
1013
01:31:32,453 --> 01:31:34,700
Certainly.
1014
01:31:34,750 --> 01:31:39,704
January 25th.
Grenade thrown at police car.
1015
01:31:39,744 --> 01:31:45,457
January 27th. Sixteen Western tourists
abducted by fundamentalist group.
1016
01:31:45,537 --> 01:31:49,992
- Go on, please.
- February 6th.
1017
01:31:50,072 --> 01:31:52,539
- A bomb explodes in a car...
- You got today's Post?
1018
01:31:52,619 --> 01:31:54,537
- Yeah.
- Yeah. Give it to me.
1019
01:31:54,617 --> 01:31:58,033
Stun grenade thrown at newspaper
kiosk near a police station.
1020
01:31:58,162 --> 01:32:00,530
March 13th.
A military officer...
1021
01:32:00,619 --> 01:32:05,863
is seriously wounded by
Yemen's first... donkey bomb.
1022
01:32:05,903 --> 01:32:08,410
Explosives were apparently
concealed under the saddle.
1023
01:32:08,530 --> 01:32:10,777
Thank you.
1024
01:32:10,867 --> 01:32:16,151
I have another State Department
document, dated 17 November.
1025
01:32:16,241 --> 01:32:18,568
It's from the ambassador to you.
1026
01:32:18,658 --> 01:32:21,575
Will you read this
for the court, please?
1027
01:32:25,989 --> 01:32:29,615
Dear Bill. Please, we must revisit
our previous conversation...
1028
01:32:29,655 --> 01:32:32,293
in that the security measures we
have taken are still inadequate...
1029
01:32:32,322 --> 01:32:34,240
for the protection
ofour mission to Yemen.
1030
01:32:34,320 --> 01:32:35,988
You have to understand that
when I received this letter...
1031
01:32:36,028 --> 01:32:40,942
Thank you. Now, there are...
Well, are there... cameras...
1032
01:32:41,022 --> 01:32:44,647
mounted on the roof of the embassy?
- Uh, yes.
1033
01:32:44,687 --> 01:32:46,645
Are they designed
to observe and record...
1034
01:32:46,695 --> 01:32:48,733
activities in the public spaces
outside the embassy?
1035
01:32:48,812 --> 01:32:51,899
- Yes.
- Where are the tapes?
1036
01:32:51,939 --> 01:32:54,775
Uh, it's my understanding
the embassy was looted.
1037
01:32:54,855 --> 01:32:57,692
Maybe the cameras
were destroyed.
1038
01:33:00,399 --> 01:33:04,983
This is a photograph.
It is exhibit "D" for the court.
1039
01:33:05,063 --> 01:33:08,479
It's a picture of a camera
on the embassy roof.
1040
01:33:08,559 --> 01:33:10,517
Does it appear to be damaged?
1041
01:33:10,607 --> 01:33:12,185
No.
1042
01:33:12,225 --> 01:33:14,892
- Where are the tapes?
- I don't know.
1043
01:33:14,981 --> 01:33:17,688
Don't you think
the United States owes it...
1044
01:33:17,768 --> 01:33:20,355
to Colonel Childers
for 30 years of service...
1045
01:33:20,435 --> 01:33:22,682
to find that tape
and produce it here?
1046
01:33:22,722 --> 01:33:24,600
Objection. We don't know
anything about any tapes.
1047
01:33:24,680 --> 01:33:28,645
- This is pure speculation.
- Sustained.
1048
01:33:30,513 --> 01:33:33,729
This is a shipping manifest.
It's exhibit "O".
1049
01:33:33,809 --> 01:33:36,266
It is a list of items removed from
the embassy during the evacuation...
1050
01:33:36,346 --> 01:33:37,934
and shipped
to the State Department.
1051
01:33:37,974 --> 01:33:41,180
Will you read line six, please?
1052
01:33:41,260 --> 01:33:45,186
Videotape from security
camera, VHS, one.
1053
01:33:45,266 --> 01:33:46,724
You too busy to look at those
tapes or you just didn't care?
1054
01:33:46,764 --> 01:33:49,760
Objection. He's badgering
the National Security Advisor.
1055
01:33:49,800 --> 01:33:52,097
Sustained. Counsel,
please proceed carefully.
1056
01:33:52,137 --> 01:33:54,595
- Where are those tapes?
- Objection! Asked and answered.
1057
01:33:54,634 --> 01:33:58,010
Oh. Yes, right. Right.
Don't you think it's funny...
1058
01:33:58,050 --> 01:34:00,847
that a tape that could exonerate
my client is missing?
1059
01:34:00,927 --> 01:34:02,515
I don't think it's funny at all.
1060
01:34:02,595 --> 01:34:05,052
Withholding evidence
is a very serious crime.
1061
01:34:05,092 --> 01:34:08,848
- Objection.
- Sustained. Counsel, rephrase.
1062
01:34:08,888 --> 01:34:11,554
Withholding evidence to frame
a United States Marine...
1063
01:34:11,594 --> 01:34:13,842
is no less evil than charging
my client with murder.
1064
01:34:13,882 --> 01:34:15,180
Where are those tapes?
1065
01:34:15,260 --> 01:34:17,338
Colonel, I turned over all
materials in my possession...
1066
01:34:17,428 --> 01:34:19,385
to Major Biggs.
1067
01:34:19,465 --> 01:34:22,342
If those tapes showed a happy
crowd of peaceful demonstrators,
1068
01:34:22,343 --> 01:34:24,299
we'd be looking at 'em.
1069
01:34:24,339 --> 01:34:26,047
Objection, Your Honor.
This is contempt.
1070
01:34:26,127 --> 01:34:28,385
Colonel,
this is your last warning.
1071
01:34:28,424 --> 01:34:30,382
It was a new security system.
1072
01:34:30,422 --> 01:34:32,550
The cameras were pointed down
at the crowd.
1073
01:34:32,590 --> 01:34:35,007
Tapes were recorded, and those tapes
were sent to the State Department.
1074
01:34:35,047 --> 01:34:36,715
Why are those tapes not here?
1075
01:34:36,795 --> 01:34:39,841
Objection, Your Honor.
I've seen no such tapes.
1076
01:34:43,207 --> 01:34:46,583
No further questions.
1077
01:34:46,673 --> 01:34:48,591
There are no tapes showing
the crowd firing weapons?
1078
01:34:48,671 --> 01:34:50,548
None that I'm aware of.
1079
01:34:50,628 --> 01:34:53,505
And the government has turned
over all of its evidence?
1080
01:34:53,545 --> 01:34:54,793
Of course.
1081
01:34:54,873 --> 01:34:56,831
Colonel Hodges has gone
to some length...
1082
01:34:56,921 --> 01:35:01,126
to have you read security reports
illustrating violence in Yemen.
1083
01:35:01,206 --> 01:35:04,042
- Yes, he has.
- Here is today's Washington Post.
1084
01:35:04,122 --> 01:35:05,541
Will you read these headlines
that I've underlined...
1085
01:35:05,670 --> 01:35:07,458
from today's Metro section?
1086
01:35:08,956 --> 01:35:13,162
Agent, kidnapper killed in
rescue of businessman's son.
1087
01:35:13,251 --> 01:35:16,038
Bomb threat evacuates
Museum of Natural History.
1088
01:35:16,118 --> 01:35:19,494
Officer chases truckdriver,
fires 38 times.
1089
01:35:19,584 --> 01:35:23,539
Husband shoots wife,
himself in street.
1090
01:35:23,659 --> 01:35:26,745
Mr. Sokal, does this random,
unfortunate news mean we should...
1091
01:35:26,825 --> 01:35:31,040
allow Colonel Childers and his
troops loose in Washington, D.C.?
1092
01:35:31,080 --> 01:35:33,657
Don't answer that.
Thank you, Mr. Sokal.
1093
01:35:33,747 --> 01:35:36,034
Present arms!
1094
01:35:38,032 --> 01:35:41,907
Order arms!
1095
01:36:15,028 --> 01:36:18,324
Take deep breaths, sir! You're
almost out of here. Stay calm.
1096
01:36:18,404 --> 01:36:21,610
I hope you know
how to fold it, sir.
1097
01:36:21,690 --> 01:36:24,317
Thank you, Colonel.
I'll never forget this.
1098
01:36:41,936 --> 01:36:43,734
Krasevitch is hit!
1099
01:36:43,774 --> 01:36:45,522
Corpsman!
1100
01:36:46,521 --> 01:36:48,479
Corpsman! Shit!
1101
01:36:48,519 --> 01:36:50,606
Goddamn it!
1102
01:37:16,186 --> 01:37:18,853
Engage hostile targets
as they appear!
1103
01:37:18,933 --> 01:37:22,478
Waste the motherfuckers!
1104
01:37:29,770 --> 01:37:33,266
Cease fire!
Cease fire!
1105
01:37:33,346 --> 01:37:35,303
Cease fire!
1106
01:37:38,559 --> 01:37:41,306
Order arms!
1107
01:37:41,676 --> 01:37:44,053
I was proud of my marines.
1108
01:37:44,133 --> 01:37:45,971
They showed
remarkable discipline.
1109
01:37:46,051 --> 01:37:47,968
Why didn't you fire
at the snipers in the buildings...
1110
01:37:48,048 --> 01:37:50,305
instead of at the crowd below?
1111
01:37:50,345 --> 01:37:52,803
Because I believed we were
in greater danger from the crowd.
1112
01:37:52,882 --> 01:37:55,180
- Was that crowd firing at you?
- Yes.
1113
01:37:55,220 --> 01:37:59,345
The demonstrators in front of
the building were firing at you...
1114
01:37:59,385 --> 01:38:02,221
in addition to the snipers?
- Yes.
1115
01:38:02,301 --> 01:38:04,758
Why didn't anybody else
see that crowd firing?
1116
01:38:04,838 --> 01:38:07,006
My men were
under cover on the roof,
1117
01:38:07,096 --> 01:38:09,463
except for Krasevitch
who was on an observation post.
1118
01:38:09,503 --> 01:38:12,759
And why isn't he here testifying
on your behalf today?
1119
01:38:15,086 --> 01:38:18,422
Because he was killed in action.
He died in my arms.
1120
01:38:18,462 --> 01:38:22,717
So you were the only man left in
a position to observe that crowd?
1121
01:38:22,757 --> 01:38:25,214
Yes.
1122
01:38:25,254 --> 01:38:27,711
Where else have you been
in combat, Colonel?
1123
01:38:27,841 --> 01:38:30,628
Vietnam, Beirut,
1124
01:38:30,708 --> 01:38:33,005
Panama, Persian Gulf.
1125
01:38:33,085 --> 01:38:36,282
Can you identify that blue and white ribbon
on your uniform? It's the Navy Cross.
1126
01:38:37,380 --> 01:38:41,205
Do you remember the citation
that accompanied that medal?
1127
01:38:41,295 --> 01:38:44,002
"For conspicuous gallantry in
the face of great personal danger,
1128
01:38:44,082 --> 01:38:46,000
reflecting great credit
upon himself,
1129
01:38:46,079 --> 01:38:48,247
the United States Marine Corps
and the Naval Service".
1130
01:38:48,337 --> 01:38:50,624
Your witness.
1131
01:38:55,289 --> 01:38:57,536
Colonel,
1132
01:38:57,626 --> 01:39:00,083
you gunned down
more than 80 people.
1133
01:39:01,331 --> 01:39:05,456
You wounded another hundred or so.
1134
01:39:05,496 --> 01:39:10,201
Could this have been motivated
by a desire for retaliation?
1135
01:39:10,291 --> 01:39:12,248
I was protecting my men.
1136
01:39:12,328 --> 01:39:15,455
Sergeant Richard Krasevitch was
shot only a few feet away from you.
1137
01:39:15,535 --> 01:39:18,541
- Is that correct?
- Yes.
1138
01:39:18,621 --> 01:39:20,788
And right after Sergeant
Krasevitch died,
1139
01:39:20,868 --> 01:39:22,786
you ordered open fire on the crowd?
1140
01:39:22,866 --> 01:39:25,782
- Is that also correct?
- I was taking fire.
1141
01:39:25,822 --> 01:39:28,289
There were weapons in that crowd.
1142
01:39:28,369 --> 01:39:30,447
Well, you wouldn't shoot
unarmed people, would you?
1143
01:39:30,537 --> 01:39:31,576
No, I would not.
1144
01:39:31,616 --> 01:39:35,161
Even in the heat of battle, you
wouldn't shoot an unarmed person?
1145
01:39:37,409 --> 01:39:40,036
No.
1146
01:39:48,985 --> 01:39:51,152
This is exhibit "F".
1147
01:39:51,242 --> 01:39:54,409
Will you please read
the following to the panel?
1148
01:39:55,947 --> 01:39:59,572
Rules of engagement governing
ground conflict in urban areas.
1149
01:39:59,652 --> 01:40:02,908
One. If possible,
the enemy will be warned first,
1150
01:40:02,988 --> 01:40:04,906
then asked to surrender.
1151
01:40:04,986 --> 01:40:07,982
Colonel, did you warn the enemy?
1152
01:40:08,072 --> 01:40:10,569
We arrived in helicopters.
We were standing on that roof armed.
1153
01:40:10,649 --> 01:40:14,275
Did you warn them, either with shots
into the air or by a loudspeaker?
1154
01:40:14,355 --> 01:40:17,112
Did you ask them to surrender?
1155
01:40:17,192 --> 01:40:19,649
No.
1156
01:40:19,689 --> 01:40:22,695
I'm sorry, no, you did not
warn the crowd?
1157
01:40:22,815 --> 01:40:25,562
Yes. No, I did not
warn the crowd.
1158
01:40:25,652 --> 01:40:28,818
Continue, Colonel.
You seem to know them by heart.
1159
01:40:28,898 --> 01:40:31,644
Deadly force
is the last resort.
1160
01:40:33,602 --> 01:40:35,610
- Go on.
- Three.
1161
01:40:35,730 --> 01:40:38,107
When possible, try to arrange
for the evacuation of civilians...
1162
01:40:38,147 --> 01:40:40,274
prior to any U.S. attack.
1163
01:40:40,354 --> 01:40:42,601
Did you do that, try
to evacuate the innocent people...
1164
01:40:42,691 --> 01:40:44,479
before you slaughtered them?
1165
01:40:44,559 --> 01:40:47,436
Objection. That is inflammatory.
- Rephrase, Major.
1166
01:40:47,516 --> 01:40:50,812
Did you try, following Section C
of the rules of engagement...
1167
01:40:50,892 --> 01:40:56,185
for ground conflict in urban areas,
to evacuate innocent civilians?
1168
01:40:56,265 --> 01:40:58,972
- No.
- No.
1169
01:41:05,724 --> 01:41:08,141
Yeah, yeah.
1170
01:41:09,520 --> 01:41:11,807
I just have one more thing, Colonel.
1171
01:41:13,095 --> 01:41:16,262
Did you have to repeat
your orders to Captain Lee?
1172
01:41:16,352 --> 01:41:18,559
- I'm sorry?
- You ordered Captain Lee...
1173
01:41:18,599 --> 01:41:20,726
to engage hostile targets,
and he advised you...
1174
01:41:20,766 --> 01:41:22,724
that there were women
and children in the line of fire.
1175
01:41:22,804 --> 01:41:24,762
- Is that correct?
- He couldn't see...
1176
01:41:24,802 --> 01:41:28,767
Yes or no, Colonel? Did he
follow your first set of orders?
1177
01:41:30,924 --> 01:41:32,842
I don't remember.
1178
01:41:32,932 --> 01:41:35,888
Captain Lee is on record
as saying he hesitated...
1179
01:41:36,008 --> 01:41:38,595
and mentioned the snipers
in the buildings.
1180
01:41:38,635 --> 01:41:42,720
- Is his testimony accurate?
- I don't remember.
1181
01:41:42,800 --> 01:41:45,008
Let me get this straight.
1182
01:41:45,097 --> 01:41:47,305
You evacuate the ambassador.
1183
01:41:47,385 --> 01:41:51,380
You go back to the roof.
Two of your marines are K.I.A.
1184
01:41:51,510 --> 01:41:53,797
A third, Sergeant Krasevitch, dies.
1185
01:41:53,887 --> 01:41:56,254
You give your captain an
order which he doesn't follow;
1186
01:41:56,344 --> 01:41:58,961
in fact, he questions.
1187
01:41:59,051 --> 01:42:01,129
And then you said what?
1188
01:42:01,178 --> 01:42:04,964
I don't remember.
1189
01:42:05,004 --> 01:42:06,502
You don't remember
what you said next?
1190
01:42:06,592 --> 01:42:08,959
It was combat,
not some training exercise.
1191
01:42:09,009 --> 01:42:10,298
A moment later,
your men were shooting.
1192
01:42:10,378 --> 01:42:11,177
What did you say
to make that happen?
1193
01:42:11,217 --> 01:42:12,175
I don't know.
1194
01:42:12,215 --> 01:42:15,961
You must have said something.
Captain Lee reversed himself.
1195
01:42:16,041 --> 01:42:19,127
- What did you say?
- I don't know the exact words.
1196
01:42:19,207 --> 01:42:20,376
- Let me help you.
- Your Honor.
1197
01:42:20,416 --> 01:42:22,463
You said, "Waste the motherfuckers,"
didn't you?
1198
01:42:22,543 --> 01:42:24,041
- No, no, no.
- You didn't say it?
1199
01:42:24,131 --> 01:42:27,088
- It all happened so fast...
- You're under oath, Colonel!
1200
01:42:28,706 --> 01:42:30,963
Let me refresh your memory.
1201
01:42:31,003 --> 01:42:33,790
This is exhibit Q a tape
recording made aboard...
1202
01:42:33,880 --> 01:42:37,755
the U.S.S. Wake Island of all radio
communications received that day,
1203
01:42:37,835 --> 01:42:40,412
including your exact words.
1204
01:42:40,502 --> 01:42:42,709
Your Honor, with your permission
I would like to play this tape.
1205
01:42:42,749 --> 01:42:44,667
If you got it on tape,
then that's what I said!
1206
01:42:44,707 --> 01:42:47,294
They were killing my marines,
so, yeah, I said it!
1207
01:42:47,374 --> 01:42:49,331
Waste the motherfuckers!
1208
01:42:50,620 --> 01:42:52,458
- Are these "the motherfuckers"?
- Objection.
1209
01:42:52,498 --> 01:42:53,746
- Overruled.
- Yes!
1210
01:42:53,786 --> 01:42:56,293
- These?
- Objection!
1211
01:42:56,373 --> 01:42:58,251
Yes!
1212
01:42:58,291 --> 01:42:59,250
- These?
- Objection!
1213
01:42:59,290 --> 01:43:00,788
- Overruled.
- Yes.
1214
01:43:00,868 --> 01:43:02,536
Are these "the motherfuckers"...
1215
01:43:02,616 --> 01:43:04,374
that you ordered to be wasted?
- Your Honor.
1216
01:43:04,454 --> 01:43:06,291
- Major.
- Yes!
1217
01:43:06,371 --> 01:43:10,117
The crowd in front of the embassy
had no weapons, did they, Colonel?
1218
01:43:10,207 --> 01:43:11,865
Objection. We found
no snipers' weapons either.
1219
01:43:11,915 --> 01:43:13,952
Yes, they had weapons!
1220
01:43:14,032 --> 01:43:15,950
You think there's
a script for fighting a war...
1221
01:43:16,040 --> 01:43:17,198
without pissing somebody off?
1222
01:43:17,288 --> 01:43:19,196
Follow the rules,
and nobody gets hurt?
1223
01:43:19,286 --> 01:43:21,743
Yes, innocent people probably died.
1224
01:43:21,823 --> 01:43:23,741
Innocent people always die.
1225
01:43:23,821 --> 01:43:26,737
But I did not exceed my orders!
1226
01:43:26,787 --> 01:43:28,905
There are rules, and marines
are sworn to uphold them.
1227
01:43:28,945 --> 01:43:32,410
I was not going to stand by
and see another marine die...
1228
01:43:32,450 --> 01:43:34,698
just to live by those fucking rules!
1229
01:43:34,778 --> 01:43:37,744
Colonel!
1230
01:43:42,528 --> 01:43:44,526
Your Honor, I request a recess.
1231
01:43:44,656 --> 01:43:46,364
Major.
1232
01:43:48,112 --> 01:43:51,568
The government is finished with
Colonel Childers, Your Honor.
1233
01:43:51,658 --> 01:43:54,614
All right, Colonel,
you have your recess.
1234
01:44:01,856 --> 01:44:03,653
Why didn't you tell me
what you said?
1235
01:44:03,693 --> 01:44:06,150
- I didn't remember.
- "Waste the motherfuckers".
1236
01:44:06,190 --> 01:44:08,568
That's brilliant.
You didn't think that was important?
1237
01:44:08,608 --> 01:44:10,066
Why didn't you know
about the goddamn recording?
1238
01:44:10,146 --> 01:44:13,062
- You're supposed to know...
- I had a week to prepare this case.
1239
01:44:13,152 --> 01:44:14,231
I didn't realize what a
fuck up I'm defending.
1240
01:44:14,321 --> 01:44:16,648
- Well, now you know.
- Goddamn.
1241
01:44:29,733 --> 01:44:32,439
- This is going to take us both down.
- How's that work?
1242
01:44:32,479 --> 01:44:35,895
You gonna spend the rest
of your life in prison too?
1243
01:44:46,353 --> 01:44:48,770
I'm sorry.
1244
01:44:52,855 --> 01:44:56,351
- I really screwed up in there, huh?
- Yeah, you really did.
1245
01:44:56,391 --> 01:44:58,848
Whew!
1246
01:44:58,928 --> 01:45:02,054
- So what happens now?
- Shit, I don't know.
1247
01:45:02,094 --> 01:45:06,219
I don't know.
1248
01:45:08,267 --> 01:45:10,055
Your Honor, the government
calls Colonel Bin Le Cao...
1249
01:45:10,095 --> 01:45:12,222
as a rebuttal witness.
- Objection, Your Honor.
1250
01:45:12,262 --> 01:45:14,390
What are the grounds for
this rebuttal witness to be allowed?
1251
01:45:14,470 --> 01:45:17,017
Will counsel please
approach the bench.
1252
01:45:22,930 --> 01:45:26,216
- Who is Colonel Bin Le Cao?
- A North Vietnamese Colonel...
1253
01:45:26,306 --> 01:45:28,383
who fought against Colonel
Childers at the battle of Ca Lu.
1254
01:45:28,423 --> 01:45:31,589
What he has to say directly refutes
statements made by Colonel Childers.
1255
01:45:31,679 --> 01:45:34,136
- When was the battle of Ca Lu?
- 1968.
1256
01:45:34,216 --> 01:45:37,882
This is uncharged misconduct. It is
not allowable under military law.
1257
01:45:37,972 --> 01:45:40,339
How do you know this witness
is going to charge misconduct?
1258
01:45:40,379 --> 01:45:41,388
I'm assuming...
1259
01:45:41,428 --> 01:45:43,345
He knows because he was
at the battle of Ca Lu.
1260
01:45:43,425 --> 01:45:45,343
- Is that true?
- Yes, sir.
1261
01:45:45,423 --> 01:45:48,260
On what grounds are you
calling your witness?
1262
01:45:48,340 --> 01:45:50,618
Colonel Hodges made Colonel
Childers' combat experience...
1263
01:45:50,627 --> 01:45:52,045
part of his defense.
1264
01:45:52,085 --> 01:45:54,043
Furthermore, Colonel Childers testified...
1265
01:45:54,093 --> 01:45:56,050
that he never shoots unarmed people.
1266
01:45:56,090 --> 01:46:00,126
My witness has an important
perspective on that statement.
1267
01:46:02,922 --> 01:46:05,549
I'm gonna allow the witness.
1268
01:46:18,963 --> 01:46:20,292
Do you swear or affirm...
1269
01:46:20,372 --> 01:46:21,830
that the evidence you
shall give in this case...
1270
01:46:21,960 --> 01:46:23,438
shall be the truth,
the whole truth...
1271
01:46:23,538 --> 01:46:25,416
and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
1272
01:46:25,496 --> 01:46:28,082
Yes, I do.
1273
01:46:28,162 --> 01:46:29,671
Will you please state
your name for the court?
1274
01:46:29,711 --> 01:46:34,415
- My name is Bin Le Cao.
- In 1968, you were a colonel...
1275
01:46:34,495 --> 01:46:37,461
with the North Vietnamese army,
B3 regiment, involved in a fight...
1276
01:46:37,541 --> 01:46:41,247
with American marines at Ca Lu
in the Quang Tri province?
1277
01:46:41,327 --> 01:46:42,745
Yes, I was.
1278
01:46:42,875 --> 01:46:44,913
Will you tell the court
about that battle?
1279
01:46:44,992 --> 01:46:48,119
We were aware that
small units of Americans...
1280
01:46:48,159 --> 01:46:51,285
were near my company of men.
1281
01:46:51,375 --> 01:46:54,701
We found ourselves
behind your forces.
1282
01:46:54,791 --> 01:46:58,407
This was lucky for us
because we were outnumbered.
1283
01:47:02,831 --> 01:47:04,739
Do you recognize this man?
1284
01:47:06,327 --> 01:47:08,245
Yes.
1285
01:47:08,325 --> 01:47:10,742
Did he capture you and your
radio operator that day? Yes.
1286
01:47:11,951 --> 01:47:15,746
Did he remove your weapons
and place you under armed guard?
1287
01:47:15,826 --> 01:47:16,745
Yes.
1288
01:47:16,785 --> 01:47:18,703
Did you consider yourself
a prisoner of war?
1289
01:47:18,742 --> 01:47:21,409
Yes.
1290
01:47:21,489 --> 01:47:23,617
Did he execute your radio operator?
1291
01:47:25,824 --> 01:47:27,742
Yes.
1292
01:47:27,822 --> 01:47:30,658
You personally saw him shoot
a fellow prisoner of war?
1293
01:47:30,738 --> 01:47:33,026
Yes.
1294
01:47:33,115 --> 01:47:35,533
Where did he shoot him?
1295
01:47:35,573 --> 01:47:37,650
In the head.
1296
01:47:37,740 --> 01:47:39,987
Thank you. No further questions.
1297
01:47:44,402 --> 01:47:48,487
Were your men annihilating
that platoon of marines?
1298
01:47:48,567 --> 01:47:50,485
Yes.
1299
01:47:50,565 --> 01:47:53,521
Did Colonel Childers force you
to call your men off?
1300
01:47:53,651 --> 01:47:55,649
Yes.
1301
01:47:55,739 --> 01:47:57,696
Do you believe his actions
were calculated to save...
1302
01:47:57,736 --> 01:48:01,692
the lives of American marines?
- Yes.
1303
01:48:01,811 --> 01:48:04,229
Would you have done the same
thing Colonel Childers did...
1304
01:48:04,319 --> 01:48:06,236
if the situation had been reversed?
1305
01:48:13,727 --> 01:48:15,645
Colonel Cao, would you have shot...
1306
01:48:15,735 --> 01:48:18,212
a captive American radio operator
in the head if you thought...
1307
01:48:18,232 --> 01:48:22,936
it would persuade Colonel Childers
to spare the lives of your own men?
1308
01:48:26,642 --> 01:48:29,099
Yes.
1309
01:48:31,936 --> 01:48:34,852
No more questions.
1310
01:48:34,932 --> 01:48:37,389
This court is in recess
until tomorrow at 09:00,
1311
01:48:37,479 --> 01:48:39,397
when we'll hear closing arguments.
1312
01:48:49,096 --> 01:48:51,722
- General, good to see you.
- Perry, good to see you too.
1313
01:48:51,762 --> 01:48:54,469
I want you to meet my grandson.
1314
01:48:54,559 --> 01:48:56,846
Hi. Nice to meet you, sir.
1315
01:48:56,926 --> 01:48:58,934
Thanks.
1316
01:49:02,560 --> 01:49:05,386
Colonel Terry Childers
is a decorated war hero,
1317
01:49:05,466 --> 01:49:08,223
a trusted leader of American marines,
1318
01:49:08,263 --> 01:49:11,639
and I wish that was
all there was to it.
1319
01:49:11,719 --> 01:49:15,055
Unfortunately, there are
83 dead Yemeni citizens,
1320
01:49:15,095 --> 01:49:18,261
many of them women and children.
1321
01:49:18,341 --> 01:49:22,306
Colonel Hodges would have you
believe that this crowd was armed.
1322
01:49:22,426 --> 01:49:24,743
He would also have you believe
that there is a videotape...
1323
01:49:24,803 --> 01:49:27,130
proving this to be true.
1324
01:49:30,177 --> 01:49:34,052
There is no tape
exonerating Colonel Childers.
1325
01:49:34,132 --> 01:49:37,798
There is no evidence
exonerating Colonel Childers!
1326
01:49:45,089 --> 01:49:49,714
Is Colonel Childers a man capable of
killing defenseless, unarmed people?
1327
01:49:51,382 --> 01:49:54,049
Is he capable of ordering
the execution...
1328
01:49:54,089 --> 01:49:57,465
of innocent men and women?
1329
01:49:57,544 --> 01:50:02,628
Is he capable of executing
P.O.W.s with his own hand?
1330
01:50:02,668 --> 01:50:05,545
Unfortunately,
we have shown that he is.
1331
01:50:05,585 --> 01:50:08,082
You have heard the sad testimony
of Colonel Cao...
1332
01:50:08,172 --> 01:50:11,418
who witnessed Colonel Childers'
barbarism first-hand.
1333
01:50:13,496 --> 01:50:16,412
You've even heard
Colonel Childers' own admission...
1334
01:50:16,502 --> 01:50:20,877
that his desire was to "waste"
them, regardless of who they were.
1335
01:50:24,503 --> 01:50:28,618
Now, we are faced
with the difficult prospect...
1336
01:50:28,668 --> 01:50:30,995
of convicting one of our own.
1337
01:50:31,085 --> 01:50:34,041
None of us wants to do this,
but you've heard the facts,
1338
01:50:34,121 --> 01:50:36,368
and it is unavoidable.
1339
01:50:36,458 --> 01:50:40,374
Colonel Terry Childers ordered
the senseless slaughter...
1340
01:50:40,454 --> 01:50:43,290
of a peaceful crowd!
1341
01:50:43,370 --> 01:50:47,494
Now, as marines,
1342
01:50:47,495 --> 01:50:51,491
we do not get the luxury
of covering up our mistakes.
1343
01:50:51,620 --> 01:50:54,367
We must air them,
1344
01:50:54,447 --> 01:50:58,033
there by ensuring that
they never happen again.
1345
01:50:58,113 --> 01:51:00,869
Thank you.
1346
01:51:07,991 --> 01:51:09,949
That's sovereign
United States territory...
1347
01:51:09,989 --> 01:51:12,945
as much as if it were
in Ohio or Maryland.
1348
01:51:12,985 --> 01:51:15,492
Colonel Childers didn't
volunteer to go over there.
1349
01:51:15,612 --> 01:51:18,608
He was ordered to go there because
he was the best man for the job.
1350
01:51:18,698 --> 01:51:20,656
We armed him.
We trained him.
1351
01:51:20,736 --> 01:51:23,363
We sent him over there to risk
his life to save other Americans.
1352
01:51:23,443 --> 01:51:26,859
And then ask him
not to return fire?
1353
01:51:26,899 --> 01:51:30,614
There are over 300 bullet
holes in this building.
1354
01:51:30,694 --> 01:51:35,359
Colonel Childers didn't open fire.
He returned fire.
1355
01:51:35,449 --> 01:51:39,364
And he waited until after three
of his marines were dead...
1356
01:51:39,444 --> 01:51:41,731
and another lay mortally wounded.
1357
01:51:41,771 --> 01:51:44,278
He waited until he was
personally under heavy fire.
1358
01:51:44,358 --> 01:51:48,403
He waited until he saw
that crowd holding weapons.
1359
01:51:48,483 --> 01:51:52,019
Only then did he order
his men to return fire.
1360
01:51:52,109 --> 01:51:53,987
Under the rules of engagement,
a civilian pointing a weapon...
1361
01:51:54,027 --> 01:51:55,944
is no longer a civilian,
1362
01:51:56,024 --> 01:51:58,651
and the use of deadly force
is authorized...
1363
01:51:58,691 --> 01:52:02,187
in order to save lives.
1364
01:52:02,277 --> 01:52:04,734
It's not murder.
1365
01:52:05,893 --> 01:52:07,850
It's combat.
1366
01:52:09,149 --> 01:52:11,316
Colonel Childers is
the only man alive...
1367
01:52:11,356 --> 01:52:13,733
who was in a position
to see that crowd.
1368
01:52:13,773 --> 01:52:16,350
But the camera on the embassy
roof had the same point of view.
1369
01:52:16,440 --> 01:52:18,228
The government
would have you believe...
1370
01:52:18,308 --> 01:52:20,355
there's no tape from that camera.
1371
01:52:20,435 --> 01:52:23,891
I have shown you that that tape was
delivered to the State Department.
1372
01:52:23,981 --> 01:52:26,388
Do you believe that tape
got up and walked out...
1373
01:52:26,518 --> 01:52:28,895
of the State Department on its own?
1374
01:52:30,933 --> 01:52:33,220
By not producing that tape,
the National Security Advisor,
1375
01:52:33,310 --> 01:52:37,265
Mr. Sokal, has brought
dishonor into this court.
1376
01:52:37,395 --> 01:52:41,011
Without that tape, I cannot show
you that the crowd fired first...
1377
01:52:41,061 --> 01:52:43,268
and that Colonel Childers
is innocent.
1378
01:52:43,308 --> 01:52:46,225
But without that tape,
they cannot prove...
1379
01:52:46,265 --> 01:52:49,391
beyond a reasonable doubt
that he's guilty!
1380
01:52:51,718 --> 01:52:54,095
Here's my case.
1381
01:52:54,135 --> 01:52:56,762
He's all I've got.
Thirty-two years of service,
1382
01:52:56,842 --> 01:52:59,179
thirty-two years of heroism
as a United States Marine.
1383
01:52:59,259 --> 01:53:02,136
Regardless of
what you decide here,
1384
01:53:02,176 --> 01:53:04,473
Colonel Childers' career
as a marine is over.
1385
01:53:04,553 --> 01:53:06,511
He will never again
command men in combat.
1386
01:53:06,591 --> 01:53:09,887
The ambassador and his family
are alive today because of him.
1387
01:53:09,927 --> 01:53:12,014
And I know how
the ambassador feels,
1388
01:53:12,094 --> 01:53:14,381
because Colonel Childers
saved my life too.
1389
01:53:14,421 --> 01:53:16,379
I'm alive today because of him.
1390
01:53:16,429 --> 01:53:19,425
My son is sitting in this
courtroom because of him.
1391
01:53:19,465 --> 01:53:21,962
I'm alive today,
and I have a son,
1392
01:53:22,052 --> 01:53:24,969
because of the heroism
of Colonel Childers.
1393
01:53:25,049 --> 01:53:29,044
To ask this man to risk
his life for his country,
1394
01:53:31,461 --> 01:53:35,506
to ask this man to watch
his marines die in his arms...
1395
01:53:35,626 --> 01:53:38,133
and call it murder
when he's defending himself,
1396
01:53:38,213 --> 01:53:41,459
call it murder for firing
back when fired upon...
1397
01:53:41,549 --> 01:53:44,126
To call it murder for saving
the lives of his countrymen...
1398
01:53:44,166 --> 01:53:48,131
under the most extreme
of circumstances, that's, uh...
1399
01:53:48,211 --> 01:53:52,796
My fellow Marines,
that's hanging him out to dry.
1400
01:53:54,334 --> 01:53:57,790
It's worse than leaving him
wounded on a battlefield.
1401
01:53:57,880 --> 01:54:00,626
That is something
you do not do...
1402
01:54:00,627 --> 01:54:03,753
if you are a United States Marine.
1403
01:54:05,751 --> 01:54:09,376
And it is something that I pray
to God you won't do here either.
1404
01:54:33,708 --> 01:54:36,165
- What'd you think?
- You're pretty good.
1405
01:54:36,244 --> 01:54:38,622
Yeah. Yeah.
1406
01:54:38,662 --> 01:54:40,619
Dad, you were awesome.
1407
01:54:40,699 --> 01:54:42,617
Thanks, son.
1408
01:54:42,697 --> 01:54:45,454
I'm very glad that I don't
have to sit on that panel, son.
1409
01:54:45,494 --> 01:54:47,451
You made it awful tough on them.
1410
01:54:50,827 --> 01:54:53,404
- 15,000 to 25,000...
- Excuse me.
1411
01:54:57,989 --> 01:54:59,906
I said no interruptions.
1412
01:54:59,986 --> 01:55:02,943
I'm sorry, Mr. Sokal.
It's very important.
1413
01:55:08,406 --> 01:55:10,364
Send him in.
1414
01:55:11,573 --> 01:55:14,240
Can we pick this up
after lunch, gentlemen?
1415
01:55:14,319 --> 01:55:16,237
Absolutely.
1416
01:55:33,736 --> 01:55:36,273
Close the door.
1417
01:55:40,109 --> 01:55:42,646
What is it, Colonel?
1418
01:55:42,736 --> 01:55:46,981
No matter what happens
to Terry Childers tomorrow,
1419
01:55:47,061 --> 01:55:48,359
I'm not going to leave
this job until I find out...
1420
01:55:48,399 --> 01:55:52,684
what happened to that tape.
- Good.
1421
01:55:52,774 --> 01:55:54,891
Think it'll ever turn up?
1422
01:55:54,981 --> 01:55:57,149
No.
1423
01:55:57,189 --> 01:55:59,816
I don't either.
1424
01:55:59,895 --> 01:56:03,941
Well, then there's nothing more
for us to talk about, is there?
1425
01:56:04,021 --> 01:56:07,437
You ever had a pissed-off
marine on your ass?
1426
01:56:07,516 --> 01:56:10,273
Is that a threat?
1427
01:56:10,313 --> 01:56:12,730
Oh, yes, sir.
1428
01:56:51,884 --> 01:56:54,930
All rise.
1429
01:57:00,134 --> 01:57:02,092
Has the panel
reached a verdict?
1430
01:57:02,222 --> 01:57:04,469
We have, sir.
1431
01:57:17,134 --> 01:57:20,590
Colonel Terry L. Childers, this
court-martial finds as follows.
1432
01:57:20,591 --> 01:57:23,427
On the charge
of breach of peace,
1433
01:57:23,467 --> 01:57:26,004
the court finds
the defendant guilty.
1434
01:57:26,083 --> 01:57:28,920
On the charge of conduct
unbecoming an officer,
1435
01:57:29,000 --> 01:57:32,915
the court finds
the defendant not guilty.
1436
01:57:33,045 --> 01:57:34,963
On the charge of murder,
1437
01:57:35,043 --> 01:57:39,208
the court finds
the defendant not guilty.
1438
01:57:39,248 --> 01:57:41,086
This court-martial
is adjourned.
1439
01:57:41,126 --> 01:57:44,292
Sentencing will be conducted
at a time to be determined.
1440
01:57:44,372 --> 01:57:46,499
Thank you.
1441
01:58:03,209 --> 01:58:05,786
- I need one more favor.
- Yeah.
1442
01:58:05,826 --> 01:58:07,125
Teach me how to fly-fish.
1443
01:58:07,205 --> 01:58:09,832
You are well aware that I know
shit about fly-fishing.
1444
01:58:12,828 --> 01:58:14,956
Oh.
1445
01:58:23,076 --> 01:58:25,283
Colonel.
1446
01:58:28,539 --> 01:58:30,787
You realize in light of
Colonel Cao's testimony,
1447
01:58:30,827 --> 01:58:33,414
we'll be pushing for charges
on the Ca Lu incident.
1448
01:58:33,494 --> 01:58:34,742
That was 30 years ago.
1449
01:58:34,822 --> 01:58:37,159
You're going to have
a hard time finding witnesses.
1450
01:58:37,199 --> 01:58:39,237
I thought maybe
you'd be willing to testify.
1451
01:58:39,367 --> 01:58:40,695
I'll make you a deal.
1452
01:58:40,785 --> 01:58:45,280
If you can tell me right now
what the life expectancy was...
1453
01:58:45,410 --> 01:58:49,734
for a second lieutenant dropped
into a hot L.Z. in Vietnam in 1968,
1454
01:58:49,824 --> 01:58:52,741
I'll tell you everything
I remember about Ca Lu.
1455
01:58:54,239 --> 01:58:55,777
- One week.
- Negative.
1456
01:58:55,867 --> 01:58:59,113
Sixteen minutes, Major.
1457
01:58:59,193 --> 01:59:02,030
Sixteen fucking minutes.
1458
01:59:02,070 --> 01:59:04,067
And that's all I remember.
1459
01:59:52,560 --> 01:59:54,558
Sir.
1460
01:59:56,500 --> 02:00:02,473
William Sokal was found
guilty of destroying evidence.
1461
02:00:02,573 --> 02:00:06,451
He was forced to resign as
the National Security Advisor.
1462
02:00:06,551 --> 02:00:12,578
Ambassador Mourain was dismissed from
the diplomatic corp. He was charged with perjury.
1463
02:00:13,378 --> 02:00:17,972
There was no further charges
against General Colonel Terry Childers.
1464
02:00:18,272 --> 02:00:21,873
He retired with full military
honors from the Marine Corps.
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