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Narrator:
TONIGHT, ON
JAG...

GOOD EVENING,
I'M NORMAN DELAPORTE.

THE REPORT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE

CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS
OF WAR AND DEATH.

IT INVOLVES A BREAKING STORY
ABOUT WAR CRIMES

COMMITTED BY AMERICAN MARINES
DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM

HERE IN KUWAIT
AT THE EL BAKKAR COMPOUND.

THE ACCUSATIONS ARE SERIOUS;
THE REPERCUSSIONS, GREAT.

THE FOOTAGE YOU ARE WATCHING
WAS SHOT BY A MARINE FORCE

RECON TEAM SENT BEHIND ENEMY
LINES THE DAY BEFORE

THE GROUND-WAR PHASE
OF DESERT STORM BEGAN.

THE TEAM WAS LED
BY SERGEANT CLYDE MORRISON.

ITS MISSION:
TO ELIMINATE THREE AMERICANS.

THE WAR CRIME WAS DISCOVERED

BY THEN-SECOND-LIEUTENANT
FRANCO CEFALU.

TWO DAYS AGO,
I INTERVIEWED FRANCO CEFALU
,

NOW A MARINE CAPTAIN, AT HIS
HOME IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA.

MY UNIT OVERRAN EL BAKKAR TWO
DAYS AFTER THE FORCE RECON RAID.

Delaporte:
AND WHAT DID YOU FIND
IN BUILDING FIVE?

Cefalu:
THREE DEAD AMERICANS,

CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
WORKING WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN

ON HIS PROGRAM TO DEVELOP
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

Delaporte: HOW DID THESE
THREE MEN DIE?

FROM THE EFFECTS OF SARIN GAS.

Delaporte:
VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOT THAT NIGHT

SHOWS THE FORCE RECON TEAM
SURROUNDING BUILDING FIVE.

ENCOUNTERING FIERCE RESISTANCE,
THE MARINES FIRED CANISTERS

OF WHAT LATER PROVED TO BE
SARIN GAS INTO THE BUILDING.

THAT'S WHEN THE TAPING STOPPED

AT SERGEANT MORRISON'S ORDER.

STOP! STOP IT!
STOP IT AND GET OUT OF HERE!

CLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE
DOCUMENTS INDICATE

THAT THE AMERICAN MILITARY
KNEW OF THE PRESENCE

OF THESE ENGINEERS AT EL BAKKAR.

A SOURCE HIGH UP IN THE PENTAGON
CONFIRMED THAT THESE MEN

POSED A SERIOUS THREAT
TO OUR WAR EFFORT.

THE MARINES SUFFERED
FOUR CASUALTIES.

THE SURVIVORS WERE AIRLIFTED
OUT BY HELICOPTER.

SERGEANT RICHARD FORD
WAS CREW CHIEF AND GUNNER.

Delaporte:
SERGEANT, DID THE MARINES
YOU EVACUATED

FROM EL BAKKAR
CARRY SARIN GAS?

YES, SIR,
SERGEANT MORRISON DID, SIR.

Delaporte:
AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

HE HAD IT IN HIS BANDOLIER, SIR.

WE'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE
WITH REACTION FROM THE PENTAGON.

THE CHARGES ARE SERIOUS--

AMERICANS USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS
TO KILL OTHER AMERICANS.

[ theme music playing ]

WELL, I'LL CONSIDER
AN ADMINISTRATIVE DISCHARGE.

THREE'S THE BEST
YOU'RE GOING
TO GET TODAY.

-MONTHS?
-YEARS.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.

HARM, PETTY OFFICER
ELLSWORTH STOLE

A BULLDOZER FROM
A SECURED FACILITY

AND DESTROYED THE
CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS

OF HIS LOCAL CONGRESSMAN.

THAT'S ONE WAY
OF LOOKING AT IT.

I DON'T HAVE
TIME TO ARGUE.

I'VE GOT TO GO PICK
UP THAT AUSTRALIAN
EXCHANGE OFFICER

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BRUMBY.

-SEND BUD!
-I HEAR BRUMBY'S CUTE.

MAC, PETTY OFFICER ELLSWORTH

WAS MAKING A POLITICAL
STATEMENT.

CONGRESS WON'T APPROVE PAY
RAISES FOR THE MILITARY.

SO HIS ACTIONS ARE PROTECTED
UNDER FREE SPEECH?

NO, BUT I DON'T THINK JUSTICE
IS SERVED WITH BRIG TIME.

THINK AGAIN.

[Bobbi Latham]
THANKS FOR SEEING ME
ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE, ADMIRAL.

I'D HAVE BEEN GLAD TO COME
TO YOU, CONGRESSWOMAN.

I WANTED THIS OFF
THE RECORD, A.J.

THE HOUSE NATIONAL
SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE

IS HOLDING HEARINGS
NEXT WEEK.

WE INTEND TO FIND OUT WHETHER
A MARINE TEAM RECON FORCE

USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS
TO ASSASSINATE

THREE RENEGADE
AMERICAN CIVILIAN ENGINEERS

WORKING ON SADDAM'S
WEAPONS PROGRAMS.

I SAW DELAPORTE LAST NIGHT.

YOU DON'T ACTUALLY
BELIEVE THAT STORY,
DO YOU?

I BELIEVE IT'S PLAUSIBLE.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

I NEED TO KNOW
IF IT CAN BE SUBSTANTIATED.

PENTAGON'S LOOKING INTO IT.

[scoffing]

THAT LIKE SENDING THE FOX IN
TO COUNT THE CHICKENS.

AND THAT'S WHY MY COMMITTEE
WILL HOLD MEETINGS

AND WILL FORWARD
A REPORT TO CONGRESS.

WELL, IN THAT CASE, MA'AM,
WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ME?

I WANT LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RABB
ASSIGNED TO MY STAFF

ON TEMPORARY DUTY.

MA'AM, I'D LOVE TO COOPERATE

BUT COMMANDER RABB'S CASELOAD
IS FULL. I NEED HIM.

I NEED HIM, TOO, A.J.

THIS IS A COMPLEX SUBJECT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO LIE.

I NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE
WHO'LL RECOGNIZE THE TRUTH.

BESIDES, I'LL OWE YOU ONE.

AND I HAVE EVERY INTENTION
OF COLLECTING, MA'AM.

[woman over P.A.]
Announcing the arrival
of flight 274 from Sydney

at gate 20B.

At this time
we'd like to pre-board

flight number 676 to Barcelona.

You may board through gate 11.

[INAUDIBLE]

BE SAFE.

HI! I'M MAJOR SARAH MacKENZIE,
JAG CORP.

-SORRY?
-EXCUSE ME.

NO, EXCUSE
ME.
I'M TALKING TO SOMEONE.

I WAS ASKED
TO MEET YOU HERE.

REALLY?

[clears throat]
MAJOR...

LOOK, I DON'T CARE
WHAT KIND OF WAGER

YOU MADE WITH YOUR PALS
OVER THERE. LEAVE ME ALONE.

WAGER?

I CAN TAKE YOU
ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

NOW, THAT'S
AN INTERESTING OFFER.

IT'S A REAL PLEASURE
TO MEET YOU, COMMANDER BRUMBY.

-BRUMBY?
-THE PLEASURE'S ALL MINE, MAJOR.

I RAN INTO SOME MATES
ON THE FLIGHT.

WE WERE
GAS-BAGGING IT.

I'M NOT
COMMANDER BRUMBY

BUT I
WILL
BE IN TOWN
FOR A FEW DAYS.

YOU CAN REACH ME
AT THE HILTON.

[chuckling]
WELL, YOU MADE
YOURSELF A FRIEND.

I'M SO SORRY.
UM, SARAH MacKENZIE.

IT WAS
AN HONEST MISTAKE.

MIC BRUMBY.

WELL, WHERE WOULD YOU
LIKE TO GO--

UM, OFFICE OR HOTEL?

HOTEL, THEN THE OFFICE.

MIGHT AS WELL GET STRAIGHT
DOWN TO THE CASES.

I LIKE A MAN WITH
A HARD WORK ETHIC.

[Rabb]
WHEN I WAS A KID

I NEVER DREAMED
I'D BE ANYWHERE NEAR THIS PLACE.

WHEN I WAS A KID,
IT WAS ALL I DREAMT ABOUT.

[Rabb]
SO WHERE DO WE START?

Latham:
NORMAN DELAPORTE.

YOU REALLY THINK
THAT'S SMART

CONSIDERING WE DON'T HAVE
ALL THE FACTS?

THAT'S EXACTLY
WHY
WE'RE TALKING TO HIM.

I DON'T USUALLY GET
MY FACTS FROM A REPORTER.

HARM, NORMAN'S NOT
JUST A REPORTER.

HE'S AN INSTITUTION.

BESIDES, THEY DON'T GIVE YOU
A PEABODY AND A PULITZER

FOR BEING WRONG.

ANYWAY, I KNOW HIM.

MAYBE THAT'S
WHAT WORRIES ME.

[Rabb]
WHO PUT YOU ON TO THIS
STORY, MR. DELAPORTE?

SOMEONE WHO REFUSED
TO COVER UP A WAR CRIME--

SOMEONE WHO WANTED ME

TO FIND OUT WHO WAS
RESPONSIBLE

FOR WHAT HAPPENED
THAT NIGHT

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN.

SOMEONE WAS BUSY.

SO HOW DID YOU GET ACCESS

TO CLASSIFIED
INTELLIGENCE REPORTS?

I'M AFRAID I'M NOT
AT LIBERTY TO DISCLOSE

MY SOURCES.

SERGEANT CLYDE MORRISON

LED THE FORCE RECON TEAM
AT EL BAKKAR THAT NIGHT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU INTERVIEW
HIM
FOR YOUR REPORT?

OH, I
DID
TALK TO HIM
BUT I COULDN'T GET
ANYTHING OUT OF HIM.

HE WAS ALL OVER
THE PLACE.

MORRISON'S
A HOPELESS ALCOHOLIC.

HE'S BEEN IN AND OUT
OF V.A. HOSPITALS.

WHAT HAPPENED ON
THE GROUND AT EL BAKKAR

HAUNTED THE MEN WHO
WERE THERE THAT NIGHT.

WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE
WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.

WE KNOW THIS,
COMMANDER--

THE DEAD BORE WITNESS.

FOUR MARINES CAME HOME
IN BODY BAGS

AND A FIFTH-- CARY DUGAN--

BLEW HIS BRAINS OUT
THREE MONTHS AGO.

DUGAN WAS
THE MARINE CORPORAL

WHO VIDEOTAPED THE RAID.

THE VIDEOTAPE
OF THE EL BAKKAR RAID

IS MISSING FROM THE NAVAL
HISTORICAL ARCHIVES.

WHERE'D YOU GET
YOUR COPY, SIR?

JUST WHAT'S YOUR PART
IN ALL THIS?

HE'S MY "TRUTH DETECTOR."

YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED
MY QUESTION,
MR. DELAPORTE?

WHERE'D YOU GET
YOUR COPY, SIR?

WELL, THAT'S PRIVILEGED.

Brumby:
NU LAI WAS UP NORTH.

IT WAS ABOUT 20 KLICKS
FROM THE BORDER, RIGHT?

THAT'S RIGHT, SIR.

PICTURE THIS-- ONE DARK NIGHT,
ME UNCLE JACK GETS SEPARATED

FROM HIS UNIT ON RECON
AND HE FINDS HIMSELF

SITTING FIVE FEET
OFF THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL.

AND ALL NIGHT LONG

THESE LITTLE BASTARDS
ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH

CARRYING SACKS OF RICE
TO THE TROOPS IN THE SOUTH.

HE WAS SO CLOSE,
YOU COULD HEAR 'EM BREAK WIND.

[chuckles]

LUCKILY ENOUGH,
WHEN DAYLIGHT CAME

HE MANAGED TO CRAWL THE MILE
BACK TO HIS OWN LINES.

DID UNCLE JACK
MAKE IT BACK TO AUSTRALIA?

JACKO DID TWO TOURS
IN VIETNAM, MAJOR.

A LOT OF THE MATES
HE FOUGHT WITH

NEVER MADE IT HOME,
BUT HE DID--

AND IN ONE PIECE.

BUT HE CARKED IT IN A CAR
JUST LAST YEAR.

"CARKED IT IN A CAR"?

DIED IN AN
AUTO ACCIDENT.

HOW DID YOU KNOW
THAT, SIR?

MET A LOT OF AUSSIES

IN VIETNAM, MAJOR.

YOU KNOW THE REALLY
FUNNY THING, ADMIRAL?

I'LL BE DAMNED IF THE DRIVER
OF THE OTHER CAR

WASN'T A VIETNAMESE.

A LOT OF THEM CAME
DOWN UNDER AFTER THE WAR.

MAJOR MacKENZIE WILL BE SHOWING
YOU THE ROPES, COMMANDER.

IN THE SHORT TERM,
YOU'LL BE ASSISTING HER

WITH COMMANDER RABB'S
CASELOAD.

WELCOME ABOARD.

THANK YOU, SIR.

Sarah: IT'LL BE GOOD
TO HAVE SOME HELP
WITH CASE RESEARCH.

I CAN DO MORE THAN
LOOK THINGS UP, MAJOR.

YOU SEE,
MY MOTHER'S AMERICAN

SO I HAVE
DUAL CITIZENSHIP.

I GOT MY DEGREE
AT GEORGETOWN

AND PASSED THE D.C. BAR
TEN YEARS AGO.

NO REASON I SHOULDN'T TRY
A CASE OR TWO, IS THERE?

ENSIGN SIMS,
COMMANDER BRUMBY.

HE'S GOING TO BE
ASSISTING WITH
THE ELLSWORTH CASE.

VERY NICE
TO MEET YOU, SIR.

G'DAY.

MA'AM, THERE'S SOMEONE
IN YOUR OFFICE.

I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T GET HIS NAME.

OH, THANK YOU.
THE ENSIGN WILL SHOW
YOU AROUND, COMMANDER.

I'VE PRETTY MUCH SEEN
ALL I NEED TO, ENSIGN.

man:
HELLO, SARAH.

AREN'T YOU EVEN
GOING TO SAY HELLO
TO YOUR HUSBAND?

Latham:
COLONEL COBB, YOU WERE

THE OFFICER IN COMMAND
OF OPERATION SIROCCO?

YES, MA'AM, THAT'S CORRECT.

Latham: WHAT WAS YOUR MISSION?

TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE START
OF THE GROUND-WAR PHASE

OF OPERATION DESERT STORM

I INSERTED A SIX-MAN FORCE
RECON TEAM INTO KUWAIT

TO GATHER INTEL

ON SHORE BATTERIES
IN THE AREA OF SAFWAN.

THEIR ORDERS WERE

TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT
ON SILKWORM MISSILE BATTERIES

IN THE AREA OF EL BAKKAR.

Latham:
THAT WAS THE EXTENT
OF YOUR ORDERS?

YES, MA'AM.

WHILE ON THIS MISSION,

DID YOUR MEN EMPLOY CHEMICAL
OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS?

NO, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY NOT.

THEN, WHY WERE THEY DRESSED

IN NUCLEAR-BIOLOGICAL-CHEMICAL
SUITS WITH GAS MASKS?

STANDARD PROCEDURE,
GIVEN AN IMMINENT THREAT, MA'AM.

WE KNEW THAT SADDAM
HAD USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS

IN THE PAST, AND WE FULLY
EXPECTED HIM TO DO SO AGAIN.

WERE YOUR MEN
GIVEN ORDERS

TO ASSASSINATE THREE
AMERICAN ENGINEERS WORKING

AT EL BAKKAR?

NO, MA'AM.

WE HAD NO INDICATION
THAT AMERICANS WERE THERE.

IF WE HAD, WE'D HAVE BROUGHT
THEM BACK FOR INTEL.

CAN YOU BE ABSOLUTELY SURE

THAT YOUR FORCE RECON TEAM
DIDN'T KILL THE AMERICANS?

I WASN'T THERE, SIR...

BUT I TRUST MY MARINES...

AND THAT'S
NOT
WHAT THEY REPORTED.

Latham:
COLONEL COBB...

YOU SAID YOU HAD NO KNOWLEDGE

OF AMERICANS BEING HELD
IN THIS COMPOUND.

YET, IN MY HAND,

I HAVE A RECENTLY
DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENT
PREPARED BY THE CIA

TWO MONTHS PRIOR
TO OPERATION SIROCCO.

THIS INTEL REPORT INDICATES

THAT THERE WERE THREE
AMERICAN ENGINEERS

WORKING AT EL BAKKAR.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
THAT DOCUMENT BEFORE?

NO, MA'AM.

THE REPORT INDICATES
THAT THE AMERICAN ENGINEERS

POSED A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
TO OUR NATIONAL INTEREST.

COLONEL...

DID ANYONE GIVE
YOU AN ORDER

TO ELIMINATE
THAT DANGER?

NO, MA'AM.

man:
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED

IF YOU HAD BEEN SHOWN
THE INTEL REPORT?

THAT CALLS FOR SPECULATION, SIR.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM
WITH THAT, COLONEL?

I DEAL IN FACTS, MA'AM.

THE FACT IS...

THREE AMERICANS DIED
AT EL BAKKAR.

THE FACT IS...

MY MARINES DID NOT KILL THEM.

WERE YOU ALWAYS THIS BEAUTIFUL?

LAST TIME YOU SAW ME
WAS 12 YEARS AGO.

UH-HUH.

MY HAIR WAS A FOOT LONGER,
MY SKIRT A FOOT SHORTER

AND I WAS STILL USING CLEARASIL.

[ sighing ]
YOU'RE AS HANDSOME
AS EVER, CHRIS

AND AS UNPREDICTABLE.

IT WAS
YOU
THAT
WALKED AWAY FROM OUR
WEDDING VOWS, NOT ME.

YOU CHANGED A LOT
IN 12 YEARS, SARAH.

YOU'VE MADE YOURSELF
A MARINE MAJOR AND A LAWYER.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT
I HAVEN'T CHANGED, TOO?

YOU SHOW UP
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

THERE MUST BE A REASON.

BEING A LAWYER'S
MADE YOU SUSPICIOUS.

NO, BEING AN
ADULT
HAS MADE ME SUSPICIOUS.

MAYBE I WANT A
SECOND CHANCE.

GAVE YOU THAT
YEARS AGO.

WELL, LET'S GO FOR THREE.

YOU DESERTED ME, SARAH.

THAT STILL HURTS.

I DIDN'T DESERT
YOU.

YOU WERE DOING
THREE-TO-FIVE
FOR ARMED ROBBERY.

I WAS TRYING
TO STAY SOBER.

WHY WAIT UNTIL NOW?

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
I CAME LOOKING FOR YOU.

WHEN I GOT OUT OF PRISON,
I WENT ALL THE WAY TO OKINAWA

EXCEPT I DIDN'T HAVE
THE NERVE TO FACE YOU.

SO I SPENT
THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS

OF MY LIFE LIVING
WITH THE LOSS

UNTIL I JUST COULDN'T
HANDLE IT ANYMORE.

WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS
WHY YOU LEFT.

I SPENT A LOT OF NIGHTS
TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

LOOK, CHRIS, I WAS DRUNK
THE DAY WE GOT MARRIED

AND ON THE HONEYMOON

AND UP UNTIL THE DAY
THEY PUT YOU IN PRISON.

YOU MARRIED ME
BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME.

YOU NEVER FILED
FOR DIVORCE

BECAUSE YOU COULD NEVER
FIND ANYONE BETTER THAN ME.

I JUST NEVER GOT AROUND
TO THE PAPERWORK.

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS
ALONG THE WAY.

HEY.
THE GUY IN OKINAWA?

MAJOR FARROW?

EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT,
MAJOR?

EVERYTHING'S FINE,
COMMANDER.

THE JUDGE WANTS TO SEE US
IN CHAMBERS.

THANK YOU.
I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

I'LL CALL YOU.

[ sighs ]

man:
DURING DESERT STORM,
I COMMANDED

A LIGHT-ARMORED
INFANTRY PLATOON

IN SUPPORT
OF THE THIRD TANK BATTALION.

WE OVERRAN
THE EL BAKKAR COMPOUND

AT 1543 ZULU
ON "G" PLUS ONE.

Latham:
WHAT HAPPENED THEN?

WE WENT THROUGH THE COMPOUND

AND WE FOUND
MAYBE 30 DEAD IRAQI SOLDIERS.

WE DISCOVERED THE BODIES
IN BUILDING FIVE.

THREE AMERICANS?

YES, MA'AM.

AND HOW DID THOSE MEN DIE?

FROM EXPOSURE TO SARIN GAS.

[ door opening ]

AT EASE, MAJOR.

HOW'S EVERYTHING
WITH THE ELLSWORTH CASE?

FINE, SIR.

COMMANDER BRUMBY'S
A REAL ASSET.

EVERYTHING ELSE ALL RIGHT?

NOTHING I CAN'T
HANDLE, SIR.

YOU SURE?

YOU SEEM A BIT DISTRACTED.

-[ knocking at door ]
-[ door opening ]

SIR, MA'AM,
I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING

YOU SHOULD SEE
ON CHANNEL THREE.

man:
My squadron received
a medevac frag

from Sergeant Morrison at 0400.

I was the crew chief

SLASH DOOR GUNNER
ABOARD THE HUEY THAT FLEW

TO THE EL BAKKAR COMPOUND
IN RESPONSE.

WHEN WE ARRIVED,
SERGEANT MORRISON

AND CORPORAL DUGAN
EXTRACTED THE CASUALTIES.

THEN WE ALL GOT THE HELL
OUT OF THERE.

DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING
OUT OF THE ORDINARY?

UH, YES, MA'AM.

WHEN WE LANDED ON THE BEACH
A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAFWAN

I GOT A GOOD LOOK
AT SERGEANT MORRISON'S
BANDOLIER.

HE HAD TWO
OR THREE CANISTERS LEFT.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE
THOSE CANISTERS?

YES, MA'AM.

THEY WERE ABOUT THIS BIG
WITH WRITING ON THE OUTSIDE--

UH, GULF BRAVO, "G.B."

THOSE ARE THE INITIALS
FOR SARIN GAS.

ASK HIM WHAT
TIME IT WAS

THAT HIS BIRD
LANDED NEAR SAFWAN.

SERGEANT FORD

WHAT TIME WAS
IT WHEN YOUR HELO
LANDED NEAR SAFWAN?

AROUND... 0500, MA'AM.

THAT'S PREDAWN.

WAS THE INTERIOR LIT?

SERGEANT FORD,
0500 IS PREDAWN.

WAS THE INTERIOR
OF THE HELO LIT?

NO, MA'AM, OF COURSE NOT.

SO IT WAS DARK
WHEN YOU SAW THE CONTENTS

OF SERGEANT MORRISON'S
BANDOLIER?

YES, MA'AM.

-THANK YOU, SERGEANT.
-[ gavel pounds ]

BOBBI, WE NEED TO TALK.

I'VE GOT MEETINGS
UNTIL 6:00.

COME TO MY HOUSE;
I'LL COOK YOU DINNER.

GOOD.

Rabb:
BOBBI, THIS WHOLE STORY IS BASED

ON SPECULATION, INNUENDO,
HEARSAY AND ANONYMOUS SOURCES.

ARE YOU TALKING TO ME
AS A LAWYER OR AS
A MILITARY OFFICER?

IS THAT A CONGRESSWOMAN TALKING
OR A SENATOR?

WHO TOLD YOU I WAS GOING
TO RUN FOR THE SENATE?

YOU DID.

-WHEN?
-JUST NOW.

[ chuckles ]

YOU'RE SNEAKY.

YEAH, WELL...
YOU GOT TO USE WHAT YOU GOT.

[ soft jazz playing ]

YEAH, YOU FIGURE
THIS HEARING'S GOING

TO PUT YOU ON THE MAP.

THAT'S NOT
WHY WE'RE HOLDING THEM, HARM.

I BELIEVE THE STORY.

NO, BOBBI, I THINK YOU'VE
BEEN
SEDUCED
BY THE STORY.

Latham:
YOU THINK
I'M THAT EASY?

NO ONE'S EVER ACCUSED
YOU OF BEING EASY...

BUT THIS STORY'S
MADE
FOR THE EVENING NEWS--

WAR CRIMES,
CHEMICAL WEAPONS, BAD SOLDIERS.

THE MILITARY'S BEEN DEALING
WITH THIS SORT OF THING
SINCE VIETNAM.

YOU SORRY YOU AGREED
TO WORK FOR ME?

NO, SO LONG
AS YOU LET ME DO MY JOB

BUT I WILL NOT ROLL OVER
FOR YOU OR FOR ANYBODY, BOBBI.

REALLY?

TOO BAD.

OH, THOSE ARE JUST
SO CUTE, COMMANDER.

UH-HUH...

ENSIGN SIMS KNITTED THEM
FOR ME FOR CHRISTMAS.

DON'T YOU WISH
YOU HAD A PAIR?

[ laughing ]
NO.

[ doorbell ringing ]

YOU WANT TO GET THAT?

MAC.

COME ON IN.

YEAH, THERE'S PLENTY
OF FOOD TO GO AROUND.

UM, I'M-I'M
NOT HUNGRY, MA'AM.

I, UH... I NEED TO TALK

BUT THIS ISN'T
A GOOD TIME.

JUST... CALL ME TOMORROW.

SURE.

AREN'T YOU GOING
TO GO AFTER HER?

[ laughing ]
SHE TOLD ME TO
CALL HER TOMORROW.

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY
YOU TWO DIDN'T GET TOGETHER.

MAC?

WE FIGHT
ALL THE TIME.

SO DO YOU AND I.

WELL, THAT'S DIFFERENT.

REALLY?

-YEAH.
-HOW?

WELL, FOR STARTERS,
WE DON'T WORK TOGETHER.

WE DO NOW.

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.

SO ARE YOU.

[ knocking at door ]

OH, GOOD EVENING, MAJOR.

[ laughing ]
HOW DID YOU KNOW
WHERE I LIVED?

LIEUTENANT ROBERTS
WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TELL ME...

BUT, LISTEN,
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTRUDE

BUT AS WE'RE IN COURT
FIRST THING

I THOUGHT
YOU MIGHT NEED THESE.

WELL, THANK YOU.

UM, WOULD YOU CARE
FOR SOME TEA?

TEA? I'M NOT A POMMIE, MAC.

-A POMMIE?
-ENGLISH.

YEAH,
THEY
GO FOR TEA.

[ amused sigh ]

WOULDN'T MIND A BEER.

I DON'T DRINK.

DOESN'T MEAN YOUR COMPANY HAS
TO BE SOBER.

YOU KNOW...

IT'S LATE.

YEAH.

MAYBE ANOTHER TIME, HUH?

YEAH.

[ door closing ]

[ lock turning ]

THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED
TO TALK ABOUT.

OH, YEAH?

TODAY, IN THE HEARING ROOM

I THOUGHT YOU WERE PUSHING ME
TO ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS.

I
WAS.

THAT'S WHY
YOU HIRED ME.

I KNOW.

YOU MADE ME LOOK BAD.

BOBBI, YOU WERE ASKING
THE WRONG QUESTIONS

AND THERE'S A
REASON FOR THAT.

YOU'RE RUSHING.

I THINK YOU SHOULD
RECESS THE HEARINGS
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS--

GIVE ME A CHANCE TO FIND
THIS MISSING MARINE

GET A LINE ON
THE VIDEOTAPE.

I SEE WHY YOU'RE SO GOOD
AT WHAT YOU DO.

YOU DON'T GIVE AN INCH.

WELL, I'M NOT GOOD
WITH COMPROMISE.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE
TO MEET A PERSON HALFWAY--

GIVE A LITTLE,
GET A LITTLE.

SOMETIMES HALFWAY
ISN'T CLOSE ENOUGH.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, RAGLE.

I WASN'T SURE YOU'D SHOW UP.

YOU'RE SMARTER
THAN I THOUGHT.

YOU REMEMBER BRYER.

YEAH.

Benny: DID YOU HAVE
A NICE CONVERSATION
WITH YOUR WIFE?

WORK WITH ME
ON THIS, BENNY.

[ scoffing sigh ]
YOU'RE A LOSER, RAGLE.

YOU GOT NOTHING TO OFFER.

YOU GOT TO GIVE ME MORE TIME.

I CAN MAKE US BOTH WELL.

Benny: I DON'T GOT TO
GIVE YOU NOTHING.

I
CHOOSE
TO GIVE YOU
ANOTHER 24 HOURS.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T COME UP
WITH THE 15 BILLS

YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS.

I PAY BRYER BY THE BONE...

SO MUCH FOR A
HAIRLINE FRACTURE

A LITTLE MORE
FOR A CLEAN BREAK

AND A BONUS...

FOR BREAKING THE SAME BONE
IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE.

NOW, DO YOURSELF
A FAVOR--

TALK TO THE MISSUS AGAIN.

LIEUTENANT ROBERTS,
ENSIGN SIMS.

GOOD MORNING, SIR.

YOU TWO BUSY? I
COULD USE SOME HELP.

UH, COMMANDER BRUMBY
HAS US RESEARCHING

THE ELLSWORTH CASE.

HE'S A REALLY GREAT GUY,
COMMANDER.

REALLY? WELL, GLAD TO HEAR IT.

HOW'S MISS LATHAM?

QUITE A HANDFUL.

I NEED YOU TWO
TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME.

WELL, IS IT
A PRIORITY, SIR?

FOR THE SARIN GAS HEARING?

YEAH, IF YOU CAN TEAR YOURSELF
AWAY FROM ELLSWORTH.

I'D LIKE YOU TO HELP ME FIND
SERGEANT CLYDE MORRISON,

THE SOLE-SURVIVING MEMBER
OF THE FORCE RECON TEAM

THAT ENTERED
THE EL BAKKAR COMPOUND.

HE'S THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN TELL US
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS, SIR?

CARDBOARD BOX
IN THE BALTIMORE TENDERLOIN.

HE WENT MISSING
ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO

AND NO ONE'S SEEN
OR HEARD FROM HIM SINCE.

CHECK WITH THE FBI, POLICE,
N.C.I.S.

USE YOUR IMAGINATION.

WE'LL FIND HIM FOR YOU, SIR.

OH, AND SEE IF YOU
CAN GET A LINE

ON THE EL BAKKAR VIDEO

THE ONE
MISSING FROM THE NAVAL
HISTORICAL ARCHIVES.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

MRS. DUGAN.

HI. I'M LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER RABB

WITH THE JAG CORPS.

I WONDER IF I COULD
ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.

GUYS, GO ON.

WHY DON'T YOU GO GET
IN THE CAR.

HURRY UP. I'LL BE
THERE IN A MINUTE.

IS THIS ABOUT CARY?

YES, IT IS, MA'AM.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD
TO RE-EXPERIENCE

MY HUSBAND'S SUICIDE
THREE TIMES ALREADY, COMMANDER.

I DON'T THINK
I CAN DO IT AGAIN.

WELL, MRS. DUGAN,
I UNDERSTAND

HOW DIFFICULT
THIS MUST BE FOR YOU.

BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT
YOUR HUSBAND'S SUICIDE.

IT'S ON ANOTHER MATTER,
MA'AM.

LOOK, I DON'T WANT TO GET
BACK INTO THIS.

YOUR HUSBAND WAS A MEMBER
OF A FORCE RECON TEAM

THAT RAIDED THE EL BAKKAR
COMPOUND IN KUWAIT IN 1991.

YES. IT KILLED HIM.

MA'AM?

CARY WAS NEVER THE
SAME AFTER THE WAR.

WHAT HE SAW AND
WHAT HE DID THERE,
CHANGED HIM.

DID YOUR HUSBAND
TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED
THAT NIGHT, MRS. DUGAN?

NO.

YOUR HUSBAND VIDEOTAPED
PART OF THE OPERATION, MA'AM.

I DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

WELL, NORMAN DELAPORTE,
THE TELEVISION REPORTER

HAS A COPY OF THAT TAPE,
AND WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE

HE DIDN'T GET IT FROM
THE NAVAL HISTORICAL ARCHIVES.

WHAT DOES THAT
HAVE TO DO WITH ME?

DID YOU SELL THE TAPE
TO NORMAN DELAPORTE, MRS. DUGAN?

I WANT YOU TO LEAVE.

MRS. DUGAN, I NEED A COPY
OF THAT TAPE, MA'AM.

I NEED TO KNOW
IF THERE'S MORE

THAN DELAPORTE HAS SHOWN US.

SIT STILL
AND PUT ON YOUR BELT.

LOOK, MY HUSBAND IS DEAD.

SO WHATEVER HAPPENED
DOESN'T MATTER, NOT ANYMORE.

THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS.

Cobb
SAW YOU AT THE HEARING,
DIDN'T I, COMMANDER?

YES, SIR. I'M
MS. LATHAM'S LIAISON.

SO WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

WELL, SIR, I
DON'T TAKE SIDES.

WHY DID YOU SEND
FORCE RECON TEAM

TO EL BAKKAR, SIR?

WELL, JUST BEFORE THE START
OF THE GROUND WAR

THE NAVY POUNDED THE SHORELINE
WITH 16-INCH GUNS.

THE IRAQIS WERE EXPECTING
AN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING

SO THEY HELD
SEVERAL DIVISIONS

OR REPUBLICAN
GUARDS IN THE AREA.

WE JUST WENT IN
TO MAKE SURE

THAT THEIR SHORE
BATTERIES COULDN'T HIT
OUR BATTLE GROUP

WITH THEIR
SILKWORM MISSILES.

HAND ME THAT DISTRIBUTOR CAP,
WILL YOU, PLEASE?

WELL, SIR, HOW IS IT
THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE

THE CLASSIFIED
INTEL REPORT?

NOBODY SHOWED IT TO ME.

COLONEL,
IS IT POSSIBLE

THAT SOMEONE ABOVE YOU
IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND

KNEW THE AMERICAN ENGINEERS
WERE HOUSED AT EL BAKKAR?

THOSE ENGINEERS WENT TO WORK
FOR THE IRAQIS FOR MONEY.

NOW, I CAN'T SAY
I MOURN THEIR DEATHS

BUT I DID NOT ORDER THEM KILLED

AND I DON'T KNOW
ANYBODY WHO DID.

ON THE NIGHT
OF THE RAID, SIR

SERGEANT MORRISON ORDERED
THE VIDEOTAPING OF THE OPERATION

TO BE TERMINATED
OUTSIDE BUILDING FIVE.

WHY?

YOU'D HAVE TO ASK HIM.

WELL, COLONEL, I'D LIKE TO.

SEEMS HE'S DROPPED OFF THE FACE
OF THE EARTH.

LISTEN. I LOST FOUR
GOOD MEN THAT NIGHT

AND TO A MAN,
THEY DIED BRAVELY

FIGHTING FOR
THEIR COUNTRY.

NOW SOME JACKASS WANTS
TO BLACKEN THEIR MEMORIES?

THAT GETS UNDER
MY SKIN, COMMANDER

AND IT DAMN SURE OUGHT
TO BE BOTHERING YOU.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, HARM?

I EXPECTED YOU HOURS AGO.

LOOK, I HAD TO TALK
TO SOME PEOPLE.

NO. WHAT YOU HAD TO DO,
COMMANDER, IS STAY IN TOUCH.

BOBBI, WE NEED TO
DELAY THESE HEARINGS.

WHAT? ARE YOU
OUT OF YOUR MIND?

THERE'S NO WAY
WE'RE BACKING OFF OF THIS.

WE DON'T HAVE
ALL THE FACTS.

THIS COULD COME
BACK AND BITE YOU.

OH, COMMANDER.

I'D LIKE TO GET YOU
IN THIS SHOT AS WELL.

TELL ME SOMETHING,
MR. DELAPORTE.

WHAT THE HELL
HAPPENED TO YOU?

I HAVEN'T CHANGED, COMMANDER;
THE WORLD HAS CHANGED.

NOW YOU GOT BREAKING
NEWS 24 HOURS A DAY

AND ALL THAT MATTERS
IS WHO GETS THERE FIRST

AND YOU BOUGHT INTO IT

EVEN IF IT DOES
VIOLENCE TO THE TRUTH.

I'VE ADAPTED, COMMANDER.

IT'S WHAT
A GOOD JOURNALIST DOES.

I GO WITH MY HUNCHES.

IT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS DONE.

NOW, COULD YOU JUST
STAND HERE TO THE LEFT?

NO, SIR, THAT'S YOUR
PLACE, MR. DELAPORTE.

CALL ME WHEN YOU NEED ME
FOR SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

Reporter:
Correspondent Rob Geeve

reports live
from Williamsburg, Virginia.

man:
Thank you, Lois.

Record high temperatures
in New York City

and record low temperatures

in Los Angeles
and on the West Coast.

I CALLED YOU.
YOU NEVER CALLED ME BACK.

WHAT DO YOU WANT, CHRIS?

I WANT YOU
TO REMEMBER.

OH, YOU'RE A HARD MAN
TO FORGET.

THE GOOD TIMES, SARAH--

COME ON, BEFORE
THINGS GOT STRANGE.

THEY WERE ALWAYS
A LITTLE STRANGE.

YEAH, BUT WE SURE HAD
A GOOD TIME, DIDN'T WE?

LIKE THE TIME WE
RODE THE HARLEY

FROM FLAGSTAFF TO
GALLUP IN THE RAIN

AND YOU LOST YOUR
SHIRT IN WINSLOW.

REMEMBER?

IT WAS JOSEPH CITY,
AND I NEVER COULD SEEM

TO KEEP IT BUTTONED
WHEN YOU WERE AROUND.

[ sighing ]

THE TRUTH, CHRIS.

THE TRUTH.

I CAME HERE SIX MONTHS
AGO LOOKING FOR YOU.

I DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO OFFER

SO I BORROWED 15 GRAND.

LOOKING FOR THE BIG SCORE?

WHAT WAS IT? THE TRACK?
THE FIGHTS? NFL?

ALL OF IT, AND NOW I OWE
BENNY TURPIN THE 15.

WHO THE HELL
IS BENNY TURPIN?

DON'T ASK.

I GOT THE COURAGE
TO COME TO YOU.

I... I WAS LOOKING FOR
MONEY, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

ONLY NOW I DON'T CARE
ABOUT THE MONEY, SARAH.

I DON'T EVEN MIND IF
I GET MY LEG BROKE

AS LONG AS I
HAVE A CHANCE

TO GET YOU BACK
INTO MY LIFE.

I'M LEAVING TOMORROW.

YOU THINK IT OVER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO BELIEVE, CHRIS.

BELIEVE THIS.

SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T FAKE.

[ doorbell buzzes ]

COMMANDER, AS LONG AS
THIS HEARING IS GOING ON

I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
COUNT ON YOU TO BE THERE.

THIS IS A MISTAKE, BOBBI.

I'M GOING BACK TO JAG.

NOT ACCEPTABLE. I NEED YOU.

WHAT? TO STAND BEHIND YOU
NEXT TO THE FLAG?

IS THIS ABOUT HURT PRIDE?

MY ONLY LOYALTY, BOBBI,
IS TO THE TRUTH.

I'M RESIGNING.

I NEVER FIGURED
YOU FOR A QUITTER.

[ phone ringing ]

RABB.

I'LL BE THERE
IN 15 MINUTES.

HARM, I DON'T LIKE
FIGHTING WITH YOU.

SURE, YOU DO.

YOU JUST DON'T LIKE LOSING.

This is Norman Delaporte.

I'm here at the capitol
after the second day
of hearings

on the war crimes at El Bakkar.

With me is
Congresswoman Bobbi Latham

of Detroit, Michigan

chair of the House National
Security Subcommittee's...

I'M LOOKING
FOR CLYDE MORRISON.

Congresswoman?

Our task is
to examine allegations

that a reinforced recon team
assassinated

three American engineers

for developing weapons
of mass destruction...

WHATEVER HE DRINKS,
GIVE ME TWO OF THEM.

...an exclusive CNN report.

What happens now,
Congresswoman?

Pending the outcome of
the hearings, Norman

I'm introducing
legislation...

SERGEANT MORRISON?

IT'S ON ME.

I'M LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RABB
WITH THE JAG CORPS.

WATCH MUCH TV?

GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO.

Now tell me, what happens
when the evidence is all in?

If the charges come out
to be true

I'm calling for the prosecution

of all the men involved
with the killing at El Bakkar.

SHE'S TALKING ABOUT
HOW YOU KILLED THREE AMERICANS

AT EL BAKKAR COMPOUND
WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

Congresswoman,
would you tell us...

I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, SERGEANT.

I'M NOT A SERGEANT ANYMORE,
COMMANDER.

YOU WANT TO CALL ME SOMETHING,
YOU CALL ME CLYDE.

YOU FOLLOWED ORDERS.

YOU LOST FOUR MEN
TO A SUPERIOR FIGHTING FORCE.

YOU CARRIED OUT YOUR DEAD,
AND THAT'S ALL YOU DID.

YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT?

YEAH...

BUT I CAN'T PROVE IT.

I DIDN'T HAVE...
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

WE FIRED TEAR GAS IN THERE.

THAT'S ALL WE DID.

WHY WOULD SERGEANT FORD
TELL NORMAN DELAPORTE

THAT YOU HAD G.B. CANISTERS?

DELAPORTE CAN GET YOU TO SAY
ANYTHING HE WANTS YOU TO SAY

IF YOU TALK TO HIM LONG ENOUGH.

YOU SET HIM STRAIGHT?

NAH. HE ALREADY
MADE UP HIS MIND ABOUT ME.

HE CONDEMNED ME
BEFORE HE EVEN MET ME.

I NEED YOU TO TESTIFY, SERGEANT.

LOOK... COME ON.

COMMANDER, TAKE A...
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ME, HUH?

LOOK-LOOK CLOSE.

WOULD YOU? I MEAN...

I CAN'T EVEN...

KEEP MY HAND STEADY
LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE A DRINK.

YOU'RE ALL I GOT, SERGEANT.

WELL, IF I'M ALL YOU GOT,
YOU AIN'T GOT SQUAT.

BUDDY, WHERE HAVE
YOU BEEN HIDING?

MILLY. I HAD NO IDEA
YOU WERE STILL WORKING...

SURE, I'M NOT MARRIED, BUDDY--
WELL, NOT YET ANYWAY.

SO HOW ARE YOU?

WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU REMEMBER
THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE?

YEAH, YOU WERE WITH THAT
SQUIRRELLY LITTLE BLONDE THING.

MM, THAT SQUIRRELLY
LITTLE BLONDE THING

IS NOW HIS LOVING WIFE.

OH, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

-[ clears throat ]
-OH, PLEASURE, I'M SURE.

SO WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A VIDEOTAPE

AND IT WAS CATALOGED
WITH THE WRITTEN STATEMENTS

ON AN AFTER-ACTION REPORT
FOR OPERATION SIROCCO.

I FOUND THE DOCUMENTS,
BUT I CAN'T FIND THE VIDEOTAPE.

THAT DELAPORTE GUY FROM ZNN--
HE ASKED ME THE SAME THING.

MILLY, COULD YOU
JUST HELP US OUT?

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

WELL, THESE ARE
WAITING TO BE FILED.

UM... UH, HERE, HERE.

-WHAT IS IT?
-IT'S FOOTAGE FROM
TASK FORCE SANDHAWK

ON THE KUWAITI BORDER.

IT'S BEEN SITTING
HERE A WHILE

BUT WE'VE BEEN WAITING
FOR A NEW CASE
FROM PROCESSING.

MAYBE YOUR TAPE GOT PUT

GOT PUT IN THE
SANDHAWK BOX BY MISTAKE.

CODE NUMBER 0.D.S. 9-1-0-4.

COME ON...

BUT SIROCCO CAME
BEFORE SANDHAWK, MILLY.

SHH.

THERE IT IS, OPERATION SIROCCO,
FEBRUARY 23, 1991.

MUST HAVE GOTTEN
SWITCHED AROUND.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME
MAKE YOU A VHS COPY.

INTERESTING FILING SYSTEM
YOU HAVE HERE.

WELL, IT WORKS
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

BOBBI.

I DIDN'T EXPECT
TO SEE YOU HERE.

UNEDITED.

AM I GOING TO LIKE IT?

NO.

HARM, I'VE TAKEN
A POSITION ON THIS.

CUT YOUR LOSSES, BOBBI.

YOU'RE ON THE WRONG SIDE
OF THE TRUTH.

MY NAME IS CLYDE MORRISON,

SERGEANT, UNITED STATES
MARINE CORPS, INACTIVE RESERVE.

Latham:
PLEASE BE SEATED.

SERGEANT MORRISON,
THE NIGHT OF THE
RAID AT EL BAKKAR

WHAT DID YOU
AND YOUR MEN

FIRE INTO THE BUILDINGS?

TEAR GAS, MA'AM.

WERE YOU AWARE
THAT THERE WERE
THREE AMERICAN ENGINEERS

WORKING FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN
AT EL BAKKAR?

NO, MA'AM.

YOU DIDN'T SEE
THE CIA INTEL REPORT?

NO, MA'AM, I DID NOT.

THERE IS
INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE

THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND
DIED OF SARIN GAS POISONING.

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT?

WELL, AREN'T YOU ASKING
THE WRONG PERSON, SIR?

WHO SHOULD I BE ASKING?

SADDAM HUSSEIN.

HE USED IT ON THE IRANIANS;
HE USED IT ON THE KURDS.

HELL, THAT WAS ONE
OF THE REASONS

WE FOUGHT THE DAMN WAR
ON THE FIRST PLACE.

YOU'LL EXCUSE MY...
LANGUAGE, MA'AM.

I'VE HEARD WORSE,
SERGEANT.

MY GUESS IS
THAT HE HAD THEM ELIMINATED.

WHY WOULD HE KILL
THE VERY MEN HE NEEDED

TO WORK HIS
WEAPONS PROGRAMS?

WELL, DEAD MEN TELL
NO TALES, SIR.

THAT'S QUITE A STORY.

YOU HAVE ANY PROOF
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED?

NO, SIR.

SO ALL WE HAVE
IS YOUR WORD FOR IT.

YES, SIR.

SERGEANT MORRISON,
HAVE YOU SPENT TIME

IN VA HOSPITALS
FOR ACUTE ALCOHOLISM?

YES, SIR.

ARE YOU DELUSIONAL?

ONLY TO THINK THAT I WOULD GET

A FAIR HEARING
IN THIS ROOM, SIR.

Latham:
THANK YOU,
SERGEANT MORRISON.

PLEASE REMAIN HERE
IN CASE I NEED TO RECALL YOU.

YES, MA'AM.

Congressman:
SERGEANT FORD

IT WAS YOUR STATEMENT
BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE

THAT SERGEANT MORRISON
CARRIED SARIN GAS.

YES, SIR.

YOU TOLD US THAT YOU SAW
CANISTERS LABELED G.B.?

YES, SIR.

IN THE TELEVISION REPORT,
YOU MADE THE SAME CLAIM.

WHY'D YOU DO THAT,
SERGEANT?

I WAS ANSWERING
A QUESTION, MA'AM.

Latham:
DO YOU REMEMBER
THE EXACT QUESTIONS

MR. DELAPORTE
ASKED YOU?

PRETTY MUCH, MA'AM.

DID IT HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO

WITH OFFICIALS
HIGH UP IN THE CIA

WHO TOLD THEM
THE AMERICANS

HAD DIED FROM NERVE GAS?

DID HE MENTION

THAT YOUR GUYS
WERE THE ONES
WHO USED THAT GAS?

-YES, MA'AM.
-DID HE TELL YOU HE NEEDED
SOMEONE TO BACK IT UP?

HE MIGHT HAVE.

I DON'T RECALL
ALL HIS QUESTIONS, MA'AM.

DID MR. DELAPORTE LEAD YOU
INTO YOUR TESTIMONY?

SUGGEST WHAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE SEEN?

NO, MA'AM--

AT LEAST, I DON'T
REMEMBER IT THAT WAY.

THE LETTERS FOR
TEAR GAS ARE C.S.

THOSE CANISTERS WERE
LABELED G.B., MA'AM.

SERGEANT FORD,
ISN'T IT A REPORTER'S JOB

TO ASK QUESTIONS?

YES, SIR.

SO MR. DELAPORTE WAS
JUST DOING HIS JOB.

YES, SIR.

Latham:
THANK YOU, SERGEANT FORD.

YES, MA'AM.

MY NEXT WITNESS IS

NORMAN DELAPORTE.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

MR. DELAPORTE,
IN THE PREPARATION

FOR YOUR REPORT
DID YOU EVER ATTEMPT

TO INTERVIEW SERGEANT MORRISON?

I DID. HIS STORY DIDN'T TRACK

AND HE HAD EVERY GOOD REASON
TO COVER UP WHAT HE DID.

AT WHAT POINT

DURING THE INTERVIEW
WITH SERGEANT FORD

DID HE CONFIRM THAT
SERGEANT MORRISON

CARRIED SARIN GAS
CANISTERS?

I DON'T RECALL.

BUT YOU DO HAVE
THE FULL TRANSCRIPT

OF YOUR INTERVIEW
WITH SERGEANT FORD.

YES.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING
TO MAKE THOSE TRANSCRIPTS

AVAILABLE TO
THE COMMITTEE?

WELL, I'D HAVE TO GIVE
THAT SOME THOUGHT, MA'AM.

I PROMISED SERGEANT FORD
CONFIDENTIALITY.

WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TAPE
OF THE RAID ON EL BAKKAR?

I'M NOT AT LIBERTY
TO SAY, MA'AM.

DID YOU PAY FOR THAT TAPE?

NO. IT WAS GIVEN FREELY

BY SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO SEE
THE TRUTH COME OUT.

THANK YOU, MR. DELAPORTE;
THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.

OH, JUST ONE
MORE THING.

THE TAPE IS 18 MINUTES LONG.

YES.

AND IT ENDS WHEN
SERGEANT MORRISON CUTS TAPING

JUST AFTER HE FIRES THE CANISTER
INTO BUILDING FIVE?

YES.

MRS. DUGAN, DID YOUR
HUSBAND KEEP A BOOTLEG COPY

OF THE VIDEOTAPE HE MADE

ON THE NIGHT OF THE RAID
ON THE EL BAKKAR COMPOUND?

HE HAD LOTS OF TAPES.

YES OR NO?

I REMIND YOU YOU'RE UNDER OATH.

YES.

DID YOU SELL THAT TAPE
TO MR. DELAPORTE?

YES.

MR. DELAPORTE CLAIMS

THAT HIS TAPE WAS
18 MINUTES LONG.

HOW LONG WAS THE TAPE
YOU SOLD MR. DELAPORTE?

22 MINUTES.

Latham:
WHY DID YOU SELL
HIM THAT TAPE?

I NEEDED THE MONEY.

THANK YOU, MRS. DUGAN;
YOU'RE DISMISSED.

MY NEXT WITNESS IS

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
HARMON RABB.

PLEASE TAKE YOUR PLACE
AT THE TABLE, COMMANDER.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SWEAR
TO TELL THE TRUTH

THE WHOLE TRUTH AND
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

SO HELP YOU GOD?

I DO.

Latham:
STATE YOUR NAME.

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
HARMON RABB.

YOUR DUTY STATION.

I'M ASSIGNED TO THE HEADQUARTERS

OF THE NAVY'S
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL CORPS.

DID YOU RECENTLY
WORK ON MY STAFF?

THAT WAS MY PRIVILEGE,
MA'AM, YES.

WHY DID YOU QUIT
AND RETURN TO JAG?

I HAD OUTLIVED
MY USEFULNESS, MA'AM.

LET ME REPHRASE MY QUESTION,
COMMANDER.

DID YOU RESIGN BECAUSE YOU AND I
HAD A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION

ON THE ACCURACY
OF NORMAN DELAPORTE'S REPORTING

ON OPERATION SIROCCO?

YES, MA'AM,
THAT IS EXACTLY THE REASON.

DID YOU RECENTLY COME
INTO POSSESSION

OF A 22-MINUTE COPY

OF THE EL BAKKAR VIDEOTAPE
FROM THE NAVAL ARCHIVES?

I DID.

HAD DID YOU LOCATE IT?

IT HAD BEEN MISFILED, MA'AM.

DO YOU HAVE THAT TAPE WITH YOU?

I DO.

Clear the area!
Let's go! Clear!

NORMAN DELAPORTE CLAIMS
THAT SERGEANT MORRISON

HAD THE VIDEOTAPING STOPPED
TO COVER UP A WAR CRIME

WHEN, IN FACT,
SERGEANT MORRISON

WAS ORDERING HIS MEN
TO TAKE COVER.

Stop it. Stop it!
Stop it and get out of here!

THE VIDEOTAPING RESUMED
MOMENTS LATER.

THERE ARE FOUR ADDITIONAL
MINUTES OF TAPE.

Get down. Get down!

Murray, Carson, left flank.

Rabb:
CORPORAL DUGAN
FILMED THE ACTION

WHILE THE FORCE RECON TEAM
FOUGHT FOR THEIR LIVES.

AT ONE POINT, CORPORAL DUGAN
PUT THE VIDEO CAMERA DOWN

LONG ENOUGH TO HELP

A MORTALLY
WOUNDED COMRADE.

Clear!

Angel One-Five,
this is Pony Boy Four.

Medevac four. Urgent.

Airborne Med assist required

Grid eight-five-four,
three-four-two.

L.Z. is hot. Over.

I repeat, L.Z. is hot.

[ Rabb ]
MEDIVAC HELICOPTER ARRIVED
MINUTES LATER.

DUGAN AND MORRISON
HELPED LOAD THE DEAD.

ONCE ABOARD
THE HELICOPTER

CORPORAL DUGAN RESUMED
VIDEOTAPING.

SERGEANT FORD IS
THE CREW CHIEF/DOOR GUNNER.

SERGEANT MORRISON'S WEARING
THE BANDOLIER BELT.

THAT'S A CANISTER,
AND IT'S LABELED C.S.

Morrison:
THAT'S C.S. FOR TEAR GAS.

Rabb:
YOU KNEW THE TRUTH,
MR. DELAPORTE.

YOU ALTERED IT
TO FIT YOUR STORY.

YOU DELIBERATELY LEFT
THINGS OUT.

NO, I CHOSE WHAT TO PUT IN.

THAT'S WHAT A REPORTER DOES.

YOU REJECTED THE THINGS
THAT DIDN'T FIT
YOUR THESIS, SIR.

YOU REPORTED RUMOR.

I MADE A JUDGMENT CALL.

YOU LIED TO THIS COMMITTEE

ON SEVERAL COUNTS,
MR. DELAPORTE.

YOU TESTIFIED THAT YOU
DID NOT BUY THE TAPE.

YOU DID.

YOU TESTIFIED
THAT THE TAPE WAS
18 MINUTES LONG.

IT WAS 22 MINUTES.

MR. RABB, ADDRESS YOUR REMARKS
TO THIS COMMITTEE.

LET HIM TALK.

I'M INTERESTED
IN WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

TELL ME SOMETHING,
CONGRESSMAN MARTIN

WHY IS IT PEOPLE ARE SO READY

TO BELIEVE THE WORST
OF THE MILITARY?

THESE MEN PUT THEIR
LIVES ON THE LINE.

THEY'RE THE ONES
WHO RISK IT ALL.

SO WHY ARE PEOPLE

LIKE SERGEANT MORRISON
THE LAST TO BE BELIEVED

AND MEN LIKE THIS THE FIRST?

Latham:
THIS HEARING IS IN RECESS.

MY FIRST WITNESS TOMORROW...

IS NORMAN DELAPORTE.

[ reporters clamoring ]

[ clamoring continues ]

COME WITH ME, MAC.

WHERE?

DOES IT MATTER?

[ sighs ]

IT'S $3,000, CHRIS.

IT'S THE BEST I CAN DO.

ALL I WANT IS YOU.

YOU HAD ME, CHRIS.

THIS ISN'T THE WAY I THOUGHT
THINGS WOULD TURN OUT.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU'RE NOT GOOD FOR ME.