1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:02,740 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,680 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,740 --> 00:00:08,540 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,050 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,470 --> 00:00:12,750 These are their stories. 6 00:00:14,510 --> 00:00:17,390 Who needs more wine and cheese parties? 7 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:19,690 What the board should spend our money on is better elevators. 8 00:00:19,950 --> 00:00:21,620 Well, I like wine and cheese parties. 9 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,030 I get to meet the neighbors. 10 00:00:23,090 --> 00:00:25,530 Why do you want to meet them? You have me and Charlotte. 11 00:00:26,290 --> 00:00:28,000 You work all the time. 12 00:00:28,660 --> 00:00:30,800 I go crazy talking to Charlotte all day. 13 00:00:30,860 --> 00:00:32,270 You can call me, Claudia. 14 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:34,560 Look at these stairs. 15 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:37,010 Somebody spilled something and didn't clean it up. 16 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:39,510 Look, it's everywhere. This is what they should spend our money on. 17 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,380 Chris, I think it's blood. 18 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:43,840 What? 19 00:00:46,910 --> 00:00:48,980 Claudia, hand me the cell phone. 20 00:00:50,980 --> 00:00:52,050 ED: You canvass the tenants? 21 00:00:52,150 --> 00:00:53,750 Uh-huh. Nobody's missin' a guest. 22 00:00:54,150 --> 00:00:57,220 But we found a guy who saw somebody outside the building around 9:00 23 00:00:57,290 --> 00:00:58,560 matching the victim's description. 24 00:00:58,620 --> 00:01:00,030 What was this somebody doing? 25 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,830 He was lurking. Tenant's exact words. 26 00:01:02,990 --> 00:01:04,900 Lurking. You ever actually see anybody lurk? 27 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:07,000 Bela Lugosi. That guy could really lurk. 28 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:09,740 So how'd this guy get in? 29 00:01:09,970 --> 00:01:12,710 Super figures he snuck in when he was taking out the garbage. 30 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:16,070 Well, boys and girls, what's today's special? 31 00:01:16,570 --> 00:01:18,750 OFFICER: Male white, 60 to 70. 32 00:01:19,170 --> 00:01:20,620 Blunt force trauma to the head. 33 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:22,550 Looks like he took a header down the stairs. 34 00:01:22,610 --> 00:01:23,610 Slip and slide? 35 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:25,020 No, he had a lending hand. 36 00:01:25,250 --> 00:01:28,790 He's got scratches on his face, his hands. Overcoat's torn. 37 00:01:28,850 --> 00:01:29,950 You check his pockets? 38 00:01:30,020 --> 00:01:31,760 No ID, no wallet. 39 00:01:31,820 --> 00:01:35,130 Nine bucks in loose bills. Key ring. That's it. 40 00:01:35,460 --> 00:01:36,990 Get a team and search the building. 41 00:01:37,490 --> 00:01:38,940 His clothes have got some miles on them. 42 00:01:39,260 --> 00:01:41,470 Shirt's from Bergstrom's custom tailor. 43 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,980 Sleeves are frayed. He's got a monogram on it. "R.O.T." 44 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,550 Looks like the old boy hit some hard times. 45 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,080 Figure him for a vagrant, looking for a warm place to sleep. 46 00:01:52,270 --> 00:01:54,120 Well, he found it. (SIGHS) 47 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:44,930 I can't say. 48 00:02:45,060 --> 00:02:46,600 Maybe if he didn't look so bad. 49 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:48,640 His shirt was monogrammed on the right sleeve. 50 00:02:49,030 --> 00:02:50,030 R-O-T. 51 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:52,240 I'd have to check. Can you come back? 52 00:02:52,330 --> 00:02:53,900 Hey, we're not orderin' suits here. 53 00:02:53,970 --> 00:02:55,710 We need what we need now. 54 00:03:00,010 --> 00:03:01,610 Ooh! This is nice. 55 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:03,480 Hey, how much is this? 56 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:05,620 Five thousand. 57 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:06,680 BRISCOE: For a suit? 58 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:08,590 For a jacket. 59 00:03:09,950 --> 00:03:10,990 One good hand. 60 00:03:11,050 --> 00:03:13,500 Hey, I found him. Roger Thorne. 61 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:15,800 Last time he was in here was a year ago. 62 00:03:17,260 --> 00:03:18,830 I'm sorry, I don't recognize him. 63 00:03:18,890 --> 00:03:20,200 What about the shirt? 64 00:03:20,260 --> 00:03:21,430 Something special about it? 65 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:23,000 It's got your monogram on it. 66 00:03:23,070 --> 00:03:25,340 No kidding. Talk about irony. 67 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,040 This is funny to you? 68 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,440 I took my website public January 10th. 69 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:32,310 January 11th, I threw away all my suits and collared shirts. 70 00:03:32,370 --> 00:03:33,750 Never been happier. 71 00:03:33,810 --> 00:03:36,550 This poor guy, on the other hand, wearing my old shirt. 72 00:03:36,610 --> 00:03:38,850 The clothes, when you threw them away, what'd you do with them? 73 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,460 The Salvation Army Store on 72nd picked them up. 74 00:03:42,550 --> 00:03:46,020 Mmm-hmm. He used to come in here every month for some years. 75 00:03:46,090 --> 00:03:47,290 Old man on a pension. 76 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,930 You know his name? Mr. Whitman. 77 00:03:49,260 --> 00:03:50,460 Usually paid cash. 78 00:03:51,130 --> 00:03:52,160 What did he die from? 79 00:03:52,230 --> 00:03:54,040 Taking a header. You know where he lived? 80 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:57,170 Oh, no. He hasn't been around for a few months. 81 00:03:57,230 --> 00:03:58,770 Not since he passed a bad check. 82 00:03:58,830 --> 00:04:00,510 Do you still have the check? Got a photocopy. 83 00:04:00,570 --> 00:04:01,640 We'll take it. 84 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:04,150 Hey, do you know anything about this guy besides his name? 85 00:04:04,210 --> 00:04:06,450 I think he was a retired professor. 86 00:04:07,710 --> 00:04:09,810 He always carried this satchel with him, 87 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,220 stuffed with newspaper articles and books. 88 00:04:12,810 --> 00:04:15,820 He said he spent a lot of time in the library doing research. 89 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,160 Research on what? 90 00:04:17,220 --> 00:04:19,060 Check kiting. Who knows? 91 00:04:19,490 --> 00:04:20,490 Here we go. 92 00:04:21,990 --> 00:04:25,370 Samuel Whitman. 245, West 41st Street. 93 00:04:27,060 --> 00:04:29,940 I rented Sam a room in my apartment for a couple of years. 94 00:04:30,630 --> 00:04:32,340 I had to kick him out last summer. 95 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:33,740 He wasn't paying his share. 96 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:35,080 He have any family? 97 00:04:35,140 --> 00:04:37,310 Ex-wife. Couple of kids he never saw. 98 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:40,510 What about friends, like over on East 63rd? 99 00:04:40,580 --> 00:04:41,610 That's where we found him. 100 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,050 I didn't know his friends. 101 00:04:43,110 --> 00:04:44,990 I never heard him mention that he had any. 102 00:04:45,050 --> 00:04:46,050 Where'd you know him from? 103 00:04:46,110 --> 00:04:49,490 Nowhere. I put up a "Room to Rent" sign. He saw it. He came in. 104 00:04:49,550 --> 00:04:50,550 He give any references? 105 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:52,960 (CHUCKLES) Yeah. Ben Franklin, five times. 106 00:04:53,020 --> 00:04:54,730 First month's and a cleaning deposit. 107 00:04:54,790 --> 00:04:56,240 ED: After you evicted him, where'd he go? 108 00:04:56,290 --> 00:04:57,430 Don't know. 109 00:04:57,490 --> 00:04:58,630 What about his mail? Where'd you forward it? 110 00:04:58,690 --> 00:05:00,200 I don't. He doesn't get any mail. 111 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:01,770 Oh, God, this guy's breaking my heart. 112 00:05:01,830 --> 00:05:03,670 I might have felt sorry for him too, 113 00:05:03,730 --> 00:05:06,440 except he started driving me crazy with his bitching and moaning. 114 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:09,040 ED: About what? The CIA, the Navy. 115 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:10,140 Said they killed his son. 116 00:05:12,970 --> 00:05:15,420 The M.E. ran a tox screen on Whitman. 117 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,460 There were no traces of anti-psychotic drugs, no anti-depressants. 118 00:05:18,510 --> 00:05:19,790 The man wasn't being medicated. 119 00:05:20,020 --> 00:05:22,150 So his rantings about the CIA? 120 00:05:22,220 --> 00:05:23,630 Probably not delusional. 121 00:05:23,690 --> 00:05:26,560 Or he hadn't popped up on the shrink radar yet. 122 00:05:26,620 --> 00:05:28,760 You give the apartment building another shakedown? 123 00:05:28,820 --> 00:05:31,530 BRISCOE: Yeah. Nobody but nobody says they knew the guy. 124 00:05:31,590 --> 00:05:33,160 We even checked past tenants. 125 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,440 Employees? Former employees? You give them a good look? 126 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:39,000 We went back five years. We can go back 10 if you want. 127 00:05:39,070 --> 00:05:42,540 What I want is for you to tell me what he was doing in that building. 128 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:43,640 How about his kids? 129 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:44,710 We're working on 'em. 130 00:05:44,770 --> 00:05:47,580 You know how many Whitmans there are in the Social Security rolls? 131 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,250 I'm sure you'll figure it out. 132 00:05:49,310 --> 00:05:51,520 The search team found this in a dumpster near the building. 133 00:05:51,710 --> 00:05:53,720 S.C.W. Sam Whitman. 134 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:02,730 Pencils and pens, Kleenex. 135 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:06,570 "Directory of Government Phone Numbers." 136 00:06:06,830 --> 00:06:09,140 "Central Intelligence Agency field report." 137 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:12,410 Hmm. This looks like a twentieth-generation photocopy. 138 00:06:12,470 --> 00:06:14,610 Except for a few commas, all the text is blacked out. 139 00:06:14,670 --> 00:06:17,150 VAN BUREN: Here's a bill for a mailbox at Postal Place. 140 00:06:17,540 --> 00:06:19,350 Go see what's in it. 141 00:06:22,010 --> 00:06:24,550 I don't know if I can do that. It's a federal offense, yeah? 142 00:06:24,610 --> 00:06:27,090 Only if we open it, which we promise we won't. 143 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,100 Thanks. We'll take it from here. 144 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:37,860 If you can get us Mr. Whitman's home address? 145 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,210 Okay, let's see. 146 00:06:46,900 --> 00:06:50,110 Journal of the Americas, Latin American Review, 147 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:51,920 Foreign Affairs Quarterly. 148 00:06:52,340 --> 00:06:54,840 Covert Action Policy Review. 149 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:57,410 CounterPunch newsletter. 150 00:06:57,780 --> 00:06:59,730 Here's something I can relate to. A phone bill. 151 00:07:00,550 --> 00:07:03,290 "Return to Sender, Moved, No Forwarding Address." 152 00:07:03,820 --> 00:07:07,360 The letter's addressed to Captain Ed Albrecht, United States Navy. 153 00:07:07,590 --> 00:07:08,900 Retired, Atlanta. 154 00:07:09,390 --> 00:07:10,890 Fellow conspiracy buff? 155 00:07:11,330 --> 00:07:12,600 Mr. Whitman's address. 156 00:07:12,660 --> 00:07:14,730 Mattawin Hotel. I wrote it out for you. 157 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:16,100 ED: Thank you. 158 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:22,200 Cozy 159 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,710 Seein' as the old guy's dead, it's all yours. 160 00:07:26,140 --> 00:07:27,250 He have many visitors? 161 00:07:27,310 --> 00:07:29,120 Never seen anybody come up here. 162 00:07:29,180 --> 00:07:30,710 BRISCOE: Hey, Ed. 163 00:07:31,980 --> 00:07:34,480 "Chilean Socialist Government Overthrown by Army." 164 00:07:34,550 --> 00:07:36,290 "President Allende Killed in Coup." 165 00:07:36,380 --> 00:07:38,130 "General Pinochet takes control." 166 00:07:38,550 --> 00:07:40,560 "September, 1973." 167 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:42,830 ED: "American College Student Missing in Chile." 168 00:07:43,220 --> 00:07:46,600 "Jason Whitman, 22, of New York City tortured and shot at close range." 169 00:07:46,830 --> 00:07:50,070 More top secret stuff from the Freedom of Information Office. 170 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:52,300 "Three days before his disappearance," 171 00:07:52,370 --> 00:07:55,940 "Jason Whitman was seen in the company of U.S. Naval Attache..." 172 00:07:56,570 --> 00:07:57,680 The name's blacked out. 173 00:07:58,270 --> 00:08:00,410 Captain Albrecht, formerly of Atlanta? 174 00:08:01,940 --> 00:08:05,650 If he had anything to do with killing this man's kid, he'd better run. 175 00:08:05,710 --> 00:08:07,490 Twenty-seven years later or not. 176 00:08:11,350 --> 00:08:14,100 Nobody named Albrecht ever lived in the building where Whitman was found. 177 00:08:14,190 --> 00:08:15,570 Maybe he got the wrong address. 178 00:08:15,620 --> 00:08:16,930 Someone in there killed him. 179 00:08:16,990 --> 00:08:18,630 Well, we ruled out hired help. 180 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:20,740 The building employees and the domestics all checked out. 181 00:08:20,930 --> 00:08:23,240 Did you run down the address on Whitman's letter? 182 00:08:23,300 --> 00:08:24,830 It's an apartment complex. 183 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:26,900 Edwin Albrecht moved out about a year ago. 184 00:08:26,970 --> 00:08:30,250 He was admitted into a VA hospital last year with lung cancer. 185 00:08:30,340 --> 00:08:31,510 He died six weeks ago. 186 00:08:31,570 --> 00:08:32,570 Next of kin? 187 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,280 There was nobody named. His wife's dead, there's no children listed. 188 00:08:35,380 --> 00:08:37,450 He's buried in a VA cemetery outside of Atlanta. 189 00:08:37,950 --> 00:08:39,520 A lonely old soldier. 190 00:08:39,580 --> 00:08:41,560 Lonely, maybe. He was only 59. 191 00:08:41,620 --> 00:08:42,860 (PHONE RINGING) 192 00:08:45,290 --> 00:08:46,460 Van Buren. 193 00:08:47,990 --> 00:08:49,560 Right. Thank you. 194 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,770 Sam Whitman's daughter is in town to claim his body. 195 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,510 Please thank your lieutenant for making the arrangements. 196 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,680 My mother and I are going to have my dad buried next to my brother. 197 00:09:04,540 --> 00:09:06,140 BRISCOE: We found some newspaper clippings 198 00:09:06,210 --> 00:09:08,280 about your brother in your dad's apartment. 199 00:09:09,580 --> 00:09:11,560 Jason's death tore our family apart. 200 00:09:11,610 --> 00:09:13,060 My mom and dad split up. 201 00:09:13,110 --> 00:09:15,090 He kept drifting from job to job. 202 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:17,060 It was like his heart was ripped out of him. 203 00:09:18,090 --> 00:09:19,500 What can you tell us about what happened? 204 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,230 He was murdered by the Chilean military. 205 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,460 And Dad was obsessed with finding out who was responsible. 206 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,370 ED: Did he ever say who it was? 207 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:29,800 Pinochet. 208 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,170 And he thought that people from the U.S. were involved. 209 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:37,780 Did he ever mention a Naval Captain named Albrecht? 210 00:09:38,110 --> 00:09:40,280 We think he was looking for him the night he was killed. 211 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:42,690 No, he never mentioned that name, but, 212 00:09:42,740 --> 00:09:45,160 you know, I called my dad a few weeks ago, 213 00:09:45,210 --> 00:09:47,060 and he sounded really upbeat. 214 00:09:47,650 --> 00:09:51,190 He said that pretty soon the truth about Jason's death was going to come out. 215 00:09:52,190 --> 00:09:55,330 I took it as another one of my dad's false hopes. 216 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:01,170 Can you excuse me? I need to call my mother. 217 00:10:01,230 --> 00:10:02,570 Sure. 218 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:07,380 (SIGHS) 219 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,140 I think it's time we honed in on this Albrecht character. 220 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,780 Let's check the IUDs for every apartment in that building. 221 00:10:13,210 --> 00:10:14,620 That's about 200 phones, Lennie. 222 00:10:15,010 --> 00:10:17,460 Maybe we can connect one of them to the VA hospital 223 00:10:17,510 --> 00:10:19,550 or to Albrecht's Atlanta address. 224 00:10:22,220 --> 00:10:24,320 I get the feeling we're chasing ghosts here. 225 00:10:24,390 --> 00:10:26,160 They seem real enough to me. 226 00:10:27,690 --> 00:10:31,140 A resident named Kevin Morse made an overseas call to 227 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:34,830 country code 56, city code 2. 228 00:10:35,030 --> 00:10:36,270 That's not Atlanta. 229 00:10:36,830 --> 00:10:39,540 Santiago, Chile, two weeks ago. 230 00:10:44,740 --> 00:10:46,240 (PHONE LINE RINGING) Por favor. 231 00:10:52,350 --> 00:10:54,760 Let me guess. Voice mail hell, in Spanish. 232 00:10:55,150 --> 00:10:56,150 Hola. 233 00:10:58,090 --> 00:10:59,760 Chilean Army Headquarters. 234 00:11:00,460 --> 00:11:02,800 What's this guy Morse doing calling the Chilean Army? 235 00:11:06,790 --> 00:11:09,540 Two weeks ago, my window frames were being replaced. 236 00:11:09,630 --> 00:11:11,610 There were four Spanish guys up here working. 237 00:11:11,870 --> 00:11:13,140 Did you let them use your phone? 238 00:11:13,370 --> 00:11:14,470 We aren't here during the day. 239 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,640 There's supposed to be somebody from the managing agent with them 240 00:11:16,700 --> 00:11:17,880 so things like that don't happen. 241 00:11:18,540 --> 00:11:20,990 BRISCOE: You mind tellin' us where you were Tuesday night? 242 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,520 Here, with my wife and daughter. Never left the house. 243 00:11:23,910 --> 00:11:25,760 Do you know anybody named Edwin Albrecht? 244 00:11:26,010 --> 00:11:27,320 No, I don't. 245 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:29,120 Now, if you want to find out about that call, 246 00:11:29,180 --> 00:11:30,530 you should ask those workers. 247 00:11:30,590 --> 00:11:31,960 Thanks. 248 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:36,500 Let's find out who's sellin' window frames in Santiago. 249 00:11:38,430 --> 00:11:41,600 After you phoned yesterday, I discussed this matter with the Consul General. 250 00:11:42,460 --> 00:11:44,700 He would like to know if the person who was called in Chile 251 00:11:44,970 --> 00:11:46,070 is your murder suspect. 252 00:11:46,130 --> 00:11:47,270 Why? 253 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:50,340 Because we traced this call to a very prominent figure in our country. 254 00:11:50,770 --> 00:11:54,150 Well, our suspect's an American. But, who did the call go to? 255 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,110 To Colonel Emilio Pantoya. 256 00:11:56,380 --> 00:11:58,480 Director of Intelligence for Pinochet? 257 00:11:59,580 --> 00:12:01,820 From what I read, Pantoya's practically a war criminal. 258 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:04,030 Old history. 259 00:12:04,090 --> 00:12:05,660 Chile is a democracy now. 260 00:12:06,090 --> 00:12:07,570 Colonel Pantoya's a senator. 261 00:12:07,620 --> 00:12:09,260 Elected? Appointed 262 00:12:09,890 --> 00:12:10,960 by our President. 263 00:12:11,230 --> 00:12:13,260 What business would an American civilian have with him? 264 00:12:14,430 --> 00:12:16,970 It may have had something to do with Colonel Pantoya's illness. 265 00:12:17,670 --> 00:12:19,910 He's here in New York at Landis Hill Hospital. 266 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,350 I have strict instructions. No is one to see the Colonel. 267 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,010 Is that for some sort of medical reason? 268 00:12:28,140 --> 00:12:29,620 That's right. He has kidney disease. 269 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:31,210 His doctor won't return until tomorrow. 270 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,560 How about we just poke our heads in and see if the Colonel's up to it? 271 00:12:33,620 --> 00:12:35,120 I'm sorry, I can't. 272 00:12:36,380 --> 00:12:37,390 Okay. 273 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:39,720 Maybe you can help us. 274 00:12:40,190 --> 00:12:41,930 ORRA: So you don't have to upset the Colonel? 275 00:12:41,990 --> 00:12:43,060 Yeah, right. 276 00:12:44,330 --> 00:12:45,900 Your boss know a Kevin Morse 277 00:12:46,330 --> 00:12:48,030 or a Captain Edwin Albrecht? 278 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:49,370 I don't recognize those names. 279 00:12:49,430 --> 00:12:50,700 How about Sam Whitman? 280 00:12:52,330 --> 00:12:55,110 If the Colonel had contact with these men, I would know this. 281 00:12:55,470 --> 00:12:58,610 So you see, you're wasting your time here. 282 00:13:02,810 --> 00:13:05,550 Doctor comes in once a day, he can't be all that sick. 283 00:13:05,910 --> 00:13:07,260 We ain't gettin' in there without a warrant. 284 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:10,630 But we know the call came from Morse's apartment. 285 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:12,030 He's not a government employee. 286 00:13:12,090 --> 00:13:14,900 Maybe he's got some past connection to the military. 287 00:13:18,030 --> 00:13:22,030 Kevin Morse. Born 417166 in Danbury, Connecticut. 288 00:13:22,900 --> 00:13:25,970 Alumni scholarship to Annapolis, brief tour in the Persian Gulf. 289 00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:27,240 How long was he in the Navy? 290 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:29,880 Two years. He resigned his commission. 291 00:13:30,170 --> 00:13:32,010 Why? Doesn't say. 292 00:13:32,610 --> 00:13:34,810 We got his old man's name from his rental application. 293 00:13:34,910 --> 00:13:36,720 You got anything for a Franklin Morse? 294 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,460 Born August 19th, 1942, in Milwaukee. 295 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:48,060 Drafted in '62, stationed with the Third Infantry in West Germany. 296 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,230 I thought Morse Junior was second-generation Annapolis. 297 00:13:51,490 --> 00:13:53,900 All it says is Morse Senior graduated high school. 298 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:58,370 He was honorably discharged from the Army and married in 1975. 299 00:13:58,430 --> 00:13:59,610 1975? 300 00:13:59,970 --> 00:14:02,500 His son Kevin was born nine years before he was married? 301 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:04,110 I'm just giving you what's here. 302 00:14:04,810 --> 00:14:08,450 Do me a favor. Run a Naval Captain Edwin Albrecht. 303 00:14:14,750 --> 00:14:17,200 Captain Edwin Albrecht had one son. 304 00:14:17,420 --> 00:14:18,420 Kevin. 305 00:14:18,690 --> 00:14:20,860 He just happens to have the same birth date as you. 306 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:23,560 He was my father. 307 00:14:24,060 --> 00:14:25,260 Then why'd you lie about it? 308 00:14:25,630 --> 00:14:26,630 (STUTTERING) I'm sorry. 309 00:14:27,230 --> 00:14:29,830 When my mother remarried, I took my stepfather's name. 310 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:32,670 Whitman was obsessed with finding your father. 311 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:34,200 Is that why you killed him? 312 00:14:34,470 --> 00:14:35,470 My father's dead. 313 00:14:35,970 --> 00:14:37,570 So maybe Whitman got obsessed with you. 314 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,310 BRISCOE: It all stacks up against you, Mr. Morse. 315 00:14:40,070 --> 00:14:41,850 Your father's posting at the embassy in Chile. 316 00:14:41,910 --> 00:14:43,550 The death of Whitman's son during the coup. 317 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,120 The telephone call to Chilean Army Headquarters. 318 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,180 Maybe you better explain what happened. 319 00:14:52,690 --> 00:14:55,500 When this Whitman knocked on my door, 320 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,430 I'd never laid eyes on him before. 321 00:14:59,190 --> 00:15:00,830 He started raving about a cover-up, 322 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,500 demanding to see Captain Albrecht. 323 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,040 So I let him into the stairwell so he wouldn't upset my family. 324 00:15:06,230 --> 00:15:08,340 So nobody could see you beat the crap out of him. 325 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:09,540 I didn't mean to hurt him... 326 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,680 I told him that my father was dead. 327 00:15:13,070 --> 00:15:15,210 He went into a rage. He said he didn't believe me. 328 00:15:15,580 --> 00:15:16,580 He grabbed me. 329 00:15:17,110 --> 00:15:19,650 I fought him off to try to protect myself. 330 00:15:20,580 --> 00:15:21,720 He slipped. 331 00:15:21,780 --> 00:15:22,920 He fell down the stairs. 332 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,060 I swear it was an accident. 333 00:15:25,350 --> 00:15:27,420 Then why'd you try to get rid of his satchel and his I.D.? 334 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,130 Because I didn't think anyone would believe me. 335 00:15:29,790 --> 00:15:30,860 So why should we? 336 00:15:32,290 --> 00:15:33,500 I was ashamed. Why? 337 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:35,170 Because you beat an old man to death? 338 00:15:37,970 --> 00:15:39,000 Because of my father. 339 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:41,650 What Whitman said was true. 340 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:43,680 He killed Whitman's son? 341 00:15:47,210 --> 00:15:49,020 My father was drunk one night. 342 00:15:50,380 --> 00:15:53,520 He started bragging about how they'd helped the Chileans murder an American. 343 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:54,880 BRISCOE: They? 344 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:58,290 Naval Intelligence. 345 00:15:59,190 --> 00:16:01,060 Your father said he was involved? 346 00:16:04,260 --> 00:16:05,640 I didn't want to believe it at first. 347 00:16:08,860 --> 00:16:12,610 American officers killing an American. 348 00:16:18,010 --> 00:16:19,920 And then I killed his father. 349 00:16:24,050 --> 00:16:27,120 Morse says Pantoya was calling to get in contact with his father. 350 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,020 Morse called him back to tell him his father was dead. 351 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:30,080 You believe him? 352 00:16:30,150 --> 00:16:32,130 Hey, he's sittin' at home, minding his own business. 353 00:16:32,190 --> 00:16:35,600 Whitman shows up and goes off on him about something that happened 30 years ago. 354 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:37,330 Any problems with his confession? 355 00:16:37,460 --> 00:16:39,230 We got it all in writing with a Miranda waiver. 356 00:16:39,390 --> 00:16:41,740 To tell you the truth, I think Morse was happy to get it off his chest. 357 00:16:41,860 --> 00:16:44,280 Too bad he's the only one in his family with a conscience. 358 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:48,140 (SIGHS) Well, if you need anything else, let us know. 359 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,040 Man two? 360 00:16:54,810 --> 00:16:56,380 One to three. I can live with that. 361 00:16:57,310 --> 00:16:58,920 Well, we can put that one in the books. 362 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:01,620 One down, one to go. 363 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:02,680 (THUMPS TABLE) 364 00:17:07,590 --> 00:17:11,200 Captain Albrecht told his son he was complicit in Jason Whitman's murder. 365 00:17:11,860 --> 00:17:14,170 We think it warrants a federal investigation. 366 00:17:14,230 --> 00:17:15,330 We did some checking. 367 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,070 Albrecht was nowhere near Chile when the young man was killed. 368 00:17:18,570 --> 00:17:21,780 So what? He could have had accomplices. Chilean nationalists. 369 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,080 Aren't they in Santiago? 370 00:17:23,140 --> 00:17:25,050 Colonel Pantoya's here in New York. 371 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:27,810 Pantoya's a senator for life. He has immunity. 372 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,820 His own people don't want to prosecute him. 373 00:17:29,910 --> 00:17:32,450 He was given immunity to pacify the military 374 00:17:32,510 --> 00:17:34,790 so they wouldn't seize power from his own people. 375 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,220 The last thing the Justice Department wants 376 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:39,930 is to meddle in the internal affairs of a sovereign country. 377 00:17:40,250 --> 00:17:42,860 It's a little late to be repudiating the Monroe Doctrine. 378 00:17:43,290 --> 00:17:44,530 Why don't you just look into it? 379 00:17:44,590 --> 00:17:45,940 It's not an American problem. 380 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:47,830 A dead American is not your problem? 381 00:17:49,530 --> 00:17:51,370 It's over and done with, Mr. McCoy. 382 00:17:55,770 --> 00:17:58,010 Jason Whitman grew up in Hell's Kitchen. 383 00:17:58,140 --> 00:18:00,920 Graduated from Power Memorial on the Upper West Side. 384 00:18:01,110 --> 00:18:03,650 Lew Alcindor's old school. They tore it down 15 years ago. 385 00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:06,420 It's time to let go, Jack. 386 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,390 The Feds aren't interested. There's little or no evidence. 387 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:10,590 It's a dead end. 388 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:11,950 This could have been me. 389 00:18:12,020 --> 00:18:14,590 I can't really picture you with a Che Guevara look. 390 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:17,470 You won't get your hands on Pantoya again. 391 00:18:17,590 --> 00:18:19,660 Pantoya's 74 years old. 392 00:18:19,730 --> 00:18:22,140 Is that an affirmative defense for mass murder? 393 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,100 Chile's a democracy now. Maybe it's time we stayed out of their business. 394 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,380 That would have been good advice for Jason Whitman. 395 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,510 Hey, the kid didn't deserve to die. 396 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,440 Whitman had a girlfriend who went with him to Chile. 397 00:18:32,510 --> 00:18:34,710 Let's see if we can find her. 398 00:18:35,180 --> 00:18:37,710 Jason and I fell in love during my sophomore year. 399 00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:39,490 We spent the summer in Chile. 400 00:18:40,010 --> 00:18:41,430 What was the attraction, Mrs. Benson? 401 00:18:42,750 --> 00:18:45,790 Jason and I were into the socialists who'd just been elected. 402 00:18:45,850 --> 00:18:49,270 It sounds naive now, but the whole world was changing before our eyes. 403 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:50,770 We just wanted to be a part of it. 404 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:52,740 What did you do while you were down there? 405 00:18:53,430 --> 00:18:57,340 Jason caught on as a stringer at one of the leftist radio stations in Santiago. 406 00:18:58,330 --> 00:19:02,180 Did you ever come into contact with a U.S. Naval Captain named Albrecht? 407 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,280 We were in Valparaiso right before the coup. 408 00:19:05,940 --> 00:19:08,320 There were U.S. warships anchored offshore. 409 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,510 We met Albrecht in a cantina. 410 00:19:12,250 --> 00:19:15,350 He gave us lift back to our friends' house just outside Santiago. 411 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:17,320 Americans? 412 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,000 Tino and Elena Calderon. 413 00:19:19,650 --> 00:19:23,120 On the way there, he warned us that we should get the hell out of Chile. 414 00:19:23,290 --> 00:19:24,860 So you got out and Jason didn't. 415 00:19:25,130 --> 00:19:27,110 I begged Jason to come with me. 416 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,640 He told me he'd be okay at the Calderon's. 417 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:32,000 He said not to worry. 418 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:34,340 Nobody'd bother him because he was American. 419 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:37,480 Carrie and Jason. 420 00:19:39,670 --> 00:19:41,710 It reminds me of a very bad time. 421 00:19:43,580 --> 00:19:45,850 I thought when I came to this country I would forget. 422 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,450 Why didn't your husband emigrate here with you? 423 00:19:50,750 --> 00:19:52,320 Carrie didn't tell you? 424 00:19:52,990 --> 00:19:55,590 He was killed by Colonel Pantoya. 425 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:57,830 Could you tell us how it happened? 426 00:20:00,130 --> 00:20:02,000 When General Pinochet took over, 427 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,100 Jason came to stay with us. 428 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:05,770 But they found him anyway. 429 00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:07,810 JACK: Do you know how? 430 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:10,810 I'm sorry. 431 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,450 We told Jason that he should try to go back home. 432 00:20:15,580 --> 00:20:16,580 But he said no. 433 00:20:17,350 --> 00:20:18,980 He wanted to stay and help us. 434 00:20:20,850 --> 00:20:23,390 One night the soldiers knocked down our door. 435 00:20:23,450 --> 00:20:24,450 La Guarda. 436 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,260 Colonel Pantoya's men. 437 00:20:27,190 --> 00:20:28,260 Where did they take them? 438 00:20:28,660 --> 00:20:29,660 They just 439 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,470 took them outside and put them in the truck. 440 00:20:34,130 --> 00:20:35,540 I never saw Tino again. 441 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:38,840 They never even brought his body back to me. 442 00:20:44,210 --> 00:20:46,340 Subpoenaed files from our friends at the Navy. 443 00:20:46,970 --> 00:20:49,180 Maybe we'll find out if Albrecht was in Chile. 444 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:52,290 I hope you know what you're doin'. 445 00:20:53,810 --> 00:20:56,350 Captain Albrecht knew where Jason Whitman was hiding. 446 00:20:56,420 --> 00:20:57,860 I think he dropped the dime on him. 447 00:20:58,420 --> 00:20:59,830 It could have been anyone, Jack. 448 00:20:59,890 --> 00:21:02,490 Then how do you explain what Albrecht told his son? 449 00:21:04,590 --> 00:21:05,940 We're tilting at windmills. 450 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,800 What windmills? Jason Whitman was tortured and murdered. 451 00:21:08,930 --> 00:21:10,000 Over there. 452 00:21:10,060 --> 00:21:12,200 And I've got a flesh and blood suspect right here. 453 00:21:13,230 --> 00:21:15,980 So now we claim jurisdiction for every New Yorker that's killed? 454 00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:18,880 Well, if you're gonna get hung up on a little thing like jurisdiction. 455 00:21:19,810 --> 00:21:20,810 (CARMICHAEL SIGHS) 456 00:21:21,410 --> 00:21:22,510 What? 457 00:21:23,380 --> 00:21:24,410 (SIGHS) 458 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:25,860 Maybe I shouldn't tell you this. 459 00:21:26,750 --> 00:21:29,090 Naval log from the day Whitman was arrested. 460 00:21:29,780 --> 00:21:31,290 Captain Albrecht was in New York 461 00:21:31,350 --> 00:21:34,030 at the UN to brief our delegation to the Security Council. 462 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,360 He and his aide were registered at the Hilton. 463 00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:39,640 John Groban, Lieutenant Junior Grade. 464 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:42,360 Let's find him. 465 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,040 Captain Albrecht was in the room right next to me at the Hilton. 466 00:21:46,930 --> 00:21:49,310 The coup in Chile started the night he flew in. 467 00:21:49,370 --> 00:21:54,080 I was juggling calls from West-Pac, Naval Operations... 468 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,150 Captain Albrecht make any calls to Chile? 469 00:21:57,210 --> 00:21:58,280 Not while I was there. 470 00:21:58,950 --> 00:22:02,050 JACK: He ever mention a Chilean Colonel named Pantoya? 471 00:22:04,250 --> 00:22:05,660 Actually, yeah. 472 00:22:06,690 --> 00:22:09,670 The night he went to the UN he had me run out and send him a telex. 473 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:11,300 Do you remember what it said? 474 00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:13,130 It was just an address 475 00:22:13,690 --> 00:22:15,000 and some initials. 476 00:22:15,060 --> 00:22:16,230 What initials? 477 00:22:18,330 --> 00:22:20,040 I'm pretty sure it said J.W. 478 00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:22,140 You knew about this? Why didn't you tell someone? 479 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:23,200 I did. 480 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,610 They already knew. 481 00:22:26,970 --> 00:22:28,820 The telex was sent at 6:30 p.m. 482 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:33,720 Four hours later, the National Guard rolled up to the address Albrecht provided. 483 00:22:34,250 --> 00:22:37,090 A house outside Santiago belonging to Tino Calderon. 484 00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:39,390 That's where they arrested Jason Whitman. 485 00:22:40,490 --> 00:22:41,830 There's our jurisdiction, Adam. 486 00:22:41,890 --> 00:22:43,930 You couldn't let sleeping dogs lie. 487 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:46,700 I just got off the phone with the Under Secretary of State. 488 00:22:47,230 --> 00:22:49,670 They heard about the files you subpoenaed from the Navy. 489 00:22:49,730 --> 00:22:50,800 They're hopping mad. 490 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:53,610 Whitman was set up from 6th Avenue and 53rd Street. 491 00:22:53,670 --> 00:22:55,580 You were an A.D.A. when they killed him. 492 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:57,410 You can put Pantoya in it? 493 00:22:57,470 --> 00:23:00,540 The telex with Whitman's address was sent directly to him. 494 00:23:01,010 --> 00:23:02,250 Oh, boy. 495 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,420 We do this, all hell breaks loose I know. 496 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:09,880 Well? 497 00:23:13,750 --> 00:23:15,260 Vaya con Dios. 498 00:23:16,820 --> 00:23:18,800 (CHATTER ON POLICE RADIO) 499 00:23:20,260 --> 00:23:21,670 Stand aside, jefe. 500 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:25,470 Yes? 501 00:23:26,570 --> 00:23:28,710 What is it? BRISCOE: You're under arrest, Colonel. 502 00:23:29,370 --> 00:23:31,480 Arrest? What for? 503 00:23:31,670 --> 00:23:33,520 Conspiracy to commit murder. 504 00:23:33,570 --> 00:23:34,580 (SCOFFS) 505 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,390 I'm sorry, my friend, but I have immunity. 506 00:23:38,980 --> 00:23:40,120 Blanket immunity. 507 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,020 Yeah, the same blanket you put over Whitman's corpse? 508 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:46,190 You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say 509 00:23:46,250 --> 00:23:48,760 can be used against you. You have the right to an attorney. 510 00:23:48,820 --> 00:23:50,230 If you do not have an attorney, 511 00:23:50,290 --> 00:23:51,600 one will be appointed to you. 512 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,870 You have no idea what a headache you've created for the administration. 513 00:23:54,930 --> 00:23:56,570 You're thumbing nose 514 00:23:56,630 --> 00:24:00,010 at the stated policy of not only this president, but every president before him. 515 00:24:00,070 --> 00:24:01,140 Which is what? 516 00:24:01,570 --> 00:24:04,180 Giving aid and comfort to tinhorn despots? 517 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,520 It's an internal matter for the Chilean people. 518 00:24:07,580 --> 00:24:11,960 Yeah, well, we don't see them falling over themselves to do anything about it. 519 00:24:12,010 --> 00:24:13,620 Be that as it may, Mr. Schiff, 520 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,320 it's outside the purview of your office. It is? 521 00:24:16,850 --> 00:24:18,230 A kid from the West Side? 522 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:20,270 WHEELER: This isn't neighborhood politics. 523 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:21,800 You're screwing with our national interest. 524 00:24:22,260 --> 00:24:23,960 Stupid me. 525 00:24:24,020 --> 00:24:27,940 I was under the impression that our national interest was prosecuting people 526 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,500 who murder our citizens. 527 00:24:30,060 --> 00:24:32,100 You won't do it, I will. 528 00:24:34,540 --> 00:24:35,780 We're filing an amicus brief 529 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,840 in support of Colonel Pantoya's motion to dismiss the indictment. 530 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:40,080 Good for you. 531 00:24:48,750 --> 00:24:50,160 Just don't embarrass me. 532 00:24:53,220 --> 00:24:56,360 Everyone here agrees that Jason Whitman was killed in Chile. 533 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,090 Since no significant element of that crime took place in New York 534 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,000 or even on American soil... 535 00:25:01,060 --> 00:25:03,130 The information about Jason Whitman's whereabouts 536 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,580 was sent to Colonel Pantoya by telex from a Midtown hotel. 537 00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:10,180 Under New York law, the crime of conspiracy occurs 538 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,880 where any element of the conspiracy takes place. 539 00:25:12,940 --> 00:25:15,890 That telex isn't an element of any murder conspiracy. 540 00:25:15,940 --> 00:25:18,320 Mr. McCoy cannot prove that Captain Albrecht knew 541 00:25:18,380 --> 00:25:21,850 sending the information would result in Jason Whitman's death. 542 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,620 Your Honor, did Albrecht think the Colonel 543 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,630 was going to take Jason out for a bowl ceviche? 544 00:25:25,690 --> 00:25:27,760 What are they gonna do? Dig him up and ask him? 545 00:25:27,820 --> 00:25:30,630 They cannot prove intent. No intent, no conspiracy. 546 00:25:30,790 --> 00:25:34,100 No conspiracy, Colonel Pantoya goes home, no matter what crimes 547 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:35,640 he might have committed in Chile, 548 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:38,180 where, by the way, he's been granted full immunity. 549 00:25:38,230 --> 00:25:43,240 What that telex proves about Albrecht's intent is an issue of fact for a jury, 550 00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:45,010 not an issue of law for a judge. 551 00:25:46,070 --> 00:25:49,110 I've got to go with Mr. McCoy on this, Mr. Chiles. I have no choice. 552 00:25:49,180 --> 00:25:50,590 Your motion to dismiss is denied. 553 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,090 Then, Your Honor, I ask that the charges be set aside on humanitarian grounds. 554 00:25:54,150 --> 00:25:55,150 I have a report 555 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:58,860 from three American doctors detailing Colonel Pantoya's medical status. 556 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,490 He has kidney disease, diabetes, he suffered a stroke last year. 557 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:07,530 His health is failing. Prosecuting this sick old man serves no useful purpose. 558 00:26:07,590 --> 00:26:11,510 Your Honor, we prosecute criminals who have cancer and AIDS. 559 00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:13,770 Why make an exception? 560 00:26:16,570 --> 00:26:19,110 I'll need a few days to review these reports. 561 00:26:22,340 --> 00:26:23,950 I don't need this, Adam. 562 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:25,990 That makes two of us. Then rein him in. 563 00:26:26,810 --> 00:26:28,920 What's he doing chasing murderers south of the border? 564 00:26:29,580 --> 00:26:31,260 Don't you give him enough to do up here? 565 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:32,350 (CLICKS TONGUE) 566 00:26:32,420 --> 00:26:33,830 What are you going to do? 567 00:26:33,890 --> 00:26:34,990 (SCOFFS) 568 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:37,260 I can set free a mass murderer. 569 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,770 I can set off an international crisis. 570 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:44,270 Adam, I have no illusions. I am no John Sirica. 571 00:26:44,530 --> 00:26:46,770 I am not taking on the President's men. 572 00:26:46,830 --> 00:26:49,970 Doesn't the Colonel have a note from his doctors? 573 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:51,940 Maybe get a second opinion. 574 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:53,480 How does that get me off the hook? 575 00:26:53,540 --> 00:26:57,010 If it's off the hook you want, you should have stayed in municipal court. 576 00:26:58,350 --> 00:27:01,550 You told me once you want to do some good. Here's your chance. 577 00:27:07,890 --> 00:27:10,770 MRS. WHITMAN: The first we heard of it was on the evening news. 578 00:27:11,590 --> 00:27:14,330 They said there was fighting down there in Chile, 579 00:27:14,430 --> 00:27:16,870 that the army had killed the President. 580 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,200 So, Sam, my husband, 581 00:27:19,670 --> 00:27:21,580 tried to call Jason. 582 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,740 He got through to the hotel, but Jason wasn't there. 583 00:27:26,410 --> 00:27:29,820 The hotel operator told him that there were tanks 584 00:27:30,210 --> 00:27:31,990 and shooting in the streets. 585 00:27:32,050 --> 00:27:34,820 What did you and your husband do? We waited. 586 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,830 We were sure that Jason would be okay like he'd always been, 587 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,700 no matter what foolhardy thing he did. 588 00:27:42,890 --> 00:27:45,200 Then we didn't hear for three days. 589 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,040 Sam called the American embassy down there. 590 00:27:48,830 --> 00:27:50,710 We couldn't get any information. 591 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,210 Did you eventually find out what happened to your son? 592 00:27:53,270 --> 00:27:54,270 Yes. 593 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:59,680 We got an anonymous call from someone in Chile. They said, um, 594 00:28:00,070 --> 00:28:04,580 they'd seen Jason alive in this sports stadium 595 00:28:04,650 --> 00:28:07,560 where the army put their prisoners. 596 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:09,490 Sam took some money from the bank. 597 00:28:09,550 --> 00:28:11,960 He was going to bring Jason home. 598 00:28:14,220 --> 00:28:18,640 When he got to Chile, someone from the embassy told him they'd found Jason, 599 00:28:18,690 --> 00:28:21,730 and they took Sam to a police station and 600 00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:25,030 Jason was there, 601 00:28:27,270 --> 00:28:31,910 lying on a dirty floor with other young people, dead. 602 00:28:33,070 --> 00:28:37,280 Sam could hardly recognize him. He'd been beaten up, 603 00:28:37,340 --> 00:28:38,820 his whole face was... 604 00:28:39,850 --> 00:28:40,850 Um... 605 00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:43,850 They said that maybe 606 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:48,130 the Communists had killed Jason but Sam didn't believe them. 607 00:28:48,190 --> 00:28:49,720 What did your husband do? 608 00:28:50,090 --> 00:28:52,430 The embassy people told him to go home, they said 609 00:28:53,530 --> 00:28:56,270 they would take care of getting the body released. 610 00:28:58,530 --> 00:29:00,070 (STUTTERS) 611 00:29:00,130 --> 00:29:01,310 So, 612 00:29:03,570 --> 00:29:06,070 Sam came home by himself. 613 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:10,950 Two months after that, 614 00:29:11,010 --> 00:29:14,390 they sent Jason home in a wood box. 615 00:29:16,750 --> 00:29:18,350 His bones were broken. 616 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,090 His private parts had 617 00:29:22,090 --> 00:29:24,470 burns from electric shocks. 618 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,160 He had three 619 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,670 bullet holes in the back of his head. 620 00:29:33,100 --> 00:29:34,270 That man 621 00:29:36,770 --> 00:29:39,680 killed my little boy, he killed my family. 622 00:29:44,980 --> 00:29:46,320 Thank you. 623 00:29:55,890 --> 00:29:58,100 I'm very sorry for your loss. 624 00:30:00,890 --> 00:30:05,170 While Jason was at NYU, he was arrested a number of times, isn't that right? 625 00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:08,080 For demonstrating against the Vietnam War. 626 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:09,710 A lot of young people did that. 627 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,870 I doubt many were arrested six times, 628 00:30:11,970 --> 00:30:14,680 including once for throwing a bottle at a police officer. 629 00:30:14,740 --> 00:30:17,280 My son collected food for poor people. 630 00:30:17,610 --> 00:30:20,520 He helped underprivileged children learn to read. 631 00:30:20,650 --> 00:30:23,960 And he participated in violent demonstrations. 632 00:30:24,020 --> 00:30:25,430 Do you know what he did in Chile? 633 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,000 He had a summer job at a radio station. 634 00:30:28,060 --> 00:30:29,630 Station FPG. 635 00:30:29,690 --> 00:30:32,900 In Spanish, those letters stand for the Guevara Popular Front. 636 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,270 You know who Che Guevara was? 637 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:36,470 I'm not sure. 638 00:30:36,530 --> 00:30:38,700 He was a communist revolutionary. 639 00:30:38,770 --> 00:30:40,510 He was a friend of Fidel Castro. 640 00:30:40,570 --> 00:30:42,340 He went to Bolivia to start a revolution. 641 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,040 He killed innocent people. 642 00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:49,140 Jason wasn't like that. He was just a big-hearted boy. 643 00:30:49,210 --> 00:30:53,990 A big-hearted boy with a taste for violence and for communist rhetoric. 644 00:30:54,350 --> 00:30:57,420 A foolhardy boy who went to a foreign country to preach revolution, 645 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,230 just like his hero, Che Guevara. 646 00:30:59,290 --> 00:31:00,320 Objection. 647 00:31:00,390 --> 00:31:03,270 Sustained. Dial it down, Mr. Chiles. 648 00:31:05,660 --> 00:31:08,070 No further questions, Your Honor. 649 00:31:11,530 --> 00:31:17,500 I was an accountant for the Agrarian Reform Movement of President Allende. 650 00:31:17,870 --> 00:31:20,440 I was arrested four days after the coup. 651 00:31:20,710 --> 00:31:24,020 I was taken to the National Stadium in Santiago. 652 00:31:24,910 --> 00:31:26,790 What happened once you got there? 653 00:31:26,850 --> 00:31:30,800 It was filled with thousands of political prisoners. 654 00:31:30,850 --> 00:31:35,300 Many people I knew. I met a young American, 655 00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:39,500 that boy, Jason Whitman. 656 00:31:40,630 --> 00:31:45,440 He had been interrogated by the National Intelligence Directory. 657 00:31:45,830 --> 00:31:46,830 The DINA. 658 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,440 A force commanded by Colonel Pantoya. 659 00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:50,500 Yes. 660 00:31:51,770 --> 00:31:55,410 He had been beaten up in the face and on his body. 661 00:31:56,380 --> 00:32:01,620 He tried to make jokes, but he was in very much pain He was very frightened. 662 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,020 There were many people like him at the stadium. 663 00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:06,960 Many people who had been tortured. 664 00:32:07,020 --> 00:32:08,690 What happened to him? 665 00:32:09,620 --> 00:32:13,440 Two days after I got there, the soldiers came in the night and took him away. 666 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:14,970 I never saw him again. 667 00:32:15,030 --> 00:32:18,070 McCOY: Were you also interrogated by Colonel Pantoya's men? 668 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:19,870 Yes. 669 00:32:19,970 --> 00:32:21,840 And what happened to you in those interrogations? 670 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:24,310 Objection. I don't see the relevance in... 671 00:32:24,370 --> 00:32:26,440 I do. Overruled. 672 00:32:27,870 --> 00:32:29,440 Go ahead, Mr. Reyes. 673 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,820 They hung me upside down by my ankles 674 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,880 and burned me with cigarettes. 675 00:32:38,420 --> 00:32:42,760 They put electrodes on my tongue and my eyelids. 676 00:32:44,090 --> 00:32:45,700 They would not let me sleep. 677 00:32:47,490 --> 00:32:49,500 They tried to drown me. 678 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:54,100 Three times they put a gun at my head and pretended to shoot me. 679 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,210 They did this to me for two months. 680 00:32:58,270 --> 00:33:01,050 And you're positive that the people who tortured you 681 00:33:01,110 --> 00:33:03,320 were under the command of Colonel Pantoya? 682 00:33:03,910 --> 00:33:05,080 Yes. 683 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,220 He visited the prison many times. 684 00:33:09,350 --> 00:33:13,960 The man you laughed at, the man hanging like a pig, it was me! 685 00:33:14,860 --> 00:33:18,200 Through my blood and my tears, I saw you, Colonel. 686 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,640 PANTOYA: There was war and anarchy in my country. 687 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:29,650 Allende and his pack of communists 688 00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:32,710 were stealing private property, 689 00:33:32,770 --> 00:33:36,740 bankrupting the country with their irresponsible ideas. 690 00:33:37,340 --> 00:33:40,350 Then we acted to save the republic, 691 00:33:40,450 --> 00:33:44,550 and we acted with the support of the American government. 692 00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:48,270 CHILES: Is it true that you imprisoned the supporters of the Allende regime? 693 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,000 Yes. To preserve our democracy. 694 00:33:51,460 --> 00:33:53,840 Many of these prisoners were tortured? 695 00:33:54,230 --> 00:33:56,260 Ah, well, they... (EXCLAIMS) 696 00:33:56,330 --> 00:33:59,540 They were interrogated, let's say, vigorously. 697 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,910 I mean, these people were very dangerous people. 698 00:34:01,970 --> 00:34:06,680 I mean, many of them belonged to armed groups financed by Cuba 699 00:34:07,170 --> 00:34:08,380 and by the Soviet Union. 700 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,520 Some of them were executed? 701 00:34:11,340 --> 00:34:17,120 Only the ones, uh, that were found guilty of treason by a military tribunal. 702 00:34:19,850 --> 00:34:23,130 How do you explain Jason Whitman's death? 703 00:34:24,460 --> 00:34:28,030 A mistake. A regrettable mistake, 704 00:34:28,090 --> 00:34:30,570 during time of crisis. 705 00:34:30,930 --> 00:34:34,240 It was not sanctioned by me or by anyone under my command. 706 00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:40,140 I am not stupid enough to pick a fight with the United States 707 00:34:40,210 --> 00:34:42,190 by killing one of its citizens. 708 00:34:43,210 --> 00:34:44,950 Thank you, Colonel. 709 00:34:51,020 --> 00:34:53,550 Are you familiar with the "Caravan of Death," Colonel? 710 00:34:53,790 --> 00:34:55,460 (SIGHS) I will not answer. 711 00:34:55,790 --> 00:34:58,430 It was a Chilean military death squad 712 00:34:58,660 --> 00:35:02,440 that executed hundreds of political prisoners. Isn't that right? 713 00:35:03,260 --> 00:35:05,470 I'm not responding to fables. 714 00:35:05,530 --> 00:35:07,210 Fables? Yes. 715 00:35:07,270 --> 00:35:10,440 People's Fifty-eight. 716 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:15,410 Colonel, according to these reports from reputable human rights groups, 717 00:35:15,810 --> 00:35:18,880 over 4000 people disappeared under your regime. 718 00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:22,590 Another 50,000 were systematically tortured. 719 00:35:22,650 --> 00:35:26,390 Objection. Colonel Pantoya is not on trial for these alleged crimes. 720 00:35:26,450 --> 00:35:30,660 Sustained. The jury will disregard. Move it along, Mr. McCoy. 721 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,700 We heard testimony that Captain Albrecht 722 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,240 telexed Jason Whitman's whereabouts to you. 723 00:35:38,030 --> 00:35:39,340 What did you do with that information? 724 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,170 I will not answer. 725 00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:44,580 I have immunity from my government. 726 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,910 You had him executed, didn't you? 727 00:35:46,970 --> 00:35:52,950 Who are you to judge what I did in defense of my country? 728 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:56,420 You had the planes, the tanks, the guns. 729 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:57,790 What did Jason Whitman have? 730 00:35:58,220 --> 00:35:59,890 A tape recorder? 731 00:35:59,950 --> 00:36:01,690 If you go to a fox hunt, 732 00:36:02,990 --> 00:36:04,490 don't dress as fox. 733 00:36:07,230 --> 00:36:09,730 And Mrs. Whitman's little boy 734 00:36:11,430 --> 00:36:12,880 went to Chile 735 00:36:13,730 --> 00:36:15,680 to help the communists 736 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,580 destroy my country. 737 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,550 JACK: So it's his fault he's dead? 738 00:36:20,610 --> 00:36:21,710 PANTOYA: I'm not answering. 739 00:36:22,110 --> 00:36:23,590 You broke his body, 740 00:36:24,610 --> 00:36:27,180 and then you put three bullets in his head. Isn't that right? 741 00:36:28,220 --> 00:36:29,630 I have immunity. 742 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,320 Not from these 12 people, Colonel. 743 00:36:32,650 --> 00:36:35,690 Your Honor, since the witness refuses to testify. 744 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,560 I move to strike his entire testimony. 745 00:36:40,590 --> 00:36:42,010 Motion granted. 746 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,830 The jury will disregard Mr. Pantoya's testimony. 747 00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:47,780 JACK: Thank you, Your Honor. 748 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,450 Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached a verdict? 749 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:57,820 We have, Your Honor. 750 00:36:58,310 --> 00:37:00,620 BUSEY: Will the defendant please rise. 751 00:37:01,310 --> 00:37:02,320 (WHISPERS) 752 00:37:04,020 --> 00:37:08,230 Your Honor, could my client be excused from rising for reasons of health? 753 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,300 No, no. I refuse. 754 00:37:12,190 --> 00:37:13,330 I can stand, 755 00:37:14,390 --> 00:37:15,460 but I refuse. 756 00:37:15,530 --> 00:37:17,670 Mr. Pantoya. PANTOYA: I'm a Colonel 757 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:19,970 and a Senator, 758 00:37:20,030 --> 00:37:23,480 and I do not recognize your right to judge me. 759 00:37:24,540 --> 00:37:26,310 So I will not stand. 760 00:37:28,010 --> 00:37:29,750 Fine. Let him sit. 761 00:37:31,310 --> 00:37:32,650 Mr. Foreman, 762 00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:34,690 on the sole count of the indictment, 763 00:37:34,750 --> 00:37:36,280 conspiracy in the first degree. 764 00:37:36,950 --> 00:37:38,220 How do you find? 765 00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:40,530 We the jury in the above entitled action, 766 00:37:40,590 --> 00:37:45,060 find the defendant, Emilio Sandoval Amando Pantoya 767 00:37:45,130 --> 00:37:46,470 guilty, 768 00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:47,940 (PEOPLE MURMURING) 769 00:37:54,230 --> 00:37:55,840 (SIGHS) 770 00:37:56,900 --> 00:38:00,480 ADAM: This is my favorite. "Jury Fries The Colonel." 771 00:38:00,540 --> 00:38:01,580 (LAUGHS) 772 00:38:03,380 --> 00:38:05,520 If I didn't know better, I'd offer you a drink. 773 00:38:05,610 --> 00:38:07,320 We'll see how it does on appeal. 774 00:38:07,380 --> 00:38:10,020 Try to enjoy something while it lasts. 775 00:38:10,180 --> 00:38:12,250 I'm happy about the verdict but, by all rights, 776 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:15,560 Pantoya should been tried by a jury of his peers. 777 00:38:15,620 --> 00:38:18,260 By his fellow countrymen, in a Chilean court. 778 00:38:18,890 --> 00:38:20,840 Murder is murder, wherever. 779 00:38:21,930 --> 00:38:24,600 (KNOCK ON DOOR) As long as justice gets done. Yes? 780 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,840 If you think you heard a shoe drop, you did. 781 00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:28,000 (SIGHS) 782 00:38:28,070 --> 00:38:30,140 Thanks to our friends in the Attorney General's Office, 783 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,710 Pantoya's gotten himself an emergency expedited hearing before the Supreme Court 784 00:38:33,770 --> 00:38:35,380 on a writ of habeas corpus. 785 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:36,790 Of course. 786 00:38:37,810 --> 00:38:39,450 You don't really think that the right wing 787 00:38:39,510 --> 00:38:41,690 of the Supreme Court is going to let you get away with this? 788 00:38:41,750 --> 00:38:44,390 Not to mention Madam Justice from Arizona. 789 00:38:44,580 --> 00:38:46,390 She isn't in anybody's pocket. 790 00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:50,330 Fine. One wild card. Not much to hang your reputation on. 791 00:38:50,390 --> 00:38:52,530 You let us worry about our reputation. 792 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,930 Hmm. I'm thinking about Adam Schiff's reputation. 793 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:57,630 You in lose in D.C., 794 00:38:57,700 --> 00:38:59,340 and how long do you think it'll take the voters to realize 795 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,680 what a massive waste of time and resources this has been? 796 00:39:02,940 --> 00:39:06,650 What damage has been done to the credibility of the District Attorney's Office? 797 00:39:06,710 --> 00:39:09,150 And they will take it out on him, McCoy. 798 00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:13,220 You asked for this meeting You got anything besides the guilt trip? 799 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,730 Agree to probation. You make your point, you save face, 800 00:39:16,780 --> 00:39:18,350 Colonel Pantoya goes home. 801 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:21,360 I might as well spit in the jury's eye. 802 00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:24,100 I'd rather have an acquittal 803 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:25,800 than give your client probation. 804 00:39:26,930 --> 00:39:28,410 Fine. 805 00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:33,570 (DOOR SHUTS) 806 00:39:33,630 --> 00:39:35,610 Probation would at least preserve the verdict. 807 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:37,040 You'd win on principle. 808 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:40,580 I'll remember that the next time you push for the death penalty. 809 00:39:41,510 --> 00:39:43,040 Well, then, maybe I've misunderstood. 810 00:39:43,110 --> 00:39:44,680 I thought this case was about principle 811 00:39:44,740 --> 00:39:46,950 because it certainly not been about the law. 812 00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:48,920 You don't think I've followed the letter of the law? 813 00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:51,520 I think you've skated on the thin edge of the page. 814 00:39:51,580 --> 00:39:53,760 Maybe it's time to take your winnings off the table. 815 00:39:53,820 --> 00:39:55,160 We haven't won anything yet. 816 00:39:56,590 --> 00:39:57,860 (SIGHS) 817 00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,960 Guess we go to Washington. 818 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,300 Upholding the conviction of Colonel Pantoya 819 00:40:08,370 --> 00:40:09,680 would fly in the face of the immunity 820 00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:11,440 granted him by the very people 821 00:40:11,500 --> 00:40:14,040 he allegedly oppressed and tortured. 822 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:16,850 If a state such as Iraq or Libya 823 00:40:16,910 --> 00:40:19,360 were to grant immunity to a criminal, 824 00:40:19,410 --> 00:40:21,190 must we be bound by it? 825 00:40:21,250 --> 00:40:24,320 Madam Justice, Chile is not a renegade terrorist state. 826 00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:26,590 Its present government was democratically elected 827 00:40:26,650 --> 00:40:29,100 and it is an ally to the United States. 828 00:40:29,220 --> 00:40:31,070 The prosecution of former ministers 829 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,630 of a sovereign state for transgressions committed in Chile 830 00:40:33,690 --> 00:40:36,500 would violate treaties between our countries. 831 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,070 It trespasses on the constitutional powers 832 00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:42,270 of our executive branch to conduct foreign policy. 833 00:40:42,340 --> 00:40:46,310 But, Mr. Chiles, if a jurisdictional nexus has been established, 834 00:40:46,770 --> 00:40:51,920 why should the prosecution of serious crimes become hostage to foreign policy? 835 00:40:51,980 --> 00:40:56,520 If this conviction stands, it will be end of foreign policy. 836 00:40:57,220 --> 00:41:00,100 Imagine our President, while on a visit to a foreign country, 837 00:41:00,150 --> 00:41:02,500 being arrested on warrant issued by China 838 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:04,760 for the bombing of their embassy in Serbia. 839 00:41:04,820 --> 00:41:06,530 Or a former Secretary of State 840 00:41:06,590 --> 00:41:10,410 being tried in Cambodia for the killing of civilians during the Vietnam War. 841 00:41:10,530 --> 00:41:13,530 This conviction would legitimize such prosecutions. 842 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:17,740 How could any President conduct foreign policy under these circumstances? 843 00:41:17,940 --> 00:41:21,680 Only the narrowest reading of jurisdictional statutes must apply. 844 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,580 The sovereignty of democratically elected governments 845 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:28,250 in judicial manners must be respected. 846 00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:31,060 The alternative is anarchy, 847 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,650 under the guise of criminal prosecution. 848 00:41:34,050 --> 00:41:36,900 CHIEF JUSTICE: Thank you, Mr. Chiles. Mr. McCoy. 849 00:41:40,730 --> 00:41:43,260 Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. May it please the Court. 850 00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:48,800 Man has only the rights he can defend. 851 00:41:49,870 --> 00:41:52,180 Our most basic right is life. 852 00:41:53,470 --> 00:41:55,980 It's enshrined, not only in our Constitution, 853 00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,350 but in the charter of the United Nations. 854 00:41:58,410 --> 00:42:03,360 The prohibition against taking a life is found in our most ancient texts 855 00:42:03,420 --> 00:42:05,950 and in the statutes of every nation. 856 00:42:06,450 --> 00:42:07,800 Every murder, 857 00:42:07,850 --> 00:42:11,860 whether in Brooklyn, Santiago, Rwanda or Kosovo 858 00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:16,300 demands punishment by whatever legal means possible. 859 00:42:16,530 --> 00:42:20,740 Otherwise, the right to life is just an empty promise. 860 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:24,910 But, Mr. McCoy, doesn't using a jurisdictional fig leaf 861 00:42:25,100 --> 00:42:29,020 to propel prosecution undermine the statutes you refer to? 862 00:42:29,110 --> 00:42:30,820 On the contrary, Madam Justice. 863 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:34,290 Timidity in the pursuit of murderers is no virtue. 864 00:42:34,750 --> 00:42:39,560 The Founding Fathers affirmed life as an absolute right. 865 00:42:40,020 --> 00:42:42,590 If the laws protecting that right are to have any meaning, 866 00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:45,160 they must be given the broadest interpretation. 867 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,930 What about the appellant's contention 868 00:42:47,990 --> 00:42:51,740 that upholding this conviction would open a Pandora's box 869 00:42:52,070 --> 00:42:54,880 and hinder the conduct of our foreign policy. 870 00:42:54,930 --> 00:42:57,010 The precedent has already been set. 871 00:42:57,100 --> 00:42:59,610 Heads of state can be tried for war crimes. 872 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,340 An American President sent the Marines to Panama 873 00:43:02,410 --> 00:43:05,360 to arrest President Noriega for drug smuggling. 874 00:43:06,010 --> 00:43:08,750 And if this case gives our own leaders pause 875 00:43:08,950 --> 00:43:11,260 before they drop a load of napalm 876 00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:14,820 on a village full of children in a neutral country, 877 00:43:14,890 --> 00:43:16,700 that can't be a bad thing. 878 00:43:18,020 --> 00:43:21,900 The law against murder applies to all. 879 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:23,570 No matter the perpetrator, 880 00:43:23,830 --> 00:43:26,780 the victim or the country where the murder is committed. 881 00:43:27,470 --> 00:43:29,640 It's the one moral law that recognizes 882 00:43:29,700 --> 00:43:33,620 no national, racial or religious boundaries. 883 00:43:33,970 --> 00:43:38,050 It can tolerate no exceptions. There is one law. 884 00:43:38,610 --> 00:43:40,680 One law. 885 00:43:41,350 --> 00:43:43,050 And when that law is broken 886 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:45,720 it's the duty of every officer of any court 887 00:43:45,790 --> 00:43:47,700 to rise up in defense of that law 888 00:43:48,090 --> 00:43:52,430 and bring their full power and diligence to bear against the lawbreaker. 889 00:43:53,190 --> 00:43:58,140 Because man has only those rights he can defend. 890 00:43:59,970 --> 00:44:01,640 Only those rights. 891 00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:06,250 Thank you. 892 00:44:15,650 --> 00:44:19,960 Well, we wait here another five hours or go back to the hotel? 893 00:44:20,020 --> 00:44:22,330 The clerk said it might not be too much longer. 894 00:44:22,390 --> 00:44:24,630 Quick turnaround for this court. 895 00:44:24,690 --> 00:44:27,070 Doesn't sound promising. 896 00:44:27,130 --> 00:44:29,000 Win, lose. You fought the good fight. 897 00:44:30,460 --> 00:44:31,770 Amen to that. 898 00:44:31,830 --> 00:44:34,370 Well, if that isn't reason for hope. 899 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:38,110 Here comes the clerk. 900 00:44:39,010 --> 00:44:40,710 Looks like she's holding the decision.