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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:38,110 --> 00:01:43,354 Ca Lu, half a click that way, two-nine-zero. 2 00:01:43,444 --> 00:01:45,811 - I say we go right up the middle. - Negative. 3 00:01:45,861 --> 00:01:48,857 One round flank up the hill, the other one right through the swamp. 4 00:01:51,644 --> 00:01:54,650 Heads, you get the hill. Tails, you get the swamp. 5 00:01:54,690 --> 00:01:56,648 Flip the motherfucker. 6 00:01:58,606 --> 00:02:00,853 - See you in Ca Lu. - All right. 7 00:04:32,533 --> 00:04:34,951 Delta Two, what's your SITREP? Over. 8 00:04:35,031 --> 00:04:37,118 What do you got, Gibson? 9 00:04:37,198 --> 00:04:41,403 Nothing, sir. Delta One, Delta Two, SITREP. Over. 10 00:04:41,493 --> 00:04:43,700 Two-one, contact! Contact way out! 11 00:04:54,278 --> 00:04:58,363 Cease fire! Cease fire! 12 00:04:58,403 --> 00:05:01,819 Go, go, go. Let's get 'em! 13 00:05:01,859 --> 00:05:03,816 Come outta there! 14 00:05:03,866 --> 00:05:06,194 Put your hands on your head! Get on your knees now! 15 00:05:06,234 --> 00:05:08,321 Come on! Down, down. 16 00:05:08,401 --> 00:05:11,028 Come on out of there! Now! 17 00:05:13,355 --> 00:05:18,359 How many you slopes are out here? Huh? What's your unit? What's in it? 18 00:05:18,439 --> 00:05:21,356 Tuan, get over here! Talk to these motherfuckers! 19 00:05:21,446 --> 00:05:24,232 Find out how many of them are here! 20 00:05:24,312 --> 00:05:27,818 Where are they? What's in it? Talk to me, goddamn it! 21 00:05:38,226 --> 00:05:40,353 Aah! 22 00:05:55,685 --> 00:05:58,642 Two, this is One Actual. Where are you? 23 00:06:07,351 --> 00:06:09,269 Uuh! 24 00:06:20,346 --> 00:06:23,722 Other side of the tree line. I'm in the water unable to withdraw. 25 00:06:25,350 --> 00:06:30,803 Unable to withdraw! I'm calling in a fire mission on this position! 26 00:06:33,890 --> 00:06:37,216 - Hurry up and drop that arty! - They're all over! 27 00:06:39,763 --> 00:06:41,890 Go left! Get out there! 28 00:06:41,930 --> 00:06:45,176 Tell this man to get on that radio and pull his men off Hodges. 29 00:06:45,256 --> 00:06:47,673 Tell him to break contact and move his men north of Ca Lu! 30 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:54,046 Tell him I ain't playin'! Pull his men off Hodges now! 31 00:06:56,423 --> 00:06:58,551 I ain't bullshittin' with you. 32 00:06:58,591 --> 00:07:00,548 Either you call your men off Hodges, 33 00:07:00,588 --> 00:07:03,255 or this motherfucker's dead and you're next. 34 00:07:03,335 --> 00:07:06,711 Last warnin '! 35 00:07:10,716 --> 00:07:13,253 Uuh! 36 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:16,799 Call your men off Hodges now! 37 00:07:16,839 --> 00:07:21,294 If he does, he can go. He's got my word on that. 38 00:07:21,374 --> 00:07:25,459 If you don't, I'll kill you where you stand. 39 00:08:21,323 --> 00:08:24,739 Two, this is One Actual. You still with me? 40 00:08:31,201 --> 00:08:34,237 Crank off a pop-up if you're still alive. 41 00:08:47,741 --> 00:08:52,116 You got a reprieve, you hear me? You don't get to die today. 42 00:08:52,196 --> 00:08:54,523 "You got your "Hail Mary". 43 00:09:44,684 --> 00:09:49,938 Hey! It's the colonel with his cover on! 44 00:10:04,890 --> 00:10:07,266 All right! Make way, make way! 45 00:10:07,267 --> 00:10:10,843 - I guess the drinks are on me. - All right! 46 00:10:10,893 --> 00:10:12,851 At ease! Listen up. 47 00:10:14,599 --> 00:10:18,384 Ladies and gentlemen, 48 00:10:18,474 --> 00:10:23,138 the reason we're all here, Colonel Hayes Hodges. 49 00:10:33,306 --> 00:10:38,590 He's calling it a career after 32 years of distinguished service. 50 00:10:42,346 --> 00:10:44,253 All right, all right. 51 00:10:45,382 --> 00:10:48,257 Colonel, we got you a gift and a surprise, 52 00:10:48,258 --> 00:10:50,716 so don't act like you're not coming up here. 53 00:10:50,796 --> 00:10:53,213 Speech! Speech! Speech! 54 00:10:57,797 --> 00:10:59,795 Speech! Speech! Speech! 55 00:11:08,175 --> 00:11:10,083 Hey, my man! 56 00:11:17,085 --> 00:11:19,002 Good to see you. 57 00:11:19,082 --> 00:11:22,628 You damn well better be. I came halfway 'round the world for this. 58 00:11:32,207 --> 00:11:34,124 Hey, get up here. 59 00:11:39,078 --> 00:11:41,036 Speech! 60 00:11:43,034 --> 00:11:46,410 The sword, Colonel. You know the story, Hayes. 61 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:49,286 Marine Lieutenant Presley O'Banion defeated the Barbary pirates... 62 00:11:49,366 --> 00:11:51,584 on the shores ofTripoli in 1805. 63 00:11:51,664 --> 00:11:54,750 Out of gratitude, the pasha gave him the Mameluke sword. 64 00:11:54,790 --> 00:11:57,327 Marine officers have carried one ever since. 65 00:11:57,407 --> 00:11:59,704 It's the symbol ofa warrior, 66 00:11:59,784 --> 00:12:02,701 and you are a warrior. 67 00:12:02,780 --> 00:12:06,366 The best I ever served with. 68 00:12:10,781 --> 00:12:13,198 This man's been riding a desk for the past 28 years, 69 00:12:13,238 --> 00:12:15,785 but not because he wanted to. 70 00:12:15,865 --> 00:12:18,612 He knows how to fight. It's in his blood. Ah-ooh! 71 00:12:22,987 --> 00:12:25,743 What are you gonna do now, Colonel? 72 00:12:25,783 --> 00:12:28,740 Well, uh... Well. 73 00:12:28,780 --> 00:12:31,826 Heh! No more wars to fight, no more trials to lose. 74 00:12:33,904 --> 00:12:36,990 So I expect I'll do some teaching at V.M.I. 75 00:12:37,070 --> 00:12:40,156 I will recon the local restaurants in a concerted effort... 76 00:12:40,196 --> 00:12:44,032 to find out what civilians eat. 77 00:12:44,072 --> 00:12:47,148 Of course, I intend to continue serving my country... 78 00:12:47,238 --> 00:12:49,355 by honorably depleting the trout streams... 79 00:12:49,445 --> 00:12:52,362 of the Southern United States with my fly rod! 80 00:12:55,278 --> 00:12:57,196 That's about it. 81 00:13:01,111 --> 00:13:03,069 Let's get outta here. 82 00:13:07,813 --> 00:13:11,060 - I missed you. - Yeah, I missed you too. 83 00:13:11,149 --> 00:13:13,397 How's the kid, the smart Hodges? 84 00:13:13,477 --> 00:13:17,562 You know, he studies more than any two people. I never see him. 85 00:13:17,642 --> 00:13:20,858 - You gotta fix that. - Yeah. 86 00:13:23,025 --> 00:13:25,393 - Got my orders. - Oh, yeah? What? 87 00:13:25,433 --> 00:13:28,849 Got command of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. 88 00:13:28,898 --> 00:13:33,064 - Special Operations capable. - Congrats. Huh! Congrats. 89 00:13:33,103 --> 00:13:35,060 - Yeah. - Outstanding. 90 00:13:35,061 --> 00:13:37,808 All I gotta do is lash 'em together, take 'em to sea. 91 00:13:39,266 --> 00:13:41,514 That's, uh... outstanding. 92 00:13:43,891 --> 00:13:47,726 You ain't missin' nothin', Hodge. It's a whole new ball game. 93 00:13:47,766 --> 00:13:50,763 No friends, no enemies, no front, no rear. 94 00:13:50,852 --> 00:13:53,140 No victories, no defeats, no Mama, no Papa. 95 00:13:53,180 --> 00:13:56,306 - Yeah. - We're orphans out there. 96 00:13:56,386 --> 00:13:58,553 It's funny, you know? 97 00:13:58,643 --> 00:14:01,260 One guy walks out through a swamp, he gets to come home to a desk. 98 00:14:01,350 --> 00:14:03,677 Another guy drives up a hill and he gets to still be doin' it, 99 00:14:03,767 --> 00:14:05,805 all over the flip ofa goddamn coin. 100 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:07,802 You know, that's... 101 00:14:10,220 --> 00:14:13,176 It's funny. 102 00:14:13,216 --> 00:14:16,632 You gave good service to the corps, Hodge. 103 00:14:16,682 --> 00:14:20,637 To think otherwise would be just plain crazy. 104 00:14:20,677 --> 00:14:23,803 - You'd have gotten your command. - Oh, yeah, sure. 105 00:14:56,924 --> 00:14:58,882 What's up, John? 106 00:14:58,922 --> 00:15:02,338 Terry, we've been ordered to the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden. 107 00:15:02,418 --> 00:15:05,085 This comes straight down Second Division through General Perry. 108 00:15:05,164 --> 00:15:07,082 The American Embassy in Yemen is surrounded... 109 00:15:07,172 --> 00:15:08,670 by a crowd of demonstrators. 110 00:15:08,710 --> 00:15:10,129 The crowd isn't hostile, but it's large enough... 111 00:15:10,209 --> 00:15:13,375 to spook their government into pulling their security forces. 112 00:15:13,455 --> 00:15:16,751 Twenty-fourth Marine Expeditionary Unit's gonna provide extra security. 113 00:15:16,791 --> 00:15:19,747 We're gonna baby-sit, Colonel. Just show our presence. 114 00:15:19,787 --> 00:15:22,584 Remember, though, if it turns hot, we're looking at an evac. 115 00:15:22,624 --> 00:15:26,000 We got an ambassador and his family there. Let me run you through this. 116 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:27,997 Here's your potential L.Z.S. 117 00:15:28,037 --> 00:15:31,124 Marines at the embassy advise we can gain entrance through the back way. 118 00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:33,791 Here's some stairs where you can deploy your men to the roof. 119 00:15:33,831 --> 00:15:35,958 These are your over-watch positions. 120 00:15:35,998 --> 00:15:38,205 I'll take them in myself quietly. 121 00:15:38,245 --> 00:15:41,621 One platoon, TRAP team, put everyone else on Ready Five. 122 00:15:41,701 --> 00:15:43,699 My thoughts exactly, Colonel. 123 00:17:08,898 --> 00:17:11,225 What's wrong, Mommy? 124 00:17:11,315 --> 00:17:13,682 The people are upset about some things, darling. 125 00:17:13,772 --> 00:17:16,809 - Are they mad at Daddy? - No, they're not mad at your daddy. 126 00:17:16,899 --> 00:17:18,806 Why are they yelling? 127 00:17:18,896 --> 00:17:23,231 They're trying to get attention so that people will listen to them. 128 00:17:52,636 --> 00:17:55,513 Sir, state security analysts are asking for an assessment. 129 00:17:55,593 --> 00:17:58,509 Assessment? We're getting the hell out of here. That's the assessment. 130 00:17:58,599 --> 00:18:01,096 The Sixth Fleet marines are in the air, sir. 131 00:18:01,176 --> 00:18:03,673 If they think I'm gonna tough this one out, they're crazy. 132 00:18:03,763 --> 00:18:06,510 Tell Mrs. Mourain to start packing. We're going home. 133 00:18:06,550 --> 00:18:08,797 Shall I indicate we're ready to evacuate? 134 00:18:08,887 --> 00:18:11,174 Ask them where the hell are those helicopters! 135 00:18:11,214 --> 00:18:13,052 The ambassador wants to know where the choppers are. 136 00:18:13,132 --> 00:18:15,299 You heard me. Where the hell are the choppers? 137 00:19:16,497 --> 00:19:18,704 Lock and load! Lock and load! 138 00:19:18,744 --> 00:19:21,121 Lock and load! Lock and load! 139 00:20:28,482 --> 00:20:32,237 We're gonna take a betterlookbefore we go in. 140 00:20:46,191 --> 00:20:49,976 Wagon Wheel, this is Red Man. I'm over the embassy. 141 00:20:50,066 --> 00:20:52,983 This ain 't no baby-sit. It's ugly down there. 142 00:20:53,023 --> 00:20:54,940 Red Man, Wagon Wheel. 143 00:20:54,980 --> 00:20:56,898 Roger that. Let's go for the evac. 144 00:20:56,938 --> 00:20:59,974 Put it on deck. We're going in the north side. 145 00:22:02,171 --> 00:22:05,427 There! Go! 146 00:22:08,094 --> 00:22:10,012 - Captain Lee! - Yes, sir! 147 00:22:10,051 --> 00:22:13,178 Nobody comes over those walls or through those gates. Nobody! 148 00:22:13,258 --> 00:22:17,003 One Alpha, secure all entries. Tango and Bravo, on the walls! 149 00:22:17,093 --> 00:22:21,128 - Move, move, move! - Last man! Last man! 150 00:22:22,716 --> 00:22:26,003 Pull back! Pull back! 151 00:22:31,836 --> 00:22:33,873 Take cover! 152 00:22:39,337 --> 00:22:42,503 You speak English? - Yes! 153 00:22:42,543 --> 00:22:46,129 Where's the ambassador? He's topside! Go topside! 154 00:22:51,123 --> 00:22:55,288 Take that corner! Take that side! Move! 155 00:23:01,910 --> 00:23:03,788 Aah! 156 00:23:04,877 --> 00:23:07,374 Move, move, move! Go, go! 157 00:23:08,912 --> 00:23:11,249 Bravo Two, left! Move, move, move! 158 00:23:11,329 --> 00:23:14,205 Incoming sniper fire! Stay down! Stay down! 159 00:23:17,162 --> 00:23:19,369 Two blue, clear! 160 00:23:19,449 --> 00:23:22,416 - Who's Mrs. Mourain? - I'm Mrs. Mourain. 161 00:23:22,496 --> 00:23:25,742 - Where's the ambassador? - He's in there. Are we leaving? 162 00:23:25,832 --> 00:23:28,409 The helos are outside, ma'am, but that's up to the ambassador. 163 00:23:28,489 --> 00:23:30,746 Stay away from the windows, please. 164 00:23:32,324 --> 00:23:34,242 Duck! Ow! 165 00:23:34,322 --> 00:23:37,408 Aah! Colonel! Please! 166 00:23:39,575 --> 00:23:43,111 My God! Are the helicopters here? What kept you people so long? 167 00:23:43,201 --> 00:23:46,278 We're ready to evacuate, unless you want to stay and run the embassy. 168 00:23:46,367 --> 00:23:49,444 I want to go right... now! We called hours ago! 169 00:23:49,534 --> 00:23:52,610 All right, sir, come to me. Stay calm and come to me. 170 00:23:52,660 --> 00:23:58,153 - Stay calm. Come to me. Stay low. - We're like targets! 171 00:23:58,233 --> 00:24:00,820 - We're sitting targets! - Follow Sergeant Mac. Go! 172 00:24:06,274 --> 00:24:09,570 Come on! Down there! Down there! Right there! 173 00:24:14,234 --> 00:24:16,941 Right there! Down there! Down there! 174 00:24:39,854 --> 00:24:41,852 Go ahead, ma'am! 175 00:24:41,892 --> 00:24:44,808 Go ahead! Go ahead, ma'am, go ahead! 176 00:24:44,898 --> 00:24:48,564 Come on, son. Come on! 177 00:24:48,644 --> 00:24:50,941 - What's your name, son? Justin? - Justin. 178 00:24:51,021 --> 00:24:53,808 Come on, Justin! Come on! 179 00:24:53,897 --> 00:24:56,395 - Justin, what's that you got there? - A flashlight. 180 00:24:56,474 --> 00:24:59,271 We're gonna ride in a helicopter. Wanna bring that with you? 181 00:24:59,351 --> 00:25:03,097 - Huh? Come on. Come on! - Mommy! 182 00:25:03,186 --> 00:25:05,893 Let's go, ma'am, go! Go, go, go! 183 00:25:10,098 --> 00:25:12,845 All TRAP Unit six, stay low, stay low! 184 00:25:12,935 --> 00:25:15,931 We got crap coming over the walls and sniper fire at 100 meters. Over. 185 00:25:16,011 --> 00:25:19,387 Stay low! Sit tight, sit tight, sit tight! 186 00:25:31,133 --> 00:25:34,100 Colonel, we got three marines hit! One is K.I.A. 187 00:25:34,140 --> 00:25:36,757 One Alpha says they're gonna try to breach the front gate! 188 00:25:36,847 --> 00:25:39,094 - Tell them to wait out! - Roger that! 189 00:25:47,264 --> 00:25:53,007 Put the missus on board first. Get in there, Mr. Ambassador. 190 00:25:53,047 --> 00:25:56,344 I'll personally recommend you... Where's the belt? 191 00:25:56,383 --> 00:25:59,839 - I'll personally recommend... - Hold it! 192 00:25:59,879 --> 00:26:04,883 Where are you going? What? Colonel! Colonel, we can't wait here! 193 00:26:04,963 --> 00:26:08,130 Come on! Let's get out! Come on! 194 00:26:14,342 --> 00:26:16,000 Let's go! Christ! 195 00:26:16,090 --> 00:26:17,049 We're leaving in just a few seconds. 196 00:26:17,129 --> 00:26:21,923 Let's go! Why are we sitting here? Why are we sitting here? 197 00:26:21,963 --> 00:26:25,339 - Sir, please! Look at me. Stay calm. - Let's go! 198 00:26:56,452 --> 00:26:58,790 She's free, sir! Go! 199 00:27:07,579 --> 00:27:10,156 Hope you know how to fold this, sir. 200 00:27:10,206 --> 00:27:12,533 Thank you, Colonel. I'll never forget this. 201 00:27:12,573 --> 00:27:15,410 Sir. 202 00:27:20,454 --> 00:27:22,412 Go! 203 00:28:07,149 --> 00:28:12,482 Krasevitch is hit! 204 00:28:14,690 --> 00:28:19,234 Corpsman! Corpsman! Shit! 205 00:28:19,314 --> 00:28:22,061 Goddamn it! 206 00:28:22,151 --> 00:28:24,069 Fuck! 207 00:28:29,942 --> 00:28:31,859 Six, Red Man. 208 00:28:31,939 --> 00:28:33,857 Engage hostile targets as they appear. 209 00:28:33,937 --> 00:28:37,393 Deadly force is authorized. How copy? Over. 210 00:28:37,483 --> 00:28:40,060 Red Man, Trans Six Actual. Negative, negative! 211 00:28:40,140 --> 00:28:42,856 Be advised, I have women and children in my line of fire. 212 00:28:42,896 --> 00:28:45,723 I got snipers in the buildings at 400 meters. How copy? Over. 213 00:28:45,813 --> 00:28:49,888 What is it about this order you don't understand, Captain Lee? 214 00:28:49,938 --> 00:28:52,893 Sir, are you ordering me to fire into the crowd? Over. 215 00:28:52,894 --> 00:28:55,601 Yes, goddamn it! Waste the motherfuckers! 216 00:28:55,681 --> 00:28:58,598 Six out. Engage! Engage! 217 00:28:58,688 --> 00:29:02,104 Open fire! 218 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:25,426 Cease fire! 219 00:29:25,466 --> 00:29:27,593 Cease fire! 220 00:29:27,673 --> 00:29:29,761 Cease fire! 221 00:29:29,841 --> 00:29:32,598 Stay down! There may still be snipers out there. 222 00:29:32,677 --> 00:29:34,755 Cease fire! 223 00:29:34,845 --> 00:29:38,590 - Cease fire, goddamn it! - Everybody stay down! 224 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:43,295 There may still be snipers out there. Stay down! 225 00:29:43,345 --> 00:29:45,302 Get down! 226 00:30:41,836 --> 00:30:43,793 - Sergeant Mac. - Sir? 227 00:30:43,833 --> 00:30:47,159 Contact all stations. Mission complete. 228 00:30:47,249 --> 00:30:51,494 Launch medevacs. Dead and wounded out first. 229 00:30:51,574 --> 00:30:53,492 Aye, Colonel. 230 00:30:53,582 --> 00:30:58,206 All stations, this is RedMan. Mission complete. 231 00:30:58,286 --> 00:31:01,992 Move all medevacs to L.Z. Howcopy? Over. 232 00:31:18,662 --> 00:31:20,120 The FBI. investigation shows... 233 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,577 that all the bullet holes in the embassy wall... 234 00:31:22,617 --> 00:31:25,654 came from directly across the way, from the snipers. 235 00:31:25,744 --> 00:31:28,860 Any weapons or ammo found among the dead or wounded? 236 00:31:28,950 --> 00:31:32,575 No, sir. Nothing. However, intelligence suggests... 237 00:31:32,655 --> 00:31:35,073 this could have been a terrorist operation. 238 00:31:35,112 --> 00:31:37,070 Any proof? 239 00:31:37,110 --> 00:31:40,406 This is a tape from the embassy security system. 240 00:31:40,486 --> 00:31:42,943 - Want me to thread it up? - No. I don't want to watch videos. 241 00:31:43,023 --> 00:31:45,400 I don't want to hear about ammo casings in some building, 242 00:31:45,490 --> 00:31:48,906 'cause here I got 83 dead people... 243 00:31:48,946 --> 00:31:51,823 unarmed... women, children, old men. 244 00:31:51,903 --> 00:31:54,030 Another hundred or so critically wounded. 245 00:31:54,110 --> 00:31:58,485 Here I got an international crisis of mega fucking proportions! 246 00:31:58,565 --> 00:32:00,482 Bill, you know there have been regular reports... 247 00:32:00,562 --> 00:32:02,770 of a terrorist plot against this embassy. 248 00:32:02,820 --> 00:32:06,146 This was a regularly scheduled protest. It was every week. 249 00:32:06,186 --> 00:32:09,602 It was the usual bullshit about American presence in the gulf. 250 00:32:09,652 --> 00:32:13,647 Have you looked at these? I mean, I'm just assuming you have, 251 00:32:13,687 --> 00:32:17,482 since they're on the front page of every newspaper in the world. 252 00:32:17,562 --> 00:32:20,359 It's not that the rest of the world wants to hold us responsible, 253 00:32:20,439 --> 00:32:22,357 we are responsible! 254 00:32:24,314 --> 00:32:27,101 We can't even have the appearance of a cover-up. 255 00:32:27,141 --> 00:32:30,187 That does not excuse us from our duty, Mr. Sokal. 256 00:32:30,267 --> 00:32:35,231 We sent Colonel Childers in there, and the mission went to shit. 257 00:32:35,311 --> 00:32:37,768 We can't go after the man who carried out his orders... 258 00:32:37,848 --> 00:32:40,185 and ignore the people who issued those orders. 259 00:32:40,265 --> 00:32:42,183 Childers ordered the slaughter... 260 00:32:42,263 --> 00:32:44,620 of innocent women and children. Get that straight right now. 261 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,019 I'll tell you what we ought to get straight. 262 00:32:46,098 --> 00:32:47,936 We lost three United States Marines. 263 00:32:47,976 --> 00:32:50,683 They lost 83! 264 00:32:50,763 --> 00:32:53,809 Now, are we gonna go to war with Yemen over it? 265 00:32:53,849 --> 00:32:57,635 We're covering our ass all over the Middle East right now, General. 266 00:32:57,685 --> 00:33:00,262 Because of your man's hot headed miscalculation, 267 00:33:00,302 --> 00:33:04,557 we are in danger of losing embassies in Saudi, Jordan and Egypt. 268 00:33:04,636 --> 00:33:07,343 We're in danger of losing our presence... 269 00:33:07,433 --> 00:33:10,260 with every moderate in the region. 270 00:33:10,350 --> 00:33:12,597 Now they're gonna scream "cover up". 271 00:33:12,677 --> 00:33:15,923 The screaming will get so loud we'll be sending Marines back over there, 272 00:33:15,973 --> 00:33:19,339 and the body count of American dead is gonna be higher than three. 273 00:33:21,177 --> 00:33:24,882 I see where you're going with this, Mr. Sokal. 274 00:33:24,972 --> 00:33:27,220 Will you be needing me anymore today? 275 00:33:28,638 --> 00:33:30,636 No. 276 00:33:30,716 --> 00:33:33,053 No, that's fine, General. Thankyou. 277 00:33:33,093 --> 00:33:35,220 Good day to you, sir. 278 00:33:48,425 --> 00:33:51,751 Where do you think you're going with that? 279 00:33:51,841 --> 00:33:56,835 - You don't want to look at it. - Nobody's lookin' at it. 280 00:33:56,925 --> 00:33:59,332 Why should the United States be held responsible... 281 00:33:59,382 --> 00:34:03,257 for the actions of one man? 282 00:34:03,337 --> 00:34:05,714 What if the crowd had weapons? 283 00:34:05,794 --> 00:34:08,291 What if this shows they did fire first? 284 00:34:08,381 --> 00:34:11,497 He could have fired over their heads, this moron! 285 00:34:11,587 --> 00:34:14,204 Didn't he know where he was? The Middle East! 286 00:34:14,254 --> 00:34:15,962 He could have isolated on the snipers. 287 00:34:16,042 --> 00:34:17,540 He could have avoided confrontation. 288 00:34:17,620 --> 00:34:19,917 He could have done 50 fuckin' things! 289 00:34:19,997 --> 00:34:22,295 Instead, he destroyed a fragile trust, put his own men in danger... 290 00:34:22,374 --> 00:34:25,870 Fuck this guy! Forget this tape. 291 00:34:25,910 --> 00:34:29,876 I don't want to watch it. I don't want to testify about it. 292 00:34:32,243 --> 00:34:34,200 I don't want it to exist. 293 00:34:46,366 --> 00:34:48,454 Good morning, sir. 294 00:34:49,662 --> 00:34:51,620 Good morning, sir. 295 00:34:54,407 --> 00:34:56,324 Aye, aye, sir. 296 00:34:56,414 --> 00:34:59,830 As soon as it's time. 297 00:35:03,496 --> 00:35:07,281 General, Colonel Childers reporting as ordered, sir. 298 00:35:07,321 --> 00:35:09,409 - Give us a minute, Skip. - Yes, sir. 299 00:35:13,784 --> 00:35:18,738 Colonel, it's my duty to inform you that you've been charged with... 300 00:35:20,655 --> 00:35:24,611 You know the drill. 301 00:35:28,157 --> 00:35:30,074 This is the Article 32 investigation. 302 00:35:30,154 --> 00:35:32,192 You're facing a general court-martial... 303 00:35:32,282 --> 00:35:35,068 and charged with violation ofat least three articles... 304 00:35:35,148 --> 00:35:37,695 everything from "breach of peace" to "conduct unbecoming". 305 00:35:37,775 --> 00:35:43,648 But the bottom line... 83 counts, violation of Article 118, murder. 306 00:35:43,688 --> 00:35:45,686 You issued an illegal order to have your marines... 307 00:35:45,696 --> 00:35:48,942 fire into a group of innocent civilians. 308 00:35:49,022 --> 00:35:51,399 Murder, sir? 309 00:35:55,354 --> 00:35:59,060 I'm the convening authority, so I've gotta get this B.S. out of the way. 310 00:36:01,647 --> 00:36:04,434 Sign here, initial here. 311 00:36:08,359 --> 00:36:12,894 You're not a flight risk, so there won't be any pretrial confinement. 312 00:36:16,979 --> 00:36:19,436 This court-martial convenes in eight days... 313 00:36:19,476 --> 00:36:24,480 by direct order of the national command authority. 314 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,896 Do you want me to call Bob Bennett or one of those guys, 315 00:36:27,976 --> 00:36:30,393 or do you want to go with base legal? 316 00:36:32,980 --> 00:36:37,395 Terry, goddamn it, we've been friends for20years. 317 00:36:41,220 --> 00:36:44,386 You want to tell me exactly what the hell happened out there? 318 00:36:46,434 --> 00:36:51,178 I lost marines. The crowd was hostile. They fired on us. 319 00:36:51,268 --> 00:36:54,764 They fired first, sir. 320 00:36:54,804 --> 00:36:57,721 I want you to know I did everything in the world... 321 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,638 to keep this from happening. 322 00:36:59,639 --> 00:37:02,425 It's just out of my hands now. 323 00:37:14,341 --> 00:37:16,299 Thanks a lot. 324 00:37:16,338 --> 00:37:19,005 When's the last time you actually caught something here? 325 00:37:20,344 --> 00:37:23,130 Two years. 326 00:37:27,885 --> 00:37:31,131 - I really need your help. - I'll help. Anything you need. 327 00:37:31,171 --> 00:37:33,548 You want me to take the stand? I'll be a character witness. 328 00:37:33,628 --> 00:37:35,835 No, you don't understand what I'm asking. 329 00:37:36,924 --> 00:37:39,921 I want you to be my lawyer. 330 00:37:43,836 --> 00:37:47,422 I'm a good enough lawyer to know you need a better lawyer than me. 331 00:37:47,462 --> 00:37:49,379 'Sides that, I'm short. 332 00:37:49,459 --> 00:37:50,878 Two-nine plus one wake-up, and I'm gone. 333 00:37:50,957 --> 00:37:53,085 You need one of those Washington cats. 334 00:37:53,125 --> 00:37:57,250 I don't want some Starbucks drinker who's never seen combat. 335 00:37:57,290 --> 00:38:00,546 - I need somebody who's been shot at. - Yeah, I've been shot at. 336 00:38:00,626 --> 00:38:03,792 That's what I am... a shot-up marine. 337 00:38:03,872 --> 00:38:07,498 As a matter of fact, that's all the hell I am. 338 00:38:07,578 --> 00:38:10,205 No, wait a minute. I'm also a weak lawyer. 339 00:38:11,293 --> 00:38:14,410 I'm a very weak lawyer... 340 00:38:14,460 --> 00:38:19,124 and the government is gonna come at you with everything they've got. 341 00:38:28,413 --> 00:38:31,450 Major, Bill Sokal. It's a pleasure to meet you. Come on in. 342 00:38:31,499 --> 00:38:33,457 Let me introduce you. 343 00:38:33,497 --> 00:38:35,455 Gentlemen, this is Major Mark Biggs. 344 00:38:35,495 --> 00:38:37,662 He'll be prosecuting the Childers court-martial. 345 00:38:37,702 --> 00:38:40,119 The marines put the major through Stanford Law, 346 00:38:40,199 --> 00:38:43,655 and he owes them a couple of years before he takes over the world. 347 00:38:43,745 --> 00:38:45,663 You know General Lowry. 348 00:38:45,743 --> 00:38:47,830 I'd like you to meet the general of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 349 00:38:47,910 --> 00:38:50,787 General West, and the secretary of Defense, Mr. Wyatt. 350 00:38:50,827 --> 00:38:52,782 Have a seat. Make yourself comfortable. 351 00:38:52,783 --> 00:38:56,620 What I gather from our esteemed NSC advisor and secretary of state... 352 00:38:56,700 --> 00:38:58,867 is that we've got a trial in two weeks. 353 00:38:58,947 --> 00:39:02,243 - Seems awfully damned fast. - Everyone in this room will agree... 354 00:39:02,323 --> 00:39:05,041 it's in the national interest that this trial be moved along quickly. 355 00:39:05,110 --> 00:39:08,905 The Article 32 investigation was complete and comprehensive. 356 00:39:08,985 --> 00:39:10,693 It all seems to point in one direction. 357 00:39:10,783 --> 00:39:12,151 Has he got a lawyer yet? 358 00:39:12,241 --> 00:39:15,158 He's requested a military attorney, Colonel Hayes Hodges. 359 00:39:15,198 --> 00:39:17,944 Second Marine Division, Lejeune. 360 00:39:18,024 --> 00:39:19,732 Any relation to General H. Lawrence Hodges? 361 00:39:19,782 --> 00:39:20,941 His son. 362 00:39:20,981 --> 00:39:23,648 Larry Hodges was one of this country's most distinguished officers. 363 00:39:23,738 --> 00:39:25,905 What do we know about Colonel Hayes Hodges? 364 00:39:25,945 --> 00:39:28,362 He's a guy who got blown apart in Vietnam, 365 00:39:28,442 --> 00:39:31,149 then went to Georgetown Law and became a cynic. 366 00:39:31,189 --> 00:39:33,146 Is that about right, Major? 367 00:39:33,196 --> 00:39:35,314 He was 67th in his class at Georgetown, sir. 368 00:39:35,404 --> 00:39:38,230 He doesn't take too many cases, doesn't win too many. 369 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:41,067 He apparently went through an ugly divorce, had a drinking problem, 370 00:39:41,147 --> 00:39:45,692 retiring in two weeks. - Can we guarantee we get this guy? 371 00:39:45,772 --> 00:39:48,319 Sir, if I may say something? 372 00:39:49,437 --> 00:39:51,525 I am not a hired gun. 373 00:39:51,605 --> 00:39:53,063 I accepted this assignment... 374 00:39:53,103 --> 00:39:55,480 'cause I believe in the merits ofthe government's case. 375 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,727 I am not gonna stack the deck against this guy. 376 00:39:57,817 --> 00:40:00,644 I will try this case on good evidence only. 377 00:40:00,724 --> 00:40:03,021 I'm glad to hear it. 378 00:40:37,221 --> 00:40:40,217 Hold your fire. 379 00:40:40,307 --> 00:40:43,513 Set that weapon down over here. 380 00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:50,465 We need a couple of canteens up here. 381 00:40:56,548 --> 00:40:59,135 Party incoming! - You can go. 382 00:40:59,215 --> 00:41:02,221 You can go, goddamn it! Go on! Dee dee! 383 00:41:02,301 --> 00:41:05,717 Get the fuck out of here before I change my mind! 384 00:41:10,551 --> 00:41:13,218 Looks like you're going back to the world, baby. 385 00:41:13,258 --> 00:41:17,463 - Doc! - Twenty meters out. Left! 386 00:41:17,503 --> 00:41:20,879 - Right there. - Anybody else? 387 00:41:41,215 --> 00:41:43,173 I got you now! 388 00:41:44,751 --> 00:41:46,668 - Hey, buddy! - Hi, Mom. 389 00:41:48,746 --> 00:41:50,664 He looks fabulous. 390 00:41:50,754 --> 00:41:52,621 - Happy anniversary, Mom. - Oh, thank you. So good to see you. 391 00:41:52,671 --> 00:41:54,120 I wasn't sure you'd make it. 392 00:41:54,209 --> 00:41:56,167 - You look wonderful. - Thank you. 393 00:41:56,207 --> 00:41:58,794 - How's it feel to be retired? - Um, crazy. 394 00:41:58,874 --> 00:42:00,452 Good. Oh, you look great. 395 00:42:00,502 --> 00:42:01,910 - Thank you. - Well, come see Dad... 396 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,208 - There he is. ...and all the family. 397 00:42:04,288 --> 00:42:06,785 Hello, sir. 398 00:42:06,874 --> 00:42:09,292 - Glad you could make it. - Yes, sir. 399 00:42:14,955 --> 00:42:18,201 Good to see you, Hayes. - How are you doing? 400 00:42:18,291 --> 00:42:21,657 Hey, kid. Hey, you. Remember me? 401 00:42:21,747 --> 00:42:24,574 - The old guy who looks like you. - Do I know you? 402 00:42:24,663 --> 00:42:27,121 - Yeah. - Your voice sounds really familiar. 403 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,747 Here's a clue. I was married to your mom for about five minutes. 404 00:42:29,827 --> 00:42:32,914 - Really? You sure? 'Cause I don't... - Yeah. 405 00:42:37,408 --> 00:42:40,495 - Well, is he guilty? - Sir? 406 00:42:40,575 --> 00:42:43,032 Your friend Colonel Childers. 407 00:42:43,072 --> 00:42:46,328 - Guilty of what, sir? - Come on, Hayes. 408 00:42:46,408 --> 00:42:50,033 You served with him. Is he the rabid dog we've all been hearing about? 409 00:42:50,113 --> 00:42:51,861 I don't think I should comment, sir. 410 00:42:51,901 --> 00:42:54,988 Come on, Dad. This is family. You can lighten up a little. 411 00:42:55,067 --> 00:42:56,985 You know what we said at the naval academy. 412 00:42:57,075 --> 00:42:59,992 Even if you thought you weren't responsible, 413 00:43:00,032 --> 00:43:02,489 it went wrong and you were there. 414 00:43:02,529 --> 00:43:04,316 Since when have you not had a comment? 415 00:43:04,406 --> 00:43:06,154 Since Childers asked me to defend him. 416 00:43:06,234 --> 00:43:08,032 No. Oh, Hayes. 417 00:43:08,072 --> 00:43:10,489 - What? - Excuse me. 418 00:43:10,569 --> 00:43:12,856 - Are you kidding me? - No. 419 00:43:12,906 --> 00:43:16,113 Why would you do that? Huh! 420 00:43:16,152 --> 00:43:18,939 - Because he asked me, and I owe him. - That's great. 421 00:43:19,029 --> 00:43:22,485 That represents everything that's wrong with the military. 422 00:43:22,525 --> 00:43:24,483 Wisdom from the one person in this family... 423 00:43:24,523 --> 00:43:27,729 who has not elected to serve his country. 424 00:43:27,779 --> 00:43:29,736 Childers must have snapped. It happens in combat. 425 00:43:29,776 --> 00:43:32,853 I've seen it. I'm sure you have too. 426 00:43:32,943 --> 00:43:34,860 Thank you for reminding me... 427 00:43:34,940 --> 00:43:37,727 why we have the presumption of innocence in America. 428 00:43:37,777 --> 00:43:40,683 What are you, Abraham Lincoln? You can't hide behind that. 429 00:43:40,773 --> 00:43:42,651 The guy murdered innocent women and children. 430 00:43:42,731 --> 00:43:44,769 - You hear that on television? - And newspapers. 431 00:43:44,858 --> 00:43:47,395 - It's all over the place. - It's Mom and Dad's anniversary. 432 00:43:55,855 --> 00:43:57,973 Don't take this case, son. 433 00:43:58,063 --> 00:44:00,810 This man has trashed the reputation of the Corps. 434 00:44:00,889 --> 00:44:02,897 He's put us back 20 years. 435 00:44:06,932 --> 00:44:09,389 Is this how you want to be remembered? 436 00:44:09,479 --> 00:44:12,136 I don't see how I can turn him down. He saved my life. 437 00:44:12,226 --> 00:44:15,143 Well, I understand that as well as anyone. 438 00:44:15,183 --> 00:44:20,137 But you don't repay him by falling senselessly on a grenade. 439 00:44:20,177 --> 00:44:23,223 The way I see it, this man should find himself... 440 00:44:23,303 --> 00:44:27,428 the best laywer in the country. - Somebody better than me? 441 00:44:29,975 --> 00:44:32,053 The guy's a real marine, Dad. 442 00:44:32,133 --> 00:44:34,849 I mean, if they can do this to him... 443 00:44:34,889 --> 00:44:38,215 just hang him out to dry... they can do it to anybody. 444 00:44:38,305 --> 00:44:42,300 Forget that he's my friend. They can do it to anybody. 445 00:44:42,390 --> 00:44:44,887 That means your medals and your citations... 446 00:44:44,927 --> 00:44:47,884 won't mean jack shit when they come afte ryou. 447 00:44:54,466 --> 00:44:56,713 At least two of his own guys are gonna testify... 448 00:44:56,753 --> 00:44:59,550 that he didn't have to open fire, sir. 449 00:44:59,630 --> 00:45:03,545 Nobody reports seeing any weapons among the demonstrators. 450 00:45:03,635 --> 00:45:06,801 - His psych eval was a disaster. - What about embassy footage? 451 00:45:06,881 --> 00:45:09,299 Cameras, film, videotape, home movies, shit like that? 452 00:45:09,378 --> 00:45:14,462 No, I've subpoenaed everything. The embassy got hit pretty good. 453 00:45:14,542 --> 00:45:17,918 Most of it was destroyed. 454 00:45:22,253 --> 00:45:24,670 Terry, you know Tom Chandler. He's gonna help us prepare your case. 455 00:45:24,750 --> 00:45:28,416 Colonel Childers, good to see you again, sir. Um, all right. 456 00:45:28,506 --> 00:45:32,381 First, we've subpoenaed all the Article 32 investigator's notes, 457 00:45:32,461 --> 00:45:34,379 the State Department's notes on Yemen. 458 00:45:34,459 --> 00:45:37,915 Major Biggs has already had your head checked by their doctor. 459 00:45:38,005 --> 00:45:39,792 I've got you an appointment with ours. 460 00:45:39,872 --> 00:45:41,920 - No. - What? 461 00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:44,956 No more multiple choice questions about self-esteem. 462 00:45:44,996 --> 00:45:47,714 We got the combat fitness reports. He can forget the psych eval here. 463 00:45:47,793 --> 00:45:49,461 That's a mistake, Colonel. 464 00:45:49,541 --> 00:45:53,246 Listen, when I turned 18 I joined the Marine Corps. 465 00:45:53,326 --> 00:45:55,284 I asked to be in the infantry. 466 00:45:55,374 --> 00:45:57,791 - I asked to go to Vietnam. - Terry. 467 00:45:57,831 --> 00:46:00,078 I live for the privilege of commanding troops. 468 00:46:00,158 --> 00:46:02,665 I think it's the greatest honor an American can have. 469 00:46:02,745 --> 00:46:05,372 You know how many birthdays and Christmases I missed, 470 00:46:05,452 --> 00:46:07,370 spent rotting in jungles or in the desert, 471 00:46:07,450 --> 00:46:09,367 just so you could play war at ROTC? 472 00:46:09,457 --> 00:46:13,872 Childers! You gotta keep your shit together here, man. 473 00:46:13,912 --> 00:46:16,369 Your court-martial board is gonna be made up of people... 474 00:46:16,449 --> 00:46:18,866 who might've spent one day in Grenada, maybe two days in Kuwait. 475 00:46:18,956 --> 00:46:21,363 They're gonna be beach boys who've never been anywhere near combat. 476 00:46:21,453 --> 00:46:23,071 They're gonna be people like Tom Chandler... 477 00:46:23,161 --> 00:46:24,869 sitting right here in front of you. 478 00:46:24,949 --> 00:46:27,995 That's who you're making your case to. 479 00:46:28,035 --> 00:46:31,991 We don't have anybody to back up your case. 480 00:46:32,031 --> 00:46:35,077 That's because all my witnesses are dead. 481 00:46:36,825 --> 00:46:40,151 - Okay. So what happened? - He lost it. He snapped. 482 00:46:40,241 --> 00:46:42,029 That's good. We can snap him on the stand. 483 00:46:42,109 --> 00:46:43,737 This doesn't happen in a vacuum. 484 00:46:43,817 --> 00:46:46,234 Let's get a complete history of Colonel Childers. 485 00:46:46,284 --> 00:46:48,861 Talk to every marine he ever served with. 486 00:46:48,951 --> 00:46:50,858 My guess is this has happened before. 487 00:46:50,908 --> 00:46:53,116 We have to be careful here. 488 00:46:53,195 --> 00:46:55,443 This guy is the warrior's warrior. 489 00:46:55,533 --> 00:47:01,066 A Navy Cross, two Silver Stars for composure in battle. 490 00:47:01,156 --> 00:47:04,153 He has no wife, no kids, just the Corps. 491 00:47:04,232 --> 00:47:08,567 He was our best. That's why he was sent. 492 00:47:08,607 --> 00:47:10,815 He's not on trial for the good service he gave the country, 493 00:47:10,905 --> 00:47:13,362 but for what he did on the wallin Yemen, period. 494 00:47:13,402 --> 00:47:15,319 Major, nobody wants to say it, 495 00:47:15,399 --> 00:47:18,396 but it occurs to me we're trying to set an example here. 496 00:47:18,436 --> 00:47:21,312 So let's set it and show the world we mean business. 497 00:47:21,402 --> 00:47:25,817 The first charge supports the death penalty, and I say we go for it. 498 00:47:25,857 --> 00:47:27,685 No more death. 499 00:47:27,735 --> 00:47:30,452 I'll see that he never gets another command and I'll put him in jail, 500 00:47:30,481 --> 00:47:34,107 but I will not seek death for a man who served his country honorably. 501 00:47:34,187 --> 00:47:36,474 I don't want it brought up again. 502 00:47:36,524 --> 00:47:39,730 We gotta show Childers' state of mind. 503 00:47:39,770 --> 00:47:41,808 We gotta prove he went out with intent to kill, 504 00:47:41,898 --> 00:47:44,145 and that is not going to be easy. 505 00:47:44,185 --> 00:47:46,812 Whether a man is charged with murder or hailed as a hero... 506 00:47:46,892 --> 00:47:49,559 is sometimes a very thin line. 507 00:47:49,599 --> 00:47:53,764 Our case is this. Childers receives orders that a regularly scheduled, 508 00:47:53,814 --> 00:47:57,479 I awful protest outside our embassy in Yemen is unruly. 509 00:47:57,559 --> 00:48:00,436 He is to secure or evacuate the premises. 510 00:48:00,476 --> 00:48:03,223 There has been no violence prior to his arrival. 511 00:48:03,302 --> 00:48:04,761 Once there, Ambassador Mourain... 512 00:48:04,851 --> 00:48:07,478 does not feel the situation warrants evacuation. 513 00:48:07,557 --> 00:48:09,885 - Childers ignores him. - There was sniper fire. 514 00:48:09,975 --> 00:48:13,011 They draw fire from snipers across the street. 515 00:48:13,101 --> 00:48:16,597 Childers retaliates into an unarmed crowd in front of the embassy. 516 00:48:16,677 --> 00:48:20,642 A crowd of women and children. He shot the wrong people. 517 00:48:22,260 --> 00:48:24,677 All right, here's what this means. 518 00:48:24,717 --> 00:48:27,304 Murder... Obviously, he could get up to the death penalty. 519 00:48:27,344 --> 00:48:28,932 Conduct unbecoming an officer. 520 00:48:28,972 --> 00:48:31,759 Max is dismissal with a dishonorable discharge, 521 00:48:31,799 --> 00:48:35,634 for feature of all pay and allowances and confinement for one year. 522 00:48:35,714 --> 00:48:37,762 What about breach of peace? What is that? 523 00:48:37,802 --> 00:48:39,879 Breaching the peace is minor. 524 00:48:39,969 --> 00:48:43,175 That means participating in an act of violent or turbulent nature... 525 00:48:43,215 --> 00:48:46,421 that deprives the community of the peace and tranquility it deserves. 526 00:48:46,461 --> 00:48:49,718 It's sort of the military equivalent of the civilian misdemeanor. 527 00:48:49,757 --> 00:48:52,215 No big deal. 528 00:48:53,503 --> 00:48:56,669 There he is! You goddamn baby killer! 529 00:48:56,709 --> 00:48:58,667 Baby killer! 530 00:49:00,125 --> 00:49:02,093 You're disgusting! 531 00:49:02,133 --> 00:49:05,379 I'm not answering any questions, all right? Get out of here. Go away. 532 00:49:05,459 --> 00:49:08,755 You fucking baby killer! 533 00:49:08,835 --> 00:49:11,132 Fuck you! 534 00:49:13,090 --> 00:49:16,006 Who the fuck are you to spit on this uniform? Huh? 535 00:49:32,457 --> 00:49:34,295 You ever play blackjack, Colonel? 536 00:49:34,375 --> 00:49:37,621 Not really. 537 00:49:39,079 --> 00:49:43,244 There are no intangibles. It's all odds, sir. 538 00:49:43,334 --> 00:49:46,291 You know them, you'll beat the guy next to you. 539 00:49:46,331 --> 00:49:48,748 You know what cards have been played, you'll beat the house. 540 00:49:51,125 --> 00:49:54,791 Sometimes you just can't win no matter what you do. 541 00:49:56,409 --> 00:50:00,284 I saw your man on television knockin' some zit-faced kid around. 542 00:50:00,374 --> 00:50:02,491 You have to understand the kind of pressure Childers has been under. 543 00:50:02,581 --> 00:50:05,448 A man with that kind of service... No, no thanks. 544 00:50:05,538 --> 00:50:08,664 This was a rescue mission that went bad. Nothing more. 545 00:50:08,704 --> 00:50:11,161 You're aware, Colonel, we could ask for the death penalty. 546 00:50:11,241 --> 00:50:12,659 You're not serious. 547 00:50:12,699 --> 00:50:15,326 Oh, I'm very serious. In fact, it's been suggested. 548 00:50:15,406 --> 00:50:18,782 What do you think would happen ifa Yemeni killed 83 Americans? 549 00:50:18,862 --> 00:50:20,661 He'd have a trial that would last for one day, 550 00:50:20,700 --> 00:50:21,988 and they'd take off his head. 551 00:50:22,078 --> 00:50:23,986 Have a seat, Colonel. 552 00:50:25,404 --> 00:50:27,322 Please. 553 00:50:33,115 --> 00:50:34,983 So here it is. You plead him out. Guilty. 554 00:50:35,073 --> 00:50:36,781 He throws himself at the mercy. 555 00:50:36,821 --> 00:50:39,657 - We'll help him out at sentencing. - How much help? 556 00:50:39,737 --> 00:50:42,234 I'm not about to promise you anything, but I'd say... 557 00:50:42,324 --> 00:50:45,321 in the neighborhood of ten to fifteen, out in seven. 558 00:50:45,401 --> 00:50:46,529 Major, 559 00:50:46,609 --> 00:50:49,606 do you know what the life expectancy was for a second lieutenant... 560 00:50:49,656 --> 00:50:52,902 dropped into a combat zone in Vietnam in 1968? 561 00:50:52,982 --> 00:50:55,439 I don't have time for 20 questions, sir. 562 00:50:55,489 --> 00:50:58,145 Then what's all this shit about the odds of winning at blackjack? 563 00:50:58,235 --> 00:51:03,070 You got time. Take a guess. 564 00:51:03,110 --> 00:51:06,396 My guess is your man's going down 'cause he deserves to go down. 565 00:51:08,353 --> 00:51:12,818 I got a question for you, Colonel. What happened at Ca Lu? 566 00:51:12,898 --> 00:51:16,314 The battle of Ca Lu, Vietnam. 567 00:51:16,354 --> 00:51:19,690 You were there with Childers. Something happened. What was it? 568 00:51:19,770 --> 00:51:23,515 Fuck you is what happened at Ca Lu, Biggs. 569 00:51:24,604 --> 00:51:26,522 Two weeks. 570 00:51:26,602 --> 00:51:28,020 Life expectancy of a second lieutenant... 571 00:51:28,060 --> 00:51:30,607 in combat in Vietnam was two weeks. 572 00:51:30,647 --> 00:51:32,065 Sir, I need more time to prepare this case. 573 00:51:32,145 --> 00:51:34,353 I need your permission to go to Yemen... 574 00:51:34,433 --> 00:51:38,018 It's all here, Hodge. We did an exhaustive Article 32 investigation. 575 00:51:38,058 --> 00:51:40,645 This thing happened 3,000 miles away. I need more time. 576 00:51:40,685 --> 00:51:42,393 Colonel, it's all here. 577 00:51:42,473 --> 00:51:44,640 We had it brought from Yemen, and it's not unusual to convene... 578 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:46,638 a court-martial on short notice. 579 00:51:46,728 --> 00:51:50,304 There could be witnesses, something the investigators overlooked, sir. 580 00:51:50,394 --> 00:51:53,350 Don't you think Colonel Childers is entitled all consideration? 581 00:51:53,390 --> 00:51:57,305 Colonel Hodges, I don't care ifyougo to China. 582 00:51:57,345 --> 00:51:59,303 We have our marching orders, and this court-martial... 583 00:51:59,393 --> 00:52:01,261 will convene at 0900 a week Monday. 584 00:52:01,351 --> 00:52:04,427 - Now, is that clear? - Yes, sir. 585 00:52:07,883 --> 00:52:10,550 One! Two! 586 00:52:20,258 --> 00:52:24,713 contact the sergeant? - He's off-base, sir. 587 00:52:34,881 --> 00:52:36,799 Terry? 588 00:52:50,542 --> 00:52:52,460 Terry? 589 00:52:58,253 --> 00:53:00,211 Childers? 590 00:53:05,714 --> 00:53:07,792 Ohh. 591 00:53:07,872 --> 00:53:09,790 Oh, shit. 592 00:53:12,916 --> 00:53:15,123 It's okay. 593 00:53:15,213 --> 00:53:17,121 It's okay. 594 00:53:17,211 --> 00:53:19,498 - I wasn't... - No, no. I know. 595 00:53:20,877 --> 00:53:24,792 It's okay. It's all right. I know. Believe me, I know. 596 00:53:26,330 --> 00:53:30,126 Can I leave you alone with that thing in the house? 597 00:53:30,205 --> 00:53:32,163 Yeah. I ain't goin' six on you, Hodge. 598 00:53:32,243 --> 00:53:33,162 I'm goin' to Yemen. 599 00:53:33,242 --> 00:53:35,539 If I have to stick your ass in a hospital till I get back, 600 00:53:35,579 --> 00:53:39,664 that is what I will do. - You don't have to do that. 601 00:53:39,704 --> 00:53:41,832 Got your word on that? 602 00:53:42,910 --> 00:53:44,868 Oh, shit. 603 00:53:44,908 --> 00:53:47,575 They take my uniform away, they may as well shoot me. 604 00:53:47,665 --> 00:53:51,830 You can live with it, bud. Believe me. 605 00:53:53,078 --> 00:53:56,285 I'm not gonna shit you. They offered us a deal. 606 00:53:56,325 --> 00:54:00,580 You plead guilty, it's ten to fifteen. You're out in seven. 607 00:54:00,619 --> 00:54:04,495 - What do you think? - I think they're out to crucify you. 608 00:54:04,575 --> 00:54:09,119 For a whole lot of reasons, I say we take it and call it a day. 609 00:54:20,985 --> 00:54:24,401 I did what they asked me to do, Hodge. 610 00:54:24,441 --> 00:54:27,857 I lost marines over there. 611 00:54:34,030 --> 00:54:36,737 If I'm guilty of this, 612 00:54:36,777 --> 00:54:41,781 I'm guilty of everything I've done in combat for the last 30 years. 613 00:54:46,445 --> 00:54:48,403 I don't know. 614 00:55:31,102 --> 00:55:34,309 Colonel Hodges? Captain Hustings. 615 00:55:34,388 --> 00:55:37,225 I'm not in uniform and I'm not saluting because of the snipers. 616 00:55:37,265 --> 00:55:39,932 Please know that I'm saluting on the inside. 617 00:55:40,012 --> 00:55:42,429 I've got some Kevlar back there with your name on it. 618 00:55:42,469 --> 00:55:45,264 We're not the most popular team in town right now, sir. 619 00:55:45,265 --> 00:55:47,093 Hustings, are you a wiseass? 620 00:55:47,183 --> 00:55:50,060 My mother prefers to think of me as glib, sir. 621 00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:55,134 Very well then. You will most glibly belay all bullshit and drive on. 622 00:55:55,224 --> 00:55:57,721 Roger that, sir. 623 00:56:19,046 --> 00:56:22,711 I've lined up some people who were at the scene, as you requested, sir. 624 00:56:22,801 --> 00:56:25,048 - We can start tomorrow. - Good. 625 00:56:25,088 --> 00:56:28,135 - All right. Here we are. - Oh. 07:00. 626 00:56:28,175 --> 00:56:30,132 Roger that, sir. 627 00:56:50,249 --> 00:56:53,505 The old embassy was a fifth century palace. 628 00:56:53,545 --> 00:56:54,663 Got pretty shot up. 629 00:56:54,753 --> 00:56:56,541 We're moving the newone to a bunker outside the city... 630 00:56:56,581 --> 00:57:00,626 behind about a mile of barbed wire, sir. 631 00:57:06,879 --> 00:57:09,086 - You want me to come with you, sir? - Negative. 632 00:57:09,126 --> 00:57:12,083 Stay with the vehicle. Meet me at the hotel. 633 00:57:12,084 --> 00:57:14,040 Yes, sir. 634 01:01:52,860 --> 01:01:56,696 Armed American marines, they were shooting at his people. 635 01:01:56,776 --> 01:01:59,193 They were just trying to defend themselves. 636 01:01:59,283 --> 01:02:02,319 Is he saying the marines shot first? 637 01:02:07,653 --> 01:02:10,360 Why were your police officers ordered to abandon the embassy... 638 01:02:10,440 --> 01:02:12,397 on the day of the riot? 639 01:02:21,107 --> 01:02:24,483 It was a peaceful demonstration. There was no reason to stay. 640 01:02:24,563 --> 01:02:27,360 After the killing, were any weapons found in the crowd? 641 01:02:36,059 --> 01:02:40,314 No. They picked up everything that was left. No weapons. 642 01:03:04,685 --> 01:03:06,603 Hey! 643 01:03:12,097 --> 01:03:14,763 No, look. Now, wait. Wait a minute. 644 01:03:14,853 --> 01:03:18,020 Wait a minute, fellas. 645 01:03:23,263 --> 01:03:25,850 Hey. Hey! 646 01:05:14,621 --> 01:05:17,828 Hi. What's your name? 647 01:05:17,908 --> 01:05:19,825 Do you speak English? 648 01:05:19,905 --> 01:05:21,823 You're a very pretty girl. 649 01:05:21,913 --> 01:05:23,451 Katchi! 650 01:05:23,491 --> 01:05:26,238 Is that your name? "Katchi"? 651 01:05:26,288 --> 01:05:28,655 - May I help you? - Yeah. 652 01:05:31,452 --> 01:05:34,029 I was wondering what happened to her? 653 01:05:34,118 --> 01:05:38,114 She lost her leg. Who are you? 654 01:05:38,154 --> 01:05:41,859 I'm a lawyer with the United States Marine Corps. What happened? 655 01:05:41,949 --> 01:05:44,156 - A marine lawyer? - Yeah. 656 01:05:44,157 --> 01:05:46,404 Follow me, please. 657 01:06:15,479 --> 01:06:18,935 There are hospitals like this all over the city. 658 01:06:22,561 --> 01:06:26,107 Most of the people here will die. 659 01:07:55,131 --> 01:07:58,797 Sir? Do you want something to drink? 660 01:08:17,545 --> 01:08:19,503 Give me another one! 661 01:08:21,380 --> 01:08:23,588 Open the goddamn door! 662 01:08:37,082 --> 01:08:39,000 What's wrong with you? 663 01:08:39,079 --> 01:08:41,417 Get yourself a new lawyer, you son of a bitch. You lied to me. 664 01:08:41,497 --> 01:08:43,744 I could not find one goddamn witness. 665 01:08:43,784 --> 01:08:46,581 I couldn't find one goddamn shred of evidence! 666 01:08:46,620 --> 01:08:48,828 Not for our side anyway! 667 01:08:48,908 --> 01:08:51,125 You clearly opened up on those people. What were they? 668 01:08:51,205 --> 01:08:54,911 Rag heads, camel jockeys or fucking gooks? 669 01:08:54,991 --> 01:08:57,038 - You through? - Yeah. 670 01:09:00,204 --> 01:09:02,122 Get up. 671 01:09:02,162 --> 01:09:05,578 Come on. Get up. Come on. 672 01:09:09,743 --> 01:09:11,990 Look at you. You went all the way to Yemen. 673 01:09:12,070 --> 01:09:14,238 All you proved is you're still a drunk. 674 01:09:14,328 --> 01:09:17,074 You know what your problem is? You never measured up to your old man. 675 01:09:17,154 --> 01:09:20,820 But I can't help you with that. 676 01:10:23,815 --> 01:10:27,191 Stop this shit before somebody gets hurt. 677 01:11:00,682 --> 01:11:04,467 I lost every one of my men at Ca Lu. 678 01:11:04,517 --> 01:11:07,304 And I'll tell you the first thing I felt. 679 01:11:07,344 --> 01:11:10,640 Joy. 680 01:11:10,720 --> 01:11:14,515 Elation. Gladto be alive. 681 01:11:14,555 --> 01:11:18,970 I was glad it wasn't me, and I fucking hate myself for that. 682 01:11:26,671 --> 01:11:29,887 That wasn't your fault. 683 01:11:31,425 --> 01:11:33,633 We're in deep shit, bud. 684 01:11:33,673 --> 01:11:35,840 Yeah. 685 01:11:40,634 --> 01:11:43,092 It's fourth and 40, Hodge. 686 01:11:44,919 --> 01:11:47,626 I need a Hail Mary. 687 01:11:47,716 --> 01:11:50,383 How? 688 01:12:16,662 --> 01:12:19,079 Send him in. 689 01:12:32,084 --> 01:12:34,910 I just want to make sure we're on the same page here. 690 01:12:34,950 --> 01:12:37,707 - Off the record. - Of course, Bill. 691 01:12:37,747 --> 01:12:42,491 Now, you didn't see any weapons in that crowd, did you? 692 01:12:42,581 --> 01:12:45,198 Well... 693 01:12:45,288 --> 01:12:47,745 There was some shooting, but I... 694 01:12:47,785 --> 01:12:51,580 couldn't be sure exactly where it was coming from. 695 01:12:51,620 --> 01:12:55,076 Now, see, that's gonna be a problem, 696 01:12:55,156 --> 01:12:58,572 because we can't get on the stand and waffle about the charges. 697 01:12:58,662 --> 01:13:00,580 Waffle, Bill? 698 01:13:00,660 --> 01:13:04,245 In your mind, Childers was responsible, wasn't he? 699 01:13:04,285 --> 01:13:07,072 I wasn't exactly there. I had already evacuated. 700 01:13:07,112 --> 01:13:09,160 You have to remember he saved my life and my family. 701 01:13:09,240 --> 01:13:10,578 This all happened after... 702 01:13:10,658 --> 01:13:12,056 Does that mean the United States... 703 01:13:12,076 --> 01:13:14,324 is gonna have to take the fall for what he did? 704 01:13:14,363 --> 01:13:18,069 I don't understand. 705 01:13:18,159 --> 01:13:21,235 The investigating team didn't find any weapons in the crowd. 706 01:13:21,325 --> 01:13:23,613 That's because they weren't there until the following day. 707 01:13:23,692 --> 01:13:26,150 The Yemeni government cleaned up the scene, 708 01:13:26,199 --> 01:13:28,866 but unfortunately that's not something we can prove. 709 01:13:28,946 --> 01:13:31,613 Nor can I testify about it. It all happened afterward. 710 01:13:31,693 --> 01:13:34,360 Yeah, but you can testify about Childers' frame of mind, 711 01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:37,067 his behavior while you were there. 712 01:13:38,235 --> 01:13:41,691 He saved my life. 713 01:13:41,821 --> 01:13:44,438 Surely this will all come down to what the tape shows. 714 01:13:44,488 --> 01:13:46,815 The tape's inconclusive. 715 01:13:48,353 --> 01:13:52,398 Hodges subpoenaed it, of course, but, uh... 716 01:13:52,478 --> 01:13:54,776 it was a faulty recording. 717 01:13:57,233 --> 01:13:59,480 - I see. - Do you? 718 01:13:59,560 --> 01:14:04,025 If Childers isn't held totally responsible, 719 01:14:04,105 --> 01:14:06,981 then the United States will be. 720 01:14:07,021 --> 01:14:09,768 And just guess... 721 01:14:09,858 --> 01:14:12,025 where the finger... 722 01:14:12,105 --> 01:14:14,273 is eventually gonna point. 723 01:14:15,641 --> 01:14:17,938 - Me? - Where else? 724 01:14:20,016 --> 01:14:22,683 You should've known this was gonna erupt. 725 01:14:22,772 --> 01:14:25,729 And if you didn't, you were asleep at the wheel. 726 01:14:25,809 --> 01:14:29,515 Either way, your conduct was inexcusable. 727 01:14:29,604 --> 01:14:33,350 Now, do you want to face a congressional inquiry over this, 728 01:14:33,430 --> 01:14:35,477 put your career at risk? 729 01:14:37,185 --> 01:14:39,802 Think about it. 730 01:14:39,892 --> 01:14:42,219 Thank you, Bill. 731 01:15:50,209 --> 01:15:52,167 All rise. 732 01:16:00,247 --> 01:16:02,165 Be seated. 733 01:16:05,501 --> 01:16:07,668 Look closely at this picture. 734 01:16:09,746 --> 01:16:11,833 Why did a well-trained fighting unit... 735 01:16:11,913 --> 01:16:15,249 have to slaughter unarmed men, women and children... 736 01:16:15,289 --> 01:16:17,627 when their orders were simply to protect... 737 01:16:17,706 --> 01:16:20,873 and if necessary, evacuate the embassy? 738 01:16:22,291 --> 01:16:24,408 The answer is, they didn't. 739 01:16:24,458 --> 01:16:28,244 They were ordered to open fire, and that order came from one man... 740 01:16:28,324 --> 01:16:30,541 Colonel Terry Childers, 741 01:16:30,621 --> 01:16:33,408 who stands trial here today, 742 01:16:33,498 --> 01:16:36,284 a day of sadness, 743 01:16:36,364 --> 01:16:39,491 a day when America has to accept responsibility... 744 01:16:39,531 --> 01:16:43,905 for its failures and its mistakes as well as its glories. 745 01:16:46,612 --> 01:16:50,737 We will show you that the accused, through his mind-set and actions, 746 01:16:50,787 --> 01:16:53,194 ignored the rules of engagement... 747 01:16:53,244 --> 01:16:55,951 and went far beyond the scope of his authority... 748 01:16:55,991 --> 01:16:58,119 to intentionally order the murder... 749 01:16:58,159 --> 01:17:01,694 of 83 innocent people. 750 01:17:09,865 --> 01:17:14,489 I was the last one to enter the courtroom this morning. I was late. 751 01:17:14,529 --> 01:17:17,695 I was late because I was in the head. 752 01:17:17,735 --> 01:17:21,691 And I was in the head because... I was throwing up. 753 01:17:23,738 --> 01:17:26,195 And I was throwing up because I don't know if I'm... 754 01:17:26,275 --> 01:17:30,031 able to handle this job. 755 01:17:34,196 --> 01:17:39,570 I believe that Colonel Childers is innocent of these charges. 756 01:17:39,609 --> 01:17:42,396 I just don't know if I have what it takes to make his case for him. 757 01:17:42,436 --> 01:17:46,022 I'm simply not on the same page as Major Briggs, uh... 758 01:17:46,062 --> 01:17:50,227 Major Biggs here, as a lawyer. 759 01:17:50,277 --> 01:17:53,563 We all know that. 760 01:17:53,643 --> 01:17:56,060 So why did I take this job? 761 01:18:01,603 --> 01:18:04,939 I took this case because Terry Childers told me... 762 01:18:05,019 --> 01:18:09,314 I would have done the same thing he did if I'd been in his shoes. 763 01:18:09,354 --> 01:18:12,730 I took the case because I know Terry Childers. His word is his bond. 764 01:18:12,770 --> 01:18:16,975 He told me he did what he had to do. 765 01:18:17,015 --> 01:18:20,102 Now, I hope I don't let him down. 766 01:18:23,228 --> 01:18:27,223 We sent Terry Childers out on a very tough mission. 767 01:18:27,303 --> 01:18:29,810 And when it went bad, 768 01:18:29,850 --> 01:18:33,685 and he did everything he could to save the lives of his marines, 769 01:18:33,765 --> 01:18:37,051 save the lives of the embassy people, 770 01:18:37,101 --> 01:18:41,057 you turn around now and want to blame the whole mess on him, 771 01:18:42,885 --> 01:18:45,801 send him to prison possibly for the rest of his life. 772 01:18:47,469 --> 01:18:50,635 That's not fair. 773 01:18:50,715 --> 01:18:53,092 It's not right. 774 01:18:54,880 --> 01:18:58,716 It is what made me sick this morning. 775 01:18:58,806 --> 01:19:00,713 It was a large crowd. 776 01:19:00,803 --> 01:19:04,839 There was a lot of commotion. The noise was very unsettling. 777 01:19:04,879 --> 01:19:07,136 But it was a peaceful crowd. 778 01:19:07,216 --> 01:19:09,843 That is, until Colonel Childers arrived and prevented me... 779 01:19:09,923 --> 01:19:12,300 from pursuing further avenues of diplomacy. 780 01:19:12,380 --> 01:19:14,797 Did Colonel Childers force you to leave the embassy? 781 01:19:14,837 --> 01:19:16,884 Yes. He charged in. 782 01:19:16,924 --> 01:19:20,170 He... started pushing us around. 783 01:19:20,260 --> 01:19:23,427 He physically restrained me from doing my job. 784 01:19:23,506 --> 01:19:25,504 What was his state of mind at this time? 785 01:19:25,584 --> 01:19:27,252 He was in a fury. 786 01:19:27,342 --> 01:19:29,459 He was disrespectful to me and my family. 787 01:19:29,499 --> 01:19:31,127 Oh, that's bullshit. 788 01:19:31,167 --> 01:19:34,084 It was almost, how should I say, a murderous rage. 789 01:19:34,174 --> 01:19:36,082 Do you remember what he said? 790 01:19:36,171 --> 01:19:38,169 I remember he said something like... 791 01:19:38,209 --> 01:19:40,796 diplomacy is bullshit at this point... 792 01:19:40,876 --> 01:19:44,502 "and that ""nobody fucks with the American flag""." 793 01:19:44,581 --> 01:19:46,999 - Those were his words. - Thank you, Ambassador. 794 01:19:47,039 --> 01:19:48,996 No further questions. 795 01:19:49,046 --> 01:19:51,663 Do you believe... 796 01:19:51,753 --> 01:19:53,541 that an American embassy on foreign soil... 797 01:19:53,621 --> 01:19:55,419 is sovereign United States territory? 798 01:19:55,459 --> 01:19:57,416 As a general principle, yes. 799 01:19:57,496 --> 01:19:59,204 Do you believe Americans have a right... 800 01:19:59,294 --> 01:20:00,932 to defend that territory if it's attacked? 801 01:20:00,952 --> 01:20:02,870 If it is, in fact, attacked. 802 01:20:02,960 --> 01:20:06,036 Would you have expected Colonel Childers to surrender... 803 01:20:06,126 --> 01:20:08,124 to the attacking crowd or to fight them? 804 01:20:08,204 --> 01:20:09,492 I would have expected neither. 805 01:20:09,582 --> 01:20:11,160 The colonel should have let me address the crowd, 806 01:20:11,200 --> 01:20:13,457 then he could have withdrawn his marines. 807 01:20:13,537 --> 01:20:15,625 Would you have expected him to hold his fire as he withdrew, 808 01:20:15,705 --> 01:20:18,991 even if he were taking casualties? - To the extent possible. 809 01:20:19,041 --> 01:20:20,239 So your order would have been, 810 01:20:20,249 --> 01:20:21,997 Hold your fire to the extent possible, Marines. 811 01:20:22,037 --> 01:20:24,534 And to the extent not possible, fire away. 812 01:20:27,081 --> 01:20:28,989 Ambassador. 813 01:20:31,656 --> 01:20:33,823 This photograph is exhibit "C". 814 01:20:37,279 --> 01:20:40,076 - What is that? - It's a security camera. 815 01:20:40,116 --> 01:20:41,534 Is it mounted on the roof of the embassy... 816 01:20:41,574 --> 01:20:43,612 and pointed down to where the crowd had gathered? 817 01:20:43,702 --> 01:20:45,909 - I would suppose so. - Yes or no, please. 818 01:20:45,989 --> 01:20:47,907 Yes. 819 01:20:47,986 --> 01:20:50,783 - Is it in operation 24 hours a day? - I suppose so. 820 01:20:50,863 --> 01:20:52,781 - Yes or no? - Yes. 821 01:20:52,861 --> 01:20:56,237 Do you suppose there is a taping system attached to this camera? 822 01:20:56,317 --> 01:20:57,865 - Your Honor. - Colonel. 823 01:20:57,945 --> 01:20:59,363 - Yes. - Where's the tape? 824 01:20:59,403 --> 01:21:02,319 It is my understanding that if there were tapes, 825 01:21:02,359 --> 01:21:05,316 undamaged tapes, they'd have been sent to the State Department. 826 01:21:05,406 --> 01:21:06,445 Undamaged tapes? 827 01:21:06,524 --> 01:21:09,821 Well, there was destruction and looting... 828 01:21:09,900 --> 01:21:12,318 after the killing. 829 01:21:12,398 --> 01:21:16,483 As you withdrew, did you remember to take the American flag with you? 830 01:21:22,695 --> 01:21:25,692 Did you remember to take the American flag, sir? 831 01:21:25,732 --> 01:21:28,648 - Of course. - Where is that flag now? 832 01:21:28,688 --> 01:21:31,695 I brought it home and returned it to the State Department. 833 01:21:31,735 --> 01:21:34,521 It was shot to shreds, wasn't it? 834 01:21:34,561 --> 01:21:36,479 By the snipers, yes. 835 01:21:36,569 --> 01:21:39,525 Yeah? 836 01:21:50,852 --> 01:21:52,979 Right! Go right! 837 01:21:54,228 --> 01:21:56,355 Goal! 838 01:22:04,476 --> 01:22:06,474 At ease, son. 839 01:22:06,563 --> 01:22:09,600 Let me see. Which one of you people is named Justin? 840 01:22:09,680 --> 01:22:12,556 - Let me take a guess. How about you? - No. 841 01:22:12,636 --> 01:22:16,052 Then I'll have to make another guess. I'll take, uh... you. 842 01:22:16,142 --> 01:22:18,559 How'd you know? Are you in the marines? 843 01:22:18,599 --> 01:22:20,976 Yes, sir, lam. 844 01:22:21,016 --> 01:22:23,683 Go on in the house, kids. There are sandwiches in the kitchen. 845 01:22:23,763 --> 01:22:26,809 Mrs. Mourain, I'm sorry to bother you at home. 846 01:22:26,849 --> 01:22:29,516 - I'm Colonel... - I know who you are, Colonel Hodges. 847 01:22:29,596 --> 01:22:32,513 - Is that your boy? - Yes. 848 01:22:32,593 --> 01:22:35,639 Can I talk to you a few minutes? 849 01:22:35,719 --> 01:22:38,675 I don't think that's appropriate. 850 01:22:38,765 --> 01:22:40,673 I don't believe your husband is telling the truth... 851 01:22:40,763 --> 01:22:42,880 about what Colonel Childers did in Yemen. 852 01:22:45,298 --> 01:22:48,424 Kids, go on in the house. There are sandwiches on the table. 853 01:22:48,464 --> 01:22:50,921 Let's go! Come on! 854 01:22:56,135 --> 01:22:59,011 You should take that up with my husband, shouldn't you? 855 01:22:59,051 --> 01:23:02,257 Colonel Childers risked his life so you could be here, ma'am, 856 01:23:02,337 --> 01:23:05,793 watching these kids play out these windows. 857 01:23:05,843 --> 01:23:07,841 Does that bother you? 858 01:23:12,216 --> 01:23:14,922 I feel terrible about what happened to Colonel Childers. 859 01:23:15,002 --> 01:23:17,250 Can you tell me that he manhandled your family? 860 01:23:17,340 --> 01:23:19,917 Or that he prevented your husband from doing his job? 861 01:23:20,006 --> 01:23:23,213 Ma'am? Can you tell me that? 862 01:23:23,293 --> 01:23:25,250 No. 863 01:23:25,290 --> 01:23:28,297 As far as I'm concerned, he behaved quite honorably. 864 01:23:28,337 --> 01:23:30,294 Will you testify to that? 865 01:23:37,336 --> 01:23:40,332 - My husband's a good man. - So is Colonel Childers. 866 01:23:42,330 --> 01:23:43,958 I've been married for ten years. 867 01:23:43,998 --> 01:23:46,295 You're asking me to throw that away in an afternoon. 868 01:23:46,375 --> 01:23:49,661 Your husband and you and your son... 869 01:23:49,751 --> 01:23:52,997 owe your lives to Colonel Terry Childers. 870 01:23:55,624 --> 01:23:57,912 We all have our priorities, Colonel. 871 01:23:59,829 --> 01:24:01,747 I can subpoena you, ma'am. 872 01:24:03,455 --> 01:24:05,662 Please don't. 873 01:24:05,702 --> 01:24:10,656 Don't put me up there. I'm a very credible witness. 874 01:24:10,706 --> 01:24:12,664 Now, if you'll excuse me. 875 01:24:12,704 --> 01:24:15,990 You won't tell the truth if I put you on the stand? 876 01:24:16,080 --> 01:24:19,496 I don't know what the truth is. 877 01:24:19,576 --> 01:24:22,612 Colonel Childers is on trial for what he did outside the embassy. 878 01:24:22,702 --> 01:24:24,990 I wasn't there. Were you? 879 01:24:30,823 --> 01:24:32,571 Captain Lee, you were in command of the TRAP team... 880 01:24:32,610 --> 01:24:35,367 and the second ranking officer under Colonel Childers in Yemen? 881 01:24:35,407 --> 01:24:37,035 - Yes, sir. - And you were on the roof... 882 01:24:37,115 --> 01:24:39,782 of the embassy, were you not? - Yes, I was. 883 01:24:39,822 --> 01:24:41,860 Colonel Childers ordered you to open fire... 884 01:24:41,949 --> 01:24:44,776 immediately after Sergeant Richard Krasevitch was shot. 885 01:24:44,866 --> 01:24:47,033 - Is that correct? - Yes. 886 01:24:47,073 --> 01:24:50,030 But Sergeant Krasevitch was not shot by the demonstrators, was he? 887 01:24:50,110 --> 01:24:51,528 Objection. How could we know the exact firing position... 888 01:24:51,608 --> 01:24:53,486 of the bullet that killed Sergeant Krasevitch? 889 01:24:53,566 --> 01:24:56,113 Sustained. Counsel refrain from leading the witness. 890 01:24:56,193 --> 01:24:58,240 Did you at any time... 891 01:24:58,320 --> 01:25:01,736 receive gunfire from within the demonstration itself? 892 01:25:03,863 --> 01:25:06,690 Captain? 893 01:25:06,780 --> 01:25:09,147 I can't remember any fire from the demonstrators, 894 01:25:09,187 --> 01:25:11,904 to my knowledge that is, sir. 895 01:25:11,984 --> 01:25:14,900 You killed the wrong people, didn't you? 896 01:25:14,980 --> 01:25:17,647 You should've been firing at the snipers across the way. 897 01:25:17,727 --> 01:25:20,064 - Isn't that correct? - I can't answer... 898 01:25:20,144 --> 01:25:21,602 - Objection. Calls for speculation. - Sustained. 899 01:25:21,692 --> 01:25:24,269 You shot at people who were demonstrating peacefully, 900 01:25:24,309 --> 01:25:26,017 who were not using deadly force. 901 01:25:26,067 --> 01:25:27,356 Your Honor, that's not in evidence here. 902 01:25:27,436 --> 01:25:31,691 Sustained. Major, I'm not going to warn you again. 903 01:25:33,309 --> 01:25:36,775 Captain, what were the words Colonel Childers used... 904 01:25:36,854 --> 01:25:39,142 when he ordered you to fire on the demonstrators? 905 01:25:39,232 --> 01:25:42,228 I don't remember the exact words, sir. 906 01:25:42,308 --> 01:25:44,765 He ordered me to open fire. 907 01:25:46,523 --> 01:25:48,481 When you obeyed Colonel Childers' order to open fire, 908 01:25:48,561 --> 01:25:50,478 did you believe it to be a lawful order? 909 01:25:50,558 --> 01:25:51,597 Yes, sir. 910 01:25:51,687 --> 01:25:54,643 Otherwise it would have been your duty to disobey. Is that right? 911 01:25:54,683 --> 01:25:55,762 Yes, sir. 912 01:25:55,852 --> 01:25:58,349 When your men opened fire on the attackers in the crowd, 913 01:25:58,429 --> 01:26:02,184 did the snipers in the buildings across the way cease their firing? 914 01:26:02,224 --> 01:26:04,222 Absolutely, sir. It went completely quiet. 915 01:26:04,262 --> 01:26:05,391 It would seem, then, 916 01:26:05,431 --> 01:26:06,929 that the two groups were actually one working together. 917 01:26:07,019 --> 01:26:09,805 Objection. Counselis drawing a conclusion for the witness. 918 01:26:09,885 --> 01:26:11,553 Sustained. 919 01:26:11,643 --> 01:26:13,102 Were you in a position to observe Colonel Childers... 920 01:26:13,141 --> 01:26:14,390 when everyone was evacuated? 921 01:26:14,470 --> 01:26:15,389 Yes, I was. 922 01:26:15,469 --> 01:26:17,426 What was the last thing you saw him do? 923 01:26:17,516 --> 01:26:20,633 - He went to the flagpole. - Then what'd he do? 924 01:26:20,722 --> 01:26:22,760 He took down the American flag. 925 01:26:22,850 --> 01:26:25,387 Was he personally under heavy fire at that time? 926 01:26:25,467 --> 01:26:29,382 - Yes, sir. - No more questions. 927 01:26:29,432 --> 01:26:32,548 Captain, prior to receiving orders from the accused to open fire, 928 01:26:32,588 --> 01:26:35,385 where was the point of greatest concern for the safety of your men, 929 01:26:35,425 --> 01:26:39,800 the crowd below or the snipers in the buildings across the way? 930 01:26:39,840 --> 01:26:43,426 - I'm not really sure. - You're not sure? 931 01:26:43,466 --> 01:26:45,423 Well, I guess... 932 01:26:45,553 --> 01:26:47,840 Don't guess. I'll repeat the question. 933 01:26:47,880 --> 01:26:51,216 Was the point of greatest concern the crowd below... 934 01:26:51,256 --> 01:26:53,713 or the snipers across the way? 935 01:26:55,212 --> 01:26:57,669 I would have to say the snipers. 936 01:26:57,719 --> 01:27:00,625 Did you feel an immediate mortal danger from the crowd as a whole? 937 01:27:00,715 --> 01:27:02,673 - I don't understand. - You don't understand? 938 01:27:02,753 --> 01:27:05,799 - No, sir. - Let me help you. 939 01:27:09,005 --> 01:27:10,623 Were you more worried... 940 01:27:10,713 --> 01:27:13,170 you'd be killed by these people or by these people? 941 01:27:13,210 --> 01:27:15,797 I wasn't thinking about that. Have you ever been under fire? 942 01:27:15,877 --> 01:27:19,623 You didn't see the crowd firing, but you did take fire from the snipers. 943 01:27:19,713 --> 01:27:22,629 Is that correct? 944 01:27:26,754 --> 01:27:29,042 Yes. 945 01:27:29,371 --> 01:27:33,167 Our clinic is not too far from the embassy. 946 01:27:33,247 --> 01:27:36,792 So I was one of the first to arrive there. 947 01:27:36,872 --> 01:27:40,208 Did you see any weapons on the bodies of the dead? 948 01:27:40,288 --> 01:27:41,916 No. 949 01:27:41,956 --> 01:27:44,913 Did you remove any weapons from the people you were treating? 950 01:27:45,043 --> 01:27:46,081 No. 951 01:27:46,121 --> 01:27:49,457 Not a single weapon anywhere among the victims? 952 01:27:49,537 --> 01:27:51,455 No, no weapons. 953 01:27:51,535 --> 01:27:55,580 In your opinion, is Yemen a training ground for terrorists? 954 01:27:57,118 --> 01:27:59,416 Not at all. 955 01:27:59,496 --> 01:28:02,412 We met in Yemen. 956 01:28:02,452 --> 01:28:05,329 You encouraged me to tour your clinic in order to witness... 957 01:28:05,409 --> 01:28:07,576 the suffering caused by Colonel Childers' orders. 958 01:28:07,616 --> 01:28:09,953 - Do you remember that? - Yes. 959 01:28:11,951 --> 01:28:14,787 I found an audiocassette on the floor of your clinic. 960 01:28:14,867 --> 01:28:17,494 It's marked exhibit "R". 961 01:28:17,574 --> 01:28:19,742 Do you remember that? 962 01:28:23,237 --> 01:28:25,904 - Yes. - I found another one... 963 01:28:25,944 --> 01:28:27,992 inside the embassy. 964 01:28:28,072 --> 01:28:31,618 In fact, I found several others. They're all marked exhibit "R". 965 01:28:33,365 --> 01:28:36,442 Will you translate the writing on the outside of that cassette? 966 01:28:38,899 --> 01:28:43,194 Declaration of Islamic Jihad... 967 01:28:43,234 --> 01:28:45,691 "Against United States". 968 01:28:45,821 --> 01:28:48,567 These audiocassettes are used for the purposes of religious... 969 01:28:48,607 --> 01:28:51,903 and political propaganda due to the high illiteracy rate in Yemen. 970 01:28:51,983 --> 01:28:54,151 - Is that correct? - Yes. 971 01:28:54,231 --> 01:28:55,569 Will you translate the words you hear... 972 01:28:55,649 --> 01:28:58,566 on this audiocassette for the court, please? 973 01:29:10,352 --> 01:29:12,649 Dr Ahmar? 974 01:29:12,729 --> 01:29:16,734 We call on every Muslim who believes in God... 975 01:29:16,814 --> 01:29:19,441 and hopes for reward... 976 01:29:19,481 --> 01:29:22,268 "to obey God's command". 977 01:29:30,188 --> 01:29:33,065 Dr Ahmar, does it say what God's command is? 978 01:29:34,143 --> 01:29:36,431 To kill Americans... 979 01:29:36,481 --> 01:29:38,598 and plunder... 980 01:29:38,688 --> 01:29:43,103 "their possessions wherever he finds them". 981 01:29:45,430 --> 01:29:48,187 - Go on, please. 982 01:29:50,264 --> 01:29:52,432 To kill Americans... 983 01:29:52,512 --> 01:29:54,849 and their allies, 984 01:29:54,929 --> 01:29:59,933 both civil and military, 985 01:29:59,973 --> 01:30:04,348 is duty of every Muslim... 986 01:30:04,388 --> 01:30:06,845 "who is able". 987 01:30:06,925 --> 01:30:11,639 To kill Americans is a duty. 988 01:30:11,679 --> 01:30:14,516 - Is that what it says? - Yes. 989 01:30:20,179 --> 01:30:22,966 Do you recognize the speaker's voice? 990 01:30:23,056 --> 01:30:26,472 No. 991 01:30:26,511 --> 01:30:29,428 Dr Ahmar, in your opinion, is this propaganda... 992 01:30:29,508 --> 01:30:32,464 representative of that demonstration? 993 01:30:32,554 --> 01:30:37,299 No. I'm not a member of Islamic Jihad! 994 01:30:38,837 --> 01:30:41,384 The crowd was singing songs. 995 01:30:42,752 --> 01:30:45,209 I heard them from my clinic. 996 01:30:45,549 --> 01:30:47,796 What was your reaction when you learned that Colonel Childers... 997 01:30:47,876 --> 01:30:49,544 had been selected to lead this mission? 998 01:30:49,634 --> 01:30:52,631 I was very pleased. The colonel had a distinguished record. 999 01:30:52,710 --> 01:30:56,466 - He's a nationally renowned war... - How did you define his mission? 1000 01:30:56,546 --> 01:30:58,464 We wanted to increase security, but frankly, 1001 01:30:58,544 --> 01:31:02,289 if things got threatening, we wanted an evacuation. 1002 01:31:02,339 --> 01:31:04,796 So you weren't looking for confrontation? 1003 01:31:04,836 --> 01:31:07,713 No, that's what we wished to avoid at all costs. 1004 01:31:07,753 --> 01:31:09,830 What was your reaction to what happened? 1005 01:31:09,920 --> 01:31:12,707 I was stunned, 1006 01:31:12,747 --> 01:31:14,704 appalled. 1007 01:31:14,754 --> 01:31:17,501 Wasn't the severity of the problem at the embassy understated? 1008 01:31:17,541 --> 01:31:19,748 Absolutely not. 1009 01:31:19,828 --> 01:31:23,664 We operated on the information we had at the time. 1010 01:31:23,744 --> 01:31:27,669 I have here a State Department report from Yemen. 1011 01:31:27,789 --> 01:31:29,707 It's exhibit "M". 1012 01:31:29,787 --> 01:31:32,873 Will you read the underlined sections for the court, please? 1013 01:31:32,953 --> 01:31:35,200 Certainly. 1014 01:31:35,250 --> 01:31:40,204 'January25. Grenade thrown at police car. 1015 01:31:40,244 --> 01:31:45,957 January 27. Sixteen Western tourists abducted by fundamentalist group". 1016 01:31:46,037 --> 01:31:50,492 - Go on, please. - "February 6." 1017 01:31:50,572 --> 01:31:53,039 - A bomb explodes in a car... - You got today's Post? 1018 01:31:53,119 --> 01:31:55,037 - Yeah. - Yeah. Give it to me. 1019 01:31:55,117 --> 01:31:58,533 Stun grenade thrown at newspaper kiosk near a police station. 1020 01:31:58,662 --> 01:32:01,030 March 13. A military officer... 1021 01:32:01,119 --> 01:32:06,363 is seriously wounded by Yemen's first... donkey bomb. 1022 01:32:06,403 --> 01:32:08,910 Explosives were apparently concealed under the saddle. 1023 01:32:09,030 --> 01:32:11,277 Thank you. 1024 01:32:11,367 --> 01:32:16,651 I have another State Department document, dated 17 November. 1025 01:32:16,741 --> 01:32:19,068 It's from the ambassador to you. 1026 01:32:19,158 --> 01:32:22,075 Will you read this for the court, please? 1027 01:32:26,489 --> 01:32:30,115 Dear Bill. Please, we must revisit our previous conversation... 1028 01:32:30,155 --> 01:32:32,793 in that the security measures we have taken are still inadequate... 1029 01:32:32,822 --> 01:32:34,740 "for the protection ofour mission to Yemen". 1030 01:32:34,820 --> 01:32:36,488 You have to understand that when I received this letter... 1031 01:32:36,528 --> 01:32:41,442 Thank you. Now, there are... Well, are there... cameras... 1032 01:32:41,522 --> 01:32:45,147 mounted on the roof of the embassy? - Uh, yes. 1033 01:32:45,187 --> 01:32:47,145 Are they designed to observe and record... 1034 01:32:47,195 --> 01:32:49,233 activities in the public spaces outside the embassy? 1035 01:32:49,312 --> 01:32:52,399 - Yes. - Where are the tapes? 1036 01:32:52,439 --> 01:32:55,275 Uh, it's my understanding the embassy was looted. 1037 01:32:55,355 --> 01:32:58,192 Maybe the cameras were destroyed. 1038 01:33:00,899 --> 01:33:05,483 This is a photograph. It is exhibit "D" for the court. 1039 01:33:05,563 --> 01:33:08,979 It's a picture of a camera on the embassy roof. 1040 01:33:09,059 --> 01:33:11,017 Does it appear to be damaged? 1041 01:33:11,107 --> 01:33:12,685 No. 1042 01:33:12,725 --> 01:33:15,392 - Where are the tapes? - I don't know. 1043 01:33:15,481 --> 01:33:18,188 Don't you think the United States owes it... 1044 01:33:18,268 --> 01:33:20,855 to Colonel Childers for 30 years of service... 1045 01:33:20,935 --> 01:33:23,182 to find that tape and produce it here? 1046 01:33:23,222 --> 01:33:25,100 Objection. We don't know anything about any tapes. 1047 01:33:25,180 --> 01:33:29,145 - This is pure speculation. - Sustained. 1048 01:33:31,013 --> 01:33:34,229 This is a shipping manifest. It's exhibit "O". 1049 01:33:34,309 --> 01:33:36,766 It is a list of items removed from the embassy during the evacuation... 1050 01:33:36,846 --> 01:33:38,434 and shipped to the State Department. 1051 01:33:38,474 --> 01:33:41,680 Will you read line six, please? 1052 01:33:41,760 --> 01:33:45,686 Videotape from security camera, VHS, one. 1053 01:33:45,766 --> 01:33:47,224 You too busy to look at those tapes or you just didn't care? 1054 01:33:47,264 --> 01:33:50,260 Objection. He's badgering the national security advisor. 1055 01:33:50,300 --> 01:33:52,597 Sustained. Counsel, please proceed carefully. 1056 01:33:52,637 --> 01:33:55,095 - Where are those tapes? - Objection! Asked and answered. 1057 01:33:55,134 --> 01:33:58,510 Oh. Yes, right. Right. Don't you think it's funny... 1058 01:33:58,550 --> 01:34:01,347 that a tape that could exonerate my client is missing? 1059 01:34:01,427 --> 01:34:03,015 I don't think it's funny at all. 1060 01:34:03,095 --> 01:34:05,552 Withholding evidence is a very serious crime. 1061 01:34:05,592 --> 01:34:09,348 - Objection. - Sustained. Counsel, rephrase. 1062 01:34:09,388 --> 01:34:12,054 Withholding evidence to frame a United States Marine... 1063 01:34:12,094 --> 01:34:14,342 is no less evil than charging my client with murder. 1064 01:34:14,382 --> 01:34:15,680 Where are those tapes? 1065 01:34:15,760 --> 01:34:17,838 Colonel, I turned over all materials in my possession... 1066 01:34:17,928 --> 01:34:19,885 to Major Biggs. 1067 01:34:19,965 --> 01:34:22,842 If those tapes showed a happy crowd of peaceful demonstrators, 1068 01:34:22,843 --> 01:34:24,799 we'd be looking at 'em. 1069 01:34:24,839 --> 01:34:26,547 Objection, Your Honor. This is contempt. 1070 01:34:26,627 --> 01:34:28,885 Colonel, this is your last warning. 1071 01:34:28,924 --> 01:34:30,882 It was a new security system. 1072 01:34:30,922 --> 01:34:33,050 The cameras were pointed down at the crowd. 1073 01:34:33,090 --> 01:34:35,507 Tapes were recorded, and those tapes were sent to the State Department. 1074 01:34:35,547 --> 01:34:37,215 Why are those tapes not here? 1075 01:34:37,295 --> 01:34:40,341 Objection, Your Honor. I've seen no such tapes. 1076 01:34:43,707 --> 01:34:47,083 No further questions. 1077 01:34:47,173 --> 01:34:49,091 There are no tapes showing the crowd firing weapons? 1078 01:34:49,171 --> 01:34:51,048 None that I'm aware of. 1079 01:34:51,128 --> 01:34:54,005 And the government has turned over all of its evidence? 1080 01:34:54,045 --> 01:34:55,293 Of course. 1081 01:34:55,373 --> 01:34:57,331 Colonel Hodges has gone to some length... 1082 01:34:57,421 --> 01:35:01,626 to have you read security reports illustrating violence in Yemen. 1083 01:35:01,706 --> 01:35:04,542 - Yes, he has. - Here is today's Washington Post. 1084 01:35:04,622 --> 01:35:06,041 Will you read these headlines that I've underlined... 1085 01:35:06,170 --> 01:35:07,958 from today's Metro section? 1086 01:35:09,456 --> 01:35:13,662 Agent, kidnapper killed in rescue of businessman's son. 1087 01:35:13,751 --> 01:35:16,538 Bomb threat evacuates Museum of Natural History. 1088 01:35:16,618 --> 01:35:19,994 Officer chases truckdriver, fires 38 times. 1089 01:35:20,084 --> 01:35:24,039 Husband shoots wife, himselfin street. 1090 01:35:24,159 --> 01:35:27,245 Mr. Sokal, does this random, unfortunate news mean we should... 1091 01:35:27,325 --> 01:35:31,540 allow Colonel Childers and his troops loose in Washington, D.C.? 1092 01:35:31,580 --> 01:35:34,157 Don't answer that. Thankyou, Mr. Sokal. 1093 01:35:34,247 --> 01:35:36,534 Present arms! 1094 01:35:38,532 --> 01:35:42,407 Order arms! 1095 01:36:15,528 --> 01:36:18,824 Take deep breaths, sir! You're almost out of here. Stay calm. 1096 01:36:18,904 --> 01:36:22,110 I hope you know how to fold it, sir. 1097 01:36:22,190 --> 01:36:24,817 Thank you, Colonel. I'll never forget this. 1098 01:36:42,436 --> 01:36:44,234 Krasevitch is hit! 1099 01:36:44,274 --> 01:36:46,022 Corpsman! 1100 01:36:47,021 --> 01:36:48,979 Corpsman! Shit! 1101 01:36:49,019 --> 01:36:51,106 Goddamn it! 1102 01:37:16,686 --> 01:37:19,353 Engage hostile targets as they appear! 1103 01:37:19,433 --> 01:37:22,978 Waste the motherfuckers! 1104 01:37:30,270 --> 01:37:33,766 Cease fire! Cease fire! 1105 01:37:33,846 --> 01:37:35,803 Cease fire! 1106 01:37:39,059 --> 01:37:41,806 Order arms! 1107 01:37:42,176 --> 01:37:44,553 I was proud of my marines. 1108 01:37:44,633 --> 01:37:46,471 They showed remarkable discipline. 1109 01:37:46,551 --> 01:37:48,468 Why didn't you fire at the snipers in the buildings... 1110 01:37:48,548 --> 01:37:50,805 instead of at the crowd below? 1111 01:37:50,845 --> 01:37:53,303 Because I believed we were in greater danger from the crowd. 1112 01:37:53,382 --> 01:37:55,680 - Was that crowd firing at you? - Yes. 1113 01:37:55,720 --> 01:37:59,845 The demonstrators in front of the building were firing at you... 1114 01:37:59,885 --> 01:38:02,721 in addition to the snipers? - Yes. 1115 01:38:02,801 --> 01:38:05,258 Why didn't anybody else see that crowd firing? 1116 01:38:05,338 --> 01:38:07,506 My men were under cover on the roof, 1117 01:38:07,596 --> 01:38:09,963 except for Krasevitch who was on an observation post. 1118 01:38:10,003 --> 01:38:13,259 And why isn't he here testifying on your behalf today? 1119 01:38:15,586 --> 01:38:18,922 Because he was killed in action. He died in my arms. 1120 01:38:18,962 --> 01:38:23,217 So you were the only man left in a position to observe that crowd? 1121 01:38:23,257 --> 01:38:25,714 Yes. 1122 01:38:25,754 --> 01:38:28,211 Where else have you been in combat, Colonel? 1123 01:38:28,341 --> 01:38:31,128 Vietnam, Beirut, 1124 01:38:31,208 --> 01:38:33,505 Panama, Persian Gulf. 1125 01:38:33,585 --> 01:38:36,782 Can you identify that blue and white ribbon on your uniform? It's the Navy Cross. 1126 01:38:37,880 --> 01:38:41,705 Do you remember the citation that accompanied that medal? 1127 01:38:41,795 --> 01:38:44,502 For conspicuous gallantry in the face of great personal danger, 1128 01:38:44,582 --> 01:38:46,500 reflecting great credit upon himself, 1129 01:38:46,579 --> 01:38:48,747 "the United States Marine Corps and the Naval Service". 1130 01:38:48,837 --> 01:38:51,124 Your witness. 1131 01:38:55,789 --> 01:38:58,036 Colonel, 1132 01:38:58,126 --> 01:39:00,583 you gunned down more than 80 people. 1133 01:39:01,831 --> 01:39:05,956 You wounded another hundred or so. 1134 01:39:05,996 --> 01:39:10,701 Could this have been motivated by a desire for retaliation? 1135 01:39:10,791 --> 01:39:12,748 I was protecting my men. 1136 01:39:12,828 --> 01:39:15,955 Sergeant Richard Krasevitch was shot only a few feet away from you. 1137 01:39:16,035 --> 01:39:19,041 - Is that correct? - Yes. 1138 01:39:19,121 --> 01:39:21,288 And right after Sergeant Krasevitch died, 1139 01:39:21,368 --> 01:39:23,286 you ordered open fire on the crowd? 1140 01:39:23,366 --> 01:39:26,282 - Is that also correct? - I was taking fire. 1141 01:39:26,322 --> 01:39:28,789 There were weapons in that crowd. 1142 01:39:28,869 --> 01:39:30,947 Well, you wouldn't shoot unarmed people, would you? 1143 01:39:31,037 --> 01:39:32,076 No, I would not. 1144 01:39:32,116 --> 01:39:35,661 Even in the heat of battle, you wouldn't shoot an unarmed person? 1145 01:39:37,909 --> 01:39:40,536 No. 1146 01:39:49,485 --> 01:39:51,652 This is exhibit "F". 1147 01:39:51,742 --> 01:39:54,909 Will you please read the following to the panel? 1148 01:39:56,447 --> 01:40:00,072 Rules of engagement governing ground conflict in urban areas. 1149 01:40:00,152 --> 01:40:03,408 One. If possible, the enemy will be warned first, 1150 01:40:03,488 --> 01:40:05,406 then asked to surrender. 1151 01:40:05,486 --> 01:40:08,482 Colonel, did you warn the enemy? 1152 01:40:08,572 --> 01:40:11,069 We arrived in helicopters. We were standing on that roof armed. 1153 01:40:11,149 --> 01:40:14,775 Did you warn them, either with shots into the air or by a loudspeaker? 1154 01:40:14,855 --> 01:40:17,612 Did you ask them to surrender? 1155 01:40:17,692 --> 01:40:20,149 No. 1156 01:40:20,189 --> 01:40:23,195 I'm sorry, no, you did not warn the crowd? 1157 01:40:23,315 --> 01:40:26,062 Yes. No, I did not warn the crowd. 1158 01:40:26,152 --> 01:40:29,318 Continue, Colonel. You seem to know them by heart. 1159 01:40:29,398 --> 01:40:32,144 Deadly force is the last resort. 1160 01:40:34,102 --> 01:40:36,110 - Go on. - Three. 1161 01:40:36,230 --> 01:40:38,607 When possible, try to arrange for the evacuation of civilians... 1162 01:40:38,647 --> 01:40:40,774 prior to any U.S. attack. 1163 01:40:40,854 --> 01:40:43,101 Did you do that, try to evacuate the innocent people... 1164 01:40:43,191 --> 01:40:44,979 before you slaughtered them? 1165 01:40:45,059 --> 01:40:47,936 Objection. That is inflammatory. - Rephrase, Major. 1166 01:40:48,016 --> 01:40:51,312 Did you try, following Section C ofthe rules of engagement... 1167 01:40:51,392 --> 01:40:56,685 for ground conflict in urban areas, to evacuate innocent civilians? 1168 01:40:56,765 --> 01:40:59,472 - No. - No. 1169 01:41:06,224 --> 01:41:08,641 Yeah, yeah. 1170 01:41:10,020 --> 01:41:12,307 I just have one more thing, Colonel. 1171 01:41:13,595 --> 01:41:16,762 Did you have to repeat your orders to Captain Lee? 1172 01:41:16,852 --> 01:41:19,059 - I'm sorry? - You ordered Captain Lee... 1173 01:41:19,099 --> 01:41:21,226 to engage hostile targets, and he advised you... 1174 01:41:21,266 --> 01:41:23,224 that there were women and children in the line of fire. 1175 01:41:23,304 --> 01:41:25,262 - Is that correct? - He couldn't see... 1176 01:41:25,302 --> 01:41:29,267 Yes or no, Colonel? Didhe follow your first set of orders? 1177 01:41:31,424 --> 01:41:33,342 I don't remember. 1178 01:41:33,432 --> 01:41:36,388 Captain Lee is on record as saying he hesitated... 1179 01:41:36,508 --> 01:41:39,095 and mentioned the snipers in the buildings. 1180 01:41:39,135 --> 01:41:43,220 - Is his testimony accurate? - I don't remember. 1181 01:41:43,300 --> 01:41:45,508 Let me get this straight. 1182 01:41:45,597 --> 01:41:47,805 You evacuate the ambassador. 1183 01:41:47,885 --> 01:41:51,880 You go back to the roof. Two of your marines are K.I.A. 1184 01:41:52,010 --> 01:41:54,297 A third, Sergeant Krasevitch, dies. 1185 01:41:54,387 --> 01:41:56,754 "You give your captain an order which he doesn't follow;" 1186 01:41:56,844 --> 01:41:59,461 in fact, he questions. 1187 01:41:59,551 --> 01:42:01,629 And then you said what? 1188 01:42:01,678 --> 01:42:05,464 I don't remember. 1189 01:42:05,504 --> 01:42:07,002 You don't remember what you said next? 1190 01:42:07,092 --> 01:42:09,459 It was combat, not some training exercise. 1191 01:42:09,509 --> 01:42:10,798 A moment later, your men were shooting. 1192 01:42:10,878 --> 01:42:11,677 What did you say to make that happen? 1193 01:42:11,717 --> 01:42:12,675 I don't know. 1194 01:42:12,715 --> 01:42:16,461 You must have said something. Captain Lee reversed himself. 1195 01:42:16,541 --> 01:42:19,627 - What did you say? - I don't know the exact words. 1196 01:42:19,707 --> 01:42:20,876 - Let me help you. - Your Honor. 1197 01:42:20,916 --> 01:42:22,963 You said, "Waste the motherfuckers," didn't you? 1198 01:42:23,043 --> 01:42:24,541 - No, no, no. - You didn't say it? 1199 01:42:24,631 --> 01:42:27,588 - It all happened so fast... - You're under oath, Colonel! 1200 01:42:29,206 --> 01:42:31,463 Let me refresh your memory. 1201 01:42:31,503 --> 01:42:34,290 This is exhibit "ry" a tape recording made aboard... 1202 01:42:34,380 --> 01:42:38,255 the U.S.S. Wake Island of all radio communications received that day, 1203 01:42:38,335 --> 01:42:40,912 including your exact words. 1204 01:42:41,002 --> 01:42:43,209 Your Honor, with your permission I would like to play this tape. 1205 01:42:43,249 --> 01:42:45,167 If you got it on tape, then that's what I said! 1206 01:42:45,207 --> 01:42:47,794 They were killing my marines, so, yeah, I said it! 1207 01:42:47,874 --> 01:42:49,831 Waste the motherfuckers! 1208 01:42:51,120 --> 01:42:52,958 - Are these "the motherfuckers"? - Objection. 1209 01:42:52,998 --> 01:42:54,246 - Overruled. - Yes! 1210 01:42:54,286 --> 01:42:56,793 - These? - Objection! 1211 01:42:56,873 --> 01:42:58,751 Yes! 1212 01:42:58,791 --> 01:42:59,750 - These? - Objection! 1213 01:42:59,790 --> 01:43:01,288 - Overruled. - Yes. 1214 01:43:01,368 --> 01:43:03,036 Are these "the motherfuckers"... 1215 01:43:03,116 --> 01:43:04,874 that you ordered to be wasted? - Your Honor. 1216 01:43:04,954 --> 01:43:06,791 - Major. - Yes! 1217 01:43:06,871 --> 01:43:10,617 The crowd in front of the embassy had no weapons, did they, Colonel? 1218 01:43:10,707 --> 01:43:12,365 Objection. We found no snipers' weapons either. 1219 01:43:12,415 --> 01:43:14,452 Yes, they had weapons! 1220 01:43:14,532 --> 01:43:16,450 You think there's a script for fighting a war... 1221 01:43:16,540 --> 01:43:17,698 without pissing somebody off? 1222 01:43:17,788 --> 01:43:19,696 Follow the rules, and nobody gets hurt? 1223 01:43:19,786 --> 01:43:22,243 Yes, innocent people probably died. 1224 01:43:22,323 --> 01:43:24,241 Innocent people always die. 1225 01:43:24,321 --> 01:43:27,237 But I did not exceed my orders! 1226 01:43:27,287 --> 01:43:29,405 There are rules, and marines are sworn to uphold them. 1227 01:43:29,445 --> 01:43:32,910 I was not going to stand by and see another marine die... 1228 01:43:32,950 --> 01:43:35,198 just to live by those fucking rules! 1229 01:43:35,278 --> 01:43:38,244 Colonel! 1230 01:43:43,028 --> 01:43:45,026 Your Honor, I request a recess. 1231 01:43:45,156 --> 01:43:46,864 Major. 1232 01:43:48,612 --> 01:43:52,068 The government is finished with Colonel Childers, Your Honor. 1233 01:43:52,158 --> 01:43:55,114 All right, Colonel, you have your recess. 1234 01:44:02,356 --> 01:44:04,153 Why didn't you tell me what you said? 1235 01:44:04,193 --> 01:44:06,650 - I didn't remember. - "Waste the motherfuckers". 1236 01:44:06,690 --> 01:44:09,068 That's brilliant. You didn't think that was important? 1237 01:44:09,108 --> 01:44:10,566 Why didn't you know about the goddamn recording? 1238 01:44:10,646 --> 01:44:13,562 - You're supposed to know... - I had a week to prepare this case. 1239 01:44:13,652 --> 01:44:14,731 I didn't realize what a fuck up I'm defending. 1240 01:44:14,821 --> 01:44:17,148 - Well, now you know. - Goddamn. 1241 01:44:30,233 --> 01:44:32,939 - This is going to take us both down. - How's that work? 1242 01:44:32,979 --> 01:44:36,395 You gonna spend the rest of your life in prison too? 1243 01:44:46,853 --> 01:44:49,270 I'm sorry. 1244 01:44:53,355 --> 01:44:56,851 - I really screwed up in there, huh? - Yeah, you really did. 1245 01:44:56,891 --> 01:44:59,348 Whew! 1246 01:44:59,428 --> 01:45:02,554 - So what happens now? - Shit, I don't know. 1247 01:45:02,594 --> 01:45:06,719 I don't know. 1248 01:45:08,767 --> 01:45:10,555 Your Honor, the government calls Colonel Bin Le Cao... 1249 01:45:10,595 --> 01:45:12,722 as a rebuttal witness. - Objection, Your Honor. 1250 01:45:12,762 --> 01:45:14,890 What are the grounds for this rebuttal witness to be allowed? 1251 01:45:14,970 --> 01:45:17,517 Will counsel please approach the bench. 1252 01:45:23,430 --> 01:45:26,716 - Who is Colonel Bin Le Cao? - A North Vietnamese Colonel... 1253 01:45:26,806 --> 01:45:28,883 who fought against Colonel Childers at the battle of Ca Lu. 1254 01:45:28,923 --> 01:45:32,089 What he has to say directly refutes statements made by Colonel Childers. 1255 01:45:32,179 --> 01:45:34,636 - When was the battle of Ca Lu? - 1968. 1256 01:45:34,716 --> 01:45:38,382 This is uncharged misconduct. It is not allowable under military law. 1257 01:45:38,472 --> 01:45:40,839 How do you know this witness is going to charge misconduct? 1258 01:45:40,879 --> 01:45:41,888 I'm assuming... 1259 01:45:41,928 --> 01:45:43,845 He knows because he was at the battle of Ca Lu. 1260 01:45:43,925 --> 01:45:45,843 - Is that true? - Yes, sir. 1261 01:45:45,923 --> 01:45:48,760 On what grounds are you calling your witness? 1262 01:45:48,840 --> 01:45:51,118 Colonel Hodges made Colonel Childers' combat experience... 1263 01:45:51,127 --> 01:45:52,545 part of his defense. 1264 01:45:52,585 --> 01:45:54,543 Furthermore, Colonel Childers testified... 1265 01:45:54,593 --> 01:45:56,550 that he never shoots unarmed people. 1266 01:45:56,590 --> 01:46:00,626 My witness has an important perspective on that statement. 1267 01:46:03,422 --> 01:46:06,049 I'm gonna allow the witness. 1268 01:46:19,463 --> 01:46:20,792 Do you swear or affirm... 1269 01:46:20,872 --> 01:46:22,330 that the evidence you shal I give in this case... 1270 01:46:22,460 --> 01:46:23,938 shall be the truth, the whole truth... 1271 01:46:24,038 --> 01:46:25,916 and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 1272 01:46:25,996 --> 01:46:28,582 Yes, I do. 1273 01:46:28,662 --> 01:46:30,171 Will you please state your name for the court? 1274 01:46:30,211 --> 01:46:34,915 - My name is Bin Le Cao. - In 1968, you were a colonel... 1275 01:46:34,995 --> 01:46:37,961 with the North Vietnamese army, B3 regiment, involved in a fight... 1276 01:46:38,041 --> 01:46:41,747 with American marines at Ca Lu in the Quang Tri province? 1277 01:46:41,827 --> 01:46:43,245 Yes, I was. 1278 01:46:43,375 --> 01:46:45,413 Will you tell the court about that battle? 1279 01:46:45,492 --> 01:46:48,619 We were aware that small units of Americans... 1280 01:46:48,659 --> 01:46:51,785 ryere ryeryr my company of men. 1281 01:46:51,875 --> 01:46:55,201 We found ourselves behind your forces. 1282 01:46:55,291 --> 01:46:58,907 This was lucky for us because we were out numbered. 1283 01:47:03,331 --> 01:47:05,239 Do you recognize this man? 1284 01:47:06,827 --> 01:47:08,745 Yes. 1285 01:47:08,825 --> 01:47:11,242 Did he capture you and your radio operator that day? Yes. 1286 01:47:12,451 --> 01:47:16,246 Did he remove your weapons and place you under armed guard? 1287 01:47:16,326 --> 01:47:17,245 Yes. 1288 01:47:17,285 --> 01:47:19,203 Did you consider yourself a prisoner of war? 1289 01:47:19,242 --> 01:47:21,909 Yes. 1290 01:47:21,989 --> 01:47:24,117 Did he execute your radio operator? 1291 01:47:26,324 --> 01:47:28,242 Yes. 1292 01:47:28,322 --> 01:47:31,158 You personally saw him shoot a fellow prisoner of war? 1293 01:47:31,238 --> 01:47:33,526 Yes. 1294 01:47:33,615 --> 01:47:36,033 Where did he shoot him? 1295 01:47:36,073 --> 01:47:38,150 In the head. 1296 01:47:38,240 --> 01:47:40,487 Thank you. No further questions. 1297 01:47:44,902 --> 01:47:48,987 Were your men annihilating that platoon of marines? 1298 01:47:49,067 --> 01:47:50,985 Yes. 1299 01:47:51,065 --> 01:47:54,021 Did Colonel Childers force you to call your men off? 1300 01:47:54,151 --> 01:47:56,149 Yes. 1301 01:47:56,239 --> 01:47:58,196 Do you believe his actions were calculated to save... 1302 01:47:58,236 --> 01:48:02,192 the lives of American marines? - Yes. 1303 01:48:02,311 --> 01:48:04,729 Would you have done the same thing Colonel Childers did... 1304 01:48:04,819 --> 01:48:06,736 if the situation had been reversed? 1305 01:48:14,227 --> 01:48:16,145 Colonel Cao, would you have shot... 1306 01:48:16,235 --> 01:48:18,712 a captive American radio operator in the head if you thought... 1307 01:48:18,732 --> 01:48:23,436 it would persuade Colonel Childers to spare the lives of your own men? 1308 01:48:27,142 --> 01:48:29,599 Yes. 1309 01:48:32,436 --> 01:48:35,352 No more questions. 1310 01:48:35,432 --> 01:48:37,889 This court is in recess until tomorrow at 09:00. 1311 01:48:37,979 --> 01:48:39,897 ♪ NAZWA? 1312 01:48:49,596 --> 01:48:52,222 - General, good to see you. - Perry, good to see you too. 1313 01:48:52,262 --> 01:48:54,969 I want you to meet my grandson. 1314 01:48:55,059 --> 01:48:57,346 Hi. Nice to meet you, sir. 1315 01:48:57,426 --> 01:48:59,434 Thanks. 1316 01:49:03,060 --> 01:49:05,886 Colonel Terry Childers is a decorated war hero, 1317 01:49:05,966 --> 01:49:08,723 a trusted leader of American marines, 1318 01:49:08,763 --> 01:49:12,139 and I wish that was all there was to it. 1319 01:49:12,219 --> 01:49:15,555 Unfortunately, there are 83 dead Yemeni citizens, 1320 01:49:15,595 --> 01:49:18,761 many of them women and children. 1321 01:49:18,841 --> 01:49:22,806 Colonel Hodges would have you believe that this crowd was armed. 1322 01:49:22,926 --> 01:49:25,243 He would also have you believe that there is a videotape... 1323 01:49:25,303 --> 01:49:27,630 proving this to be true. 1324 01:49:30,677 --> 01:49:34,552 There is no tape exonerating Colonel Childers. 1325 01:49:34,632 --> 01:49:38,298 There is no evidence exonerating Colonel Childers! 1326 01:49:45,589 --> 01:49:50,214 Is Colonel Childers a man capable of killing defenseless, unarmed people? 1327 01:49:51,882 --> 01:49:54,549 Is he capable of ordering the execution... 1328 01:49:54,589 --> 01:49:57,965 of innocent men and women? 1329 01:49:58,044 --> 01:50:03,128 Is he capable of executing P.O.W.s with his own hand? 1330 01:50:03,168 --> 01:50:06,045 Unfortunately, we have shown that he is. 1331 01:50:06,085 --> 01:50:08,582 You have heard the sad testimony of Colonel Cao... 1332 01:50:08,672 --> 01:50:11,918 who witnessed Colonel Childers' barbarism firsthand. 1333 01:50:13,996 --> 01:50:16,912 You've even heard Colonel Childers' own admission... 1334 01:50:17,002 --> 01:50:21,377 that his desire was to "waste" them, regardless of who they were. 1335 01:50:25,003 --> 01:50:29,118 Now, we are faced with the difficult prospect... 1336 01:50:29,168 --> 01:50:31,495 of convicting one of our own. 1337 01:50:31,585 --> 01:50:34,541 None of us wants to do this, but you've heard the facts, 1338 01:50:34,621 --> 01:50:36,868 and it is unavoidable. 1339 01:50:36,958 --> 01:50:40,874 Colonel Terry Childers ordered the senseless slaughter... 1340 01:50:40,954 --> 01:50:43,790 of a peaceful crowd! 1341 01:50:43,870 --> 01:50:47,994 Now, as marines, 1342 01:50:47,995 --> 01:50:51,991 we do not get the luxury of covering up our mistakes. 1343 01:50:52,120 --> 01:50:54,867 We must air them, 1344 01:50:54,947 --> 01:50:58,533 there by ensuring that they never happen again. 1345 01:50:58,613 --> 01:51:01,369 Thank you. 1346 01:51:08,491 --> 01:51:10,449 That's sovereign United States territory... 1347 01:51:10,489 --> 01:51:13,445 as much as if it were in Ohio or Maryland. 1348 01:51:13,485 --> 01:51:15,992 Colonel Childers didn't volunteer to go over there. 1349 01:51:16,112 --> 01:51:19,108 He was ordered to go there because he was the best man for the job. 1350 01:51:19,198 --> 01:51:21,156 We armed him. We trained him. 1351 01:51:21,236 --> 01:51:23,863 We sent him over there to risk his life to save other Americans. 1352 01:51:23,943 --> 01:51:27,359 And then ask him not to return fire? 1353 01:51:27,399 --> 01:51:31,114 There are over 300 bullet holes in this building. 1354 01:51:31,194 --> 01:51:35,859 Colonel Childers didn't open fire. He returned fire. 1355 01:51:35,949 --> 01:51:39,864 And he waited until after three of his marines were dead... 1356 01:51:39,944 --> 01:51:42,231 and another lay mortally wounded. 1357 01:51:42,271 --> 01:51:44,778 He waited until he was personally under heavy fire. 1358 01:51:44,858 --> 01:51:48,903 He waited until he saw that crowd holding weapons. 1359 01:51:48,983 --> 01:51:52,519 Only then did he order his men to return fire. 1360 01:51:52,609 --> 01:51:54,487 Under the rules of engagement, a civilian pointing a weapon... 1361 01:51:54,527 --> 01:51:56,444 is no longer a civilian, 1362 01:51:56,524 --> 01:51:59,151 and the use of deadly force is authorized... 1363 01:51:59,191 --> 01:52:02,687 in order to save lives. 1364 01:52:02,777 --> 01:52:05,234 It's not murder. 1365 01:52:06,393 --> 01:52:08,350 It's combat. 1366 01:52:09,649 --> 01:52:11,816 Colonel Childers is the only man alive... 1367 01:52:11,856 --> 01:52:14,233 who was in a position to see that crowd. 1368 01:52:14,273 --> 01:52:16,850 But the camera on the embassy roof had the same point of view. 1369 01:52:16,940 --> 01:52:18,728 The government would have you believe... 1370 01:52:18,808 --> 01:52:20,855 there's no tape from that camera. 1371 01:52:20,935 --> 01:52:24,391 I have shown you that that tape was delivered to the State Department. 1372 01:52:24,481 --> 01:52:26,888 Do you believe that tape got up and walked out... 1373 01:52:27,018 --> 01:52:29,395 of the State Department on its own? 1374 01:52:31,433 --> 01:52:33,720 By not producing that tape, the national security advisor, 1375 01:52:33,810 --> 01:52:37,765 Mr. Sokal, has brought dishonor into this court. 1376 01:52:37,895 --> 01:52:41,511 Without that tape, I cannot show you that the crowd fired first... 1377 01:52:41,561 --> 01:52:43,768 and that Colonel Childers is innocent. 1378 01:52:43,808 --> 01:52:46,725 But without that tape, they cannot prove... 1379 01:52:46,765 --> 01:52:49,891 beyond a reasonable doubt that he's guilty! 1380 01:52:52,218 --> 01:52:54,595 Here's my case. 1381 01:52:54,635 --> 01:52:57,262 He's all I've got. Thirty-two years of service, 1382 01:52:57,342 --> 01:52:59,679 thirty-two years of heroism as a United States Marine. 1383 01:52:59,759 --> 01:53:02,636 Regardless of what you decide here, 1384 01:53:02,676 --> 01:53:04,973 Colonel Childers' career as a marine is over. 1385 01:53:05,053 --> 01:53:07,011 He will never again command men in combat. 1386 01:53:07,091 --> 01:53:10,387 The ambassador and his family are alive today because of him. 1387 01:53:10,427 --> 01:53:12,514 And I know how the ambassador feels, 1388 01:53:12,594 --> 01:53:14,881 because Colonel Childers saved my life too. 1389 01:53:14,921 --> 01:53:16,879 I'm alive today because of him. 1390 01:53:16,929 --> 01:53:19,925 My son is sitting in this courtroom because of him. 1391 01:53:19,965 --> 01:53:22,462 I'm alive today, and I have a son, 1392 01:53:22,552 --> 01:53:25,469 because of the heroism of Colonel Childers. 1393 01:53:25,549 --> 01:53:29,544 To ask this man to risk his life for his country, 1394 01:53:31,961 --> 01:53:36,006 to ask this man to watch his marines die in his arms... 1395 01:53:36,126 --> 01:53:38,633 and call it murder when he's defending himself, 1396 01:53:38,713 --> 01:53:41,959 call it murder for firing back when fired upon... 1397 01:53:42,049 --> 01:53:44,626 To call it murder for saving the lives of his countrymen... 1398 01:53:44,666 --> 01:53:48,631 under the most extreme of circumstances, that's, uh... 1399 01:53:48,711 --> 01:53:53,296 My fellow Marines, that's hanging him out to dry. 1400 01:53:54,834 --> 01:53:58,290 It's worse than leaving him woundedon a battlefield. 1401 01:53:58,380 --> 01:54:01,126 That is something you do not do... 1402 01:54:01,127 --> 01:54:04,253 if you are a United States Marine. 1403 01:54:06,251 --> 01:54:09,876 And it is something that I pray to God you won't do here either. 1404 01:54:34,208 --> 01:54:36,665 - What'd you think? - You're pretty good. 1405 01:54:36,744 --> 01:54:39,122 Yeah. Yeah. 1406 01:54:39,162 --> 01:54:41,119 Dad, you were awesome. 1407 01:54:41,199 --> 01:54:43,117 Thanks, son. 1408 01:54:43,197 --> 01:54:45,954 I'm very glad that I don't have to sit on that panel, son. 1409 01:54:45,994 --> 01:54:47,951 You made it awful tough on them. 1410 01:54:51,327 --> 01:54:53,904 - 15,000 to 25,000... - Excuse me. 1411 01:54:58,489 --> 01:55:00,406 I said no interruptions. 1412 01:55:00,486 --> 01:55:03,443 I'm sorry, Mr. Sokal. It's very important. 1413 01:55:08,906 --> 01:55:10,864 Send him in. 1414 01:55:12,073 --> 01:55:14,740 Can we pick this up after lunch, gentlemen? 1415 01:55:14,819 --> 01:55:16,737 Absolutely. 1416 01:55:34,236 --> 01:55:36,773 Close the door. 1417 01:55:40,609 --> 01:55:43,146 What is it, Colonel? 1418 01:55:43,236 --> 01:55:47,481 No matter what happens to Terry Childers tomorrow, 1419 01:55:47,561 --> 01:55:48,859 I'm not going to leave thisjob until I find out... 1420 01:55:48,899 --> 01:55:53,184 what happened to that tape. - Good. 1421 01:55:53,274 --> 01:55:55,391 Think it'll ever turn up? 1422 01:55:55,481 --> 01:55:57,649 No. 1423 01:55:57,689 --> 01:56:00,316 I don't either. 1424 01:56:00,395 --> 01:56:04,441 Well, then there's nothing more for us to talk about, is there? 1425 01:56:04,521 --> 01:56:07,937 You ever had a pissed-off marine on your ass? 1426 01:56:08,016 --> 01:56:10,773 Is that a threat? 1427 01:56:10,813 --> 01:56:13,230 Oh, yes, sir. 1428 01:56:52,384 --> 01:56:55,430 All rise. 1429 01:57:00,634 --> 01:57:02,592 Has the panel reached a verdict? 1430 01:57:02,722 --> 01:57:04,969 We have, sir. 1431 01:57:17,634 --> 01:57:21,090 Colonel Terry L. Childers, this court-martial finds as follows. 1432 01:57:21,091 --> 01:57:23,927 On the charge of breach of peace, 1433 01:57:23,967 --> 01:57:26,504 the court finds the defendantguilty. 1434 01:57:26,583 --> 01:57:29,420 On the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer, 1435 01:57:29,500 --> 01:57:33,415 the court finds the defendant not guilty. 1436 01:57:33,545 --> 01:57:35,463 On the charge of murder, 1437 01:57:35,543 --> 01:57:39,708 the court finds the defendant not guilty. 1438 01:57:39,748 --> 01:57:41,586 This court-martial is adjourned. 1439 01:57:41,626 --> 01:57:44,792 Sentencing will be conducted at a time to be determined. 1440 01:57:44,872 --> 01:57:46,999 Thank you. 1441 01:58:03,709 --> 01:58:06,286 - I need one more favor. - Yeah. 1442 01:58:06,326 --> 01:58:07,625 Teach me how to fly-fish. 1443 01:58:07,705 --> 01:58:10,332 You are well aware that I know shit about fly-fishing. 1444 01:58:13,328 --> 01:58:15,456 Oh. 1445 01:58:23,576 --> 01:58:25,783 Colonel. 1446 01:58:29,039 --> 01:58:31,287 You realize in light of Colonel Cao's testimony, 1447 01:58:31,327 --> 01:58:33,914 we'll be pushing for charges on the Ca Lu incident. 1448 01:58:33,994 --> 01:58:35,242 That was 30 years ago. 1449 01:58:35,322 --> 01:58:37,659 You're going to have a hard time finding witnesses. 1450 01:58:37,699 --> 01:58:39,737 I thought maybe you'd be willing to testify. 1451 01:58:39,867 --> 01:58:41,195 I'll make you a deal. 1452 01:58:41,285 --> 01:58:45,780 If you can tell me right now what the life expectancy was... 1453 01:58:45,910 --> 01:58:50,234 for a second lieutenant dropped into a hot L.Z. in Vietnam in 1968, 1454 01:58:50,324 --> 01:58:53,241 I'll tell you everything I remember about Ca Lu. 1455 01:58:54,739 --> 01:58:56,277 - One week. - Negative. 1456 01:58:56,367 --> 01:58:59,613 Sixteen minutes, Major. 1457 01:58:59,693 --> 01:59:02,530 Sixteen fucking minutes. 1458 01:59:02,570 --> 01:59:04,567 And that's all I remember. 1459 01:59:53,060 --> 01:59:55,058 Sir. 1460 01:59:57,000 --> 02:00:02,973 William Sokal was found guilty of destroying evidence. 1461 02:00:03,073 --> 02:00:06,951 He was forced to resign as the National Security advisor. 1462 02:00:07,051 --> 02:00:13,078 Ambassador Mourain was dismissed from the diplomatic corp. He was charged with perjury. 1463 02:00:13,878 --> 02:00:18,472 There was no further charges against General Colonel Terry Childers. 1464 02:00:18,772 --> 02:00:22,373 He retired with full military honors from the Marine Corps.118247