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In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented

by two separate,
yet equally important groups:

The police,
who investigate crime;

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

The smell of it makes me gag.

Did you see how much ketchup

she slathered onto that thing?

Wilson should
put out a memo.

If you're gonna bring takeout
back to the office,

it should cost more
than a buck 99.

What time is it?

20 to 2:00.

We better get busy.

Oh, we had better.

Oh, red.

Oh, that is what
I am talkin' about.

I thought you'd like--

Son of a bitch.

We're babysitting

the two lovebirds upstairs.

How'd they get in here?

They walked right in.

Building management
said the law firm

that rented this floor
went bust about six months ago.

Oh, the last lawyer out

shoulda locked the door
behind him.

You workin' this solo?
No.

My new partner
didn't show up.

Must be some glitch at One P.P.

They say who it is?

Some dude named Fontana.
Bronx Homicide.

Don't know him.

Sweet move for him, though.

The dude must've had
some kinda hook.

They left her like this?

Nice and peaceful lookin', huh?

Yeah, except for the blood.
Any I.D.?

Nothing on the body.
Nothing in the office, either.

Where are her shoes?

Soles of her feet are clean.

So she didn't walk in here
without 'em.

Barefoot, cross painted
on her chest in blood.

Looks like we're dealing
with some religious nut.

(Grise.

I couldn't make her
as an employer or a client.

A big office building
like 55 Morris

must have video.

They do, in the lobby.
I have the tapes.

But there's hundreds of people
walking in and out of there.

Can I help you?

I'm Fontana.

Oh, hey. Anita Van Buren.

This is your new partner.

Hey, man. Ed Green.

It's about time they gave me
a partner with a little smooth.

I was just filling

the lieutenant in,
I caught a body.

Great, give me a copy of the
DD-5s so I can get up to speed.

Missing persons is still
waiting on her prints,

but her autopsy is ready.

It's good having you here,
Fontana.

I wasn't sure if he was
a cop or a wise guy.

Make it work, Ed.

There's blunt force trauma
on the left side of her head.

But that didn't kill her.

Lacerations inside
of her lower lip.

You know your way
around a body.

Yeah, so I've been told.

She was smothered manually.

Time of death, between 10:00 and
noon this morning, give or take.

Lividity indicates

she wasn't moved post-mortem.

This girl is built pretty solid.
She fight back?
No.

There's no defensive wounds.

This is why I'm sure
that she was smothered

after she lost consciousness.

So where'd the blood
on her clothes come from?

It's not hers.

DNA lab says it's porcine.

Pig's blood?

So we're looking for a guy
with a pink complexion.

And a flat nose.

Help me roll her.

713?

Did you run
her blood titers yet?

Yeah.

Hepatitis, yellow fever?

Smallpox, cholera.

Standard immunization cocktail

for forward serving personnel.

Even money,

713 is a military outfit.

She enlisted
a couple of years ago.

Good kid, decent
family background.

Pretty tough too.

I mean, she could handle herself
if she had to.

Did she have a beef
with somebody in your unit?

No, we were in Iraq
for a year.

The 713th
is a military police unit.

We rotated out
four months ago.

Your unit see any action?

Nothing major.
We were stationed in Baghdad.

What a head game that was.

Tell me about it.
I was in Saigon.

Shiites, Sunnis,
Baathists, Kurds.

Couldn't tell the good guys
from the bad guys.

Everybody was just glad
to be home.

Worst thing that happened
in my company,

a couple of guys
flipped a Humvee.

Now this.

Mr. and Mrs. Starr, we're
very sorry for your loss.

After all your daughter did
for her country,

we think she deserved
much better.

We'll find out
who did this.

Did Lindsay live here with you?

She was trying to save money
for her own apartment.

That's why she joined
the reserves.

So what was Lindsay doing
in Manhattan yesterday?

When she left the house,

she was on her way to Brooklyn
to meet her boyfriend.

They were going into the city
to, uh, pick up tickets--

Kath?

Uh, yeah. For, um,
a moonlight cruise.

She went to get the tickets
at the cruise line office.

We just assumed she stayed
at Donnie's last night.

What is it, Mrs. Starr?

Somethin' was different
when she came back.

I asked her if everything
was all right.

But she wouldn't talk to me.

She's been in a war, Kath.

You know, I'm sure Lindsay
saw things.

Yeah.

Maybe that's it.

This is gonna seem like
a strange question,

but do you remember
what kind of shoes

she was wearing when she left?

Why? Was--

No, no.

There's no worries that way.

She was completely dressed.
Blue jeans and white blouse.

But no shoes.

White blouse?

Lindsay had on a black t-shirt
when she left the house.

I made a list

of all the tenants at 55 Morris.

There ain't no cruise line
company in that building.

Obviously she puts on the blouse
over her t-shirt

between here and downtown.

Her boyfriend's.

Uh, Lindsay cae
over here yesterda,

first thing in the morning.

For what?

Uh, I was supposed
to take the train with her

into Manhattan to pick up
these booze cruise tickets.

But then the cable guy
showed up.

Is she okay?

Can you tell us
about the cruise tickets?

Lindsay, uh,

got a letter.

Some company was throwing
a party on a boat

to honor the troops
who served in Iraq.

They were giving away tickets.

Did Lindsay change clothes
at your place yesterday?

No. Why?

Um--

Lindsay was killed
in Manhattan yesterday.

What?

We're sorry to have to break it
to you like this, but--

Oh, my God.

Now, Donnie--Donnie.

I want you to listen
to me, okay?

Right now you have
to pull yourself together.

'Cause we have questions
we have to ask you.

Was everything okay
with Lindsay?

She have any problems?

Was anybody bothering her?

I don't know.

She was acting
a little weird lately.

What do you mean weird?

Like, stressed.

Her boss was a real jerk.

I figured it was something
at work.

She didn't show up
to work today.

Not even a phone call.

Any reason she might not
want to come in?

No, I give her a job back
after she's a way for a year,

and this is how she repays me.

That's big of you,
after she went to Iraq

and put her ass on the line.

It wasn't for me.

You live here, don't you?

Look, I just gave her a raise
to 9.50 an hour.

As much as my full-time girls.

Hey, man, do your employees
have lockers back there?

This is Lindsay's.

You sure this is legit?

Oh, yeah, we're authorized.

Ain't that much in here.

Got some magazines.

Apron.

Change of clothes.

Mm...

Nothing in the pockets.

Hold on a second, would ya?

Miss Starr has a checking
account at this branch.

She came in a few months ago
and rented a box.

Just the envelope.

Damn.

Oh, baby.

That looks like
Abu Ghraib prison.

My God.

I don't remember
seeing these photos

in the newspaper.

This must be Corporal Starr's
own private stash.

We should get these dusted
and show 'em to the Lieu.

The cell block in these photos

looks exactly like the ones
in the media.

And I say we show thee

to the Feds right away,
and get confirmation

that it is Abu Ghraib.

I'm not so sure
we want to do that yet.

Really? Why not?

There aren't just grunts
in these pictures.

Two bars?
This woman's a captain.

And one of these guys
is in civilian clothes.

Who knows who he is?

Are you suggesting
that the military

has something to do
with our body?

I'm not ruling it out.

I didn't realize
I got transferred

into the local chapter
of Amnesty International.

A murdered soldier
put these pictures

in a safe deposit box.

Now, what does that tell you?

That she was waiting for
the right buyer to come along?

More likely,

she was worried
she'd get the same treatment

as the other guards
at Abu Ghraib.

Like the girl with the leash?

And the general
the Army scapegoated.

A female officer
in charge of hundreds

of Muslim prisoners.

Well, I happen to thik
that the whole thig

is blown way out of proportion.

A few snapshots show up
on the Internet,

and everybody is oh-so-surprised
that these things go on!

Just business as usual.
For your information,
Lieutenant,

Muslims and Christians
have been going at it

for a thousand years.

Look, we could sit here
and argue politics

all day long,
but there's still gonna be

a dead girl in the morgue.

So the Lieutenant,
is she always that way?

What way?

Do you know that I worked
for the first female captain

on the Chicago Police
Department?

That couldn't have been easy.

It wasn't that bad.

No, I mean for her.

But, uh, Van Buren,
she does have a good rep.

Mm-hm.

That's why you transferred?

Well, let's just say that, uh,

my last boss and me, we--
we had some problems.

Anything I should know about?

No, nothing that woud
affect yo.

Look,

all I want is
for the three of us

to get off on the right foot,
that's all I want.

I can't think of any reason
why we wouldn't.

So how long were you
in Vietnam?

I wasn't.

So this booze cruise lettr

lures the girl
into the building.

Right.

Um, you know, a lot
of these reserve companies

have their own websites.

You know, families
sending messages

to their kids overseas.

Reaching out
to other military families.

So any Tom, Dick,
or Abdullah

can come up with
their address.

All right, look,
I gotta meet somebody.

See you tomorrow.

You shoulda seen this dude.

I mean, he had a knot
the size of my fist.

Yeah, with an attitude
to match.

So what's the 411 on him?

Works hard, plays hard.

Sound familiar?

Hey--

Yeah, but they didn't
give me a choice, Ed.

I'd like you to see this.

The Middle Ages.

Yeah, it's nice, isn't it?

You know, the History Channel's
running a special on this?

And this is the burial pose

of a knight
from the 13th Century Crusade

of Frederick the Second.

White tunic, red cross.

These knights
were considered

soldiers of the Churc.

Once they pledgd
to join the Crusae

and fight the infidels,

they were exempt
from civil jurisdiction

and their property
couldn't be taxed.

Membership had
its privileges.

Damn, you seem to know
a lot about this.

There were a lot
of Italian knights.

So who would pose
a dead corporal

to look like a Crusader?

Somebody who wasn't so happy

about what she had
in those pictures.

A Muslim.

Or someone who wanted
to make it look that way.

Come on, Lieutenant,
you still can't believe

that this is a government
conspiracy?

Look, I'm not saying the CIA
killed Kennedy.

Maybe just a soldier
from her military police unit

who wanted to keep
a lid on this.

Starr's commanding officer
was really vague

about their tour in Iraq.

And he didn't mention one word
about Abu Ghraib.

Any progress
in your investigation?

Yeah, quite a bit, actuall.

Look, it would help us
to know more

about what the 713th
did in Iraq.

I have to say that's
none of your business.

Colonel, we know your unit
was in Abu Ghraib.

That what this is about?

I'm a retired Suffolk County
Corrections captain.

We transferred from Gitmo
because I have experience

with Muslim prisoners.

This kind of experience?

Your corporal brought
these war souvenirs home.

I don't have to defend
my company

to a couple of local cops.

But you're not
in charge here, Colonel.

This was combat.

Stuff happens.

This stuff ain't
supposed to happen.

Don't tell me you guys
never crossed the line.

Look, Colonel, the reason
we have rules in interrogation

is so that when our guys
get captured,

this don't happen to them.

You see any burnt corpses
hanging from bridges?

Any heads being hacked off?

Like they did to Nicholas Berg
and Daniel Pearl?

98% of these detainees
are high-value targets.

What about the other
two percent?

If they're innocent,
they get released.

Now maybe you can tell me

what this has to do
with Corporal Starr's murder.

What if one of your ex-prisoners
came out

looking for a little revenge?

Fair enough.

I'll get you a list.

Tuesday morning I was here.

I work the day,
my partner works the night.

Is there anybody here
that can verify that?

Many customers.
Why do you want to know this?

Do you have any family in Iraq?

My mother and my father
and my three brothers.

Any of your brothers
ever in Abu Ghraib?

Yes, Kamel.
And I was there also.

Since the war?

Saddam put me there.

Four years.

Bring him to me, and
I'll show you what justice is.

I'm sure your brother
feels the same way

about the Americans
that locked him up.

Any Iraqi would rather be
in a jail run by the Americans

than a jail run by Saddam.

The only mistake you made

was not burning Abu Ghraib
to the ground.

So how'd your brother
get out?

He and his neighbor
were arrested together.

Lucky for Kamel,
his neighbor had a relative

who works for Safwan Oil,

big U.S. company in Iraq.

What's this neighbor's name?

Mohammed.

Well, that should
narrow things down.

Safwan Oil ain't
no big U.S. company

I ever heard of.

Your point?

Drexel Oil's
corporate headquarters

are in 55 Morris.

Drexel has a substantial

equity interest in Safwan Oil.

And we have several directors
on their board.

Did your company intervene
on behalf of a prisoner

at Abu Ghraib recently?

Well, I'm aware

of one such situation.

An employee here
had a relative in detention

whom he insisted was innocent.

And who might that be?

I think I might want to run this
past our lawyers.

Oh, absolutely.
Go right ahead.

Jeff Harrington.

He's one of our
project engineers.

The floor below this one.

My brother-in-law

was arrested by an American
patrol in Baghdad.

Took two months before we knew
he was in Abu Ghraib.

"We" meaning?

My wife from Iraq.

Oh, so what happened
with your brother-in-law?

Well, Nadira's family
insisted it was a mistake.

And I started making calls
to our contacts in Baghdad.

And they finally got
to the right people

in the military command.

And Mohammed was released.

You don't sound
too thrilled about it.

He was killed by a car bomb

about three months ago.

Was he a target?
No, no.

He was waiting in line,
you know?

Minding his own business.

Did he have any problems

while he was in Abu Ghraib?

You mean was he abused?

You can't help but hear

about what was going on
over there.

No, he would've said something
to Nadira if he was.

I met Jeff when our companies

collaborated on
a drilling project in Kuwait.

So not much oil exploration
here on Long Island.

I'm a housewife now.

Do you have relatives here?

No, my family's
in Baghdad.

Mm, must be tough.

With telephones and email,

it's not so bad.

I can still talk to them.

Your husband told us
about your brother Mohammed.

Please accept our condolences.

Thank you.

He also told us that he was

in Abu Ghraib.

Yes.

Did they abuse him there?

"Abuse."
You mean torture.

Well, I read about it.
It didn't sound too bad to me.

No, they didn't "abuse him,"
as you say.

So there were no hard feelings
on that score.

My brother was killed.

By insurgents.

You invade our country
and you don't give us safety?

You protect our oilfields, but
people are dying on the street?

So, Mrs. Harrington,

where were you Tuesday morning?

In Brooklyn.
To shop for food.

On Atlantic Avenue?

Yes.

Which stores?

I don't know, I wak

from one to the next.

I don't write down their names.

Excuse me, sir, were you working
Tuesday morning?

I am the owner.

I'll take that as a "yes."

Are these pork chops?

This is not a store for Muslims.

Any other store on the block.

Did you see this woman in here
Tuesday morning?

Yes, she was here.

I sold her a pint
of pig's blood.

For an old Assyrian recipe.

Thank you, sir.

We've got a serious situation

here, Mrs. Harrington.

We have videotape
of you entering

and exiting the building

where Corporal Starr
was murdered.

She was a soldier
who was guarding

your brother
while he was in prison.

She was found dead
with a cross on her chest,

painted in pig's blood.

And we have a shopkeeper
who said

you purchased pig's blood
on the day of the murder.

And what's a nice Muslim woman

doing with pig's blood?

You don't have to talk to us,
Mrs. Harrington.

That's okay.

My name is Nadira
Latif Harrington.

I was born on April 14, 1975.

And I demand to be treated
as a prisoner of war.

People of the State of New York
against Nadira Harrington.

Charge is murdr
in the second degre.

How does she plead,
Ms. Marino?

I'm not sure, Judge.

What do you mean
you're not sure?

All she'll tell me is that
she's a prisoner of war.

What war is she talking about?

She's Iraqi, Judge.

I'm a Mujahideen.
A soldier of Islam.

And I'm Thurgood Marshall.

I'll take that
as a "not guilty."

People on bail?

The victim in this case
was an Army Reservist

who was found
manually suffocated

and posed
in a ritualistic manner.

We're charging this
as a hate crime, Your Honor.

I didn't realize Army Reserves
was a protected class.

Her own statemens

here in court indicate

this incident
had religious motivations.

If she sincerely believs
she's a soldier of Go,

she might kill agai.

Remand the defendant.

And I'm ordering a 730 exam
to cover my back.

She came back

fit on the 730.

We can put her in the building
with the pig's blood

and a white shirt.

And her brother
was in Abu Ghraib,

guarded by Lindsay Starr's unit.

It's a very strong
circumstantial case.

So this prisoner of war gimmick
is a Hail Mary.

I don't think

it's a gimmick.

There is a war going on.

Look, maybe discretion's
the better part of valor.

We could just turn her over
to the Department of Defense.

Get a jury trial
in New York City.

Under the U.S. Constitution.

Do we want captured
American soldiers

being tried in Islamic
civilian courts, Jack?

I don't do politics, Serena.

Yeah, well we startd

this mess by invading
her country.

I thought this was her country.

Iraq really doesn't
have anything to do

with the case we're prosecuting.

Jack McCoy.

Sure.

Thanks for the heads-up.

Clerk's office.

Nadira Harrington's
got new counsel.

Yeah, well, if they're smart,
they'll want a deal.

Bernie Adler.

You expect me

to drop to my knees and beg you
to deal this out?

The show of submission

won't be necessary.

I know you've
just been retained,

but I can assure you,
we've got a very strong case.

Pig's blood and videotape
notwithstanding,

what you have, Jack,
is a very short case.

We have at leat
a dozen witnesse.

Short because there is
no jurisdiction.

This was the murder
of one New Yorker

by another New Yorker

in a Morris Street
office building.

And assuming everything
you think you can prove is true,

that situation's covered
by the Geneva Conventions.

What does your client
want, Bernie?

A one-way ticket
to Guantanamo Bay?

The stockade at Ft. Dix
is better than 25 to life.

And she'll be free to go
once we're out of Iraq.

You will be getting my motion.

A soldier who kills
an enemy soldier in a war

cannot be prosecuted.

Article 87
of the Third Geneva Convention

holds that captured soldiers
cannot be punished

for acts of war.

Therefore, this court
has no jurisdiction

over this homicide.

Neither the victim
nor the defendant were soldiers.

The victim was a reservist.

Who was inactive.

But likely to be
called back to duty

in my client's homeland.

The one this country invaded
and occupies.

Are you seriously
expecting me to rule

that she is a combatant,
Mr. Adler?

In April of this year,

Imam Saddoun in Falluja
issued a fatwa,

calling upon Muslims to resist
the occupation of Iraq

by killing foreign invaders.

That Imam is one man
in a mosque,

not a sovereign nation.

But his followers believe
they're engaged in jihad.

A holy war.

Article 2
of the Convention, Judge.

A captured member
of a resistance movement,

even a volunteer,

merits the protections afforded
to prisoners of war.

Yes, but the article
goes on to state

that the fighter
must have a commander,

some kind of uniform,
carry arms openly.

Jose Padilla, Judge.

The alleged dirty bomber.

A citizen of the United States

who we're holding
as an enemy combatant.

Where's his weapon?

What army is he affiliated with?

What's good for the goose...

Granted, the face of war
has changed

since these conventions
were ratified

fifty-odd years ago,
Mr. Adler.

But I am having a hard time
buying this.

On the day she was killed,
Lindsay Starr

could not have perceived
that she was engaged in a war.

Under the Geneva Conventions,

there must be a perception

by not one, but two adversaries

that they're engaged
in conflict.

It takes two to tango,
Mr. Adler.

I applaud you
for your creativity.

But I am not giving up
jurisdiction over this case.

The defendant will stand trial
for murder.

Closer than

you thought, Jack?

More like the Yankees
and the Red Sox.

It's inevitable the Red Sox
won't be there when it counts,

but they still have to play
all the games.

Jac?

A rousing day in court,
don't you think?

I'd hate to see you
when you win.

Any second thoughts
about a plea?

Plea?
We might be willing to withdraw
the hate enhancement.

No, I don't think so.
I'm having way too much fun.

You get to try my client.

But now I get to try the war.

What's Adler got up his sleeve?

He lost
his jurisdictional motion.

Now he'll frame it for a jury.

Corporal Starr's murdr
was justifid

because Nadira Harringtn

was defending her country.

Add in the emotional component

that her brother was tortured
by Starr's unit,

and you've got a pretty potent
one-two punch.

It's an appeal
for jury nullification

is what it is.

Which could work.

Most people I know

aren't that happy

about what happened
at Abu Ghraib.

Neither am I.

But I'm also not happy
about American kids

in flag-draped coffins.

Muslims sit on juries too,
Arthur.

Nobody condones the actions
of these over-zealous soldiers.

But Abu Ghraib is a distraction
from the real problem.

I mean, radical fundamentalists
are waging a world war.

They've attacked
innocent civilians

in the four corners
of the globe.

Africa, Bali, Madrid,
New York City.

You make it sound so hopeless.

This all started
long before 9/11.

The Islamists have their
long-standing grudges.

They can't accept our presence

in the Arab Peninsula,

our Middle East policy,

our pre-emptive offensive
in Iraq.

I think that's cover.

They hate our way of life
and our freedoms.

Now, this is their war
on modernism

and Western civilization.

So the strategy is to scare
the jury to death.

Trust me,
the fear is already there.

We can't have Iraqi assassins
roaming the streets of New York,

executing Americans.

I still think we should've

handed her over to the military.

We could've just ducked
the whole issue

instead of trying
to set policy.

And I can't believe

I have pusillanimous
pussyfooters

on my own staff.

I don't think Spiro Agnew
is the person

to be quoting here, Arthur.

If the shoe fits.

But if we're both still talking

about Iraqi assassins,

it means it's time
for a press conference.

Tomorrow at 9:00.

Now, you're free
to stand behind me

on the stage with Jack.

Or you're free
to stay in your office.

the t

of one of the most important
criminal trials

of the last 50 years.

Unfortunately, there has been
much speculation

and misinformation
about this case.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Arthur Branch.

Thank you, Mayor.

I'll have a brief statement,

and then I'll take
a few questions.

The People of the State
of New York

are prosecuting
Nadira Harrington,

a United States citizen
and resident

of the State of New York,

for the murder
of Lindsay Starr,

a United States citizen,

and resident of the State
of New York.

All U.S. citizens

and all residents
of New York State

are bound by the same laws,

regardless of race, religion,

or national origin.

Racial, religious,
and sectarian violence

are an unfortunate fact
of daily life in this country

and around the world.

Now, the law cannot control
people's hearts and minds.

But it can and must hold people
accountable for their actions.

For this is one nation
under God

with liberty
and justice for all.

And questions?

Steve.

Are you saying you're doing
God's work in this case?

Well, I fully expect God

to deal with Ms. Harrington
at some future date.

But, uh, we're dealing
with Man's work here.

Katherine?

You can quote the Pledge,
but everyone here knows

we're involved
in a religious war.

That there's a jihad
against the United States.

Irrelevant and immaterial
to the matter at hand.

I think it's important
to keep in mind as Americans

that at some point

our parents, grandparents,
or great-grandparents

came here,
raised their right hand,

just as Nadira Harrington did,

and pledged allegiance
to this flag.

End of story.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

The 713th went active

in the run-up
to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

We were then assigned
a cellblock

in Abu Ghraib prison, Baghdad.

I show you

what's been
previously introduced

as people's exhibit 14a-g.

What's happening
in these pictures?

Detainees are being prepped

for their interrogation
with M.I.

That's Military Intelligence.

My soldiers under my command.

Was the defendant's brother
Mohammed Latif

one of your detainees?

Yes.

Did Lindsay Star

participate in the prepping
of these detainees?

Absolutely.

If she hadn't, she would've been
in dereliction of duty.

Nothing further.

Why is this prisoner
naked, Colonel?

This was a method
of softening detainees

for their interrogation.

Women's panties on their heads
to, uh, humiliate them?

It's a non-invasive technique.

Let's talk about
the invasive ones.

How long was this man in a hood

attached to his cell
in that position?

Our orders from M.I. were to set
physical and mental conditions

favorable to the interrogation

of these detainees.

A euphemism for torture.

We humiliated them.

But we didn't
cut their heads off

while they were alive.

You're excusing
this conduct, Colonel?

It's textbook
interrogation technique

to find the enemy's hot button.

I will grant you,
a handful of my soldiers

went a little too far.

But they were under
enormous stress.

Like my client.

How would he know that,
Your Honor?

These prisoners were arrested

because they were trying
to kill people.

This was a war.

Don't we have rules of war?

Rules of engagement?
Yeah, we do.

But in case you haven't noticed,

the enemy doesn't follow
those rules.

And that makes this acceptable?

Have you ever seen the carnage
from a car bomb?

A child with his arms
sheared off?

A soldier's face split open
like a watermelon?

These are the people
who plan when and where

the next one is gonna happen.

So the ends justify
the means, Colonel?

You wanna go home.

You wanna tuck your kids in.

Not have to think
about the fact

that there's some guy
in Riyadh

or Jersey City.

That's right, a Muslim guy.

To hell with this

P.C. crap.

Some Muslim is trying
to figure out a way

to blow up the subway

little Johnny rides on
every morning.

You want security.

But you don't want to know about
what it takes to get it.

I'd put panties on every head
in Abu Ghraib prison

if I thought it would save
one innocent life.

I met my wife
when Drexel Oil sent me

on a drilling project in Kuwait.

Did you marry her
here or there?

Here.

Because her family
didn't approve?

Objection, leading.

I request permission to treat
the defendant's husband

as a hostile witness.
Granted.

No, as far I know,

her family was fine about it.

Is it fair to say your wife
wasn't happy

with her life in the suburbs?

No, she was very content.

You don't have children.
What did your wife do all day?

Nadira likes to cook.

She reads several newspapers.

She's very interested
in current events.

Like the situation in Iraq.

Her younger brother
was in Abu Ghraib prison.

Turning your attention
to the day in question,

Mr. Harrington,
did Nadira visit you

in your office
at 55 Morris Street?

Yes, as she had many times.

Enough times to know

about the vacant office?

Objection.

Did your wife
wear this blouse that day?

I don't remember.

Nothing further.

Now, Jeff,

Nadira chose to come here
voluntarily five years ago?

Yes, that's correct.

Did she ever say
it was a mistake,

that she wanted to go back?

No, absolutely not.
She loves this country.

Still?

Well, Nadira was never
very political,

but she was very upset
about what was happening

back home.

She started going to a mosque.

I remember I came home one day,

and she had CNN on, and she was
sitting there crying.

One of our planes had dropped
a bomb on the neighborhood

she grew up in.

And the building she lived in
was a pile of rubble.

And then her brother Mohammed
was arrested.

And sent to Abu Ghraib prison.

My company managed
to get him out.

Three months later
he was dead.

Was theirs
a close relationship?

Nadira and I
can't have children.

When she found out
that Mohammed had been killed,

she said she felt like they had
taken away her only son.

By "they," did she mean
the Americans

or the insurgents, Jeff?

I was afraid to ask.

How'd your hostile witness go?

We needed him

to put the defendant
in the building, and he did.

The only thing missing
was a solo violin.

Well, remind the jury

there's a grieving family
in Queens

and a dead girl who went to Iraq
for a noble cause.

Not everyone feels that way.

We deposed a mini Stalin

who tortured and slaughtered

hundreds of thousands
of his own people,

who attacked Kuwait
and gassed the Kurds.

So why didn't
we go in years ago?

And what about the genocides
in Rwanda and the Sudan?

How many oil wells
does Rwanda have?

There's no oil

in Bosnia and Kosovo.

We intervened to keep Muslims
from being massacred.

We go in, we get criticized.

We don't go in,
we get criticized.

And it usually backfires.

We help the Afghans
fight the Russians,

and they became the Taliban.

We went into Iraq
against the wishes

of the international community,
and it turns into a quagmire.

When is the last time
the international community

did anything other than
hold our coats?

I mean, we're the poster kids
for schadenfreude.

Until they need us.

I'm just giving you the heads-up

that your "poster girl"
for patriotism

is about to be portrayed
as a torturer.

Which establishes motive.

This wasn't political.
It was payback.

After my brother was released

from Abu Ghraib,
I spoke to him four times

on the telephone.

Did he tell you

what happened to him?

He said he was with a friend

in Sadr City.

Their taxi was stopped.

The soldiers accused them
of being informants

for the insurgents.

And then they were taken
to Abu Ghraib.

Did Mohammed, uh, describe
the conditions there?

Yes.

When he arrived,
they asked him

to remove all of his clothing.

He said he couldn't do this

because he was a Muslim.

So a female soldier took a knife

and cut off his clothing.

Then...

she touched his penis
and laughed.

One time one of the guards

made him lie
on the floor naked.

They ordered him to sing
the Iraqi national song.

And as he was singing,

they put a stick
into his rectum.

If he stopped, they said
they would push it in further.

Uh...Nadira?

Nadira, do you need to, uh,
take a moment?

It is hard for me

to say these things
because of my faith.

Three months
after he was released,

Mohammed was waiting in line,

and a man blew up a car
and he was killed.

Can you, uh, tell us

how you met Corporal Starr?

My brother said that
the soldiers in Abu Ghraib

wore tape over their names.

But one name he heard
was Starr.

And he knew that these soldiers
came from New York.

So I found Starr's address

on the Internet.

I thought I wanted
to meet this woman.

I needed to look into her eyes

and ask her why she did
what she did to my brother.

So what'd you do?

I wrote her a letter to go
to my husband's building.

To pick up some tickets.

Which was a trick.

Yes. To get her to come.

And you brought pig's blood?

To throw on her.

To shame her, like she shamed
my brother and my family.

What happened after
Corporal Starr arrived?

She came n

and saw me.

I told her who I was.

But she tried to leave.

Then we were grabbing
at each other.

And she threw me on the floor.

There was a pipe next to me.

I picked it up
and hit her with it.

Then she was dead.

Like my brother.

No further questions.

I too am sorry for your loss,
Mrs. Harrington.

I'm sure what happened
to your brother

was devastating.

Yes, it was.

Did you feel guilty because
you weren't there with him?

No.

I'm sure you're angry
about how he was treated.

Yes, I was very angry.

Wouldn't you be if it happened
to someone you loved?

Did you do anything
about your anger?

Like what?

Talk to a therapist,

get involved
in the anti-war movement?

N.

You just decided to track down
one of the soldiers

that tortured your brother.

Yes.

You sent her an invitation
to a phony party

honoring American veterans.

I wanted to make sure
she would come.

And on the day you killed her,

you bought a pint
of pig's blood.

To shame her.

You also brought with you

a white blouse to use
as a funeral tunic.

Because you planned to kill her.

Isn't it a fact that after
you struck Lindsay Starr

with the pipe,

after she was unconscious,

you put your hands
over her nose and mouth

until her heart stopped beating?

Because she--

Because of what she did
to my country.

Which is it, Mrs. Harrington?

Your brother or your country?

You said you came to help us.

But to help us,
you need to respect us.

And all Americans do

is bring shame.

You break down our doors.

You throw us on the ground

and you put your feet
on our necks.

You search our women.

You humiliate our men.

And you say to the world

that you are
the guardians of freedom?

But we see what you do.

Look at what you do.

And what did you do,
Mrs. Harrington?

Close your eys
and imagine this pictur.

Saddam Hussein's
Republican Guard

controls the streets
of New York.

They break into your house,

they grab your son--

or your husband,
or your brother.

They take him
to Rikers Island,

where they accuse him

of opposing the occupation
of his own country.

And then, after months
of systematically

humiliating, abusing,
and torturing him,

they shove a broomstick
up his rectum.

Your religious leaders tell you

to resist the occupation.

To kill the invaders
if you have the chance.

And then--

And then you find out
that one of the guards

who mistreated your loved one

is living right around
the corner.

And he's gonna go back
and do it again.

And again.

And again.

Shouldn't you do
whatever you can

to stop him?

Lindsay Starr
didn't deserve to die.

She was no longer a soldier.

She worked in a supermarket.

She was lured into
a deserted office and ambushed.

And while Nadira Harrington's
misfortunes

might explain her actions,

they can't excuse

cold-blooded retribution

for the abuse of her brother.

If Corporal Starr's conduct
at Abu Ghraib

exceeded military
or international standards,

we have in our civil society

procedures
to redress those wrongs,

if wrongs they be.

Yes, the processes
are slow, messy.

Uneven.

But Nadira Harrington
had choices.

To vote.

To sue.

To advocate for justice.

Instead, she opted
for blood feud.

And the end product
of blood feud

is chaos.

Our history books
are rife with examples

of religious zealots
of all stripes--

Christians, Muslims, Jews--

twisting their faith's
fundamental morality

to accommodate a personal
or political agenda.

Neither rationale
justifies killing.

The highest moral law
in our culture

is "Thou shalt not kill."

And where we live,

killing in the name of God,

country, or brother

is still called murder.

I have a note from the jury
that you've reached a verdict.

We have, Your Honor.

How do you find?

We find the defendant,
Nadira Latif Harrington,

guilty of murder
in the second degree.

We'll take one.

Alex, what does The New York
Times want to know?

Whether the verdict's a win
for the war against terrorism.

No, this only qualifies
as a meaningless skirmish

in that war.

But it was a huge win
for truth, justice,

and the American way of life.

Thank you.

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