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IMPORTANT, NEW QUESTIONS
IN THE CASE OF CHANDRA LEVY,

THE MISSING
WASHINGTON, D.C. INTERN.

Narrator: IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
CHILLING POLITICAL THRILLERS

IN RECENT HISTORY.

THIS CASE IS "HOUSE OF CARDS"
ON STEROIDS.

Dimond: A YOUNG,
STARRY-EYED INTERN

RUNS INTO HER OWN CONGRESSMAN,

STARTS TO HAVE
AN ILLICIT AFFAIR WITH HIM.

Narrator: 24-YEAR-OLD INTERN
CHANDRA LEVY VANISHES

IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT THEY FIND IS
A HORNET'S NEST OF INTRIGUE.

Narrator: IN THIS
THREE-PART SPECIAL,

WE GIVE YOU AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK

INSIDE THIS
AGONIZING INVESTIGATION.

THE WHOLE TIME, WE WERE HOPEFUL
THAT SHE'D BE FOUND ALIVE.

IT WAS SCARY AS HELL.

McCann: HE SAID, "YOU DON'T KNOW
WHO YOU ARE DEALING WITH.

THESE PEOPLE WILL KILL ME.

I CAN'T GET INVOLVED."

Narrator: HEAR FROM THE VOICES

AT THE CENTER OF THIS
MEDIA SENSATION...

I WAS, LITERALLY,
PULLING TEETH.

I COULD NOT
GET HIM TO OPEN UP.

YOU COULD WATERBOARD HIM
ALL DAY LONG,

AND HE WOULD NEVER ADMIT IT.

Narrator: ...SPEAK WITH THE MAN

WHO WAS CHARGED
FOR THIS BRUTAL CRIME...

...AND DELVE INTO NEW THEORIES
ON THE MURDER.

I'M SATISFIED THAT
I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

**

Alexander: THIS, TRULY,
WAS THE CRAZIEST CASE

EVER TO HIT WASHINGTON, D.C.

Dimond: WHO KILLED CHANDRA LEVY?

Doyle: THE STORY GOES
FROM ZERO TO 60 VERY QUICKLY.

Dimond: WHY IS
A 53-YEAR-OLD CONGRESSMAN

CALLING A YOUNG INTERN?

Chung: DID YOU
KILL CHANDRA LEVY?

I DID NOT.

Grimm: THEY SIMPLY
FOUND BONES IN A PARK

ALMOST A YEAR AFTER.

Alexander: THERE WERE
NO EYEWITNESSES.

THERE WAS NO MURDER WEAPON.

Dimond: THEY, FINALLY,
PUT IT ALL TOGETHER,

AND IT POINTED TO ONE MAN --

INGMAR GUANDIQUE.

Grimm: MR. MORALES WAS
A JAILHOUSE SNITCH, A RAT.

Velez-Mitchell: THIS CASE THAT
TOOK SO MANY YEARS TO BUILD

HAS COLLAPSED OVERNIGHT.

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Susan: IT'S THE WORST THING
A MOTHER COULD EVER FACE.

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Dimond: IT'S MAY 6, 2001,

AND IN MODESTO, CALIFORNIA,

SUSAN AND DR. ROBERT LEVY
ARE BESIDE THEMSELVES.

THEY HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEIR
DAUGHTER, CHANDRA, FOR DAYS.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I'M SUSAN LEVY.

I'M BOB LEVY.

Robert: WE CALLED HER UP,
AND SHE DIDN'T ANSWER HER PHONE,

GOT A MESSAGING MACHINE,
AND I KEPT CALLING AND CALLING,

AND SHE NEVER ANSWERED,
AND I GOT WORRIED ABOUT IT.

Susan: HE GOT VERY UPSET,

AND HE SAID
HE FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

Narrator:
THE 24-YEAR-OLD CHANDRA HAS

SPENT THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,

WORKING AS AN INTERN,
BUT IN JUST A FEW DAYS,

HER PARENTS EXPECT HER
TO RETURN HOME TO GRADUATE

FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE.

WHEN THEY DON'T HEAR FROM HER
FOR FIVE OR SIX DAYS,

THEY BECOME CONCERNED.

THEY CALLED,
NO RESPONSE FROM THE E-MAIL,

AND THEY GET
INCREASINGLY FRETFUL.

Narrator: ALARMED
BY CHANDRA'S SILENCE,

THE LEVYS ALERT
THE POLICE IN WASHINGTON.

I'M RONALD MONROE.

I'M A RETIRED
ASSISTANT-CHIEF OF POLICE

WITH THE METROPOLITAN
POLICE DEPARTMENT

OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

AT THE TIME THAT CHANDRA LEVY
WAS REPORTED AS MISSING,

THE NUMBER OF MISSING PERSONS
IN THE DISTRICT

PROBABLY EXCEEDED
200 TO 300 A MONTH.

WHEN THE PARENTS CALLED,
WE SENT AN OFFICER TO JUST CHECK

ON THE WELFARE OF THE PERSON.

Narrator: A PATROLMAN HEADS

TO THE VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD
OF DUPONT CIRCLE,

WHERE CHANDRA HAD BEEN
SUBLETTING A SMALL APARTMENT.

Dimond: THEY FOUND
SUITCASES HALF PACKED.

SOME OF HER CLOTHES WERE
STILL HANGING.

THEY FOUND DIRTY DISHES
IN THE SINK,

NO FOUL PLAY, NO FORCED ENTRY.

**

Doyle: NOTHING SEEMS
TO BE AMISS.

SHE'S BEEN INHABITING
THE APARTMENT,

BUT NO INDICATION
OF WHERE SHE MIGHT HAVE GONE.

THE POLICE WENT TO HER ROOM
AND FOUND EVERYTHING THERE,

YOU KNOW, NOTHING, AND THEY
DIDN'T FIND HER ANYWHERE.

Monroe: THE LEVYS HAD TOLD US

THAT CHANDRA
WAS VERY RESPONSIBLE,

AND THAT REALLY
MADE IT DIFFICULT

TO UNDERSTAND
WHY SHE WOULD NOT RETURN

FOR HER GRADUATION.

Susan: SHE HAD GOT HONORS.

SHE WAS TOP IN HER CLASS.

THAT WOULD BE EXCITING FOR HER.

Doyle: CHANDRA WAS RAISED
IN MODESTO, CALIFORNIA.

IT WAS A CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY.

HER FATHER, DR. ROBERT LEVY,
IS AN ONCOLOGIST,

EXTREMELY WELL-REGARDED
IN THE MODESTO COMMUNITY.

HER MOTHER, SUSAN,
WAS MORE OF A FREE SPIRIT.

SHE LOVES HORSES, ART,
PAINTING, DANCING.

Narrator: CHANDRA
HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP

WITH HER YOUNGER BROTHER, ADAM.

Susan: FAVORITE MEMORIES
WERE WHEN WE TRAVEL

BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE WERE
CLOSEST AS A FAMILY.

WHEN WE WOULD DRIVE
FROM SAN FRANCISCO BACK,

THEY WOULD SAY THE WHOLE
"STAR WAR" TRILOGY BY HEART,

THE DIALOGUE
FOR ALL THREE MOVIES.

Robert: CHANDRA
WAS REALLY HEADSTRONG.

WE WENT ON TRIPS.

SOMETIMES,
SHE'D JUST WALK AWAY FROM US

BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT
TO BE ASSOCIATED

WITH HER PARENTS
AND KID BROTHER.

CHANDRA WAS REALLY
INTO JUSTICE AND POLICING,

AND SHE WAS A POLICE EXPLORER.

Susan: IN HIGH SCHOOL,
SHE ACTUALLY GOT TO WORK

IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,

AND SHE DID PARKING TICKETS.

SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF THE JOB,
AND SHE WAS GOOD AT IT.

Doyle: SHE ALWAYS HAD THE DRIVE.

SHE HAD SET HER EYES

WELL BEYOND THE CITY
THAT SHE WAS RAISED IN.

**

Narrator: IN THE YEAR 2000,

WHILE WORKING
TOWARDS A MASTER'S DEGREE,

CHANDRA SECURED
A COVETED INTERNSHIP

AT THE FEDERAL BUREAU
OF PRISONS.

SHE BECAME VERY EXCITED
TO GET THIS INTERNSHIP.

IT SEEMED A PERFECT FIT
FOR HER LONG-TERM GOALS,

FOR HER CAREER.

SHE TALKED ABOUT
BEING AN FBI AGENT

OR WORKING IN
THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY.

Dimond: SHE WAS
IN THE PRIME OF LIFE.

SHE HAD EVERYTHING
GOING FOR HER...

AND THEN SHE DISAPPEARED.

NARRATOR: FIVE DAYS AFTER

THE LEVYS REPORTED
CHANDRA MISSING,

THE POLICE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS
THAN ANSWERS.

**

I'M JIM TRAINUM.

I'M A RETIRED DETECTIVE

WITH THE METROPOLITAN
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT
SHE PROBABLY WAS ONLY LEAVING

FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,

BUT THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE TO GO ON.

DID SHE JUST DROP OFF THE FACE
OF THE EARTH VOLUNTARILY?

IS SHE MISSING UNDER
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

BUT STILL ALIVE?

COULD SHE HAVE BEEN
THE VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY?

ALL OF THESE ARE POSSIBILITIES
THAT YOU HAVE TO EXPLORE.

**

Dimond: BACK IN
MODESTO, CALIFORNIA,

CHANDRA'S PARENTS ARE
GETTING DESPERATE.

THEY START LOOKING FOR CLUES.

DR. LEVY AND SUSAN LEVY ARE
DOING WHAT THEY CAN

TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA
OF WHERE SHE MIGHT BE,

AND SO THEY LOOK
AT HER CELL PHONE BILL.

Dimond: HER PARENTS NOTICE
ON THE PHONE BILL THAT

CHANDRA LEVY HAS CALLED
ONE NUMBER IN D.C.

OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SUSAN LEVY DECIDES
SHE'S GONNA TAKE SOME ACTION.

SHE CALLS THIS NUMBER.

Narrator: SUSAN REACHES
AN ANSWERING MACHINE,

AND THE OUTGOING MESSAGE
STUNS HER.

Dimond: THAT'S THE OFFICE
OF CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT.

THIS IS A NAME THAT SUSAN LEVY
IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZES

BECAUSE THIS IS THE CONGRESSMAN

WHO REPRESENTS THEIR HOMETOWN
OF MODESTO, CALIFORNIA.

Man: GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
IS RECOGNIZED FOR 2 MINUTES.

IT IS A TREMENDOUS COST
TO THE COMMITTEE

AND TO THE TAXPAYERS
OF THIS COUNTRY,

AND THEY'RE CONFUSED
WHY WE CAN'T WORK TOGETHER.

Mooney: GARY CONDIT WAS
WELL RESPECTED IN THE COMMUNITY.

EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A DEMOCRAT
IN A LARGELY REPUBLICAN AREA,

HE NEVER HAD TROUBLE WINNING
AN ELECTION.

HE WAS A GOOD-LOOKING GUY,
A CHARMER,

SOMEONE WHO KNEW HOW TO PLAY
THE POLITICAL GAME VERY WELL.

THERE WAS EVEN TALK
ABOUT HIM BECOMING

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

**

Doyle:
CONGRESSMAN CONDIT MARRIED

HIS HIGH-SCHOOL SWEETHEART,
CAROLYN.

THEY HAD TWO KIDS.

HE IS THE SON
OF A BAPTIST MINISTER,

AND HE HIMSELF ATTENDS
BIBLE STUDY WITH HIS COLLEAGUES.

HE'S APPROPRIATELY BAPTIST
FOR HIS RURAL DISTRICT.

Dimond: WHEN SUSAN LEVY REALIZES
THE CONGRESSMAN'S NUMBER

IS ALL OVER
THEIR DAUGHTER'S PHONE BILL,

SHE WONDERS,
WHY IS HER DAUGHTER CALLING HIM

OVER AND OVER AGAIN?

SO, ROBERT DECIDES HE'S GOT
TO CALL THIS CONGRESSMAN.

THEY PULL OUT THEIR PHONE BOOK.

THEY LOOK IN THERE,

AND THEY FIND THE HOME PHONE
FOR GARY CONDIT.

THEY CALL IT, AND FORTUITOUSLY,

GARY CONDIT IS HOME.

WHEN ROBERT LEVY GETS

THE CONGRESSMAN
ON THE TELEPHONE,

HE ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS
THE FATHER OF CHANDRA LEVY,

AN INTERN THERE IN WASHINGTON,

THAT SHE IS MISSING,

AND IN EMOTIONAL TONES,

"DO YOU KNOW
WHERE MY DAUGHTER IS?

DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
ABOUT HER AT ALL?"

HE TELLS ROBERT LEVY,
"I KNOW YOUR DAUGHTER.

SHE'S A LOVELY PERSON,
BUT I DON'T HAVE

ANY INFORMATION
FOR YOU, PERIOD."

**

DESPITE HIS DENIALS,
THE LEVYS REMAIN

INCREDIBLY SUSPICIOUS
OF GARY CONDIT,

AND, INDEED,
INFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT

OF THIS CONNECTION.

Narrator: POLICE NOW HAVE
AN UNLIKELY LEAD --

A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THEY QUICKLY DISCOVER THAT
HIS D.C. CONDO IS JUST

MINUTES AWAY
FROM CHANDRA'S RENTAL.

SO CONGRESSMAN CONDIT

IS THE SUBJECT
OF GREAT INTEREST TO POLICE.

A POLICE DETECTIVE
AND A SERGEANT

GO TO THE CONGRESSMAN'S
CONDOMINIUM,

AND THEY INTERVIEW HIM.

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT CHANDRA LEVY?"

CONDIT TOLD
THESE POLICE OFFICERS

THAT HE HAD, INDEED,
MET CHANDRA LEVY,

THAT SHE AND A FRIEND HAD
COME TO HIS OFFICE,

AND BECAUSE SHE WAS
A CONSTITUENT,

HE SAID, HE SHOWED HER AROUND.

HE TOOK HER ON A TOUR
OF PARTS OF THE CAPITOL.

CONDIT ALSO TOLD POLICE

THAT HE HAD BECOME
A SORT OF MENTOR FOR CHANDRA

AND THAT SHE HAD COME TO HIM,

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS,
FOR CAREER ADVICE,

BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
HE TOLD THEM,

HE JUST HAD
NO INFORMATION AT ALL

ABOUT WHERE SHE MIGHT BE.

Narrator: POLICE ARE STUMPED.

IN SEARCH OF LEADS,
THEY SECURE A WARRANT

TO THOROUGHLY SEARCH
CHANDRA'S APARTMENT.

Dimond: THE POLICE FIND
CHANDRA LEVY'S PURSE,

AND INSIDE, EVERYTHING
SEEMS TO BE IN PLACE,

HER WALLET,
ALL OF HER IDENTIFICATION.

THEY WONDER WHY A YOUNG WOMAN

WOULD LEAVE HER APARTMENT
WITHOUT HER IDENTIFICATION.

ABOUT THE ONLY THING MISSING IS
THE KEYS TO HER APARTMENT.

THEN, THEY HEAD
FOR THE COMPUTER

BECAUSE THE COMPUTER ALWAYS
IS FULL OF EVIDENCE.

WHEN THEY TRY TO SEE EXACTLY
WHAT SHE HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR,

IT CRASHES.

THE ENTIRE COMPUTER
WAS CORRUPTED.

THEY CAN'T SEE ANY E-MAILS.

THEY SEE NOTHING.

**

NARRATOR: OFFICERS
CONFISCATE THE COMPUTER

AND COLLECT OTHER ITEMS THAT
COULD, POTENTIALLY, BE EVIDENCE.

Monroe: NEXT, WE RECOVERED
HER ANSWERING MACHINE,

AND IT CONTAINED
THE NORMAL MESSAGES,

MOSTLY FROM HER PARENTS.

BUT THERE ARE TWO MESSAGES
IN THERE

THAT PEAK THEIR INTEREST --

TWO MESSAGES FROM A MAN.

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THE CALLER DOESN'T
REVEAL HIMSELF BY NAME,

BUT THE VOICE IS UNMISTAKABLE.

IT'S CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT.

IT'S CLEAR THAT THE CONGRESSMAN

WANTS TO GET IN TOUCH
WITH CHANDRA.

Monroe: IT WAS
A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL TO US.

HE HAD INDICATED
HE BARELY KNEW HER.

HE JUST KNEW HER IN PASSING.

Dimond: SO NOW THE QUESTION,

WHY IS A 53-YEAR-OLD
CONGRESSMAN,

MARRIED, FATHER OF TWO,

CALLING A YOUNG INTERN,

NOT ONCE BUT TWICE?

WHAT DOES HE REALLY WANT?

IT MAKES YOU THINK, "WHAT ELSE
IS THIS CONGRESSMAN HIDING?"

Narrator:
AFTER SEARCHING THE APARTMENT

OF MISSING INTERN CHANDRA LEVY,

POLICE UNCOVER INTRIGUING
VOICE MESSAGES.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE WE IDENTIFIED

WAS CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT.

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POLICE THINK, "WAIT A MINUTE.
WHAT'S GOING ON?

HE TOLD US THERE WAS
NO PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.

WHY IS A 53-YEAR-OLD
CONGRESSMAN,

MARRIED, FATHER OF TWO,

CALLING A YOUNG INTERN?

VERY SUSPICIOUS --
VERY SUSPICIOUS, INDEED."

**

Monroe: IF A PERSON
IS MISLEADING

IN THE NATURE
OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE,

YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHY.

Narrator: IF CHANDRA DID HAVE
A DALLIANCE WITH CONDIT,

IT WOULD BE FAMILIAR TERRITORY
FOR THE INTERN.

CHANDRA HAD SEVERAL
VERY SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS

PRIOR TO MOVING TO WASHINGTON.

SHE TENDED TO GRAVITATE
TOWARD OLDER MEN...

AND A FEW MARRIED MEN.

Dimond: CHANDRA HAD A HISTORY
WITH OLDER, MARRIED MEN,

SO THAT SHE WOULD FALL
FOR A MARRIED CONGRESSMAN

WAS NOT A SURPRISE.

Narrator: BUT FOR CONDIT,

A RELATIONSHIP
WITH A 24-YEAR-OLD INTERN

COULD BE DAMNING.

GARY CONDIT HAD A LOT TO LOSE.

HE HAD A WIFE AND CHILDREN BACK
HOME IN MODESTO, CALIFORNIA,

AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME,

GARY CONDIT'S STAR IS RISING
IN THE POLITICAL WORLD.

NEWS OF AN AFFAIR COULD
ABSOLUTELY WIPE OUT

HIS POLITICAL CAREER.

POLICE START TO WONDER IF HE WAS
HAVING A SEXUAL AFFAIR WITH HER

AND IF CONDIT, PERHAPS,

DID SOMETHING TO MAKE
THIS GIRL DISAPPEAR.

Narrator: IN THE MIDST
OF THE INVESTIGATION,

THE LEVYS INFORM POLICE
OF DARK RUMORS

SWIRLING AROUND CONDIT
IN MODESTO.

Susan: WE HAD A HANDYMAN,
AND I GOT TO KNOW HIM.

THEN, ONE DAY,

WE'RE TAKING THE HORSE
IN THE BACKYARD.

WE JUST STARTED TALKING
ABOUT DAUGHTERS,

AND THAT'S WHEN HE OPENED UP
ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER.

SHE WAS INVOLVED
WITH A CONGRESSPERSON.

Dimond: ACCORDING TO SUSAN,

HIS DAUGHTER HAD BEEN
ROMANTICALLY LINKED

WITH CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT

WHEN SHE WAS JUST 18 YEARS OLD,

AND THE DAUGHTER, HE SAID,

TOLD HIM THAT CONDIT
WAS VERY SECRETIVE,

VERY MYSTERIOUS.

Narrator: THE YOUNG WOMAN
REPORTEDLY ENDED

THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CONDIT
IN A TENSE BREAKUP.

LATER, THE HANDYMAN RECANTS
THE STORY HE TOLD TO SUSAN LEVY,

BUT INVESTIGATORS TAKE
THE ACCUSATION SERIOUSLY.

THIS CONGRESSMAN KNOWS A LOT
MORE THAN HE'S BEEN SAYING,

SO THEY GO BACK TO HIS CONDO,
KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

**

WE EXPECTED, INITIALLY, THAT

HE WOULD BE FULLY COOPERATIVE
IN THE INVESTIGATION,

BUT NOW HE BECAME MORE EVASIVE.

Dimond: HE WOULDN'T TALK
TO THE POLICE.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT MAKES
A POLICE OFFICER MORE SUSPICIOUS

THAN SOMEONE WHO JUST DOESN'T
GIVE THEM VERY MUCH INFORMATION.

Susan: I KIND OF FELT, MAYBE,

HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
COVERING HIS TRACKS.

HE JUST SEEMED TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT HIMSELF.

**

Narrator: TO KEEP PRESSURE
ON BOTH CONDIT AND THE POLICE,

THE LEVYS DEVELOP A PLAN.

I KNEW THAT THE ONLY WAY
TO GET SOME ANSWERS, FOR ME,

WAS TO TRY TO BE AS PROACTIVE

AND SPEAK UP

ON ANY KIND
OF RADIO PROGRAMS, IN TV.

MR. CONDIT, WOULD YOU
PLEASE STEP FORWARD

AND SHARE WHATEVER YOU KNOW.

YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ONE
OF THE LAST PEOPLE

TO REALLY HAVE SPENT
ANY TIME WITH CHANDRA.

I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT,

BUT PERHAPS RECORDS
MIGHT SAY SOMETHING.

I'M NOT SURE.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR STORIES
TO BEGIN CIRCULATING

ABOUT CONGRESSMAN CONDIT
AND CHANDRA LEVY.

WE'RE FASCINATED
BY THE POSSIBILITY

THAT SHE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH THIS CONGRESSMAN.

CONGRESSMAN CONDIT HAD BEEN
ONE OF THE FEW DEMOCRATS

WHO WAS VERY VOCAL
ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED

WITH THE PRESIDENT
AND MONICA LEWINSKY.

THERE ARE DEMOCRATS WHO WANT
ALL THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.

WE WANT IT OUT THERE NOW.

WE THINK THAT'S
IN THE BEST INTEREST

OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

SO THAT ADDED TO THE BACKDROP
OF THIS CASE,

AND IT ADDED TO
THE MEDIA INTEREST.

Doyle: THAT REALLY PUT
THE BALL IN PLAY,

AND FOR THE SUMMER OF 2001,

GARY CONDIT IS IN THE CROSSHAIRS
OF EVERY TABLOID IN TOWN.

THE STORY GOES
FROM ZERO TO 60 VERY QUICKLY.

Velez-Mitchell: THE MEDIA
IS COMPLETELY INSANE

ABOUT THIS CONGRESSMAN SCANDAL.

THEY CHASE HIM DOWN
THE HALLS OF CONGRESS,

SHOUTING, "WHERE'S CHANDRA?"

THEY STAKE OUT HIS HOME.

EVERYWHERE HE GOES, HE'S BEING
HOUNDED BY THE NEWS MEDIA.

IT'S A SEX SCANDAL,
NOTHING JUICIER THAN THAT.

Monroe:
SO, YOU HAVE A MEDIA FRENZY,

AND IT JUST WOULDN'T GO AWAY.

IT BECAME ITS OWN STORY
EVERY DAY,

"WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH CHANDRA LEVY?"

AND AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT,
WE'RE RESPONDING TO THAT.

**

Narrator: IN SEARCH OF
THE NOW-HIGH-PROFILE INTERN,

INVESTIGATORS SWEEP THE CITY.

Dimond: THIS WAS NOT
YOUR NORMAL MISSING-PERSON CASE.

IT WAS CLEAR THAT
THE D.C. METRO POLICE

TOOK THIS CASE REALLY,
REALLY SERIOUSLY.

Monroe: WE SEARCHED THE AREA

IMMEDIATELY AROUND
HER DUPONT CIRCLE APARTMENT.

WE SEARCHED THE ALLEYS,
THE DUMPSTERS,

HOPING WE WOULD FIND SOMETHING
THAT WAS CONNECTED TO HER.

WE EXPANDED THE SEARCH THROUGH
VACANT PROPERTIES IN THE CITY.

Narrator: NOW, OVER TWO WEEKS
SINCE SHE WAS LAST SEEN,

POLICE ARE BEGINNING
TO FEAR THE WORST.

I KNEW, AT THAT POINT,

WE PROBABLY WERE NOT
GONNA FIND A LIVE PERSON.

WE'RE GOING TO RECOVER A BODY.

Dimond: THERE WERE
HELICOPTERS IN THE SKIES,

LOOKING FOR A FLOATING BODY
IN THE POTOMAC.

THERE WERE SNIFFER DOGS
AT RIVERBANKS

AND IN ROCK CREEK PARK.

Monroe: WE FOUND NOTHING.

Narrator: IN SEARCH OF LEADS,

POLICE DIVE DEEPER
INTO CHANDRA'S SOCIAL CIRCLE.

IT'S UNUSUAL FOR SOMEONE
TO BE KILLED RANDOMLY.

POLICE INVESTIGATORS
OFTEN FOCUS

ON FAMILY, CLOSE FRIENDS,
BOYFRIENDS, LOVERS,

WHEN TRYING TO ASCERTAIN
WHO THE LIKELY SUSPECT IS.

POLICE DISCOVER
THAT CHANDRA LEVY

DIDN'T HAVE A WIDE CIRCLE
OF FRIENDS,

AND THE SMALL CIRCLE
THAT SHE HAD

WAS COMPRISED MOSTLY OF MEN.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS ZERO IN
ON ONE FRIEND IN PARTICULAR.

POLICE DISCOVERED THAT JUST

THREE DAYS
BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED,

CHANDRA WAS WITH HIM
IN HIS APARTMENT.

WHO WAS THIS MAN,

AND WHAT WAS HE DOING WITH HER
IN THE MOMENTS

BEFORE SHE VANISHED?

Narrator: NEARLY THREE WEEKS
AFTER CHANDRA LEVY DISAPPEARS,

POLICE UNCOVER A PROMISING LEAD.

THEY DISCOVERED THAT JUST THREE
DAYS BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED,

CHANDRA WAS WITH A MAN
IN HIS APARTMENT.

**

THE MAN'S NAME
WAS ROBERT KURKJIAN.

HE WAS A NEWCOMER TO WASHINGTON,

AND THEY MET AT THE GYM.

INTERESTINGLY,
HE WAS A USC GRADUATE.

Narrator: POLICE BRING HIM IN
FOR QUESTIONING.

WHEN PRESSED,
KURKJIAN ADMITS THAT HE WAS

ONCE ROMANTICALLY INTERESTED
IN CHANDRA.

Dimond: HE HAD ASKED HER
OUT TO A PARTY

AND TO SOME FESTIVITIES
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,

AND SHE ALWAYS TURNED HIM DOWN.

CHANDRA HAD REVEALED
TO ROBERT

THAT SHE HAD
A CONGRESSMAN BOYFRIEND,

BUT SHE NEVER NAMED HIM.

HOWEVER, THEY DID STAY
IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER.

Narrator: IN JANUARY 2001,

SHE INVITED KURKJIAN TO AN EVENT
AT THE HEIGHT OF D.C. CULTURE.

HE GOT A CALL FROM CHANDRA.

SHE EXPLAINED THAT
SHE HAD TICKETS

TO THE INAUGURATION BALL
OF GEORGE W. BUSH.

AND WOULD HE LIKE TO GO?

Velez-Mitchell: THEN, WHEN
THEY WERE AT THE INAUGURAL BALL,

SHE'S NOT INTERESTED IN DANCING.

SHE WANTS TO CLIMB
THE STAIRCASE,

SO SHE CAN LOOK OUT
OVER THE CROWD.

IS SHE LOOKING FOR
THIS MYSTERY BOYFRIEND,

AND WHY IS EVERYTHING
SO SECRETIVE?

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
THEN QUESTION KURKJIAN

ABOUT THE LAST TIME
HE SAW CHANDRA.

Dimond: ROBERT TELLS POLICE,

SHE SPENT THE VERY LAST WEEKEND
AT HIS APARTMENT,

WATCHING A MOVIE, EATING PIZZA,

DRINKING BEER
WITH HIS ROOMMATES,

AND SHE STAYED UNTIL ABOUT
1:00 IN THE MORNING.

Narrator: ACCORDING TO KURKJIAN,

THAT EVENING, SHE OPENED UP
ABOUT HER SECRET RELATIONSHIP.

Dimond: SHE WAS POURING
HER HEART OUT

ABOUT THIS BOYFRIEND OF HERS.

HE WAS GOING TO QUIT CONGRESS
AND BECOME A LOBBYIST,

LEAVE HIS WIFE AND MARRY HER.

IT BECOMES VERY CLEAR
TO THE POLICE

THAT THE CONGRESSMAN BOYFRIEND

IS CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT.

Narrator: KURKJIAN
ASSURES POLICE

THAT THE NIGHT IN QUESTION CAME

TO AN UNREMARKABLE CONCLUSION.

HE SAID HE BEGAN TO FALL ASLEEP,

AND HE FINALLY CONVINCED HER
IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE.

HE TOOK HER OUT TO THE CORNER,
PUT HER IN A CAB,

AND THAT'S THE LAST TIME
HE SAW OR HEARD FROM HER.

Narrator: POLICE, HOWEVER,
SUBJECT KURKJIAN AND HIS STORY

TO FURTHER SCRUTINY.

HE'S ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE
IN CHANDRA'S LIFE,

AND THE POLICE FIGURE THEY NEED
TO GIVE HIM A POLYGRAPH TEST.

HE READILY AGREES TO IT.

AND HE PASSES.

INVESTIGATORS CLEAR KURKJIAN,

BUT THEY'VE GAINED NEW INSIGHT

INTO CHANDRA'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE CONGRESSMAN.

Dimond: POLICE WERE
STUNNED BY ONE THING.

IT WAS MORE THAN
JUST A FLING TO CHANDRA.

CHANDRA WANTED A COMMITMENT.

Narrator: BUT CONDIT
STILL ISN'T TALKING.

TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE
ON THE CONGRESSMAN,

COPS TURN TO THEIR ALLIES
IN THE PRESS.

THE INVESTIGATORS
ARE LEAKING LIKE A SIEVE.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO SECRET

THAT'S HELD FOR MORE
THAN A COUPLE OF HOURS.

THE STORY ACCELERATES

BEYOND ANYTHING THAT
I'D EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

THERE WAS SEX.

THERE WAS
A UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN

AND A MISSING INTERN.

CONDIT MUST HAVE FELT THE HEAT.

Narrator: IT SEEMS
THE PUBLICITY TACTIC WORKS.

ON JUNE 23rd,

CONDIT AGREES TO MEET
WITH INVESTIGATORS.

Dimond: SO THEY GO BACK
TO INTERVIEW HIM.

THE POLICE KNOW A WHOLE LOT MORE

THAN GARY CONDIT THINKS
THEY KNOW.

THEY'VE HEARD THE VOICEMAILS.

THEY'VE TALKED TO HER FRIENDS,

BUT HE'S A UNITED STATES
CONGRESSMAN.

HOW FAR CAN THEY PUSH HIM
TO GIVE THE TRUTH?

HE DID HAVE A PRETTY GOOD ALIBI

FOR THE TIME CHANDRA LEVY
WENT MISSING.

HE HAD A PACKED SCHEDULE
THAT DAY.

FIRST OF ALL, HIS WIFE WAS
IN TOWN FOR A RARE VISIT.

HE WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR A LENGTHY MEETING

WITH VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY
ON ENERGY POLICY,

AND THEN HE HEADED
TO CAPITOL HILL

AND SPENT SOME TIME
IN HIS CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE.

BUT ONCE AGAIN,
HE DOESN'T GIVE THEM

ANYMORE THAN, "I KNEW HER.
SHE CAME TO MY OFFICE.

SHE CAME TO MY CONDO
ONCE OR TWICE."

**

Narrator: CONDIT'S
CONTINUED OBFUSCATION

ONLY FUELS INTRIGUE.

POLICE KNOW THAT GARY CONDIT IS
NOT BEING ENTIRELY HONEST.

SO HOW DO YOU BUILD A CASE
AGAINST SOMEBODY LIKE THAT?

YOU GO SEARCH THEIR APARTMENT.

ON JULY 10th,
ARMED WITH A WARRANT,

POLICE CONDUCT A SEARCH
OF THE CONGRESSMAN'S HOME.

AND THAT NIGHT, FOR HOURS,

THERE'S CRIME-SCENE TECHS
WHO ARE GOING PIECE BY PIECE,

SCRAP BY SCRAP THROUGH
THE CONGRESSMAN'S APARTMENT.

TECHNICIANS SOUGHT OUT ANYTHING
THAT MIGHT SHED LIGHT

ON CONGRESSMAN CONDIT
AND CHANDRA LEVY.

WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS
EVIDENCE OF A MURDER.

THEY REMOVE PARTS OF THE CARPET,

PARTS OF THE WALL,
PIPES AND TRAPS FROM THE SINKS.

Narrator: POLICE THEN
SCRUTINIZE THE SAMPLES.

THE EVIDENCE THAT WE FOUND WAS
PRETTY MUCH NONDESCRIPT.

AFTER THEY ANALYZED IT ALL,

THEY HAD NOTHING.

Narrator: BUT THEN,
JUST DAYS AFTER THE SEARCH,

A TIPSTER STEPS FORWARD.

WHAT A BIZARRE STORY
HE HAS TO TELL.

Doyle:
IT LOOKS, TO THIS WITNESS,

LIKE THE CONGRESSMAN IS
HIDING SOMETHING.

AFTER A FRUITLESS SEARCH
OF CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT'S

D.C. APARTMENT,

INVESTIGATORS RECEIVE
A CALL FROM A TIPSTER

IN NEARBY ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

WHAT A BIZARRE STORY
HE HAS TO TELL.

Narrator: ON THE NIGHT
OF JULY 10th,

JUST HOURS BEFORE POLICE
WERE SCHEDULED

TO SEARCH CONDIT'S APARTMENT,

THE CALLER SPOTTED AN INDIVIDUAL
STANDING NEAR A TRASHCAN.

AND THE WITNESS RECOGNIZED THIS
AS GARY CONDIT.

HE SEES GARY CONDIT
TAKE AN OBJECT

AND PUSH IT WAY DOWN
INTO A TRASHCAN.

Doyle: THE WITNESS THINKS
THIS IS PRETTY STRANGE.

HE'S SEEN ACCOUNTS
OF GARY CONDIT,

LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
IN THE WESTERN WORLD.

HE'S AWARE OF
THE CHANDRA LEVY STORY.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE CONGRESSMAN
IS HIDING SOMETHING.

**

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS ARE
STUNNED BY THE CALL

AND RACE TO ALEXANDRIA
TO INSPECT THE SCENE.

POLICE DIG THROUGH THE TRASH
AND DISCOVER ONE ITEM

THAT IS MORE CURIOUS
THAN EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT'S A WATCH BOX.

Narrator:
THE BOX ITSELF IS EMPTY,

BUT THE BRAND NAME CATCHES
THE INVESTIGATOR'S EYE.

THIS PARTICULAR WATCH
WAS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE,

WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION,

WHAT WAS THE RELEVANCE
OF THE WATCH BOX,

AND WHY DID HE WANT
TO GET RID OF IT?

THEY TRACE THIS WATCH BACK
TO A STORE IN CALIFORNIA,

AND IT WASN'T PURCHASED
BY CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT.

IT WAS PURCHASED
BY A WOMAN NAMED JOLEEN,

SO POLICE DO SOME
INVESTIGATING.

Narrator: THEY LOCATE A WOMAN
NAMED JOLEEN ARGENTINI MCKAY

IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,

NOT FAR FROM CONDIT'S
HOME DISTRICT.

THEY FOUND HER, SAT HER DOWN,

AND SHE TELLS THEM A WILD STORY.

SHE WORKED
IN GARY CONDIT'S OFFICE,

AND GARY CONDIT AND SHE HAD
HAD A LONG-TIME AFFAIR.

**

Doyle: SHE HAD FELT STRONGLY
ENOUGH ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP

THAT SHE GAVE HIM
NOT JUST ANY WATCH

BUT A VERY FINE WATCH,

BUT THE YOUNG WOMAN TELLS THEM
SHE HAD SOME CONCERNS.

Narrator: JOLEEN CLAIMS CONDIT
PLACED ENORMOUS PRESSURE ON HER

TO KEEP THEIR LIAISON A SECRET.

ACCORDING TO JOLEEN,
SHE BROKE OFF THE RELATIONSHIP

AFTER FINDING CONDIT WAS
MANIPULATIVE AND CONTROLLING

IN THE CONFINES
OF THEIR AFFAIR.

Narrator: THE REVELATIONS LEAVE
INVESTIGATORS PERPLEXED.

Dimond: IF GARY CONDIT WOULD
GO TO ALL THIS TROUBLE

TO HIDE A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIFT
FROM A WOMAN HE WORKED WITH,

WHAT ELSE IS HE HIDING?

Narrator: THE ANSWER, IN PART,
COMES FROM ANOTHER WOMAN

WHO STEPS FORWARD
THAT SAME MONTH.

A FLIGHT ATTENDANT NAMED
ANNE MARIE SMITH

COMES FORWARD AND SAYS,
PUBLICLY,

SOME REALLY DAMNING THINGS.

Dimond: SHE TELLS THIS STORY
ABOUT A STEAMY AFFAIR THAT

SHE'S HAD WITH GARY CONDIT
FOR THE LAST YEAR.

ACCORDING TO SMITH,
HE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR

WITH HER AND CHANDRA LEVY
AT THE SAME TIME.

Narrator: SMITH BEGINS REVEALING
DETAILS OF THE ALLEGED AFFAIR

IN THE MEDIA.

HE HAD THIS FANTASY ABOUT
ME AND ANOTHER MAN --

LIKE, A LITTLE MENAGE A TROIS,
EXCEPT WITH ANOTHER MAN,

AND HE CALLED ME AND SAID,
"WELL, WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU,"

SO, EVENTUALLY,
I WENT OVER THERE,

AND I PROBABLY GOT THERE AROUND
10:30 OR 11:00 AT NIGHT,

AND HE SAID, "WELL, THEY LEFT.

THESE GUYS LEFT,"
AND HE SAID,

"I THOUGHT YOU WOULD PROBABLY
GET UPSET AND CRY."

**

STOP. [ CHUCKLES ]

I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS.

THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE,

I PEAKED OVER
THE EDGE OF THE BED,

AND I SAW THIS TIE STICKING OUT,
AND I, LIKE, PULLED ON IT,

AND HE HAD ALL THESE TIES
TIED TOGETHER UNDER HIS BED,

AND HE CAME OUT OF THE SHOWER,
AND I ASKED HIM.

I'M LIKE, "WHO HAVE YOU
BEEN TYING UP?"

AND HE SAID, "I ACTUALLY
HAD THOSE USED ON YOU."

THIS BLOWS APART HIS REPUTATION
ON CAPITOL HILL.

THIS IS STEAMY, NASTY,
DIRTY STUFF.

Narrator: ACCORDING TO SMITH,

THE RELATIONSHIP ENDED
IN MAY OF 2001,

BUT SOON AFTER
CHANDRA DISAPPEARED,

SHE HEARD FROM CONDIT
ONCE AGAIN.

HE ACTUALLY APPROACHED HER
THROUGH HIS STAFF

ABOUT SIGNING AN AFFIDAVIT,

SAYING THAT SHE HAD NEVER HAD

A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE CONGRESSMAN.

Narrator: SMITH REFUSED
TO SIGN THE DOCUMENT.

Doyle: THIS WAS EXTRAORDINARY.

NOW, THE CONGRESSMAN IS
BEING ACCUSED IN THE MEDIA,

NOT ONLY OF BEING A PHILANDERER,

BUT AS SOMEBODY WHO'S TRYING
TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE.

Narrator: THE INCIDENT
LEFT SMITH SHAKEN.

I DIDN'T STAY IN MY OWN
HOTEL ROOMS IN MY LAYOVERS.

I MOVED TO A PLACE
WHERE NOBODY KNOWS MY ADDRESS,

NOBODY KNOWS MY PHONE NUMBER.

I WAS VERY CONCERNED
FOR MY OWN SAFETY.

Narrator: THROUGH HIS
CONGRESSIONAL AIDS,

CONDIT RESPONDS
TO THE EXPLOSIVE CLAIMS.

GARY CONDIT COMPLETELY
DENIES EVERYTHING.

HE SAYS THAT ANNE MARIE SMITH IS
IN IT JUST FOR THE FAME,

AND HE'S STILL NOT ADMITTING

HE HAD A RELATIONSHIP
WITH CHANDRA.

Narrator: THE PRESS RUN
WITH CONDIT'S DENIAL,

BUT SOON, SOMEONE STEPS FORWARD
TO CHALLENGE HIM.

A WOMAN NAMED LINDA ZAMSKY
COMES FORWARD.

WHO IS SHE?
SHE'S CHANDRA LEVY'S AUNT.

HER AUNT LINDA WAS
A SOUNDING BOARD

THAT CHANDRA TRUSTED

AND THE PERSON
SHE TOLD THE MOST DETAIL

AS A WOMAN CAN TELL
ANOTHER WOMAN.

SHE BECOMES UPSET AND FRUSTRATED

WITH GARY CONDIT'S UNWILLINGNESS
TO BE FORTHCOMING,

AND SHE FINALLY
BLOWS THE WHISTLE,

THEN RELEASES
A 15-PAGE STATEMENT.

Dimond: ZAMSKY KNOWS
EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY

OF THAT RELATIONSHIP.

SHE WAS MADLY IN LOVE
WITH THE MAN OF HER DREAMS.

SHE WAS OBSESSED WITH HIM.

Narrator: ZAMSKY ALSO PAINTS
A CURIOUS PICTURE

OF CONDIT'S
CLOSELY-GUARDED PERSONAL LIFE.

Doyle: LINDA ZAMSKY SAYS
CONDIT INSISTED ON SECRECY,

AND THERE WERE
SEVERAL RULES TO BE FOLLOWED

TO KEEP THE RELATIONSHIP SECRET.

FOR INSTANCE, IF CHANDRA
WAS ON THE ELEVATOR

AT CONDIT'S APARTMENT,

AND SOMEBODY ELSE GOT ON BOARD,

SHE WAS TO GET OFF
ON ANOTHER FLOOR,

SO THERE'D BE NOTHING CONNECTING
HER TO THE CONGRESSMAN.

AND WHEN THEY WENT OUT,

SHE WAS NEVER TO CARRY
ANY IDENTIFICATION.

Narrator: NOTABLY,
WHEN CHANDRA WENT MISSING,

POLICE DISCOVERED SHE LEFT
HER DRIVER'S LICENSE BEHIND.

ZAMSKY TELLS THE POLICE THAT,
ACCORDING TO CHANDRA,

GARY CONDIT DRUMMED
INTO HER HEAD,

"NEVER TAKE YOUR IDENTIFICATION
WHEN YOU'RE WITH ME."

WAS CHANDRA LEVY GOING
TO SEE GARY CONDIT THAT DAY?

**

Narrator: ANOTHER FRIEND
OF CHANDRA'S ALSO STEPS FORWARD

AND CLAIMS THE INTERN
WAS GROWING ANXIOUS

ABOUT THE STATE
OF THE RELATIONSHIP.

SHE WANTED A COMMITMENT

BEYOND BEING THE MISTRESS.

CHANDRA WANTED GARY
TO LEAVE HIS WIFE.

SHE WANTED A BABY,

AND SHE BELIEVED THAT
THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE
A FUTURE TOGETHER.

THAT FINAL WEEKEND
WAS THE PERFECT STORM.

SHORTLY BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED,

SHE TOLD HER FRIEND
SHE WAS PUSHING GARY CONDIT

TO CONFRONT HIS WIFE,

AND THE WIFE WAS IN TOWN.

INVESTIGATORS ARE FLOORED
ABOUT HOW THEIR RELATIONSHIP

MAY HAVE TURNED COMBUSTIBLE
BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED.

THAT MAY HAVE GIVEN MOTIVE
TO CONDIT TO GET RID OF HER.

Narrator: CONCERNED
BY THE CONFLICTING STORIES,

COPS ONCE AGAIN CONFRONT CONDIT,

AND HE SUBMITS
TO ANOTHER INTERVIEW.

IN HIS THIRD INTERVIEW
WITH INVESTIGATORS,

THERE WERE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

WHAT WAS THE NATURE
OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

WAS IT AN AFFAIR?
WERE YOU ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED?

67 DAYS AFTER THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF CHANDRA LEVY,

HE FINALLY ADMITS TO POLICE,

"OKAY, THERE WAS
AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP."

Doyle: IT WAS
A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP.

IT WAS AN AFFAIR.

THE POLICE ARE ASKING,

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
TO CHANDRA LEVY?

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE?

DID YOU KILL HER?"

Dimond: BUT HE SAYS HE HAD
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO

WITH CHANDRA LEVY'S
DISAPPEARANCE.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
REMAIN SUSPICIOUS.

WITH LITTLE LEVERAGE AGAINST
THEIR HIGH-PROFILE TARGET,

ONCE AGAIN,
THEY TURN TO THE PRESS.

WHEN IT'S LEAKED TO THE MEDIA,

THERE IS BLOOD IN THE WATER.

THE MEDIA IS LIKE A SHARK
ON THAT BLOOD.

THE WHOLE THING EXPLODES.

THERE ARE A WHOLE
BUNCH OF PEOPLE

WHO BELIEVE THAT HE MIGHT HAVE
HAD SOMETHING TO DO

WITH CHANDRA LEVY'S
DISAPPEARANCE.

Velez-Mitchell: PEOPLE GOT
THE IMPRESSION THAT

HE CARED MORE ABOUT HIS CAREER

THAN ABOUT THE FATE
OF THIS YOUNG GIRL.

Susan: IS THERE
A DIFFERENT STANDARD

FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN GOVERNMENT?

OH, I THINK SO. YES.

TOTALLY A DIFFERENT STANDARD.

IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD.

Narrator: BACK IN CALIFORNIA,

CONDIT'S CORE CONSTITUENCY
IS FED UP.

HE HAD GONE FROM BEING SOMEONE
WHO COULD BE COUNTED UPON

TO SOMEONE WHO WAS
A COMPLETE EMBARRASSMENT.

AND SOON,
THE SIX-TERM CONGRESSMAN

FACES RE-ELECTION.

BY AUGUST, GARY CONDIT
IS IN BIG POLITICAL TROUBLE.

HIS POLITICAL CAREER IS
ON THE PRECIPICE.

HIS ATTORNEY TALKED TO HIM.

"YOU'RE AT A CROSSROADS,"
HE WAS TOLD.

"YOU'RE FIGHTING
FOR YOUR POLITICAL LIFE.

IT'S TIME TO TALK
TO SOMEONE IN THE MEDIA."

**

MY NAME IS CONNIE CHUNG.

I'M A TELEVISION NEWS
JOURNALIST.

I WAS WORKING AT ABC,
AT THE TIME.

AS IT TURNED OUT,
CONDIT'S LAWYER CALLED ME

AND SAID,
"YOU'VE GOT THE INTERVIEW."

IT BECAME BIG NEWS
THAT I WAS INTERVIEWING HIM.

Doyle: IT'S THE MOST
HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED INTERVIEW

IN QUITE A LONG TIME.

FOR CONGRESSMAN CONDIT
TO PERFORM WELL,

HIS CAREER MIGHT BE
TURNED AROUND AND SAVED.

PERFORM POORLY,
AND IT'S A DISASTER.

Narrator:
BUT IN THE MINDS OF THE PUBLIC,

THERE'S ONLY ONCE CONCERN.

Chung: DID YOU
KILL CHANDRA LEVY?

Narrator: THE MEDIA IS HOUNDING
CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT

OVER A SUSPECTED INVOLVEMENT

IN THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF CHANDRA LEVY.

THE PRESS HAS ONE GOAL
DURING THE SUMMER OF 2001.

THAT IS TO GET
CONGRESSMAN CONDIT

TO SIT DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW.

Narrator: HE AGREES TO DO
A ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW

WITH CONNIE CHUNG.

WHEN I SAT DOWN
FOR THIS INTERVIEW,

HE WAS SITTING ACROSS FROM ME.

I COULD FEEL THE TENSION
BETWEEN THE TWO OF US

AND EVERYBODY ELSE
WHO WAS IN THE ROOM.

I ASKED MY FIVE
RAPID-FIRE QUESTIONS.

Chung:
CONGRESSMAN CONDIT,

DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
TO CHANDRA LEVY?

NO, I DO NOT.

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE?

NO, I DIDN'T.

DID YOU SAY ANYTHING
OR DO ANYTHING

THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED HER
TO DROP OUT OF SIGHT?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

CHANDRA AND I NEVER
HAD A CROSSROAD.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
IF THERE WAS ANYONE

WHO WANTED TO HARM HER?

NO.

DID YOU CAUSE ANYONE
TO HARM HER?

NO.

DID YOU KILL CHANDRA LEVY?
I DID NOT.

HE ANSWERED THEM QUICKLY --
WHICH I WAS SURPRISED AT --

AND THEN WE GOT
INTO THE INTERVIEW.

WHAT EXACTLY WAS
YOUR RELATIONSHIP

WITH CHANDRA LEVY?

WELL, I MET CHANDRA
LAST OCTOBER,

AND WE BECAME VERY CLOSE.

I MET HER
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

VERY CLOSE MEANING?

WE HAD A CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP.

I LIKED HER VERY MUCH.

MAY I ASK YOU,
WAS IT A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP?

WELL, CONNIE, I'VE BEEN
MARRIED FOR 34 YEARS,

AND I'VE NOT BEEN
A PERFECT MAN,

AND I'VE MADE
MY SHARE OF MISTAKES.

HE REPEATED THE SAME PHRASES,
SAME SENTENCES NUMEROUS TIMES.

CAN YOU TELL US,

DID YOU HAVE A ROMANTIC
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHANDRA LEVY?

WELL, ONCE AGAIN,
I'VE BEEN MARRIED 34 YEARS.

I HAVE NOT
BEEN A PERFECT MAN.

I HAVE MADE MISTAKES
IN MY LIFE,

AND OUT OF RESPECT
FOR MY FAMILY,

OUT OF A SPECIFIC REQUEST
BY THE LEVY FAMILY,

IT'S BEST THAT I NOT GET INTO
THE DETAILS OF THE RELATIONSHIP.

HE WOULD PRACTICALLY
PRESS THE BUTTON,

AND A RECORDING WOULD COME OUT.

I WAS GETTING
INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED

AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW HE COULD DO END RUNS.

I WASN'T THERE
TO THROW SOFTBALLS.

TRUTHFULLY, DID YOU ANSWER
EVERY QUESTION TRUTHFULLY?

I ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION
TRUTHFULLY.

THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO

WHEN YOU'RE COOPERATING
WITH THE POLICE.

BUT DID YOU REVEAL THAT

YOU WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH HER?

I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO
THE ASPECTS OF THE DETAILS

OF THE INVESTIGATION
OR THE INTERVIEWS.

AS THE INTERVIEW UNFOLDED,
I THOUGHT, "GOOD HEAVENS,

HE IS NOT ANSWERING
ANY QUESTIONS.

HE'S NOT COMING FORWARD."

NOW, WHEN MRS. LEVY ASKED YOU
IF YOU HAD HAD AN AFFAIR,

SHE SAYS YOU SAID "NO,"

AND YOU ARE NOW SAYING THAT
YOU DIDN'T LIE TO HER.

I'M SAYING THAT. YES.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT
SHE MISUNDERSTOOD YOU...

YES.
...WHEN YOU SAID NO?

SHE -- WELL, I'M NOT
SURE WHAT SHE --

YOU SHOULD HAVE
SAID "YES"?

I'M NOT SURE WHAT CONVERSATION
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

SHE MADE SEVERAL REFERENCES
TO SEVERAL PEOPLE.

MY JOB WAS JUST SIMPLY
TO BE HELPFUL TO HER

TO TRY TO GET TO WHATEVER
SHE WAS GETTING THROUGH.

I NEVER LIED TO MRS. LEVY.

HE WASN'T INTENDING TO, REALLY,
SPILL ANY KIND OF INFORMATION,

SO BY THE TIME IT WAS OVER,
I WAS DRAINED.

HE WAS DRAINED.

HE WAS READY TO GET
OUT OF THERE.

I SAID, "THANK YOU,"

AND THAT'S WHEN HE BOLTED
OUT OF THE CHAIR

AND DIDN'T GET VERY FAR

BECAUSE HIS MICROPHONE
WAS STILL ATTACHED,

AND I THOUGHT,
"OH, MY GOODNESS."

IT WAS CLEARLY NOT
WHERE HE WANTED TO BE.

AFTERWARDS,
GARY CONDIT SAID TO ME,

"YOU LOOK NICE. YOU ACT NICE.

BUT YOU'RE NOT NICE."

24 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED,

AND THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER.

THE REACTION WAS SWIFT.

THE FALLOUT WAS GREAT.

ANYBODY WHO SAW IT CAME AWAY

THINKING LESS
OF THE CONGRESSMAN.

IT WAS A COMPLETE P.R. DISASTER.

Narrator: WHILE THE INTERVIEW
DOES LITTLE TO ADVANCE

THE INVESTIGATION
OF CHANDRA'S DISAPPEARANCE,

ITS IMPACT IS FELT IN CONDIT'S
BID FOR RE-ELECTION.

IN VOTING, THE PUBLIC MAKES
ITS JUDGEMENT ON CONDIT

LOUD AND CLEAR.

BY A MARGIN OF ALMOST 20%,

CONDIT IS TOSSED FROM OFFICE.

Narrator: FOR THE MAN WHO
CLAIMS TO HAVE KNOWN HIM BEST,

CONDIT'S PERFORMANCE
IN THE NOW-INFAMOUS INTERVIEW

COMES AS NO SURPRISE.

MY NAME IS VINCE FLAMMINI.

I WAS GARY CONDIT'S
DRIVER, BODYGUARD,

AND VERY CLOSE FRIEND
FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

GARY WOULD NEVER, EVER
ADMIT ANYTHING --

EVER.

OH, HE'S JUST A VERY
SECRETIVE PERSON.

HE DON'T WANT NOBODY
TO KNOW ANYTHING.

VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW
HIS FAVORITE COLOR.

VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW
HIS FAVORITE LUCKY NUMBERS.

PROBABLY ME IS THE ONLY ONE,
AND I BET YOU ANYTHING,

HE'LL NEVER SAY HE HAD
AN AFFAIR WITH CHANDRA --

NEVER.

YOU COULD WATERBOARD
HIM ALL DAY LONG,

AND HE WOULD NEVER ADMIT IT.

Narrator: AFTER YEARS
OF WORKING FOR CONDIT,

FLAMMINI HAS MUCH MORE TO SAY.

NEXT TIME ON

"CHANDRA LEVY:
AN AMERICAN MURDER MYSTERY"...

THE INVESTIGATORS WENT BEYOND
LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED.

Narrator: ...A CURIOUS TIP
LEADS AN INVESTIGATOR

TO A BIZARRE CHARACTER.

McCann: HE SAYS THEY ALL
SHOW UP WITH A YOUNG LADY.

HE RECOGNIZES HER AS
CHANDRA LEVY.

Narrator: A GRIM DISCOVERY
IN ROCK CREEK PARK.

Dimond: NOW THIS HAS MOVED
FROM A MISSING-PERSONS CASE

TO A HOMICIDE CASE.

WHO KILLED CHANDRA LEVY?

Narrator: A NEW SUSPECT EMERGES.

Dimond: SHE KEPT LOOKING BACK
OVER HER SHOULDER,

AND SHE NOTICED
HE WAS BEHIND HER.

IT MADE GUANDIQUE STAND OUT
LIKE A NEON SIGN.

Narrator: AND LATER,
SECRETS ARE UNCOVERED...

SHE TELLS THE WASHINGTON POST
THAT HE LIED ON THE STAND.

Narrator:
...WREAKING HAVOC ON THE CASE.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS WOMAN
ALLOWED THE KILLER TO WALK?