1 00:00:00,375 --> 00:00:02,252 Previously on Fellow Travelers... 2 00:00:02,252 --> 00:00:04,337 I'd like to offer you a temporary desk 3 00:00:04,337 --> 00:00:05,171 here at The Post. 4 00:00:05,171 --> 00:00:06,214 It might be best if you avoided 5 00:00:06,214 --> 00:00:07,716 the newsroom's facilities for now. 6 00:00:07,716 --> 00:00:09,134 You like working for your hero? 7 00:00:09,134 --> 00:00:10,135 The Washington elite 8 00:00:10,135 --> 00:00:11,177 look down their noses at McCarthy. 9 00:00:11,177 --> 00:00:13,054 And I know his tactics are rough. 10 00:00:13,054 --> 00:00:15,473 You're on McCarthy's Enemies List, sir. 11 00:00:15,473 --> 00:00:17,142 I got nothing to hide. 12 00:00:17,142 --> 00:00:19,519 We all have something to hide. 13 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:22,147 He's so unhappy, and no one knows why. 14 00:00:22,147 --> 00:00:24,691 Hawk, I can't bear being this happy. 15 00:00:25,608 --> 00:00:26,776 Army's bringing charges. 16 00:00:26,776 --> 00:00:29,612 Me and Roy, using the power of our office. 17 00:00:29,612 --> 00:00:30,739 You've got to get rid 18 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:32,615 of that little Jew and his pervert friend. 19 00:00:32,615 --> 00:00:34,701 Give this to Schine. No one else. 20 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:36,202 What is it? 21 00:00:36,786 --> 00:00:38,997 That stupid, alcoholic Mick 22 00:00:38,997 --> 00:00:40,665 isn't gonna fire Roy Cohn. 23 00:00:40,665 --> 00:00:42,542 - Where's Tim? - The hospital. 24 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:43,793 He had a seizure. 25 00:00:43,793 --> 00:00:45,378 It's bad. 26 00:02:07,001 --> 00:02:08,294 Tim Laughlin. 27 00:02:08,294 --> 00:02:09,462 - Who? - Laughlin, Laughlin. 28 00:02:09,462 --> 00:02:12,590 He, uh... He came by ambulance maybe half an hour ago. 29 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:14,717 Do you need to see a doctor? 30 00:02:14,717 --> 00:02:16,594 Oh, for Chrissake! 31 00:02:17,428 --> 00:02:18,805 Excuse me, sir. 32 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,850 ♪ tense music ♪ 33 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:43,830 You shouldn't be here. 34 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:54,340 It's all right. Come on. 35 00:02:55,091 --> 00:02:56,342 Come on. 36 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:07,812 - Hey, Jimmy, how you doing? - Hey, Hawk. 37 00:03:07,812 --> 00:03:10,064 Listen, Leonard Smith hasn't been home 38 00:03:10,064 --> 00:03:11,232 the last two nights. 39 00:03:11,232 --> 00:03:12,859 I'm guessing he's on a bender. 40 00:03:12,859 --> 00:03:13,943 You seen him? 41 00:03:13,943 --> 00:03:15,695 Threw him out of here last night. 42 00:03:15,695 --> 00:03:17,238 Causing a ruckus. 43 00:03:18,865 --> 00:03:20,408 All right, do me a favor. 44 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:24,662 Sit on him if he comes back. I'll check in later. 45 00:03:24,829 --> 00:03:25,997 Sure. 46 00:03:26,789 --> 00:03:29,459 Hey, neighborhood's crawling with cops. 47 00:03:29,459 --> 00:03:31,836 Looks like a crackdown. Be careful. 48 00:03:32,170 --> 00:03:33,713 I'm always careful. 49 00:03:39,802 --> 00:03:44,224 ♪ Speak low ♪ 50 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:48,394 ♪ When you speak love ♪ 51 00:03:48,394 --> 00:03:53,733 ♪ Our summer's day withers away ♪ 52 00:03:53,733 --> 00:03:57,904 ♪ Too soon, too soon ♪ 53 00:03:57,904 --> 00:04:04,953 ♪ I feel wherever I go ♪ 54 00:04:04,953 --> 00:04:07,580 ♪ That tomorrow is near ♪ 55 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:09,791 ♪ Tomorrow is here ♪ 56 00:04:09,791 --> 00:04:14,254 ♪ And always too soon ♪ 57 00:04:14,963 --> 00:04:18,800 ♪ Time is so old ♪ 58 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:23,263 ♪ And love so brief ♪ 59 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:26,975 ♪ Love is pure gold ♪ 60 00:04:26,975 --> 00:04:31,312 ♪ And time, a thief ♪ 61 00:04:31,729 --> 00:04:33,147 ♪ Where-- ♪ 62 00:04:33,147 --> 00:04:35,817 Police! Police! Nobody move! 63 00:04:35,817 --> 00:04:37,193 This is a raid! 64 00:04:37,193 --> 00:04:38,611 - Go! Now! - Let's get outta here! 65 00:04:38,611 --> 00:04:40,780 Everyone, stay where you are! 66 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:43,283 - Come on! - Come with me! 67 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:50,206 Break it up! Everyone out! 68 00:04:50,206 --> 00:04:53,418 - Let's go! - Let's go! Out! 69 00:04:55,211 --> 00:04:56,963 Come on! Let's go! 70 00:04:57,463 --> 00:04:58,923 Hey, wait. 71 00:05:01,426 --> 00:05:03,428 Right! Stop where you are! 72 00:05:03,428 --> 00:05:04,846 Halt! 73 00:05:04,846 --> 00:05:06,597 Frankie! Frankie! 74 00:05:07,682 --> 00:05:10,435 - Move it! - Come on! 75 00:05:11,436 --> 00:05:13,980 Marcus! Marcus! 76 00:05:41,090 --> 00:05:43,885 Searched three precinct houses before I found him. 77 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:45,970 Thanks, Frank. 78 00:05:45,970 --> 00:05:48,056 Anybody tip off the papers? 79 00:05:48,056 --> 00:05:50,433 Not that I know of. 80 00:05:50,433 --> 00:05:53,394 We need to get our hands on the arrest record. 81 00:05:53,853 --> 00:05:55,646 Between you and me. 82 00:05:56,272 --> 00:05:58,483 - I'll see what I can do. - All right. 83 00:06:13,289 --> 00:06:14,374 You know how much it's gonna cost 84 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:16,334 to get your record buried? 85 00:06:16,334 --> 00:06:18,211 If I can manage to do it. 86 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:19,337 What do you care? 87 00:06:19,337 --> 00:06:21,214 It's my father's money, not yours. 88 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:25,051 Your father will never hear about this, you understand? 89 00:06:28,679 --> 00:06:31,891 Here, wipe your face. 90 00:06:59,001 --> 00:07:00,878 - Hey. - Hey. 91 00:07:02,338 --> 00:07:03,714 What time is it? 92 00:07:04,132 --> 00:07:05,466 Almost 5:00. 93 00:07:06,676 --> 00:07:08,886 You said you were gonna be an hour. 94 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,140 What happened? 95 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:14,600 Like I told you. 96 00:07:15,643 --> 00:07:19,188 Lucy was at her friend's, and her car wouldn't start. 97 00:07:19,188 --> 00:07:20,356 Sent her home in a taxi 98 00:07:20,356 --> 00:07:23,734 and had to wait on the tow truck. 99 00:07:25,778 --> 00:07:27,238 - I should go. - What? 100 00:07:27,238 --> 00:07:29,240 Oh, I've got a big day tomorrow. 101 00:07:30,241 --> 00:07:32,952 Jean wants me to sit with her in the hearings. 102 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:33,744 Mmm. 103 00:07:33,744 --> 00:07:35,538 And watch her husband being grilled 104 00:07:35,538 --> 00:07:37,582 rather than doing the grilling? 105 00:07:39,876 --> 00:07:41,711 Hey. 106 00:07:41,711 --> 00:07:45,089 We still have an hour before it starts to get light. 107 00:07:58,352 --> 00:08:02,648 You know, you've been rather sweet lately. 108 00:08:05,693 --> 00:08:10,281 Your Honor, I stand before you accused of being sweet. 109 00:08:11,574 --> 00:08:13,951 ♪ sentimental music ♪ 110 00:08:18,372 --> 00:08:21,209 I have been informed that these requests 111 00:08:21,209 --> 00:08:24,879 made by Cohn, working for Senator McCarthy, 112 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:28,007 requests made on Schine's behalf 113 00:08:28,007 --> 00:08:30,218 for special assignments, 114 00:08:30,218 --> 00:08:34,222 have never been matched in the history of the Army. 115 00:08:34,222 --> 00:08:35,598 Private Schine's work with us 116 00:08:35,598 --> 00:08:38,100 fighting communists and subversives 117 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:39,435 required these requests. 118 00:08:39,435 --> 00:08:41,896 He has proven tireless in his efforts 119 00:08:41,896 --> 00:08:43,731 to protect American interests. 120 00:08:43,731 --> 00:08:46,067 Counsel for the Army, Mr. Welch. 121 00:08:46,067 --> 00:08:47,485 You may proceed if you wish. 122 00:08:47,485 --> 00:08:51,906 We commend Mr. Schine for his tireless service, Senator. 123 00:08:51,906 --> 00:08:57,870 However, a fur-lined coat, custom boots, steak dinners, 124 00:08:57,870 --> 00:09:00,122 working from a penthouse in Manhattan, 125 00:09:00,122 --> 00:09:02,833 all while being on active duty. 126 00:09:03,292 --> 00:09:04,544 Was this all necessary 127 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:06,879 for Private Schine's important work? 128 00:09:06,879 --> 00:09:10,091 Do you think Cohn will fall on his sword for his boyfriend? 129 00:09:10,091 --> 00:09:12,093 I hear he does that every night. 130 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:15,513 Mr. Welch, do we want to argue for weeks 131 00:09:15,513 --> 00:09:17,515 about whether or not David Schine 132 00:09:17,515 --> 00:09:19,517 wore shoes that fit him, 133 00:09:19,517 --> 00:09:21,102 or do we want to investigate 134 00:09:21,102 --> 00:09:24,272 communist infiltration among military personnel 135 00:09:24,272 --> 00:09:26,357 at Fort Monmouth? 136 00:09:26,357 --> 00:09:28,067 Committee's special counsel, Mr. Jenkins. 137 00:09:28,067 --> 00:09:31,821 Do you have any questions for Senator McCarthy or Mr. Cohn? 138 00:09:31,821 --> 00:09:34,240 Indeed I do, sir. 139 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:38,578 Mr. Cohn, how long have you known Mr. Schine? 140 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,871 I would say about two years. 141 00:09:40,871 --> 00:09:43,416 And in all fairness, Mr. Cohn, isn't it a fact 142 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:45,626 Mr. Schine is one of your best friends? 143 00:09:47,712 --> 00:09:49,297 We all have our best friends, Mr. Cohn. 144 00:09:49,297 --> 00:09:51,215 There's no criticism of you on that account. 145 00:09:51,215 --> 00:09:52,300 Of course not, sir. 146 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:54,969 We all have friends whom we love. 147 00:09:56,178 --> 00:09:57,680 I do. 148 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:00,641 And your relationship with David Schine has been 149 00:10:00,641 --> 00:10:04,729 very, well, close for the past two years, hasn't it? 150 00:10:04,729 --> 00:10:09,066 Yes, sir. He is one of many good friends 151 00:10:09,066 --> 00:10:10,484 I am proud to have. 152 00:10:10,484 --> 00:10:11,944 Have you known him socially? 153 00:10:12,445 --> 00:10:13,321 I have. 154 00:10:13,321 --> 00:10:14,697 - Have you visited in his home? - Yes, sir. 155 00:10:14,697 --> 00:10:16,240 Has he visited in your home? 156 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:17,158 Yes, sir. 157 00:10:17,158 --> 00:10:19,035 Well, perhaps you've double-dated together. 158 00:10:20,745 --> 00:10:23,914 There's no reflection on anything about that, Mr. Cohn. 159 00:10:23,914 --> 00:10:24,915 I'm just... 160 00:10:24,915 --> 00:10:28,294 You're both single men, as we generally understand it. 161 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:30,921 We have been on double dates, sir. 162 00:10:33,591 --> 00:10:37,470 Welch and Jenkins and that bastard Senator Smith, 163 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:41,015 all those things that they're insinuating about me, 164 00:10:41,015 --> 00:10:41,891 it's bull, okay? 165 00:10:41,891 --> 00:10:44,518 I don't need anyone's special favors. 166 00:10:44,518 --> 00:10:49,649 I didn't need Mr. Roy Cohn to get into Harvard, did I? 167 00:10:53,027 --> 00:10:54,111 Look at this. 168 00:10:54,111 --> 00:10:56,614 Stevens asked me for this picture. 169 00:10:56,614 --> 00:10:57,907 The Secretary of the Army 170 00:10:57,907 --> 00:11:00,993 asked to take this photograph with me. 171 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:03,454 No, David, 172 00:11:03,454 --> 00:11:06,916 I asked Secretary Stevens to take that photo with you. 173 00:11:06,916 --> 00:11:09,960 When I heard he was visiting the base, I called him. 174 00:11:12,296 --> 00:11:14,006 I thought it would make you happy. 175 00:11:16,759 --> 00:11:19,887 Don't worry about Welch and Jenkins. 176 00:11:19,887 --> 00:11:21,138 They're just... 177 00:11:21,764 --> 00:11:23,599 They're just lawyers. 178 00:11:23,599 --> 00:11:27,186 As for Smith, he's not gonna be a problem much longer. 179 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:28,354 How do you know? 180 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:30,481 I just do. 181 00:11:30,481 --> 00:11:31,315 Trust me. 182 00:11:31,315 --> 00:11:33,359 - I'll get us out of this. - You better. 183 00:11:39,490 --> 00:11:41,367 ♪ sinister music ♪ 184 00:11:49,625 --> 00:11:51,836 ♪ suspenseful music ♪ 185 00:12:07,017 --> 00:12:08,352 Mr. Cohn. 186 00:12:10,479 --> 00:12:12,523 Senator McCarthy is asking for you. 187 00:12:14,692 --> 00:12:16,444 How long were you standing there? 188 00:12:17,236 --> 00:12:18,362 Not long. 189 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:38,507 So I had a visit today 190 00:12:38,507 --> 00:12:41,427 from Senators Bridges and Welker, 191 00:12:41,427 --> 00:12:44,930 close allies of McCarthy's, as you know. 192 00:12:45,681 --> 00:12:46,515 Go on. 193 00:12:46,515 --> 00:12:49,185 They claim Leonard was arrested 194 00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:51,061 for some sordid business, 195 00:12:51,061 --> 00:12:54,523 and they'll expose it if I don't resign. 196 00:12:54,523 --> 00:12:56,692 - And what did you say? - I showed them the door. 197 00:12:56,692 --> 00:12:58,986 Why, it's clearly some malicious lie. 198 00:12:58,986 --> 00:13:02,281 A rumor. I can't take it seriously. 199 00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:06,577 Luce, would you give us a moment? 200 00:13:07,161 --> 00:13:08,954 I'm not leaving. 201 00:13:13,709 --> 00:13:15,252 It's not a lie. 202 00:13:17,296 --> 00:13:19,256 About a week ago, Leonard was arrested 203 00:13:19,256 --> 00:13:21,926 during a citywide crackdown. 204 00:13:22,343 --> 00:13:24,011 Arrested for? 205 00:13:25,054 --> 00:13:28,599 Commission of obscene and indecent acts. 206 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:33,312 He was caught in a public restroom 207 00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:36,023 - servicing another man. - That's enough. 208 00:13:37,441 --> 00:13:40,402 Christ. 209 00:13:40,402 --> 00:13:42,488 Uh, did they show you anything? 210 00:13:42,488 --> 00:13:45,616 An arrest record, a witness statement? 211 00:13:46,283 --> 00:13:48,160 No, nothing like that. 212 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,497 Then they don't have any hard evidence yet. 213 00:13:52,373 --> 00:13:53,999 For now, tell Welker and Bridges 214 00:13:53,999 --> 00:13:56,252 that you'll back off McCarthy. 215 00:13:56,252 --> 00:13:57,294 And if it comes to it, 216 00:13:57,294 --> 00:13:59,296 you'll vote against expelling him from the Senate. 217 00:13:59,296 --> 00:14:00,422 Impossible. 218 00:14:00,422 --> 00:14:01,882 It's just to stall them. 219 00:14:01,882 --> 00:14:04,426 Until we locate the record and have it destroyed. 220 00:14:04,426 --> 00:14:07,429 Hey, Luce. Are you upstairs? 221 00:14:07,429 --> 00:14:08,347 I can't find my keys. 222 00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:10,516 For God's sake, just keep him outta here. 223 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:12,476 I can't look at him now. 224 00:14:21,777 --> 00:14:25,322 Sir, I will do everything in my power to bury this, 225 00:14:25,322 --> 00:14:27,783 but it will be expensive. 226 00:14:27,783 --> 00:14:30,244 As much as it takes. 227 00:14:33,956 --> 00:14:38,210 This comes out, I'm ruined. 228 00:14:42,256 --> 00:14:43,382 What about Lenny? 229 00:14:43,632 --> 00:14:44,675 Hmm? 230 00:14:45,301 --> 00:14:46,927 They say it's... 231 00:14:47,678 --> 00:14:49,346 It's a compulsion. 232 00:14:50,180 --> 00:14:52,683 What's to stop him from doing it again? 233 00:14:53,434 --> 00:14:54,852 And getting caught again? 234 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:03,402 There are places that help men like him. 235 00:15:04,194 --> 00:15:06,030 I'll look into it. 236 00:15:06,697 --> 00:15:10,367 Just thinking of him like that... 237 00:15:13,370 --> 00:15:15,956 so thoroughly disgusts me. 238 00:15:19,877 --> 00:15:21,962 Don't blame yourself, sir. 239 00:15:23,422 --> 00:15:24,965 Poor Leonard. 240 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:28,218 He's just one of nature's mistakes. 241 00:15:42,816 --> 00:15:43,901 I didn't know you smoked. 242 00:15:43,901 --> 00:15:45,986 We all have our secrets. 243 00:15:52,743 --> 00:15:54,495 When I was in Madrid, 244 00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:58,290 I met two gentlemen at the Prado. 245 00:15:59,833 --> 00:16:02,836 They called themselves traveling companions. 246 00:16:02,836 --> 00:16:04,964 We struck up a conversation about Tiepolo. 247 00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:07,091 They invited me to dinner. 248 00:16:07,091 --> 00:16:10,094 They were well traveled and so charming. 249 00:16:12,888 --> 00:16:15,557 At some point, one of them allowed his hand 250 00:16:15,557 --> 00:16:18,102 to rest on the hand of his friend. 251 00:16:18,769 --> 00:16:19,812 I must have been staring 252 00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:22,439 because he quickly pulled his hand away. 253 00:16:23,691 --> 00:16:25,275 Our eyes met. 254 00:16:25,943 --> 00:16:29,738 And I'll never forget the look on his face. 255 00:16:29,738 --> 00:16:35,119 And I remembered that I'd seen that look before. 256 00:16:41,625 --> 00:16:43,293 On Leonard's face. 257 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:49,049 He can't help what he is. 258 00:16:49,049 --> 00:16:52,344 No one would choose to live with all that... 259 00:16:53,929 --> 00:16:55,472 shame. 260 00:16:58,434 --> 00:16:59,685 Hey. 261 00:17:00,644 --> 00:17:01,729 Here. 262 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,691 - I'm a mess. - No. 263 00:17:07,985 --> 00:17:10,529 No, you are not a mess. 264 00:17:12,489 --> 00:17:14,199 You're not a mess. 265 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:27,880 Here's the photograph. 266 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,757 Now, how soon can you get this back to me? 267 00:17:29,757 --> 00:17:31,550 Hey, shut that door. 268 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:33,385 ♪ suspenseful music ♪ 269 00:17:54,198 --> 00:17:56,950 As I recall, you were recommended 270 00:17:56,950 --> 00:17:58,660 to Senator McCarthy 271 00:17:58,660 --> 00:18:01,330 by one of Senator Smith's donors. 272 00:18:01,330 --> 00:18:02,539 Is that correct? 273 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:05,209 Yes, sir. 274 00:18:06,001 --> 00:18:10,881 What do you think of Whining Wesley? 275 00:18:10,881 --> 00:18:16,261 Or do you prefer Sanctimonious Smith? 276 00:18:17,513 --> 00:18:18,931 I respect Senator Smith. 277 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:22,142 Oh, you've switched sides. 278 00:18:22,392 --> 00:18:23,560 No, sir. 279 00:18:25,854 --> 00:18:27,356 I still believe in the anti-communist cause. 280 00:18:27,356 --> 00:18:31,777 You know, we've heard his, uh, son is a faggot. 281 00:18:33,612 --> 00:18:34,822 That true? 282 00:18:37,866 --> 00:18:41,036 That he was arrested for it. 283 00:18:41,036 --> 00:18:44,414 Sucking cock in a public toilet. 284 00:18:44,414 --> 00:18:48,293 That's the rumor that's going around Washington. 285 00:18:49,878 --> 00:18:51,421 Is it true? 286 00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:53,841 I wouldn't know. 287 00:18:53,841 --> 00:18:55,592 I think you would. 288 00:18:56,552 --> 00:19:00,597 Know, I mean. I think it's very possible you know. 289 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:03,433 Wha... 290 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:08,438 Thank you for the package, by the way. 291 00:19:12,609 --> 00:19:15,988 The one you gave to Mr. Schine around Christmas time. 292 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:21,702 The one with the interesting materials. 293 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:24,454 Just curious. 294 00:19:26,665 --> 00:19:28,250 Where'd you get it? 295 00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:30,460 Uh, somebody left it on my desk. 296 00:19:30,460 --> 00:19:32,629 Oh. Kid. 297 00:19:36,633 --> 00:19:39,344 You're a terrible liar. 298 00:19:43,098 --> 00:19:44,850 You should work on that. 299 00:19:57,029 --> 00:19:58,989 Any word on the arrest record? 300 00:20:00,490 --> 00:20:03,577 Frank, is there any chance they beat us to it? 301 00:20:05,162 --> 00:20:07,080 Mr. Fuller, someone to see you. 302 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,707 I'll call you back. 303 00:20:09,958 --> 00:20:13,212 That Tim Laughlin from Senator McCarthy's office? 304 00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:15,505 I can handle him, hon. Thanks. 305 00:20:18,759 --> 00:20:21,303 Today is not a great day to break the rules. 306 00:20:21,303 --> 00:20:24,181 Roy Cohn followed me into the bathroom last night. 307 00:20:24,181 --> 00:20:26,350 Cohn asked about Smith. 308 00:20:26,350 --> 00:20:30,103 And did I know that his son was a faggot. 309 00:20:30,103 --> 00:20:32,189 - Listen, I have a meeting-- - What was in that envelope? 310 00:20:32,189 --> 00:20:34,233 The one you gave me at Christmas? 311 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:35,317 Roy thanked me for it. 312 00:20:35,317 --> 00:20:36,610 You have some chocolates, okay? 313 00:20:36,610 --> 00:20:37,736 My secretary brought them in. 314 00:20:37,736 --> 00:20:38,862 She's trying to fatten me up. 315 00:20:38,862 --> 00:20:41,406 Hawk, I'm not leaving until you tell me. 316 00:20:45,369 --> 00:20:46,578 That envelope contained a letter 317 00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:49,706 from Corporal Daniel Cherney stating that McCarthy 318 00:20:49,706 --> 00:20:52,459 got him drunk and sodomized him. 319 00:20:55,045 --> 00:20:56,171 And giving it to Schine... 320 00:20:56,171 --> 00:20:58,507 Stuck McCarthy, Cohn and Schine together like glue. 321 00:20:58,507 --> 00:21:02,135 Putting Senator McCarthy in the situation he's in now. 322 00:21:02,135 --> 00:21:04,304 Very good, Skippy. You're learning. 323 00:21:04,304 --> 00:21:06,723 Did Cohn ask about the envelope? 324 00:21:09,184 --> 00:21:11,061 I said someone left it on my desk. 325 00:21:11,061 --> 00:21:13,814 What? That's not plausible, is it? 326 00:21:13,814 --> 00:21:14,940 Why would he put it on your desk 327 00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:16,566 when Schine's office is ten steps away? 328 00:21:16,566 --> 00:21:19,403 I guess I don't lie as easily as you do. 329 00:21:19,903 --> 00:21:21,613 Then you won't survive. 330 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,875 It's funny. 331 00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:36,336 Cohn said more or less the same thing. 332 00:21:54,646 --> 00:21:55,772 Well... 333 00:22:01,236 --> 00:22:02,612 Thanks for coming. 334 00:22:03,905 --> 00:22:06,158 I was glad you called. 335 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:08,618 I thought maybe you forgot about me. 336 00:22:10,912 --> 00:22:13,874 This is a lot less intimate than the Cozy. 337 00:22:16,918 --> 00:22:18,837 Frankie, I can't go back there. 338 00:22:20,797 --> 00:22:22,132 Oh. 339 00:22:22,132 --> 00:22:23,258 The owners have upped their bribes. 340 00:22:23,258 --> 00:22:25,093 You can come back. It's safe. 341 00:22:25,093 --> 00:22:26,386 It's not. 342 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:29,890 Not for me. 343 00:22:40,942 --> 00:22:43,153 My father's a brilliant pianist, 344 00:22:44,321 --> 00:22:46,490 classically trained. 345 00:22:47,908 --> 00:22:50,118 He wanted to play in an orchestra. 346 00:22:50,118 --> 00:22:53,497 Now he's stuck behind a counter selling shoes. 347 00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:59,252 Ever since I started writing and making a living at it, 348 00:22:59,252 --> 00:23:01,505 he reads every word. 349 00:23:02,464 --> 00:23:05,133 When he sees something of mine in the paper, 350 00:23:05,133 --> 00:23:06,885 I know I'm going to get a call from him 351 00:23:06,885 --> 00:23:09,012 telling me how proud he is. 352 00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:18,230 Do you know what it means for him 353 00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,690 to see my byline in The Post? 354 00:23:21,817 --> 00:23:23,944 So you're not gonna go out? 355 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:28,740 Not gonna fall in love? 356 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:33,537 I just want to be honest with you. 357 00:23:47,008 --> 00:23:49,594 Do you like my nails, Marcus? 358 00:23:50,554 --> 00:23:52,514 Allen, that busboy from the bar, 359 00:23:52,514 --> 00:23:54,558 he painted them for me. 360 00:23:55,892 --> 00:23:57,769 He even did my toes. 361 00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:01,773 Just a gloss, though, 362 00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:04,568 since I was coming to see you in the park. 363 00:24:06,736 --> 00:24:09,739 I should have let him paint them red. 364 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:15,996 That's what I really wanted. 365 00:24:15,996 --> 00:24:18,457 ♪ pensive music ♪ 366 00:24:33,430 --> 00:24:35,807 Look, Luce, they have tennis. 367 00:24:37,392 --> 00:24:40,020 Maybe I'll finally nail my backhand, huh? 368 00:24:43,231 --> 00:24:44,483 Huh. 369 00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:46,359 What did you tell Mother? 370 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,737 That your drinking's gotten out of hand, 371 00:24:48,737 --> 00:24:51,740 and you're going to a nice place to dry out. 372 00:24:51,740 --> 00:24:53,074 Hmm. 373 00:24:53,074 --> 00:24:55,577 That's only half a lie, I guess. 374 00:24:55,577 --> 00:24:57,954 I try not to lie, Leonard. 375 00:24:58,580 --> 00:25:01,291 Oh, but you do, sister dear. 376 00:25:03,627 --> 00:25:05,212 You just don't know it. 377 00:25:08,256 --> 00:25:11,968 I told Welker and Bridges I'd take it easy on Joe. 378 00:25:11,968 --> 00:25:13,803 For now, at least. 379 00:25:13,803 --> 00:25:16,389 And they didn't press you on resigning? 380 00:25:16,389 --> 00:25:17,390 No. 381 00:25:17,390 --> 00:25:19,976 Then they haven't found Leonard's arrest record. 382 00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:22,604 So it's over? 383 00:25:22,604 --> 00:25:25,815 No, sir, it's not over. 384 00:25:25,815 --> 00:25:27,567 Trust me, there's a desk sergeant out there 385 00:25:27,567 --> 00:25:29,653 willing to sell the record. 386 00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:32,614 DC cops have a thriving business in that market. 387 00:25:32,614 --> 00:25:35,158 We just have to get to it first. 388 00:25:35,450 --> 00:25:36,785 Well, look at us. 389 00:25:36,785 --> 00:25:40,205 Down on our bellies, crawling through the mud, 390 00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:42,749 just like the men we think we're better than. 391 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:45,293 You are better, sir. 392 00:26:01,601 --> 00:26:04,271 This will be good for you, son. 393 00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:07,732 Son? 394 00:26:08,316 --> 00:26:13,613 I stopped being your son the day he showed up. 395 00:26:13,613 --> 00:26:17,075 The sad orphan, the tennis star. 396 00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:20,245 A goddamn war hero for Christ's sake. 397 00:26:21,663 --> 00:26:25,083 The son you thought you deserved. 398 00:26:26,751 --> 00:26:28,253 Your son. 399 00:26:28,670 --> 00:26:30,797 I never had a chance. 400 00:26:33,049 --> 00:26:35,135 We should get going. 401 00:26:35,135 --> 00:26:38,763 And Father, whatever disgusting thing I am, 402 00:26:40,390 --> 00:26:42,267 you made me this way. 403 00:26:49,733 --> 00:26:52,068 He's right, Hawk. 404 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:53,820 You took his place. 405 00:26:54,904 --> 00:26:56,406 And I let you do it. 406 00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:05,749 ♪ somber music ♪ 407 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:26,519 Mr. Cohn, did you or did you not tell me 408 00:27:26,519 --> 00:27:28,271 you had documentary evidence 409 00:27:28,271 --> 00:27:29,314 in the form of a photo 410 00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:32,108 to substantiate your defense against the Army? 411 00:27:32,108 --> 00:27:32,901 Yes, sir. 412 00:27:32,901 --> 00:27:35,403 Has this photo been submitted to evidence? 413 00:27:35,403 --> 00:27:36,321 Yes, sir. 414 00:27:36,321 --> 00:27:38,990 As to the particular charges about threats 415 00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:41,701 that I had supposedly made... 416 00:27:42,243 --> 00:27:43,536 How'd you get in? 417 00:27:43,536 --> 00:27:46,414 A Washington Post press pass carries a lot of weight. 418 00:27:46,414 --> 00:27:48,792 ...persuasions that had been attempted 419 00:27:48,792 --> 00:27:53,380 by myself on Schine's behalf for special privileges. 420 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:54,422 I told you, sir, 421 00:27:54,422 --> 00:27:56,758 that I have very substantial proof 422 00:27:56,758 --> 00:28:00,053 that such threats were never made nor necessary. 423 00:28:00,053 --> 00:28:03,723 Proof, which I hold up now. 424 00:28:04,808 --> 00:28:07,936 This photo shows Private G. David Schine 425 00:28:07,936 --> 00:28:11,690 with Secretary Stevens at Fort Dix. 426 00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:17,195 Secretary Stevens was not only most solicitous of Schine, 427 00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:20,323 but was in his company twice. 428 00:28:20,323 --> 00:28:22,409 And it was he, Army Secretary Stevens, 429 00:28:22,409 --> 00:28:25,704 who asked to be photographed with Private Schine. 430 00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:30,458 That is what I told you, and that is a fact. 431 00:28:30,458 --> 00:28:35,630 So I ask, why would I need to use my influence 432 00:28:35,630 --> 00:28:38,758 to gain special privileges for Private Schine 433 00:28:38,758 --> 00:28:42,345 when he does so well on his own? 434 00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:44,931 That photo, it's not right. 435 00:28:45,515 --> 00:28:46,766 How so? 436 00:28:46,766 --> 00:28:50,103 I was in their office. I saw it. It's different. 437 00:28:50,687 --> 00:28:52,397 They doctored it? 438 00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:56,234 Are you gonna tell someone? 439 00:28:56,776 --> 00:28:58,653 Senator McCarthy should know. 440 00:28:58,653 --> 00:29:00,405 What makes you think he doesn't? 441 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:04,534 Ladies and gentlemen, please. 442 00:29:04,534 --> 00:29:07,078 Please let the hearing proceed. 443 00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:13,251 The successful treatment of homosexuals 444 00:29:13,251 --> 00:29:16,921 depends on their willingness to face what they really are. 445 00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:18,423 Many of them become so skilled 446 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:21,342 at camouflaging their true natures, 447 00:29:21,342 --> 00:29:23,052 they begin to think they're normal. 448 00:29:23,052 --> 00:29:23,845 Oh. 449 00:29:23,845 --> 00:29:27,307 So they believe they're normal men, like us? 450 00:29:27,307 --> 00:29:28,433 They really do. 451 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:30,769 And they live even more lonely and isolated lives. 452 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:32,270 - Hmm. - Hopping from one 453 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:34,189 sexual partner to the next, 454 00:29:34,189 --> 00:29:37,400 like frogs on lily pads. 455 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,068 But you can change them? 456 00:29:39,068 --> 00:29:41,780 With a combination of aversion therapy 457 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:44,991 and intermittent electroconvulsive treatments, 458 00:29:44,991 --> 00:29:48,119 we see progress in some cases. 459 00:29:48,703 --> 00:29:50,914 Shock therapy? 460 00:29:52,665 --> 00:29:56,211 But it's a small price to pay to be sane and happy. 461 00:29:56,211 --> 00:29:57,796 Don't you agree? 462 00:29:58,588 --> 00:30:00,590 Shall we get your friend settled? 463 00:30:03,218 --> 00:30:04,469 One more thing. 464 00:30:06,763 --> 00:30:07,764 Leonard's family believes 465 00:30:07,764 --> 00:30:09,766 that he'll have a better chance of being cured 466 00:30:09,766 --> 00:30:13,812 if he's placed in a secure environment. 467 00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:15,939 I can assure you our facility is quite secure. 468 00:30:15,939 --> 00:30:17,732 Yes, but we believe he will benefit 469 00:30:17,732 --> 00:30:21,319 from limited contact with the outside world. 470 00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:24,614 He runs with a very disreputable crowd. 471 00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:27,742 No calls in or out, no visitors. 472 00:30:27,742 --> 00:30:29,452 Our policy exactly. 473 00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:38,294 They're ready for you. 474 00:30:43,466 --> 00:30:45,260 You know what I've been thinking about? 475 00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:46,636 I can't imagine. 476 00:30:47,804 --> 00:30:49,055 That first summer 477 00:30:49,055 --> 00:30:51,307 when you started spending time at our house, 478 00:30:52,392 --> 00:30:54,352 we went camping by that river. 479 00:30:55,395 --> 00:30:57,230 One at the end of the Billy Goat Trail. 480 00:30:57,981 --> 00:30:59,148 Yeah. 481 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:01,651 It got dark. 482 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:05,113 We drank some of my mother's mint schnapps. 483 00:31:05,113 --> 00:31:06,531 Oh, God. 484 00:31:06,531 --> 00:31:09,200 - That stuff was awful. - Yeah. 485 00:31:11,411 --> 00:31:13,496 Then we jacked off together by the fire. 486 00:31:16,165 --> 00:31:17,333 All boys do that. 487 00:31:18,835 --> 00:31:20,545 Normal men grow out of it. 488 00:31:22,755 --> 00:31:26,050 I thought about telling my father about you. 489 00:31:29,596 --> 00:31:31,055 Tell him what? 490 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:35,560 Some sad, twisted fantasy you created 491 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,562 in your perverted brain? 492 00:31:39,522 --> 00:31:41,065 Why don't you tell him? 493 00:31:41,399 --> 00:31:43,067 No, I'll tell you why. 494 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:48,197 Because you know he'd never believe you. 495 00:31:48,615 --> 00:31:50,033 You're right. 496 00:31:51,242 --> 00:31:52,535 He wouldn't. 497 00:31:55,038 --> 00:31:57,457 He'd always take your word over mine. 498 00:32:02,378 --> 00:32:04,047 You're gonna be okay. 499 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:06,424 Won't be so bad in there. 500 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:08,635 I don't care. 501 00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:13,723 I need to be free of this thing. 502 00:32:14,223 --> 00:32:15,391 Mr. Smith. 503 00:32:18,561 --> 00:32:20,271 I want to be cured. 504 00:32:24,567 --> 00:32:26,235 Yes, just this way. 505 00:32:28,905 --> 00:32:30,573 We'll get you settled. 506 00:32:32,659 --> 00:32:35,620 You can't see what's happening, can you? 507 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:38,665 Welch, Jenkins, the Red-loving press, 508 00:32:38,665 --> 00:32:40,917 they are painting you with the same brush 509 00:32:40,917 --> 00:32:42,126 they use on Roy and David. 510 00:32:42,126 --> 00:32:45,046 Smearing Roy and David's filth all over you and your cause. 511 00:32:45,046 --> 00:32:46,839 - Why can't you see it? - See what? 512 00:32:46,839 --> 00:32:49,801 All this hullaballoo because Roy likes the kid? 513 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:51,761 They're pals. What's the harm? 514 00:32:51,761 --> 00:32:54,806 Men need the companionship of other men. 515 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:56,599 Women can't understand. 516 00:32:58,810 --> 00:33:01,270 Oh, I think I do understand. 517 00:33:01,270 --> 00:33:06,275 Why didn't you fire Roy when you had the chance, Joe? 518 00:33:07,026 --> 00:33:08,987 Why have you stuck with him? 519 00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:11,030 Let him drag you down? 520 00:33:15,827 --> 00:33:17,453 What does he have on you? 521 00:33:18,079 --> 00:33:23,001 Men from Wisconsin don't turn on their friends. 522 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:27,005 You would think a man from Wisconsin 523 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:29,215 would know how to get his wife pregnant. 524 00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:36,139 You learn to knock on the doors of your superiors. 525 00:33:46,357 --> 00:33:47,650 What is it, Tim? 526 00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:51,529 Senator, the photograph 527 00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:55,366 of Mr. Schine with Secretary Stevens. 528 00:33:55,366 --> 00:33:56,534 What about it? 529 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:58,870 Roy did something to it. He changed it. 530 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:01,164 What are you trying to do? 531 00:34:01,748 --> 00:34:03,374 I thought you'd want to know. 532 00:34:08,171 --> 00:34:09,630 Do you know that I was once voted 533 00:34:09,630 --> 00:34:12,091 the worst senator in Washington? 534 00:34:12,842 --> 00:34:14,177 It's true. 535 00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:18,389 Another man might have heard that and crumbled. 536 00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:19,849 But not me. 537 00:34:21,017 --> 00:34:22,852 I went to Wheeling, West Virginia. 538 00:34:22,852 --> 00:34:26,397 I remember the day, February 9th, 1950. 539 00:34:26,981 --> 00:34:29,901 Colder than a witch's left tit. 540 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:31,277 Gave a speech to a bunch of ladies 541 00:34:31,277 --> 00:34:33,154 who could barely recite their A, B, Cs. 542 00:34:33,154 --> 00:34:34,697 Do you know what I told them? 543 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:40,369 I told them 205 employees of the State Department 544 00:34:40,369 --> 00:34:41,287 were known to be members 545 00:34:41,287 --> 00:34:43,206 of the American Communist Party. 546 00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:47,668 Known not suspected. 205. 547 00:34:47,668 --> 00:34:49,879 Where'd I come up with that number? 548 00:34:49,879 --> 00:34:52,715 Who knows? Divine intervention, I reckon. 549 00:34:52,715 --> 00:34:55,218 Do you know what those broads did when I finished? 550 00:34:55,218 --> 00:34:57,804 Got on their damn feet and applauded. 551 00:34:57,804 --> 00:34:59,931 And now I'm one of the most powerful senators 552 00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:01,057 in the history of our nation, 553 00:35:01,057 --> 00:35:02,975 one of the most powerful men in America. 554 00:35:02,975 --> 00:35:06,145 So, Tim, what exactly did you want to tell me 555 00:35:06,145 --> 00:35:08,606 about some fucking photograph? 556 00:35:22,829 --> 00:35:24,789 ♪ unsettling music ♪ 557 00:35:26,332 --> 00:35:28,459 Operator, get me Senator Bridges' office. 558 00:35:28,459 --> 00:35:31,504 Where do we stand with our friend from Pennsylvania? 559 00:35:31,504 --> 00:35:32,964 I'm going to need that vote. 560 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:35,258 Roy knocked the stuffing... 561 00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:39,470 At least they know we're not going to lie down and take it. 562 00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:42,223 Welch has a Red on his staff. 563 00:35:42,223 --> 00:35:43,641 We've known about it for weeks. 564 00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:45,184 We made a deal to keep him off the table 565 00:35:45,184 --> 00:35:47,770 as long as Welch doesn't get into Roy's service record. 566 00:35:58,698 --> 00:35:59,824 Can I help you? 567 00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:03,828 I'd like to see Mr. Welch, the Army's lawyer. 568 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:06,664 He's not here at the moment. 569 00:36:12,753 --> 00:36:14,213 Can you give him this? 570 00:36:16,132 --> 00:36:17,800 It's important. 571 00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:32,523 Looks like Cohn's pulled 572 00:36:32,523 --> 00:36:34,317 a rabbit out of his hat. 573 00:36:34,901 --> 00:36:37,069 Marcus, what can I do for you? 574 00:36:37,069 --> 00:36:38,487 I wanna cover the Senate beat. 575 00:36:38,487 --> 00:36:40,781 Well, we've already got reporters covering Congress. 576 00:36:40,781 --> 00:36:42,533 But none of them have the access I do. 577 00:36:42,533 --> 00:36:44,744 I spent a couple of years developing sources. 578 00:36:44,744 --> 00:36:47,496 What, with janitors and security guards? 579 00:36:48,831 --> 00:36:49,790 I did an excellent job 580 00:36:49,790 --> 00:36:51,667 covering the Senate for the Courier. 581 00:36:51,667 --> 00:36:53,544 Yeah, but that's a, uh... 582 00:36:54,795 --> 00:36:55,880 Uh... 583 00:36:57,048 --> 00:36:58,299 A what? 584 00:36:58,299 --> 00:37:00,176 A Negro paper. 585 00:37:00,176 --> 00:37:02,011 Or do you prefer Black now? 586 00:37:02,011 --> 00:37:05,264 Honestly, I can never keep up with what you people want. 587 00:37:05,681 --> 00:37:07,892 Stan, get back to work. 588 00:37:16,108 --> 00:37:17,276 I only quit the Senate beat 589 00:37:17,276 --> 00:37:18,611 because of a dust-up with Cohn. 590 00:37:18,611 --> 00:37:21,405 But he can't lock out a reporter from The Post. 591 00:37:21,405 --> 00:37:23,157 I wanna keep you on the city desk for now. 592 00:37:23,157 --> 00:37:25,326 Well, you know what they say. 593 00:37:25,326 --> 00:37:27,703 Real change comes slowly. 594 00:37:30,206 --> 00:37:32,917 Real change is what white people talk about 595 00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:35,920 when they don't want anything to actually change. 596 00:37:45,513 --> 00:37:48,015 Mr. Welch, do you have a point of order? 597 00:37:48,015 --> 00:37:49,976 Yes, sir, I do. 598 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:53,980 Earlier this week, a photograph was produced 599 00:37:53,980 --> 00:37:58,401 by Senator McCarthy and Mr. Cohn as evidence 600 00:37:58,401 --> 00:38:01,404 of Private Schine's close relationship 601 00:38:01,404 --> 00:38:04,073 to Secretary of the Army Stevens. 602 00:38:04,865 --> 00:38:08,202 Before we question Private Schine, 603 00:38:08,202 --> 00:38:11,622 I would like to offer this picture 604 00:38:11,622 --> 00:38:14,208 as the original, unaltered piece of evidence 605 00:38:14,208 --> 00:38:18,296 that we received from Secretary Stevens' office. 606 00:38:23,968 --> 00:38:28,431 Private Schine, do you recognize this photograph? 607 00:38:31,183 --> 00:38:33,185 Uh, yes, sir. 608 00:38:33,185 --> 00:38:36,063 It was hanging in my office. 609 00:38:36,063 --> 00:38:39,483 And can you tell me the circumstances behind it? 610 00:38:39,483 --> 00:38:43,529 Uh, Mr. Stevens, the Secretary of the Army, 611 00:38:43,529 --> 00:38:46,615 asked me to stand next to him for the picture. 612 00:38:46,615 --> 00:38:49,994 And as a result of that request, what did you do? 613 00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:52,371 I obeyed, sir. 614 00:38:52,371 --> 00:38:54,498 In this original photograph, 615 00:38:54,498 --> 00:38:57,126 who is the man on your immediate right? 616 00:38:58,377 --> 00:39:00,713 That is Colonel Bradley, sir. 617 00:39:00,713 --> 00:39:02,214 I should be there. 618 00:39:02,214 --> 00:39:04,091 You're right where you should be, sir. 619 00:39:04,091 --> 00:39:05,843 Out of the line of fire. 620 00:39:05,843 --> 00:39:07,970 Well, Mr. Schine, 621 00:39:07,970 --> 00:39:10,514 do you have any knowledge of the circumstances 622 00:39:10,514 --> 00:39:14,060 under which the picture of Colonel Bradley was omitted? 623 00:39:17,146 --> 00:39:18,814 No, sir. 624 00:39:18,814 --> 00:39:21,650 So, in this altered photograph, 625 00:39:21,650 --> 00:39:24,987 you alone with the Secretary of the Army, 626 00:39:25,696 --> 00:39:27,281 I would ask whether you'd ever seen this 627 00:39:27,281 --> 00:39:29,283 particular photograph until now. 628 00:39:29,283 --> 00:39:31,077 I never saw this print 629 00:39:31,077 --> 00:39:33,204 before these hearings, sir. 630 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:36,707 You had nothing to do with its being altered? 631 00:39:36,707 --> 00:39:38,292 No, sir. 632 00:39:38,292 --> 00:39:39,585 Are you insinuating 633 00:39:39,585 --> 00:39:42,004 that evidence was tampered with? 634 00:39:42,004 --> 00:39:43,923 We merely show two pictures 635 00:39:43,923 --> 00:39:46,342 with obvious man-made differences, Senator. 636 00:39:46,342 --> 00:39:48,761 That is a hefty accusation. 637 00:39:48,761 --> 00:39:50,513 It is, indeed. 638 00:39:50,513 --> 00:39:53,933 So if this photograph wasn't altered, 639 00:39:53,933 --> 00:39:56,018 where'd it come from, a pixie? 640 00:39:58,396 --> 00:40:00,898 If counsel could, for my benefit, 641 00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:02,566 define what a pixie is. 642 00:40:02,566 --> 00:40:06,112 You might be more of an expert on that. 643 00:40:06,112 --> 00:40:08,239 I should say, Mr. Senator, 644 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:12,368 that a pixie is a close relative of a fairy. 645 00:40:14,495 --> 00:40:17,540 Shall I proceed, sir? 646 00:40:18,082 --> 00:40:20,584 Have I enlightened you? 647 00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:22,586 Let's let the hearing proceed. 648 00:40:22,586 --> 00:40:24,171 Shouldn't you be at the Senate? 649 00:40:24,171 --> 00:40:26,048 Mr. Welch, you have no proof 650 00:40:26,048 --> 00:40:27,383 that this photograph was altered 651 00:40:27,383 --> 00:40:29,301 by anyone on this committee. 652 00:40:29,301 --> 00:40:32,388 This all sounds like pure conjecture on your part. 653 00:40:32,388 --> 00:40:34,682 The fact remains that Secretary Stevens 654 00:40:34,682 --> 00:40:37,435 asked to meet with Private Schine and express-- 655 00:40:40,646 --> 00:40:41,397 Hey. 656 00:40:41,397 --> 00:40:43,232 You're not supposed to be in here. 657 00:40:54,994 --> 00:40:56,287 What the fuck? 658 00:40:56,287 --> 00:40:57,913 Goddamn it! 659 00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:07,173 I'm scheduled for questioning tomorrow. 660 00:41:07,173 --> 00:41:09,592 I'm going to deny everything. 661 00:41:09,592 --> 00:41:11,051 After, you and I should confront 662 00:41:11,051 --> 00:41:12,970 the lying press together. 663 00:41:16,098 --> 00:41:17,266 Dave. 664 00:41:19,351 --> 00:41:21,145 I'm not coming in tomorrow. 665 00:41:23,522 --> 00:41:24,607 I got you a three-day pass. 666 00:41:24,607 --> 00:41:29,320 I am going to New York to spend time with my family. 667 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,239 David, we're going to get through this. 668 00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:35,618 We are not going to get through anything. 669 00:41:35,618 --> 00:41:38,496 You and McCarthy are facing charges. 670 00:41:39,038 --> 00:41:40,164 Not me. 671 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,627 I am not like you, Roy. 672 00:41:47,254 --> 00:41:48,839 I'm normal. 673 00:41:53,344 --> 00:41:55,804 ♪ melancholy music ♪ 674 00:42:15,199 --> 00:42:16,659 Hawk. 675 00:42:21,956 --> 00:42:23,999 Quit... Quit my job. 676 00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:26,335 I had to. 677 00:42:26,877 --> 00:42:28,587 Can we go upstairs? 678 00:42:30,589 --> 00:42:34,009 - I'm going out. - Out hunting? 679 00:42:36,262 --> 00:42:38,264 Take me with you. 680 00:42:40,266 --> 00:42:43,352 - You wouldn't enjoy it. - No, I'd be with you. 681 00:42:48,482 --> 00:42:50,359 Everything's gone, Hawk. 682 00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:54,863 I don't know what to believe. 683 00:42:56,031 --> 00:42:59,368 I just... I knew I needed to see you. 684 00:43:01,245 --> 00:43:03,414 I should have left you alone. 685 00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:04,456 And I am so glad you didn't. 686 00:43:04,456 --> 00:43:05,541 Please, just take me upstairs. 687 00:43:05,541 --> 00:43:07,042 - Skippy. - Take me upstairs. 688 00:43:07,042 --> 00:43:08,252 Skippy, listen to me! 689 00:43:13,632 --> 00:43:16,385 I don't want you to read about it in the papers. 690 00:43:18,470 --> 00:43:21,724 I'm going to ask Lucy Smith to marry me. 691 00:43:25,352 --> 00:43:27,938 ♪ melancholy music ♪ 692 00:43:58,636 --> 00:44:00,304 Dad. 693 00:44:01,138 --> 00:44:02,306 It's after 2:00. 694 00:44:02,973 --> 00:44:04,433 Look at this. 695 00:44:11,190 --> 00:44:12,858 Where was this? 696 00:44:14,443 --> 00:44:16,695 Paisley, Pennsylvania. 697 00:44:17,363 --> 00:44:18,864 My first campaign. 698 00:44:18,864 --> 00:44:21,492 Talking to striking coal miners. 699 00:44:21,492 --> 00:44:22,701 Trying to give them some hope 700 00:44:22,701 --> 00:44:26,038 that people in Washington care about them. 701 00:44:30,584 --> 00:44:34,463 Look at Lenny, how innocent he was. 702 00:44:38,550 --> 00:44:42,805 I got a call this evening from Senator Welker. 703 00:44:44,348 --> 00:44:46,684 They found Lenny's arrest record. 704 00:44:47,559 --> 00:44:52,147 There's no compromising now, they've made their ultimatum. 705 00:44:53,065 --> 00:44:54,358 If I resign, 706 00:44:55,067 --> 00:44:58,237 they'll keep Lenny's arrest record under wraps. 707 00:44:58,237 --> 00:45:00,656 Governor Fine will replace me 708 00:45:00,656 --> 00:45:02,908 with a Republican and McCarthy ally, 709 00:45:02,908 --> 00:45:06,078 and that might be the vote McCarthy needs 710 00:45:06,078 --> 00:45:07,996 to hold on to power. 711 00:45:09,540 --> 00:45:11,375 And if I don't resign, 712 00:45:12,501 --> 00:45:14,420 they'll release Lenny's arrest record 713 00:45:14,420 --> 00:45:16,130 to the press tomorrow afternoon, 714 00:45:16,130 --> 00:45:18,716 in time for the evening editions. 715 00:45:20,300 --> 00:45:21,510 I doubt your mother 716 00:45:21,510 --> 00:45:24,054 will show her face in public again. 717 00:45:25,723 --> 00:45:27,224 And Lenny... 718 00:45:28,809 --> 00:45:32,187 when he comes out of that hospital, 719 00:45:32,187 --> 00:45:34,022 even if he's cured, 720 00:45:36,483 --> 00:45:39,862 what chance will he have to live a normal life? 721 00:45:40,988 --> 00:45:43,866 This will hound him for the rest of his days. 722 00:45:44,825 --> 00:45:46,744 And it will be my fault. 723 00:45:47,453 --> 00:45:49,204 I will have destroyed him. 724 00:45:49,663 --> 00:45:51,206 Twice. 725 00:45:53,542 --> 00:45:55,169 What are we going to do? 726 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:01,467 Well, you are not to worry. 727 00:46:02,301 --> 00:46:05,471 You and Hawk have each other. 728 00:46:05,471 --> 00:46:07,473 You'll be fine. 729 00:46:08,056 --> 00:46:10,267 We'll all be fine. 730 00:46:16,482 --> 00:46:18,567 ♪ suspenseful music ♪ 731 00:46:33,415 --> 00:46:34,583 The United States 732 00:46:34,583 --> 00:46:37,419 has long been a symbol of freedom 733 00:46:37,419 --> 00:46:39,004 and enjoyed well-earned respect 734 00:46:39,004 --> 00:46:42,257 as the greatest democracy in the world. 735 00:46:42,841 --> 00:46:46,094 But our democracy is under attack 736 00:46:46,094 --> 00:46:49,640 by those who at times preach loudest, 737 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:53,268 hoping to sow fear within our imperfect 738 00:46:53,268 --> 00:46:55,854 but always striving union. 739 00:46:56,814 --> 00:46:59,191 A union defined by ideals 740 00:46:59,191 --> 00:47:03,612 which we hold to be true and self-evident, 741 00:47:03,612 --> 00:47:07,324 that all men are created equal. 742 00:47:08,742 --> 00:47:11,161 But truth is now in question. 743 00:47:11,161 --> 00:47:14,122 The truth has been replaced with fear. 744 00:47:14,832 --> 00:47:17,835 It is fear which rots the bones 745 00:47:17,835 --> 00:47:19,837 of our American body. 746 00:47:21,713 --> 00:47:25,801 If we do not have good men and women seeking truth... 747 00:47:25,801 --> 00:47:28,971 Present arms! Order, arms! 748 00:47:28,971 --> 00:47:32,140 ...then we do not have America. 749 00:47:40,482 --> 00:47:42,651 Stand by. 750 00:47:42,651 --> 00:47:44,194 Ready. 751 00:47:52,077 --> 00:47:53,829 So strive for truth. 752 00:47:53,829 --> 00:47:55,163 Ready. Aim. 753 00:47:55,163 --> 00:47:57,708 Reach out to your fellow man. 754 00:47:57,708 --> 00:48:00,919 Fight for the promise of America. 755 00:48:00,919 --> 00:48:02,421 Fire! 756 00:48:05,007 --> 00:48:06,717 Ready. 757 00:48:06,717 --> 00:48:09,303 Aim. Fire. 758 00:48:09,303 --> 00:48:10,387 Ready. 759 00:48:10,637 --> 00:48:11,889 Aim. 760 00:48:12,180 --> 00:48:13,432 Fire. 761 00:48:17,811 --> 00:48:20,272 ♪ melancholy music ♪ 762 00:48:56,725 --> 00:48:58,268 You're here. 763 00:48:59,603 --> 00:49:00,938 Surprised. 764 00:49:01,730 --> 00:49:02,814 I wasn't going to come, 765 00:49:02,814 --> 00:49:05,943 but curiosity got the better of me. 766 00:49:08,862 --> 00:49:10,572 Glad it did. 767 00:49:23,460 --> 00:49:24,586 Thanks. 768 00:49:26,380 --> 00:49:27,339 Aren't you nervous 769 00:49:27,339 --> 00:49:29,633 someone from The Post might see you with me? 770 00:49:31,259 --> 00:49:34,429 I don't think I have much of a future at The Post. 771 00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:40,435 I wasn't happy doing the work they wanted me to do. 772 00:49:40,435 --> 00:49:43,772 And I've received a few calls from a new publication. 773 00:49:44,523 --> 00:49:46,149 Jet magazine. 774 00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:49,194 Not a huge readership, but... 775 00:49:51,530 --> 00:49:52,864 I look out at that damn city 776 00:49:52,864 --> 00:49:55,617 and can't help but think about what it denies us. 777 00:49:56,743 --> 00:49:58,537 I'm gonna write about that. 778 00:50:00,956 --> 00:50:03,166 The things that matter. 779 00:50:09,006 --> 00:50:11,425 So what are we going to do? 780 00:50:11,425 --> 00:50:13,885 I'm gonna drink this damn coffee. 781 00:50:17,097 --> 00:50:19,641 I'm going on the road with Storme. 782 00:50:19,641 --> 00:50:21,977 The Jewel Box Revue. 783 00:50:21,977 --> 00:50:23,645 Up and down the East Coast. 784 00:50:26,690 --> 00:50:30,027 But when I come back, I'd like a place of my own. 785 00:50:31,486 --> 00:50:32,946 Not a room over a bar, 786 00:50:32,946 --> 00:50:38,827 but an apartment with a bathtub and a kitchen, 787 00:50:39,619 --> 00:50:44,041 and someone waiting in it for me. 788 00:50:53,717 --> 00:50:55,218 Striking. 789 00:50:57,429 --> 00:50:58,555 Your nails. 790 00:50:59,806 --> 00:51:01,391 Do you like them? 791 00:51:04,561 --> 00:51:06,354 They're growing on me. 792 00:51:12,235 --> 00:51:14,154 In the aftermath of the hearings, 793 00:51:14,154 --> 00:51:16,073 Chief Counsel Roy Cohn has resigned 794 00:51:16,073 --> 00:51:17,491 from the committee. 795 00:51:17,491 --> 00:51:18,658 And Senator McCarthy, 796 00:51:18,658 --> 00:51:20,327 his approval ratings plummeting, 797 00:51:20,327 --> 00:51:23,747 faces censure or even expulsion from the Senate. 798 00:51:29,586 --> 00:51:31,546 May I come in? 799 00:51:50,649 --> 00:51:52,609 Got your letter of condolence. 800 00:51:53,443 --> 00:51:55,904 It meant a lot. Thank you. 801 00:51:59,783 --> 00:52:01,910 I'm due at Fort Dix in two days. 802 00:52:13,171 --> 00:52:15,340 I'm not gonna wait for you. 803 00:52:27,185 --> 00:52:29,896 - I want to take you somewhere. - Hawk. 804 00:52:29,896 --> 00:52:30,939 Come on. 805 00:52:30,939 --> 00:52:34,192 The Army owns your body now. I can't steal you from them. 806 00:52:35,026 --> 00:52:36,736 - Or can I? - No. 807 00:52:36,736 --> 00:52:39,614 - You can't. - Then give me an hour. 808 00:52:40,949 --> 00:52:42,200 One hour. 809 00:52:42,951 --> 00:52:44,703 Where are we going? 810 00:52:44,703 --> 00:52:46,204 You trust me? 811 00:52:46,204 --> 00:52:47,539 Don't answer that. 812 00:52:50,417 --> 00:52:51,501 Come on. 813 00:52:53,211 --> 00:52:55,672 ♪ pensive music ♪ 814 00:53:48,266 --> 00:53:51,561 Hawk, I'm sorry about Senator Smith. 815 00:53:54,648 --> 00:53:56,358 I know you loved him. 816 00:54:00,987 --> 00:54:04,908 There isn't much good and decent in this world. 817 00:54:08,078 --> 00:54:09,621 He was good. 818 00:54:11,581 --> 00:54:12,749 And decent. 819 00:54:27,931 --> 00:54:29,432 Skippy. 820 00:54:32,227 --> 00:54:34,813 I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier. 821 00:54:36,648 --> 00:54:38,400 I have to go. 822 00:54:43,113 --> 00:54:44,948 I have to get over you. 823 00:54:46,741 --> 00:54:47,909 Yeah. 824 00:54:50,662 --> 00:54:51,788 You do. 825 00:55:00,088 --> 00:55:01,423 Hawk. 826 00:55:04,801 --> 00:55:06,761 Promise you won't write. 827 00:55:10,223 --> 00:55:11,766 I won't. 828 00:55:17,105 --> 00:55:19,149 - Okay. - Yeah. 829 00:55:19,149 --> 00:55:21,026 There you go. 830 00:55:21,026 --> 00:55:23,945 There you go. You can lean on me if you need to. 831 00:55:24,279 --> 00:55:25,655 Thank you. 832 00:55:30,118 --> 00:55:31,619 Skippy. 833 00:55:32,495 --> 00:55:34,956 ♪ pensive music ♪ 834 00:56:31,596 --> 00:56:36,142 ♪ Mama, I have something important to say ♪ 835 00:56:36,142 --> 00:56:40,105 ♪ Yes, I know you didn't plan for me ♪ 836 00:56:40,105 --> 00:56:42,440 ♪ Turning out this way ♪ 837 00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:45,068 ♪ Well, you didn't fail me, Mom ♪ 838 00:56:45,068 --> 00:56:47,529 ♪ And I don't love you any less ♪ 839 00:56:47,529 --> 00:56:51,533 ♪ Because for me it's just a matter ♪ 840 00:56:51,533 --> 00:56:54,160 ♪ Of what suits me best ♪ 841 00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:58,373 ♪ Well, I know it's hard for you to take ♪ 842 00:56:58,373 --> 00:57:00,959 ♪ And it's nothing you would brag ♪ 843 00:57:00,959 --> 00:57:02,836 ♪ When your first-born ♪ 844 00:57:02,836 --> 00:57:15,639 ♪ Turns out to be gay ♪