1 00:00:02,220 --> 00:00:03,740 Tonight on JAG. 2 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:13,340 Good evening. I'm Norman Delaporte. The report you are about to see contains 3 00:00:13,340 --> 00:00:15,480 graphic descriptions of war and death. 4 00:00:15,740 --> 00:00:19,980 It involves a breaking story about war crimes committed by American Marines 5 00:00:19,980 --> 00:00:24,120 during Operation Desert Storm here in Kuwait at the El Bakar compound. 6 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:29,360 The accusations are serious. The repercussions, great. 7 00:00:30,830 --> 00:00:34,970 The footage you are watching was shot by a Marine Force recon team sent behind 8 00:00:34,970 --> 00:00:38,510 enemy lines the day before the ground war phase of Desert Storm began. 9 00:00:38,810 --> 00:00:41,510 The team was led by Sergeant Clyde Morrison. 10 00:00:41,970 --> 00:00:42,970 Its mission? 11 00:00:43,130 --> 00:00:45,270 To eliminate three Americans. 12 00:00:45,750 --> 00:00:49,910 The war crime was discovered by then Second Lieutenant Franco Sheffaloo. 13 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:55,290 Two days ago, I interviewed Franco Sheffaloo, now a Marine captain, at his 14 00:00:55,290 --> 00:00:56,290 in Northern Virginia. 15 00:00:56,550 --> 00:01:00,310 My unit overran Albacore two days after the force recon raid. 16 00:01:00,730 --> 00:01:02,590 And what did you find in Building 5? 17 00:01:02,910 --> 00:01:04,050 Three dead Americans. 18 00:01:04,690 --> 00:01:08,510 Chemical engineers working with Saddam Hussein on his program to develop 19 00:01:08,510 --> 00:01:09,510 of mass destruction. 20 00:01:09,810 --> 00:01:11,690 How did these three men die? 21 00:01:12,070 --> 00:01:13,430 The effects of sarin gas. 22 00:01:14,130 --> 00:01:18,610 Video footage shot that night shows the force recon team surrounding Building 5. 23 00:01:19,370 --> 00:01:23,010 Encountering fierce resistance, the Marines fired canisters of what later 24 00:01:23,010 --> 00:01:25,530 to be sarin gas into the building. 25 00:01:26,170 --> 00:01:29,130 That's when the taping stopped at Sergeant Morrison's order. 26 00:01:29,450 --> 00:01:30,450 Get out of here! 27 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:34,330 Classified intelligence documents indicate that the American military knew 28 00:01:34,330 --> 00:01:36,370 the presence of these engineers at El Bacar. 29 00:01:36,590 --> 00:01:41,130 A source high up in the Pentagon confirmed that these men posed a serious 30 00:01:41,130 --> 00:01:42,130 to our war effort. 31 00:01:42,570 --> 00:01:44,830 The Marines suffered four casualties. 32 00:01:45,190 --> 00:01:47,230 The survivors were airlifted out by helicopter. 33 00:01:47,650 --> 00:01:51,170 Sergeant Richard Ford was crew chief and gunner. Sergeant. 34 00:01:51,710 --> 00:01:55,370 Did the Marines you evacuated from El Bacar carry sarin gas? 35 00:01:55,690 --> 00:01:56,529 Yes, sir. 36 00:01:56,530 --> 00:01:57,850 Sergeant Morrison did, sir. 37 00:01:58,050 --> 00:01:59,170 And how do you know that? 38 00:01:59,950 --> 00:02:01,470 He had in his bandolier, sir. 39 00:02:01,710 --> 00:02:04,190 We'll be back in a minute with reaction from the Pentagon. 40 00:02:04,550 --> 00:02:05,970 The charges are serious. 41 00:02:06,550 --> 00:02:09,389 Americans using chemical weapons to kill other Americans. 42 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,040 Well, I'll consider an administrative discharge. 43 00:03:11,340 --> 00:03:12,520 Three's the best you're going to get today. 44 00:03:12,740 --> 00:03:13,740 Months? Years. 45 00:03:14,260 --> 00:03:17,620 You've got to be kidding. Petty Officer Ellsworth stole a bulldozer from a 46 00:03:17,620 --> 00:03:20,380 secured facility and destroyed the campaign headquarters of his local 47 00:03:20,380 --> 00:03:23,700 congressman. That's one way of looking at it. I don't have time to argue. I've 48 00:03:23,700 --> 00:03:26,700 got to go pick up that Australian exchange officer, Lieutenant Commander 49 00:03:26,860 --> 00:03:27,698 Then bud. 50 00:03:27,700 --> 00:03:29,040 I hear Brumby's cute. 51 00:03:29,580 --> 00:03:33,140 Mac, Petty Officer Ellsworth was making a political statement. 52 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:37,380 Congress won't approve pay raises for the military. So his actions are 53 00:03:37,380 --> 00:03:38,380 under free speech? 54 00:03:38,810 --> 00:03:41,770 No, but I don't think justice is served with break time. 55 00:03:42,450 --> 00:03:43,450 Think again. 56 00:03:45,430 --> 00:03:47,810 Thanks for seeing me on such short notice, Admiral. 57 00:03:48,090 --> 00:03:51,290 Been glad to come to you, Congresswoman. I wanted this off the record, A .J. 58 00:03:52,110 --> 00:03:56,470 The House National Security Subcommittee is holding hearings next week. 59 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:01,360 We intend to find out whether a Marine team recon force used chemical weapons 60 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,460 assassinate three renegade American civilian engineers. 61 00:04:04,700 --> 00:04:08,300 Working on Saddam's weapons programs. Yeah, I saw Delaporte last night. 62 00:04:08,540 --> 00:04:10,440 You don't actually believe that story, do you? 63 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:11,840 I believe it's plausible. 64 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,960 One way or another, I need to know if it can be substantiated. 65 00:04:15,540 --> 00:04:16,640 Pentagon's looking into it. 66 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,579 That's like sending the fox on the count of chickens. 67 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,980 And that's why my committee will hold meetings and will forward a report to 68 00:04:25,980 --> 00:04:28,840 Congress. Well, in that case, ma 'am, what do you need from me? 69 00:04:29,140 --> 00:04:32,360 I want Lieutenant Commander Rabb assigned to my staff on temporary duty. 70 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:37,000 Ma 'am, I'd love to cooperate, but Commander Rabb's caseload is full. I 71 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,240 him. I need him too, A .J. 72 00:04:38,540 --> 00:04:41,840 This is a complex subject. A lot of people are going to lie. 73 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,760 I need to have someone who'll recognize the truth. 74 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,860 Besides, I'll owe you one. 75 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:53,240 And I have every intention of collecting, ma 'am. 76 00:04:56,190 --> 00:04:59,450 Flight 274 from Sydney at gate 20B. 77 00:05:03,270 --> 00:05:07,290 At this time, we would like to pre -board flight number 276 to Barcelona. 78 00:05:07,730 --> 00:05:09,350 You may board through gate 11. 79 00:05:10,430 --> 00:05:11,430 Hi, 80 00:05:14,210 --> 00:05:16,210 I'm Major Sarah McKenzie, JAG Corps. 81 00:05:16,790 --> 00:05:18,190 Sorry? Excuse me. 82 00:05:18,670 --> 00:05:21,030 No, excuse me. I'm talking to someone. 83 00:05:21,670 --> 00:05:22,970 I was asked to meet you here. 84 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,840 Really? Major, I... Look, I don't care what kind of wager you made with your 85 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:29,240 pals over there. Leave me alone. 86 00:05:29,780 --> 00:05:32,040 Wager? I can take you anywhere you want to go. 87 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:34,920 Now, that's an interesting offer. 88 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,980 It's a real pleasure to meet you, Commander Brumby. Brumby? 89 00:05:38,540 --> 00:05:39,540 Pleasure's all mine, Major. 90 00:05:39,900 --> 00:05:42,820 I ran into some mates on the flight. We were gasbagging. 91 00:05:44,340 --> 00:05:47,540 I'm not Commander Brumby, but I will be in town for a few days. 92 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:49,660 You can reach me at the Hilton. 93 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,300 Well, you made yourself a friend. 94 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:53,919 I'm sorry. 95 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,400 Um, Aaron McKenzie. 96 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,160 No worries. Honest mistake. 97 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,400 Mick Bromby. 98 00:05:59,620 --> 00:06:02,460 Well, where would you like to go? Um, office or hotel? 99 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,880 Hotel, then the office. Might as well get straight down to the cases. 100 00:06:06,380 --> 00:06:07,820 Black man with a hard work ethic. 101 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:13,900 When I was a kid, I never dreamed I'd be anywhere near this place. 102 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:16,000 When I was a kid, it was all I dreamt about. 103 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:19,280 So where do we start? 104 00:06:19,580 --> 00:06:20,580 Norman Delaport. 105 00:06:21,230 --> 00:06:23,910 You really think that's smart, considering we don't have all the facts? 106 00:06:24,210 --> 00:06:25,890 That's exactly why we're talking to him. 107 00:06:26,570 --> 00:06:28,990 I don't usually get my facts from a reporter. 108 00:06:29,530 --> 00:06:32,410 Harm, Norman's not just a reporter, he's an institution. 109 00:06:32,890 --> 00:06:35,730 Besides, they don't give you a Peabody and a Pulitzer for being wrong. 110 00:06:36,570 --> 00:06:37,650 Anyway, I know him. 111 00:06:38,390 --> 00:06:39,810 Maybe that's what worries me. 112 00:06:44,530 --> 00:06:46,630 So put you out of this story, Mr. Delport. 113 00:06:47,110 --> 00:06:49,210 Someone who refused to cover up a war crime? 114 00:06:49,660 --> 00:06:53,940 Someone who wanted me to find out who was responsible for what happened that 115 00:06:53,940 --> 00:06:56,320 night and to make sure that it never happened again. 116 00:06:56,780 --> 00:06:57,800 Someone was busy. 117 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,060 So how did you get access to classified intelligence reports? 118 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:05,840 I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to disclose my sources. 119 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,660 Sergeant Clyde Morrison led the force recon team in Albuquerque that night. 120 00:07:09,660 --> 00:07:12,740 didn't you interview him for your report? I did talk to him, but I 121 00:07:12,740 --> 00:07:14,440 anything out of him. He was all over the place. 122 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,540 Morrison is a hopeless alcoholic. He's been in and out of VA hospitals. 123 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,780 What happened on the ground at Alpacar haunted the men who were there that 124 00:07:23,780 --> 00:07:27,400 night. We don't know for sure what happened that night. We know this, 125 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:28,900 The dead bore witness. 126 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,560 Four Marines came home in body bags and a fifth, Cary Dugan, blew his brains out 127 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:34,560 three months ago. 128 00:07:34,580 --> 00:07:37,140 Dugan was the Marine corporal who videotaped the raid. 129 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,400 Yeah, the videotape of the Alpacar raid is missing from the Naval Historical 130 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,260 Archives. Where'd you get your copy, sir? 131 00:07:42,540 --> 00:07:43,680 Just what's your part in all this? 132 00:07:44,180 --> 00:07:45,520 He's my truth detector. 133 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:47,480 You haven't answered my question, Mr. Delport. 134 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:49,120 Where'd you get your coffee, sir? 135 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:50,560 Well, that's proof. 136 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:55,700 New Long was up north. 137 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,980 It was about 20 clicks from the border, right? 138 00:07:59,220 --> 00:08:00,220 That's right, sir. 139 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:01,720 Picture this. 140 00:08:01,740 --> 00:08:06,740 One dark night, me Uncle Jack gets separated from his unit on recon, and he 141 00:08:06,740 --> 00:08:10,440 finds himself sitting five feet off the Ho Chi Minh Trail. 142 00:08:11,140 --> 00:08:15,280 And all night long, these little bastards are going back and forth, 143 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,040 sacks of rice to the troops in the south. 144 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,580 He was so close, you could hear him break wind. 145 00:08:22,260 --> 00:08:27,000 Luckily enough, when daylight came, he managed to crawl the mile back to his 146 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,000 lines. 147 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:29,860 Did Uncle Jack make it back to Australia? 148 00:08:30,220 --> 00:08:32,320 Jacko did two tours in Vietnam, Major. 149 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:36,419 A lot of the mates he fought with never made it home, but he did, and in one 150 00:08:36,419 --> 00:08:37,419 piece. 151 00:08:37,460 --> 00:08:39,600 But he carked it in a car just last year. 152 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:41,280 Carked it in a car? 153 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:42,860 Died in an auto accident. 154 00:08:43,220 --> 00:08:44,380 How did you know that, sir? 155 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,100 Met a lot of authorities in Vietnam, Major. 156 00:08:47,390 --> 00:08:48,910 You know the really funny thing, Admiral? 157 00:08:49,210 --> 00:08:51,850 I'll be donned if the driver of the other car wasn't a Vietnamese. 158 00:08:52,430 --> 00:08:54,550 A lot of them came down under after the war. 159 00:08:56,350 --> 00:08:59,630 Major McKenzie will be showing you the rubs, Commander. In the short term, 160 00:08:59,690 --> 00:09:02,290 you'll be assisting her with Commander Rabb's caseload. 161 00:09:02,870 --> 00:09:03,870 Welcome aboard. 162 00:09:04,630 --> 00:09:05,630 Thank you, sir. 163 00:09:05,910 --> 00:09:07,870 It'll be good to have some help with case research. 164 00:09:08,210 --> 00:09:09,770 I can do more than look things up, Major. 165 00:09:10,090 --> 00:09:12,350 You see, my mother's American, so I have dual citizenship. 166 00:09:12,770 --> 00:09:16,210 I got my degree at Georgetown and passed the D .C. bar ten years ago. 167 00:09:16,839 --> 00:09:18,680 No reason I shouldn't try a case or two, is it? 168 00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:22,740 Ensign Sir's Commander Brumby. He's going to be assisting with the Ellsworth 169 00:09:22,740 --> 00:09:24,300 case. Very nice to meet you, sir. 170 00:09:24,540 --> 00:09:25,540 G'day. 171 00:09:25,660 --> 00:09:28,700 Ma 'am, there's someone in your office. I'm sorry I didn't get his name. Oh, 172 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,440 thank you. The Ensign will show you around, Commander. 173 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,240 Pretty much seen all I need to, Ensign. 174 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:41,800 Hello, 175 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:44,600 Sarah. 176 00:09:48,910 --> 00:09:50,010 Do you want me to say hello to your husband? 177 00:10:05,710 --> 00:10:09,970 Colonel Cobb, you were the officer in command of Operation Scirocco? 178 00:10:10,250 --> 00:10:11,250 Yes, ma 'am, that's correct. 179 00:10:11,690 --> 00:10:12,690 What was your mission? 180 00:10:13,510 --> 00:10:17,670 Two days prior to the start of the ground war phase of Operation Desert 181 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:23,820 I inserted a six -man force recon team into Kuwait to gather intel on shore 182 00:10:23,820 --> 00:10:25,580 batteries in the area of Safwan. 183 00:10:25,820 --> 00:10:29,980 Their orders were to identify and report on Silk War missile batteries in the 184 00:10:29,980 --> 00:10:31,060 area of Al -Bakar. 185 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,760 That was the extent of your orders? 186 00:10:34,540 --> 00:10:35,540 Yes, ma 'am. 187 00:10:35,780 --> 00:10:40,480 While on this mission, did your men employ chemical or biological weapons? 188 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:42,680 No, ma 'am. Absolutely not. 189 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,960 Then why were they dressed in nuclear biological chemical suits with gas 190 00:10:47,510 --> 00:10:49,750 Standard procedure given an imminent threat, ma 'am. 191 00:10:50,230 --> 00:10:54,290 We knew that Saddam had used chemical weapons in the past, and we fully 192 00:10:54,290 --> 00:10:55,290 him to do so again. 193 00:10:55,590 --> 00:11:00,370 Were your men given orders to assassinate three American engineers 194 00:11:00,370 --> 00:11:01,610 -Bakar? No, ma 'am. 195 00:11:02,210 --> 00:11:04,610 We had no indication that Americans were there. 196 00:11:04,990 --> 00:11:07,690 If we had, we'd have brought them back for intel. 197 00:11:08,090 --> 00:11:12,330 Can you be absolutely sure that your force recon team didn't kill the 198 00:11:12,610 --> 00:11:13,610 I wasn't there, sir. 199 00:11:14,810 --> 00:11:16,270 But I trust my Marines. 200 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,300 And that's not what they reported. 201 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:26,840 Colonel Cobb, you said you had no knowledge of Americans being held in 202 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:32,720 compound. Yet in my hand, I have a recently declassified document prepared 203 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:38,480 the CIA two months prior to Operation Scirocco. This intel report indicates 204 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,480 there were three American engineers working at El Bacar. Have you ever seen 205 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:43,480 document before? 206 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:48,500 No, ma 'am. 207 00:11:48,580 --> 00:11:52,700 The report indicates that the American engineers posed a clear and present 208 00:11:52,700 --> 00:11:54,240 danger to our national interest. 209 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,780 Colonel, did anyone give you an order to eliminate that danger? 210 00:11:59,040 --> 00:11:59,839 No, ma 'am. 211 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,760 What would have happened if you had been shown the intel report? 212 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,900 That calls for speculation, sir. What's the problem with that, Colonel? 213 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:13,480 I deal in facts, ma 'am. The fact is, three Americans died at El Bacar. The 214 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,480 is, my Marines did not kill them. 215 00:12:22,510 --> 00:12:23,510 always this beautiful? 216 00:12:26,330 --> 00:12:28,510 Last time you saw me was 12 years ago. 217 00:12:29,750 --> 00:12:35,830 My hair was a foot longer, my skirt a foot shorter, and I was still using 218 00:12:35,830 --> 00:12:36,830 Clarison. 219 00:12:39,730 --> 00:12:42,510 You're as handsome as ever, Chris, and as unpredictable. 220 00:12:44,750 --> 00:12:47,930 It was you that walked away from our wedding vows, not me. 221 00:12:49,870 --> 00:12:53,270 You've changed a lot in 12 years, Sarah. You've made yourself a Marine major and 222 00:12:53,270 --> 00:12:55,450 a lawyer. What makes you think that I haven't changed, too? 223 00:12:56,930 --> 00:12:59,470 You show up after all these years, there must be a reason. 224 00:13:00,010 --> 00:13:01,510 Being a lawyer's made you suspicious. 225 00:13:02,010 --> 00:13:04,810 No, being an adult has made me suspicious. 226 00:13:07,030 --> 00:13:08,470 Maybe I want a second chance. 227 00:13:08,710 --> 00:13:09,930 Gave you that years ago. 228 00:13:10,390 --> 00:13:11,410 Well, let's go for three. 229 00:13:12,150 --> 00:13:14,370 You deserted me, Sarah. It still hurts. 230 00:13:14,650 --> 00:13:16,050 I didn't desert you. 231 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,260 You were doing three to five for armed robbery. I was trying to stay sober. 232 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:23,160 Why wait until now? 233 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,840 This isn't the first time I came looking for you. 234 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,340 When I got out of prison, I went all the way to Okinawa. 235 00:13:29,780 --> 00:13:32,840 Except I didn't have the nerve to face you, so I spent the next eight years of 236 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:34,140 my life living with the loss. 237 00:13:35,340 --> 00:13:36,800 Until I just couldn't handle it anymore. 238 00:13:38,260 --> 00:13:40,040 What I don't know is why you left. 239 00:13:41,340 --> 00:13:43,340 I spent a lot of nights trying to figure that out. 240 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,600 Look, Chris, I was drunk. 241 00:13:46,010 --> 00:13:47,010 The day we got married. 242 00:13:47,190 --> 00:13:48,310 And on the honeymoon. 243 00:13:48,870 --> 00:13:50,850 And up until the day they put you in prison. 244 00:13:53,990 --> 00:13:58,950 You married me because you loved me. You never filed for divorce because you 245 00:13:58,950 --> 00:14:00,510 could never find anyone better than me. 246 00:14:01,590 --> 00:14:03,210 I just never got around to the paperwork. 247 00:14:04,290 --> 00:14:06,090 There have been others along the way. Hey. 248 00:14:07,030 --> 00:14:08,910 Is that the guy in Okinawa? Major Sparrow? 249 00:14:09,850 --> 00:14:10,850 Everything all right, Major? 250 00:14:12,650 --> 00:14:13,650 Everything's fine, Commander. 251 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:15,880 The judge wants to see us in chambers. 252 00:14:16,540 --> 00:14:17,820 Thank you. I'll be right there. 253 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:21,760 I'll call you. 254 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:34,760 During Desert Storm, I commanded a light armored infantry platoon in support of 255 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:40,260 the 3rd Tank Battalion. We overran the Albacar compound at 1543 Zulu on G plus 256 00:14:40,260 --> 00:14:42,140 1. What happened then? 257 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,960 We went through the compound, and we found maybe 30 dead Iraqi soldiers. 258 00:14:47,580 --> 00:14:49,840 We discovered the bodies in Building 5. 259 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:51,560 Three Americans? 260 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:52,920 Yes, ma 'am. 261 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:54,580 And how did those men die? 262 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,660 From exposure to sarin gas. 263 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:11,380 At ease, Major. 264 00:15:14,220 --> 00:15:15,680 How's everything with the Ellsworth case? 265 00:15:16,780 --> 00:15:17,779 Fine, sir. 266 00:15:17,780 --> 00:15:19,120 Commander Brumby's a real asset. 267 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:21,840 Everything else all right? 268 00:15:26,340 --> 00:15:27,760 Nothing I can't handle, sir. 269 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:29,060 You sure? 270 00:15:29,380 --> 00:15:32,000 You seem a bit distracted. 271 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,400 Sir, ma 'am, I think there's something you should see on Channel 3. 272 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,900 My squadron received a medevac frag from Sergeant Morrison of 0400. 273 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,140 I was the crew chief slash door gunner aboard the Huey that flew to the El 274 00:15:50,140 --> 00:15:51,140 compound in response. 275 00:15:52,260 --> 00:15:56,640 When we arrived, Sergeant Morrison and Corporal Dugan extracted the casualties 276 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:57,900 and we all got out of there. 277 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:00,560 Did you notice anything out of the ordinary? 278 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:02,300 Yes, ma 'am. 279 00:16:02,980 --> 00:16:06,300 When we landed on the beach a few miles southeast of Safwan, I got a good look 280 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:07,680 at Sergeant Morrison's bandolier. 281 00:16:08,660 --> 00:16:10,240 He had two or three canisters left. 282 00:16:10,860 --> 00:16:12,400 Can you describe those canisters? 283 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:13,700 Yes, ma 'am. 284 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,360 They're about this big with writing on the outside. 285 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:18,000 Golf Bravo, GB. 286 00:16:18,220 --> 00:16:19,740 Those are the initials for sarin gas. 287 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,340 Ask him what time it was that his bird landed near Sephwan. 288 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:29,140 Sergeant Ford, what time was it when your helo landed near Sephwan? 289 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,340 Around 0500, ma 'am. 290 00:16:33,060 --> 00:16:35,620 It was pre -dawn. Was the interior lit? 291 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:37,420 Sergeant Ford... 292 00:16:37,869 --> 00:16:40,850 0500 is pre -dawn. Was the interior of the helo lit? 293 00:16:41,130 --> 00:16:42,370 No, ma 'am. Of course not. 294 00:16:43,750 --> 00:16:47,390 So it was dark when you saw the contents of Sergeant Morrison's bandolier. 295 00:16:47,610 --> 00:16:48,610 Yes, ma 'am. 296 00:16:48,790 --> 00:16:49,790 Thank you, Sergeant. 297 00:16:52,410 --> 00:16:53,970 Bobby, we need to talk. 298 00:16:54,230 --> 00:16:55,450 I've got meetings until six. 299 00:16:55,810 --> 00:16:57,270 Come to my house. I'll cook you dinner. 300 00:16:57,610 --> 00:16:58,610 Good. 301 00:17:00,410 --> 00:17:04,069 Bobby, this whole story is based on speculation, innuendo, hearsay, and 302 00:17:04,069 --> 00:17:05,069 anonymous sources. 303 00:17:05,660 --> 00:17:07,940 Are you talking to me as a lawyer or as a military officer? 304 00:17:08,380 --> 00:17:10,480 Was that a congresswoman talking or a senator? 305 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:12,940 Who told you I was going to run for the Senate? 306 00:17:13,859 --> 00:17:14,639 You did. 307 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,260 When? Just now. 308 00:17:18,220 --> 00:17:19,220 You're sneaky. 309 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:21,980 Well, got to use what you got. 310 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,880 Yeah, you figure this hearing's going to put you on the map. 311 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:30,540 That's not why we're holding them, Harm. 312 00:17:30,780 --> 00:17:31,900 I believe the story. 313 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,640 No, Bobby, I think you've been seduced by the story. 314 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:36,480 You think I'm that easy? 315 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,440 No one's ever accused you of being easy. 316 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,260 But this story's made for the evening news. 317 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,480 War crimes, chemical weapons, bad soldiers. 318 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,500 The military's been dealing with this sort of thing since Vietnam. 319 00:17:54,220 --> 00:17:55,860 You sorry you agreed to work for me? 320 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:58,340 No, so long as you let me do my job. 321 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,800 But I will not roll over for you or for anybody, Bobby. 322 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:03,560 Really? 323 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:04,760 Too bad. 324 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:08,480 Oh, those are just so cute, Commander. 325 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:09,680 Uh -huh. 326 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,740 That's the Sims knitted them for me for Christmas. 327 00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:14,160 Don't you wish you had a pair? 328 00:18:14,420 --> 00:18:15,420 No. 329 00:18:16,740 --> 00:18:17,740 You want to get that? 330 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:26,100 Mac? 331 00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:27,839 What is it? 332 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,680 Yeah, there's plenty of food to go around. 333 00:18:30,340 --> 00:18:34,800 I'm not hungry, ma 'am. I need to talk, but this isn't a good time. 334 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:36,720 Call me tomorrow. 335 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:38,200 Sure. 336 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:51,380 Aren't you going to go after her? 337 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:53,920 She told me to call her tomorrow. 338 00:18:56,100 --> 00:18:58,960 I never understood why you two didn't get together. 339 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,300 Mac, we fight all the time. 340 00:19:01,780 --> 00:19:02,780 So do you and I. 341 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:04,120 Oh, that's different. 342 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,060 Really? How? 343 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,260 Well, for starters, we don't work together. 344 00:19:08,940 --> 00:19:10,020 We do now. 345 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:14,439 She's beautiful. 346 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:15,440 So are you. 347 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:24,140 Oh, good evening, Major. 348 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:27,400 How did you know where I lived? 349 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:29,580 Lieutenant Roberts was kind enough to tell me. 350 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:33,900 Listen, I didn't mean to intrude, but as we're in court, first thing, I thought 351 00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:34,900 you might need these. 352 00:19:35,580 --> 00:19:36,239 Thank you. 353 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,720 Would you care for some tea? 354 00:19:39,180 --> 00:19:40,980 Tea? I'm not a pommy, Mac. 355 00:19:41,220 --> 00:19:42,059 A pommy? 356 00:19:42,060 --> 00:19:43,300 English. Yeah, they go for tea. 357 00:19:45,340 --> 00:19:46,340 Wouldn't mind a beer. 358 00:19:48,580 --> 00:19:49,580 I don't drink. 359 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,280 Doesn't mean your company has to be sober. 360 00:19:53,740 --> 00:19:55,920 You know... It's late. 361 00:19:58,100 --> 00:19:59,240 Maybe another time, huh? 362 00:20:06,890 --> 00:20:08,450 There's something we need to talk about. 363 00:20:09,710 --> 00:20:10,710 Yeah. 364 00:20:12,550 --> 00:20:17,270 Today in the hearing room, I felt you were pushing me to ask certain 365 00:20:18,470 --> 00:20:19,470 I was. 366 00:20:20,330 --> 00:20:21,550 That's why you hired me. 367 00:20:21,930 --> 00:20:22,930 I know. 368 00:20:24,230 --> 00:20:25,410 You made me look bad. 369 00:20:30,510 --> 00:20:32,190 Bobby, you're asking the wrong questions. 370 00:20:33,050 --> 00:20:34,370 And there's a reason for that. 371 00:20:35,010 --> 00:20:36,010 You're rushing. 372 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,580 I think you should recess the hearings for a couple of days. Give me a chance 373 00:20:41,580 --> 00:20:44,040 find this missing Marine. Get a line on the videotape. 374 00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:46,180 I see why you're so good at what you do. 375 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:48,180 You don't give an inch. 376 00:20:49,900 --> 00:20:51,200 I'm not good with compromise. 377 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,400 Sometimes you have to meet a person halfway. 378 00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:57,140 Give a little, get a little. 379 00:20:58,280 --> 00:20:59,940 Sometimes halfway isn't close enough. 380 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:26,960 Good to see you, Regal. 381 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,540 I wasn't sure you'd show up. 382 00:21:30,220 --> 00:21:31,460 You're smarter than I thought. 383 00:21:32,820 --> 00:21:34,140 Do you remember Briar? 384 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:38,060 Yeah. Did you have a nice conversation with your wife? 385 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:40,360 Work with me on this, Benny. 386 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:42,880 You're a loser, Regal. 387 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,240 You got nothing to offer. 388 00:21:46,460 --> 00:21:47,980 You gotta give me more time. 389 00:21:48,260 --> 00:21:51,000 I can make us both well. I don't gotta give you nothing. 390 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,180 I choose to give you another 24 hours. 391 00:21:56,100 --> 00:21:59,160 Now, if you don't come up with the 15 bills, you know how it works. 392 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:01,600 I pay briar by the bone. 393 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:07,560 So much for a hairline fracture, a little more for a clean break, and a 394 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,080 for breaking the same bone in more than one place. 395 00:22:13,020 --> 00:22:14,720 Now, do yourself a favor. 396 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,300 Talk to the message again. 397 00:22:34,090 --> 00:22:35,410 Lieutenant Roberts, Ensign Sims. 398 00:22:35,650 --> 00:22:36,349 Morning, sir. 399 00:22:36,350 --> 00:22:38,130 You too busy? I could use some help. 400 00:22:38,710 --> 00:22:41,170 Commander Brumby has us researching the Ellsworth case. 401 00:22:41,430 --> 00:22:42,710 He's a really great guy, Commander. 402 00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:46,410 Really? Well, glad to hear it. 403 00:22:46,690 --> 00:22:47,690 How did it play out? 404 00:22:48,230 --> 00:22:49,230 Quite a hand. 405 00:22:49,430 --> 00:22:52,530 I need you two to do something for me. Is it a priority, sir? 406 00:22:52,950 --> 00:22:54,550 For the sarin gas hearing? 407 00:22:54,750 --> 00:22:56,590 Yeah, if you can tear yourself away from Ellsworth. 408 00:22:57,030 --> 00:23:00,490 I'd like you to help me find Sergeant Clyde Morse and the sole surviving 409 00:23:00,490 --> 00:23:02,810 of the force recon team that entered the Albuquerque compound. 410 00:23:03,530 --> 00:23:05,810 He's the only one who can tell us what really happened that night. 411 00:23:06,150 --> 00:23:07,170 Last known address, sir? 412 00:23:07,730 --> 00:23:10,750 Cardboard box in the Baltimore Tenderloin. He went missing about three 413 00:23:10,750 --> 00:23:12,450 ago. No one's seen or heard from him since. 414 00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:15,730 Check with the FBI, police, NCIS. 415 00:23:16,010 --> 00:23:17,010 Use your imagination. 416 00:23:17,290 --> 00:23:18,290 We'll find him for you, sir. 417 00:23:18,750 --> 00:23:22,590 Oh, and see if you can get a line on the Elbacar video, the one missing from the 418 00:23:22,590 --> 00:23:23,590 Naval Historical Archives. 419 00:23:23,970 --> 00:23:24,970 Aye, aye, sir. 420 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,980 I'm Lieutenant Commander Rav with the JAG Corps. I wonder if I could ask you a 421 00:23:38,980 --> 00:23:40,500 few questions, ma 'am. Okay, come on. 422 00:23:40,780 --> 00:23:41,780 I'm going to go get in the car. 423 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,380 Hurry up. I'll be there in a minute. 424 00:23:45,140 --> 00:23:46,240 Is this about Carrie? 425 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:47,840 Yes, it is, ma 'am. 426 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:52,140 You know, I've had to re -experience my husband's suicide three times already, 427 00:23:52,340 --> 00:23:54,440 Commander. I don't think I can do it again. 428 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,880 Well, Mrs. Dugan, I understand how difficult this must be for you, but it's 429 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:02,040 about your husband's suicide. It's on another matter. Look, I don't want to 430 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,040 back into this. 431 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,740 Your husband was a member of a force recon team that raided the Albuquerque 432 00:24:06,740 --> 00:24:08,420 compound in Kuwait in 1991. 433 00:24:08,900 --> 00:24:09,900 Yes. 434 00:24:10,260 --> 00:24:11,260 It killed him. 435 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:13,240 Ma 'am? 436 00:24:15,740 --> 00:24:17,600 Kerry was never the same after the war. 437 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,680 What he saw and what he did there changed him. 438 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,040 Did your husband tell you what happened that night, Mrs. Dugan? No. 439 00:24:26,260 --> 00:24:28,720 Your husband videotaped part of the operation, ma 'am. 440 00:24:29,870 --> 00:24:31,190 I don't know anything about that. 441 00:24:31,390 --> 00:24:34,730 Well, Norman Delaporte, the television reporter, has a copy of that tape, and 442 00:24:34,730 --> 00:24:37,490 have reason to believe he didn't get it from the Navy Historical Archives. 443 00:24:38,130 --> 00:24:39,590 What does that have to do with me? 444 00:24:39,830 --> 00:24:43,370 Did you sell the tape to Norman Delaporte, Mrs. Dugan? I want you to 445 00:24:44,990 --> 00:24:49,270 Mrs. Dugan, I need a copy of that tape, ma 'am. I need to know if there's more 446 00:24:49,270 --> 00:24:51,470 than Delaporte has shown us. Sit still and put on your belt. 447 00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:54,470 Look, my husband is dead. 448 00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:57,390 So whatever happened, it doesn't matter. 449 00:24:57,930 --> 00:24:58,930 Not anymore. 450 00:24:59,340 --> 00:25:00,860 there are more important things. 451 00:25:04,180 --> 00:25:05,880 So you were at the hearing, didn't I, Commander? 452 00:25:06,260 --> 00:25:07,780 Yes, sir. I'm Ms. Latham's liaison. 453 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:10,520 So whose side are you on? 454 00:25:11,340 --> 00:25:12,620 Well, sir, I don't take sides. 455 00:25:15,020 --> 00:25:17,960 Why did you send the force recon team to Albuquerque, sir? 456 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,720 Well, just before the start of the ground war, the Navy pounded the 457 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:23,740 with 16 -inch guns. 458 00:25:24,540 --> 00:25:27,920 The Iraqis were expecting amphibious landing, so they held several divisions 459 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,120 Republican guards in the area. 460 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:33,740 We just went in to make sure that their shore batteries couldn't hit our battle 461 00:25:33,740 --> 00:25:35,480 group with their silkworm missiles. 462 00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:38,260 Hand me that distributor cap, will you, please? 463 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,480 Well, sir, how is it that you didn't see the classified intel report? 464 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:45,200 Nobody showed it to me. 465 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,720 Colonel, is it possible that someone above you in the chain of command knew 466 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,620 American engineers were housed at Albuquerque? 467 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,880 Those engineers went to work for the Iraqis. 468 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:55,240 For money. 469 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:59,940 And I can't say I mourn their deaths, but I did not order them killed. 470 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:01,700 And I don't know anybody who did. 471 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,460 On the night of the raid, Sir, Sergeant Morrison ordered the videotaping of the 472 00:26:05,460 --> 00:26:08,100 operation to be terminated outside Building 5. 473 00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:09,460 Why? 474 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:10,920 You'd have to ask him. 475 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:13,840 Well, Colonel, I'd like to, since he's dropped off the face of the earth. 476 00:26:18,020 --> 00:26:22,180 Look, I lost four good men that night. 477 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:28,100 And to a man, they died bravely fighting for their country. Now some jackass 478 00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:29,480 wants to blacken their memories? 479 00:26:30,620 --> 00:26:32,320 That gets under my skin, Commander. 480 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,880 And it damn sure ought to be bothering you. 481 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,180 Where have you been, Harm? I expected you hours ago. 482 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,520 Look, I had to talk to some people. You know what you had to do, Commander? Stay 483 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:47,219 in touch. 484 00:26:47,220 --> 00:26:49,320 Bobby, you need to delay these hearings. 485 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,580 Woody, out of your mind? There's no way we're backing off of this. We don't have 486 00:26:52,580 --> 00:26:54,760 all the facts. This could come back and bite you. 487 00:26:55,660 --> 00:26:58,420 Oh, Commander, I'd like to get you in this shot as well. 488 00:26:59,140 --> 00:27:02,160 Tell me something, Mr. Delaporte. What the hell happened to you? 489 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,960 I haven't changed, Commander. The world has changed. 490 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,540 Now you've got breaking news 24 hours a day, and all that matters is who gets 491 00:27:08,540 --> 00:27:12,300 there first, and you bought into it, even if it does violence to the truth. 492 00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:13,900 I've adapted, Commander. 493 00:27:14,340 --> 00:27:15,620 It's what a good journalist does. 494 00:27:16,220 --> 00:27:18,480 I go with my hunches. It's what I've always done. 495 00:27:19,340 --> 00:27:20,840 Now, could you just stand here to the left? 496 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,500 No, sir, that's your place, Mr. 497 00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:25,280 Delaporte. Call me when you need me for something important. 498 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:27,400 Sure. 499 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:28,480 I 500 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:43,680 called 501 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,280 you, you never called me back. 502 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:48,480 What do you want, Chris? 503 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,200 I want you to remember. 504 00:27:51,260 --> 00:27:53,200 Oh, you're a hard man to forget. 505 00:27:53,940 --> 00:27:55,260 A good time, Sarah. 506 00:27:55,580 --> 00:27:57,020 Why, before things got strange. 507 00:27:57,260 --> 00:27:58,560 They were always a little strange. 508 00:27:59,180 --> 00:28:01,600 Yeah, but we sure had a good time, didn't we? 509 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,260 Like the time we rode the Harley from Flagstaff to Gallop in the rain, and you 510 00:28:06,260 --> 00:28:07,880 lost your shirt in Winslow, remember? 511 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:09,600 It was Joseph City. 512 00:28:10,460 --> 00:28:13,840 And I never could seem to keep it buttoned when you were around. 513 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:18,800 The truth. 514 00:28:19,050 --> 00:28:20,050 Chris. 515 00:28:20,410 --> 00:28:23,850 Truth. I came here six months ago looking for you. 516 00:28:24,630 --> 00:28:27,110 I didn't have anything to offer, so I borrowed 15 grand. 517 00:28:29,030 --> 00:28:30,070 Looking for the big four. 518 00:28:30,730 --> 00:28:32,630 What was it, the track, the bites, NFL? 519 00:28:33,050 --> 00:28:35,870 All of it. Now I owe Benny Turpin the 15. 520 00:28:36,170 --> 00:28:37,550 Who the hell is Benny Turpin? 521 00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:38,750 Don't ask. 522 00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:44,550 I got the courage to come to you. I was looking for money, plain and simple. 523 00:28:46,090 --> 00:28:49,730 Only now I don't care about the money, Sarah. I don't even mind if I get my leg 524 00:28:49,730 --> 00:28:52,350 broke, as long as I have a chance to get you back into my life. 525 00:28:53,550 --> 00:28:54,570 I'm leaving tomorrow. 526 00:28:56,950 --> 00:28:57,950 You think it over. 527 00:28:59,490 --> 00:29:02,070 I don't know what to believe, Chris. 528 00:29:02,530 --> 00:29:03,530 Leave death. 529 00:29:10,270 --> 00:29:11,590 Some things you can't fake. 530 00:29:38,220 --> 00:29:41,920 Commander, as long as this hearing is going on, I have to be able to count on 531 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:42,819 you to be there. 532 00:29:42,820 --> 00:29:45,320 This is a mistake, Bobby. I'm going back to Jack. 533 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:46,560 Not acceptable. 534 00:29:46,580 --> 00:29:47,580 I need you. 535 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,620 What, to stand behind you next to the flag? 536 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:50,860 Is this about hurt pride? 537 00:29:53,060 --> 00:29:55,560 My only loyalty, Bobby, is to the truth. 538 00:29:56,140 --> 00:29:57,140 I'm resigning. 539 00:29:57,460 --> 00:29:59,040 I never figured you for a quitter. 540 00:30:03,540 --> 00:30:04,540 Grab. 541 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,380 I'll be there in 15 minutes. 542 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,100 Harm, I don't like fighting with you. 543 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,960 Sure you do. You just don't like losing. 544 00:30:17,380 --> 00:30:21,620 This is Norman Delaporte. I'm here at the Capitol after the second day of... 545 00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:27,520 With me is Congresswoman Bonnie Latham of Detroit, Michigan. Heir of the House 546 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:29,260 National Security Subcommittees. 547 00:30:29,860 --> 00:30:31,580 I'm looking for Clyde Morrison. 548 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,500 Whatever he drinks, give me two of them. 549 00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:50,520 Depending on the outcome of the hearings, Norman, I'm introducing 550 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:51,520 the next... Sergeant Morrison? 551 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,520 It's on me. 552 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,260 I'm Lieutenant Commander Raab of the D .I. Corps. 553 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,200 What TV? 554 00:31:06,180 --> 00:31:07,620 We have better things to do. 555 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:09,720 See this? 556 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:15,460 If the charges come out to be true, I'm calling for the prosecution of all the 557 00:31:15,460 --> 00:31:17,300 men involved with the killing at Albuquerque. 558 00:31:17,820 --> 00:31:21,540 You're talking about how you killed three Americans at Albuquerque compound 559 00:31:21,540 --> 00:31:22,540 chemical weapons. 560 00:31:22,860 --> 00:31:25,380 I know what happened, Sergeant. 561 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:27,840 I'm not a sergeant anymore, Commander. 562 00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:32,460 You want to call me something, you call me Clyde. You followed orders. 563 00:31:33,770 --> 00:31:37,430 You lost four men to a superior fighting force you carried out. You're dead, and 564 00:31:37,430 --> 00:31:38,430 that's all you did. 565 00:31:40,070 --> 00:31:41,130 You really believe that? 566 00:31:41,370 --> 00:31:42,370 Yeah. 567 00:31:43,410 --> 00:31:44,510 But I can't prove it. 568 00:31:45,330 --> 00:31:47,690 I didn't have a chemical weapon. 569 00:31:49,330 --> 00:31:51,890 We fired tear gas in there. That's all we did. 570 00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:55,250 Why would Sergeant Ford tell Norman Delaporte that you had GP kids? 571 00:31:56,470 --> 00:31:59,050 Delaporte, he gets you to say anything he wants you to say if you talk to him 572 00:31:59,050 --> 00:31:59,789 long enough. 573 00:31:59,790 --> 00:32:00,790 You set him straight? 574 00:32:01,770 --> 00:32:05,990 Now, he'd already made up his mind about me. He condemned me before he even met 575 00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:06,990 me. 576 00:32:07,210 --> 00:32:08,970 I need you to testify, Sergeant. 577 00:32:10,910 --> 00:32:12,930 Look, come on. 578 00:32:14,270 --> 00:32:17,150 Commander, take a good look at me. Look close. 579 00:32:18,090 --> 00:32:23,430 Would you? I mean, I can't even keep my hands steady long enough to have a 580 00:32:23,430 --> 00:32:24,430 drink. 581 00:32:25,190 --> 00:32:26,370 You're all I got, Sergeant. 582 00:32:27,310 --> 00:32:29,230 Well, if I'm all you got, you ain't got squat. 583 00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:43,210 Buddy? 584 00:32:43,910 --> 00:32:45,390 Where have you been hiding? 585 00:32:45,710 --> 00:32:49,590 Millie, I had no idea you were still working. Sure, I'm not married, buddy. 586 00:32:49,910 --> 00:32:51,390 Well, not yet, anyway. 587 00:32:52,010 --> 00:32:53,010 So how are you? 588 00:32:53,210 --> 00:32:55,690 Well, actually, you remember the last time that I was here? 589 00:32:55,930 --> 00:32:58,610 Yeah, you were with that squirrely little blonde thing. 590 00:32:59,630 --> 00:33:04,330 That squirrely little blonde thing is now his loving wife. 591 00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:07,530 Oh, nice to see you again. 592 00:33:08,190 --> 00:33:09,710 Oh, pleasure, I'm sure. 593 00:33:10,350 --> 00:33:11,730 So what can I do for you? 594 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,540 Well, we're looking for a videotape, and it was cataloged with the written 595 00:33:15,540 --> 00:33:19,340 statements in an after -action report for Operation Scirocco. I found the 596 00:33:19,340 --> 00:33:21,300 document, but I can't find the videotape. 597 00:33:21,620 --> 00:33:25,000 That Delaporte guy from ZNN, he asked me the same thing. 598 00:33:25,420 --> 00:33:26,680 Millie, could you just help us out? 599 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:28,360 It's really important. 600 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:31,640 Well, these are waiting to be filed. 601 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:34,700 Here, here. 602 00:33:34,980 --> 00:33:35,980 What is it? 603 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,280 Footage from Task Force Sandhawk on the Kuwaiti border. 604 00:33:38,580 --> 00:33:39,840 It's been sitting here a while. 605 00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:43,200 But we've been waiting for a new case from processing. 606 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,680 Maybe your tape got put in the Sandhawk box by mistake. 607 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,960 Code number ODS -9104. Come on. 608 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,520 But Scirocco came before Sandhawk, Millie. 609 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,000 There it is, Operation Scirocco, February 23, 1991. 610 00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:13,000 Must have gotten switched around. 611 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:17,260 All right, let me make you a VHS copy. Interesting filing system you have here. 612 00:34:17,420 --> 00:34:18,960 Well, it works one way or the other. 613 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:20,560 Bobby. 614 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:22,820 I didn't expect to see you here. 615 00:34:23,420 --> 00:34:24,420 Unedited. 616 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:26,239 Am I going to like it? 617 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:28,400 No. 618 00:34:29,699 --> 00:34:31,400 Harm, I've taken a position on this. 619 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,199 Cut your losses, Bobby. You're on the wrong side of the truth. 620 00:34:41,230 --> 00:34:44,710 My name is Clyde Morrison, Sergeant, United States Marine Corps Inactive 621 00:34:44,710 --> 00:34:46,510 Reserve. Please be seated. 622 00:34:48,530 --> 00:34:53,310 Sergeant Morrison, the night of the raid at Al -Bakar, what did you and your men 623 00:34:53,310 --> 00:34:54,310 fire into the buildings? 624 00:34:54,710 --> 00:34:57,930 Tear gas, ma 'am. Were you aware that there were three American engineers 625 00:34:57,930 --> 00:35:00,250 working for Saddam Hussein at Al -Bakar? 626 00:35:01,050 --> 00:35:02,050 No, ma 'am. 627 00:35:02,290 --> 00:35:04,650 You didn't see the CIA intel report? 628 00:35:05,530 --> 00:35:06,550 No, ma 'am, I did not. 629 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,940 There's incontrovertible evidence that the people on the ground died of sarin 630 00:35:10,940 --> 00:35:11,940 gas poisoning. 631 00:35:12,380 --> 00:35:13,560 How do you explain that? 632 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,900 Well, aren't you asking the wrong person, sir? 633 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:19,840 Who should I be asking? 634 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:21,840 Saddam Hussein. 635 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,120 He used it on the Iranians, he used it on the Kurds. Hell, that was one of the 636 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:27,940 reasons we fought the damn war in the first place. 637 00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:31,440 Excuse my language, ma 'am. 638 00:35:31,660 --> 00:35:32,680 I've heard worse, Sergeant. 639 00:35:34,670 --> 00:35:36,590 My guess is that he had them eliminated. 640 00:35:37,290 --> 00:35:40,590 Why would he kill the very men he needed to work his weapons programs? 641 00:35:42,570 --> 00:35:45,950 Well, dead men tell no tales, sir. That's quite a story. 642 00:35:46,930 --> 00:35:49,350 Do you have any proof that's what happened? 643 00:35:49,950 --> 00:35:50,950 No, sir. 644 00:35:51,290 --> 00:35:54,270 So all we have is your word for it. 645 00:35:56,610 --> 00:35:57,610 Yes, sir. 646 00:35:58,650 --> 00:36:03,990 Sergeant Morrison, have you spent time in VA hospitals for acute alcoholism? 647 00:36:11,210 --> 00:36:12,210 Yes, sir. 648 00:36:13,790 --> 00:36:14,970 Are you delusional? 649 00:36:16,310 --> 00:36:19,030 Only to think that I would get a fair hearing in this room, sir. 650 00:36:22,550 --> 00:36:23,730 Thank you, Sergeant Morrison. 651 00:36:24,170 --> 00:36:26,610 Please remain here in case I need to recall you. 652 00:36:27,190 --> 00:36:28,190 Yes, ma 'am. 653 00:36:29,190 --> 00:36:33,590 Sergeant Ford, it was your statement before this committee that Sergeant 654 00:36:33,590 --> 00:36:35,430 Morrison carried sarin gas. 655 00:36:35,810 --> 00:36:36,810 Yes, sir. 656 00:36:36,870 --> 00:36:40,230 You told us that you saw canisters labeled GB. 657 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:42,040 Yes, sir. 658 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,820 In the television report, you made the same claim. 659 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:47,540 Why did you do that, Sergeant? 660 00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:49,600 I was answering a question, ma 'am. 661 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,100 Do you remember the exact questions Mr. Delaporte asked you? 662 00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:58,180 Pretty much, ma 'am. Did it have something to do with officials high up 663 00:36:58,180 --> 00:37:01,800 CIA who told them the Americans had died from nerve gas? 664 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:05,640 Did he mention that your guys were the ones who used that gas? 665 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,340 Yes, ma 'am. Did he tell you he needed someone to back it up? 666 00:37:16,490 --> 00:37:19,190 He might have. I don't recall all the questions, ma 'am. 667 00:37:19,550 --> 00:37:22,250 Did Mr. Delaporte lead you into your testimony? 668 00:37:23,730 --> 00:37:25,810 Suggest what you might have seen? 669 00:37:26,210 --> 00:37:27,210 No, ma 'am. 670 00:37:28,050 --> 00:37:29,790 At least I don't remember it that way. 671 00:37:30,050 --> 00:37:32,650 The letters for tear gas are C .S. 672 00:37:32,930 --> 00:37:35,970 Those canisters were labeled G .B., ma 'am. 673 00:37:36,350 --> 00:37:37,350 Starting forward. 674 00:37:38,050 --> 00:37:40,350 Isn't it a reporter's job to ask questions? 675 00:37:40,850 --> 00:37:41,669 Yes, sir. 676 00:37:41,670 --> 00:37:43,690 So Mr. Delaporte was just doing his job? 677 00:37:45,010 --> 00:37:46,010 Yes, sir. 678 00:37:47,690 --> 00:37:48,890 Thank you, Sergeant Ford. 679 00:37:49,230 --> 00:37:50,230 Yes, ma 'am. 680 00:37:53,690 --> 00:37:57,250 My next witness is Norman Delaporte. 681 00:37:59,830 --> 00:38:00,830 Please be seated. 682 00:38:02,790 --> 00:38:08,230 Mr. Delaporte, in the preparation for your report, did you ever attempt to 683 00:38:08,230 --> 00:38:09,330 interview Sergeant Morrison? 684 00:38:09,670 --> 00:38:10,669 I did. 685 00:38:10,670 --> 00:38:14,490 His story didn't track, and he had every good reason to cover up what he did. 686 00:38:15,370 --> 00:38:19,220 At what point? point during the interview with Sergeant Ford did he 687 00:38:19,220 --> 00:38:22,780 Sergeant Morrison carried sarin gas canisters? 688 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:24,400 I don't recall. 689 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,940 But you do have the full transcript of your interview with Sergeant Ford. 690 00:38:29,300 --> 00:38:33,880 Yes. Would you be willing to make those transcripts available to the committee? 691 00:38:35,420 --> 00:38:38,560 Well, I'd have to give that some thought, ma 'am. I promise Sergeant Ford 692 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:39,640 confidentiality. 693 00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:43,640 Where did you get your tape of the raid on Alpacar? 694 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,740 Not at liberty to say, ma 'am. 695 00:38:46,990 --> 00:38:48,350 Did you pay for that tape? 696 00:38:49,430 --> 00:38:53,750 No. It was given freely by someone who wanted to see the truth come out. 697 00:38:55,170 --> 00:38:59,090 Thank you, Mr. Delaporte. That's all I wanted to know. Oh, just one more thing. 698 00:39:00,210 --> 00:39:02,270 The tape is 18 minutes long. 699 00:39:03,770 --> 00:39:04,770 Yes. 700 00:39:05,210 --> 00:39:10,010 And it ends when Sergeant Morrison cuts taping just after he fires the canister 701 00:39:10,010 --> 00:39:11,010 into Building 5? 702 00:39:11,550 --> 00:39:12,550 Yes. 703 00:39:14,830 --> 00:39:15,830 Mrs. Dugan. 704 00:39:16,490 --> 00:39:20,950 Did your husband keep a bootleg copy of the videotape he made on the night of 705 00:39:20,950 --> 00:39:22,570 the raid on the Al -Bakar compound? 706 00:39:22,930 --> 00:39:26,890 He had lots of tapes. Yes or no? I remind you, you're under oath. 707 00:39:28,170 --> 00:39:30,770 Yes. Did you sell that tape to Mr. Delaporte? 708 00:39:33,590 --> 00:39:37,610 Yes. Mr. Delaporte claims that his tape was 18 minutes long. 709 00:39:38,210 --> 00:39:40,650 How long was the tape you sold, Mr. Delaporte? 710 00:39:42,710 --> 00:39:43,710 22 minutes. 711 00:39:44,980 --> 00:39:46,460 Why did you sell him that tape? 712 00:39:48,740 --> 00:39:49,740 I needed the money. 713 00:39:50,420 --> 00:39:51,920 Thank you, Mrs. Dugan. You're dismissed. 714 00:39:54,660 --> 00:39:57,840 My next witness is Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb. 715 00:40:00,580 --> 00:40:02,420 Please take your place at the table, Commander. 716 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:05,600 Raise your right hand. 717 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:11,020 Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? 718 00:40:11,020 --> 00:40:11,799 help you God? 719 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:12,800 I do. 720 00:40:15,340 --> 00:40:16,340 State your name. 721 00:40:16,860 --> 00:40:18,320 Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rapp. 722 00:40:18,780 --> 00:40:19,780 Your duty station. 723 00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:23,680 I'm assigned to the headquarters of the Navy's Judge Advocate General Corps, ma 724 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:25,620 'am. Did you recently work on my staff? 725 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,000 That was my privilege, ma 'am, yes. 726 00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:30,320 Why did you quit and return to JAG? 727 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:33,920 I had outlived my usefulness, ma 'am. 728 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,360 Let me rephrase my question, Commander. 729 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,940 Did you resign because you and I had a difference of opinion on the accuracy of 730 00:40:40,940 --> 00:40:43,500 Norman Delaporte's reporting on Operation Scirocco? 731 00:40:44,750 --> 00:40:48,790 Yes, ma 'am, that is exactly the reason. Did you recently come into possession 732 00:40:48,790 --> 00:40:53,330 of a 22 -minute copy of the Al -Bakar videotape from the Naval Archives? 733 00:40:53,770 --> 00:40:54,749 I did. 734 00:40:54,750 --> 00:40:59,390 How did you locate it? It had been misfiled, ma 'am. Do you have that tape 735 00:40:59,390 --> 00:41:00,390 you? I do. 736 00:41:08,070 --> 00:41:14,010 Norman Delaporte claims that... Sergeant Morrison had the videotaping stopped to 737 00:41:14,010 --> 00:41:15,010 cover up a war crime. 738 00:41:15,570 --> 00:41:19,170 When in fact, Sergeant Morrison was ordering his men to take cover. 739 00:41:19,450 --> 00:41:21,750 Stop it! Stop it! Get out of here! 740 00:41:22,850 --> 00:41:25,950 Videotaping resumed moments later. There were four additional minutes of tape. 741 00:41:26,690 --> 00:41:28,210 Get down! Get down! 742 00:41:28,630 --> 00:41:29,529 Hurry! Hurry! 743 00:41:29,530 --> 00:41:30,530 Let's fight! 744 00:41:32,630 --> 00:41:36,630 Corporal Dugan filmed the action while the force recon team fought for their 745 00:41:36,630 --> 00:41:37,630 lives. 746 00:41:37,710 --> 00:41:41,310 At one point, Corporal Dugan put the video camera down long enough to help a 747 00:41:41,310 --> 00:41:42,330 mortally wounded comrade. 748 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:08,900 Medevac helicopter arrives minutes later. 749 00:42:09,180 --> 00:42:11,020 Dugan and Morrison help load the dead. 750 00:42:12,420 --> 00:42:15,840 Once aboard the helicopter, Corporal Dugan resumed videotaping. 751 00:42:16,780 --> 00:42:19,820 Sergeant Ford is the crew chief slash door gunner. 752 00:42:21,020 --> 00:42:22,880 Sergeant Morrison is wearing the Bandler belt. 753 00:42:25,420 --> 00:42:27,440 That's a canister and it's labeled CS. 754 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,020 That's CS for tear gas. 755 00:42:34,300 --> 00:42:36,220 You knew the truth, Mr. Delaporte. 756 00:42:37,230 --> 00:42:38,790 He altered it to fit your story. 757 00:42:39,310 --> 00:42:40,930 He deliberately left things out. 758 00:42:41,290 --> 00:42:42,290 No. 759 00:42:42,870 --> 00:42:45,910 I chose what to put in. That's what a reporter does. 760 00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:49,050 He rejected the things that didn't fit your thesis, sir. 761 00:42:49,430 --> 00:42:50,670 He reported rumor. 762 00:42:51,130 --> 00:42:54,570 I made a judgment call. You lied to this committee on several counts, Mr. 763 00:42:54,650 --> 00:42:58,450 Delaporte. You testified that you did not buy the tape. You did. 764 00:42:58,770 --> 00:43:01,430 You testified that the tape was 18 minutes long. 765 00:43:01,750 --> 00:43:02,810 It was 22 minutes. 766 00:43:03,130 --> 00:43:05,830 Mr. Rabb, address your remarks to this committee. 767 00:43:06,350 --> 00:43:07,350 Let him talk. 768 00:43:07,650 --> 00:43:09,390 I'm interested in what he has to say. 769 00:43:10,350 --> 00:43:11,930 Tell me something, Congressman Martin. 770 00:43:13,070 --> 00:43:16,090 Why is it that people are so ready to believe the worst of the military? 771 00:43:16,450 --> 00:43:19,330 These men put their lives on the line. They're the ones who risk it all. 772 00:43:20,250 --> 00:43:24,150 So why are people like Sergeant Morrison the last to be believed and men like 773 00:43:24,150 --> 00:43:25,370 this the first? 774 00:43:27,390 --> 00:43:28,650 This hearing is in recess. 775 00:43:29,610 --> 00:43:33,590 My first witness tomorrow is Norman Delaporte. 776 00:43:51,820 --> 00:43:52,820 Come with me, Mac. 777 00:43:53,660 --> 00:43:54,660 Where? 778 00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:56,040 Doesn't matter. 779 00:44:00,140 --> 00:44:03,740 3 ,000, Chris. That's the best I can do. All I want is you. 780 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:05,840 You had me, Chris. 781 00:44:09,540 --> 00:44:11,360 This isn't the way I thought things would turn out. 782 00:44:12,700 --> 00:44:14,120 I don't want to see you again. 783 00:44:14,740 --> 00:44:15,960 You're not good for me.