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Continuing today's
hearing on future VA funding...
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the Senate Committee on
Veterans' Affairs...
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is called back to order.
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We'll hear from our
next witness.
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Will you please stand
and raise your right hand?
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My apologies.
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Please raise your right hand.
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Do you swear that the testimony
you're about to give...
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this committee will be the
truth, the whole truth...
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and nothing but the
truth, so help you God?
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I do.
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Please state your name.
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Private First Class Adam Green,
United States Army, retired.
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Mr. Green, I understand you've
prepared a statement?
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I have, sir.
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You may enter it into the record
at this time.
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Mr. Chairman, members of the
Committee...
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I want to thank you
for the opportunity...
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to speak with you today.
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I served in the military f--
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I'm sorry, if I could just--
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Sure, go ahead.
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Thank you, sir.
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I've always liked numbers.
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Whenever I have a hard time
wrapping my head around...
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something, I find that numbers
make things clearer for me.
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They help me understand
decisions that are made...
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and the impacts of those
decisions.
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So, if it's all right...
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I'd like the start with the
number 1.4 million.
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That's the number of men
and women...
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who are currently serving
in our military.
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555...
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that's how many days passed
before we invaded one country...
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after having been attacked
by another.
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19... is how old I was when
I enlisted.
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Three is the number of hours
that passed from the time...
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I arrived in Iraq to the time
our transport...
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was destroyed by an I.E.D.
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And then there's six.
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That's the number of inches the
piece of shrapnel was...
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that severed my spinal cord.
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The only problems with numbers
is they can be impersonal.
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A decision you made had a
life-changing impact on me...
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and a lot of soldiers like me.
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Now, I'm not a military expert.
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I don't know a whole lot
about geopolitical affairs.
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I'm just an ordinary American.
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And I understand that you've
asked me here...
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because you all have
some questions for me,
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but if it's all right, I'd like
to ask all of you a question.
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How the hell did this happen?
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My fellow citizens,
at this hour...
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American and coalition forces
are in the early stages...
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of military operations
to disarm Iraq, to free...
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its people and to defend
the world from grave danger.
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The start of the
campaign called Shock and Awe.
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Shock and Awe.
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- Shock and Awe.
- Shock and Awe, indeed.
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Air raid sirens
are going off in Baghdad--
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The massive
military operation...
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to topple Saddam Hussein
is now in effect.
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Firing 600 Cruise missiles...
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and every type of war plane
in the American arsenal.
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A fearsome display
of American military might.
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The scale of this attack...
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is considerably higher than
anything we've seen before.
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We're taking out
whole buildings...
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with these Cruise missiles.
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U.S. war planes unleashed...
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to promise massive bombardment
of Baghdad.
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3,000 Tomahawk
Cruise missiles...
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satellite-guided precision
bombs, laser-guided bombs.
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I think the
citizens of Baghdad know...
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exactly what the Pentagon
means by Shock and Awe.
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Just over the
Kuwait-Iraq border...
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we watched as columns of troops
moved into the country.
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They're well on their
way to Baghdad.
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They have met resistance.
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We can't leave the
television...
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every tank, every helicopter--
is that my son?
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Now Baghdad is
within striking distance...
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just a few short miles away...
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as U.S. troops make their final
push forward.
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We want to slaughter
them all...
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those invaders, their tombs
will be here in Iraq.
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If Saddam Hussein is alive, he is quote...
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"Not in control of his military
and of his government."
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These are opening stages of what will be a broad...
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and concerted campaign.
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Could be longer and more
difficult than some predict.
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And helping Iraqis achieve
a united, stable...
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and free country will require
our sustained commitment.
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And you can know that our
forces will be coming home...
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as soon as their work is done.
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Keep moving! Keep moving!
Let's go!
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Where are they taking us?
Shut up. Head down.
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Keep your mouth shut or I'll
blow your fucking head off.
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All right, all right.
Are you a soldier?
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Journalist.
Who do you work for?
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Knight Ridder.
Never heard of it.
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You should read more.
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What is your name?
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Jonathan Landay.
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Goodbye, Jonathan Landay.
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Exercise complete.
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What you have just engaged in is
called The Gray Man Exercise.
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And what you have just
witnessed...
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is a colossal failure
of that exercise.
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If a journalist is captured...
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terrorists may keep you alive...
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in hopes of getting information
or exchanging you for a ransom.
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But if you give them a reason
to kill you, they will.
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The purpose of this exercise
is to teach you...
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how to avoid drawing the
attention of your captors.
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Hence the name, Gray Man.
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Can you untie me?
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This could save your life one
day, you understand?
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I do, I've been in 11 war zones,
I've been shot at...
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I've been held captive, I take
this very seriously.
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But if you don't untie me right
now, I may lose my job.
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And I'm fairly certain that
none of this training...
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is going to be very useful...
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when I'm mopping the floor
at Staples.
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Both of the twin towers...
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the World Trade Center in New
York's lower Manhattan...
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have been struck by planes this
morning within 20 minutes.
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First, it was the North Tower
that was struck...
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with a gaping hole left in two
sides of that building.
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Good God.
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20 minutes later, the second
building...
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the second tower in that World
Trade Center complex--
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I think we should keep Elizabeth
in school.
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Yeah, no, I think that's
a good idea.
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Why freak her out, huh?
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And I'll call Ali and Jennifer
as soon as the phones open up.
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I love you.
I love you.
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Okay.
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We should tell you that...
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we have gotten calls from
people...
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who live and work around the
Pentagon who have told us...
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that they have seen
something...
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that they have described
as an explosion.
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This is information we have not
been able to confirm.
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Get up.
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Sorry, Dad.
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Monday Night Football went long.
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Let's clean this place up.
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Trade Center
here in New York...
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have been hit by airplanes.
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In Washington, there is a large
fire at the Pentagon.
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The Pentagon has been
evacuated.
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And there is, you can see,
perhaps, the second tower...
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the front tower, the top
portion of which is collapsing.
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Good Lord.
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Lot of people going to need
a drink tonight.
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Soldiers drink free.
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There are no words.
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All federal office buildings
now...
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all federal office buildings
in Washington, D.C.
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are being evacuated as we speak
to you now.
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We are in the middle of an
extraordinary catastrophe.
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The most important things to
tell you if you just joined...
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in is that what has all the
makings of an extraordinarily..
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well-planned terrorist attack
on both Washington and New York
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has taken place this morning.
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The Trade Centers here
in New York...
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the two World Trade Center
towers have collapsed...
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after being hit by planes.
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Yeah, this is John Walcott
from Knight Ridder.
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Is he there?
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Yeah, okay, well, tell him
I'll try him back later.
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Thank you.
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I just spoke with my wife.
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She and the kids are
afraid to leave the house.
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What are they doing over there?
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They're watching the White
House.
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To see if it gets hit?
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Yes.
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Oh, Jesus. All right, go home
to your family.
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And tell your colleagues that
maybe they want to stay away...
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from the windows, okay?
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Thanks, John.
Yeah.
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Okay. All right. Okay.
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Their working thesis is that
this is overseas terrorism...
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not domestic.
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Attention will quickly turn to
the Bin Laden group...
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because it has long
tentacles.
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There are very few others that
could have pulled this off.
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Are we sending somebody
to New York?
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Ken Moore at Suvu was already up
there covering Wall Street.
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What's going on over at State?
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Powell's in Peru.
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They're working on getting
him home as soon as possible.
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All right, what we need to do
is track the President.
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Track his top people
and find out...
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who's responsible for all this.
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We need as many sources
at as many agencies...
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to go on the record and tell us
all what we know has to be true.
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Al Qaeda! Al Qaeda!
It's Al Qaeda.
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It's definitely Al Qaeda.
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What the hell are you wearing?
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Well, the wifey wanted
to evacuate...
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but she locked the cat
and the keys in the cars.
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So, I biked in.
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We need to know how
they pulled this off.
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Anybody needs to go home
to their family...
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feel free to do so.
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Just came from the family.
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Let's get to work.
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It's Walcott.
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Today, our fellow citizens,
our way of life...
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our very freedom, came under
attack in a series...
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of deliberate and deadly
terrorist acts.
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Adam, hand me the
Jameson, please.
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Yes, sir. Here you go.
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Thank you, son.
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It's on the house, gentlemen.
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Thanks.
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Dad's saying we're staying open
as late as they want.
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They must be scared.
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They're Rangers.
They're boys.
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Our military is powerful and
it's prepared.
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The search is underway
for those...
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who are behind these evil acts.
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I've directed the full
resources of our intelligence..
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and law enforcement communities
to find those responsible...
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and to bring them to justice.
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It's been 33 hours
since the terrible...
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and unprecedented attack
on the United States.
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There is, as we've said, an
enormous search and rescue...
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operation, and enormous and
intense criminal investigation.
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And we're just beginning
to understand...
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the extents of the catastrophe.
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I feel like I haven't
slept in a month.
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It's going to be a bunch
of zombies running this town.
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What do you know about
the preliminary plans...
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to go after Bin Laden?
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I don't have anything to give
you on that yet.
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OK, well, how long before we're
on the ground in Afghanistan...
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and how long do they project
we'll be there?
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Look, I'm trying to get answers
to the same questions you are.
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What I can say is, most of the
talk this morning...
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hasn't been about Afghanistan.
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Well, what's it been about?
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Iraq?
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I got it from a source at State
who got it from the Pentagon.
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In connection with the attacks?
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Crackpot theories from people
who don't know...
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what the hell they're talking
about.
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It was Rumsfeld.
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Really?
253
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Yeah, apparently, there's a lot
of people over at Defense...
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that think this had to be
State-sponsored.
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I mean, not just Rumsfeld,
there's also that smug...
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00:14:22,404 --> 00:14:26,198
son of a bitch at the Defense
Policy Board...
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00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:27,408
the Prince of Darkness?
258
00:14:27,409 --> 00:14:29,118
Richard Perle.
Right. Perle.
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00:14:29,119 --> 00:14:31,370
And that neo-con over at the
Project...
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00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:33,914
for the New American
whatever the fuck...
261
00:14:33,915 --> 00:14:35,332
New American Century,
Bill Kristol.
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00:14:35,333 --> 00:14:36,750
That giant butthole,
Bill Kristol.
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00:14:36,751 --> 00:14:41,213
And he's got to be creaming his
little jammies over this.
264
00:14:41,214 --> 00:14:42,256
Yeah, these think-tank boys...
265
00:14:42,257 --> 00:14:44,633
have been trying to push out
Saddam Hussein since '97.
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They have this crazy theory that
if they can just stick...
267
00:14:48,722 --> 00:14:51,015
a Western-style of democracy in
the Middle East...
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it's going to magically
proliferate...
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and wind up protecting Israel.
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You got to give them credit
for creative thinking.
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It's Ivory Tower crap.
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I mean, in what world do they
think that Osama Bin Laden...
273
00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,529
and Saddam Hussein hatched
this thing up together?
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Let's find out if these
dickweeds...
275
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are serious about Iraq, okay?
276
00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:12,745
Look, I'm not saying there's
a link to Iraq...
277
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and neither is my boss.
278
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This is just something
we're hearing.
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From whom?
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Who told me or where is it
coming from?
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Take your pick.
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Someone at the Pentagon.
283
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In the Vice President's office?
284
00:15:24,007 --> 00:15:24,882
It's just theories.
285
00:15:24,883 --> 00:15:27,384
Are there any Senators talking
to anyone...
286
00:15:27,385 --> 00:15:29,511
saying anything different?
287
00:15:29,512 --> 00:15:30,596
I know Powell's objected...
288
00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:34,725
to going into anywhere other
than Afghanistan.
289
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Go away.
290
00:16:07,217 --> 00:16:08,300
One question and I'm gone.
291
00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:10,010
I'm not talking to you
on the record.
292
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Anonymous source, intelligence
community.
293
00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:16,850
You can't use my name.
294
00:16:16,851 --> 00:16:19,228
Never have, never will.
295
00:16:19,229 --> 00:16:20,229
Or my agency.
296
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Pinky swear.
297
00:16:24,234 --> 00:16:26,443
One question.
298
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Are you looking into an Iraqi
connection?
299
00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:34,451
Who's the you in that question?
300
00:16:34,452 --> 00:16:36,245
Are we in the United States?
301
00:16:36,246 --> 00:16:37,997
There are some people.
302
00:16:37,998 --> 00:16:39,373
Are we in my agency?
303
00:16:39,374 --> 00:16:41,417
Not that I'm aware of.
304
00:16:41,418 --> 00:16:44,336
Am I, personally?
305
00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:45,838
No way.
306
00:16:45,839 --> 00:16:48,716
Okay, the second part
to the question.
307
00:16:48,717 --> 00:16:49,800
No.
308
00:16:49,801 --> 00:16:51,886
Thank you.
309
00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:55,139
So, no one you work with at the
Library of Congress has ever...
310
00:16:55,140 --> 00:16:57,349
found a link between Saddam
Hussein and Al Qaeda?
311
00:16:57,350 --> 00:17:00,519
No one I work with
would expect to find a link.
312
00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:01,520
So, as far as you know...
313
00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:03,355
there's nothing substantial to
tie Iraq to Bin Laden?
314
00:17:03,356 --> 00:17:04,773
There's nothing even
circumstantial.
315
00:17:04,774 --> 00:17:06,734
To lump together a secular
leader like Saddam...
316
00:17:06,735 --> 00:17:10,112
with an Islamic extremist
like Bin Laden is simply...
317
00:17:10,113 --> 00:17:13,450
to have no understanding
of the Muslim world.
318
00:17:17,078 --> 00:17:17,995
It's a bit timid.
319
00:17:17,996 --> 00:17:20,664
No one's actually come out and
said anything publicly yet.
320
00:17:20,665 --> 00:17:22,916
Maybe it's just backroom
speculation.
321
00:17:22,917 --> 00:17:24,043
Pretty dangerous speculation.
322
00:17:24,044 --> 00:17:26,128
Can't we hit it harder than
this?
323
00:17:26,129 --> 00:17:27,880
The attacks were just 10 days
ago.
324
00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:29,465
Everyone's trying to play
catch-up.
325
00:17:29,466 --> 00:17:31,008
Got to press our reliables.
326
00:17:31,009 --> 00:17:32,718
I'll reach out to The Italian
Lady.
327
00:17:32,719 --> 00:17:34,928
You think you can get Loose
Nukes to go on the record?
328
00:17:34,929 --> 00:17:37,306
I'm lucky to get her on deep
background.
329
00:17:37,307 --> 00:17:41,060
Well, double down on the Charm
Offensive.
330
00:17:41,061 --> 00:17:43,353
Buongiorno,this is Warren
Strobel.
331
00:17:43,354 --> 00:17:46,732
I was looking to get your advice
on a critical scheduling matter.
332
00:17:46,733 --> 00:17:50,152
If you could contact me at your
earliest possible convenience...
333
00:17:50,153 --> 00:17:53,572
I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.
334
00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:54,698
Hello.
335
00:17:54,699 --> 00:17:55,741
Yeah, hi, it's Jonathan.
336
00:17:55,742 --> 00:17:57,493
I don't have
anything for you.
337
00:17:57,494 --> 00:18:00,829
No, I know, I know, but I'm
doing a story...
338
00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:02,790
on the administration's seeming
interest in Iraq.
339
00:18:02,791 --> 00:18:05,084
Jonathan, we're
not going to talk about this.
340
00:18:05,085 --> 00:18:07,795
No, I know, I know I'm not
talking about this...
341
00:18:07,796 --> 00:18:11,965
because it's off the record, but
can you give me some indication?
342
00:18:11,966 --> 00:18:14,094
Bye, Jonathan.
343
00:18:15,428 --> 00:18:16,804
What'd she say?
344
00:18:16,805 --> 00:18:18,722
She sends her love.
345
00:18:18,723 --> 00:18:20,140
Across the nation...
346
00:18:20,141 --> 00:18:21,683
flags have been flying off
the shelves.
347
00:18:21,684 --> 00:18:25,604
A wave of patriotism has been
spreading across America.
348
00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:30,067
At times like this,
it's what we do in America.
349
00:18:30,068 --> 00:18:33,362
We the People pull together.
350
00:18:33,363 --> 00:18:35,447
They had a discussion in school
today...
351
00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:38,242
about why America is so great,
right?
352
00:18:38,243 --> 00:18:39,910
Yeah, and what'd you say?
353
00:18:39,911 --> 00:18:41,328
It's a free country.
354
00:18:41,329 --> 00:18:42,913
That's a great answer.
355
00:18:42,914 --> 00:18:44,581
That's Mama's boy.
356
00:18:44,582 --> 00:18:46,166
May I be done now?
357
00:18:46,167 --> 00:18:48,127
Not until I get a big hug.
358
00:18:48,128 --> 00:18:51,588
Okay, after your mom gets a hug.
359
00:18:51,589 --> 00:18:53,842
Oh, whoa!
360
00:18:55,718 --> 00:18:57,469
Proud of you, munchie.
361
00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:59,889
Love you.
362
00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:05,228
They're really pushing this
nationalism thing at school.
363
00:19:05,270 --> 00:19:06,146
What do you expect?
364
00:19:06,187 --> 00:19:08,355
Of course, there's
going to be patriotism now.
365
00:19:08,356 --> 00:19:12,693
Oh, you want to call it
patriotism?
366
00:19:12,694 --> 00:19:13,528
Fine.
367
00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:14,904
It smells a lot like
nationalism to me.
368
00:19:14,946 --> 00:19:20,702
That's how it started in
Yugoslavia before the war.
369
00:19:20,743 --> 00:19:23,454
Tore my country apart.
370
00:19:46,144 --> 00:19:48,979
You want some help?
371
00:19:48,980 --> 00:19:52,317
No, I'm okay, thank you.
372
00:19:53,776 --> 00:19:55,861
Okay, have a good night.
373
00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:57,405
Good night.
374
00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:06,622
How real is the Iraqi
conversation?
375
00:20:06,623 --> 00:20:09,041
There's an argument
taking place.
376
00:20:09,042 --> 00:20:12,085
Yeah? Who's winning it?
377
00:20:12,086 --> 00:20:12,836
I couldn't say.
378
00:20:12,837 --> 00:20:17,174
Look, my boss is gonna send me
to Afghanistan, and all I want..
379
00:20:17,175 --> 00:20:20,552
to know is should he be buying
a roundtrip ticket...
380
00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:26,392
or is Afghanistan just a
layover on the way to Baghdad?
381
00:20:29,604 --> 00:20:31,897
I can't tell you anything.
382
00:20:31,898 --> 00:20:33,982
I believe major acts
of terrorism...
383
00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:36,902
against the U.S. are
state-sponsored.
384
00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:40,030
So, we asked ourselves,
"Who could have been behind...
385
00:20:40,031 --> 00:20:44,034
the most massive terrorist
assault in human history...
386
00:20:44,035 --> 00:20:44,785
"which state?"
387
00:20:44,786 --> 00:20:50,332
I think Iraq is the state that
most immediately comes to mind.
388
00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:53,210
This is an idea which in...
389
00:20:53,211 --> 00:20:55,587
is gaining increased
credibility.
390
00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:57,047
Knight Ridder, it's Strobel.
391
00:20:57,048 --> 00:20:58,715
Jim Woolsey
is going to Europe...
392
00:20:58,716 --> 00:21:00,550
to try to find a link
between Saddam...
393
00:21:00,551 --> 00:21:04,389
and the 1993 World Trade Center
bombing.
394
00:21:04,931 --> 00:21:05,806
Is he freelancing?
395
00:21:05,807 --> 00:21:08,892
He was sent
on an official government jet.
396
00:21:08,893 --> 00:21:10,394
Jesus, who sent him?
397
00:21:10,395 --> 00:21:13,772
The deputy defense secretary.
398
00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:15,440
Can you meet for coffee?
399
00:21:15,441 --> 00:21:18,194
I'll be in touch.
400
00:21:18,361 --> 00:21:20,821
Hi, this is Warren
Strobel with Knight Ridder.
401
00:21:20,822 --> 00:21:21,863
I'm working on a story...
402
00:21:21,864 --> 00:21:24,241
about former CIA director James
Woolsey traveling to Europe.
403
00:21:24,242 --> 00:21:25,534
Do you know anything about that?
404
00:21:25,535 --> 00:21:28,620
I didn't have
anything to do with that.
405
00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:30,664
But you're aware that such
a trip has taken place?
406
00:21:30,665 --> 00:21:34,710
I can't be your only
source on this.
407
00:21:34,711 --> 00:21:37,755
All right, stay in touch.
408
00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:40,716
Hey, John.
409
00:21:40,717 --> 00:21:42,634
Woolsey was sent to Europe
to look for evidence...
410
00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:45,470
linking Saddam to the World
Trade Center bombing in '93.
411
00:21:45,471 --> 00:21:49,599
Wouldn't be a fool's errand if
they didn't send a fool.
412
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,184
This came from The Italian Lady?
413
00:21:51,185 --> 00:21:52,519
And a diplomat who can
confirm...
414
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:53,645
the trip was arranged by
Wolfowitz.
415
00:21:53,646 --> 00:21:55,272
What the hell is going on
over at Defense?
416
00:21:55,273 --> 00:21:57,274
Question is, are they trying to
figure out...
417
00:21:57,275 --> 00:21:58,775
if there's any truth to their
theory...
418
00:21:58,776 --> 00:22:01,820
or are they already convinced
their theory is true?
419
00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,697
You're sure about
this Woolsey trip?
420
00:22:03,698 --> 00:22:06,116
Positive.
You have a third source?
421
00:22:06,117 --> 00:22:07,367
Yeah.
Who?
422
00:22:07,368 --> 00:22:09,662
Jim Woolsey.
423
00:22:20,757 --> 00:22:25,762
Hey, it's Walcott,
you up for a field trip?
424
00:22:27,597 --> 00:22:29,139
I figured you'd be calling...
425
00:22:29,140 --> 00:22:32,310
I just didn't think
it would be this soon.
426
00:22:34,228 --> 00:22:37,189
How real is the chatter
about Iraq?
427
00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:37,648
Very.
428
00:22:37,649 --> 00:22:42,027
And it's diverting our attention
from the people who attacked us.
429
00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:46,074
How soon before Iraq becomes
the focus?
430
00:22:46,824 --> 00:22:49,242
We need to blow something up.
431
00:22:49,243 --> 00:22:51,661
Not enough targets in
Afghanistan.
432
00:22:51,662 --> 00:22:52,788
What about Bin Laden?
433
00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:53,747
You take out Bin Laden...
434
00:22:53,748 --> 00:22:57,502
interest in the war goes right
down the shitter.
435
00:22:57,752 --> 00:23:01,421
A joint offensive in
its sixth day in Tora Bora...
436
00:23:01,422 --> 00:23:03,006
Bin Laden's suspected
hideout...
437
00:23:03,007 --> 00:23:05,675
but still no signs of the
world's most wanted man.
438
00:23:05,676 --> 00:23:10,138
U.S. B-52s pounding Al Qaeda
positions from the air...
439
00:23:10,139 --> 00:23:11,598
while anti-Taliban tanks...
440
00:23:11,599 --> 00:23:13,308
and troops meet strong
resistance...
441
00:23:13,309 --> 00:23:15,727
cave to cave,
from Al Qaeda fighters.
442
00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:17,854
With yet more conflicting
reports...
443
00:23:17,855 --> 00:23:22,025
on Bin Laden's whereabouts.
444
00:23:22,026 --> 00:23:22,901
What you got there...
445
00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:25,445
is that your State of the
Union piece for tomorrow?
446
00:23:25,446 --> 00:23:27,864
Yup.
You got a lunch today?
447
00:23:27,865 --> 00:23:29,241
Not with you.
448
00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:32,035
I got a one-on-one with Looney
Tunes over at State.
449
00:23:32,036 --> 00:23:32,953
There's a dry hole.
450
00:23:32,954 --> 00:23:34,579
Yeah, well, I figured if I just
let him ramble on...
451
00:23:34,580 --> 00:23:37,416
he'll accidentally stumble
into something newsworthy.
452
00:23:37,417 --> 00:23:38,375
Yeah, well, give my best.
453
00:23:38,376 --> 00:23:40,585
I will. Hot off the presses,
Beryl.
454
00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:41,878
Did you use punctuation
this time?
455
00:23:41,879 --> 00:23:43,422
I even threw in a few semicolons
just for you.
456
00:23:43,423 --> 00:23:47,217
I bet you're the pride of the
University of Missouri.
457
00:23:47,218 --> 00:23:51,430
Terrorists who once occupied
Afghanistan...
458
00:23:51,431 --> 00:23:55,435
now occupy cells
at Guantanamo Bay.
459
00:23:57,186 --> 00:24:00,439
And terrorist leaders who urged
followers to sacrifice...
460
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,525
their lives are running'
for their own.
461
00:24:03,526 --> 00:24:08,196
Now, the administration's top
priority apart from our own...
462
00:24:08,197 --> 00:24:12,242
security is to ensure
freedom for other countries...
463
00:24:12,243 --> 00:24:16,329
looking to embrace democracy
as a way of life.
464
00:24:16,330 --> 00:24:19,749
Now, we-- excuse me-- we
understand that we can't...
465
00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:21,334
be the policemen to the world...
466
00:24:21,335 --> 00:24:24,463
but we feel we
have a responsibility to...
467
00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:25,755
Yeah, John Walcott.
468
00:24:25,756 --> 00:24:27,549
John!
469
00:24:27,550 --> 00:24:28,258
Dixie?
470
00:24:28,259 --> 00:24:29,593
John, can you hear me?
471
00:24:29,594 --> 00:24:30,677
Yeah, yeah, I can hear you.
472
00:24:30,678 --> 00:24:33,138
I got a call from one of
our boys downrange today...
473
00:24:33,139 --> 00:24:35,140
asking me what the fuck's
going on.
474
00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:36,850
Are you still in Afghanistan?
475
00:24:36,851 --> 00:24:37,934
Yeah, I'm in Afghanistan...
476
00:24:37,935 --> 00:24:39,478
but nobody knows what the
mission is anymore.
477
00:24:39,479 --> 00:24:41,229
How do you bomb a country back
into the Stone Age...
478
00:24:41,230 --> 00:24:43,523
that's already in the middle
of the goddamn Stone Age?
479
00:24:43,524 --> 00:24:46,651
Our second goal is to prevent
regimes that sponsor terror...
480
00:24:46,652 --> 00:24:51,281
from threatening America,
or our friends and allies...
481
00:24:51,282 --> 00:24:52,908
with weapons of mass
destruction.
482
00:24:52,909 --> 00:24:56,912
We believe that Afghanistan
is ripe for freedom.
483
00:24:56,913 --> 00:25:00,373
Now, this is a country that has
been struggling to free...
484
00:25:00,374 --> 00:25:03,376
itself from the repressive grip
of the Taliban for years.
485
00:25:03,377 --> 00:25:06,963
We've got Bin Laden on the run
and they're diverting my assets.
486
00:25:06,964 --> 00:25:08,757
We may never get him in our
crosshairs again.
487
00:25:08,758 --> 00:25:12,345
Whoa, whoa, wait, they're
diverting your assets to where?
488
00:25:12,386 --> 00:25:14,764
Some of these regimes have been
pretty quiet since...
489
00:25:14,805 --> 00:25:18,267
September the 11th, but we know
their true nature.
490
00:25:18,309 --> 00:25:22,604
You know, it's a country in
desperate need of the kind...
491
00:25:22,605 --> 00:25:25,357
of stability that comes with the
rule of law.
492
00:25:25,358 --> 00:25:29,152
North Korea, Iran, Iraq...
states like these...
493
00:25:29,153 --> 00:25:34,449
and their terrorist allies
constitute an axis of evil...
494
00:25:34,450 --> 00:25:36,785
arming to threaten the
peace of the world.
495
00:25:36,786 --> 00:25:37,869
You'll have to excuse me...
496
00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:41,748
Warren, but I have to prepare
a briefing for Secretary Powell.
497
00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:42,290
Sure.
498
00:25:42,291 --> 00:25:43,708
Anything else you need from me?
499
00:25:43,709 --> 00:25:44,501
No, no, thank you.
500
00:25:44,502 --> 00:25:47,295
I think you've given me
more than enough to chew on.
501
00:25:47,296 --> 00:25:47,921
Excellent.
502
00:25:47,922 --> 00:25:49,506
And you feel confident that
Afghanistan...
503
00:25:49,507 --> 00:25:51,675
will accept a Western-style
democracy?
504
00:25:51,676 --> 00:25:52,342
Oh, absolutely.
505
00:25:52,343 --> 00:25:54,761
Just as confident as
we are about Iraq.
506
00:25:54,762 --> 00:25:58,765
Sounds like the debate on Iraq
is getting serious.
507
00:25:58,766 --> 00:26:01,184
Oh, no, no, no, that debate
is over.
508
00:26:01,185 --> 00:26:05,230
Saddam's got to go,
the only question is how.
509
00:26:05,231 --> 00:26:06,606
Good talking to you, Warren.
510
00:26:06,607 --> 00:26:09,193
Yeah, you, too, sir.
511
00:26:10,319 --> 00:26:11,861
The president
is going to invade Iraq.
512
00:26:11,862 --> 00:26:13,238
You got this from Looney Tunes?
513
00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:15,365
Yeah, and confirmed by a
diplomat who says he met...
514
00:26:15,366 --> 00:26:18,535
with Bush, and a foreign leader
recently who came away with...
515
00:26:18,536 --> 00:26:21,997
"The feeling that a decision has
been made to strike Iraq."
516
00:26:21,998 --> 00:26:24,833
Do you think we can get enough
to run the story?
517
00:26:24,834 --> 00:26:27,753
Unfortunately, I do.
518
00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:41,516
So much for the ceasefire.
519
00:26:41,517 --> 00:26:42,809
Yeah, well, really nice of us...
520
00:26:42,810 --> 00:26:46,689
to temporarily stop shooting
at them, though.
521
00:26:56,866 --> 00:26:59,993
♪ I've been bound up
and wound up ♪
522
00:26:59,994 --> 00:27:02,203
♪ Could barely get a sound up ♪
523
00:27:02,204 --> 00:27:03,580
♪ Been cheated mistreated ♪
524
00:27:03,581 --> 00:27:06,708
♪ Don't even want to
think of it ♪
525
00:27:06,709 --> 00:27:08,001
What are you up to, Smucker?
526
00:27:08,002 --> 00:27:12,047
You know, I tried to chat
with your translator today.
527
00:27:12,048 --> 00:27:12,964
Yeah, how'd that go?
528
00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:16,509
Well, for a guy who gets paid
to talk for a living...
529
00:27:16,510 --> 00:27:19,095
he was unusually quiet.
530
00:27:19,096 --> 00:27:21,306
He only talks to me.
531
00:27:21,307 --> 00:27:25,018
Really? And what'd he tell you?
532
00:27:25,019 --> 00:27:28,772
Dollar, I'll let you read
all about it.
533
00:27:28,773 --> 00:27:32,400
Let me see it.
534
00:27:32,401 --> 00:27:36,571
Bin Laden's gone, isn't he?
535
00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:39,741
They missed him, didn't they?
536
00:27:39,742 --> 00:27:45,331
He was here and they fucking
missed him!
537
00:27:45,915 --> 00:27:47,707
A senior U.S.
military official...
538
00:27:47,708 --> 00:27:50,168
tells NBC News "Despite the
crushing defeat...
539
00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:51,628
"of Al Qaeda forces
at Tora Bora...
540
00:27:51,629 --> 00:27:54,798
"it's believed now that Osama
Bin Laden has slipped...
541
00:27:54,799 --> 00:27:57,801
"across the border into
Pakistan, seeking refuge...
542
00:27:57,802 --> 00:27:59,219
"in a lawless no man's land...
543
00:27:59,220 --> 00:28:02,472
"ruled by renegade tribal
warlords."
544
00:28:02,473 --> 00:28:03,723
Oh, it's official...
545
00:28:03,724 --> 00:28:06,393
this is the saddest event
I've ever attended.
546
00:28:06,394 --> 00:28:09,020
I'm going back to my apartment,
drink a bottle of wine...
547
00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:10,397
and put my head in the oven.
548
00:28:10,398 --> 00:28:11,398
Okay, but before you do that...
549
00:28:11,399 --> 00:28:15,193
I really want you to meet the
guy I was telling you about.
550
00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:16,569
Oh! He just walked in!
551
00:28:16,570 --> 00:28:18,571
Forget the wine, I'll kill
myself now.
552
00:28:18,572 --> 00:28:23,576
No, not him... him.
I'll introduce you.
553
00:28:23,577 --> 00:28:24,619
Pam, please don't.
554
00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:27,122
Warren! Hey!
Oh, hi.
555
00:28:27,123 --> 00:28:28,832
Glad you could make it,
come on over.
556
00:28:28,833 --> 00:28:31,960
Warren, this is a
good friend of mine, Lisa Mayr.
557
00:28:31,961 --> 00:28:34,462
Lisa, this is Warren Strobel,
he's a journalist...
558
00:28:34,463 --> 00:28:37,007
and I'm gonna get another drink.
559
00:28:38,718 --> 00:28:39,801
Hi, uh, Lisa?
560
00:28:39,802 --> 00:28:41,761
Yeah.
Yeah, nice to meet you.
561
00:28:41,762 --> 00:28:43,973
Hi.
Uh...
562
00:28:44,306 --> 00:28:46,933
Did you ever make it
into your apartment?
563
00:28:46,934 --> 00:28:51,688
Uh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,
no, no, no, I'm sorry.
564
00:28:51,689 --> 00:28:56,360
Yeah, I made it in okay.
Good. Good.
565
00:28:57,194 --> 00:28:59,279
So, you're a journalist?
566
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,823
Yeah, yeah, for Knight Ridder.
567
00:29:01,824 --> 00:29:04,075
Oh, is that a magazine
or a newspaper?
568
00:29:04,076 --> 00:29:09,414
It's actually a consortium
of 31 newspapers, actually.
569
00:29:09,415 --> 00:29:11,166
Well, my stories go out to all
of our newspapers...
570
00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:14,461
and each one has the option
to publish or not.
571
00:29:14,462 --> 00:29:18,548
Oh, okay. I've always wondered
how that worked.
572
00:29:18,549 --> 00:29:20,384
Yeah.
573
00:29:22,595 --> 00:29:26,473
Hey, I got married when
I was 22.
574
00:29:26,474 --> 00:29:30,393
And we're only recently
separated, so...
575
00:29:30,394 --> 00:29:33,104
This is a little awkward for me.
576
00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:34,230
It's okay.
577
00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:35,899
I'm a little out of practice.
578
00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:40,361
Why don't you start
by asking me a question?
579
00:29:40,362 --> 00:29:43,657
Sure, yeah.
580
00:29:44,492 --> 00:29:47,745
Are you a Republican
or a Democrat?
581
00:29:48,871 --> 00:29:49,871
Try again.
582
00:29:49,872 --> 00:29:53,458
Yeah, of course, she wants you
to call her.
583
00:29:53,459 --> 00:29:54,334
She gave you her card.
584
00:29:54,335 --> 00:29:56,711
No, maybe she's just trying
to gin up business.
585
00:29:56,712 --> 00:29:59,422
At a singles mixer
on Valentine's Day?
586
00:29:59,423 --> 00:30:01,382
What? So, call her? I should
call her?
587
00:30:01,383 --> 00:30:03,259
What? No, no, no,
actually, let her dangle.
588
00:30:03,260 --> 00:30:05,845
There's nothing a woman in her
30s likes more...
589
00:30:05,846 --> 00:30:08,014
than a guy who takes his time.
590
00:30:08,015 --> 00:30:09,265
I'm fine, Arthur, I'm fine.
591
00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:12,310
It's just that I'm getting a
little tired...
592
00:30:12,311 --> 00:30:13,895
of picking up your paper
every morning...
593
00:30:13,896 --> 00:30:16,397
and seeing that you're not
running our stories.
594
00:30:16,398 --> 00:30:17,440
I mean, last time I looked...
595
00:30:17,441 --> 00:30:21,236
The Philadelphia Inquirer was
a Knight Ridder paper, right?
596
00:30:21,237 --> 00:30:25,198
The point is, there's no point
in being a Knight Ridder paper..
597
00:30:25,199 --> 00:30:27,492
if you're not going to run
Knight Ridder stories.
598
00:30:27,493 --> 00:30:29,828
John, we've been through
this already.
599
00:30:29,829 --> 00:30:31,079
Your stories don't fit...
600
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,873
in with what we're doing
over here right now.
601
00:30:33,874 --> 00:30:36,251
Don't fit? Don't fit with what?
The truth?
602
00:30:36,252 --> 00:30:37,877
What's the matter, Arthur...
603
00:30:37,878 --> 00:30:39,504
the truth doesn't sell
papers anymore?
604
00:30:39,505 --> 00:30:41,589
And today, for the
first time...
605
00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:42,715
the administration provided...
606
00:30:42,716 --> 00:30:46,261
details for what it has always
insisted was a connection...
607
00:30:46,262 --> 00:30:49,180
between Saddam Hussein
and Al Qaeda.
608
00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:50,181
How strong is that case?
609
00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:52,267
Iraqi president
Saddam Hussein says...
610
00:30:52,268 --> 00:30:55,228
he does not have any illegal
weapons of mass destruction...
611
00:30:55,229 --> 00:30:59,107
and accused the United States
of using weapons...
612
00:30:59,108 --> 00:31:01,150
as a pretext to start a war.
613
00:31:01,151 --> 00:31:05,488
Mr. Galloway, how closely did
the movie conform to your book?
614
00:31:05,489 --> 00:31:08,909
The movie was about 80% accurate
and 20% bullshit...
615
00:31:08,951 --> 00:31:14,373
which I guess by Hollywood
standards is an accomplishment.
616
00:31:14,665 --> 00:31:17,375
What inspired you to write
the book?
617
00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:19,502
Being shot at by the North
Vietnamese army.
618
00:31:19,503 --> 00:31:21,547
What was the biggest difference
between experiencing...
619
00:31:21,589 --> 00:31:26,384
the Battle of la Drang in person
versus watching it in a theater?
620
00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:29,471
The popcorn in la Drang was
saltier.
621
00:31:30,306 --> 00:31:31,014
Last question.
622
00:31:31,015 --> 00:31:33,099
Can you draw any comparisons
between Vietnam...
623
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:35,518
and what's happening today
in Afghanistan?
624
00:31:35,519 --> 00:31:38,605
It's very different, but I think
it is appropriate...
625
00:31:38,606 --> 00:31:42,775
that before we start dropping
bombs, we think long and hard...
626
00:31:42,776 --> 00:31:46,362
about the greatest lesson
we got from Vietnam.
627
00:31:46,363 --> 00:31:47,071
Which is?
628
00:31:47,072 --> 00:31:51,868
When the government fucks up,
the soldiers pay the price.
629
00:31:51,869 --> 00:31:54,829
To what do I owe this
unexpected visit?
630
00:31:54,830 --> 00:31:57,165
Well, I was hoping I'd get
an autograph...
631
00:31:57,166 --> 00:31:59,584
from the world's most famous
war correspondent.
632
00:31:59,585 --> 00:32:03,546
I hate this part. Reporters are
not supposed to be the story.
633
00:32:03,547 --> 00:32:07,425
Reporters are not supposed to be
awarded the Bronze Star, either.
634
00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,677
How do you like the job
at State?
635
00:32:09,678 --> 00:32:11,304
I love working for General
Powell...
636
00:32:11,305 --> 00:32:13,264
and I hate working
for Uncle Sam.
637
00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:14,766
You miss reporting?
638
00:32:14,767 --> 00:32:16,351
After 42 years, I thought...
639
00:32:16,352 --> 00:32:17,560
I should take some time
away from it.
640
00:32:17,561 --> 00:32:21,230
So, I went to work at the State
Department on September 10th...
641
00:32:21,231 --> 00:32:23,566
and the next day the biggest
story of my life broke.
642
00:32:23,567 --> 00:32:26,069
I'd say there's a little bit
of a tug.
643
00:32:26,070 --> 00:32:30,782
We're working on something
important, that's why I'm here.
644
00:32:30,783 --> 00:32:32,825
To make me envious?
645
00:32:32,826 --> 00:32:34,702
To make you an offer.
646
00:32:34,703 --> 00:32:38,498
If he gets weapons
of mass destruction, Jerry.
647
00:32:38,499 --> 00:32:40,458
What does that mean
for the world?
648
00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:42,001
What does that mean
for the Middle East?
649
00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:44,712
Can you turn it down?
I'm trying to watch the news.
650
00:32:44,713 --> 00:32:47,256
Stop calling it that.
651
00:32:47,257 --> 00:32:49,176
Hey, son.
652
00:32:53,347 --> 00:32:56,099
Adam, what's the matter?
653
00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:59,353
I met with a recruiter.
654
00:33:02,439 --> 00:33:06,276
A lot of people
are gonna die, Jerry.
655
00:33:09,405 --> 00:33:10,697
You know once you sign up...
656
00:33:10,698 --> 00:33:13,324
there's no changing your mind,
right?
657
00:33:13,325 --> 00:33:13,825
I know.
658
00:33:13,826 --> 00:33:16,035
What do you know?
You're just a kid.
659
00:33:16,036 --> 00:33:17,870
Whose country was attacked.
660
00:33:17,871 --> 00:33:20,748
Adam, I know you want to do what
you think is right...
661
00:33:20,749 --> 00:33:22,667
but war is not a video game.
662
00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:24,919
You have no idea what
you're getting into.
663
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,716
I know exactly what
I'm getting into.
664
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:33,678
Here.
665
00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:39,308
Show me where Afghanistan
is on this map.
666
00:33:39,309 --> 00:33:40,601
Show me.
667
00:33:40,602 --> 00:33:42,603
They're gonna send you halfway
around the world to fight...
668
00:33:42,604 --> 00:33:45,606
people you didn't even know
existed a year ago.
669
00:33:45,607 --> 00:33:48,151
If you know what you're
getting into...
670
00:33:48,152 --> 00:33:51,988
show me where Afghanistan
is on this map.
671
00:33:51,989 --> 00:33:55,700
Did anyone ever shove a map
in Dad's face...
672
00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:59,204
and ask him to find Vietnam?
673
00:34:04,168 --> 00:34:08,171
We now know that
Saddam has resumed...
674
00:34:08,172 --> 00:34:10,256
his efforts to acquire
nuclear weapons.
675
00:34:10,257 --> 00:34:13,843
Among other sources, we've
gotten this from firsthand...
676
00:34:13,844 --> 00:34:15,011
testimony from defectors.
677
00:34:15,012 --> 00:34:17,847
Many of us are convinced
that Saddam Hussein...
678
00:34:17,848 --> 00:34:20,349
will acquire nuclear weapons
fairly soon.
679
00:34:20,350 --> 00:34:24,687
Simply stated, there is no
doubt that Saddam Hussein...
680
00:34:24,688 --> 00:34:26,314
now has weapons of mass
destruction.
681
00:34:26,315 --> 00:34:29,358
They're dialing up
the rhetoric on Iraq.
682
00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:32,696
Let's see if we can nail
them down, okay?
683
00:34:33,447 --> 00:34:36,532
Twenty bucks, whoever gets
the best quote.
684
00:34:36,533 --> 00:34:39,577
No, no, no, you're such a child.
685
00:34:39,578 --> 00:34:40,661
You're such a pussy.
686
00:34:40,662 --> 00:34:41,704
I'm not taking your money.
687
00:34:41,705 --> 00:34:43,206
You get all bent out of shape
when you lose.
688
00:34:43,207 --> 00:34:44,916
I don't care. I'm just the same
when I win or lose.
689
00:34:44,917 --> 00:34:46,834
I'm not-- it's not a bet,
all right, fine.
690
00:34:46,835 --> 00:34:49,337
Warren Strobel for Senator
Biden, please.
691
00:34:49,338 --> 00:34:50,004
Son of a bitch.
692
00:34:50,005 --> 00:34:52,840
Biden told Bush, "There's a
reason your father didn't go...
693
00:34:52,841 --> 00:34:54,634
"to Baghdad. He knew he would
have to stay...
694
00:34:54,635 --> 00:34:55,593
"for at least five years."
695
00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:58,137
I got Michael O'Hanlon
at Brookings saying...
696
00:34:58,138 --> 00:35:02,184
"You definitely cannot
count on it being a cakewalk."
697
00:35:02,518 --> 00:35:04,185
We gotta hit it harder
than that.
698
00:35:04,186 --> 00:35:06,562
All right, well, hang on. I got
an official at the U.N...
699
00:35:06,563 --> 00:35:08,064
that says, "There's widespread
concern...
700
00:35:08,065 --> 00:35:10,942
"that this will destabilize
the whole Middle East."
701
00:35:10,943 --> 00:35:13,361
Let me see what you have.
702
00:35:13,362 --> 00:35:14,362
Well, wait, I got-- I got--
703
00:35:14,363 --> 00:35:17,115
Just give it to me,
give, give, give.
704
00:35:17,116 --> 00:35:18,241
Okay.
705
00:35:18,242 --> 00:35:19,826
All right.
706
00:35:19,827 --> 00:35:24,373
Let's see here... all right.
707
00:36:10,169 --> 00:36:12,003
You guys are smart.
708
00:36:12,004 --> 00:36:13,921
You know what's unfolding here.
709
00:36:13,922 --> 00:36:19,428
Our readers need to know what
we've learned.
710
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:25,016
"In the best case scenario, U.S.
troops could be stuck in Iraq...
711
00:36:25,017 --> 00:36:28,269
"for years trying to teach the
inner workings of democracy...
712
00:36:28,270 --> 00:36:32,106
"to a nation that has never
known it. In the worst case...
713
00:36:32,107 --> 00:36:36,402
"scenario, an invasion could
cause Iraq's fractious ethnic...
714
00:36:36,403 --> 00:36:39,197
"groups to break off into their
own mini-states...
715
00:36:39,198 --> 00:36:42,325
"trapping American combat forces
in the middle...
716
00:36:42,326 --> 00:36:46,121
"of a bloody civil war
for decades."
717
00:36:47,915 --> 00:36:50,291
Boss man's got balls.
718
00:36:50,292 --> 00:36:52,794
Yeah.
719
00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:18,453
Shit.
720
00:37:26,453 --> 00:37:27,870
Were those for me?
721
00:37:27,871 --> 00:37:30,331
No. Yes.
722
00:37:30,332 --> 00:37:35,044
But I thought it might be
a little, I don't know...
723
00:37:35,045 --> 00:37:37,672
a little too soon to be giving
each other gifts.
724
00:37:37,673 --> 00:37:40,091
It would've been all right.
725
00:37:40,092 --> 00:37:40,633
Okay.
726
00:37:40,634 --> 00:37:42,885
Well, I think they landed
on my car...
727
00:37:42,886 --> 00:37:45,680
so if you want to grab them
on the way to dinner...
728
00:37:45,681 --> 00:37:47,890
maybe we can do that?
729
00:37:47,891 --> 00:37:50,394
Great.
Great.
730
00:37:52,104 --> 00:37:55,898
Okay, so what was the most
embarrassing thing...
731
00:37:55,899 --> 00:37:58,235
you did to prepare for tonight?
732
00:38:00,654 --> 00:38:01,779
All right.
733
00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:04,240
I will admit, that to prepare
for tonight...
734
00:38:04,241 --> 00:38:06,534
I did kind of a cram session
on Iraq...
735
00:38:06,535 --> 00:38:10,329
and the history of the Muslim
world.
736
00:38:10,330 --> 00:38:11,497
Really?
737
00:38:11,498 --> 00:38:11,998
Yes.
738
00:38:11,999 --> 00:38:14,625
Now I know that 1400 years ago,
after the death of Muhammad...
739
00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:17,211
Muslims fought over who was to
be his rightful heir...
740
00:38:17,212 --> 00:38:19,380
and that caused a split
into two factions...
741
00:38:19,381 --> 00:38:20,381
the Sunnis and the Shiites.
742
00:38:20,382 --> 00:38:21,632
And they've been at war
ever since.
743
00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:23,718
Then, at the end of World War I,
the British and the French...
744
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:27,013
arbitrarily divided the Arab
world into countries...
745
00:38:27,014 --> 00:38:28,639
putting the Sunni majority
in charge.
746
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:33,352
But the country that became Iraq
is made up of only 20% Sunni.
747
00:38:33,353 --> 00:38:38,274
So, Saddam Hussein, a Sunni,
with an iron fist rules...
748
00:38:38,275 --> 00:38:39,608
the majority Shiite
population...
749
00:38:39,609 --> 00:38:42,862
and the 20% Kurdish population
in northern Iraq.
750
00:38:42,863 --> 00:38:46,115
But if Saddam Hussein were
removed, it could possibly...
751
00:38:46,116 --> 00:38:49,118
reignite that 1400-year-old
sectarian war.
752
00:38:49,119 --> 00:38:50,661
Now, after reading your
stories...
753
00:38:50,662 --> 00:38:54,248
I know that Iran is the top
sponsor of terror, not Iraq.
754
00:38:54,249 --> 00:38:58,210
That a man named Ahmed Chalabi
seems to be a con artist...
755
00:38:58,211 --> 00:38:59,962
who wants to replace
Saddam Hussein.
756
00:38:59,963 --> 00:39:02,423
That the neo-cons in the Bush
Administration...
757
00:39:02,424 --> 00:39:03,424
are pushing for an invasion.
758
00:39:03,425 --> 00:39:07,970
And you are quickly becoming
my favorite writer.
759
00:39:07,971 --> 00:39:10,098
Wow.
760
00:39:13,226 --> 00:39:18,064
Um... I guess it's my turn.
761
00:39:18,065 --> 00:39:18,981
Give it to me.
762
00:39:18,982 --> 00:39:21,984
Okay, I will admit that--
763
00:39:21,985 --> 00:39:24,987
This is a little embarrassing.
764
00:39:24,988 --> 00:39:30,659
I asked my ex-wife to watch
my two sons tonight.
765
00:39:30,660 --> 00:39:31,827
Why is that embarrassing?
766
00:39:31,828 --> 00:39:34,246
Because a babysitter would
expect me home...
767
00:39:34,247 --> 00:39:38,334
at the end of the evening and--
768
00:39:38,335 --> 00:39:40,336
Should we get the check?
769
00:39:40,337 --> 00:39:44,048
Tell your boss we're gonna run
it whether he comments or not!
770
00:39:44,049 --> 00:39:47,176
Actually yes, it is a matter
of life and death!
771
00:39:47,177 --> 00:39:51,931
We're talking about going
to fucking war!
772
00:39:51,932 --> 00:39:54,684
Hello?
773
00:39:54,851 --> 00:39:57,812
I'm guessing that was
a no comment?
774
00:39:57,813 --> 00:40:00,314
What are you grinning
about?
775
00:40:00,315 --> 00:40:01,358
What? I'm not grinning.
776
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,068
You're grinning.
I'm not grinning.
777
00:40:04,069 --> 00:40:05,903
I'm not--
What have you got over there?
778
00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:07,446
Relax! Don't worry about it.
779
00:40:07,447 --> 00:40:08,948
Oh my God, she could
do my taxes.
780
00:40:08,949 --> 00:40:10,908
All right, relax.
781
00:40:10,909 --> 00:40:14,621
Strobel, Knight Ridder.
Of course.
782
00:40:17,165 --> 00:40:18,791
Okay.
783
00:40:18,792 --> 00:40:21,085
All right, I'll be right there.
784
00:40:21,086 --> 00:40:24,131
Let's go, this could be
something.
785
00:40:28,301 --> 00:40:29,593
So, how does this work?
786
00:40:29,594 --> 00:40:34,224
Do you ask me questions or do
I just start talking?
787
00:40:34,391 --> 00:40:36,267
Why don't you just begin...
788
00:40:36,268 --> 00:40:37,893
and we'll ask the questions
when we have them.
789
00:40:37,894 --> 00:40:40,479
If it's off the record,
I have to say so, right?
790
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,731
Do you want it to be
off the record?
791
00:40:42,732 --> 00:40:46,986
I want people to know what
I know, but not who I am.
792
00:40:46,987 --> 00:40:48,112
It'll be background.
793
00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:52,075
You'll be referred to
as a U.S. official.
794
00:40:57,747 --> 00:41:01,668
So, whatever you feel
comfortable telling us.
795
00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:07,548
I believe your prediction about
what could and will happen...
796
00:41:07,549 --> 00:41:09,550
if we go to war is spot on.
797
00:41:09,551 --> 00:41:13,012
And we're a lot closer
than you think.
798
00:41:13,013 --> 00:41:13,762
How close?
799
00:41:13,763 --> 00:41:17,099
A secret war planning group
with a parallel intelligence...
800
00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:19,768
operation has been set up
to bypass...
801
00:41:19,769 --> 00:41:22,438
the rest of the
intelligence community.
802
00:41:22,439 --> 00:41:23,314
How do you know this?
803
00:41:23,315 --> 00:41:26,275
They meet in the building
where I work.
804
00:41:26,276 --> 00:41:28,277
And which building is that?
805
00:41:28,278 --> 00:41:32,531
The one with the five sides.
806
00:41:32,532 --> 00:41:34,575
But you're not a part
of that unit?
807
00:41:34,576 --> 00:41:35,367
No.
808
00:41:35,368 --> 00:41:36,869
So, how do you know about this?
809
00:41:36,870 --> 00:41:39,246
My desk is across the hall.
810
00:41:39,247 --> 00:41:40,789
What office do you work for?
811
00:41:40,790 --> 00:41:46,253
Near East South Asia division,
but you can't disclose that.
812
00:41:46,254 --> 00:41:47,588
You're an analyst?
813
00:41:47,589 --> 00:41:51,342
Yes... but you can't disclose
that, either.
814
00:41:51,343 --> 00:41:53,886
I'm speaking to you because
I'm an American citizen...
815
00:41:53,887 --> 00:41:56,430
and I don't like what these
people are doing.
816
00:41:56,431 --> 00:42:00,100
Half a dozen men, most of whom
have never served...
817
00:42:00,101 --> 00:42:01,977
in the military are making
decisions...
818
00:42:01,978 --> 00:42:05,523
based on shoddy intelligence,
and those decisions...
819
00:42:05,524 --> 00:42:07,775
will impact our men
and women in uniform.
820
00:42:07,776 --> 00:42:14,949
And as someone who has worn that
uniform, I can't remain silent.
821
00:42:14,950 --> 00:42:20,287
You said shoddy intelligence.
What do you mean by that?
822
00:42:20,288 --> 00:42:23,749
They've designed a process
that doesn't conform...
823
00:42:23,750 --> 00:42:27,753
to any basic tenet
of intelligence gathering.
824
00:42:27,754 --> 00:42:28,462
In what way?
825
00:42:28,463 --> 00:42:30,798
A decision is made,
then the intelligence...
826
00:42:30,799 --> 00:42:34,718
is sought to support
that decision.
827
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:35,678
How do you know this?
828
00:42:35,679 --> 00:42:38,973
They have no interest
in Arabic speakers.
829
00:42:38,974 --> 00:42:41,308
Israelis come in without
passes...
830
00:42:41,309 --> 00:42:44,478
without even being entered
into a security log.
831
00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:47,690
And for years the government has
been funding a group...
832
00:42:47,691 --> 00:42:52,653
of exiled dissidents called the
Iraqi National Congress.
833
00:42:52,654 --> 00:42:54,113
Led by Ahmad Chalabi, we know.
834
00:42:54,114 --> 00:42:57,032
Who they want to install
as the new leader of Iraq.
835
00:42:57,033 --> 00:42:59,493
Yeah, we've been trying to get
a meeting with him.
836
00:42:59,494 --> 00:43:03,081
Do you know who set up
this operation?
837
00:43:06,334 --> 00:43:08,420
Donald Rumsfeld.
838
00:43:08,461 --> 00:43:10,505
Is there any evidence to
indicate that Iraq...
839
00:43:10,547 --> 00:43:15,426
has attempted to or is willing
to supply terrorists...
840
00:43:15,427 --> 00:43:16,969
with weapons of mass
destruction?
841
00:43:16,970 --> 00:43:21,807
The reports that say that
something hasn't happened...
842
00:43:21,808 --> 00:43:25,102
are always interesting to me
because as we know...
843
00:43:25,103 --> 00:43:29,898
there are known knowns, there
are things we know we know.
844
00:43:29,899 --> 00:43:31,984
We also know there are known
unknowns.
845
00:43:31,985 --> 00:43:35,779
That is to say, we know there
are some things we do not know.
846
00:43:35,780 --> 00:43:38,282
But there are also unknown
unknowns.
847
00:43:38,283 --> 00:43:39,825
The one's we don't know
we don't know.
848
00:43:39,826 --> 00:43:42,703
We're working on a theory that
the administration...
849
00:43:42,704 --> 00:43:44,246
has already decided to go
to war...
850
00:43:44,247 --> 00:43:46,707
and is now focused on how
to justify it.
851
00:43:46,708 --> 00:43:47,791
It's not a theory.
852
00:43:47,792 --> 00:43:50,127
We've also been told by a number
of individuals that...
853
00:43:50,128 --> 00:43:53,380
Rumsfeld's the one spearheading
this intelligence gathering.
854
00:43:53,381 --> 00:43:55,924
I wouldn't exactly
call it intelligence gathering.
855
00:43:55,925 --> 00:43:58,052
It's more like
intelligence cherry picking.
856
00:43:58,053 --> 00:43:59,845
And if they don't find
any cherries...
857
00:43:59,846 --> 00:44:01,096
they just grab a piece
of shit...
858
00:44:01,097 --> 00:44:05,142
and they paint it red, and they
stick it in a Shirley Temple.
859
00:44:05,143 --> 00:44:07,811
You seem irritated.
860
00:44:07,812 --> 00:44:10,606
I'm out there looking for
weapons that might not exist...
861
00:44:10,607 --> 00:44:13,525
to justify a war that might
not be wise.
862
00:44:13,526 --> 00:44:18,697
And have you found any evidence
of WMD?
863
00:44:18,698 --> 00:44:19,615
No, sir.
864
00:44:19,616 --> 00:44:21,367
But Saddam is looking to acquire
nukes, right?
865
00:44:21,368 --> 00:44:24,411
Yeah, and I'm trying to fuck
Jennifer Lopez, but I have...
866
00:44:24,412 --> 00:44:26,830
a sinking feeling that neither
of those things is gonna happen.
867
00:44:26,831 --> 00:44:32,628
So, we won't use your identity,
but can we get a quote?
868
00:44:32,629 --> 00:44:33,212
Sure.
869
00:44:33,213 --> 00:44:35,422
Have you found anything to
support the administration's...
870
00:44:35,423 --> 00:44:39,593
theory that Saddam is close to
or has acquired nuclear weapons?
871
00:44:39,594 --> 00:44:40,844
We've searched every cave...
872
00:44:40,845 --> 00:44:43,180
and looked up every camel's ass
in Iraq.
873
00:44:43,181 --> 00:44:49,396
So, here's your quote,
"no fucking way."
874
00:44:50,105 --> 00:44:52,314
Might have to clean
that up a bit.
875
00:44:52,315 --> 00:44:54,983
Quite colorful, though.
876
00:44:54,984 --> 00:44:56,485
Uh, honey, I think someone...
877
00:44:56,486 --> 00:44:58,237
is stealing our New York Times.
878
00:44:58,238 --> 00:44:59,655
I canceled it.
879
00:44:59,656 --> 00:45:01,573
Why would you do that?
880
00:45:01,574 --> 00:45:02,866
It's propaganda.
881
00:45:02,867 --> 00:45:03,659
I need that for my work.
882
00:45:03,660 --> 00:45:06,495
It's packaging press releases
from the White House...
883
00:45:06,496 --> 00:45:08,664
the State Department, and the
Pentagon.
884
00:45:08,665 --> 00:45:11,668
Sorry, that's not a real
newspaper.
885
00:45:17,882 --> 00:45:19,758
How was your day?
886
00:45:19,759 --> 00:45:21,969
Warren and I met with some
gentleman...
887
00:45:21,970 --> 00:45:24,596
from the intelligence community
who confirmed that...
888
00:45:24,597 --> 00:45:26,515
there's no real evidence
to support...
889
00:45:26,516 --> 00:45:30,979
the administration's
claim on WMD.
890
00:45:32,647 --> 00:45:34,606
What have I been telling you?
891
00:45:34,607 --> 00:45:40,613
Well, unfortunately, I can't use
your gut as a reliable source.
892
00:45:44,409 --> 00:45:47,411
You know, this is what they do.
They lie.
893
00:45:47,412 --> 00:45:51,541
Yeah, and we try to hold
them accountable.
894
00:45:53,501 --> 00:45:55,794
I hope I'm wrong. I really,
really do.
895
00:45:55,795 --> 00:45:59,339
But the Bush Administration,
they don't care about the truth.
896
00:45:59,340 --> 00:46:01,884
They don't even respond to your
articles.
897
00:46:01,885 --> 00:46:04,762
If they want a war, they're
gonna get one.
898
00:46:04,763 --> 00:46:08,140
And there's nothing that you
or the first amendment...
899
00:46:08,141 --> 00:46:10,560
is gonna do to stop them.
900
00:46:23,531 --> 00:46:26,284
Extra, extra, read all about it.
901
00:46:30,872 --> 00:46:34,833
"Over the past 14 months, Iraq
has tried to buy thousands...
902
00:46:34,834 --> 00:46:38,337
"of specially design aluminum
tubes, which American...
903
00:46:38,338 --> 00:46:40,464
"officials believe were intended
as components...
904
00:46:40,465 --> 00:46:44,635
"of centrifuges to enrich
uranium."
905
00:46:44,636 --> 00:46:46,637
Well, one thing's for sure.
906
00:46:46,638 --> 00:46:48,055
What's that?
907
00:46:48,056 --> 00:46:51,184
We can't both be right.
908
00:46:54,062 --> 00:46:55,437
Who're you calling?
909
00:46:55,438 --> 00:46:56,313
Loose Nukes.
910
00:46:56,314 --> 00:46:58,106
If she wouldn't talk to you
about going into Iraq...
911
00:46:58,107 --> 00:47:00,901
what makes you think she's gonna
go on the record on WMD?
912
00:47:00,902 --> 00:47:05,156
Charm Offensive. Watch and
learn, son.
913
00:47:08,743 --> 00:47:10,829
Landay.
914
00:47:12,497 --> 00:47:15,290
It's Joe Galloway.
Wow.
915
00:47:15,291 --> 00:47:17,584
Man even walks like he has
a Bronze Star.
916
00:47:17,585 --> 00:47:19,002
LOOSE NUKES
Hello.
917
00:47:19,003 --> 00:47:21,672
Oh, hi, yeah, it's Landay.
918
00:47:21,673 --> 00:47:22,589
Hello, Jonathan.
919
00:47:22,590 --> 00:47:27,970
Hi. Crazy weather we're having,
huh?
920
00:47:27,971 --> 00:47:30,138
You're calling me to chat
about the weather?
921
00:47:30,139 --> 00:47:35,102
No, no, yeah. Actually, I wanted
to ask you about WMD.
922
00:47:35,103 --> 00:47:37,062
It'll be deep, deep background.
923
00:47:37,063 --> 00:47:38,564
Goodbye, Jonathan.
924
00:47:38,565 --> 00:47:40,983
No wait, don't hang up.
925
00:47:40,984 --> 00:47:45,362
That Charm Offensive...
that's formidable.
926
00:47:45,363 --> 00:47:48,824
Listen, we need you here.
927
00:47:48,825 --> 00:47:51,994
You've developed sources over
the years that have access...
928
00:47:51,995 --> 00:47:55,289
that Landay and Strobel
just can't get.
929
00:47:55,290 --> 00:47:56,832
I'll make it easy on you.
930
00:47:56,833 --> 00:47:57,875
I'll give you a column...
931
00:47:57,876 --> 00:48:02,129
and your name doesn't have to
appear on anything else.
932
00:48:02,130 --> 00:48:04,882
Whatever else you want to write
on the side, you can...
933
00:48:04,883 --> 00:48:07,843
and of course, there won't be
any glory, but--
934
00:48:07,844 --> 00:48:10,889
Glory's for young men.
935
00:48:12,724 --> 00:48:14,349
Let me percolate on it.
936
00:48:14,350 --> 00:48:16,768
Let me turn to the issue
of Iraq.
937
00:48:16,769 --> 00:48:19,563
You have said that it poses...
938
00:48:19,564 --> 00:48:22,065
a mortal threat to the
United States.
939
00:48:22,066 --> 00:48:24,568
How? Define "mortal threat."
940
00:48:24,569 --> 00:48:30,324
Well, this'll take some time,
but it's important for us...
941
00:48:30,325 --> 00:48:31,450
as I mentioned earlier...
942
00:48:31,451 --> 00:48:34,912
to remember that the world
has changed, that prior to--
943
00:48:34,913 --> 00:48:36,538
I'd forgotten the world
had changed.
944
00:48:36,539 --> 00:48:38,248
So did I. I'm so happy he
mentioned that.
945
00:48:38,249 --> 00:48:41,960
What, specifically, has he
obtained that you believe...
946
00:48:41,961 --> 00:48:44,671
would enhance his nuclear
development program?
947
00:48:44,672 --> 00:48:46,715
Well, in the nuclear weapons
arena...
948
00:48:46,716 --> 00:48:49,217
you've got specifically
aluminum tubes.
949
00:48:49,218 --> 00:48:51,178
There's a story in The New York
Times this morning...
950
00:48:51,179 --> 00:48:54,181
this is and I want to attribute
to The Times.
951
00:48:54,182 --> 00:48:55,891
I don't want to talk about,
obviously...
952
00:48:55,892 --> 00:48:59,187
specific intelligence sources,
but it's now public that...
953
00:48:59,228 --> 00:49:04,192
in fact he has been seeking to
acquire, and we have been...
954
00:49:04,233 --> 00:49:07,444
able to intercept and prevent
him from acquiring...
955
00:49:07,445 --> 00:49:08,780
through this particular
channel...
956
00:49:08,821 --> 00:49:11,574
the kinds of tubes that are
necessary...
957
00:49:11,616 --> 00:49:12,492
to build a centrifuge.
958
00:49:12,533 --> 00:49:15,620
And the centrifuge is required
to take low-grade uranium...
959
00:49:15,662 --> 00:49:19,206
and enhance it into highly
enriched uranium...
960
00:49:19,207 --> 00:49:22,000
which is what you have to have
in order to build a bomb.
961
00:49:22,001 --> 00:49:24,670
Lucky for him, someone leaked
that to The Times.
962
00:49:24,671 --> 00:49:28,173
Avoids the pesky nuisance
of being arrested...
963
00:49:28,174 --> 00:49:29,383
for revealing classified
information.
964
00:49:29,384 --> 00:49:32,302
One can only wonder how Judy
Miller and Michael Gordon...
965
00:49:32,303 --> 00:49:33,220
got that information.
966
00:49:33,221 --> 00:49:36,181
Does it bother you, bug you...
967
00:49:36,182 --> 00:49:39,309
that you have not captured
Osama Bin Laden in over a year?
968
00:49:39,310 --> 00:49:46,358
I'd like to see him on
television in handcuffs...
969
00:49:46,359 --> 00:49:48,777
if I can put it
into those terms.
970
00:49:48,778 --> 00:49:50,070
I think all of us would.
971
00:49:50,071 --> 00:49:53,365
But I don't lay awake at night
concerned about that.
972
00:49:53,366 --> 00:49:56,118
There's one school of thought
that says he's already dead.
973
00:49:56,119 --> 00:49:58,286
We haven't heard anything
of him in many months.
974
00:49:58,287 --> 00:49:59,413
What do you think?
975
00:49:59,414 --> 00:50:00,831
I don't know, I really
don't know.
976
00:50:00,832 --> 00:50:02,124
I can argue it round or flat.
977
00:50:02,125 --> 00:50:05,252
I didn't know we were still
debating the shape of the earth.
978
00:50:05,253 --> 00:50:08,172
I've got sources on both sides.
979
00:50:08,756 --> 00:50:11,967
But the U.S. military would be
enormously effective...
980
00:50:11,968 --> 00:50:12,968
in this circumstance.
981
00:50:12,969 --> 00:50:16,054
And I don't think it would be
that tough a fight.
982
00:50:16,055 --> 00:50:17,806
That is, I don't think there's
any question...
983
00:50:17,807 --> 00:50:20,851
that we would prevail and we
would achieve our objective.
984
00:50:20,852 --> 00:50:23,395
Landay.
985
00:50:23,396 --> 00:50:25,480
Yeah?
986
00:50:25,481 --> 00:50:28,776
We are right, aren't we?
987
00:50:30,319 --> 00:50:32,989
Everybody, listen up.
988
00:50:36,325 --> 00:50:38,995
We're not NBC.
989
00:50:39,203 --> 00:50:41,288
We're not ABC. We're not CBS.
990
00:50:41,289 --> 00:50:45,418
We're not FOX. We're not CNN.
991
00:50:45,585 --> 00:50:47,669
We're not The New York Times.
992
00:50:47,670 --> 00:50:50,673
We're not The Washington Post.
993
00:50:51,799 --> 00:50:54,510
We are Knight Ridder.
994
00:50:57,096 --> 00:51:03,435
We have readers who live in
towns with military bases.
995
00:51:03,436 --> 00:51:06,938
Fort Benning, Fort Bragg,
Fort Jackson...
996
00:51:06,939 --> 00:51:13,320
and over 40 other military bases
throughout this country.
997
00:51:13,321 --> 00:51:18,325
If every other news organization
wants to be stenographers...
998
00:51:18,326 --> 00:51:22,622
for the Bush administration,
let them.
999
00:51:23,247 --> 00:51:28,795
We don't write for people who
send other people's kids to war.
1000
00:51:29,462 --> 00:51:35,218
We write for people
whose kids get sent to war.
1001
00:51:36,886 --> 00:51:39,221
So, when the government
says something...
1002
00:51:39,222 --> 00:51:43,017
you only have one question
to ask.
1003
00:51:45,812 --> 00:51:48,314
Is it true?
1004
00:51:53,694 --> 00:51:56,447
I'm through percolating.
1005
00:51:58,783 --> 00:51:59,866
Let's get to work.
1006
00:51:59,867 --> 00:52:02,702
Administration officials spanned
out on the Sunday talk shows...
1007
00:52:02,703 --> 00:52:04,663
to make the case for an invasion
of Iraq.
1008
00:52:04,664 --> 00:52:08,208
Who else is involved in
The Office of Special Planning?
1009
00:52:08,209 --> 00:52:11,169
Wolfowitz, Feith, couple others.
1010
00:52:11,170 --> 00:52:13,547
Instead of listening to people
who have spent their careers...
1011
00:52:13,548 --> 00:52:17,676
evaluating threats, they're
streaming questionable intel...
1012
00:52:17,677 --> 00:52:19,970
from unreliable sources and
taking it...
1013
00:52:19,971 --> 00:52:21,054
directly to the White House.
1014
00:52:21,055 --> 00:52:23,306
George Tenet, Director
of Central Intelligence...
1015
00:52:23,307 --> 00:52:26,226
told Senators, he could not
rule out cooperation...
1016
00:52:26,227 --> 00:52:28,729
between Osama Bin Laden
and Al Qaeda.
1017
00:52:30,064 --> 00:52:32,190
I've seen the specs on those
aluminum tubes.
1018
00:52:32,191 --> 00:52:35,026
They're too small to be used
for enriching uranium.
1019
00:52:35,027 --> 00:52:35,861
What does that mean?
1020
00:52:35,862 --> 00:52:37,445
They can't be used
for a nuclear bomb.
1021
00:52:37,446 --> 00:52:39,197
The President
of the United States...
1022
00:52:39,198 --> 00:52:41,241
said we're not going to permit
nations to develop...
1023
00:52:41,242 --> 00:52:42,367
weapons of mass destruction...
1024
00:52:42,368 --> 00:52:44,494
as they're gonna supply those
weapons to a network...
1025
00:52:44,495 --> 00:52:46,371
of terrorism that could attack
the United States.
1026
00:52:46,372 --> 00:52:49,082
Cheney is trying to shut
out Powell.
1027
00:52:49,083 --> 00:52:50,959
Where'd you get this stuff?
1028
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:51,710
Old friend.
1029
00:52:51,711 --> 00:52:53,795
We're starting to
see a consensus from within...
1030
00:52:53,796 --> 00:52:55,881
the administration for the
removal of Saddam Hussein.
1031
00:52:55,882 --> 00:52:57,632
The
administration has pointed...
1032
00:52:57,633 --> 00:53:00,594
to a secret meeting in Prague
between Iraqi intelligence...
1033
00:53:00,595 --> 00:53:02,012
and 9/11 hijacker,
Mohamed Atta.
1034
00:53:02,013 --> 00:53:04,181
Bush administration is pressing
the United Nations...
1035
00:53:04,182 --> 00:53:06,766
Security Council for
a resolution...
1036
00:53:06,767 --> 00:53:07,809
to put pressure on Iraq.
1037
00:53:07,810 --> 00:53:09,728
President Bush will address
the United Nations today...
1038
00:53:09,729 --> 00:53:13,023
in hopes of putting together
a multi-national coalition...
1039
00:53:13,024 --> 00:53:14,107
to disarm Saddam Hussein.
1040
00:53:14,108 --> 00:53:16,943
The White House is lobbying
Congress to authorize...
1041
00:53:16,944 --> 00:53:18,445
the use of force in Iraq.
1042
00:53:18,446 --> 00:53:21,156
The minute these guys get
their hands on anything...
1043
00:53:21,157 --> 00:53:22,407
remotely resembling evidence...
1044
00:53:22,408 --> 00:53:24,117
they leak it to
The New York Times.
1045
00:53:24,118 --> 00:53:26,077
Now, I understand the position
you're in...
1046
00:53:26,078 --> 00:53:28,788
but please don't hang up on me.
1047
00:53:28,789 --> 00:53:29,873
Okay.
1048
00:53:29,874 --> 00:53:33,293
Okay, the vice president
of the United States...
1049
00:53:33,294 --> 00:53:36,671
went to the V.F.W. and said that
Saddam Hussein...
1050
00:53:36,672 --> 00:53:40,050
is on the threshold of
developing a nuclear weapon.
1051
00:53:40,051 --> 00:53:42,886
Then he goes on national
television...
1052
00:53:42,887 --> 00:53:44,387
and says the same thing.
1053
00:53:44,388 --> 00:53:47,599
Your question?
1054
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:50,060
Ask the question.
1055
00:53:50,061 --> 00:53:53,063
What I want to know is,
is Dick Cheney ignoring...
1056
00:53:53,064 --> 00:53:56,024
good intelligence that
contradicts his assumptions...
1057
00:53:56,025 --> 00:54:00,362
or is he just getting bad
intelligence?
1058
00:54:00,363 --> 00:54:04,784
The vice president is lying.
1059
00:54:06,118 --> 00:54:07,702
Thank you, thank you so much.
1060
00:54:07,703 --> 00:54:10,622
What? What, what, what?
What'd she say?
1061
00:54:10,623 --> 00:54:11,790
He's lying.
1062
00:54:11,791 --> 00:54:13,792
He's lying.
Cheney is lying.
1063
00:54:13,793 --> 00:54:15,919
Cheney's lying!
Cheney's lying!
1064
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:19,130
He's lying! John!
He's lying!
1065
00:54:19,131 --> 00:54:20,966
John!
1066
00:54:20,967 --> 00:54:22,300
Where the hell is he?
1067
00:54:22,301 --> 00:54:23,468
Here we go. Here we go.
1068
00:54:23,469 --> 00:54:25,845
He's lying.
He's lying.
1069
00:54:25,846 --> 00:54:27,639
Cheney's lying.
1070
00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:29,474
Where did this come from?
1071
00:54:29,475 --> 00:54:31,142
Loose Nukes.
1072
00:54:31,143 --> 00:54:31,685
Okay.
1073
00:54:31,686 --> 00:54:34,187
Now, we know what's being talk
about, we got to get inside...
1074
00:54:34,188 --> 00:54:38,275
those meetings and find out if
there's a dissenting opinion.
1075
00:54:38,276 --> 00:54:40,110
I may have a guy.
1076
00:54:40,111 --> 00:54:41,569
Anybody we know?
1077
00:54:41,570 --> 00:54:43,739
The Usual Suspect.
1078
00:54:53,541 --> 00:54:55,626
You didn't want to do
this in a parking garage?
1079
00:54:55,668 --> 00:54:58,712
If there was one that served
Pad Thai, I would.
1080
00:54:58,713 --> 00:55:00,797
How's civilian life?
1081
00:55:00,798 --> 00:55:03,675
My retirement lasted about
four hours.
1082
00:55:03,676 --> 00:55:04,677
You're with Knight Ridder?
1083
00:55:04,719 --> 00:55:08,055
I don't even have a desk yet.
How the hell do you know that?
1084
00:55:08,097 --> 00:55:08,763
I have my ways.
1085
00:55:08,764 --> 00:55:11,599
You been following what we're
doing over there?
1086
00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:12,977
Yes, I have.
1087
00:55:13,019 --> 00:55:13,519
And?
1088
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:15,353
You two may be singlehandedly
saving...
1089
00:55:15,354 --> 00:55:17,897
the Fourth Estate from
extinction.
1090
00:55:17,898 --> 00:55:21,151
Mainstream media hasn't picked
up a thing we been running.
1091
00:55:21,152 --> 00:55:23,069
Should be all the confirmation
you need...
1092
00:55:23,070 --> 00:55:25,281
that you're onto something.
1093
00:55:27,533 --> 00:55:29,617
What can I do for you?
1094
00:55:29,618 --> 00:55:32,370
We need some help with the
higher ups.
1095
00:55:32,371 --> 00:55:33,163
How high?
1096
00:55:33,164 --> 00:55:34,414
High as you can get us.
1097
00:55:34,415 --> 00:55:35,749
You've been around a long time,
Joe.
1098
00:55:35,750 --> 00:55:38,293
I doubt there's anything there
that'll surprise you.
1099
00:55:38,294 --> 00:55:40,086
I was married one time
to a woman who thought...
1100
00:55:40,087 --> 00:55:42,172
New Hampshire was the capital
of Massachusetts.
1101
00:55:42,173 --> 00:55:45,842
There's always something you
don't see coming.
1102
00:55:45,843 --> 00:55:48,511
What do you want to know?
1103
00:55:48,512 --> 00:55:51,931
Everything the administration
doesn't want us to know.
1104
00:55:51,932 --> 00:55:56,520
You and I are going to be eating
a lot of Pad Thai.
1105
00:56:00,483 --> 00:56:02,442
What kind of time frame
are we looking at?
1106
00:56:02,443 --> 00:56:03,818
Next month, Congress
is scheduled to vote...
1107
00:56:03,819 --> 00:56:05,570
on whether or not to give
the president...
1108
00:56:05,571 --> 00:56:07,322
the authorization to go to war.
1109
00:56:07,323 --> 00:56:08,198
Are the votes there?
1110
00:56:08,199 --> 00:56:09,324
The administration thinks so.
1111
00:56:09,325 --> 00:56:15,246
Mr. President, 38 years ago,
I, Robert C. Byrd...
1112
00:56:15,247 --> 00:56:18,208
voted on the Tonkin Gulf
Resolution.
1113
00:56:18,209 --> 00:56:22,545
The resolution that authorized
the president to use military...
1114
00:56:22,546 --> 00:56:23,880
force to repel armed attacks...
1115
00:56:23,881 --> 00:56:28,134
and to prevent further communist
aggression in Southeast Asia.
1116
00:56:28,135 --> 00:56:32,055
A joint resolution to authorize
the use of United States...
1117
00:56:32,056 --> 00:56:35,892
armed forces against Iraq should
be brought to a close.
1118
00:56:35,893 --> 00:56:38,353
The clerk will call the roll.
1119
00:56:38,354 --> 00:56:40,647
Mr. Biden, aye.
1120
00:56:40,648 --> 00:56:41,898
Mrs. Clinton, aye.
1121
00:56:41,899 --> 00:56:44,484
It was this resolution that
provided the basis...
1122
00:56:44,485 --> 00:56:48,988
for American involvement
in the war in Vietnam.
1123
00:56:48,989 --> 00:56:51,282
Mr. Kerry, aye.
1124
00:56:51,283 --> 00:56:53,701
Mr. Lieberman, aye.
1125
00:56:53,702 --> 00:56:55,370
Mr. Lott, aye.
1126
00:56:55,371 --> 00:56:56,913
It was this resolution...
1127
00:56:56,914 --> 00:57:02,502
that lead to the deaths
of 58,000 Americans.
1128
00:57:02,503 --> 00:57:04,838
Mr. McCain, aye.
1129
00:57:04,839 --> 00:57:06,131
Mr. McConnell, aye.
1130
00:57:06,132 --> 00:57:11,636
After all that carnage, we began
to learn that in voting...
1131
00:57:11,637 --> 00:57:13,680
for the Tonkin Gulf
resolution...
1132
00:57:13,681 --> 00:57:17,183
we were basing our votes
on bad information.
1133
00:57:17,184 --> 00:57:19,686
And history is repeating itself.
1134
00:57:19,687 --> 00:57:21,104
Mr. Santorum, aye.
1135
00:57:21,105 --> 00:57:24,774
I urge senators to go down
on the Capital Mall...
1136
00:57:24,775 --> 00:57:26,943
and look at the Vietnam
Memorial.
1137
00:57:26,944 --> 00:57:30,780
Nearly every day, you will find
someone at that wall...
1138
00:57:30,781 --> 00:57:32,907
weeping for a loved one.
1139
00:57:32,908 --> 00:57:34,284
Mr. Sessions, aye.
1140
00:57:34,285 --> 00:57:37,662
I will always remember the words
of Senator Wayne Morse.
1141
00:57:37,663 --> 00:57:39,330
Mr. Specter, aye.
1142
00:57:39,331 --> 00:57:41,791
He stated, "The resolution will
pass and senators...
1143
00:57:41,792 --> 00:57:45,003
"who vote for it will live
to regret it."
1144
00:57:45,004 --> 00:57:47,964
We got K-10, we got Dixie,
we don't need another source.
1145
00:57:47,965 --> 00:57:48,840
You know we got this.
1146
00:57:48,841 --> 00:57:51,176
Look, when you're accusing the
secretary of defense...
1147
00:57:51,177 --> 00:57:52,594
of running a shadow
intelligence unit...
1148
00:57:52,595 --> 00:57:55,805
out of the Pentagon, it's nice
to have a little insurance.
1149
00:57:55,806 --> 00:57:58,309
That's all I'm saying.
1150
00:58:00,519 --> 00:58:03,855
All right, let's share it
with the rest of the class.
1151
00:58:03,856 --> 00:58:04,898
You want to tell them?
1152
00:58:04,899 --> 00:58:09,402
Earlier today, I was summoned
to the Pentagon.
1153
00:58:09,403 --> 00:58:09,903
By whom?
1154
00:58:09,904 --> 00:58:13,031
Rumsfeld, Ol' Limp Dick
sent a message saying...
1155
00:58:13,032 --> 00:58:14,908
"All your sources are retired
generals."
1156
00:58:14,909 --> 00:58:16,701
And I said, "All due respect,
sir...
1157
00:58:16,702 --> 00:58:19,496
"80% of my sources are
active military."
1158
00:58:19,497 --> 00:58:21,122
"Some of them are working
in this building...
1159
00:58:21,123 --> 00:58:23,291
"and some of them are actually
working on your staff."
1160
00:58:23,292 --> 00:58:26,586
"And hell, one or two of them
might even be in this room."
1161
00:58:26,587 --> 00:58:28,588
Did you actually have sources
in the room?
1162
00:58:28,589 --> 00:58:33,260
No, but it was fun watching him
sweat like whores in church.
1163
00:58:34,345 --> 00:58:36,971
How close are we to getting
something we can run with
1164
00:58:36,972 --> 00:58:38,640
on the Office of Special Plans?
1165
00:58:38,641 --> 00:58:39,516
Well, we already got--
1166
00:58:39,517 --> 00:58:42,352
No, we're just gonna check
with a couple more sources.
1167
00:58:42,353 --> 00:58:44,771
What's wrong with the sources
you have?
1168
00:58:44,772 --> 00:58:46,731
Well, we just want to be
certain.
1169
00:58:46,732 --> 00:58:50,151
You know, you sit on a story
like this, the dam bursts.
1170
00:58:50,152 --> 00:58:53,155
Let's just move on this,
okay, boys?
1171
00:58:56,158 --> 00:58:57,534
When are you gonna be finished?
1172
00:58:57,535 --> 00:59:02,456
Just a few more minutes, baby.
1173
00:59:03,707 --> 00:59:08,044
I can't sleep with the computer
light on.
1174
00:59:08,045 --> 00:59:11,423
Actually, I'm done.
1175
00:59:14,885 --> 00:59:17,637
So, what are you working on?
1176
00:59:17,638 --> 00:59:20,515
Rumsfeld has a secret Intel
group that's going...
1177
00:59:20,516 --> 00:59:26,939
around the CIA to manufacture
a case for war.
1178
00:59:30,734 --> 00:59:33,236
What the fuck, Jonathan?
1179
00:59:33,237 --> 00:59:34,028
What?
1180
00:59:34,029 --> 00:59:37,241
Have you been talking about this
on the phone?
1181
00:59:38,951 --> 00:59:40,326
Yeah, of course.
1182
00:59:40,327 --> 00:59:42,705
So, what?
1183
00:59:44,415 --> 00:59:47,917
They will hear you.
Vlatka.
1184
00:59:47,918 --> 00:59:51,504
You're writing about infighting
between spy agencies.
1185
00:59:51,505 --> 00:59:52,046
So?
1186
00:59:52,047 --> 00:59:54,090
They're spy agencies, Jonathan.
1187
00:59:54,091 --> 00:59:57,218
They listen to your calls,
they read your emails.
1188
00:59:57,219 --> 00:59:59,262
They probably bugged this house.
1189
00:59:59,263 --> 01:00:01,264
You're being paranoid.
1190
01:00:01,265 --> 01:00:02,181
You're being naive.
1191
01:00:02,182 --> 01:00:06,060
This isn't Yugoslavia,
this is America.
1192
01:00:06,061 --> 01:00:08,229
America has changed.
1193
01:00:08,230 --> 01:00:09,272
War is big business for them.
1194
01:00:09,273 --> 01:00:11,858
You get in their way,
they're gonna kill you.
1195
01:00:11,859 --> 01:00:17,113
Honey, you are being ridiculous.
All right? Come on.
1196
01:00:17,114 --> 01:00:19,949
Don't you get it?
1197
01:00:19,950 --> 01:00:23,328
You know what these people
are capable of?
1198
01:00:23,329 --> 01:00:26,205
You have a family!
1199
01:00:26,206 --> 01:00:30,294
Vlatka. Vlatka!
1200
01:00:33,422 --> 01:00:38,593
Oh, somebody's struggling.
What's the matter?
1201
01:00:38,594 --> 01:00:42,305
Oh, Vlatka kept me up all night.
1202
01:00:42,306 --> 01:00:42,930
All right!
1203
01:00:42,931 --> 01:00:47,685
No, not that like that. It was
conspiracy theories.
1204
01:00:47,686 --> 01:00:48,353
About what?
1205
01:00:48,354 --> 01:00:52,231
Oh... she thinks the government
is monitoring us.
1206
01:00:52,232 --> 01:00:56,320
I mean, it's ridiculous.
1207
01:00:57,821 --> 01:00:59,907
Check your email.
1208
01:01:11,210 --> 01:01:13,211
John, you got to see this.
1209
01:01:13,212 --> 01:01:14,462
Oh, hold on a second.
1210
01:01:14,463 --> 01:01:19,510
Arthur, I really don't want to
have this conversation again.
1211
01:01:20,969 --> 01:01:24,973
He hung up. What is it?
1212
01:01:31,647 --> 01:01:33,649
What do we do?
1213
01:01:51,083 --> 01:01:53,334
You're such a wuss.
You're a wuss.
1214
01:01:53,335 --> 01:01:54,669
You're a much bigger wuss.
1215
01:01:54,670 --> 01:01:56,879
Shut up, will you stop it,
you're being a child.
1216
01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:58,214
You're being a--
Shut up!
1217
01:01:58,215 --> 01:02:01,217
Today's UN Security
Council resolution...
1218
01:02:01,218 --> 01:02:05,179
can be boiled down to four
words, the clock is ticking.
1219
01:02:05,180 --> 01:02:09,434
Iraq's only alternative to full
compliance, President Bush...
1220
01:02:09,435 --> 01:02:12,353
made clear today, is
of military confrontation.
1221
01:02:12,354 --> 01:02:16,274
The full disarmament of
weapons of mass destruction...
1222
01:02:16,275 --> 01:02:17,316
by Iraq will occur.
1223
01:02:17,317 --> 01:02:24,491
The only question for the Iraqi
regime is to decide how.
1224
01:02:35,711 --> 01:02:37,211
Son of a bitch.
1225
01:02:37,212 --> 01:02:37,837
They beat us.
1226
01:02:37,838 --> 01:02:40,256
But they missed the whole point
of why the unit was set up.
1227
01:02:40,257 --> 01:02:42,425
It doesn't matter, they got
the scoop.
1228
01:02:42,426 --> 01:02:43,050
With what?
1229
01:02:43,051 --> 01:02:45,094
There's nothing about
cherry picking intelligence.
1230
01:02:45,095 --> 01:02:47,972
There's nothing about bypassing
other agencies.
1231
01:02:47,973 --> 01:02:49,056
We can still run ours.
1232
01:02:49,057 --> 01:02:50,349
John, no one's gonna pay
attention...
1233
01:02:50,350 --> 01:02:53,853
to a second story explaining
all that.
1234
01:02:53,854 --> 01:02:54,729
We had it.
1235
01:02:54,730 --> 01:02:57,106
Goddamn it, Walcott's gonna be
pissed.
1236
01:02:57,107 --> 01:03:00,319
Maybe he hadn't seen it yet.
1237
01:03:12,372 --> 01:03:15,458
How is it possible he hasn't
talked to us all day?
1238
01:03:15,459 --> 01:03:19,338
He's giving us the silent
treatment.
1239
01:03:21,632 --> 01:03:23,758
Oh, shit, here he comes.
1240
01:03:23,759 --> 01:03:26,553
Oh, Jesus.
1241
01:03:31,183 --> 01:03:33,852
You had the story.
1242
01:03:34,144 --> 01:03:37,564
Don't ever forget how
it feels to get beat.
1243
01:03:40,692 --> 01:03:42,985
The only information Congress
is getting...
1244
01:03:42,986 --> 01:03:45,071
is coming directly from the
administration.
1245
01:03:45,072 --> 01:03:47,907
Iraq is a huge country about
the size of France...
1246
01:03:47,908 --> 01:03:50,117
if they want to hide their
weapons of mass destruction...
1247
01:03:50,118 --> 01:03:51,619
they're going to be able
to do so.
1248
01:03:51,620 --> 01:03:54,330
They're not going to rethink
their positions...
1249
01:03:54,331 --> 01:03:56,457
unless they are provided
with independent intel.
1250
01:03:56,458 --> 01:03:59,544
No one who's supported the
authorization for war...
1251
01:03:59,545 --> 01:04:03,047
in Congress, in Iraq, not the
president...
1252
01:04:03,048 --> 01:04:06,884
I am sure would go to war just
because he wants to go to war.
1253
01:04:06,885 --> 01:04:10,388
Rumsfeld's been trying to sell
this idea that an Iraqi...
1254
01:04:10,389 --> 01:04:15,643
intelligence officer offered
Bin Laden safe haven in '99.
1255
01:04:15,644 --> 01:04:16,185
Yeah.
1256
01:04:16,186 --> 01:04:18,437
Well, if that offer actually
had happened...
1257
01:04:18,438 --> 01:04:21,816
Bin Laden would have told Saddam
to go fuck himself.
1258
01:04:21,817 --> 01:04:23,484
What do you make of the
statement made...
1259
01:04:23,485 --> 01:04:26,195
by the Iraqi government that
Iraq has no weapons...
1260
01:04:26,196 --> 01:04:29,240
of mass destruction
and is not developing?
1261
01:04:29,241 --> 01:04:31,660
They're lying.
1262
01:04:33,036 --> 01:04:34,203
Next.
1263
01:04:34,204 --> 01:04:35,288
Your daughter is lovely.
1264
01:04:35,289 --> 01:04:37,248
Well, I wish I could take
credit.
1265
01:04:37,249 --> 01:04:38,708
She gets it from her mother.
1266
01:04:38,709 --> 01:04:39,876
Dad, can I get you
anything?
1267
01:04:39,877 --> 01:04:41,836
Oh, no, thanks, sweetie.
Mr. Strobel?
1268
01:04:41,837 --> 01:04:44,548
I'm fine.
All right.
1269
01:04:47,092 --> 01:04:47,884
Just real casual.
1270
01:04:47,885 --> 01:04:50,595
Tom and I were just talking
about your latest article.
1271
01:04:50,596 --> 01:04:51,220
Oh, yeah?
1272
01:04:51,221 --> 01:04:52,722
Seems like you don't trust
politicians.
1273
01:04:52,723 --> 01:04:56,017
Well, that's a pretty solid
rule of journalism.
1274
01:04:56,018 --> 01:04:58,227
Even when they're talking
about war?
1275
01:04:58,228 --> 01:05:00,438
Especially when they're talking
about war.
1276
01:05:00,439 --> 01:05:02,940
You really believe there's
no WMD?
1277
01:05:02,941 --> 01:05:04,567
Our names are on the article.
1278
01:05:04,568 --> 01:05:06,777
They don't say that
there's no WMD.
1279
01:05:06,778 --> 01:05:08,321
They just said that the
administration...
1280
01:05:08,322 --> 01:05:09,447
hasn't offered any proof of WMD.
1281
01:05:09,448 --> 01:05:12,325
And you don't think
they'll find any?
1282
01:05:12,326 --> 01:05:15,119
No, I don't.
1283
01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:16,454
You don't know that.
1284
01:05:16,455 --> 01:05:17,246
No, we don't.
1285
01:05:17,247 --> 01:05:19,749
But before we send our kids
to their possible deaths...
1286
01:05:19,750 --> 01:05:21,208
don't you think the
administration...
1287
01:05:21,209 --> 01:05:23,169
has an obligation to provide
proof of their rationale?
1288
01:05:23,170 --> 01:05:26,422
What if that proof comes in the
form of a mushroom cloud?
1289
01:05:26,423 --> 01:05:29,467
Okay, you've been watching
Fox News again?
1290
01:05:29,468 --> 01:05:32,678
Rice, Cheney, and President Bush
have all said the same thing.
1291
01:05:32,679 --> 01:05:34,347
Oh, well, then it must be true.
1292
01:05:34,348 --> 01:05:36,307
You kids are too young
to remember...
1293
01:05:36,308 --> 01:05:38,601
how close we came to nuclear war
in '62.
1294
01:05:38,602 --> 01:05:40,311
Hell, Warren, you were born
the very day...
1295
01:05:40,312 --> 01:05:43,481
President Kennedy ordered the
blockade against Cuba.
1296
01:05:43,482 --> 01:05:47,193
The most powerful enemy we knew
was gonna put nuclear weapons...
1297
01:05:47,194 --> 01:05:48,861
90 miles off our coast.
1298
01:05:48,862 --> 01:05:50,154
The president had to demonstrate
strength.
1299
01:05:50,155 --> 01:05:54,575
And the next day, Kennedy sent
Adlai Stevenson to the U.N...
1300
01:05:54,576 --> 01:05:57,829
to offer proof that the missiles
existed.
1301
01:05:58,288 --> 01:05:59,205
It's not just Fox News.
1302
01:05:59,206 --> 01:06:02,792
It's the Washington Post.
It's The New York Times.
1303
01:06:02,793 --> 01:06:06,212
Hell, proof is coming from every
major media outlet...
1304
01:06:06,213 --> 01:06:10,008
in the country, except yours.
1305
01:06:11,009 --> 01:06:11,634
Okay.
1306
01:06:11,635 --> 01:06:18,642
Uh, I think I forgot the
hamburger buns, excuse me.
1307
01:06:19,351 --> 01:06:23,063
I'm going to grab a beer.
1308
01:06:25,023 --> 01:06:27,275
Jesus, Dad.
1309
01:06:37,786 --> 01:06:39,286
Are you okay, bro?
1310
01:06:39,287 --> 01:06:41,206
Yeah.
1311
01:06:42,457 --> 01:06:45,876
Are we good reporters?
1312
01:06:45,877 --> 01:06:46,544
What?
1313
01:06:46,545 --> 01:06:49,131
I mean, are we doing anything...
1314
01:06:49,172 --> 01:06:50,589
other than practicing good
journalism?
1315
01:06:50,590 --> 01:06:52,925
No, we're doing exactly what
we're supposed--
1316
01:06:52,926 --> 01:06:55,803
Then, why the fuck are we
the only ones...
1317
01:06:55,804 --> 01:06:58,890
running these fucking stories?!
1318
01:07:05,439 --> 01:07:07,899
He just wanted you to see
all sides to him...
1319
01:07:07,941 --> 01:07:10,736
before you take it to the
next level.
1320
01:07:14,698 --> 01:07:16,574
Almost three months ago,
the United Nations...
1321
01:07:16,575 --> 01:07:19,201
Security Council gave
Saddam Hussein...
1322
01:07:19,202 --> 01:07:21,996
his final chance to disarm.
1323
01:07:21,997 --> 01:07:23,539
Our intelligence officials
estimate...
1324
01:07:23,540 --> 01:07:25,291
that Saddam Hussein had the
materials to produce...
1325
01:07:25,292 --> 01:07:28,252
What's the point of having
U.N. weapons inspections...
1326
01:07:28,253 --> 01:07:30,838
if Bush and Cheney are just
going to ignore the results?
1327
01:07:30,839 --> 01:07:34,133
Well, when you're creating
your own reality...
1328
01:07:34,134 --> 01:07:35,968
it's pretty easy to ignore
the facts.
1329
01:07:35,969 --> 01:07:38,512
And so what? Due diligence is
too inconvenient...
1330
01:07:38,513 --> 01:07:41,307
for the mainstream media
at this point?
1331
01:07:41,308 --> 01:07:43,392
When news is a profit center--
1332
01:07:43,393 --> 01:07:45,436
Access becomes currency.
1333
01:07:45,437 --> 01:07:46,980
Exactly.
1334
01:07:47,814 --> 01:07:49,565
I'm proud of you, John.
1335
01:07:49,566 --> 01:07:50,357
Why?
1336
01:07:50,358 --> 01:07:53,903
For not wavering.
1337
01:07:53,904 --> 01:07:55,362
It's got to be tough.
1338
01:07:55,363 --> 01:07:56,322
It's not that tough.
1339
01:07:56,323 --> 01:08:01,702
I know who their sources are and
I know who our sources are.
1340
01:08:01,703 --> 01:08:04,997
"Iraqi Dissidents Reassured
in a Talk with Bush...
1341
01:08:04,998 --> 01:08:07,458
"About the Post-Hussein Era."
1342
01:08:07,459 --> 01:08:08,250
By Judith Miller.
1343
01:08:08,251 --> 01:08:10,920
She'd quote a carnival
fortune teller...
1344
01:08:10,921 --> 01:08:13,422
if he was willing to say
Iraq had WMD.
1345
01:08:13,423 --> 01:08:16,258
We gotta dig into the
declassified...
1346
01:08:16,259 --> 01:08:17,551
national intelligence
estimate...
1347
01:08:17,552 --> 01:08:20,846
and find out if there are any
gems in there.
1348
01:08:20,847 --> 01:08:21,764
Yeah, I'd love to see...
1349
01:08:21,765 --> 01:08:23,641
what they redacted from the
classified version.
1350
01:08:23,642 --> 01:08:25,893
Oh, what's going
on with Chalabi?
1351
01:08:25,894 --> 01:08:26,685
We're on it.
1352
01:08:26,686 --> 01:08:28,395
I'm gonna keep an eye
on my old boss.
1353
01:08:28,396 --> 01:08:29,522
I got a feeling.
Yeah...
1354
01:08:29,523 --> 01:08:34,068
Colin may be the last person
standing between peace and war.
1355
01:08:34,069 --> 01:08:36,363
Yeah.
1356
01:08:44,287 --> 01:08:46,665
Goddamn it!
1357
01:08:51,878 --> 01:08:53,588
Fuck!
1358
01:08:57,717 --> 01:08:59,969
Angela, did the mayor
set a date...
1359
01:08:59,970 --> 01:09:00,845
for the fundraiser yet?
1360
01:09:00,846 --> 01:09:03,639
Hey, Arthur, I was totally
wrong.
1361
01:09:03,640 --> 01:09:06,433
Your head isn't literally
up your ass.
1362
01:09:06,434 --> 01:09:09,395
It's always a pleasure to see
you, John...
1363
01:09:09,396 --> 01:09:11,605
but would you please wait
outside?
1364
01:09:11,606 --> 01:09:14,191
You know, it's bad enough you're
ignoring all our work...
1365
01:09:14,192 --> 01:09:16,819
but the fact that you're running
these bullshit...
1366
01:09:16,820 --> 01:09:20,406
Judy Miller pieces is
unconscionable.
1367
01:09:20,407 --> 01:09:21,699
Not in here, John.
Okay, please?
1368
01:09:21,700 --> 01:09:25,828
Let's take it in my office.
Excuse me.
1369
01:09:25,829 --> 01:09:26,954
Jesus.
1370
01:09:26,955 --> 01:09:29,874
Look, as painful as this
might seem...
1371
01:09:29,875 --> 01:09:30,958
I don't answer to you, John.
1372
01:09:30,959 --> 01:09:33,502
Yes, as evidenced by the fact
that you still have a job.
1373
01:09:33,503 --> 01:09:35,754
You know what, my responsibility
is to my readers.
1374
01:09:35,755 --> 01:09:37,089
They're citizens who are
patriots...
1375
01:09:37,090 --> 01:09:39,466
they're citizens who support
our troops.
1376
01:09:39,467 --> 01:09:41,260
And how do you do that, Arthur?
1377
01:09:41,261 --> 01:09:43,971
By going down on
The New York Times?
1378
01:09:43,972 --> 01:09:46,015
I don't have time for this.
1379
01:09:46,016 --> 01:09:47,558
No, you don't have time.
1380
01:09:47,559 --> 01:09:48,559
You don't have time.
1381
01:09:48,560 --> 01:09:50,060
You know, one day,
The New York Times...
1382
01:09:50,061 --> 01:09:51,562
is going to apologize
to its readers.
1383
01:09:51,563 --> 01:09:55,566
And when that day comes, are you
gonna write your own apology?
1384
01:09:55,567 --> 01:09:58,527
Or are you just going to run
theirs?
1385
01:09:58,528 --> 01:10:01,198
Have a nice day, John.
1386
01:10:02,032 --> 01:10:04,617
It is beginning to look more
and more as though...
1387
01:10:04,618 --> 01:10:06,410
war with Iraq is inevitable.
1388
01:10:06,411 --> 01:10:09,580
The Showdown with Iraq and the
countdown to a speech...
1389
01:10:09,581 --> 01:10:11,749
by Secretary of State
Colin Powell...
1390
01:10:11,750 --> 01:10:13,626
that could move the world
closer to war.
1391
01:10:13,627 --> 01:10:16,212
There's not much left for the
soldiers to do but wait...
1392
01:10:16,213 --> 01:10:20,341
for orders to attack, Ryan
Chillcoat reports...
1393
01:10:20,342 --> 01:10:22,801
That's so frustrating.
1394
01:10:22,802 --> 01:10:26,097
I don't know that I could
do what you do.
1395
01:10:27,182 --> 01:10:28,390
You know, I once got it
in my head...
1396
01:10:28,391 --> 01:10:30,267
that I should hike the
Appalachian Trail.
1397
01:10:30,268 --> 01:10:32,478
Thought that it would just be a
good challenge for myself.
1398
01:10:32,479 --> 01:10:37,567
Then I look at it on a map
and it's like 2200 miles.
1399
01:10:39,194 --> 01:10:40,653
I realized...
1400
01:10:40,654 --> 01:10:42,863
That it would take a lifetime?
1401
01:10:42,864 --> 01:10:44,991
Yeah.
1402
01:10:47,619 --> 01:10:50,121
Or we could walk it together.
1403
01:10:51,248 --> 01:10:55,000
I'm gonna hold you to that.
1404
01:10:55,001 --> 01:10:56,543
Worldwide resistance
is mounting...
1405
01:10:56,544 --> 01:11:00,339
against America's military
intervention into Iraq.
1406
01:11:00,340 --> 01:11:03,217
From US cities to Europe and
the Middle East...
1407
01:11:03,218 --> 01:11:06,512
demonstrators have taken to the
streets in opposition...
1408
01:11:06,513 --> 01:11:11,101
to the United States'
threat to invade Iraq.
1409
01:11:17,565 --> 01:11:19,692
Mr. Strobel, Mr. Landay,
how do you do?
1410
01:11:19,693 --> 01:11:21,110
Hello.
I'm Entifadh Qanbar.
1411
01:11:21,111 --> 01:11:23,738
Hi.
Now, please, follow me.
1412
01:11:24,614 --> 01:11:25,364
Who's this dude?
1413
01:11:25,365 --> 01:11:30,202
Guy who used to deliver pizzas.
I'm not kidding.
1414
01:11:30,203 --> 01:11:31,870
Minister Chalabi,
Mr. Jonathan Landay...
1415
01:11:31,871 --> 01:11:36,208
and Warren Strobel from Knight
Ridder News.
1416
01:11:36,209 --> 01:11:37,751
Gentlemen, welcome.
1417
01:11:37,752 --> 01:11:42,214
Hey. Thank you for finally
agreeing to meet with us.
1418
01:11:42,215 --> 01:11:44,717
I've been very busy.
1419
01:11:44,718 --> 01:11:46,427
Talking to our competitors.
1420
01:11:46,428 --> 01:11:49,013
I speak with whomever wishes
to speak with me.
1421
01:11:49,014 --> 01:11:51,307
After all, I have nothing
to hide...
1422
01:11:51,308 --> 01:11:55,269
which is more than I can say
for Saddam.
1423
01:11:55,270 --> 01:11:57,187
Okay, well, since you brought
him up...
1424
01:11:57,188 --> 01:11:58,397
I thought we might talk
about what...
1425
01:11:58,398 --> 01:12:00,733
you know about his weapons
and how he might be hiding them.
1426
01:12:00,734 --> 01:12:06,572
He has WMD and he's hiding them,
that I know.
1427
01:12:06,573 --> 01:12:08,574
Right, and you know that how?
1428
01:12:08,575 --> 01:12:11,618
I know everything that's
happening in my country.
1429
01:12:11,619 --> 01:12:15,247
Even though Iraq hasn't been
your country for over a decade?
1430
01:12:15,248 --> 01:12:19,835
I may be an exile, but I'm still
an Iraqi.
1431
01:12:19,836 --> 01:12:22,296
Well, I think the point my
colleague is trying to make...
1432
01:12:22,297 --> 01:12:25,674
is how would you, an enemy
of Saddam, in exile...
1433
01:12:25,675 --> 01:12:29,303
have access to such valuable
information?
1434
01:12:29,304 --> 01:12:31,096
I maintain close
relationships...
1435
01:12:31,097 --> 01:12:33,349
with dissident intelligence
sources.
1436
01:12:33,350 --> 01:12:35,726
Is there a way we can
verify that?
1437
01:12:35,727 --> 01:12:36,435
No.
1438
01:12:36,436 --> 01:12:38,729
See, that's kind of a problem
for us...
1439
01:12:38,730 --> 01:12:39,855
because we can't write a story--
1440
01:12:39,856 --> 01:12:46,404
I want what America wants,
a free and democratic Iraq.
1441
01:12:46,446 --> 01:12:47,655
With you as its leader?
1442
01:12:47,697 --> 01:12:51,158
If the people of Iraq wish
for me to return, yes.
1443
01:12:51,159 --> 01:12:55,537
I want the opportunity to help
rebuild my country...
1444
01:12:55,538 --> 01:12:57,874
the way Mandela did
in South Africa.
1445
01:12:57,916 --> 01:13:02,754
But Mandela didn't ask the U.S.
to invade his country.
1446
01:13:02,796 --> 01:13:05,297
He wasn't fighting terrorists.
1447
01:13:05,298 --> 01:13:08,467
With all due respect, that's
where the red flags...
1448
01:13:08,468 --> 01:13:09,302
start to go up for us.
1449
01:13:09,344 --> 01:13:12,930
Are you implying that I've
created a false narrative...
1450
01:13:12,931 --> 01:13:13,764
for my own pursuits?
1451
01:13:13,765 --> 01:13:17,059
Is there another reason why
you'd create a false narrative?
1452
01:13:17,060 --> 01:13:19,269
I don't lie!
1453
01:13:19,270 --> 01:13:22,439
Saddam Hussein has mobile
chemical...
1454
01:13:22,440 --> 01:13:23,816
and biological weapons labs.
1455
01:13:23,817 --> 01:13:27,945
He has a nuclear program.
He has ties to terrorists.
1456
01:13:27,946 --> 01:13:31,907
And if you don't believe me,
just ask the many other...
1457
01:13:31,908 --> 01:13:33,659
defectors and hear
what they say.
1458
01:13:33,660 --> 01:13:35,619
They will all tell
you the same thing.
1459
01:13:35,620 --> 01:13:41,918
Don't they all get their
information from you?
1460
01:13:43,962 --> 01:13:47,047
If you were wondering why
it took so long for me...
1461
01:13:47,048 --> 01:13:52,553
to meet with you, it's this
smug attitude.
1462
01:13:52,554 --> 01:13:56,640
You have no intention of
reporting anything I've said.
1463
01:13:56,641 --> 01:13:59,476
Do you want us to just be your
cheerleaders?
1464
01:13:59,477 --> 01:14:01,228
All right, I think we
should go.
1465
01:14:01,229 --> 01:14:04,106
Thank you for your time.
1466
01:14:04,107 --> 01:14:08,569
Now I see why no one reads
anything you write.
1467
01:14:08,570 --> 01:14:12,156
I am an advocate for the removal
of a vicious dictator...
1468
01:14:12,157 --> 01:14:16,910
for a free Iraq, an Iraq that
will one day be a close ally...
1469
01:14:16,911 --> 01:14:21,582
to your country, to Israel, and
to all of the Western world.
1470
01:14:21,583 --> 01:14:25,669
And exactly how will this happen
after Saddam Hussein is gone?
1471
01:14:25,670 --> 01:14:26,670
All right, come on, Landay.
1472
01:14:26,671 --> 01:14:29,131
No, no, no, he says the world
will be better off...
1473
01:14:29,132 --> 01:14:30,257
but he doesn't say how.
1474
01:14:30,258 --> 01:14:32,676
How would the removal
of Saddam Hussein...
1475
01:14:32,677 --> 01:14:35,804
not plunge Iraq into a bloody
civil war?
1476
01:14:35,805 --> 01:14:37,139
Tell us something that makes
sense...
1477
01:14:37,140 --> 01:14:43,645
anything that makes sense, and
we'll write that story today.
1478
01:14:43,646 --> 01:14:44,354
You can't!
1479
01:14:44,355 --> 01:14:46,732
Because you have no
idea what happens next.
1480
01:14:46,733 --> 01:14:48,609
And neither does anyone else.
John. John!
1481
01:14:48,610 --> 01:14:52,154
I would rather go back and write
for my high school paper...
1482
01:14:52,155 --> 01:14:53,113
than to be used by you...
1483
01:14:53,114 --> 01:14:57,075
to sell the American public
your bullshit.
1484
01:14:57,076 --> 01:14:58,453
All right.
1485
01:15:01,706 --> 01:15:05,083
By the way, it's Knight Ridder.
1486
01:15:05,084 --> 01:15:06,835
Secretary of State Colin Powell
will make the case...
1487
01:15:06,836 --> 01:15:10,797
against Iraq in a nationally
televised address...
1488
01:15:10,798 --> 01:15:12,633
to the UN Security Council.
1489
01:15:12,634 --> 01:15:14,635
Looks like they're bringing
in the closer.
1490
01:15:14,636 --> 01:15:16,720
Mr. Secretary,
are you confident...
1491
01:15:16,721 --> 01:15:18,472
you will make your case, sir?
1492
01:15:18,473 --> 01:15:19,264
You'll see.
1493
01:15:19,265 --> 01:15:21,350
What the hell game have we've
been playing?
1494
01:15:21,351 --> 01:15:24,687
All we did is piss into the
wind.
1495
01:15:26,272 --> 01:15:28,607
We did our jobs.
1496
01:15:28,608 --> 01:15:31,985
I should never have become
a reporter.
1497
01:15:31,986 --> 01:15:36,157
Damn that Woodward and
Bernstein.
1498
01:15:37,283 --> 01:15:39,910
They took down a president
whose biggest crime...
1499
01:15:39,911 --> 01:15:43,580
was trying to cover up some
dirty political tricks.
1500
01:15:43,581 --> 01:15:46,208
This president's about to do the
worst thing any president...
1501
01:15:46,209 --> 01:15:49,963
could do and he'll probably
get re-elected.
1502
01:15:51,172 --> 01:15:54,050
To the democratic experiment.
1503
01:15:56,469 --> 01:15:57,928
Thank you, Mr. President.
1504
01:15:57,929 --> 01:16:00,305
My colleagues, every statement
I make today...
1505
01:16:00,306 --> 01:16:04,643
is backed up by sources,
solid sources.
1506
01:16:04,644 --> 01:16:08,188
The gravity of this moment is
matched by the gravity...
1507
01:16:08,189 --> 01:16:12,067
of the threat that Iraq's
weapons of mass destruction...
1508
01:16:12,068 --> 01:16:12,859
pose to the world.
1509
01:16:12,860 --> 01:16:16,488
It was a set up, the whole damn
thing was a set up.
1510
01:16:16,489 --> 01:16:19,741
Tenet sent Powell a stack
of files this high...
1511
01:16:19,742 --> 01:16:20,951
that supported the invasion.
1512
01:16:20,952 --> 01:16:22,661
Saddam Hussein is determined...
1513
01:16:22,662 --> 01:16:25,205
to get his hands
on a nuclear bomb.
1514
01:16:25,206 --> 01:16:26,206
Cheney sent Scooter Libby...
1515
01:16:26,207 --> 01:16:28,875
to push three main arguments
in those files.
1516
01:16:28,876 --> 01:16:30,961
One: Saddam's human rights
abuses...
1517
01:16:30,962 --> 01:16:31,962
which everybody knew about.
1518
01:16:31,963 --> 01:16:33,922
Two: his links to Al Qaeda,
which Powell...
1519
01:16:33,923 --> 01:16:35,716
of course, threw right
in the trash.
1520
01:16:35,717 --> 01:16:40,220
And the third focused
on Iraq's WMD.
1521
01:16:40,221 --> 01:16:42,472
Leaving Saddam Hussein in
possession of weapons...
1522
01:16:42,473 --> 01:16:44,975
of mass destruction for a few
more months or years...
1523
01:16:44,976 --> 01:16:49,062
is not an option, not in a
post-September 11th world.
1524
01:16:49,063 --> 01:16:52,941
Over a four-day period, Powell
made every single CIA officer...
1525
01:16:52,942 --> 01:16:56,987
defend every so-called piece
of evidence in those files.
1526
01:16:56,988 --> 01:16:58,697
He threw out 80% of them.
1527
01:16:58,698 --> 01:16:59,906
At the end of the four days...
1528
01:16:59,907 --> 01:17:02,367
Powell looked Tenet right
in the eye and said...
1529
01:17:02,368 --> 01:17:06,872
"George, can we stand
by every word of this?"
1530
01:17:06,873 --> 01:17:13,962
And Tenet said, "Everything in
there is gold, I promise you."
1531
01:17:13,963 --> 01:17:15,797
To which Powell replied, "Well,
that's good, George.
1532
01:17:15,798 --> 01:17:18,008
"I'm glad you feel that way,
'cause you're going to be...
1533
01:17:18,009 --> 01:17:21,094
"sitting right behind me when
I present this to the world."
1534
01:17:21,095 --> 01:17:25,766
We must not fail in our duty
and our responsibility...
1535
01:17:25,767 --> 01:17:27,559
to the citizens of the
countries...
1536
01:17:27,560 --> 01:17:31,021
that are represented
by this body.
1537
01:17:31,022 --> 01:17:33,982
Colin took one for the team.
1538
01:17:33,983 --> 01:17:35,442
Always the good soldier.
1539
01:17:35,443 --> 01:17:37,778
Has the Iraqi regime fully...
1540
01:17:37,779 --> 01:17:40,697
and unconditionally disarmed?
1541
01:17:40,698 --> 01:17:44,034
The only acceptable outcome is
the one already defined...
1542
01:17:44,035 --> 01:17:47,412
by a unanimous vote of the
Security Council.
1543
01:17:47,413 --> 01:17:49,748
Total disarmament.
1544
01:17:49,749 --> 01:17:51,917
Great Britain, Spain and the
United States have introduced..
1545
01:17:51,918 --> 01:17:55,671
a new resolution stating that
Iraq has failed to meet...
1546
01:17:55,672 --> 01:18:02,511
the requirements
of Resolution 1441.
1547
01:18:02,512 --> 01:18:06,264
This is a fact, it cannot
be denied.
1548
01:18:06,265 --> 01:18:08,183
And what harm
would it do to give...
1549
01:18:08,184 --> 01:18:09,393
Saddam a final ultimatum?
1550
01:18:09,394 --> 01:18:12,229
A two or three day deadline
to disarm or face force?
1551
01:18:12,230 --> 01:18:15,023
September the 11th changed
the strategic thinking...
1552
01:18:15,024 --> 01:18:17,693
at least as far as I was
concerned...
1553
01:18:17,694 --> 01:18:19,778
for how to protect our country.
1554
01:18:19,779 --> 01:18:24,866
My job is to protect the
American people.
1555
01:18:24,867 --> 01:18:28,453
Used to be that we could think
that you could contain...
1556
01:18:28,454 --> 01:18:29,579
a person like Saddam Hussein...
1557
01:18:29,580 --> 01:18:33,458
that oceans would protect us
from his type of terror.
1558
01:18:34,293 --> 01:18:37,504
September the 11th should say
to the American people--
1559
01:18:37,505 --> 01:18:38,964
Hello?
1560
01:18:38,965 --> 01:18:41,299
You need to pack your bags.
1561
01:18:41,300 --> 01:18:43,593
Right.
1562
01:18:43,594 --> 01:18:46,513
In the hands of a terrorist
organization...
1563
01:18:46,514 --> 01:18:49,516
could be deployed here at home.
1564
01:18:49,517 --> 01:18:53,979
King, John King. This is a
scripted...
1565
01:18:53,980 --> 01:18:55,105
Thank you, Mr. President.
1566
01:18:55,106 --> 01:18:57,816
Sir, how would you answer your
critics who say that they--
1567
01:18:57,817 --> 01:18:59,484
They think this is somehow
personal?
1568
01:18:59,485 --> 01:19:01,487
As Senator Kennedy put it
tonight...
1569
01:19:01,529 --> 01:19:03,780
he said your fixation
with Saddam Hussein...
1570
01:19:03,781 --> 01:19:05,824
is making the world a more
dangerous place.
1571
01:19:05,825 --> 01:19:08,160
And as you prepare the American
people for the possibility...
1572
01:19:08,161 --> 01:19:10,203
of military conflict, could you
share with us...
1573
01:19:10,204 --> 01:19:12,582
any of the scenarios your
advisors have shared...
1574
01:19:12,623 --> 01:19:15,917
with you about worst-case
scenarios?
1575
01:19:15,918 --> 01:19:23,918
You make sure the-- this country
knows what's going on out there.
1576
01:19:24,385 --> 01:19:25,844
Yeah?
I will.
1577
01:19:25,845 --> 01:19:30,640
I swore to protect and defend
the Constitution.
1578
01:19:30,641 --> 01:19:32,517
He has weapons of mass
destruction...
1579
01:19:32,518 --> 01:19:36,062
and he has used weapons
of mass destruction.
1580
01:19:36,063 --> 01:19:37,314
He has trained and financed...
1581
01:19:37,315 --> 01:19:39,483
Al Qaeda-type organizations
before.
1582
01:19:39,484 --> 01:19:43,653
I take the threat seriously,
and I'll deal with the threat.
1583
01:19:43,654 --> 01:19:46,823
I hope it can be done
peacefully.
1584
01:19:46,824 --> 01:19:49,409
They hate what we stand for.
1585
01:19:49,410 --> 01:19:52,622
We love freedom, and we're
not changing.
1586
01:19:52,872 --> 01:19:54,748
Mr. President,
millions of Americans can...
1587
01:19:54,749 --> 01:19:58,084
recall a time when leaders from
both parties set this country..
1588
01:19:58,085 --> 01:20:01,046
on a mission of regime change
in Vietnam.
1589
01:20:01,047 --> 01:20:02,464
50,000 Americans died.
1590
01:20:02,465 --> 01:20:05,926
The regime is still there in
Hanoi and it hasn't harmed...
1591
01:20:05,927 --> 01:20:08,345
or threatened a single American
in 30 years...
1592
01:20:08,346 --> 01:20:09,304
since the war ended.
1593
01:20:09,305 --> 01:20:11,973
What can you say tonight, sir,
to the sons and daughters...
1594
01:20:11,974 --> 01:20:15,560
of the Americans who served in
Vietnam to assure them that...
1595
01:20:15,561 --> 01:20:19,856
you will not lead this country
down a similar path in Iraq?
1596
01:20:19,857 --> 01:20:22,150
That's a great question.
1597
01:20:22,151 --> 01:20:25,987
No doubt, there's risks with
any military operation.
1598
01:20:25,988 --> 01:20:26,696
I know that.
1599
01:20:26,697 --> 01:20:29,783
It's a good thing he can draw
on all that experience he got...
1600
01:20:29,784 --> 01:20:31,660
while not serving in the
National Guard.
1601
01:20:31,661 --> 01:20:35,330
But it's very clear what we
intend to do.
1602
01:20:35,331 --> 01:20:38,501
And our mission won't change.
1603
01:20:39,669 --> 01:20:45,006
It could last, you know, six
days, six weeks...
1604
01:20:45,007 --> 01:20:48,051
I doubt six months.
1605
01:20:48,052 --> 01:20:49,803
There's a lot of money to pay
for this...
1606
01:20:49,804 --> 01:20:51,429
that doesn't have to be
U.S. taxpayer money.
1607
01:20:51,430 --> 01:20:54,307
We're dealing with a country
that can really finance...
1608
01:20:54,308 --> 01:20:56,977
its own reconstruction,
and relatively soon.
1609
01:20:56,978 --> 01:20:59,479
There will always be some
uncertainty...
1610
01:20:59,480 --> 01:21:01,940
about how quickly he can
acquire nuclear weapons...
1611
01:21:01,941 --> 01:21:05,235
but we don't want the smoking
gun to be a mushroom cloud.
1612
01:21:05,236 --> 01:21:06,903
Do you think the
America people...
1613
01:21:06,904 --> 01:21:10,782
are prepared for a long,
costly, and bloody battle...
1614
01:21:10,783 --> 01:21:12,659
with significant American
casualties?
1615
01:21:12,660 --> 01:21:14,911
I don't think it's likely
to unfold that way, Tim...
1616
01:21:14,912 --> 01:21:17,122
because I really do believe we
will be greeted as liberators.
1617
01:21:17,123 --> 01:21:20,125
Six weeks after the
war had begun, the President...
1618
01:21:20,126 --> 01:21:23,044
is set to deliver a very
carefully worded speech...
1619
01:21:23,045 --> 01:21:24,754
on a carrier in the Pacific.
1620
01:21:24,755 --> 01:21:29,342
My fellow Americans,
major combat operations...
1621
01:21:29,343 --> 01:21:30,760
in Iraq have ended.
1622
01:21:30,761 --> 01:21:34,264
In the battle of Iraq,
the United States...
1623
01:21:34,265 --> 01:21:37,935
and our allies have prevailed.
1624
01:22:19,310 --> 01:22:22,021
I want to go down there.
1625
01:22:39,038 --> 01:22:42,917
They were the first to die.
1626
01:22:47,004 --> 01:22:49,757
Were you there?
1627
01:22:52,635 --> 01:22:54,428
Thank you.
1628
01:22:59,433 --> 01:23:01,644
Thank you, son.
1629
01:24:06,000 --> 01:24:07,542
Jonathan, how did it feel,
therefore...
1630
01:24:07,543 --> 01:24:11,171
to be the lone holdouts in this
pursuit of truth and fact?
1631
01:24:11,172 --> 01:24:14,466
It was very lonely and what
made it actually one...
1632
01:24:14,467 --> 01:24:15,467
of the ironies is...
1633
01:24:15,468 --> 01:24:16,968
that every time we would write
something...
1634
01:24:16,969 --> 01:24:20,138
the White House would say
nothing, because we realized...
1635
01:24:20,139 --> 01:24:22,474
after a while that that would
have been the best...
1636
01:24:22,475 --> 01:24:25,810
advertising for our stories we
could have possibly asked for.
1637
01:24:25,811 --> 01:24:27,187
There's a problem with
journalism...
1638
01:24:27,188 --> 01:24:28,354
in Washington, which is access.
1639
01:24:28,355 --> 01:24:30,398
And The New York Times and
others had access to the top...
1640
01:24:30,399 --> 01:24:31,983
officials who were spinning
this line.
1641
01:24:31,984 --> 01:24:33,485
We talked to those people,
as well...
1642
01:24:33,486 --> 01:24:35,070
but most of our reporting,
Christiane...
1643
01:24:35,071 --> 01:24:37,238
was with intelligence,
military...
1644
01:24:37,239 --> 01:24:38,364
and diplomatic mid-level--
1645
01:24:38,365 --> 01:24:39,574
Lower level?
Lower level.
1646
01:24:39,575 --> 01:24:41,659
The types journalists don't
normally talk to or go after.
1647
01:24:41,660 --> 01:24:43,870
Can I just give a little
credit, also, to the man...
1648
01:24:43,871 --> 01:24:46,039
who was our boss at the time,
John Walcott.
1649
01:24:46,040 --> 01:24:48,249
Higher levels of
civilization...
1650
01:24:48,250 --> 01:24:50,336
must depend even more
heavily...
1651
01:24:50,377 --> 01:24:53,797
on a conscientious respect for the importance of honesty...
1652
01:24:53,798 --> 01:24:57,843
and clarity in reporting the
facts and out of stubborn...
1653
01:24:57,885 --> 01:25:03,348
concern for accuracy in
determining what the facts are.
1654
01:25:03,349 --> 01:25:08,269
We need to find some way
to cover the world so that...
1655
01:25:08,270 --> 01:25:10,980
we know what's happening
out there...
1656
01:25:10,981 --> 01:25:12,774
that we know the truth
about it...
1657
01:25:12,775 --> 01:25:17,695
so we can avoid mistakes...
1658
01:25:17,696 --> 01:25:20,281
mistakes like Iraq.
1659
01:25:20,282 --> 01:25:22,075
The intelligence was
what it was.
1660
01:25:22,076 --> 01:25:23,868
You know, people like me
couldn't make it up.
1661
01:25:23,869 --> 01:25:26,162
The intelligence
wasn't what it was...
1662
01:25:26,163 --> 01:25:27,580
and not everybody got it wrong.
1663
01:25:27,581 --> 01:25:31,794
Almost everybody did,
except for Knight Ridder.
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