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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,961 --> 00:00:05,964          [ Rain pattering ]          2 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:09,926                                     3 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,479                 Wray:                      "It's hard to imagine now      4 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,690  after everything that's happened      in the brutal decades since,     5 00:00:23,732 --> 00:00:26,693            but the events                   of September 11, 2001,        6 00:00:26,735 --> 00:00:30,405       were all but unimaginable                  in mid-2000,             7 00:00:30,447 --> 00:00:33,492           when an earnest,                bookish California teenager     8 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:36,870       named John Walker Lindh,                      age 19,               9 00:00:36,912 --> 00:00:41,083       decided to travel to the          Middle East to study the Quran.  10 00:00:41,124 --> 00:00:42,584           The consequences                     of that decision           11 00:00:42,626 --> 00:00:45,003    are a matter of public record.    12 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:47,839           Two months after                the Twin Towers had fallen,     13 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:49,591               six weeks                     after the United States       14 00:00:49,633 --> 00:00:52,094        dropped its first bomb                   on Afghanistan,           15 00:00:52,135 --> 00:00:55,889    a few hundred Taliban soldiers,        held as prisoners of war       16 00:00:55,931 --> 00:00:58,058             in an ancient                   mud-and-brick fortress        17 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:02,396         near Mazar-i-Sharif,                  staged an uprising.         18 00:01:02,437 --> 00:01:05,691     All but 86 of those prisoners                 would die,              19 00:01:05,732 --> 00:01:09,069        as well as a man named                Johnny Micheal Spann,        20 00:01:09,111 --> 00:01:10,987  who was serving as a CIA adviser  21 00:01:11,029 --> 00:01:14,241          to America's allies                    on the ground.            22 00:01:14,282 --> 00:01:17,369                                     23 00:01:17,411 --> 00:01:21,081     It was discovered that one of         the few surviving prisoners     24 00:01:21,123 --> 00:01:24,251     was an American -- Mr. Lindh.    25 00:01:24,292 --> 00:01:26,712        A media frenzy ensued."       26 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:33,260                                     27 00:01:33,301 --> 00:01:40,308                                     28 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:42,769    You know, as a fiction writer,    29 00:01:42,811 --> 00:01:45,939      you don't necessarily think              that what you write         30 00:01:45,981 --> 00:01:50,736        is going to immediately           have real-world consequences.    31 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:53,113            I was probably                     a little bit naive.         32 00:01:53,155 --> 00:01:56,867    I'd written some op-eds before,        but none of them had ever      33 00:01:56,908 --> 00:02:01,121    pissed people off to the degree           that this one did.          34 00:02:01,163 --> 00:02:05,208                                     35 00:02:05,250 --> 00:02:06,418       "The fact that Mr. Lindh       36 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:08,628             had enlisted                   as a simple foot soldier       37 00:02:08,670 --> 00:02:10,297    in a strictly regional conflict  38 00:02:10,338 --> 00:02:13,759          between the Taliban             and a group of rival warlords    39 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,095     availed him next to nothing,     40 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:20,390      especially once his filthy,            bearded, wild-eyed face       41 00:02:20,432 --> 00:02:22,809  was broadcast around the world."  42 00:02:22,851 --> 00:02:27,147        Man: John Walker Lindh             is leaving prison much like     43 00:02:27,189 --> 00:02:29,858     he went in nearly two decades            ago, under a cloud --        44 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:31,777                 Wray:                      "He found himself branded      45 00:02:31,818 --> 00:02:33,278       the 'American Taliban.'"       46 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,947     Why in the world                  would you take this man in?        47 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:37,824         "America had captured                   a clear villain           48 00:02:37,866 --> 00:02:41,620     in the otherwise bewildering,         morally muddy war on terror     49 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:45,707     and understandably, perhaps,        we didn't want to let him go."    50 00:02:45,749 --> 00:02:47,667      ...captured him                  and put him in prison.             51 00:02:47,709 --> 00:02:50,545           "We still don't."          52 00:02:50,587 --> 00:02:51,838        The case of a criminal        53 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,342        as universally reviled                    as Mr. Lindh             54 00:02:55,383 --> 00:02:57,886    is an opportunity for a display        of righteous indignation       55 00:02:57,928 --> 00:03:02,682          to which virtually             no potential voter will object.  56 00:03:02,724 --> 00:03:05,268             For precisely                    that reason, however,        57 00:03:05,310 --> 00:03:08,814     great caution is called for.     58 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:12,859  His release, and the controversy             surrounding it,           59 00:03:12,901 --> 00:03:17,364       may prove a valuable test                 of our ability            60 00:03:17,405 --> 00:03:21,034      to keep our worst impulses                    in check.              61 00:03:21,076 --> 00:03:23,703         If John Walker Lindh                 becomes the terrorist        62 00:03:23,745 --> 00:03:25,956       we've always accused him                     of being,              63 00:03:25,997 --> 00:03:27,874     the fault will lie with us --    64 00:03:27,916 --> 00:03:31,002          with our ignorance,                and our intolerance --        65 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:33,713       as much as with Mr. Lindh                    himself."              66 00:03:33,755 --> 00:03:43,723                                     67 00:03:43,765 --> 00:03:51,773                                     68 00:03:51,815 --> 00:03:55,735                                     69 00:03:55,777 --> 00:03:58,905          So my straightener                that I've ha-- Oh, wait.       70 00:03:58,947 --> 00:04:01,074      She's not in here -- died.          [ Hair straightener clicks ]     71 00:04:01,116 --> 00:04:02,492              I've had it                     for, like, six years.        72 00:04:02,534 --> 00:04:04,452       Yeah, so that's gonna be       73 00:04:04,494 --> 00:04:06,746              a major...                     [ Straightener clacks ]       74 00:04:06,788 --> 00:04:08,999        My dad had curly hair,               my aunt had curly hair,       75 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:10,917          and my mom's mother                    has curly hair,           76 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:14,087      so I got it from all sides                  of my family             77 00:04:14,129 --> 00:04:17,591           and I don't want                 to lose it or damage it.       78 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,095                 So...                79 00:04:22,137 --> 00:04:32,105                                     80 00:04:32,147 --> 00:04:42,115                                     81 00:04:42,157 --> 00:04:47,329                                     82 00:04:47,370 --> 00:04:52,834                                     83 00:04:52,876 --> 00:04:57,714         Um...so two things...        84 00:04:57,756 --> 00:05:00,133               Actually,                       I would say three.          85 00:05:02,052 --> 00:05:05,722        My dad always wanted me                    to be aware             86 00:05:05,764 --> 00:05:07,474          of current events.                    [ Zipper opens ]           87 00:05:07,515 --> 00:05:10,060             So, you know,                     when 9/11 happened,         88 00:05:10,101 --> 00:05:12,562           our school didn't                   show us the video.          89 00:05:12,604 --> 00:05:16,816    But when I got home, I sat with        my dad in front of the TV      90 00:05:16,858 --> 00:05:18,485      and watched that all night.     91 00:05:18,526 --> 00:05:20,153      Now, some people would say,     92 00:05:20,195 --> 00:05:22,656  "Oh, you shouldn't let your kids         see that kind of stuff.       93 00:05:22,697 --> 00:05:25,283           You know, it's --                Shelter them from that."       94 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:26,451         But my dad never did.        95 00:05:26,493 --> 00:05:28,161       Like, when we would have                     reading,               96 00:05:28,203 --> 00:05:29,996    like, we had to read something               for the night,            97 00:05:30,038 --> 00:05:32,666       my dad would pull, like,               newspaper clippings.         98 00:05:32,707 --> 00:05:35,085          I remember one time                  I read this article         99 00:05:35,126 --> 00:05:38,004        in the newspaper called             "The Pacifist Claptrap,"       100 00:05:38,046 --> 00:05:39,839        and that was my reading                  for the night.            101 00:05:39,881 --> 00:05:41,967      And he was like, "Don't --              don't write that down        102 00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:44,094     as what you read, but this is            what you're reading."        103 00:05:44,135 --> 00:05:49,182      So it was always important             as a kid to be informed       104 00:05:49,224 --> 00:05:52,018          on current events.          105 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:55,897        And the second thing is            when I went to Afghanistan,     106 00:05:55,939 --> 00:05:58,942               we stayed                   in General Dostum's houses.     107 00:05:58,984 --> 00:06:03,989        And every time we went                to see him, you know,        108 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:05,824             for a dinner                    or something like that,       109 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:08,702              the news --                    Fox News was always on.       110 00:06:08,743 --> 00:06:10,286      So at that point, you know,                     at 9,                111 00:06:10,328 --> 00:06:14,374         I realized the reach                that being in the news        112 00:06:14,416 --> 00:06:20,171  and informing people goes, like,          even in Afghanistan,         113 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:25,844     where all I see are mud huts         around me, the news is still,    114 00:06:25,885 --> 00:06:28,138      you know, at least reaching               some households.           115 00:06:28,179 --> 00:06:31,725     Of course, not everyone lives        like Gen. Dostum over there,     116 00:06:31,766 --> 00:06:34,394    but you just realize the reach                  that has.              117 00:06:34,436 --> 00:06:36,813       And then the third reason      118 00:06:36,855 --> 00:06:41,026       is one of the worst days       119 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:43,820          that I can remember                 after my parents died        120 00:06:43,862 --> 00:06:51,745       was the day that we were              doing a show for Oprah.       121 00:06:51,786 --> 00:06:53,413    And we were filming at a park,    122 00:06:53,455 --> 00:06:55,582            and I was like,              "I don't -- I don't want this,    123 00:06:55,623 --> 00:06:56,958       like, I want to go home."      124 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,296        And then the film crew                   asks these kids           125 00:07:01,337 --> 00:07:04,382      to, like, get off the toys                 and let us play           126 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:05,925    so they could film us playing.    127 00:07:05,967 --> 00:07:08,178      And I was beyond mortified.     128 00:07:08,219 --> 00:07:10,388     It was one of the worst days                I can remember,           129 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:15,393    and so I always felt like if I     could tell compassionate stories  130 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:19,314    without overstepping my bounds,            that I needed to           131 00:07:19,355 --> 00:07:22,525         because I know there          are so many out there who don't.  132 00:07:22,567 --> 00:07:31,618                                     133 00:07:31,659 --> 00:07:38,875                                     134 00:07:38,917 --> 00:07:40,460     Looking back now, it's weird     135 00:07:40,502 --> 00:07:44,380       because when we would go          to Arlington National Cemetery,  136 00:07:44,422 --> 00:07:48,885  my dad was very particular about     how we walked to the cemetery.    137 00:07:48,927 --> 00:07:51,930        You always have to walk                behind the graves,          138 00:07:51,971 --> 00:07:54,808       and you never, like, step              on somebody's grave.         139 00:07:54,849 --> 00:07:56,851       And he sort of taught us              how the respectful way        140 00:07:56,893 --> 00:07:58,603              to navigate                    through that cemetery,        141 00:07:58,645 --> 00:08:02,732    not knowing that a year later,    142 00:08:02,774 --> 00:08:05,068              he himself                     would be buried there.        143 00:08:05,110 --> 00:08:14,202                                     144 00:08:14,244 --> 00:08:15,328                     Oh -- Hi.        145 00:08:15,370 --> 00:08:17,831                    I was like,                   "Is this car running?"  146 00:08:17,872 --> 00:08:21,501  [ Speaking indistinctly ]                     [ Keys clack ]            147 00:08:21,543 --> 00:08:22,794                       Wait.                      What are you covering?  148 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:24,420                 Here. Do you want                   your real key back?  149 00:08:24,462 --> 00:08:26,047           Did you watch the 10:00?   Probably not. It was a disaster.  150 00:08:26,089 --> 00:08:28,007  No, I did, actually.                   I watched the --                 151 00:08:28,049 --> 00:08:29,634       What happened                        at the start?                  152 00:08:29,676 --> 00:08:32,804         So the show wasn't loading        in the new automated system.  153 00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:36,683               So it started, like,               after the open and --  154 00:08:36,724 --> 00:08:38,977    Do I want to know?                                             No.     155 00:08:39,018 --> 00:08:45,150                                     156 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:48,695         Had John Walker Lindh              not been there that day,       157 00:08:48,736 --> 00:08:52,031          the prison uprising              would have still happened.      158 00:08:52,073 --> 00:08:54,951           My dad would have                   still been killed.          159 00:08:54,993 --> 00:08:59,038           But when you add                    John Walker Lindh,          160 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,208        that's the point where            the story could have changed.    161 00:09:02,250 --> 00:09:06,796          It could have been                    this American kid          162 00:09:06,838 --> 00:09:09,465        on a spiritual journey                     gets lost.              163 00:09:09,507 --> 00:09:13,720        He finds an American...       164 00:09:13,761 --> 00:09:16,848       who comes to his rescue,                   essentially,             165 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:19,267    if he had told my dad and Dave,  166 00:09:19,309 --> 00:09:21,769      "Hey, this prison uprising                is gonna happen."          167 00:09:21,811 --> 00:09:25,773      Maybe no one, no Americans         would have had to die that day.  168 00:09:25,815 --> 00:09:27,817     But that's not what happened.    169 00:09:27,859 --> 00:09:30,361      So I think it just makes it         all the worse for our family,    170 00:09:30,403 --> 00:09:32,363        knowing that there was              an element in that prison      171 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:35,950       that could have prevented                 my dad's death.           172 00:09:35,992 --> 00:09:38,077            And he didn't.            173 00:09:38,119 --> 00:09:39,913       He chose to stay silent.       174 00:09:39,954 --> 00:09:43,208             So the story                   would have been the same.      175 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:45,084      I just think it could have          played out a lot differently     176 00:09:45,126 --> 00:09:48,588         if John Walker Lindh              had made different choices.     177 00:09:52,050 --> 00:09:53,718                 Wray:                    When I was writing my novel,     178 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:58,848    I had to sort of imagine myself              in this town             179 00:09:58,890 --> 00:10:02,518       that I grew up in and how         desperately I wanted to escape.  180 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:06,231      I grew up wanting to write            fiction and write novels,      181 00:10:06,272 --> 00:10:08,775             and I thought                  that this was an episode,      182 00:10:08,816 --> 00:10:11,903       a footnote, if you will,            in America's war on terror      183 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:15,949         that almost contained            everything else in microcosm.    184 00:10:15,990 --> 00:10:18,326             So I had done                  a little bit of homework       185 00:10:18,368 --> 00:10:22,163      to sort of reverse-engineer           this sequence of choices       186 00:10:22,205 --> 00:10:23,998           all the way back                      to Marin County           187 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,919       and putting in a VHS tape                 of "Malcolm X."           188 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:33,174    But as far as I understand it,       that's really how it happened.    189 00:10:33,216 --> 00:10:34,634      You know, and I can imagine              that very clearly.          190 00:10:34,676 --> 00:10:38,304                                     191 00:10:38,346 --> 00:10:40,139     Boettcher: Walker Lindh told                his questioners           192 00:10:40,181 --> 00:10:42,267             that he began                    his journey to Islam         193 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:44,644        after seeing the movie                     "Malcolm X"             194 00:10:44,686 --> 00:10:46,020       when he was 12 years old.      195 00:10:46,062 --> 00:10:48,273      Plymouth Rock landed on us.     196 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:49,691              Boettcher:                    That launched an odyssey       197 00:10:49,732 --> 00:10:51,985       that took him from being             a teenage Muslim convert       198 00:10:52,026 --> 00:10:53,486        in northern California        199 00:10:53,528 --> 00:10:56,322          to an Arabic school                 in Yemen to Pakistan.        200 00:10:56,364 --> 00:10:58,658       Wray: What could be more                American than that?         201 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:02,787      Pop culture is what brought               John Walker Lindh          202 00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:07,000          to a tiny madrassa             near the border of Afghanistan,  203 00:11:07,041 --> 00:11:11,629       the most far-removed spot                you could imagine          204 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,423         from where he began,         205 00:11:13,464 --> 00:11:16,592        which was just watching                a Spike Lee movie.          206 00:11:16,634 --> 00:11:18,636      Reporter: John Walker Lindh           stands accused of trying       207 00:11:18,678 --> 00:11:22,348      to kill his own countrymen,        and many wonder what drove him    208 00:11:22,390 --> 00:11:24,976             into the arms                 and service of the Taliban.     209 00:11:25,018 --> 00:11:28,521        We found clues here at         the madrassa or religious school  210 00:11:28,563 --> 00:11:30,815           where he studied                   for almost six months        211 00:11:30,857 --> 00:11:33,818  using his Muslim name, Sulayman.  212 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:37,363       He abruptly left and left          behind his Arabic workbooks,     213 00:11:37,405 --> 00:11:41,659     his suitcase full of Western         clothes, even his toothpaste.    214 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:45,538    It was as if he turned his back      forever on John Walker Lindh,    215 00:11:45,580 --> 00:11:47,165             the American.            216 00:11:47,206 --> 00:11:50,918  Wray: If someone spends a minute       or two trying to figure out     217 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,171     how this could have happened,    218 00:11:53,212 --> 00:11:54,380    they're not gonna get anywhere    219 00:11:54,422 --> 00:11:57,717         and then essentially,                  in exasperation,           220 00:11:57,759 --> 00:12:00,511       they'll just fall back on         the most knee-jerk explanation    221 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:02,722         of "This kid was just                    a bad apple.             222 00:12:02,764 --> 00:12:04,182     He was just a born traitor."     223 00:12:04,223 --> 00:12:06,225         He's expected to move                to Northern Virginia,        224 00:12:06,267 --> 00:12:08,394         just outside of D.C.                        George.               225 00:12:08,436 --> 00:12:09,979  We'll see if they can                  police that okay.                226 00:12:10,021 --> 00:12:12,565       Reporter #2: The American           Taliban, John Walker Lindh,     227 00:12:12,607 --> 00:12:15,193     released from federal prison            today after serving...        228 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:17,487     Bernsten: John Walker Lindh,                 38 years old.            229 00:12:17,528 --> 00:12:21,532     He's gonna be out and living      in your neighborhood in America.  230 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:23,743              Personally,                   I wanted to see him hung.      231 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,248        Mike Spann, a dedicated                    family man              232 00:12:29,290 --> 00:12:31,793     who was doing the right thing              for his country,           233 00:12:31,834 --> 00:12:34,253       winds up losing his life.      234 00:12:34,295 --> 00:12:36,255  I'm outraged by the whole thing.  235 00:12:37,632 --> 00:12:39,467     Radack: But even the history                  of 9/11 --              236 00:12:39,509 --> 00:12:40,927      My kids are in high school.     237 00:12:40,968 --> 00:12:44,889         9/11 is not mentioned               in their history books,       238 00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:46,474        which is amazing to me.       239 00:12:46,516 --> 00:12:48,976     I don't know if it's just not           enough time has gone by       240 00:12:49,018 --> 00:12:50,937        for it to be considered                     "history"              241 00:12:50,978 --> 00:12:55,900     or it just does not look good        for America because we were,     242 00:12:55,942 --> 00:12:59,195       I feel like, improvising           a lot of the response to 9/11    243 00:12:59,237 --> 00:13:01,531       because it was uncharted                    territory.              244 00:13:01,572 --> 00:13:05,451     And improvising your response                 to 9/11...              245 00:13:05,493 --> 00:13:07,578        [ Photograph flutters ]                ...looks like this.         246 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:15,628                                     247 00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:18,631            This guy takes                    a CIA officer's life,        248 00:13:18,673 --> 00:13:21,426          joins the Taliban,                      is a traitor,            249 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:23,261          doesn't want to --                 you know, Death to Am--       250 00:13:23,302 --> 00:13:26,639     Joins this group that's Death     to America, and he gets 20 years  251 00:13:26,681 --> 00:13:29,058             and gets out                  for good behavior earlier.      252 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:32,812      It's a sad part of American         policy and a judicial system     253 00:13:32,854 --> 00:13:36,149      that they didn't let him go              in front of a jury,         254 00:13:36,190 --> 00:13:38,860        let them sentence him,                  take the chance.           255 00:13:38,901 --> 00:13:43,698  You know, the Justice Department       and politicians frequently,     256 00:13:43,739 --> 00:13:46,451       you know, are, you know,          want to -- want to do a layup.    257 00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:49,120       They want the easy thing.                   Cut a deal.             258 00:13:49,162 --> 00:13:53,040  No, take them to trial so people         can see and understand.       259 00:13:53,708 --> 00:13:57,170    It would educate the population          to see these trials,         260 00:13:57,211 --> 00:14:00,923    and I think society benefits by   having an airing of these crimes  261 00:14:00,965 --> 00:14:06,804  against us and a fuller exercise         of the justice system.        262 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:10,683               Try them.              263 00:14:10,725 --> 00:14:14,437                                     264 00:14:14,479 --> 00:14:17,023     [ Camera shutters clicking ]     265 00:14:17,064 --> 00:14:20,735     [ Indistinct conversations ]     266 00:14:24,322 --> 00:14:27,492             Man: Move to                    the other side, please!       267 00:14:27,533 --> 00:14:29,368             Reporter #3:                  On the anthrax story today,     268 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:31,621        four more post offices            tested positive for anthrax.     269 00:14:31,662 --> 00:14:33,206             Reporter #5:                    The last several days,        270 00:14:33,247 --> 00:14:35,374             intelligence                 and law-enforcement agencies     271 00:14:35,416 --> 00:14:37,335     have seen an increased volume    272 00:14:37,376 --> 00:14:39,629           involving threats                  of terrorist attacks.        273 00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:41,130    Reporter #6: This is the third               terrorism alert           274 00:14:41,172 --> 00:14:42,757         since September 11th.        275 00:14:42,798 --> 00:14:44,926         Reporter #5: Federal            investigators now have approval  276 00:14:44,967 --> 00:14:47,428      to eavesdrop on phone calls     277 00:14:47,470 --> 00:14:49,722      between terrorist suspects                and their lawyers          278 00:14:49,764 --> 00:14:51,724        under the rule inmates                     and lawyers             279 00:14:51,766 --> 00:14:54,602             must be told                  they're being monitored...      280 00:14:54,644 --> 00:14:58,564              Brosnahan:                     I think that any parent       281 00:14:58,606 --> 00:15:02,151       can understand the desire           that these two good parents     282 00:15:02,193 --> 00:15:05,279        have to see their son.        283 00:15:05,321 --> 00:15:09,158         No matter what anyone               thinks about anything.        284 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,118             It's part of                    the Geneva Convention.        285 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,746  It's part of civilized protocol.  286 00:15:13,788 --> 00:15:18,501    It's part of nations agreements      that parents will be allowed     287 00:15:18,543 --> 00:15:21,337         to see their children            under certain circumstances.     288 00:15:21,379 --> 00:15:25,550    And as of this moment, they've        not been allowed to do that.     289 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:27,426  We're a little disappointed,        but the guards did tell us         290 00:15:27,468 --> 00:15:28,844       that John was                       in good health.                 291 00:15:28,886 --> 00:15:30,680  We're very glad to hear that.             Thank you.                    292 00:15:30,721 --> 00:15:35,768                                     293 00:15:35,810 --> 00:15:41,107                                     294 00:15:41,148 --> 00:15:44,026        Today, I am announcing           the filing of criminal charges    295 00:15:44,068 --> 00:15:48,030      against John Walker Lindh,               an American citizen         296 00:15:48,072 --> 00:15:53,661    who was captured in Afghanistan        fighting for the Taliban.      297 00:15:53,703 --> 00:15:56,497          As terrorists made                their final preparations       298 00:15:56,539 --> 00:15:58,708    for the September 11th attacks,  299 00:15:58,749 --> 00:16:01,961           Walker Lindh met                   with Usama bin Laden.        300 00:16:02,003 --> 00:16:05,923      He chose to go to the front      lines to fight with the Taliban.  301 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:09,635         The United States is            charging Walker with conspiracy  302 00:16:09,677 --> 00:16:13,806    to kill nationals of the United       States of America overseas,     303 00:16:13,848 --> 00:16:16,684      providing material support                  and resources            304 00:16:16,726 --> 00:16:20,313             to designated             foreign terrorist organizations,  305 00:16:20,354 --> 00:16:22,982          including Al-Qaeda,         306 00:16:23,024 --> 00:16:27,737        engaging in prohibited           transactions with the Taliban.    307 00:16:27,778 --> 00:16:30,906     He chose to embrace fanatics,    308 00:16:30,948 --> 00:16:33,784          and his allegiance                    to those fanatics          309 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:37,830    and terrorists never faltered,         not even with the knowledge     310 00:16:37,872 --> 00:16:42,001        that they had murdered            thousands of his countrymen,     311 00:16:42,043 --> 00:16:44,587      not with the knowledge that          they were engaged in a war      312 00:16:44,629 --> 00:16:46,839        with the United States,       313 00:16:46,881 --> 00:16:49,634          and not finally in                   the prison uprising         314 00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:53,512    that took the life of CIA agent              Johnny Spann.            315 00:16:55,056 --> 00:16:56,724           Clerk: All rise.           316 00:16:56,766 --> 00:17:00,227    United States of America versus       John Phillip Walker Lindh,      317 00:17:00,269 --> 00:17:03,481         case number 02-51-M.         318 00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:06,484          Bring the defendant                to the podium, please.        319 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:08,944        Mr. John Walker Lindh?        320 00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:10,404       Walker: Yes.                   321 00:17:10,446 --> 00:17:11,739            You are before             the United States District Court  322 00:17:11,781 --> 00:17:14,283       for the Eastern District                   of Virginia.             323 00:17:14,325 --> 00:17:17,078            You are charged                  with alleged violations       324 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:18,454         of United States law.        325 00:17:18,496 --> 00:17:20,539            You understand                   generally the charges?        326 00:17:20,581 --> 00:17:23,125    Yes, I understand,                       generally.                    327 00:17:23,167 --> 00:17:27,129    Do you understand generally the     penalties that can be imposed?    328 00:17:27,171 --> 00:17:29,882     Yes, I understand                       generally.                    329 00:17:29,924 --> 00:17:32,802      Brosnahan: May I just say one          thing briefly, Your Honor?  330 00:17:32,843 --> 00:17:34,845                Judge:                      Yes, sir, Mr. Brosnahan.       331 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:36,722               The attorney general                of the United States  332 00:17:36,764 --> 00:17:39,809                 announced charges       against Mr. Lindh last Tuesday.  333 00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:41,560      This is the first arraignment                  that he has had.     334 00:17:41,602 --> 00:17:44,397            So he was not arraigned                   within 48 hours     335 00:17:44,438 --> 00:17:45,898                and until yesterday                   was never told      336 00:17:45,940 --> 00:17:47,733                 what the charges                     were against him.    337 00:17:47,775 --> 00:17:49,568                   I just wanted                    to inform the court.  338 00:17:49,610 --> 00:17:51,195    Well, I appreciate the comment.  339 00:17:51,237 --> 00:17:53,155       I'm not sure of the date           when he was actually arrested    340 00:17:53,197 --> 00:17:54,657          by federal agents.          341 00:17:54,699 --> 00:17:57,952    The initial warrant was issued               on January 15.            342 00:17:57,993 --> 00:18:00,496      He was arrested approximately                  on December 1st.     343 00:18:00,538 --> 00:18:02,415             He was kept in custody                     for 54 days       344 00:18:02,456 --> 00:18:03,958                 without a lawyer.    345 00:18:03,999 --> 00:18:06,127              He asked for a lawyer              somewhere in the first  346 00:18:06,168 --> 00:18:07,586            or second or third day.  347 00:18:07,628 --> 00:18:10,297         And this is the first time                 that the government  348 00:18:10,339 --> 00:18:12,341                  has brought him                      before a court.     349 00:18:12,383 --> 00:18:14,927              Mr. Lindh,                     have you any questions        350 00:18:14,969 --> 00:18:17,888         about what the court                has explained thus far?       351 00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:20,057     No, I don't have                      any questions.                  352 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:23,227                                     353 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:25,271              Man: Order!             354 00:18:25,312 --> 00:18:27,440           Clerk: All rise.           355 00:18:27,481 --> 00:18:29,316         Judge: Good morning,                      Mr. Walker.             356 00:18:29,358 --> 00:18:31,193                   Walker Lindh:                     Good morning, sir.    357 00:18:31,235 --> 00:18:32,820       Alright, let me ask you,       358 00:18:32,862 --> 00:18:34,905         how do you now plead                 to all of the charges        359 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:38,951            against you --                    guilty or not guilty?        360 00:18:38,993 --> 00:18:41,203                    Not guilty.       361 00:18:41,245 --> 00:18:43,080      Alright, you may be seated.     362 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:45,624    The matter is before the court         on the government's motion      363 00:18:45,666 --> 00:18:48,461            for detention.                       Mr. Brosnahan.            364 00:18:48,502 --> 00:18:50,296         Brosnahan: Thank you.        365 00:18:50,337 --> 00:18:52,798         John Walker Lindh was           transported to the front lines    366 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:56,135    to fight the Northern Alliance           on the 6th of September       367 00:18:56,177 --> 00:18:58,471          of last year, 2001.         368 00:18:58,512 --> 00:18:59,722    He was there in the front lines  369 00:18:59,764 --> 00:19:02,099           until they broke                    in early November.          370 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:06,103              Your Honor,                he never fought with al-Qaeda.    371 00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:09,815      He never had anything to do           with terrorist activity.       372 00:19:09,857 --> 00:19:11,692           As to the Taliban                    who he was with,           373 00:19:11,734 --> 00:19:14,361    United States government itself  374 00:19:14,403 --> 00:19:16,739          had prior dealings                    with the Taliban.          375 00:19:16,781 --> 00:19:19,450            In fact, as of                   the 10th of September,        376 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:22,077     there was not a single person       in the United States government  377 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,622           that had any idea                that we would be engaged       378 00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:27,208        in military operations                   in Afghanistan.           379 00:19:27,249 --> 00:19:31,420           John Walker Lindh               has never been in trouble.      380 00:19:31,462 --> 00:19:34,131           He doesn't drink.                 He doesn't take drugs.        381 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:35,883       He is a religious person       382 00:19:35,925 --> 00:19:39,094      who follows the teaching of        the church that he has adopted.  383 00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:41,472      He has parents who are here               in the courtroom.          384 00:19:41,514 --> 00:19:42,848              Thank you.              385 00:19:42,890 --> 00:19:44,433            Judge: Alright.           386 00:19:44,475 --> 00:19:46,018      The defendant has no social            or economic stability.        387 00:19:46,060 --> 00:19:48,771  His record of gainful employment               is limited              388 00:19:48,813 --> 00:19:51,857  to a 3-week stint at a warehouse           some two years ago.         389 00:19:51,899 --> 00:19:54,443        The defendant has lived           outside of the United States     390 00:19:54,485 --> 00:19:58,364           from May of 1998                   to February of 1999,         391 00:19:58,405 --> 00:19:59,824            while in Yemen.           392 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:01,534            And in Pakistan                   and then Afghanistan         393 00:20:01,575 --> 00:20:04,954      from February of 2000 until          brought in to this district     394 00:20:04,995 --> 00:20:07,289     on January 23rd of this year.    395 00:20:07,331 --> 00:20:10,835      I conclude, based on clear            and convincing evidence,       396 00:20:10,876 --> 00:20:13,879      that if released, he poses           a danger to the community.      397 00:20:13,921 --> 00:20:16,257           And accordingly,              I grant the government's motion  398 00:20:16,298 --> 00:20:18,884          that the defendant                 be detained for trial.        399 00:20:20,094 --> 00:20:23,013     Ashcroft: It is extraordinary            for the United States        400 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:26,225           to have to charge                 one of its own citizens       401 00:20:26,267 --> 00:20:30,855    with aiding and conspiring with     international terrorist groups    402 00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:35,192            whose agenda is                    to kill Americans.          403 00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:39,697     Today, a grand jury examined             the government's case        404 00:20:39,738 --> 00:20:42,908         and saw fit to charge                  John Walker Lindh          405 00:20:42,950 --> 00:20:47,121        with 10 serious crimes,                   based in part            406 00:20:47,162 --> 00:20:52,626        on voluntary statements              made by Lindh himself.        407 00:20:52,668 --> 00:20:56,839      I think the American people                 probably want            408 00:20:56,881 --> 00:20:59,717         the attorney general               to focus on those people       409 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:03,429        who really did the harm                  to this nation.           410 00:21:03,470 --> 00:21:04,763      I think the American people     411 00:21:04,805 --> 00:21:07,892             probably want                    the attorney general         412 00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,852        and we know our people                 are doing the best          413 00:21:09,894 --> 00:21:13,063          that we can to find                   Osama bin Laden,           414 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:17,067  to find Omar and to find someone          who sent the anthrax.        415 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:19,570      We understand they're doing               the best they can          416 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:20,779     and we're with them on that.     417 00:21:20,821 --> 00:21:23,115          We hope all of that                    is successful.            418 00:21:23,157 --> 00:21:25,826        But meanwhile, I'd ask                the attorney general         419 00:21:25,868 --> 00:21:28,454          to not take it out                     on John Lindh,            420 00:21:28,495 --> 00:21:32,458    because in my view and I'm not          gonna take any questions,      421 00:21:32,499 --> 00:21:37,755  in my view, they have brought up     the cannon to shoot the mouse.    422 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:40,799          Thank you very much              for being here. Thank you.      423 00:21:40,841 --> 00:21:45,304                                     424 00:21:45,346 --> 00:21:46,847           [ Money rustles ]          425 00:21:57,816 --> 00:22:00,945       Radack: He was our first               terrorism prosecution        426 00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:04,406              after 9/11.             427 00:22:04,448 --> 00:22:08,160             [ Explosion,                      people screaming ]          428 00:22:08,202 --> 00:22:18,128                                     429 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:28,138                                     430 00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:30,849       President George W. Bush:                Make no mistake,           431 00:22:30,891 --> 00:22:36,355      the United States will hunt                down and punish           432 00:22:36,397 --> 00:22:37,815          those responsible.          433 00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:40,317        The people who knocked                these buildings down         434 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,027       will hear all of us soon.      435 00:22:42,069 --> 00:22:44,697        [ Cheers and applause ]       436 00:22:44,738 --> 00:22:48,409          [ Sirens blaring ]          437 00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:58,002                                     438 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:07,511                                     439 00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:11,849  Pelton: One thing that's changed      dramatically was before 9/11,    440 00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:16,228              I can visit                or be with any group on Earth.    441 00:23:16,270 --> 00:23:18,188        The FBI wouldn't knock                     on my door.             442 00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:21,567        People wouldn't call me            a communist or a terrorist      443 00:23:21,608 --> 00:23:23,193             or whatever.             444 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:26,071     After 9/11, it just, "Vshoo."             It just polarized.          445 00:23:26,113 --> 00:23:29,241        And there was no trying               to explain to people.        446 00:23:29,283 --> 00:23:31,493      Like, "Okay, but these guys           call themselves jihadis,       447 00:23:31,535 --> 00:23:33,037    but they're not really jihadis.  448 00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:34,747        And the guys that we're           paying money to are jihadis,     449 00:23:34,788 --> 00:23:36,206        but they don't say that       450 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:37,583     because the CIA doesn't want                 them to sa--"            451 00:23:37,624 --> 00:23:39,293            In other words,                it didn't change the world.     452 00:23:39,334 --> 00:23:43,047            It just changed               our perception of the world.     453 00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:46,383           Interviewer: How did you                  come to do that?     454 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:49,053      I was filming in all these             different insurgencies,       455 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:51,555            so Afghanistan,                  Philippines, Chechnya,        456 00:23:51,597 --> 00:23:52,931     and always on the wrong side,    457 00:23:52,973 --> 00:23:54,767       always on the rebel side               where they would say,        458 00:23:54,808 --> 00:23:55,976         "Come, we're winning,                   we're winning."           459 00:23:56,018 --> 00:23:57,394           And I'd get there                     and they'd say,           460 00:23:57,436 --> 00:23:58,729          "Oh, we're losing.                How did you get in here?"      461 00:23:58,771 --> 00:24:00,355     And I feel like, "Aw, shit."     462 00:24:00,397 --> 00:24:04,068            These are just                one tiny bit of my archives.     463 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:07,404         I spent a lot of time             with what we call jihadis.      464 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,073                I mean,                  the John Walker Lindh thing --    465 00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:11,450             he's just one                of the many jihadis I've met.    466 00:24:11,492 --> 00:24:15,037                                     467 00:24:15,079 --> 00:24:17,289              I'm the guy                    that made them famous,        468 00:24:17,331 --> 00:24:20,959       but my main interest was            going back to Afghanistan,      469 00:24:21,001 --> 00:24:23,045      being with General Dostum,      470 00:24:23,087 --> 00:24:26,048      watching how Dostum fought                  the Taliban,             471 00:24:26,090 --> 00:24:29,426           and it had a lot                 of historical importance       472 00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:31,261     because this was after 9/11.               And don't forget,          473 00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:34,890       people didn't care about           Afghanistan until that point.    474 00:24:34,932 --> 00:24:37,935         Pres. George W. Bush:                This war on terrorism        475 00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:39,645        is gonna take a while.        476 00:24:39,686 --> 00:24:43,148     Anybody who's been associated         will be brought to justice.     477 00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:46,610      Those who harbor terrorists          will be brought to justice.     478 00:24:46,652 --> 00:24:47,986       It is time for us to win       479 00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:51,115             the first war               of the 21st century decisively.  480 00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:55,619                                     481 00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:56,995       Man: In this first wave,       482 00:24:57,037 --> 00:24:59,581     U.S. Special Forces hunt down                and root out             483 00:24:59,623 --> 00:25:02,459  Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda           terrorist network.          484 00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:04,044      Man: ...breakthrough today,     485 00:25:04,086 --> 00:25:06,213  opposition forces in Afghanistan  486 00:25:06,255 --> 00:25:09,174      captured the northern city               of Mazar-i-Sharif.          487 00:25:09,216 --> 00:25:12,594       500 Taliban fighters were                 taken prisoner.           488 00:25:12,636 --> 00:25:14,888    Reporter #10: The bloody revolt          by Taliban prisoners         489 00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:16,348          in Mazar-i-Sharif,          490 00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:18,767         a town where the war               was supposed to be over,       491 00:25:18,809 --> 00:25:20,185          is grisly testament         492 00:25:20,227 --> 00:25:22,646       to the dangers that still                   lie ahead.              493 00:25:22,688 --> 00:25:26,859  Rumsfeld: Anyone who thinks it's      over in those towns is wrong.    494 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:30,863            It just isn't.                 They are dangerous places.      495 00:25:30,904 --> 00:25:32,865  Pelton: Tell him I have                 a gift for him.                 496 00:25:32,906 --> 00:25:35,367     I know he's been                       working hard,                  497 00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:36,869  and he wants to relax.             498 00:25:36,910 --> 00:25:39,621       Pelton: So what I did was         basically hang out with Dostum.  499 00:25:39,663 --> 00:25:43,000  This is special medicine.          500 00:25:43,041 --> 00:25:45,002           And he had these               Special Forces guys with him.    501 00:25:45,043 --> 00:25:46,795        They lived in a house.        502 00:25:46,837 --> 00:25:48,839      And Dostum has a cameraman.     503 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,883    He just films everything 24/7.    504 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:54,428     And he showed me this video.        He says, "American, American."    505 00:25:54,469 --> 00:25:56,346         And so I go to Bill,                   who's the medic,           506 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:57,723     I said, "Bill, get your shit.    507 00:25:57,764 --> 00:25:59,600    There's a guy at the hospital.             He's an American."          508 00:25:59,641 --> 00:26:01,059         He said, "Holy shit."        509 00:26:01,101 --> 00:26:03,854      So there's about four of us                that went down            510 00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:05,689        to Sheberghan hospital.       511 00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:07,024        It's very cold outside.       512 00:26:07,065 --> 00:26:09,610        And there was a little                   receiving area,           513 00:26:09,651 --> 00:26:12,654       which had a little stove          with a little wood fire in it.    514 00:26:12,696 --> 00:26:16,366        And as soon as I opened                     the door,              515 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:17,910          it was like, poof,                  it's just the stink,         516 00:26:17,951 --> 00:26:20,746            just the smell                    of all these humans.         517 00:26:20,787 --> 00:26:22,831          And it's everything                   you can imagine.           518 00:26:22,873 --> 00:26:24,416         And I'm like, "Whoa."        519 00:26:24,458 --> 00:26:26,335       And I mean, it's gangrene             and it's fecal matter.        520 00:26:26,376 --> 00:26:31,006         It's sweat. It's B.O.                It's just like, "Oh."        521 00:26:31,048 --> 00:26:34,509  it looked like somebody had made      people up for a horror show.     522 00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:37,262       I mean, you know, because          they had black on their faces    523 00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:38,430     and their hair was like this     524 00:26:38,472 --> 00:26:41,058           and their clothes                    were all raggedy.          525 00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:42,768            It looked like                     some zombie movie.          526 00:26:42,809 --> 00:26:44,353                I mean,                    and I've seen lots of war.      527 00:26:44,394 --> 00:26:46,063           And I just like,                      "This is weird"           528 00:26:46,104 --> 00:26:49,066      because they're not wounded                    per se.               529 00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:51,610  Man: What is your name?                American's name.                 530 00:26:51,652 --> 00:26:53,862           Huh?                                 John?                      531 00:26:53,904 --> 00:26:55,447    The father's name?                532 00:26:56,323 --> 00:26:58,575          Lindh?                           Where you from?                 533 00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:00,744             [ Inaudible ]            534 00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:02,120     Washington, D.C.?                535 00:27:02,162 --> 00:27:04,665        Which part                     of Washington, D.C.?               536 00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:07,251                North.                     Huh?                            537 00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:09,878        Which part                     of Washington, D.C.?               538 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,589  Open your eyes, huh?               539 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:13,715                    Northwest.        540 00:27:13,757 --> 00:27:15,425    What?                                                Northwest.        541 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:16,760        Northwest?                    542 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:19,179         Northwest Washington, D.C.   No, no.                            543 00:27:19,221 --> 00:27:22,266    How many months ago                you come in Afghanistan?           544 00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:24,101    Pelton: Can I -- Can I ask him               the questions?            545 00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:27,646  Hey, John, this is Robert Pelton             from CNN News.            546 00:27:27,688 --> 00:27:29,815                       Yeah.          547 00:27:29,856 --> 00:27:31,650     Where -- where were you born?    548 00:27:35,028 --> 00:27:37,114           What?                                Huh?                       549 00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:38,782                 Washington, D.C.     550 00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:40,325           Washington, D.C.?          551 00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:43,912            Can you tell us              if you have family in America?    552 00:27:46,164 --> 00:27:48,667        And what is your mother                and father's name?          553 00:27:48,709 --> 00:27:49,751                   [ Mumbling ]       554 00:27:49,793 --> 00:27:51,253           Huh?                       555 00:27:51,295 --> 00:27:53,588         What is your mother's                 and father's name?          556 00:27:57,050 --> 00:27:58,677              I'm sorry?              557 00:27:58,719 --> 00:28:01,513      We want to contact them to       let you know you're still alive.  558 00:28:03,223 --> 00:28:04,391                 Yes.                 559 00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:06,852        Oh, we want to contact                    your parents             560 00:28:06,893 --> 00:28:10,188     to let you -- let them know              you're still alive.          561 00:28:14,943 --> 00:28:18,030      You want -- Okay. You want            to talk to the Red Cross?      562 00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:27,331         So you want to speak                  to the Red Cross?           563 00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:39,134            Would you like                  an American-trained medic      564 00:28:39,176 --> 00:28:41,470           to look at you?            565 00:28:41,511 --> 00:28:43,472                 John?                566 00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:45,807     Yes, they're here right now.     567 00:28:45,849 --> 00:28:47,726      What injuries do you have?      568 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:54,232          Okay, so they have                     your permission           569 00:28:54,274 --> 00:28:56,151     to take care of your wounds.     570 00:28:58,195 --> 00:28:59,780               Alright.               571 00:28:59,821 --> 00:29:01,573     So when I'm talking to Lindh,     the first thing I'm thinking is,  572 00:29:01,615 --> 00:29:03,116       "Okay, there's two things                are gonna happen.          573 00:29:03,158 --> 00:29:05,535      One is I've got to get him                     a phone               574 00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:09,289     so he can talk to his parents         and tell him where he is."      575 00:29:09,331 --> 00:29:11,792         I was very concerned               about his disappearance,       576 00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,418        that he just, "Whoosh."       577 00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:15,629       Whether it be the Afghans          that did it or the Americans.    578 00:29:15,670 --> 00:29:18,507    And the second thing is, I got        to get him medical attention     579 00:29:18,548 --> 00:29:20,175    because they were just leaving           these guys on the floor       580 00:29:20,217 --> 00:29:22,511    and he was hypothermic, passing      in and out of consciousness.     581 00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:24,054               They want to put him                  in another room.     582 00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:25,764        Okay, great, excellent.       583 00:29:25,806 --> 00:29:27,224     [ Indistinct conversations ]     584 00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:29,851         We're at the hospital                   in Sheberghan,            585 00:29:29,893 --> 00:29:33,313     where they keep the wounded.     586 00:29:33,355 --> 00:29:36,525    And an American has been found               in the basement           587 00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:38,860        of Qala-i-Jangi prison                  and brought here.          588 00:29:38,902 --> 00:29:41,154                 Wray:                     When you ask yourself why,      589 00:29:41,196 --> 00:29:45,575    what is it that differentiates                 this story              590 00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:48,203           from any of many                     other narratives           591 00:29:48,245 --> 00:29:50,372          that have come out                of these years and years       592 00:29:50,414 --> 00:29:52,707        and years of conflict?        593 00:29:52,749 --> 00:29:58,130  It really comes down to the fact       that this was one of ours.      594 00:29:58,171 --> 00:30:01,216             It comes down                   to the idea of treason.       595 00:30:01,258 --> 00:30:06,471         Why is treason worse                 than any other crime?        596 00:30:06,513 --> 00:30:09,474       What is it about treason              that makes it something       597 00:30:09,516 --> 00:30:12,561           that we all feel                  such loathing towards?        598 00:30:12,602 --> 00:30:16,690         I mean, I can feel...                 the reasons for it,         599 00:30:16,731 --> 00:30:20,152        but I can't necessarily               intellectually grasp         600 00:30:20,193 --> 00:30:21,862          the reasons for it.         601 00:30:21,903 --> 00:30:25,866      I mean, in some ways, maybe         it comes down to this idea of    602 00:30:25,907 --> 00:30:31,455       "We expected this of you             and instead you did this.      603 00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:33,665  We were relying on you for this,  604 00:30:33,707 --> 00:30:36,001          but instead you did                  this other thing."          605 00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:38,795      But who was relying on John         Walker Lindh, on this kid --     606 00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:41,965           this teenage kid                 from Northern California,      607 00:30:42,007 --> 00:30:47,679       who played no role of any             significance in society       608 00:30:47,721 --> 00:30:51,516     or even as far as I can tell,          in his circle of friends,      609 00:30:51,558 --> 00:30:53,727        insofar as he had any?        610 00:30:53,768 --> 00:30:56,771      What on earth did we expect             of John Walker Lindh         611 00:30:56,813 --> 00:30:58,773        that he didn't give us?       612 00:31:01,485 --> 00:31:03,361  [ Man speaking Arabic ]            613 00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:08,366      Pelton: And there was this                 moment of shock           614 00:31:08,408 --> 00:31:11,703               where one                    of the Afghan doctors --       615 00:31:11,745 --> 00:31:14,873       You could see this round                    impression              616 00:31:14,915 --> 00:31:16,333      of something in his pocket,     617 00:31:16,374 --> 00:31:17,834  and we all sort of involuntarily              all went back            618 00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:19,794          because it's about                  the size of a grenade        619 00:31:19,836 --> 00:31:21,880        that they were blowing                 themselves up with.         620 00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:23,882          And I suddenly went              from being like, you know,      621 00:31:23,924 --> 00:31:26,092      guy trying to help somebody                 to thinking,             622 00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:29,346  "Oh, Jesus, how stupid you are."  623 00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:31,723  What is this?                                      Huh?                 624 00:31:33,433 --> 00:31:35,644          Orange?                        [ Speaking Arabic ]               625 00:31:38,063 --> 00:31:40,732                 Wray:                       I think that John Lindh       626 00:31:40,774 --> 00:31:43,527           very desperately                 wanted medical attention.      627 00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:46,571            I think he knew                    he was in trouble.          628 00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:50,951     And in spite of the desperate          nature of his situation,       629 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:54,120      and in spite of how easy it        would have been to simply say,    630 00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:56,623    "I'm an American, please get me          out of here, please.         631 00:31:56,665 --> 00:31:59,251       I'd like to be airlifted                 out of here now,"          632 00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:00,585         he did no such thing.        633 00:32:00,627 --> 00:32:01,836       Pelton: John,                      is there some way                634 00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:03,171  we can contact your parents                for you?                     635 00:32:03,213 --> 00:32:04,756    You have a number?                636 00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:10,595           CNN.                          News organization.                637 00:32:14,641 --> 00:32:16,935  Okay, that's not a concern                right now.                    638 00:32:16,977 --> 00:32:19,354      Our concern is                        your welfare.                  639 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:25,068           Okay.                      640 00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:28,238       Pelton: And he says, "No.             I don't care, though."        641 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:29,948               I mean...              642 00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:31,783             [ Chuckles ]             643 00:32:31,825 --> 00:32:33,785          If you're gonna be                   a war photographer          644 00:32:33,827 --> 00:32:35,954          and ask everybody,                   "Hey, excuse, guys,         645 00:32:35,996 --> 00:32:37,122        can I take a shot here?       646 00:32:37,163 --> 00:32:38,832               Not yet.                      Don't bayonet that guy.       647 00:32:38,873 --> 00:32:40,750           Can I just -- can                 I get the new lens...?"       648 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:42,419     No, it doesn't work that way.    649 00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:43,753        Shit happens, you roll.       650 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:46,756         And whether he wants                 to be filmed or not,         651 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,466    we're all in the war together,                I'm rollin',             652 00:32:48,508 --> 00:32:50,427        you don't have to talk.       653 00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:52,262  Blow yourself up for all I care.  654 00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:53,430       I'll still keep rolling.       655 00:32:53,471 --> 00:32:56,016  John, where does it hurt?          656 00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:01,813       Okay, Abdul.                   657 00:33:01,855 --> 00:33:02,981             Abdul Hamid.             658 00:33:03,023 --> 00:33:04,065    Okay, Abdul Hamid.                659 00:33:04,107 --> 00:33:06,693     My name is Bill.                 660 00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:11,489       You ever had                        an I.V. before?                 661 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:17,787          Really?                     662 00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:19,331      Since you have                       been fighting,                  663 00:33:19,372 --> 00:33:20,665  you've had many I.V.s?             664 00:33:23,793 --> 00:33:25,837     How old are you,                       Abdul Hamid?                   665 00:33:27,464 --> 00:33:28,965  You're 20 years old?               666 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:31,843           Pelton: Abdul, can I ask              how you ended up here?  667 00:33:34,888 --> 00:33:36,473               I'd love to hear it.  668 00:33:36,514 --> 00:33:39,684  The I.V. I'm giving you,               it has calories.                 669 00:33:39,726 --> 00:33:41,728  It'll give you some energy.                Alright?                     670 00:33:41,770 --> 00:33:43,355    It'll also replace                    some of the blood                671 00:33:43,396 --> 00:33:45,315  that you may have lost.            672 00:33:45,357 --> 00:33:46,983         Let's see                     the rest of your wounds.           673 00:33:48,193 --> 00:33:51,404  You said that you have              a bullet wound in your leg?        674 00:33:54,741 --> 00:33:57,077  The bullet is probably                still inside there.               675 00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:10,799           Okay.                      676 00:34:12,384 --> 00:34:14,761  How long ago was this?             677 00:34:17,555 --> 00:34:19,891    A week in the past?                               Yeah.                678 00:34:22,102 --> 00:34:24,396          You have a slight accent.  679 00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:31,319                  How did you get                      to Afghanistan?     680 00:35:01,641 --> 00:35:03,351                    Do you have                      any military skills  681 00:35:03,393 --> 00:35:04,644               or you just were...?  682 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:08,356     Pelton: This one singular guy                 after 9/11              683 00:35:08,398 --> 00:35:10,692  was the face of everything evil.  684 00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:12,694            And, you know,                Qala-i-Jangi was part of that    685 00:35:12,736 --> 00:35:15,613          because the setting                    was so brutal,            686 00:35:15,655 --> 00:35:19,576         it almost seemed like            it was 9/11 redux, you know?     687 00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:21,453            After this is all done,                  how do you feel?     688 00:35:21,494 --> 00:35:23,788                   You feel like                     you were sort of...  689 00:35:23,830 --> 00:35:25,623            you did the right thing                      or...            690 00:35:28,168 --> 00:35:29,419              Well, do you feel now  691 00:35:29,461 --> 00:35:31,546                after there's been                   a number of losses    692 00:35:31,588 --> 00:35:33,631             on the Taliban side...  693 00:35:39,929 --> 00:35:41,598          Mm-hmm. Could you explain                     that to me        694 00:35:41,639 --> 00:35:43,558                 because I'm very                    interested in that?  695 00:35:46,853 --> 00:35:51,983                                     696 00:36:56,089 --> 00:36:57,966          Were you with the Taliban                    all the time       697 00:36:58,007 --> 00:37:00,218                 or were you doing                     something else?     698 00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:18,736         [ Yelling in Arabic ]        699 00:37:24,701 --> 00:37:27,036      Where you from?                 700 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,913     Where you from?                  701 00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:34,002         Pakistan?                    702 00:37:34,043 --> 00:37:40,425                                     703 00:37:40,466 --> 00:37:47,515                                     704 00:37:55,148 --> 00:37:57,108  Bill: I'm giving you                  morphine now, okay?               705 00:37:57,150 --> 00:37:58,693  It's gonna take away                  a lot of the pain.                706 00:37:58,735 --> 00:38:00,612             -Happy juice.                         -[ Sighs ]              707 00:38:05,408 --> 00:38:07,285             ...so as soon                      as we arrived...           708 00:38:24,093 --> 00:38:25,303             [ Explosion ]            709 00:38:25,345 --> 00:38:32,435                                     710 00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:39,984                                     711 00:38:56,501 --> 00:38:58,378       Pelton: Keep in mind that           there's two kinds of people     712 00:38:58,419 --> 00:39:00,129          in that basement --         713 00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:01,923      "Okay, I lost, game's over.        [Hands clap] Time to go home."    714 00:39:01,965 --> 00:39:04,926  And there were people who wanted           to kill Americans.          715 00:39:04,968 --> 00:39:06,427  Man #2: Why do you come                 to Afghanistan?                 716 00:39:06,469 --> 00:39:12,558           I come from jihad              against the terrorism of USA.    717 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,268         We are not surrender.        718 00:39:14,310 --> 00:39:16,187        We are not surrender.         719 00:39:16,229 --> 00:39:18,356  No, you're prisoners.              720 00:39:18,398 --> 00:39:19,774        Yeah, it's no problem.        721 00:39:19,816 --> 00:39:21,693     All is fair in love and war.     722 00:39:23,152 --> 00:39:27,365    Pelton: So they pushed all 460        guys down into this basement     723 00:39:27,407 --> 00:39:29,784       and down in the basement            are five rooms, basically.      724 00:39:29,826 --> 00:39:31,786         There's an entry way,              you come down the stairs       725 00:39:31,828 --> 00:39:33,913     and then there's like, room,               room, room, room,          726 00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:35,790        and there's a big room                     in the back             727 00:39:35,832 --> 00:39:37,333       with a couple of alcoves.      728 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:41,963       And what I learned later                 from interviewing          729 00:39:42,005 --> 00:39:44,298              the people                    that were in the basement      730 00:39:44,340 --> 00:39:46,384     was that basically the Arabs             and the Arab speaking        731 00:39:46,426 --> 00:39:48,886         went to the back room         because there were more of them.  732 00:39:48,928 --> 00:39:50,722    There were Russians, there was             Sudanese, whatever.         733 00:39:50,763 --> 00:39:53,057     And these guys are al-Qaeda.     734 00:39:53,099 --> 00:39:56,060      They were all Arab-speaking            volunteers who had met        735 00:39:56,102 --> 00:39:58,479           many other places                  all around the world.        736 00:39:58,521 --> 00:40:00,815         And I thought, "Wow,                this is the hard core.        737 00:40:00,857 --> 00:40:02,734          These are the guys                 that came here to die."       738 00:40:02,775 --> 00:40:05,903    And then the Pakistanis sort of        stayed in the side rooms       739 00:40:05,945 --> 00:40:07,405       and that the conversation      740 00:40:07,447 --> 00:40:09,824     was basically the Pakistanis              wanted to go home.          741 00:40:09,866 --> 00:40:11,909              "Hey, guys,                  don't cause any problems."      742 00:40:11,951 --> 00:40:13,411            And the Saudis                     and the foreigners          743 00:40:13,453 --> 00:40:15,621       who were speaking Arabic             were trying to figure out      744 00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:17,248              what to do,                     and they had weapons.        745 00:40:17,290 --> 00:40:19,584        They had these grenades           they brought down with them,     746 00:40:19,625 --> 00:40:23,087          which they -- which              they used shoelaces to tie      747 00:40:23,129 --> 00:40:25,131     and then dangle right around                 their crotch             748 00:40:25,173 --> 00:40:26,382           because they knew          749 00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:29,719     that they wouldn't be patted                in the crotch.            750 00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:31,721        So they spent the night                    down there.             751 00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:33,097       And then the next morning      752 00:40:33,139 --> 00:40:36,768       is when most people think                of the uprising.           753 00:40:36,809 --> 00:40:39,228              I mean, um,             754 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:41,564          the war seemed more                     or less over.            755 00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:45,735     All of us, we had the feeling             we missed the war.          756 00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:48,237      Where you from?                 757 00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:49,989     Where you from?                  758 00:40:51,657 --> 00:40:52,950                  May we ask you                         a question?       759 00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:54,952      [ Horn honking repeatedly ]     760 00:40:54,994 --> 00:40:56,704            [ Speaks indistinctly ]   No.                                761 00:40:56,746 --> 00:40:58,039                    No cameras.        Can we ask...                      762 00:40:58,081 --> 00:41:00,541       No questions?                   [ Speaks indistinctly ]            763 00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:02,460       Man #3: For the safety of us           and our family back home.  764 00:41:02,502 --> 00:41:03,920           Huh?                       765 00:41:03,961 --> 00:41:06,297               For the safety of us           and our family back home.  766 00:41:06,339 --> 00:41:08,800    Just for the safety                of your families back home,        767 00:41:08,841 --> 00:41:11,803  you don't want to talk?                      Okay.                      768 00:41:19,977 --> 00:41:22,522       Stauth: I remember Dostum                 appearing there           769 00:41:22,563 --> 00:41:27,652      and then telling everyone,          "And now let's go to Kunduz,"    770 00:41:27,693 --> 00:41:29,487      because the story then was      771 00:41:29,529 --> 00:41:33,825       10,000 remaining Taliban                   to surrender.            772 00:41:33,866 --> 00:41:37,662           So the main force                    of his warriors,           773 00:41:37,703 --> 00:41:39,997     they followed him to Kunduz.     774 00:41:43,251 --> 00:41:47,880     And they left the 500 Taliban            back in Qala-i-Jangi         775 00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:52,135         near Mazar-i-Sharif,               without a lot of guards.       776 00:41:52,176 --> 00:41:54,512     They thought this is settled.    777 00:41:54,554 --> 00:42:00,101                                     778 00:42:00,143 --> 00:42:03,020       Stauth: An Uzbek general             of the Northern Alliance,      779 00:42:03,062 --> 00:42:06,482          he had provided us                    with a bodyguard,          780 00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:08,442               he said,                  "Do you still love your wife?"    781 00:42:08,484 --> 00:42:09,694          And I said, "Yes."          782 00:42:09,735 --> 00:42:11,612         "Then better don't go                     to Kunduz."             783 00:42:11,654 --> 00:42:16,868                                     784 00:42:16,909 --> 00:42:18,619        [ Man singing in Arabic                    on radio ]              785 00:42:18,661 --> 00:42:20,163    With my cameraman and producer,  786 00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:23,332    we went back to the small hotel  787 00:42:23,374 --> 00:42:27,211     where most of the journalists             at the time stayed.         788 00:42:27,253 --> 00:42:30,214      [Music from radio, honking,               whistle tooting]           789 00:42:30,256 --> 00:42:39,015                                     790 00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:47,398                                     791 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,401        I mean, we went to bed           the 24th with a feeling, okay,    792 00:42:50,443 --> 00:42:53,863         everyone's gonna have             a story, we won't have one.     793 00:42:55,448 --> 00:43:00,077     We had a long sleep and then         we sat together on the floor     794 00:43:00,119 --> 00:43:03,164         having tea and bread                and we thought, "Okay,        795 00:43:03,206 --> 00:43:05,750           what are we going                  to do with this day?"        796 00:43:05,791 --> 00:43:07,543            [ Horn honks ]            797 00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:12,089      "Why not go to Qala-i-Jangi        and meet the prisoners again?"    798 00:43:12,131 --> 00:43:14,592         No other journalists                    would be there,           799 00:43:14,634 --> 00:43:17,094     but I'll be on the safe side.    800 00:43:21,307 --> 00:43:23,434           As a journalist,           801 00:43:23,476 --> 00:43:27,563    you're used to speed up things              and that morning,          802 00:43:27,605 --> 00:43:30,274        very, very fortunately,                  we took it easy           803 00:43:30,316 --> 00:43:33,736          because we thought                we wouldn't have a story       804 00:43:33,778 --> 00:43:35,446     and we wasted a lot of time.     805 00:43:35,488 --> 00:43:39,909    And this wasted time in the end        probably saved our lives.      806 00:43:39,951 --> 00:43:41,410       There was another issue,       807 00:43:41,452 --> 00:43:43,996               problem,                    which caused some of this.      808 00:43:44,038 --> 00:43:47,458       U.S. forces seize control                of Mazar-i-Sharif          809 00:43:47,500 --> 00:43:48,501         with General Dostum.         810 00:43:48,542 --> 00:43:50,127        And our team leader up                    in the north,            811 00:43:50,169 --> 00:43:53,464             the CIA guy,                he goes with Dostum to Kunduz.    812 00:43:53,506 --> 00:43:56,300              Dostum now                   has an eight-man CIA team.      813 00:43:56,342 --> 00:43:58,761  There's another commander there,             Commander Atta.           814 00:43:58,803 --> 00:44:00,763       So they make the decision              to take that CIA team        815 00:44:00,805 --> 00:44:02,056          and cut it in half.         816 00:44:02,098 --> 00:44:03,266      Half of it goes with Dostum     817 00:44:03,307 --> 00:44:04,850          and the other half                     goes with Atta.           818 00:44:04,892 --> 00:44:08,479         So now you don't have            the same level of leadership     819 00:44:08,521 --> 00:44:11,983          and decision-making                 and even capability.         820 00:44:12,024 --> 00:44:14,610     So Mike Spann and Dave Tyson     821 00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:17,655  were the guys that are off there          kind of on their own.        822 00:44:17,697 --> 00:44:24,245                                     823 00:44:24,287 --> 00:44:26,163      And they drive from Kunduz      824 00:44:26,205 --> 00:44:29,292      across northern Afghanistan               to Qala-i-Jangi,           825 00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:32,003               which is                    this giant fortress prison.     826 00:44:34,213 --> 00:44:38,342        Stauth: So about 11:00,             we left for Qala-i-Jangi.      827 00:44:38,384 --> 00:44:42,346       Bernsten: Qala-i-Jangi is              an 1894 Vauban fort.         828 00:44:42,388 --> 00:44:45,683     Qala-i-Jangi is out of time.     829 00:44:45,725 --> 00:44:49,520       Qala-i-Jangi is a citadel                  made of mud.             830 00:44:49,562 --> 00:44:51,522     Bernsten: It's not like real            Vauban fort with stone.       831 00:44:51,564 --> 00:44:53,858      It's made out of a cow poop              and mud, whatever.          832 00:44:53,899 --> 00:44:55,318       It was quite impressive.       833 00:44:55,359 --> 00:44:57,361              Degueldre:                     The walls are so thick.       834 00:44:57,403 --> 00:45:01,699        Everything is a little                    bit...unreal.            835 00:45:03,993 --> 00:45:06,579     Stauth: As we were not under            any pressure time-wise,       836 00:45:06,620 --> 00:45:08,998             my cameraman                    and the Uzbek producer,       837 00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:12,126         they wanted to smoke                     a cigarette.             838 00:45:12,168 --> 00:45:14,837       So we were waiting there,              the sun was shining,         839 00:45:14,879 --> 00:45:18,049       the birds were singing --            a very peaceful setting.       840 00:45:18,090 --> 00:45:21,385         And 10 minutes later,        841 00:45:21,427 --> 00:45:24,138          we would have been                    in that courtyard          842 00:45:24,180 --> 00:45:25,890      to interview the prisoners.     843 00:45:25,931 --> 00:45:34,398                                     844 00:45:57,505 --> 00:46:05,513                                     845 00:46:05,554 --> 00:46:06,889               Bernsten:                      Let me just say this,        846 00:46:06,931 --> 00:46:08,599       there were no procedures                     for that.              847 00:46:08,641 --> 00:46:11,394    I don't think anybody had been          trained on what do you do      848 00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:13,896        on an open battlefield                   where people --           849 00:46:13,938 --> 00:46:15,815          They had to assess               the situation on the ground     850 00:46:15,856 --> 00:46:17,358         and make a decision.         851 00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:21,112        So Spann and Dave Tyson              are not as experienced;       852 00:46:21,153 --> 00:46:23,114          they're brave men.          853 00:46:23,155 --> 00:46:25,366  Spann had been a Marine officer.  854 00:46:25,408 --> 00:46:28,702        The decision they made            put themselves in grave risk.    855 00:46:28,744 --> 00:46:31,205                Pelton:                   Mike Spann and Dave Tyson --     856 00:46:31,247 --> 00:46:32,957     their goal was to find people    857 00:46:32,998 --> 00:46:34,291        that could provide them                    with intel.             858 00:46:34,333 --> 00:46:35,626         And they were looking                   for bin Laden.            859 00:46:35,668 --> 00:46:37,628           They were looking                 for bin Laden's group.        860 00:46:37,670 --> 00:46:40,756     So once again, we're back in        that whole who's who, you know?  861 00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:43,217          You've got Taliban,                  you've got Uzbeks,          862 00:46:43,259 --> 00:46:45,636    you've got good guys, bad guys,                whatever.              863 00:46:45,678 --> 00:46:47,388      And somebody -- and nobody              knows who that is --         864 00:46:47,430 --> 00:46:48,973         was actually filming.        865 00:46:49,014 --> 00:46:50,641           See?                           He's a terrorist.                866 00:46:50,683 --> 00:46:52,059                 Yes.                 867 00:46:52,101 --> 00:46:54,395         These men                         are terrorists.                 868 00:46:54,437 --> 00:46:55,938         These men                         are terrorists.                 869 00:46:55,980 --> 00:46:57,314       All these men                       are terrorists.                 870 00:46:57,356 --> 00:46:58,691      I think you're                        a terrorist.                   871 00:46:58,732 --> 00:47:01,777  You come here to Afghanistan            to kill people.                 872 00:47:01,819 --> 00:47:04,155            I don't -- I...           873 00:47:04,196 --> 00:47:06,740           Okay.                       You want to talk to him?           874 00:47:06,782 --> 00:47:09,452          Okay. I'm with you.          Okay. Thank you.                   875 00:47:09,493 --> 00:47:11,829          I'm with you and --                      Wait. Wait.             876 00:47:11,871 --> 00:47:14,665     [ Indistinct conversations ]     877 00:47:20,212 --> 00:47:24,049        Pelton: When Spann was                asking the prisoners,        878 00:47:24,091 --> 00:47:25,217     "Does anybody speak English?"    879 00:47:25,259 --> 00:47:27,052             which sounds                    like a comedy routine.        880 00:47:27,094 --> 00:47:28,679            He said, "Yeah,                   there's an Irishman.         881 00:47:28,721 --> 00:47:31,682       So then that's how Lindh           got picked out of the lineup.    882 00:47:33,893 --> 00:47:37,480      The fact that Mike and Dave          had this blanket spread out     883 00:47:37,521 --> 00:47:41,317        in full view, like, 400        terrified or angry people was --  884 00:47:41,358 --> 00:47:44,278      It just meant there wasn't                 somebody there            885 00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:45,696          providing security.         886 00:47:45,738 --> 00:47:47,114       The Afghans didn't care.       887 00:47:58,584 --> 00:48:00,419         It was a major breach            of what you're supposed to do    888 00:48:00,461 --> 00:48:02,922     when you question prisoners,            I mean, that's obvious.       889 00:48:02,963 --> 00:48:05,090    You normally select a prisoner,  890 00:48:05,132 --> 00:48:07,885             take him away                    to another facility.         891 00:48:07,927 --> 00:48:08,969       You have security there.       892 00:48:09,011 --> 00:48:10,221    You do whatever you have to do.  893 00:48:10,262 --> 00:48:11,764       You don't show your face.      894 00:48:12,473 --> 00:48:14,350  [ Speaks indistinctly ]            895 00:48:18,646 --> 00:48:20,439        He's just sitting there              with his hair flopped.        896 00:48:20,481 --> 00:48:23,234        He's not saying a word            and Spann is talking to him.     897 00:48:23,275 --> 00:48:24,527          Maybe not the most                     diplomatic way,           898 00:48:24,568 --> 00:48:26,362    but he's clearly communicating    899 00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:28,322            that he's with                   the American government       900 00:48:28,364 --> 00:48:30,324       and that he can help them                  or whatever.             901 00:48:30,366 --> 00:48:32,535          And he's just mute.                  He's mute, silent.          902 00:48:32,576 --> 00:48:35,746    Keep in mind, he had just been              in that basement.          903 00:48:35,788 --> 00:48:38,249     And I'm not gonna accuse him          of being part of the plot,      904 00:48:38,290 --> 00:48:41,252       but that basement was way         too small and he spoke Arabic.    905 00:48:41,293 --> 00:48:43,087          And there is no way                  that he didn't know         906 00:48:43,128 --> 00:48:44,421       what was about to happen.      907 00:49:24,295 --> 00:49:26,880      Alison: He sealed his fate                in those moments           908 00:49:26,922 --> 00:49:30,050     when he chose to stay silent              and not say a word.         909 00:49:30,092 --> 00:49:31,927    He sealed his fate as a traitor  910 00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:35,306        and he sealed his fate           as someone who was responsible    911 00:49:35,347 --> 00:49:39,643      for the death of Mike Spann                  in my eyes.             912 00:49:39,685 --> 00:49:41,437        That's all the evidence                      I need.               913 00:49:41,478 --> 00:49:45,774          That's accessory...                   at bare minimum.           914 00:49:46,984 --> 00:49:50,446  You will never make me believe              that he didn't know         915 00:49:50,487 --> 00:49:52,656            what was going                     to happen that day,         916 00:49:52,698 --> 00:49:54,491          and you will never                     make me believe           917 00:49:54,533 --> 00:49:57,244      that he didn't have a part               in my dad's death.          918 00:50:22,561 --> 00:50:25,022           -It's gonna hurt.                      -They, uh...             919 00:50:38,744 --> 00:50:40,537              And, uh...              920 00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:44,875       [ Man yelling in Arabic ]      921 00:50:44,917 --> 00:50:47,503        There was a -- a bang,                    some yelling,            922 00:50:47,544 --> 00:50:49,046    and then the tape goes to blue.            [ Hands scrape ]           923 00:50:49,088 --> 00:50:51,423       I've never figured out --             I was told two stories.       924 00:50:51,465 --> 00:50:53,634         One is that the tape                     keeps rolling            925 00:50:53,676 --> 00:50:55,427      and that somebody erased it     926 00:50:55,469 --> 00:50:56,887         or that, no, the tape                  just goes to blue          927 00:50:56,929 --> 00:50:58,806        because the camera fell             [Hands clap] or whatever.      928 00:50:58,847 --> 00:51:01,725             But that tape                  was being shopped around.      929 00:51:01,767 --> 00:51:03,394             My cameraman,                  for some strange reason,       930 00:51:03,435 --> 00:51:04,520      told the guy to bugger off.     931 00:51:04,561 --> 00:51:06,522     He didn't want to buy a tape.    932 00:51:06,563 --> 00:51:09,525      And I was tasked by Dostum              to go find that tape         933 00:51:09,566 --> 00:51:10,984           because that was                   his intelligence tape        934 00:51:11,026 --> 00:51:14,071          and that might show              who did whatever happened.      935 00:51:14,113 --> 00:51:15,698         Well, in that event,         936 00:51:15,739 --> 00:51:20,369      that bang, that scuffle was           Mike Spann being killed.       937 00:51:20,411 --> 00:51:22,746       [ Man yelling in Arabic ]      938 00:51:23,997 --> 00:51:26,792        [ Explosion, gunfire ]        939 00:51:31,004 --> 00:51:33,882         [ Gunfire continues ]        940 00:52:04,663 --> 00:52:07,750  Pelton: So how did you --               You were there.                 941 00:52:07,791 --> 00:52:10,043  Did you run -- did you stay               in the basement?              942 00:52:15,799 --> 00:52:17,301              [ Gunfire ]             943 00:52:17,342 --> 00:52:18,886                Stauth:                      I grabbed my sat phone        944 00:52:18,927 --> 00:52:22,556    and ran into the main building                for shelter.             945 00:52:26,101 --> 00:52:27,603              [ Gunfire ]             946 00:52:27,644 --> 00:52:30,481         I set up my sat phone                    on the ground            947 00:52:30,522 --> 00:52:32,524       to make some phone calls                    to Germany.             948 00:52:32,566 --> 00:52:35,152  [ Speaks indistinctly ]            949 00:52:35,194 --> 00:52:37,529              [ Gunfire ]             950 00:52:43,410 --> 00:52:46,205         [ Gunfire continues ]        951 00:53:16,568 --> 00:53:18,695        [ All speaking Arabic ]       952 00:53:23,408 --> 00:53:26,954              [ Gunfire ]             953 00:53:28,747 --> 00:53:32,709        And so he called using                 my satellite phone          954 00:53:32,751 --> 00:53:35,587      and our camera was running             while he was talking.         955 00:54:05,117 --> 00:54:07,119         [ Gunfire continues ]        956 00:54:12,875 --> 00:54:15,419     Bernsten: He called the U.S.            embassy in Uzbekistan.        957 00:54:15,460 --> 00:54:17,504            It was actually                   a pretty smart move.         958 00:54:17,546 --> 00:54:18,881       That's how we all learned                   so quickly.             959 00:54:18,922 --> 00:54:20,591         He got on the phone                and made that call out.        960 00:54:33,228 --> 00:54:34,771         [ Gunfire continues ]        961 00:55:04,176 --> 00:55:05,510             Tyson: Okay.             962 00:55:16,855 --> 00:55:19,149     [ Indistinct conversations ]     963 00:55:19,441 --> 00:55:23,654           Stauth: I learned                   through Dave Tyson          964 00:55:23,695 --> 00:55:26,406      that the Northern Alliance                     forces,               965 00:55:26,448 --> 00:55:30,827     they were taken by surprise,         that they were not prepared,     966 00:55:30,869 --> 00:55:34,873      and there were only around                  100 of them.             967 00:55:35,958 --> 00:55:40,170           And the Taliban,               we knew they were about 500.     968 00:55:40,212 --> 00:55:44,132    Then we learned that the weapon         storage of Qala-i-Jangi       969 00:55:44,174 --> 00:55:47,344         was in the courtyard                where the Taliban were.       970 00:55:47,386 --> 00:55:50,180         And then I really --                  I started thinking,         971 00:55:50,222 --> 00:55:53,517     "Oh, shit, we are in trouble.           We're in bad trouble."        972 00:55:53,558 --> 00:55:55,352              [ Gunfire ]             973 00:55:55,394 --> 00:56:02,901                                     974 00:56:11,785 --> 00:56:13,704         [ Gunfire continues ]        975 00:56:19,251 --> 00:56:23,046             At the time,              I didn't know the name of Spann.  976 00:56:25,173 --> 00:56:28,552     I mean, there were obviously                dozens killed,            977 00:56:28,593 --> 00:56:31,722           Afghans, Taliban,          978 00:56:31,763 --> 00:56:34,850     and in addition, an American.    979 00:56:34,891 --> 00:56:37,728          I thought, "My God,                  why did they do it?         980 00:56:37,769 --> 00:56:39,896      Why did they have to die?"      981 00:56:41,606 --> 00:56:43,358       Bernsten: Many of my guys           want to get on a helicopter     982 00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:44,526           and fly up there.          983 00:56:44,568 --> 00:56:46,862             I tell them,                      "No, you cannot go.         984 00:56:46,903 --> 00:56:48,739        The military is closer.       985 00:56:48,780 --> 00:56:51,908     The military is gonna help."     986 00:56:51,950 --> 00:56:53,744           A lot of my guys                   were very, very close        987 00:56:53,785 --> 00:56:57,122     to Mike Spann and Dave Tyson,         and they're upset with me.      988 00:56:57,164 --> 00:57:00,000              [ Gunfire ]             989 00:57:00,042 --> 00:57:03,462      We were hoping for choppers              to land on the roof         990 00:57:03,503 --> 00:57:07,132     to happily climb the chopper          and get out of the chopper.     991 00:57:07,174 --> 00:57:10,761               Instead,                      we saw high in the sky,       992 00:57:10,802 --> 00:57:13,847           the white traces                     of fighter jets.           993 00:57:13,889 --> 00:57:15,557     Tyson: Hey, guys.                    Time to go, huh?                 994 00:57:15,599 --> 00:57:18,727           It's time to go.                       -Wait. Wait.             995 00:57:18,769 --> 00:57:20,937                Stauth:                  My headquarters called my wife    996 00:57:20,979 --> 00:57:23,690        to tell her, "Arnim is              in some kind of trouble."      997 00:57:23,732 --> 00:57:26,651              [ Gunfire ]             998 00:57:26,693 --> 00:57:29,654              [ Yelling in Arabic ]  999 00:57:31,239 --> 00:57:33,867            [ Explosions ]            1000 00:57:47,839 --> 00:57:50,133              [ Gunfire ]             1001 00:58:03,021 --> 00:58:04,564           Hey!                       1002 00:58:04,606 --> 00:58:12,823                                     1003 00:58:12,864 --> 00:58:15,325         [ Gunfire continues ]        1004 00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:23,166       We just tried to get away               from this fortress          1005 00:58:23,208 --> 00:58:26,878          as far as possible               and as quickly as possible.     1006 00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:31,174    And then about 500 meters away                under a tree,            1007 00:58:31,216 --> 00:58:34,261          there was a minibus              and the guy standing there      1008 00:58:34,302 --> 00:58:36,763           turned out to be                     the press speaker          1009 00:58:36,805 --> 00:58:38,348          of General Dostum.          1010 00:58:38,390 --> 00:58:42,018        And he finally took us,               including Dave Tyson,        1011 00:58:42,060 --> 00:58:44,688    took us back to Mazar-i-Sharif.  1012 00:58:44,729 --> 00:58:46,940        [ Gunfire in distance ]       1013 00:58:49,401 --> 00:58:51,153      Pelton: It was only during                   that night              1014 00:58:51,194 --> 00:58:52,863      when they had night vision,     1015 00:58:52,904 --> 00:58:54,531     they realized that there was        like a central gathering point.  1016 00:58:54,573 --> 00:58:57,325  There was a mosque and there was           this pink building,         1017 00:58:57,367 --> 00:59:00,036     and then there were all these       little cubbyholes on the sides.  1018 00:59:00,078 --> 00:59:01,913      They were running in there            to grab all these weapons      1019 00:59:01,955 --> 00:59:03,331      and firing them at people,                    whatever.              1020 00:59:03,373 --> 00:59:05,542         And it was that night                that people realized,        1021 00:59:05,584 --> 00:59:07,586     "Okay, this is a real mess."     1022 00:59:07,627 --> 00:59:10,130      This inverted siege begins      1023 00:59:10,172 --> 00:59:11,882         because not only did                    they break out,           1024 00:59:11,923 --> 00:59:13,049        they overtake the army.       1025 00:59:13,091 --> 00:59:14,384  Now they got RPGs and heavy guns  1026 00:59:14,426 --> 00:59:17,053         and they're fighting                   from the inside.           1027 00:59:17,095 --> 00:59:19,097     Dostum's people are fighting               from the outside.          1028 00:59:19,139 --> 00:59:21,266      Airstrikes were called in.      1029 00:59:21,308 --> 00:59:24,686                I mean,                   this is a bloody knife fight     1030 00:59:24,728 --> 00:59:28,106  at close range for several days.  1031 00:59:30,233 --> 00:59:32,235       Reporter #11: By Monday,             the firefight so fierce,       1032 00:59:32,277 --> 00:59:35,864  U.S. Special Forces on the scene       had to call in airstrikes.      1033 00:59:35,906 --> 00:59:37,157             [ Explosion ]            1034 00:59:37,199 --> 00:59:40,035           But one U.S. bomb                   missed its target.          1035 00:59:40,076 --> 00:59:42,829      Man: Turn the cameras off!      1036 00:59:42,871 --> 00:59:44,247         Man #5: Are you okay?        1037 00:59:44,289 --> 00:59:45,874       You know, as journalists,              we're running around         1038 00:59:45,916 --> 00:59:47,751        like headless chickens.        We have no idea what's going on.  1039 00:59:47,792 --> 00:59:50,921                 Yeah.                       [ Speaks indistinctly ]       1040 00:59:50,962 --> 00:59:53,506    Reporter #12: The bloody battle      may now be coming to an end.     1041 00:59:53,548 --> 00:59:57,260       Perry: It took forever --            from Sunday until Friday.      1042 00:59:57,302 --> 01:00:01,848  It was, you know, Groundhog Day,               every day.              1043 01:00:01,890 --> 01:00:05,101    Dan Rather: Some images of war           savagery have the power       1044 01:00:05,143 --> 01:00:07,771     to haunt and burn themselves     1045 01:00:07,812 --> 01:00:11,358           into the world's                    collective memory.          1046 01:00:11,399 --> 01:00:14,611    Perry: It's my first experience               of combat.              1047 01:00:14,653 --> 01:00:16,446      I was totally adrenalized.      1048 01:00:16,488 --> 01:00:18,949     You suddenly get this kind of       tunnel vision of where you are.  1049 01:00:18,990 --> 01:00:21,284              [ Gunfire ]             1050 01:00:21,326 --> 01:00:22,786        Pelton: There are a lot                of things going on,         1051 01:00:22,827 --> 01:00:24,788     and there are a lot of media             rumors flying around.        1052 01:00:24,829 --> 01:00:27,624       "Let's get that Pulitzer           with that mass-murder story."    1053 01:00:27,666 --> 01:00:29,501       And don't forget, there's          an electric feeling in there     1054 01:00:29,542 --> 01:00:30,961            because of all                     those dead bodies.          1055 01:00:31,002 --> 01:00:32,963            Man: ...bloody,                    week-long uprising          1056 01:00:33,004 --> 01:00:34,756             Reporter #14:                  Dozens of Taliban forces       1057 01:00:34,798 --> 01:00:36,925  were seen today with their hands        tied behind their backs,       1058 01:00:36,967 --> 01:00:38,635       suggesting an execution.       1059 01:00:38,677 --> 01:00:41,304  Pelton: And that communicated to            some of the media          1060 01:00:41,346 --> 01:00:45,267             that somebody                  was massacring prisoners.      1061 01:00:45,308 --> 01:00:46,935            And they were.                    They were shooting --        1062 01:00:46,977 --> 01:00:49,062  I mean, they were running around       trying to untie each other      1063 01:00:49,104 --> 01:00:50,313           with their teeth                       or whatever,             1064 01:00:50,355 --> 01:00:51,815    and there were people shooting                  at them.               1065 01:00:51,856 --> 01:00:53,650      [ Rocket launcher shoots ]      1066 01:00:56,778 --> 01:00:58,196    Billingsley: Bodies everywhere.  1067 01:00:58,238 --> 01:01:01,283        You know, I don't know,                 100, 200 bodies,           1068 01:01:01,324 --> 01:01:04,661        and you knew out there           somewhere was also Mike Spann.    1069 01:01:06,621 --> 01:01:08,331    Jennings: The CIA did something             unusual today.            1070 01:01:08,373 --> 01:01:10,500             It confirmed                     in a very public way         1071 01:01:10,542 --> 01:01:13,169        that one of its agents           had been killed in Afghanistan.  1072 01:01:13,211 --> 01:01:16,339       The unusual step not only                of acknowledging           1073 01:01:16,381 --> 01:01:18,425      that one of its operatives                have been killed,          1074 01:01:18,466 --> 01:01:21,636            but naming him                and issuing a press release.     1075 01:01:21,678 --> 01:01:23,805     Reporter #15: He was killed,             they say, on Sunday.         1076 01:01:23,847 --> 01:01:29,394      It wasn't safe or possible       to get his body out until today.  1077 01:01:33,356 --> 01:01:36,067        Pelton: The basement --            This is very famous now --      1078 01:01:36,109 --> 01:01:38,069           of what they call                     the pink house.           1079 01:01:38,111 --> 01:01:41,156      The pink house is actually                 a bomb shelter.           1080 01:01:42,407 --> 01:01:43,700             Billingsley:                   The guys we were next to,      1081 01:01:43,742 --> 01:01:45,201        they were shooting down                   the basement,            1082 01:01:45,243 --> 01:01:47,037          you know, their AKs                 through the windows.         1083 01:01:47,078 --> 01:01:49,247        We had no idea there's           a whole bunch in the basement.    1084 01:01:49,289 --> 01:01:51,041      It suddenly became apparent              that they were down         1085 01:01:51,082 --> 01:01:52,375            in the dungeon.                There was a little window.      1086 01:01:52,417 --> 01:01:54,085        There were lots of guys                    down there.             1087 01:01:54,127 --> 01:01:56,046            They had guns,                 and they were gonna fight.      1088 01:01:56,087 --> 01:01:58,715        So then we sprinted out                     of there,              1089 01:01:58,757 --> 01:02:03,386    just running across this field          of bodies, jumping them.       1090 01:02:05,597 --> 01:02:09,059          It was really grim,                 really, really grim.         1091 01:02:09,100 --> 01:02:10,560      Man #6: 1, 2...                 1092 01:02:10,602 --> 01:02:12,562             [ Explosion ]             Fire in the hole.                  1093 01:02:12,604 --> 01:02:14,356  What the fuck is that?             1094 01:02:14,397 --> 01:02:16,733    Billingsley: They were dumping           55-gallon drums of oil        1095 01:02:16,775 --> 01:02:19,235     and then they put incendiary                  grenades in             1096 01:02:19,277 --> 01:02:21,905     and threw the grenades down,             but nobody came out.         1097 01:02:21,946 --> 01:02:23,740    I talked to one of the Afghans           through the translator.       1098 01:02:23,782 --> 01:02:26,034     I said, "So how many of these        guys do you think there are?"    1099 01:02:26,076 --> 01:02:27,243           "One and a half."          1100 01:02:27,285 --> 01:02:28,953        Like, "One and a half"?       1101 01:02:28,995 --> 01:02:30,580             "Yeah, no one                     could survive this.         1102 01:02:30,622 --> 01:02:32,665      So probably one and a half                    or two."               1103 01:02:43,593 --> 01:02:45,595    I know it's an unbreakable vow                and all that,            1104 01:02:45,637 --> 01:02:48,139             and I can see                  a soldier's honor in it,       1105 01:02:48,181 --> 01:02:52,060            but...all this                      to get one body?           1106 01:02:55,855 --> 01:02:58,274          It was a slaughter.         1107 01:02:58,316 --> 01:03:03,738         [ Explosion echoing ]        1108 01:03:03,780 --> 01:03:05,865      I remember thinking, "Where         are the special forces guys?     1109 01:03:05,907 --> 01:03:07,409            Or where's...?"           1110 01:03:07,450 --> 01:03:09,953        And then, while we were             on that northern parapet       1111 01:03:09,994 --> 01:03:11,621      above the main gate across,     1112 01:03:11,663 --> 01:03:13,748       you could see their heads           poking up once in a while,      1113 01:03:13,790 --> 01:03:15,458        just kind of surveying                   the situation.            1114 01:03:15,500 --> 01:03:17,210  But they were staying out of it.  1115 01:03:20,171 --> 01:03:23,049      Some point in time, the --      1116 01:03:23,091 --> 01:03:26,886     the U.S. personnel had taken          Spann's body off the field      1117 01:03:26,928 --> 01:03:33,226     and there was this idea that      the U.S. story of this was over.  1118 01:03:33,268 --> 01:03:36,604     But instead of one and a half        or two prisoners coming out,     1119 01:03:36,646 --> 01:03:38,481             86 come out.             1120 01:03:38,523 --> 01:03:40,316            And one of them                      is the same guy           1121 01:03:40,358 --> 01:03:42,944        that was revealed later               to be on that blanket        1122 01:03:42,986 --> 01:03:45,488        that the two CIA agents              had been interrogating        1123 01:03:45,530 --> 01:03:51,202          that was, you know,             the American Taliban, Lindh.     1124 01:03:51,244 --> 01:03:52,662             It was like,                    "The story's moved on.        1125 01:03:52,704 --> 01:03:54,831       Now it's about this guy,              the American Taliban."        1126 01:03:54,873 --> 01:03:56,708      And that became -- at least         for the the U.S. audience --     1127 01:03:56,749 --> 01:03:59,294        that became the story.           It wasn't about everybody else.  1128 01:03:59,335 --> 01:04:01,212      It wasn't about the 70 dead               Northern Alliance          1129 01:04:01,254 --> 01:04:03,089        or the 200 or 300 dead.       1130 01:04:03,131 --> 01:04:04,466            I never did get                     an accurate count          1131 01:04:04,507 --> 01:04:06,551    of how many people were killed.  1132 01:04:06,593 --> 01:04:08,219             It was about                     this American Taliban        1133 01:04:08,261 --> 01:04:10,013           because he wasn't                    an Arab-American.          1134 01:04:10,054 --> 01:04:11,347     He wasn't a person of color.     1135 01:04:11,389 --> 01:04:12,515            He was a white,                   middle-class American        1136 01:04:12,557 --> 01:04:14,142    From Marin County, California.    1137 01:04:14,184 --> 01:04:15,518             Reporter #16:                   Today, Taliban fighters       1138 01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:17,479            captured after                  a bloody prison rebellion      1139 01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:20,148  near Mazar-i-Sharif, one of them         seen here on the right,       1140 01:04:20,190 --> 01:04:23,985        a 20-year-old American,            who told   Newsweek   magazine      1141 01:04:24,027 --> 01:04:27,197         he joined the Taliban           to build a true Islamic state.    1142 01:04:27,238 --> 01:04:28,823    Defense officials say he is now  1143 01:04:28,865 --> 01:04:33,203            in the custody                    of the U.S. military.        1144 01:04:33,244 --> 01:04:35,788                Perry:                   It was a tabloid revenge story,  1145 01:04:35,830 --> 01:04:39,334             and he played                     his part perfectly.         1146 01:04:39,375 --> 01:04:43,213          He was unrepentant.         1147 01:04:43,254 --> 01:04:45,924       And what he really needed                   was someone             1148 01:04:45,965 --> 01:04:48,426        to kind of ask him why,       1149 01:04:48,468 --> 01:04:50,428               you know,                     and try and understand.       1150 01:04:50,470 --> 01:04:54,557     But no one was gonna give him             any understanding.          1151 01:04:54,599 --> 01:04:55,934     And he wasn't asking for it.     1152 01:04:55,975 --> 01:04:59,479                                     1153 01:04:59,521 --> 01:05:01,606        Walker Lindh: Really...       1154 01:05:10,657 --> 01:05:13,159     Bill: Let's let the morphine        take effect and you can relax.    1155 01:05:13,201 --> 01:05:14,035     Pelton: Thank you                   for talking to us.                1156 01:05:14,077 --> 01:05:19,415                                     1157 01:05:19,457 --> 01:05:21,376      Perry: I remember proposing                  that story,             1158 01:05:21,417 --> 01:05:24,045           that exact story,                   to "Times" editors,         1159 01:05:24,087 --> 01:05:29,175    saying, "We need to do a story        on what this group of people,    1160 01:05:29,217 --> 01:05:32,262  who in some ways represent quite       a large part of the planet,     1161 01:05:32,303 --> 01:05:34,055          don't like America.         1162 01:05:34,097 --> 01:05:35,723       We need to explain that."      1163 01:05:35,765 --> 01:05:38,851      And my editors are saying,          "We're not doing that story."    1164 01:05:38,893 --> 01:05:46,109                                     1165 01:05:46,150 --> 01:05:53,616                                     1166 01:05:53,658 --> 01:06:00,832                                     1167 01:06:00,873 --> 01:06:02,625           John Walker Lindh               was not the only American.      1168 01:06:02,667 --> 01:06:05,003      There was another American             that we didn't realize        1169 01:06:05,044 --> 01:06:07,505         until he was at Gitmo           and he was debriefed, you know,  1170 01:06:07,547 --> 01:06:09,549        and then they wound up         stripping him of his citizenship  1171 01:06:09,591 --> 01:06:11,968         and sending him back               to Saudi Arabia -- Hamdi.      1172 01:06:12,010 --> 01:06:15,930      So there were two Americans           actually in that prison.       1173 01:06:15,972 --> 01:06:17,181     Lindh was the only Caucasian.    1174 01:06:17,223 --> 01:06:19,809    The other was an ethnic Saudi.    1175 01:06:29,193 --> 01:06:30,903       [ Man talking in Arabic ]      1176 01:06:51,549 --> 01:06:52,967  Pelton: I'm not gonna tell          anybody you're here, so,           1177 01:06:53,009 --> 01:06:55,511  hopefully you can get               some peace and quiet.              1178 01:06:55,553 --> 01:06:57,180  But I will communicate                 anything you want                1179 01:06:57,221 --> 01:06:58,514  to anybody you want.               1180 01:07:09,108 --> 01:07:10,401    This is Sheberghan.               1181 01:07:31,422 --> 01:07:33,633                    Right now.        1182 01:07:38,012 --> 01:07:45,561                                     1183 01:07:45,603 --> 01:07:48,731    Pelton: My main goal was to get           him on that phone,          1184 01:07:48,773 --> 01:07:50,483  'cause once you're on the phone,  1185 01:07:50,525 --> 01:07:52,568       then the parents can call                    a lawyer,              1186 01:07:52,610 --> 01:07:54,737       they can call the media,                     whatever.              1187 01:07:56,572 --> 01:07:58,199          But he didn't want                  to do that, so fine.         1188 01:07:58,241 --> 01:08:00,576        I'm not gonna push him.          And then I said to Bill, "Okay,  1189 01:08:00,618 --> 01:08:02,412         we've got to get him                      out of here             1190 01:08:02,453 --> 01:08:07,333      because if he stays here...     1191 01:08:07,375 --> 01:08:08,710         he could disappear."         1192 01:08:08,751 --> 01:08:11,087       And I wasn't exaggerating                   the threat.             1193 01:08:15,049 --> 01:08:17,844    And what I predicted was true,           that he would disappear       1194 01:08:17,885 --> 01:08:19,220    and you wouldn't see him again.  1195 01:08:19,262 --> 01:08:21,639          -We have ambulance.                      -Ambulance.             1196 01:08:21,681 --> 01:08:28,187                                     1197 01:08:28,229 --> 01:08:29,897     And what happened after that,                I don't know,            1198 01:08:29,939 --> 01:08:31,941     except for one minor incident            in which I was asked         1199 01:08:31,983 --> 01:08:36,112       by the Marines over here           to brief them on Afghanistan.    1200 01:08:36,154 --> 01:08:37,947             And I thought                   that was kind of weird,       1201 01:08:37,989 --> 01:08:40,616  like, why do the Marines want me       to tell about Afghanistan?      1202 01:08:40,658 --> 01:08:42,702     It turned out it was the guys                at Camp Rhino            1203 01:08:42,744 --> 01:08:45,121           that looked after                   John Walker Lindh.          1204 01:08:46,998 --> 01:08:50,460    Radack: We had been told by our   boss that the Justice Department  1205 01:08:50,501 --> 01:08:52,920            we'd be taking                a more conservative position     1206 01:08:52,962 --> 01:08:54,255              after 9/11,             1207 01:08:54,297 --> 01:08:57,633    but that was not defined for us            what that meant.           1208 01:08:57,675 --> 01:09:00,052           And to most of us                it certainly didn't mean       1209 01:09:00,094 --> 01:09:02,680       throwing the ethics rules                 out the window            1210 01:09:02,722 --> 01:09:05,767           and behaving like                   a bunch of cowboys.         1211 01:09:05,808 --> 01:09:08,394     Pizzey: Any prisoners will be        held in a temporary facility     1212 01:09:08,436 --> 01:09:10,021      being built at Camp Rhino.      1213 01:09:10,062 --> 01:09:12,774    The only one here at the moment          is John Walker Lindh,        1214 01:09:12,815 --> 01:09:15,151       the young American caught           fighting with the Taliban.      1215 01:09:15,193 --> 01:09:18,154      He's reported to be in good        health but has no friends here.  1216 01:09:18,196 --> 01:09:19,489               Soldier:                       Mama always told me,         1217 01:09:19,530 --> 01:09:20,615             "If you don't                  have nothing good to say,      1218 01:09:20,656 --> 01:09:22,033     just keep your mouth closed."    1219 01:09:22,074 --> 01:09:24,035        And that about sums up                   their opinion.            1220 01:09:24,076 --> 01:09:27,538        They really think that         he's lower than a snake's belly,  1221 01:09:27,580 --> 01:09:29,081    as you might say, around here.    1222 01:09:29,123 --> 01:09:30,958     Pelton: And the Marines came             to me and they said,         1223 01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:34,045      "Oh, God, it's such a mess         because the guys would sneak in  1224 01:09:34,086 --> 01:09:36,714     and write things on his head      and take pictures all the time."  1225 01:09:36,756 --> 01:09:38,591             Reporter #18:                     John Walker Lindh,          1226 01:09:38,633 --> 01:09:40,676              Abdul Hamid                  to his Taliban associates,      1227 01:09:40,718 --> 01:09:42,512      is being held at Camp Rhino     1228 01:09:42,553 --> 01:09:46,641    awaiting return to this country     and under ferocious criticism.    1229 01:09:46,682 --> 01:09:48,017     I don't know all the details,    1230 01:09:48,059 --> 01:09:49,811       but he certainly appears                 to be a traitor.           1231 01:09:49,852 --> 01:09:51,687             Reporter #19:                What is the President's view     1232 01:09:51,729 --> 01:09:53,606        of an American fighting                 for the Taliban?           1233 01:09:53,648 --> 01:09:55,942         The President has set              a war against the Taliban      1234 01:09:55,983 --> 01:09:58,778      and a war against al-Qaeda,        regardless of who it composes.    1235 01:09:58,820 --> 01:10:00,446             Reporter #19:                And waiting back home for him    1236 01:10:00,488 --> 01:10:03,699        are his nervous parents          and the attorney they've hired    1237 01:10:03,741 --> 01:10:06,369               to argue                    he was just a young man...      1238 01:10:06,410 --> 01:10:08,955                Radack:                     It was December 7, 2001.       1239 01:10:08,996 --> 01:10:11,874         We had been informed                     unambiguously            1240 01:10:11,916 --> 01:10:16,087        that John Walker Lindh             was represented by counsel.     1241 01:10:16,128 --> 01:10:20,091         I advised on a Friday               not to interrogate him        1242 01:10:20,132 --> 01:10:22,385          without his lawyer.         1243 01:10:22,426 --> 01:10:25,596    Bread and butter, basic advice.  1244 01:10:25,638 --> 01:10:27,682     It was not something radical.    1245 01:10:27,723 --> 01:10:31,018        Then I get a call back                     on a Monday             1246 01:10:31,060 --> 01:10:33,729      and the Justice Department                    attorney,              1247 01:10:33,771 --> 01:10:36,732     my counterpart in terrorism,              the violent crime,          1248 01:10:36,774 --> 01:10:41,696             said, "Well,              the FBI interrogated him anyway.  1249 01:10:41,737 --> 01:10:44,031        So what do we do now?"        1250 01:10:47,660 --> 01:10:53,583    So I advised that the interview         would have to be sealed       1251 01:10:53,624 --> 01:10:56,085             and only used                    for national security        1252 01:10:56,127 --> 01:10:58,838      and intelligence-gathering                    purposes,              1253 01:10:58,880 --> 01:11:03,050                but not                     for criminal prosecution.      1254 01:11:03,092 --> 01:11:04,927        Reimann: I wasn't aware           and I'm sure he wasn't aware     1255 01:11:04,969 --> 01:11:07,430             of the family                  having retained somebody.      1256 01:11:07,471 --> 01:11:10,016         I've been, you know,         1257 01:11:10,057 --> 01:11:12,184       asked by my headquarters                 to interview him,          1258 01:11:12,226 --> 01:11:13,936          and that was my...          1259 01:11:13,978 --> 01:11:17,064     And I did it with the Miranda       warnings that are appropriate.    1260 01:11:17,106 --> 01:11:19,525      I told him that, you know,            there's no lawyer present      1261 01:11:19,567 --> 01:11:21,903        and, you know, you have                     the right              1262 01:11:21,944 --> 01:11:23,446       to not talk to me at all.      1263 01:11:23,487 --> 01:11:26,407      Or you don't have to answer           every question I ask you.      1264 01:11:26,449 --> 01:11:27,658        Those are your options,       1265 01:11:27,700 --> 01:11:29,952         and he said, "No, no,                   I want to talk.           1266 01:11:29,994 --> 01:11:31,913       Candiotti: Legal experts              call Walker's statement       1267 01:11:31,954 --> 01:11:34,457          to the FBI crucial                to the government's case.      1268 01:11:34,498 --> 01:11:37,960      In it, he allegedly admits           training in al-Qaeda camps      1269 01:11:38,002 --> 01:11:41,672     and being told about planned          suicide attacks in the U.S.     1270 01:11:41,714 --> 01:11:44,634            When he told me                 that he was at the camp,       1271 01:11:44,675 --> 01:11:46,177      that was an al-Qaeda camp,                  that he knew             1272 01:11:46,218 --> 01:11:48,137      he was in an al-Qaeda camp.            He knew that up front.        1273 01:11:48,179 --> 01:11:51,140       And he said -- You know,              I asked him about that.       1274 01:11:51,182 --> 01:11:54,310     He knew that al-Qaeda was --                That bin Laden,           1275 01:11:54,352 --> 01:11:57,146    who was the leader of al-Qaeda,   was wanted by the United States,  1276 01:11:57,188 --> 01:12:02,777        and that al-Qaeda was,         if you will, enemy of the state.  1277 01:12:02,818 --> 01:12:04,320           He knew all that.          1278 01:12:04,362 --> 01:12:06,989       And he's still -- He knew            that going into the camp.      1279 01:12:07,031 --> 01:12:10,326     He knew that during the camp.          And on several occasions,      1280 01:12:10,368 --> 01:12:14,121        bin Laden himself spoke          to specifically the foreigners.  1281 01:12:14,163 --> 01:12:16,916     The Westerners were set aside            and he spoke to them.        1282 01:12:16,958 --> 01:12:19,001     And on one occasion at least,    1283 01:12:19,043 --> 01:12:22,004           he spoke directly                 with John Walker Lindh        1284 01:12:22,046 --> 01:12:24,173              and he said                    he just wanted to fight       1285 01:12:24,215 --> 01:12:27,301        the Northern Alliance.        1286 01:12:27,343 --> 01:12:28,803       That was his intentions.       1287 01:12:28,844 --> 01:12:30,972        I mean, that's, again,               him describing himself,       1288 01:12:31,013 --> 01:12:33,057            that he thought                 he was doing something --      1289 01:12:33,099 --> 01:12:35,017     a worthy cause or something.     1290 01:12:35,059 --> 01:12:37,478          And just as I said,            I thought that was a smart kid.  1291 01:12:37,520 --> 01:12:39,021        He seemed intelligent,        1292 01:12:39,063 --> 01:12:42,900      and he learned the language           of a difficult language.       1293 01:12:42,942 --> 01:12:46,237       Yet he just did something                 pretty stupid.            1294 01:12:46,278 --> 01:12:48,698         Tom Brokaw:It appears                 an American member          1295 01:12:48,739 --> 01:12:52,076     of bin Laden's fighting force       will escape the death penalty.    1296 01:12:52,118 --> 01:12:54,328                Radack:                      So this whole narrative       1297 01:12:54,370 --> 01:12:56,872          started to develop                     rather quickly.           1298 01:12:56,914 --> 01:12:59,875    Wray: We had very few bad guys             in our possession.          1299 01:12:59,917 --> 01:13:01,669     And suddenly we had this guy,    1300 01:13:01,711 --> 01:13:04,380      who not only was supposedly                  a bad guy,              1301 01:13:04,422 --> 01:13:08,217        but was one of our own.       1302 01:13:08,259 --> 01:13:12,972                Radack:                And he was ripe for caricatures.  1303 01:13:13,014 --> 01:13:15,349      I don't have to go through                all the rigmarole          1304 01:13:15,391 --> 01:13:16,851            of a courtroom,           1305 01:13:16,892 --> 01:13:18,394            and I can judge                    just by what I know         1306 01:13:18,436 --> 01:13:20,312           that he's guilty              and that he should be punished.  1307 01:13:20,354 --> 01:13:22,023       I certainly don't approve                 of what he did,           1308 01:13:22,064 --> 01:13:24,150         but then I don't know                what he did exactly.         1309 01:13:24,191 --> 01:13:26,193        Reporter #20: But is he            a latter-day Patty Hearst,      1310 01:13:26,235 --> 01:13:28,904         allegedly brainwashed               into becoming a warrior       1311 01:13:28,946 --> 01:13:31,574            or an accessory               to the murder of a CIA agent     1312 01:13:31,615 --> 01:13:33,200      who tried to question him?      1313 01:13:33,242 --> 01:13:35,119        Reporter #21: For now,            Walker is in military custody    1314 01:13:35,161 --> 01:13:36,454            on a Navy ship.           1315 01:13:36,495 --> 01:13:38,080     Brokaw: The American Taliban,             John Walker Lindh,          1316 01:13:38,122 --> 01:13:39,790            is coming back                 to the United States today.     1317 01:13:39,832 --> 01:13:41,250  Mr. President, the country seems              to be divided            1318 01:13:41,292 --> 01:13:44,045          along several lines              when it comes to his case.      1319 01:13:44,086 --> 01:13:46,380      He's a traitor. Others say            he's a misunderstood kid.      1320 01:13:46,422 --> 01:13:48,090        Where do you come down                    on all that?             1321 01:13:48,132 --> 01:13:50,885  I come down that he volunteered        to join al-Qaeda,                1322 01:13:50,926 --> 01:13:52,636  was trained by al-Qaeda.           1323 01:13:52,678 --> 01:13:56,599  I also am pleased that he's         gonna be afforded a chance         1324 01:13:56,640 --> 01:13:59,268     to make his case                    in a court of law.                1325 01:13:59,310 --> 01:14:04,815    Radack: It was just a complete           way to vilify someone,        1326 01:14:04,857 --> 01:14:06,525            which normally                     Justice Department          1327 01:14:06,567 --> 01:14:08,152        has regulations against       1328 01:14:08,194 --> 01:14:11,113    because you don't want to give          unfair pretrial publicity      1329 01:14:11,155 --> 01:14:14,116     on someone that you actually             want to try in court         1330 01:14:14,158 --> 01:14:19,121    because it can make a criminal         prosecution more difficult.     1331 01:14:19,163 --> 01:14:20,956  Reporter #22: His defense argues           that his statements         1332 01:14:20,998 --> 01:14:23,084       to the FBI are unreliable      1333 01:14:23,125 --> 01:14:24,919         because he made them               after being held for two       1334 01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:26,921             or three days                  in this metal container,       1335 01:14:26,962 --> 01:14:29,799       an improvised jail cell,              blindfolded, his hands        1336 01:14:29,840 --> 01:14:32,093          and feet painfully                  bound to a stretcher.        1337 01:14:32,134 --> 01:14:33,803        They say Lindh believed                   the only way             1338 01:14:33,844 --> 01:14:36,138         to escape the torture                 of his confinement          1339 01:14:36,180 --> 01:14:38,349               was to do                    whatever the FBI wanted.       1340 01:14:42,353 --> 01:14:43,896                -Yeah.                               -Yeah.                1341 01:14:45,731 --> 01:14:47,983  [ Reporters shouting questions ]  1342 01:14:48,025 --> 01:14:49,318              Greenberg:                   There was no credible story     1343 01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:50,861          that was coming out                 about what this was.         1344 01:14:50,903 --> 01:14:52,446     There were too many questions                 around it.              1345 01:14:52,488 --> 01:14:55,282        And it's not just about                John Walker Lindh.          1346 01:14:55,324 --> 01:14:57,326     It's about the larger context    1347 01:14:57,368 --> 01:15:00,287           of what it meant                  to take the gloves off        1348 01:15:00,329 --> 01:15:04,083      and do what we needed to do           to keep the country safe.      1349 01:15:04,125 --> 01:15:06,377            The problem is                   that it shows weakness.       1350 01:15:06,418 --> 01:15:09,880        That pushing aside laws               and protections shows        1351 01:15:09,922 --> 01:15:12,174         that you don't really                 trust your system.          1352 01:15:12,216 --> 01:15:17,805    And among the things that 9/11         did was to cause Americans      1353 01:15:17,847 --> 01:15:20,850       at all levels of society                  and government            1354 01:15:20,891 --> 01:15:23,185         to say, "Our systems                  can't protect us."          1355 01:15:23,227 --> 01:15:27,022    The systems and the law were in      the way for keeping us safe.     1356 01:15:27,064 --> 01:15:31,527      And to this day, we haven't             really come to terms         1357 01:15:31,569 --> 01:15:32,862       with the impact on that.       1358 01:15:32,903 --> 01:15:34,196    So to your question, you know,    1359 01:15:34,238 --> 01:15:35,489            "What happened                   with terrorism trials?"       1360 01:15:35,531 --> 01:15:37,992        That's not the question                   I would ask.             1361 01:15:38,033 --> 01:15:39,535       I would ask the question,                 "What happened            1362 01:15:39,577 --> 01:15:43,164         with the relationship           between security and the law?"    1363 01:15:43,205 --> 01:15:45,166         which is -- which is                    still something           1364 01:15:45,207 --> 01:15:47,126         we're struggling with                    as a country.            1365 01:15:47,168 --> 01:15:51,422      He chose to waive his right                to an attorney,           1366 01:15:51,463 --> 01:15:58,220      both orally and in writing       before his statement to the FBI.  1367 01:15:58,262 --> 01:16:00,055          Mr. Walker will be                    held responsible           1368 01:16:00,097 --> 01:16:01,432           in the courtroom                     for his choices.           1369 01:16:01,473 --> 01:16:03,309                Radack:                   After that press conference,     1370 01:16:03,350 --> 01:16:07,646        I get this performance             evaluation that's unsigned.     1371 01:16:07,688 --> 01:16:12,985       And my boss is just like,           "You don't seem happy here.     1372 01:16:13,027 --> 01:16:16,071      I think you should probably              find another job."          1373 01:16:16,113 --> 01:16:19,074     And she didn't say, "Because             of John Walker Lindh         1374 01:16:19,116 --> 01:16:21,744     and the fact that our office                took a position           1375 01:16:21,785 --> 01:16:23,162         that now contradicts         1376 01:16:23,204 --> 01:16:25,164       what the attorney general                  was saying,"             1377 01:16:25,206 --> 01:16:30,085    but clearly, the ethics office               wanted me out.            1378 01:16:30,127 --> 01:16:39,929                                     1379 01:16:39,970 --> 01:16:43,515       And these trophy photos,                     like why?              1380 01:16:43,557 --> 01:16:45,100                Who...                1381 01:16:48,562 --> 01:16:50,773        Why would they even...        1382 01:16:50,814 --> 01:16:54,109              I'm sorry.                          It's just...             1383 01:16:54,151 --> 01:17:02,243                                     1384 01:17:02,284 --> 01:17:06,372         The smear campaigns,             they were directed at anyone     1385 01:17:06,413 --> 01:17:11,961         who was remotely seen                as having helped him.        1386 01:17:12,002 --> 01:17:15,256      And that's just tyrannical.     1387 01:17:15,297 --> 01:17:16,715     Reporter #23: The question is    1388 01:17:16,757 --> 01:17:18,759            whether actions               taken around the battlefield,    1389 01:17:18,801 --> 01:17:20,219     where there are a few rules,     1390 01:17:20,261 --> 01:17:22,680        can withstand the test                of the legal system,         1391 01:17:22,721 --> 01:17:26,225      where rules are everything.     1392 01:17:26,267 --> 01:17:28,936        Greenberg: The purpose                of a trial is to heal        1393 01:17:28,978 --> 01:17:31,605    and to bring a sense of justice  1394 01:17:31,647 --> 01:17:34,483          both to the victim             and to the alleged perpetrator,  1395 01:17:34,525 --> 01:17:37,319    and in so many terrorism cases,           we don't see that.          1396 01:17:37,361 --> 01:17:39,446      It was a very big surprise            in the Virginia courtroom      1397 01:17:39,488 --> 01:17:43,284    where John Lindh faced charges        that he engaged in terrorism.    1398 01:17:43,325 --> 01:17:44,743              Greenberg:                        And in this case,          1399 01:17:44,785 --> 01:17:46,954        it might have made for                a more settling story        1400 01:17:46,996 --> 01:17:49,456        and for a greater sense                    of closure.             1401 01:17:49,498 --> 01:17:52,167      Franken: The deal had been           struck just some nine hours     1402 01:17:52,209 --> 01:17:54,837       before John Walker Lindh                came back to court,         1403 01:17:54,878 --> 01:17:58,173            so secret that               Judge T.S. Ellis only found out  1404 01:17:58,215 --> 01:18:00,217            shortly before                     he took the bench.          1405 01:18:00,259 --> 01:18:02,553     It wasn't just the plea deal,             it was the charges,         1406 01:18:02,594 --> 01:18:07,266      the fact that they decided            to drop 8 of 10 charges.       1407 01:18:07,308 --> 01:18:09,476    It wasn't that there was a jury          and he was acquitted.        1408 01:18:09,518 --> 01:18:12,271          It was the charges                 were actually dropped.        1409 01:18:12,313 --> 01:18:14,606    And so that is very unsettling.  1410 01:18:14,648 --> 01:18:16,567                                     1411 01:18:16,608 --> 01:18:18,569          It was like, "Wait,                    what happened?            1412 01:18:18,610 --> 01:18:20,279          Was there evidence?                Wasn't there evidence?        1413 01:18:20,321 --> 01:18:22,865           What's -- what's                    the actual story?"          1414 01:18:55,439 --> 01:18:56,732                Ellis:                      It is true that fighting       1415 01:18:56,774 --> 01:18:58,817     for something you believe in                 is a virtue,             1416 01:18:58,859 --> 01:19:02,029        but only if the belief                 is itself virtuous.         1417 01:19:14,041 --> 01:19:16,710        ...and the Constitution               that led your council        1418 01:19:16,752 --> 01:19:18,921               to exert                    their every effort for you      1419 01:19:18,962 --> 01:19:21,590        and that you will have              as much fervor for those       1420 01:19:21,632 --> 01:19:23,217    for all this country stands for  1421 01:19:23,258 --> 01:19:28,263      as you had for some causes           lacking virtue in the past.     1422 01:19:28,305 --> 01:19:30,557          The court concludes             that you should be committed     1423 01:19:30,599 --> 01:19:32,101            to the custody                  of the Bureau of Prisons       1424 01:19:32,142 --> 01:19:34,937       for a period of 10 years                   as to count 9            1425 01:19:34,978 --> 01:19:38,482     and 10 years as to one count           of criminal information,       1426 01:19:38,524 --> 01:19:41,777             those counts                     to run consecutively.        1427 01:19:41,819 --> 01:19:43,737     This court stands in recess.     1428 01:19:43,779 --> 01:19:46,198            [ Gavel bangs ]           1429 01:19:46,240 --> 01:19:56,208                                     1430 01:19:56,250 --> 01:20:06,135                                     1431 01:20:06,176 --> 01:20:09,721       Alison: One of the things             that my dad said to me        1432 01:20:09,763 --> 01:20:11,098       was the exact same thing       1433 01:20:11,140 --> 01:20:13,976             that he said                     to John Walker Lindh.        1434 01:20:15,853 --> 01:20:21,108          There were Muslims              in the Twin Towers that day,     1435 01:20:21,150 --> 01:20:26,155            and the people                 who did this were radicals.     1436 01:20:26,196 --> 01:20:31,660     And that's not what's written                in the Quran.            1437 01:20:31,702 --> 01:20:33,954           That is something                  that really rang true        1438 01:20:33,996 --> 01:20:35,164        when I went over there.       1439 01:20:35,205 --> 01:20:41,003                                     1440 01:20:41,044 --> 01:20:46,884                                     1441 01:20:46,925 --> 01:20:50,012          The people there...         1442 01:20:50,053 --> 01:20:52,389       have been through a lot,       1443 01:20:52,431 --> 01:20:56,852     but they have a lot to offer                 when you go.             1444 01:20:56,894 --> 01:20:59,938          I went there scared         1445 01:20:59,980 --> 01:21:03,192     and not sure what to expect,     1446 01:21:03,233 --> 01:21:08,530        but I met people there            who were friends with my dad,    1447 01:21:08,572 --> 01:21:10,949           who loved my dad,          1448 01:21:10,991 --> 01:21:16,205         who fought beside him                 and who were Muslim         1449 01:21:16,246 --> 01:21:19,666      and were fighting the same                  fight he was.            1450 01:21:19,708 --> 01:21:22,878    That will always stick with me.  1451 01:21:22,920 --> 01:21:28,008                                     1452 01:21:28,050 --> 01:21:33,180                                     1453 01:21:33,222 --> 01:21:35,724     Perry: It seemed like America         was gonna win quite quickly     1454 01:21:35,766 --> 01:21:37,392        and I would ask people,       1455 01:21:37,434 --> 01:21:41,271     "What do you feel about that          prospect of peace finally?"     1456 01:21:42,481 --> 01:21:44,900      I remember this guy saying,             "Look, at the moment,        1457 01:21:44,942 --> 01:21:46,902           I'm 23 years old.                   I've got a pick-up,         1458 01:21:46,944 --> 01:21:48,570       I've got a couple of guys             in the back with RPGs.        1459 01:21:48,612 --> 01:21:50,072         We scream into town.         1460 01:21:50,113 --> 01:21:52,950              We get out,                    we get free cups of tea       1461 01:21:52,991 --> 01:21:55,077             and get looks                      from the girls."           1462 01:21:55,118 --> 01:21:57,246                Peace?                     What do you want me to do?      1463 01:21:57,287 --> 01:21:59,665         Hoe the desert? God.         1464 01:21:59,706 --> 01:22:01,083              [ Laughs ]              1465 01:22:01,124 --> 01:22:04,253          And I'll tell you,                   when he said that,          1466 01:22:04,294 --> 01:22:07,089        I don't want to go hoe                 the desert either.          1467 01:22:09,091 --> 01:22:11,093    But, you know, there's a reason  1468 01:22:11,134 --> 01:22:13,345         why the foot soldiers                   in these wars,            1469 01:22:13,387 --> 01:22:15,097         they're all under 30.        1470 01:22:15,138 --> 01:22:18,267    You know, these are young men.    1471 01:22:18,308 --> 01:22:21,103            They're having                  this wonderful adventure       1472 01:22:21,144 --> 01:22:23,522       and egging each other on,                mates, you know,           1473 01:22:23,564 --> 01:22:27,067       until one day comes along            and they all get killed.       1474 01:22:27,109 --> 01:22:28,819              [ Gunfire ]             1475 01:22:32,197 --> 01:22:37,786     If you reach a certain level         of maturity, you don't do it.    1476 01:22:37,828 --> 01:22:39,496        You know, you grow up.        1477 01:22:39,538 --> 01:22:43,417                                     1478 01:22:43,458 --> 01:22:45,210              [ Gunfire ]             1479 01:22:49,172 --> 01:22:53,302      Man #7: I'm in the basement              of the pink house.          1480 01:22:53,343 --> 01:22:55,804    You can see some of the writing       here, some of the drawings.     1481 01:22:55,846 --> 01:22:57,347          Here's another one.         1482 01:22:58,515 --> 01:23:02,102        An interesting drawing.       1483 01:23:02,144 --> 01:23:05,355      I can't imagine seven days                in this basement.          1484 01:23:09,484 --> 01:23:11,486            [ Man speaking Arabic ]  1485 01:23:15,616 --> 01:23:17,159               Alphabet.              1486 01:23:17,200 --> 01:23:19,494      It was like he was teaching              Arabic to somebody.         1487 01:23:19,536 --> 01:23:23,123  He said Johnny Walker was in the        room across from us here.      1488 01:23:23,165 --> 01:23:24,875                       Okay.                           Let's go there.     1489 01:23:39,014 --> 01:23:40,891                 Man:                         Johnny Walker injure.        1490 01:23:40,932 --> 01:23:43,685           -Injured in here?                     -Johnny Walker.           1491 01:23:43,727 --> 01:23:44,728            That's a rocket                       right there.             1492 01:23:44,770 --> 01:23:46,229           Oh, look at that.          1493 01:23:46,271 --> 01:23:48,982        This room is completely             blackened from the fire.       1494 01:23:49,024 --> 01:23:51,568  Pelton: What made you decide        to leave the basement?             1495 01:24:38,573 --> 01:24:41,243  Was your goal to be Shaheed              or murdered?                   1496 01:24:43,954 --> 01:24:45,122  Was it your goal?                                  Huh?                 1497 01:24:45,163 --> 01:24:47,124     Was it your goal                       at that time?                  1498 01:25:10,522 --> 01:25:17,112                                     1499 01:25:17,154 --> 01:25:23,744                                     1500 01:25:23,785 --> 01:25:26,538       I have known                      very few Americans                1501 01:25:26,580 --> 01:25:27,914      to fight jihad,                 1502 01:25:27,956 --> 01:25:29,249  and I'm just wondering,                just personally,                 1503 01:25:29,291 --> 01:25:30,959     because I've been                 on jihad in Chechnya               1504 01:25:31,001 --> 01:25:34,254  and southern Philippines,              I'm just curious,                1505 01:25:34,296 --> 01:25:36,465  was this what you thought                it would be?                   1506 01:25:36,506 --> 01:25:39,468  Was this the right cause              or the right place?               1507 01:25:42,137 --> 01:25:52,147                                     1508 01:25:52,189 --> 01:26:02,073                                     1509 01:26:02,115 --> 01:26:12,083                                     1510 01:26:12,125 --> 01:26:22,135                                     1511 01:26:22,177 --> 01:26:32,145                                     1512 01:26:32,187 --> 01:26:42,155                                     1513 01:26:42,197 --> 01:26:52,165                                     1514 01:26:52,207 --> 01:27:02,133                                     1515 01:27:02,175 --> 01:27:12,143                                     1516 01:27:12,185 --> 01:27:22,153                                     1517 01:27:22,195 --> 01:27:32,205                                     1518 01:27:32,247 --> 01:27:42,215                                     1519 01:27:42,257 --> 01:27:52,225                                     1520 01:27:52,267 --> 01:28:02,193                                     1521 01:28:02,235 --> 01:28:12,203                                     1522 01:28:12,245 --> 01:28:18,251                                     1523 01:28:18,293 --> 01:28:24,632                                     191642

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