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Tonight on JAG:

Good evening,
I'm Norman Delaporte.

The report you are about to see

contains graphic descriptions
of war and death.

It involves a breaking story

about war crimes committed
by American Marines

during Operation Desert Storm,
here in Kuwait,

at the El Bakkar compound.

The accusations are serious.
The repercussions, great.

The footage you are watching

was shot by a Marine Force Recon
Team sent behind enemy lines

the day before the ground-war phase
of Desert Storm began.

The team was led
by Sergeant Clyde Morrison.

Its mission:
To eliminate three Americans.

The war crime was discovered

by then Second Lieutenant
Franco Cefalu.

Two days ago, I interviewed
Franco Cefalu, now a Marine captain,

at his home in Northern Virginia.

My unit overran El Bakkar
two days after the Force Recon raid.

And what did you find
in Building 5?

Three dead Americans.

Chemical engineers
working with Saddam Hussein

on his programme to develop weapons
of mass destruction.

How did these three men die?

From the effects of sarin gas.

Video footage shot that night

shows the Force Recon Team
surrounding Building 5.

Encountering fierce resistance,

the Marines fired canisters of what
later proved to be sarin gas

into the building.

That's when taping stopped
at Sergeant Morrison's order.

Stop it! Stop it! Get out of here!

Classified intelligence documents
indicate

that the American military knew
of the presence of these engineers

at El Bakkar.

A source high up in the Pentagon

confirmed that these men posed
a serious threat to our war effort.

The Marines suffered
four casualties.

The survivors were airlifted out
by helicopter.

Sergeant Richard Ford
was crew chief and gunner.

Sergeant, did the Marines
you evacuated from El Bakkar

carry sarin gas?

Yes, sir. Sergeant Morrison did, sir.

And how do you know that?

He had it in his bandoleer, sir.

We'll be back in a minute
with reaction from the Pentagon.

The charges are serious:

Americans using chemical weapons
to kill other Americans.

I'll consider
an administrative discharge.

- Three's the best you're gonna get.
- Months?

- Years.
- You gotta be kidding.

Harm, Petty Officer Ellsworth
stole a bulldozer from a secured facility

and destroyed the headquarters
of his local congressman.

- That's one way of looking at it.
- No time to argue.

I've gotta go pick up that Australian
exchange officer, Lt. Cmdr. Brumby.

- Send Bud.
- I hear Brumby's cute.

Mac, Petty Officer Ellsworth
was making a political statement.

Congress won't approve pay raises
for the military.

So his actions are protected
under free speech?

No, but I don't think justice
is served with brig time.

Think again.

Thanks for seeing me
on such short notice, admiral.

Been glad to come to you,
congresswoman.

I wanted this off the record, A.J.

The House National Security
Subcommittee

is holding hearings next week.

We intend to find out whether
a Marine Team Recon Force

used chemical weapons
to assassinate

three renegade
American civilian engineers.

Working on Saddam's weapons
programmes.

Yeah, I saw Delaporte last night.

You don't actually believe that story,
do you?

I believe it's plausible.

One way or another, I need to know
if it can be substantiated.

Pentagon's looking into it.

That's like sending the fox in
to count the chickens.

And that's why my committee
will hold meetings

and will forward a report
to Congress.

Well, in that case, ma'am,
what do you need from me?

I want Lt. Cmdr. Rabb assigned
to my staff on temporary duty.

Ma'am, I'd love to cooperate, but
Commander Rabb's caseload is full.

- I need him.
- I need him too, A.J.

This is a complex subject.
A lot of people are gonna lie.

I need to have someone
who will recognise the truth.

Besides, I'll owe you one.

And I have every intention
of collecting, ma'am.

Announcing the arrival of Flight 274

from Sydney, at Gate 20B.

At this time we would like to pre-board
Flight Number 676 to Barcelona.

You may board through Gate 11.

- Right.
- Take care in the meantime.

- Will do, mate.
- I'll see you.

Hi, I'm Major Sarah Mackenzie,
JAG Corps.

- Sorry?
- Excuse me.

No, excuse me.
I'm talking to someone.

I was asked to meet you here.

- Really?
- Major, l--

Look, I don't care what kind of wager
you made with your pals.

- Leave me alone.
- Wager?

I can take you anywhere
you wanna go.

Now, that's an interesting offer.

It's a pleasure to meet you,
Commander Brumby.

- Brumby?
- The pleasure's all mine, major.

I ran into some mates on the flight.

We were gas bagging it.

I'm not Commander Brumby,
but I will be in town for a few days.

You can reach me at the Hilton.

Well, you made yourself a friend.

I'm so sorry.

Sarah Mackenzie.

No worries, honest mistake.

Mic Brumby.

Well, where would you like to go?

Office or hotel?

Hotel, then the office.

Might as well get straight down
to the cases.

I like a man with a hard work ethic.

Perhaps he has to go
to the Advocate first.

When I was a kid, I never dreamed
I'd be anywhere near this place.

When I was a kid,
it was all I dreamt about.

So where do we start?

Norman Delaporte.

You think that's smart, considering
we don't have all the facts?

That's exactly why
we're talking to him.

I don't usually get my facts
from a reporter.

Harm, Norman is not just a reporter,
he's an institution.

Besides, they don't give you a Peabody
and a Pulitzer for being wrong.

Anyway, I know him.

Maybe that's what worries me.

Who put you on to this story,
Mr. Delaporte?

Someone who refused
to cover up a war crime.

Someone who wanted me
to find out

who was responsible
for what happened that night,

and to make sure
that it never happened again.

Someone was busy.

So how did you get access
to classified intelligence reports?

I'm afraid I'm not at liberty
to disclose my sources.

Sergeant Clyde Morrison led the Force
Recon Team in El Bakkar that night.

Why didn't you interview him
for your report?

Oh, I did,
but I couldn't get anything out of him.

- He was all over the place.
- Morrison is a hopeless alcoholic.

He's been in and out of VA hospitals.

What happened on the ground
at El Bakkar

haunted the men
who were there that night.

We don't know for sure
what happened that night, ma'am.

Well, we know this, commander:
The dead bore witness.

Four Marines came home
in body bags,

and a fifth, Cary Dugan,
blew his brains out three months ago.

Dugan was the Marine corporal
who videotaped the raid.

The tape of the El Bakkar raid
is missing

from the Naval Historical Archives.

- Where'd you get your copy?
- Just what's your part in all this?

He's my truth detector.

You haven't answered my question.

Where did you get your copy, sir?

Well, that's privileged.

Nui Lon was up north.

It was about 20 klicks
from the border, right?

That's right, sir.

Picture this:

One dark night, me Uncle Jack
gets separated from his unit on recon.

And he finds himself sitting 5 feet
off the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

And all night long, these little bastards
are going back and forth,

carrying sacks of rice
to the troops in the south.

He was so close,
he could hear them break wind.

Luckily enough when daylight came,

he managed to crawl the mile
back to his own lines.

Did Uncle Jack make it back
to Australia?

Jack-o did two tours
in Vietnam, major.

A lot of the mates he fought with
never made it home but he did,

and in one piece.

But he carked it in a car
just last year.

"Carked it in a car"?

Died in an auto accident.

How did you know that, sir?

Met a lot of Aussies in Vietnam,
major.

You know the really funny thing,
admiral?

I'll be darned if the driver
of the other car wasn't a Vietnamese.

A lot of them came down under
after the war.

Major Mackenzie will be showing
you the ropes, commander.

In the short term, you'll be assisting
her with Commander Rabb's caseload.

Welcome aboard.

Thank you, sir.

It will be good to have help
with case research.

I can do more
than look things up, major.

You see, my mother's American,
so I have dual citizenship.

I got my degree at Georgetown

and passed the D.C. Bar
ten years ago.

No reason I shouldn't try a case or two,
is there?

Ensign Sims, Commander Brumby.

He'll be assisting
with the Ellsworth case.

- Very nice to meet you, sir.
- Good day.

There's someone in your office.
I'm sorry I didn't get his name.

Oh, thank you. The ensign will
show you around, commander.

I've pretty much
seen all I need to, ensign.

Hello, Sarah.

Aren't you gonna say hello
to your husband?

Colonel Cobb, you were the officer
in command of Operation Sirocco?

Yes, ma'am. That's correct.

What was your mission?

Two days prior to the start

of the ground-war phase
of Operation Desert Storm,

I inserted a six-man
Force Recon Team into Kuwait

to gather intel on the shore batteries
in the area of Safwan.

Their orders were to identify and report
on Silkworm missile batteries

in the area of El Bakkar.

- That was the extent of your orders?
- Yes, ma'am.

While on this mission,

did your men employ
chemical or biological weapons?

No, ma'am, absolutely not.

Then why were they dressed

in nuclear biological-chemical suits
with gas masks?

Standard procedure
given an eminent threat, ma'am.

We knew that Saddam had used
chemical weapons in the past

and we fully expected him
to do so again.

Were your men given orders to
assassinate three American engineers

working at El Bakkar?

No, ma'am.

We had no indication
that Americans were there.

If we had, we would have
brought them back for intel.

Can you be absolutely sure
that your Force Recon Team

didn't kill the Americans?

I wasn't there, sir,

but I trust my Marines

and that's not what they reported.

Colonel Cobb,

you said you had no knowledge
of Americans being held

in this compound.

Yet, in my hand,

I have a recently declassified
document prepared by the CIA

two months prior
to Operation Sirocco.

This intel report indicates

that there were three American
engineers working at El Bakkar.

Have you ever seen
that document before?

No, ma'am.

The report indicates
that the American engineers

posed a clear and present danger
to our national interest.

Colonel, did anyone give you an order
to eliminate that danger?

No, ma'am.

What would have happened
if you had been shown the intel report?

That calls for speculation, sir.

What's the problem with that,
colonel?

I deal in facts, ma'am.

The fact is,
three Americans died at El Bakkar.

The fact is,
my Marines did not kill them.

Were you always this beautiful?

Last time you saw me
was 12 years ago.

My hair was a foot longer,
my skirt a foot shorter,

and I was still using Clearasil.

You're as handsome as ever, Chris,
and as unpredictable.

It was you that walked away
from our wedding vows,

not me.

You've changed a lot in 12 years.

You've made yourself a Marine major
and a lawyer.

What makes you think
that I haven't changed too?

You show up after all these years.
There must be a reason.

Being a lawyer
has made you suspicious.

No, being an adult
has made me suspicious.

Maybe I want a second chance.

I gave you that years ago.

Well, let's go for three.

You deserted me, Sarah.
It still hurts.

I didn't desert you.

You were doing three to five
for armed robbery.

I was trying to stay sober.

Why wait until now?

This isn't the first time
I came looking for you.

When I got out of prison,
I went all the way to Okinawa.

Except I didn't have the nerve
to face you,

so I spent the next eight years
of my life living with the loss

until I just couldn't handle it
anymore.

What I don't know is why you left.

I spent a lot of nights
trying to figure that out.

Look, Chris,
I was drunk the day we got married

and on the honeymoon

and up until the day
they put you in prison.

You married me
because you loved me.

You never filed for divorce,

because you could never find anyone
better than me.

I just never got around
to the paperwork.

- There've been others along the way.
- Hey.

Like the guy in Okinawa,
Major Farrow?

Everything all right, major?

Everything's fine, commander.

The judge wants to see us
in chambers.

Thank you, I'll be right there.

I'll call you.

During Desert Storm, I commanded
a light-armoured infantry platoon

in support
of the Third Tank Battalion.

We overran the El Bakkar compound
at 1543 Zulu, on G plus one.

What happened then?

We went through the compound

and we found
maybe 30 dead Iraqi soldiers.

We discovered the bodies
in Building 5.

- Three Americans?
- Yes, ma'am.

And how did those men die?

From exposure to sarin gas.

At ease, major.

How is everything
with the Ellsworth case?

Fine, sir.
Commander Brumby is a real asset.

Everything else all right?

Nothing I can't handle, sir.

Are you sure?

You seem a bit distracted.

Sir, ma'am, I think there's something
you should see on Channel 3.

My squadron received a Medevac
frag from Sergeant Morrison at 0400.

I was the crew chief/door gunner
aboard the Huey

that flew to the El Bakkar compound
in response.

When we arrived,

Sergeant Morrison and Corporal Dugan
extracted the casualties,

then we all got out of there.

Did you notice anything
out of the ordinary?

Yes, ma'am.

When we landed on the beach
a few miles southeast of Safwan,

I got a good look
at Sergeant Morrison's bandoleer.

He had two or three canisters left.

Can you describe those canisters?

Yes, ma'am.

They were about this big
with writing on the outside.

Gulf Bravo. GB.

Those are the initials for sarin gas.

Ask him what time it was
that his bird landed near Safwan.

Sergeant Ford, what time was it
when your helo landed near Safwan?

Around 0500, ma'am.

That's pre-dawn.

Was the interior lit?

Sergeant Ford, 0500 is pre-dawn.

Was the interior of the helo lit?

No, ma'am. Of course not.

So it was dark
when you saw the contents

of Sergeant Morrison's bandoleer?

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you, sergeant.

Bobbi, we need to talk.

I've got meetings until 6.

Come to my house.
I'll cook you dinner.

Good.

Bobbi, this whole story
is based on speculation,

innuendo, hearsay
and anonymous sources.

Are you talking to me as a lawyer
or as a military officer?

Was that a congresswoman talking
or a senator?

Who told you I was gonna run
for the Senate?

- You did.
- When?

Just now.

You're sneaky.

Well, you've gotta use
what you got.

Yeah, you figure this hearing
is gonna put you on the map.

That's not why we're holding them,
Harm.

I believe the story.

No, Bobbi, I think you've been seduced
by the story.

You think I'm that easy?

No one's ever accused you
of being easy.

This story is made
for the evening news.

War crimes, chemical weapons,
bad soldiers.

The military has been dealing
with this sort of thing since Vietnam.

Are you sorry
you agreed to work for me?

No, so long as you let me do my job.

But I will not roll over for you
or for anybody, Bobbi.

Really? Too bad.

Oh, those are just so cute,
commander.

Ensign Sims knitted them for me
for Christmas.

Don't you wish you had a pair?

You wanna get that?

- Mac.
- Come on in.

Yeah, there's plenty of food
to go around.

I'm not hungry, ma'am.

I need to talk,
but this isn't a good time.

Just call me tomorrow.

Sure.

Aren't you gonna go after her?

She told me to call her tomorrow.

I never understood
why you two didn't get together.

Mac? We fight all the time.

So do you and I.

Well, that's different.

- Really? How?
- Yeah.

Well, for starters,
we don't work together.

We do now.

- She's beautiful.
- So are you.

Oh, good evening, major.

How did you know where I live?

Lieutenant Roberts
was kind enough to tell me.

I didn't mean to intrude,
but as we're in court first thing,

I thought you might need these.

Oh, thank you.

Would you care for some tea?

Tea? I'm not a pommie, Mac.

- A pommie?
- English, yeah, they go for tea.

I wouldn't mind a beer.

I don't drink.

That doesn't mean your company
has to be sober.

You know--

- It's late.
- Yeah.

- Maybe another time, huh?
- Yep.

There's something
we need to talk about.

Oh, yeah?

Today in the hearing room,

I felt you were pushing me
to ask certain questions.

I was.

That's why you hired me.

I know.

You made me look bad.

Bobbi, you were asking
the wrong questions,

and there's a reason for that.

You're rushing.

I think you should recess
the hearings.

Give me a chance to find this missing
Marine and get a line on the videotape.

I see why you're so good
at what you do.

You don't give an inch.

I'm not good with compromise.

Sometimes you have to
meet a person halfway.

Give a little, get a little.

Sometimes halfway
isn't close enough.

Good to see you, Ragle.

I wasn't sure you'd show up.

You're smarter than I thought.

You remember Bryer?

Yeah.

Did you have a nice conversation
with your wife?

Work with me on this, Benny.

You're a loser, Ragle.

You got nothing to offer.

You've gotta give me more time.
I can make us both well.

I don't gotta give you nothing.

I choose to give you
another 24 hours.

Now, if you don't come up
with the 15 bills,

you know how it works.

I pay Bryer by the bone.

So much for a hairline fracture,
a little more for a clean break.

And a bonus

for breaking the same bone
in more than one place.

Now, do yourself a favour.

Talk to the missus again.

- Lieutenant Roberts, Ensign Sims.
- Good morning, sir.

Are you two busy?
I could use some help.

Commander Brumby
has us researching the Ellsworth case.

He's a really great guy, commander.

Really? Well, glad to hear it.

How's Miss Latham?

Quite a handful.

I need you two
to do something for me.

Well, is it a priority, sir,
for the sarin-gas hearing?

Yeah, if you can tear yourself away
from Ellsworth.

I'd like you to help me find
Sergeant Clyde Morrison,

the sole surviving member of the team
that entered the El Bakkar compound.

He's the only one who can tell us
what happened.

Last known address, sir?

A cardboard box
in the Baltimore tenderloin.

He went missing three weeks ago

and no one's seen
or heard from him since.

Check with the FBI, police, NCIS.

Use your imagination.

We'll find him for you, sir.

Oh, and see if you can get a line
on the El Bakkar video,

the one missing
from the Naval Historical Archives.

Aye, aye, sir.

Mrs. Dugan?

Hi, I'm Lieutenant Commander Rabb
with JAG Corps.

I wonder if I can ask you
a few questions, ma'am.

Kids, go on.
Time to go get in the car.

Hurry up, I'll be there in a minute.

Is this about Cary?

Yes, it is, ma'am.

You know, I've had to re-experience
my husband's suicide

three times already, commander.

I don't think I can do it again.

Well, I understand
how difficult this must be for you,

but it's not about
your husband's suicide.

It's on another matter, ma'am.

Look, I don't want to get back into this.

Your husband was a member
of a Force Recon Team

that raided the El Bakkar compound
in Kuwait in 1991.

Yes.

It killed him.

Ma'am?

Cary was never the same
after the war.

What he saw and what he did there
changed him.

Did your husband tell you what
happened that night, Mrs. Dugan?

No.

Your husband videotaped
part of the operation, ma'am.

I don't know anything about that.

Well, Norman Delaporte, the reporter,
has a copy of that tape.

We have reason to believe
he didn't get it

from the Navy Historical Archives.

What does that have to do with me?

Did you sell the tape
to Norman Delaporte, Mrs. Dugan?

I want you to leave.

Mrs. Dugan,
I need a copy of that tape, ma'am.

I need to know if there's more
than Delaporte has shown us.

Sit still and put on your belt.
Look, my husband is dead,

so whatever happened
doesn't matter.

Not anymore.

There are more important things.

I saw you at the hearing,
didn't I, commander?

Yes, sir. I'm Miss Latham's liaison.

So whose side are you on?

Well, sir, I don't take sides.

Why did you send

a Force Recon Team
to El Bakkar, sir?

Before the start of the ground war,

the Navy pounded the shoreline
with 16-inch guns.

The Iraqis were expecting
amphibious landing,

so they held several divisions
of Republican Guards in the area.

We just went in to make sure
that their shore batteries

couldn't hit our battle group
with their Silkworm missiles.

Hand me that distributor cap,
will you, please?

Well, sir, how is it that you didn't see
a classified intel report?

Nobody showed it to me.

Colonel, is it possible
that someone above you

knew the American engineers
were housed at El Bakkar?

Those engineers went to work
for the Iraqis for money.

Now, I can't say I mourn their deaths,
but I did not order them killed

and I don't know anybody who did.

On the night of the raid, sir,

Sergeant Morrison ordered
the videotaping of the operation

to be terminated outside Building 5.

- Why?
- You have to ask him.

Well, I'd like to.

It seems he's dropped off
the face of the Earth.

Listen,
I lost four good men that night,

and to a man, they died
bravely fighting for their country.

Now some jackass
wants to blacken their memories?

That gets under my skin,
commander,

and it damn sure
ought to be bothering you.

Where have you been, Harm?
I expected you hours ago.

Look, I had to talk to some people.

No, what you had to do, commander,
is stay in touch.

Bobbi,
you need to delay these hearings.

Are you out of your mind?
No way we're backing off of this.

We don't have all of the facts.
This could come back and bite you.

Oh, commander,
I'd like to get you in this shot as well.

Tell me something, Mr. Delaporte.

What the hell happened to you?

I haven't changed, commander.
The world has changed.

Now you got breaking news
24 hours a day

and all that matters is who gets there
first and you bought into it.

Even if it does violence to the truth.

I have adapted, commander.

It's what a good journalist does.

I go with my hunches.
It's what I've always done.

Now, could you stand here
to the left?

No, sir.
That's your place, Mr. Delaporte.

Call me when you need me
for something important.

Correspondent Rob Stein reports live
from Williamsburg, Virginia.

Thank you, Lois.

Record highs in New York City
and the Eastern seaboard.

Record low temperatures in
Los Angeles and on the West Coast.

I called you.
You never called me back.

What do you want, Chris?

I want you to remember.

You're a hard man to forget.

The good times, Sarah.
Come on, before things got strange.

They were always a little strange.

Yeah, but we sure had a good time,
didn't we?

Like the time we rode the Harley
from Flagstaff to Gallup in the rain

and you lost your shirt in Winslow.

- Remember?
- It was Joseph City.

And I never could seem to keep it
buttoned when you were around.

The truth, Chris.

Truth?

I came here six months ago
looking for you.

I didn't have anything to offer,
so I borrowed 15 grand.

Looking for the big score?
What was it? The track?

- The fights? NFL?
- All of it.

Now I owe Benny Turpin the 15.

- Who the hell is Benny Turpin?
- Don't ask.

When I got the courage to come to you
I was looking for money.

Plain and simple.

Only now
I don't care about the money, Sarah.

I don't even mind
if I get my leg broke.

As long as I have a chance
to get you back into my life.

I'm leaving tomorrow.

You think it over.

I don't know what to believe, Chris.

Believe this.

Some things you can't fake.

Commander, as long as this hearing
is going on,

I have to be able to count on you
to be there.

This is a mistake, Bobbi.
I'm going back to JAG.

Not acceptable. I need you.

What, to stand behind you
next to the flag?

Is this about hurt pride?

My only loyalty, Bobbi, is to the truth.

I'm resigning.

I never figured you for a quitter.

Rabb.

I'll be there in 15 minutes.

Harm, I don't like fighting with you.

Sure you do.
You just don't like losing.

This is Norman Delaporte.

I'm here at the Capitol
after the second day of hearings.

Oh, thanks. I'll see you.

With me is Congresswoman
Bobbi Latham of Detroit, Michigan,

chair of the House National Security
Subcommittee's ongoing investiga--

I'm looking for Clyde Morrison.

--assassinated three Americans...

Whatever he drinks,
give me two of them.

Exclusive ZNN special reports.

What happens now?

Pending the outcome of the hearings,
Norman, I'm introducing legislation...

Sergeant Morrison?

- It's on me.
- Thank you.

I'm Lieutenant Commander Rabb
with JAG Corps.

Do you watch much TV?

I got better things to do.

Did you see this?

If the charges come out to be true,

I'm calling for the prosecution
of all the men involved

with the killing at El Bakkar.

She's talking about
how you killed three Americans

at El Bakkar compound
with chemical weapons.

I know what happened, sergeant.

I'm not a sergeant anymore,
commander.

You wanna call me something,
you call me Clyde.

You followed orders.

You lost four men
to a superior fighting force.

You carried out your dead.
And that's all you did.

- You really believe that?
- Yeah.

But I can't prove it.

I didn't have chemical weapons.

We fired tear gas in there.
That's all we did.

Why'd Sergeant Ford
tell Norman Delaporte

that you had GB canisters?

Delaporte, he'll get you to say anything
he wants you to say

if you talk to him long enough.

You set him straight?

Oh, he'd already made up his mind
about me.

He condemned me
before he even met me.

I need you to testify, sergeant.

Look, come on.

Commander, take a good look at me.

Look close, would you?

I mean, I can't even keep my hands
steady long enough to have a drink.

You're all I got, sergeant.

Well, if I'm all you've got,
you ain't got squat.

Buddy?

Where have you been hiding?

Milly, I had no idea
you were still working--

Sure, I'm not married, Buddy.

Well, not yet, anyway.
So how are you?

Well, actually, you remember
the last time that I was here?

Yeah, you were
with that squirrelly little blond thing.

That "squirrelly little blond thing"
is now his loving wife.

Nice to see you again.

Oh, a pleasure, I am sure.

So, what can I do for you?

We're looking for a videotape

and it was catalogued
with the written statements

and an after-action report
for Operation Sirocco.

I found the documents,
but I can't find the videotape.

That Delaporte guy from ZNN,
he asked me the same thing.

Milly, could you just help us out?

It's really important.

Well, these are waiting to be filed.

- Here. Here.
- What is it?

It's footage from Task Force
Sandhawk on the Kuwaiti border.

It's been sitting here a while,

but we've been waiting
for a new case from Processing.

Maybe your tape got put
in the Sandhawk box by mistake.

Code number ODS-9104, come on.

But Sirocco
came before Sandhawk, Milly.

There it is, "Operation Sirocco,
February 23rd, 1991."

It must have gotten
switched around.

All right,
let me make you a VHS copy.

Interesting filing system
you have here.

Well, it works one way or the other.

Bobbi.

I didn't expect to see you here.

Unedited.

- Am I gonna like it?
- No.

Harm, I've taken a position on this.

Cut your losses, Bobbi.
You're on the wrong side of the truth.

My name is Clyde Morrison,

sergeant, United States Marine Corps,
Inactive Reserve.

Please be seated.

Sergeant Morrison,
the night of the raid at El Bakkar,

what did you and your men fire
into the buildings?

Tear gas, ma'am.

Were you aware that there were
three American engineers

working for Saddam Hussein
at El Bakkar?

- No, ma'am.
- You didn't see the CIA intel report?

No, ma'am. I did not.

There is evidence
that the people on the ground

died of sarin gas poisoning.

How do you explain that?

Well, aren't you asking
the wrong person, sir?

Who should I be asking?

Saddam Hussein.

He used it on the Iranians,
on the Kurds.

That was one of the reasons we fought
the damn war in the first place.

- Excuse my language, ma'am.
- I've heard worse, sergeant.

My guess is that
he had them eliminated.

Why would he kill the men he needed
to work his weapons programmes?

Well, dead men tell no tales, sir.

That's quite a story.

Do you have any proof
that's what happened?

- No, sir.
- So all we have is your word for it?

Yes, sir.

Sergeant Morrison,

have you spent time in VA hospitals
for acute alcoholism?

Yes, sir.

Are you delusional?

Only to think that I would get
a fair hearing in this room, sir.

Thank you, Sergeant Morrison.

Please remain here
in case I need to recall you.

Yes, ma'am.

Sergeant Ford, it was your statement
before this committee

that Sergeant Morrison
carried sarin gas.

Yes, sir.

You told us that you saw canisters
labelled GB.

Yes, sir.

In a television report,
you made the same claim.

Why did you do that, sergeant?

I was answering a question, ma'am.

Do you remember the exact questions
Mr. Delaporte asked you?

Pretty much, ma'am.

Did it have something to do
with officials high up in the CIA

who told him the Americans
had died from nerve gas?

Did he mention that your guys
were the ones who used that gas?

Yes, ma'am.

Did he tell you
he needed someone to back it up?

He might have.
I don't recall all his questions, ma'am.

Did Mr. Delaporte lead you
into your testimony,

suggest what you might have seen?

No, ma'am.

At least I don't remember it that way.

The letters for tear gas are CS.

Those canisters were labelled GB,
ma'am.

Sergeant Ford, isn't it a reporter's job
to ask questions?

Yes, sir.

So Mr. Delaporte
was just doing his job?

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Sergeant Ford.

Yes, ma'am.

My next witness
is Norman Delaporte.

Please be seated.

Mr. Delaporte,
in the preparation for your report,

did you ever attempt to interview
Sergeant Morrison?

I did, his story didn't track

and he had every good reason
to cover up what he did.

At what point during the interview
with Sergeant Ford did he confirm

that Sergeant Morrison
carried sarin-gas canisters?

I don't recall.

But you do have the full transcript
of your interview with Sergeant Ford?

Yes.

Would you be willing to make those
transcripts available to the committee?

I'd have to give that
some thought, ma'am.

I promised Sergeant Ford
confidentiality.

Where did you get your tape
of the raid on El Bakkar?

I'm not at liberty to say, ma'am.

Did you pay for that tape?

No. It was given freely by someone
who wanted to see the truth come out.

Thank you, Mr. Delaporte.
That's all I wanted to know.

Oh, just one more thing.

The tape is 18 minutes long?

Yes.

And it ends
when Sergeant Morrison cuts taping

just after he fires the canister
into Building 5?

Yes.

Mrs. Dugan,

did your husband keep a bootleg copy
of the videotape he made

on the night of the raid
on the El Bakkar compound?

He had lots of tapes.

Yes or no?
I remind you you're under oath.

Yes.

Did you sell that tape
to Mr. Delaporte?

Yes.

Mr. Delaporte claims
that his tape was 18 minutes long.

How long was the tape
you sold Mr. Delaporte?

Twenty-two minutes.

Why did you sell him that tape?

I needed the money.

Thank you, Mrs. Dugan.
You're dismissed.

My next witness is Lieutenant
Commander Harmon Rabb.

Please take your place at the table,
commander.

Raise your right hand.

Do you swear to tell the truth,

the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth,

so help you God?

I do.

State your name.

Lieutenant Commander
Harmon Rabb.

Your duty station?

I'm assigned to the headquarters

of the Navy's Judge Advocate
General Corps.

Did you recently work on my staff?

That was my privilege, ma'am, yes.

Why did you quit and return to JAG?

I had outlived my usefulness,
ma'am.

Let me rephrase my question,
commander.

Did you resign because you and I
had a difference of opinion

on the accuracy of Norman Delaporte's
reporting on Operation Sirocco?

Yes, ma'am.
That is exactly the reason.

Did you recently come
into possession of a 22-minute copy

of the El Bakkar videotape
from the Naval Archives?

- I did.
- How did you locate it?

It had been misfiled, ma'am.

Do you have that tape with you?

I do.

Clear the area! Let's go! Clear!

Norman Delaporte claims
that Sergeant Morrison

had the videotaping stopped
to cover up a war crime.

When, in fact, Sergeant Morrison
was ordering his men to take cover.

Stop it. Stop it.
Stop it and get out of here!

The videotaping
resumed moments later.

There were four additional minutes
of tape.

Get down! Get down!

Murray, Carson, left flank.

Corporal Dugan filmed the action

while the Force Recon Team
fought for their lives.

At one point, Corporal Dugan
put the video camera down

long enough
to help a mortally wounded comrade.

It hit his leg!

Clear!

Angel One Five.
This is Pony Boy 4.

Medevac 4, urgent.

Airborne med assist required.

Grid 854342.

LZ is hot, over.

I repeat, LZ is hot.

Medevac helicopter
arrives minutes later.

Dugan and Morrison
helped load the dead.

Once aboard the helicopter,
Corporal Dugan resumed videotaping.

Sergeant Ford
is the crew chief/door gunner.

Sergeant Morrison
is wearing the bandoleer belt.

That's a canister
and it's labelled CS.

That's CS for tear gas.

You knew the truth, Mr. Delaporte.

You altered it to fit your story.

You deliberately left things out.

No.

I chose what to put in.

That's what a reporter does.

You rejected the things
that didn't fit your thesis, sir.

You reported rumour.

I made a judgement call.

You lied to this committee
on several counts, Mr. Delaporte.

You testified
that you did not buy the tape.

You did.

You testified that the tape
was 18 minutes long.

It was 22 minutes.

Mr. Rabb, address your remarks
to this committee.

Let him talk.

I'm interested in what he has to say.

Tell me something,
Congressman Martin,

why is it that people are so ready
to believe the worst of the military?

These men put their lives on the line.
They're the ones who risk it all.

So why are people like Sergeant
Morrison the last to be believed

and men like this, the first?

This hearing is in recess.

My first witness tomorrow
is Norman Delaporte.

Come with me, Mac.

Where?

Does it matter?

It's 3,000, Chris.
It's the best I can do.

All I want is you.

You had me, Chris.

This isn't the way
I thought things would turn out.

I don't wanna see you again.

You're not good for me.