All language subtitles for Law & Order s17e06 Profiteer.eng

NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system

the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,

the police
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

ALL: Happy Birthday, Jenna!

MIKE: Nice!

(ALL WHOOPING)

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)

MIKE: Smile, gorgeous.
You're on camera.

Happy sweet 16, Jenna!

Love ya.
MIKE: Oh, yeah!

Hey...
Yeah!

Daddy's pimpin' out
the dough, Jenna,

and you're gonna miss
your own party.

A girl's gotta
look good, Zack.

MIKE: Work it out!
Work it out!

I love you! Love you!
(EXCLAIMS)

Yo, man, you see
that buffet inside?

It's like 50 feet of food!

MIKE: Chow down, bro!

(ALL WHOOPING)

Jenna's pulling up.
Come on!

BOY: Jenna's coming!
Come on! Let's go!

(ALL CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)

MIKE: Dad exits the limo,
looking sharp...

(ALL WHOOPING)

Here's daddy's little girl!

(ALL SCREAMING)

GIRL: Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!

(CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO)

Vic's name is Gary Howard, 54.
Bellevue pronounced him DOA.

ED: Damn. He walked right up on him.
OFFICER: Yeah.

You can't see
the suspect's face.

What about
hotel surveillance?

Cameras only cover
the entrance.

The shooting was
just out of range.

We're checking
street surveillance now.

Can you voucher that
as evidence?

And could you get your boys to
do an area search for the gun?

Maybe it was tossed.
Right.

CASSADY:
So what did he look like?

White guy in his 20s, about six foot.
Wore a hoodie.

You got a good look
at the guy?

Oh, yeah. He ran right by me,
I almost pissed in my shorts.

Now, this job's
usually a snooze.

Go figure, someone actually
needed security tonight.

We weren't hired for Mr. Howard,
if that's what you mean.

DJ SpinArt was
gonna be performing.

SpinArt's doing
kids' parties now?

Money talks.

Detective? CSU's got
something for you.

Thanks, man. Wow.

My sweet 16, dad wouldn't
even loan me the Buick.

He obviously
didn't love you.

I told him as much
at the time.

This is yourvic, right?

Wow. Front page
of the business section.

Yeah, I found it stuffed
behind the planter.

And I'm bagging some
cigarette butts, too.

All right, cool.

He would've had a good view of
the limo when it pulled up.

So he was staked out
with the paper.

The shooter didn't know
who Howard was?

Says here he's the C.E.O.
of Presidio Armor.

Never heard of it.

They make
bulletproof vests?

Yeah? How's this gonna
look for business?

I heard the gunshots when I
was getting out of the limo.

My dad squeezed
my hand really hard.

CASSADY: Did you see
the man who did it?

No, it happened too fast. I don't
even think my dad saw him.

He was looking at me,
you know, when it happened.

(SOBBING)

Why don't we
finish this later, okay?

MIMI: Gary was out of town for
Jenna's birthday last year.

He felt like he needed
to make it up to her.

I can't believe he's gone.

(SNIFFLING)

MIMI: Did she tell you
anything?

She won't talk to me
about it.

She's holding up,
considering.

Look, Mrs. Howard,
I know this is difficult,

but any information
you can give us...

Enemies, threats,

anybody that would've had a
motive to hurt your husband...

I'm not sure.

Uh, no, there was something.

He changed drivers this past week.
The new guy carried a gun.

Do you know why
he needed the security?

No. We never discussed his business.
Bill Whitney might know.

He runs Presidio's
day-to-day operations.

WHITNEY: There was an incident the day
after the piece ran in The Times.

Some protesters
outside our offices.

One of them threw a rock at Gary's
Mercedes, smashed the back window.

You can imagine
he was upset.

God. We're all in shock
he's dead.

The Times mentioned that large military
contracts were awarded to Presidio.

Is that what all these
protests were about?

We're outfitting the army
with body armor.

These left wing
conspiracy nuts think

we're kicking back money to the
White House for taking us to war.

Any other incidents
you know of?

Just the one.
Let me show you something.

We're developing
new protection systems

for the next generation
of soldier.

Our ballistics lab
is state-of-the-art.

We can generate computer models,
run impact simulations.

Amazing stuff.
Top of the line, right here.

Level four ceramic armor,
full Kevlar.

Withstands up to six rounds
moving at 2800 feet per second.

And this is what our soldiers
are wearing over there?

It's the only reason they're coming
home alive. This was Gary's mission.

How well
did you know him?

We were good friends.

Thursday night dinners
were a ritual.

Did he ever mention anyone
who had an axe to grind?

Business or otherwise?

He was a straight shooter.
People respected him.

He never would've agreed to an armed
driver if I hadn't insisted on it.

That's who he was.

This driver,
where'd he come from?

Our company has security in-house.
They handled it.

I drove Mr. Howard myself
the past week.

Other than the window,
there were no other incidents.

Why didn't he have an armed
escort at the party last night?

The protests had
broken up by then.

He said he didn't
need me to cover.

Most anti-war activists,
it's just grandstanding.

I was in the Bureau for 16 years,
never seen anything like this.

And that's your feeling? That the shooting
was done by one of the protesters?

Not the sidewalk variety. But someone
politically motivated, yeah.

You might want to
take a look at this guy.

CASSADY: Lloyd Savitsky.

Fits our perp's description.
Who is he?

Worked for us as
a chemical engineer

till he sabotaged
a batch of ceramic armor.

Turned it into peanut brittle.

I think he wanted to turn
public opinion against the war.

Look,
when I got the phone call

that Mr. Howard
had been shot,

Savitsky was definitely
somebody I thought of.

How should I know where he is?
Try his apartment.

Mr. Dolan, you know he got
evicted two months ago.

Let me tell you something.
He was evicted because

Presidio's underhanded tactics did
serious harm to the man's reputation.

They took away
his livelihood

because he expressed an
opinion about an unjust war.

So, now his livelihood is
working lawsuits for a payoff?

Mr. Savitsky's claims against
Presidio are absolutely legitimate.

He's done nothing wrong
and he's being persecuted.

Hey, look.
If your boy turns up...

Yeah, you'll be
the first to know.

Doin' laundry?

No, the meter maids
are out to get me.

He's not going near Savitsky now,
not with us looking for him.

Well, even if we wanted to
trace a call back to Savitsky,

there's no way we're gonna get a
subpoena to dump a lawyer's phone.

Can I get
two regular, please?

Even an ambulance chaser
like Dolan?

I'm just sayin'.

That phone is
right outside his office.

You think
all those quarters?

What? You think
he's that paranoid?

Hey. You ever see a guy with a
pony tail call on that phone?

You mean the nut job who
says his phones are tapped?

(MOUTHING)

Lloyd Savitsky? Open up!

Mr. Savitsky?

(GRUNTING)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Damn!
Are you all right?

Yeah. Yeah.
I should've yelled for you.

No, it's all right, you got him.
Come on.

Damn, dude, you got your
ass kicked by a girl.

Come on.

VAN BUREN: Number six.

DOLAN: You people had no probable
cause to make an arrest.

Her face tells me otherwise.

I'm talking about
the murder, lieutenant.

I don't see him.

Take your time.

I'm telling you, I got a
good look at the shooter.

He ain't up there.

All right, we're done. Your witness
did not identify my client.

Number six,
you're sure that...

VAN BUREN: Detective.

We're still holding him for
assaulting a police officer.

Okay. Book him. But don't even
think about talking to him.

Don't you ever talk out of turn in
front of a suspect's lawyer again.

It just came out
of my mouth...

Then get a muzzle.

You look like hell,
by the way.

Boss, the way
it went down, it...

Just detail it
in your report right now...

Hey, Loo.

I just got off the phone
with Mimi Howard.

Somebody delivered an unmarked
package to her apartment.

Did you call Operations?

Bomb Squad's en route.
Meet them there.

No explosive residue
on the outside of the box.

Might still be
a rigged-up grenade.

ED: How did it get in here?

Doorman was on break.
He never saw it.

The maid brought it in
off the desk.

CHARLIE: We're safe. You guys
wanna take a look at this?

It's a purple heart.

ED: The medal was wiped clean.
No latent prints.

But there's a name engraved
on the back, Matt Garcia.

Army Reserve Specialist with
the 223rd Transport Battalion.

He was killed
eight months ago in Iraq.

So, is there a connection
between Garcia and our DOA?

Howard's widow
didn't know who Garcia was,

but I don't think we're dealing
with a personal motive.

Well, sending the purple
heart, the killer must be

somehow blaming Howard
for Garcia's death.

And we're sure
this medal's for real?

It is, but not necessarily the one
given to Garcia's next of kin.

I found a dozen websites selling
authentic Purple Hearts,

some offering
free engraving.

And all KIA names
are posted online.

You know, you're starting to bleed again.
You may need a stitch.

I'm fine.

Where's Garcia's next of kin?

His widow's up
in Washington Heights.

See if she's got
the original.

Okay.

Matt's Purple Heart
is at home on the mantle.

I keep it in a case
right next to his picture.

Christopher's got to know
who his father was, you know?

Of course. Mrs. Garcia, did any of
Matt's friends from the service

contact you recently?

A few guys came by
to offer condolences.

Did any of them seem
particularly upset?

Like upset enough
to avenge Matt's death?

They were all upset,
he was well liked.

But no one stood out.

Anybody mention Howard?

No. And I don't even think Matt was
wearing body armor when he died.

How do you know?

Because Matt wrote and
asked me to send him some.

But it cost so much that by the time I'd
saved up, he'd already been killed.

Christopher,
it's time to go.

Just one more
question, ma'am.

Did the Army tell you
how your husband was killed?

I know he was shot
and killed in Tal Afar.

I didn't want to hear details.
Dying someplace like that.

One of his buddies who came by said
to call if I wanted to know more.

Alan Crockett.

He left a number.

I wasn't with Garcia
on that patrol,

but, uh, I heard aAK round ripped
straight through his chest plate.

His wife said he didn't
have any armor.

Well, we went eight weeks
in country without it

before army supply
finally caught up.

At the time, we thought
those vests were a Godsend.

It turns out
they were worthless.

Anybody say anything about making
things right once you got stateside?

When it comes to stateside, all we
talk about is cold beer, hot showers,

and fine young ladies
like yourself.

Yeah.
Except we got a man dead

and a Purple Heart
with Garcia's name on it,

that was delivered
to the victim's apartment.

Now that didn't
come out of the blue.

Yeah. TV said the guy
you're looking for is white

so, uh, it didn't come
from me either.

Yo, Ty, give me another?

Well, do you know who
it came from, Alan?

He's the first guy in our platoon
to get killed, you know?

And we all took it hard.

But no one said,
"Kill this Howard guy."

Did the Army know that the bullet
went through Garcia's vest?

Yeah. It's why they exchanged
our vests out for new ones.

Some group tried to kick up some
stink about Garcia's death,

but nothing came of it.

What's the name
of this group?

American Shield or something.

Yo, Ty!

We're a soldiers'
advocacy group.

We write Congress,
send direct mail.

Any issue
in support of our troops,

like equipment upgrades
or failures.

And you wrote letters on
behalf of Specialist Garcia?

We contacted the army
and the vest manufacturer.

Everybody said they'd look into the
allegations surrounding his death.

Did they?

No, they swept it
under the rug.

Garcia's vest was missing.
No proof, what could we do?

Can't imagine Garcia's
buddies were too pleased.

I received a phone call
about a week ago.

A man claimed he was an Army
investigator looking into the case.

He wanted to know who
I'd written to at Presidio.

And you gave them
Gary Howard's name?

Yes.

Did the guy give
his own name?

Well, I was so surprised they
were taking the case seriously,

I forgot to ask.

Now, in light of
Howard's murder... Here.

This came
a couple of months ago.

Right after we stopped our letter
campaign on Garcia's death.

It's unsigned.

"You let them
kill our friend."

STONEMAN: "This crap armor
is worse than nothing.

"They are getting men killed.

"They must stop sending
Presidio vests now."

Can you tell us
where it came from?

Look at what's embedded
in the paper.

CASSADY: What is that,
some kind of red powder?

Iraqi dust.

They get these storms over there,
the dust gets into everything.

Okay, that puts us
in the ballpark.

Latents pulled
seven prints of value.

The army lD's them all
from the same unit.

The 223rd?

You got it.

Guess who made the list?

It got passed around the barracks for
approval. Lots of hands touched it.

Mine too, I guess.
So what?

We got Kenny Olsen's prints
from that letter, too.

Tell us about Kenny.

He was in our platoon.

Don't be stupid. We checked
your cell phone records.

You called him 10 times.

One of the times was
an hour before the murder,

now, what the hell
were you all talking about?

I've been partying so much since coming
home, I could've made that call.

Don't remember.

CASSADY: We spoke to your
battalion commander.

Ellis was there
when Garcia got shot.

Drove the Humvee that
brought him back to base.

And when you guys first got to
Iraq, Garcia saved Ellis' life.

Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah. Their
Humvee hit an IED, caught fire.

Garcia pulled Ellis
to safety, so what?

All right, so Ellis watches the guy that
saved his life die because of a bad vest.

Now, how did he take that?

Hard. Like all of us did.

Did he buy a Purple Heart
with Garcia's name on it?

He wore it under his vest.

Said that Garcia's spirit
would protect him.

Did you know
he was gonna kill Howard?

I didn't know nothin'
about nothin'!

ED: All right, man. I'm gonna
say this one more time.

You talked to him an hour
before he shot down Howard

in front of his daughter
at her 16th birthday party.

Now, if you knew
anything about this,

you need to come clean
with us now

because you're about this close
to being charged with conspiracy.

(sums)

You've got all this respect
for your fellow soldiers?

You need to help us
bring him in peacefully.

Otherwise, we're gonna go out there
and hunt him down like a dog.

OFFICER:
Detective, over here.

Kenny? My name's Ed, man. You
mind if we talk for a minute?

It's all good, bro.

Look, man.

Why don't you put that gun
down and tell me what's wrong?

Look, I know you've got
a lot on your mind, man.

You just got back
from Iraq,

and God knows what horrible
things you saw over there.

Look.

We know about Garcia's vest.

We know that Howard might have
had something to do with it.

The only way that the rest of the world's
gonna know about your friend Garcia,

and how he died
is if you tell them.

Okay.

Put the gun down. Tell me about
your friend. Come on. Put it down.

Come on.

There you go.

Oh, God.

"Docket number 071571.

�People v. Kenneth Dale Ellis.

"Charge is murder
in the second degree."

My client pleads
not guilty.

JUDGE: The People on bail?

Remand, Your Honor.
Mr. Ellis is a war veteran

who used his military training
to commit a brazen murder.

If released, he poses an extreme
danger to the community.

It's offensive the People would use my
client's service to his country against him

I want to discuss evidence,
Ms. Schatzberg, not politics.

The gun found in the
possession of the defendant

during his arrest matches the
gun used in the homicide.

He was also identified as the
shooter in a photo array

by several eye witnesses...

Okay, Counselor.
I get the picture.

Mr. Ellis, on behalf of the citizens of
New York, thank you for your service.

You're remanded.

(GAVEL POUNDS)

I can prove my client
was acting under

an extreme
emotional disturbance.

Call it whatever you want, the
facts of the crime say otherwise.

And you wouldn't be here unless you
thought we had a compelling case.

He stalked Gary Howard. The
murder was clearly premeditated.

Weigh that against
the horror of war.

I have multiple experts
who'll testify

that my client's Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder is very real.

My sympathies are with Mr.
Howard's wife and his daughter.

Except your victim
was a greedy profiteer, Jack.

It's irrelevant.

The murder two charge still stands.
20-to-life, we avoid a trial.

Garcia would still be alive if his
vest had stopped that bullet.

Doesn't that matter
to you people?

You gunned down a man
in front of his daughter.

JACK: Keep making
these claims, Mr. Ellis.

True or not, they make a compelling
motive to commit murder.

You people never would've made that son
of a bitch account for what he did.

None of which justifies
what you did.

You ever seen a man
shot to death?

Your best friend?

C.O.! Let me out!

(DOOR BUZZING)

SCHATZBERG: The jury finds it's
emotional disturbance, it's man one.

He does 10 years
in a psychiatric hospital.

We have a strong case.

Have your shrink examine my client.
See if she agrees.

I don't sleep much anymore
'cause I get headaches real bad.

Why did you
attempt suicide?

I don't know.

I feel like
I'm always in pain.

Did you kill anyone in combat
when you were in Iraq?

It was kill
or be killed over there.

We were on patrol and this Iraqi
woman came walking towards us,

and she wouldn't stop
when we told her to.

Our Captain gave us the order
and we lit her up.

You mean you shot her?

Do you think your Captain
made the right decision?

Oh, I'm not gonna
question his call.

You know, if she'd been
a suicide bomber.

You were with Garcia
when he died?

I had to lift him
out of the truck,

so the medics
could work on him.

I saw his skin change color.

There was so much blood.

After seeing that, were you
afraid to die as well?

Nah. I had no one
to come back to here.

Not like Garcia,
with a wife and kid.

How he died, you know...

Well, that wasn't
supposed to happen.

Ellis shows all
the symptoms of PTSD.

His suicide attempt
speaks to his guilt

that he survived when Garcia
and the others didn't.

His combat experience involved
constant traumatic events.

You don't have to leave a limb in
the battlefield to be wounded.

The psychological toll of war
is no less debilitating.

This killing wasn't
some random act, Liz.

Ellis claims that Garcia's
armor failed to protect him.

If that's true, it's a strong
motive to settle a score.

It cuts both ways.
Betrayal of trust

is often at the heart
of this condition.

Betrayed by a faulty vest?

You could look at it that way.
I know he believes it.

Not everyone gets to be
the victim here.

You're off the hook. You don't
have to testify. Thank you.

(sums)

Can we corroborate anything
in Ellie's story?

Well, the official report didn't mention
any problems with Garcia's armor.

But two days after he was killed,
the army recalled 400 vests

that had been
issued to that battalion.

I don't think
the timing's coincidental.

What happened to the vests?

They were sent back
to the company.

The army pulled the production lot
because soldiers were worried.

Someone was spreading rumors
the armor was weak.

We retested the vests on our range,
and every one of them passed.

I'll show you
our ballistics analysis.

So they went back
into circulation?

Of course not.

We were contractually required
to destroy the armor.

Why, if there was
nothing wrong?

We have never once recorded a
fatality due to equipment failure.

And the claim about
Specialist Garcia's vest?

Never once. Not Garcia's
death or anyone else's.

We would not
stand for it.

You see, Ms. Rubirosa,

this is not just
a construction site for us.

Being at Ground Zero means
something to this company.

According to Presidio's
internal reports,

the vests passed
all ballistics tests.

Any outside verification?

None.

The Army signed off on the analysis
without doing one of their own.

And the record of the
vests being destroyed?

Seems to be legit.

So you think Ellis
is making the story up?

You want to ask me what my
take on Whitney is first?

Okay. What's your take
on Whitney?

You'd think he'd bend over backwards
to help us make our case.

He just met me
with a lot of attitude.

Seems nervous.

Hiding something?

I pulled his LUDs. He called
Garcia's widow two days ago.

Feeling guilty?

Or something else.

Talk to him.

Mr. Whitney came by and basicallyjust
offered his condolences.

Did he mention anything
about a lawsuit?

Ask you if
you want to sue?

No, he was just real nice.

Did he seem guilty
about your husband's death?

Just kind of sad.

Look, my break is over.
You need anything else?

Did Whitney
give you money?

I had nothing to do with it.

How much
did he give you?

Please don't make me
give it back.

Only if you're
honest with me.

He gave me $20,000.

Out of the blue?

Mmm-mmm.
I don't buy that.

Alan said he'd arranged it.
That I should just take it.

Alan who?

Crockett.

I wasn't involved
in any extortion.

The 20,000 Whitney gave
Garcia's widow disputes that.

I've never been
in contact with the man.

Alan, we know
you called his office

from a payphone
outside your apartment.

It's a public phone!

You're not a very good liar,
Mr. Crockett.

Let's say I believed you were
trying to do the right thing

by Garcia's wife and son.

Maybe I'd be persuaded to
drop the charges against you.

I want the truth.

The money was
for Garcia's family.

(SNIFFLING) That's all
this ever was about.

Did you know Ellis
was gonna kill Howard?

No. I swear I didn't know
until I saw it on the news.

Why did Ellis say he did it?

Because Howard wouldn't
admit the wrong he'd done.

Meaning the faulty vests?

Howard wouldn't
pay us nothing.

Next thing I know
Ellis kills the guy.

And when he gets caught,
I just...

I just tried to do the right thing
for Garcia's wife and his kid.

So, you threatened
Whitney's life?

No. Whitney paid
because he knew that

we were right
about Garcia's vest.

HOW?

Me and Ellis smuggled
Garcia's vest out of Iraq.

You've got the vest
and an extortion scheme.

There's the motive
for Ellis killing Howard.

It's not that simple
anymore, Arthur.

Forensic analysis shows severe
deficiencies in the armor's integrity.

Any bullet would've penetrated
that ceramic plate.

Which is why Whitney was willing
to pay to get the vest back.

So he had an interest in
protecting Presidio's reputation.

I don't agree with the way he
handled it, but where's the crime?

That is Lloyd Savitsky. He's
a former Presidio employee.

He was fired for allegedly
sabotaging a batch of ceramic armor.

Allegedly?

The incident coincided with the
production date of Garcia's vest.

Well, the sabotage should've set
their production back by weeks.

But the Pentagon said they still
made their quota for that month.

Pretty circumstantial.

Presidio was under
pressure to deliver.

They have 100 million dollars
in defense contracts at stake.

And one bad vest is
gonnajeopardize that?

JACK: How do we know
there was just one?

Whitney knew there were
problems with the armor.

His reckless conduct created
a grave risk of death.

That's depraved
indifference murder.

You're gonna need Ellis to make the case.
You willing to flip him?

If it means holding Whitney responsible
for everything he set in motion.

This guy Whitney is
responsible for those vests?

We believe he is.

Why don't you just come out and
say we have a hell of a defense?

It's nojustification for
the murder of Gary Howard.

Still, in light of
the malfeasance,

we're prepared to offer
Mr. Ellis 15 years.

Fifteen years, and you want him to testify?
I don't think so.

I'm offering you a chance to
tell ajury what happened.

Whitney will have to answer.

Don't act like
you're doing him the favor.

I'll do it.

We have to
discuss this, Kenny.

No, there's nothing
to discuss.

I'll do the 15 so long as
I get to nail that bastard.

(ALL CLAMORING)

Bill Whitney? You're under arrest
for the murder of Matt Garcia.

What are you doing?
I didn't kill anybody.

Smile for your fans.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can be used
against you in a court of law...

ELLIS: I had the wheel of the
Humvee, Garcia was my gunner.

We were headed
back to base.

All of a sudden,
he kind of slumped down.

A sniper had shot him
in the chest.

He was pretty much gone by the
time the medics got to him.

Do you recognize this?

Yes, sir.

That's the armored vest Garcia
was wearing when he was hit.

And this is where
Specialist Garcia was shot?

Yes, sir.
That's the bullet hole,

right through the ceramic
plate over the chest.

It just went
right through it.

Can you show us
the ceramic plate?

Nothing further.

You're testifying here today as
part of a plea deal, correct?

Fifteen years for the murder
of Gary Howard?

Yes, sir. But I shot him because I knew
other guys out there had bad armor.

I thought it might wake people
up to what was going on.

So, it had nothing
to do with the $100,000

you attempted to extort
from Mr. Howard?

Or the $20,000 that
you and your partner

managed to extort
from my client?

That money was for Garcia's
wife and kid, not us.

Did you wear
an armored vest

made by Presidio
during your tour in Iraq?

Yes, sir.

Even after Garcia's death?

Yes, sir, but I made sure
my armor was solid.

You and every other soldier
in your platoon, correct?

Yes, sir.

And did anyone ever
find any problems? No.

So you would characterize the
incident with Garcia's vest

as a tragic but
an isolated incident?

That doesn't make it right,
or that it doesn't matter.

An isolated incident.
Yes or no, Mr. Ellis?

Yes.

Nothing further.

HAYES: We were ambushed
on Route Irish by insurgents.

An RPG had hit my truck, and I was
dragging my guy out of the cab,

and pulling him to cover
when I was hit by ground fire.

SOLOMON: Hit where?

Left leg and torso.
Five rounds.

Were you wearing Presidio
body armor at the time?

Yes, sir. That's why I just lost my leg.
The armor did its job.

On the battlefield,

is there such a thing as an
acceptable loss of life?

Whether I choose to accept it or
not, sir, it's a reality of war.

According to the Defense,

Mr. Whitney had to send over
a vest he knew was faulty.

Would you order a soldier
into combat with armor

you knew
would not protect him?

Sometimes in battle, sir, we need to
improvise and make do with what we have.

You're not answering
my question, Sergeant.

If I had to give the order,
sir, I would give it.

But it wouldn't be
an easy decision.

And what if it was you?

Would you have gone on your
mission that day on Route Irish,

wearing a vest you knew
would not protect you?

When our country
went to war,

not all our soldiers were equipped
with life-saving body armor.

Military supply's been playing
catch-up since we invaded Iraq.

So we tripled production
to output 3,000 units a month.

Why push production
so hard?

Because soldiers' lives
are on the line.

The longer we take,
the longer they have to wait.

To date, how many armored vests
have you supplied to the army?

Sixty thousand.

And out of all of those, how
many vests didn't perform?

Just Garcia's,
that I know of.

Which is not to say
his death isn't tragic, it is.

But this is not
a zero sum game.

If we have 90% success,
it means we're doing ourjob.

But you knew
there were problems

with a batch of
ceramic armor.

And you didn't delay
the production lot

to weed out those
faulty vests, correct?

There wasn't time. Only a handful
of the vests were questionable.

So playing Russian roulette with a
soldier's life was an acceptable risk?

If I'd delayed supply,

we might be talking about more
deaths than just Garcia's.

You also didn't
notify the Army

that some armor was
compromised, did you?

Of course, we did.

This is Presidio's third
quarter production report

that you signed off on,
correct?

Yes. it was sent to the GAO and
the Army Chief at the Pentagon.

Please show the court

where the risk of failure
with some armor was mentioned.

Your Honor, please.

It's on page 319, Mr. Whitney.

One page, buried in a report
that's over 400 pages long.

Presidio's contract
with the Pentagon

is worth about
$100,000,000. Correct?

I don't look at Garcia's death as the
cost of doing business, Mr. McCoy.

You didn't notify the Army
because delays in production

would have jeopardized
that contract, correct?

Delays would've meant more troops without
body armor that could save their lives.

That was my concern.

Then why the cover up,
Mr. Whitney?

You suspected an employee of sabotage,
but you didn't press charges.

You paid extortion money in an
attempt to retrieve Garcia's vest,

the one piece of evidence
that proved your malfeasance.

The money I gave Garcia's
wife was a gesture.

I was not trying to buy
the vest back.

Your concern was
with being caught

because you knew
some armor would fail.

A decision had
to be made, Mr. McCoy.

Who said sacrificing Garcia's
life was your decision to make?

Jack, you got a moment?

This is General Don Barrett,
up from Washington.

Here about the Presidio case,
I presume.

It's garnered quite a bit of
attention, you can imagine.

Congress is already making
noise about hearings.

What can I do
for you, General?

We're being asked to plead
the case out, Jack.

We already went down that road.
They said no.

Well, General Barrett's
met with Whitney's attorneys,

and they've agreed
to take five years.

Five years?

Understand. When soldiers
are in harm's way,

morale is a vital interest.

The sooner this
goes away, the better.

We want to minimize
publicity.

Let the story vanish
with the new cycle.

And what's the Pentagon's
spin gonna be?

This isn't about spin,
Mr. McCoy.

This is about the soldiers who are still
out there, fighting for this country.

And they need all the
confidence we can give them.

And I would have thought,
all the protection.

What happened with Specialist Garcia's
vest was an isolated incident.

Rest assured, the situation's
being dealt with,

and the error
won't happen again.

Now, we'd like you
to make this deal.

All this isn't about one vest.

You know about more,
don't you?

More armor failures, more deaths,
that's what this is all about.

What I know
is that Presidio

will not be producing
any more faulty vests.

So you wanna step over the
bodies and not look back?

If it's in the best interest of the
ones still standing, absolutely.

Perhaps you can explain things
more explicitly to Mr. McCoy.

I'll see myself out.
Good day, gentlemen.

I'm not doing it, Arthur.

They're not backing us
in court, Jack.

So what? We don't need
them to make our case.

Well, the Defense does.

And if we don't make the deal,

the General has
made it very clear

that they're gonna
help Whitney.

Now, it's over.
We're doin' it.

And you're okay with that?

I think the General
makes a point.

The point being that truth is
the first casualty in a war?

Come on, Arthur!

There are larger
considerations here.

Namely, the men and women who are
volunteering to risk their lives.

Whitney thought a soldier's
life was expendable,

now we're doing
the same thing?

Five years is real time.

Not for a murder.

Not for all the other deaths
out there like Garcia's.

You take the justice you get.

(SCOFFS)

We're letting justice
get lost in the fog of war.

(DOOR CLOSES)

He allocutes to the charges.
He does five years.

I think
we're in agreement on that.

Mr. Whitney?

Yeah. I'll take the deal.

SOLOMON: You'll have your
office draw up the offer.

We can do
the allocution right away.

How many bad vests did you let
slip through, Mr. Whitney?

That's not relevant, Jack.

It is to me.

I want to know how many soldiers
died because of what you did.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

When did you decide
that men like Garcia

weren't as important
as a contract,

or a quarterly earnings statement,
or your own bank account?

How did you
convince yourself

that the blood wouldn't be
on your hands, Mr. Whitney?

You're wrong.

Keep on telling yourself

it was for the greater good.

Your conscience
isn't clean!

I hope five years is enough
to make you face it.

I know what I did,
Mr. McCoy.

I saved lives.

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