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( CLEARS THROAT )
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Continuing today's
hearing on future VA funding...
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the Senate Committee on
Veterans' Affairs...
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is called back to order.
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[CHAIRMAN] We'll hear from our
next witness.
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Will you please stand
and raise your right hand?
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My aPOlogies.
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Please raise your right hand.
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Do you swear that the testimony
you're about to give...
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this committee will be the
truth, the whole truth...
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and nothing but the
truth, so help you God?
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I do.
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Please state your name.
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Private First Class Adam Green,
United States Army, retired.
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Mr. Green, I understand you've
prepared a statement?
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I have, sir.
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You may enter it into the record
at this time.
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Mr. Chairman, members of the
Committee...
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I want to thank you
for the opportunity...
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to speak with you today.
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I served in the military f...
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I'm sorry, if I could just...
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Sure, go ahead.
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Thank you, sir.
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I've always liked numbers.
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Whenever I have a hard time
wrapping my head around...
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something, I find that numbers
make things clearer for me.
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They help me understand
decisions that are made...
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and the impacts of those
decisions.
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So, if it's all right...
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I'd like the start with the
number 1.4 million.
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That's the number of men
and women...
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who are currently sewing
in our military.
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555...
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that's how many days passed
before we invaded one country...
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after having been attacked
by another.
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19... is how old I was when
I enlisted.
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Three is the number of hours
that passed from the time...
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I arrived in Iraq to the time
our transport...
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was destroyed by an l.E.D.
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And then there's six.
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That's the number of inches the
piece of shrapnel was...
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that severed my spinal cord.
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The only problems with numbers
is they can be impersonal.
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A decision you made had a
life-changing impact on me...
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and a lot of soldiers like me.
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Now, I'm not a military expert
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I don't know a whole lot
about geopolitical affairs.
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I'm just an ordinary American.
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And I understand that you've
asked me here...
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because you all have
some questions for me,
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but if it's all right, I'd like
to ask all of you a question.
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How the hell did this happen?
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[BUSH] My fellow citizens,
at this hour...
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American and coalition forces
are in the early stages...
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of military operations
to disarm Iraq, to free...
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its people and to defend
the world from grave danger.
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[BUTZER] The start of the
campaign called Shock and Awe.
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BROKAW} Shock and Awe.
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[RATHER] Shock and AWe.N[MAN]
Shock and Awe, indeed.
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[REPORTER M] Air raid sirens
are going off in Baghdad...
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[REPORTER ♪2] The massive
military operation...
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to topple Saddam Hussein
is now in effect.
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[REPORTER ♪3]
Firing 600 Cruise missiles...
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and every type of war plane
in the American arsenal.
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[BROKA M A fearsome display
of American military might.
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[REPORTER ♪4]
The scale of this attack...
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is considerably higher than
anything we've seen before.
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REPORTER ♪5} We're taking cut
whole buildings...
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with these Cruise missiles.
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[RATHER]
U.S. war planes unleashed...
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to promise massive bombardment
of Baghdad.
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BLITZER} 3,000 Tomahawk
Cruise missiles...
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satellite-guided precision
bombs, laser-guided bombs.
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[REPORTER ♪6] I think the
citizens of Baghdad know...
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exactly what (he Pentagon
means by Shock and Awe.
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[REPORTER ♪7] Just over the
Kuwait-Iraq border...
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we watched as columns of troops
moved into the country.
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"RATHER} They're we" on their
way to Baghdad.
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They have met resistance.
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[WOMAN] We can't leave the
television...
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every tank, every helicopter...
Is that my son?
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[REPORTER ♪8] Now Baghdad is
within striking distance...
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just a few short miles away...
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as U. S. Troops make their final
push forward.
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We want to slaughter them all...
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those invaders, their tombs
will be here in Iraq.
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[REPORTER ♪9} If Saddam
HusseinNis alive, he is quote...
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"Not in control of his military
and of his government."
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BUSH} These are opening stagesNof
what will be a broad...
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and concerted campaign.
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Could be longer and more
difficult than some predict.
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And helping Iraqis achieve
a united, stable...
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and free country will require
our sustained commitment.
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And you can know that our
forces will be coming home...
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as soon as their work is done.
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K. EeP movmg! Keep
moving, Let's gm!
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Where are they taking us?
Shut up. Head down.
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Keep your mouth shut or I'll
blow your fucking head off.
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All right, all right.
Are you a soldier?
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Journalist. Who do you work for?
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Knight Ridder.
Never heard of it.
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You should read more.
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What is your name?
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Jonathan Landay.
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Goodbye, Jonathan Landay.
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(TRIGGER CLICKS )
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Exercise complete.
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What you have just engaged in is
called The Gray Man Exercise.
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And what you have just
witnessed...
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is a colossal failure
of that exercise.
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If a journalist is captured...
( PHONE RINGING )
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terrorists may keep you alive...
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in hopes of getting information
or exchanging you for a ransom.
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But if you give them a reason
to kill you, they will.
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The purpose of this exercise
is to teach you...
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how to avoid drawing the
attention of your captors.
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Hence the name, Gray Man.
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Can you untie me?
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This could save your life one
day, you understand?
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I do, I've been in 11 war zones,
I've been shot at...
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I've been held captive, I take
this very seriously.
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But if you don't untie me right
now, I may lose my job.
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And I'm fairly certain that
none of this training...
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is going to be very useful...
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when I'm mopping the floor
at Staples.
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REPORTER}
Both of the twin towers...
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the World Trade Center in New
York's lower Manhattan...
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have been struck by planes this
morning within 20 minutes.
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First, it was the North Tower
that was struck...
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with a gaping hole left in two
sides of that building.
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Good God.
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20 minutes later, the second
building...
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the second tower in that Wor1d
Trade Center complex...
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I think we should keep Elizabeth
in school.
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Yeah, no, I think that's
a good idea.
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Why freak her out, huh?
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And I'll call Ali and Jennifer
as soon as the phones open up.
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I love you. I love you.
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Okay.
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[REPORTER]
We should tell you that...
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we have gotten calls from
people...
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who live and work around the
Pentagon who have told us...
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that they have seen something...
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that they have described
as an explosion.
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This is information we have not
been able to confirm.
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Get up.
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Sorry, Dad.
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Monday Night Football went long.
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Let's clean this place up.
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COMMENTATOR} Trade Center
here in New York...
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have been hit by airplanes.
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In Washington, there is a large
fire at the Pentagon.
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The Pentagon has been evacuated.
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And there is, you can see,
perhaps, the second tower...
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the front tower, the top
portion of which is collapsing.
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Good Lord.
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Lot of people going to need
a drink tonight.
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Soldiers drink free.
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REPORTER} There are no words.
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Ail federal office buildings
now...
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all federal office buildings
in Washington, D. C.
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Are being evacuated as we speak
to you now.
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We are in the middle of an
extraordinary catastrophe.
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The most important things to
tell you if you just joined...
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in is that what has ail the
makings of an extraordinarily“
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wail-planned terrorist attack
on both Washington and New York
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has taken place this morning.
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The Trade Centers here
in New York...
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the two World Trade Center
towers have collapsed...
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after being hit by planes.
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Yeah, this is John Walcott
from Knight Ridder.
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Is he there?
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Yeah, okay, well, tell him
I'll try him back later.
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Thank you.
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I just spoke with my wife.
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She and the kids are
afraid to leave the house.
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What are they doing over there?
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They're watching the White
House.
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To see if it gets hit?
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YES.
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Oh, Jesus. All right, go home
to your family.
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And tell your colleagues that
maybe they want to stay away...
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from the windows, okay?
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Thanks, John. Yeah.
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Okay. All right. Okay.
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Their working thesis is that
this is overseas terrorism...
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not domestic.
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Attention will quickly turn to
the bin Laden group...
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because it has long tentacles.
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There are very few others that
could have pulled this off.
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Are we sending somebody
to New York?
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Ken Moore at Suvu was already up
there covering Wall Street.
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What's going on over at State?
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Powell's in Peru.
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They're working on getting
him home as soon as possible.
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All right, what we need to do
is track the President.
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Track his top people
and find out...
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who's responsible for all this.
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We need as many sources
at as many agencies...
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to go on the record and tell us
all what we know has to be true.
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Al Qaeda! Al Qaeda!
It's Al Qaeda.
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It's definitely Al Qaeda.
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What the hell are you wearing?
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Well, the wifey wanted
to evacuate...
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but she locked the cat
and the keys in the cars.
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So, I biked in.
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We need to know how
they pulled this off.
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Anybody needs to go home
to their family...
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feel free to do so.
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Just came from the family.
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Let's get to work.
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It's Walcott.
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Today, our fellow citizens,
our way of life...
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our very freedom, came under
attack in a series...
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of deliberate and deadly
terrorist acts.
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Adam, hand me the
Jameson, please.
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Yes, sir. Here you go.
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Thank you, son.
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It's on the house, gentlemen.
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Thanks.
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Dad's saying we're staying open
as late as they want.
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[MRS. GREEN]
They must be scared.
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[ADAM] They're Rangers.
They're boys.
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Our military is powerful and
it's prepared.
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The search is underway
for those...
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who are behind these evil acts.
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I've directed the full
resources of our intelligence..
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And law enforcement communities
to find those responsible...
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and to bring them to justice.
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[JENNINGS] It's been 33 hours
since the terrible...
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and unprecedented attack
on the United States.
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There is, as we've said, an
enormous search and rescue...
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operation, and enormous and
intense criminal investigation.
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And we're just beginning
to understand...
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the extents of the catastrophe.
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[OFFICIAL] I feel like I haven't
slept in a month.
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It's going to be a bunch
of zombies running this town.
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What do you know about
the preliminary plans...
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to go after bin Laden?
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I don't have anything to give
you on that yet.
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0k, well, how long before we're
on the ground in Afghanistan...
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and how long do they project
we'll be there?
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Look, I'm trying to get answers
to the same questions you are.
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What I can say is, most of the
talk this morning...
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hasn't been about Afghanistan.
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Well, what's it been about?
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Iraq?
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I got it from a source at State
who got it from the Pentagon.
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In connection with the attacks?
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Crackpot theories from people
who don't know...
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what the hell they're talking
about.
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It was Rumsfeld.
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Really?
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Yeah, apparently, there's a lot
of people over at Defense...
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that think this had to be
State-sponsored.
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I mean, not just Rumsfeld,
there's also that smug...
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son of a bitch at the Defense
Policy Board...
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the Prince of Darkness?
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Richard Perle. Right. Perle.
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And that nee-con over at the
Project...
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for the New American
whatever the fuck...
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New American Century,
Bill Kristol.
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That giant butthole,
Bill Kristol.
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And he's got to be creaming his
little jammies over this.
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Yeah, these think-tank boys...
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have been trying to push out
Saddam Hussein since '97.
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They have this crazy theory that
if they can just stick...
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a Western-style of democracy in
the Middle East...
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it's going to magically
proliferate...
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and wind up protecting Israel.
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You got to give them credit
for creative thinking.
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It's Ivory Tower crap.
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I mean, in what world do they
think that Osama bin Laden...
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and Saddam Hussein hatched
this thing up together?
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Let's find out if these
dickweeds...
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are serious about Iraq, okay?
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Look, I'm not saying there's
a link to Iraq...
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and neither is my boss.
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This is just something
we're hearing.
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From whom?
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Who told me or where is it
coming from'?
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Take your pick.
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Someone at the Pentagon.
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In the Vice President's office?
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It's just theories.
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Are there any Senators talking
to anyone...
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saying anything different?
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I know Powell's objected...
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to going into anywhere other
than Afghanistan.
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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Go away.
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One question and I'm gone.
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I'm not talking to you
on the record.
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Anonymous source, intelligence
community.
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You can't use my name.
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Never have, never will.
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Or my ageHOY-
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Pinky swear.
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One question.
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Are you looking into an Iraqi
connection?
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Who's the you in that question?
303
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Are we in the United States?
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There are some people.
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Are we in my agency?
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Not that I'm aware of.
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Am I, personally?
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No way.
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Okay, the second part
to the question.
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No.
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Thank you.
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So, no one you work with at the
Library of Congress has ever...
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found a link between Saddam
Hussein and Al Qaeda?
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No one I work with
would expect to find a link.
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So, as far as you know...
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there's nothing substantial to
tie Iraq to bin Laden?
317
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There's nothing even
circumstantial.
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To lump together a secular
leader like Saddam...
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with an Islamic extremist
like bin Laden is simply...
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to have no understanding
of the Muslim world.
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It's a bit timid.
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No one's actually come out and
said anything publicly yet.
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Maybe it's just backroom
speculation.
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Pretty dangerous speculation.
325
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Can't we hit it harder than
this?
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The attacks were just 10 days
ago.
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Everyone's trying to play
catch-up.
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Got to press our reliables.
329
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I'll reach out to The Italian
Lady.
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You think you can get Loose
Nukes to go on the record?
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I'm lucky to get her on deep
background.
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Well, double down on the Charm
Offensive.
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Buongiorno, this is Warren
Strobel.
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I was looking to get your advice
on a critical scheduling matter.
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If you could contact me at your
earliest possible convenience...
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I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.
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[LOOSE NUKES]Hello.
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Yeah, hi, it's Jonathan.
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[LOOSE NUKES] I don't have
anything for you.
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No, I know, I know, but I'm
doing a story...
341
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on the administration's seeming
interest in Iraq.
342
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[LOOSE NUKES] Jonathan, we're
not going to talk about this.
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No, I know, I know I'm not
talking about this...
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because it's off the record, but
can you give me some indication?
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[LOOSE NUKES] Bye, Jonathan.
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What'd she say?
347
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She sends her love.
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ANNOUNCER} Across the nation...
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flags have been flying off
the shelves.
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A wave of patriotism has been
spreading across America.
351
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At times like this,
it's what we do in America.
352
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We the People pull together.
353
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They had a discussion in school
today...
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about why America is so great,
right?
355
00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:39,909
Yeah, and what'd you say?
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It's a free country.
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That's a great answer.
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That's Mama's boy.
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May I be done now?
360
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Not until I get a big hug.
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Okay, after your mom gets a hug.
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Oh, whoa!
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Proud of you, munchie.
364
00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:59,893
Love you.
365
00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:05,229
They're really pushing this
nationalism thing at school.
366
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What do you expect?
367
00:19:06,187 --> 00:19:08,360
Of course, there's
going to be patriotism now.
368
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Oh, you want to call it
patriotism?
369
00:19:12,693 --> 00:19:13,535
Fine.
370
00:19:13,569 --> 00:19:14,921
It smells a lot like
nationalism to me.
371
00:19:14,945 --> 00:19:20,702
That's how it started in
Yugoslavia before the war.
372
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Tore my country apart.
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You want some help?
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00:19:48,979 --> 00:19:52,324
No, I'm okay, thank you.
375
00:19:53,776 --> 00:19:55,860
Okay, have a good night.
376
00:19:55,861 --> 00:19:57,408
Good night.
377
00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:06,621
How real is the Iraqi
conversation?
378
00:20:06,622 --> 00:20:09,400
There's an argument
taking place.
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00:20:09,410 --> 00:20:12,850
Yeah? Who's winning it?
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00:20:12,860 --> 00:40:25,697
I couldn't say.
381
00:20:12,838 --> 00:20:17,173
Look, my boss is gonna send me
to Afghanistan, and all I want..
382
00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:20,552
To know is should he be buying
a roundtrip ticket...
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00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:26,401
or is Afghanistan just a
layover on the way to Baghdad?
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I can't tell you anything.
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00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:33,991
[MYLROIE] I believe major acts
of terrorism...
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00:20:33,992 --> 00:20:36,901
against the U.S. are
state-sponsored.
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00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:40,310
So, we asked ourselves,
"Who could have been behind..."
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00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:44,330
the most massive terrorist
assault in human history...
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00:20:44,340 --> 00:20:44,785
"which state?"
390
00:20:44,786 --> 00:20:50,331
I think Iraq is the state that
most immediately comes to mind.
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This is an idea which in...
( PHONE RINGING )
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is gaining increased
credibility.
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00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:57,460
Knight Ridder, it's Strobel.
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00:20:57,470 --> 00:20:58,720
[T HE ITALIAN LADY] Jim Wooisey
is going to Europe...
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00:20:58,721 --> 00:21:00,559
to try to find a Sink
between Saddam...
396
00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,397
and the 1993 World Trade Center
bombing.
397
00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:05,806
Is he freelancing?
398
00:21:05,807 --> 00:21:08,901
[T HE ITALIAN LADY] He was sent
on an official government jet.
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00:21:08,902 --> 00:21:10,393
Jesus, who sent him?
400
00:21:10,394 --> 00:21:13,772
[THE ITALIAN LADY]
The deputy defense secretary.
401
00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:15,440
Can you meet for coffee?
402
00:21:15,441 --> 00:21:18,194
[T HE ITALIAN LADY]
H! Be in touch.
403
00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:20,825
Hi, this is Warren
Strobe! With Knight Ridder.
404
00:21:20,826 --> 00:21:21,863
I'm working on a story...
405
00:21:21,864 --> 00:21:24,242
about former CIA director James
Woolsey traveling to Europe.
406
00:21:24,243 --> 00:21:25,536
Do you know anything about that?
407
00:21:25,537 --> 00:21:28,625
DIPLOMAT} I didn't have
anything to do with that.
408
00:21:28,626 --> 00:21:30,669
But you're aware that such
a trip has taken place?
409
00:21:30,670 --> 00:21:34,709
DIPLOMAT} I can't be your only
source on this.
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00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:37,759
All right, stay in touch.
411
00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:40,715
Hey, John.
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Woolsey was sent to Europe
to look for evidence...
413
00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,479
linking Saddam to the World
Trade Center bombing in '93.
414
00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:49,599
Wouldn't be a fool's errand if
they didn't send a fool.
415
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,184
This came from The Italian Lady?
416
00:21:51,185 --> 00:21:52,526
And a diplomat who can
confirm...
417
00:21:52,527 --> 00:21:53,645
the trip was arranged by
Wolfowitz.
418
00:21:53,646 --> 00:21:55,273
What the hell is going on
over at Defense?
419
00:21:55,274 --> 00:21:57,273
Question is, are they trying to
figure out...
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00:21:57,274 --> 00:21:58,775
if there's any truth to their
theory...
421
00:21:58,776 --> 00:22:01,823
or are they already convinced
their theory is true?
422
00:22:01,824 --> 00:22:03,698
You're sure about
this Woolsey trip?
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00:22:03,699 --> 00:22:06,115
Positive.
You have a third source?
424
00:22:06,116 --> 00:22:07,367
Yeah. Who?
425
00:22:07,368 --> 00:22:09,666
Jim Woolsey.
426
00:22:20,756 --> 00:22:25,762
Hey, it's Walcott,
you up for a field trip?
427
00:22:27,596 --> 00:22:29,143
I figured you'd be calling...
428
00:22:29,144 --> 00:22:32,313
I just didn't think
it would be this soon.
429
00:22:34,228 --> 00:22:37,188
How real is the chatter
about Iraq?
430
00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:37,655
Very.
431
00:22:37,656 --> 00:22:42,280
And it's diverting our attention
from the people who attacked us.
432
00:22:42,290 --> 00:22:46,770
How soon before Iraq becomes
the focus?
433
00:22:46,824 --> 00:22:49,242
We need to blow something up.
434
00:22:49,243 --> 00:22:51,661
Not enough targets in
Afghanistan.
435
00:22:51,662 --> 00:22:52,787
What about bin Laden?
436
00:22:52,788 --> 00:22:53,755
You take out bin Laden...
437
00:22:53,756 --> 00:22:57,502
interest in the war goes right
down the shitter.
438
00:22:57,751 --> 00:23:01,424
REPORTER} A joint offensive in
its sixth day in Tora Bora...
439
00:23:01,425 --> 00:23:03,110
bin Laden's suspected hideout...
440
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:05,681
but still no signs of the
world's most wanted man.
441
00:23:05,682 --> 00:23:10,138
U.S. B-52s pounding A! Qaeda
positions from the air...
442
00:23:10,139 --> 00:23:11,603
while anti-Taliban tanks...
443
00:23:11,604 --> 00:23:13,313
and troops meet strong
resistance...
444
00:23:13,314 --> 00:23:15,730
cave to cave,
from A! Qaeda fighters.
445
00:23:15,731 --> 00:23:17,856
With yet more conflicting
reports...
446
00:23:17,857 --> 00:23:22,250
on bin Laden's whereabouts.
447
00:23:22,260 --> 00:23:22,902
What you got there...
448
00:23:22,903 --> 00:23:25,451
is that your State of the
Union piece for tomorrow?
449
00:23:25,452 --> 00:23:27,864
Yup. You got a lunch today?
450
00:23:27,865 --> 00:23:29,240
Not with you.
451
00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:32,350
I got a one-on-one with Looney
Tunes over at State.
452
00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:32,956
There's a dry hole.
453
00:23:32,957 --> 00:23:34,579
Yeah, well, I figured if I just
let him ramble on...
454
00:23:34,580 --> 00:23:37,415
he'll accidentally stumble
into something newsworthy.
455
00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:38,383
Yeah, well, give my best.
456
00:23:38,384 --> 00:23:40,585
I will. Hot off the presses,
Beryl.
457
00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:41,881
Did you use punctuation
this time?
458
00:23:41,882 --> 00:23:43,426
I even threw in a few semicolons
just for you.
459
00:23:43,427 --> 00:23:47,216
I bet you're the pride of the
University of Missouri.
460
00:23:47,217 --> 00:23:51,429
Terrorists who once occupied
Afghanistan...
461
00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:55,435
now occupy cells
at Guantanamo Bay.
462
00:23:57,186 --> 00:24:00,440
And terrorist leaders who urged
followers to sacrifice...
463
00:24:00,441 --> 00:24:03,524
their fives are running'
for their own.
464
00:24:03,525 --> 00:24:08,196
Now, the administration's top
priority apart from our own...
465
00:24:08,197 --> 00:24:12,241
security is to ensure
freedom for other countries...
466
00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:16,329
looking to embrace democracy
as a way of life.
467
00:24:16,330 --> 00:24:19,753
Now, we... excuse me... we
understand that we can't...
468
00:24:19,754 --> 00:24:21,343
be the policemen to the world...
469
00:24:21,344 --> 00:24:24,462
but we feel we
have a responsibility to...
470
00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:25,755
Yeah, John Walcott.
471
00:24:25,756 --> 00:24:27,548
DIXIE} John!
472
00:24:27,549 --> 00:24:28,266
Dixie?
473
00:24:28,267 --> 00:24:29,597
DIXIE} John, can you hear me?
474
00:24:29,598 --> 00:24:30,682
Yeah, yeah, I can hear you.
475
00:24:30,683 --> 00:24:33,143
I got a call from one of
our boys downrange today...
476
00:24:33,144 --> 00:24:35,139
asking me what the fuck's
going on.
477
00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:36,854
Are you still in Afghanistan?
478
00:24:36,855 --> 00:24:37,934
Yeah, I'm in Afghanistan...
479
00:24:37,935 --> 00:24:39,480
but nobody knows what the
mission is anymore.
480
00:24:39,481 --> 00:24:41,229
How do you bomb a country back
into the Stone Age...
481
00:24:41,230 --> 00:24:43,526
that's already in the middle
of the goddamn Stone Age?
482
00:24:43,527 --> 00:24:46,653
Our second goal is to prevent
regimes that sponsor terror...
483
00:24:46,654 --> 00:24:51,280
from threatening America,
or our friends and allies...
484
00:24:51,281 --> 00:24:52,907
with weapons of mass
destruction.
485
00:24:52,908 --> 00:24:56,911
We believe that Afghanistan
is ripe for freedom.
486
00:24:56,912 --> 00:25:00,378
Now, this is a country that has
been struggling to free...
487
00:25:00,379 --> 00:25:03,378
itself from the repressive grip
of the Taliban for years.
488
00:25:03,379 --> 00:25:06,963
We've got bin Laden on the run
and they're diverting my assets.
489
00:25:06,964 --> 00:25:08,762
We may never get him in our
crosshairs again.
490
00:25:08,763 --> 00:25:12,352
Whoa, whoa, wait, they're
diverting your assets to where?
491
00:25:12,386 --> 00:25:14,764
Some of these regimes have been
pretty quiet since...
492
00:25:14,805 --> 00:25:18,275
September the 11th, but we know
their true nature.
493
00:25:18,308 --> 00:25:22,603
You know, it's a country in
desperate need of the kind...
494
00:25:22,604 --> 00:25:25,356
of stability that comes with the
rule of law.
495
00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:29,152
North Korea, Iran, Iraq...
states like these...
496
00:25:29,153 --> 00:25:34,449
and their terrorist allies
constitute an axis of evil...
497
00:25:34,450 --> 00:25:36,790
arming to threaten the
peace of the world.
498
00:25:36,791 --> 00:25:37,874
You'll have to excuse me...
499
00:25:37,875 --> 00:25:41,748
Warren, but I have to prepare
a briefing for Secretary Powell.
500
00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:42,295
Sure.
501
00:25:42,296 --> 00:25:43,708
Anything else you need from me?
502
00:25:43,709 --> 00:25:44,505
No, no, thank you.
503
00:25:44,506 --> 00:25:47,295
I think you've given me
more than enough to chew on.
504
00:25:47,296 --> 00:25:47,920
Excellent.
505
00:25:47,921 --> 00:25:49,514
And you feel confident that
Afghanistan...
506
00:25:49,515 --> 00:25:51,674
will accept a Western-style
democracy?
507
00:25:51,675 --> 00:25:52,346
Oh, absolutely.
508
00:25:52,347 --> 00:25:54,765
Just as confident as
we are about Iraq.
509
00:25:54,766 --> 00:25:58,765
Sounds like the debate on Iraq
is getting serious.
510
00:25:58,766 --> 00:26:01,189
Oh, no, no, no, that debate
is over.
511
00:26:01,190 --> 00:26:05,229
Saddam's got to go,
the only question is how.
512
00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:06,606
Good talking to you, Warren.
513
00:26:06,607 --> 00:26:09,201
Yeah, you, too, sir.
514
00:26:10,319 --> 00:26:11,864
The president
is going to invade Iraq.
515
00:26:11,865 --> 00:26:13,239
NVALCOTU
You got this from Looney Tunes?
516
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,366
Yeah, and confirmed by a
diplomat who says he met...
517
00:26:15,367 --> 00:26:18,537
with Bush, and a foreign leader
recently who came away with...
518
00:26:18,538 --> 00:26:22,100
"The feeling that a decision has
been made to strike Iraq."
519
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,841
Do you think we can get enough
to run the story?
520
00:26:24,842 --> 00:26:27,757
Unfortunately, I do.
521
00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:41,516
So much for the ceasefire.
522
00:26:41,517 --> 00:26:42,814
Yeah, well, really nice of us...
523
00:26:42,815 --> 00:26:46,690
to temporarily stop shooting
at them, though.
524
00:26:56,865 --> 00:26:59,992
♪ I've been bound up
and wound up ♪
525
00:26:59,993 --> 00:27:02,203
♪ Could barely get a sound up ♪
526
00:27:02,204 --> 00:27:03,581
♪ Been cheated mistreated ♪
527
00:27:03,582 --> 00:27:06,707
♪ Don't even want to
think of it ♪
528
00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:08,500
What are you up to, Smucker?
529
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,460
You know, I tried to chat
with your translator today.
530
00:27:12,470 --> 00:27:12,969
Yeah, how'd that go?
531
00:27:12,970 --> 00:27:16,515
Well, for a guy who gets paid
to talk for a living...
532
00:27:16,516 --> 00:27:19,950
he was unusually quiet.
533
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:21,305
He only talks to me.
534
00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:25,170
Really? And what'd he tell you?
535
00:27:25,180 --> 00:27:28,771
Dollar, I'll let you read
all about it.
536
00:27:28,772 --> 00:27:32,400
Let me see it.
537
00:27:32,401 --> 00:27:36,571
Bin Laden's gone, isn't he?
538
00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:39,740
They missed him, didn't they?
539
00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:45,339
He was here and they fucking
missed him!
540
00:27:45,914 --> 00:27:47,712
[REPORTER] A senior U. S.
Military official...
541
00:27:47,713 --> 00:27:50,173
"tells NBC News" Despite the
crushing defeat...
542
00:27:50,174 --> 00:27:51,633
"of A! Qaeda forces
at Tora Bora...
543
00:27:51,634 --> 00:27:54,800
"it's believed now that Osama
bin Laden has slipped...
544
00:27:54,801 --> 00:27:57,802
"across the border into
Pakistan, seeking refuge...
545
00:27:57,803 --> 00:27:59,223
"in a lawless no man's land...
546
00:27:59,224 --> 00:28:02,471
"ruled by renegade tribal
warlords."
547
00:28:02,472 --> 00:28:03,723
Oh, it's official...
548
00:28:03,724 --> 00:28:06,396
this is the saddest event
I've ever attended.
549
00:28:06,397 --> 00:28:09,200
I'm going back to my apartment,
drink a bottle of wine...
550
00:28:09,210 --> 00:28:10,396
and put my head in the oven.
551
00:28:10,397 --> 00:28:11,397
Okay, but before you do that...
552
00:28:11,398 --> 00:28:15,196
I really want you to meet the
guy I was telling you about.
553
00:28:15,197 --> 00:28:16,571
Oh! He just walked in!
554
00:28:16,572 --> 00:28:18,571
Forget the wine, I'll kill
myself now.
555
00:28:18,572 --> 00:28:23,576
No, not him... him.
I'll introduce you.
556
00:28:23,577 --> 00:28:24,624
Pam, please don't.
557
00:28:24,625 --> 00:28:27,121
Warren! Hey! Oh, hi.
558
00:28:27,122 --> 00:28:28,836
Glad you could make it,
come on over.
559
00:28:28,837 --> 00:28:31,961
Warren, this is a
good friend of mine, Lisa Mayr.
560
00:28:31,962 --> 00:28:34,462
Lisa, this is Warren Strobel,
he's a journalist...
561
00:28:34,463 --> 00:28:37,120
and I'm gonna get another drink.
562
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:39,800
Hi, uh, Lisa?
563
00:28:39,801 --> 00:28:41,769
Yeah. Yeah, nice to meet you.
564
00:28:41,770 --> 00:28:43,981
Hi. Uh...
565
00:28:44,306 --> 00:28:46,933
Did you ever make it
into your apartment?
566
00:28:46,934 --> 00:28:51,687
Uh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,
no, no, no, I'm sorry.
567
00:28:51,688 --> 00:28:56,364
Yeah, I made it in okay.
Good. Good.
568
00:28:57,194 --> 00:28:59,278
So, you're a journalist?
569
00:28:59,279 --> 00:29:01,822
Yeah, yeah, for Knight Ridden.
570
00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:04,750
Oh, is that a magazine
or a newspaper'?
571
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:09,413
It's actually a consortium
of 31 newspapers, actually.
572
00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:11,165
Well, my stories go out to all
of our newspapers...
573
00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:14,460
and each one has the option
to publish or not.
574
00:29:14,461 --> 00:29:18,547
Oh, okay. I've always wondered
how that worked.
575
00:29:18,548 --> 00:29:20,391
Yeah.
576
00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:26,472
Hey, I got married when
I was 22.
577
00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:30,393
And we're only recently
separated, so...
578
00:29:30,394 --> 00:29:33,104
This is a little awkward for me.
579
00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:34,230
It's okay.
580
00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:35,904
I'm a little out of practice.
581
00:29:35,905 --> 00:29:40,361
Why don't you start
by asking me a question?
582
00:29:40,362 --> 00:29:43,662
Sure, yeah.
583
00:29:44,491 --> 00:29:47,745
Are you a Republican
or a Democrat?
584
00:29:48,870 --> 00:29:49,870
Try again.
585
00:29:49,871 --> 00:29:53,457
Yeah, of course, she wants you
to call her.
586
00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:54,334
She gave you her card.
587
00:29:54,335 --> 00:29:56,711
No, maybe she's just trying
to gin up business.
588
00:29:56,712 --> 00:29:59,422
At a singles mixer
on Valentine's Day?
589
00:29:59,423 --> 00:30:01,387
What? So, call her? I should
call her?
590
00:30:01,388 --> 00:30:03,259
What? No, no, no,
actually, let her dangle.
591
00:30:03,260 --> 00:30:05,854
There's nothing a woman in her
30s likes more...
592
00:30:05,855 --> 00:30:08,140
than a guy who takes his time.
593
00:30:08,150 --> 00:30:09,267
I'm fine, Arthur, I'm fine.
594
00:30:09,268 --> 00:30:12,310
It's just that I'm getting a
little tired...
595
00:30:12,311 --> 00:30:13,904
of picking up your paper
every morning...
596
00:30:13,905 --> 00:30:16,397
and seeing that you're not
running our stories.
597
00:30:16,398 --> 00:30:17,445
I mean, last time I looked...
598
00:30:17,446 --> 00:30:21,239
The Philadelphia Inquirer was
a Knight Ridder paper, right?
599
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:25,203
The point is, there's no point
in being a Knight Ridder paper..
600
00:30:25,204 --> 00:30:27,494
If you're not going to run
Knight Ridder stories.
601
00:30:27,495 --> 00:30:29,832
John, we've been through
this already.
602
00:30:29,833 --> 00:30:31,800
Your stories don't fit...
603
00:30:31,810 --> 00:30:33,876
in with what we're doing
over here right now.
604
00:30:33,877 --> 00:30:36,252
Don't fit? Don't fit with what?
The truth?
605
00:30:36,253 --> 00:30:37,877
What's the matter, Arthur...
606
00:30:37,878 --> 00:30:39,505
the truth doesn't sell
papers anymore?
607
00:30:39,506 --> 00:30:41,589
[BROKAW] And today, for the
first time...
608
00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:42,715
the administration provided...
609
00:30:42,716 --> 00:30:46,266
details for what I! Has always
insisted was a connection...
610
00:30:46,267 --> 00:30:49,180
between Saddam Hussein
and AI Qaeda.
611
00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:50,181
How strong is that case?
612
00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:52,272
REPORTER} Iraqi president
Saddam Hussein says...
613
00:30:52,273 --> 00:30:55,237
he does not have any illegal
weapons of mass destruction...
614
00:30:55,238 --> 00:30:59,106
and accused the United States
of using weapons...
615
00:30:59,107 --> 00:31:01,150
as a pretext to star! A war.
616
00:31:01,151 --> 00:31:05,488
Mr. Galloway, how closely did
the movie conform to your book?
617
00:31:05,489 --> 00:31:08,914
The movie was about 80% accurate
and 20% bullshit...
618
00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:14,377
which I guess by Hollywood
standards is an accomplishment.
619
00:31:14,664 --> 00:31:17,375
What inspired you to write
the book?
620
00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:19,502
Being shot at by the North
Vietnamese army.
621
00:31:19,503 --> 00:31:21,564
What was the biggest difference
between experiencing...
622
00:31:21,588 --> 00:31:26,384
the Battle of la Drang in person
versus watching it in a theater?
623
00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:29,480
The popcorn in la Drang was
saltier.
624
00:31:30,305 --> 00:31:31,220
Last question.
625
00:31:31,230 --> 00:31:33,104
Can you draw any comparisons
between Vietnam...
626
00:31:33,105 --> 00:31:35,521
and what's happening today
in Afghanistan?
627
00:31:35,522 --> 00:31:38,610
It's very different, but I think
it is appropriate...
628
00:31:38,611 --> 00:31:42,781
that before we start dropping
bombs, we think long and hard...
629
00:31:42,782 --> 00:31:46,362
about the greatest lesson
we got from Vietnam.
630
00:31:46,363 --> 00:31:47,800
Which is?
631
00:31:47,810 --> 00:31:51,867
When the government fucks up,
the soldiers pay the price.
632
00:31:51,868 --> 00:31:54,829
To what do I owe this
unexpected visit?
633
00:31:54,830 --> 00:31:57,170
Well, I was hoping I'd get
an autograph...
634
00:31:57,171 --> 00:31:59,586
from the world's most famous
war correspondent.
635
00:31:59,587 --> 00:32:03,551
I hate this part. Reporters are
not supposed to be the story.
636
00:32:03,552 --> 00:32:07,427
Reporters are not supposed to be
awarded the Bronze Star, either.
637
00:32:07,428 --> 00:32:09,679
How do you like the job
at State?
638
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,305
I love working for General
Powell...
639
00:32:11,306 --> 00:32:13,272
and I hate working
for Uncle Sam.
640
00:32:13,273 --> 00:32:14,765
You miss reporting?
641
00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:16,350
After 42 years, I thought...
642
00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:17,568
I should take some time
away from it.
643
00:32:17,569 --> 00:32:21,234
So, I went to work at the State
Department on September 10th...
644
00:32:21,235 --> 00:32:23,571
and the next day the biggest
story of my life broke.
645
00:32:23,572 --> 00:32:26,700
I'd say there's a little bit
of a tug.
646
00:32:26,710 --> 00:32:30,781
We're working on something
important, that's why I'm here.
647
00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:32,825
To make me envious?
648
00:32:32,826 --> 00:32:34,702
To make you an offer.
649
00:32:34,703 --> 00:32:38,497
HANNSTY} If he gets weapons
of mass destruction, Jerry.
650
00:32:38,498 --> 00:32:40,458
What does that mean
for the world'?
651
00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:42,600
What does that mean
for the Middle East'?
652
00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:44,721
Can you turn it down?
I'm trying to watch the news.
653
00:32:44,722 --> 00:32:47,256
Stop calling it that.
654
00:32:47,257 --> 00:32:49,180
Hey, son.
655
00:32:53,346 --> 00:32:56,980
Adam, what's the matter?
656
00:32:56,990 --> 00:32:59,353
I met with a recruiter.
657
00:33:02,439 --> 00:33:06,285
[HANNITY] A lot of people
are gonna die, Jerry.
658
00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:10,701
You know once you sign up...
659
00:33:10,702 --> 00:33:13,324
there's no changing your mind,
right'?
660
00:33:13,325 --> 00:33:13,826
I know.
661
00:33:13,827 --> 00:33:16,440
What do you know?
You're just a kid.
662
00:33:16,450 --> 00:33:17,870
Whose country was attacked.
663
00:33:17,871 --> 00:33:20,750
Adam, I know you want to do what
you think is right...
664
00:33:20,751 --> 00:33:22,666
but war is not a video game.
665
00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:24,919
You have no idea what
you're getting into.
666
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,720
I know exactly what
I'm getting into.
667
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:33,677
Here.
668
00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:39,308
Show me where Afghanistan
is on this map.
669
00:33:39,309 --> 00:33:40,601
Show me.
670
00:33:40,602 --> 00:33:42,603
They're gonna send you halfway
around the world to fight...
671
00:33:42,604 --> 00:33:45,608
people you didn't even know
existed a year ago.
672
00:33:45,609 --> 00:33:48,156
If you know what you're
getting into...
673
00:33:48,157 --> 00:33:51,987
show me where Afghanistan
is on this map.
674
00:33:51,988 --> 00:33:55,699
Did anyone ever shove a map
in Dad's face...
675
00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:59,204
and ask him to find Vietnam?
676
00:34:04,167 --> 00:34:08,170
CHENEY} We now know that
Saddam has resumed...
677
00:34:08,171 --> 00:34:10,261
his efforts to acquire
nuclear weapons.
678
00:34:10,262 --> 00:34:13,848
Among other sources, we've
gotten this from firsthand...
679
00:34:13,849 --> 00:34:15,130
testimony from defectors.
680
00:34:15,140 --> 00:34:17,851
Many of us are convinced
that Saddam Hussein...
681
00:34:17,852 --> 00:34:20,349
will acquire nuclear weapons
fairly soon.
682
00:34:20,350 --> 00:34:24,687
Simply stated, there is no
doubt that Saddam Hussein...
683
00:34:24,688 --> 00:34:26,315
now has weapons of mass
destruction.
684
00:34:26,316 --> 00:34:29,358
They're dialing up
the rhetoric on Iraq.
685
00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:32,704
Let's see if we can nail
them down, okay?
686
00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:36,532
Twenty bucks, whoever gets
the best quote.
687
00:34:36,533 --> 00:34:39,577
No, no, no, you're such a child.
688
00:34:39,578 --> 00:34:40,666
You're such a pussy.
689
00:34:40,667 --> 00:34:41,707
I'm not taking your money.
690
00:34:41,708 --> 00:34:43,205
You get all bent out of shape
when you lose.
691
00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:44,924
I don't care. I'm just the same
when I win or lose.
692
00:34:44,925 --> 00:34:46,837
I'm not... it's not a bet,
all right, fine.
693
00:34:46,838 --> 00:34:49,336
Warren Strobel for Senator
Biden, please.
694
00:34:49,337 --> 00:34:50,800
Son of a bitch.
695
00:34:50,900 --> 00:34:52,840
Biden told Bush, "There's a
reason your father didn't go..."
696
00:34:52,841 --> 00:34:54,637
"to Baghdad. He knew he would
have to stay..."
697
00:34:54,638 --> 00:34:55,601
"for at least five years."
698
00:34:55,602 --> 00:34:58,143
I got Michael O'Hanlon
at Brookings saying...
699
00:34:58,144 --> 00:35:02,188
"“You definitely cannot
count on it being a cakewalk."
700
00:35:02,517 --> 00:35:04,188
We gotta hit it harder
than that.
701
00:35:04,189 --> 00:35:06,562
All right, well, hang on. I got
an official at the U.N...
702
00:35:06,563 --> 00:35:08,650
that says, "There's widespread
concern..."
703
00:35:08,660 --> 00:35:10,943
"that this will destabilize
the whole Middle East."
704
00:35:10,944 --> 00:35:13,360
Let me see what you have.
705
00:35:13,361 --> 00:35:14,361
Well, wait, I got... I got...
706
00:35:14,362 --> 00:35:17,114
Just give it to me,
give, give, give.
707
00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:18,240
Okay.
708
00:35:18,241 --> 00:35:19,825
All right.
709
00:35:19,826 --> 00:35:24,377
Let's see here... all right.
710
00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:12,200
You guys are smart.
711
00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:13,926
You know what's unfolding here.
712
00:36:13,927 --> 00:36:19,429
Our readers need to know what
we've learned.
713
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:25,170
"In the best case scenario, U.S.
troops could be stuck in Iraq..."
714
00:36:25,180 --> 00:36:28,270
“for years trying to teach the
inner workings of democracy...
715
00:36:28,271 --> 00:36:32,115
"to a nation that has never
known it. In the worst case..."
716
00:36:32,116 --> 00:36:36,402
"scenario, an invasion could
cause Iraq's fractious ethnic..."
717
00:36:36,403 --> 00:36:39,200
"groups to break off into their
own mini-states..."
718
00:36:39,201 --> 00:36:42,326
"trapping American combat forces
in the middle..."
719
00:36:42,327 --> 00:36:46,125
"of a bloody civil war
for decades.“"
720
00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:50,290
Boss man's got balls.
721
00:36:50,291 --> 00:36:52,794
Yeah.
722
00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:25,736
Shit.
723
00:37:26,453 --> 00:37:27,870
Were those for me?
724
00:37:27,871 --> 00:37:30,330
No. Yes.
725
00:37:30,331 --> 00:37:35,430
But I thought it might be
a little, I don't know...
726
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,671
a little too soon to be giving
each other gifts.
727
00:37:37,672 --> 00:37:40,900
It would've been all right.
728
00:37:40,910 --> 01:15:21,547
Okay.
729
00:37:40,638 --> 00:37:42,885
Well, I think they landed
on my car...
730
00:37:42,886 --> 00:37:45,685
so if you want to grab them
on the way to dinner...
731
00:37:45,686 --> 00:37:47,890
maybe we can do that?
732
00:37:47,891 --> 00:37:50,394
Great. Great.
733
00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:55,898
Okay, so what was the most
embarrassing thing...
734
00:37:55,899 --> 00:37:58,243
you did to prepare for tonight?
735
00:38:00,653 --> 00:38:01,779
All right.
736
00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:04,245
I will admit, that to prepare
for tonight...
737
00:38:04,246 --> 00:38:06,538
I did kind of a cram session
on Iraq...
738
00:38:06,539 --> 00:38:10,329
and the history of the Muslim
world.
739
00:38:10,330 --> 00:38:11,497
Really?
740
00:38:11,498 --> 00:38:11,999
YES.
741
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,625
Now I know that 1400 years ago,
after the death of Muhammad...
742
00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:17,216
Muslims fought over who was to
be his rightful heir...
743
00:38:17,217 --> 00:38:19,379
and that caused a split
into two factions...
744
00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:20,380
the Sunnis and the Shiites.
745
00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:21,632
And they've been at war
ever since.
746
00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:23,727
Then, at the end of World War I,
the British and the French...
747
00:38:23,728 --> 00:38:27,160
arbitrarily divided the Arab
world into countries...
748
00:38:27,170 --> 00:38:28,639
putting the Sunni majority
in charge.
749
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:33,352
But the country that became Iraq
is made up of only 20% Sunni.
750
00:38:33,353 --> 00:38:38,273
So, Saddam Hussein, a Sunni,
with an iron fist rules...
751
00:38:38,274 --> 00:38:39,617
the majority Shiite
population...
752
00:38:39,618 --> 00:38:42,863
and the 20% Kurdish population
in northern Iraq.
753
00:38:42,864 --> 00:38:46,116
But if Saddam Hussein were
removed, it could possibly...
754
00:38:46,117 --> 00:38:49,117
reignite that 1400-year-old
sectarian war.
755
00:38:49,118 --> 00:38:50,664
Now, after reading your
stories...
756
00:38:50,665 --> 00:38:54,257
I know that Iran is the top
sponsor of terror, not Iraq.
757
00:38:54,258 --> 00:38:58,210
That a man named Ahmed Chalabi
seems to be a con artist...
758
00:38:58,211 --> 00:38:59,962
who wants to replace
Saddam Hussein.
759
00:38:59,963 --> 00:39:02,422
That the nee-cons in the Bush
Administration...
760
00:39:02,423 --> 00:39:03,423
are pushing for an invasion.
761
00:39:03,424 --> 00:39:07,970
And you are quickly becoming
my favorite writer.
762
00:39:07,971 --> 00:39:10,990
Wow.
763
00:39:13,226 --> 00:39:18,630
Um... I guess it's my turn.
764
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:18,986
Give it to me.
765
00:39:18,987 --> 00:39:21,984
Okay, I will admit that...
766
00:39:21,985 --> 00:39:24,987
This is a little embarrassing.
767
00:39:24,988 --> 00:39:30,659
I asked my ex-wife to watch
my two sons tonight.
768
00:39:30,660 --> 00:39:31,830
Why is that embarrassing?
769
00:39:31,831 --> 00:39:34,251
Because a babysitter would
expect me home...
770
00:39:34,252 --> 00:39:38,333
at the end of the evening and...
771
00:39:38,334 --> 00:39:40,335
Should we get the check?
772
00:39:40,336 --> 00:39:44,530
Tell your boss we're gonna run
it whether he comments or not!
773
00:39:44,540 --> 00:39:47,177
Actually yes, it is a matter
of life and death!
774
00:39:47,178 --> 00:39:51,930
We're talking about going
to fucking war!
775
00:39:51,931 --> 00:39:54,684
Hello?
776
00:39:54,851 --> 00:39:57,811
I'm guessing that was
a no comment?
777
00:39:57,812 --> 00:40:00,314
What are you grinning about?
778
00:40:00,315 --> 00:40:01,362
What? I'm not grinning.
779
00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:04,670
You're grinning.
I'm not grinning.
780
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:05,908
I'm not...
What have you got over there?
781
00:40:05,909 --> 00:40:07,449
Relax! Don't worry about it.
782
00:40:07,450 --> 00:40:08,949
Oh my God, she could
do my taxes.
783
00:40:08,950 --> 00:40:10,916
All right, relax.
( PHONE RINGING )
784
00:40:10,917 --> 00:40:14,630
Strobel, Knight Ridder.
Of course.
785
00:40:17,165 --> 00:40:18,790
Okay.
786
00:40:18,791 --> 00:40:21,840
All right, I'll be right there.
787
00:40:21,850 --> 00:40:24,134
Let's go, this could be
something.
788
00:40:28,301 --> 00:40:29,598
So, how does this work?
789
00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:34,225
Do you ask me questions or do
I just start talking?
790
00:40:34,390 --> 00:40:36,266
Why don't you just begin...
791
00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:37,893
and we'll ask the questions
when we have them.
792
00:40:37,894 --> 00:40:40,484
If it's off the record,
I have to say so, right?
793
00:40:40,485 --> 00:40:42,733
Do you want it to be
off the record?
794
00:40:42,734 --> 00:40:46,985
I want people to know what
I know, but not who I am.
795
00:40:46,986 --> 00:40:48,111
It'll be background.
796
00:40:48,112 --> 00:40:52,830
You'll be referred to
as a U.S. official.
797
00:40:57,747 --> 00:41:01,672
So, whatever you feel
comfortable telling us.
798
00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:07,553
I believe your prediction about
what could and will happen...
799
00:41:07,554 --> 00:41:09,549
if we go to war is spot on.
800
00:41:09,550 --> 00:41:13,110
And we're a lot closer
than you think.
801
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:13,763
How close?
802
00:41:13,764 --> 00:41:17,108
A secret war planning group
with a parallel intelligence...
803
00:41:17,109 --> 00:41:19,768
operation has been set up
to bypass...
804
00:41:19,769 --> 00:41:22,437
the rest of the
intelligence community.
805
00:41:22,438 --> 00:41:23,314
How do you know this?
806
00:41:23,315 --> 00:41:26,274
They meet in the building
where I work.
807
00:41:26,275 --> 00:41:28,276
And which building is that?
808
00:41:28,277 --> 00:41:32,531
The one with the five sides.
809
00:41:32,532 --> 00:41:34,574
But you're not a part
of that unit?
810
00:41:34,575 --> 00:41:35,371
No.
811
00:41:35,372 --> 00:41:36,870
So, how do you know about this?
812
00:41:36,871 --> 00:41:39,246
My desk is across the hall.
813
00:41:39,247 --> 00:41:40,794
What office do you work for?
814
00:41:40,795 --> 00:41:46,253
Near East South Asia division,
but you can't disclose that.
815
00:41:46,254 --> 00:41:47,587
You're an analyst?
816
00:41:47,588 --> 00:41:51,341
Yes... but you can't disclose
that, either.
817
00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:53,889
I'm speaking to you because
I'm an American citizen...
818
00:41:53,890 --> 00:41:56,435
and I don't like what these
people are doing.
819
00:41:56,436 --> 00:42:00,100
Half a dozen men, most of whom
have never served...
820
00:42:00,101 --> 00:42:01,977
in the military are making
decisions...
821
00:42:01,978 --> 00:42:05,522
based on shoddy intelligence,
and those decisions...
822
00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:07,776
will impact our men
and women in uniform.
823
00:42:07,777 --> 00:42:14,948
And as someone who has worn that
uniform, I can't remain silent.
824
00:42:14,949 --> 00:42:20,287
You said shoddy intelligence.
What do you mean by that?
825
00:42:20,288 --> 00:42:23,749
They've designed a process
that doesn't conform...
826
00:42:23,750 --> 00:42:27,753
to any basic tenet
of intelligence gathering.
827
00:42:27,754 --> 00:42:28,471
In what way?
828
00:42:28,472 --> 00:42:30,807
A decision is made,
then the intelligence...
829
00:42:30,808 --> 00:42:34,718
is sought to support
that decision.
830
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:35,686
How do you know this?
831
00:42:35,687 --> 00:42:38,972
They have no interest
in Arabic speakers.
832
00:42:38,973 --> 00:42:41,308
Israelis come in without
passes...
833
00:42:41,309 --> 00:42:44,481
without even being entered
into a security log.
834
00:42:44,482 --> 00:42:47,699
And for years the government has
been funding a group...
835
00:42:47,700 --> 00:42:52,652
of exiled dissidents called the
Iraqi National Congress.
836
00:42:52,653 --> 00:42:54,117
Led by Ahmad Chalabi, we know.
837
00:42:54,118 --> 00:42:57,350
Who they want to install
as the new leader of Iraq.
838
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,502
Yeah, we've been trying to get
a meeting with him.
839
00:42:59,503 --> 00:43:03,890
Do you know who set up
this operation?
840
00:43:06,334 --> 00:43:08,428
Donald Rumsfeld.
841
00:43:08,461 --> 00:43:10,509
Is there any evidence to
indicate that Iraq...
842
00:43:10,546 --> 00:43:15,425
has attempted to or is willing
to supply terrorists...
843
00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:16,973
with weapons of mass
destruction?
844
00:43:16,974 --> 00:43:21,807
The reports that say that
something hasn't happened...
845
00:43:21,808 --> 00:43:25,108
are always interesting to me
because as we know...
846
00:43:25,109 --> 00:43:29,898
there are known knowns, there
are things we know we know.
847
00:43:29,899 --> 00:43:31,989
We also know there are known
unknowns.
848
00:43:31,990 --> 00:43:35,784
That is to say, we know there
are some things we do not know.
849
00:43:35,785 --> 00:43:38,281
But there are also unknown
unknowns.
850
00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:39,829
The one's we don't know
we don't know.
851
00:43:39,830 --> 00:43:42,704
We're working on a theory that
the administration...
852
00:43:42,705 --> 00:43:44,249
has already decided to go
to war...
853
00:43:44,250 --> 00:43:46,712
and is now focused on how
to justify it.
854
00:43:46,713 --> 00:43:47,796
It's not a theory.
855
00:43:47,797 --> 00:43:50,132
We've also been told by a number
of individuals that...
856
00:43:50,133 --> 00:43:53,382
Rumsfeld's the one spearheading
this intelligence gathering.
857
00:43:53,383 --> 00:43:55,928
I wouldn't exactly
call it intelligence gathering.
858
00:43:55,929 --> 00:43:58,530
It's more like
intelligence cherry picking.
859
00:43:58,540 --> 00:43:59,845
And if they don't find
any cherries...
860
00:43:59,846 --> 00:44:01,980
they just grab a piece
of shit...
861
00:44:01,990 --> 00:44:05,147
and they paint it red, and they
stick it in a Shirley Temple.
862
00:44:05,148 --> 00:44:07,811
You seem irritated.
863
00:44:07,812 --> 00:44:10,611
I'm out there looking for
weapons that might not exist...
864
00:44:10,612 --> 00:44:13,525
to justify a war that might
not be wise.
865
00:44:13,526 --> 00:44:18,697
And have you found any evidence
of WMD?
866
00:44:18,698 --> 00:44:19,618
No, sir.
867
00:44:19,619 --> 00:44:21,366
But Saddam is looking to acquire
nukes, right?
868
00:44:21,367 --> 00:44:24,411
Yeah, and I'm trying to fuck
Jennifer Lopez, but I have...
869
00:44:24,412 --> 00:44:26,835
a sinking feeling that neither
of those things is gonna happen.
870
00:44:26,836 --> 00:44:32,627
So, we won't use your identity,
but can we get a quote?
871
00:44:32,628 --> 00:44:33,218
Sure.
872
00:44:33,219 --> 00:44:35,431
Have you found anything to
support the administratiofls...
873
00:44:35,432 --> 00:44:39,597
theory that Saddam is close to
or has acquired nuclear weapons?
874
00:44:39,598 --> 00:44:40,846
We've searched every cave...
875
00:44:40,847 --> 00:44:43,189
and looked up every camel's ass
in Iraq.
876
00:44:43,190 --> 00:44:49,405
So, here's your quote,
"no fucking way."
877
00:44:50,104 --> 00:44:52,323
Might have to clean
that up a bit.
878
00:44:52,324 --> 00:44:54,983
Quite colorful, though.
879
00:44:54,984 --> 00:44:56,486
[LANDAY]
Uh, honey, I think someone...
880
00:44:56,487 --> 00:44:58,236
is stealing our New York Times.
881
00:44:58,237 --> 00:44:59,659
[VLATKA] I canceled it.
882
00:44:59,660 --> 00:45:01,573
Why would you do that?
883
00:45:01,574 --> 00:45:02,866
It's propaganda.
884
00:45:02,867 --> 00:45:03,663
I need that for my work.
885
00:45:03,664 --> 00:45:06,499
It's packaging press releases
from the White House...
886
00:45:06,500 --> 00:45:08,668
the State Department, and the
Pentagon.
887
00:45:08,669 --> 00:45:11,668
Sorry, that's not a real
newspaper.
888
00:45:17,882 --> 00:45:19,758
How was your day?
889
00:45:19,759 --> 00:45:21,974
Warren and I met with some
gentleman...
890
00:45:21,975 --> 00:45:24,596
from the intelligence community
who confirmed that...
891
00:45:24,597 --> 00:45:26,520
there's no real evidence
to support...
892
00:45:26,521 --> 00:45:30,986
the administration's
claim on WMD.
893
00:45:32,647 --> 00:45:34,606
What have I been telling you?
894
00:45:34,607 --> 00:45:40,614
Well, unfortunately, I can't use
your gut as a reliable source.
895
00:45:44,408 --> 00:45:47,410
You know, this is what they do.
They lie.
896
00:45:47,411 --> 00:45:51,541
Yeah, and we try to hold
them accountable.
897
00:45:53,501 --> 00:45:55,797
I hope I'm wrong. I really,
really do.
898
00:45:55,798 --> 00:45:59,343
But the Bush Administration,
they don't care about the truth.
899
00:45:59,344 --> 00:46:01,889
They don't even respond to your
articles.
900
00:46:01,890 --> 00:46:04,761
If they want a war, they're
gonna get one.
901
00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:08,141
And there's nothing that you
or the first amendment...
902
00:46:08,142 --> 00:46:10,563
is gonna do to stop them.
903
00:46:23,531 --> 00:46:26,284
Extra, extra, read all about it.
904
00:46:30,871 --> 00:46:34,838
"Over the past 14 months, Iraq
has tried to buy thousands..."
905
00:46:34,839 --> 00:46:38,338
"of specially design aluminum
tubes, which American..."
906
00:46:38,339 --> 00:46:40,465
"officials believe were intended
as components..."
907
00:46:40,466 --> 00:46:44,634
"of centrifuges to enrich
uranium."
908
00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:46,636
Well, one thing's for sure.
909
00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:48,540
What's that?
910
00:46:48,550 --> 00:46:51,184
We can't both be right.
911
00:46:54,610 --> 00:46:55,437
Who're you calling?
912
00:46:55,438 --> 00:46:56,314
Loose Nukes.
913
00:46:56,315 --> 00:46:58,112
If she wouldn't talk to you
about going into Iraq...
914
00:46:58,113 --> 00:47:00,906
what makes you think she's gonna
go on the record on WMD?
915
00:47:00,907 --> 00:47:05,156
Charm Offensive. Watch and
learn, son.
916
00:47:08,743 --> 00:47:10,837
Landay.
917
00:47:12,496 --> 00:47:15,290
It's Joe Galloway. Wow.
918
00:47:15,291 --> 00:47:17,587
Man even walks like he has
a Bronze Star.
919
00:47:17,588 --> 00:47:19,700
LOOSE NUKES (OVER PHONE) Hello.
920
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:21,671
Oh, hi, yeah, it's Landay.
921
00:47:21,672 --> 00:47:22,594
Hello, Jonathan.
922
00:47:22,595 --> 00:47:27,969
Hi. Crazy weather we're having,
huh?
923
00:47:27,970 --> 00:47:30,143
You're calling me to chat
about the weather'?
924
00:47:30,144 --> 00:47:35,101
No, no, yeah. Actually, I wanted
to ask you about WMD.
925
00:47:35,102 --> 00:47:37,700
It'll be deep, deep background.
926
00:47:37,710 --> 00:47:38,563
Goodbye, Jonathan.
927
00:47:38,564 --> 00:47:40,982
No wait, don't hang up.
928
00:47:40,983 --> 00:47:45,362
That Charm Offensive...
that's formidable.
929
00:47:45,363 --> 00:47:48,823
Listen, we need you here.
930
00:47:48,824 --> 00:47:51,998
You've developed sources over
the years that have access...
931
00:47:51,999 --> 00:47:55,288
that Landay and Strobel
just can't get.
932
00:47:55,289 --> 00:47:56,834
I'll make it easy on you.
933
00:47:56,835 --> 00:47:57,879
I'll give you a column...
934
00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:02,128
and your name doesn't have to
appear on anything else.
935
00:48:02,129 --> 00:48:04,881
Whatever else you want to write
on the side, you can...
936
00:48:04,882 --> 00:48:07,852
and of course, there won't be
any glory, but...
937
00:48:07,853 --> 00:48:10,892
Glory's for young men.
938
00:48:12,723 --> 00:48:14,349
Let me percolate on it.
939
00:48:14,350 --> 00:48:16,768
Let me turn to the issue
of Iraq.
940
00:48:16,769 --> 00:48:19,562
You have said that it poses...
941
00:48:19,563 --> 00:48:22,650
a mortal threat to the
United States.
942
00:48:22,660 --> 00:48:24,567
How? Define "mortal threat."
943
00:48:24,568 --> 00:48:30,323
Well, this“ take some time,
but it's important for us...
944
00:48:30,324 --> 00:48:31,449
as I mentioned earlier...
945
00:48:31,450 --> 00:48:34,916
to remember that the world
has changed, that prior to...
946
00:48:34,917 --> 00:48:36,538
I'd forgotten the world
had changed.
947
00:48:36,539 --> 00:48:38,253
So did I. I'm so happy he
mentioned that.
948
00:48:38,254 --> 00:48:41,966
What, specifically, has he
obtained that you believe...
949
00:48:41,967 --> 00:48:44,676
would enhance his nuclear
development program?
950
00:48:44,677 --> 00:48:46,718
Well, in the nuclear weapons
arena...
951
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:49,217
you've got specifically
aluminum tubes.
952
00:48:49,218 --> 00:48:51,186
There's a story in The New York
Times this morning...
953
00:48:51,187 --> 00:48:54,182
this is and I want to attribute
to The Times.
954
00:48:54,183 --> 00:48:55,895
I don't want to talk about,
obviously...
955
00:48:55,896 --> 00:48:59,191
specific intelligence sources,
but it's now public that...
956
00:48:59,228 --> 00:49:04,200
in fact he has been seeking to
acquire, and we have been...
957
00:49:04,233 --> 00:49:07,444
able to intercept and prevent
him from acquiring...
958
00:49:07,445 --> 00:49:08,797
through this particular
channel. ..
959
00:49:08,821 --> 00:49:11,574
The kinds of tubes that are
necessary...
960
00:49:11,615 --> 00:49:12,491
to build a centrifuge.
961
00:49:12,533 --> 00:49:15,628
And the centrifuge is required
to take {ow-grade uranium...
962
00:49:15,661 --> 00:49:19,205
and enhance it into highly
enriched uranium...
963
00:49:19,206 --> 00:49:22,300
which is what you have to have
in order to build a bomb.
964
00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:24,675
Lucky for him, someone leaked
that to The Times.
965
00:49:24,676 --> 00:49:28,173
Avoids the pesky nuisance
of being arrested...
966
00:49:28,174 --> 00:49:29,391
for revealing classified
information.
967
00:49:29,392 --> 00:49:32,302
One can only wonder how Judy
Miller and Michael Gordon...
968
00:49:32,303 --> 00:49:33,225
got that information.
969
00:49:33,226 --> 00:49:36,181
"Does it bother you, bug you."...
970
00:49:36,182 --> 00:49:39,311
that you have not captured
Osama bin Laden in over a year?
971
00:49:39,312 --> 00:49:46,357
Yd like to see him on
television in handcuffs“...
972
00:49:46,358 --> 00:49:48,776
if I can put it
into those terms.
973
00:49:48,777 --> 00:49:50,720
I think all of us would.
974
00:49:50,730 --> 00:49:53,368
But I don't lay awake at night
concerned about that.
975
00:49:53,369 --> 00:49:56,117
There's one school of thought
that says he's already dead.
976
00:49:56,118 --> 00:49:58,289
We haven't heard anything
of him in many months.
977
00:49:58,290 --> 00:49:59,412
RUSSERH What do you think?
978
00:49:59,413 --> 00:50:00,833
I don't know, I really
don't know.
979
00:50:00,834 --> 00:50:02,126
I can argue it round or flat.
980
00:50:02,127 --> 00:50:05,253
I didn't know we were still
debating the shape of the earth.
981
00:50:05,254 --> 00:50:08,176
I've got sources on both sides.
982
00:50:08,756 --> 00:50:11,966
But the U.S. military would be
enormously effective...
983
00:50:11,967 --> 00:50:12,967
in this circumstance.
984
00:50:12,968 --> 00:50:16,540
And I don't think it would be
that tough a fight.
985
00:50:16,550 --> 00:50:17,807
That is, I don't think there 's
any question...
986
00:50:17,808 --> 00:50:20,855
that we would prevail and we
would achieve our objective.
987
00:50:20,856 --> 00:50:23,394
Landay.
988
00:50:23,395 --> 00:50:25,480
Yeah?
989
00:50:25,481 --> 00:50:28,781
We are right, aren't we?
990
00:50:30,319 --> 00:50:32,993
Everybody, listen up.
991
00:50:36,325 --> 00:50:38,999
We're not NBC.
992
00:50:39,203 --> 00:50:41,287
We're not ABC. We're not CBS.
993
00:50:41,288 --> 00:50:45,418
We're not FOX. We're not CNN.
994
00:50:45,584 --> 00:50:47,669
We're not The New York Times.
995
00:50:47,670 --> 00:50:50,674
We're not The Washington Post.
996
00:50:51,799 --> 00:50:54,518
We are Knight Ridder.
997
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:03,434
We have readers who live in
towns with military bases.
998
00:51:03,435 --> 00:51:06,938
Fort Banning, Fen Bragg,
Fort Jackson...
999
00:51:06,939 --> 00:51:13,319
and over 40 other military bases
throughout this country.
1000
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:18,324
If every other news organization
wants to be stenographers...
1001
00:51:18,325 --> 00:51:22,626
for the Bush administration,
let them.
1002
00:51:23,247 --> 00:51:28,799
We don't write for people who
send other people's kids to war.
1003
00:51:29,461 --> 00:51:35,218
We write for people
whose kids get sent to war.
1004
00:51:36,885 --> 00:51:39,229
So, when the government
says something...
1005
00:51:39,230 --> 00:51:43,210
you only have one question
to ask.
1006
00:51:45,811 --> 00:51:48,314
Is it true?
1007
00:51:53,694 --> 00:51:56,447
I'm through percolating.
1008
00:51:58,782 --> 00:51:59,871
Let's get to work.
1009
00:51:59,872 --> 00:52:02,707
Administration officials spanned
out on the Sunday talk shows...
1010
00:52:02,708 --> 00:52:04,667
to make the case for an invasion
of Iraq.
1011
00:52:04,668 --> 00:52:08,213
Who else is involved in
The Office of Special Planning?
1012
00:52:08,214 --> 00:52:11,169
Wolfowitz, Feith, couple others.
1013
00:52:11,170 --> 00:52:13,548
Instead of listening to people
who have spent their careers...
1014
00:52:13,549 --> 00:52:17,675
evaluating threats, they're
streaming questionable intel...
1015
00:52:17,676 --> 00:52:19,969
from unreliable sources and
taking it...
1016
00:52:19,970 --> 00:52:21,620
directly to the White House.
1017
00:52:21,630 --> 00:52:23,308
George Tenet, Director
of Central Intelligence...
1018
00:52:23,309 --> 00:52:26,229
told Senators, he could not
rule out cooperation...
1019
00:52:26,230 --> 00:52:28,729
between Osama bin Laden
and A! Qaeda.
1020
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:32,192
I've seen the specs on those
aluminum tubes.
1021
00:52:32,193 --> 00:52:35,260
They're too small to be used
for enriching uranium.
1022
00:52:35,270 --> 00:52:35,869
What does that mean?
1023
00:52:35,870 --> 00:52:37,445
They can't be used
for a nuclear bomb.
1024
00:52:37,446 --> 00:52:39,197
[REPORTER] The President
of the United States...
1025
00:52:39,198 --> 00:52:41,244
said we're not going to permit
nations to develop...
1026
00:52:41,245 --> 00:52:42,367
weapons of mass destruction...
1027
00:52:42,368 --> 00:52:44,494
as they're gonna supply those
weapons to a network...
1028
00:52:44,495 --> 00:52:46,371
of terrorism that could attack
the United States.
1029
00:52:46,372 --> 00:52:49,820
Cheney is trying to shut
out Powell.
1030
00:52:49,830 --> 00:52:50,958
Where'd you get this stuff?
1031
00:52:50,959 --> 00:52:51,710
Old friend.
1032
00:52:51,711 --> 00:52:53,802
REPORTER} We're starting to
see a consensus from within...
1033
00:52:53,803 --> 00:52:55,888
the administration for the
removal of Saddam Hussein.
1034
00:52:55,889 --> 00:52:57,632
COMMENTATOR} The
administration has pointed...
1035
00:52:57,633 --> 00:53:00,599
to a secret meeting in Prague
between Iraqi intelligence...
1036
00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:02,140
and 9/11 hijacker, Mohamed Atta.
1037
00:53:02,150 --> 00:53:04,185
Bush administration is pressing
the United Nations...
1038
00:53:04,186 --> 00:53:06,766
Security Council for
a resolution...
1039
00:53:06,767 --> 00:53:07,809
to put pressure on Iraq.
1040
00:53:07,810 --> 00:53:09,733
President Bush will address
the United Nations today...
1041
00:53:09,734 --> 00:53:13,260
in hopes of putting together
a multi-national coalition...
1042
00:53:13,270 --> 00:53:14,112
to disarm Saddam Hussein.
1043
00:53:14,113 --> 00:53:16,948
The White House is lobbying
Congress to authorize...
1044
00:53:16,949 --> 00:53:18,446
the use of force in Iraq.
1045
00:53:18,447 --> 00:53:21,160
The minute these guys get
their hands on anything...
1046
00:53:21,161 --> 00:53:22,407
remotely resembling evidence...
1047
00:53:22,408 --> 00:53:24,122
they leak it to
The New York Times.
1048
00:53:24,123 --> 00:53:26,860
Now, I understand the position
you're in...
1049
00:53:26,870 --> 00:53:28,788
but please don't hang up on me.
1050
00:53:28,789 --> 00:53:29,881
[LOOSE NUKES] Okay.
1051
00:53:29,882 --> 00:53:33,292
Okay, the vice president
of the United States...
1052
00:53:33,293 --> 00:53:36,671
went to the V.F.W. and said that
Saddam Hussein...
1053
00:53:36,672 --> 00:53:40,510
is on the threshold of
developing a nuclear weapon.
1054
00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:42,885
Then he goes on national
television...
1055
00:53:42,886 --> 00:53:44,387
and says the same thing.
1056
00:53:44,388 --> 00:53:47,598
Your question?
1057
00:53:47,599 --> 00:53:50,590
Ask the question.
1058
00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:53,640
What I want to know is,
is Dick Cheney ignoring...
1059
00:53:53,650 --> 00:53:56,330
good intelligence that
contradicts his assumptions...
1060
00:53:56,340 --> 00:54:00,361
or is he just getting bad
intelligence?
1061
00:54:00,362 --> 00:54:04,788
The vice president is lying.
1062
00:54:06,118 --> 00:54:07,711
Thank you, thank you so much.
1063
00:54:07,712 --> 00:54:10,621
What? What, what, what?
What'd she say?
1064
00:54:10,622 --> 00:54:11,789
He's lying.
1065
00:54:11,790 --> 00:54:13,791
He's lying. Cheney is lying.
1066
00:54:13,792 --> 00:54:15,920
Cheney's lying! Cheney's lying!
1067
00:54:15,921 --> 00:54:19,130
He's lying! John! He's lying!
1068
00:54:19,131 --> 00:54:20,965
John!
1069
00:54:20,966 --> 00:54:22,305
Where the hell is he?
1070
00:54:22,306 --> 00:54:23,473
Here we go. Here we go.
1071
00:54:23,474 --> 00:54:25,845
He's lying-He's lYi"9-
1072
00:54:25,846 --> 00:54:27,638
Cheney's lYi"9-
1073
00:54:27,639 --> 00:54:29,474
Where did this come from?
1074
00:54:29,475 --> 00:54:31,142
Loose Nukes.
1075
00:54:31,143 --> 00:54:31,689
Okay.
1076
00:54:31,690 --> 00:54:34,187
Now, we know what's being talk
about, we got to get inside...
1077
00:54:34,188 --> 00:54:38,274
those meetings and find out if
there's a dissenting opinion.
1078
00:54:38,275 --> 00:54:40,109
I may have a 911V-
1079
00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:41,569
Anybody we know?
1080
00:54:41,570 --> 00:54:43,743
The Usual Suspect.
1081
00:54:53,540 --> 00:54:55,634
You didn't want to do
this in a parking garage?
1082
00:54:55,667 --> 00:54:58,716
If there was one that sewed
Pad Thai, I would.
1083
00:54:58,717 --> 00:55:00,797
How's civilian life?
1084
00:55:00,798 --> 00:55:03,674
My retirement lasted about
four hours.
1085
00:55:03,675 --> 00:55:04,694
You're with Knight Ridder?
1086
00:55:04,718 --> 00:55:08,630
I don't even have a desk yet.
How the hell do you know that?
1087
00:55:08,960 --> 01:50:17,727
I have my ways.
1088
00:55:08,768 --> 00:55:11,608
You been following what we're
doing over there?
1089
00:55:11,609 --> 00:55:12,977
Yes, I have.
1090
00:55:13,180 --> 00:55:13,519
And?
1091
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:15,362
You two may be singlehandedly
saving...
1092
00:55:15,363 --> 00:55:17,897
the Fourth Estate from
extinction.
1093
00:55:17,898 --> 00:55:21,152
Mainstream media hasn't picked
up a thing we been running.
1094
00:55:21,153 --> 00:55:23,740
Should be all the confirmation
you need...
1095
00:55:23,750 --> 00:55:25,289
that you're onto something.
1096
00:55:27,533 --> 00:55:29,617
What can I do for you?
1097
00:55:29,618 --> 00:55:32,370
We need some help with the
higher ups.
1098
00:55:32,371 --> 00:55:33,167
How high?
1099
00:55:33,168 --> 00:55:34,413
High as you can get us.
1100
00:55:34,414 --> 00:55:35,757
You've been around a long time,
Joe.
1101
00:55:35,758 --> 00:55:38,292
I doubt there's anything there
that'll surprise you.
1102
00:55:38,293 --> 00:55:40,910
I was married one time
to a woman who thought...
1103
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:42,181
New Hampshire was the capital
of Massachusetts.
1104
00:55:42,182 --> 00:55:45,842
There's always something you
don't see coming.
1105
00:55:45,843 --> 00:55:48,511
What do you want to know?
1106
00:55:48,512 --> 00:55:51,937
Everything the administration
doesn't want us to know.
1107
00:55:51,938 --> 00:55:56,529
You and I are going to be eating
a lot of Pad Thai.
1108
00:56:00,482 --> 00:56:02,441
What kind of time frame
are we looking at?
1109
00:56:02,442 --> 00:56:03,818
Next month, Congress
is scheduled to vote...
1110
00:56:03,819 --> 00:56:05,570
on whether or not to give
the president...
1111
00:56:05,571 --> 00:56:07,321
the authorization to go to war.
1112
00:56:07,322 --> 00:56:08,198
Are the votes there?
1113
00:56:08,199 --> 00:56:09,323
The administration thinks so.
1114
00:56:09,324 --> 00:56:15,246
Mr. President, 38 years ago,
I, Robert C. Byrd...
1115
00:56:15,247 --> 00:56:18,207
voted on the Tonkin Gulf
Resolution.
1116
00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:22,545
The resolution that authorized
the president to use military...
1117
00:56:22,546 --> 00:56:23,889
force to repel armed attacks...
1118
00:56:23,890 --> 00:56:28,134
and to prevent further communist
aggression in Southeast Asia.
1119
00:56:28,135 --> 00:56:32,600
Ajoint resolution to authorize
the use of United States...
1120
00:56:32,610 --> 00:56:35,892
armed forces against Iraq should
be brought to a close.
1121
00:56:35,893 --> 00:56:38,352
The clerk will call the roll.
1122
00:56:38,353 --> 00:56:40,646
CLERK} Mr. Biden, aye.
1123
00:56:40,647 --> 00:56:41,898
Mrs. Clinton, aye.
1124
00:56:41,899 --> 00:56:44,493
It was this resolution that
provided the basis...
1125
00:56:44,494 --> 00:56:48,988
for American involvement
in the war in Vietnam.
1126
00:56:48,989 --> 00:56:51,282
Mr. Kerry, aye.
1127
00:56:51,283 --> 00:56:53,701
Mr. Lieberman, aye.
1128
00:56:53,702 --> 00:56:55,369
Mr. Lott, aye.
1129
00:56:55,370 --> 00:56:56,917
It was this resolution...
1130
00:56:56,918 --> 00:57:02,501
that lead to the deaths
of 58,000 Americans.
1131
00:57:02,502 --> 00:57:04,837
Mr. McCain, aye.
1132
00:57:04,838 --> 00:57:06,130
Mr. McConnell, aye.
1133
00:57:06,131 --> 00:57:11,636
After all that carnage, we began
to learn that in voting...
1134
00:57:11,637 --> 00:57:13,685
for the Tonkin Gulf
resolution...
1135
00:57:13,686 --> 00:57:17,183
we were basing our votes
on bad information.
1136
00:57:17,184 --> 00:57:19,685
And history is repeating itself.
1137
00:57:19,686 --> 00:57:21,103
Mr. Santorum, aye.
1138
00:57:21,104 --> 00:57:24,774
I urge senators to go down
on the Capital Mall...
1139
00:57:24,775 --> 00:57:26,948
and look at the Vietnam
Memorial.
1140
00:57:26,949 --> 00:57:30,780
Nearly every day, you will find
someone at that wall...
1141
00:57:30,781 --> 00:57:32,907
weeping for a loved one.
1142
00:57:32,908 --> 00:57:34,283
Mr. Sessions, aye.
1143
00:57:34,284 --> 00:57:37,662
I will always remember the words
of Senator Wayne Morse.
1144
00:57:37,663 --> 00:57:39,330
Mr. Specter, aye.
1145
00:57:39,331 --> 00:57:41,800
He stated, "The resolution will
pass and senators..."
1146
00:57:41,801 --> 00:57:45,200
"who vote for it will live
to regret it."
1147
00:57:45,300 --> 00:57:47,964
We got K-10, we got Dixie,
we don't need another source.
1148
00:57:47,965 --> 00:57:48,841
You know we got this.
1149
00:57:48,842 --> 00:57:51,175
Look, when you're accusing the
secretary of defense...
1150
00:57:51,176 --> 00:57:52,598
of running a shadow
intelligence unit...
1151
00:57:52,599 --> 00:57:55,814
out of the Pentagon, it's nice
to have a little insurance.
1152
00:57:55,815 --> 00:57:58,309
That's all I'm saying.
1153
00:58:00,519 --> 00:58:03,860
All right, let's share it
with the rest of the class.
1154
00:58:03,861 --> 00:58:04,902
You want to tell them?
1155
00:58:04,903 --> 00:58:09,402
Earlier today, I was summoned
to the Pentagon.
1156
00:58:09,403 --> 00:58:09,904
BY Whom?
1157
00:58:09,905 --> 00:58:13,320
Rumsfeld, OI' Limp Dick
sent a message saying...
1158
00:58:13,330 --> 00:58:14,907
"All your sources are retired
generals."
1159
00:58:14,908 --> 00:58:16,706
And I said, "All due respect,
sir..."
1160
00:58:16,707 --> 00:58:19,495
"80% of my sources are
active military."
1161
00:58:19,496 --> 00:58:21,122
"Some of them are working
in this building..."
1162
00:58:21,123 --> 00:58:23,296
"and some of them are actually
working on your staff."
1163
00:58:23,297 --> 00:58:26,589
"And hell, one or two of them
might even be in this room."
1164
00:58:26,590 --> 00:58:28,587
Did you actually have sources
in the room'?
1165
00:58:28,588 --> 00:58:33,264
No, but it was fun watching him
sweat like whores in church.
1166
00:58:34,344 --> 00:58:36,971
How close are we to getting
something we can run with
1167
00:58:36,972 --> 00:58:38,639
on the Office of Special Plans?
1168
00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:39,516
Well, we already got...
1169
00:58:39,517 --> 00:58:42,356
No, we're just gonna check
with a couple more sources.
1170
00:58:42,357 --> 00:58:44,773
What's wrong with the sources
you have?
1171
00:58:44,774 --> 00:58:46,736
Well, we just want to be
certain.
1172
00:58:46,737 --> 00:58:50,157
You know, you sit on a story
like this, the darn bursts.
1173
00:58:50,158 --> 00:58:53,156
Let's just move on this,
okay, boys?
1174
00:58:56,158 --> 00:58:57,535
When are you gonna be finished?
1175
00:58:57,536 --> 00:59:02,461
Just a few more minutes, baby.
1176
00:59:03,707 --> 00:59:08,440
I can't sleep with the computer
light on.
1177
00:59:08,450 --> 00:59:11,424
Actually, I'm done.
1178
00:59:14,885 --> 00:59:17,636
So, what are you working on?
1179
00:59:17,637 --> 00:59:20,516
Rumsfeld has a secret Intel
group that's going...
1180
00:59:20,517 --> 00:59:26,943
around the CIA to manufacture
a case for war.
1181
00:59:30,734 --> 00:59:33,235
What the fuck, Jonathan?
1182
00:59:33,236 --> 00:59:34,320
What?
1183
00:59:34,330 --> 00:59:37,249
Have you been talking about this
on the phone?
1184
00:59:38,950 --> 00:59:40,326
Yeah, of course.
1185
00:59:40,327 --> 00:59:42,705
So, what?
1186
00:59:44,414 --> 00:59:47,917
They will hear you. Vlatka.
1187
00:59:47,918 --> 00:59:51,504
You're writing about infighting
between spy agencies.
1188
00:59:51,505 --> 00:59:52,510
$0?
1189
00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:54,930
They're spy agencies, Jonathan.
1190
00:59:54,940 --> 00:59:57,220
They listen to your calls,
they read your emails.
1191
00:59:57,221 --> 00:59:59,267
They probably bugged this house.
1192
00:59:59,268 --> 01:00:01,263
You're being paranoid.
1193
01:00:01,264 --> 01:00:02,186
You're being naive.
1194
01:00:02,187 --> 01:00:06,600
This isn't Yugoslavia,
this is America.
1195
01:00:06,610 --> 01:00:08,229
America has changed.
1196
01:00:08,230 --> 01:00:09,277
War is big business for them.
1197
01:00:09,278 --> 01:00:11,866
You get in their way,
they're gonna kill you.
1198
01:00:11,867 --> 01:00:17,113
Honey, you are being ridiculous.
All right? Come on.
1199
01:00:17,114 --> 01:00:19,949
Don't you get it?
1200
01:00:19,950 --> 01:00:23,327
You know what these people
are capable of'?
1201
01:00:23,328 --> 01:00:26,205
You have a family!
1202
01:00:26,206 --> 01:00:30,302
Vlatka. Vlatka!
1203
01:00:33,421 --> 01:00:38,592
Oh, somebody's struggling.
What's the matter'?
1204
01:00:38,593 --> 01:00:42,304
Oh, Vlatka kept me up all night.
1205
01:00:42,305 --> 01:00:42,931
All right!
1206
01:00:42,932 --> 01:00:47,685
No, not that like that. It was
conspiracy theories.
1207
01:00:47,686 --> 01:00:48,357
About what?
1208
01:00:48,358 --> 01:00:52,231
Oh... she thinks the government
is monitoring us.
1209
01:00:52,232 --> 01:00:56,328
I mean, it's ridiculous.
1210
01:00:57,821 --> 01:00:59,915
Check your email.
1211
01:01:11,209 --> 01:01:13,210
John, you got to see this.
1212
01:01:13,211 --> 01:01:14,463
Oh, hold on a second.
1213
01:01:14,464 --> 01:01:19,514
Arthur, I really don't want to
have this conversation again.
1214
01:01:20,969 --> 01:01:24,974
He hung up. What is it?
1215
01:01:31,646 --> 01:01:33,648
What do we do?
1216
01:01:51,820 --> 01:01:53,334
You're such a wuss.
You're a wuss.
1217
01:01:53,335 --> 01:01:54,674
You're a much bigger wuss.
1218
01:01:54,675 --> 01:01:56,884
Shut up, will you stop it,
you're being a child.
1219
01:01:56,885 --> 01:01:58,219
You're being a... Shut up!
1220
01:01:58,220 --> 01:02:01,219
REPORTER} Today's UN Security
Council resolution
1221
01:02:01,220 --> 01:02:05,179
can be boiled down to four
words, the clock is ticking.
1222
01:02:05,180 --> 01:02:09,433
Iraq's only alternative to full
compliance, President Bush...
1223
01:02:09,434 --> 01:02:12,356
made clear today, is
of military confrontation.
1224
01:02:12,357 --> 01:02:16,277
[BUSH] The full disarmament of
weapons of mass destruction...
1225
01:02:16,278 --> 01:02:17,321
by Iraq will occur.
1226
01:02:17,322 --> 01:02:24,496
The only question for the Iraqi
regime is to decide how.
1227
01:02:35,710 --> 01:02:37,211
Son of a bitch.
1228
01:02:37,212 --> 01:02:37,838
They beat us.
1229
01:02:37,839 --> 01:02:40,259
But they missed the whole point
of why the unit was set up.
1230
01:02:40,260 --> 01:02:42,424
It doesn't matter, they got
the scoop.
1231
01:02:42,425 --> 01:02:43,510
With what?
1232
01:02:43,520 --> 01:02:45,970
There's nothing about
cherry picking intelligence.
1233
01:02:45,980 --> 01:02:47,974
There's nothing about bypassing
other agencies.
1234
01:02:47,975 --> 01:02:49,560
We can still run ours.
1235
01:02:49,570 --> 01:02:50,354
John, no one's gonna pay
attention...
1236
01:02:50,355 --> 01:02:53,852
to a second story explaining
all that.
1237
01:02:53,853 --> 01:02:54,729
We had it.
1238
01:02:54,730 --> 01:02:57,106
Goddamn it, Walcotfs gonna be
pissed.
1239
01:02:57,107 --> 01:03:00,327
Maybe he hadn't seen it yet.
1240
01:03:12,372 --> 01:03:15,467
How is it possible he hasn't
talked to us all day?
1241
01:03:15,468 --> 01:03:19,338
He's giving us the silent
treatment.
1242
01:03:21,631 --> 01:03:23,757
Oh, shit, here he comes.
1243
01:03:23,758 --> 01:03:26,557
Oh, Jesus.
1244
01:03:31,182 --> 01:03:33,856
You had the story.
1245
01:03:34,144 --> 01:03:37,569
Don't ever forget how
it feels to get beat.
1246
01:03:40,692 --> 01:03:42,988
The only information Congress
is getting...
1247
01:03:42,989 --> 01:03:45,760
is coming directly from the
administration.
1248
01:03:45,770 --> 01:03:47,906
Iraq is a huge country about
the size of France...
1249
01:03:47,907 --> 01:03:50,126
if they want to hide their
weapons of mass destruction...
1250
01:03:50,127 --> 01:03:51,620
they're going to be able
to do so.
1251
01:03:51,621 --> 01:03:54,335
They're not going to rethink
their positions...
1252
01:03:54,336 --> 01:03:56,459
unless they are provided
with independent intel.
1253
01:03:56,460 --> 01:03:59,553
No one who's supported the
authorization for war...
1254
01:03:59,554 --> 01:04:03,470
in Congress, in Iraq, not the
president...
1255
01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:06,890
I am sure would go to war just
because he wants to go to war.
1256
01:04:06,891 --> 01:04:10,389
Rumsfeld's been trying to sell
this idea that an Iraqi...
1257
01:04:10,390 --> 01:04:15,642
intelligence officer offered
bin Laden safe haven in '99.
1258
01:04:15,643 --> 01:04:16,189
Yeah.
1259
01:04:16,190 --> 01:04:18,439
Well, if that offer actually
had happened...
1260
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:21,815
bin Laden would have told Saddam
to go fuck himself.
1261
01:04:21,816 --> 01:04:23,489
What do you make of the
statement made...
1262
01:04:23,490 --> 01:04:26,204
by the Iraqi government that
Iraq has no weapons...
1263
01:04:26,205 --> 01:04:29,239
of mass destruction
and is not developing?
1264
01:04:29,240 --> 01:04:31,663
They're lying-
1265
01:04:33,360 --> 01:04:34,203
Next.
1266
01:04:34,204 --> 01:04:35,292
Your daughter is lovely.
1267
01:04:35,293 --> 01:04:37,252
Well, I wish I could take
credit.
1268
01:04:37,253 --> 01:04:38,712
She gets it from her mother.
1269
01:04:38,713 --> 01:04:39,878
Dad, can I get you anything?
1270
01:04:39,879 --> 01:04:41,844
Oh, no, thanks, sweetie.
Mr. Strobel?
1271
01:04:41,845 --> 01:04:44,555
I'm fine. All right.
1272
01:04:47,920 --> 02:09:35,808
Just real casual.
1273
01:04:47,889 --> 01:04:50,594
Tom and I were just talking
about your latest article.
1274
01:04:50,595 --> 01:04:51,221
0h. Yeah?
1275
01:04:51,222 --> 01:04:52,723
Seems like you don't trust
politicians.
1276
01:04:52,724 --> 01:04:56,160
Well, that's a pretty solid
rule ofjournalism.
1277
01:04:56,170 --> 01:04:58,232
Even when they're talking
about war?
1278
01:04:58,233 --> 01:05:00,447
Especially when they're talking
about war.
1279
01:05:00,448 --> 01:05:02,940
You really believe there's
no WMD?
1280
01:05:02,941 --> 01:05:04,568
Our names are on the article.
1281
01:05:04,569 --> 01:05:06,777
They don't say that
there's no WMD.
1282
01:05:06,778 --> 01:05:08,323
They just said that the
administration...
1283
01:05:08,324 --> 01:05:09,446
hasn't offered any proof of WMD.
1284
01:05:09,447 --> 01:05:12,324
And you don't think
they'll find any?
1285
01:05:12,325 --> 01:05:15,119
No, I don't.
1286
01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:16,453
You don't know that.
1287
01:05:16,454 --> 01:05:17,250
No, we don't.
1288
01:05:17,251 --> 01:05:19,748
But before we send our kids
to their possible deaths...
1289
01:05:19,749 --> 01:05:21,215
don't you think the
administration...
1290
01:05:21,216 --> 01:05:23,177
has an obligation to provide
proof of their rationale?
1291
01:05:23,178 --> 01:05:26,422
What if that proof comes in the
form of a mushroom cloud?
1292
01:05:26,423 --> 01:05:29,466
Okay, you've been watching
Fox News again?
1293
01:05:29,467 --> 01:05:32,683
Rice, Cheney, and President Bush
have all said the same thing.
1294
01:05:32,684 --> 01:05:34,350
Oh, well, then it must be true.
1295
01:05:34,351 --> 01:05:36,311
You kids are too young
to remember...
1296
01:05:36,312 --> 01:05:38,600
how close we came to nuclear war
in '62.
1297
01:05:38,601 --> 01:05:40,319
Hell, Warren, you were born
the very day...
1298
01:05:40,320 --> 01:05:43,483
President Kennedy ordered the
blockade against Cuba.
1299
01:05:43,484 --> 01:05:47,202
The most powerful enemy we knew
was gonna put nuclear weapons...
1300
01:05:47,203 --> 01:05:48,861
90 miles off our coast.
1301
01:05:48,862 --> 01:05:50,159
The president had to demonstrate
strength.
1302
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:54,575
And the next day, Kennedy sent
Adlai Stevenson to the U.N...
1303
01:05:54,576 --> 01:05:57,830
to offer proof that the missiles
existed.
1304
01:05:58,288 --> 01:05:59,210
It's not just Fox News.
1305
01:05:59,211 --> 01:06:02,791
It's the Washington Post.
It's The New York Times.
1306
01:06:02,792 --> 01:06:06,217
Hell, proof is coming from every
major media outlet...
1307
01:06:06,218 --> 01:06:10,120
in the country, except yours.
1308
01:06:11,900 --> 02:12:23,535
Okay.
1309
01:06:11,636 --> 01:06:18,643
Uh, I think I forgot the
hamburger buns, excuse me.
1310
01:06:19,350 --> 01:06:23,710
I'm going to grab a beer.
1311
01:06:25,230 --> 01:06:27,276
Jesus, Dad.
1312
01:06:37,785 --> 01:06:39,286
Are you okay, bro?
1313
01:06:39,287 --> 01:06:41,210
Yeah.
1314
01:06:42,457 --> 01:06:45,876
Are we good reporters?
1315
01:06:45,877 --> 01:06:46,548
What?
1316
01:06:46,549 --> 01:06:49,138
I mean, are we doing anything...
1317
01:06:49,172 --> 01:06:50,594
other than practicing good
journalism?
1318
01:06:50,595 --> 01:06:52,934
No, we're doing exactly what
we're supposed...
1319
01:06:52,935 --> 01:06:55,802
Then, why the fuck are we
the only ones...
1320
01:06:55,803 --> 01:06:58,898
running these fucking stories?!
1321
01:07:05,438 --> 01:07:07,907
He just wanted you to see
all sides to him...
1322
01:07:07,941 --> 01:07:10,740
before you take it to the
next level.
1323
01:07:14,697 --> 01:07:16,573
Almost three months ago,
the United Nations...
1324
01:07:16,574 --> 01:07:19,201
Security Council gave
Saddam Hussein...
1325
01:07:19,202 --> 01:07:21,995
his final chance to disarm.
1326
01:07:21,996 --> 01:07:23,541
Our intelligence officials
estimate...
1327
01:07:23,542 --> 01:07:25,292
that Saddam Hussein had the
materials to produce...
1328
01:07:25,293 --> 01:07:28,257
What's the point of having
U.N. weapons inspections...
1329
01:07:28,258 --> 01:07:30,847
if Bush and Cheney are just
going to ignore the results?
1330
01:07:30,848 --> 01:07:34,132
Well, when you're creating
your own reality...
1331
01:07:34,133 --> 01:07:35,973
it's pretty easy to ignore
the facts.
1332
01:07:35,974 --> 01:07:38,518
And so what? Due diligence is
too inconvenient...
1333
01:07:38,519 --> 01:07:41,306
for the mainstream media
at this point?
1334
01:07:41,307 --> 01:07:43,392
When news is a profit center...
1335
01:07:43,393 --> 01:07:45,435
Access becomes currency.
1336
01:07:45,436 --> 01:07:46,983
Exactly.
1337
01:07:47,814 --> 01:07:49,565
I'm proud of you, John.
1338
01:07:49,566 --> 01:07:50,362
Why?
1339
01:07:50,363 --> 01:07:53,902
For not wavering.
1340
01:07:53,903 --> 01:07:55,362
It's got to be tough.
1341
01:07:55,363 --> 01:07:56,330
It's not that tough.
1342
01:07:56,331 --> 01:08:01,702
I know who their sources are and
I know who our sources are.
1343
01:08:01,703 --> 01:08:05,300
"Iraqi Dissidents Reassured
in a Talk with Bush..."
1344
01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:07,457
"About the Post-Hussein Era."
1345
01:08:07,458 --> 01:08:08,254
By Judith Miller.
1346
01:08:08,255 --> 01:08:10,923
She'd quote a carnival
fortune teller...
1347
01:08:10,924 --> 01:08:13,422
if he was willing to say
Iraq had WMD.
1348
01:08:13,423 --> 01:08:16,258
We gotta dig into the
declassified
1349
01:08:16,259 --> 01:08:17,556
national intelligence
estimate...
1350
01:08:17,557 --> 01:08:20,846
and find out if there are any
gems in there.
1351
01:08:20,847 --> 01:08:21,767
Yeah, I'd love to see...
1352
01:08:21,768 --> 01:08:23,640
what they redacted from the
classified version.
1353
01:08:23,641 --> 01:08:25,892
[WALCOTF] Oh, what's going
on with Chalabi?
1354
01:08:25,893 --> 01:08:26,689
We're on it.
1355
01:08:26,690 --> 01:08:28,400
I'm gonna keep an eye
on my old boss.
1356
01:08:28,401 --> 01:08:29,521
I got a feeling. Yeah...
1357
01:08:29,522 --> 01:08:34,670
Colin may be the last person
standing between peace and war.
1358
01:08:34,680 --> 01:08:36,366
Yeah.
1359
01:08:44,287 --> 01:08:46,665
Goddamn it!
1360
01:08:51,878 --> 01:08:53,596
Fuck!
1361
01:08:57,717 --> 01:08:59,968
[ARTHUR] Angela, did the mayor
set a date...
1362
01:08:59,969 --> 01:09:00,845
for the fundraiser yet?
1363
01:09:00,846 --> 01:09:03,639
Hey, Arthur, I was totally
wrong.
1364
01:09:03,640 --> 01:09:06,433
Your head isn't literally
up your ass.
1365
01:09:06,434 --> 01:09:09,394
It's always a pleasure to see
you, John...
1366
01:09:09,395 --> 01:09:11,610
but would you please wait
outside?
1367
01:09:11,611 --> 01:09:14,196
You know, it's bad enough you're
ignoring all our work...
1368
01:09:14,197 --> 01:09:16,820
but the fact that you're running
these bullshit...
1369
01:09:16,821 --> 01:09:20,405
Judy Miller pieces is
unconscionable.
1370
01:09:20,406 --> 01:09:21,703
Not in here, John. Okay, please?
1371
01:09:21,704 --> 01:09:25,827
Let's take it in my office.
Excuse me.
1372
01:09:25,828 --> 01:09:26,953
Jesus.
1373
01:09:26,954 --> 01:09:29,873
Look, as painful as this
might seem...
1374
01:09:29,874 --> 01:09:30,966
I don't answer to you, John.
1375
01:09:30,967 --> 01:09:33,505
Yes, as evidenced by the fact
that you still have a job.
1376
01:09:33,506 --> 01:09:35,754
You know what, my responsibility
is to my readers.
1377
01:09:35,755 --> 01:09:37,980
They're citizens who are
patriots...
1378
01:09:37,990 --> 01:09:39,468
they're citizens who support
our troops.
1379
01:09:39,469 --> 01:09:41,265
And how do you do that, Arthur?
1380
01:09:41,266 --> 01:09:43,970
By going down on
The New York Times?
1381
01:09:43,971 --> 01:09:46,140
I don't have time for this.
1382
01:09:46,150 --> 01:09:47,557
No, you don't have time.
1383
01:09:47,558 --> 01:09:48,558
You don't have time.
1384
01:09:48,559 --> 01:09:50,600
You know, one day,
The New York Times...
1385
01:09:50,610 --> 01:09:51,563
is going to apologize
to its readers.
1386
01:09:51,564 --> 01:09:55,567
And when that day comes, are you
gonna write your own apology?
1387
01:09:55,568 --> 01:09:58,527
Or are you just going to run
theirs?
1388
01:09:58,528 --> 01:10:01,202
Have a nice day, John.
1389
01:10:02,310 --> 01:10:04,621
It is beginning to look more
and more as though...
1390
01:10:04,622 --> 01:10:06,413
war with Iraq is inevitable.
1391
01:10:06,414 --> 01:10:09,583
The Showdown with Iraq and the
countdown to a speech...
1392
01:10:09,584 --> 01:10:11,751
by Secretary of State
Colin Powell...
1393
01:10:11,752 --> 01:10:13,625
that could move the world
closer to war.
1394
01:10:13,626 --> 01:10:16,220
There's not much left for the
soldiers to do but wait...
1395
01:10:16,221 --> 01:10:20,340
for orders to attack, Ryan
Chiilcoat reports...
1396
01:10:20,341 --> 01:10:22,801
That's so frustrating.
1397
01:10:22,802 --> 01:10:26,102
I don't know that I could
do what you do.
1398
01:10:27,181 --> 01:10:28,398
You know, I once got it
in my head...
1399
01:10:28,399 --> 01:10:30,267
that I should hike the
Appalachian Trail.
1400
01:10:30,268 --> 01:10:32,487
Thought that it would just be a
good challenge for myself.
1401
01:10:32,488 --> 01:10:37,575
Then I look at it on a map
and it's like 2200 miles.
1402
01:10:39,193 --> 01:10:40,652
I realized...
1403
01:10:40,653 --> 01:10:42,863
That it would take a lifetime?
1404
01:10:42,864 --> 01:10:44,992
Yeah.
1405
01:10:47,618 --> 01:10:50,121
Or we could walk it together.
1406
01:10:51,247 --> 01:10:55,000
I'm gonna hold you to that.
1407
01:10:55,100 --> 01:10:56,548
REPORTER} Worldwide resistance
is mounting...
1408
01:10:56,549 --> 01:11:00,338
against America's military
intervention into Iraq.
1409
01:11:00,339 --> 01:11:03,218
From US cities to Europe and
the Middle East...
1410
01:11:03,219 --> 01:11:06,517
demonstrators have taken to the
streets in opposition...
1411
01:11:06,518 --> 01:11:11,109
to the United States'
threat to invade Iraq.
1412
01:11:17,565 --> 01:11:19,693
Mr. Strobel, Mr. Landay,
how do you do?
1413
01:11:19,694 --> 01:11:21,114
Hello. I'm Entifadh Qanbar.
1414
01:11:21,115 --> 01:11:23,738
Hi. Now, please, follow me.
1415
01:11:24,614 --> 01:11:25,365
Who's this dude?
1416
01:11:25,366 --> 01:11:30,202
Guy who used to deliver pizzas.
I'm not kidding.
1417
01:11:30,203 --> 01:11:31,876
Minister Chalabi,
Mr. Jonathan Landay...
1418
01:11:31,877 --> 01:11:36,208
and Warren Strobel from Knight
Ridder News.
1419
01:11:36,209 --> 01:11:37,751
Gentlemen, welcome.
1420
01:11:37,752 --> 01:11:42,214
Hey. Thank you for finally
agreeing to meet with us.
1421
01:11:42,215 --> 01:11:44,716
I've been very busy.
1422
01:11:44,717 --> 01:11:46,431
Talking to our competitors.
1423
01:11:46,432 --> 01:11:49,170
I speak with whomever wishes
to speak with me.
1424
01:11:49,180 --> 01:11:51,311
After all, I have nothing
to hide...
1425
01:11:51,312 --> 01:11:55,268
which is more than I can say
for Saddam.
1426
01:11:55,269 --> 01:11:57,187
Okay, well, since you brought
him up...
1427
01:11:57,188 --> 01:11:58,403
I thought we might talk
about what...
1428
01:11:58,404 --> 01:12:00,741
you know about his weapons
and how he might be hiding them.
1429
01:12:00,742 --> 01:12:06,571
He has WMD and he's hiding them,
that I know.
1430
01:12:06,572 --> 01:12:08,573
Right, and you know that how?
1431
01:12:08,574 --> 01:12:11,621
I know everything that's
happening in my country.
1432
01:12:11,622 --> 01:12:15,249
Even though Iraq hasn't been
your country for over a decade?
1433
01:12:15,250 --> 01:12:19,835
I may be an exile, but I'm still
an Iraqi.
1434
01:12:19,836 --> 01:12:22,305
Well, I think the point my
colleague is trying to make...
1435
01:12:22,306 --> 01:12:25,674
is how would you, an enemy
of Saddam, in exile...
1436
01:12:25,675 --> 01:12:29,302
have access to such valuable
information'?
1437
01:12:29,303 --> 01:12:31,990
I maintain close
relationships...
1438
01:12:31,100 --> 01:12:33,350
with dissident intelligence
sources.
1439
01:12:33,351 --> 01:12:35,725
Is there a way we can
verify that?
1440
01:12:35,726 --> 01:12:36,443
No.
1441
01:12:36,444 --> 01:12:38,728
See, that's kind of a problem
for us...
1442
01:12:38,729 --> 01:12:39,855
because we can't write a story...
1443
01:12:39,856 --> 01:12:46,410
I want what America wants,
a free and democratic Iraq.
1444
01:12:46,445 --> 01:12:47,662
With you as its leader?
1445
01:12:47,697 --> 01:12:51,157
If the people of Iraq wish
for me to return, yes.
1446
01:12:51,158 --> 01:12:55,537
I want the opportunity to help
rebuild my country...
1447
01:12:55,538 --> 01:12:57,882
the way Mandela did
in South Africa.
1448
01:12:57,915 --> 01:13:02,762
But Mandela didn't ask the U.S.
to invade his country.
1449
01:13:02,795 --> 01:13:05,297
He wasn't fighting terrorists.
1450
01:13:05,298 --> 01:13:08,466
With all due respect, that's
where the red flags...
1451
01:13:08,467 --> 01:13:09,309
start to go up for us.
1452
01:13:09,343 --> 01:13:12,929
Are you implying that I've
created a false narrative...
1453
01:13:12,930 --> 01:13:13,772
for my own pursuits?
1454
01:13:13,773 --> 01:13:17,640
Is there another reason why
you'd create a false narrative?
1455
01:13:17,650 --> 01:13:19,269
I don't lie!
1456
01:13:19,270 --> 01:13:22,439
Saddam Hussein has mobile
chemical...
1457
01:13:22,440 --> 01:13:23,817
and biological weapons labs.
1458
01:13:23,818 --> 01:13:27,944
He has a nuclear program.
He has ties to terrorists.
1459
01:13:27,945 --> 01:13:31,907
And if you don't believe me,
just ask the many other...
1460
01:13:31,908 --> 01:13:33,660
defectors and hear
what they say.
1461
01:13:33,661 --> 01:13:35,627
They will all tell
you the same thing.
1462
01:13:35,628 --> 01:13:41,923
Don't they all get their
information from you?
1463
01:13:43,961 --> 01:13:47,560
If you were wondering why
it took so long for me...
1464
01:13:47,570 --> 01:13:52,552
to meet with you, it's this
smug attitude.
1465
01:13:52,553 --> 01:13:56,640
You have no intention of
reporting anything I've said.
1466
01:13:56,641 --> 01:13:59,481
Do you want us to just be your
cheerleaders?
1467
01:13:59,482 --> 01:14:01,229
All right, I think we should go.
1468
01:14:01,230 --> 01:14:04,105
Thank you for your time.
1469
01:14:04,106 --> 01:14:08,568
Now I see why no one reads
anything you write.
1470
01:14:08,569 --> 01:14:12,164
I am an advocate for the removal
of a vicious dictator...
1471
01:14:12,165 --> 01:14:16,910
for a free Iraq, an Iraq that
will one day be a close ally...
1472
01:14:16,911 --> 01:14:21,581
to your country, to Israel, and
to all of the Western world.
1473
01:14:21,582 --> 01:14:25,669
And exactly how will this happen
after Saddam Hussein is gone?
1474
01:14:25,670 --> 01:14:26,670
All right, come on, Landay.
1475
01:14:26,671 --> 01:14:29,136
No, no, no, he says the world
will be better off...
1476
01:14:29,137 --> 01:14:30,256
but he doesn't say how.
1477
01:14:30,257 --> 01:14:32,680
How would the removal
of Saddam Hussein...
1478
01:14:32,681 --> 01:14:35,804
not plunge Iraq into a bloody
civil war'?
1479
01:14:35,805 --> 01:14:37,148
Tell us something that makes
sense...
1480
01:14:37,149 --> 01:14:43,645
anything that makes sense, and
we'll write that story today.
1481
01:14:43,646 --> 01:14:44,363
You can't!
1482
01:14:44,364 --> 01:14:46,733
Because you have no
idea what happens next.
1483
01:14:46,734 --> 01:14:48,608
And neither does anyone else.
John. John!
1484
01:14:48,609 --> 01:14:52,153
I would rather go back and write
for my high school paper...
1485
01:14:52,154 --> 01:14:53,121
than to be used by you...
1486
01:14:53,122 --> 01:14:57,750
to sell the American public
your bullshit.
1487
01:14:57,760 --> 01:14:58,453
All right.
1488
01:15:01,706 --> 01:15:05,830
By the way, ifs Knight Ridden.
1489
01:15:05,840 --> 01:15:06,835
Secretary of State Colin Powell
will make the case...
1490
01:15:06,836 --> 01:15:10,797
against Iraq in a nationally
televised address...
1491
01:15:10,798 --> 01:15:12,632
to the UN Security Council.
1492
01:15:12,633 --> 01:15:14,634
Looks like they're bringing
in the closer.
1493
01:15:14,635 --> 01:15:16,725
REPORTER} Mr. Secretary,
are you confident...
1494
01:15:16,726 --> 01:15:18,471
you will make your case, sir?
1495
01:15:18,472 --> 01:15:19,268
You'll see.
1496
01:15:19,269 --> 01:15:21,359
What the hell game have we've
been playing?
1497
01:15:21,360 --> 01:15:24,695
All we did is piss into the
wind.
1498
01:15:26,272 --> 01:15:28,606
We did our jobs.
1499
01:15:28,607 --> 01:15:31,985
I should never have become
a reporter.
1500
01:15:31,986 --> 01:15:36,162
Damn that Woodward and
Bernstein.
1501
01:15:37,283 --> 01:15:39,911
They took down a president
whose biggest crime...
1502
01:15:39,912 --> 01:15:43,580
was trying to cover up some
dirty political tricks.
1503
01:15:43,581 --> 01:15:46,209
This presidenfs about to do the
worst thing any president...
1504
01:15:46,210 --> 01:15:49,963
could do and he'll probably
get re-elected.
1505
01:15:51,172 --> 01:15:54,510
To the democratic experiment.
1506
01:15:56,469 --> 01:15:57,933
POWELL}
Thank you, Mr. President.
1507
01:15:57,934 --> 01:16:00,305
My colleagues, every statement
I make today...
1508
01:16:00,306 --> 01:16:04,642
is backed up by sources,
solid sources.
1509
01:16:04,643 --> 01:16:08,193
The gravity of this moment is
matched by the gravity...
1510
01:16:08,194 --> 01:16:12,670
of the threat that Iraq's
weapons of mass destruction...
1511
01:16:12,680 --> 01:16:12,864
pose to the world.
1512
01:16:12,865 --> 01:16:16,488
It was a set up, the whole damn
thing was a set up.
1513
01:16:16,489 --> 01:16:19,741
Tenet sent Powell a stack
of files this high...
1514
01:16:19,742 --> 01:16:20,955
that supported the invasion.
1515
01:16:20,956 --> 01:16:22,669
Saddam Hussein is determined...
1516
01:16:22,670 --> 01:16:25,205
to get his hands
on a nuclear bomb.
1517
01:16:25,206 --> 01:16:26,206
Cheney sent Scooter Libby...
1518
01:16:26,207 --> 01:16:28,879
to push three main arguments
in those files.
1519
01:16:28,880 --> 01:16:30,960
One: Saddam's human rights
abuses...
1520
01:16:30,961 --> 01:16:31,961
which everybody knew about.
1521
01:16:31,962 --> 01:16:33,927
Two: His links to al Qaeda,
which Powell...
1522
01:16:33,928 --> 01:16:35,721
of course, threw right
in the trash.
1523
01:16:35,722 --> 01:16:40,220
And the third focused
on Iraq's WMD.
1524
01:16:40,221 --> 01:16:42,474
Leaving Saddam Hussein in
possession of weapons...
1525
01:16:42,475 --> 01:16:44,976
of mass destruction for a few
more months or years...
1526
01:16:44,977 --> 01:16:49,620
is not an option, not in a
post-September 11th world.
1527
01:16:49,630 --> 01:16:52,943
Over a four-day period, Powell
made every single CIA officer...
1528
01:16:52,944 --> 01:16:56,986
defend every so-called piece
of evidence in those files.
1529
01:16:56,987 --> 01:16:58,696
He threw out 80% of them.
1530
01:16:58,697 --> 01:16:59,911
At the end of the four days...
1531
01:16:59,912 --> 01:17:02,376
Powell looked Tenet right
in the eye and said...
1532
01:17:02,377 --> 01:17:06,871
"George, can we stand
by every word of this?"
1533
01:17:06,872 --> 01:17:13,962
And Tenet said, "Everything in
there is gold, I promise you."
1534
01:17:13,963 --> 01:17:15,804
To which Powell replied, "Well,
that's good, George."
1535
01:17:15,805 --> 01:17:18,170
"Fm glad you feel that way,
'cause you're going to be..."
1536
01:17:18,180 --> 01:17:21,103
"sitting right behind me when
I present this to the world."
1537
01:17:21,104 --> 01:17:25,765
We must not fail in our duty
and our responsibility...
1538
01:17:25,766 --> 01:17:27,564
to the citizens of the
countries...
1539
01:17:27,565 --> 01:17:31,200
that are represented
by this body.
1540
01:17:31,210 --> 01:17:33,982
Colin took one for the team.
1541
01:17:33,983 --> 01:17:35,447
Always the good soldier.
1542
01:17:35,448 --> 01:17:37,786
[BUSH]
Has the Iraqi regime fully...
1543
01:17:37,787 --> 01:17:40,697
and unconditionally disarmed 7.
1544
01:17:40,698 --> 01:17:44,430
The only acceptable outcome is
the one already defined...
1545
01:17:44,440 --> 01:17:47,412
by a unanimous vote of the
Security Council.
1546
01:17:47,413 --> 01:17:49,747
Total disarmament.
1547
01:17:49,748 --> 01:17:51,921
Great Britain, Spain and the
United States have introduced“.
1548
01:17:51,922 --> 01:17:55,672
A new resolution stating that
Iraq has failed to meet...
1549
01:17:55,673 --> 01:18:02,510
the requirements
of Resolution 1441.
1550
01:18:02,511 --> 01:18:06,264
This is a fact, it cannot
be denied.
1551
01:18:06,265 --> 01:18:08,186
REPORTER} And what harm
would it do to give...
1552
01:18:08,187 --> 01:18:09,397
Saddam a final ultimatum?
1553
01:18:09,398 --> 01:18:12,233
A two or three day deadline
to disarm or face force?
1554
01:18:12,234 --> 01:18:15,280
September the 11th changed
the strategic thinking...
1555
01:18:15,290 --> 01:18:17,692
at least as far as I was
concerned...
1556
01:18:17,693 --> 01:18:19,777
for how to protect our country.
1557
01:18:19,778 --> 01:18:24,866
My job is to protect the
American people.
1558
01:18:24,867 --> 01:18:28,453
Used to be that we could think
that you could contain...
1559
01:18:28,454 --> 01:18:29,579
a person like Saddam Hussein...
1560
01:18:29,580 --> 01:18:33,458
that oceans would protect us
from his type of terror.
1561
01:18:33,459 --> 01:18:34,301
( PHONE RINGS)
1562
01:18:34,302 --> 01:18:37,513
September the 11th should say
to the American people...
1563
01:18:37,514 --> 01:18:38,963
Hello?
1564
01:18:38,964 --> 01:18:41,299
You need to pack your bags.
1565
01:18:41,300 --> 01:18:43,593
Right.
1566
01:18:43,594 --> 01:18:46,518
In the hands of a terrorist
organization...
1567
01:18:46,519 --> 01:18:49,515
could be deployed here at home.
1568
01:18:49,516 --> 01:18:53,978
King, John King. This is a
scripted...
1569
01:18:53,979 --> 01:18:55,104
Thank you, Mr. President.
1570
01:18:55,105 --> 01:18:57,820
Sir, how would you answer your
critics who say that they...
1571
01:18:57,821 --> 01:18:59,487
They think this is somehow
personal?
1572
01:18:59,488 --> 01:19:01,487
As Senator Kennedy put it
tonight...
1573
01:19:01,528 --> 01:19:03,780
he said your fixation
with Saddam Hussein...
1574
01:19:03,781 --> 01:19:05,823
is making the world a more
dangerous place.
1575
01:19:05,824 --> 01:19:08,168
And as you prepare the American
people for the possibility...
1576
01:19:08,169 --> 01:19:10,206
of military conflict, could you
share with us...
1577
01:19:10,207 --> 01:19:12,582
any of the scenarios your
advisers have shared...
1578
01:19:12,623 --> 01:19:15,917
with you about worst-case
scenarios?
1579
01:19:15,918 --> 01:19:23,918
You make sure the... this country
knows what's going on out there.
1580
01:19:24,385 --> 01:19:25,843
Yeah? I will.
1581
01:19:25,844 --> 01:19:30,640
I swore to protect and defend
the Constitution.
1582
01:19:30,641 --> 01:19:32,517
He has weapons of mass
destruction“ .
1583
01:19:32,518 --> 01:19:36,620
And he has used weapons
of mass destruction.
1584
01:19:36,630 --> 01:19:37,315
He has trained and financed...
1585
01:19:37,316 --> 01:19:39,487
a! Qaeda-type organizations
before.
1586
01:19:39,488 --> 01:19:43,653
I take the threat seriously,
and HI deal with the threat.
1587
01:19:43,654 --> 01:19:46,823
I hope it can be done
peacefully.
1588
01:19:46,824 --> 01:19:49,409
They hate what we stand for.
1589
01:19:49,410 --> 01:19:52,630
We love freedom, and we're
not changing.
1590
01:19:52,871 --> 01:19:54,747
REPORTER} Mr. President,
millions of Americans can...
1591
01:19:54,748 --> 01:19:58,930
recall a time when leaders from
both parties set this country.
1592
01:19:58,940 --> 01:20:01,450
On a mission of regime change
in Vietnam.
1593
01:20:01,460 --> 01:20:02,466
50,000 Americans died.
1594
01:20:02,467 --> 01:20:05,930
The regime is still there in
Hanoi and it hasn't harmed...
1595
01:20:05,931 --> 01:20:08,344
or threatened a single American
in 30 years...
1596
01:20:08,345 --> 01:20:09,312
since the war ended.
1597
01:20:09,313 --> 01:20:11,977
What can you say tonight, sir,
to the sons and daughters...
1598
01:20:11,978 --> 01:20:15,569
of the Americans who served in
Vietnam to assure them that...
1599
01:20:15,570 --> 01:20:19,856
you will not lead this country
down a similar path in Iraq?
1600
01:20:19,857 --> 01:20:22,150
BUSH} That's a great question.
1601
01:20:22,151 --> 01:20:25,987
No doubt, there's risks with
any military operation.
1602
01:20:25,988 --> 01:20:26,705
I know that.
1603
01:20:26,706 --> 01:20:29,788
It's a good thing he can draw
on all that experience he got...
1604
01:20:29,789 --> 01:20:31,659
while not serving in the
National Guard.
1605
01:20:31,660 --> 01:20:35,330
But ifs very clear what we
intend to do.
1606
01:20:35,331 --> 01:20:38,505
And our mission won't change.
1607
01:20:39,668 --> 01:20:45,600
It could last, you know, six
days, six weeks...
1608
01:20:45,700 --> 01:20:48,510
I doubt six months.
1609
01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:49,802
There's a lot of money to pay
for this...
1610
01:20:49,803 --> 01:20:51,429
that doesn't have to be
U. S. Taxpayer money.
1611
01:20:51,430 --> 01:20:54,309
We're dealing with a country
that can really finance...
1612
01:20:54,310 --> 01:20:56,980
its own reconstruction,
and relatively soon.
1613
01:20:56,981 --> 01:20:59,479
There will always be some
uncertainty...
1614
01:20:59,480 --> 01:21:01,945
about how quickly he can
acquire nuclear weapons...
1615
01:21:01,946 --> 01:21:05,234
but we don't want the smoking
gun to be a mushroom cloud.
1616
01:21:05,235 --> 01:21:06,908
[RUSSERT] Do you think the
America people...
1617
01:21:06,909 --> 01:21:10,782
are prepared for a Song,
costly, and bloody battle...
1618
01:21:10,783 --> 01:21:12,660
with significant American
casualties?
1619
01:21:12,661 --> 01:21:14,911
I don't think it's likely
to unfold that way, Tim...
1620
01:21:14,912 --> 01:21:17,131
because I really do believe we
will be greeted as liberators.
1621
01:21:17,132 --> 01:21:20,126
[BLHZER] Six weeks after the
war had begun, the President...
1622
01:21:20,127 --> 01:21:23,470
is set to deliver a very
carefully worded speech...
1623
01:21:23,480 --> 01:21:24,763
on a carrier in the Pacific.
1624
01:21:24,764 --> 01:21:29,342
[BUSH] My fellow Americans,
major combat operations...
1625
01:21:29,343 --> 01:21:30,760
in Iraq have ended.
1626
01:21:30,761 --> 01:21:34,263
In the battle of Iraq,
the United States...
1627
01:21:34,264 --> 01:21:37,939
and our allies have prevailed.
1628
01:21:42,481 --> 01:21:44,609
(LOUD EXPLOSION )
1629
01:21:53,617 --> 01:21:57,372
( SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING )
1630
01:22:19,309 --> 01:22:22,280
I want to go down there.
1631
01:22:39,370 --> 01:22:42,917
They were the first to die.
1632
01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:49,757
Were you there?
1633
01:22:52,634 --> 01:22:54,432
Thank you.
1634
01:22:59,433 --> 01:23:01,652
Thank you, son.
1635
01:23:13,947 --> 01:23:17,872
( SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES)
1636
01:24:05,999 --> 01:24:07,546
Jonathan, how did it feel,
therefore...
1637
01:24:07,547 --> 01:24:11,172
to be the lone holdouts in this
pursuit of truth and fact?
1638
01:24:11,173 --> 01:24:14,465
It was very lonely and what
made it actually one...
1639
01:24:14,466 --> 01:24:15,466
of the ironies is...
1640
01:24:15,467 --> 01:24:16,968
that every time we would write
something...
1641
01:24:16,969 --> 01:24:20,141
the White House would say
nothing, because we realized...
1642
01:24:20,142 --> 01:24:22,478
after a white that that would
have been the best...
1643
01:24:22,479 --> 01:24:25,810
advertising for our stories we
could have possibly asked for.
1644
01:24:25,811 --> 01:24:27,186
There's a problem with
journalism...
1645
01:24:27,187 --> 01:24:28,357
in Washington, which is access.
1646
01:24:28,358 --> 01:24:30,403
And The New York Times and
others had access to the top...
1647
01:24:30,404 --> 01:24:31,988
officials who were spinning
this line.
1648
01:24:31,989 --> 01:24:33,484
"We talked to those people,
as we"...
1649
01:24:33,485 --> 01:24:35,780
but most of our reporting,
Christiane...
1650
01:24:35,790 --> 01:24:37,241
was with intelligence,
military. ..
1651
01:24:37,242 --> 01:24:38,364
"And diplomatic mid-level".
1652
01:24:38,365 --> 01:24:39,574
Lower level? Lower level.
1653
01:24:39,575 --> 01:24:41,669
The types journalists don't
normally talk to or go after.
1654
01:24:41,670 --> 01:24:43,875
Can I just give a little
credit, also, to the man...
1655
01:24:43,876 --> 01:24:46,430
who was our boss at the time,
John Waicott.
1656
01:24:46,440 --> 01:24:48,249
Higher levels of civilization...
1657
01:24:48,250 --> 01:24:50,344
must depend even more heavily...
1658
01:24:50,377 --> 01:24:53,802
on a conscientious respect
forNthe importance of honesty...
1659
01:24:53,803 --> 01:24:57,847
and clarity in reporting the
facts and out of stubborn...
1660
01:24:57,884 --> 01:25:03,347
concern for accuracy in
determining what the facts are.
1661
01:25:03,348 --> 01:25:08,269
We need to find some way
to cover the world so that...
1662
01:25:08,270 --> 01:25:10,980
we know what's happening
out there...
1663
01:25:10,981 --> 01:25:12,779
that we know the truth
about it...
1664
01:25:12,780 --> 01:25:17,695
so we can avoid mistakes...
1665
01:25:17,696 --> 01:25:20,281
mistakes like Iraq.
1666
01:25:20,282 --> 01:25:22,740
The intelligence was
what it was.
1667
01:25:22,750 --> 01:25:23,873
You know, people like me
couldn't make it up.
1668
01:25:23,874 --> 01:25:26,165
[STEWART] The intelligence
wasn't what it was...
1669
01:25:26,166 --> 01:25:27,585
and not everybody got it wrong.
1670
01:25:27,586 --> 01:25:31,802
Almost everybody did,
except for Knight Ridden
1671
01:25:33,837 --> 01:25:37,512
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