All language subtitles for Law and orer S12E24 - Patriot

NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system

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

the police
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

The guys from auto theft
finally confirmed,

deposit's down
on the hotel.

Plus I chipped in
for a little
something extra.

Uh, we said no girls,
remember?

It's a bachelor party,
there's gotta be
entertainment.

Frank, I told you
I'm not doing it

with some hooker
a week before
my wedding day.

What? Nobody can
have any fun
except you?

I'm the one who's
been married 10 years.

(ALARMS SOUNDING)

What the hell
was that?
You okay?

Call it in!
Tell 'em to bring fire,
police, bomb squad!

This is Unit 12.
We have an explosion
at 9 Broome Street.

Yeah, once we got up there,
we found the body
in the fourth floor,

southeast corner
apartment.

Male, I don't know,
maybe mid-30s.

You heard a name yet?

No, just the one
on the buzzer. Haden.

Anybody else get hurt?

Looks like
the other tenants
already left for work.

We got a best guess yet
on cause and origin?

Well, arson's doing
the prelim now.

But based on
the burn pattern,
I'm thinking gas leak.

The bomb squad
will be relieved.

You kidding? They evacuated
the whole block
when they got here.

These days
you don't know who
you're dealing with.

Well, the job wasn't
exactly routine before.

Is it okay to go up?
Yeah.
Whenever you're ready.

I'll find out where
they're sheltering
the tenants,

I'll get right back
to you.

All right. Thanks, man.
Take care of yourself.

The building's got
some history.

I'm sensing something
of an illicit nature.

It's a landlord-tenant gripe.

They won't pay the rent
till he makes the repairs.

So, he lets
the place go to seed
until they pay up.

The beat cop said that
the empty units attracted
some squatters.

He's gonna run down
any collars.

He was pretty shook up.
I don't blame him.

I guess we're
all a little jumpy
since 9111.

Yeah, everybody
except Mr. Haden.

BECK: The fire marshal
traced the origin
of the explosion

back to the gas line,
here.

So, what happened?

It looks like somebody
disconnected the stove,
left the gas line open.

So, it wasn't
an accident?

No. Only way for
the gas to get out,

the line had
to be unhooked.

In order to do that,
you have to pull

the stove away
from the wall.

One of the uniformed officers
found this crescent wrench

in the debris pile
over there.

It's sized
to the flare nut
on the gas line.

So somebody had
to know exactly
what they were doing.

Yeah, and once
the gas line is open,

the gas rises
and it accumulates
in the top of the room,

creating what's called
a flammable range.

And that'd
be right here.

BRISCOE: So, below that,
no problem, above it...

Yeah, ideal conditions
for an incendiary event.

You got any idea what
sparked the explosion?

A candle,
right over here.

ED: How do you know?

Well, when a candle
melts away,

the wax always
leaves a residue.

That was your fuse.

So, somebody
unhooks the stove,

lights the candle
and waits for the gas
to fill the room.

Give it 10,
15 minutes.

The gas floats down
to the height
of the candle.

(MIMICS EXPLOSION)

So, you're thinking
someone set a trap
for this man?

Well, it was either
on purpose

or the worst case
of home repair ever.

Well, what about signs
of forced entry?

There weren't any.

So someone
was given access
or used a key.

Tell me about
this rent strike.

The beat cop said
they'd been going

round and round
for about a year.

Well, maybe the landlord
got tired of the ride,

and this was his idea
of an eviction notice.

You think it was arson,
that I set my own
building on fire?

BRISCOE: ls there
anybody who can vouch

for your whereabouts
this morning, Mr. Cortez?

(SCOFFS) My wife
was out of town,

but she'd
probably say you got
a hell of a theory,

except for one thing.
No insurance.

The law says
you're supposed
to carry a policy

on a residential unit.

I missed a couple
of payments.

The insurance company
canceled my ass last month.

I'm gonna be
wiped out now.

Funny thing,
Haden was the only
tenant I liked.

BRISCOE: Why's that?

Those other leaches
got together,

decided to stiff me
on the rent,

but Joseph,
he still paid in cash,
every month.

So, he was the only one
who hadn't joined
the rent strike?

Only one.

Bet the other tenants
were thrilled.

TENANT: Man had only
been here two years.

The rest of us lived
in that building over 10.

Come on,
what are we gonna do,

blow up our own building
just to get back at him?

Besides,
these foreigners
come here

and they don't have
the same stake in things
as the rest of us.

BRISCOE: What do
you mean "foreigners"?

Haden wasn't American.
He wasn't from here.

Where was he from?
Maybe India.

Something
in Arabia maybe.

An Arab?

How well did you two
know him?

He was a quiet guy.
He kept to himself.

Gone most days.
Work, I guess.

Was he home yesterday?

He passed me in the hall,
never said so much
as hello.

What about girlfriends?
Visitors?

Never saw him
with a woman.

There'd be some men
sometimes.

ED: Do you know
who they were?

They'd come in groups
of two or three.

Were these guys
Arabs, too?

Guess they come
from wherever
he come from.

Who the hell knows
these days?

Best guess?
Mr. Haden was of
Middle Eastern descent.

Blast victims always
present a few problems.

This one was
particularly tricky.

Why?

First off,
he came back negative
for carboxyhemoglobin.

Wait. In English,
he had no smoke
in his lungs?

Yeah. His airways
were also completely
free of soot.

Intriguing finding
for somebody
who died in a fire.

That's because
he didn't die
in a fire.

Cavity x-rays
showed evidence
of blunt force trauma.

Broken ribs,
legs, arms, neck.

The initial response team
found him buried
under some rubble.

Yeah, but that
didn't kill him either.

There was no hemorrhaging
associated with any
of those injuries.

BRISCOE:
So, what did kill him?

Posterior inspection
indicates massive bleeding

in the upper
cervical vertebrae.

Somebody broke his neck.

And you're positive
that didn't happen because
the ceiling collapsed?

No. Once I fixed
cause of death,

I went back into
the soft tissue exam,

found focal hemorrhaging
in his wrists and ankles.

Your killer tied him up
before he murdered him.

She say whether or not
this could have been
a one-man job?

Nothing conclusive
either way.

A couple of
the tenants mentioned

that Haden
had a few visitors
now and again.

But they couldn't tell us
much more than that.

Yeah. Except that Haden
and his visitors were all
of Middle Eastern decent.

And you think
his ethnicity's
significant?

Well, there was
an explosion involved.

I think it's
a little early
to conclude

that Haden being an Arab
had anything to do with it.

Well, still,
chances are he might
have known his killer.

How much do we know
about his personal life?

He didn't
have a girlfriend,
no known next of kin.

Criminal records?
Nothing.

No credit cards either.

No references,
no previous address
on the lease.

He paid his rent
in cash.

BRISCOE: I'm telling you,
this guy wasn't just
flying below the radar,

he was off the screen.

Three times a week,
he'd bring me
his greasy clothes.

You should
see these things.

I ask him,
how you get so dirty?

What'd he say?

He says,
blame the boss.

He mention
where he worked?

No, but I know
he got paid nothing.

What, he told you
how much he earned?

No. I go through
my customers' pockets
when they drop off.

One time,
I see a pay stub.

Peanuts.

Did the pay stub
show where he worked?

Hmm... Jiffy something.

What kind of a name
is Jiffy?

Greasy clothes,
low-wage pay stub...

Could be one of
those oil-change joints.

Thank you.

I had a feeling
something happened.

Joseph hasn't missed
a day's work in...
Well, never.

So, he was
a pretty reliable guy
for you then?

Yeah.
For the most part.

Not the most
ambitious guy, though.

Well, why do
you say that?

He'd been here
over a year,

turned down
a manager's position twice.

Isn't that
more money?
Sure.

Told me he didn't
want the responsibility.
Liked his free time.

So, what can you tell us
about his personal life?

Well, he never
really shared much.

He had some
family somewhere,

but didn't really
talk about it.

Anybody ever
come to visit him
on the job?

No. Not that
I can think of.

Sorry, I wish I could
be more help.

That's all right.
If you think of anything,
give us a call.

Okay.

Oh, what should I do
with the stuff
in his locker?

BRISCOE: Work boots,
shirt, pants.

Whoa, look at this.
Checkbook.

No entries.

E-bank?
Never heard of it.

Doesn't even say
where it is.

That's an Internet bank.

You can do
all your banking,
payments, deposits,

everything, online.

So, why the checkbook?

Last vestige of
20th-century banking,

it gives some
of our older clients
a sense of security.

Speaking of security,
if this is a bank,

where do you keep
all the money?

Well, what you see here
is our computer
server station,

where we monitor
the accounts.

There is no bank,
per se.

Virtual reality.

Well, what happens
if I have to
deposit a check?

Well, you mail it
to our P.O. box in Iowa
in a prepaid envelope.

And to pull your money out,
we give you an ATM card,
just like any other bank.

No lines, 24-hour,
world-wide access.

All you need
is a computer.

You like to hear more?

No. I think I'll stick
with my mattress.

Okay.

According to
our records,

Joseph Haden opened
an account with us
about a year ago.

Says here
he's a preferred customer.

Elite status.

So, how does one attain
elite status?

Maintain an average
daily balance
over 10,000.

BRISCOE: Ah, you got
the wrong Haden.

This guy's strictly
minimum wage.

Joseph Haden,
225 Stanton,
New York City?

ED: What's the balance?

Eighty-nine thousand
and change
as of yesterday.

Nothing virtual
about that reality.

So, a guy making
minimum wage,
living in a tenement,

has almost 90 grand in
an online bank account?

According to the E-bank,
there's never been more

than his paycheck deposits
since he opened it.

Okay, but where's
all the money from?

The manager pulled up
a tracking number
from the initial deposit.

Traces back to
a Swiss account.

Yeah. We called
the OFAC,

that's the Office of
Foreign Assets Control.

It's like an international
clearing house for banks.

Yeah. The FBI's got them
working overtime looking
for terrorist funding.

And?

It's gonna take a while.

How did he open
a bank account?

The online application
only asks for
a driver's license

and a social
security number.

BRISCOE: Both numbers
turned out to be phonies.

The bank probably
never checked him out

once they saw the size
of that initial deposit.

Still, he had to know
someone at the DMV
to get this.

Well, we're going down
to talk to a D.A.

at the Rackets Bureau
this afternoon.

VAN BUREN: Great.

The ID number
on your guy's license

matched up
with a batch of blanks

that came out
of a DMV office
in Brooklyn.

How do you get
a driver's license issued

with a phony name
and address?

Don't you need
a birth certificate?

Mmm, that or 200 bucks.
Going rate for a phony.

How many people
had access
to these blanks?

Once upon a time,
a scam like this
was pretty widespread.

Since 9/11,
we started cracking down.

People at the DMV
got a little more careful.

Funny how
a few indictments
will do that.

You got anybody
in particular
we can talk to?

The genius behind
your guy's license
is sitting in Rikers.

Come on,
I'm already going to
do three years for this.

Well, we might be able
to turn those three years
into a bullet.

And that's City time.

Save your wife
a big train trip upstate.

You talked
to my lawyer?

Well, if you help us out,
it's a done deal.

What do you want?

Who is he?

I want protection.

Protection from who?

You read the paper?

You hear about
the woman in Memphis,
from the DMV?

You mean the one who
helped the 9/11 hijackers
with their licenses?

Burned her up
in her car

the day before she was
supposed to testify.

If your
information checks out,
we'll talk to the D.A.

His name's Juseff.

ED: Juseff?
Not Joseph?

I said Juseff,
didn't I?

The guy gave me
a grand to set him up.

I usually get 200.

And that didn't
ring any alarm bells?

Well, he said he was
here seeking asylum
or something.

Application got denied.

Guy seemed
pretty desperate.

STAFFER: No Joseph
or Juseff Haden.

What if he wasn't
using his real name?

Can you look it up
just under the name
Juseff?

A first name?

How about people
who applied for
political asylum last year?

Yeah. Just in
the New York office.

I guess I could do that.

Narrows it down
to 118 Juseffs.

Okay. Our guy
was denied. Mid-30s.

Cuts it in half.

I have a Juseff Haddad.

Filed a year
and a half ago.

This look like him?

Yeah. Exactly like him.

Where's he from?
STAFFER: Yemen national.

Entered the country
on a B1 visa.

How did he get that?

Tourist visa.

That little stamp
they put in your passport
at the airport?

How long's
that good for?
Six months.

Our guy was in the city
for almost two years.

It's a problem.

BRISCOE: On what grounds
did he apply for asylum?

Religious grounds.

Apparently,
he was an adherent of
the Shi'a Muslim sect.

Claimed he wasn't
very well-liked

by the Sunni
Muslim majority,
feared for his safety.

Initial interview
for asylum was denied.

Yeah. When was this?

Fourteen months ago.

So, you're saying
he was supposed to be
deported over a year ago?

INS was alerted.
ED: What'd they do?

Guy comes to the States,
he's allowed to disappear

and nobody does
a damn thing about it.

There's over
eight million illegals
in this country.

What do you wanna
round 'em all up?

How about just the ones
from Yemen?

You can't start
targeting people

because of
where they're from.

Hey, take a look,
partner.

There's supposed to
be two towers standing
over there.

Look, man, I know.

But it's that kind
of thinking that gets me

pulled over
on the Turnpike
every other month.

You forget I lived
in the Middle East.

Not every guy
wearing a kufi
is the enemy.

I'd say a guy
with a bogus ID

and about 90 grand in the bank
has got some potential.

All right, man,
so where do you wanna go
to look for a terrorist?

IMAM: Police and
their questions

have brought us
enough problems,
I don't want any more.

Imam,
this was a Muslim man
that was murdered.

All we're asking
is for a little help
to find his killer.

Four men
from this mosque

have been held
for months by police
only seeking help.

Look, he lived nearby,
we know he was
a religious man.

We just want you
to take a look
at this picture.

And then
will you leave?

You know him?

It's Juseff.

He attended
prayer services here.

How did it happen?

Somebody set fire
to his place.

Dear God.

He was going
under a false name.

He was in
this country illegally.

Neighbors said
he had men who came
to visit him.

Now, maybe
from this mosque.

IMAM: Then why
don't you try talking
to people who hate us,

who've already
made threats against us?

Who would that be?

Imam,
if you know something,

it would be
the right thing
to tell us.

There was some information
about Juseff that came out.

What sort
of information?

On the Internet.
At a website,

along with articles
about other Arab men.

After that happened,
Juseff stayed away.

Check this out.
"Guerrillas in our midst

"and the failure of
the US Government
to stop them."

Byline, Adam Teague
for The Shadow Report.

Oh, no!
Could it be true?

This is a rag, man.

It's designed
to scare the hell
out of us.

Well, whatever it is,
it seems to be working.

Hits on
this guy's website

have tripled in
the last 12 months.

According to this,
the country's full

of fifth column spies
from Arabic states.

Quote "Nelfi Sa'ad,
recent art history grad
at City College

"switched to a degree
as a structural engineer.

"Anybody care
to guess why?"

What's the harm
in looking into it?

If we'd a been
a little more alert
the first time,

maybe there wouldn't
have been a first time.

I switched my major twice
in college.

That make me
a terrorist?

No. But you don't
fit the profile.

The dirty little secret
of law enforcement.

I swear, if people start
to believe this stuff,

somebody's gonna
get killed.

BRISCOE: Maybe
somebody already has.

"Another loyal reader
has provided
firsthand accounts

"that show Joseph Haden,
real name a mystery,

"of 225 Stanton Street,

"is a Middle Eastern radical
here in New York illegally.

"Although
proper authorities
have been warned,

"Haden remains
a free man
at this moment.

"Who will stop him?"

That's practically
begging somebody
to take him out.

Maybe that was
the idea all along.

TEAGUE: Now
you guys want to talk?

Where were you
when I first published?

When Haden was
walking around
a free man?

We're not subscribers.

Well, get on the bus,
Detective.

I am out there trying to
make your jobs easier.

Oh, and just how
are you doing that?

You think the liberal
mainstream wusses

are going
to print names
and addresses?

We all know
what's going on.

Everybody's so worried
about offending Arabs.

They're being singled out,
they have their rights, too.

This is the first war
where we don't want
to hurt anyone's feelings.

Just get rid
of 'em all, huh?

You sit next to one
on a plane yet?

Tell me you didn't
watch when he got up
to use the bathroom.

We just want to know where
you got the information
on this man.

You'd be amazed
at the sources I have.

You know, it's funny
how your sources

turn up terrorists
the FBI missed.

Hey, don't blame the Bureau.
Their hands are tied.

Bunch of civil rights
do-gooders say

all interviews
of young Arab men
must be voluntary.

(SCOFFS) Excuse me.
"Mr. Capone, would
you mind coming in

"and make
a full confession?"

Your article led
the killer to Haden.

I just put
the information out there.

You gave up his address.
What, were you hoping,
a visitor would drop by?

Which brings us back
to how you got it.

Nice try.

You've heard of the
journalists' Shield Law?

Says I don't have
to tell you who
my source is.

Hey, you heard
of a subpoena?

'Cause we can get one.

You do that.
I'll just add it
to my collection.

BRISCOE: Article indicates
the authorities were notified.

If we were,
I'll find it.

How many reports
you get like this
since 9/11?

We actually
stopped counting
after 500,000.

When did you say
this was filed?

It was three months ago.

Last name Haden?
Here it is.

Joseph Haden.
Tip called in
by one Frank Miller.

And what do you
got on him?

Address and phone number.

I love it when they
make it easy like that.

Yeah.
I'll print you a copy.

ED: Was there
any investigation
on the tip?

Of sorts.
We listed it
low priority.

Look, guy's from Yemen,
fake name, fake ID,

that's low priority
these days?

We looked into
Miller's allegations.

Nothing panned out,
so we notified the INS.

Look, you wanna
critique the operations,
get in line.

You want
Miller's address,
here it is.

Thanks.

Join the FBI,
learn to pass the buck.

You guys aren't
gonna smash this
place up now, are you?

Oh, don't worry,
search doesn't
always mean destroy.

The mail's recent.
He's been here
since Haddad's murder.

Hey, Ed,
look at this.

Is that a scanner?
Mmm-hmm.

Looks like Haddad had
his own little fan club.

BRISCOE: Ah,
this guy's a soldier.

Combat Unit.

I heard him say
he served in
Desert Storm.

Yeah? Well, he's got
the hardware to prove it.

SUPERINTENDANT:
What the hell is that?

It ain't
a starter pistol.

Looks like maybe
Miller was fighting
his own little war

on the home front.

Apparently, Miller had
been stalking Haden
for quite some time.

Dates, times,
visits to the mosque.

He knew
this man's schedule
down to the minute.

Do we have a working theory
for how Haddad entered
Miller's radar?

Miller's FBI report
came on the heels
of the website article

featuring Joseph Haden,
aka Juseff Haddad,

as one of thousands
of Arab terrorists
living among us.

How about
finding the person

who brought Haddad
to Teague's attention?

You think Teague's
source might know
where Miller's located?

You know,
Briscoe and Green tried
to rattle Teague's cage

with a subpoena,
but he thinks he can hide
behind the Shield Law.

Maybe from a subpoena.
Not from a warrant.

Mr. Teague isn't
gonna like this.

Oh, that's okay.
The judge sort of said
it would be all right.

Well, then,
Mr. Teague's lawyer
isn't gonna like this.

What the hell
do you think
you guys are doing?

This is a newsroom.

It's not some crack house
you can just barge into.

Mr. Teague,
stand aside.

I asked you...
Hey! Don't make me
restrain you.

Whoa, a file
marked "Haden"?

That's source material.

Oh. We got
audio tapes,
transcripts...

Well, now we know
what Miller's scanner
was used for.

Good morning, Yemen.

Teague's files on Haddad
were stocked

with information
and documents
from Miller.

So, Miller didn't
learn about Haddad
from Teague's website,

Miller was
the source himself.

He illegally monitored
telephone conversations

between Haddad
and unidentified
Arabic-speakers

with a VHF scanner.

I thought the police
write-up indicated

Haddad didn't
have a phone.

Audio technicians
think Haddad was
using a cell phone.

Have you tracked
that down?

Probably went up
in the fire.

LEWIN: What about
the phone records?

Nothing so far.

You know, if Haddad
was staying true to form,

the phone
was probably one
with preloaded hours.

No account number.

There was also
a reference to
a wire transfer

for a large sum of money
from a Swiss bank account.

McCOY: Haddad claimed
he had been forced
to leave his country.

A Swiss account may
have been the only way

to take his life savings
with him.

Still, you have to admit,
coupled with his attempt
to hide who he was,

it's pretty suspicious
circumstances.

Even if it is,

suspicious circumstances
can't condemn a man to death.

LEWIN: Do we
have any idea
where Miller is?

Right now,
it's anybody's guess.

Plus, this guy
is Special Forces.

Then let's talk
to the people
who trained him.

Frank Miller joined
Special Forces in '89,

had advanced
weapons training.

Transferred to
Army Intelligence.

What did he do
for them?

Surveillance
and covert operations.

Seems like
you may have taught him
a little too well.

Well, there's no question
Lieutenant Miller was a bit
of a cowboy.

That's one of
the reasons
we let him go.

I was under the impression
he resigned his commission.

Passed over twice
for promotion,
he got the message.

Which was?

Let's just say
he didn't see eye-to-eye

with department policy
regarding the end
of the Gulf conflict.

He wanted to
finish Saddam off
right then and there.

Can't say everyone
around here disagreed
with him either.

Do you have any idea
how we can track
him down, Major?

Check with local
V.A. hospitals.

When Miller came home
from Desert Storm,

he came home
pretty sick.

CLERK: I'm usually
pretty good with faces,

but him
I don't recognize.

Are you sure he came
to this pharmacy?

According to the V.A.,
he would've been here
about a week ago.

Let me check
our invoices.

(COMPUTER BEEPS)

Miller, Frank.

We filled the prescription
last Wednesday, actually.

But you don't
recognize him?

Oh, that's because
he used our
delivery service.

Freeze!

Who the hell are you?

Keep your hands
where they are!

Where's Frank Miller?
I have no idea.

That's a lie.
He had a prescription
delivered here last week.

Ed, looks like
surveillance tapes.

Haddad's name's
all over them.

Where did you get these?
BOB: They're Frank's.

I've been doing
some translations
for him.

What's on these tapes?

Just chatter,
conversation.

Look, I really
don't know anything.

Why you?

It's how
I make my living.

I was a communications
specialist

in Frank's outfit
before my accident.

Look, what...
What's going on?

Your buddy's
in a lot of trouble.

BOB: For what?

That guy he was
spying on is dead.

Oh, my God.

ED: When's he
coming back?

I don't know.

You know how
tough prison can be
in a wheelchair?

(SIGHS)

Frank's not
coming back here.

Look, he was here
a few days ago.

He told me to
send everything
to this Internet guy.

Tape originals,
transcripts, copies,
everything.

And what's
this guy's name?

(SIGHS)

Adam Teague.

We'll see ourselves in.

I'm on a deadline,
I can't talk now.

Adam Teague,
you're under arrest

for conspiracy
to commit murder.

That's ridiculous!
The murder of who?

Joseph Haden.
(GROANS)
Haden my ass.

You mean,
Juseff Haddad.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Don't you people
understand?

These people are here
They're waiting for us.
Please remain silent.

They're waiting
for orders
to destroy us!

You have the right
to an attorney...

You should be glad
there's someone like me
looking out for us.

Look at my face,
I'm ecstatic.

I'm being punished
for trying to
tell the truth.

You can come down
from your soap box,
Mr. Teague.

You're being prosecuted
for participating

in a conspiracy leading
to a man's death.

You're forgetting that
a murder conspiracy charge
requires an overt act.

Which we can make out
through your client's

financial assistance
to Frank Miller.

And his acceptance
of Miller's tapes.

The First Amendment
doesn't shield
a journalist

from accomplice liability
after the fact.

Even if my client
did pay for the tapes
and accept them,

you still have to
prove he knew Miller
would kill this man.

You financed
Miller's operation,

you shared information.

You can't put
a murder in motion

and then claim you had
nothing to do with it
when it happens.

I'm a reporter.
I didn't put anything
in motion.

Well, then maybe
you can explain

what you and Miller
talked about the day
of Haddad's murder?

McCOY: I don't think a jury
will have much trouble

concluding it was a call
about Juseff Haddad.

You didn't care
what you published,

what it meant
to Juseff Haddad.

What do you think it meant?

The money,
hiding who he was...

So, you invited
Frank Miller

to take matters
into his own hands.

Look, I never meant
for him to kill anyone.

Miller was all wound up
talking about 9111,

how Haddad had
to be stopped.

He said that
no one at the FBI
would listen

because we just didn't
have the goods.

And you don't
pick up the phone
to warn anyone?

No. Not after I talked
to my source
in the State Department.

See, Miller had
been monitoring
Haddad's overseas calls.

In some of
the conversations,

he talked about
bringing his family here.

A wife, a child.

The day he got killed,
I found out that Haddad
had no wife, no kid.

He had
no family at all.

It was all code.

And you told
Miller that?

I wanted Frank to know
that he'd done his job.

That we could go
to the FBI.

That... That they'd
have no choice now.

But he just
wouldn't listen
to reason.

What's on the table here?

If he's willing to testify
and tell us where Miller is,

I'd be willing to consider
a negligent homicide charge.

I was only
doing my job.

You lit a fuse
you couldn't put out,
Mr. Teague.

Get down!
Down on your knees!

Get down!
On your knees!

Down. Down.
Clear.

We're all clear,
Detectives.

Frank Miller,
you're under arrest

for the murder
of Juseff Haddad.

On your feet!

I didn't murder anyone.

Oh, yeah?
There's somebody down
at the M.E.'s office

doing a pretty
good impression
of a dead guy.

You have the right
to remain silent.
Anything you say...

"Docket 2508,
People v. Miller,

"one count murder
in the second degree,

"one count arson
in the first degree."

Counselor,
does your client wish
to enter a plea?

HASTINGS: Your Honor,
my client refuses

to recognize
the jurisdiction
of this court.

Is your client in need
of a psych exam,
Mr. Hastings?

I'm not crazy.
I served in
Desert Storm.

I've been wounded
in battle defending
my nation.

I received
a Bronze Star.

The defendant's
military record is
irrelevant, Your Honor.

Irrelevant?
I have devoted my life

to the defense
of my country.

Killing the enemy
is not murder.

Counselor,
you might want
to remind your client

that anything he says
in this courtroom can
be used against him.

It is our position

that any acts
Lieutenant Miller
may have committed,

he did so in the capacity
of a soldier during wartime.

A soldier in whose army
under whose orders?

JUDGE: I think
I'll let the trial court
sort that one out.

He also demands
an immediate and
unconditional release.

Now that one I can
decide on my own.

Defendant's application
for release is denied.

Defendant
is hereby remanded.

I'll take care of it,
all right?

My client relies
on the statements
of the Attorney General

that terrorists
are illegal combatants.

Which has no bearing
on acts of murder

committed in
New York City.

Haddad's legal status
has every bearing.

Judge, according to
the highest law
enforcement official

in this land,

illegal combatants
are subject to
summary execution.

As far as I know,
that determination

hasn't been limited
to a particular geography.

But clearly
it's limited to battle,

and under exigent
circumstances.

Which is exactly
what my client was facing.

A terrorist about to
attack this country.

He murdered a man.

He used the skills
and training

his country gave him
and he acted.

By setting
an apartment on fire
to cover his crime?

Not exactly the actions
of a soldier

who thought what
he'd done was right,
Counselor.

HASTINGS: Do you know
what Haddad was doing

at that garage
he worked at?

Learning how to
drive 18 wheelers.

They had a deal
with a trucking company.

That's why he wanted
that driver's license
so badly.

McCOY: So we all
turn our backs

when a cold-blooded
murder is committed?

We do that, we turn
into the very thing
we're fighting.

The word "terrorism"
loses its meaning.

I agree
with Mr. McCoy.

Your client
is a civilian,
not a soldier.

All due respect,
Your Honor,

but we're all soldiers.

Soldiers in a war
against terrorism.

I know this because
CNN tells me so every day.

The Homeland Secretary
tells us we're all
on yellow alert.

That has to
mean something more
than just a color.

If Juseff Haddad was
indeed a terrorist,

then my client was acting
in defense of country.

If you won't dismiss
this case outright,

at least let me
raise this at trial.

Motion to dismiss
is denied.

Judge...
However, the defendant

will be able to assert
reasonable fear of
imminent harm at trial.

Your Honor...

I said he could assert
a claim, Mr. McCoy.

None of us knows
whether it'll fly.

Acting in defense
of country.

He's asserting a clear
and present danger.

He's making up the law
as he goes along.

Illegal combatants
military tribunals,
a war on terrorism.

We're all making it up
as we go along.

Justice isn't
a moving target.

We can't just forget
the rule of law

because we don't like
who lays claim to it.

The jury might
bend a little

when they find out
who Haddad was.

The FBI just
faxed this over.

They traced the source
of the money

in his Swiss bank account
to a Sudanese charity.

It's on a terrorist
watch list.

Which Miller couldn't
have known about
at the time.

Which a jury
definitely will know.

Miller doesn't
get the benefit
of hindsight.

He can't murder someone
and then hope afterwards
it turns out he was right.

Only he was right.

Based on what information
at the time? What proof?

The only thing that
made Juseff Haddad
a terrorist

at the time of his murder
was where he came from
and who he talked to.

The moment we agree
to use a person's origin

as a litmus test
for terrorism

is the moment
the terrorism turns us
into racists.

LEWIN: Yeah,
but you're forgetting
there's a reality here.

The reality of
who attacked us.

And where they're from.

In World War ll we put
Japanese-Americans
into camps.

I'm sure everyone
concerned at the time

thought it was right.

But that didn't
make it right,
or legal.

A jury who learns that
Haddad was a terrorist

will vote their fears,
not their principles.

It's our job
to keep fear out
of the courtroom.

Only I think what
we're saying is

we're not sure
that we can.

McCOY: The audio tapes
from which you made
the transcriptions

were given to you
by the defendant?

Frank told me he was
doing surveillance work
for the Army.

But you knew
that wasn't true?

It was my out,
in case Frank
got caught.

McCOY:
Then the defendant
understood that

what he was doing
was illegal?

HASTINGS: Objection.

Sustained.

In the translations
you made

of Mr. Haddad's
phone conversations,

did you ever find
any information proving
that he was a terrorist?

Nothing specific, no.

What did you hear
on those tapes?

Mostly Haddad talked
about his family,

about bringing them
to America.

Did you tell this
to the defendant?

Yes.

What was his reaction?

Frank said
that we should
keep listening.

That there had to
be something.

Find anything
when you listened to
these tapes, Sergeant?

Anything
suspicious at all?

There were
a lot of things.

For one, there were
references to money.

What sort
of references?

Haddad kept assuring
who he was talking to

that things
were in place.

That he had
access to money,

that everything
would be waiting.

HASTINGS: Waiting?

Like I said,
there were references

that others were gonna
be coming over, his family.

How did Lieutenant Miller
react to all this?

He thought Haddad
was a sleeper.

A sleeper?

Someone here
waiting for orders.

Now, Joseph Haden,

that's what the subject
on the tape called himself.

He kept his real name,
Juseff Haddad, secret?

As far as I know, yes.

What about the phone
he was using?

It was a prepaid,
untraceable cell phone.

He had no telephone
in his apartment?

None.

And he had
a minimum wage job?

Yes. I believe so.

Are you aware
that Juseff Haddad,
or whatever his name was,

had almost $90,000
in the bank?

Objection.

Overruled.

I think Frank had access
to his bank account.

Are you also aware
that Mohammed Atta,

the man behind
the 9/11 attacks

also had
a minimum wage job?
Objection!

And hundreds of thousands
of dollars in the bank?

Objection!
Sustained.

While he was
planning to destroy
the World Trade Center?

Your Honor!
Move on or be seated,
Mr. Hastings.

I think everything
that needs to be said
has just been said.

Serena told me
she saw heads nodding

in the jury box
during Hastings' cross.

Fears in,
common sense judgment
goes out the window.

You once told me that
when people were afraid,

they'd consider
any means necessary

in order
to feel safe again.

People can consider
whatever they want.

But fear is not
a license to kill.

What Miller did
put everyone who lived
in that building at risk.

He acted as a vigilante,
not in anyone's defense.

Labels won't
matter if there's
an acquittal, Jack.

He hasn't
walked just yet.

Yeah.
But if he does...

There's lunatics
out there.

They'll consider
a not guilty verdict

as the start of
open season on Arabs.

And the alternative
is what?

Make it go away.
Offer him man one.

If he takes it,
the point's been made.

I can't do that.

Can't or won't?

I'll withdraw
from the case,
if you want,

and I'll understand
the reason why,

but I can't
make a deal here.

Why?

Because of how easy
it would be.

Because of how
much I personally
want to do it.

Miller's not on trial
in this case, Nora,
we are.

How do we
plea bargain that?

Ten years' service
in the Army.

That's right.

A Purple Heart,
Bronze Star for valor.

Your nation considers you
a hero, Mr. Miller.

I was just
doing my duty.

And your pursuit
of Juseff Haddad?

Something I also felt
duty bound to do.

As a patriot.

And what
made you feel that?

Everything.
Everything about him.

The fact
he was here illegally.

The fact he used
a false name

actively concealed
who he was.

Couldn't he have
simply been afraid
of deportation?

He was meeting other Arabs,
men from his mosque.

And he was going out
of his way

to make people think
that he was poor,

but he had $90,000
in the bank.

An immigrant
does everything
to build a life.

Haddad was
doing everything
to hide his.

Anything else?

He was getting calls
from overseas

on an untraceable
cell phone.

He was being told
to get things ready.

And over and over again,
he talked about
bringing his family here.

And that had some
significance for you?

Well,
from the conversation
on these tapes,

these people were supposed
to be coming any day.

But Haddad never
did a thing to
get his place ready.

No beds, nothing.

And what did
you conclude?

It was obvious
"family" was code.

Haddad was a terrorist,
a sleeper.

So you decided
to stop him?

Not till after
the last phone call
from Teague.

And what did
he tell you?

He confirmed that
Haddad had no family,
no wife, no child

and that I'd been right
about the code.

And only then
did you act?

I did what I was
trained to do.

Did what you were
trained to do?
That's right!

On whose orders?
Where was the chain
of command in all this?

You don't get it.

Who verified the target
before you took it
on yourself to act?

I just testified that
Teague had confirmed
Haddad had no family.

Teague is a journalist.

He had a source
in the State Department.

And there was
no question
in your mind

that this source
was reliable?

None whatsoever.

So you knew
at that point.

Juseff Haddad
was a terrorist!

Yes.

Only you didn't
call the FBI?

The FBI ignored
the warning signs.

But you had
new evidence.

Surely with this proof
the FBI would have had
to act.

Only you couldn't wait,
could you?

I didn't think so, no.

Or was it that
you didn't want to?

You knew that
not a single dime

of the money
had been touched.

That not a single contact
had been made
by Mr. Haddad.

But you
went there anyway,
didn't you?

Objection.
You went there
without a warrant,

without benefit
of any legal authority,

intent on
killing this man.

HASTINGS: Objection!
JUDGE: Overruled.

I told you.
I did what I was
trained to do.

When did
the Army train you

to kill an unarmed
prisoner, Mr. Miller?

When did the Army train you
to risk civilian lives

in an explosion
designed to
hide your crime?

Osama bin Laden
never thought

the Towers would
come down either,
Mr. Miller.

Your Honor!
Strike that
last comment.

These people are here.

The FBI knows it,
the CIA.

You must understand,

if we don't
kill them first,
they will kill us.

Which would make
who the terrorist?

You can defend your
home, your family.

Nobody'll question you,

doubt the sincerity
of your motives.

But some attacks,
you can't know
who the victim will be

or when the attack
will come.

Nobody could have
imagined that

a beautiful
September morning

could have been
the prelude to
so much death.

Mr. McCoy would
have us wait for proof

before he'll allow us
to defend ourselves.

But sometimes
proof comes too late.

Frank Miller acted.

Did what he was
trained to do.

Not for himself,

but for you and for me.

And no matter what
the prosecutor tells you
in this courtroom,

the one thing
he won't tell you is
that Juseff Haddad

wasn't here to harm us.

If Haddad was a terrorist,
then Frank Miller is a hero.

If it really is
a war we're fighting,

if our country's survival
really is at stake,

then the rules of war
have to apply.

And you don't try
a soldier for murder.

Not if you want him
to fight for you.

(EXHALING)

We all fear the
threat of terrorism

and the simple fact
is that our lives
have changed.

But what we do
with that fear

will ultimately
define who we are.

Do we let it overwhelm us,

until we become
so consumed with dread
of what might be

that we no longer give
thought to what should be?

Or what we stand for?

Being afraid
can't justify murder.

Nor can calling
yourself a patriot.

People in this country
are innocent until
proven guilty.

We've sent men off to die

in order
to protect that right.

Don't let's be
the first generation
to succumb to fear.

Not when so many
who came before us

stood their ground.

McCOY: When Frank Miller
took on the role

of judge, jury
and executioner,

his actions
diminished us all.

When in our name,

he took it upon himself
to kill a man,

we all lost a measure
of our humanity.

But this jury has a chance
to get it back.

Because this jury

has a chance to
answer the question.

How much of ourselves
as a country

are we willing to surrender
to terrorism?

Has the jury
reached a verdict?

Yes, we have, Your Honor.

As to the first count
in the indictment,

murder in the second degree
in the death of Juseff Haddad,

we find the defendant,
Frank Miller, guilty.

Five days of
jury deliberations.

Which means some of them
were ready to acquit.

LEWIN: A minority may have
given in to their fears
for a moment.

But you were right, Jack.

They came to their senses.

I think the American
dream is still safe.

Give us your tired,
your poor,

your terrorists.