All language subtitles for Law and order S17E04 - Fear America

(male announcer)
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.

(man)
Get up!
Get up, you Arab pig!

Come on, let's go.
Let's go!

Shut up!

[muffled whimpers]

On your knees.

[shouting]
Get on your knees!

This'll light up
the world.

We're ready.
Let's go.

Lolli-gops,
towel heads,

camel jockeys,

you are not
Americans.

You're parasites
living off our citizens.

You cheer when
our GIs die in Iraq.

Why do you live
in our country

if you hate
our way of life?!

[muffled whimpers]

You think we're scared
of your jihad?

After today,
be scared of us.

This is our jihad.

[muffled cries]
God bless America!

[scream echoing]

The victim had his wallet
and his cell phone.

His name is
Eric Khalaby.

He's 26.
He's from Bay Ridge.

I'm gonna run him
through NCIC,

and I'm gonna
give the phone to TARU.

They cut his head off?

Yeah, just about.

An Arab, a banner--

Somebody was definitely
trying to send a message.

"United Americans
For One America."

What is this place?

An old fleet garage.

You can't see
the entrance,

so they obviously
had privacy.

Security guard
started his shift at 6:00,

found the body
as soon as he got here.

All these bloody
footprints, they're smeared,

so we're not gonna get
a good impression.

Knife went through
the carotid.

When?
No rigor--

Three hours ago,
tops.

Your victim struggled.

I got some hair samples--
not his.

Oh, and he's wearing
a wedding ring.

How do you tell this
to the wife?

You all right?

Yeah, fine.

(Van Buren)
Captain?

Franks,
Public Information.

Van Buren.
This is really bad.

You have no idea.
Seen a TV yet?

(Van Buren)
No.

(reporter)
What follows is a tape
delivered to news organizations

in the early hours
this morning.

A home-grown version
of terrorist videos we've seen

with increasing
frequency.

The effect of this one,
as you'll see, is the same.

It's to create fear.

(masked man)
Lolli-gops, towel heads,
camel jockeys,

you are not Americans.

You're parasites
living off our citizens.

You cheer when our GIs die
in Iraq.

Why do you live
in our country

if you hate
our way of life?!

(masked man #2)
You think we're scared
of your jihad?

After today,
be scared of us.

This is our jihad.

[muffled cries]
God bless America!

(reporter)
The rest, of course,
is too graphic

for us to air.

But suffice it to say...

The world doesn't need
to see this.

Especially in front
of our flag.

(reporter)
...terrorists, presumably,
Americans.

[theme music]

♪ ♪

Eric always said
people were basically decent.

They wouldn't
take it out on us.

I think of
how they had him,

how scared
he must have been.

How--[crying]

Mrs. Khalaby, I know
this is difficult for you,

but we do have
a few questions.

Yes, yes.

Okay.

Did Eric ever receive
any threats?

You know, just insults
on the street.

My mosque has
600 members, Detective.

For lots of them,

threats are
a simple fact of life.

This 10:00 call,

did it come in
on your land line

or his cell phone?

I don't remember.

I woke up when he was
getting dressed.

United Americans
for One America!

Who are these people?

Who do they think
we are?

We're Americans.
I was born here.

And they hate us.

It'll never get better.

As her Imam,
I want her,

and everyone
in our mosque

to believe that you care
about a dead Muslim.

Help me do that.

This community doesn't
exactly trust the police.

Sir, we can imagine people
thinking otherwise,

but we don't tolerate
hate crimes.

No matter who
the victim is.

Nina Cassady, Ed Green,

this is Henry Paulsen,

from the joint terrorism
task force,

and Brian Griggs, FBI.

We're keeping them informed
every step of the way.

Well, Mrs. Khalaby said
her husband received a call

from his law firm
around 10:00 PM,

but TARU said
it didn't come in

on his cell phone.

The LUDs from
the Khalaby apartment

don't show a call
after 9:00 PM.

Could the wife
be involved?

She was grieving.

I didn't read her
as faking it.

And that's not
our only problem.

Yeah, the banner
from the video--

United Americans
for One America.

Detective Paulsen here says
they haven't been active

since the '90s.

As far as we know,
there no longer is

a United Americans
for One America.

All right,
this 10:00 PM call--

JTTF is at
Khalaby's office,

clearing it out.

Let's find out
if he was really there

last night.

(woman)
No, he wasn't.

And the name on the door is
Hoffman, Gold & Birnbaum.

If that makes you assume
we had problems

with the Muslim lawyer,

you're wrong.

Other Muslims might
have had a problem.

Did Eric actually
say that?

Day before yesterday,

a friend of his
came in.

Ben something.

I was standing
near Eric's door.

They were arguing
to the point that

Eric closed it.

Did you hear anything?

Something about traditions,
and acting false.

Eric sounded
pretty rattled.

I'll help any way I can.

Diane, Eric's wife,

she said you were doing
a really great job.

We appreciate that.

Listen, we heard that you went
to Eric's office two days ago.

On my day off,
I stopped by to say hi.

We heard it was
a little louder than hi.

It was nothing,
you know.

It was personal.
Between friends.

Well, Mr. Faoud,

when one of the friends
ends up

with his head cut off,

personal piques
our curiosity.

There was talk of Eric
being out late.

I asked him if he was
having an affair.

Diane's my cousin.

I told him
it had to stop,

or we'd have to go
to the Imam.

Who is this woman
he was seeing?

He wouldn't tell me.

He got defensive.

I never saw him
like that before.

Someone you knew?

I wouldn't know her.

Someone not from
your community.

She wasn't Muslim.

Look, Eric's dead.

It won't help Diane to know
he might have been cheating.

(man)
Ben!

Excuse me, I've got to
get to work.

So, Khalaby steps
outside the faith.

I want to put names
to the numbers

on the apartment LUDs.

Maybe he called
this woman from home.

I want to check
his e-mails

from his home
computer.

Let's get
a search warrant.

Why are you doing this?

What could you find
in Eric's things?

We're doing our best
to find out

who killed your husband.

You're not telling me
the truth about everything.

Are you telling us
everything, Mrs. Khalaby?

Do you have a warrant
for this search?

Of course we do.

Could you stop
for a second,

and think about the message
you are sending?

When you search
the victim's house,

that makes him
look guilty.

That isn't our intention, sir.

You're not naive.

What does this say
to every Muslim in the city?

Ed.
Excuse me.

Back of the closet,
buried under clothes,

pre-paid cell,
untraceable.

The Koran.

The Koran's not news.
It's a Muslim household.

But inside, there are
some folded papers.

Extremist literature.

Guys.

32 cookies.
All sites in Arabic.

I checked the URLs
against JTTF lists.

A lot of these are
anti-American sites.

Anti-American web sites,
extremist literature.

You know where this
is going.

Don't put him in
a suicide vest just yet.

JTTF doesn't have
Eric Khalaby

on a single terrorist
watch list.

Well, neither were
most of the guys from 9/11.

Oh, so you're just
gonna judge on color.

You know what?

Just forget
I said anything.

All right,
I'll forget I'm black,

and I'll forget
you're white.

What, I defend
racial profiling,

I'm a racist?

You obviously have
something to say,

so just say it.

Okay.

You get pulled over
by a cop

just because you're black,
that's wrong,

and it sucks.
[cell phone rings]

But if I'm alone
at 1:00 in the morning,

and three black teenagers
are walking towards me,

I'm gonna cross
the street.

Hold on,
I got a text.

"The victim made five calls
to other pre-paids.

Called 911 day
he was killed."

Let's go to One-PP and listen
to that switchboard tape.

And don't worry,
my ears are color blind.

(Khalaby on tape, frantic)
It's happening in 36 hours.
You've got to stop them.

I'm a good American.
I didn't mean to get involved.

Look, I can't talk
right now, okay.

(detective on tape)
Look, we need you tonight.

(Khalaby)
No, not today.
Tomorrow?

(detective)
10:00 in the morning,
Union Square,

by the W Hotel.

I'll be in a blue suit.
You can--

(Khalaby)
Okay, I gotta go.

[phone hangs up,
recorder switched off]

Khalaby didn't give
his name.

Not to the 911 operator,

and not to the detective
it was routed to.

The detective made the meet.
No one showed.

He was already dead.
I was wrong.

This guy wasn't
a terrorist.

He was an informant.

That means tonight.

(Cassady)
You have any ideas?

Web chatter, but
basically, no, nothing.

Most of these calls
don't pan out.

But this one, the second
you heard his voice,

you knew it was real.

Marie, as soon as
Agent Griggs gets here,

can you send him in,
please?

It takes four minutes to trace
a trunk line call.

We didn't get it.

Khalaby's second-generation
American.

Good job, good marriage--

How's he end up
anywhere near

a terrorist cell?

Ordinary young men,
here, Canada, Europe,

they see recruiting tapes
from Pakistan, Saudi:

"Join us.

Your country commits
war crimes."

You're telling me
a recruiting tape

turns normal American kids
into bomb throwers?

I'm guessing Khalaby
put one foot in the door,

then realized he'd made
a mistake.

So, he talks to a detective,
the terrorists find out,

and they kill him
for being an informant.

Using the white supremacist
group as cover.

Sorry I'm late.

I'm running
117 actives.

The point of origin
on Khalaby's call to One-PP--

Araway Security.

High-end
security systems.

Araway's on the client list
of Khalaby's law firm.

We called the firm.
They didn't send him out there.

Well, then,
why was he there?

We have 16 hours.
Let's go.

(Aldridge)
We do work for
the Port Authority.

Subways, bridges.

We manufacture
and install cameras.

Build network interfaces.

City said we missed a couple.

So they came to check
the contracts.

What's this about?

Wait a minute.
You said they came to check?

Yeah, Eric
and one of the associates.

You remember
this lawyer's name?

I wasn't paying attention.

I got video
on the outside doors

if you want to take a look.

We make cameras.
They're everywhere.

(Aldridge)
Here we go.
Front lobby.

(Cassady)
Pause it.
Can you blow that up?

Sure.

(Green)
That's our friend
from the restaurant.

The one that had
the argument with Eric.

Ben Faoud.
(Paulsen)
You have audio?

Uh, yeah, sure.

(woman at front desk)
You sure you have
an appointment for today?

Yes.

And where did you say
you were from?

We're from Hoffman,
Gold.

Let me call
Mr. Aldridge.

I don't see you here
on the list.

Our appointment is
for today.

Okay, stop it.

Can you get us a copy
of that audio?

Sure.
Not a problem.

We should try
to match this audio

to the voices
on that beheading tape.

(man from beheading video)
You cheer when our GIs die
in Iraq.

Why live in our country
if you hate our way of life?

From the Araway
security lobby.

(Faoud, on tape)
Our appointment is for today.
[cell phone rings]

(Morales)
We get the word "our"
in similar context.

(man in beheading video)
Why live in our country
if you hate our way of life?

(Faoud)
Our appointment is
for today.

[both sound bites played
simultaneously]

(Morales)
Not even close
to the frequency patterns.

It's not this guy.
Try the second guy.

(second man
in beheading video)
You think we're scared

of your jihad?

After today--

(Faoud)
Our appointment is
for today.

[sound bites played
simultaneously]

"Today's" nearly identical.

If the context was better,
they would be identical.

Good enough
for probable cause.

The FBI staked out
the restaurant.

Ben didn't show up
for work,

and he is not
at his apartment.

(Paulsen)
Nothing personal here.

No family photos,
travel souvenirs, nothing.

He travels light.

Look, found his passport.

Your boy gets around.

"Afghanistan, Syria,
Pakistan."

I mean, these ain't
your basic vacation spots.

Geraldo would be proud.

These were all
under the floor boards.

Dozens of cell phone
SIM cards.

And schematics
for a Stinger missile

shoulder launcher.

(Paulsen)
The schematics are real.

Not some how-to
off the Internet.

But I don't know where
he got 'em.

He's not on
any watch lists.

Look, I'm still
at One-PP.

Could you call me
on my cell phone?

Anti-crime, FBI,
JTTF--

We've got eyes
all over this city.

He's bound to
show up somewhere.

Homeland Security
turned these up

while tracking
other people.

Ben, Chicago.

Lecture on the oppression
of Arab peoples.

Heathrow, on his way
to Damascus.

But basically,
he's N.O.R.A.

N.O.R.A.--
Nothing on record against?

Yeah, if he's
turned active,

it's a cell of two
or three at most.

We have five hours.

Araway has 20,000 cameras
surveilling 2,000 sites.

Any of those places
could be a target.

[cell phone rings]
If he knows we're onto him,

does he back down?
(Van Buren, on phone)
Van Buren.

(Paulsen)
I wouldn't count on it.

Where?
How good's the I.D.?

Thanks.

Anti-crime,

sitting on the Crescent Sun
mosque in Masbeth,

just I.D.ed Ben Faoud
going in.

Let's get a team
out there.

(Cassady)
They're locking the doors.

All the lights
are out.

Anti-crime says
he went in.

(Van Buren)
And every set of eyes
we have out there says

he never came out.

Bring up
the heat sensor.

(male voice)
Activate the thermal
image units, see what you got.

(Rawlings, over radio)
I got water pipes, radiator.

Nothin'.

Wait, I got him.

Two bodies...
going down the stairs.

East corne

I still can't believe
we're storming a mosque.

If we were looking for
any fugitive

in any other place,

we'd do the same thing.

We need the warrant
to go inside.

(Van Buren)
Signed?

Thanks.
We got the search warrant.

Hit it.

Police! Search warrant!

Hold your fire!
Hold your fire!

Don't shoot! I'm coming out!

Freeze!
Hands in the air!

Don't move!
Don't shoot!

Turn around!
I'm not armed.

All clear!

Get down!

Get down on the ground now!

Put your face
on the ground.

You're under arrest
for the murder of Eric Khalaby.

You have the right
to remain silent.

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

You have the right
to an attorney.

If you cannot afford one,

one will be provided
for you.

Eric was my friend.

Why on God's earth
would I hurt him?

Because he warned
the police

about your plan
to use Stinger missiles.

Your voice matches
the one on the video tape.

You had the knife
in your hand,

and this is only going
to make the I.D. clearer.

What are you people
talking about?

Eric was murdered
by white racists.

Do white racists
distribute DVDs

of beheadings
to deter informants?

20 of 'em, Ben,

found in your backpack
inside the mosque.

You put 'em on the street,
the people get your message.

You're insane.

The DVDs belonged
to Ray Al-Sini.

You people shot him dead
at the mosque.

You saw him.
He was a wack job.

He was nuts.

Where are you hiding
the Stingers, Ben?

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

[cell phone rings]

TARU broke Mr. Faoud's
laptop encryption.

Snub drive
in the computer itself.

(Cassady)
Pier 12.
Port of New York.

Someone wanted to
get on those docks

without being seen.

That's what Khalaby knew.

That Faoud was trying
to bring something

through the ports.

Hold on, guys.

This steps on
a bigger operation

already in progress.

Griggs, what are you
talking about?

Three days ago, the merchant
ship Sea Angel docked

from London.

We've had it staked out

since it arrived
into port.

Somebody was supposed
to pick up a package.

What kind of package?

I'll be moving Mr. Faoud
to the federal facility

on Church Street.

He's already been booked
by NYPD.

Unbook him.

I'll call Jack McCoy.

(Shenkler)
We asked the NYPD

for custody of Mr. Faoud.

We heard you advised
against that.

No, I said
it wasn't resolved.

We're taking jurisdiction.

A package came in
to Pier 12,

we believe
for Mr. Faoud.

What makes you
think it's for him?

Two of his relatives
helped ship the package.

We heard it was
Stinger missiles.

The Attorney General
gives you

limited security clearance
for today only.

It was two pounds
of U-235 uranium.

Most likely shipped
from an arms factory

just outside of London.

Put a pound of that
in a suitcase

with a couple of sticks
of dynamite,

explode the suitcase.

You'll have radioactive dust
spread for miles.

Do it in a subway,

the tunnels will be
radioactive

for 20 or 30 years.

British intel
got in early

and replaced the uranium
with a dummy drop.

So if I understand
correctly,

you don't have
a strong case?

If I'm wrong,

Faoud's all yours.

Apparently I'm not,
so let's be honest.

We treat him fairly,

or we turn him into
a folk hero.

Jack, let's take a walk.

Well, you're not wrong.

Can Faoud lead you
to other terrorists?

On the record...
anything's possible.

Off the record,
it's a two-man cell.

He's number two.
No one below them.

And they never let 'em
meet anyone above.

He's a baby terrorist,
Warren.

Behind bars,
he doesn't get to grow up.

Tell this to the FBI,

he goes away 25 to life.

That's enough leverage
to find out anything he knows.

One problem.

You can't mention
the uranium at trial.

Your security clearance
was only good for today.

Uranium gives us motive.

This one the FBI wins.

You mention uranium
at trial,

you violate the National
Security Act of 1947.

Then I'll have to
prosecute you.

I won't like it,
but I'll do it.

Docket number 0742193,

The People vs. Benjamin Faoud.

The charge is murder
in the first degree.

Your Honor,
before we go further,

we've all seen
a videotape

that actually tells us
who murdered Eric Khalaby.

My client's here
for one reason.

Muslims are being
singled out for persecution.

(judge)
Nice speech,
Mr. Robinette.

Let's move on.
How does the defendant plead?

Not guilty.

Judge, you have before you
a request

for the Imam of my client's
mosque to speak.

By all means,
Mr. Robinette.

Your Honor, sir,

I have known Mr. Faoud
many years

as a good and decent man.

He is a respected member
of our community.

He gives time
to our mosque,

to our religious
instruction.

And if you release him
to my custody,

I can guarantee
his return.

The court appreciates
your obvious sincerity,

but you have no way
to guarantee

Mr. Faoud's appearance.

And the law requires
I do that.

So I'll have to ask you
to take your seat.

[shouting in Arabic]

[shouting stops]

My apologies.

Thank you.

Let's move on.

The People ask for remand.

The defendant is
an obvious flight risk.

Because he travels a lot?

Because he travels
to places where people

can disappear easily,

and where known terrorists
have been trained.

So if I go to the cradle
of civilization on vacation,

that makes me a terrorist?

Judge, the prosecutor has
no evidence

for the alleged motive
for the crime.

We'll leave that
to the trial judge.

The defendant is
remanded.

Mr. Robinette,

be sure to call me
the next time you go to Kabul

on vacation.
[bangs gavel]

Robinette went
straight for motive,

even at the arraignment.

Well, Robinette used
to work in this office.

You think that he can't
spot the holes in a case?

Your victim was
an informant.

The jury needs to know
what he was informing on

to know why
he was killed.

We'll work around it.
We have to.

Terrorism's your motive.

That's what Khalaby was
informing on.

This trial can't be
about terrorism.

Too late.

To prove the man's
a murderer,

first you've gotta prove
he's a terrorist.

The question is, if the FBI
couldn't prove terrorism,

how are you going to?

His voice on the tape.

The pictures
of Pier 12.

The beheading DVDs.
The jury will figure it out.

Don't count on the DVDs.

Motion to suppress.

They're arguing
the heat sensor violates

the Fourth Amendment.

The Kyllo decision
doesn't apply.

Paul Robinette can argue
that it does.

And he has a most
forceful authority

on his side.

The Supreme Court,

in the person of
Mr. Justice Antonin Scalia.

(Judge Sirkin)
Scalia, who would've thunk?

Nino on the side
of defendants.

The Kyllo decision
was narrow.

What's narrow?

"It would be foolish
to contend that

"the degree of privacy
secured to citizens

"by the Fourth Amendment

"has been entirely
unaffected

by the advance
of technology."

He said heat sensors violate
the Fourth Amendment prohibition

against unreasonable search.

It's like tapping a phone.

Want to listen?
Get a warrant.

And the cops
at the Crescent mosque didn't

till after
the heat sensor.

The hear sensor gave them
probable cause

to get the search warrant.

The opinion mentions
the word "home" 67 times.

Jack, a search is a search.

A man's home is his castle.
That's the decision.

Nowhere are the words
mosque, synagogue, or church.

Would the cops us
a heat sensor

at a church?

No.
But Muslims have no rights.

It should all be thrown out,
including the arrest.

Mr. Robinette,

the cops could've waited
all night to arrest him.

Inevitable result,

he'd have come out
eventually.

The DVDs are purely
fruit of the search.

The arrest is in.
The DVDs are out.

Really?

When is she scheduled?

Let me--

Let me call you
right back.

Diane Khalaby was just put on
Ben Faoud's visitors list.

She's on her way to Rikers
with the Imam.

What does she want
with her husband's killer?

No, what does he want
from her?

Tell Rikers
to get it on tape.

(Mrs. Khalaby)
They say that's you
holding the knife.

They say
you killed Eric.

You believe them?

Tapes can be altered.

The police will
do anything

to protect
the real killers.

What's he getting
out of this?

They say you were
making a bomb.

Diane, don't let them
divide us.

What do I know
about making bombs?

That night he left--

I'm sorry for thinking
you could do this.

Tell me she doesn't
believe him.

(Faoud)
Imam Ibrahim will tell you,

I couldn't have
killed Eric.

I was with
the Imam that night.

Tell her,
Imam Ibrahim.

(McCoy)
What's he waiting for?

Yes, Diane,
Ben was at the mosque.

He's a lousy liar.

Think he'll lie
on the stand?
[telephone rings]

I never bet against
cultural ties.

This is Connie.

Absolutely.
We'll be right there.

Arthur wants us
right away.

We sure didn't leak it.
That leaves you.

Ask the reporter.
He's not talking.

You're accusing
my people, Warren,

and I'm not too fond
of your manners.

Now, no one here spoke
to that reporter.

If you think we would
risk national security

to win a murder trial--

You were in trouble
with motive.

What was Khalaby
going to reveal?

Uranium.
Now it's out.

Cui bono.
Who benefits?

The Attorney General says
you benefit.

You know, talk is
like thunder.

Loud and harmless.

So unless you've got
a search warrant,

I suggest you get the hell
out of my office.

The FBI's
out for blood.

And I hope to God
it's not yours.

Tell me I didn't just
lie to him.

I wouldn't do this.

Absolutely not.

If we didn't leak this story,
who did?

(Morales)
We have a 95% voice match.

Mr. Faoud's voice is
on the tape of the beheading.

95%?

What about
the other five?

That's our margin of error.

Easy for you to say.
You're not on trial.

The tape was in
the TV station

for three hours.

Could the voice
be changed?

No.

I think I'd be able
to tell.

You think?

And 95%.

For a man sure
of himself,

your words indicate
a lot of doubt.

No further questions.

(Judge Sirkin)
We're in recess
until tomorrow morning.

[gavel bangs]

What?
Diane Khalaby's not in court.

She's not on our
witness list,

and she's not on theirs.

You'd think she'd want
to be here.

I'd rather not be
in the courtroom, that's all.

I need to move on
with my life.

How can you move on
from this?

Mrs. Khalaby?

Mrs. Khalaby,
we're on your side.

Eric was going through
a bad time.

A woman spit on him
in the subway.

They searched him
at the airport.

Twice.

Then one night,
I found him watching

these terrorist
recruiting tapes.

Did you ask about them?

Then he started
disappearing at night.

It lasted a few weeks.

He said it was
a moment of weakness.

He got caught up
with the wrong people.

He said they were
insane.

Suitcase bombs.
Blowing up bridges.

Your cousin Ben
was one of them.

He never mentioned
Ben's name.

Then he called
from the office.

It was a few days later he--

He said it was over.

He said he'd called
the police.

He was going
to meet them.

I was so afraid.

You didn't trust
the police?

They could send him
to Guantanamo.

They could kill him.

I called my cousin Ben.

I said Eric was
mixed up with terrorists.

He was going
to meet the police.

Ben had to do something.
He had to protect him.

He said he would.

Now I know where
Eric went that night.

Not to the office.

He was lying.

Don't you see?

I told Ben everything.

If I hadn't called him,
my husband would still be alive.

What makes you sure it was Ben
who killed your husband?

After Eric left
that night,

I-I called the Imam.

He told me to go
to the mosque to pray.

I was there
till 4:00 in the morning.

Ben was never there.

But he told the Imam
to say he was.

We need to go over this
carefully

so you'll be prepared
when you testify.

Testify?

Don't be absurd.

You were at the mosque.

I've lost my husband...
Ben...

And now I've lost
my Imam.

He'll lie to protect
these people.

Should I turn against
my Imam?

All I have left is
this community.

I can't give that up.

(Robinette)
Your cousins
who were arrested.

Do you know what
they were smuggling?

The newspaper said
it was uranium.

What do you know
about uranium?

I'm a waiter.
I work in a restaurant.

I don't know about
uranium or bombs or anything.

Did you murder
Eric Khalaby?

He was my friend.

He was killed by people
who hate Muslims.

That's the truth.
Thank you.

No further questions.

Mr. Faoud,
we heard testimony

that your voice is
on a tape of the beheading

of Eric Khalaby.

How do you
explain that?

I can't argue with the people
who are framing me.

Who would that be?

The United States
government.

It's not possible
for the government

to frame someone
they hoped was guilty?

You posed as a lawyer
to get information

on camera systems.

Was that part
of a conspiracy?

I'm into computers.

Eric said
I'd learn something.

I couldn't get in unless
I pretended to be a lawyer.

You went to look
at camera security systems

because you were curious
about computers?

Mr. Faoud, do you expect us
to believe that?

Well, it's the truth.

Why were photos of Pier 12
found on a computer

in your apartment?

It wasn't my computer.

It belonged to Ray Al-Sini,

a friend from the mosque.

I had no idea
he was a terrorist

until the police shot him.

Did your good friend
lift your floorboards,

and place schematics
of a Stinger missile launcher

under them?

(Faoud)
The government can plant
anything anywhere.

Look, I grew up
in Brooklyn.

I've never been
arrested.

I've never broken
the law.

I have friends who are
Jews and Muslims and Catholics

and everything else.

I work hard.
I belong to a union.

I pay my dues.

All of a sudden
I'm killing people

and making bombs?

Are you telling
this jury

that the United States
government

and the New York City
police department

and the Joint Terrorism
Task Force of the NYPD,

and the FBI

all constructed a conspiracy
to make you look guilty?

Is that your defense?

My own government
doesn't trust my culture

or my religion.

I don't buy it,
Mr. Faoud.

No further questions.

Redirect.

Why do you feel the government
is trying to frame you?

They need us
to be scared.

They need a face
for terrorism.

Today it's me.

And tomorrow it could
be anyone.

He's arguing
government conspiracy?

As if the jury
would buy that.

Maybe they do.

Faoud knows
what he's doing.

2/3 of the jury
are minorities.

And they're more likely
to believe in conspiracies?

You forget,
I'm a minority.

I know something
you don't.

No matter where we are,

we are always
a little separate.

But nobody could believe
that we framed Ben Faoud.

I don't know.
Maybe she's right.

It only takes one
to hang a jury.

And if you take a poll
of Blacks,

how many would
think twice

before they believed
a cop's testimony?

Take a look at this.

That reporter who broke
the uranium story.

I pulled all of his
past articles

concerning Muslim/American
relations.

This is from
five years ago.

Look at the photo.

Who's standing
in the back?

The Imam.

(Rubirosa)
He had to have met
the reporter.

(Branch)
How would he know anything
about the uranium?

And if he knew,
why leak a story

that is going to hurt
a man he's trying to save?

Unless he never wanted
to save him.

The Imam was pressured.

When we saw him at Rikers,
he was being bullied.

I think he's known everything
from the beginning.

He leaks the uranium
to get Ben Faoud off his back.

Suppose it's true.

What does it get us?

Mr. McCoy.

Why'd you leak
the uranium story?

"I want to put out
the fires of Hell,

"and burn down the rewards
of Paradise.

They block the way
to God."

A saying from
the 8th century.

You wanted to see
Ben Faoud convicted.

You spoke for him
at his arraignment,

and gave him an alibi.

I will testify for Mr. Faoud
tomorrow as planned.

Consider what you're doing.

You know my connection
to 9/11?

My nephew died.

A security guard
in the south tower.

Next week, pigs' blood
was thrown on the mosque.

We all lost that day.

American Muslims
keep losing.

You can change that.

At what cost?

You're a lawyer.

You understand
how the world works.

You know my people
don't trust the police.

And they won't trust me
if I help the police.

You knew about
the uranium.

I wouldn't want to go
in this direction,

but we can charge you
as a co-conspirator.

You threaten me?

These men come
into my mosque

and try to recruit
my members.

My voice keeps you from
having 100 Ben Faouds!

The only one that matters

is the one
we can stop now.

So stand up.
Do the right thing.

Or I'll come after you.

You want me to give up
my life's work.

This mosque will die.

What is a leader
with no one to lead?

Diane Khalaby
lost all her faith

because of you.

Is that what you want?

A leak to the press
is not enough.

All Muslims,
all Americans

need to hear you
say it publicly.

Which am I first?

A Muslim or an American?

You need to decide
if there's a contradiction.

I was with Mr. Faoud
at my mosque

the night of
Eric Khalaby's murder.

And how long
was Mr. Faoud there?

Several hours.

(Robinette)
Exactly what hours
were they?

From...

8:00 until 11:00.

(Robinette)
From--

You mean from
11:00 in the evening

until 4:00 in the morning.

No, he was not there then.

(Robinette)
Sir, you signed
an affidavit!

I signed out of fear.

Did you discuss your testimony
with Mr. McCoy?

Were you threatened?

I was threatened
by Ben Faoud.

Please answer the question.

Did the District Attorney
threaten you?

I was told
I could be charged

as a co-conspirator.

He bullied you,
didn't he?

Another Muslim American
with a boot on his neck.

Withdrawn.

No further questions.

Imam Ibrahim...

tell the jury
what happened that night

at your mosque.

It was just after 10:00 PM
when Eric came to meet Ben.

They left
10 or 15 minutes later.

Did they have
a conversation?

They were arguing.

I didn't hear everything.
I heard--

Objection!
Hearsay.

Admission, Your Honor.

Overruled.

The witness may continue.

Eric was arguing with Ben
about uranium

to be smuggled
into port.

Ben said,
"It's a blessing.

"Times Square
and Wall Street

will be uninhabitable
for the next 50 years."

(Robinette)
And we see it
again and again.

How many have
to disappear,

be tortured?

Held without hearing
charges against them?

How long before
we say stop?

When will we forgive
all Muslims

for the actions
of the radicals

who flew airplanes
into the World Trade Center?

I'll tell you.

When we find
someone new to hate.

To be a Muslim
in this country today,

is to be seen
as dangerous.

We're afraid of them.

And what do we do
to people we're afraid of?

In World War II,

3,000 Americans
of Italian background

were arrested.

11,000 of German descent.

110,000 Japanese Americans
sent to internment camps.

Dark days.

Are we gonna let them
happen again?

If you convict Ben Faoud,
that's what you're doing.

You're convicting him
because you're afraid of him.

They painted my client
as a terrorist and a murderer.

What are they
really saying?

He's one of them.

They've put terrorism
on trial here.

And Muslims on trial.

And if you let them
get away with that--

If that's how you judge
Ben Faoud,

you'll convict
an innocent man.

Who's on trial today?

Not the government.

Not America.

Not Muslims.

The defendant
is on trial.

As a country,
we have a history

of treating immigrants
and minorities badly.

Houses for sale.
No Jews allowed.

Hiring today.
No Irish need apply.

Separate drinking fountains
for Blacks.

Get to the back
of the bus.

We should be ashamed.

And we should be ashamed

when American Muslims
are treated differently

because of their religion.

No one denies
that it happens.

But that's not what's happening
in this courtroom.

The defendant killed
Eric Khalaby

to save himself
from being arrested

for another crime.

But it's the murder
of Eric Khalaby

that he's on trial for.

Don't convict Mr. Faoud
as a terrorist.

Convict him
for what he is.

A murderer.

That's the only charge.

And you must
find him guilty.

On the sole count of murder
in the first degree,

how does the jury find?

We find the defendant,
Ben Faoud, guilty.

[spectators gasp and murmur]

[gavel banging]

(Judge Sirkin)
Order!

Order!

Traitor!
Ehterek!

Ehterek!

Allah Yibarik Elwilayal
El Moutt America!

Ehterek!
Ehterek!

Ehterek!

We proved a Muslim was
a terrorist

to convict him
of murder.

No, we proved
he was a man

who committed a murder.

Is that how
the jury saw it?

You thought minorities
might believe

in a conspiracy.

They didn't.

They believed
in the truth.

[telephone rings]

McCoy.

When?

(Imam Ibrahim)
This does not make us
a terrorist.

We are a peaceful
community.

Go home,
and join me later.

Go.

Mr. McCoy...

you asked me to decide
who I was first--

Muslim,
or an American.

It turns out
I'm neither.

Last night,
this was thrown

through my
bedroom window.

And this morning,
someone did this.

I'm sorry.

What did Faoud say to you
in the courtroom?

Burn.

What did you say back?

God bless the United States
of America.