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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:34,294 --> 00:01:39,299 Ca Lu, half a click that way, two-nine-zero. 2 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:42,002 - I say we go right up the middle. - Negative. 3 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:45,005 One round flank up the hill, the other one right through the swamp. 4 00:01:47,908 --> 00:01:50,711 Heads, you get the hill. Tails, you get the swamp. 5 00:01:50,911 --> 00:01:52,813 Flip the motherfucker. 6 00:01:54,815 --> 00:01:57,017 - See you in Ca Lu. - All right. 7 00:04:28,869 --> 00:04:31,271 Delta Two, what's your SITREP? Over. 8 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:33,373 What do you got, Gibson? 9 00:04:33,573 --> 00:04:37,677 Nothing, sir. Delta One, Delta Two, SITREP. Over. 10 00:04:37,878 --> 00:04:40,080 Two-one, contact! Contact way out! 11 00:04:50,690 --> 00:04:54,594 Cease fire! Cease fire! 12 00:04:54,895 --> 00:04:58,198 Go, go, go. Let's get 'em! 13 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:00,200 Come outta there! 14 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:02,602 Put your hands on your head! Get on your knees now! 15 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:04,704 Come on! Down, down. 16 00:05:04,905 --> 00:05:07,407 Come on out of there! Now! 17 00:05:09,709 --> 00:05:14,514 How many you slopes are out here? Huh? What's your unit? What's in it? 18 00:05:14,915 --> 00:05:17,717 Tuan, get over here! Talk to these motherfuckers! 19 00:05:17,918 --> 00:05:20,620 Find out how many of them are here! 20 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:24,124 Where are they? What's in it? Talk to me, goddamn it! 21 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:36,736 Aah! 22 00:05:52,152 --> 00:05:54,955 Two, this is One Actual. Where are you? 23 00:06:03,863 --> 00:06:05,665 Uuh! 24 00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:20,080 Other side of the tree line. I'm in the water unable to withdraw. 25 00:06:21,881 --> 00:06:27,087 Unable to withdraw! I'm calling in a fire mission on this position! 26 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:33,693 - Hurry up and drop that arty! - They're all over! 27 00:06:36,296 --> 00:06:38,298 Go left! Get out there! 28 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:41,601 Tell this man to get on that radio and pull his men off Hodges. 29 00:06:41,801 --> 00:06:44,104 Tell him to break contact and move his men north of Ca Lu! 30 00:06:47,007 --> 00:06:50,410 Tell him I ain't playin'! Pull his men off Hodges now! 31 00:06:53,013 --> 00:06:55,015 I ain't bullshittin' with you. 32 00:06:55,215 --> 00:06:57,117 Either you call your men off Hodges, 33 00:06:57,117 --> 00:06:59,719 or this motherfucker's dead and you're next. 34 00:06:59,819 --> 00:07:03,123 Last warnin'! 35 00:07:07,227 --> 00:07:09,729 Uuh! 36 00:07:09,829 --> 00:07:13,233 Call your men off Hodges now! 37 00:07:13,433 --> 00:07:17,737 If he does, he can go. He's got my word on that. 38 00:07:18,038 --> 00:07:21,941 If you don't, I'll kill you where you stand. 39 00:08:17,997 --> 00:08:21,301 Two, this is One Actual. You still with me? 40 00:08:27,907 --> 00:08:30,810 Crank off a pop-up if you're still alive. 41 00:08:44,424 --> 00:08:48,628 You got a reprieve, you hear me? You don't get to die today. 42 00:08:48,928 --> 00:08:51,131 "You got your "Hail Mary". 43 00:09:41,481 --> 00:09:46,486 Hey! It's the colonel with his cover on! 44 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:03,903 All right! Make way, make way! 45 00:10:04,003 --> 00:10:07,507 - I guess the drinks are on me. - All right! 46 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:09,509 At ease! Listen up. 47 00:10:11,411 --> 00:10:15,014 Ladies and gentlemen, 48 00:10:15,215 --> 00:10:19,719 the reason we're all here, Colonel Hayes Hodges. 49 00:10:30,029 --> 00:10:35,134 He's calling it a career after 32 years of distinguished service. 50 00:10:39,138 --> 00:10:41,040 All right, all right. 51 00:10:42,141 --> 00:10:44,944 Colonel, we got you a gift and a surprise, 52 00:10:45,044 --> 00:10:47,447 so don't act like you're not coming up here. 53 00:10:47,547 --> 00:10:49,949 Speech! Speech! Speech! 54 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:56,556 Speech! Speech! Speech! 55 00:11:04,964 --> 00:11:06,866 Hey, my man! 56 00:11:13,973 --> 00:11:15,775 Good to see you. 57 00:11:15,975 --> 00:11:19,379 You damn well better be. I came halfway 'round the world for this. 58 00:11:29,088 --> 00:11:30,890 Hey, get up here. 59 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:37,897 Speech! 60 00:11:39,899 --> 00:11:43,102 The sword, Colonel. You know the story, Hayes. 61 00:11:43,403 --> 00:11:46,105 Marine Lieutenant Presley O'Banion defeated the Barbary pirates... 62 00:11:46,306 --> 00:11:48,408 on the shores of Tripoli in 1805. 63 00:11:48,608 --> 00:11:51,511 Out of gratitude, the pasha gave him the Mameluke sword. 64 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:54,113 Marine officers have carried one ever since. 65 00:11:54,314 --> 00:11:56,516 It's the symbol of a warrior, 66 00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:59,519 and you are a warrior. 67 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:03,122 The best I ever served with. 68 00:12:07,627 --> 00:12:10,029 This man's been riding a desk for the past 28 years, 69 00:12:10,129 --> 00:12:12,532 but not because he wanted to. 70 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:15,435 He knows how to fight. It's in his blood. Ah-ooh! 71 00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:22,542 What are you gonna do now, Colonel? 72 00:12:22,642 --> 00:12:25,545 Well, uh... Well. 73 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:28,648 Heh! No more wars to fight, no more trials to lose. 74 00:12:30,850 --> 00:12:33,853 So I expect I'll do some teaching at V.M.I. 75 00:12:34,053 --> 00:12:36,956 I will recon the local restaurants in a concerted effort... 76 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:40,860 to find out what civilians eat. 77 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:44,063 Of course, I intend to continue serving my country... 78 00:12:44,163 --> 00:12:46,265 by honorably depleting the trout streams... 79 00:12:46,466 --> 00:12:49,268 of the Southern United States with my fly rod! 80 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:54,073 That's about it. 81 00:12:58,177 --> 00:12:59,979 Let's get outta here. 82 00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:07,887 - I missed you. - Yeah, I missed you too. 83 00:13:08,187 --> 00:13:10,390 How's the kid, the smart Hodges? 84 00:13:10,390 --> 00:13:14,394 You know, he studies more than any two people. I never see him. 85 00:13:14,594 --> 00:13:17,697 - You gotta fix that. - Yeah. 86 00:13:19,999 --> 00:13:22,301 - Got my orders. - Oh, yeah? What? 87 00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:25,705 Got command of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. 88 00:13:25,905 --> 00:13:29,909 - Special Operations capable. - Congrats. Huh! Congrats. 89 00:13:30,109 --> 00:13:32,011 - Yeah. - Outstanding. 90 00:13:32,111 --> 00:13:34,714 All I gotta do is lash 'em together, take 'em to sea. 91 00:13:36,315 --> 00:13:38,518 That's, uh... outstanding. 92 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,624 You ain't missin' nothin', Hodge. It's a whole new ball game. 93 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:47,627 No friends, no enemies, no front, no rear. 94 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:50,029 No victories, no defeats, no Mama, no Papa. 95 00:13:50,229 --> 00:13:53,232 - Yeah. - We're orphans out there. 96 00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:55,535 It's funny, you know? 97 00:13:55,735 --> 00:13:58,237 One guy walks out through a swamp, he gets to come home to a desk. 98 00:13:58,438 --> 00:14:00,640 Another guy drives up a hill and he gets to still be doin' it, 99 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,842 all over the flip of a goddamn coin. 100 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:04,744 You know, that's... 101 00:14:07,246 --> 00:14:10,149 It's funny. 102 00:14:10,249 --> 00:14:13,553 You gave good service to the corps, Hodge. 103 00:14:13,753 --> 00:14:17,557 To think otherwise would be just plain crazy. 104 00:14:17,757 --> 00:14:20,760 - You'd have gotten your command. - Oh, yeah, sure. 105 00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:55,895 What's up, John? 106 00:14:56,095 --> 00:14:59,398 Terry, we've been ordered to the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden. 107 00:14:59,499 --> 00:15:02,101 This comes straight down Second Division through General Perry. 108 00:15:02,301 --> 00:15:04,103 The American Embassy in Yemen is surrounded... 109 00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:05,705 by a crowd of demonstrators. 110 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,206 The crowd isn't hostile, but it's large enough... 111 00:15:07,306 --> 00:15:10,409 to spook their government into pulling their security forces. 112 00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:13,713 Twenty-fourth Marine Expeditionary Unit's gonna provide extra security. 113 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:16,816 We're gonna baby-sit, Colonel. Just show our presence. 114 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:19,619 Remember, though, if it turns hot, we're looking at an evac. 115 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:23,022 We got an ambassador and his family there. Let me run you through this. 116 00:15:23,122 --> 00:15:25,024 Here's your potential L.Z.S. 117 00:15:25,124 --> 00:15:28,127 Marines at the embassy advise we can gain entrance through the back way. 118 00:15:28,327 --> 00:15:30,930 Here's some stairs where you can deploy your men to the roof. 119 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:33,032 These are your over-watch positions. 120 00:15:33,132 --> 00:15:35,234 I'll take them in myself quietly. 121 00:15:35,334 --> 00:15:38,638 One platoon, TRAP team, put everyone else on Ready Five. 122 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:40,840 My thoughts exactly, Colonel. 123 00:17:06,225 --> 00:17:08,427 What's wrong, Mommy? 124 00:17:08,628 --> 00:17:10,930 The people are upset about some things, darling. 125 00:17:11,130 --> 00:17:14,033 - Are they mad at Daddy? - No, they're not mad at your daddy. 126 00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:16,035 Why are they yelling? 127 00:17:16,235 --> 00:17:20,339 They're trying to get attention so that people will listen to them. 128 00:17:49,969 --> 00:17:52,672 Sir, state security analysts are asking for an assessment. 129 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:55,675 Assessment? We're getting the hell out of here. That's the assessment. 130 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:58,277 The Sixth Fleet marines are in the air, sir. 131 00:17:58,577 --> 00:18:00,980 If they think I'm gonna tough this one out, they're crazy. 132 00:18:01,180 --> 00:18:03,783 Tell Mrs. Mourain to start packing. We're going home. 133 00:18:03,883 --> 00:18:06,085 Shall I indicate we're ready to evacuate? 134 00:18:06,285 --> 00:18:08,487 Ask them where the hell are those helicopters! 135 00:18:08,587 --> 00:18:10,389 The ambassador wants to know where the choppers are. 136 00:18:10,489 --> 00:18:12,491 You heard me. Where the hell are the choppers? 137 00:19:13,953 --> 00:19:16,055 Lock and load! Lock and load! 138 00:19:16,255 --> 00:19:18,457 Lock and load! Lock and load! 139 00:20:25,925 --> 00:20:29,528 We're gonna take a better look before we go in. 140 00:20:43,742 --> 00:20:47,446 Wagon Wheel, this is Red Man. I'm over the embassy. 141 00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:50,349 This ain't no baby-sit. It's ugly down there. 142 00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:52,351 Red Man, Wagon Wheel. 143 00:20:52,551 --> 00:20:54,353 Roger that. Let's go for the evac. 144 00:20:54,453 --> 00:20:57,456 Put it on deck. We're going in the north side. 145 00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:02,922 There! Go! 146 00:22:05,724 --> 00:22:07,526 - Captain Lee! - Yes, sir! 147 00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:10,629 Nobody comes over those walls or through those gates. Nobody! 148 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:14,433 One Alpha, secure all entries. Tango and Bravo, on the walls! 149 00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:18,637 - Move, move, move! - Last man! Last man! 150 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:23,542 Pull back! Pull back! 151 00:22:29,548 --> 00:22:31,450 Take cover! 152 00:22:37,056 --> 00:22:40,059 You speak English? - Yes! 153 00:22:40,159 --> 00:22:43,662 Where's the ambassador? He's topside! Go topside! 154 00:22:48,767 --> 00:22:52,771 Take that corner! Take that side! Move! 155 00:22:59,578 --> 00:23:01,380 Aah! 156 00:23:02,581 --> 00:23:04,984 Move, move, move! Go, go! 157 00:23:06,685 --> 00:23:08,887 Bravo Two, left! Move, move, move! 158 00:23:09,088 --> 00:23:11,790 Incoming sniper fire! Stay down! Stay down! 159 00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:16,996 Two blue, clear! 160 00:23:17,196 --> 00:23:19,999 - Who's Mrs. Mourain? - I'm Mrs. Mourain. 161 00:23:20,199 --> 00:23:23,302 - Where's the ambassador? - He's in there. Are we leaving? 162 00:23:23,502 --> 00:23:26,005 The helos are outside, ma'am, but that's up to the ambassador. 163 00:23:26,205 --> 00:23:28,307 Stay away from the windows, please. 164 00:23:30,009 --> 00:23:31,910 Duck! Ow! 165 00:23:32,111 --> 00:23:35,014 Aah! Colonel! Please! 166 00:23:37,316 --> 00:23:40,719 My God! Are the helicopters here? What kept you people so long? 167 00:23:40,919 --> 00:23:43,822 We're ready to evacuate, unless you want to stay and run the embassy. 168 00:23:44,123 --> 00:23:47,126 I want to go right... now! We called hours ago! 169 00:23:47,326 --> 00:23:50,229 All right, sir, come to me. Stay calm and come to me. 170 00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:55,634 - Stay calm. Come to me. Stay low. - We're like targets! 171 00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:58,437 - We're sitting targets! - Follow Sergeant Mac. Go! 172 00:24:04,043 --> 00:24:07,246 Come on! Down there! Down there! Right there! 173 00:24:12,051 --> 00:24:14,653 Right there! Down there! Down there! 174 00:24:37,676 --> 00:24:39,578 Go ahead, ma'am! 175 00:24:39,678 --> 00:24:42,481 Go ahead! Go ahead, ma'am, go ahead! 176 00:24:42,681 --> 00:24:46,185 Come on, son. Come on! 177 00:24:46,385 --> 00:24:48,587 - What's your name, son? Justin? - Justin. 178 00:24:48,787 --> 00:24:51,490 Come on, Justin! Come on! 179 00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:54,193 - Justin, what's that you got there? - A flashlight. 180 00:24:54,293 --> 00:24:56,995 We're gonna ride in a helicopter. Wanna bring that with you? 181 00:24:57,196 --> 00:25:00,799 - Huh? Come on. Come on! - Mommy! 182 00:25:00,999 --> 00:25:03,602 Let's go, ma'am, go! Go, go, go! 183 00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:10,609 All TRAP Unit six, stay low, stay low! 184 00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:13,612 We got crap coming over the walls and sniper fire at 100 meters. Over. 185 00:25:13,812 --> 00:25:17,015 Stay low! Sit tight, sit tight, sit tight! 186 00:25:28,927 --> 00:25:31,830 Colonel, we got three marines hit! One is K.I.A. 187 00:25:32,030 --> 00:25:34,533 One Alpha says they're gonna try to breach the front gate! 188 00:25:34,733 --> 00:25:36,935 - Tell them to wait out! - Roger that! 189 00:25:45,144 --> 00:25:50,649 Put the missus on board first. Get in there, Mr. Ambassador. 190 00:25:50,949 --> 00:25:54,052 I'll personally recommend you... Where's the belt? 191 00:25:54,353 --> 00:25:57,656 - I'll personally recommend... - Hold it! 192 00:25:57,756 --> 00:26:02,561 Where are you going? What? Colonel! Colonel, we can't wait here! 193 00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:05,864 Come on! Let's get out! Come on! 194 00:26:12,271 --> 00:26:13,872 Let's go! Christ! 195 00:26:13,972 --> 00:26:14,873 We're leaving in just a few seconds. 196 00:26:15,073 --> 00:26:19,678 Let's go! Why are we sitting here? Why are we sitting here? 197 00:26:19,878 --> 00:26:23,182 - Sir, please! Look at me. Stay calm. - Let's go! 198 00:26:54,413 --> 00:26:56,715 She's free, sir! Go! 199 00:27:05,524 --> 00:27:08,026 Hope you know how to fold this, sir. 200 00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:10,429 Thank you, Colonel. I'll never forget this. 201 00:27:10,529 --> 00:27:13,232 Sir. 202 00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:20,339 Go! 203 00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:10,289 Krasevitch is hit! 204 00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:17,095 Corpsman! Corpsman! Shit! 205 00:28:17,396 --> 00:28:19,998 Goddamn it! 206 00:28:20,198 --> 00:28:22,100 Fuck! 207 00:28:28,006 --> 00:28:29,808 Six, Red Man. 208 00:28:30,008 --> 00:28:31,910 Engage hostile targets as they appear. 209 00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:35,414 Deadly force is authorized. How copy? Over. 210 00:28:35,514 --> 00:28:38,016 Red Man, Trans Six Actual. Negative, negative! 211 00:28:38,216 --> 00:28:40,819 Be advised, I have women and children in my line of fire. 212 00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:43,722 I got snipers in the buildings at 400 meters. How copy? Over. 213 00:28:43,822 --> 00:28:47,826 What is it about this order you don't understand, Captain Lee? 214 00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:50,829 Sir, are you ordering me to fire into the crowd? Over. 215 00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:53,532 Yes, goddamn it! Waste the motherfuckers! 216 00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:56,535 Six out. Engage! Engage! 217 00:28:56,735 --> 00:29:00,038 Open fire! 218 00:29:19,958 --> 00:29:23,462 Cease fire! 219 00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:25,664 Cease fire! 220 00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:27,766 Cease fire! 221 00:29:27,966 --> 00:29:30,669 Stay down! There may still be snipers out there. 222 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:32,771 Cease fire! 223 00:29:32,971 --> 00:29:36,575 - Cease fire, goddamn it! - Everybody stay down! 224 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:41,179 There may still be snipers out there. Stay down! 225 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,382 Get down! 226 00:30:40,038 --> 00:30:41,940 - Sergeant Mac. - Sir? 227 00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:45,343 Contact all stations. Mission complete. 228 00:30:45,444 --> 00:30:49,548 Launch medevacs. Dead and wounded out first. 229 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:51,650 Aye, Colonel. 230 00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:56,254 All stations, this is Red Man. Mission complete. 231 00:30:56,455 --> 00:31:00,058 Move all medevacs to L.Z. How copy? Over. 232 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,276 The FBI. investigation shows... 233 00:31:18,477 --> 00:31:20,779 that all the bullet holes in the embassy wall... 234 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:23,782 came from directly across the way, from the snipers. 235 00:31:23,982 --> 00:31:26,985 Any weapons or ammo found among the dead or wounded? 236 00:31:27,285 --> 00:31:30,789 No, sir. Nothing. However, intelligence suggests... 237 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:33,291 this could have been a terrorist operation. 238 00:31:33,391 --> 00:31:35,293 Any proof? 239 00:31:35,393 --> 00:31:38,597 This is a tape from the embassy security system. 240 00:31:38,797 --> 00:31:41,099 - Want me to thread it up? - No. I don't want to watch videos. 241 00:31:41,299 --> 00:31:43,602 I don't want to hear about ammo casings in some building, 242 00:31:43,802 --> 00:31:47,005 'cause here I got 83 dead people... 243 00:31:47,305 --> 00:31:50,008 unarmed... women, children, old men. 244 00:31:50,208 --> 00:31:52,310 Another hundred or so critically wounded. 245 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:56,615 Here I got an international crisis of mega fucking proportions! 246 00:31:56,815 --> 00:31:58,717 Bill, you know there have been regular reports... 247 00:31:58,817 --> 00:32:01,019 of a terrorist plot against this embassy. 248 00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:04,322 This was a regularly scheduled protest. It was every week. 249 00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:07,726 It was the usual bullshit about American presence in the gulf. 250 00:32:08,026 --> 00:32:11,830 Have you looked at these? I mean, I'm just assuming you have, 251 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:15,634 since they're on the front page of every newspaper in the world. 252 00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:18,537 It's not that the rest of the world wants to hold us responsible, 253 00:32:18,737 --> 00:32:20,639 we are responsible! 254 00:32:22,641 --> 00:32:25,343 We can't even have the appearance of a cover-up. 255 00:32:25,544 --> 00:32:28,446 That does not excuse us from our duty, Mr. Sokal. 256 00:32:28,647 --> 00:32:33,351 We sent Colonel Childers in there, and the mission went to shit. 257 00:32:33,652 --> 00:32:36,054 We can't go after the man who carried out his orders... 258 00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:38,456 and ignore the people who issued those orders. 259 00:32:38,657 --> 00:32:40,458 Childers ordered the slaughter... 260 00:32:40,659 --> 00:32:42,861 of innocent women and children. Get that straight right now. 261 00:32:43,061 --> 00:32:44,362 I'll tell you what we ought to get straight. 262 00:32:44,462 --> 00:32:46,164 We lost three United States Marines. 263 00:32:46,364 --> 00:32:48,967 They lost 83! 264 00:32:49,067 --> 00:32:52,070 Now, are we gonna go to war with Yemen over it? 265 00:32:52,270 --> 00:32:55,874 We're covering our ass all over the Middle East right now, General. 266 00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:58,577 Because of your man's hot headed miscalculation, 267 00:32:58,677 --> 00:33:02,781 we are in danger of losing embassies in Saudi, Jordan and Egypt. 268 00:33:03,081 --> 00:33:05,684 We're in danger of losing our presence... 269 00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:08,587 with every moderate in the region. 270 00:33:08,687 --> 00:33:10,889 Now they're gonna scream "cover up". 271 00:33:11,089 --> 00:33:14,192 The screaming will get so loud we'll be sending Marines back over there, 272 00:33:14,292 --> 00:33:17,596 and the body count of American dead is gonna be higher than three. 273 00:33:19,497 --> 00:33:23,101 I see where you're going with this, Mr. Sokal. 274 00:33:23,401 --> 00:33:25,503 Will you be needing me anymore today? 275 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:28,907 No. 276 00:33:29,107 --> 00:33:31,309 No, that's fine, General. Thank you. 277 00:33:31,509 --> 00:33:33,511 Good day to you, sir. 278 00:33:46,825 --> 00:33:50,028 Where do you think you're going with that? 279 00:33:50,328 --> 00:33:55,133 - You don't want to look at it. - Nobody's lookin' at it. 280 00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:57,736 Why should the United States be held responsible... 281 00:33:57,836 --> 00:34:01,539 for the actions of one man? 282 00:34:01,740 --> 00:34:04,042 What if the crowd had weapons? 283 00:34:04,242 --> 00:34:06,645 What if this shows they did fire first? 284 00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:09,848 He could have fired over their heads, this moron! 285 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:12,651 Didn't he know where he was? The Middle East! 286 00:34:12,751 --> 00:34:14,352 He could have isolated on the snipers. 287 00:34:14,452 --> 00:34:15,954 He could have avoided confrontation. 288 00:34:16,054 --> 00:34:18,256 He could have done 50 fuckin' things! 289 00:34:18,456 --> 00:34:20,659 Instead, he destroyed a fragile trust, put his own men in danger... 290 00:34:20,859 --> 00:34:24,262 Fuck this guy! Forget this tape. 291 00:34:24,362 --> 00:34:28,166 I don't want to watch it. I don't want to testify about it. 292 00:34:30,769 --> 00:34:32,671 I don't want it to exist. 293 00:34:44,783 --> 00:34:46,785 Good morning, sir. 294 00:34:48,186 --> 00:34:50,088 Good morning, sir. 295 00:34:52,991 --> 00:34:54,793 Aye, aye, sir. 296 00:34:54,993 --> 00:34:58,296 As soon as it's time. 297 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,604 General, Colonel Childers reporting as ordered, sir. 298 00:35:05,904 --> 00:35:07,906 - Give us a minute, Skip. - Yes, sir. 299 00:35:12,310 --> 00:35:17,015 Colonel, it's my duty to inform you that you've been charged with... 300 00:35:19,217 --> 00:35:23,021 You know the drill. 301 00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:28,526 This is the Article 32 investigation. 302 00:35:28,727 --> 00:35:30,628 You're facing a general court-martial... 303 00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:33,531 and charged with violation of at least three articles... 304 00:35:33,732 --> 00:35:36,134 everything from "breach of peace" to "conduct unbecoming". 305 00:35:36,334 --> 00:35:41,940 But the bottom line... 83 counts, violation of Article 118, murder. 306 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:44,142 You issued an illegal order to have your marines... 307 00:35:44,242 --> 00:35:47,345 fire into a group of innocent civilians. 308 00:35:47,645 --> 00:35:49,948 Murder, sir? 309 00:35:53,952 --> 00:35:57,455 I'm the convening authority, so I've gotta get this B.S. out of the way. 310 00:36:00,258 --> 00:36:02,961 Sign here, initial here. 311 00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:11,269 You're not a flight risk, so there won't be any pretrial confinement. 312 00:36:15,573 --> 00:36:17,976 This court-martial convenes in eight days... 313 00:36:18,076 --> 00:36:22,881 by direct order of the national command authority. 314 00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:26,384 Do you want me to call Bob Bennett or one of those guys, 315 00:36:26,584 --> 00:36:28,887 or do you want to go with base legal? 316 00:36:31,589 --> 00:36:35,794 Terry, goddamn it, we've been friends for20years. 317 00:36:39,798 --> 00:36:42,901 You want to tell me exactly what the hell happened out there? 318 00:36:45,103 --> 00:36:49,707 I lost marines. The crowd was hostile. They fired on us. 319 00:36:49,908 --> 00:36:53,211 They fired first, sir. 320 00:36:53,511 --> 00:36:56,314 I want you to know I did everything in the world... 321 00:36:56,414 --> 00:36:58,216 to keep this from happening. 322 00:36:58,316 --> 00:37:01,019 It's just out of my hands now. 323 00:37:13,031 --> 00:37:14,933 Thanks a lot. 324 00:37:14,933 --> 00:37:17,535 When's the last time you actually caught something here? 325 00:37:19,037 --> 00:37:21,739 Two years. 326 00:37:26,544 --> 00:37:29,647 - I really need your help. - I'll help. Anything you need. 327 00:37:29,848 --> 00:37:32,150 You want me to take the stand? I'll be a character witness. 328 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,452 No, you don't understand what I'm asking. 329 00:37:35,653 --> 00:37:38,556 I want you to be my lawyer. 330 00:37:42,460 --> 00:37:45,964 I'm a good enough lawyer to know you need a better lawyer than me. 331 00:37:46,164 --> 00:37:48,066 'Sides that, I'm short. 332 00:37:48,166 --> 00:37:49,567 Two-nine plus one wake-up, and I'm gone. 333 00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:51,669 You need one of those Washington cats. 334 00:37:51,870 --> 00:37:55,773 I don't want some Starbucks drinker who's never seen combat. 335 00:37:56,074 --> 00:37:59,177 - I need somebody who's been shot at. - Yeah, I've been shot at. 336 00:37:59,377 --> 00:38:02,380 That's what I am... a shot-up marine. 337 00:38:02,580 --> 00:38:06,084 As a matter of fact, that's all the hell I am. 338 00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:08,887 No, wait a minute. I'm also a weak lawyer. 339 00:38:09,988 --> 00:38:12,991 I'm a very weak lawyer... 340 00:38:13,191 --> 00:38:17,695 and the government is gonna come at you with everything they've got. 341 00:38:27,105 --> 00:38:30,108 Major, Bill Sokal. It's a pleasure to meet you. Come on in. 342 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:32,210 Let me introduce you. 343 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:34,112 Gentlemen, this is Major Mark Biggs. 344 00:38:34,212 --> 00:38:36,314 He'll be prosecuting the Childers court-martial. 345 00:38:36,514 --> 00:38:38,816 The marines put the major through Stanford Law, 346 00:38:39,017 --> 00:38:42,320 and he owes them a couple of years before he takes over the world. 347 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,322 You know General Lowry. 348 00:38:44,522 --> 00:38:46,524 I'd like you to meet the general of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 349 00:38:46,724 --> 00:38:49,427 General West, and the secretary of Defense, Mr. Wyatt. 350 00:38:49,627 --> 00:38:51,429 Have a seat. Make yourself comfortable. 351 00:38:51,529 --> 00:38:55,233 What I gather from our esteemed NSC advisor and secretary of state... 352 00:38:55,533 --> 00:38:57,635 is that we've got a trial in two weeks. 353 00:38:57,835 --> 00:39:00,939 - Seems awfully damned fast. - Everyone in this room will agree... 354 00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:03,741 it's in the national interest that this trial be moved along quickly. 355 00:39:03,942 --> 00:39:07,545 The Article 32 investigation was complete and comprehensive. 356 00:39:07,845 --> 00:39:09,447 It all seems to point in one direction. 357 00:39:09,547 --> 00:39:10,848 Has he got a lawyer yet? 358 00:39:11,049 --> 00:39:13,851 He's requested a military attorney, Colonel Hayes Hodges. 359 00:39:14,052 --> 00:39:16,654 Second Marine Division, Lejeune. 360 00:39:16,854 --> 00:39:18,456 Any relation to General H. Lawrence Hodges? 361 00:39:18,656 --> 00:39:19,757 His son. 362 00:39:19,757 --> 00:39:22,360 Larry Hodges was one of this country's most distinguished officers. 363 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,562 What do we know about Colonel Hayes Hodges? 364 00:39:24,762 --> 00:39:27,065 He's a guy who got blown apart in Vietnam, 365 00:39:27,265 --> 00:39:29,867 then went to Georgetown Law and became a cynic. 366 00:39:29,968 --> 00:39:31,869 Is that about right, Major? 367 00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:34,072 He was 67th in his class at Georgetown, sir. 368 00:39:34,272 --> 00:39:36,975 He doesn't take too many cases, doesn't win too many. 369 00:39:37,175 --> 00:39:39,777 He apparently went through an ugly divorce, had a drinking problem, 370 00:39:39,978 --> 00:39:44,282 retiring in two weeks. - Can we guarantee we get this guy? 371 00:39:44,582 --> 00:39:47,085 Sir, if I may say something? 372 00:39:48,286 --> 00:39:50,288 I am not a hired gun. 373 00:39:50,488 --> 00:39:51,889 I accepted this assignment... 374 00:39:51,990 --> 00:39:54,192 'cause I believe in the merits of the government's case. 375 00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:56,494 I am not gonna stack the deck against this guy. 376 00:39:56,694 --> 00:39:59,397 I will try this case on good evidence only. 377 00:39:59,597 --> 00:40:01,799 I'm glad to hear it. 378 00:40:36,134 --> 00:40:39,037 Hold your fire. 379 00:40:39,237 --> 00:40:42,340 Set that weapon down over here. 380 00:40:45,643 --> 00:40:49,247 We need a couple of canteens up here. 381 00:40:55,553 --> 00:40:58,056 Party incoming! - You can go. 382 00:40:58,156 --> 00:41:01,059 You can go, goddamn it! Go on! Dee dee! 383 00:41:01,259 --> 00:41:04,562 Get the fuck out of here before I change my mind! 384 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:12,070 Looks like you're going back to the world, baby. 385 00:41:12,170 --> 00:41:16,274 - Doc! - Twenty meters out. Left! 386 00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:19,677 - Right there. - Anybody else? 387 00:41:40,198 --> 00:41:41,999 I got you now! 388 00:41:43,801 --> 00:41:45,603 - Hey, buddy! - Hi, Mom. 389 00:41:47,705 --> 00:41:49,507 He looks fabulous. 390 00:41:49,707 --> 00:41:51,509 - Happy anniversary, Mom. - Oh, thank you. So good to see you. 391 00:41:51,709 --> 00:41:53,111 I wasn't sure you'd make it. 392 00:41:53,211 --> 00:41:55,113 - You look wonderful. - Thank you. 393 00:41:55,213 --> 00:41:57,615 - How's it feel to be retired? - Um, crazy. 394 00:41:57,815 --> 00:41:59,317 Good. Oh, you look great. 395 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:00,818 - Thank you. - Well, come see Dad... 396 00:42:01,018 --> 00:42:03,121 - There he is. ...and all the family. 397 00:42:03,321 --> 00:42:05,723 Hello, sir. 398 00:42:05,923 --> 00:42:08,226 - Glad you could make it. - Yes, sir. 399 00:42:14,031 --> 00:42:17,135 Good to see you, Hayes. - How are you doing? 400 00:42:17,335 --> 00:42:20,538 Hey, kid. Hey, you. Remember me? 401 00:42:20,838 --> 00:42:23,541 - The old guy who looks like you. - Do I know you? 402 00:42:23,741 --> 00:42:26,043 - Yeah. - Your voice sounds really familiar. 403 00:42:26,244 --> 00:42:28,746 Here's a clue. I was married to your mom for about five minutes. 404 00:42:28,846 --> 00:42:31,849 - Really? You sure? 'Cause I don't... - Yeah. 405 00:42:36,454 --> 00:42:39,457 - Well, is he guilty? - Sir? 406 00:42:39,657 --> 00:42:41,959 Your friend Colonel Childers. 407 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,263 - Guilty of what, sir? - Come on, Hayes. 408 00:42:45,463 --> 00:42:48,866 You served with him. Is he the rabid dog we've all been hearing about? 409 00:42:49,167 --> 00:42:50,868 I don't think I should comment, sir. 410 00:42:50,968 --> 00:42:53,971 Come on, Dad. This is family. You can lighten up a little. 411 00:42:54,172 --> 00:42:55,973 You know what we said at the naval academy. 412 00:42:56,174 --> 00:42:58,976 Even if you thought you weren't responsible, 413 00:42:59,076 --> 00:43:01,479 it went wrong and you were there. 414 00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:03,381 Since when have you not had a comment? 415 00:43:03,481 --> 00:43:05,183 Since Childers asked me to defend him. 416 00:43:05,283 --> 00:43:06,984 No. Oh, Hayes. 417 00:43:07,185 --> 00:43:09,487 - What? - Excuse me. 418 00:43:09,687 --> 00:43:11,889 - Are you kidding me? - No. 419 00:43:11,989 --> 00:43:15,092 Why would you do that? Huh! 420 00:43:15,193 --> 00:43:17,895 - Because he asked me, and I owe him. - That's great. 421 00:43:18,196 --> 00:43:21,499 That represents everything that's wrong with the military. 422 00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:23,501 Wisdom from the one person in this family... 423 00:43:23,701 --> 00:43:26,704 who has not elected to serve his country. 424 00:43:26,904 --> 00:43:28,806 Childers must have snapped. It happens in combat. 425 00:43:28,906 --> 00:43:31,909 I've seen it. I'm sure you have too. 426 00:43:32,009 --> 00:43:33,911 Thank you for reminding me... 427 00:43:34,111 --> 00:43:36,714 why we have the presumption of innocence in America. 428 00:43:36,914 --> 00:43:39,717 What are you, Abraham Lincoln? You can't hide behind that. 429 00:43:39,917 --> 00:43:41,719 The guy murdered innocent women and children. 430 00:43:41,819 --> 00:43:43,821 - You hear that on television? - And newspapers. 431 00:43:44,021 --> 00:43:46,424 - It's all over the place. - It's Mom and Dad's anniversary. 432 00:43:54,932 --> 00:43:57,034 Don't take this case, son. 433 00:43:57,235 --> 00:43:59,837 This man has trashed the reputation of the Corps. 434 00:44:00,037 --> 00:44:01,939 He's put us back 20 years. 435 00:44:06,143 --> 00:44:08,446 Is this how you want to be remembered? 436 00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:11,249 I don't see how I can turn him down. He saved my life. 437 00:44:11,449 --> 00:44:14,252 Well, I understand that as well as anyone. 438 00:44:14,352 --> 00:44:19,156 But you don't repay him by falling senselessly on a grenade. 439 00:44:19,357 --> 00:44:22,260 The way I see it, this man should find himself... 440 00:44:22,460 --> 00:44:26,464 the best laywer in the country. - Somebody better than me? 441 00:44:29,166 --> 00:44:31,168 The guy's a real marine, Dad. 442 00:44:31,369 --> 00:44:33,971 I mean, if they can do this to him... 443 00:44:34,071 --> 00:44:37,275 just hang him out to dry... they can do it to anybody. 444 00:44:37,475 --> 00:44:41,279 Forget that he's my friend. They can do it to anybody. 445 00:44:41,579 --> 00:44:43,981 That means your medals and your citations... 446 00:44:44,181 --> 00:44:46,984 won't mean jack shit when they come after you. 447 00:44:53,691 --> 00:44:55,893 At least two of his own guys are gonna testify... 448 00:44:55,993 --> 00:44:58,696 that he didn't have to open fire, sir. 449 00:44:58,896 --> 00:45:02,600 Nobody reports seeing any weapons among the demonstrators. 450 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:05,903 - His psych eval was a disaster. - What about embassy footage? 451 00:45:06,103 --> 00:45:08,506 Cameras, film, videotape, home movies, shit like that? 452 00:45:08,606 --> 00:45:13,511 No, I've subpoenaed everything. The embassy got hit pretty good. 453 00:45:13,811 --> 00:45:17,014 Most of it was destroyed. 454 00:45:21,519 --> 00:45:23,821 Terry, you know Tom Chandler. He's gonna help us prepare your case. 455 00:45:24,021 --> 00:45:27,525 Colonel Childers, good to see you again, sir. Um, all right. 456 00:45:27,725 --> 00:45:31,429 First, we've subpoenaed all the Article 32 investigator's notes, 457 00:45:31,729 --> 00:45:33,531 the State Department's notes on Yemen. 458 00:45:33,731 --> 00:45:37,034 Major Biggs has already had your head checked by their doctor. 459 00:45:37,234 --> 00:45:38,936 I've got you an appointment with ours. 460 00:45:39,136 --> 00:45:41,138 - No. - What? 461 00:45:41,238 --> 00:45:44,141 No more multiple choice questions about self-esteem. 462 00:45:44,241 --> 00:45:46,844 We got the combat fitness reports. He can forget the psych eval here. 463 00:45:47,044 --> 00:45:48,646 That's a mistake, Colonel. 464 00:45:48,846 --> 00:45:52,450 Listen, when I turned 18 I joined the Marine Corps. 465 00:45:52,550 --> 00:45:54,452 I asked to be in the infantry. 466 00:45:54,652 --> 00:45:56,954 - I asked to go to Vietnam. - Terry. 467 00:45:57,154 --> 00:45:59,256 I live for the privilege of commanding troops. 468 00:45:59,457 --> 00:46:01,859 I think it's the greatest honor an American can have. 469 00:46:02,059 --> 00:46:04,562 You know how many birthdays and Christmases I missed, 470 00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:06,564 spent rotting in jungles or in the desert, 471 00:46:06,764 --> 00:46:08,566 just so you could play war at ROTC? 472 00:46:08,766 --> 00:46:13,070 Childers! You gotta keep your shit together here, man. 473 00:46:13,170 --> 00:46:15,573 Your court-martial board is gonna be made up of people... 474 00:46:15,673 --> 00:46:18,075 who might've spent one day in Grenada, maybe two days in Kuwait. 475 00:46:18,175 --> 00:46:20,578 They're gonna be beach boys who've never been anywhere near combat. 476 00:46:20,678 --> 00:46:22,279 They're gonna be people like Tom Chandler... 477 00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:24,081 sitting right here in front of you. 478 00:46:24,281 --> 00:46:27,184 That's who you're making your case to. 479 00:46:27,385 --> 00:46:31,188 We don't have anybody to back up your case. 480 00:46:31,389 --> 00:46:34,291 That's because all my witnesses are dead. 481 00:46:36,193 --> 00:46:39,397 - Okay. So what happened? - He lost it. He snapped. 482 00:46:39,597 --> 00:46:41,298 That's good. We can snap him on the stand. 483 00:46:41,499 --> 00:46:43,000 This doesn't happen in a vacuum. 484 00:46:43,100 --> 00:46:45,403 Let's get a complete history of Colonel Childers. 485 00:46:45,603 --> 00:46:48,105 Talk to every marine he ever served with. 486 00:46:48,205 --> 00:46:50,107 My guess is this has happened before. 487 00:46:50,207 --> 00:46:52,309 We have to be careful here. 488 00:46:52,510 --> 00:46:54,712 This guy is the warrior's warrior. 489 00:46:54,912 --> 00:47:00,217 A Navy Cross, two Silver Stars for composure in battle. 490 00:47:00,518 --> 00:47:03,320 He has no wife, no kids, just the Corps. 491 00:47:03,621 --> 00:47:07,825 He was our best. That's why he was sent. 492 00:47:07,925 --> 00:47:10,027 He's not on trial for the good service he gave the country, 493 00:47:10,227 --> 00:47:12,630 but for what he did on the wall in Yemen, period. 494 00:47:12,730 --> 00:47:14,632 Major, nobody wants to say it, 495 00:47:14,732 --> 00:47:17,635 but it occurs to me we're trying to set an example here. 496 00:47:17,835 --> 00:47:20,538 So let's set it and show the world we mean business. 497 00:47:20,738 --> 00:47:24,942 The first charge supports the death penalty, and I say we go for it. 498 00:47:25,242 --> 00:47:26,944 No more death. 499 00:47:27,144 --> 00:47:29,747 I'll see that he never gets another command and I'll put him in jail, 500 00:47:29,847 --> 00:47:33,350 but I will not seek death for a man who served his country honorably. 501 00:47:33,651 --> 00:47:35,853 I don't want it brought up again. 502 00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:38,956 We gotta show Childers' state of mind. 503 00:47:39,156 --> 00:47:41,158 We gotta prove he went out with intent to kill, 504 00:47:41,358 --> 00:47:43,461 and that is not going to be easy. 505 00:47:43,661 --> 00:47:46,163 Whether a man is charged with murder or hailed as a hero... 506 00:47:46,363 --> 00:47:48,866 is sometimes a very thin line. 507 00:47:49,066 --> 00:47:53,070 Our case is this. Childers receives orders that a regularly scheduled, 508 00:47:53,170 --> 00:47:56,674 Iawful protest outside our embassy in Yemen is unruly. 509 00:47:56,974 --> 00:47:59,777 He is to secure or evacuate the premises. 510 00:47:59,877 --> 00:48:02,580 There has been no violence prior to his arrival. 511 00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:04,081 Once there, Ambassador Mourain... 512 00:48:04,281 --> 00:48:06,784 does not feel the situation warrants evacuation. 513 00:48:06,984 --> 00:48:09,286 - Childers ignores him. - There was sniper fire. 514 00:48:09,386 --> 00:48:12,389 They draw fire from snipers across the street. 515 00:48:12,490 --> 00:48:15,893 Childers retaliates into an unarmed crowd in front of the embassy. 516 00:48:16,193 --> 00:48:19,997 A crowd of women and children. He shot the wrong people. 517 00:48:21,699 --> 00:48:24,101 All right, here's what this means. 518 00:48:24,201 --> 00:48:26,704 Murder... Obviously, he could get up to the death penalty. 519 00:48:26,804 --> 00:48:28,305 Conduct unbecoming an officer. 520 00:48:28,405 --> 00:48:31,108 Max is dismissal with a dishonorable discharge, 521 00:48:31,308 --> 00:48:35,012 forfeiture of all pay and allowances and confinement for one year. 522 00:48:35,212 --> 00:48:37,114 What about breach of peace? What is that? 523 00:48:37,314 --> 00:48:39,316 Breaching the peace is minor. 524 00:48:39,416 --> 00:48:42,520 That means participating in an act of violent or turbulent nature... 525 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:45,723 that deprives the community of the peace and tranquility it deserves. 526 00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:49,026 It's sort of the military equivalent of the civilian misdemeanor. 527 00:48:49,226 --> 00:48:51,629 No big deal. 528 00:48:52,930 --> 00:48:56,033 There he is! You goddamn baby killer! 529 00:48:56,233 --> 00:48:58,135 Baby killer! 530 00:48:59,637 --> 00:49:01,539 You're disgusting! 531 00:49:01,639 --> 00:49:04,742 I'm not answering any questions, all right? Get out of here. Go away. 532 00:49:04,942 --> 00:49:08,145 You fucking baby killer! 533 00:49:08,345 --> 00:49:10,548 Fuck you! 534 00:49:12,550 --> 00:49:15,352 Who the fuck are you to spit on this uniform? Huh? 535 00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:33,771 You ever play blackjack, Colonel? 536 00:49:33,971 --> 00:49:37,074 Not really. 537 00:49:38,576 --> 00:49:42,580 There are no intangibles. It's all odds, sir. 538 00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:45,683 You know them, you'll beat the guy next to you. 539 00:49:45,883 --> 00:49:48,185 You know what cards have been played, you'll beat the house. 540 00:49:50,688 --> 00:49:54,191 Sometimes you just can't win no matter what you do. 541 00:49:55,893 --> 00:49:59,697 I saw your man on television knockin' some zit-faced kid around. 542 00:49:59,897 --> 00:50:01,999 You have to understand the kind of pressure Childers has been under. 543 00:50:02,199 --> 00:50:04,902 A man with that kind of service... No, no thanks. 544 00:50:05,102 --> 00:50:08,105 This was a rescue mission that went bad. Nothing more. 545 00:50:08,205 --> 00:50:10,608 You're aware, Colonel, we could ask for the death penalty. 546 00:50:10,808 --> 00:50:12,109 You're not serious. 547 00:50:12,309 --> 00:50:14,812 Oh, I'm very serious. In fact, it's been suggested. 548 00:50:15,012 --> 00:50:18,215 What do you think would happen if a Yemeni killed 83 Americans? 549 00:50:18,415 --> 00:50:20,117 He'd have a trial that would last for one day, 550 00:50:20,317 --> 00:50:21,518 and they'd take off his head. 551 00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:23,520 Have a seat, Colonel. 552 00:50:25,022 --> 00:50:26,824 Please. 553 00:50:32,730 --> 00:50:34,531 So here it is. You plead him out. Guilty. 554 00:50:34,732 --> 00:50:36,333 He throws himself at the mercy. 555 00:50:36,433 --> 00:50:39,236 - We'll help him out at sentencing. - How much help? 556 00:50:39,336 --> 00:50:41,739 I'm not about to promise you anything, but I'd say... 557 00:50:41,939 --> 00:50:44,842 in the neighborhood of ten to fifteen, out in seven. 558 00:50:45,042 --> 00:50:46,143 Major, 559 00:50:46,143 --> 00:50:49,046 do you know what the life expectancy was for a second lieutenant... 560 00:50:49,346 --> 00:50:52,449 dropped into a combat zone in Vietnam in 1968? 561 00:50:52,650 --> 00:50:54,952 I don't have time for 20 questions, sir. 562 00:50:55,152 --> 00:50:57,655 Then what's all this shit about the odds of winning at blackjack? 563 00:50:57,855 --> 00:51:02,459 You got time. Take a guess. 564 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:05,863 My guess is your man's going down 'cause he deserves to go down. 565 00:51:08,165 --> 00:51:12,469 I got a question for you, Colonel. What happened at Ca Lu? 566 00:51:12,670 --> 00:51:15,973 The battle of Ca Lu, Vietnam. 567 00:51:16,173 --> 00:51:19,376 You were there with Childers. Something happened. What was it? 568 00:51:19,576 --> 00:51:23,180 Fuck you is what happened at Ca Lu, Biggs. 569 00:51:24,481 --> 00:51:26,283 Two weeks. 570 00:51:26,483 --> 00:51:27,885 Life expectancy of a second lieutenant... 571 00:51:27,885 --> 00:51:30,287 in combat in Vietnam was two weeks. 572 00:51:30,487 --> 00:51:31,789 Sir, I need more time to prepare this case. 573 00:51:31,989 --> 00:51:34,091 I need your permission to go to Yemen... 574 00:51:34,291 --> 00:51:37,795 It's all here, Hodge. We did an exhaustive Article 32 investigation. 575 00:51:37,895 --> 00:51:40,397 This thing happened 3,000 miles away. I need more time. 576 00:51:40,497 --> 00:51:42,199 Colonel, it's all here. 577 00:51:42,299 --> 00:51:44,401 We had it brought from Yemen, and it's not unusual to convene... 578 00:51:44,601 --> 00:51:46,403 a court-martial on short notice. 579 00:51:46,603 --> 00:51:50,107 There could be witnesses, something the investigators overlooked, sir. 580 00:51:50,207 --> 00:51:53,110 Don't you think Colonel Childers is entitled all consideration? 581 00:51:53,210 --> 00:51:57,014 Colonel Hodges, I don't care if you go to China. 582 00:51:57,214 --> 00:51:59,116 We have our marching orders, and this court-martial... 583 00:51:59,316 --> 00:52:01,118 will convene at 0900 a week Monday. 584 00:52:01,218 --> 00:52:04,121 - Now, is that clear? - Yes, sir. 585 00:52:07,725 --> 00:52:10,327 One! Two! 586 00:52:20,137 --> 00:52:24,441 ...contact the sergeant? - He's off-base, sir. 587 00:52:34,852 --> 00:52:36,653 Terry? 588 00:52:50,467 --> 00:52:52,269 Terry? 589 00:52:58,175 --> 00:53:00,077 Childers? 590 00:53:05,682 --> 00:53:07,684 Ohh. 591 00:53:07,785 --> 00:53:09,686 Oh, shit. 592 00:53:12,890 --> 00:53:14,992 It's okay. 593 00:53:15,192 --> 00:53:16,994 It's okay. 594 00:53:17,194 --> 00:53:19,396 - I wasn't... - No, no. I know. 595 00:53:20,798 --> 00:53:24,601 It's okay. It's all right. I know. Believe me, I know. 596 00:53:26,303 --> 00:53:29,907 Can I leave you alone with that thing in the house? 597 00:53:30,207 --> 00:53:32,109 Yeah. I ain't goin' six on you, Hodge. 598 00:53:32,209 --> 00:53:33,110 I'm goin' to Yemen. 599 00:53:33,210 --> 00:53:35,412 If I have to stick your ass in a hospital till I get back, 600 00:53:35,512 --> 00:53:39,516 that is what I will do. - You don't have to do that. 601 00:53:39,716 --> 00:53:41,718 Got your word on that? 602 00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:44,822 Oh, shit. 603 00:53:44,922 --> 00:53:47,524 They take my uniform away, they may as well shoot me. 604 00:53:47,624 --> 00:53:51,628 You can live with it, bud. Believe me. 605 00:53:53,030 --> 00:53:56,133 I'm not gonna shit you. They offered us a deal. 606 00:53:56,333 --> 00:54:00,337 You plead guilty, it's ten to fifteen. You're out in seven. 607 00:54:00,637 --> 00:54:04,341 - What do you think? - I think they're out to crucify you. 608 00:54:04,641 --> 00:54:08,946 For a whole lot of reasons, I say we take it and call it a day. 609 00:54:20,958 --> 00:54:24,261 I did what they asked me to do, Hodge. 610 00:54:24,561 --> 00:54:27,764 I lost marines over there. 611 00:54:34,171 --> 00:54:36,773 If I'm guilty of this, 612 00:54:36,874 --> 00:54:41,678 I'm guilty of everything I've done in combat for the last 30 years. 613 00:54:46,483 --> 00:54:48,385 I don't know. 614 00:55:31,228 --> 00:55:34,231 Colonel Hodges? Captain Hustings. 615 00:55:34,531 --> 00:55:37,234 I'm not in uniform and I'm not saluting because of the snipers. 616 00:55:37,434 --> 00:55:39,937 Please know that I'm saluting on the inside. 617 00:55:40,137 --> 00:55:42,439 I've got some Kevlar back there with your name on it. 618 00:55:42,639 --> 00:55:45,342 We're not the most popular team in town right now, sir. 619 00:55:45,442 --> 00:55:47,144 Hustings, are you a wiseass? 620 00:55:47,344 --> 00:55:50,147 My mother prefers to think of me as glib, sir. 621 00:55:50,247 --> 00:55:55,052 Very well then. You will most glibly belay all bullshit and drive on. 622 00:55:55,352 --> 00:55:57,754 Roger that, sir. 623 00:56:19,276 --> 00:56:22,779 I've lined up some people who were at the scene, as you requested, sir. 624 00:56:22,980 --> 00:56:25,182 - We can start tomorrow. - Good. 625 00:56:25,282 --> 00:56:28,185 - All right. Here we are. - Oh. 07:00. 626 00:56:28,385 --> 00:56:30,187 Roger that, sir. 627 00:56:50,507 --> 00:56:53,610 The old embassy was a fifth century palace. 628 00:56:53,710 --> 00:56:54,811 Got pretty shot up. 629 00:56:55,012 --> 00:56:56,713 We're moving the new one to a bunker outside the city... 630 00:56:56,713 --> 00:57:00,617 behind about a mile of barbed wire, sir. 631 00:57:07,124 --> 00:57:09,226 - You want me to come with you, sir? - Negative. 632 00:57:09,426 --> 00:57:12,229 Stay with the vehicle. Meet me at the hotel. 633 00:57:12,329 --> 00:57:14,231 Yes, sir. 634 01:01:53,410 --> 01:01:57,113 Armed American marines, they were shooting at his people. 635 01:01:57,414 --> 01:01:59,716 They were just trying to defend themselves. 636 01:01:59,916 --> 01:02:02,819 Is he saying the marines shot first? 637 01:02:08,224 --> 01:02:10,827 Why were your police officers ordered to abandon the embassy... 638 01:02:11,027 --> 01:02:12,929 on the day of the riot? 639 01:02:21,638 --> 01:02:24,941 It was a peaceful demonstration. There was no reason to stay. 640 01:02:25,241 --> 01:02:27,844 After the killing, were any weapons found in the crowd? 641 01:02:36,653 --> 01:02:40,757 No. They picked up everything that was left. No weapons. 642 01:03:05,382 --> 01:03:07,183 Hey! 643 01:03:12,789 --> 01:03:15,392 No, look. Now, wait. Wait a minute. 644 01:03:15,492 --> 01:03:18,595 Wait a minute, fellas. 645 01:03:23,900 --> 01:03:26,403 Hey. Hey! 646 01:05:15,411 --> 01:05:18,515 Hi. What's your name? 647 01:05:18,715 --> 01:05:20,517 Do you speak English? 648 01:05:20,717 --> 01:05:22,619 You're a very pretty girl. 649 01:05:22,719 --> 01:05:24,220 Katchi! 650 01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:26,923 Is that your name? "Katchi"? 651 01:05:27,023 --> 01:05:29,325 - May I help you? - Yeah. 652 01:05:32,228 --> 01:05:34,731 I was wondering what happened to her? 653 01:05:34,931 --> 01:05:38,735 She lost her leg. Who are you? 654 01:05:38,935 --> 01:05:42,539 I'm a lawyer with the United States Marine Corps. What happened? 655 01:05:42,839 --> 01:05:44,941 - A marine lawyer? - Yeah. 656 01:05:44,941 --> 01:05:47,143 Follow me, please. 657 01:06:16,372 --> 01:06:19,676 There are hospitals like this all over the city. 658 01:06:23,479 --> 01:06:26,883 Most of the people here will die. 659 01:07:56,172 --> 01:07:59,676 Sir? Do you want something to drink? 660 01:08:18,594 --> 01:08:20,496 Give me another one! 661 01:08:22,398 --> 01:08:24,500 Open the goddamn door! 662 01:08:38,114 --> 01:08:40,016 What's wrong with you? 663 01:08:40,116 --> 01:08:42,318 Get yourself a new lawyer, you son of a bitch. You lied to me. 664 01:08:42,518 --> 01:08:44,620 I could not find one goddamn witness. 665 01:08:44,821 --> 01:08:47,523 I couldn't find one goddamn shred of evidence! 666 01:08:47,623 --> 01:08:49,726 Not for our side anyway! 667 01:08:49,926 --> 01:08:52,028 You clearly opened up on those people. What were they? 668 01:08:52,228 --> 01:08:55,832 Rag heads, camel jockeys or fucking gooks? 669 01:08:56,032 --> 01:08:58,034 - You through? - Yeah. 670 01:09:01,237 --> 01:09:03,139 Get up. 671 01:09:03,239 --> 01:09:06,542 Come on. Get up. Come on. 672 01:09:10,847 --> 01:09:13,049 Look at you. You went all the way to Yemen. 673 01:09:13,149 --> 01:09:15,251 All you proved is you're still a drunk. 674 01:09:15,451 --> 01:09:18,054 You know what your problem is? You never measured up to your old man. 675 01:09:18,254 --> 01:09:21,758 But I can't help you with that. 676 01:10:24,921 --> 01:10:28,224 Stop this shit before somebody gets hurt. 677 01:11:01,858 --> 01:11:05,561 I lost every one of my men at Ca Lu. 678 01:11:05,761 --> 01:11:08,464 And I'll tell you the first thing I felt. 679 01:11:08,564 --> 01:11:11,767 Joy. 680 01:11:11,968 --> 01:11:15,571 Elation. Glad to be alive. 681 01:11:15,771 --> 01:11:20,076 I was glad it wasn't me, and I fucking hate myself for that. 682 01:11:27,884 --> 01:11:30,987 That wasn't your fault. 683 01:11:32,588 --> 01:11:34,790 We're in deep shit, bud. 684 01:11:34,891 --> 01:11:36,993 Yeah. 685 01:11:41,898 --> 01:11:44,200 It's fourth and 40, Hodge. 686 01:11:46,202 --> 01:11:48,804 I need a Hail Mary. 687 01:11:49,005 --> 01:11:51,507 How? 688 01:12:17,934 --> 01:12:20,236 Send him in. 689 01:12:33,449 --> 01:12:36,152 I just want to make sure we're on the same page here. 690 01:12:36,252 --> 01:12:38,955 - Off the record. - Of course, Bill. 691 01:12:39,055 --> 01:12:43,659 Now, you didn't see any weapons in that crowd, did you? 692 01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:46,462 Well... 693 01:12:46,662 --> 01:12:48,965 There was some shooting, but I... 694 01:12:49,165 --> 01:12:52,768 couldn't be sure exactly where it was coming from. 695 01:12:52,868 --> 01:12:56,272 Now, see, that's gonna be a problem, 696 01:12:56,472 --> 01:12:59,775 because we can't get on the stand and waffle about the charges. 697 01:12:59,976 --> 01:13:01,777 Waffle, Bill? 698 01:13:01,978 --> 01:13:05,481 In your mind, Childers was responsible, wasn't he? 699 01:13:05,581 --> 01:13:08,284 I wasn't exactly there. I had already evacuated. 700 01:13:08,484 --> 01:13:10,486 You have to remember he saved my life and my family. 701 01:13:10,586 --> 01:13:11,787 This all happened after... 702 01:13:11,988 --> 01:13:13,289 Does that mean the United States... 703 01:13:13,489 --> 01:13:15,591 is gonna have to take the fall for what he did? 704 01:13:15,791 --> 01:13:19,295 I don't understand. 705 01:13:19,495 --> 01:13:22,498 The investigating team didn't find any weapons in the crowd. 706 01:13:22,698 --> 01:13:24,900 That's because they weren't there until the following day. 707 01:13:25,001 --> 01:13:27,403 The Yemeni government cleaned up the scene, 708 01:13:27,503 --> 01:13:30,106 but unfortunately that's not something we can prove. 709 01:13:30,306 --> 01:13:32,808 Nor can I testify about it. It all happened afterward. 710 01:13:33,009 --> 01:13:35,611 Yeah, but you can testify about Childers' frame of mind, 711 01:13:35,811 --> 01:13:38,414 his behavior while you were there. 712 01:13:39,615 --> 01:13:42,918 He saved my life. 713 01:13:43,119 --> 01:13:45,721 Surely this will all come down to what the tape shows. 714 01:13:45,921 --> 01:13:48,124 The tape's inconclusive. 715 01:13:49,725 --> 01:13:53,629 Hodges subpoenaed it, of course, but, uh... 716 01:13:53,929 --> 01:13:56,132 it was a faulty recording. 717 01:13:58,634 --> 01:14:00,836 - I see. - Do you? 718 01:14:01,037 --> 01:14:05,341 If Childers isn't held totally responsible, 719 01:14:05,441 --> 01:14:08,244 then the United States will be. 720 01:14:08,444 --> 01:14:11,147 And just guess... 721 01:14:11,347 --> 01:14:13,349 where the finger... 722 01:14:13,549 --> 01:14:15,651 is eventually gonna point. 723 01:14:17,053 --> 01:14:19,255 - Me? - Where else? 724 01:14:21,457 --> 01:14:24,060 You should've known this was gonna erupt. 725 01:14:24,260 --> 01:14:27,063 And if you didn't, you were asleep at the wheel. 726 01:14:27,263 --> 01:14:30,766 Either way, your conduct was inexcusable. 727 01:14:31,067 --> 01:14:34,670 Now, do you want to face a congressional inquiry over this, 728 01:14:34,870 --> 01:14:36,872 put your career at risk? 729 01:14:38,674 --> 01:14:41,177 Think about it. 730 01:14:41,377 --> 01:14:43,579 Thank you, Bill. 731 01:15:51,747 --> 01:15:53,649 All rise. 732 01:16:01,857 --> 01:16:03,659 Be seated. 733 01:16:07,062 --> 01:16:09,165 Look closely at this picture. 734 01:16:11,367 --> 01:16:13,369 Why did a well-trained fighting unit... 735 01:16:13,569 --> 01:16:16,772 have to slaughter unarmed men, women and children... 736 01:16:16,872 --> 01:16:19,074 when their orders were simply to protect... 737 01:16:19,275 --> 01:16:22,378 and if necessary, evacuate the embassy? 738 01:16:23,879 --> 01:16:25,981 The answer is, they didn't. 739 01:16:26,081 --> 01:16:29,685 They were ordered to open fire, and that order came from one man... 740 01:16:29,885 --> 01:16:31,987 Colonel Terry Childers, 741 01:16:32,188 --> 01:16:34,890 who stands trial here today, 742 01:16:35,090 --> 01:16:37,793 a day of sadness, 743 01:16:37,893 --> 01:16:40,896 a day when America has to accept responsibility... 744 01:16:41,197 --> 01:16:45,401 for its failures and its mistakes as well as its glories. 745 01:16:48,204 --> 01:16:52,107 We will show you that the accused, through his mind-set and actions, 746 01:16:52,408 --> 01:16:54,710 ignored the rules of engagement... 747 01:16:54,810 --> 01:16:57,413 and went far beyond the scope of his authority... 748 01:16:57,613 --> 01:16:59,615 to intentionally order the murder... 749 01:16:59,815 --> 01:17:03,219 of 83 innocent people. 750 01:17:11,527 --> 01:17:15,931 I was the last one to enter the courtroom this morning. I was late. 751 01:17:16,232 --> 01:17:19,235 I was late because I was in the head. 752 01:17:19,435 --> 01:17:23,239 And I was in the head because... I was throwing up. 753 01:17:25,341 --> 01:17:27,743 And I was throwing up because I don't know if I'm... 754 01:17:27,943 --> 01:17:31,547 able to handle this job. 755 01:17:35,851 --> 01:17:40,956 I believe that Colonel Childers is innocent of these charges. 756 01:17:41,357 --> 01:17:43,959 I just don't know if I have what it takes to make his case for him. 757 01:17:44,159 --> 01:17:47,563 I'm simply not on the same page as Major Briggs, uh... 758 01:17:47,763 --> 01:17:51,767 Major Biggs here, as a lawyer. 759 01:17:51,967 --> 01:17:55,170 We all know that. 760 01:17:55,271 --> 01:17:57,673 So why did I take this job? 761 01:18:03,279 --> 01:18:06,482 I took this case because Terry Childers told me... 762 01:18:06,782 --> 01:18:10,886 I would have done the same thing he did if I'd been in his shoes. 763 01:18:10,986 --> 01:18:14,290 I took the case because I know Terry Childers. His word is his bond. 764 01:18:14,490 --> 01:18:18,494 He told me he did what he had to do. 765 01:18:18,794 --> 01:18:21,697 Now, I hope I don't let him down. 766 01:18:24,900 --> 01:18:28,804 We sent Terry Childers out on a very tough mission. 767 01:18:29,104 --> 01:18:31,507 And when it went bad, 768 01:18:31,607 --> 01:18:35,311 and he did everything he could to save the lives of his marines, 769 01:18:35,511 --> 01:18:38,614 save the lives of the embassy people, 770 01:18:38,914 --> 01:18:42,718 you turn around now and want to blame the whole mess on him, 771 01:18:44,620 --> 01:18:47,423 send him to prison possibly for the rest of his life. 772 01:18:49,224 --> 01:18:52,328 That's not fair. 773 01:18:52,428 --> 01:18:54,730 It's not right. 774 01:18:56,632 --> 01:19:00,336 It is what made me sick this morning. 775 01:19:00,536 --> 01:19:02,338 It was a large crowd. 776 01:19:02,538 --> 01:19:06,442 There was a lot of commotion. The noise was very unsettling. 777 01:19:06,642 --> 01:19:08,844 But it was a peaceful crowd. 778 01:19:09,044 --> 01:19:11,547 That is, until Colonel Childers arrived and prevented me... 779 01:19:11,747 --> 01:19:14,049 from pursuing further avenues of diplomacy. 780 01:19:14,149 --> 01:19:16,552 Did Colonel Childers force you to leave the embassy? 781 01:19:16,652 --> 01:19:18,654 Yes. He charged in. 782 01:19:18,754 --> 01:19:21,857 He... started pushing us around. 783 01:19:22,057 --> 01:19:25,060 He physically restrained me from doing my job. 784 01:19:25,260 --> 01:19:27,162 What was his state of mind at this time? 785 01:19:27,363 --> 01:19:28,964 He was in a fury. 786 01:19:29,164 --> 01:19:31,166 He was disrespectful to me and my family. 787 01:19:31,367 --> 01:19:32,868 Oh, that's bullshit. 788 01:19:32,968 --> 01:19:35,771 It was almost, how should I say, a murderous rage. 789 01:19:35,971 --> 01:19:37,773 Do you remember what he said? 790 01:19:37,973 --> 01:19:39,875 I remember he said something like... 791 01:19:39,975 --> 01:19:42,478 diplomacy is bullshit at this point... 792 01:19:42,678 --> 01:19:46,181 "and that ""nobody fucks with the American flag""." 793 01:19:46,482 --> 01:19:48,784 - Those were his words. - Thank you, Ambassador. 794 01:19:48,884 --> 01:19:50,786 No further questions. 795 01:19:50,786 --> 01:19:53,389 Do you believe... 796 01:19:53,489 --> 01:19:55,290 that an American embassy on foreign soil... 797 01:19:55,391 --> 01:19:57,192 is sovereign United States territory? 798 01:19:57,292 --> 01:19:59,194 As a general principle, yes. 799 01:19:59,395 --> 01:20:00,996 Do you believe Americans have a right... 800 01:20:01,096 --> 01:20:02,598 to defend that territory if it's attacked? 801 01:20:02,798 --> 01:20:04,600 If it is, in fact, attacked. 802 01:20:04,800 --> 01:20:07,803 Would you have expected Colonel Childers to surrender... 803 01:20:07,903 --> 01:20:09,905 to the attacking crowd or to fight them? 804 01:20:10,005 --> 01:20:11,306 I would have expected neither. 805 01:20:11,507 --> 01:20:13,008 The colonel should have let me address the crowd, 806 01:20:13,008 --> 01:20:15,210 then he could have withdrawn his marines. 807 01:20:15,411 --> 01:20:17,413 Would you have expected him to hold his fire as he withdrew, 808 01:20:17,513 --> 01:20:20,716 even if he were taking casualties? - To the extent possible. 809 01:20:20,816 --> 01:20:21,917 So your order would have been, 810 01:20:22,117 --> 01:20:23,819 Hold your fire to the extent possible, Marines. 811 01:20:23,919 --> 01:20:26,321 And to the extent not possible, fire away. 812 01:20:29,024 --> 01:20:30,826 Ambassador. 813 01:20:33,529 --> 01:20:35,531 This photograph is exhibit "C". 814 01:20:39,234 --> 01:20:41,837 - What is that? - It's a security camera. 815 01:20:42,037 --> 01:20:43,338 Is it mounted on the roof of the embassy... 816 01:20:43,439 --> 01:20:45,340 and pointed down to where the crowd had gathered? 817 01:20:45,541 --> 01:20:47,643 - I would suppose so. - Yes or no, please. 818 01:20:47,843 --> 01:20:49,745 Yes. 819 01:20:49,845 --> 01:20:52,548 - Is it in operation 24 hours a day? - I suppose so. 820 01:20:52,748 --> 01:20:54,550 - Yes or no? - Yes. 821 01:20:54,750 --> 01:20:58,053 Do you suppose there is a taping system attached to this camera? 822 01:20:58,153 --> 01:20:59,655 - Your Honor. - Colonel. 823 01:20:59,855 --> 01:21:01,256 - Yes. - Where's the tape? 824 01:21:01,256 --> 01:21:04,059 It is my understanding that if there were tapes, 825 01:21:04,259 --> 01:21:07,162 undamaged tapes, they'd have been sent to the State Department. 826 01:21:07,362 --> 01:21:08,363 Undamaged tapes? 827 01:21:08,363 --> 01:21:11,567 Well, there was destruction and looting... 828 01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:14,169 after the killing. 829 01:21:14,369 --> 01:21:18,273 As you withdrew, did you remember to take the American flag with you? 830 01:21:24,680 --> 01:21:27,483 Did you remember to take the American flag, sir? 831 01:21:27,683 --> 01:21:30,486 - Of course. - Where is that flag now? 832 01:21:30,586 --> 01:21:33,489 I brought it home and returned it to the State Department. 833 01:21:33,589 --> 01:21:36,291 It was shot to shreds, wasn't it? 834 01:21:36,592 --> 01:21:38,393 By the snipers, yes. 835 01:21:38,494 --> 01:21:41,296 Yeah? 836 01:21:52,808 --> 01:21:54,810 Right! Go right! 837 01:21:56,111 --> 01:21:58,213 Goal! 838 01:22:06,522 --> 01:22:08,423 At ease, son. 839 01:22:08,524 --> 01:22:11,426 Let me see. Which one of you people is named Justin? 840 01:22:11,727 --> 01:22:14,429 - Let me take a guess. How about you? - No. 841 01:22:14,630 --> 01:22:17,933 Then I'll have to make another guess. I'll take, uh... you. 842 01:22:18,133 --> 01:22:20,435 How'd you know? Are you in the marines? 843 01:22:20,536 --> 01:22:22,838 Yes, sir, lam. 844 01:22:23,038 --> 01:22:25,541 Go on in the house, kids. There are sandwiches in the kitchen. 845 01:22:25,741 --> 01:22:28,644 Mrs. Mourain, I'm sorry to bother you at home. 846 01:22:28,844 --> 01:22:31,346 - I'm Colonel... - I know who you are, Colonel Hodges. 847 01:22:31,647 --> 01:22:34,449 - Is that your boy? - Yes. 848 01:22:34,650 --> 01:22:37,553 Can I talk to you a few minutes? 849 01:22:37,753 --> 01:22:40,556 I don't think that's appropriate. 850 01:22:40,756 --> 01:22:42,558 I don't believe your husband is telling the truth... 851 01:22:42,758 --> 01:22:44,860 about what Colonel Childers did in Yemen. 852 01:22:47,362 --> 01:22:50,365 Kids, go on in the house. There are sandwiches on the table. 853 01:22:50,465 --> 01:22:52,868 Let's go! Come on! 854 01:22:58,173 --> 01:23:00,876 You should take that up with my husband, shouldn't you? 855 01:23:01,076 --> 01:23:04,179 Colonel Childers risked his life so you could be here, ma'am, 856 01:23:04,379 --> 01:23:07,783 watching these kids play out these windows. 857 01:23:07,883 --> 01:23:09,785 Does that bother you? 858 01:23:14,289 --> 01:23:16,892 I feel terrible about what happened to Colonel Childers. 859 01:23:17,092 --> 01:23:19,294 Can you tell me that he manhandled your family? 860 01:23:19,394 --> 01:23:21,897 Or that he prevented your husband from doing his job? 861 01:23:22,097 --> 01:23:25,200 Ma'am? Can you tell me that? 862 01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:27,202 No. 863 01:23:27,402 --> 01:23:30,305 As far as I'm concerned, he behaved quite honorably. 864 01:23:30,405 --> 01:23:32,307 Will you testify to that? 865 01:23:39,414 --> 01:23:42,317 - My husband's a good man. - So is Colonel Childers. 866 01:23:44,419 --> 01:23:46,021 I've been married for ten years. 867 01:23:46,021 --> 01:23:48,223 You're asking me to throw that away in an afternoon. 868 01:23:48,423 --> 01:23:51,627 Your husband and you and your son... 869 01:23:51,927 --> 01:23:55,030 owe your lives to Colonel Terry Childers. 870 01:23:57,733 --> 01:23:59,935 We all have our priorities, Colonel. 871 01:24:01,937 --> 01:24:03,839 I can subpoena you, ma'am. 872 01:24:05,540 --> 01:24:07,643 Please don't. 873 01:24:07,843 --> 01:24:12,547 Don't put me up there. I'm a very credible witness. 874 01:24:12,848 --> 01:24:14,750 Now, if you'll excuse me. 875 01:24:14,850 --> 01:24:18,053 You won't tell the truth if I put you on the stand? 876 01:24:18,153 --> 01:24:21,456 I don't know what the truth is. 877 01:24:21,757 --> 01:24:24,660 Colonel Childers is on trial for what he did outside the embassy. 878 01:24:24,860 --> 01:24:27,062 I wasn't there. Were you? 879 01:24:32,968 --> 01:24:34,670 Captain Lee, you were in command of the TRAP team... 880 01:24:34,770 --> 01:24:37,472 and the second ranking officer under Colonel Childers in Yemen? 881 01:24:37,572 --> 01:24:39,174 - Yes, sir. - And you were on the roof... 882 01:24:39,274 --> 01:24:41,877 of the embassy, were you not? - Yes, I was. 883 01:24:41,977 --> 01:24:43,979 Colonel Childers ordered you to open fire... 884 01:24:44,079 --> 01:24:46,782 immediately after Sergeant Richard Krasevitch was shot. 885 01:24:47,082 --> 01:24:49,184 - Is that correct? - Yes. 886 01:24:49,284 --> 01:24:52,087 But Sergeant Krasevitch was not shot by the demonstrators, was he? 887 01:24:52,287 --> 01:24:53,689 Objection. How could we know the exact firing position... 888 01:24:53,789 --> 01:24:55,590 of the bullet that killed Sergeant Krasevitch? 889 01:24:55,691 --> 01:24:58,193 Sustained. Counsel refrain from leading the witness. 890 01:24:58,393 --> 01:25:00,295 Did you at any time... 891 01:25:00,495 --> 01:25:03,799 receive gunfire from within the demonstration itself? 892 01:25:06,001 --> 01:25:08,704 Captain? 893 01:25:08,904 --> 01:25:11,206 I can't remember any fire from the demonstrators, 894 01:25:11,306 --> 01:25:13,909 to my knowledge that is, sir. 895 01:25:14,109 --> 01:25:16,912 You killed the wrong people, didn't you? 896 01:25:17,212 --> 01:25:19,815 You should've been firing at the snipers across the way. 897 01:25:19,915 --> 01:25:22,217 - Isn't that correct? - I can't answer... 898 01:25:22,417 --> 01:25:23,819 - Objection. Calls for speculation. - Sustained. 899 01:25:23,819 --> 01:25:26,321 You shot at people who were demonstrating peacefully, 900 01:25:26,521 --> 01:25:28,123 who were not using deadly force. 901 01:25:28,223 --> 01:25:29,524 Your Honor, that's not in evidence here. 902 01:25:29,725 --> 01:25:33,729 Sustained. Major, I'm not going to warn you again. 903 01:25:35,530 --> 01:25:38,834 Captain, what were the words Colonel Childers used... 904 01:25:39,034 --> 01:25:41,236 when he ordered you to fire on the demonstrators? 905 01:25:41,436 --> 01:25:44,339 I don't remember the exact words, sir. 906 01:25:44,539 --> 01:25:46,942 He ordered me to open fire. 907 01:25:48,744 --> 01:25:50,645 When you obeyed Colonel Childers' order to open fire, 908 01:25:50,746 --> 01:25:52,647 did you believe it to be a lawful order? 909 01:25:52,848 --> 01:25:53,849 Yes, sir. 910 01:25:53,849 --> 01:25:56,752 Otherwise it would have been your duty to disobey. Is that right? 911 01:25:56,952 --> 01:25:58,053 Yes, sir. 912 01:25:58,053 --> 01:26:00,455 When your men opened fire on the attackers in the crowd, 913 01:26:00,655 --> 01:26:04,259 did the snipers in the buildings across the way cease their firing? 914 01:26:04,559 --> 01:26:06,461 Absolutely, sir. It went completely quiet. 915 01:26:06,461 --> 01:26:07,562 It would seem, then, 916 01:26:07,662 --> 01:26:09,164 that the two groups were actually one working together. 917 01:26:09,364 --> 01:26:11,967 Objection. Counselis drawing a conclusion for the witness. 918 01:26:12,167 --> 01:26:13,769 Sustained. 919 01:26:13,869 --> 01:26:15,270 Were you in a position to observe Colonel Childers... 920 01:26:15,370 --> 01:26:16,571 when everyone was evacuated? 921 01:26:16,671 --> 01:26:17,572 Yes, I was. 922 01:26:17,773 --> 01:26:19,674 What was the last thing you saw him do? 923 01:26:19,775 --> 01:26:22,778 - He went to the flagpole. - Then what'd he do? 924 01:26:22,978 --> 01:26:24,980 He took down the American flag. 925 01:26:25,180 --> 01:26:27,582 Was he personally under heavy fire at that time? 926 01:26:27,783 --> 01:26:31,486 - Yes, sir. - No more questions. 927 01:26:31,686 --> 01:26:34,689 Captain, prior to receiving orders from the accused to open fire, 928 01:26:34,890 --> 01:26:37,592 where was the point of greatest concern for the safety of your men, 929 01:26:37,692 --> 01:26:41,897 the crowd below or the snipers in the buildings across the way? 930 01:26:42,197 --> 01:26:45,600 - I'm not really sure. - You're not sure? 931 01:26:45,801 --> 01:26:47,602 Well, I guess... 932 01:26:47,903 --> 01:26:50,105 Don't guess. I'll repeat the question. 933 01:26:50,205 --> 01:26:53,408 Was the point of greatest concern the crowd below... 934 01:26:53,508 --> 01:26:55,911 or the snipers across the way? 935 01:26:57,512 --> 01:26:59,915 I would have to say the snipers. 936 01:27:00,015 --> 01:27:02,818 Did you feel an immediate mortal danger from the crowd as a whole? 937 01:27:03,018 --> 01:27:04,920 - I don't understand. - You don't understand? 938 01:27:05,120 --> 01:27:08,023 - No, sir. - Let me help you. 939 01:27:11,326 --> 01:27:12,828 Were you more worried... 940 01:27:13,028 --> 01:27:15,430 you'd be killed by these people or by these people? 941 01:27:15,530 --> 01:27:18,033 I wasn't thinking about that. Have you ever been under fire? 942 01:27:18,233 --> 01:27:21,837 You didn't see the crowd firing, but you did take fire from the snipers. 943 01:27:22,137 --> 01:27:24,940 Is that correct? 944 01:27:29,044 --> 01:27:31,246 Yes. 945 01:27:31,646 --> 01:27:35,350 Our clinic is not too far from the embassy. 946 01:27:35,650 --> 01:27:39,054 So I was one of the first to arrive there. 947 01:27:39,154 --> 01:27:42,357 Did you see any weapons on the bodies of the dead? 948 01:27:42,657 --> 01:27:44,259 No. 949 01:27:44,259 --> 01:27:47,162 Did you remove any weapons from the people you were treating? 950 01:27:47,462 --> 01:27:48,463 No. 951 01:27:48,463 --> 01:27:51,666 Not a single weapon anywhere among the victims? 952 01:27:51,867 --> 01:27:53,668 No, no weapons. 953 01:27:53,869 --> 01:27:57,772 In your opinion, is Yemen a training ground for terrorists? 954 01:27:59,574 --> 01:28:01,776 Not at all. 955 01:28:01,877 --> 01:28:04,679 We met in Yemen. 956 01:28:04,880 --> 01:28:07,682 You encouraged me to tour your clinic in order to witness... 957 01:28:07,782 --> 01:28:09,885 the suffering caused by Colonel Childers' orders. 958 01:28:10,085 --> 01:28:12,287 - Do you remember that? - Yes. 959 01:28:14,289 --> 01:28:16,992 I found an audio cassette on the floor of your clinic. 960 01:28:17,292 --> 01:28:19,794 It's marked exhibit "R". 961 01:28:19,995 --> 01:28:22,097 Do you remember that? 962 01:28:25,700 --> 01:28:28,203 - Yes. - I found another one... 963 01:28:28,403 --> 01:28:30,305 inside the embassy. 964 01:28:30,505 --> 01:28:33,909 In fact, I found several others. They're all marked exhibit "R". 965 01:28:35,810 --> 01:28:38,713 Will you translate the writing on the outside of that cassette? 966 01:28:41,316 --> 01:28:45,420 Declaration of Islamic Jihad... 967 01:28:45,720 --> 01:28:48,023 "Against United States". 968 01:28:48,223 --> 01:28:50,926 These audio cassettes are used for the purposes of religious... 969 01:28:51,026 --> 01:28:54,229 and political propaganda due to the high illiteracy rate in Yemen. 970 01:28:54,429 --> 01:28:56,431 - Is that correct? - Yes. 971 01:28:56,631 --> 01:28:57,933 Will you translate the words you hear... 972 01:28:58,133 --> 01:29:00,936 on this audio cassette for the court, please? 973 01:29:12,847 --> 01:29:15,050 Dr Ahmar? 974 01:29:15,250 --> 01:29:19,054 We call on every Muslim who believes in God... 975 01:29:19,254 --> 01:29:21,756 and hopes for reward... 976 01:29:21,957 --> 01:29:24,559 "to obey God's command". 977 01:29:32,667 --> 01:29:35,470 Dr Ahmar, does it say what God's command is? 978 01:29:36,571 --> 01:29:38,773 To kill Americans... 979 01:29:38,974 --> 01:29:40,976 and plunder... 980 01:29:41,176 --> 01:29:45,380 "their possessions wherever he finds them". 981 01:29:47,983 --> 01:29:50,585 - Go on, please. 982 01:29:52,787 --> 01:29:54,889 To kill Americans... 983 01:29:55,090 --> 01:29:57,292 and their allies, 984 01:29:57,492 --> 01:30:02,297 both civil and military, 985 01:30:02,497 --> 01:30:06,701 is duty of every Muslim... 986 01:30:06,901 --> 01:30:09,204 "who is able". 987 01:30:09,404 --> 01:30:13,908 To kill Americans is a duty. 988 01:30:14,209 --> 01:30:16,911 - Is that what it says? - Yes. 989 01:30:22,717 --> 01:30:25,420 Do you recognize the speaker's voice? 990 01:30:25,620 --> 01:30:28,923 No. 991 01:30:29,024 --> 01:30:31,826 Dr Ahmar, in your opinion, is this propaganda... 992 01:30:32,027 --> 01:30:34,829 representative of that demonstration? 993 01:30:35,130 --> 01:30:39,734 No. I'm not a member of Islamic Jihad! 994 01:30:41,436 --> 01:30:43,838 The crowd was singing songs. 995 01:30:45,340 --> 01:30:47,742 I heard them from my clinic. 996 01:30:48,143 --> 01:30:50,345 What was your reaction when you learned that Colonel Childers... 997 01:30:50,445 --> 01:30:52,047 had been selected to lead this mission? 998 01:30:52,247 --> 01:30:55,150 I was very pleased. The colonel had a distinguished record. 999 01:30:55,350 --> 01:30:58,953 - He's a nationally renowned war... - How did you define his mission? 1000 01:30:59,154 --> 01:31:00,955 We wanted to increase security, but frankly, 1001 01:31:01,156 --> 01:31:04,759 if things got threatening, we wanted an evacuation. 1002 01:31:04,959 --> 01:31:07,362 So you weren't looking for confrontation? 1003 01:31:07,462 --> 01:31:10,265 No, that's what we wished to avoid at all costs. 1004 01:31:10,365 --> 01:31:12,367 What was your reaction to what happened? 1005 01:31:12,567 --> 01:31:15,270 I was stunned, 1006 01:31:15,370 --> 01:31:17,272 appalled. 1007 01:31:17,372 --> 01:31:20,075 Wasn't the severity of the problem at the embassy understated? 1008 01:31:20,175 --> 01:31:22,277 Absolutely not. 1009 01:31:22,477 --> 01:31:26,181 We operated on the information we had at the time. 1010 01:31:26,381 --> 01:31:30,085 I have here a State Department report from Yemen. 1011 01:31:30,485 --> 01:31:32,287 It's exhibit "M". 1012 01:31:32,487 --> 01:31:35,390 Will you read the underlined sections for the court, please? 1013 01:31:35,590 --> 01:31:37,792 Certainly. 1014 01:31:37,892 --> 01:31:42,697 'January25. Grenade thrown at police car. 1015 01:31:42,897 --> 01:31:48,403 January 27. Sixteen Western tourists abducted by fundamentalist group". 1016 01:31:48,703 --> 01:31:53,007 - Go on, please. - "February 6." 1017 01:31:53,208 --> 01:31:55,610 - A bomb explodes in a car... - You got today's Post? 1018 01:31:55,810 --> 01:31:57,612 - Yeah. - Yeah. Give it to me. 1019 01:31:57,812 --> 01:32:01,116 Stun grenade thrown at newspaper kiosk near a police station. 1020 01:32:01,316 --> 01:32:03,618 March 13. A military officer... 1021 01:32:03,818 --> 01:32:08,823 is seriously wounded by Yemen's first... donkey bomb. 1022 01:32:09,023 --> 01:32:11,426 Explosives were apparently concealed under the saddle. 1023 01:32:11,726 --> 01:32:13,828 Thank you. 1024 01:32:14,028 --> 01:32:19,134 I have another State Department document, dated 17 November. 1025 01:32:19,434 --> 01:32:21,636 It's from the ambassador to you. 1026 01:32:21,836 --> 01:32:24,639 Will you read this for the court, please? 1027 01:32:29,144 --> 01:32:32,647 Dear Bill. Please, we must revisit our previous conversation... 1028 01:32:32,847 --> 01:32:35,350 in that the security measures we have taken are still inadequate... 1029 01:32:35,550 --> 01:32:37,352 "for the protection of our mission to Yemen". 1030 01:32:37,552 --> 01:32:39,154 You have to understand that when I received this letter... 1031 01:32:39,254 --> 01:32:43,958 Thank you. Now, there are... Well, are there... cameras... 1032 01:32:44,259 --> 01:32:47,662 mounted on the roof of the embassy? - Uh, yes. 1033 01:32:47,962 --> 01:32:49,864 Are they designed to observe and record... 1034 01:32:49,964 --> 01:32:51,966 activities in the public spaces outside the embassy? 1035 01:32:51,966 --> 01:32:54,969 - Yes. - Where are the tapes? 1036 01:32:55,170 --> 01:32:57,972 Uh, it's my understanding the embassy was looted. 1037 01:32:58,072 --> 01:33:00,875 Maybe the cameras were destroyed. 1038 01:33:03,678 --> 01:33:08,082 This is a photograph. It is exhibit "D" for the court. 1039 01:33:08,283 --> 01:33:11,586 It's a picture of a camera on the embassy roof. 1040 01:33:11,786 --> 01:33:13,688 Does it appear to be damaged? 1041 01:33:13,888 --> 01:33:15,390 No. 1042 01:33:15,490 --> 01:33:18,092 - Where are the tapes? - I don't know. 1043 01:33:18,293 --> 01:33:20,895 Don't you think the United States owes it... 1044 01:33:20,995 --> 01:33:23,498 to Colonel Childers for 30 years of service... 1045 01:33:23,698 --> 01:33:25,900 to find that tape and produce it here? 1046 01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:27,802 Objection. We don't know anything about any tapes. 1047 01:33:28,002 --> 01:33:31,806 - This is pure speculation. - Sustained. 1048 01:33:33,808 --> 01:33:36,911 This is a shipping manifest. It's exhibit "O". 1049 01:33:37,011 --> 01:33:39,414 It is a list of items removed from the embassy during the evacuation... 1050 01:33:39,614 --> 01:33:41,115 and shipped to the State Department. 1051 01:33:41,216 --> 01:33:44,319 Will you read line six, please? 1052 01:33:44,519 --> 01:33:48,323 Videotape from security camera, VHS, one. 1053 01:33:48,523 --> 01:33:49,924 You too busy to look at those tapes or you just didn't care? 1054 01:33:50,124 --> 01:33:53,027 Objection. He's badgering the national security advisor. 1055 01:33:53,127 --> 01:33:55,330 Sustained. Counsel, please proceed carefully. 1056 01:33:55,430 --> 01:33:57,832 - Where are those tapes? - Objection! Asked and answered. 1057 01:33:57,932 --> 01:34:01,236 Oh. Yes, right. Right. Don't you think it's funny... 1058 01:34:01,336 --> 01:34:04,038 that a tape that could exonerate my client is missing? 1059 01:34:04,239 --> 01:34:05,740 I don't think it's funny at all. 1060 01:34:05,940 --> 01:34:08,243 Withholding evidence is a very serious crime. 1061 01:34:08,443 --> 01:34:12,046 - Objection. - Sustained. Counsel, rephrase. 1062 01:34:12,146 --> 01:34:14,749 Withholding evidence to frame a United States Marine... 1063 01:34:14,849 --> 01:34:17,051 is no less evil than charging my client with murder. 1064 01:34:17,151 --> 01:34:18,453 Where are those tapes? 1065 01:34:18,553 --> 01:34:20,555 Colonel, I turned over all materials in my possession... 1066 01:34:20,755 --> 01:34:22,657 to Major Biggs. 1067 01:34:22,857 --> 01:34:25,560 If those tapes showed a happy crowd of peaceful demonstrators, 1068 01:34:25,660 --> 01:34:27,562 we'd be looking at 'em. 1069 01:34:27,762 --> 01:34:29,364 Objection, Your Honor. This is contempt. 1070 01:34:29,464 --> 01:34:31,566 Colonel, this is your last warning. 1071 01:34:31,766 --> 01:34:33,668 It was a new security system. 1072 01:34:33,768 --> 01:34:35,770 The cameras were pointed down at the crowd. 1073 01:34:35,970 --> 01:34:38,273 Tapes were recorded, and those tapes were sent to the State Department. 1074 01:34:38,373 --> 01:34:39,974 Why are those tapes not here? 1075 01:34:40,174 --> 01:34:43,077 Objection, Your Honor. I've seen no such tapes. 1076 01:34:46,581 --> 01:34:49,784 No further questions. 1077 01:34:50,084 --> 01:34:51,886 There are no tapes showing the crowd firing weapons? 1078 01:34:51,986 --> 01:34:53,788 None that I'm aware of. 1079 01:34:53,988 --> 01:34:56,791 And the government has turned over all of its evidence? 1080 01:34:56,891 --> 01:34:58,092 Of course. 1081 01:34:58,293 --> 01:35:00,194 Colonel Hodges has gone to some length... 1082 01:35:00,295 --> 01:35:04,399 to have you read security reports illustrating violence in Yemen. 1083 01:35:04,599 --> 01:35:07,302 - Yes, he has. - Here is today's Washington Post. 1084 01:35:07,602 --> 01:35:08,903 Will you read these headlines that I've underlined... 1085 01:35:09,003 --> 01:35:10,805 from today's Metro section? 1086 01:35:12,307 --> 01:35:16,311 Agent, kidnapper killed in rescue of businessman's son. 1087 01:35:16,611 --> 01:35:19,314 Bomb threat evacuates Museum of Natural History. 1088 01:35:19,514 --> 01:35:22,717 Officer chases truck driver, fires 38 times. 1089 01:35:23,017 --> 01:35:26,821 Husband shoots wife, himself in street. 1090 01:35:27,021 --> 01:35:30,024 Mr. Sokal, does this random, unfortunate news mean we should... 1091 01:35:30,325 --> 01:35:34,329 allow Colonel Childers and his troops loose in Washington, D.C.? 1092 01:35:34,429 --> 01:35:36,931 Don't answer that. Thank you, Mr. Sokal. 1093 01:35:37,131 --> 01:35:39,334 Present arms! 1094 01:35:41,436 --> 01:35:45,139 Order arms! 1095 01:36:18,473 --> 01:36:21,676 Take deep breaths, sir! You're almost out of here. Stay calm. 1096 01:36:21,876 --> 01:36:24,979 I hope you know how to fold it, sir. 1097 01:36:25,079 --> 01:36:27,682 Thank you, Colonel. I'll never forget this. 1098 01:36:45,500 --> 01:36:47,201 Krasevitch is hit! 1099 01:36:47,201 --> 01:36:48,903 Corpsman! 1100 01:36:50,004 --> 01:36:51,906 Corpsman! Shit! 1101 01:36:52,006 --> 01:36:54,008 Goddamn it! 1102 01:37:19,734 --> 01:37:22,236 Engage hostile targets as they appear! 1103 01:37:22,437 --> 01:37:25,840 Waste the motherfuckers! 1104 01:37:33,347 --> 01:37:36,751 Cease fire! Cease fire! 1105 01:37:36,851 --> 01:37:38,753 Cease fire! 1106 01:37:42,056 --> 01:37:44,759 Order arms! 1107 01:37:45,159 --> 01:37:47,462 I was proud of my marines. 1108 01:37:47,662 --> 01:37:49,464 They showed remarkable discipline. 1109 01:37:49,564 --> 01:37:51,466 Why didn't you fire at the snipers in the buildings... 1110 01:37:51,666 --> 01:37:53,768 instead of at the crowd below? 1111 01:37:53,968 --> 01:37:56,270 Because I believed we were in greater danger from the crowd. 1112 01:37:56,471 --> 01:37:58,673 - Was that crowd firing at you? - Yes. 1113 01:37:58,773 --> 01:38:02,777 The demonstrators in front of the building were firing at you... 1114 01:38:02,977 --> 01:38:05,780 in addition to the snipers? - Yes. 1115 01:38:05,880 --> 01:38:08,282 Why didn't anybody else see that crowd firing? 1116 01:38:08,483 --> 01:38:10,585 My men were under cover on the roof, 1117 01:38:10,685 --> 01:38:12,987 except for Krasevitch who was on an observation post. 1118 01:38:13,187 --> 01:38:16,290 And why isn't he here testifying on your behalf today? 1119 01:38:18,693 --> 01:38:21,896 Because he was killed in action. He died in my arms. 1120 01:38:22,096 --> 01:38:26,100 So you were the only man left in a position to observe that crowd? 1121 01:38:26,400 --> 01:38:28,703 Yes. 1122 01:38:28,903 --> 01:38:31,205 Where else have you been in combat, Colonel? 1123 01:38:31,506 --> 01:38:34,108 Vietnam, Beirut, 1124 01:38:34,308 --> 01:38:36,511 Panama, Persian Gulf. 1125 01:38:36,711 --> 01:38:39,113 Can you identify that blue and white ribbon on your uniform?{141947}{141989}It's the Navy Cross. 1126 01:38:41,015 --> 01:38:44,719 Do you remember the citation that accompanied that medal? 1127 01:38:44,919 --> 01:38:47,522 For conspicuous gallantry in the face of great personal danger, 1128 01:38:47,722 --> 01:38:49,524 reflecting great credit upon himself, 1129 01:38:49,724 --> 01:38:51,826 "the United States Marine Corps and the Naval Service". 1130 01:38:51,926 --> 01:38:54,128 Your witness. 1131 01:38:58,933 --> 01:39:01,135 Colonel, 1132 01:39:01,335 --> 01:39:03,638 you gunned down more than 80 people. 1133 01:39:04,939 --> 01:39:08,943 You wounded another hundred or so. 1134 01:39:09,143 --> 01:39:13,648 Could this have been motivated by a desire for retaliation? 1135 01:39:13,948 --> 01:39:15,850 I was protecting my men. 1136 01:39:16,050 --> 01:39:19,053 Sergeant Richard Krasevitch was shot only a few feet away from you. 1137 01:39:19,253 --> 01:39:22,056 - Is that correct? - Yes. 1138 01:39:22,256 --> 01:39:24,358 And right after Sergeant Krasevitch died, 1139 01:39:24,559 --> 01:39:26,360 you ordered open fire on the crowd? 1140 01:39:26,561 --> 01:39:29,363 - Is that also correct? - I was taking fire. 1141 01:39:29,463 --> 01:39:31,866 There were weapons in that crowd. 1142 01:39:32,066 --> 01:39:34,068 Well, you wouldn't shoot unarmed people, would you? 1143 01:39:34,268 --> 01:39:35,269 No, I would not. 1144 01:39:35,269 --> 01:39:38,673 Even in the heat of battle, you wouldn't shoot an unarmed person? 1145 01:39:41,175 --> 01:39:43,678 No. 1146 01:39:52,687 --> 01:39:54,789 This is exhibit "F". 1147 01:39:54,889 --> 01:39:57,992 Will you please read the following to the panel? 1148 01:39:59,694 --> 01:40:03,097 Rules of engagement governing ground conflict in urban areas. 1149 01:40:03,397 --> 01:40:06,500 One. If possible, the enemy will be warned first, 1150 01:40:06,701 --> 01:40:08,603 then asked to surrender. 1151 01:40:08,703 --> 01:40:11,606 Colonel, did you warn the enemy? 1152 01:40:11,806 --> 01:40:14,208 We arrived in helicopters. We were standing on that roof armed. 1153 01:40:14,408 --> 01:40:17,912 Did you warn them, either with shots into the air or by a loudspeaker? 1154 01:40:18,112 --> 01:40:20,815 Did you ask them to surrender? 1155 01:40:21,015 --> 01:40:23,317 No. 1156 01:40:23,517 --> 01:40:26,320 I'm sorry, no, you did not warn the crowd? 1157 01:40:26,621 --> 01:40:29,223 Yes. No, I did not warn the crowd. 1158 01:40:29,423 --> 01:40:32,426 Continue, Colonel. You seem to know them by heart. 1159 01:40:32,627 --> 01:40:35,229 Deadly force is the last resort. 1160 01:40:37,331 --> 01:40:39,233 - Go on. - Three. 1161 01:40:39,533 --> 01:40:41,736 When possible, try to arrange for the evacuation of civilians... 1162 01:40:41,936 --> 01:40:43,938 prior to any U.S. attack. 1163 01:40:44,138 --> 01:40:46,340 Did you do that, try to evacuate the innocent people... 1164 01:40:46,440 --> 01:40:48,242 before you slaughtered them? 1165 01:40:48,342 --> 01:40:51,145 Objection. That is inflammatory. - Rephrase, Major. 1166 01:40:51,345 --> 01:40:54,448 Did you try, following Section C of the rules of engagement... 1167 01:40:54,649 --> 01:40:59,754 for ground conflict in urban areas, to evacuate innocent civilians? 1168 01:41:00,054 --> 01:41:02,657 - No. - No. 1169 01:41:09,563 --> 01:41:11,866 Yeah, yeah. 1170 01:41:13,367 --> 01:41:15,569 I just have one more thing, Colonel. 1171 01:41:16,871 --> 01:41:19,974 Did you have to repeat your orders to Captain Lee? 1172 01:41:20,174 --> 01:41:22,276 - I'm sorry? - You ordered Captain Lee... 1173 01:41:22,376 --> 01:41:24,478 to engage hostile targets, and he advised you... 1174 01:41:24,578 --> 01:41:26,480 that there were women and children in the line of fire. 1175 01:41:26,681 --> 01:41:28,482 - Is that correct? - He couldn't see... 1176 01:41:28,683 --> 01:41:32,486 Yes or no, Colonel? Did he follow your first set of orders? 1177 01:41:34,789 --> 01:41:36,590 I don't remember. 1178 01:41:36,791 --> 01:41:39,593 Captain Lee is on record as saying he hesitated... 1179 01:41:39,794 --> 01:41:42,296 and mentioned the snipers in the buildings. 1180 01:41:42,496 --> 01:41:46,400 - Is his testimony accurate? - I don't remember. 1181 01:41:46,701 --> 01:41:48,803 Let me get this straight. 1182 01:41:49,003 --> 01:41:51,105 You evacuate the ambassador. 1183 01:41:51,305 --> 01:41:55,109 You go back to the roof. Two of your marines are K.I.A. 1184 01:41:55,309 --> 01:41:57,511 A third, Sergeant Krasevitch, dies. 1185 01:41:57,712 --> 01:42:00,014 "You give your captain an order which he doesn't follow;" 1186 01:42:00,214 --> 01:42:02,717 in fact, he questions. 1187 01:42:02,917 --> 01:42:04,919 And then you said what? 1188 01:42:05,019 --> 01:42:08,622 I don't remember. 1189 01:42:08,923 --> 01:42:10,324 You don't remember what you said next? 1190 01:42:10,424 --> 01:42:12,727 It was combat, not some training exercise. 1191 01:42:12,827 --> 01:42:14,128 A moment later, your men were shooting. 1192 01:42:14,228 --> 01:42:15,029 What did you say to make that happen? 1193 01:42:15,029 --> 01:42:16,030 I don't know. 1194 01:42:16,130 --> 01:42:19,734 You must have said something. Captain Lee reversed himself. 1195 01:42:19,934 --> 01:42:22,837 - What did you say? - I don't know the exact words. 1196 01:42:23,037 --> 01:42:24,138 - Let me help you. - Your Honor. 1197 01:42:24,338 --> 01:42:26,240 You said, "Waste the motherfuckers," didn't you? 1198 01:42:26,440 --> 01:42:27,942 - No, no, no. - You didn't say it? 1199 01:42:27,942 --> 01:42:30,845 - It all happened so fast... - You're under oath, Colonel! 1200 01:42:32,546 --> 01:42:34,749 Let me refresh your memory. 1201 01:42:34,849 --> 01:42:37,551 This is exhibit "ry" a tape recording made aboard... 1202 01:42:37,752 --> 01:42:41,455 the U.S.S. Wake Island of all radio communications received that day, 1203 01:42:41,756 --> 01:42:44,258 including your exact words. 1204 01:42:44,458 --> 01:42:46,560 Your Honor, with your permission I would like to play this tape. 1205 01:42:46,660 --> 01:42:48,562 If you got it on tape, then that's what I said! 1206 01:42:48,662 --> 01:42:51,165 They were killing my marines, so, yeah, I said it! 1207 01:42:51,365 --> 01:42:53,167 Waste the motherfuckers! 1208 01:42:54,568 --> 01:42:56,270 - Are these "the motherfuckers"? - Objection. 1209 01:42:56,470 --> 01:42:57,671 - Overruled. - Yes! 1210 01:42:57,671 --> 01:43:00,074 - These? - Objection! 1211 01:43:00,274 --> 01:43:02,076 Yes! 1212 01:43:02,176 --> 01:43:03,177 - These? - Objection! 1213 01:43:03,277 --> 01:43:04,678 - Overruled. - Yes. 1214 01:43:04,779 --> 01:43:06,380 Are these "the motherfuckers"... 1215 01:43:06,580 --> 01:43:08,282 that you ordered to be wasted? - Your Honor. 1216 01:43:08,482 --> 01:43:10,184 - Major. - Yes! 1217 01:43:10,284 --> 01:43:13,888 The crowd in front of the embassy had no weapons, did they, Colonel? 1218 01:43:14,188 --> 01:43:15,790 Objection. We found no snipers' weapons either. 1219 01:43:15,890 --> 01:43:17,892 Yes, they had weapons! 1220 01:43:17,992 --> 01:43:19,794 You think there's a script for fighting a war... 1221 01:43:19,994 --> 01:43:21,095 without pissing somebody off? 1222 01:43:21,295 --> 01:43:23,097 Follow the rules, and nobody gets hurt? 1223 01:43:23,297 --> 01:43:25,699 Yes, innocent people probably died. 1224 01:43:25,800 --> 01:43:27,701 Innocent people always die. 1225 01:43:27,802 --> 01:43:30,604 But I did not exceed my orders! 1226 01:43:30,704 --> 01:43:32,706 There are rules, and marines are sworn to uphold them. 1227 01:43:32,907 --> 01:43:36,210 I was not going to stand by and see another marine die... 1228 01:43:36,410 --> 01:43:38,612 just to live by those fucking rules! 1229 01:43:38,813 --> 01:43:41,615 Colonel! 1230 01:43:46,520 --> 01:43:48,422 Your Honor, I request a recess. 1231 01:43:48,722 --> 01:43:50,324 Major. 1232 01:43:52,126 --> 01:43:55,429 The government is finished with Colonel Childers, Your Honor. 1233 01:43:55,629 --> 01:43:58,432 All right, Colonel, you have your recess. 1234 01:44:05,940 --> 01:44:07,641 Why didn't you tell me what you said? 1235 01:44:07,641 --> 01:44:10,044 - I didn't remember. - "Waste the motherfuckers". 1236 01:44:10,144 --> 01:44:12,446 That's brilliant. You didn't think that was important? 1237 01:44:12,646 --> 01:44:14,048 Why didn't you know about the goddamn recording? 1238 01:44:14,148 --> 01:44:16,951 - You're supposed to know... - I had a week to prepare this case. 1239 01:44:17,151 --> 01:44:18,252 I didn't realize what a fuck up I'm defending. 1240 01:44:18,252 --> 01:44:20,554 - Well, now you know. - Goddamn. 1241 01:44:33,767 --> 01:44:36,370 - This is going to take us both down. - How's that work? 1242 01:44:36,570 --> 01:44:39,874 You gonna spend the rest of your life in prison too? 1243 01:44:50,384 --> 01:44:52,686 I'm sorry. 1244 01:44:56,891 --> 01:45:00,294 - I really screwed up in there, huh? - Yeah, you really did. 1245 01:45:00,394 --> 01:45:02,796 Whew! 1246 01:45:02,997 --> 01:45:06,000 - So what happens now? - Shit, I don't know. 1247 01:45:06,200 --> 01:45:10,204 I don't know. 1248 01:45:12,306 --> 01:45:14,108 Your Honor, the government calls Colonel Bin Le Cao... 1249 01:45:14,208 --> 01:45:16,210 as a rebuttal witness. - Objection, Your Honor. 1250 01:45:16,410 --> 01:45:18,412 What are the grounds for this rebuttal witness to be allowed? 1251 01:45:18,612 --> 01:45:21,015 Will counsel please approach the bench. 1252 01:45:27,021 --> 01:45:30,224 - Who is Colonel Bin Le Cao? - A North Vietnamese Colonel... 1253 01:45:30,424 --> 01:45:32,426 who fought against Colonel Childers at the battle of Ca Lu. 1254 01:45:32,526 --> 01:45:35,529 What he has to say directly refutes statements made by Colonel Childers. 1255 01:45:35,729 --> 01:45:38,132 - When was the battle of Ca Lu? - 1968. 1256 01:45:38,332 --> 01:45:41,835 This is uncharged misconduct. It is not allowable under military law. 1257 01:45:42,136 --> 01:45:44,338 How do you know this witness is going to charge misconduct? 1258 01:45:44,538 --> 01:45:45,439 I'm assuming... 1259 01:45:45,539 --> 01:45:47,341 He knows because he was at the battle of Ca Lu. 1260 01:45:47,541 --> 01:45:49,343 - Is that true? - Yes, sir. 1261 01:45:49,543 --> 01:45:52,246 On what grounds are you calling your witness? 1262 01:45:52,446 --> 01:45:54,548 Colonel Hodges made Colonel Childers' combat experience... 1263 01:45:54,748 --> 01:45:56,150 part of his defense. 1264 01:45:56,250 --> 01:45:58,152 Furthermore, Colonel Childers testified... 1265 01:45:58,152 --> 01:46:00,054 that he never shoots unarmed people. 1266 01:46:00,254 --> 01:46:04,058 My witness has an important perspective on that statement. 1267 01:46:07,061 --> 01:46:09,563 I'm gonna allow the witness. 1268 01:46:23,077 --> 01:46:24,378 Do you swear or affirm... 1269 01:46:24,578 --> 01:46:25,980 that the evidence you shal I give in this case... 1270 01:46:26,180 --> 01:46:27,581 shall be the truth, the whole truth... 1271 01:46:27,681 --> 01:46:29,483 and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 1272 01:46:29,683 --> 01:46:32,186 Yes, I do. 1273 01:46:32,386 --> 01:46:33,787 Will you please state your name for the court? 1274 01:46:33,887 --> 01:46:38,492 - My name is Bin Le Cao. - In 1968, you were a colonel... 1275 01:46:38,692 --> 01:46:41,595 with the North Vietnamese army, B3 regiment, involved in a fight... 1276 01:46:41,795 --> 01:46:45,299 with American marines at Ca Lu in the Quang Tri province? 1277 01:46:45,499 --> 01:46:46,900 Yes, I was. 1278 01:46:47,101 --> 01:46:49,003 Will you tell the court about that battle? 1279 01:46:49,203 --> 01:46:52,206 We were aware that small units of Americans... 1280 01:46:52,406 --> 01:46:55,409 were near my company of men. 1281 01:46:55,509 --> 01:46:58,712 We found ourselves behind your forces. 1282 01:46:59,013 --> 01:47:02,516 This was lucky for us because we were out numbered. 1283 01:47:07,021 --> 01:47:08,922 Do you recognize this man? 1284 01:47:10,524 --> 01:47:12,326 Yes. 1285 01:47:12,526 --> 01:47:14,828 Did he capture you and your radio operator that day? Yes. 1286 01:47:16,230 --> 01:47:19,833 Did he remove your weapons and place you under armed guard? 1287 01:47:20,034 --> 01:47:20,934 Yes. 1288 01:47:20,934 --> 01:47:22,836 Did you consider yourself a prisoner of war? 1289 01:47:22,936 --> 01:47:25,539 Yes. 1290 01:47:25,739 --> 01:47:27,741 Did he execute your radio operator? 1291 01:47:30,044 --> 01:47:31,945 Yes. 1292 01:47:32,046 --> 01:47:34,848 You personally saw him shoot a fellow prisoner of war? 1293 01:47:34,948 --> 01:47:37,151 Yes. 1294 01:47:37,351 --> 01:47:39,653 Where did he shoot him? 1295 01:47:39,853 --> 01:47:41,855 In the head. 1296 01:47:42,056 --> 01:47:44,158 Thank you. No further questions. 1297 01:47:48,762 --> 01:47:52,666 Were your men annihilating that platoon of marines? 1298 01:47:52,866 --> 01:47:54,668 Yes. 1299 01:47:54,868 --> 01:47:57,671 Did Colonel Childers force you to call your men off? 1300 01:47:57,871 --> 01:47:59,873 Yes. 1301 01:47:59,973 --> 01:48:01,875 Do you believe his actions were calculated to save... 1302 01:48:02,076 --> 01:48:05,879 the lives of American marines? - Yes. 1303 01:48:06,080 --> 01:48:08,382 Would you have done the same thing Colonel Childers did... 1304 01:48:08,582 --> 01:48:10,384 if the situation had been reversed? 1305 01:48:17,991 --> 01:48:19,893 Colonel Cao, would you have shot... 1306 01:48:19,993 --> 01:48:22,396 a captive American radio operator in the head if you thought... 1307 01:48:22,496 --> 01:48:27,101 it would persuade Colonel Childers to spare the lives of your own men? 1308 01:48:30,904 --> 01:48:33,307 Yes. 1309 01:48:36,310 --> 01:48:39,113 No more questions. 1310 01:48:39,313 --> 01:48:41,615 This court is in recess until tomorrow at 09:00. 1311 01:48:41,815 --> 01:48:43,717 And we will hear closing arguments. 1312 01:48:53,427 --> 01:48:55,929 - General, good to see you. - Perry, good to see you too. 1313 01:48:56,029 --> 01:48:58,632 I want you to meet my grandson. 1314 01:48:58,932 --> 01:49:01,135 Hi. Nice to meet you, sir. 1315 01:49:01,335 --> 01:49:03,237 Thanks. 1316 01:49:06,940 --> 01:49:09,643 Colonel Terry Childers is a decorated war hero, 1317 01:49:09,843 --> 01:49:12,446 a trusted leader of American marines, 1318 01:49:12,646 --> 01:49:15,849 and I wish that was all there was to it. 1319 01:49:16,049 --> 01:49:19,253 Unfortunately, there are 83 dead Yemeni citizens, 1320 01:49:19,453 --> 01:49:22,556 many of them women and children. 1321 01:49:22,756 --> 01:49:26,560 Colonel Hodges would have you believe that this crowd was armed. 1322 01:49:26,860 --> 01:49:29,062 He would also have you believe that there is a videotape... 1323 01:49:29,263 --> 01:49:31,465 proving this to be true. 1324 01:49:34,568 --> 01:49:38,272 There is no tape exonerating Colonel Childers. 1325 01:49:38,472 --> 01:49:41,975 There is no evidence exonerating Colonel Childers! 1326 01:49:49,483 --> 01:49:53,987 Is Colonel Childers a man capable of killing defenseless, unarmed people? 1327 01:49:55,789 --> 01:49:58,292 Is he capable of ordering the execution... 1328 01:49:58,492 --> 01:50:01,695 of innocent men and women? 1329 01:50:01,995 --> 01:50:06,900 Is he capable of executing P.O.W.s with his own hand? 1330 01:50:07,100 --> 01:50:09,903 Unfortunately, we have shown that he is. 1331 01:50:10,003 --> 01:50:12,406 You have heard the sad testimony of Colonel Cao... 1332 01:50:12,606 --> 01:50:15,709 who witnessed Colonel Childers' barbarism firsthand. 1333 01:50:17,911 --> 01:50:20,714 You've even heard Colonel Childers' own admission... 1334 01:50:20,914 --> 01:50:25,118 that his desire was to "waste" them, regardless of who they were. 1335 01:50:29,022 --> 01:50:32,926 Now, we are faced with the difficult prospect... 1336 01:50:33,126 --> 01:50:35,329 of convicting one of our own. 1337 01:50:35,529 --> 01:50:38,332 None of us wants to do this, but you've heard the facts, 1338 01:50:38,532 --> 01:50:40,734 and it is unavoidable. 1339 01:50:40,934 --> 01:50:44,638 Colonel Terry Childers ordered the senseless slaughter... 1340 01:50:44,938 --> 01:50:47,641 of a peaceful crowd! 1341 01:50:47,841 --> 01:50:51,845 Now, as marines, 1342 01:50:52,045 --> 01:50:55,849 we do not get the luxury of covering up our mistakes. 1343 01:50:56,049 --> 01:50:58,752 We must air them, 1344 01:50:58,952 --> 01:51:02,456 there by ensuring that they never happen again. 1345 01:51:02,656 --> 01:51:05,259 Thank you. 1346 01:51:12,466 --> 01:51:14,368 That's sovereign United States territory... 1347 01:51:14,568 --> 01:51:17,371 as much as if it were in Ohio or Maryland. 1348 01:51:17,471 --> 01:51:19,873 Colonel Childers didn't volunteer to go over there. 1349 01:51:20,173 --> 01:51:22,976 He was ordered to go there because he was the best man for the job. 1350 01:51:23,176 --> 01:51:25,078 We armed him. We trained him. 1351 01:51:25,279 --> 01:51:27,781 We sent him over there to risk his life to save other Americans. 1352 01:51:27,981 --> 01:51:31,285 And then ask him not to return fire? 1353 01:51:31,385 --> 01:51:34,988 There are over 300 bullet holes in this building. 1354 01:51:35,188 --> 01:51:39,693 Colonel Childers didn't open fire. He returned fire. 1355 01:51:39,993 --> 01:51:43,797 And he waited until after three of his marines were dead... 1356 01:51:43,897 --> 01:51:46,099 and another lay mortally wounded. 1357 01:51:46,300 --> 01:51:48,702 He waited until he was personally under heavy fire. 1358 01:51:48,902 --> 01:51:52,706 He waited until he saw that crowd holding weapons. 1359 01:51:53,006 --> 01:51:56,410 Only then did he order his men to return fire. 1360 01:51:56,710 --> 01:51:58,512 Under the rules of engagement, a civilian pointing a weapon... 1361 01:51:58,512 --> 01:52:00,414 is no longer a civilian, 1362 01:52:00,614 --> 01:52:03,116 and the use of deadly force is authorized... 1363 01:52:03,216 --> 01:52:06,620 in order to save lives. 1364 01:52:06,920 --> 01:52:09,222 It's not murder. 1365 01:52:10,424 --> 01:52:12,326 It's combat. 1366 01:52:13,727 --> 01:52:15,729 Colonel Childers is the only man alive... 1367 01:52:15,929 --> 01:52:18,231 who was in a position to see that crowd. 1368 01:52:18,332 --> 01:52:20,834 But the camera on the embassy roof had the same point of view. 1369 01:52:21,034 --> 01:52:22,736 The government would have you believe... 1370 01:52:22,936 --> 01:52:24,838 there's no tape from that camera. 1371 01:52:25,038 --> 01:52:28,342 I have shown you that that tape was delivered to the State Department. 1372 01:52:28,542 --> 01:52:30,844 Do you believe that tape got up and walked out... 1373 01:52:31,044 --> 01:52:33,347 of the State Department on its own? 1374 01:52:35,549 --> 01:52:37,751 By not producing that tape, the national security advisor, 1375 01:52:37,951 --> 01:52:41,755 Mr. Sokal, has brought dishonor into this court. 1376 01:52:42,055 --> 01:52:45,559 Without that tape, I cannot show you that the crowd fired first... 1377 01:52:45,659 --> 01:52:47,761 and that Colonel Childers is innocent. 1378 01:52:47,961 --> 01:52:50,764 But without that tape, they cannot prove... 1379 01:52:50,864 --> 01:52:53,867 beyond a reasonable doubt that he's guilty! 1380 01:52:56,269 --> 01:52:58,572 Here's my case. 1381 01:52:58,772 --> 01:53:01,274 He's all I've got. Thirty-two years of service, 1382 01:53:01,475 --> 01:53:03,677 thirty-two years of heroism as a United States Marine. 1383 01:53:03,877 --> 01:53:06,580 Regardless of what you decide here, 1384 01:53:06,880 --> 01:53:09,082 Colonel Childers' career as a marine is over. 1385 01:53:09,282 --> 01:53:11,084 He will never again command men in combat. 1386 01:53:11,184 --> 01:53:14,388 The ambassador and his family are alive today because of him. 1387 01:53:14,588 --> 01:53:16,590 And I know how the ambassador feels, 1388 01:53:16,790 --> 01:53:18,992 because Colonel Childers saved my life too. 1389 01:53:18,992 --> 01:53:20,894 I'm alive today because of him. 1390 01:53:21,094 --> 01:53:23,897 My son is sitting in this courtroom because of him. 1391 01:53:24,197 --> 01:53:26,600 I'm alive today, and I have a son, 1392 01:53:26,800 --> 01:53:29,603 because of the heroism of Colonel Childers. 1393 01:53:29,703 --> 01:53:33,607 To ask this man to risk his life for his country, 1394 01:53:36,109 --> 01:53:40,013 to ask this man to watch his marines die in his arms... 1395 01:53:40,313 --> 01:53:42,716 and call it murder when he's defending himself, 1396 01:53:42,916 --> 01:53:46,019 call it murder for firing back when fired upon... 1397 01:53:46,219 --> 01:53:48,722 To call it murder for saving the lives of his countrymen... 1398 01:53:48,822 --> 01:53:52,626 under the most extreme of circumstances, that's, uh... 1399 01:53:52,926 --> 01:53:57,330 My fellow Marines, that's hanging him out to dry. 1400 01:53:59,032 --> 01:54:02,335 It's worse than leaving him wounded on a battlefield. 1401 01:54:02,636 --> 01:54:05,238 That is something you do not do... 1402 01:54:05,338 --> 01:54:08,341 if you are a United States Marine. 1403 01:54:10,444 --> 01:54:13,947 And it is something that I pray to God you won't do here either. 1404 01:54:38,472 --> 01:54:40,774 - What'd you think? - You're pretty good. 1405 01:54:40,974 --> 01:54:43,276 Yeah. Yeah. 1406 01:54:43,376 --> 01:54:45,278 Dad, you were awesome. 1407 01:54:45,479 --> 01:54:47,280 Thanks, son. 1408 01:54:47,481 --> 01:54:50,083 I'm very glad that I don't have to sit on that panel, son. 1409 01:54:50,283 --> 01:54:52,185 You made it awful tough on them. 1410 01:54:55,589 --> 01:54:58,091 - 15,000 to 25,000... - Excuse me. 1411 01:55:02,796 --> 01:55:04,598 I said no interruptions. 1412 01:55:04,798 --> 01:55:07,601 I'm sorry, Mr. Sokal. It's very important. 1413 01:55:13,206 --> 01:55:15,108 Send him in. 1414 01:55:16,309 --> 01:55:18,912 Can we pick this up after lunch, gentlemen? 1415 01:55:19,112 --> 01:55:20,914 Absolutely. 1416 01:55:38,532 --> 01:55:40,934 Close the door. 1417 01:55:44,938 --> 01:55:47,440 What is it, Colonel? 1418 01:55:47,541 --> 01:55:51,645 No matter what happens to Terry Childers tomorrow, 1419 01:55:51,945 --> 01:55:53,146 I'm not going to leave this job until I find out... 1420 01:55:53,246 --> 01:55:57,350 what happened to that tape. - Good. 1421 01:55:57,651 --> 01:55:59,653 Think it'll ever turn up? 1422 01:55:59,853 --> 01:56:01,955 No. 1423 01:56:02,055 --> 01:56:04,558 I don't either. 1424 01:56:04,758 --> 01:56:08,662 Well, then there's nothing more for us to talk about, is there? 1425 01:56:08,862 --> 01:56:12,165 You ever had a pissed-off marine on your ass? 1426 01:56:12,365 --> 01:56:15,068 Is that a threat? 1427 01:56:15,168 --> 01:56:17,470 Oh, yes, sir. 1428 01:56:56,710 --> 01:56:59,713 All rise. 1429 01:57:05,118 --> 01:57:06,920 Has the panel reached a verdict? 1430 01:57:07,220 --> 01:57:09,322 We have, sir. 1431 01:57:22,135 --> 01:57:25,438 Colonel Terry L. Childers, this court-martial finds as follows. 1432 01:57:25,538 --> 01:57:28,241 On the charge of breach of peace, 1433 01:57:28,441 --> 01:57:30,844 the court finds the defendant guilty. 1434 01:57:31,044 --> 01:57:33,747 On the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer, 1435 01:57:33,947 --> 01:57:37,651 the court finds the defendant not guilty. 1436 01:57:38,051 --> 01:57:39,853 On the charge of murder, 1437 01:57:40,053 --> 01:57:44,057 the court finds the defendant not guilty. 1438 01:57:44,157 --> 01:57:45,959 This court-martial is adjourned. 1439 01:57:46,059 --> 01:57:49,162 Sentencing will be conducted at a time to be determined. 1440 01:57:49,262 --> 01:57:51,364 Thank you. 1441 01:58:08,181 --> 01:58:10,684 - I need one more favor. - Yeah. 1442 01:58:10,784 --> 01:58:12,085 Teach me how to fly-fish. 1443 01:58:12,285 --> 01:58:14,788 You are well aware that I know shit about fly-fishing. 1444 01:58:17,891 --> 01:58:19,893 Oh. 1445 01:58:28,101 --> 01:58:30,203 Colonel. 1446 01:58:33,506 --> 01:58:35,709 You realize in light of Colonel Cao's testimony, 1447 01:58:35,809 --> 01:58:38,311 we'll be pushing for charges on the Ca Lu incident. 1448 01:58:38,511 --> 01:58:39,713 That was 30 years ago. 1449 01:58:39,913 --> 01:58:42,115 You're going to have a hard time finding witnesses. 1450 01:58:42,315 --> 01:58:44,217 I thought maybe you'd be willing to testify. 1451 01:58:44,317 --> 01:58:45,618 I'll make you a deal. 1452 01:58:45,819 --> 01:58:50,123 If you can tell me right now what the life expectancy was... 1453 01:58:50,423 --> 01:58:54,627 for a second lieutenant dropped into a hot L.Z. in Vietnam in 1968, 1454 01:58:54,928 --> 01:58:57,731 I'll tell you everything I remember about Ca Lu. 1455 01:58:59,232 --> 01:59:00,734 - One week. - Negative. 1456 01:59:00,934 --> 01:59:04,037 Sixteen minutes, Major. 1457 01:59:04,237 --> 01:59:06,940 Sixteen fucking minutes. 1458 01:59:07,140 --> 01:59:09,142 And that's all I remember. 1459 01:59:57,690 --> 01:59:59,592 Sir. 117827