Original subtitles

Narrator: TONIGHT, ONJAG...

GOOD EVENING, I'M NORMAN DELAPORTE.

THE REPORT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE

CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF WAR AND DEATH.

IT INVOLVES A BREAKING STORY ABOUT WAR CRIMES

COMMITTED BY AMERICAN MARINES DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM

HERE IN KUWAIT AT THE EL BAKKAR COMPOUND.

THE ACCUSATIONS ARE SERIOUS; THE REPERCUSSIONS, GREAT.

THE FOOTAGE YOU ARE WATCHING WAS SHOT BY A MARINE FORCE

RECON TEAM SENT BEHIND ENEMY LINES THE DAY BEFORE

THE GROUND-WAR PHASE OF DESERT STORM BEGAN.

THE TEAM WAS LED BY SERGEANT CLYDE MORRISON.

ITS MISSION: TO ELIMINATE THREE AMERICANS.

THE WAR CRIME WAS DISCOVERED

BY THEN-SECOND-LIEUTENANT FRANCO CEFALU.

TWO DAYS AGO, I INTERVIEWED FRANCO CEFALU,

NOW A MARINE CAPTAIN, AT HIS HOME IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA.

MY UNIT OVERRAN EL BAKKAR TWO DAYS AFTER THE FORCE RECON RAID.

Delaporte: AND WHAT DID YOU FIND IN BUILDING FIVE?

Cefalu: THREE DEAD AMERICANS,

CHEMICAL ENGINEERS WORKING WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN

ON HIS PROGRAM TO DEVELOP WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

Delaporte: HOW DID THESE THREE MEN DIE?

FROM THE EFFECTS OF SARIN GAS.

Delaporte: VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOT THAT NIGHT

SHOWS THE FORCE RECON TEAM SURROUNDING BUILDING FIVE.

ENCOUNTERING FIERCE RESISTANCE, THE MARINES FIRED CANISTERS

OF WHAT LATER PROVED TO BE SARIN GAS INTO THE BUILDING.

THAT'S WHEN THE TAPING STOPPED

AT SERGEANT MORRISON'S ORDER.

STOP! STOP IT! STOP IT AND GET OUT OF HERE!

CLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENTS INDICATE

THAT THE AMERICAN MILITARY KNEW OF THE PRESENCE

OF THESE ENGINEERS AT EL BAKKAR.

A SOURCE HIGH UP IN THE PENTAGON CONFIRMED THAT THESE MEN

POSED A SERIOUS THREAT TO OUR WAR EFFORT.

THE MARINES SUFFERED FOUR CASUALTIES.

THE SURVIVORS WERE AIRLIFTED OUT BY HELICOPTER.

SERGEANT RICHARD FORD WAS CREW CHIEF AND GUNNER.

Delaporte: SERGEANT, DID THE MARINES YOU EVACUATED

FROM EL BAKKAR CARRY SARIN GAS?

YES, SIR, SERGEANT MORRISON DID, SIR.

Delaporte: AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

HE HAD IT IN HIS BANDOLIER, SIR.

WE'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE WITH REACTION FROM THE PENTAGON.

THE CHARGES ARE SERIOUS--

AMERICANS USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO KILL OTHER AMERICANS.

[ theme music playing ]

WELL, I'LL CONSIDER AN ADMINISTRATIVE DISCHARGE.

THREE'S THE BEST YOU'RE GOING TO GET TODAY.

-MONTHS? -YEARS.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.

HARM, PETTY OFFICER ELLSWORTH STOLE

A BULLDOZER FROM A SECURED FACILITY

AND DESTROYED THE CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS

OF HIS LOCAL CONGRESSMAN.

THAT'S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.

I DON'T HAVE TIME TO ARGUE.

I'VE GOT TO GO PICK UP THAT AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGE OFFICER

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BRUMBY.

-SEND BUD! -I HEAR BRUMBY'S CUTE.

MAC, PETTY OFFICER ELLSWORTH

WAS MAKING A POLITICAL STATEMENT.

CONGRESS WON'T APPROVE PAY RAISES FOR THE MILITARY.

SO HIS ACTIONS ARE PROTECTED UNDER FREE SPEECH?

NO, BUT I DON'T THINK JUSTICE IS SERVED WITH BRIG TIME.

THINK AGAIN.

[Bobbi Latham] THANKS FOR SEEING ME ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE, ADMIRAL.

I'D HAVE BEEN GLAD TO COME TO YOU, CONGRESSWOMAN.

I WANTED THIS OFF THE RECORD, A.J.

THE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE

IS HOLDING HEARINGS NEXT WEEK.

WE INTEND TO FIND OUT WHETHER A MARINE TEAM RECON FORCE

USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO ASSASSINATE

THREE RENEGADE AMERICAN CIVILIAN ENGINEERS

WORKING ON SADDAM'S WEAPONS PROGRAMS.

I SAW DELAPORTE LAST NIGHT.

YOU DON'T ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT STORY, DO YOU?

I BELIEVE IT'S PLAUSIBLE.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

I NEED TO KNOW IF IT CAN BE SUBSTANTIATED.

PENTAGON'S LOOKING INTO IT.

[scoffing]

THAT LIKE SENDING THE FOX IN TO COUNT THE CHICKENS.

AND THAT'S WHY MY COMMITTEE WILL HOLD MEETINGS

AND WILL FORWARD A REPORT TO CONGRESS.

WELL, IN THAT CASE, MA'AM, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ME?

I WANT LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RABB ASSIGNED TO MY STAFF

ON TEMPORARY DUTY.

MA'AM, I'D LOVE TO COOPERATE

BUT COMMANDER RABB'S CASELOAD IS FULL. I NEED HIM.

I NEED HIM, TOO, A.J.

THIS IS A COMPLEX SUBJECT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LIE.

I NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO'LL RECOGNIZE THE TRUTH.

BESIDES, I'LL OWE YOU ONE.

AND I HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF COLLECTING, MA'AM.

[woman over P.A.] Announcing the arrival of flight 274 from Sydney

at gate 20B.

At this time we'd like to pre-board

flight number 676 to Barcelona.

You may board through gate 11.

[INAUDIBLE]

BE SAFE.

HI! I'M MAJOR SARAH MacKENZIE, JAG CORP.

-SORRY? -EXCUSE ME.

NO, EXCUSE ME. I'M TALKING TO SOMEONE.

I WAS ASKED TO MEET YOU HERE.

REALLY?

[clears throat] MAJOR...

LOOK, I DON'T CARE WHAT KIND OF WAGER

YOU MADE WITH YOUR PALS OVER THERE. LEAVE ME ALONE.

WAGER?

I CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

NOW, THAT'S AN INTERESTING OFFER.

IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, COMMANDER BRUMBY.

-BRUMBY? -THE PLEASURE'S ALL MINE, MAJOR.

I RAN INTO SOME MATES ON THE FLIGHT.

WE WERE GAS-BAGGING IT.

I'M NOT COMMANDER BRUMBY

BUT I WILLBE IN TOWN FOR A FEW DAYS.

YOU CAN REACH ME AT THE HILTON.

[chuckling] WELL, YOU MADE YOURSELF A FRIEND.

I'M SO SORRY. UM, SARAH MacKENZIE.

IT WAS AN HONEST MISTAKE.

MIC BRUMBY.

WELL, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO--

UM, OFFICE OR HOTEL?

HOTEL, THEN THE OFFICE.

MIGHT AS WELL GET STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE CASES.

I LIKE A MAN WITH A HARD WORK ETHIC.

[Rabb] WHEN I WAS A KID

I NEVER DREAMED I'D BE ANYWHERE NEAR THIS PLACE.

WHEN I WAS A KID, IT WAS ALL I DREAMT ABOUT.

[Rabb] SO WHERE DO WE START?

Latham: NORMAN DELAPORTE.

YOU REALLY THINK THAT'S SMART

CONSIDERING WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS?

THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE'RE TALKING TO HIM.

I DON'T USUALLY GET MY FACTS FROM A REPORTER.

HARM, NORMAN'S NOT JUST A REPORTER.

HE'S AN INSTITUTION.

BESIDES, THEY DON'T GIVE YOU A PEABODY AND A PULITZER

FOR BEING WRONG.

ANYWAY, I KNOW HIM.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WORRIES ME.

[Rabb] WHO PUT YOU ON TO THIS STORY, MR. DELAPORTE?

SOMEONE WHO REFUSED TO COVER UP A WAR CRIME--

SOMEONE WHO WANTED ME

TO FIND OUT WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE

FOR WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN.

SOMEONE WAS BUSY.

SO HOW DID YOU GET ACCESS

TO CLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE REPORTS?

I'M AFRAID I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO DISCLOSE

MY SOURCES.

SERGEANT CLYDE MORRISON

LED THE FORCE RECON TEAM AT EL BAKKAR THAT NIGHT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU INTERVIEW HIMFOR YOUR REPORT?

OH, I DIDTALK TO HIM BUT I COULDN'T GET ANYTHING OUT OF HIM.

HE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

MORRISON'S A HOPELESS ALCOHOLIC.

HE'S BEEN IN AND OUT OF V.A. HOSPITALS.

WHAT HAPPENED ON THE GROUND AT EL BAKKAR

HAUNTED THE MEN WHO WERE THERE THAT NIGHT.

WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.

WE KNOW THIS, COMMANDER--

THE DEAD BORE WITNESS.

FOUR MARINES CAME HOME IN BODY BAGS

AND A FIFTH-- CARY DUGAN--

BLEW HIS BRAINS OUT THREE MONTHS AGO.

DUGAN WAS THE MARINE CORPORAL

WHO VIDEOTAPED THE RAID.

THE VIDEOTAPE OF THE EL BAKKAR RAID

IS MISSING FROM THE NAVAL HISTORICAL ARCHIVES.

WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR COPY, SIR?

JUST WHAT'S YOUR PART IN ALL THIS?

HE'S MY "TRUTH DETECTOR."

YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTION, MR. DELAPORTE?

WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR COPY, SIR?

WELL, THAT'S PRIVILEGED.

Brumby: NU LAI WAS UP NORTH.

IT WAS ABOUT 20 KLICKS FROM THE BORDER, RIGHT?

THAT'S RIGHT, SIR.

PICTURE THIS-- ONE DARK NIGHT, ME UNCLE JACK GETS SEPARATED

FROM HIS UNIT ON RECON AND HE FINDS HIMSELF

SITTING FIVE FEET OFF THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL.

AND ALL NIGHT LONG

THESE LITTLE BASTARDS ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH

CARRYING SACKS OF RICE TO THE TROOPS IN THE SOUTH.

HE WAS SO CLOSE, YOU COULD HEAR 'EM BREAK WIND.

[chuckles]

LUCKILY ENOUGH, WHEN DAYLIGHT CAME

HE MANAGED TO CRAWL THE MILE BACK TO HIS OWN LINES.

DID UNCLE JACK MAKE IT BACK TO AUSTRALIA?

JACKO DID TWO TOURS IN VIETNAM, MAJOR.

A LOT OF THE MATES HE FOUGHT WITH

NEVER MADE IT HOME, BUT HE DID--

AND IN ONE PIECE.

BUT HE CARKED IT IN A CAR JUST LAST YEAR.

"CARKED IT IN A CAR"?

DIED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT.

HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT, SIR?

MET A LOT OF AUSSIES

IN VIETNAM, MAJOR.

YOU KNOW THE REALLY FUNNY THING, ADMIRAL?

I'LL BE DAMNED IF THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR

WASN'T A VIETNAMESE.

A LOT OF THEM CAME DOWN UNDER AFTER THE WAR.

MAJOR MacKENZIE WILL BE SHOWING YOU THE ROPES, COMMANDER.

IN THE SHORT TERM, YOU'LL BE ASSISTING HER

WITH COMMANDER RABB'S CASELOAD.

WELCOME ABOARD.

THANK YOU, SIR.

Sarah: IT'LL BE GOOD TO HAVE SOME HELP WITH CASE RESEARCH.

I CAN DO MORE THAN LOOK THINGS UP, MAJOR.

YOU SEE, MY MOTHER'S AMERICAN

SO I HAVE DUAL CITIZENSHIP.

I GOT MY DEGREE AT GEORGETOWN

AND PASSED THE D.C. BAR TEN YEARS AGO.

NO REASON I SHOULDN'T TRY A CASE OR TWO, IS THERE?

ENSIGN SIMS, COMMANDER BRUMBY.

HE'S GOING TO BE ASSISTING WITH THE ELLSWORTH CASE.

VERY NICE TO MEET YOU, SIR.

G'DAY.

MA'AM, THERE'S SOMEONE IN YOUR OFFICE.

I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T GET HIS NAME.

OH, THANK YOU. THE ENSIGN WILL SHOW YOU AROUND, COMMANDER.

I'VE PRETTY MUCH SEEN ALL I NEED TO, ENSIGN.

man: HELLO, SARAH.

AREN'T YOU EVEN GOING TO SAY HELLO TO YOUR HUSBAND?

Latham: COLONEL COBB, YOU WERE

THE OFFICER IN COMMAND OF OPERATION SIROCCO?

YES, MA'AM, THAT'S CORRECT.

Latham: WHAT WAS YOUR MISSION?

TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE GROUND-WAR PHASE

OF OPERATION DESERT STORM

I INSERTED A SIX-MAN FORCE RECON TEAM INTO KUWAIT

TO GATHER INTEL

ON SHORE BATTERIES IN THE AREA OF SAFWAN.

THEIR ORDERS WERE

TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT ON SILKWORM MISSILE BATTERIES

IN THE AREA OF EL BAKKAR.

Latham: THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF YOUR ORDERS?

YES, MA'AM.

WHILE ON THIS MISSION,

DID YOUR MEN EMPLOY CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS?

NO, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY NOT.

THEN, WHY WERE THEY DRESSED

IN NUCLEAR-BIOLOGICAL-CHEMICAL SUITS WITH GAS MASKS?

STANDARD PROCEDURE, GIVEN AN IMMINENT THREAT, MA'AM.

WE KNEW THAT SADDAM HAD USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS

IN THE PAST, AND WE FULLY EXPECTED HIM TO DO SO AGAIN.

WERE YOUR MEN GIVEN ORDERS

TO ASSASSINATE THREE AMERICAN ENGINEERS WORKING

AT EL BAKKAR?

NO, MA'AM.

WE HAD NO INDICATION THAT AMERICANS WERE THERE.

IF WE HAD, WE'D HAVE BROUGHT THEM BACK FOR INTEL.

CAN YOU BE ABSOLUTELY SURE

THAT YOUR FORCE RECON TEAM DIDN'T KILL THE AMERICANS?

I WASN'T THERE, SIR...

BUT I TRUST MY MARINES...

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY REPORTED.

Latham: COLONEL COBB...

YOU SAID YOU HAD NO KNOWLEDGE

OF AMERICANS BEING HELD IN THIS COMPOUND.

YET, IN MY HAND,

I HAVE A RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENT PREPARED BY THE CIA

TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO OPERATION SIROCCO.

THIS INTEL REPORT INDICATES

THAT THERE WERE THREE AMERICAN ENGINEERS

WORKING AT EL BAKKAR.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT DOCUMENT BEFORE?

NO, MA'AM.

THE REPORT INDICATES THAT THE AMERICAN ENGINEERS

POSED A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO OUR NATIONAL INTEREST.

COLONEL...

DID ANYONE GIVE YOU AN ORDER

TO ELIMINATE THAT DANGER?

NO, MA'AM.

man: WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED

IF YOU HAD BEEN SHOWN THE INTEL REPORT?

THAT CALLS FOR SPECULATION, SIR.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, COLONEL?

I DEAL IN FACTS, MA'AM.

THE FACT IS...

THREE AMERICANS DIED AT EL BAKKAR.

THE FACT IS...

MY MARINES DID NOT KILL THEM.

WERE YOU ALWAYS THIS BEAUTIFUL?

LAST TIME YOU SAW ME WAS 12 YEARS AGO.

UH-HUH.

MY HAIR WAS A FOOT LONGER, MY SKIRT A FOOT SHORTER

AND I WAS STILL USING CLEARASIL.

[ sighing ] YOU'RE AS HANDSOME AS EVER, CHRIS

AND AS UNPREDICTABLE.

IT WAS YOUTHAT WALKED AWAY FROM OUR WEDDING VOWS, NOT ME.

YOU CHANGED A LOT IN 12 YEARS, SARAH.

YOU'VE MADE YOURSELF A MARINE MAJOR AND A LAWYER.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT I HAVEN'T CHANGED, TOO?

YOU SHOW UP AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

THERE MUST BE A REASON.

BEING A LAWYER'S MADE YOU SUSPICIOUS.

NO, BEING AN ADULT HAS MADE ME SUSPICIOUS.

MAYBE I WANT A SECOND CHANCE.

GAVE YOU THAT YEARS AGO.

WELL, LET'S GO FOR THREE.

YOU DESERTED ME, SARAH.

THAT STILL HURTS.

I DIDN'T DESERT YOU.

YOU WERE DOING THREE-TO-FIVE FOR ARMED ROBBERY.

I WAS TRYING TO STAY SOBER.

WHY WAIT UNTIL NOW?

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME I CAME LOOKING FOR YOU.

WHEN I GOT OUT OF PRISON, I WENT ALL THE WAY TO OKINAWA

EXCEPT I DIDN'T HAVE THE NERVE TO FACE YOU.

SO I SPENT THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS

OF MY LIFE LIVING WITH THE LOSS

UNTIL I JUST COULDN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE.

WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS WHY YOU LEFT.

I SPENT A LOT OF NIGHTS TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

LOOK, CHRIS, I WAS DRUNK THE DAY WE GOT MARRIED

AND ON THE HONEYMOON

AND UP UNTIL THE DAY THEY PUT YOU IN PRISON.

YOU MARRIED ME BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME.

YOU NEVER FILED FOR DIVORCE

BECAUSE YOU COULD NEVER FIND ANYONE BETTER THAN ME.

I JUST NEVER GOT AROUND TO THE PAPERWORK.

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS ALONG THE WAY.

HEY. THE GUY IN OKINAWA?

MAJOR FARROW?

EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT, MAJOR?

EVERYTHING'S FINE, COMMANDER.

THE JUDGE WANTS TO SEE US IN CHAMBERS.

THANK YOU. I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

I'LL CALL YOU.

[ sighs ]

man: DURING DESERT STORM, I COMMANDED

A LIGHT-ARMORED INFANTRY PLATOON

IN SUPPORT OF THE THIRD TANK BATTALION.

WE OVERRAN THE EL BAKKAR COMPOUND

AT 1543 ZULU ON "G" PLUS ONE.

Latham: WHAT HAPPENED THEN?

WE WENT THROUGH THE COMPOUND

AND WE FOUND MAYBE 30 DEAD IRAQI SOLDIERS.

WE DISCOVERED THE BODIES IN BUILDING FIVE.

THREE AMERICANS?

YES, MA'AM.

AND HOW DID THOSE MEN DIE?

FROM EXPOSURE TO SARIN GAS.

[ door opening ]

AT EASE, MAJOR.

HOW'S EVERYTHING WITH THE ELLSWORTH CASE?

FINE, SIR.

COMMANDER BRUMBY'S A REAL ASSET.

EVERYTHING ELSE ALL RIGHT?

NOTHING I CAN'T HANDLE, SIR.

YOU SURE?

YOU SEEM A BIT DISTRACTED.

-[ knocking at door ] -[ door opening ]

SIR, MA'AM, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING

YOU SHOULD SEE ON CHANNEL THREE.

man: My squadron received a medevac frag

from Sergeant Morrison at 0400.

I was the crew chief

SLASH DOOR GUNNER ABOARD THE HUEY THAT FLEW

TO THE EL BAKKAR COMPOUND IN RESPONSE.

WHEN WE ARRIVED, SERGEANT MORRISON

AND CORPORAL DUGAN EXTRACTED THE CASUALTIES.

THEN WE ALL GOT THE HELL OUT OF THERE.

DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY?

UH, YES, MA'AM.

WHEN WE LANDED ON THE BEACH A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAFWAN

I GOT A GOOD LOOK AT SERGEANT MORRISON'S BANDOLIER.

HE HAD TWO OR THREE CANISTERS LEFT.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE THOSE CANISTERS?

YES, MA'AM.

THEY WERE ABOUT THIS BIG WITH WRITING ON THE OUTSIDE--

UH, GULF BRAVO, "G.B."

THOSE ARE THE INITIALS FOR SARIN GAS.

ASK HIM WHAT TIME IT WAS

THAT HIS BIRD LANDED NEAR SAFWAN.

SERGEANT FORD

WHAT TIME WAS IT WHEN YOUR HELO LANDED NEAR SAFWAN?

AROUND... 0500, MA'AM.

THAT'S PREDAWN.

WAS THE INTERIOR LIT?

SERGEANT FORD, 0500 IS PREDAWN.

WAS THE INTERIOR OF THE HELO LIT?

NO, MA'AM, OF COURSE NOT.

SO IT WAS DARK WHEN YOU SAW THE CONTENTS

OF SERGEANT MORRISON'S BANDOLIER?

YES, MA'AM.

-THANK YOU, SERGEANT. -[ gavel pounds ]

BOBBI, WE NEED TO TALK.

I'VE GOT MEETINGS UNTIL 6:00.

COME TO MY HOUSE; I'LL COOK YOU DINNER.

GOOD.

Rabb: BOBBI, THIS WHOLE STORY IS BASED

ON SPECULATION, INNUENDO, HEARSAY AND ANONYMOUS SOURCES.

ARE YOU TALKING TO ME AS A LAWYER OR AS A MILITARY OFFICER?

IS THAT A CONGRESSWOMAN TALKING OR A SENATOR?

WHO TOLD YOU I WAS GOING TO RUN FOR THE SENATE?

YOU DID.

-WHEN? -JUST NOW.

[ chuckles ]

YOU'RE SNEAKY.

YEAH, WELL... YOU GOT TO USE WHAT YOU GOT.

[ soft jazz playing ]

YEAH, YOU FIGURE THIS HEARING'S GOING

TO PUT YOU ON THE MAP.

THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE HOLDING THEM, HARM.

I BELIEVE THE STORY.

NO, BOBBI, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN SEDUCEDBY THE STORY.

Latham: YOU THINK I'M THAT EASY?

NO ONE'S EVER ACCUSED YOU OF BEING EASY...

BUT THIS STORY'S MADE FOR THE EVENING NEWS--

WAR CRIMES, CHEMICAL WEAPONS, BAD SOLDIERS.

THE MILITARY'S BEEN DEALING WITH THIS SORT OF THING SINCE VIETNAM.

YOU SORRY YOU AGREED TO WORK FOR ME?

NO, SO LONG AS YOU LET ME DO MY JOB

BUT I WILL NOT ROLL OVER FOR YOU OR FOR ANYBODY, BOBBI.

REALLY?

TOO BAD.

OH, THOSE ARE JUST SO CUTE, COMMANDER.

UH-HUH...

ENSIGN SIMS KNITTED THEM FOR ME FOR CHRISTMAS.

DON'T YOU WISH YOU HAD A PAIR?

[ laughing ] NO.

[ doorbell ringing ]

YOU WANT TO GET THAT?

MAC.

COME ON IN.

YEAH, THERE'S PLENTY OF FOOD TO GO AROUND.

UM, I'M-I'M NOT HUNGRY, MA'AM.

I, UH... I NEED TO TALK

BUT THIS ISN'T A GOOD TIME.

JUST... CALL ME TOMORROW.

SURE.

AREN'T YOU GOING TO GO AFTER HER?

[ laughing ] SHE TOLD ME TO CALL HER TOMORROW.

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY YOU TWO DIDN'T GET TOGETHER.

MAC?

WE FIGHT ALL THE TIME.

SO DO YOU AND I.

WELL, THAT'S DIFFERENT.

REALLY?

-YEAH. -HOW?

WELL, FOR STARTERS, WE DON'T WORK TOGETHER.

WE DO NOW.

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.

SO ARE YOU.

[ knocking at door ]

OH, GOOD EVENING, MAJOR.

[ laughing ] HOW DID YOU KNOW WHERE I LIVED?

LIEUTENANT ROBERTS WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TELL ME...

BUT, LISTEN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTRUDE

BUT AS WE'RE IN COURT FIRST THING

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT NEED THESE.

WELL, THANK YOU.

UM, WOULD YOU CARE FOR SOME TEA?

TEA? I'M NOT A POMMIE, MAC.

-A POMMIE? -ENGLISH.

YEAH, THEYGO FOR TEA.

[ amused sigh ]

WOULDN'T MIND A BEER.

I DON'T DRINK.

DOESN'T MEAN YOUR COMPANY HAS TO BE SOBER.

YOU KNOW...

IT'S LATE.

YEAH.

MAYBE ANOTHER TIME, HUH?

YEAH.

[ door closing ]

[ lock turning ]

THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.

OH, YEAH?

TODAY, IN THE HEARING ROOM

I THOUGHT YOU WERE PUSHING ME TO ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS.

I WAS.

THAT'S WHY YOU HIRED ME.

I KNOW.

YOU MADE ME LOOK BAD.

BOBBI, YOU WERE ASKING THE WRONG QUESTIONS

AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.

YOU'RE RUSHING.

I THINK YOU SHOULD RECESS THE HEARINGS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS--

GIVE ME A CHANCE TO FIND THIS MISSING MARINE

GET A LINE ON THE VIDEOTAPE.

I SEE WHY YOU'RE SO GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO.

YOU DON'T GIVE AN INCH.

WELL, I'M NOT GOOD WITH COMPROMISE.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MEET A PERSON HALFWAY--

GIVE A LITTLE, GET A LITTLE.

SOMETIMES HALFWAY ISN'T CLOSE ENOUGH.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, RAGLE.

I WASN'T SURE YOU'D SHOW UP.

YOU'RE SMARTER THAN I THOUGHT.

YOU REMEMBER BRYER.

YEAH.

Benny: DID YOU HAVE A NICE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR WIFE?

WORK WITH ME ON THIS, BENNY.

[ scoffing sigh ] YOU'RE A LOSER, RAGLE.

YOU GOT NOTHING TO OFFER.

YOU GOT TO GIVE ME MORE TIME.

I CAN MAKE US BOTH WELL.

Benny: I DON'T GOT TO GIVE YOU NOTHING.

I CHOOSETO GIVE YOU ANOTHER 24 HOURS.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T COME UP WITH THE 15 BILLS

YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS.

I PAY BRYER BY THE BONE...

SO MUCH FOR A HAIRLINE FRACTURE

A LITTLE MORE FOR A CLEAN BREAK

AND A BONUS...

FOR BREAKING THE SAME BONE IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE.

NOW, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR--

TALK TO THE MISSUS AGAIN.

LIEUTENANT ROBERTS, ENSIGN SIMS.

GOOD MORNING, SIR.

YOU TWO BUSY? I COULD USE SOME HELP.

UH, COMMANDER BRUMBY HAS US RESEARCHING

THE ELLSWORTH CASE.

HE'S A REALLY GREAT GUY, COMMANDER.

REALLY? WELL, GLAD TO HEAR IT.

HOW'S MISS LATHAM?

QUITE A HANDFUL.

I NEED YOU TWO TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME.

WELL, IS IT A PRIORITY, SIR?

FOR THE SARIN GAS HEARING?

YEAH, IF YOU CAN TEAR YOURSELF AWAY FROM ELLSWORTH.

I'D LIKE YOU TO HELP ME FIND SERGEANT CLYDE MORRISON,

THE SOLE-SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE FORCE RECON TEAM

THAT ENTERED THE EL BAKKAR COMPOUND.

HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TELL US WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS, SIR?

CARDBOARD BOX IN THE BALTIMORE TENDERLOIN.

HE WENT MISSING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO

AND NO ONE'S SEEN OR HEARD FROM HIM SINCE.

CHECK WITH THE FBI, POLICE, N.C.I.S.

USE YOUR IMAGINATION.

WE'LL FIND HIM FOR YOU, SIR.

OH, AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET A LINE

ON THE EL BAKKAR VIDEO

THE ONE MISSING FROM THE NAVAL HISTORICAL ARCHIVES.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

MRS. DUGAN.

HI. I'M LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RABB

WITH THE JAG CORPS.

I WONDER IF I COULD ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.

GUYS, GO ON.

WHY DON'T YOU GO GET IN THE CAR.

HURRY UP. I'LL BE THERE IN A MINUTE.

IS THIS ABOUT CARY?

YES, IT IS, MA'AM.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TO RE-EXPERIENCE

MY HUSBAND'S SUICIDE THREE TIMES ALREADY, COMMANDER.

I DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT AGAIN.

WELL, MRS. DUGAN, I UNDERSTAND

HOW DIFFICULT THIS MUST BE FOR YOU.

BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND'S SUICIDE.

IT'S ON ANOTHER MATTER, MA'AM.

LOOK, I DON'T WANT TO GET BACK INTO THIS.

YOUR HUSBAND WAS A MEMBER OF A FORCE RECON TEAM

THAT RAIDED THE EL BAKKAR COMPOUND IN KUWAIT IN 1991.

YES. IT KILLED HIM.

MA'AM?

CARY WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER THE WAR.

WHAT HE SAW AND WHAT HE DID THERE, CHANGED HIM.

DID YOUR HUSBAND TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT, MRS. DUGAN?

NO.

YOUR HUSBAND VIDEOTAPED PART OF THE OPERATION, MA'AM.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

WELL, NORMAN DELAPORTE, THE TELEVISION REPORTER

HAS A COPY OF THAT TAPE, AND WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE

HE DIDN'T GET IT FROM THE NAVAL HISTORICAL ARCHIVES.

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ME?

DID YOU SELL THE TAPE TO NORMAN DELAPORTE, MRS. DUGAN?

I WANT YOU TO LEAVE.

MRS. DUGAN, I NEED A COPY OF THAT TAPE, MA'AM.

I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE'S MORE

THAN DELAPORTE HAS SHOWN US.

SIT STILL AND PUT ON YOUR BELT.

LOOK, MY HUSBAND IS DEAD.

SO WHATEVER HAPPENED DOESN'T MATTER, NOT ANYMORE.

THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS.

Cobb SAW YOU AT THE HEARING, DIDN'T I, COMMANDER?

YES, SIR. I'M MS. LATHAM'S LIAISON.

SO WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

WELL, SIR, I DON'T TAKE SIDES.

WHY DID YOU SEND FORCE RECON TEAM

TO EL BAKKAR, SIR?

WELL, JUST BEFORE THE START OF THE GROUND WAR

THE NAVY POUNDED THE SHORELINE WITH 16-INCH GUNS.

THE IRAQIS WERE EXPECTING AN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING

SO THEY HELD SEVERAL DIVISIONS

OR REPUBLICAN GUARDS IN THE AREA.

WE JUST WENT IN TO MAKE SURE

THAT THEIR SHORE BATTERIES COULDN'T HIT OUR BATTLE GROUP

WITH THEIR SILKWORM MISSILES.

HAND ME THAT DISTRIBUTOR CAP, WILL YOU, PLEASE?

WELL, SIR, HOW IS IT THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE

THE CLASSIFIED INTEL REPORT?

NOBODY SHOWED IT TO ME.

COLONEL, IS IT POSSIBLE

THAT SOMEONE ABOVE YOU IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND

KNEW THE AMERICAN ENGINEERS WERE HOUSED AT EL BAKKAR?

THOSE ENGINEERS WENT TO WORK FOR THE IRAQIS FOR MONEY.

NOW, I CAN'T SAY I MOURN THEIR DEATHS

BUT I DID NOT ORDER THEM KILLED

AND I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO DID.

ON THE NIGHT OF THE RAID, SIR

SERGEANT MORRISON ORDERED THE VIDEOTAPING OF THE OPERATION

TO BE TERMINATED OUTSIDE BUILDING FIVE.

WHY?

YOU'D HAVE TO ASK HIM.

WELL, COLONEL, I'D LIKE TO.

SEEMS HE'S DROPPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

LISTEN. I LOST FOUR GOOD MEN THAT NIGHT

AND TO A MAN, THEY DIED BRAVELY

FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

NOW SOME JACKASS WANTS TO BLACKEN THEIR MEMORIES?

THAT GETS UNDER MY SKIN, COMMANDER

AND IT DAMN SURE OUGHT TO BE BOTHERING YOU.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, HARM?

I EXPECTED YOU HOURS AGO.

LOOK, I HAD TO TALK TO SOME PEOPLE.

NO. WHAT YOU HAD TO DO, COMMANDER, IS STAY IN TOUCH.

BOBBI, WE NEED TO DELAY THESE HEARINGS.

WHAT? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?

THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE BACKING OFF OF THIS.

WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS.

THIS COULD COME BACK AND BITE YOU.

OH, COMMANDER.

I'D LIKE TO GET YOU IN THIS SHOT AS WELL.

TELL ME SOMETHING, MR. DELAPORTE.

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU?

I HAVEN'T CHANGED, COMMANDER; THE WORLD HAS CHANGED.

NOW YOU GOT BREAKING NEWS 24 HOURS A DAY

AND ALL THAT MATTERS IS WHO GETS THERE FIRST

AND YOU BOUGHT INTO IT

EVEN IF IT DOES VIOLENCE TO THE TRUTH.

I'VE ADAPTED, COMMANDER.

IT'S WHAT A GOOD JOURNALIST DOES.

I GO WITH MY HUNCHES.

IT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS DONE.

NOW, COULD YOU JUST STAND HERE TO THE LEFT?

NO, SIR, THAT'S YOUR PLACE, MR. DELAPORTE.

CALL ME WHEN YOU NEED ME FOR SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

Reporter: Correspondent Rob Geeve

reports live from Williamsburg, Virginia.

man: Thank you, Lois.

Record high temperatures in New York City

and record low temperatures

in Los Angeles and on the West Coast.

I CALLED YOU. YOU NEVER CALLED ME BACK.

WHAT DO YOU WANT, CHRIS?

I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER.

OH, YOU'RE A HARD MAN TO FORGET.

THE GOOD TIMES, SARAH--

COME ON, BEFORE THINGS GOT STRANGE.

THEY WERE ALWAYS A LITTLE STRANGE.

YEAH, BUT WE SURE HAD A GOOD TIME, DIDN'T WE?

LIKE THE TIME WE RODE THE HARLEY

FROM FLAGSTAFF TO GALLUP IN THE RAIN

AND YOU LOST YOUR SHIRT IN WINSLOW.

REMEMBER?

IT WAS JOSEPH CITY, AND I NEVER COULD SEEM

TO KEEP IT BUTTONED WHEN YOU WERE AROUND.

[ sighing ]

THE TRUTH, CHRIS.

THE TRUTH.

I CAME HERE SIX MONTHS AGO LOOKING FOR YOU.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER

SO I BORROWED 15 GRAND.

LOOKING FOR THE BIG SCORE?

WHAT WAS IT? THE TRACK? THE FIGHTS? NFL?

ALL OF IT, AND NOW I OWE BENNY TURPIN THE 15.

WHO THE HELL IS BENNY TURPIN?

DON'T ASK.

I GOT THE COURAGE TO COME TO YOU.

I... I WAS LOOKING FOR MONEY, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

ONLY NOW I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MONEY, SARAH.

I DON'T EVEN MIND IF I GET MY LEG BROKE

AS LONG AS I HAVE A CHANCE

TO GET YOU BACK INTO MY LIFE.

I'M LEAVING TOMORROW.

YOU THINK IT OVER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE, CHRIS.

BELIEVE THIS.

SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T FAKE.

[ doorbell buzzes ]

COMMANDER, AS LONG AS THIS HEARING IS GOING ON

I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COUNT ON YOU TO BE THERE.

THIS IS A MISTAKE, BOBBI.

I'M GOING BACK TO JAG.

NOT ACCEPTABLE. I NEED YOU.

WHAT? TO STAND BEHIND YOU NEXT TO THE FLAG?

IS THIS ABOUT HURT PRIDE?

MY ONLY LOYALTY, BOBBI, IS TO THE TRUTH.

I'M RESIGNING.

I NEVER FIGURED YOU FOR A QUITTER.

[ phone ringing ]

RABB.

I'LL BE THERE IN 15 MINUTES.

HARM, I DON'T LIKE FIGHTING WITH YOU.

SURE, YOU DO.

YOU JUST DON'T LIKE LOSING.

This is Norman Delaporte.

I'm here at the capitol after the second day of hearings

on the war crimes at El Bakkar.

With me is Congresswoman Bobbi Latham

of Detroit, Michigan

chair of the House National Security Subcommittee's...

I'M LOOKING FOR CLYDE MORRISON.

Congresswoman?

Our task is to examine allegations

that a reinforced recon team assassinated

three American engineers

for developing weapons of mass destruction...

WHATEVER HE DRINKS, GIVE ME TWO OF THEM.

...an exclusive CNN report.

What happens now, Congresswoman?

Pending the outcome of the hearings, Norman

I'm introducing legislation...

SERGEANT MORRISON?

IT'S ON ME.

I'M LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RABB WITH THE JAG CORPS.

WATCH MUCH TV?

GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO.

Now tell me, what happens when the evidence is all in?

If the charges come out to be true

I'm calling for the prosecution

of all the men involved with the killing at El Bakkar.

SHE'S TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU KILLED THREE AMERICANS

AT EL BAKKAR COMPOUND WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

Congresswoman, would you tell us...

I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, SERGEANT.

I'M NOT A SERGEANT ANYMORE, COMMANDER.

YOU WANT TO CALL ME SOMETHING, YOU CALL ME CLYDE.

YOU FOLLOWED ORDERS.

YOU LOST FOUR MEN TO A SUPERIOR FIGHTING FORCE.

YOU CARRIED OUT YOUR DEAD, AND THAT'S ALL YOU DID.

YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT?

YEAH...

BUT I CAN'T PROVE IT.

I DIDN'T HAVE... CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

WE FIRED TEAR GAS IN THERE.

THAT'S ALL WE DID.

WHY WOULD SERGEANT FORD TELL NORMAN DELAPORTE

THAT YOU HAD G.B. CANISTERS?

DELAPORTE CAN GET YOU TO SAY ANYTHING HE WANTS YOU TO SAY

IF YOU TALK TO HIM LONG ENOUGH.

YOU SET HIM STRAIGHT?

NAH. HE ALREADY MADE UP HIS MIND ABOUT ME.

HE CONDEMNED ME BEFORE HE EVEN MET ME.

I NEED YOU TO TESTIFY, SERGEANT.

LOOK... COME ON.

COMMANDER, TAKE A... TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ME, HUH?

LOOK-LOOK CLOSE.

WOULD YOU? I MEAN...

I CAN'T EVEN...

KEEP MY HAND STEADY LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE A DRINK.

YOU'RE ALL I GOT, SERGEANT.

WELL, IF I'M ALL YOU GOT, YOU AIN'T GOT SQUAT.

BUDDY, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING?

MILLY. I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE STILL WORKING...

SURE, I'M NOT MARRIED, BUDDY-- WELL, NOT YET ANYWAY.

SO HOW ARE YOU?

WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE?

YEAH, YOU WERE WITH THAT SQUIRRELLY LITTLE BLONDE THING.

MM, THAT SQUIRRELLY LITTLE BLONDE THING

IS NOW HIS LOVING WIFE.

OH, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

-[ clears throat ] -OH, PLEASURE, I'M SURE.

SO WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A VIDEOTAPE

AND IT WAS CATALOGED WITH THE WRITTEN STATEMENTS

ON AN AFTER-ACTION REPORT FOR OPERATION SIROCCO.

I FOUND THE DOCUMENTS, BUT I CAN'T FIND THE VIDEOTAPE.

THAT DELAPORTE GUY FROM ZNN-- HE ASKED ME THE SAME THING.

MILLY, COULD YOU JUST HELP US OUT?

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

WELL, THESE ARE WAITING TO BE FILED.

UM... UH, HERE, HERE.

-WHAT IS IT? -IT'S FOOTAGE FROM TASK FORCE SANDHAWK

ON THE KUWAITI BORDER.

IT'S BEEN SITTING HERE A WHILE

BUT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A NEW CASE FROM PROCESSING.

MAYBE YOUR TAPE GOT PUT

GOT PUT IN THE SANDHAWK BOX BY MISTAKE.

CODE NUMBER 0.D.S. 9-1-0-4.

COME ON...

BUT SIROCCO CAME BEFORE SANDHAWK, MILLY.

SHH.

THERE IT IS, OPERATION SIROCCO, FEBRUARY 23, 1991.

MUST HAVE GOTTEN SWITCHED AROUND.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME MAKE YOU A VHS COPY.

INTERESTING FILING SYSTEM YOU HAVE HERE.

WELL, IT WORKS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

BOBBI.

I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU HERE.

UNEDITED.

AM I GOING TO LIKE IT?

NO.

HARM, I'VE TAKEN A POSITION ON THIS.

CUT YOUR LOSSES, BOBBI.

YOU'RE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRUTH.

MY NAME IS CLYDE MORRISON,

SERGEANT, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, INACTIVE RESERVE.

Latham: PLEASE BE SEATED.

SERGEANT MORRISON, THE NIGHT OF THE RAID AT EL BAKKAR

WHAT DID YOU AND YOUR MEN

FIRE INTO THE BUILDINGS?

TEAR GAS, MA'AM.

WERE YOU AWARE THAT THERE WERE THREE AMERICAN ENGINEERS

WORKING FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN AT EL BAKKAR?

NO, MA'AM.

YOU DIDN'T SEE THE CIA INTEL REPORT?

NO, MA'AM, I DID NOT.

THERE IS INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE

THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND DIED OF SARIN GAS POISONING.

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT?

WELL, AREN'T YOU ASKING THE WRONG PERSON, SIR?

WHO SHOULD I BE ASKING?

SADDAM HUSSEIN.

HE USED IT ON THE IRANIANS; HE USED IT ON THE KURDS.

HELL, THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS

WE FOUGHT THE DAMN WAR ON THE FIRST PLACE.

YOU'LL EXCUSE MY... LANGUAGE, MA'AM.

I'VE HEARD WORSE, SERGEANT.

MY GUESS IS THAT HE HAD THEM ELIMINATED.

WHY WOULD HE KILL THE VERY MEN HE NEEDED

TO WORK HIS WEAPONS PROGRAMS?

WELL, DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES, SIR.

THAT'S QUITE A STORY.

YOU HAVE ANY PROOF THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED?

NO, SIR.

SO ALL WE HAVE IS YOUR WORD FOR IT.

YES, SIR.

SERGEANT MORRISON, HAVE YOU SPENT TIME

IN VA HOSPITALS FOR ACUTE ALCOHOLISM?

YES, SIR.

ARE YOU DELUSIONAL?

ONLY TO THINK THAT I WOULD GET

A FAIR HEARING IN THIS ROOM, SIR.

Latham: THANK YOU, SERGEANT MORRISON.

PLEASE REMAIN HERE IN CASE I NEED TO RECALL YOU.

YES, MA'AM.

Congressman: SERGEANT FORD

IT WAS YOUR STATEMENT BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE

THAT SERGEANT MORRISON CARRIED SARIN GAS.

YES, SIR.

YOU TOLD US THAT YOU SAW CANISTERS LABELED G.B.?

YES, SIR.

IN THE TELEVISION REPORT, YOU MADE THE SAME CLAIM.

WHY'D YOU DO THAT, SERGEANT?

I WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION, MA'AM.

Latham: DO YOU REMEMBER THE EXACT QUESTIONS

MR. DELAPORTE ASKED YOU?

PRETTY MUCH, MA'AM.

DID IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO

WITH OFFICIALS HIGH UP IN THE CIA

WHO TOLD THEM THE AMERICANS

HAD DIED FROM NERVE GAS?

DID HE MENTION

THAT YOUR GUYS WERE THE ONES WHO USED THAT GAS?

-YES, MA'AM. -DID HE TELL YOU HE NEEDED SOMEONE TO BACK IT UP?

HE MIGHT HAVE.

I DON'T RECALL ALL HIS QUESTIONS, MA'AM.

DID MR. DELAPORTE LEAD YOU INTO YOUR TESTIMONY?

SUGGEST WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN?

NO, MA'AM--

AT LEAST, I DON'T REMEMBER IT THAT WAY.

THE LETTERS FOR TEAR GAS ARE C.S.

THOSE CANISTERS WERE LABELED G.B., MA'AM.

SERGEANT FORD, ISN'T IT A REPORTER'S JOB

TO ASK QUESTIONS?

YES, SIR.

SO MR. DELAPORTE WAS JUST DOING HIS JOB.

YES, SIR.

Latham: THANK YOU, SERGEANT FORD.

YES, MA'AM.

MY NEXT WITNESS IS

NORMAN DELAPORTE.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

MR. DELAPORTE, IN THE PREPARATION

FOR YOUR REPORT DID YOU EVER ATTEMPT

TO INTERVIEW SERGEANT MORRISON?

I DID. HIS STORY DIDN'T TRACK

AND HE HAD EVERY GOOD REASON TO COVER UP WHAT HE DID.

AT WHAT POINT

DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH SERGEANT FORD

DID HE CONFIRM THAT SERGEANT MORRISON

CARRIED SARIN GAS CANISTERS?

I DON'T RECALL.

BUT YOU DO HAVE THE FULL TRANSCRIPT

OF YOUR INTERVIEW WITH SERGEANT FORD.

YES.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO MAKE THOSE TRANSCRIPTS

AVAILABLE TO THE COMMITTEE?

WELL, I'D HAVE TO GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT, MA'AM.

I PROMISED SERGEANT FORD CONFIDENTIALITY.

WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TAPE OF THE RAID ON EL BAKKAR?

I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO SAY, MA'AM.

DID YOU PAY FOR THAT TAPE?

NO. IT WAS GIVEN FREELY

BY SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO SEE THE TRUTH COME OUT.

THANK YOU, MR. DELAPORTE; THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.

OH, JUST ONE MORE THING.

THE TAPE IS 18 MINUTES LONG.

YES.

AND IT ENDS WHEN SERGEANT MORRISON CUTS TAPING

JUST AFTER HE FIRES THE CANISTER INTO BUILDING FIVE?

YES.

MRS. DUGAN, DID YOUR HUSBAND KEEP A BOOTLEG COPY

OF THE VIDEOTAPE HE MADE

ON THE NIGHT OF THE RAID ON THE EL BAKKAR COMPOUND?

HE HAD LOTS OF TAPES.

YES OR NO?

I REMIND YOU YOU'RE UNDER OATH.

YES.

DID YOU SELL THAT TAPE TO MR. DELAPORTE?

YES.

MR. DELAPORTE CLAIMS

THAT HIS TAPE WAS 18 MINUTES LONG.

HOW LONG WAS THE TAPE YOU SOLD MR. DELAPORTE?

22 MINUTES.

Latham: WHY DID YOU SELL HIM THAT TAPE?

I NEEDED THE MONEY.

THANK YOU, MRS. DUGAN; YOU'RE DISMISSED.

MY NEXT WITNESS IS

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER HARMON RABB.

PLEASE TAKE YOUR PLACE AT THE TABLE, COMMANDER.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH

THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

SO HELP YOU GOD?

I DO.

Latham: STATE YOUR NAME.

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER HARMON RABB.

YOUR DUTY STATION.

I'M ASSIGNED TO THE HEADQUARTERS

OF THE NAVY'S JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL CORPS.

DID YOU RECENTLY WORK ON MY STAFF?

THAT WAS MY PRIVILEGE, MA'AM, YES.

WHY DID YOU QUIT AND RETURN TO JAG?

I HAD OUTLIVED MY USEFULNESS, MA'AM.

LET ME REPHRASE MY QUESTION, COMMANDER.

DID YOU RESIGN BECAUSE YOU AND I HAD A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION

ON THE ACCURACY OF NORMAN DELAPORTE'S REPORTING

ON OPERATION SIROCCO?

YES, MA'AM, THAT IS EXACTLY THE REASON.

DID YOU RECENTLY COME INTO POSSESSION

OF A 22-MINUTE COPY

OF THE EL BAKKAR VIDEOTAPE FROM THE NAVAL ARCHIVES?

I DID.

HAD DID YOU LOCATE IT?

IT HAD BEEN MISFILED, MA'AM.

DO YOU HAVE THAT TAPE WITH YOU?

I DO.

Clear the area! Let's go! Clear!

NORMAN DELAPORTE CLAIMS THAT SERGEANT MORRISON

HAD THE VIDEOTAPING STOPPED TO COVER UP A WAR CRIME

WHEN, IN FACT, SERGEANT MORRISON

WAS ORDERING HIS MEN TO TAKE COVER.

Stop it. Stop it! Stop it and get out of here!

THE VIDEOTAPING RESUMED MOMENTS LATER.

THERE ARE FOUR ADDITIONAL MINUTES OF TAPE.

Get down. Get down!

Murray, Carson, left flank.

Rabb: CORPORAL DUGAN FILMED THE ACTION

WHILE THE FORCE RECON TEAM FOUGHT FOR THEIR LIVES.

AT ONE POINT, CORPORAL DUGAN PUT THE VIDEO CAMERA DOWN

LONG ENOUGH TO HELP

A MORTALLY WOUNDED COMRADE.

Clear!

Angel One-Five, this is Pony Boy Four.

Medevac four. Urgent.

Airborne Med assist required

Grid eight-five-four, three-four-two.

L.Z. is hot. Over.

I repeat, L.Z. is hot.

[ Rabb ] MEDIVAC HELICOPTER ARRIVED MINUTES LATER.

DUGAN AND MORRISON HELPED LOAD THE DEAD.

ONCE ABOARD THE HELICOPTER

CORPORAL DUGAN RESUMED VIDEOTAPING.

SERGEANT FORD IS THE CREW CHIEF/DOOR GUNNER.

SERGEANT MORRISON'S WEARING THE BANDOLIER BELT.

THAT'S A CANISTER, AND IT'S LABELED C.S.

Morrison: THAT'S C.S. FOR TEAR GAS.

Rabb: YOU KNEW THE TRUTH, MR. DELAPORTE.

YOU ALTERED IT TO FIT YOUR STORY.

YOU DELIBERATELY LEFT THINGS OUT.

NO, I CHOSE WHAT TO PUT IN.

THAT'S WHAT A REPORTER DOES.

YOU REJECTED THE THINGS THAT DIDN'T FIT YOUR THESIS, SIR.

YOU REPORTED RUMOR.

I MADE A JUDGMENT CALL.

YOU LIED TO THIS COMMITTEE

ON SEVERAL COUNTS, MR. DELAPORTE.

YOU TESTIFIED THAT YOU DID NOT BUY THE TAPE.

YOU DID.

YOU TESTIFIED THAT THE TAPE WAS 18 MINUTES LONG.

IT WAS 22 MINUTES.

MR. RABB, ADDRESS YOUR REMARKS TO THIS COMMITTEE.

LET HIM TALK.

I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

TELL ME SOMETHING, CONGRESSMAN MARTIN

WHY IS IT PEOPLE ARE SO READY

TO BELIEVE THE WORST OF THE MILITARY?

THESE MEN PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE.

THEY'RE THE ONES WHO RISK IT ALL.

SO WHY ARE PEOPLE

LIKE SERGEANT MORRISON THE LAST TO BE BELIEVED

AND MEN LIKE THIS THE FIRST?

Latham: THIS HEARING IS IN RECESS.

MY FIRST WITNESS TOMORROW...

IS NORMAN DELAPORTE.

[ reporters clamoring ]

[ clamoring continues ]

COME WITH ME, MAC.

WHERE?

DOES IT MATTER?

[ sighs ]

IT'S $3,000, CHRIS.

IT'S THE BEST I CAN DO.

ALL I WANT IS YOU.

YOU HAD ME, CHRIS.

THIS ISN'T THE WAY I THOUGHT THINGS WOULD TURN OUT.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU'RE NOT GOOD FOR ME.