All language subtitles for JAG S07E05 Mixed Messages

Commander Pagano, I've identified the
encryption on the North Korean

message. It's translating.

How vital is it, Senior Chief?

Extremely. The sub -CO is sending
birthday greetings to his wife.

Evening, Commander Steckler. Senior
Chief.

How's your meeting, Commander?

Could have been handled on the Stu -3.

I think Captain Reeves makes me drive
out to group command just to remind me

who's boss.

Anything I should be aware of, sir? No.

What's happening here?

Some maintenance.

That really should be coming down.

I'll get them, sir.

Please security, sir.

Maybe, Senator.

Go ahead and secure the vault.

What's the matter? What's the...

This is a classified crime scene,
Commander Rapp. I was read in this

Agent Holland.

I'm doing back. Let's wrap up. Yes, sir.

Is someone pulling strings for you,
Commander?

Admiral Danico wants the Navy's interest
represented here.

These were his people. He wants to know
why they were killed.

Well, you won't find that out here.

Naval Security Group removed all
classified materials before we got the

out. They provide you with a list of the
files taken?

Never deal with NSG, Commander.

Then you know Captain Reeves' favorite
toy is the top secret stamp.

Well, I'll have a word with the captain.
He'll recognize our need to know.

It wasn't his attitude when we got here
last night.

Three of the Navy's top cryptanalysts
have been shot.

He's going to have to talk to us whether
he likes it or not.

Right. I'm going to want a copy of the
security tape.

I'll make you one as soon as we get ours
from NSG.

How'd the shooter get in?

Still running that down.

You want to take me through it?

Professional job.

Senior Chief Trujillo was a clean kill.

Still, it took him three shots to get
Commander Steckler.

Rick Steckler?

You knew him?

We served together on the Midway.

They said there were three down. They
didn't give names.

Has his wife been notified?

Captain Reeves told her this morning.

Well, uh, what about the third victim?
Where was he killed?

Who said he was killed?

I got back, hit the panic button on the
keypad, and dove.

He shot me twice.

We would have finished the job if the
vault door hadn't closed.

How did you get out?

I used the vault phone to call base
security.

When they turned off the secure warning,
I just opened the door.

Did you get a good look at the shooter?

No, sir. He was wearing a ball cap.

I had him pretty quickly.

Now, uh, Commander Steckler's area of
expertise was Asian languages. He had

recently spent time in New London
working on counterintelligence programs.

Your last billet before this was
Beijing, which leads me to believe that

intel unit's area of concern is the Pan
Pacific.

Yes, sir.

What were you working on? The exact
nature of the intel is classified,

Commander. I'm cleared for this,
Captain. Only at level one, not higher.

Respectfully, sir. You cannot determine
the level to which I'm cleared.

Classified material is classified by the
classifying authority.

Meaning you, Captain.

Admiral Danico has asked me to conduct a
Jagman investigation, Captain. He wants

to know why these people were killed.

What they were working on may be key to
that, sir.

I'd like for Jay to get some rest.

We're done talking.

You used your engagement ring to bail
out a Marine?

It wasn't an engagement ring anymore,
sir.

And you knew the child who may have been
injured during the evacuation?

Her name was Liliana. She was a
dependent of a consulate worker.

She led us to the LZ, sir. When the
shelling started, we left her there.

We don't know what happened to her,
Admiral.

Well, I know you, Mac. I'm sure you
wanted to go back for it, but you did do

right thing. You got your people to
safety.

Well, Colonel, I've been for a P .A .D.

We've got a new jag in the house. If you
don't want to take some leave now is a

good time. I'd like to get back to work,
Admiral.

You must be tired, Colonel. We're a long
way from the Indian Ocean.

Why don't you start fresh tomorrow?

Aye, aye, sir.

NSG was here this morning.

They took everything out of Rick's
office.

Were the boys at home?

At school.

They don't even know yet.

You know what Captain Reeves told me?

He said that Rick had a work -related
mishap. It's like I'm stupid and I don't

know that when you work in intelligence,
mishap means murder.

Were they looking for anything specific?

I don't know.

Do you know what programs Rick was
working on? He was a nut about security,

years of marriage, and he never talked
to me about his work.

You know, when he was deployed on
foreign soil, I worried.

I knew he was a target.

But he was on a secure base in
Washington.

How could this happen?

A lot of people want to know the answer
to that question.

He handled security for the Jimmy Carter
program.

I can't believe it was just yesterday
that Rick and Captain Reeves were...

They had a phone conversation about the
Jimmy Carter.

We should send him some kind of report.

Look, that's all I know.

I heard a few words, and then Rick
closed the office door.

I don't know what I'm going to tell
them.

You want me to stay?

Nothing you can do.

Commander,

this tape came for you. It's from Agent
Holland.

Thanks, Gunny. Yes, sir.

Afternoon, Commander.

Harriet. Arm.

Sturgis, you got a minute?

Huh, for you? I got all day.

What do you know about the Jimmy Carter?

Oh, that Carter's a one -of -a -kind.

He's a modified speed wolf, all top
secret.

Still in the testing stage.

Hey, when you were a force judge
advocate for ComSubPAC, you ever come

any cases of espionage dealing with our
submarine fleet in the Pacific?

Two or three times.

What can you tell me about them?

Just have something to do with your
murders.

How do you know about that?

Before it gets out.

Harm, there's six or seven countries
that would give a lot to another spec on

Jimmy Carter.

Well, do you know anybody I can talk to?

I know someone at Norfolk.

I'll contact them for you.

Rick was already dead.

That third shot was just for spite.

Seen this thing twice.

Killer had this thing tied down to the
second.

The only reason that he missed
Lieutenant Commander Pagano was because

Steckler didn't go down with the first
shot.

He was trying to secure the vault.

What'd you get, Gunny?

It's been determined the shooter entered
the naval annex posing as a driver for

a commissary delivery.

There was no delivery that night, sir.

What'd the cipher lock memory tell us?

The last code entered was Commander
Steckler's, sir.

Well, the killer must have gained entry
some other way.

Hello, Harm.

What brings you here, Webb?

Helping a friend in the building.

I didn't know you had a friend in the
building.

I hear you're on the NSG murders.

Well, I can neither confirm nor deny
that.

You're busy.

We'll talk later.

It's good seeing you, Harp.

An internal NSG report.

There was a mole in the intel unit who
was passing information to the Chinese.

Say who, sir?

Commander Rick Steffler.

This is Lieutenant Colonel McKenzie,
Commander Turner.

He's our new staff, Judge Haffigan.

Hi, Mac.

Sturgis. Pardon? Isn't the colonel
looking awful, not like Diane? Yeah,

yeah. She knows.

She knows what happened, though.

Nice to meet you. Welcome aboard.

Thank you, ma 'am.

I understand you took fire in, huh?

Yeah, we did.

I have to see the Admiral.

All right.

Talk to you later.

Good morning, Colonel. Good morning,
sir.

Webb's file seems straightforward.

What's your problem with it?

There's a motive for giving it to me,
sir. Webb never does anything that

serve his own agenda.

Makes a damning case against Commander
Steckler.

Yes, sir, it does.

Admiral, I'm having a hard time
believing that Rick Steckler is a spy.

Because he was your friend?

That and...

There's something that Captain Reeves
isn't telling us, sir.

I'm going to need time to figure out
what that is.

Well, hell, I never knew anybody at NSG
to be forthcoming about anything.

Admiral Danico called me last night. I
don't like to get calls at home from

three stars, Commander.

Admiral, the moment I have answers, so
will Admiral Danico.

Thank you, Mr. Dart. Anything State can
do to help find Liliana would be

appreciated.

Thank you.

Liliana? Yeah, a little girl from the
consulate.

When the situation degraded, she helped
us get to a school where we were evac'd

safely.

Sounds like a brave little girl.

Yeah, the rebels were shelling the
school as we lifted off.

I don't know what happened to her.

I'm sorry.

Sorry to interrupt.

Harm, if you can make Norfolk by noon.

I can do that.

Let me know if I can do anything.

Jimmy Carter is a faster, better -armed,

nuclear -powered attack sub.

A prime mission, versatile, multi
-mission functionality.

What's that, sir?

Strike, tactical, surveillance, special
weapons.

She's our next generation of undersea
warfare.

Have you run tests on her recently,
Captain? Why do you ask that?

It's classified, sir. I'm not at liberty
to say.

Is there something I should be aware of
here, Commander?

There's no evidence to suggest that at
the moment, sir, no.

Well, that's not very comforting.

No, sir.

If I do find reason for concern, sir,
you'll be the first to know.

I'm about to test, Captain.

We did tunnel signature tests two weeks
ago.

Blade noise, generator slip rate.

Are these important, sir? Damn
important.

They're the noise that we worry about.
They're the ones used to track our subs.

Hey, stranger.

Renee, when did you get back? Just about
an hour ago.

Sorry I didn't call.

Just grabbed a flight this morning.

You okay?

Can we talk?

Yeah, sure. Let's go to my office.

Well, actually, maybe somewhere more
private.

Try the courtroom.

So, what's on your mind?

I'm engaged to Cyrus.

Wow.

Yeah. Shocked me, too, when I told him
yes.

Cyrus the mortician.

I really wish you wouldn't say it quite
like that.

What's up?

Pretty big surprise.

When did it happen?

Well, we were having dinner at his
house.

Doesn't he live in the back of a funeral
park?

Yeah.

Once you get used to it.

Really?

I know, I know. This all just seems a
little crazy.

I guess... I guess my dad's dying.

I don't know. It made me realize the
things that I really want in my life.

You know, more than my job.

And more than what I've had.

That's it for me.

He loves me, Harm.

Like I am the only living thing in his
entire world.

Well, if that's...

What you want.

Yeah, it is.

And look, I think we both know that you
and I were never going down the aisle.

Well, it wasn't because of you.

I know that.

I'm a catch.

Colonel, there's a Captain Giroux on the
line from Indonesia.

Thank you, Harriet.

Captain Giroux?

Colonel McKenzie.

Delightful hearing your voice on my
answering machine.

Do you know where Liliana is, Captain?

Sadly, no.

I made some inquiries with the local
hospitals and the military authority.

But one child missing in a country of so
many missing children.

What about the girl's mother?

Since the mother worked at your
consulate, I suggest you contact your

Department. I tried that, but the
consulate is still closed.

You're my last hope.

I like the sound of that.

You will be in my debt.

Oh, I'm fresh out of rings, Captain.

You insult me.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.

Will you continue to look?

I will do what I can, Colonel.

But it may not be much.

Agent Holland just sent over the NCIS
workup on Commander Steckler.

He and his wife have joint accounts in a
Virginia bank.

They live in Virginia, sir. And he has
another account under his own name in

Maryland. And there was a recent deposit
of $150 ,000, and Agent Holland can't

determine where it came from.

Admiral, I have to believe there's a
reasonable explanation for that.

Commander, your friend's code was the
last one used to gain entry.

Webb's source in Beijing names Commander
Steckler as the mole, and now we have

what looks like payoffs.

Unless you can come up with answers, he
looks guilty as hell.

Did Rick have a relative, anybody who
might have given him that kind of money?

No, and if he did, he would have told
me.

Michelle, I need to find out how that
money got into his account.

Look, he wasn't selling information.

I didn't say that he was.

He was thinking it.

Look, Michelle, there are issues outside
of this money.

What issues?

I wish I could tell you, but because of
the sensitivity of this intelligence.

Or the lack of.

I'm on my way to pick up the suits that
Daniel and Sam are going to wear to

their father's funeral.

And you come here with this.

Do you know how pathetic it is for you
to blame Rick when he's not even here to

defend himself?

Michelle, I'm trying to clear his name.

Look, I don't know where the money came
from.

If someone was selling information, it
wasn't Rick. And if someone said it was,

they are lying.

And if you don't...

It doesn't feel right.

Look, there was a leak in the intel
unit, but it wasn't Rick Steckler.

Give me some help here, Clay.

I already did.

He didn't like it.

The source is wrong.

And that's based on what?

I know Rick Steckler. Carm, there's one
thing I've learned in my line of work.

You never really know anybody, even
people you think are your friends.

The guy did it.

You keep after this, all you're going to
do is embarrass him and his widow.

You don't want that, do you?

I'm late for dinner.

Look, help me find the shooter.

And then what?

Ask who hired him?

Yeah. Harm.

Even if I could find him, he wouldn't
know.

When you're hired to kill two people,
you're not told who's asking for the

There's no trail there.

I'm sorry.

Webb didn't say when you're hired to
kill three people. He said two.

Simple misstatement, sir?

Not coming from Webb.

Let's run it again from where the
shooter turned to Pagano.

What happened?

Are you sure you know how to do this?

Well, I've done some editing on my
computer, sir, and this isn't entirely

different.

There. Tighten up on the shooter.

Zoom in on the weapon.

Okay.

Cylinder didn't turn on the revolver.

Tape's been altered. The source of this
tape was NSG, sir.

Can't be trusted.

Can we get the original tape?

Captain Reeves owns it, sir.

All right.

Well, he doesn't own the crime lab.
Let's get the ballistics report from

Aye, sir.

He didn't fire the weapon from there.

I can't talk to you, sir, unless Captain
Reeves is present.

Well, I don't think you want Captain
Reeves to hear what I have to say,

Commander.

What's that, sir?

Your unit covered naval messages
originating out of Asia, didn't it?

You know that, sir.

Any of those messages have to do with
the Jimmy Carter, Commander?

That's classified, sir.

Let's talk about Beijing.

Make any friends while you're in China?

Friends you sold secrets to?

Where are you getting this, sir?

The original ballistics report from the
crime lab says that you had soot in your

wounds.

Soot indicates point blank.

Shot fired from less than eight inches.

You weren't shot from across the room,
were you, Commander?

But the ballistics report and the
security tape were altered to support

story, weren't they?

Now you're going to tell me why.

I think I need a lawyer, sir.

Yes, you do.

Oh, sir, I've been meaning to talk to
you about Lieutenant Commander Jay

He's my client now, sir, and I'd
appreciate it if you'd refrain from any

contact with my client unless I was
present.

Believe me, Lieutenant, next time I see
your client, I fully plan on you being

present. Tyner, I need to see the
eyebrow. Yes, sir.

Admiral Commander Rapp would like to see
you, sir.

I'd like to see him, too.

Sir, Captain Reeves called.

He was not in a friendly mood. He
believes that you're going after

Pagano to move the investigation off
your friend.

I'm just following the evidence, sir.

Commander Pagano lied about how he was
shot.

Ballistics report does not support his
story, sir.

It looks as though the report and the
security tape have both been altered,

By whom?

Yet to be determined, Admiral.

So, murder, espionage, now a cover -up.

You plan on proving any of this,
Commander?

Yes, I do, sir. With an Article 32
hearing, I'll start by charging

Pagano with making a false official
statement.

And that's a major fishing expedition.

It's a legal one, Admiral.

All I need now is a convening authority,
sir. I don't know yet how or if Captain

Reeves is involved, sir, so we'll need
to go over him.

Do you know what the hell you're asking?

Yes, I do, sir.

Tyler, give me Admiral Danico.

I know it's late. Just find him.

Aye, aye, sir.

Well, it's going to have to be a grunt
and clothes secured, all parties

I'll have Navy technicians secure the
court with jamming devices.

Sir, Admiral Danico on four.

Better be damn good, Commander.

Commander Raff, start us off.

Governor, before we begin, the court
should know that my client is willing to

waive this Article 32 and plead guilty
to the charge of making a false official

statement. Your Honor, while the
government appreciates the accused's

streamline these proceedings, sir, we
have both the right and the desire to

where this evidence leads us. Well, then
my client, who is still convalescing,

requested these proceedings be postponed
until he is fully recovered, sir.

Unless a certification of Commander
Pagano's treating Navy position is

today, Lieutenant, we're having this
hearing. Do you have one?

No, sir.

Then sit down.

Who are you?

Clayton Webb, sir. Here to monitor the
proceedings.

I'm read in for this program.

Very well. Be seated, Mr. Webb.

The government calls Captain Perry
Reeves.

Objection. Your Honor, Captain Reeves is
not present at the incident in

question. He has no relevance to this
charge.

Goes to motive for Lieutenant Commander
Pagano giving a false statement about

the murder, sir. Your Honor, since the
government didn't accept our offer to

accept the plea, shouldn't the burden be
that they first have to establish

factually that there was a false
statement given before they move on to

of motive? No, it's his case. He can
present it any way he wants.

Captain Reeves, what is the SSN -23?

The Jimmy Carter, our special operations
sub.

Captain, did Commander Rick Steckler
ever send you reports concerning the

Carter?

You don't know what you're doing,
Commander.

Your Honor, the government believes that
any reports sent to Captain Reeves

concerning the Jimmy Carter are vital to
our understanding why the accused lied

in the statement.

Objection. It's not been proven that my
client lied about anything.

I'll understand the term lie to include
allegedly.

Your Honor, I would request that you
order the Naval Security Group to

these reports for our inspections.

Objection! Sir, it's obvious that
Commander Rapp is using these

means to cast a wide net to see what he
can pull in. He's allowed to do that.

One of the intents of this hearing is to
facilitate broad fact -finding,

therefore objection overruled. I'll
order access to documents generated one

month prior to the incident.

Thank you, sir.

That'll be all.

Your CEO on the Guadalcanal was
impressed with your actions, Sinace.

He recommended you for a personal award
and asked for special rapid handling,

and he got it.

Meritorious service medal, sir?

Admiral, I left a little girl behind who
may have been killed because she was

helping me.

Could have ordered the healer to wait so
I could get to her. I didn't even

consider going back.

Your actions helped save the lives of 22
people.

You're a damn fine marine officer out
there wasn't a damn fine human being sir

when you're under fire you don't have
luxury of both The feeling that you've

done something terrible ever go away No

Council

please approach

Is this the only report on the Jimmy
Carter that went to Captain Reeves in

last month? Yes, it was hand -carried by
Commander Steckler to Captain Reeves

directly. It's dated the day of the
murders.

What am I looking at here? An American
reconnaissance aircraft had intercepted

message between two admirals in the
Chinese Navy.

What was it about?

An American naval officer had sold the
Chinese a copy of the tunnel signature

test on the Jimmy Carter.

The intercepted message included what
appeared to be those tunnel signatures.

Commander, if I allow this in, what do
you intend to argue?

Sir, I believe that Commander Steckler
knew that the naval officer who sold the

tonal signatures to the Chinese was in
his own unit. That's why he hand

-delivered this intelligence to Captain
Reeves to keep it confidential.

Why were our crypt analysts killed and
who killed them?

The same naval officer who sold the
tonal signatures to the Chinese, sir,

have also intercepted the air recon
message and informed the Chinese.

And what does that lead you to conclude?

Sir, the Chinese could not have known
that Captain Reeves was alerted.

So they sent an assassin that very day
in hope that this new intel would die in

the room with the murdered
cryptanalysts.

And yet, Commander Pagano survives.

Sir, the sole survivor of this intel
unit would be the Chinese mole. The

tried to kill Commander Pagano.

Well, they had to make it look good,
Lieutenant.

He'd be an obvious suspect.

But if they let him survive, sir...

kept their mole in place, he'd be
invaluable to them.

That's a serious accusation, Commander.
Which you've presented no evidence of,

sir. I haven't finished presenting my
case, Lieutenant.

Lieutenant Colonel McKenzie.

Good evening, Colonel.

Captain Giroux, have you found her?

There's a hospital south of the city.

They tell me they have a little girl
suffering a concussion.

What makes you think she's Liliana?

When they brought her in, she had an
interesting artifact with her. I believe

you called it a...

An eagle, globe, and anchor emblem.

I gave her mine.

I was offered some leave. I'm going to
take it. I'll be on the first plane out.

I love how impulsive Americans are.

I'll be delighted to pick you up at the
airport.

I'll call you when I know what time my
plane lands.

Captain, you were an expert on submarine
tonal signatures. Is that correct?

Yes. I'm director of special operations
and a signature analyst.

Is it hard to track a submarine,
Captain?

Especially ours.

We build them to run silent, and they
do.

Of course, at some point you have to
move. That means the screws.

At some point you need electricity. That
means you have to run the generator.

All of that makes noise, and each sub
has its own significant signature

Captain, is it easy to identify a noise
that's coming from a submarine?

Very difficult.

You have to use a computer to separate
the sound patterns.

Then, of course, you have to have the
skill to know what you're looking at.

Captain, if you had a submarine's tonal
signature, would it be easy to identify

and track that stuff?

It'd be like she was wearing a beacon.

Captain, I have here a message that was
intercepted by one of our reconnaissance

aircraft. Would you please flip to the
page with the numbers and tell us what

says, sir?

At the top, U .S.

SSN 23.

That's the Jimmy Carter's hull number.

These rows of numbers are acoustic
frequencies represented mathematically.

Captain, are you familiar enough with
the mathematical representation of the

Jimmy Carter tonal signatures to
identify them here?

I am. I headed the testing team. Are
these the tonal signatures from the

Carter?

No.

Absolutely not.

Are you sure, Captain?

Yes.

If anyone is trying to track the Jimmy
Carter using these numbers, then

somebody's doing a hell of a job giving
them misinformation.

Thank you for putting me up, Captain. I
wouldn't miss the opportunity to spend

time with such a fascinating woman.

Not that fascinating.

Well, yes, you are. You just travel
halfway around the globe to visit some

you hardly know.

You gave me an expensive ring to bail
out a man you've never met.

I'm still interested in that story.

You're not going to hear it.

But the ring from a man you did not
love?

You never give up, do you? A good
investigator continues to ask questions

he gets answers.

There must be someone else you care
about.

For some reason, you're not with this
other man.

Is he a fool?

We just can't seem to work it out.

Love is the same everywhere. America,
Acheia, always impossible.

I hope not.

An optimist.

Which would explain why you are saying
that this little girl is the Liliana you

are searching for.

It has to be her.

May I ask why is she so special?

Because she depended on me.

And I failed her. Adults fail children
all the time.

Sad, but not tragic. It merely forces
them to grow up. You know, Captain, it

crushes something inside them forever.

I didn't want to do that to Liliana.

All the information I've gotten about it
has been corrupted. I want to know what

they're covering.

Well, I understand that, sir, but
Captain Reeves requested that I let him

if we spoke to Commander Pagano outside
the courtroom.

Yeah, you're required to have him
present, not me. Now, I only want to

him for a couple of minutes. It's not
going to take long.

Now is not the time, Commander.

Apparently.

Let's go, Lieutenant.

Sir, what about your question?

They've been in.

She's right there.

Am I dreaming?

You flew away.

I flew back.

I bet it does.

I wanted you to have your picture.

I'm sorry I didn't go back for it. Or
for you.

You could get it now.

It's in the drawer.

The men who found me wanted to leave it.

I wouldn't let them.

It got messed up.

Something for you, too.

Wonderful. I love you.

A medal?

What's it for?

It's for people who do brave things like
you did when you took us to your

school. It honors you for your
exceptionally meritorious conduct and

I have valor.

Yes, you do.

What does matter It means that you're
strong and that you have spirit

and bravery I'm like you You have much
more valor

than I did when I was your age

When

did you put me on your witness list

This morning.

Why? You know why.

I'm not getting on that stand, Horne.

Why not?

I'm just an observer in this proceeding,
sir.

Mr. Webb, do you have material testimony
to offer us in this matter? I believe

he does, Your Honor. We don't usually
issue subpoenas in Article 32 hearings,

Mr. Webb.

But if I have to bend a rule to get you
up there, I'm not against that.

of the CIA, Mr. Webb?

Deputy Director of Counterintelligence.

What does that term counterintelligence
mean exactly?

It's a broad term. It has a myriad of
meanings.

Including running programs designed to
deceive an enemy?

Yes.

Welcome, Admiral Danico.

Thank you, Admiral Morris. Carry on.

Your Honor, let the record reflect that
the convening authority in this matter,

Admiral Danico, has just entered the
courtroom.

Mr. Webb, part of this job would be to
feed misinformation to an enemy, is that

correct? Yeah.

Now, is the best way to do that, to have
someone they trust feed them this

misinformation? A double agent, a mole
in a key position.

Rad. Was Lieutenant Commander Pagano
that mole, Mr. Webb?

Yes. Did he know?

He was unaware that we were using him to
feed false information to the Chinese.

Until yesterday, when you blew this
open.

By we, are you referring to yourself and
Captain Reeves? It was my operation,

but I was handling him with the full
knowledge of Captain Reeves.

Attention on deck!

As you were.

Admiral Danico for you, sir.

Thank you very much, sir. Admiral
Danico?

Commander Pagano alerted the Chinese
that we knew they had our sub

When did you learn of this? He confessed
it last night. He also told me he had

no idea that the Chinese were going to
kill Commander Steckler and Senior Chief

Trujillo. What do you think the Chinese
would do, let the information get out?

He was instructed by his Chinese
handlers to destroy all evidence of the

intercept, which he thought he'd done.

He didn't consider that the Chinese
might want anybody with direct knowledge

secured as well.

Continue.

Did Commander Pagano lie about the
events of the night of the murder to

the fact that he was the one leaking
information to the Chinese?

He did. Did you alter the security tape
to support his false testimony?

Yes, and the ballistics report.

I received a higher authority to give
you that misinformation, to do what

to be done.

Such as what, Mr. Webb?

Such as removing a subsequent entry from
the cipher lock so that Rick Steckler's

code would be the last recorded entry.

You wanted to frame Commander Steckler.

Yeah. You also deposited $150 ,000 in a
bank account in Commander Steckler's

name, didn't you? Money which his wife
can now keep.

I was trying to save my operation,
Commander, which I did.

We turned Pagano last night.

Well, you've been busy, Mr. Webb.

The Jimmy Carter is vital to our
national interest.

We'll do whatever it takes to protect
her. Including sacrificing the lives of

two of our cryptanalysts? Absolutely
not.

If we'd known the Chinese were coming,
we'd have stopped them. Why should we

believe you?

I'm under oath, Commander.

Did Commander Rick Steckler ever leak
information, Mr. Webb?

He did not.

He was an exemplary officer in every
respect.

Yes, he was.

I have no further questions of you,
Director Webb. Your Honor, the

will be amending its charge sheet
against Lieutenant Commander Pagano to

espionage, attempted espionage, and two
counts of murder.

You're a witness, Lieutenant.

I'll need some more time, Your Honor, to
confer with my client to prepare for

these new charges.

I imagine you do.

Lieutenant Commander Pagano, I'm
recommending you be placed in pretrial

confinement until this matter is
resolved.

The hearing is concluded.

You won't get him, huh? I already have,
Webb.

Admiral Danico doesn't believe that the
prosecution of the lieutenant commander

serves the best interest of the Navy.

Admiral, is it in the best interest of
the Navy to smear the good name of an

honorable man, sir?

To bury the truth with two of its dead?

If the information is classified,
Commander, no one outside this

ever hear it. Sir, you and I both know
that it will leak eventually.

It's not my call.

I only want this one.

You can't have it.

You got what you wanted. You cleared
your friend.

I was about Daniel's age when I lost my
father.

I remember how devastating it was to my
mother not to know the truth.

What that did to me.

I'm sorry, Michelle. I really wish I
could tell you what happened.

I know you can't.

Rick didn't do anything wrong.

And if you ever hear even a whisper that
he did, I'm promising you now that that

is a lie.

You have no doubt.

I know what happened to Rick's unit.

I know why he was killed.

And what will I tell the boys?

One day, when the time is right, Rick
will be acknowledged for the hero that

was.

The Navy's Distinguished Service Medal.
Evelyn Danico has given me his award.

But in the meantime...

Tell them they can be proud of their
father.

He died honorably in the service of his
country.