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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.