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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:35,610 --> 00:01:40,860 Ca Lu, half a click that way, two-nine-zero. 2 00:01:40,950 --> 00:01:43,320 - I say we go right up the middle. - Negative. 3 00:01:43,370 --> 00:01:46,370 One round flank up the hill, the other one right through the swamp. 4 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,170 Heads, you get the hill. Tails, you get the swamp. 5 00:01:52,210 --> 00:01:54,170 Flip the motherfucker. 6 00:01:56,130 --> 00:01:58,380 - See you in Ca Lu. - All right. 7 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,660 Delta Two, what's your SITREP? Over. 8 00:04:32,740 --> 00:04:34,830 What do you got, Gibson? 9 00:04:34,910 --> 00:04:39,120 Nothing, sir. Delta One, Delta Two, SITREP. Over. 10 00:04:39,210 --> 00:04:41,420 Two-one, contact! Contact way out! 11 00:04:52,010 --> 00:04:56,100 Cease fire! Cease fire! 12 00:04:56,140 --> 00:04:59,560 Go, go, go. Let's get 'em! 13 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,560 Come outta there! 14 00:05:01,610 --> 00:05:03,940 Put your hands on your head! Get on your knees now! 15 00:05:03,980 --> 00:05:06,070 Come on! Down, down. 16 00:05:06,150 --> 00:05:08,780 Come on out of there! Now! 17 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:16,120 How many you slopes are out here? Huh? What's your unit? What's in it? 18 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,120 Tuan, get over here! Talk to these motherfuckers! 19 00:05:19,210 --> 00:05:22,000 Find out how many of them are here! 20 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,590 Where are they? What's in it? Talk to me, goddamn it! 21 00:05:36,010 --> 00:05:38,140 Aah! 22 00:05:53,490 --> 00:05:56,450 Two, this is One Actual. Where are you? 23 00:06:05,170 --> 00:06:07,090 Uuh! 24 00:06:18,180 --> 00:06:21,560 Other side of the tree line. I'm in the water unable to withdraw. 25 00:06:23,190 --> 00:06:28,650 Unable to withdraw! I'm calling in a fire mission on this position! 26 00:06:31,740 --> 00:06:35,070 - Hurry up and drop that arty! - They're all over! 27 00:06:37,620 --> 00:06:39,750 Go left! Get out there! 28 00:06:39,790 --> 00:06:43,040 Tell this man to get on that radio and pull his men off Hodges. 29 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,540 Tell him to break contact and move his men north of Ca Lu! 30 00:06:48,380 --> 00:06:51,920 Tell him I ain't playin'! Pull his men off Hodges now! 31 00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:56,430 I ain't bullshittin' with you. 32 00:06:56,470 --> 00:06:58,430 Either you call your men off Hodges, 33 00:06:58,470 --> 00:07:01,140 or this motherfucker's dead and you're next. 34 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:04,600 Last warnin '! 35 00:07:08,610 --> 00:07:11,150 Uuh! 36 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:14,700 Call your men off Hodges now! 37 00:07:14,740 --> 00:07:19,200 If he does, he can go. He's got my word on that. 38 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,370 If you don't, I'll kill you where you stand. 39 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:22,720 Two, this is One Actual. You still with me? 40 00:08:29,190 --> 00:08:32,230 Crank off a pop-up if you're still alive. 41 00:08:45,750 --> 00:08:50,130 You got a reprieve, you hear me? You don't get to die today. 42 00:08:50,210 --> 00:08:52,540 "You got your "Hail Mary". 43 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:48,020 Hey! It's the colonel with his cover on! 44 00:10:02,990 --> 00:10:05,370 All right! Make way, make way! 45 00:10:05,370 --> 00:10:08,950 - I guess the drinks are on me. - All right! 46 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,960 At ease! Listen up. 47 00:10:12,710 --> 00:10:16,500 Ladies and gentlemen, 48 00:10:16,590 --> 00:10:21,260 the reason we're all here, Colonel Hayes Hodges. 49 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:36,730 He's calling it a career after 32 years of distinguished service. 50 00:10:40,490 --> 00:10:42,400 All right, all right. 51 00:10:43,530 --> 00:10:46,410 Colonel, we got you a gift and a surprise, 52 00:10:46,410 --> 00:10:48,870 so don't act like you're not coming up here. 53 00:10:48,950 --> 00:10:51,370 Speech! Speech! Speech! 54 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,960 Speech! Speech! Speech! 55 00:11:06,350 --> 00:11:08,260 Hey, my man! 56 00:11:15,270 --> 00:11:17,190 Good to see you. 57 00:11:17,270 --> 00:11:20,820 You damn well better be. I came halfway 'round the world for this. 58 00:11:30,410 --> 00:11:32,330 Hey, get up here. 59 00:11:37,290 --> 00:11:39,250 Speech! 60 00:11:41,250 --> 00:11:44,630 The sword, Colonel. You know the story, Hayes. 61 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,510 Marine Lieutenant Presley O'Banion defeated the Barbary pirates... 62 00:11:47,590 --> 00:11:49,810 on the shores ofTripoli in 1805. 63 00:11:49,890 --> 00:11:52,980 Out of gratitude, the pasha gave him the Mameluke sword. 64 00:11:53,020 --> 00:11:55,560 Marine officers have carried one ever since. 65 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:57,940 It's the symbol ofa warrior, 66 00:11:58,020 --> 00:12:00,940 and you are a warrior. 67 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:04,610 The best I ever served with. 68 00:12:09,030 --> 00:12:11,450 This man's been riding a desk for the past 28 years, 69 00:12:11,490 --> 00:12:14,040 but not because he wanted to. 70 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,870 He knows how to fight. It's in his blood. Ah-ooh! 71 00:12:21,250 --> 00:12:24,010 What are you gonna do now, Colonel? 72 00:12:24,050 --> 00:12:27,010 Well, uh... Well. 73 00:12:27,050 --> 00:12:30,100 Heh! No more wars to fight, no more trials to lose. 74 00:12:32,180 --> 00:12:35,270 So I expect I'll do some teaching at V.M.I. 75 00:12:35,350 --> 00:12:38,440 I will recon the local restaurants in a concerted effort... 76 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,320 to find out what civilians eat. 77 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,440 Of course, I intend to continue serving my country... 78 00:12:45,530 --> 00:12:47,650 by honorably depleting the trout streams... 79 00:12:47,740 --> 00:12:50,660 of the Southern United States with my fly rod! 80 00:12:53,580 --> 00:12:55,500 That's about it. 81 00:12:59,420 --> 00:13:01,380 Let's get outta here. 82 00:13:06,130 --> 00:13:09,380 - I missed you. - Yeah, I missed you too. 83 00:13:09,470 --> 00:13:11,720 How's the kid, the smart Hodges? 84 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,890 You know, he studies more than any two people. I never see him. 85 00:13:15,970 --> 00:13:19,190 - You gotta fix that. - Yeah. 86 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,730 - Got my orders. - Oh, yeah? What? 87 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:27,190 Got command of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. 88 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:31,410 - Special Operations capable. - Congrats. Huh! Congrats. 89 00:13:31,450 --> 00:13:33,410 - Yeah. - Outstanding. 90 00:13:33,410 --> 00:13:36,160 All I gotta do is lash 'em together, take 'em to sea. 91 00:13:37,620 --> 00:13:39,870 That's, uh... outstanding. 92 00:13:42,250 --> 00:13:46,090 You ain't missin' nothin', Hodge. It's a whole new ball game. 93 00:13:46,130 --> 00:13:49,130 No friends, no enemies, no front, no rear. 94 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:51,510 No victories, no defeats, no Mama, no Papa. 95 00:13:51,550 --> 00:13:54,680 - Yeah. - We're orphans out there. 96 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,930 It's funny, you know? 97 00:13:57,020 --> 00:13:59,640 One guy walks out through a swamp, he gets to come home to a desk. 98 00:13:59,730 --> 00:14:02,060 Another guy drives up a hill and he gets to still be doin' it, 99 00:14:02,150 --> 00:14:04,190 all over the flip ofa goddamn coin. 100 00:14:04,230 --> 00:14:06,190 You know, that's... 101 00:14:08,610 --> 00:14:11,570 It's funny. 102 00:14:11,610 --> 00:14:15,030 You gave good service to the corps, Hodge. 103 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:19,040 To think otherwise would be just plain crazy. 104 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,210 - You'd have gotten your command. - Oh, yeah, sure. 105 00:14:55,370 --> 00:14:57,330 What's up, John? 106 00:14:57,370 --> 00:15:00,790 Terry, we've been ordered to the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden. 107 00:15:00,870 --> 00:15:03,540 This comes straight down Second Division through General Perry. 108 00:15:03,620 --> 00:15:05,540 The American Embassy in Yemen is surrounded... 109 00:15:05,630 --> 00:15:07,130 by a crowd of demonstrators. 110 00:15:07,170 --> 00:15:08,590 The crowd isn't hostile, but it's large enough... 111 00:15:08,670 --> 00:15:11,840 to spook their government into pulling their security forces. 112 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:15,220 Twenty-fourth Marine Expeditionary Unit's gonna provide extra security. 113 00:15:15,260 --> 00:15:18,220 We're gonna baby-sit, Colonel. Just show our presence. 114 00:15:18,260 --> 00:15:21,060 Remember, though, if it turns hot, we're looking at an evac. 115 00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:24,480 We got an ambassador and his family there. Let me run you through this. 116 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,480 Here's your potential L.Z.S. 117 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,610 Marines at the embassy advise we can gain entrance through the back way. 118 00:15:29,650 --> 00:15:32,280 Here's some stairs where you can deploy your men to the roof. 119 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,450 These are your over-watch positions. 120 00:15:34,490 --> 00:15:36,700 I'll take them in myself quietly. 121 00:15:36,740 --> 00:15:40,120 One platoon, TRAP team, put everyone else on Ready Five. 122 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,200 My thoughts exactly, Colonel. 123 00:17:07,500 --> 00:17:09,830 What's wrong, Mommy? 124 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,290 The people are upset about some things, darling. 125 00:17:12,380 --> 00:17:15,420 - Are they mad at Daddy? - No, they're not mad at your daddy. 126 00:17:15,510 --> 00:17:17,420 Why are they yelling? 127 00:17:17,510 --> 00:17:21,850 They're trying to get attention so that people will listen to them. 128 00:17:51,290 --> 00:17:54,170 Sir, state security analysts are asking for an assessment. 129 00:17:54,250 --> 00:17:57,170 Assessment? We're getting the hell out of here. That's the assessment. 130 00:17:57,260 --> 00:17:59,760 The Sixth Fleet marines are in the air, sir. 131 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,340 If they think I'm gonna tough this one out, they're crazy. 132 00:18:02,430 --> 00:18:05,180 Tell Mrs. Mourain to start packing. We're going home. 133 00:18:05,220 --> 00:18:07,470 Shall I indicate we're ready to evacuate? 134 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,850 Ask them where the hell are those helicopters! 135 00:18:09,890 --> 00:18:11,730 The ambassador wants to know where the choppers are. 136 00:18:11,810 --> 00:18:13,980 You heard me. Where the hell are the choppers? 137 00:19:15,250 --> 00:19:17,460 Lock and load! Lock and load! 138 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:19,880 Lock and load! Lock and load! 139 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:31,080 We're gonna take a betterlookbefore we go in. 140 00:20:45,050 --> 00:20:48,840 Wagon Wheel, this is Red Man. I'm over the embassy. 141 00:20:48,930 --> 00:20:51,850 This ain 't no baby-sit. It's ugly down there. 142 00:20:51,890 --> 00:20:53,810 Red Man, Wagon Wheel. 143 00:20:53,850 --> 00:20:55,770 Roger that. Let's go for the evac. 144 00:20:55,810 --> 00:20:58,850 Put it on deck. We're going in the north side. 145 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:04,380 There! Go! 146 00:22:07,050 --> 00:22:08,970 - Captain Lee! - Yes, sir! 147 00:22:09,010 --> 00:22:12,140 Nobody comes over those walls or through those gates. Nobody! 148 00:22:12,220 --> 00:22:15,970 One Alpha, secure all entries. Tango and Bravo, on the walls! 149 00:22:16,060 --> 00:22:20,100 - Move, move, move! - Last man! Last man! 150 00:22:21,690 --> 00:22:24,980 Pull back! Pull back! 151 00:22:30,820 --> 00:22:32,860 Take cover! 152 00:22:38,330 --> 00:22:41,500 You speak English? - Yes! 153 00:22:41,540 --> 00:22:45,130 Where's the ambassador? He's topside! Go topside! 154 00:22:50,130 --> 00:22:54,300 Take that corner! Take that side! Move! 155 00:23:00,930 --> 00:23:02,810 Aah! 156 00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:06,400 Move, move, move! Go, go! 157 00:23:07,940 --> 00:23:10,280 Bravo Two, left! Move, move, move! 158 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:13,240 Incoming sniper fire! Stay down! Stay down! 159 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,410 Two blue, clear! 160 00:23:18,490 --> 00:23:21,460 - Who's Mrs. Mourain? - I'm Mrs. Mourain. 161 00:23:21,540 --> 00:23:24,790 - Where's the ambassador? - He's in there. Are we leaving? 162 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,460 The helos are outside, ma'am, but that's up to the ambassador. 163 00:23:27,540 --> 00:23:29,800 Stay away from the windows, please. 164 00:23:31,380 --> 00:23:33,300 Duck! Ow! 165 00:23:33,380 --> 00:23:36,470 Aah! Colonel! Please! 166 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,180 My God! Are the helicopters here? What kept you people so long? 167 00:23:42,270 --> 00:23:45,350 We're ready to evacuate, unless you want to stay and run the embassy. 168 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,520 I want to go right... now! We called hours ago! 169 00:23:48,610 --> 00:23:51,690 All right, sir, come to me. Stay calm and come to me. 170 00:23:51,740 --> 00:23:57,240 - Stay calm. Come to me. Stay low. - We're like targets! 171 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,910 - We're sitting targets! - Follow Sergeant Mac. Go! 172 00:24:05,370 --> 00:24:08,670 Come on! Down there! Down there! Right there! 173 00:24:13,340 --> 00:24:16,050 Right there! Down there! Down there! 174 00:24:38,990 --> 00:24:40,990 Go ahead, ma'am! 175 00:24:41,030 --> 00:24:43,950 Go ahead! Go ahead, ma'am, go ahead! 176 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,710 Come on, son. Come on! 177 00:24:47,790 --> 00:24:50,090 - What's your name, son? Justin? -Justin. 178 00:24:50,170 --> 00:24:52,960 Come on, Justin! Come on! 179 00:24:53,050 --> 00:24:55,550 - Justin, what's that you got there? - A flashlight. 180 00:24:55,630 --> 00:24:58,430 We're gonna ride in a helicopter. Wanna bring that with you? 181 00:24:58,510 --> 00:25:02,260 - Huh? Come on. Come on! - Mommy! 182 00:25:02,350 --> 00:25:05,060 Let's go, ma'am, go! Go, go, go! 183 00:25:09,270 --> 00:25:12,020 All TRAP Unit six, stay low, stay low! 184 00:25:12,110 --> 00:25:15,110 We got crap coming over the walls and sniper fire at 100 meters. Over. 185 00:25:15,190 --> 00:25:18,570 Stay low! Sit tight, sit tight, sit tight! 186 00:25:30,330 --> 00:25:33,300 Colonel, we got three marines hit! One is K.I.A. 187 00:25:33,340 --> 00:25:35,960 One Alpha says they're gonna try to breach the front gate! 188 00:25:36,050 --> 00:25:38,300 - Tell them to wait out! - Roger that! 189 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:52,230 Put the missus on board first. Get in there, Mr. Ambassador. 190 00:25:52,270 --> 00:25:55,570 I'll personally recommend you... Where's the belt? 191 00:25:55,610 --> 00:25:59,070 - I'll personally recommend... - Hold it! 192 00:25:59,110 --> 00:26:04,120 Where are you going? What? Colonel! Colonel, we can't wait here! 193 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,370 Come on! Let's get out! Come on! 194 00:26:13,590 --> 00:26:15,250 Let's go! Christ! 195 00:26:15,340 --> 00:26:16,300 We're leaving in just a few seconds. 196 00:26:16,380 --> 00:26:21,180 Let's go! Why are we sitting here? Why are we sitting here? 197 00:26:21,220 --> 00:26:24,600 - Sir, please! Look at me. Stay calm. - Let's go! 198 00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:58,090 She's free, sir! Go! 199 00:27:06,890 --> 00:27:09,470 Hope you know how to fold this, sir. 200 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,850 Thank you, Colonel. I'll never forget this. 201 00:27:11,890 --> 00:27:14,730 Sir. 202 00:27:19,780 --> 00:27:21,740 Go! 203 00:28:06,530 --> 00:28:11,870 Krasevitch is hit! 204 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:18,630 Corpsman! Corpsman! Shit! 205 00:28:18,710 --> 00:28:21,460 Goddamn it! 206 00:28:21,550 --> 00:28:23,470 Fuck! 207 00:28:29,350 --> 00:28:31,270 Six, Red Man. 208 00:28:31,350 --> 00:28:33,270 Engage hostile targets as they appear. 209 00:28:33,350 --> 00:28:36,810 Deadly force is authorized. How copy? Over. 210 00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:39,480 Red Man, Trans Six Actual. Negative, negative! 211 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,280 Be advised, I have women and children in my line of fire. 212 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,150 I got snipers in the buildings at 400 meters. How copy? Over. 213 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:49,320 What is it about this order you don't understand, Captain Lee? 214 00:28:49,370 --> 00:28:52,330 Sir, are you ordering me to fire into the crowd? Over. 215 00:28:52,330 --> 00:28:55,040 Yes, goddamn it! Waste the motherfuckers! 216 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,040 Six out. Engage! Engage! 217 00:28:58,130 --> 00:29:01,550 Open fire! 218 00:29:21,270 --> 00:29:24,900 Cease fire! 219 00:29:24,940 --> 00:29:27,070 Cease fire! 220 00:29:27,150 --> 00:29:29,240 Cease fire! 221 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,080 Stay down! There may still be snipers out there. 222 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,240 Cease fire! 223 00:29:34,330 --> 00:29:38,080 - Cease fire, goddamn it! - Everybody stay down! 224 00:29:38,170 --> 00:29:42,790 There may still be snipers out there. Stay down! 225 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:44,800 Get down! 226 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,360 - Sergeant Mac. - Sir? 227 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,730 Contact all stations. Mission complete. 228 00:30:46,820 --> 00:30:51,070 Launch medevacs. Dead and wounded out first. 229 00:30:51,150 --> 00:30:53,070 Aye, Colonel. 230 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:57,790 All stations, this is RedMan. Mission complete. 231 00:30:57,870 --> 00:31:01,580 Move all medevacs to L.Z. Howcopy? Over. 232 00:31:18,270 --> 00:31:19,730 The FBI. investigation shows... 233 00:31:19,810 --> 00:31:22,190 that all the bullet holes in the embassy wall... 234 00:31:22,230 --> 00:31:25,270 came from directly across the way, from the snipers. 235 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,480 Any weapons or ammo found among the dead or wounded? 236 00:31:28,570 --> 00:31:32,200 No, sir. Nothing. However, intelligence suggests... 237 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,700 this could have been a terrorist operation. 238 00:31:34,740 --> 00:31:36,700 Any proof? 239 00:31:36,740 --> 00:31:40,040 This is a tape from the embassy security system. 240 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,580 - Want me to thread it up? - No. I don't want to watch videos. 241 00:31:42,660 --> 00:31:45,040 I don't want to hear about ammo casings in some building, 242 00:31:45,130 --> 00:31:48,550 'cause here I got 83 dead people... 243 00:31:48,590 --> 00:31:51,470 unarmed... women, children, old men. 244 00:31:51,550 --> 00:31:53,680 Another hundred or so critically wounded. 245 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:58,140 Here I got an international crisis of mega fucking proportions! 246 00:31:58,220 --> 00:32:00,140 Bill, you know there have been regular reports... 247 00:32:00,220 --> 00:32:02,430 of a terrorist plot against this embassy. 248 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,810 This was a regularly scheduled protest. It was every week. 249 00:32:05,850 --> 00:32:09,270 It was the usual bullshit about American presence in the gulf. 250 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:13,320 Have you looked at these? I mean, I'm just assuming you have, 251 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:17,160 since they're on the front page of every newspaper in the world. 252 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,040 It's not that the rest of the world wants to hold us responsible, 253 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,040 we are responsible! 254 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,790 We can't even have the appearance of a cover-up. 255 00:32:26,830 --> 00:32:29,880 That does not excuse us from our duty, Mr. Sokal. 256 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:34,930 We sent Colonel Childers in there, and the mission went to shit. 257 00:32:35,010 --> 00:32:37,470 We can't go after the man who carried out his orders... 258 00:32:37,550 --> 00:32:39,890 and ignore the people who issued those orders. 259 00:32:39,970 --> 00:32:41,890 Childers ordered the slaughter... 260 00:32:41,970 --> 00:32:44,310 of innocent women and children. Get that straight right now. 261 00:32:44,390 --> 00:32:45,730 I'll tell you what we ought to get straight. 262 00:32:45,810 --> 00:32:47,650 We lost three United States Marines. 263 00:32:47,690 --> 00:32:50,400 They lost 83! 264 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,530 Now, are we gonna go to war with Yemen over it? 265 00:32:53,570 --> 00:32:57,360 We're covering our ass all over the Middle East right now, General. 266 00:32:57,410 --> 00:32:59,990 Because of your man's hot headed miscalculation, 267 00:33:00,030 --> 00:33:04,290 we are in danger of losing embassies in Saudi, Jordan and Egypt. 268 00:33:04,370 --> 00:33:07,080 We're in danger of losing our presence... 269 00:33:07,170 --> 00:33:10,000 with every moderate in the region. 270 00:33:10,090 --> 00:33:12,340 Now they're gonna scream "cover up". 271 00:33:12,420 --> 00:33:15,670 The screaming will get so loud we'll be sending Marines back over there, 272 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,090 and the body count of American dead is gonna be higher than three. 273 00:33:20,930 --> 00:33:24,640 I see where you're going with this, Mr. Sokal. 274 00:33:24,730 --> 00:33:26,980 Will you be needing me anymore today? 275 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,400 No. 276 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,820 No, that's fine, General. Thankyou. 277 00:33:32,860 --> 00:33:34,990 Good day to you, sir. 278 00:33:48,210 --> 00:33:51,540 Where do you think you're going with that? 279 00:33:51,630 --> 00:33:56,630 - You don't want to look at it. - Nobody's lookin' at it. 280 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,130 Why should the United States be held responsible... 281 00:33:59,180 --> 00:34:03,060 for the actions of one man? 282 00:34:03,140 --> 00:34:05,520 What if the crowd had weapons? 283 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,100 What if this shows they did fire first? 284 00:34:08,190 --> 00:34:11,310 He could have fired over their heads, this moron! 285 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,020 Didn't he know where he was? The Middle East! 286 00:34:14,070 --> 00:34:15,780 He could have isolated on the snipers. 287 00:34:15,860 --> 00:34:17,360 He could have avoided confrontation. 288 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,740 He could have done 50 fuckin' things! 289 00:34:19,820 --> 00:34:22,120 Instead, he destroyed a fragile trust, put his own men in danger... 290 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,700 Fuck this guy! Forget this tape. 291 00:34:25,740 --> 00:34:29,710 I don't want to watch it. I don't want to testify about it. 292 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,040 I don't want it to exist. 293 00:34:46,220 --> 00:34:48,310 Good morning, sir. 294 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,480 Good morning, sir. 295 00:34:54,270 --> 00:34:56,190 Aye, aye, sir. 296 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:59,700 As soon as it's time. 297 00:35:03,370 --> 00:35:07,160 General, Colonel Childers reporting as ordered, sir. 298 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,290 - Give us a minute, Skip. - Yes, sir. 299 00:35:13,670 --> 00:35:18,630 Colonel, it's my duty to inform you that you've been charged with... 300 00:35:20,550 --> 00:35:24,510 You know the drill. 301 00:35:28,060 --> 00:35:29,980 This is the Article 32 investigation. 302 00:35:30,060 --> 00:35:32,100 You're facing a general court-martial... 303 00:35:32,190 --> 00:35:34,980 and charged with violation ofat least three articles... 304 00:35:35,060 --> 00:35:37,610 everything from "breach of peace" to "conduct unbecoming". 305 00:35:37,690 --> 00:35:43,570 But the bottom line... 83 counts, violation of Article 118, murder. 306 00:35:43,610 --> 00:35:45,570 You issued an illegal order to have your marines... 307 00:35:45,620 --> 00:35:48,870 fire into a group of innocent civilians. 308 00:35:48,950 --> 00:35:51,330 Murder, sir? 309 00:35:55,290 --> 00:35:59,000 I'm the convening authority, so I've gotta get this B.S. out of the way. 310 00:36:01,590 --> 00:36:04,380 Sign here, initial here. 311 00:36:08,310 --> 00:36:12,850 You're not a flight risk, so there won't be any pretrial confinement. 312 00:36:16,940 --> 00:36:19,400 This court-martial convenes in eight days... 313 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:24,450 by direct order of the national command authority. 314 00:36:24,490 --> 00:36:27,870 Do you want me to call Bob Bennett or one of those guys, 315 00:36:27,950 --> 00:36:30,370 or do you want to go with base legal? 316 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:37,380 Terry, goddamn it, we've been friends for20years. 317 00:36:41,210 --> 00:36:44,380 You want to tell me exactly what the hell happened out there? 318 00:36:46,430 --> 00:36:51,180 I lost marines. The crowd was hostile. They fired on us. 319 00:36:51,270 --> 00:36:54,770 They fired first, sir. 320 00:36:54,810 --> 00:36:57,730 I want you to know I did everything in the world... 321 00:36:57,810 --> 00:36:59,650 to keep this from happening. 322 00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:02,440 It's just out of my hands now. 323 00:37:14,370 --> 00:37:16,330 Thanks a lot. 324 00:37:16,370 --> 00:37:19,040 When's the last time you actually caught something here? 325 00:37:20,380 --> 00:37:23,170 Two years. 326 00:37:27,930 --> 00:37:31,180 - I really need your help. - I'll help. Anything you need. 327 00:37:31,220 --> 00:37:33,600 You want me to take the stand? I'll be a character witness. 328 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,890 No, you don't understand what I'm asking. 329 00:37:36,980 --> 00:37:39,980 I want you to be my lawyer. 330 00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:47,490 I'm a good enough lawyer to know you need a better lawyer than me. 331 00:37:47,530 --> 00:37:49,450 'Sides that, I'm short. 332 00:37:49,530 --> 00:37:50,950 Two-nine plus one wake-up, and I'm gone. 333 00:37:51,030 --> 00:37:53,160 You need one of those Washington cats. 334 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:57,330 I don't want some Starbucks drinker who's never seen combat. 335 00:37:57,370 --> 00:38:00,630 - I need somebody who's been shot at. - Yeah, I've been shot at. 336 00:38:00,710 --> 00:38:03,880 That's what I am... a shot-up marine. 337 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:07,590 As a matter of fact, that's all the hell I am. 338 00:38:07,670 --> 00:38:10,300 No, wait a minute. I'm also a weak lawyer. 339 00:38:11,390 --> 00:38:14,510 I'm a very weak lawyer... 340 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:19,230 and the government is gonna come at you with everything they've got. 341 00:38:28,530 --> 00:38:31,570 Major, Bill Sokal. It's a pleasure to meet you. Come on in. 342 00:38:31,620 --> 00:38:33,580 Let me introduce you. 343 00:38:33,620 --> 00:38:35,580 Gentlemen, this is Major Mark Biggs. 344 00:38:35,620 --> 00:38:37,790 He'll be prosecuting the Childers court-martial. 345 00:38:37,830 --> 00:38:40,250 The marines put the major through Stanford Law, 346 00:38:40,330 --> 00:38:43,790 and he owes them a couple of years before he takes over the world. 347 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,800 You know General Lowry. 348 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,970 I'd like you to meet the general of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 349 00:38:48,050 --> 00:38:50,930 General West, and the secretary of Defense, Mr. Wyatt. 350 00:38:50,970 --> 00:38:52,930 Have a seat. Make yourself comfortable. 351 00:38:52,930 --> 00:38:56,770 What I gather from our esteemed NSC advisor and secretary of state... 352 00:38:56,850 --> 00:38:59,020 is that we've got a trial in two weeks. 353 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:02,400 - Seems awfully damned fast. - Everyone in this room will agree... 354 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,190 it's in the national interest that this trial be moved along quickly. 355 00:39:05,270 --> 00:39:09,070 The Article 32 investigation was complete and comprehensive. 356 00:39:09,150 --> 00:39:10,860 It all seems to point in one direction. 357 00:39:10,950 --> 00:39:12,320 Has he got a lawyer yet? 358 00:39:12,410 --> 00:39:15,330 He's requested a military attorney, Colonel Hayes Hodges. 359 00:39:15,370 --> 00:39:18,120 Second Marine Division, Lejeune. 360 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:19,910 Any relation to General H. Lawrence Hodges? 361 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:21,120 His son. 362 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,830 Larry Hodges was one of this country's most distinguished officers. 363 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,090 What do we know about Colonel Hayes Hodges? 364 00:39:26,130 --> 00:39:28,550 He's a guy who got blown apart in Vietnam, 365 00:39:28,630 --> 00:39:31,340 then went to Georgetown Law and became a cynic. 366 00:39:31,380 --> 00:39:33,340 Is that about right, Major? 367 00:39:33,390 --> 00:39:35,510 He was 67th in his class at Georgetown, sir. 368 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,430 He doesn't take too many cases, doesn't win too many. 369 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,270 He apparently went through an ugly divorce, had a drinking problem, 370 00:39:41,350 --> 00:39:45,900 retiring in two weeks. - Can we guarantee we get this guy? 371 00:39:45,980 --> 00:39:48,530 Sir, if I may say something? 372 00:39:49,650 --> 00:39:51,740 I am not a hired gun. 373 00:39:51,820 --> 00:39:53,280 I accepted this assignment... 374 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,700 'cause I believe in the merits ofthe government's case. 375 00:39:55,740 --> 00:39:57,950 I am not gonna stack the deck against this guy. 376 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,870 I will try this case on good evidence only. 377 00:40:00,950 --> 00:40:03,250 I'm glad to hear it. 378 00:40:37,490 --> 00:40:40,490 Hold your fire. 379 00:40:40,580 --> 00:40:43,790 Set that weapon down over here. 380 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,750 We need a couple of canteens up here. 381 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,430 Party incoming! - You can go. 382 00:40:59,510 --> 00:41:02,520 You can go, goddamn it! Go on! Dee dee! 383 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:06,020 Get the fuck out of here before I change my mind! 384 00:41:10,860 --> 00:41:13,530 Looks like you're going back to the world, baby. 385 00:41:13,570 --> 00:41:17,780 - Doc! - Twenty meters out. Left! 386 00:41:17,820 --> 00:41:21,200 - Right there. - Anybody else? 387 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,520 I got you now! 388 00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:47,020 - Hey, buddy! - Hi, Mom. 389 00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:51,020 He looks fabulous. 390 00:41:51,110 --> 00:41:52,980 - Happy anniversary, Mom. - Oh, thank you. So good to see you. 391 00:41:53,030 --> 00:41:54,480 I wasn't sure you'd make it. 392 00:41:54,570 --> 00:41:56,530 - You look wonderful. - Thank you. 393 00:41:56,570 --> 00:41:59,160 - How's it feel to be retired? - Um, crazy. 394 00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:00,820 Good. Oh, you look great. 395 00:42:00,870 --> 00:42:02,280 - Thank you. - Well, come see Dad... 396 00:42:02,330 --> 00:42:04,580 - There he is. ...and all the family. 397 00:42:04,660 --> 00:42:07,160 Hello, sir. 398 00:42:07,250 --> 00:42:09,670 - Glad you could make it. - Yes, sir. 399 00:42:15,340 --> 00:42:18,590 Good to see you, Hayes. - How are you doing? 400 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,050 Hey, kid. Hey, you. Remember me? 401 00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:24,970 - The old guy who looks like you. - Do I know you? 402 00:42:25,060 --> 00:42:27,520 - Yeah. - Your voice sounds really familiar. 403 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,150 Here's a clue. I was married to your mom for about five minutes. 404 00:42:30,230 --> 00:42:33,320 - Really? You sure? 'Cause I don't... - Yeah. 405 00:42:37,820 --> 00:42:40,910 - Well, is he guilty? - Sir? 406 00:42:40,990 --> 00:42:43,450 Your friend Colonel Childers. 407 00:42:43,490 --> 00:42:46,750 - Guilty of what, sir? - Come on, Hayes. 408 00:42:46,830 --> 00:42:50,460 You served with him. Is he the rabid dog we've all been hearing about? 409 00:42:50,540 --> 00:42:52,290 I don't think I should comment, sir. 410 00:42:52,330 --> 00:42:55,420 Come on, Dad. This is family. You can lighten up a little. 411 00:42:55,500 --> 00:42:57,420 You know what we said at the naval academy. 412 00:42:57,510 --> 00:43:00,430 Even if you thought you weren't responsible, 413 00:43:00,470 --> 00:43:02,930 it went wrong and you were there. 414 00:43:02,970 --> 00:43:04,760 Since when have you not had a comment? 415 00:43:04,850 --> 00:43:06,600 Since Childers asked me to defend him. 416 00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:08,480 No. Oh, Hayes. 417 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:10,940 - What? - Excuse me. 418 00:43:11,020 --> 00:43:13,310 - Are you kidding me? - No. 419 00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:16,570 Why would you do that? Huh! 420 00:43:16,610 --> 00:43:19,400 - Because he asked me, and I owe him. - That's great. 421 00:43:19,490 --> 00:43:22,950 That represents everything that's wrong with the military. 422 00:43:22,990 --> 00:43:24,950 Wisdom from the one person in this family... 423 00:43:24,990 --> 00:43:28,200 who has not elected to serve his country. 424 00:43:28,250 --> 00:43:30,210 Childers must have snapped. It happens in combat. 425 00:43:30,250 --> 00:43:33,330 I've seen it. I'm sure you have too. 426 00:43:33,420 --> 00:43:35,340 Thank you for reminding me... 427 00:43:35,420 --> 00:43:38,210 why we have the presumption of innocence in America. 428 00:43:38,260 --> 00:43:41,170 What are you, Abraham Lincoln? You can't hide behind that. 429 00:43:41,260 --> 00:43:43,140 The guy murdered innocent women and children. 430 00:43:43,220 --> 00:43:45,260 - You hear that on television? - And newspapers. 431 00:43:45,350 --> 00:43:47,890 - It's all over the place. - It's Mom and Dad's anniversary. 432 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,480 Don't take this case, son. 433 00:43:58,570 --> 00:44:01,320 This man has trashed the reputation of the Corps. 434 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,410 He's put us back 20 years. 435 00:44:07,450 --> 00:44:09,910 Is this how you want to be remembered? 436 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,660 I don't see how I can turn him down. He saved my life. 437 00:44:12,750 --> 00:44:15,670 Well, I understand that as well as anyone. 438 00:44:15,710 --> 00:44:20,670 But you don't repay him by falling senselessly on a grenade. 439 00:44:20,710 --> 00:44:23,760 The way I see it, this man should find himself... 440 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,970 the best laywer in the country. - Somebody better than me? 441 00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:32,600 The guy's a real marine, Dad. 442 00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:35,400 I mean, if they can do this to him... 443 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:38,770 just hang him out to dry... they can do it to anybody. 444 00:44:38,860 --> 00:44:42,860 Forget that he's my friend. They can do it to anybody. 445 00:44:42,950 --> 00:44:45,450 That means your medals and your citations... 446 00:44:45,490 --> 00:44:48,450 won't mean jack shit when they come afte ryou. 447 00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,290 At least two of his own guys are gonna testify... 448 00:44:57,330 --> 00:45:00,130 that he didn't have to open fire, sir. 449 00:45:00,210 --> 00:45:04,130 Nobody reports seeing any weapons among the demonstrators. 450 00:45:04,220 --> 00:45:07,390 - His psych eval was a disaster. - What about embassy footage? 451 00:45:07,470 --> 00:45:09,890 Cameras, film, videotape, home movies, shit like that? 452 00:45:09,970 --> 00:45:15,060 No, I've subpoenaed everything. The embassy got hit pretty good. 453 00:45:15,140 --> 00:45:18,520 Most of it was destroyed. 454 00:45:22,860 --> 00:45:25,280 Terry, you know Tom Chandler. He's gonna help us prepare your case. 455 00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:29,030 Colonel Childers, good to see you again, sir. Um, all right. 456 00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:33,000 First, we've subpoenaed all the Article 32 investigator's notes, 457 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:35,000 the State Department's notes on Yemen. 458 00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:38,540 Major Biggs has already had your head checked by their doctor. 459 00:45:38,630 --> 00:45:40,420 I've got you an appointment with ours. 460 00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:42,550 - No. - What? 461 00:45:42,590 --> 00:45:45,590 No more multiple choice questions about self-esteem. 462 00:45:45,630 --> 00:45:48,340 We got the combat fitness reports. He can forget the psych eval here. 463 00:45:48,430 --> 00:45:50,100 That's a mistake, Colonel. 464 00:45:50,180 --> 00:45:53,890 Listen, when I turned 18 I joined the Marine Corps. 465 00:45:53,970 --> 00:45:55,930 I asked to be in the infantry. 466 00:45:56,020 --> 00:45:58,440 - I asked to go to Vietnam. - Terry. 467 00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:00,730 I live for the privilege of commanding troops. 468 00:46:00,810 --> 00:46:03,320 I think it's the greatest honor an American can have. 469 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,030 You know how many birthdays and Christmases I missed, 470 00:46:06,110 --> 00:46:08,030 spent rotting in jungles or in the desert, 471 00:46:08,110 --> 00:46:10,030 just so you could play war at ROTC? 472 00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:14,540 Childers! You gotta keep your shit together here, man. 473 00:46:14,580 --> 00:46:17,040 Your court-martial board is gonna be made up of people... 474 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,540 who might've spent one day in Grenada, maybe two days in Kuwait. 475 00:46:19,630 --> 00:46:22,040 They're gonna be beach boys who've never been anywhere near combat. 476 00:46:22,130 --> 00:46:23,750 They're gonna be people like Tom Chandler... 477 00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:25,550 sitting right here in front of you. 478 00:46:25,630 --> 00:46:28,680 That's who you're making your case to. 479 00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:32,680 We don't have anybody to back up your case. 480 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:35,770 That's because all my witnesses are dead. 481 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:40,850 - Okay. So what happened? - He lost it. He snapped. 482 00:46:40,940 --> 00:46:42,730 That's good. We can snap him on the stand. 483 00:46:42,810 --> 00:46:44,440 This doesn't happen in a vacuum. 484 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:46,940 Let's get a complete history of Colonel Childers. 485 00:46:46,990 --> 00:46:49,570 Talk to every marine he ever served with. 486 00:46:49,660 --> 00:46:51,570 My guess is this has happened before. 487 00:46:51,620 --> 00:46:53,830 We have to be careful here. 488 00:46:53,910 --> 00:46:56,160 This guy is the warrior's warrior. 489 00:46:56,250 --> 00:47:01,790 A Navy Cross, two Silver Stars for composure in battle. 490 00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:04,880 He has no wife, no kids, just the Corps. 491 00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:09,300 He was our best. That's why he was sent. 492 00:47:09,340 --> 00:47:11,550 He's not on trial for the good service he gave the country, 493 00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,100 but for what he did on the wallin Yemen, period. 494 00:47:14,140 --> 00:47:16,060 Major, nobody wants to say it, 495 00:47:16,140 --> 00:47:19,140 but it occurs to me we're trying to set an example here. 496 00:47:19,180 --> 00:47:22,060 So let's set it and show the world we mean business. 497 00:47:22,150 --> 00:47:26,570 The first charge supports the death penalty, and I say we go for it. 498 00:47:26,610 --> 00:47:28,440 No more death. 499 00:47:28,490 --> 00:47:31,200 I'll see that he never gets another command and I'll put him in jail, 500 00:47:31,240 --> 00:47:34,870 but I will not seek death for a man who served his country honorably. 501 00:47:34,950 --> 00:47:37,240 I don't want it brought up again. 502 00:47:37,290 --> 00:47:40,500 We gotta show Childers' state of mind. 503 00:47:40,540 --> 00:47:42,580 We gotta prove he went out with intent to kill, 504 00:47:42,670 --> 00:47:44,920 and that is not going to be easy. 505 00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:47,590 Whether a man is charged with murder or hailed as a hero... 506 00:47:47,670 --> 00:47:50,340 is sometimes a very thin line. 507 00:47:50,380 --> 00:47:54,550 Our case is this. Childers receives orders that a regularly scheduled, 508 00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:58,270 I awful protest outside our embassy in Yemen is unruly. 509 00:47:58,350 --> 00:48:01,230 He is to secure or evacuate the premises. 510 00:48:01,270 --> 00:48:04,020 There has been no violence prior to his arrival. 511 00:48:04,100 --> 00:48:05,560 Once there, Ambassador Mourain... 512 00:48:05,650 --> 00:48:08,280 does not feel the situation warrants evacuation. 513 00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:10,690 - Childers ignores him. - There was sniper fire. 514 00:48:10,780 --> 00:48:13,820 They draw fire from snipers across the street. 515 00:48:13,910 --> 00:48:17,410 Childers retaliates into an unarmed crowd in front of the embassy. 516 00:48:17,490 --> 00:48:21,460 A crowd of women and children. He shot the wrong people. 517 00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:25,500 All right, here's what this means. 518 00:48:25,540 --> 00:48:28,130 Murder... Obviously, he could get up to the death penalty. 519 00:48:28,170 --> 00:48:29,760 Conduct unbecoming an officer. 520 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:32,590 Max is dismissal with a dishonorable discharge, 521 00:48:32,630 --> 00:48:36,470 for feature of all pay and allowances and confinement for one year. 522 00:48:36,550 --> 00:48:38,600 What about breach of peace? What is that? 523 00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,720 Breaching the peace is minor. 524 00:48:40,810 --> 00:48:44,020 That means participating in an act of violent or turbulent nature... 525 00:48:44,060 --> 00:48:47,270 that deprives the community of the peace and tranquility it deserves. 526 00:48:47,310 --> 00:48:50,570 It's sort of the military equivalent of the civilian misdemeanor. 527 00:48:50,610 --> 00:48:53,070 No big deal. 528 00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:57,530 There he is! You goddamn baby killer! 529 00:48:57,570 --> 00:48:59,530 Baby killer! 530 00:49:00,990 --> 00:49:02,960 You're disgusting! 531 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:06,250 I'm not answering any questions, all right? Get out of here. Go away. 532 00:49:06,330 --> 00:49:09,630 You fucking baby killer! 533 00:49:09,710 --> 00:49:12,010 Fuck you! 534 00:49:13,970 --> 00:49:16,890 Who the fuck are you to spit on this uniform? Huh? 535 00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:35,200 You ever play blackjack, Colonel? 536 00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:38,530 Not really. 537 00:49:39,990 --> 00:49:44,160 There are no intangibles. It's all odds, sir. 538 00:49:44,250 --> 00:49:47,210 You know them, you'll beat the guy next to you. 539 00:49:47,250 --> 00:49:49,670 You know what cards have been played, you'll beat the house. 540 00:49:52,050 --> 00:49:55,720 Sometimes you just can't win no matter what you do. 541 00:49:57,340 --> 00:50:01,220 I saw your man on television knockin' some zit-faced kid around. 542 00:50:01,310 --> 00:50:03,430 You have to understand the kind of pressure Childers has been under. 543 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:06,390 A man with that kind of service... No, no thanks. 544 00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:09,610 This was a rescue mission that went bad. Nothing more. 545 00:50:09,650 --> 00:50:12,110 You're aware, Colonel, we could ask for the death penalty. 546 00:50:12,190 --> 00:50:13,610 You're not serious. 547 00:50:13,650 --> 00:50:16,280 Oh, I'm very serious. In fact, it's been suggested. 548 00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:19,740 What do you think would happen ifa Yemeni killed 83 Americans? 549 00:50:19,820 --> 00:50:21,620 He'd have a trial that would last for one day, 550 00:50:21,660 --> 00:50:22,950 and they'd take off his head. 551 00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:24,950 Have a seat, Colonel. 552 00:50:26,370 --> 00:50:28,290 Please. 553 00:50:34,090 --> 00:50:35,960 So here it is. You plead him out. Guilty. 554 00:50:36,050 --> 00:50:37,760 He throws himself at the mercy. 555 00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,640 - We'll help him out at sentencing. - How much help? 556 00:50:40,720 --> 00:50:43,220 I'm not about to promise you anything, but I'd say... 557 00:50:43,310 --> 00:50:46,310 in the neighborhood of ten to fifteen, out in seven. 558 00:50:46,390 --> 00:50:47,520 Major, 559 00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:50,600 do you know what the life expectancy was for a second lieutenant... 560 00:50:50,650 --> 00:50:53,900 dropped into a combat zone in Vietnam in 1968? 561 00:50:53,980 --> 00:50:56,440 I don't have time for 20 questions, sir. 562 00:50:56,490 --> 00:50:59,150 Then what's all this shit about the odds of winning at blackjack? 563 00:50:59,240 --> 00:51:04,080 You got time. Take a guess. 564 00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:07,410 My guess is your man's going down 'cause he deserves to go down. 565 00:51:09,370 --> 00:51:13,840 I got a question for you, Colonel. What happened at Ca Lu? 566 00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:17,340 The battle of Ca Lu, Vietnam. 567 00:51:17,380 --> 00:51:20,720 You were there with Childers. Something happened. What was it? 568 00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:24,550 Fuck you is what happened at Ca Lu, Biggs. 569 00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:27,560 Two weeks. 570 00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:29,060 Life expectancy of a second lieutenant... 571 00:51:29,100 --> 00:51:31,650 in combat in Vietnam was two weeks. 572 00:51:31,690 --> 00:51:33,110 Sir, I need more time to prepare this case. 573 00:51:33,190 --> 00:51:35,400 I need your permission to go to Yemen... 574 00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:39,070 It's all here, Hodge. We did an exhaustive Article 32 investigation. 575 00:51:39,110 --> 00:51:41,700 This thing happened 3,000 miles away. I need more time. 576 00:51:41,740 --> 00:51:43,450 Colonel, it's all here. 577 00:51:43,530 --> 00:51:45,700 We had it brought from Yemen, and it's not unusual to convene... 578 00:51:45,740 --> 00:51:47,700 a court-martial on short notice. 579 00:51:47,790 --> 00:51:51,370 There could be witnesses, something the investigators overlooked, sir. 580 00:51:51,460 --> 00:51:54,420 Don't you think Colonel Childers is entitled all consideration? 581 00:51:54,460 --> 00:51:58,380 Colonel Hodges, I don't care ifyougo to China. 582 00:51:58,420 --> 00:52:00,380 We have our marching orders, and this court-martial... 583 00:52:00,470 --> 00:52:02,340 will convene at 0900 a week Monday. 584 00:52:02,430 --> 00:52:05,510 - Now, is that clear? - Yes, sir. 585 00:52:08,970 --> 00:52:11,640 One! Two! 586 00:52:21,360 --> 00:52:25,820 ...contact the sergeant? - He's off-base, sir. 587 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:37,920 Terry? 588 00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:53,600 Terry? 589 00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:01,360 Childers? 590 00:53:06,870 --> 00:53:08,950 Ohh. 591 00:53:09,030 --> 00:53:10,950 Oh, shit. 592 00:53:14,080 --> 00:53:16,290 It's okay. 593 00:53:16,380 --> 00:53:18,290 It's okay. 594 00:53:18,380 --> 00:53:20,670 - I wasn't... - No, no. I know. 595 00:53:22,050 --> 00:53:25,970 It's okay. It's all right. I know. Believe me, I know. 596 00:53:27,510 --> 00:53:31,310 Can I leave you alone with that thing in the house? 597 00:53:31,390 --> 00:53:33,350 Yeah. I ain't goin' six on you, Hodge. 598 00:53:33,430 --> 00:53:34,350 I'm goin' to Yemen. 599 00:53:34,430 --> 00:53:36,730 If I have to stick your ass in a hospital till I get back, 600 00:53:36,770 --> 00:53:40,860 that is what I will do. - You don't have to do that. 601 00:53:40,900 --> 00:53:43,030 Got your word on that? 602 00:53:44,110 --> 00:53:46,070 Oh, shit. 603 00:53:46,110 --> 00:53:48,780 They take my uniform away, they may as well shoot me. 604 00:53:48,870 --> 00:53:53,040 You can live with it, bud. Believe me. 605 00:53:54,290 --> 00:53:57,500 I'm not gonna shit you. They offered us a deal. 606 00:53:57,540 --> 00:54:01,800 You plead guilty, it's ten to fifteen. You're out in seven. 607 00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:05,720 - What do you think? - I think they're out to crucify you. 608 00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:10,350 For a whole lot of reasons, I say we take it and call it a day. 609 00:54:22,230 --> 00:54:25,650 I did what they asked me to do, Hodge. 610 00:54:25,690 --> 00:54:29,110 I lost marines over there. 611 00:54:35,290 --> 00:54:38,000 If I'm guilty of this, 612 00:54:38,040 --> 00:54:43,050 I'm guilty of everything I've done in combat for the last 30 years. 613 00:54:47,720 --> 00:54:49,680 I don't know. 614 00:55:32,430 --> 00:55:35,640 Colonel Hodges? Captain Hustings. 615 00:55:35,720 --> 00:55:38,560 I'm not in uniform and I'm not saluting because of the snipers. 616 00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:41,270 Please know that I'm saluting on the inside. 617 00:55:41,350 --> 00:55:43,770 I've got some Kevlar back there with your name on it. 618 00:55:43,810 --> 00:55:46,610 We're not the most popular team in town right now, sir. 619 00:55:46,610 --> 00:55:48,440 Hustings, are you a wiseass? 620 00:55:48,530 --> 00:55:51,410 My mother prefers to think of me as glib, sir. 621 00:55:51,450 --> 00:55:56,490 Very well then. You will most glibly belay all bullshit and drive on. 622 00:55:56,580 --> 00:55:59,080 Roger that, sir. 623 00:56:20,430 --> 00:56:24,100 I've lined up some people who were at the scene, as you requested, sir. 624 00:56:24,190 --> 00:56:26,440 - We can start tomorrow. - Good. 625 00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:29,530 - All right. Here we are. - Oh. 07:00. 626 00:56:29,570 --> 00:56:31,530 Roger that, sir. 627 00:56:51,670 --> 00:56:54,930 The old embassy was a fifth century palace. 628 00:56:54,970 --> 00:56:56,090 Got pretty shot up. 629 00:56:56,180 --> 00:56:57,970 We're moving the newone to a bunker outside the city... 630 00:56:58,010 --> 00:57:02,060 behind about a mile of barbed wire, sir. 631 00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:10,530 - You want me to come with you, sir? - Negative. 632 00:57:10,570 --> 00:57:13,530 Stay with the vehicle. Meet me at the hotel. 633 00:57:13,530 --> 00:57:15,490 Yes, sir. 634 01:01:54,640 --> 01:01:58,480 Armed American marines, they were shooting at his people. 635 01:01:58,560 --> 01:02:00,980 They were just trying to defend themselves. 636 01:02:01,070 --> 01:02:04,110 Is he saying the marines shot first? 637 01:02:09,450 --> 01:02:12,160 Why were your police officers ordered to abandon the embassy... 638 01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:14,200 on the day of the riot? 639 01:02:22,920 --> 01:02:26,300 It was a peaceful demonstration. There was no reason to stay. 640 01:02:26,380 --> 01:02:29,180 After the killing, were any weapons found in the crowd? 641 01:02:37,890 --> 01:02:42,150 No. They picked up everything that was left. No weapons. 642 01:03:06,550 --> 01:03:08,470 Hey! 643 01:03:13,970 --> 01:03:16,640 No, look. Now, wait. Wait a minute. 644 01:03:16,730 --> 01:03:19,900 Wait a minute, fellas. 645 01:03:25,150 --> 01:03:27,740 Hey. Hey! 646 01:05:16,640 --> 01:05:19,850 Hi. What's your name? 647 01:05:19,930 --> 01:05:21,850 Do you speak English? 648 01:05:21,930 --> 01:05:23,850 You're a very pretty girl. 649 01:05:23,940 --> 01:05:25,480 Katchi! 650 01:05:25,520 --> 01:05:28,270 Is that your name? "Katchi"? 651 01:05:28,320 --> 01:05:30,690 - May I help you? - Yeah. 652 01:05:33,490 --> 01:05:36,070 I was wondering what happened to her? 653 01:05:36,160 --> 01:05:40,160 She lost her leg. Who are you? 654 01:05:40,200 --> 01:05:43,910 I'm a lawyer with the United States Marine Corps. What happened? 655 01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:46,210 - A marine lawyer? - Yeah. 656 01:05:46,210 --> 01:05:48,460 Follow me, please. 657 01:06:17,570 --> 01:06:21,030 There are hospitals like this all over the city. 658 01:06:24,660 --> 01:06:28,210 Most of the people here will die. 659 01:07:57,340 --> 01:08:01,010 Sir? Do you want something to drink? 660 01:08:19,780 --> 01:08:21,740 Give me another one! 661 01:08:23,620 --> 01:08:25,830 Open the goddamn door! 662 01:08:39,340 --> 01:08:41,260 What's wrong with you? 663 01:08:41,340 --> 01:08:43,680 Get yourself a new lawyer, you son of a bitch. You lied to me. 664 01:08:43,760 --> 01:08:46,010 I could not find one goddamn witness. 665 01:08:46,050 --> 01:08:48,850 I couldn't find one goddamn shred of evidence! 666 01:08:48,890 --> 01:08:51,100 Not for our side anyway! 667 01:08:51,180 --> 01:08:53,400 You clearly opened up on those people. What were they? 668 01:08:53,480 --> 01:08:57,190 Rag heads, camel jockeys or fucking gooks? 669 01:08:57,270 --> 01:08:59,320 - You through? - Yeah. 670 01:09:02,490 --> 01:09:04,410 Get up. 671 01:09:04,450 --> 01:09:07,870 Come on. Get up. Come on. 672 01:09:12,040 --> 01:09:14,290 Look at you. You went all the way to Yemen. 673 01:09:14,370 --> 01:09:16,540 All you proved is you're still a drunk. 674 01:09:16,630 --> 01:09:19,380 You know what your problem is? You never measured up to your old man. 675 01:09:19,460 --> 01:09:23,130 But I can't help you with that. 676 01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:29,580 Stop this shit before somebody gets hurt. 677 01:11:03,110 --> 01:11:06,900 I lost every one of my men at Ca Lu. 678 01:11:06,950 --> 01:11:09,740 And I'll tell you the first thing I felt. 679 01:11:09,780 --> 01:11:13,080 Joy. 680 01:11:13,160 --> 01:11:16,960 Elation. Gladto be alive. 681 01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:21,420 I was glad it wasn't me, and I fucking hate myself for that. 682 01:11:29,130 --> 01:11:32,350 That wasn't your fault. 683 01:11:33,890 --> 01:11:36,100 We're in deep shit, bud. 684 01:11:36,140 --> 01:11:38,310 Yeah. 685 01:11:43,110 --> 01:11:45,570 It's fourth and 40, Hodge. 686 01:11:47,400 --> 01:11:50,110 I need a Hail Mary. 687 01:11:50,200 --> 01:11:52,870 How? 688 01:12:19,180 --> 01:12:21,600 Send him in. 689 01:12:34,620 --> 01:12:37,450 I just want to make sure we're on the same page here. 690 01:12:37,490 --> 01:12:40,250 - Off the record. - Of course, Bill. 691 01:12:40,290 --> 01:12:45,040 Now, you didn't see any weapons in that crowd, did you? 692 01:12:45,130 --> 01:12:47,750 Well... 693 01:12:47,840 --> 01:12:50,300 There was some shooting, but I... 694 01:12:50,340 --> 01:12:54,140 couldn't be sure exactly where it was coming from. 695 01:12:54,180 --> 01:12:57,640 Now, see, that's gonna be a problem, 696 01:12:57,720 --> 01:13:01,140 because we can't get on the stand and waffle about the charges. 697 01:13:01,230 --> 01:13:03,150 Waffle, Bill? 698 01:13:03,230 --> 01:13:06,820 In your mind, Childers was responsible, wasn't he? 699 01:13:06,860 --> 01:13:09,650 I wasn't exactly there. I had already evacuated. 700 01:13:09,690 --> 01:13:11,740 You have to remember he saved my life and my family. 701 01:13:11,820 --> 01:13:13,160 This all happened after... 702 01:13:13,240 --> 01:13:14,570 Does that mean the United States... 703 01:13:14,660 --> 01:13:16,910 is gonna have to take the fall for what he did? 704 01:13:16,950 --> 01:13:20,660 I don't understand. 705 01:13:20,750 --> 01:13:23,830 The investigating team didn't find any weapons in the crowd. 706 01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:26,210 That's because they weren't there until the following day. 707 01:13:26,290 --> 01:13:28,750 The Yemeni government cleaned up the scene, 708 01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:31,470 but unfortunately that's not something we can prove. 709 01:13:31,550 --> 01:13:34,220 Nor can I testify about it. It all happened afterward. 710 01:13:34,300 --> 01:13:36,970 Yeah, but you can testify about Childers' frame of mind, 711 01:13:37,010 --> 01:13:39,680 his behavior while you were there. 712 01:13:40,850 --> 01:13:44,310 He saved my life. 713 01:13:44,440 --> 01:13:47,060 Surely this will all come down to what the tape shows. 714 01:13:47,110 --> 01:13:49,440 The tape's inconclusive. 715 01:13:50,980 --> 01:13:55,030 Hodges subpoenaed it, of course, but, uh... 716 01:13:55,110 --> 01:13:57,410 it was a faulty recording. 717 01:13:59,870 --> 01:14:02,120 - I see. - Do you? 718 01:14:02,200 --> 01:14:06,670 If Childers isn't held totally responsible, 719 01:14:06,750 --> 01:14:09,630 then the United States will be. 720 01:14:09,670 --> 01:14:12,420 And just guess... 721 01:14:12,510 --> 01:14:14,680 where the finger... 722 01:14:14,760 --> 01:14:16,930 is eventually gonna point. 723 01:14:18,300 --> 01:14:20,600 - Me? - Where else? 724 01:14:22,680 --> 01:14:25,350 You should've known this was gonna erupt. 725 01:14:25,440 --> 01:14:28,400 And if you didn't, you were asleep at the wheel. 726 01:14:28,480 --> 01:14:32,190 Either way, your conduct was inexcusable. 727 01:14:32,280 --> 01:14:36,030 Now, do you want to face a congressional inquiry over this, 728 01:14:36,110 --> 01:14:38,160 put your career at risk? 729 01:14:39,870 --> 01:14:42,490 Think about it. 730 01:14:42,580 --> 01:14:44,910 Thank you, Bill. 731 01:15:52,980 --> 01:15:54,940 All rise. 732 01:16:03,030 --> 01:16:04,950 Be seated. 733 01:16:08,290 --> 01:16:10,460 Look closely at this picture. 734 01:16:12,540 --> 01:16:14,630 Why did a well-trained fighting unit... 735 01:16:14,710 --> 01:16:18,050 have to slaughter unarmed men, women and children... 736 01:16:18,090 --> 01:16:20,430 when their orders were simply to protect... 737 01:16:20,510 --> 01:16:23,680 and if necessary, evacuate the embassy? 738 01:16:25,100 --> 01:16:27,220 The answer is, they didn't. 739 01:16:27,270 --> 01:16:31,060 They were ordered to open fire, and that order came from one man... 740 01:16:31,140 --> 01:16:33,360 Colonel Terry Childers, 741 01:16:33,440 --> 01:16:36,230 who stands trial here today, 742 01:16:36,320 --> 01:16:39,110 a day of sadness, 743 01:16:39,190 --> 01:16:42,320 a day when America has to accept responsibility... 744 01:16:42,360 --> 01:16:46,740 for its failures and its mistakes as well as its glories. 745 01:16:49,450 --> 01:16:53,580 We will show you that the accused, through his mind-set and actions, 746 01:16:53,630 --> 01:16:56,040 ignored the rules of engagement... 747 01:16:56,090 --> 01:16:58,800 and went far beyond the scope of his authority... 748 01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:00,970 to intentionally order the murder... 749 01:17:01,010 --> 01:17:04,550 of 83 innocent people. 750 01:17:12,730 --> 01:17:17,360 I was the last one to enter the courtroom this morning. I was late. 751 01:17:17,400 --> 01:17:20,570 I was late because I was in the head. 752 01:17:20,610 --> 01:17:24,570 And I was in the head because... I was throwing up. 753 01:17:26,620 --> 01:17:29,080 And I was throwing up because I don't know if I'm... 754 01:17:29,160 --> 01:17:32,920 able to handle this job. 755 01:17:37,090 --> 01:17:42,470 I believe that Colonel Childers is innocent of these charges. 756 01:17:42,510 --> 01:17:45,300 I just don't know if I have what it takes to make his case for him. 757 01:17:45,340 --> 01:17:48,930 I'm simply not on the same page as Major Briggs, uh... 758 01:17:48,970 --> 01:17:53,140 Major Biggs here, as a lawyer. 759 01:17:53,190 --> 01:17:56,480 We all know that. 760 01:17:56,560 --> 01:17:58,980 So why did I take this job? 761 01:18:04,530 --> 01:18:07,870 I took this case because Terry Childers told me... 762 01:18:07,950 --> 01:18:12,250 I would have done the same thing he did if I'd been in his shoes. 763 01:18:12,290 --> 01:18:15,670 I took the case because I know Terry Childers. His word is his bond. 764 01:18:15,710 --> 01:18:19,920 He told me he did what he had to do. 765 01:18:19,960 --> 01:18:23,050 Now, I hope I don't let him down. 766 01:18:26,180 --> 01:18:30,180 We sent Terry Childers out on a very tough mission. 767 01:18:30,260 --> 01:18:32,770 And when it went bad, 768 01:18:32,810 --> 01:18:36,650 and he did everything he could to save the lives of his marines, 769 01:18:36,730 --> 01:18:40,020 save the lives of the embassy people, 770 01:18:40,070 --> 01:18:44,030 you turn around now and want to blame the whole mess on him, 771 01:18:45,860 --> 01:18:48,780 send him to prison possibly for the rest of his life. 772 01:18:50,450 --> 01:18:53,620 That's not fair. 773 01:18:53,700 --> 01:18:56,080 It's not right. 774 01:18:57,870 --> 01:19:01,710 It is what made me sick this morning. 775 01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:03,710 It was a large crowd. 776 01:19:03,800 --> 01:19:07,840 There was a lot of commotion. The noise was very unsettling. 777 01:19:07,880 --> 01:19:10,140 But it was a peaceful crowd. 778 01:19:10,220 --> 01:19:12,850 That is, until Colonel Childers arrived and prevented me... 779 01:19:12,930 --> 01:19:15,310 from pursuing further avenues of diplomacy. 780 01:19:15,390 --> 01:19:17,810 Did Colonel Childers force you to leave the embassy? 781 01:19:17,850 --> 01:19:19,900 Yes. He charged in. 782 01:19:19,940 --> 01:19:23,190 He... started pushing us around. 783 01:19:23,280 --> 01:19:26,450 He physically restrained me from doing my job. 784 01:19:26,530 --> 01:19:28,530 What was his state of mind at this time? 785 01:19:28,610 --> 01:19:30,280 He was in a fury. 786 01:19:30,370 --> 01:19:32,490 He was disrespectful to me and my family. 787 01:19:32,530 --> 01:19:34,160 Oh, that's bullshit. 788 01:19:34,200 --> 01:19:37,120 It was almost, how should I say, a murderous rage. 789 01:19:37,210 --> 01:19:39,120 Do you remember what he said? 790 01:19:39,210 --> 01:19:41,210 I remember he said something like... 791 01:19:41,250 --> 01:19:43,840 diplomacy is bullshit at this point... 792 01:19:43,920 --> 01:19:47,550 "and that ""nobody fucks with the American flag""." 793 01:19:47,630 --> 01:19:50,050 - Those were his words. - Thank you, Ambassador. 794 01:19:50,090 --> 01:19:52,050 No further questions. 795 01:19:52,100 --> 01:19:54,720 Do you believe... 796 01:19:54,810 --> 01:19:56,600 that an American embassy on foreign soil... 797 01:19:56,680 --> 01:19:58,480 is sovereign United States territory? 798 01:19:58,520 --> 01:20:00,480 As a general principle, yes. 799 01:20:00,560 --> 01:20:02,270 Do you believe Americans have a right... 800 01:20:02,360 --> 01:20:03,940 to defend that territory if it's attacked? 801 01:20:04,020 --> 01:20:05,940 If it is, in fact, attacked. 802 01:20:06,030 --> 01:20:09,110 Would you have expected Colonel Childers to surrender... 803 01:20:09,200 --> 01:20:11,200 to the attacking crowd or to fight them? 804 01:20:11,280 --> 01:20:12,570 I would have expected neither. 805 01:20:12,660 --> 01:20:14,240 The colonel should have let me address the crowd, 806 01:20:14,280 --> 01:20:16,540 then he could have withdrawn his marines. 807 01:20:16,620 --> 01:20:18,710 Would you have expected him to hold his fire as he withdrew, 808 01:20:18,790 --> 01:20:22,080 even if he were taking casualties? - To the extent possible. 809 01:20:22,130 --> 01:20:23,250 So your order would have been, 810 01:20:23,340 --> 01:20:25,090 Hold your fire to the extent possible, Marines. 811 01:20:25,130 --> 01:20:27,630 And to the extent not possible, fire away. 812 01:20:30,180 --> 01:20:32,090 Ambassador. 813 01:20:34,760 --> 01:20:36,930 This photograph is exhibit "C". 814 01:20:40,390 --> 01:20:43,190 - What is that? - It's a security camera. 815 01:20:43,230 --> 01:20:44,650 Is it mounted on the roof of the embassy... 816 01:20:44,690 --> 01:20:46,730 and pointed down to where the crowd had gathered? 817 01:20:46,820 --> 01:20:49,030 - I would suppose so. - Yes or no, please. 818 01:20:49,110 --> 01:20:51,030 Yes. 819 01:20:51,110 --> 01:20:53,910 - Is it in operation 24 hours a day? - I suppose so. 820 01:20:53,990 --> 01:20:55,910 - Yes or no? - Yes. 821 01:20:55,990 --> 01:20:59,370 Do you suppose there is a taping system attached to this camera? 822 01:20:59,450 --> 01:21:01,000 - Your Honor. - Colonel. 823 01:21:01,080 --> 01:21:02,500 - Yes. - Where's the tape? 824 01:21:02,540 --> 01:21:05,460 It is my understanding that if there were tapes, 825 01:21:05,500 --> 01:21:08,460 undamaged tapes, they'd have been sent to the State Department. 826 01:21:08,550 --> 01:21:09,590 Undamaged tapes? 827 01:21:09,670 --> 01:21:12,970 Well, there was destruction and looting... 828 01:21:13,050 --> 01:21:15,470 after the killing. 829 01:21:15,550 --> 01:21:19,640 As you withdrew, did you remember to take the American flag with you? 830 01:21:25,860 --> 01:21:28,860 Did you remember to take the American flag, sir? 831 01:21:28,900 --> 01:21:31,820 - Of course. - Where is that flag now? 832 01:21:31,860 --> 01:21:34,870 I brought it home and returned it to the State Department. 833 01:21:34,910 --> 01:21:37,700 It was shot to shreds, wasn't it? 834 01:21:37,740 --> 01:21:39,660 By the snipers, yes. 835 01:21:39,750 --> 01:21:42,710 Yeah? 836 01:21:54,050 --> 01:21:56,180 Right! Go right! 837 01:21:57,430 --> 01:21:59,560 Goal! 838 01:22:07,690 --> 01:22:09,690 At ease, son. 839 01:22:09,780 --> 01:22:12,820 Let me see. Which one of you people is named Justin? 840 01:22:12,900 --> 01:22:15,780 - Let me take a guess. How about you? - No. 841 01:22:15,860 --> 01:22:19,280 Then I'll have to make another guess. I'll take, uh... you. 842 01:22:19,370 --> 01:22:21,790 How'd you know? Are you in the marines? 843 01:22:21,830 --> 01:22:24,210 Yes, sir, lam. 844 01:22:24,250 --> 01:22:26,920 Go on in the house, kids. There are sandwiches in the kitchen. 845 01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:30,050 Mrs. Mourain, I'm sorry to bother you at home. 846 01:22:30,090 --> 01:22:32,760 - I'm Colonel... -I know who you are, Colonel Hodges. 847 01:22:32,840 --> 01:22:35,760 - Is that your boy? - Yes. 848 01:22:35,840 --> 01:22:38,890 Can I talk to you a few minutes? 849 01:22:38,970 --> 01:22:41,930 I don't think that's appropriate. 850 01:22:42,020 --> 01:22:43,930 I don't believe your husband is telling the truth... 851 01:22:44,020 --> 01:22:46,140 about what Colonel Childers did in Yemen. 852 01:22:48,560 --> 01:22:51,690 Kids, go on in the house. There are sandwiches on the table. 853 01:22:51,730 --> 01:22:54,190 Let's go! Come on! 854 01:22:59,410 --> 01:23:02,290 You should take that up with my husband, shouldn't you? 855 01:23:02,330 --> 01:23:05,540 Colonel Childers risked his life so you could be here, ma'am, 856 01:23:05,620 --> 01:23:09,080 watching these kids play out these windows. 857 01:23:09,130 --> 01:23:11,130 Does that bother you? 858 01:23:15,510 --> 01:23:18,220 I feel terrible about what happened to Colonel Childers. 859 01:23:18,300 --> 01:23:20,550 Can you tell me that he manhandled your family? 860 01:23:20,640 --> 01:23:23,220 Or that he prevented your husband from doing his job? 861 01:23:23,310 --> 01:23:26,520 Ma'am? Can you tell me that? 862 01:23:26,600 --> 01:23:28,560 No. 863 01:23:28,600 --> 01:23:31,610 As far as I'm concerned, he behaved quite honorably. 864 01:23:31,650 --> 01:23:33,610 Will you testify to that? 865 01:23:40,660 --> 01:23:43,660 - My husband's a good man. - So is Colonel Childers. 866 01:23:45,660 --> 01:23:47,290 I've been married for ten years. 867 01:23:47,330 --> 01:23:49,630 You're asking me to throw that away in an afternoon. 868 01:23:49,710 --> 01:23:53,000 Your husband and you and your son... 869 01:23:53,090 --> 01:23:56,340 owe your lives to Colonel Terry Childers. 870 01:23:58,970 --> 01:24:01,260 We all have our priorities, Colonel. 871 01:24:03,180 --> 01:24:05,100 I can subpoena you, ma'am. 872 01:24:06,810 --> 01:24:09,020 Please don't. 873 01:24:09,060 --> 01:24:14,020 Don't put me up there. I'm a very credible witness. 874 01:24:14,070 --> 01:24:16,030 Now, if you'll excuse me. 875 01:24:16,070 --> 01:24:19,360 You won't tell the truth if I put you on the stand? 876 01:24:19,450 --> 01:24:22,870 I don't know what the truth is. 877 01:24:22,950 --> 01:24:25,990 Colonel Childers is on trial for what he did outside the embassy. 878 01:24:26,080 --> 01:24:28,370 I wasn't there. Were you? 879 01:24:34,210 --> 01:24:35,960 Captain Lee, you were in command of the TRAP team... 880 01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:38,760 and the second ranking officer under Colonel Childers in Yemen? 881 01:24:38,800 --> 01:24:40,430 - Yes, sir. -And you were on the roof... 882 01:24:40,510 --> 01:24:43,180 of the embassy, were you not? - Yes, I was. 883 01:24:43,220 --> 01:24:45,260 Colonel Childers ordered you to open fire... 884 01:24:45,350 --> 01:24:48,180 immediately after Sergeant Richard Krasevitch was shot. 885 01:24:48,270 --> 01:24:50,440 - Is that correct? - Yes. 886 01:24:50,480 --> 01:24:53,440 But Sergeant Krasevitch was not shot by the demonstrators, was he? 887 01:24:53,520 --> 01:24:54,940 Objection. How could we know the exact firing position... 888 01:24:55,020 --> 01:24:56,900 of the bullet that killed Sergeant Krasevitch? 889 01:24:56,980 --> 01:24:59,530 Sustained. Counsel refrain from leading the witness. 890 01:24:59,610 --> 01:25:01,660 Did you at any time... 891 01:25:01,740 --> 01:25:05,160 receive gunfire from within the demonstration itself? 892 01:25:07,290 --> 01:25:10,120 Captain? 893 01:25:10,210 --> 01:25:12,580 I can't remember any fire from the demonstrators, 894 01:25:12,620 --> 01:25:15,340 to my knowledge that is, sir. 895 01:25:15,420 --> 01:25:18,340 You killed the wrong people, didn't you? 896 01:25:18,420 --> 01:25:21,090 You should've been firing at the snipers across the way. 897 01:25:21,170 --> 01:25:23,510 - Isn't that correct? - I can't answer... 898 01:25:23,590 --> 01:25:25,050 - Objection. Calls for speculation. - Sustained. 899 01:25:25,140 --> 01:25:27,720 You shot at people who were demonstrating peacefully, 900 01:25:27,760 --> 01:25:29,470 who were not using deadly force. 901 01:25:29,520 --> 01:25:30,810 Your Honor, that's not in evidence here. 902 01:25:30,890 --> 01:25:35,150 Sustained. Major, I'm not going to warn you again. 903 01:25:36,770 --> 01:25:40,240 Captain, what were the words Colonel Childers used... 904 01:25:40,320 --> 01:25:42,610 when he ordered you to fire on the demonstrators? 905 01:25:42,700 --> 01:25:45,700 I don't remember the exact words, sir. 906 01:25:45,780 --> 01:25:48,240 He ordered me to open fire. 907 01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:51,960 When you obeyed Colonel Childers' order to open fire, 908 01:25:52,040 --> 01:25:53,960 did you believe it to be a lawful order? 909 01:25:54,040 --> 01:25:55,080 Yes, sir. 910 01:25:55,170 --> 01:25:58,130 Otherwise it would have been your duty to disobey. Is that right? 911 01:25:58,170 --> 01:25:59,250 Yes, sir. 912 01:25:59,340 --> 01:26:01,840 When your men opened fire on the attackers in the crowd, 913 01:26:01,920 --> 01:26:05,680 did the snipers in the buildings across the way cease their firing? 914 01:26:05,720 --> 01:26:07,720 Absolutely, sir. It went completely quiet. 915 01:26:07,760 --> 01:26:08,890 It would seem, then, 916 01:26:08,930 --> 01:26:10,430 that the two groups were actually one working together. 917 01:26:10,520 --> 01:26:13,310 Objection. Counselis drawing a conclusion for the witness. 918 01:26:13,390 --> 01:26:15,060 Sustained. 919 01:26:15,150 --> 01:26:16,610 Were you in a position to observe Colonel Childers... 920 01:26:16,650 --> 01:26:17,900 when everyone was evacuated? 921 01:26:17,980 --> 01:26:18,900 Yes, I was. 922 01:26:18,980 --> 01:26:20,940 What was the last thing you saw him do? 923 01:26:21,030 --> 01:26:24,150 - He went to the flagpole. - Then what'd he do? 924 01:26:24,240 --> 01:26:26,280 He took down the American flag. 925 01:26:26,370 --> 01:26:28,910 Was he personally under heavy fire at that time? 926 01:26:28,990 --> 01:26:32,910 - Yes, sir. - No more questions. 927 01:26:32,960 --> 01:26:36,080 Captain, prior to receiving orders from the accused to open fire, 928 01:26:36,120 --> 01:26:38,920 where was the point of greatest concern for the safety of your men, 929 01:26:38,960 --> 01:26:43,340 the crowd below or the snipers in the buildings across the way? 930 01:26:43,380 --> 01:26:46,970 - I'm not really sure. - You're not sure? 931 01:26:47,010 --> 01:26:48,970 Well, I guess... 932 01:26:49,100 --> 01:26:51,390 Don't guess. I'll repeat the question. 933 01:26:51,430 --> 01:26:54,770 Was the point of greatest concern the crowd below... 934 01:26:54,810 --> 01:26:57,270 or the snipers across the way? 935 01:26:58,770 --> 01:27:01,230 I would have to say the snipers. 936 01:27:01,280 --> 01:27:04,190 Did you feel an immediate mortal danger from the crowd as a whole? 937 01:27:04,280 --> 01:27:06,240 - I don't understand. - You don't understand? 938 01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:09,370 - No, sir. - Let me help you. 939 01:27:12,580 --> 01:27:14,200 Were you more worried... 940 01:27:14,290 --> 01:27:16,750 you'd be killed by these people or by these people? 941 01:27:16,790 --> 01:27:19,380 I wasn't thinking about that. Have you ever been under fire? 942 01:27:19,460 --> 01:27:23,210 You didn't see the crowd firing, but you did take fire from the snipers. 943 01:27:23,300 --> 01:27:26,220 Is that correct? 944 01:27:30,350 --> 01:27:32,640 Yes. 945 01:27:32,970 --> 01:27:36,770 Our clinic is not too far from the embassy. 946 01:27:36,850 --> 01:27:40,400 So I was one of the first to arrive there. 947 01:27:40,480 --> 01:27:43,820 Did you see any weapons on the bodies of the dead? 948 01:27:43,900 --> 01:27:45,530 No. 949 01:27:45,570 --> 01:27:48,530 Did you remove any weapons from the people you were treating? 950 01:27:48,660 --> 01:27:49,700 No. 951 01:27:49,740 --> 01:27:53,080 Not a single weapon anywhere among the victims? 952 01:27:53,160 --> 01:27:55,080 No, no weapons. 953 01:27:55,160 --> 01:27:59,210 In your opinion, is Yemen a training ground for terrorists? 954 01:28:00,750 --> 01:28:03,050 Not at all. 955 01:28:03,130 --> 01:28:06,050 We met in Yemen. 956 01:28:06,090 --> 01:28:08,970 You encouraged me to tour your clinic in order to witness... 957 01:28:09,050 --> 01:28:11,220 the suffering caused by Colonel Childers' orders. 958 01:28:11,260 --> 01:28:13,600 - Do you remember that? - Yes. 959 01:28:15,600 --> 01:28:18,440 I found an audiocassette on the floor of your clinic. 960 01:28:18,520 --> 01:28:21,150 It's marked exhibit "R". 961 01:28:21,230 --> 01:28:23,400 Do you remember that? 962 01:28:26,900 --> 01:28:29,570 - Yes. - I found another one... 963 01:28:29,610 --> 01:28:31,660 inside the embassy. 964 01:28:31,740 --> 01:28:35,290 In fact, I found several others. They're all marked exhibit "R". 965 01:28:37,040 --> 01:28:40,120 Will you translate the writing on the outside of that cassette? 966 01:28:42,580 --> 01:28:46,880 Declaration of Islamic Jihad... 967 01:28:46,920 --> 01:28:49,380 "Against United States". 968 01:28:49,510 --> 01:28:52,260 These audiocassettes are used for the purposes of religious... 969 01:28:52,300 --> 01:28:55,600 and political propaganda due to the high illiteracy rate in Yemen. 970 01:28:55,680 --> 01:28:57,850 - Is that correct? - Yes. 971 01:28:57,930 --> 01:28:59,270 Will you translate the words you hear... 972 01:28:59,350 --> 01:29:02,270 on this audiocassette for the court, please? 973 01:29:14,070 --> 01:29:16,370 Dr Ahmar? 974 01:29:16,450 --> 01:29:20,460 We call on every Muslim who believes in God... 975 01:29:20,540 --> 01:29:23,170 and hopes for reward... 976 01:29:23,210 --> 01:29:26,000 "to obey God's command". 977 01:29:33,930 --> 01:29:36,810 Dr Ahmar, does it say what God's command is? 978 01:29:37,890 --> 01:29:40,180 To kill Americans... 979 01:29:40,230 --> 01:29:42,350 and plunder... 980 01:29:42,440 --> 01:29:46,860 "their possessions wherever he finds them". 981 01:29:49,190 --> 01:29:51,950 - Go on, please. 982 01:29:54,030 --> 01:29:56,200 To kill Americans... 983 01:29:56,280 --> 01:29:58,620 and their allies, 984 01:29:58,700 --> 01:30:03,710 both civil and military, 985 01:30:03,750 --> 01:30:08,130 is duty of every Muslim... 986 01:30:08,170 --> 01:30:10,630 "who is able". 987 01:30:10,710 --> 01:30:15,430 To kill Americans is a duty. 988 01:30:15,470 --> 01:30:18,310 - Is that what it says? - Yes. 989 01:30:23,980 --> 01:30:26,770 Do you recognize the speaker's voice? 990 01:30:26,860 --> 01:30:30,280 No. 991 01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:33,240 Dr Ahmar, in your opinion, is this propaganda... 992 01:30:33,320 --> 01:30:36,280 representative of that demonstration? 993 01:30:36,370 --> 01:30:41,120 No. I'm not a member of Islamic Jihad! 994 01:30:42,660 --> 01:30:45,210 The crowd was singing songs. 995 01:30:46,580 --> 01:30:49,040 I heard them from my clinic. 996 01:30:49,380 --> 01:30:51,630 What was your reaction when you learned that Colonel Childers... 997 01:30:51,710 --> 01:30:53,380 had been selected to lead this mission? 998 01:30:53,470 --> 01:30:56,470 I was very pleased. The colonel had a distinguished record. 999 01:30:56,550 --> 01:31:00,310 - He's a nationally renowned war... - How did you define his mission? 1000 01:31:00,390 --> 01:31:02,310 We wanted to increase security, but frankly, 1001 01:31:02,390 --> 01:31:06,140 if things got threatening, we wanted an evacuation. 1002 01:31:06,190 --> 01:31:08,650 So you weren't looking for confrontation? 1003 01:31:08,690 --> 01:31:11,570 No, that's what we wished to avoid at all costs. 1004 01:31:11,610 --> 01:31:13,690 What was your reaction to what happened? 1005 01:31:13,780 --> 01:31:16,570 I was stunned, 1006 01:31:16,610 --> 01:31:18,570 appalled. 1007 01:31:18,620 --> 01:31:21,370 Wasn't the severity of the problem at the embassy understated? 1008 01:31:21,410 --> 01:31:23,620 Absolutely not. 1009 01:31:23,700 --> 01:31:27,540 We operated on the information we had at the time. 1010 01:31:27,620 --> 01:31:31,550 I have here a State Department report from Yemen. 1011 01:31:31,670 --> 01:31:33,590 It's exhibit "M". 1012 01:31:33,670 --> 01:31:36,760 Will you read the underlined sections for the court, please? 1013 01:31:36,840 --> 01:31:39,090 Certainly. 1014 01:31:39,140 --> 01:31:44,100 'January25. Grenade thrown at police car. 1015 01:31:44,140 --> 01:31:49,860 January 27. Sixteen Western tourists abducted by fundamentalist group". 1016 01:31:49,940 --> 01:31:54,400 - Go on, please. - "February 6." 1017 01:31:54,480 --> 01:31:56,950 - A bomb explodes in a car... - You got today's Post? 1018 01:31:57,030 --> 01:31:58,950 - Yeah. - Yeah. Give it to me. 1019 01:31:59,030 --> 01:32:02,450 Stun grenade thrown at newspaper kiosk near a police station. 1020 01:32:02,580 --> 01:32:04,950 March 13. A military officer... 1021 01:32:05,040 --> 01:32:10,290 is seriously wounded by Yemen's first... donkey bomb. 1022 01:32:10,330 --> 01:32:12,840 Explosives were apparently concealed under the saddle. 1023 01:32:12,960 --> 01:32:15,210 Thank you. 1024 01:32:15,300 --> 01:32:20,590 I have another State Department document, dated 17 November. 1025 01:32:20,680 --> 01:32:23,010 It's from the ambassador to you. 1026 01:32:23,100 --> 01:32:26,020 Will you read this for the court, please? 1027 01:32:30,440 --> 01:32:34,070 Dear Bill. Please, we must revisit our previous conversation... 1028 01:32:34,110 --> 01:32:36,690 in that the security measures we have taken are still inadequate... 1029 01:32:36,780 --> 01:32:38,700 "for the protection ofour mission to Yemen". 1030 01:32:38,780 --> 01:32:40,450 You have to understand that when I received this letter... 1031 01:32:40,490 --> 01:32:45,410 Thank you. Now, there are... Well, are there... cameras... 1032 01:32:45,490 --> 01:32:49,120 mounted on the roof of the embassy? - Uh, yes. 1033 01:32:49,160 --> 01:32:51,120 Are they designed to observe and record... 1034 01:32:51,170 --> 01:32:53,210 activities in the public spaces outside the embassy? 1035 01:32:53,290 --> 01:32:56,380 - Yes. - Where are the tapes? 1036 01:32:56,420 --> 01:32:59,260 Uh, it's my understanding the embassy was looted. 1037 01:32:59,340 --> 01:33:02,180 Maybe the cameras were destroyed. 1038 01:33:04,890 --> 01:33:09,480 This is a photograph. It is exhibit "D" for the court. 1039 01:33:09,560 --> 01:33:12,980 It's a picture of a camera on the embassy roof. 1040 01:33:13,060 --> 01:33:15,020 Does it appear to be damaged? 1041 01:33:15,110 --> 01:33:16,690 No. 1042 01:33:16,730 --> 01:33:19,400 - Where are the tapes? - I don't know. 1043 01:33:19,490 --> 01:33:22,200 Don't you think the United States owes it... 1044 01:33:22,280 --> 01:33:24,870 to Colonel Childers for 30 years of service... 1045 01:33:24,950 --> 01:33:27,200 to find that tape and produce it here? 1046 01:33:27,240 --> 01:33:29,120 Objection. We don't know anything about any tapes. 1047 01:33:29,200 --> 01:33:33,170 - This is pure speculation. - Sustained. 1048 01:33:35,040 --> 01:33:38,260 This is a shipping manifest. It's exhibit "O". 1049 01:33:38,340 --> 01:33:40,800 It is a list of items removed from the embassy during the evacuation... 1050 01:33:40,880 --> 01:33:42,470 and shipped to the State Department. 1051 01:33:42,510 --> 01:33:45,720 Will you read line six, please? 1052 01:33:45,800 --> 01:33:49,730 Videotape from security camera, VHS, one. 1053 01:33:49,810 --> 01:33:51,270 You too busy to look at those tapes or you just didn't care? 1054 01:33:51,310 --> 01:33:54,310 Objection. He's badgering the national security advisor. 1055 01:33:54,350 --> 01:33:56,650 Sustained. Counsel, please proceed carefully. 1056 01:33:56,690 --> 01:33:59,150 - Where are those tapes? - Objection! Asked and answered. 1057 01:33:59,190 --> 01:34:02,570 Oh. Yes, right. Right. Don't you think it's funny... 1058 01:34:02,610 --> 01:34:05,410 that a tape that could exonerate my client is missing? 1059 01:34:05,490 --> 01:34:07,080 I don't think it's funny at all. 1060 01:34:07,160 --> 01:34:09,620 Withholding evidence is a very serious crime. 1061 01:34:09,660 --> 01:34:13,420 - Objection. - Sustained. Counsel, rephrase. 1062 01:34:13,460 --> 01:34:16,130 Withholding evidence to frame a United States Marine... 1063 01:34:16,170 --> 01:34:18,420 is no less evil than charging my client with murder. 1064 01:34:18,460 --> 01:34:19,760 Where are those tapes? 1065 01:34:19,840 --> 01:34:21,920 Colonel, I turned over all materials in my possession... 1066 01:34:22,010 --> 01:34:23,970 to Major Biggs. 1067 01:34:24,050 --> 01:34:26,930 If those tapes showed a happy crowd of peaceful demonstrators, 1068 01:34:26,930 --> 01:34:28,890 we'd be looking at 'em. 1069 01:34:28,930 --> 01:34:30,640 Objection, Your Honor. This is contempt. 1070 01:34:30,720 --> 01:34:32,980 Colonel, this is your last warning. 1071 01:34:33,020 --> 01:34:34,980 It was a new security system. 1072 01:34:35,020 --> 01:34:37,150 The cameras were pointed down at the crowd. 1073 01:34:37,190 --> 01:34:39,610 Tapes were recorded, and those tapes were sent to the State Department. 1074 01:34:39,650 --> 01:34:41,320 Why are those tapes not here? 1075 01:34:41,400 --> 01:34:44,450 Objection, Your Honor. I've seen no such tapes. 1076 01:34:47,820 --> 01:34:51,200 No further questions. 1077 01:34:51,290 --> 01:34:53,210 There are no tapes showing the crowd firing weapons? 1078 01:34:53,290 --> 01:34:55,170 None that I'm aware of. 1079 01:34:55,250 --> 01:34:58,130 And the government has turned over all of its evidence? 1080 01:34:58,170 --> 01:34:59,420 Of course. 1081 01:34:59,500 --> 01:35:01,460 Colonel Hodges has gone to some length... 1082 01:35:01,550 --> 01:35:05,760 to have you read security reports illustrating violence in Yemen. 1083 01:35:05,840 --> 01:35:08,680 - Yes, he has. - Here is today's Washington Post. 1084 01:35:08,760 --> 01:35:10,180 Will you read these headlines that I've underlined... 1085 01:35:10,310 --> 01:35:12,100 from today's Metro section? 1086 01:35:13,600 --> 01:35:17,810 Agent, kidnapper killed in rescue of businessman's son. 1087 01:35:17,900 --> 01:35:20,690 Bomb threat evacuates Museum of Natural History. 1088 01:35:20,770 --> 01:35:24,150 Officer chases truckdriver, fires 38 times. 1089 01:35:24,240 --> 01:35:28,200 Husband shoots wife, himselfin street. 1090 01:35:28,320 --> 01:35:31,410 Mr. Sokal, does this random, unfortunate news mean we should... 1091 01:35:31,490 --> 01:35:35,710 allow Colonel Childers and his troops loose in Washington, D.C.? 1092 01:35:35,750 --> 01:35:38,330 Don't answer that. Thankyou, Mr. Sokal. 1093 01:35:38,420 --> 01:35:40,710 Present arms! 1094 01:35:42,710 --> 01:35:46,590 Order arms! 1095 01:36:19,750 --> 01:36:23,050 Take deep breaths, sir! You're almost out of here. Stay calm. 1096 01:36:23,130 --> 01:36:26,340 I hope you know how to fold it, sir. 1097 01:36:26,420 --> 01:36:29,050 Thank you, Colonel. I'll never forget this. 1098 01:36:46,690 --> 01:36:48,490 Krasevitch is hit! 1099 01:36:48,530 --> 01:36:50,280 Corpsman! 1100 01:36:51,280 --> 01:36:53,240 Corpsman! Shit! 1101 01:36:53,280 --> 01:36:55,370 Goddamn it! 1102 01:37:20,980 --> 01:37:23,650 Engage hostile targets as they appear! 1103 01:37:23,730 --> 01:37:27,280 Waste the motherfuckers! 1104 01:37:34,580 --> 01:37:38,080 Cease fire! Cease fire! 1105 01:37:38,160 --> 01:37:40,120 Cease fire! 1106 01:37:43,380 --> 01:37:46,130 Order arms! 1107 01:37:46,500 --> 01:37:48,880 I was proud of my marines. 1108 01:37:48,960 --> 01:37:50,800 They showed remarkable discipline. 1109 01:37:50,880 --> 01:37:52,800 Why didn't you fire at the snipers in the buildings... 1110 01:37:52,880 --> 01:37:55,140 instead of at the crowd below? 1111 01:37:55,180 --> 01:37:57,640 Because I believed we were in greater danger from the crowd. 1112 01:37:57,720 --> 01:38:00,020 - Was that crowd firing at you? - Yes. 1113 01:38:00,060 --> 01:38:04,190 The demonstrators in front of the building were firing at you... 1114 01:38:04,230 --> 01:38:07,070 in addition to the snipers? - Yes. 1115 01:38:07,150 --> 01:38:09,610 Why didn't anybody else see that crowd firing? 1116 01:38:09,690 --> 01:38:11,860 My men were under cover on the roof, 1117 01:38:11,950 --> 01:38:14,320 except for Krasevitch who was on an observation post. 1118 01:38:14,360 --> 01:38:17,620 And why isn't he here testifying on your behalf today? 1119 01:38:19,950 --> 01:38:23,290 Because he was killed in action. He died in my arms. 1120 01:38:23,330 --> 01:38:27,590 So you were the only man left in a position to observe that crowd? 1121 01:38:27,630 --> 01:38:30,090 Yes. 1122 01:38:30,130 --> 01:38:32,590 Where else have you been in combat, Colonel? 1123 01:38:32,720 --> 01:38:35,510 Vietnam, Beirut, 1124 01:38:35,590 --> 01:38:37,890 Panama, Persian Gulf. 1125 01:38:37,970 --> 01:38:40,430 Can you identify that blue and white ribbon on your uniform?It's the Navy Cross. 1126 01:38:42,270 --> 01:38:46,100 Do you remember the citation that accompanied that medal? 1127 01:38:46,190 --> 01:38:48,900 For conspicuous gallantry in the face of great personal danger, 1128 01:38:48,980 --> 01:38:50,900 reflecting great credit upon himself, 1129 01:38:50,980 --> 01:38:53,150 "the United States Marine Corps and the Naval Service". 1130 01:38:53,240 --> 01:38:55,530 Your witness. 1131 01:39:00,200 --> 01:39:02,450 Colonel, 1132 01:39:02,540 --> 01:39:05,000 you gunned down more than 80 people. 1133 01:39:06,250 --> 01:39:10,380 You wounded another hundred or so. 1134 01:39:10,420 --> 01:39:15,130 Could this have been motivated by a desire for retaliation? 1135 01:39:15,220 --> 01:39:17,180 I was protecting my men. 1136 01:39:17,260 --> 01:39:20,390 Sergeant Richard Krasevitch was shot only a few feet away from you. 1137 01:39:20,470 --> 01:39:23,480 - Is that correct? - Yes. 1138 01:39:23,560 --> 01:39:25,730 And right after Sergeant Krasevitch died, 1139 01:39:25,810 --> 01:39:27,730 you ordered open fire on the crowd? 1140 01:39:27,810 --> 01:39:30,730 - Is that also correct? - I was taking fire. 1141 01:39:30,770 --> 01:39:33,240 There were weapons in that crowd. 1142 01:39:33,320 --> 01:39:35,400 Well, you wouldn't shoot unarmed people, would you? 1143 01:39:35,490 --> 01:39:36,530 No, I would not. 1144 01:39:36,570 --> 01:39:40,120 Even in the heat of battle, you wouldn't shoot an unarmed person? 1145 01:39:42,370 --> 01:39:45,000 No. 1146 01:39:53,960 --> 01:39:56,130 This is exhibit "F". 1147 01:39:56,220 --> 01:39:59,390 Will you please read the following to the panel? 1148 01:40:00,930 --> 01:40:04,560 Rules of engagement governing ground conflict in urban areas. 1149 01:40:04,640 --> 01:40:07,900 One. If possible, the enemy will be warned first, 1150 01:40:07,980 --> 01:40:09,900 then asked to surrender. 1151 01:40:09,980 --> 01:40:12,980 Colonel, did you warn the enemy? 1152 01:40:13,070 --> 01:40:15,570 We arrived in helicopters. We were standing on that roof armed. 1153 01:40:15,650 --> 01:40:19,280 Did you warn them, either with shots into the air or by a loudspeaker? 1154 01:40:19,360 --> 01:40:22,120 Did you ask them to surrender? 1155 01:40:22,200 --> 01:40:24,660 No. 1156 01:40:24,700 --> 01:40:27,710 I'm sorry, no, you did not warn the crowd? 1157 01:40:27,830 --> 01:40:30,580 Yes. No, I did not warn the crowd. 1158 01:40:30,670 --> 01:40:33,840 Continue, Colonel. You seem to know them by heart. 1159 01:40:33,920 --> 01:40:36,670 Deadly force is the last resort. 1160 01:40:38,630 --> 01:40:40,640 - Go on. - Three. 1161 01:40:40,760 --> 01:40:43,140 When possible, try to arrange for the evacuation of civilians... 1162 01:40:43,180 --> 01:40:45,310 prior to any U.S. attack. 1163 01:40:45,390 --> 01:40:47,640 Did you do that, try to evacuate the innocent people... 1164 01:40:47,730 --> 01:40:49,520 before you slaughtered them? 1165 01:40:49,600 --> 01:40:52,480 Objection. That is inflammatory. - Rephrase, Major. 1166 01:40:52,560 --> 01:40:55,860 Did you try, following Section C ofthe rules of engagement... 1167 01:40:55,940 --> 01:41:01,240 for ground conflict in urban areas, to evacuate innocent civilians? 1168 01:41:01,320 --> 01:41:04,030 - No. - No. 1169 01:41:10,790 --> 01:41:13,210 Yeah, yeah. 1170 01:41:14,590 --> 01:41:16,880 I just have one more thing, Colonel. 1171 01:41:18,170 --> 01:41:21,340 Did you have to repeat your orders to Captain Lee? 1172 01:41:21,430 --> 01:41:23,640 - I'm sorry? - You ordered Captain Lee... 1173 01:41:23,680 --> 01:41:25,810 to engage hostile targets, and he advised you... 1174 01:41:25,850 --> 01:41:27,810 that there were women and children in the line of fire. 1175 01:41:27,890 --> 01:41:29,850 - Is that correct? - He couldn't see... 1176 01:41:29,890 --> 01:41:33,860 Yes or no, Colonel? Didhe follow your first set of orders? 1177 01:41:36,020 --> 01:41:37,940 I don't remember. 1178 01:41:38,030 --> 01:41:40,990 Captain Lee is on record as saying he hesitated... 1179 01:41:41,110 --> 01:41:43,700 and mentioned the snipers in the buildings. 1180 01:41:43,740 --> 01:41:47,830 - Is his testimony accurate? - I don't remember. 1181 01:41:47,910 --> 01:41:50,120 Let me get this straight. 1182 01:41:50,210 --> 01:41:52,420 You evacuate the ambassador. 1183 01:41:52,500 --> 01:41:56,500 You go back to the roof. Two of your marines are K.I.A. 1184 01:41:56,630 --> 01:41:58,920 A third, Sergeant Krasevitch, dies. 1185 01:41:59,010 --> 01:42:01,380 "You give your captain an order which he doesn't follow;" 1186 01:42:01,470 --> 01:42:04,090 in fact, he questions. 1187 01:42:04,180 --> 01:42:06,260 And then you said what? 1188 01:42:06,310 --> 01:42:10,100 I don't remember. 1189 01:42:10,140 --> 01:42:11,640 You don't remember what you said next? 1190 01:42:11,730 --> 01:42:14,100 It was combat, not some training exercise. 1191 01:42:14,150 --> 01:42:15,440 A moment later, your men were shooting. 1192 01:42:15,520 --> 01:42:16,320 What did you say to make that happen? 1193 01:42:16,360 --> 01:42:17,320 I don't know. 1194 01:42:17,360 --> 01:42:21,110 You must have said something. Captain Lee reversed himself. 1195 01:42:21,190 --> 01:42:24,280 - What did you say? - I don't know the exact words. 1196 01:42:24,360 --> 01:42:25,530 - Let me help you. - Your Honor. 1197 01:42:25,570 --> 01:42:27,620 You said, "Waste the motherfuckers," didn't you? 1198 01:42:27,700 --> 01:42:29,200 - No, no, no. - You didn't say it? 1199 01:42:29,290 --> 01:42:32,250 - It all happened so fast... - You're under oath, Colonel! 1200 01:42:33,870 --> 01:42:36,130 Let me refresh your memory. 1201 01:42:36,170 --> 01:42:38,960 This is exhibit "ry" a tape recording made aboard... 1202 01:42:39,050 --> 01:42:42,930 the U.S.S. Wake Island of all radio communications received that day, 1203 01:42:43,010 --> 01:42:45,590 including your exact words. 1204 01:42:45,680 --> 01:42:47,890 Your Honor, with your permission I would like to play this tape. 1205 01:42:47,930 --> 01:42:49,850 If you got it on tape, then that's what I said! 1206 01:42:49,890 --> 01:42:52,480 They were killing my marines, so, yeah, I said it! 1207 01:42:52,560 --> 01:42:54,520 Waste the motherfuckers! 1208 01:42:55,810 --> 01:42:57,650 - Are these "the motherfuckers"? - Objection. 1209 01:42:57,690 --> 01:42:58,940 - Overruled. - Yes! 1210 01:42:58,980 --> 01:43:01,490 - These? - Objection! 1211 01:43:01,570 --> 01:43:03,450 Yes! 1212 01:43:03,490 --> 01:43:04,450 - These? - Objection! 1213 01:43:04,490 --> 01:43:05,990 - Overruled. - Yes. 1214 01:43:06,070 --> 01:43:07,740 Are these "the motherfuckers"... 1215 01:43:07,820 --> 01:43:09,580 that you ordered to be wasted? - Your Honor. 1216 01:43:09,660 --> 01:43:11,500 - Major. - Yes! 1217 01:43:11,580 --> 01:43:15,330 The crowd in front of the embassy had no weapons, did they, Colonel? 1218 01:43:15,420 --> 01:43:17,080 Objection. We found no snipers' weapons either. 1219 01:43:17,130 --> 01:43:19,170 Yes, they had weapons! 1220 01:43:19,250 --> 01:43:21,170 You think there's a script for fighting a war... 1221 01:43:21,260 --> 01:43:22,420 without pissing somebody off? 1222 01:43:22,510 --> 01:43:24,420 Follow the rules, and nobody gets hurt? 1223 01:43:24,510 --> 01:43:26,970 Yes, innocent people probably died. 1224 01:43:27,050 --> 01:43:28,970 Innocent people always die. 1225 01:43:29,050 --> 01:43:31,970 But I did not exceed my orders! 1226 01:43:32,020 --> 01:43:34,060 There are rules, and marines are sworn to uphold them. 1227 01:43:34,180 --> 01:43:37,650 I was not going to stand by and see another marine die... 1228 01:43:37,690 --> 01:43:39,940 just to live by those fucking rules! 1229 01:43:40,020 --> 01:43:42,990 Colonel! 1230 01:43:47,780 --> 01:43:49,780 Your Honor, I request a recess. 1231 01:43:49,910 --> 01:43:51,620 Major. 1232 01:43:53,370 --> 01:43:56,830 The government is finished with Colonel Childers, Your Honor. 1233 01:43:56,920 --> 01:43:59,880 All right, Colonel, you have your recess. 1234 01:44:07,130 --> 01:44:08,930 Why didn't you tell me what you said? 1235 01:44:08,970 --> 01:44:11,430 - I didn't remember. - "Waste the motherfuckers". 1236 01:44:11,470 --> 01:44:13,850 That's brilliant. You didn't think that was important? 1237 01:44:13,890 --> 01:44:15,350 Why didn't you know about the goddamn recording? 1238 01:44:15,430 --> 01:44:18,350 - You're supposed to know... - I had a week to prepare this case. 1239 01:44:18,440 --> 01:44:19,520 I didn't realize what a fuck up I'm defending. 1240 01:44:19,610 --> 01:44:21,940 - Well, now you know. - Goddamn. 1241 01:44:35,040 --> 01:44:37,750 - This is going to take us both down. - How's that work? 1242 01:44:37,790 --> 01:44:41,210 You gonna spend the rest of your life in prison too? 1243 01:44:51,680 --> 01:44:54,100 I'm sorry. 1244 01:44:58,190 --> 01:45:01,690 - I really screwed up in there, huh? - Yeah, you really did. 1245 01:45:01,730 --> 01:45:04,190 Whew! 1246 01:45:04,270 --> 01:45:07,400 - So what happens now? - Shit, I don't know. 1247 01:45:07,440 --> 01:45:11,570 I don't know. 1248 01:45:13,620 --> 01:45:15,410 Your Honor, the government calls Colonel Bin Le Cao... 1249 01:45:15,450 --> 01:45:17,580 as a rebuttal witness. - Objection, Your Honor. 1250 01:45:17,620 --> 01:45:19,750 What are the grounds for this rebuttal witness to be allowed? 1251 01:45:19,830 --> 01:45:22,380 Will counsel please approach the bench. 1252 01:45:28,300 --> 01:45:31,590 - Who is Colonel Bin Le Cao? - A North Vietnamese Colonel... 1253 01:45:31,680 --> 01:45:33,760 who fought against Colonel Childers at the battle of Ca Lu. 1254 01:45:33,800 --> 01:45:36,970 What he has to say directly refutes statements made by Colonel Childers. 1255 01:45:37,060 --> 01:45:39,520 - When was the battle of Ca Lu? - 1968. 1256 01:45:39,600 --> 01:45:43,270 This is uncharged misconduct. It is not allowable under military law. 1257 01:45:43,360 --> 01:45:45,730 How do you know this witness is going to charge misconduct? 1258 01:45:45,770 --> 01:45:46,780 I'm assuming... 1259 01:45:46,820 --> 01:45:48,740 He knows because he was at the battle of Ca Lu. 1260 01:45:48,820 --> 01:45:50,740 - Is that true? - Yes, sir. 1261 01:45:50,820 --> 01:45:53,660 On what grounds are you calling your witness? 1262 01:45:53,740 --> 01:45:55,950 Colonel Hodges made Colonel Childers' combat experience... 1263 01:45:56,030 --> 01:45:57,450 part of his defense. 1264 01:45:57,490 --> 01:45:59,450 Furthermore, Colonel Childers testified... 1265 01:45:59,500 --> 01:46:01,460 that he never shoots unarmed people. 1266 01:46:01,500 --> 01:46:05,540 My witness has an important perspective on that statement. 1267 01:46:08,340 --> 01:46:10,970 I'm gonna allow the witness. 1268 01:46:24,400 --> 01:46:25,730 Do you swear or affirm... 1269 01:46:25,810 --> 01:46:27,270 that the evidence you shal I give in this case... 1270 01:46:27,400 --> 01:46:28,860 shall be the truth, the whole truth... 1271 01:46:28,980 --> 01:46:30,860 and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 1272 01:46:30,940 --> 01:46:33,530 Yes, I do. 1273 01:46:33,610 --> 01:46:35,120 Will you please state your name for the court? 1274 01:46:35,160 --> 01:46:39,870 - My name is Bin Le Cao. - In 1968, you were a colonel... 1275 01:46:39,950 --> 01:46:42,920 with the North Vietnamese army, B3 regiment, involved in a fight... 1276 01:46:43,000 --> 01:46:46,710 with American marines at Ca Lu in the Quang Tri province? 1277 01:46:46,790 --> 01:46:48,210 Yes, I was. 1278 01:46:48,340 --> 01:46:50,380 Will you tell the court about that battle? 1279 01:46:50,460 --> 01:46:53,590 We were aware that small units of Americans... 1280 01:46:53,630 --> 01:46:56,760 ryere ryeryr my company of men. 1281 01:46:56,850 --> 01:47:00,180 We found ourselves behind your forces. 1282 01:47:00,270 --> 01:47:03,890 This was lucky for us because we were out numbered. 1283 01:47:08,320 --> 01:47:10,230 Do you recognize this man? 1284 01:47:11,820 --> 01:47:13,740 Yes. 1285 01:47:13,820 --> 01:47:16,240 Did he capture you and your radio operator that day?Yes. 1286 01:47:17,450 --> 01:47:21,250 Did he remove your weapons and place you under armed guard? 1287 01:47:21,330 --> 01:47:22,250 Yes. 1288 01:47:22,290 --> 01:47:24,210 Did you consider yourself a prisoner of war? 1289 01:47:24,250 --> 01:47:26,920 Yes. 1290 01:47:27,000 --> 01:47:29,130 Did he execute your radio operator? 1291 01:47:31,340 --> 01:47:33,260 Yes. 1292 01:47:33,340 --> 01:47:36,180 You personally saw him shoot a fellow prisoner of war? 1293 01:47:36,260 --> 01:47:38,550 Yes. 1294 01:47:38,640 --> 01:47:41,060 Where did he shoot him? 1295 01:47:41,100 --> 01:47:43,180 In the head. 1296 01:47:43,270 --> 01:47:45,520 Thank you. No further questions. 1297 01:47:49,940 --> 01:47:54,030 Were your men annihilating that platoon of marines? 1298 01:47:54,110 --> 01:47:56,030 Yes. 1299 01:47:56,110 --> 01:47:59,070 Did Colonel Childers force you to call your men off? 1300 01:47:59,200 --> 01:48:01,200 Yes. 1301 01:48:01,290 --> 01:48:03,250 Do you believe his actions were calculated to save... 1302 01:48:03,290 --> 01:48:07,250 the lives of American marines? - Yes. 1303 01:48:07,370 --> 01:48:09,790 Would you have done the same thing Colonel Childers did... 1304 01:48:09,880 --> 01:48:11,800 if the situation had been reversed? 1305 01:48:19,300 --> 01:48:21,220 Colonel Cao, would you have shot... 1306 01:48:21,310 --> 01:48:23,770 a captive American radio operator in the head if you thought... 1307 01:48:23,810 --> 01:48:28,520 it would persuade Colonel Childers to spare the lives of your own men? 1308 01:48:32,230 --> 01:48:34,690 Yes. 1309 01:48:37,530 --> 01:48:40,450 No more questions. 1310 01:48:40,530 --> 01:48:42,990 This court is in recess until tomorrow at 09:00. 1311 01:48:43,080 --> 01:48:45,000 #NAZWA? 1312 01:48:54,710 --> 01:48:57,340 - General, good to see you. - Perry, good to see you too. 1313 01:48:57,380 --> 01:49:00,090 I want you to meet my grandson. 1314 01:49:00,180 --> 01:49:02,470 Hi. Nice to meet you, sir. 1315 01:49:02,550 --> 01:49:04,560 Thanks. 1316 01:49:08,190 --> 01:49:11,020 Colonel Terry Childers is a decorated war hero, 1317 01:49:11,100 --> 01:49:13,860 a trusted leader of American marines, 1318 01:49:13,900 --> 01:49:17,280 and I wish that was all there was to it. 1319 01:49:17,360 --> 01:49:20,700 Unfortunately, there are 83 dead Yemeni citizens, 1320 01:49:20,740 --> 01:49:23,910 many of them women and children. 1321 01:49:23,990 --> 01:49:27,960 Colonel Hodges would have you believe that this crowd was armed. 1322 01:49:28,080 --> 01:49:30,370 He would also have you believe that there is a videotape... 1323 01:49:30,460 --> 01:49:32,790 proving this to be true. 1324 01:49:35,840 --> 01:49:39,720 There is no tape exonerating Colonel Childers. 1325 01:49:39,800 --> 01:49:43,470 There is no evidence exonerating Colonel Childers! 1326 01:49:50,770 --> 01:49:55,400 Is Colonel Childers a man capable of killing defenseless, unarmed people? 1327 01:49:57,070 --> 01:49:59,740 Is he capable of ordering the execution... 1328 01:49:59,780 --> 01:50:03,160 of innocent men and women? 1329 01:50:03,240 --> 01:50:08,330 Is he capable of executing P.O.W.s with his own hand? 1330 01:50:08,370 --> 01:50:11,250 Unfortunately, we have shown that he is. 1331 01:50:11,290 --> 01:50:13,790 You have heard the sad testimony of Colonel Cao... 1332 01:50:13,880 --> 01:50:17,130 who witnessed Colonel Childers' barbarism firsthand. 1333 01:50:19,210 --> 01:50:22,130 You've even heard Colonel Childers' own admission... 1334 01:50:22,220 --> 01:50:26,600 that his desire was to "waste" them, regardless of who they were. 1335 01:50:30,230 --> 01:50:34,350 Now, we are faced with the difficult prospect... 1336 01:50:34,400 --> 01:50:36,730 of convicting one of our own. 1337 01:50:36,820 --> 01:50:39,780 None of us wants to do this, but you've heard the facts, 1338 01:50:39,860 --> 01:50:42,110 and it is unavoidable. 1339 01:50:42,200 --> 01:50:46,120 Colonel Terry Childers ordered the senseless slaughter... 1340 01:50:46,200 --> 01:50:49,040 of a peaceful crowd! 1341 01:50:49,120 --> 01:50:53,250 Now, as marines, 1342 01:50:53,250 --> 01:50:57,250 we do not get the luxury of covering up our mistakes. 1343 01:50:57,380 --> 01:51:00,130 We must air them, 1344 01:51:00,210 --> 01:51:03,800 there by ensuring that they never happen again. 1345 01:51:03,880 --> 01:51:06,640 Thank you. 1346 01:51:13,770 --> 01:51:15,730 That's sovereign United States territory... 1347 01:51:15,770 --> 01:51:18,730 as much as if it were in Ohio or Maryland. 1348 01:51:18,770 --> 01:51:21,280 Colonel Childers didn't volunteer to go over there. 1349 01:51:21,400 --> 01:51:24,400 He was ordered to go there because he was the best man for the job. 1350 01:51:24,490 --> 01:51:26,450 We armed him. We trained him. 1351 01:51:26,530 --> 01:51:29,160 We sent him over there to risk his life to save other Americans. 1352 01:51:29,240 --> 01:51:32,660 And then ask him not to return fire? 1353 01:51:32,700 --> 01:51:36,420 There are over 300 bullet holes in this building. 1354 01:51:36,500 --> 01:51:41,170 Colonel Childers didn't open fire. He returned fire. 1355 01:51:41,260 --> 01:51:45,180 And he waited until after three of his marines were dead... 1356 01:51:45,260 --> 01:51:47,550 and another lay mortally wounded. 1357 01:51:47,590 --> 01:51:50,100 He waited until he was personally under heavy fire. 1358 01:51:50,180 --> 01:51:54,230 He waited until he saw that crowd holding weapons. 1359 01:51:54,310 --> 01:51:57,850 Only then did he order his men to return fire. 1360 01:51:57,940 --> 01:51:59,820 Under the rules of engagement, a civilian pointing a weapon... 1361 01:51:59,860 --> 01:52:01,780 is no longer a civilian, 1362 01:52:01,860 --> 01:52:04,490 and the use of deadly force is authorized... 1363 01:52:04,530 --> 01:52:08,030 in order to save lives. 1364 01:52:08,120 --> 01:52:10,580 It's not murder. 1365 01:52:11,740 --> 01:52:13,700 It's combat. 1366 01:52:15,000 --> 01:52:17,170 Colonel Childers is the only man alive... 1367 01:52:17,210 --> 01:52:19,590 who was in a position to see that crowd. 1368 01:52:19,630 --> 01:52:22,210 But the camera on the embassy roof had the same point of view. 1369 01:52:22,300 --> 01:52:24,090 The government would have you believe... 1370 01:52:24,170 --> 01:52:26,220 there's no tape from that camera. 1371 01:52:26,300 --> 01:52:29,760 I have shown you that that tape was delivered to the State Department. 1372 01:52:29,850 --> 01:52:32,260 Do you believe that tape got up and walked out... 1373 01:52:32,390 --> 01:52:34,770 of the State Department on its own? 1374 01:52:36,810 --> 01:52:39,100 By not producing that tape, the national security advisor, 1375 01:52:39,190 --> 01:52:43,150 Mr. Sokal, has brought dishonor into this court. 1376 01:52:43,280 --> 01:52:46,900 Without that tape, I cannot show you that the crowd fired first... 1377 01:52:46,950 --> 01:52:49,160 and that Colonel Childers is innocent. 1378 01:52:49,200 --> 01:52:52,120 But without that tape, they cannot prove... 1379 01:52:52,160 --> 01:52:55,290 beyond a reasonable doubt that he's guilty! 1380 01:52:57,620 --> 01:53:00,000 Here's my case. 1381 01:53:00,040 --> 01:53:02,670 He's all I've got. Thirty-two years of service, 1382 01:53:02,750 --> 01:53:05,090 thirty-two years of heroism as a United States Marine. 1383 01:53:05,170 --> 01:53:08,050 Regardless of what you decide here, 1384 01:53:08,090 --> 01:53:10,390 Colonel Childers' career as a marine is over. 1385 01:53:10,470 --> 01:53:12,430 He will never again command men in combat. 1386 01:53:12,510 --> 01:53:15,810 The ambassador and his family are alive today because of him. 1387 01:53:15,850 --> 01:53:17,940 And I know how the ambassador feels, 1388 01:53:18,020 --> 01:53:20,310 because Colonel Childers saved my life too. 1389 01:53:20,350 --> 01:53:22,310 I'm alive today because of him. 1390 01:53:22,360 --> 01:53:25,360 My son is sitting in this courtroom because of him. 1391 01:53:25,400 --> 01:53:27,900 I'm alive today, and I have a son, 1392 01:53:27,990 --> 01:53:30,910 because of the heroism of Colonel Childers. 1393 01:53:30,990 --> 01:53:34,990 To ask this man to risk his life for his country, 1394 01:53:37,410 --> 01:53:41,460 to ask this man to watch his marines die in his arms... 1395 01:53:41,580 --> 01:53:44,090 and call it murder when he's defending himself, 1396 01:53:44,170 --> 01:53:47,420 call it murder for firing back when fired upon... 1397 01:53:47,510 --> 01:53:50,090 To call it murder for saving the lives of his countrymen... 1398 01:53:50,130 --> 01:53:54,100 under the most extreme of circumstances, that's, uh... 1399 01:53:54,180 --> 01:53:58,770 My fellow Marines, that's hanging him out to dry. 1400 01:54:00,310 --> 01:54:03,770 It's worse than leaving him woundedon a battlefield. 1401 01:54:03,860 --> 01:54:06,610 That is something you do not do... 1402 01:54:06,610 --> 01:54:09,740 if you are a United States Marine. 1403 01:54:11,740 --> 01:54:15,370 And it is something that I pray to God you won't do here either. 1404 01:54:39,730 --> 01:54:42,190 - What'd you think? - You're pretty good. 1405 01:54:42,270 --> 01:54:44,650 Yeah. Yeah. 1406 01:54:44,690 --> 01:54:46,650 Dad, you were awesome. 1407 01:54:46,730 --> 01:54:48,650 Thanks, son. 1408 01:54:48,730 --> 01:54:51,490 I'm very glad that I don't have to sit on that panel, son. 1409 01:54:51,530 --> 01:54:53,490 You made it awful tough on them. 1410 01:54:56,870 --> 01:54:59,450 - 15,000 to 25,000... - Excuse me. 1411 01:55:04,040 --> 01:55:05,960 I said no interruptions. 1412 01:55:06,040 --> 01:55:09,000 I'm sorry, Mr. Sokal. It's very important. 1413 01:55:14,470 --> 01:55:16,430 Send him in. 1414 01:55:17,640 --> 01:55:20,310 Can we pick this up after lunch, gentlemen? 1415 01:55:20,390 --> 01:55:22,310 Absolutely. 1416 01:55:39,830 --> 01:55:42,370 Close the door. 1417 01:55:46,210 --> 01:55:48,750 What is it, Colonel? 1418 01:55:48,840 --> 01:55:53,090 No matter what happens to Terry Childers tomorrow, 1419 01:55:53,170 --> 01:55:54,470 I'm not going to leave thisjob until I find out... 1420 01:55:54,510 --> 01:55:58,800 what happened to that tape. - Good. 1421 01:55:58,890 --> 01:56:01,010 Think it'll ever turn up? 1422 01:56:01,100 --> 01:56:03,270 No. 1423 01:56:03,310 --> 01:56:05,940 I don't either. 1424 01:56:06,020 --> 01:56:10,070 Well, then there's nothing more for us to talk about, is there? 1425 01:56:10,150 --> 01:56:13,570 You ever had a pissed-off marine on your ass? 1426 01:56:13,650 --> 01:56:16,410 Is that a threat? 1427 01:56:16,450 --> 01:56:18,870 Oh, yes, sir. 1428 01:56:58,070 --> 01:57:01,120 All rise. 1429 01:57:06,330 --> 01:57:08,290 Has the panel reached a verdict? 1430 01:57:08,420 --> 01:57:10,670 We have, sir. 1431 01:57:23,350 --> 01:57:26,810 Colonel Terry L. Childers, this court-martial finds as follows. 1432 01:57:26,810 --> 01:57:29,650 On the charge of breach of peace, 1433 01:57:29,690 --> 01:57:32,230 the court finds the defendantguilty. 1434 01:57:32,310 --> 01:57:35,150 On the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer, 1435 01:57:35,230 --> 01:57:39,150 the court finds the defendant not guilty. 1436 01:57:39,280 --> 01:57:41,200 On the charge of murder, 1437 01:57:41,280 --> 01:57:45,450 the court finds the defendant not guilty. 1438 01:57:45,490 --> 01:57:47,330 This court-martial is adjourned. 1439 01:57:47,370 --> 01:57:50,540 Sentencing will be conducted at a time to be determined. 1440 01:57:50,620 --> 01:57:52,750 Thank you. 1441 01:58:09,480 --> 01:58:12,060 - I need one more favor. - Yeah. 1442 01:58:12,100 --> 01:58:13,400 Teach me how to fly-fish. 1443 01:58:13,480 --> 01:58:16,110 You are well aware that I know shit about fly-fishing. 1444 01:58:19,110 --> 01:58:21,240 Oh. 1445 01:58:29,370 --> 01:58:31,580 Colonel. 1446 01:58:34,840 --> 01:58:37,090 You realize in light of Colonel Cao's testimony, 1447 01:58:37,130 --> 01:58:39,720 we'll be pushing for charges on the Ca Lu incident. 1448 01:58:39,800 --> 01:58:41,050 That was 30 years ago. 1449 01:58:41,130 --> 01:58:43,470 You're going to have a hard time finding witnesses. 1450 01:58:43,510 --> 01:58:45,550 I thought maybe you'd be willing to testify. 1451 01:58:45,680 --> 01:58:47,010 I'll make you a deal. 1452 01:58:47,100 --> 01:58:51,600 If you can tell me right now what the life expectancy was... 1453 01:58:51,730 --> 01:58:56,060 for a second lieutenant dropped into a hot L.Z. in Vietnam in 1968, 1454 01:58:56,150 --> 01:58:59,070 I'll tell you everything I remember about Ca Lu. 1455 01:59:00,570 --> 01:59:02,110 - One week. - Negative. 1456 01:59:02,200 --> 01:59:05,450 Sixteen minutes, Major. 1457 01:59:05,530 --> 01:59:08,370 Sixteen fucking minutes. 1458 01:59:08,410 --> 01:59:10,410 And that's all I remember. 1459 01:59:58,960 --> 02:00:00,960 Sir. 117759