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Hi. My name's Michael Weatherly.
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Tonight's episode of Bull
deals with a citywide panic
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not unlike the fears
and concerns
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people are experiencing all over
the world at this moment.
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Before we start,
we wanted to remind you:
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this is a work of fiction.
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It was written
and filmed months ago.
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And its only purpose
is to entertain you.
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And that will do it for
the headlines for the 9:00 hour.
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We will see you back here
at 9:30.
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For New York News 3,
I'm Allison Rojas.
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PRODUCER: And we're out.[buzzer sounds]
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LENA:
Nice broadcast.
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Thanks.That new shade of lipstick,
that looks great on camera.
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[laughs softly]
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Who would send me
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a birthday card
two months before my birthday?
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[both gasp]
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Okay, this is not funny.
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Oh, no. It's in your hair.It's everywhere.
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I have to be back on the air
in 23 and a half minutes.No, I'll get-get,
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uh, wardrobe and makeup.Hurry.
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[crew members speaking
indistinctly]
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[woman speaking indistinctly
over P.A.]
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MARK:
Yesterday morning, my wife--
she woke up achy, nauseous.
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She had a bit of a fever,
said her chest hurt.
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We thought
it was the flu.
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But then, today,
she started coughing up blood.
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Attendant,
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let's get her
to Room One.MAN: Yes, Doctor.
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Let's page Dr. Farmer
and the chief,
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and then alert the Health
Department and the CDC.
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The-the CDC?
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Center for Disease Control?
What's going on?
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ANCHOR:
Government buildings
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remain closed
and subway ridership
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is at its lowest level
since 9/11
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as anthrax terror grips
Manhattan.
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A quiet panic has descended
on the city
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as New Yorkers are trying
to figure out who's behind this
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and when it will end.
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At this hour,
the death toll remains at two.
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The deceased are Katie Connors,
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who opened a birthday card
addressed to her husband,
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Manhattan Congressman
Peter Connors,
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and Emmanuel Bakry, the postal
worker who delivered it.
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But, finally, some good news.
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News 3'sAllison Rojas
is responding to treatment
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after opening an anthrax-laden
greeting card
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in this very studio
more than a week ago.
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Doctors expect her and the four
other News 3staffers
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who were taken ill
to make a full recovery.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Folks, we're about to roll,
so I need quiet.
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Five, four,
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three, two...
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Good afternoon from ground zero.
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Here in Manhattan we're all
collectively holding our breath,
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waiting for the next
anthrax-laden shoe to drop.
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With that thought in mind,
we thought we'd pay a visit
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to Hudson University, which is
one of the foremost laboratories
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for the study of chemical
weapons and bio-pathogens.
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We wanted to talk
with Dr. Roger Simpkins,
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a microbiologist and researcher
who runs this lab,
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which is financed
in a combination of funding
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from the university
and the government.
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Dr. Simpkins,
any words of wisdom
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or homespun advice
for our viewers tuning in,
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missing work and school,
doing everything they can
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to keep themselves
from becoming a victim,
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falling ill,
possibly even dying?
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The thing we all
need to remember
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is that anthrax
is not a virus.
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It's a bacteria, and that means
you can't catch it.
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It can't be transmitted
from person-to-person,
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so if you don't have
direct contact with it,
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it poses no threat to you.
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So calm down.
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NEWSMAN:
A-And I've been told that even
if you do have direct contact,
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it's still
not necessarily fatal.
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Absolutely true.
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If anthrax is identified early,
it can be treated.
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What makes it tricky
is early anthrax symptoms
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look just like the flu.
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So unless your doctor knows
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that you've actually had
contact with it,
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the disease can go undetected
until the drugs we use
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to cure it are no
longer effective.
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But it's been nearly 20 years
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since the last round
of anthrax incidents.
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How is it there's still
no cure for this stuff?
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SIMPKINS:
Well, ironically,
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uh, last year at this time,
my, uh, colleagues and I
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were in the process
of developing
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some very promising new
late-stage anthrax treatments.
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NEWSMAN:
Wait.
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"Were"?
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Well, our funding, particularly
with regard to anthrax research,
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comes from
the federal government.
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And they pulled
way back this year.
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What can I tell you?
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Go write your congressman.
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[knocking on door]
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SIMPKINS:
The FBI is in my office.
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They've determined
that the anthrax used
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in all these recent attacks
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comes from our labs.
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They want to talk
to the three of you.
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What did you do?
Get a second job?
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Aren't you afraid of dogs?
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Other postal workers
going postal?
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TAYLOR:
Not funny.
It's just my mail
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for the last couple of weeks.
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I made the post office
hold it for me.
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Once I found out the FBI
arrested the anthrax killer,
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I figured it was finally safe
to pick it up
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and sort through it all.
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Won't be needing that anymore.
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Bull in his office?
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[chuckles]
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[knocking on door]
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I'm in the middle
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of some very important
procrastination.
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Hey. Sorry to interrupt.
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Why are you so glum,
Mr. Colón?
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Haven't you heard?
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It's a glorious day in New York.
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Spring has sprung,
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Easter's barely
a month away,
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and the anthrax killer
is off the streets.
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We can put this whole
dark chapter behind us.
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Well, actually, no, we can't.
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What does that mean?
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You remember, a couple
of years ago, we signed up
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to be a part of that program
where private firms offer
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their services
to the public defender's office?
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No. I got nothing on that.
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Must have been trying to get
into somebody's good graces.
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What's the difference?
We offered,
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and this morning they called.
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Natalie Reznick, the accused
anthrax killer, is facing
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two counts of capital murder
and a slew of other charges.
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Well, she needs a defense team,
and we're one of the few firms
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in the city with the expertise
to handle that type of case.
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Well, just call 'em back
and tell 'em no.
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I have a newborn child
and you have...
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Just say that
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we really appreciate the offer,
but we are not interested
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in representing
a terrorist at this time.
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An accused terrorist.
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I think you're missing
the point.
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The federal defender's office
wasn't asking
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when they called me
this morning.
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They were telling.
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It's our case, Bull.
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Happy spring.
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♪
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I have no idea why I'm here.
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Surely you heard
the FBI agent
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read you the charges before
he took you into custody.
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You're being charged with
murdering two people
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with a Tier 1 federal
select biological agent
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and terrorizing the
city of New York.
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Yes, of course, but wh-why would
they think I would do that?
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Well, the evidence against you
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will be laid out
at your arraignment,
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but based
on the charging documents,
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the FBI has
a pretty strong case.
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How is that possible?
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BENNY: Well, when the funding
for your anthrax research
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was cut last year,
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you sent out dozens of e-mails.
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To journalists, to politicians.
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The very people who've been
the targets in these attacks.
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Well, y-yes, b-but that's...
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that's just a coincidence.
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The-the letters that I was
writing were about
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how shortsighted and dangerous
it was to cut that funding.
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Just because anthrax was
out of the news did not mean
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that it was no longer a risk
to national security.
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BULL: Well, the U.S.
Attorney's Office
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suspects that when your warnings
fell on deaf ears,
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you orchestrated these attacks
to prove a point.
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"Anthrax is still out there.
It's still lethal."
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That's absurd. I am a doctor,
I am a scientist.
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The work that my team was doing
was about saving lives.
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How on earth
would killing people
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help us achieve that goal?
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If that's all they had,
I'd agree with you.
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Are you aware that your office
had been bleached
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before the FBI searched it?
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Yes.
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Bleach is a disinfectant.
I work with pathogens.
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BULL: But yours was
the only office
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in the complex
to have been so recently
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and thoroughly bleached.
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Bleach kills anthrax.
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It makes it appear as if
you were destroying evidence.
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Your apartment had
been bleached, too.
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And investigators found a stash
of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin
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and a box of N95 face
masks in your kitchen.
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They suspect you used both
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when you assembled the
anthrax-laden birthday cards.
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I mean, the masks were-- I...
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I was gonna paint my bathroom.
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And I go on a medical mission
every year.
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This year,
it's Cambodia.
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Last year,
it was Honduras,
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Guadalupe.
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Anyway, my doctor gives me cipro
before I go every year.
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I meant what I said.
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I have no idea why I'm here.
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[lock buzzes, latch clicks]
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BULL:
I believe the woman.
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I mean, she says she has no idea
what she's doing behind bars.
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I believe her.
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Okay. Well, that
makes two of you.
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Unfortunately, the government
sees it all quite differently.
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Yeah, government. You ever heard
of detective myopia?
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Detective myopia?
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No. Can't say that I have.
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It is when law enforcement,
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usually because of extreme
public or political pressure,
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picks a suspect and then
evaluates all the evidence
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with the predisposition
that that suspect is guilty.
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And they stop
looking for other suspects,
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they stop running
down leads
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that don't back up
their predetermined theories.
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All their work goes into proving
that their suspect,
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the person they picked
at random is guilty.
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City's in a panic.
FBI needs
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to restore calm.
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Natalie presented as someone
with access to the bacteria
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and an apparent motive,
so they combed through her life
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looking for ways
to prove she did it.
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Detective myopia.
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[sighs]
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I think we need to argue
for a change of venue.
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[groans]
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Well-- I know legal strategy
isn't exactly
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my area of expertise,
but I have been going through
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the potential jury lists,
and, well, given the panic
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and all of the publicity
around this case,
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wouldn't we be
likely to get
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a more impartial jury
somewhere else?
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Somewhere that hasn't been
through as much as New York has?
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That's not a bad
thought, actually.
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You know, the problem is,
it's next to impossible
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to get a change of venue
in a federal criminal case.
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I'm just worried.
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No matter how
I look at the data,
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I just don't know how
we're gonna seat a jury
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that can look past
their own fears.
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That's why we shouldn't try.
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In fact, we should do
just the opposite.
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We should scare the living
daylights out of 'em.
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People are
predisposed
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to convicting Natalie
because they want to believe
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that the danger has passed.
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So what we need to do
is convince the jury...
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that it hasn't.
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Anybody remember the last time
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we had a series
of anthrax attacks?
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It was right after 9/11,
wasn't it?
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BENNY:
Yes, yes. Very good.
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And do you remember how long
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it took for them
to find the perpetrator?
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WOMAN:
Uh...
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I seem to recall
it was pretty quick.
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Indeed it was.
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Attorney General John Ashcroft
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publicly named former biodefense
researcher Steven Jay Hatfill
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as a person of interest
in the attacks.
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FBI tapped his phone.
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He lost his job,
couldn't get another one.
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Almost committed suicide.
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Then,in 2008,
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everyone suddenly realized
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that they were persecuting
the wrong man.
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So here's my question to you.
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How many of you folks believe
that, of course,
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with all the best intentions
in the world,
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people whose job it is
to root out the bad guys
284
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sometimes get it wrong?
285
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Now we're getting
somewhere.
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CHUNK:
Means, motive and opportunity--
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they must feel they have it,
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or they wouldn't
have brought the case.
289
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For those of us
who didn't go to law school,
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what does "means" mean again?
291
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It means she could do it;
she had the tools necessary.
292
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In this case, anthrax.
She worked at a place
293
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where anthrax
was readily available.
294
00:12:52,211 --> 00:12:54,213
Yeah, but there's
more to it than that.
295
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Every expert I've spoken with
said the same thing.
296
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Researchers work
with wetanthrax spores.
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To make a-a powder that
can be sent in the mail,
298
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you have to use
dry anthrax spores,
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and in order to dry them,
you have to use a very specific,
300
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very large piece of equipment
built just for that purpose.
301
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Which, of course,
they have at the lab?
302
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Which, of course, they have
at the lab.
303
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But all of that takes time.
304
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Stealing the anthrax.
Drying the anthrax.
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I've skimmed over this
grand jury transcript
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three times--
I've yet to see an explanation
307
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for when Natalie
would have been able to do that
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without raising suspicion.Obviously,
309
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they are saving their
biggest surprises for trial.
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I'll give you another one.
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[taps keyboard]So, the FBI was able
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to determine that
all the anthrax letters
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were mailed
from this mailbox
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within a specific
eight-hour period.
315
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Really?
316
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Well, since
I'm the only one here
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who hasn't worked
for Homeland or FBI,
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can someone tell me
how they do that?
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When you drop a letter
into a government mailbox,
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it goes into a bin
that's location-specific
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and time-coded.
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When that bin is carried back
to the general post office
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for processing
and your letter is postmarked,
324
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it carries
all that information with it.
325
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[chuckles]
Wow. That's really cool.
326
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And more than a little scary.
327
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Back to the pictures.
328
00:14:03,891 --> 00:14:06,198
All right, so, the FBI
examined security footage
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from area cameras taken
during the same time frame.
330
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They were able to eliminate
all but three people
331
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who mailed letters
during that period.
332
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Wha...? And how were they able
to do that?
333
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How could they tell
from these... grainy photos
334
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who's mailing anthrax
and who isn't?
335
00:14:20,342 --> 00:14:23,345
Well, I can't be sure,
but my suspicion is,
336
00:14:23,389 --> 00:14:25,695
what they really did
was basically eliminate everyone
337
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who didn't look like Natalie.
338
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There is your detective myopia
that Bull keeps talking about.
339
00:14:30,178 --> 00:14:32,311
And that left them
with three people
340
00:14:32,354 --> 00:14:33,747
who didlook
like Natalie?
341
00:14:33,790 --> 00:14:35,923
Well, it left them
with three people,
342
00:14:35,967 --> 00:14:37,577
like this person here.
343
00:14:38,621 --> 00:14:40,232
Or this person here.
344
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Or this person here.
345
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People who don't really look
like anyone in particular.
346
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At least
not as far as I can tell.
347
00:14:50,982 --> 00:14:52,548
So what am I gonna tell Bull?
348
00:14:52,592 --> 00:14:55,943
Opening arguments, testimony
start tomorrow morning.
349
00:14:55,987 --> 00:14:58,554
What in the world
am I gonna tell Bull?
350
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Tell him that Danny and I
are putting together dossiers
351
00:15:01,427 --> 00:15:04,473
on everyone
Natalie works with, and...
352
00:15:04,517 --> 00:15:06,301
That our strategy
hasn't changed.
353
00:15:06,345 --> 00:15:09,348
To get the jury and the public
to let go of the idea
354
00:15:09,391 --> 00:15:11,176
that Natalie is the mastermind
behind these attacks,
355
00:15:11,219 --> 00:15:15,180
we have to... come up
with another credible suspect.
356
00:15:15,223 --> 00:15:16,790
And we will.
357
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REYNOLDS:
Now, Dr. Poulson,
as a researcher
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in the Medical
Countermeasures Unit
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at Hudson University
Laboratories,
360
00:15:30,891 --> 00:15:33,241
you frequently work
shoulder-to-shoulder
361
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with Natalie Reznick,
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00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:36,462
don't you?Yes, I do.
363
00:15:36,505 --> 00:15:40,727
Now, it's against the lab's
standard operating procedures
364
00:15:40,770 --> 00:15:42,424
for anyone to work alone?
365
00:15:42,468 --> 00:15:44,426
That's correct, yes.And to your
knowledge,
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00:15:44,470 --> 00:15:46,124
Dr. Poulson,
367
00:15:46,167 --> 00:15:48,126
did Dr. Reznick
368
00:15:48,169 --> 00:15:51,956
ever simply disregard this tenet
of standard operating procedure?
369
00:15:53,218 --> 00:15:56,134
Yes, I believe
she may have. Once.
370
00:15:56,177 --> 00:15:58,658
[gallery murmuring]About a week before the attacks.
371
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REYNOLDS:
You're referring to the evening
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00:16:00,138 --> 00:16:02,053
of the 11th?I don't know
what he's talking about.
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POULSON: It was late. We were
the only two people in the lab.
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And at around 7:00 p.m.,
I got summoned
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to the chancellor's office
for a call with D.C.
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00:16:10,452 --> 00:16:13,934
Much of the work we do
at our labs
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00:16:13,978 --> 00:16:16,371
is in partnership
with the Department
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00:16:16,415 --> 00:16:18,852
of Defense,
so when they say jump,
379
00:16:18,895 --> 00:16:20,897
we jump.
380
00:16:20,941 --> 00:16:23,683
And I told Natalie to...
381
00:16:23,726 --> 00:16:27,382
clean up and that we
would finish up another day.
382
00:16:27,426 --> 00:16:30,559
So I left her unattended.
383
00:16:30,603 --> 00:16:33,780
Which, as the senior researcher,
I shouldn't have done.
384
00:16:33,823 --> 00:16:37,131
But she assured me that she
would just take a few minutes
385
00:16:37,175 --> 00:16:39,786
and then she would leave.Just to be clear.
386
00:16:40,830 --> 00:16:42,919
Your expectation
was that Dr. Reznick
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00:16:42,963 --> 00:16:44,747
would take five,
maybe ten minutes
388
00:16:44,791 --> 00:16:46,923
to clean up the lab
and then leave.
389
00:16:46,967 --> 00:16:47,968
Correct?
390
00:16:48,012 --> 00:16:49,883
That was my assumption, yes.
391
00:16:49,926 --> 00:16:51,972
Dr. Poulson...
392
00:16:52,016 --> 00:16:54,583
this is a single frame
393
00:16:54,627 --> 00:16:57,934
from security footage taken
from the night in question.
394
00:16:57,978 --> 00:17:01,590
It shows someone leaving the
laboratory complex at Hudson.
395
00:17:01,634 --> 00:17:03,331
Can you identify
that person?
396
00:17:03,375 --> 00:17:05,768
It's Dr. Reznick.And could you read
397
00:17:05,812 --> 00:17:08,641
the time stamp
on the photo for us, please?
398
00:17:08,684 --> 00:17:11,731
9:26 p.m.
399
00:17:11,774 --> 00:17:13,994
9:26 p.m.
400
00:17:14,038 --> 00:17:18,085
Two and a half hours
after you left the lab, correct?
401
00:17:18,129 --> 00:17:19,347
Yes.
402
00:17:19,391 --> 00:17:21,001
Dr. Poulson,
403
00:17:21,045 --> 00:17:23,438
in your professional opinion,
if Dr. Reznick had been alone
404
00:17:23,482 --> 00:17:26,572
in that lab, not just
for a few minutes to clean up,
405
00:17:26,615 --> 00:17:29,705
but for several hours, would
that have given her enough time
406
00:17:29,749 --> 00:17:32,882
to dry the anthrax spores
into a powder
407
00:17:32,926 --> 00:17:35,189
and sneak them out of the lab?
408
00:17:35,233 --> 00:17:38,149
Objection, Your Honor!
Calls for speculation.
409
00:17:38,192 --> 00:17:39,454
REYNOLDS:
Your Honor,
410
00:17:39,498 --> 00:17:40,934
Dr. Poulson is a microbiologist.
411
00:17:40,977 --> 00:17:43,980
I'm simply asking him
for his professional opinion.
412
00:17:44,024 --> 00:17:45,852
Objection overruled.
413
00:17:45,895 --> 00:17:48,115
I'll allow him to answer.
414
00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,771
I believe it would have, yes.
415
00:17:51,814 --> 00:17:55,992
[gallery murmuring]REYNOLDS: No further questions
for now, Your Honor.
416
00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,868
[clears throat]
417
00:18:03,043 --> 00:18:05,045
Dr. Poulson.
418
00:18:05,089 --> 00:18:07,439
Really appreciate
you being here today.
419
00:18:07,482 --> 00:18:09,963
Now, I know we've heard
a lot of speculation
420
00:18:10,006 --> 00:18:12,922
about what might have happened,
what could have happened,
421
00:18:12,966 --> 00:18:15,751
but you are a scientist.
422
00:18:15,795 --> 00:18:19,320
You deal with the physical
facts of the world.
423
00:18:19,364 --> 00:18:21,931
So let's get
back to that.
424
00:18:21,975 --> 00:18:23,890
Do you have any proof
425
00:18:23,933 --> 00:18:26,936
that Dr. Reznick stayed
in the lab alone
426
00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:30,026
any longer than
she told you she would?
427
00:18:30,070 --> 00:18:31,898
Well, based
on the time stamp...
428
00:18:31,941 --> 00:18:35,119
Oh, no, no. That
time stamp only proves
429
00:18:35,162 --> 00:18:37,382
what time she left the building,
430
00:18:37,425 --> 00:18:40,863
which was two and a half hours
after you did.
431
00:18:40,907 --> 00:18:42,822
Nowhere does it indicate
432
00:18:42,865 --> 00:18:45,781
what time she left
the lab itself, does it?
433
00:18:46,826 --> 00:18:49,524
No, it doesn't.Uh-huh.
434
00:18:49,568 --> 00:18:54,050
Now, Dr. Reznick maintains
she left the lab
435
00:18:54,094 --> 00:18:56,792
as promised and spent
the remainder of that time
436
00:18:56,836 --> 00:19:01,362
in her office typing a report
of the day's work.
437
00:19:01,406 --> 00:19:03,408
In fact...
438
00:19:03,451 --> 00:19:07,107
you reviewed that very report
the next morning, didn't you?
439
00:19:07,151 --> 00:19:08,500
It's quite possible.
440
00:19:08,543 --> 00:19:10,806
I often review the reports
from the previous night
441
00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:12,939
the next morning.I see.
442
00:19:12,982 --> 00:19:16,943
And before the FBI informed you
that Dr. Reznick was a suspect,
443
00:19:16,986 --> 00:19:20,120
did you have any reason
to suspect her of this crime?
444
00:19:20,164 --> 00:19:21,469
No.
445
00:19:23,776 --> 00:19:27,475
I've always believed Natalie
to be trustworthy and...
446
00:19:27,519 --> 00:19:29,303
a passionate scientist.
447
00:19:29,347 --> 00:19:31,610
And I'm still inclined
to believe so.
448
00:19:31,653 --> 00:19:33,612
I mean, hon...
[sighs]
449
00:19:33,655 --> 00:19:35,527
honestly...
450
00:19:35,570 --> 00:19:38,878
I hope the version of events
you just laid out is the truth.
451
00:19:39,922 --> 00:19:43,187
Thank you very much,
Dr. Poulson.
452
00:19:43,230 --> 00:19:45,580
No further questions,
Your Honor.
453
00:19:47,278 --> 00:19:48,409
Redirect?
454
00:19:49,454 --> 00:19:52,239
Regardless of what you
might hope,
455
00:19:52,283 --> 00:19:54,241
Dr. Poulson,
456
00:19:54,285 --> 00:19:57,244
doesn't the fact remain
that a pathogen was stolen
457
00:19:57,288 --> 00:19:58,767
from your lab?
458
00:19:59,768 --> 00:20:01,161
[quietly]:
Yes.
And based
459
00:20:01,205 --> 00:20:03,294
on your own testimony,
wouldn't you agree
460
00:20:03,337 --> 00:20:07,211
that Dr. Reznick was
the only researcher
461
00:20:07,254 --> 00:20:08,908
who could possibly have had
an opportunity
462
00:20:08,951 --> 00:20:10,475
to do it?Asked and
answered,
463
00:20:10,518 --> 00:20:11,563
Your Honor.
464
00:20:11,606 --> 00:20:13,521
Counsel is badgering
the witness.
465
00:20:13,565 --> 00:20:16,132
[gallery murmuring]I'll withdraw the question,
Your Honor.
466
00:20:16,176 --> 00:20:18,396
How's the view
from where you're sitting?
467
00:20:18,439 --> 00:20:20,006
The only good news is,
468
00:20:20,049 --> 00:20:22,530
it can't get any worse.
469
00:20:28,710 --> 00:20:30,190
[Benny sighing]
470
00:20:33,976 --> 00:20:36,283
I'm awake.
It's okay.
471
00:20:36,327 --> 00:20:39,112
[chuckles]
Partying all night
with Astrid again, huh?
472
00:20:39,155 --> 00:20:40,287
[yawns]:
Yeah.
473
00:20:42,507 --> 00:20:45,292
I was sitting in the living room
at 3:00 in the morning,
474
00:20:45,336 --> 00:20:46,467
little Astrid up on my shoulder.
475
00:20:46,511 --> 00:20:48,513
I was trying
to get a burp out of her.
476
00:20:48,556 --> 00:20:51,298
And I flip on the news,
and we're everywhere.
477
00:20:51,342 --> 00:20:53,344
Mm-hmm.Every channel.
478
00:20:53,387 --> 00:20:56,129
And if it is our intention
to convince the jury
479
00:20:56,172 --> 00:20:58,784
that the real anthrax killer
is still out there,
480
00:20:58,827 --> 00:21:02,266
well, the national media
has not picked up on it.
481
00:21:02,309 --> 00:21:04,311
Which means...
482
00:21:04,355 --> 00:21:06,095
we're failing.
483
00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:09,316
Well, you don't know that.
484
00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,405
Our target's the jury,
not cable news.
485
00:21:11,449 --> 00:21:13,364
But the world of cable news
is the world
486
00:21:13,407 --> 00:21:15,191
these jurors go home to
every night.
487
00:21:15,235 --> 00:21:18,194
And if the CNNs and the Foxes
and the CNBCs aren't buying
488
00:21:18,238 --> 00:21:19,935
our version of events,
then neither
489
00:21:19,979 --> 00:21:23,330
are the jurors' families
or neighbors.
490
00:21:23,374 --> 00:21:27,116
And we all know they're not
supposed to talk about the case
491
00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:32,383
or watch the news about it...
but they do.
492
00:21:32,426 --> 00:21:35,995
I'm sorry, Bull, but I think
you're being a little premature.
493
00:21:36,038 --> 00:21:38,432
The prosecution is still
presenting their case,
494
00:21:38,476 --> 00:21:40,434
and we haven't even
gotten our turn.
495
00:21:40,478 --> 00:21:43,437
I know. But we can't
wait until then.
496
00:21:43,481 --> 00:21:45,613
We have to go
on the offensive now.
497
00:21:45,657 --> 00:21:48,050
We got to use every objection,
every cross to hammer home
498
00:21:48,094 --> 00:21:51,663
how dangerous it will be
if the jury gets this one wrong.
499
00:21:51,706 --> 00:21:55,014
The killer is still out there.
500
00:21:56,145 --> 00:21:58,365
CONNORS:
My wife, my-my wife Katie,
501
00:21:58,409 --> 00:22:01,412
she didn't aspire
to a political life.
502
00:22:01,455 --> 00:22:03,327
I mean, heck,
when I met her in grad school,
503
00:22:03,370 --> 00:22:04,850
she didn't even read the paper.
504
00:22:04,893 --> 00:22:07,374
But then we fell in love,
and the next thing you know,
505
00:22:07,418 --> 00:22:11,117
I'm running for office and then
we're out there together
506
00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,424
on the campaign trail.
507
00:22:13,467 --> 00:22:15,643
Oh, she was a natural.
508
00:22:15,687 --> 00:22:17,776
I mean, she loved people.
509
00:22:17,819 --> 00:22:21,736
And people sensed it
and they loved her right back.
510
00:22:21,780 --> 00:22:25,827
You see, I take enormous pride
in being a congressman.
511
00:22:25,871 --> 00:22:27,916
But the thought that my job,
512
00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,441
that my commitment
to public service
513
00:22:30,484 --> 00:22:35,402
somehow contributed
to her d-death... [crying]
514
00:22:35,446 --> 00:22:38,013
REYNOLDS:
It's all right,
Congressman Connors.
515
00:22:38,057 --> 00:22:39,885
No further questions.
516
00:22:39,928 --> 00:22:42,496
Uh, Bull, it's not
looking good here.
517
00:22:42,540 --> 00:22:44,672
This jury really feels
for the congressman.
518
00:22:44,716 --> 00:22:46,892
Of course they do. So do I.
519
00:22:46,935 --> 00:22:49,851
But that doesn't mean his pain
is Natalie's fault.
520
00:22:49,895 --> 00:22:52,637
Congressman Connors.
521
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,422
I'd just like to say
how profoundly sorry I am
522
00:22:55,466 --> 00:22:56,815
for your loss.
523
00:22:56,858 --> 00:22:58,251
Thank you.
524
00:22:58,294 --> 00:23:00,471
Now, much has been
made of the fact
525
00:23:00,514 --> 00:23:04,213
that you were a part
of a long list of legislators
526
00:23:04,257 --> 00:23:06,390
Dr. Reznick reached out to
in the wake
527
00:23:06,433 --> 00:23:09,131
of a funding cut
to her research program.
528
00:23:09,175 --> 00:23:12,308
Now, do you recall
Dr. Reznick's
529
00:23:12,352 --> 00:23:15,442
message to you to be
threatening in any way?
530
00:23:15,486 --> 00:23:17,139
Honestly, I don't.
531
00:23:17,183 --> 00:23:21,927
You see, my staff filters my
e-mails, so I only learned about
532
00:23:21,970 --> 00:23:27,062
that message in the, in the
aftermath of my wife's passing.
533
00:23:27,106 --> 00:23:30,152
But, no, it did not appear
to be threatening.
534
00:23:30,196 --> 00:23:33,765
But I imagine your office
must receive
535
00:23:33,808 --> 00:23:36,463
threatening e-mails
from time to time?
536
00:23:36,507 --> 00:23:38,422
Yes, unfortunately,
in my line of work,
537
00:23:38,465 --> 00:23:40,293
you have to make
tough choices sometimes,
538
00:23:40,336 --> 00:23:41,990
choices that anger people,
539
00:23:42,034 --> 00:23:44,732
and occasionally
those people do lash out.
540
00:23:44,776 --> 00:23:49,302
How many threats would you
estimate that you've received
541
00:23:49,345 --> 00:23:52,174
in the seven years
that you've been in Congress?
542
00:23:52,218 --> 00:23:57,745
Uh, like I said, my staff
filters my communications,
543
00:23:57,789 --> 00:24:00,182
so there's really
no way for me to know.
544
00:24:00,226 --> 00:24:03,185
Well, my office inquired.
545
00:24:03,229 --> 00:24:07,102
And according to your staff,
it's 102.
546
00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:08,321
[gallery murmuring]
547
00:24:08,364 --> 00:24:10,192
That's how many
unique threats
548
00:24:10,236 --> 00:24:13,369
your office has received
in the past seven years.
549
00:24:13,413 --> 00:24:16,677
19 of those were death threats.
550
00:24:16,721 --> 00:24:18,853
So let me ask you,
551
00:24:18,897 --> 00:24:24,468
in the wake of these attacks,
to the best of your knowledge,
552
00:24:24,511 --> 00:24:29,255
did the FBI investigate
those 19 people
553
00:24:29,298 --> 00:24:32,040
who previously threatened
to take your life?
554
00:24:32,084 --> 00:24:34,478
They may have.
555
00:24:34,521 --> 00:24:36,828
Honestly, I don't know.
556
00:24:36,871 --> 00:24:39,439
You don't know.
557
00:24:39,483 --> 00:24:43,182
Wow. That's kind of unsettling.
558
00:24:43,225 --> 00:24:46,315
I mean, did the FBI
even ask you about
559
00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:50,319
anyone who possibly could have
had a vendetta against you
560
00:24:50,363 --> 00:24:51,973
during that time period?
561
00:24:52,017 --> 00:24:54,541
I don't know.
562
00:24:54,585 --> 00:24:58,763
Well, then I truly am sorry
for you, Congressman Connors.
563
00:24:58,806 --> 00:25:02,506
Not only for your tragic
loss, but also because,
564
00:25:02,549 --> 00:25:05,770
apparently, law enforcement
seems more interested
565
00:25:05,813 --> 00:25:08,468
in scapegoating Natalie Reznick
than it does
566
00:25:08,512 --> 00:25:11,645
in making sure your wife's
real killer is off the streets.
567
00:25:11,689 --> 00:25:14,561
Objection. Counsel
is testifying.
568
00:25:14,605 --> 00:25:16,302
Sustained.
569
00:25:16,345 --> 00:25:19,566
The jury will disregard
the defense's last statement.
570
00:25:19,610 --> 00:25:21,437
Ask a question, Mr. Colón.
571
00:25:21,481 --> 00:25:22,743
That's all right, Your Honor.
572
00:25:22,787 --> 00:25:24,223
I have no
further questions
573
00:25:24,266 --> 00:25:26,181
at this time.BULL:
I'm sure you can't see it yet,
574
00:25:26,225 --> 00:25:28,488
but it finally feels
like we're making progress.
575
00:25:28,532 --> 00:25:30,664
AIMES:
The government will call
its next witness, please.
576
00:25:30,708 --> 00:25:33,798
The government rests
its case, Your Honor.
577
00:25:33,841 --> 00:25:37,497
Then the defense will call
its first witness, please.
578
00:25:37,541 --> 00:25:40,326
My parents came to this country
before I was born.
579
00:25:40,369 --> 00:25:42,807
They were scientists
in the Soviet Union,
580
00:25:42,850 --> 00:25:44,809
but they refused to toe
the party line,
581
00:25:44,852 --> 00:25:46,985
so their lives were in danger.
582
00:25:47,028 --> 00:25:50,510
They fled
and they found sanctuary here,
583
00:25:50,554 --> 00:25:51,380
in America.
584
00:25:51,424 --> 00:25:53,339
And until the day they died,
585
00:25:53,382 --> 00:25:55,602
they never ceased
being grateful for that.
586
00:25:55,646 --> 00:25:58,692
And they raised me
to be grateful, too.
587
00:25:58,736 --> 00:26:02,522
I decided
when I was
588
00:26:02,566 --> 00:26:04,437
a very young girl
that, when I grew up,
589
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,439
I-I would help people somehow,
590
00:26:06,482 --> 00:26:08,354
protect people somehow.
591
00:26:08,397 --> 00:26:11,966
So, is that how you ended
up researching cures
592
00:26:12,010 --> 00:26:14,055
for deadly biological weapons?
593
00:26:14,099 --> 00:26:17,232
Uh, well, it was...
[stammers]
594
00:26:17,276 --> 00:26:19,452
It was part of it, sure.
[chuckles]
595
00:26:19,495 --> 00:26:21,106
A love of science.
596
00:26:22,150 --> 00:26:23,325
I don't know.
597
00:26:23,369 --> 00:26:25,850
It-it-it gives me
a sense of satisfaction,
598
00:26:25,893 --> 00:26:27,547
like I'm-I'm pulling
my own weight,
599
00:26:27,591 --> 00:26:29,941
I'm doing my share.
600
00:26:29,984 --> 00:26:32,770
I am showing my gratitude.
601
00:26:32,813 --> 00:26:35,294
So the idea that
you would hurt
602
00:26:35,337 --> 00:26:39,820
or kill fellow Americans
for your own personal gain...
603
00:26:39,864 --> 00:26:41,343
Is absurd.
604
00:26:41,387 --> 00:26:43,345
To do the work that I do,
605
00:26:43,389 --> 00:26:45,652
you have--
you have to become a doctor.
606
00:26:45,696 --> 00:26:48,263
I'm-I'm a doctor.
607
00:26:48,307 --> 00:26:50,309
I took an oath
to save lives.
608
00:26:50,352 --> 00:26:53,965
Why would I knowingly set out
to hurt anyone?
609
00:26:54,008 --> 00:26:56,750
Kill anyone?
610
00:26:56,794 --> 00:26:58,491
Thank you, Dr. Reznick.
611
00:26:58,534 --> 00:27:00,885
No further questions,
Your Honor.
612
00:27:00,928 --> 00:27:03,670
[quietly]:
They look engaged to me,
receptive.
613
00:27:03,714 --> 00:27:05,106
Open body language.
614
00:27:05,150 --> 00:27:07,152
A couple jurors
are starting to lean in.
615
00:27:07,195 --> 00:27:09,154
Does that line up
with what you're seeing?
616
00:27:09,197 --> 00:27:10,416
Sure does.
617
00:27:10,459 --> 00:27:12,070
They're starting
to find Natalie credible,
618
00:27:12,113 --> 00:27:15,160
and a few of them
are now firmly on her side.
619
00:27:15,203 --> 00:27:17,031
REYNOLDS:
So,
620
00:27:17,075 --> 00:27:18,859
Dr. Reznick,
621
00:27:18,903 --> 00:27:20,687
the pleasure you take
from your work
622
00:27:20,731 --> 00:27:24,430
is fundamentally altruistic,
right?
623
00:27:24,473 --> 00:27:27,563
I mean, you want to
pull your own weight.
624
00:27:27,607 --> 00:27:30,392
You want to do your share.
625
00:27:30,436 --> 00:27:34,135
And, most of all,
you want to helppeople, huh?
626
00:27:34,179 --> 00:27:35,659
Protect people.
627
00:27:35,702 --> 00:27:38,270
This is what you just testified
to, correct?
628
00:27:38,313 --> 00:27:40,272
Yes.
629
00:27:40,315 --> 00:27:41,708
And you would never want
to hurt anyone.
630
00:27:41,752 --> 00:27:43,884
You certainly wouldn't want
to see anyone die.
631
00:27:43,928 --> 00:27:44,972
I mean, the work
632
00:27:45,016 --> 00:27:45,973
you do,
633
00:27:46,017 --> 00:27:48,193
your very reason
for being,
634
00:27:48,236 --> 00:27:51,457
is all about saving lives.
635
00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:52,850
Is that correct?
636
00:27:52,893 --> 00:27:55,026
That is what I said, yes.
637
00:27:55,069 --> 00:27:56,288
Interesting.
638
00:27:56,331 --> 00:27:58,290
Because I have a video
639
00:27:58,333 --> 00:28:00,379
of an academic conference
you participated in,
640
00:28:00,422 --> 00:28:02,294
which would seem
641
00:28:02,337 --> 00:28:04,296
to suggest
otherwise.
642
00:28:04,339 --> 00:28:05,732
Uh... [clears throat]
Objection.
643
00:28:05,776 --> 00:28:07,778
Your Honor,
this is the first
644
00:28:07,821 --> 00:28:09,780
the defense has heard
of any video.
645
00:28:09,823 --> 00:28:11,956
The AUSA knows...Your Honor, a concerned citizen
646
00:28:11,999 --> 00:28:13,914
sent this video
to our office...
...he has
a duty to disclose
647
00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:15,350
any and all......only just yesterday.
648
00:28:15,394 --> 00:28:17,352
Enough! Both of you.
649
00:28:17,396 --> 00:28:18,789
Mr. Reynolds,
650
00:28:18,832 --> 00:28:22,706
I'm gonna take you at
your word and allow this.
651
00:28:22,749 --> 00:28:25,447
Mr. Colón, I will give you
ample time to prepare
652
00:28:25,491 --> 00:28:27,275
should you choose
to redirect.
653
00:28:27,319 --> 00:28:28,929
Let's proceed.
654
00:28:30,191 --> 00:28:32,106
REYNOLDS: Is that you
up there, Dr. Reznick,
655
00:28:32,150 --> 00:28:33,847
on the stage,
in the video?
656
00:28:33,891 --> 00:28:35,675
It is. Yes.
657
00:28:35,719 --> 00:28:38,286
REYNOLDS:
Do you recall
when this video was taken?
658
00:28:38,330 --> 00:28:40,462
Um, I-I believe
659
00:28:40,506 --> 00:28:44,466
it was an ethics panel
at a microbiology conference
660
00:28:44,510 --> 00:28:47,469
about... ten years ago.
661
00:28:47,513 --> 00:28:48,993
I was still a postgrad.
662
00:28:50,559 --> 00:28:55,086
I have a hypothetical question
for you, Dr. Reznick.
663
00:28:55,129 --> 00:28:56,348
Okay.
664
00:28:56,391 --> 00:28:59,438
If an unknown deadly
virus or bacteria
665
00:28:59,481 --> 00:29:01,919
were to infect an
isolated group of people,
666
00:29:01,962 --> 00:29:03,398
what, in your opinion,
667
00:29:03,442 --> 00:29:06,227
is the best
course of action?
668
00:29:06,271 --> 00:29:08,316
Um, well, uh,
669
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:13,060
if there was a chance to contain
the outbreak within that group,
670
00:29:13,104 --> 00:29:14,670
I'd say
that the only choice
671
00:29:14,714 --> 00:29:17,848
is to quarantine
the infected--
672
00:29:17,891 --> 00:29:19,458
nobody in, nobody out--
673
00:29:19,501 --> 00:29:23,114
and then watch the, uh,
progression of the disease.
674
00:29:23,157 --> 00:29:24,942
MODERATOR:
Even if the disease were deadly?
675
00:29:24,985 --> 00:29:26,378
NATALIE:
Well, if you don't know
676
00:29:26,421 --> 00:29:27,422
what the pathogen is,
677
00:29:27,466 --> 00:29:29,729
treating the symptoms
may be futile.
678
00:29:29,773 --> 00:29:33,037
You're going to have
to let in medical workers,
679
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,299
and then, at some point,
you're going
680
00:29:34,342 --> 00:29:35,909
to have to let them
back out,
681
00:29:35,953 --> 00:29:37,432
and they very well
may carry
682
00:29:37,476 --> 00:29:39,434
whatever it is
to the general population.
683
00:29:39,478 --> 00:29:41,523
So, yeah,
684
00:29:41,567 --> 00:29:43,047
harsh as it sounds,
685
00:29:43,090 --> 00:29:45,789
quarantine.
686
00:29:45,832 --> 00:29:47,181
Because, unfortunately,
687
00:29:47,225 --> 00:29:51,272
sometimes five have to die
to save 5,000.
688
00:29:51,316 --> 00:29:53,666
[courtroom murmuring]
689
00:29:58,889 --> 00:30:03,502
"Sometimes five have to die
to save 5,000."
690
00:30:07,549 --> 00:30:10,770
Is that why you sent the anthrax
through the mail, Dr. Reznick?
691
00:30:10,814 --> 00:30:14,339
Because you thought it
would be okay to kill two
692
00:30:14,382 --> 00:30:16,950
if it meant recovering the funds
693
00:30:16,994 --> 00:30:19,387
that you needed
in order to find a cure?
694
00:30:19,431 --> 00:30:21,215
BENNY:
Objection.
695
00:30:21,259 --> 00:30:22,390
Facts not in evidence.
696
00:30:22,434 --> 00:30:23,870
Speculation.
697
00:30:23,914 --> 00:30:25,089
Badgering.
698
00:30:25,132 --> 00:30:26,351
Should I go on?
699
00:30:26,394 --> 00:30:28,048
Of course not.
700
00:30:28,092 --> 00:30:30,398
That is part
of a larger conversation.
701
00:30:30,442 --> 00:30:32,313
You lifted that
out of context.[gavel banging]
702
00:30:32,357 --> 00:30:34,141
AIMES: Dr. Reznick.And organically
contracting
703
00:30:34,185 --> 00:30:35,969
a disease
is fundamentally different
704
00:30:36,013 --> 00:30:38,232
than intentionally infecting
someone.Dr. Reznick.
705
00:30:38,276 --> 00:30:39,886
Dr. Reznick.
706
00:30:39,930 --> 00:30:43,150
Your attorney was making
an objection on your behalf.
707
00:30:43,194 --> 00:30:45,109
In the future,
when an attorney
708
00:30:45,152 --> 00:30:46,762
makes an objection,
709
00:30:46,806 --> 00:30:49,330
please refrain from answering
until I've rendered my decision
710
00:30:49,374 --> 00:30:51,071
on the objection.
711
00:30:51,115 --> 00:30:53,073
I will let
the witness's statement
712
00:30:53,117 --> 00:30:54,901
remain in the record.
713
00:30:54,945 --> 00:30:57,338
Let's take a ten-minute
break and allow everyone
714
00:30:57,382 --> 00:30:59,514
to cool down. The witness
will remain...
How's this
playing where you are?
715
00:30:59,558 --> 00:31:00,733
Not terribly well.
716
00:31:00,776 --> 00:31:02,561
I'm afraid
we lost all our greens, Bull.
717
00:31:02,604 --> 00:31:04,868
We will continue her
testimony at that time.[gavel bangs]
718
00:31:09,655 --> 00:31:12,005
MARISSA:
So, how was dinner?Not great.
719
00:31:12,049 --> 00:31:13,964
I wasn't hungry.
I'd been eating
720
00:31:14,007 --> 00:31:15,313
my small intestine
all afternoon.
721
00:31:15,356 --> 00:31:16,749
I promise you,
722
00:31:16,792 --> 00:31:19,143
it was as difficult
to listen to over here
723
00:31:19,186 --> 00:31:23,843
as I'm sure it was
for you to witness in person.
724
00:31:23,887 --> 00:31:25,671
The problem is, was,
725
00:31:25,714 --> 00:31:27,847
and continues to be
we've presented the jury
726
00:31:27,891 --> 00:31:29,762
with no real alternatives
to our client.
727
00:31:29,805 --> 00:31:31,851
We keep insisting
it must be someone else, but...
728
00:31:31,895 --> 00:31:34,071
we never say who.BENNY: Yeah.
729
00:31:34,114 --> 00:31:36,682
Bull's hitting the nail
on the head, Marissa.
730
00:31:36,725 --> 00:31:38,989
Every time I feel like
we're making progress,
731
00:31:39,032 --> 00:31:41,948
every time I feel a hint
of traction with this jury,
732
00:31:41,992 --> 00:31:43,645
it all slips away.
733
00:31:43,689 --> 00:31:46,735
That's because they have no one
else to consider but Natalie.
734
00:31:46,779 --> 00:31:48,912
I hear you. And all
I can tell you is that...
735
00:31:48,955 --> 00:31:50,957
[stammers] Danny,
Chunk, and Taylor--
736
00:31:51,001 --> 00:31:53,090
who is standing
right next to me--
737
00:31:53,133 --> 00:31:55,701
they're all beating
the bushes,
738
00:31:55,744 --> 00:31:58,530
trying to find someone who could
have plausibly pulled this off.
739
00:31:58,573 --> 00:32:00,097
Dr. Bull, did
you get a chance
740
00:32:00,140 --> 00:32:01,968
to go through those dossiers
I prepared for you?
741
00:32:02,012 --> 00:32:05,015
There's material there on
almost 50 lab employees,
742
00:32:05,058 --> 00:32:06,973
all of whom have
access to anthrax.
743
00:32:07,017 --> 00:32:09,845
I'm getting through them
as fast as I can, Taylor.
744
00:32:09,889 --> 00:32:12,022
But it's not as if anyone
flagged one of the employees
745
00:32:12,065 --> 00:32:15,677
and said, "Here's
a plausible suspect."
746
00:32:15,721 --> 00:32:16,940
Come on, Bull.
We are all pulling
747
00:32:16,983 --> 00:32:18,506
on the same end
of the rope here.
748
00:32:18,550 --> 00:32:20,944
[screams][screams]
What?
749
00:32:20,987 --> 00:32:22,075
The hell was that?
750
00:32:22,119 --> 00:32:23,990
What's going on over there?
751
00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,169
[elevator bell chimes]
752
00:32:30,649 --> 00:32:31,998
[indistinct chatter]
753
00:32:32,042 --> 00:32:34,087
Uh...
754
00:32:34,131 --> 00:32:36,176
is it...
safe out here?
755
00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:37,873
Absolutely.
756
00:32:37,917 --> 00:32:40,006
My name is, uh, Jason Bull.
757
00:32:40,050 --> 00:32:41,965
This is my place of business.
758
00:32:42,008 --> 00:32:43,879
I have two employees inside.
759
00:32:43,923 --> 00:32:47,057
Do you have any sense of when
they'll be able to come out?
760
00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:49,842
They will be able to come out
at some point, right?
761
00:32:49,885 --> 00:32:51,670
It's gonna be quite a while.
762
00:32:51,713 --> 00:32:53,585
You might want
to give them a call.
763
00:32:53,628 --> 00:32:56,066
[exhales]
764
00:32:56,109 --> 00:32:57,589
BULL:
How you guys feeling?
765
00:32:57,632 --> 00:32:59,983
At the moment?
Absolutely fine.
766
00:33:00,026 --> 00:33:01,985
A little hungry.
767
00:33:02,028 --> 00:33:03,203
He asked.
768
00:33:03,247 --> 00:33:04,900
We can't eat anything
from the kitchen.
769
00:33:04,944 --> 00:33:07,033
Can't eat anything until
they give us the all clear
770
00:33:07,077 --> 00:33:08,687
and we can get out of here.
771
00:33:08,730 --> 00:33:10,341
We are gonna be fine. They've
loaded us up with antibiotics.
772
00:33:10,384 --> 00:33:11,646
I think it's primarily
773
00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:13,866
about waiting for lab results
at this point.
774
00:33:13,909 --> 00:33:16,303
Marissa, Taylor, I'm so sorry
you're going through this.
775
00:33:16,347 --> 00:33:17,565
They give you
776
00:33:17,609 --> 00:33:19,132
any ETA on these tests?
777
00:33:19,176 --> 00:33:22,005
Uh, they've estimated
another three hours or so.
778
00:33:22,048 --> 00:33:24,833
Taylor, do you need us
to swing by your place
779
00:33:24,877 --> 00:33:25,921
and pick up your son?
780
00:33:25,965 --> 00:33:27,706
Nope. He's at his dad's.
781
00:33:27,749 --> 00:33:29,142
Thank goodness.
782
00:33:29,186 --> 00:33:31,753
Hey, uh, guys, there's nothing
for you to do here.
783
00:33:31,797 --> 00:33:33,407
Why don't you just head home?
784
00:33:33,451 --> 00:33:36,323
Bull, I will text you as soon
as they tell us anything.
785
00:33:36,367 --> 00:33:38,282
As soon as they let us out
of here.
786
00:33:38,325 --> 00:33:40,066
Are you sure? I mean,
787
00:33:40,110 --> 00:33:42,068
I'm happy to
stick around.
788
00:33:42,112 --> 00:33:43,896
We're good.
789
00:33:43,939 --> 00:33:46,072
We've got each other.Okay.
790
00:33:46,116 --> 00:33:48,074
Then I am going to go home,
791
00:33:48,118 --> 00:33:51,077
kiss my baby,
792
00:33:51,121 --> 00:33:53,297
and read some dossiers.
793
00:33:55,951 --> 00:33:58,041
Would you think
I was a terrible person
794
00:33:58,084 --> 00:33:59,520
if I told you that,
795
00:33:59,564 --> 00:34:01,914
as horrible as this must be
for Marissa and Taylor,
796
00:34:01,957 --> 00:34:04,438
there's potentially
a big upside to it?
797
00:34:05,483 --> 00:34:07,006
Oh, thank God.
798
00:34:07,050 --> 00:34:10,009
I thought I was the only one
whose mind worked that way.
799
00:34:10,053 --> 00:34:12,011
Natalie's in jail.
800
00:34:12,055 --> 00:34:14,144
So she couldn't have done it.
801
00:34:14,187 --> 00:34:15,928
If the FBI and the CDC confirm
802
00:34:15,971 --> 00:34:19,105
that the handwriting is the same
on the letter we got at TAC
803
00:34:19,149 --> 00:34:20,846
as on the envelopes
that went out
804
00:34:20,889 --> 00:34:22,587
to the congressman
and the newscaster...
805
00:34:22,630 --> 00:34:24,589
And that the construction
of the gizmo
806
00:34:24,632 --> 00:34:28,027
that makes sure the anthrax
makes contact with the person
807
00:34:28,071 --> 00:34:29,072
is similar...
808
00:34:30,551 --> 00:34:33,511
I think our client
is free and clear.
809
00:34:33,554 --> 00:34:37,341
I'll make sure to keep
all my digits crossed.
810
00:34:37,384 --> 00:34:38,951
[snoring]
811
00:34:38,994 --> 00:34:40,300
[phone vibrating]
812
00:34:40,344 --> 00:34:42,346
[snorts]
813
00:34:45,262 --> 00:34:47,394
[whispering]:
Hello?
814
00:34:47,438 --> 00:34:49,004
Marissa.
815
00:34:49,048 --> 00:34:51,790
Tell me what's going on.
816
00:34:53,357 --> 00:34:55,837
On your way home?
817
00:34:55,881 --> 00:34:57,752
Uh, that's great.
818
00:34:57,796 --> 00:35:00,015
Great to hear.
819
00:35:02,235 --> 00:35:03,541
Really?
820
00:35:03,584 --> 00:35:05,934
They certain of that?
Powdered sugar?
821
00:35:08,328 --> 00:35:11,070
Yeah, that is funny.
822
00:35:11,114 --> 00:35:13,203
If Taylor had only licked
her fingers,
823
00:35:13,246 --> 00:35:16,206
she wouldn't have been hungry
anymore.
824
00:35:16,249 --> 00:35:19,078
Well, the two of you
get something to eat,
825
00:35:19,122 --> 00:35:22,037
get some sleep,
and I'll see you in the morning.
826
00:35:22,081 --> 00:35:23,865
Night.
827
00:35:23,909 --> 00:35:26,129
♪
828
00:35:26,172 --> 00:35:28,174
[exhales]
829
00:35:28,218 --> 00:35:30,829
You have no idea how happy I am
830
00:35:30,872 --> 00:35:33,962
to be standing here,
talking to you.
831
00:35:34,006 --> 00:35:37,966
You have no idea
how happy I am to be talked to.
832
00:35:38,010 --> 00:35:39,011
Mm.
833
00:35:39,054 --> 00:35:40,578
Just a copycat.
834
00:35:40,621 --> 00:35:43,929
Copycat with powdered sugar
trying to intimidate us.
835
00:35:43,972 --> 00:35:46,236
Somebody who'd watched the news
and convinced themselves
836
00:35:46,279 --> 00:35:48,107
that Natalie is a murderer
837
00:35:48,151 --> 00:35:50,283
and that we're the bad guys
just doing whatever we can
838
00:35:50,327 --> 00:35:52,329
to help her evade the law.Well,
839
00:35:52,372 --> 00:35:55,158
I went through the rest of the
dossiers early this morning,
840
00:35:55,201 --> 00:35:58,117
and I found one that ticked
a lot of boxes for me.
841
00:35:58,161 --> 00:35:59,640
Really?
842
00:35:59,684 --> 00:36:02,295
What if I told you that one
of the employees at Hudson
843
00:36:02,339 --> 00:36:05,124
served as a medic
during the first Gulf War?
844
00:36:05,168 --> 00:36:09,259
Okay. And that's meaningful
because...?
845
00:36:09,302 --> 00:36:11,609
Because it means
they have firsthand knowledge
846
00:36:11,652 --> 00:36:15,439
of the devastation biological
and chemical weapons cause.
847
00:36:15,482 --> 00:36:18,529
No offense, but that
hardly seems like enough
848
00:36:18,572 --> 00:36:20,618
to get a jury
to change its mind.
849
00:36:20,661 --> 00:36:23,447
What if I told you this person
was stationed in territory
850
00:36:23,490 --> 00:36:27,233
where Saddam Hussein was waging
chemical and biological warfare
851
00:36:27,277 --> 00:36:30,367
against a large swath
of civilians?
852
00:36:30,410 --> 00:36:33,370
Still kind of feels like we're
making some big leaps here,
853
00:36:33,413 --> 00:36:34,545
don't you think?
854
00:36:34,588 --> 00:36:36,982
I don't know.
855
00:36:37,025 --> 00:36:40,377
Why does someone dedicate their
life to finding an antidote
856
00:36:40,420 --> 00:36:42,248
to something like anthrax?
857
00:36:42,292 --> 00:36:44,555
We know why Natalie did it.
858
00:36:44,598 --> 00:36:48,515
She felt... a sense of
obligation to her country.
859
00:36:50,343 --> 00:36:52,650
So, what if this person did it
860
00:36:52,693 --> 00:36:54,478
because they keenly understood
861
00:36:54,521 --> 00:36:58,090
that biological weapons were an
imminent threat to the homeland?
862
00:36:58,133 --> 00:37:01,659
So, when Congress cut
their funding for the research,
863
00:37:01,702 --> 00:37:04,357
they took matters
into their own hands
864
00:37:04,401 --> 00:37:06,316
and decided the one
865
00:37:06,359 --> 00:37:09,101
or two deaths necessary to seize
the public's imagination
866
00:37:09,144 --> 00:37:13,105
were a fair trade if it helped
prevent a greater harm.
867
00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:16,500
So, you're saying the FBI
had the right motive--
868
00:37:16,543 --> 00:37:19,372
just pegged the wrong person.
869
00:37:20,852 --> 00:37:23,376
Who is this person?
870
00:37:23,420 --> 00:37:25,248
Roger Simpkins?
871
00:37:25,291 --> 00:37:27,162
Uh, Natalie's boss?
872
00:37:27,206 --> 00:37:29,861
The man who oversees
the entire program?
873
00:37:29,904 --> 00:37:33,343
His position means he can come
and go between labs by himself
874
00:37:33,386 --> 00:37:34,953
without raising suspicion,
875
00:37:34,996 --> 00:37:37,085
which means
he has access
876
00:37:37,129 --> 00:37:38,391
to anthrax.
877
00:37:38,435 --> 00:37:39,740
Not to mention
the know-how
878
00:37:39,784 --> 00:37:42,395
and the equipment
to dry the spores with.
879
00:37:42,439 --> 00:37:44,354
DANNY:
Not only did Dr. Simpkins
have the motive,
880
00:37:44,397 --> 00:37:46,704
the means, and the opportunity
to commit this crime--
881
00:37:46,747 --> 00:37:48,445
he was also
in the perfect position
882
00:37:48,488 --> 00:37:49,750
to frame Natalie Reznick.
883
00:37:49,794 --> 00:37:51,839
BULL:
Natalie had to get
her boss's okay
884
00:37:51,883 --> 00:37:53,493
before she wrote
to that list
885
00:37:53,537 --> 00:37:55,887
of legislators and journalists
in the wake of the budget cuts.
886
00:37:55,930 --> 00:37:57,584
Dr. Simpkins
887
00:37:57,628 --> 00:38:00,021
could easily have pulled
Congressman Connors'
888
00:38:00,065 --> 00:38:03,808
and Allison Rojas' names
from that list in an effort
889
00:38:03,851 --> 00:38:05,549
to make Natalie
look guilty.
890
00:38:05,592 --> 00:38:07,551
[scoffs]
891
00:38:07,594 --> 00:38:08,813
I'm sorry,
892
00:38:08,856 --> 00:38:13,339
but none of this
sounds terribly convincing.
893
00:38:13,383 --> 00:38:15,863
In fact, it sounds desperate,
894
00:38:15,907 --> 00:38:17,430
like you know
you're about to lose
895
00:38:17,474 --> 00:38:19,519
and you're throwing spaghetti
on the wall,
896
00:38:19,563 --> 00:38:20,868
hoping something will stick.
897
00:38:20,912 --> 00:38:23,175
Look, I came
to this meeting
898
00:38:23,218 --> 00:38:24,481
in good faith.
899
00:38:24,524 --> 00:38:26,265
But I got to tell you,
900
00:38:26,309 --> 00:38:29,094
I believe
Natalie Reznick is guilty,
901
00:38:29,137 --> 00:38:31,009
and nothing
I've heard here today
902
00:38:31,052 --> 00:38:34,142
even remotely begins
to change my mind.
903
00:38:34,186 --> 00:38:36,362
Well, perhaps we should
have skipped the warm-up then.
904
00:38:36,406 --> 00:38:39,626
Danny, the pièce de résistance,
if you will.
905
00:38:44,457 --> 00:38:47,504
You recognize these images,
Mr. Reynolds?
906
00:38:47,547 --> 00:38:48,635
Of course.
907
00:38:48,679 --> 00:38:50,202
Those are
from the security footage
908
00:38:50,245 --> 00:38:54,075
the FBI lifted near the mailbox
where the letters were sent.
909
00:38:54,119 --> 00:38:55,381
You were never able
to identify Natalie
910
00:38:55,425 --> 00:38:57,165
in any of these photos,
were you?
911
00:38:57,209 --> 00:38:58,732
[scoffs] Come on.
Look at the time of year.
912
00:38:58,776 --> 00:39:00,473
Look how everyone is dressed.
913
00:39:00,517 --> 00:39:03,911
Nevertheless, we do believe
one of them is Natalie.
914
00:39:03,955 --> 00:39:05,522
Well, in the same way
you set out to prove
915
00:39:05,565 --> 00:39:06,914
one of them is Natalie,
916
00:39:06,958 --> 00:39:10,265
we set out to prove
one of them is Dr. Simpkins.
917
00:39:11,832 --> 00:39:13,617
We widened the surveillance area
918
00:39:13,660 --> 00:39:15,532
and accessed all
of the security cameras
919
00:39:15,575 --> 00:39:17,360
within a half-mile
radius of the mailbox.
920
00:39:17,403 --> 00:39:19,187
BENNY:
Now, the FBI determined
that there was
921
00:39:19,231 --> 00:39:22,365
an eight-hour window during
which the letters were mailed.
922
00:39:22,408 --> 00:39:25,846
So, using a photograph
of Dr. Simpkins' face,
923
00:39:25,890 --> 00:39:28,109
our office created
an algorithm
924
00:39:28,153 --> 00:39:31,112
to scan all eight hours
of the footage
925
00:39:31,156 --> 00:39:32,723
from every single camera.
926
00:39:33,724 --> 00:39:35,943
DANNY:
This is what
we found.
927
00:39:35,987 --> 00:39:38,206
Recorded by an ATM
about four blocks away
928
00:39:38,250 --> 00:39:40,426
from the mailbox.
929
00:39:40,470 --> 00:39:43,690
BULL:
As you can see,
that's Roger Simpkins.
930
00:39:43,734 --> 00:39:45,779
And you'll notice his hat
931
00:39:45,823 --> 00:39:48,391
perfectly matches
this hat.
932
00:39:48,434 --> 00:39:50,523
In this photo.
933
00:39:50,567 --> 00:39:53,831
Where a person
is clearly mailing letters.
934
00:39:53,874 --> 00:39:56,181
Letters which I would bet
contain anthrax.
935
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,404
Nice work.
936
00:40:05,059 --> 00:40:07,453
Well, I suppose the four of us
937
00:40:07,497 --> 00:40:09,455
should take a walk
down to the judge's chambers,
938
00:40:09,499 --> 00:40:10,413
see if we can get an audience.
939
00:40:12,806 --> 00:40:15,200
If this isn't probable cause
for a search warrant,
940
00:40:15,243 --> 00:40:17,158
I don't know what is.
941
00:40:22,468 --> 00:40:23,730
Look out there.
942
00:40:23,774 --> 00:40:25,428
You see
a single face mask?
943
00:40:25,471 --> 00:40:26,820
Nope.
944
00:40:26,864 --> 00:40:28,343
Just people walking
their dogs,
945
00:40:28,387 --> 00:40:30,345
strolling their kids.
946
00:40:30,389 --> 00:40:32,739
Well, it's like
we told the judge--
947
00:40:32,783 --> 00:40:34,915
the FBI searched
Dr. Simpkins' apartment,
948
00:40:34,959 --> 00:40:37,178
only to discover it,
too, had been bleached.
949
00:40:37,222 --> 00:40:39,746
Luckily, when they opened up
the HVAC ducts,
950
00:40:39,790 --> 00:40:43,750
they found anthrax spores
behind a vent in the kitchen.
951
00:40:43,794 --> 00:40:46,492
I still have a hard time
believing it.
952
00:40:46,536 --> 00:40:48,276
We talked about it
all the time.
953
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,279
He kept saying
how he wanted to help people,
954
00:40:51,323 --> 00:40:52,672
protect people.
955
00:40:52,716 --> 00:40:54,457
Oh, I'm sure he thought
he was doing just that.
956
00:40:54,500 --> 00:40:56,937
Doing it for the
greater good.
957
00:40:56,981 --> 00:41:00,419
You know, I guess that's why
I like my work so much.
958
00:41:00,463 --> 00:41:03,248
Bacteria may be challenging,
959
00:41:03,291 --> 00:41:06,425
but they're a whole hell
of a lot easier to understand
960
00:41:06,469 --> 00:41:08,427
than people.
961
00:41:12,562 --> 00:41:18,481
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962
00:41:18,524 --> 00:41:20,483
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