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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Seriously, he got a friend
that works at the Garden.
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Eighth row tickets?
For real?
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Yeah.
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I gotta ask my mom.
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So ask her.
She home?
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You crazy, Benicio? She ain't
gonna let me go out with you.
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Don't worry. I'll tell her
I'm going with Letti.
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Okay. That's cool.
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That's cool too.
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(GUNSHOTS)
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(MEN SHOUTING)
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0h. my God!
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(GUNSHOTS CONTINUE)
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(WOMAN SCREAMING)
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(CHATTERING OVER POLICE RADIO)
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Whoever it was came
in hard and fast.
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Found what's left of a
kilo in the back bedroom.
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Two vics here,
five more in the back.
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Stash house.
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Looks like a shotgun
blast over here.
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I guess these two
were watching the door.
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Any idea who they are?
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No lD's. We'll get a
hit on the prints.
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Any more drugs?
Cash?
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Cleaned them out.
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There's an empty floor trap
in the bedroom closet.
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Damn.
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My God!
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Looks like this is
where the party was.
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EMS found one still breathing.
Another teenage girl.
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Shot?
OD'd.
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She was covered in blood, but it
turned out to be somebody else's.
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Is she gonna make it?
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Medics said
she's touch and go.
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Sabina Montgomery.
Harpswood.
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The prep school?
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OFFICER: They all went there.
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Melinda McKenzie,
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Brittany Walker,
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Maria Alvarez.
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Looks like Park Avenue is giving
Washington Heights a bad name.
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The doctor said
all we can do is wait.
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This must be very tough.
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Did you know where
your daughter was,
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what she was doing?
Who she was with?
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She told us that she was going
to a friend's house to study.
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Did you know that your
daughter was using drugs?
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She doesn't use drugs.
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She's into sports. Swimming.
She does the butterfly.
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I didn't say she was
an addict, ma'am.
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Maybe this was the first
time she used drugs.
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Maybe...
Sabina has a 4.0 GPA.
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She's going to
Princeton in the fall.
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Sir, excuse me
for saying this,
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but those girls
were snorting heroin.
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Your daughter is being
treated for a drug overdose.
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Three of her friends
are in the morgue.
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This is all since she started hanging
around with that Hispanic girl.
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What Hispanic girl?
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Maria Alvarez.
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CALVIN: A scholarship student.
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Is that a bad thing?
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It's just a different world.
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You know what I mean,
with different norms.
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She's from that
neighborhood.
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She must've taken them
to that awful place.
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I'll tell you what.
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When we go up to that
awful neighborhood
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to tell Mr. Alvarez that his daughter
actually died, I'll ask him.
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I'm gonna wait
in the car, all right?
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I hope your daughter
makes it, I really do.
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RICARDO: You asking
did Maria take them there?
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I don't think so,
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but I also don't think that
Maria did drugs, either.
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So you didn't know?
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Maria was the last person
I would have suspected.
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Look, I lost ayounger
brother tojunk, okay?
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My boy, Javier, every day
the drug dealers hassle him.
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When Maria got into
this fancy prep school,
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lthought, "Hey, maybe this
is our ticket out of this."
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But no.
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No. Our Mayor
says crime is down.
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Well, he doesn't
live up here.
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You're free to look around.
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She was a good girl.
A really good girl.
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The only thing that
she was guilty of
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was trying too hard to fit
in with her new friends.
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Too much money, too
many things, no limits.
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I thought that they
were a fast crowd.
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Much faster
than my Maria.
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God.
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We searched this girl's computer,
her cell phone, her diary.
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There's nothing
that connects her
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to those four dealers
in that apartment.
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Prints come back yet?
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They all had sheets.
Burglary, robbery, assault.
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A couple of them
were pinched a few years back
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for taking off a stash house
in the 34.
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What about the heroin
at the scene?
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Southwest Asian.
Probably Afghani.
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Super high grade,
95% pure.
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Shoot it, smoke it,
snort it.
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When I was in Narcotics the stuff
on the street was Columbian
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and 50% pure at best.
You had to shoot it.
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Kept the casual user away,
but these days...
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Prep school girls and
stockbrokers, chasing the dragon.
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Globalization.
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You know, I'd like to know
how our prep school girls
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hooked up
with these lowlifes.
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How's that girl
in the hospital?
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She's still out of it.
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And honestly, I don't know what she's
gonna be able to tell us anyway.
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We were just on our way to her school
to talk to a few friends of hers.
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All right,
I'll call the headmaster.
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Give him a heads up
that you'll be dropping by.
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Felicia? We wanted to ask
you a couple of questions.
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About Sabina?
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Just trying to figure out what
happened to your friends.
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I don't know anything.
I swear.
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All right, Felicia. If you don't,
you don't, and that's fine with us.
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But if you do, that's between
you and your conscience.
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You were friends with
Maria Alvarez too, right?
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Do you know what people
are saying about her?
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That this is somehow her fault
because she lives uptown.
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I was supposed to
go with them.
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But I chickened out. I said
I wasn't feeling well.
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Where did you
meet these guys?
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At a rave.
Down in Chelsea.
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We went there
every Friday night.
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We'd hook up with
them there and party.
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These guys, were they
from Maria's neighborhood?
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She never saw
those guys before.
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We just hung out with them
at the rave, you know?
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So what happened
last night?
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They said they
had some H.
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Really good stuff.
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(SIGHING) Said we should
come over and try it.
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The other girls wanted
to, but it scared me.
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And where is this rave?
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(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
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Why you busting my balls? All we're
doing is having a little fun.
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You know how fast we can
close this hellhole down?
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We go back in there and we
see people doing drugs,
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all we gotta do is
make one phone call
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and this place
is gone for good.
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Okay, okay. Hey, I didn't
say I wouldn't help you.
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What do you want?
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These guys I know.
Tino, Eddie.
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Last names?
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I don't know
anybody's last name.
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You're gonna have to be a
little bit more helpful, Hugo.
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(sums)
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They run with Sammy Santiago
from uptown. Part of his crew.
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So what's he into?
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Sammy deals H.
Moves a lot of it.
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But not here, though, I swear. He
knows this place is off-limits.
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Is he in there right now? We should
go look and see if he's in there.
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Hey, hey, hey.
He never showed up.
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Must be getting lucky
someplace else.
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Where do we find him?
(SIGHS)
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Where do we find him?
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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Nobody's home.
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So what do you wanna do?
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Oh, as long
as we're here.
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What do you know?
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Something don't
smell so good.
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Oh.
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RODGERS: It's a well
documented torture technique.
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You beat someone
long enough,
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the muscle tissue
starts to break down.
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Rhabdomyalysis.
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The toxins build up in the bloodstream,
cause the kidneys to fail.
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Is that what killed him?
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It would have, but I guess
they were in a hurry.
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Restraint abrasions.
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(SIGHING) After they got tired
of beating him he was strangled.
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Petechial hemorrhaging,
ligature marks on his neck.
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So how about
a time of death?
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(GROANS) About 24 hours,
give or take.
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That's about the same time they
ripped off the stash house.
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What about these
cigarette butts?
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RODGERS: Oh,
we bagged one of those.
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Didn't look American.
Maybe a European brand?
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I'll have the lab
let you know.
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FONTANA: Thanks.
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No forced entry.
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Maybe Santiago was
expecting somebody.
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Well, this guy doesn't strike me
as the type you just drop in on.
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Well, it is rude
just to show up
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at a drug dealer's
doorstep unannounced.
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We pull the LUDS
on his phone,
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maybe we can figure out
who visited him.
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What can I do
for you, detectives?
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A call was made to Sammy
Santiago's cell phone from here.
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Is this Sammy Santiago
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in the concrete business?
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Actually, he's in
the heroin business.
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Heroin?
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I sell sand and gravel.
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You did a stretch
for assault
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a little while back,
didn't you?
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When I was young
and stupid.
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I'm a businessman now.
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I control my temper.
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But I will let you gentleman
know if I find out
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who made this call to this
dead heroin dealer. Yes?
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The old country?
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I am. Yes.
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I'm from Chicago.
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Lot of Albanians
in Chicago.
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Some of them
are in the Outfit.
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You call it the Mob
around these parts.
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I sell gravel.
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Have you ever heard of
torturing a guy to death,
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by beating him on the
soles of his feet?
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No.
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It sounds painful.
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I don't want that to happen to me.
Or you.
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Or to you.
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You should consider quitting.
Those things'll kill you.
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Have a good day,
detectives.
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What do you say we stop by the crime
lab on the way to the hospital?
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We didn't think
it was that bad.
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It wasn't like we were
shooting up or anything.
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You know, I'm really
surprised at you.
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A smart girl
such as yourself,
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going to Princeton
and all.
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I guess I made a mistake.
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I guess you did.
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Are you gonna
send me to jail?
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You know what? Wejust
might send you to jail,
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unless you promise
to tell us the truth
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about everything
you remember that night,
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you stay in school and get
yourself some drug counseling.
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I promise.
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Okay!
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Sabina, I'm going to show
you some photos, all right?
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I want you to see if
you recognize anybody.
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If you do,
tell me from where.
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I was kind of out of it.
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I don't know
if I got a good look.
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Just take a look. All right?
Take your time.
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No. Sorry.
250
00:13:30,009 --> 00:13:31,340
How about this one?
251
00:13:41,954 --> 00:13:43,080
(WHISPERING) Bardha.
252
00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:44,749
Where do you know him from?
253
00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:49,158
That place. Where I...
254
00:13:50,430 --> 00:13:52,194
Where my friends
got killed.
255
00:13:52,999 --> 00:13:54,398
When did you see him?
256
00:13:56,936 --> 00:13:58,267
I was nodding off.
257
00:13:58,738 --> 00:14:01,366
There was a lot of noise
coming from the other room.
258
00:14:01,441 --> 00:14:04,206
Shouting...
I guess gunshots.
259
00:14:05,978 --> 00:14:07,707
Then a man
came into the room.
260
00:14:09,382 --> 00:14:10,747
That man.
261
00:14:11,217 --> 00:14:12,480
What did he do?
262
00:14:16,656 --> 00:14:18,090
He started shooting...
263
00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:21,087
Everyone.
264
00:14:26,466 --> 00:14:28,059
We have a witness
that identifies him
265
00:14:28,134 --> 00:14:30,626
as one of the shooters at the
Washington Heights massacre.
266
00:14:30,703 --> 00:14:33,001
We can also tie him to the
murder of Sammy Santiago.
267
00:14:33,072 --> 00:14:35,734
We have DNA evidence that
puts him at the crime scene.
268
00:14:35,808 --> 00:14:38,038
And how do you come to find Mr.
Bardha's DNA?
269
00:14:38,111 --> 00:14:40,637
Well, let's just say that Mr.
Bardha enjoys a smoke
270
00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:42,579
while he's torturing
somebody to death.
271
00:14:42,648 --> 00:14:45,515
So what happened? Sammy
Santiago ripped you off?
272
00:14:45,585 --> 00:14:46,643
You took down
his stash house,
273
00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:49,188
then you found Sammy and gave him
a little a foot massage, huh?
274
00:14:49,255 --> 00:14:50,279
How's he doing?
275
00:14:50,356 --> 00:14:52,017
You're wasting your time, fellas.
Are we?
276
00:14:52,091 --> 00:14:53,286
We're gonna get
search warrants
277
00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:54,724
for his house and for
his place of business.
278
00:14:54,794 --> 00:14:55,989
And you know what
we're gonna find?
279
00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:57,359
We're gonna find heroin
280
00:14:57,430 --> 00:15:00,525
that matches exactly the heroin
that we found in that stash house.
281
00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:01,795
Afghani heroin!
282
00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:04,064
ED: And maybe a shotgun
and a Tech-9
283
00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:06,162
that we can also tie
to the scene of the crime.
284
00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:08,799
We got you for Santiago and we're
gonna nail you for those other seven.
285
00:15:08,875 --> 00:15:11,207
It was not my heroin.
286
00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:12,938
CARRANO: Arten.
Let him talk.
287
00:15:13,012 --> 00:15:14,673
He gets a deal,
you get a name.
288
00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:16,681
He is the suspect
in eight homicides.
289
00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:18,239
What kind of deal do you
think he's gonna get?
290
00:15:25,691 --> 00:15:29,059
Hydar Raheem.
From Bombay.
291
00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:31,759
He is in the heroin business.
292
00:15:32,165 --> 00:15:33,394
Afghani heroin?
293
00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:38,968
He needs somebody to distribute
his product in this country.
294
00:15:40,206 --> 00:15:42,174
He talks to Santiago.
295
00:15:43,009 --> 00:15:44,943
Santiago says
he's interested.
296
00:15:45,812 --> 00:15:47,837
He asks for time
to think about it.
297
00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:50,917
Then he rips off
Raheem instead.
298
00:15:51,150 --> 00:15:52,311
So Raheem's pissed.
299
00:15:52,385 --> 00:15:55,116
(CHUCKLES) He is so pissed.
He calls me.
300
00:15:55,621 --> 00:15:57,214
And you pay Sammy a visit.
301
00:15:59,325 --> 00:16:01,259
We had a discussion.
302
00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:05,490
He tells me where
Raheem's heroin is.
303
00:16:06,132 --> 00:16:08,533
So I go to the stash house
and get it back.
304
00:16:08,601 --> 00:16:11,536
You killed seven people,
including three teenage girls.
305
00:16:11,604 --> 00:16:14,801
We did not know
those girls should be there.
306
00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:18,309
The other four,
they are soldiers.
307
00:16:18,377 --> 00:16:19,845
They choose this life.
308
00:16:23,115 --> 00:16:24,105
Does Bardha's
story check out?
309
00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:26,948
Well, Raheem does have an import
store at Broadway and 11th.
310
00:16:27,019 --> 00:16:28,646
It's wholesale,
to the trade only.
311
00:16:28,721 --> 00:16:29,779
What does he import?
312
00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:35,022
Antiques and sacred objects. Now, Customs
is reluctant to search religious items,
313
00:16:35,094 --> 00:16:36,892
so it's a pretty clever
way to smuggle junk.
314
00:16:36,963 --> 00:16:38,863
Does Raheem have a sheet?
No. He's clean.
315
00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:41,798
Bardha says that Raheem's got
a shipment of Afghan heroin
316
00:16:41,868 --> 00:16:43,393
coming in in the
next couple of days.
317
00:16:43,469 --> 00:16:47,099
All right, let's track it and see if
we could catch Raheem taking delivery.
318
00:16:55,414 --> 00:16:56,904
Who do we have
coming in now?
319
00:16:57,583 --> 00:16:59,415
Flight 227 from London.
320
00:16:59,986 --> 00:17:01,181
(CHATTERING OVER PA)
321
00:17:08,261 --> 00:17:10,389
Another young
Indian couple.
322
00:17:16,736 --> 00:17:17,897
(PHONE RINGING)
323
00:17:21,607 --> 00:17:23,097
Yeah... Got it.
324
00:17:30,182 --> 00:17:32,583
I need to take
a look at your bags.
325
00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:35,878
Random check, ma'am.
326
00:17:35,955 --> 00:17:37,150
Of course.
327
00:17:40,092 --> 00:17:41,856
They sure look
nervous as hell.
328
00:17:48,467 --> 00:17:49,992
Okay, let's see
what we got.
329
00:18:02,949 --> 00:18:04,144
Look at these screws.
330
00:18:04,216 --> 00:18:06,014
You got three Phillips-head,
and one straight-edge.
331
00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:08,387
Messing with this religious
stuff could get you sued.
332
00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:10,681
That's all right,
we're authorized.
333
00:18:20,633 --> 00:18:21,691
ED: Look at that.
334
00:18:28,741 --> 00:18:32,234
We should pack this stuff back up and
let them go where they're going.
335
00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:35,371
May I help you?
336
00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:37,246
Yeah, you can
stay out of our way.
337
00:18:42,054 --> 00:18:43,317
What's going on here?
338
00:18:43,389 --> 00:18:44,652
You're under arrest.
339
00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:45,850
For what?
Drug trafficking.
340
00:18:45,925 --> 00:18:47,222
Oh, my God,
we didn't know.
341
00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:49,591
Be quiet!
Where is your warrant?
342
00:18:49,662 --> 00:18:51,027
We don't need a warrant.
343
00:18:51,097 --> 00:18:53,828
We saw these two people walk
into this establishment
344
00:18:53,899 --> 00:18:57,699
carrying a suitcase with an
unknown quantity of heroin in it.
345
00:18:57,770 --> 00:18:59,738
What... What heroin?
346
00:18:59,805 --> 00:19:02,206
I sell religious
pictures, icons.
347
00:19:02,308 --> 00:19:03,673
Save it for later, bro'.
348
00:19:03,743 --> 00:19:05,939
Don't say anything.
I'll get you a lawyer.
349
00:19:06,012 --> 00:19:07,776
ED: Let me read you
your rights, first.
350
00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:09,178
Yeah, please do.
351
00:19:12,518 --> 00:19:13,952
He didn't know the picture
frames contained heroin?
352
00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:15,818
So, those couriers just
brought it in on their own?
353
00:19:15,888 --> 00:19:17,652
And then just happened to take
it directly to his store?
354
00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:18,815
Can you prove otherwise?
355
00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:20,655
We're going to search his
store, his other properties,
356
00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:21,784
and his warehouse.
357
00:19:21,861 --> 00:19:23,693
I've got a feeling we're
gonna find a whole lot more
358
00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:24,992
than statuettes
and knick-knacks.
359
00:19:25,064 --> 00:19:27,533
And somehow, I get the
feeling that the, uh,
360
00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,036
"I didn't know the heroin was in
the statue of the Lord Vishnu"
361
00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:32,593
defense isn't gonna work.
362
00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:40,668
We'd like to talk
to the District Attorney.
363
00:19:40,746 --> 00:19:42,043
(FONTANA LAUGHING)
364
00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:44,173
He's a little busy
this time of day, man.
365
00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:46,344
I think they're going to want to
hear what my client has to say.
366
00:19:46,419 --> 00:19:47,648
Well, why don't you
give us a little preview?
367
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,711
Maybe we can get
somebody on the phone.
368
00:19:49,922 --> 00:19:51,117
Qaadar Khaleel.
369
00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:52,314
Who's that?
370
00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:54,086
One of the biggest
drug lords in Afghanistan.
371
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:55,889
And you got
your dope from him?
372
00:19:55,961 --> 00:19:57,326
He is the man I work for.
373
00:19:57,396 --> 00:20:00,331
(SCOFFS) The only
problem with that is,
374
00:20:00,399 --> 00:20:02,595
is that Afghanistan is
halfway around the world,
375
00:20:02,668 --> 00:20:04,534
and a little out
of our jurisdiction.
376
00:20:04,603 --> 00:20:06,867
He is here. Khaleel is here.
In New York.
377
00:20:08,107 --> 00:20:10,974
He arrived last night.
He comes once a month.
378
00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:12,971
On business?
And pleasure.
379
00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:15,514
He fancies blondes.
380
00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:17,982
There are not so many of
them back in Afghanistan.
381
00:20:18,751 --> 00:20:20,549
Raheem is going to
meet him tomorrow.
382
00:20:20,619 --> 00:20:21,848
What do you think?
383
00:20:23,889 --> 00:20:25,414
Fancies blonds, huh.
384
00:20:26,025 --> 00:20:27,459
Don't even go there.
385
00:20:28,127 --> 00:20:30,858
Raheem's got a deal if he
agrees to wear a wire.
386
00:20:30,930 --> 00:20:33,331
I want this drug lord's
confession on tape.
387
00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:41,170
This dude
travels in style.
388
00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:44,104
Khaleel's car just pulled up.
Black Town Car.
389
00:20:44,810 --> 00:20:46,244
OFFICER ON RADIO:
Copy that. Black Town Car.
390
00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:49,111
Did you see that?
Zoom in on those plates?
391
00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:53,782
Those are diplomatic plates.
392
00:20:53,853 --> 00:20:58,814
Yeah. Raheem's in. One other
passenger and a driver.
393
00:20:58,891 --> 00:21:00,120
Khaleel a diplomat?
394
00:21:00,192 --> 00:21:01,785
Raheem didn't mention that.
395
00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:05,320
Well, it doesn't matter. We
wired the guy, not the car.
396
00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:07,923
They're on the move. They're
heading south on Broadway.
397
00:21:13,038 --> 00:21:15,439
Red, white, blue
diplomatic plates.
398
00:21:15,508 --> 00:21:18,842
Adam-Frank-one-zero-two-one.
399
00:21:19,645 --> 00:21:20,908
We got the eyeball.
400
00:21:21,180 --> 00:21:23,740
Don't know about you,
but! am famished.
401
00:21:23,816 --> 00:21:26,183
(SPEAKING URDU)
402
00:21:26,252 --> 00:21:27,981
Parwana's on 12th Street.
403
00:21:28,053 --> 00:21:31,079
They're going to Parwana's
restaurant on 12th Street.
404
00:21:31,157 --> 00:21:34,491
Three blocks from here between
Broadway and University Place.
405
00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,824
It's between Broadway
and University Place.
406
00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:39,725
I have some news
about Santiago.
407
00:21:43,002 --> 00:21:44,697
Everything's been
taken care of?
408
00:21:45,070 --> 00:21:46,196
As you instructed.
409
00:21:47,106 --> 00:21:51,065
I called Bardha and told him
this was a serious problem.
410
00:21:52,444 --> 00:21:53,673
And?
411
00:21:55,281 --> 00:21:57,215
We have
our product back.
412
00:21:58,551 --> 00:22:00,417
Santiago
and his friends?
413
00:22:00,486 --> 00:22:02,250
Bardha took care
of them.
414
00:22:05,524 --> 00:22:07,253
(SIGHING) Excellent.
415
00:22:08,394 --> 00:22:09,725
Did he just give it up?
416
00:22:09,795 --> 00:22:10,956
That's the best
we're gonna get.
417
00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:14,690
We're gonna take him in
front of the restaurant.
418
00:22:14,767 --> 00:22:16,030
OFFICER: Ten-four.
Back-up is flying.
419
00:22:18,537 --> 00:22:19,800
(SIREN BLARES)
420
00:22:20,472 --> 00:22:21,871
ED: Qaadar Khaleel?
421
00:22:21,941 --> 00:22:23,340
(TIRES SCREECHING)
422
00:22:23,409 --> 00:22:24,808
(POLICE SIRENS WAILING)
423
00:22:26,212 --> 00:22:27,702
Yes?
You're under arrest.
424
00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:29,811
I have
diplomatic immunity.
425
00:22:29,882 --> 00:22:32,112
For murder and narcotics
trafficking? I doubt it.
426
00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:34,084
Good work.
Excellent work.
427
00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:37,020
He's a Judas, Raheem is. He set
you up and he sold you out.
428
00:22:40,993 --> 00:22:45,897
"Docket number 48102.
People v. Qaadar Khaleel. "
429
00:22:45,965 --> 00:22:48,900
Charge is eight counts of
conspiracy to commit murder.
430
00:22:48,968 --> 00:22:51,164
Eight counts of murder
in the first degree.
431
00:22:51,237 --> 00:22:52,602
That's a lot of counts.
432
00:22:52,671 --> 00:22:54,036
How does he plead,
Mr. Rems?
433
00:22:54,106 --> 00:22:55,301
Not guilty, Your Honor.
434
00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:56,466
Ms. Southerlyn?
435
00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:57,668
The defendant
is a drug lord.
436
00:22:57,743 --> 00:22:59,438
He's an international
narcotics trafficker.
437
00:22:59,511 --> 00:23:00,706
Alleged.
438
00:23:00,779 --> 00:23:03,146
My client has no criminal
record whatsoever.
439
00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:05,343
Who ordered the Washington
Heights massacre.
440
00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:06,907
He's an Afghan national
441
00:23:06,986 --> 00:23:08,852
with access to unlimited
amounts of drug money.
442
00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:10,320
He's clearly
a flight risk.
443
00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:14,121
The People's entire case is built
on the word of a narco-trafficker
444
00:23:14,193 --> 00:23:16,059
who's complicit
in these murders
445
00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:18,597
and who'll say anything
to reduce his jail time.
446
00:23:18,964 --> 00:23:21,626
We have a video recording
of the defendant discussing
447
00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:23,031
how he ordered
these murders.
448
00:23:23,102 --> 00:23:24,900
We dispute it was
an admission.
449
00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:27,268
And in any event
it was illegally obtained.
450
00:23:27,339 --> 00:23:29,171
You can argue
your suppression issue
451
00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,608
before the trial
judge, Mr. Rems.
452
00:23:31,677 --> 00:23:35,238
I'm not granting bail to anyone
connected to this blood bath.
453
00:23:35,314 --> 00:23:36,679
The defendant
is remanded.
454
00:23:36,749 --> 00:23:38,012
(GAVEL POUNDS)
455
00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:43,755
So what's wrong with the
statement, Mr. Rems?
456
00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:46,416
The police eavesdrop
on a diplomatic car
457
00:23:46,492 --> 00:23:50,156
and invaded the sanctity of a foreign
nation's consular territory.
458
00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:53,163
Please. Are you trying to tell me
that your client is a diplomat?
459
00:23:53,232 --> 00:23:56,327
I don't think the Vienna
Convention on Diplomatic Relations
460
00:23:56,402 --> 00:23:57,733
makes that distinction.
461
00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:06,904
Mr. Khaleel is a very
important man in Afghanistan.
462
00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:08,037
But I checked.
463
00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:09,706
He's not with
your consulate here.
464
00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:11,876
Mr. Khaleel
is a businessman.
465
00:24:13,018 --> 00:24:15,316
What was he doing
in your Consul's car?
466
00:24:16,655 --> 00:24:19,317
Mr. Khaleel calls me
when he comes to New York.
467
00:24:19,391 --> 00:24:20,984
I drive him,
show him the City.
468
00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:25,226
Please, do not
involve me in this.
469
00:24:25,564 --> 00:24:29,091
My brother is one of his captains,
in Paktika, in Afghanistan.
470
00:24:30,035 --> 00:24:31,161
I don't understand.
471
00:24:31,236 --> 00:24:33,295
Are you saying your brother's
a police or military officer?
472
00:24:33,372 --> 00:24:37,866
No, no, no. Khaleel has his own
army, militia, about 500 men.
473
00:24:39,244 --> 00:24:40,405
He's awarlord.
474
00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:44,211
Khaleel keeps my province safe
from outlaws and terrorists.
475
00:24:44,283 --> 00:24:46,752
He keeps the Taliban
from coming back.
476
00:24:46,919 --> 00:24:49,251
He feeds
my brother's children.
477
00:24:50,189 --> 00:24:53,318
When he asks me to do this,
I cannot say no.
478
00:24:55,561 --> 00:24:58,189
Khaleel isn't part of the
Afghanistan diplomatic mission.
479
00:24:58,263 --> 00:25:01,460
It doesn't change the
diplomatic status of the car.
480
00:25:01,533 --> 00:25:04,764
The Vienna Convention
of 1961 states that
481
00:25:04,837 --> 00:25:07,704
the premises of a country's
diplomatic missions,
482
00:25:07,773 --> 00:25:11,437
as well as its means of transport,
are immune from search.
483
00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:13,775
The defense claims
that a drug dealer
484
00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:16,338
has an expectation
of privacy in that vehicle?
485
00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:18,008
Even if it's used
on a lark?
486
00:25:18,150 --> 00:25:19,379
That's right.
487
00:25:19,451 --> 00:25:21,920
Well, I don't think
that bird'll fly.
488
00:25:21,987 --> 00:25:25,184
Let's see what this State
Department fella has to say.
489
00:25:26,425 --> 00:25:28,917
Mr. Branch!
Edwin Blitzer.
490
00:25:29,128 --> 00:25:30,994
What can I do
for you, Mr. Blitzer?
491
00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:33,758
Well, we understand you have
Qaadar Khaleel in custody.
492
00:25:34,733 --> 00:25:36,428
He's been charged
as a principal
493
00:25:36,502 --> 00:25:37,663
in the Washington
Heights massacre.
494
00:25:37,736 --> 00:25:39,261
He's been in the country
less than 24 hours.
495
00:25:39,338 --> 00:25:41,033
What could he possibly
have to do with that?
496
00:25:41,106 --> 00:25:43,507
Mr. Khaleel is an international
narco-trafficker.
497
00:25:43,575 --> 00:25:45,976
He's importing Afghan
heroin into New York.
498
00:25:46,045 --> 00:25:47,035
You have evidence
of this?
499
00:25:47,112 --> 00:25:48,307
Plenty.
500
00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:50,646
Do you want to see it?
501
00:25:52,785 --> 00:25:54,685
Khaleel is an ally
of our...
502
00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:56,483
Our interests over there.
503
00:25:57,523 --> 00:25:59,855
He has been a staunch
opponent of the Taliban.
504
00:25:59,925 --> 00:26:01,620
Well, the one thing you
could say about the Taliban
505
00:26:01,693 --> 00:26:03,286
is they didn't
tolerate drug trade.
506
00:26:03,362 --> 00:26:05,626
The threat in Afghanistan
wasn't about opium.
507
00:26:06,165 --> 00:26:07,860
Not then,
but what about now?
508
00:26:07,933 --> 00:26:10,595
Isn't the country in danger of
becoming the next Colombia?
509
00:26:10,669 --> 00:26:13,229
We're cognizant of the threats
to the new government
510
00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:15,797
and the conflict in
Afghanistan is far from over.
511
00:26:17,009 --> 00:26:19,842
Khaleel has helped us capture
a dozen al Qaeda operatives
512
00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:21,073
over the past two years.
513
00:26:21,146 --> 00:26:23,308
The man is an
indispensable resource.
514
00:26:23,382 --> 00:26:26,079
He's a drug lord. It's like
dealing with Pablo Escobar.
515
00:26:26,985 --> 00:26:28,680
We have to prioritize.
516
00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:30,920
First the Taliban
and al Qaeda.
517
00:26:31,223 --> 00:26:34,716
And after the drug lords and
warlords have helped Karzai do that,
518
00:26:34,793 --> 00:26:37,558
we help Karzai deal with the
drug lords and war lords.
519
00:26:38,030 --> 00:26:39,725
The enemy of my enemy
is my friend.
520
00:26:40,532 --> 00:26:42,193
That's how it works
in that part of the world.
521
00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:44,133
You can't be picky
on who you work with.
522
00:26:44,970 --> 00:26:48,167
You can see how sensitive this
matter is for the State Department.
523
00:26:48,373 --> 00:26:50,967
This case could be
a huge embarrassment
524
00:26:51,043 --> 00:26:52,841
to the United States
and President Karzai.
525
00:26:52,911 --> 00:26:54,538
Well, when they see
the crime scene photos
526
00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:56,081
of the Washington
Heights apartment,
527
00:26:56,148 --> 00:26:57,411
I'm sure they'll
get over that.
528
00:26:59,184 --> 00:27:03,018
I understand you have both the
man who gave the direct order
529
00:27:03,088 --> 00:27:05,056
and the man who did the
actual killing, in custody.
530
00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:07,115
Mr. Raheem and Mr. Bardha.
531
00:27:07,192 --> 00:27:09,354
And they've both agreed to plead guilty?
Isn't that enough?
532
00:27:09,428 --> 00:27:13,661
Mr. Raheem will testify that Mr.
Bardha carried out these killings
533
00:27:13,732 --> 00:27:16,429
at the behest
of your erstwhile ally.
534
00:27:19,938 --> 00:27:21,770
Anything you could do
to help us, Mr. Branch,
535
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:23,239
would be greatly
appreciated.
536
00:27:25,444 --> 00:27:28,539
We'll thank Mr. Khaleel for his
past assistance to America
537
00:27:28,614 --> 00:27:29,979
in fighting terrorism.
538
00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:33,813
But, he's gone onto drug
dealing and mass murder.
539
00:27:34,453 --> 00:27:36,148
And if I have anything
to say about it,
540
00:27:36,221 --> 00:27:38,280
he'll spend the rest
of his natural life
541
00:27:38,357 --> 00:27:40,689
in a New York
correctional facility.
542
00:27:47,866 --> 00:27:51,825
The Vienna Convention makes it clear
you can't search a diplomatic car.
543
00:27:51,904 --> 00:27:55,340
Except that the diplomatic protection
the defendant seeks to invoke
544
00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:57,808
applies only to
a physical search.
545
00:27:57,876 --> 00:27:59,970
What message do we
send to the world
546
00:28:00,045 --> 00:28:02,946
when we allow the police
to place wired agents
547
00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:05,074
into diplomatically
protected areas?
548
00:28:05,150 --> 00:28:07,915
Mr. Khaleel can't
shield his conversations
549
00:28:07,986 --> 00:28:10,284
simply by holding them
in diplomatic car.
550
00:28:10,722 --> 00:28:13,282
The Supreme Court has
held that a person has
551
00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:15,827
no constitutionally
justified expectation
552
00:28:15,894 --> 00:28:19,626
that someone he talks to will not
reveal that conversation to the police.
553
00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:23,635
The informant wore awire.
Audio and video.
554
00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:27,969
And the Supreme Court has also held
that an orally reported conversation
555
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,441
is no different
than a wire transmission.
556
00:28:30,509 --> 00:28:31,635
US v. White.
557
00:28:32,077 --> 00:28:35,012
Mr. McCoy's analysis
is correct.
558
00:28:35,113 --> 00:28:37,775
The Vienna Convention
didn't prevent Mr. Raheem
559
00:28:37,849 --> 00:28:40,477
from relaying the substance
of his conversation
560
00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:42,816
with Mr. Khaleel
after the fact.
561
00:28:42,888 --> 00:28:44,822
It doesn't prevent him
from recording it either.
562
00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:45,914
Your Honor...
563
00:28:45,991 --> 00:28:49,689
I'm allowing Mr. Khaleel's recorded
statement to be introduced at trial.
564
00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:52,663
Eight murder counts,
Mr. Rems.
565
00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:55,428
I suggest your client might want
to think about a plea bargain.
566
00:28:59,037 --> 00:29:00,869
The best I can do
is 50 to life, Mr. Rems.
567
00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:03,539
You want that,
Mr. Khaleel?
568
00:29:05,811 --> 00:29:08,542
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
569
00:29:11,016 --> 00:29:12,575
So, I can tell
Judge Mizener
570
00:29:12,651 --> 00:29:14,949
that I at least
made an effort.
571
00:29:15,354 --> 00:29:19,723
Notice that I'll be introducing a
public authority defense at trial.
572
00:29:20,092 --> 00:29:22,959
Which applies when an
informant or a hostage
573
00:29:23,028 --> 00:29:24,860
is forced to do
something illegal.
574
00:29:24,930 --> 00:29:27,991
Like when a Cl handles
drugs to keep his cover.
575
00:29:29,334 --> 00:29:30,563
Exactly.
576
00:29:31,937 --> 00:29:34,531
That isn't a recognized
defense, Mr. Rems.
577
00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:37,769
And which government authorized Mr.
Khaleel to murder eight people?
578
00:29:37,843 --> 00:29:42,110
The United States. It enlisted his
help in the war in Afghanistan.
579
00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:45,047
I didn't realize American
teenagers in Washington Heights
580
00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:46,516
were enemy combatants.
581
00:29:46,585 --> 00:29:49,782
My client poses as a
friend to the insurgents
582
00:29:49,855 --> 00:29:52,517
who are eager to do business
with drug traffickers
583
00:29:52,591 --> 00:29:54,958
in an effort to fund
their terrorist activities.
584
00:29:55,727 --> 00:29:58,492
I still don't see what it
has to do with this case.
585
00:29:58,563 --> 00:30:00,622
In order to continue
to assist the US,
586
00:30:00,699 --> 00:30:02,793
he has to run
his drug business.
587
00:30:02,868 --> 00:30:05,462
Which requires him to
behave like a drug lord.
588
00:30:05,537 --> 00:30:07,130
So if someone
steals his drugs,
589
00:30:07,205 --> 00:30:09,503
he's authorized to slaughter
them to keep his cover?
590
00:30:09,574 --> 00:30:12,805
He didn't authorize
the slaughter of anyone.
591
00:30:12,878 --> 00:30:17,145
He merely asked
an overzealous subordinate
592
00:30:17,282 --> 00:30:19,341
to retrieve
his stolen property.
593
00:30:19,551 --> 00:30:22,248
This is one of the most outrageous
claims I've ever heard.
594
00:30:22,321 --> 00:30:23,789
Maybe so.
595
00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:26,688
But if Mr. Khaleel
is going down for this,
596
00:30:27,392 --> 00:30:29,588
he's taking his handlers
down with him.
597
00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:31,959
So is the military
corroborating his story?
598
00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:34,158
I don't know that
they have any choice.
599
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,196
The US Government
knows exactly
600
00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:39,101
what Mr. Khaleel
has been doing.
601
00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:46,509
This is Khaleel's handler, Captain
Clark Wallace. Army Special Forces.
602
00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:49,104
And here's a letter
from Captain Wallace
603
00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:54,210
confirming the shipment of M-16s to Mr.
Khaleel in Gardez.
604
00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:57,252
"March 2nd, 2002."
605
00:30:57,889 --> 00:30:59,379
A photograph
and an old letter
606
00:30:59,458 --> 00:31:00,983
aren't gonna make
your case, Mr. Rems.
607
00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:03,286
Check the arrest report.
608
00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:05,629
You'll notice his first
call wasn't to me.
609
00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:07,688
It was to
Captain Wallace.
610
00:31:14,806 --> 00:31:16,535
The letter and photograph
are authentic.
611
00:31:16,608 --> 00:31:19,578
Khaleel's one of our best
sources in Eastern Afghanistan.
612
00:31:19,644 --> 00:31:21,669
According to Interpol,
he's a huge importer
613
00:31:21,747 --> 00:31:23,272
of heroin into
Western Europe.
614
00:31:23,348 --> 00:31:25,976
And now he's trying to
establish himself in New York.
615
00:31:26,918 --> 00:31:29,182
Things on the ground
aren't black and white.
616
00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:30,949
Especially in a place
like Afghanistan.
617
00:31:31,022 --> 00:31:32,786
You make friends with
whoever you need to.
618
00:31:32,858 --> 00:31:34,656
Not so different
than being a prosecutor.
619
00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:36,785
Except that we don't allow the
people we make deals with
620
00:31:36,862 --> 00:31:39,263
to expand the scope of
their criminal activities.
621
00:31:39,965 --> 00:31:41,399
That's here.
622
00:31:41,466 --> 00:31:42,661
We're talking
about over there.
623
00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:44,031
I'm not.
624
00:31:44,102 --> 00:31:47,037
I've got eight murders to
prosecute in New York City.
625
00:31:47,706 --> 00:31:50,505
Why did Khaleel call you the
night that he was arrested?
626
00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:52,236
To get him
the hell out of there.
627
00:31:52,444 --> 00:31:54,378
What could you
have done for him?
628
00:31:54,746 --> 00:31:56,407
Who do you think called
the State Department?
629
00:31:56,481 --> 00:31:58,677
I heard they sent somebody
to spring Khaleel.
630
00:31:59,818 --> 00:32:01,912
The only way that's going
to happen, Captain Wallace,
631
00:32:01,987 --> 00:32:03,148
is ifajury acquits him.
632
00:32:04,823 --> 00:32:06,814
I'm just stating
the facts, Mr. McCoy.
633
00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:08,624
The fallout from this
is going to hit people
634
00:32:08,693 --> 00:32:10,957
much higher up on the
chain of command than me.
635
00:32:16,635 --> 00:32:19,400
HYDAR: I have worked for Qaadar
Khaleel for over 10 years.
636
00:32:19,738 --> 00:32:22,207
Supervising poppy crops
in Afghanistan
637
00:32:22,841 --> 00:32:26,607
and shipping the raw opium to
Pakistan for processing into heroin.
638
00:32:27,746 --> 00:32:29,236
What other work
did you perform
639
00:32:29,314 --> 00:32:30,804
for the defendant,
Mr. Raheem?
640
00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:34,011
I oversaw the transport of that
heroin into nearby countries,
641
00:32:34,085 --> 00:32:38,022
like India, Turkey, Iran, for
sale in Europe and Russia.
642
00:32:38,089 --> 00:32:39,682
Were you responsible
643
00:32:39,758 --> 00:32:42,750
for importing the defendant's
heroin into the United States?
644
00:32:42,828 --> 00:32:43,989
Yes, I was.
645
00:32:44,062 --> 00:32:46,121
JACK: And where did
you store this heroin?
646
00:32:46,198 --> 00:32:49,896
In stores, homes, what
we call "stash houses."
647
00:32:50,502 --> 00:32:51,833
Did you reveal
the location
648
00:32:51,903 --> 00:32:54,600
of one of these stash
houses to Sammy Santiago?
649
00:32:54,739 --> 00:32:55,831
Yes.
650
00:32:55,907 --> 00:32:57,306
For what reason?
651
00:32:58,276 --> 00:33:01,007
Well, we wanted to sell our
heroin, here in New York.
652
00:33:01,079 --> 00:33:03,207
So we contacted
Mr. Santiago,
653
00:33:03,582 --> 00:33:06,779
hoping he and his associates would
be interested in helping us.
654
00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:09,321
Did they?
They robbed us instead.
655
00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:11,649
What happened
as a result?
656
00:33:13,191 --> 00:33:15,717
Mr. Khaleel asked me
to get our heroin back.
657
00:33:16,361 --> 00:33:19,331
And to have Santiago
and his crew killed.
658
00:33:20,866 --> 00:33:22,095
JACK: Nothing further.
659
00:33:27,472 --> 00:33:31,136
Let's get one thing straight
to start, Mr. Raheem.
660
00:33:32,043 --> 00:33:35,673
You hired Arten Bardha
to kill these people?
661
00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:37,342
Yes.
662
00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:38,541
And in exchange
for leniency,
663
00:33:38,617 --> 00:33:40,984
you made a deal
with the District Attorney
664
00:33:41,052 --> 00:33:42,542
to testify
against my client.
665
00:33:42,654 --> 00:33:43,815
Yes.
666
00:33:43,889 --> 00:33:46,483
Did my client ever
tell you explicitly
667
00:33:46,558 --> 00:33:49,118
to have Sammy Santiago
and his crew killed?
668
00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:52,061
No. But I knew
what he wanted done.
669
00:33:53,331 --> 00:33:58,701
Are you aware, Mr. Raheem, that the
production of heroin in Afghanistan
670
00:33:58,770 --> 00:34:01,296
has grown by 2000%
671
00:34:01,673 --> 00:34:04,404
since the United States
overthrew the Taliban regime?
672
00:34:04,476 --> 00:34:09,346
That 85% of the world's heroin
now comes from Afghanistan?
673
00:34:09,414 --> 00:34:11,007
I am not a bookkeeper.
674
00:34:11,082 --> 00:34:13,278
But, yes, there is much,
much more now.
675
00:34:13,351 --> 00:34:17,151
In fact, that was the reason
you were sent here, wasn't it?
676
00:34:17,556 --> 00:34:20,321
To find a market for my
client's surplus heroin?
677
00:34:20,525 --> 00:34:21,686
Yes, it was.
678
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,320
Did the United States
military allow my client
679
00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:26,330
to do business
as a drug trafficker?
680
00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:30,392
I know that US soldiers drove
by his poppy fields every day.
681
00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:32,669
So, at the very least,
they were aware
682
00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:34,501
that he was in
the heroin business?
683
00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:37,008
They had to.
Unless they were idiots.
684
00:34:37,943 --> 00:34:39,433
So it's quite possible
685
00:34:39,978 --> 00:34:42,447
that Qaadar Khaleel
was authorized
686
00:34:42,514 --> 00:34:44,141
by the United States
government
687
00:34:44,215 --> 00:34:47,515
to come to this country to
further his business interests
688
00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:51,113
in order to support his
identity as a drug lord?
689
00:34:51,189 --> 00:34:52,714
Objection to what's possible.
690
00:34:53,024 --> 00:34:54,287
Sustained.
691
00:34:55,627 --> 00:34:57,095
No further questions.
692
00:34:58,863 --> 00:35:00,422
My name is Clark Wallace.
693
00:35:00,498 --> 00:35:04,128
I hold a commission as a captain in the
United States Army, Special Forces.
694
00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:06,470
REMS: And what was
your last assignment?
695
00:35:06,538 --> 00:35:07,972
I served in Afghanistan.
696
00:35:08,373 --> 00:35:09,602
How were you deployed?
697
00:35:09,674 --> 00:35:12,302
I commanded a military intelligence
and reconnaissance unit
698
00:35:12,377 --> 00:35:15,005
composed of native Afghans
in Paktika province.
699
00:35:15,547 --> 00:35:19,245
Meaning you weren't working
with the regular Afghan Army?
700
00:35:19,317 --> 00:35:20,307
Correct.
701
00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:25,719
Why were you commanding a local
civilian force, Captain Wallace?
702
00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:28,191
The provinces are controlled
by the local tribesmen.
703
00:35:28,259 --> 00:35:30,250
If you're in an area
like Paktika,
704
00:35:30,328 --> 00:35:33,229
where you require knowledge
of the terrain, routes,
705
00:35:33,298 --> 00:35:35,096
who the good guys are and
who the bad guys are,
706
00:35:35,734 --> 00:35:38,203
you engage local people in order
to carry out your mission.
707
00:35:38,703 --> 00:35:40,467
What was your mission,
Captain Wallace?
708
00:35:41,873 --> 00:35:43,932
To capture Taliban
and al Qaeda operatives
709
00:35:44,009 --> 00:35:46,808
hiding along the Pakistani
border, in the tribal areas.
710
00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:49,974
Mr. Khaleel was one
of the tribal leaders
711
00:35:50,048 --> 00:35:51,914
you engaged to
help you do this?
712
00:35:52,951 --> 00:35:54,578
He controlled a large area
of the Paktika province.
713
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,311
And how exactly
did he help you?
714
00:35:57,389 --> 00:36:01,292
He provided intelligence,
vehicles, personnel.
715
00:36:01,793 --> 00:36:03,921
Personnel?
What does that mean?
716
00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:06,521
He provided men.
Soldiers. Troops.
717
00:36:07,298 --> 00:36:08,356
To fight?
718
00:36:08,433 --> 00:36:09,730
If necessary.
719
00:36:09,801 --> 00:36:12,896
And who paid these men,
the Afghan government?
720
00:36:13,238 --> 00:36:16,208
The fighters I worked with weren't
paid by the central government.
721
00:36:16,274 --> 00:36:18,038
They were paid by...
722
00:36:18,576 --> 00:36:19,839
Mr. Khaleel.
723
00:36:20,745 --> 00:36:23,043
He had a standing
militia of 1,500 men.
724
00:36:23,114 --> 00:36:25,742
And where did Mr. Khaleel
725
00:36:25,817 --> 00:36:30,721
come up with the money to pay and
equip 1,500 full-time fighters?
726
00:36:32,157 --> 00:36:33,352
I wouldn't know.
727
00:36:37,262 --> 00:36:41,722
Are you saying you had no knowledge that
Mr. Khaleel was in the heroin business?
728
00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:43,529
Correct, sir.
729
00:36:43,601 --> 00:36:45,626
You never saw
his poppy fields?
730
00:36:45,704 --> 00:36:47,536
None I could identify
as Khaleel's.
731
00:36:47,605 --> 00:36:51,098
And you never asked him
how he funded his militia?
732
00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:55,471
I don't ask questions I
don't need the answers to.
733
00:36:56,347 --> 00:36:59,510
Captain, you're testifying
under oath.
734
00:37:01,086 --> 00:37:02,451
I understand that.
735
00:37:05,323 --> 00:37:06,552
May We approach?
736
00:37:12,764 --> 00:37:15,461
This man is
perjuring himself.
737
00:37:15,967 --> 00:37:18,197
He's your witness,
Mr. Rems.
738
00:37:18,269 --> 00:37:21,000
If you have evidence
he's lying, let's see it.
739
00:37:29,481 --> 00:37:31,609
Rems had his head in the
clouds if he thought that
740
00:37:31,683 --> 00:37:33,447
a captain in the Special
Forces was going to
741
00:37:33,518 --> 00:37:36,954
openly acknowledge that he'd
consorted with a heroin trafficker.
742
00:37:37,021 --> 00:37:38,182
I don't know
what's worse,
743
00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:40,816
them pretending it didn't
happen or just admitting it.
744
00:37:40,892 --> 00:37:42,587
You know, Rems is
corroborating our case
745
00:37:42,660 --> 00:37:45,027
by conceding that
Khaleel's a dealer.
746
00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:47,190
But it's also tending
to support it.
747
00:37:47,732 --> 00:37:51,293
At the very least, the military
acquiesced to his opium business.
748
00:37:51,770 --> 00:37:53,101
At the very least?
749
00:37:53,671 --> 00:37:56,834
Are you suggesting that they
may have facilitated it?
750
00:37:57,709 --> 00:37:58,835
Possibly.
751
00:37:58,910 --> 00:38:02,642
At most they may have
ignored it, in Afghanistan.
752
00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:05,606
But Khaleel's not being
charged with drug felonies.
753
00:38:05,683 --> 00:38:08,209
He's charged with murder,
in New York State.
754
00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:10,118
And there's not
a snowball's chance in hell
755
00:38:10,188 --> 00:38:11,713
that our government
acquiesced to that.
756
00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:14,350
Didn't the CIA help run
drugs for the Contras?
757
00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:17,326
That's a left-wing myth
from a lunatic fringe.
758
00:38:17,395 --> 00:38:19,762
Don't be too sure
this is a lock, Arthur.
759
00:38:19,831 --> 00:38:21,128
These days, half the country
760
00:38:21,199 --> 00:38:24,396
thinks everything the government
says is Orwellian double-speak.
761
00:38:24,469 --> 00:38:27,803
And the other half have absolute
faith in what we're doing.
762
00:38:27,872 --> 00:38:30,136
So try to make the jury
see it that way.
763
00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:33,667
I don't want them buying any
paranoid conspiracy theories
764
00:38:33,745 --> 00:38:35,304
about the federal government.
765
00:38:39,617 --> 00:38:41,881
I have received money,
rifles for my men.
766
00:38:42,654 --> 00:38:44,213
And up until now,
plenty of thanks
767
00:38:44,289 --> 00:38:46,724
from the United States Government
for the work that I did.
768
00:38:46,791 --> 00:38:49,852
As confirmed in this letter
from Captain Wallace?
769
00:38:49,928 --> 00:38:51,089
Yes.
770
00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:53,691
Where was this
photograph taken?
771
00:38:56,401 --> 00:38:57,835
Near Jalalabad.
772
00:38:58,436 --> 00:38:59,961
We had apprehended
some Taliban.
773
00:39:01,639 --> 00:39:03,164
We were actually
celebrating.
774
00:39:03,541 --> 00:39:05,407
How did that happen,
Mr. Khaleel?
775
00:39:05,476 --> 00:39:07,672
We believed they might
be with al Qaeda,
776
00:39:07,745 --> 00:39:10,737
and we had heard they were interested
in doing business with me.
777
00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:12,305
What kind of business?
778
00:39:12,383 --> 00:39:15,910
They were offering to transport
some of my opium into Pakistan.
779
00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:19,722
Was Captain Wallace
aware you were doing this?
780
00:39:19,791 --> 00:39:21,555
He encouraged it.
781
00:39:21,893 --> 00:39:23,918
He wanted to capture some of
these men and question them
782
00:39:23,995 --> 00:39:26,862
about their terrorist activities.
Which is what we did.
783
00:39:27,365 --> 00:39:31,495
Did he ever request that you stop
your drug trafficking activities?
784
00:39:31,569 --> 00:39:32,798
(SCOFFS)
785
00:39:34,305 --> 00:39:35,966
Captain Wallace
is a smart man.
786
00:39:36,608 --> 00:39:39,270
He knows that without opium,
Afghanistan would crumble.
787
00:39:39,844 --> 00:39:43,041
The poppy seed crop represents
half of my country's economy.
788
00:39:43,615 --> 00:39:44,707
Maybe more.
789
00:39:44,782 --> 00:39:48,582
So American forces have done nothing
to stop your drug business?
790
00:39:48,786 --> 00:39:50,276
It is not their
business to do so.
791
00:39:50,355 --> 00:39:51,686
It is the Afghan
government's.
792
00:39:51,756 --> 00:39:54,453
And they haven't done anything
to interdict your activities?
793
00:39:54,525 --> 00:39:56,425
Under the Taliban,
opium was forbidden.
794
00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:58,551
Now it is flourishing.
795
00:39:58,630 --> 00:40:00,462
Which is why we have
come to America.
796
00:40:01,332 --> 00:40:03,528
To look for new markets
for our products.
797
00:40:03,601 --> 00:40:04,898
Like New York?
798
00:40:04,969 --> 00:40:07,199
One of the biggest.
The sky is the limit.
799
00:40:10,575 --> 00:40:11,770
Mr. Khaleel,
800
00:40:12,744 --> 00:40:17,477
did you authorize Hydar Raheem
to murder your business rivals?
801
00:40:17,548 --> 00:40:18,879
Absolutely not.
802
00:40:20,018 --> 00:40:23,181
I asked him to retrieve the
heroin that was stolen from me.
803
00:40:23,721 --> 00:40:24,950
That's all.
804
00:40:36,801 --> 00:40:38,599
Everything's been
taken care of?
805
00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:41,662
As you instructed.
I called Bardha.
806
00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:44,907
I told him this was
a serious problem.
807
00:40:45,376 --> 00:40:47,105
And?
808
00:40:47,178 --> 00:40:48,873
We have
our product back.
809
00:40:51,582 --> 00:40:53,107
Santiago and his friends?
810
00:40:53,785 --> 00:40:55,184
Bardha took care of them.
811
00:40:56,721 --> 00:40:58,211
Excellent.
812
00:41:02,393 --> 00:41:04,657
That's you talking
to Mr. Raheem, sir?
813
00:41:06,431 --> 00:41:07,694
Yes.
814
00:41:07,765 --> 00:41:09,995
Gloating over the murders
of your rival drug dealers?
815
00:41:10,068 --> 00:41:13,834
Listen to the videotape. I did not
say I did anything like that.
816
00:41:14,339 --> 00:41:16,307
But Mr. Raheem did
in fact work for you?
817
00:41:16,374 --> 00:41:19,105
From time to time.
The man is not my puppet.
818
00:41:19,978 --> 00:41:21,844
So which is it,
Mr. Khaleel,
819
00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:24,077
you deny ordering
the murders
820
00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:26,810
or the United States
authorized you to do so
821
00:41:26,884 --> 00:41:28,852
to protect your identity
as a drug dealer?
822
00:41:28,953 --> 00:41:30,682
I don't understand
your question.
823
00:41:30,755 --> 00:41:33,986
Of course you do. Make a
choice in front of this jury.
824
00:41:35,293 --> 00:41:38,422
You ordered the murders
or you had no hand in them?
825
00:41:43,701 --> 00:41:45,465
Every day in my part
of the world,
826
00:41:45,536 --> 00:41:49,598
the United States drops a bomb or fires
a missile in order to kill terrorists.
827
00:41:50,208 --> 00:41:51,801
Do other people
die as a result?
828
00:41:51,876 --> 00:41:53,844
Yes, regrettably.
829
00:41:54,345 --> 00:41:55,779
But for the greater good.
830
00:41:57,315 --> 00:41:59,044
I ordered no murders.
831
00:41:59,117 --> 00:42:01,279
I simply dispatched
a subordinate
832
00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:03,912
to retrieve the product
that was stolen from me.
833
00:42:04,622 --> 00:42:06,420
Using any means necessary?
834
00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:11,556
I don't know
how to answer that.
835
00:42:16,134 --> 00:42:18,535
I believe you just
did, Mr. Khaleel.
836
00:42:31,015 --> 00:42:32,915
JUDGE: Has the jury
reached a verdict?
837
00:42:32,984 --> 00:42:34,509
Yes, we have, Your Honor.
838
00:42:34,585 --> 00:42:35,643
How do you find?
839
00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,916
We find the defendant,
Qaadar Khaleel,
840
00:42:37,989 --> 00:42:40,686
guilty of eight counts of
murder in the first degree.
841
00:42:40,758 --> 00:42:42,021
(GAVEL POUNDS)
842
00:42:57,241 --> 00:43:00,438
It's basic physics. For every
action there is a reaction.
843
00:43:01,079 --> 00:43:04,105
We arm the mujahideen
to fight the Soviet Union,
844
00:43:04,182 --> 00:43:05,775
they turned on us.
845
00:43:05,850 --> 00:43:07,818
They'll attack us
at home and abroad.
846
00:43:08,052 --> 00:43:10,521
9/11,
we invade Afghanistan,
847
00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:13,785
topple the Taliban, and the world
is flooded with cheap heroin.
848
00:43:14,325 --> 00:43:16,157
And I've got eight dead
bodies in New York City
849
00:43:16,227 --> 00:43:17,490
and more to come.
850
00:43:17,562 --> 00:43:19,155
It's called "blowback."
851
00:43:19,230 --> 00:43:21,198
Unintended consequences.
852
00:43:21,399 --> 00:43:22,730
Something tells me
Khaleel won't be
853
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:26,327
the last unintended consequence
to show up on our doorstep.