1 00:00:01,402 --> 00:00:02,636 (male announcer) In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:02,670 --> 00:00:04,805 the people are represented by two separate 3 00:00:04,838 --> 00:00:06,807 yet equally important groups-- 4 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,110 the police who investigate crime 5 00:00:09,143 --> 00:00:11,512 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 6 00:00:11,545 --> 00:00:13,547 These are their stories. 7 00:00:14,615 --> 00:00:15,716 [cheering] 8 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:17,451 Baby bird! Whoo! 9 00:00:17,485 --> 00:00:18,652 You see the Oklahoma State game? 10 00:00:18,686 --> 00:00:20,521 30-foot bank at the buzzer. 11 00:00:20,554 --> 00:00:21,589 Over three guys. 12 00:00:21,622 --> 00:00:24,692 When's this guy gonna lose that raggedy-ass mustache? 13 00:00:24,725 --> 00:00:28,362 After he goes numero uno in the draft. 14 00:00:28,396 --> 00:00:30,331 No way. Dude's got no hops. 15 00:00:30,364 --> 00:00:31,699 He's got no speed. 16 00:00:31,732 --> 00:00:34,068 You just can't give a white man his props, can you? 17 00:00:34,102 --> 00:00:36,570 He's a good college ball player. 18 00:00:36,604 --> 00:00:38,506 Period. 19 00:00:38,539 --> 00:00:40,608 What the hell? 20 00:00:40,641 --> 00:00:44,044 I don't want to miss the end of this game. 21 00:00:45,113 --> 00:00:49,283 Damn. Somebody shot our TV. 22 00:00:52,186 --> 00:00:54,422 Stray bullet came through the wall in the room next door. 23 00:00:54,455 --> 00:00:55,589 What time was that? 24 00:00:55,623 --> 00:00:56,557 About 11:30. 25 00:00:56,590 --> 00:00:58,859 Manager came up to check it out and found him. 26 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:00,328 Is this the guy that checked into the room? 27 00:01:00,361 --> 00:01:01,795 Front desk says the room's registered to 28 00:01:01,829 --> 00:01:05,466 Jeffrey Pope, but there's no ID. 29 00:01:05,499 --> 00:01:06,567 (Fontana) No wallet or money? 30 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,169 How about a cell phone? 31 00:01:08,202 --> 00:01:09,170 None of the above. 32 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:10,638 You notice any shell casings? 33 00:01:10,671 --> 00:01:11,639 I didn't see any. 34 00:01:11,672 --> 00:01:12,640 Did he check in with anyone? 35 00:01:12,673 --> 00:01:14,142 Said he was alone. 36 00:01:15,876 --> 00:01:18,212 Condom wrapper. Ahh. 37 00:01:18,246 --> 00:01:20,814 There's three more on the floor over here. 38 00:01:20,848 --> 00:01:22,783 Looks like our D.O.A. had a visitor. 39 00:01:22,816 --> 00:01:25,253 Or two. We should check the garbage. 40 00:01:25,286 --> 00:01:26,354 Maybe he didn't flush. 41 00:01:26,387 --> 00:01:27,621 Looks like he had a hell of a party. 42 00:01:27,655 --> 00:01:30,191 Yeah, that's one way you can look at it. 43 00:02:20,741 --> 00:02:22,843 The deceased was the same man who paid for the room, 44 00:02:22,876 --> 00:02:24,245 Jeffrey Pope. 45 00:02:24,278 --> 00:02:26,714 Checked in at 1:15 this afternoon. 46 00:02:26,747 --> 00:02:28,416 The address on the driver's license 47 00:02:28,449 --> 00:02:30,284 is in Camden, South Carolina. 48 00:02:30,318 --> 00:02:31,552 Anyone imprint his credit card? 49 00:02:31,585 --> 00:02:33,487 Uh, he paid three nights cash in advance. 50 00:02:33,521 --> 00:02:34,588 Did he make any calls from the room? 51 00:02:34,622 --> 00:02:35,856 Uh, no. 52 00:02:35,889 --> 00:02:38,359 Any way of telling who visited him earlier? 53 00:02:38,392 --> 00:02:39,460 600 rooms. 54 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:41,229 We can't keep track of everybody who comes and goes. 55 00:02:41,262 --> 00:02:44,232 You got security cameras on the eighth floor? 56 00:02:44,265 --> 00:02:45,899 Not on the individual floors. Just over here. 57 00:02:45,933 --> 00:02:47,768 We're gonna have to get those from you. 58 00:02:47,801 --> 00:02:48,836 Did any of your employees go up there? 59 00:02:48,869 --> 00:02:50,671 Room service maybe? 60 00:02:50,704 --> 00:02:54,442 No, but I'm pretty sure I saw him. 61 00:02:54,475 --> 00:02:56,444 Using our courtesy computer around 7:30. 62 00:02:56,477 --> 00:02:57,445 Where's that? 63 00:02:57,478 --> 00:03:00,248 It's right over here. 64 00:03:00,281 --> 00:03:04,785 Lotta hits on Craigslist New York. 65 00:03:04,818 --> 00:03:07,321 Looks like he went right to the erotic services section. 66 00:03:07,355 --> 00:03:08,856 Escorts. Uh-huh. 67 00:03:08,889 --> 00:03:11,459 There's, like, ten postings. 68 00:03:11,492 --> 00:03:12,626 Kept going back to one of them, though. 69 00:03:12,660 --> 00:03:14,428 Hold on. 70 00:03:14,462 --> 00:03:16,230 A little comparison shopping. 71 00:03:16,264 --> 00:03:20,000 The caption says Alex, 23-year-old model. 72 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:23,571 Can you set us up in a room? 73 00:03:23,604 --> 00:03:25,606 [knock on door] 74 00:03:27,841 --> 00:03:32,246 Hi there. Wow. You must be Alex. 75 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,582 You gonna invite me in or what? 76 00:03:34,615 --> 00:03:35,416 That's why you're here, baby. 77 00:03:35,449 --> 00:03:37,685 Come on in. Make yourself comfortable. 78 00:03:41,722 --> 00:03:43,591 It's business first, sweetie. 79 00:03:43,624 --> 00:03:44,558 Of course. 80 00:03:44,592 --> 00:03:46,760 How much we talking about here, doll face? 81 00:03:46,794 --> 00:03:49,563 $300 for the hour. Not a problem. 82 00:03:49,597 --> 00:03:52,032 One, two, three. 83 00:03:52,065 --> 00:03:54,735 Oh. You did not tell me we had company. 84 00:03:54,768 --> 00:03:58,272 A threesome is extra. 85 00:03:58,306 --> 00:03:59,740 Oh, son of a bitch. 86 00:03:59,773 --> 00:04:01,542 No, no, no. 87 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:02,576 Just take it easy. Sit down. 88 00:04:02,610 --> 00:04:03,844 It's not what you think it is. 89 00:04:03,877 --> 00:04:04,878 Yeah, what then? 90 00:04:04,912 --> 00:04:06,847 Okay. Just sit down. 91 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,649 You were in room 823 earlier this evening? 92 00:04:08,682 --> 00:04:10,017 Yeah, says who? 93 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:11,819 Look, if you give us straight answers, 94 00:04:11,852 --> 00:04:14,522 you're gonna be out making calls before the sun rises, okay? 95 00:04:14,555 --> 00:04:16,524 [sighs] 96 00:04:16,557 --> 00:04:18,559 I had a client there. 97 00:04:18,592 --> 00:04:19,827 Said his name was Jeffrey. 98 00:04:19,860 --> 00:04:21,829 Right. How long were you with him? 99 00:04:21,862 --> 00:04:23,631 He booked me for an hour. 100 00:04:23,664 --> 00:04:24,765 Did he bring a friend? No. 101 00:04:24,798 --> 00:04:25,766 Did you? 102 00:04:25,799 --> 00:04:28,536 What are you talking about? 103 00:04:28,569 --> 00:04:32,340 We found a whole pile of those condom wrappers in his room. 104 00:04:32,373 --> 00:04:33,641 Yeah, all his. 105 00:04:33,674 --> 00:04:34,975 Guy was a regular porn star. 106 00:04:35,008 --> 00:04:36,544 He said he'd been away. 107 00:04:36,577 --> 00:04:39,447 Hadn't had any in eight months, so I made him double up. 108 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:40,514 I thought I was done. 109 00:04:40,548 --> 00:04:41,649 He made me stay for an encore. 110 00:04:41,682 --> 00:04:43,451 And then? I left. 111 00:04:43,484 --> 00:04:45,353 Something happen? 112 00:04:45,386 --> 00:04:46,720 Yeah. He's dead. 113 00:04:46,754 --> 00:04:50,424 Look, when I left he was happy and healthy. 114 00:04:50,458 --> 00:04:51,425 He even rang me back to see if I wanted 115 00:04:51,459 --> 00:04:52,493 to set something up for tomorrow. 116 00:04:52,526 --> 00:04:53,927 You can check the time on my phone. 117 00:04:53,961 --> 00:04:55,929 I was on my way to another appointment. 118 00:04:55,963 --> 00:04:57,865 Officer Davies is going to babysit you 119 00:04:57,898 --> 00:05:01,435 while we check out your story. 120 00:05:01,469 --> 00:05:03,937 She did get a phone call at 10:53, 121 00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:05,439 but look at this area code. 122 00:05:05,473 --> 00:05:07,408 8-8-2-1-6. 123 00:05:07,441 --> 00:05:08,609 Oh, that's a satellite phone. 124 00:05:08,642 --> 00:05:09,877 You can use those anywhere in the world. 125 00:05:09,910 --> 00:05:12,613 Well, this guy Pope was out of the country for eight months. 126 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:14,348 I'd like to know what that was all about. 127 00:05:14,382 --> 00:05:16,016 Let's call his phone. 128 00:05:18,051 --> 00:05:19,587 I don't know nobody named Jeffrey Pope. 129 00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:20,788 So what were you doing with his phone? 130 00:05:20,821 --> 00:05:22,656 I found it in the garbage. 131 00:05:22,690 --> 00:05:24,091 You know how many times we've heard that one? 132 00:05:24,124 --> 00:05:25,893 No, I saw this guy open his trunk 133 00:05:25,926 --> 00:05:27,628 and throw something away. 134 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:29,397 I went there by the trash can 135 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:30,664 and this phone was down in there. 136 00:05:30,698 --> 00:05:31,565 Why did you hold onto it? 137 00:05:31,599 --> 00:05:33,934 You know what it costs to call the Ukraine? 138 00:05:33,967 --> 00:05:36,670 Where were you last night at 11:25? 139 00:05:36,704 --> 00:05:38,038 My shift here started at 8:00. 140 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:39,106 You can check with my supervisor. 141 00:05:39,139 --> 00:05:40,107 Okay, the dude that dumped this phone, 142 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:41,108 what did he look like? 143 00:05:41,141 --> 00:05:42,610 I didn't get a good look. 144 00:05:42,643 --> 00:05:45,579 White. Six-foot. How old? 145 00:05:45,613 --> 00:05:46,780 It was dark. 146 00:05:46,814 --> 00:05:49,016 Could have been 20. Could have been 60. 147 00:05:49,049 --> 00:05:51,519 Look, he got back into his car 148 00:05:51,552 --> 00:05:52,620 and drove right into the tunnel. 149 00:05:52,653 --> 00:05:54,154 Okay, fine. What did the car look like? 150 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:58,392 Let me see, uh, dark red. 151 00:05:58,426 --> 00:05:59,393 A piece of junk. 152 00:05:59,427 --> 00:06:00,394 What do you mean, piece of junk? 153 00:06:00,428 --> 00:06:01,529 It was old. 154 00:06:01,562 --> 00:06:02,696 One of his headlights was not working. 155 00:06:02,730 --> 00:06:04,632 Where's the trash can? 156 00:06:04,665 --> 00:06:07,701 It's right over there, but, uh, sanitation was by 157 00:06:07,735 --> 00:06:09,703 about half an hour ago. 158 00:06:10,971 --> 00:06:12,806 We tracked down that garbage truck and we have 159 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:15,509 a detail from the Police Academy going through the bags. 160 00:06:15,543 --> 00:06:17,978 How'd you swing that, Fontana? 161 00:06:18,011 --> 00:06:19,680 Somebody owed me a favor. 162 00:06:19,713 --> 00:06:21,449 Anything from Ballistics? 163 00:06:21,482 --> 00:06:23,417 Yeah, the slugs are nine-millimeters. 164 00:06:23,451 --> 00:06:24,351 An automatic. 165 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:25,786 And the shooter cleaned up after himself. 166 00:06:25,819 --> 00:06:26,954 Yeah. He took all of Pope's IDs. 167 00:06:26,987 --> 00:06:27,955 I guess he's trying to slow us down. 168 00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:29,222 How about next of kin? 169 00:06:29,256 --> 00:06:32,460 Well, according to the Police Department in South Carolina, 170 00:06:32,493 --> 00:06:33,661 he moved out of that address 171 00:06:33,694 --> 00:06:35,529 on his driver's license years ago. 172 00:06:35,563 --> 00:06:36,797 Did they speak to the neighbors? 173 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:38,566 They said he kept to himself 174 00:06:38,599 --> 00:06:39,667 and they don't know of any family. 175 00:06:39,700 --> 00:06:41,535 Hey, Pope's satellite phone 176 00:06:41,569 --> 00:06:43,537 is from a network based in Dubai. 177 00:06:43,571 --> 00:06:45,806 These phones are only available 178 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,040 in Southwest Asia and Northern Africa. 179 00:06:47,074 --> 00:06:49,777 Well, check all the flights that came from the Middle East. 180 00:06:49,810 --> 00:06:51,679 Rivera's doing that. I ran his prints. 181 00:06:51,712 --> 00:06:53,013 He was honorably discharged from 182 00:06:53,046 --> 00:06:54,648 the Navy two years ago. 183 00:06:54,682 --> 00:06:56,584 Ex-military overseas. 184 00:06:56,617 --> 00:06:58,519 And he played football for SUNY Maritime. 185 00:06:58,552 --> 00:07:02,189 Well, maybe they still have a local contact. 186 00:07:02,222 --> 00:07:04,625 (Miller) Jeffrey was here '88 to '92. 187 00:07:04,658 --> 00:07:05,726 An average student. 188 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:07,127 Better than average quarterback. 189 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,529 Is this him? 190 00:07:08,562 --> 00:07:10,998 He looks a little older than I remember him. 191 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:13,667 Did he join the Navy right after he graduated? 192 00:07:13,701 --> 00:07:15,035 He qualified for the SEALs. 193 00:07:15,068 --> 00:07:16,637 That's a pretty big deal around here. 194 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:19,072 Most of our students go to the Coast Guard 195 00:07:19,106 --> 00:07:22,142 or they choose careers at sea in the private sector. 196 00:07:22,175 --> 00:07:23,777 Is there some kind of problem? 197 00:07:23,811 --> 00:07:26,113 He was found dead in a hotel room a few days ago. 198 00:07:26,146 --> 00:07:29,650 Oh. I'm sorry to hear that. 199 00:07:29,683 --> 00:07:32,052 In New York? Yes, sir. 200 00:07:32,085 --> 00:07:34,054 Our athletic director just got 201 00:07:34,087 --> 00:07:36,256 a postcard from him a few months ago. 202 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:38,726 He had left the service. 203 00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:40,728 He was with a private security company over there. 204 00:07:40,761 --> 00:07:44,732 Um, Diamond something. 205 00:07:48,669 --> 00:07:49,903 Hey, if you worked here would you want me telling 206 00:07:49,937 --> 00:07:52,205 your life story to whoever walks in that door? 207 00:07:52,239 --> 00:07:53,507 Hey, man. Look here. 208 00:07:53,541 --> 00:07:55,042 Pope's life story ended last night. 209 00:07:55,075 --> 00:07:56,009 I don't think so. 210 00:07:56,043 --> 00:07:57,210 Someone would have given me a phone call. 211 00:07:57,244 --> 00:07:59,613 From where? Damn it. 212 00:07:59,647 --> 00:08:00,648 Can you not take a hint? 213 00:08:00,681 --> 00:08:03,150 Well, here's a hint for you, Johnny. 214 00:08:03,183 --> 00:08:05,218 You can either answer our questions here 215 00:08:05,252 --> 00:08:08,622 or downtown chained to a wall. 216 00:08:12,059 --> 00:08:16,730 He was murdered in New York at the Wilton Hotel 217 00:08:16,764 --> 00:08:17,831 on 43rd Street. 218 00:08:17,865 --> 00:08:19,099 That does not make any sense. 219 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:28,642 Yeah, that's him. 220 00:08:28,676 --> 00:08:30,544 What does he do for your company? 221 00:08:30,578 --> 00:08:34,548 We have a security team that works in the Sunni Triangle 222 00:08:34,582 --> 00:08:37,618 protecting high risk individuals and materials. 223 00:08:37,651 --> 00:08:40,120 He was a mercenary. 224 00:08:40,153 --> 00:08:42,623 Diamond River is a private military firm. 225 00:08:42,656 --> 00:08:44,825 One out of eight men or women that's performing 226 00:08:44,858 --> 00:08:47,127 mission-critical roles in Iraq works for a P.M.F. 227 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:48,862 And we've had about a thousand causalities. 228 00:08:48,896 --> 00:08:50,764 Is there anybody we could talk to besides you 229 00:08:50,798 --> 00:08:52,833 that knows what he was going through over there recently? 230 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:57,137 There's a guy that he worked with in Ramadi. 231 00:08:57,170 --> 00:08:59,673 He was here a few hours ago. 232 00:08:59,707 --> 00:09:01,875 Who? Kevin Boatman. 233 00:09:01,909 --> 00:09:03,711 He came in here and quit. 234 00:09:03,744 --> 00:09:04,778 He wanted his back pay. 235 00:09:04,812 --> 00:09:07,280 Why'd he quit? I don't know. 236 00:09:07,314 --> 00:09:10,718 Maybe he needed a change of scenery. 237 00:09:10,751 --> 00:09:12,219 I think he had some problems with Pope. 238 00:09:12,252 --> 00:09:14,054 What do you mean problems? 239 00:09:14,087 --> 00:09:16,690 There was an incident a couple months ago. 240 00:09:16,724 --> 00:09:17,725 Roadside bomb. 241 00:09:17,758 --> 00:09:20,594 Two of Pope's guys got killed. 242 00:09:20,628 --> 00:09:22,129 Boatman got out of harm's way, 243 00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:23,764 but I have heard there were hard feelings. 244 00:09:23,797 --> 00:09:25,666 You know where Boatman's staying? 245 00:09:25,699 --> 00:09:29,302 Boatman is flying back to Jordan tonight. 246 00:09:29,336 --> 00:09:31,705 Said he took a job with one of our competitors. 247 00:09:31,739 --> 00:09:35,609 He's on the 8:00 out of JFK. 248 00:09:38,979 --> 00:09:40,213 Boatman check any bags? 249 00:09:40,247 --> 00:09:42,082 All he had was his carry-on. 250 00:09:42,115 --> 00:09:43,316 Mr. Boatman? Boatman? 251 00:09:43,350 --> 00:09:44,885 Yeah. 252 00:09:44,918 --> 00:09:46,654 Can you step out of line please, sir? 253 00:09:46,687 --> 00:09:47,587 Why? 254 00:09:47,621 --> 00:09:48,822 We got some questions we'd like to ask you. 255 00:09:48,856 --> 00:09:50,390 My plane leaves in 20 minutes. 256 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:51,291 Well, you'll have to take the next one. Come on. 257 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:53,727 You wanna let go of my arm? Yeah, sure. 258 00:09:57,197 --> 00:09:58,699 Have a seat. 259 00:09:58,732 --> 00:10:00,400 What were you doing in New York, Mr. Boatman? 260 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:01,702 I work private security. 261 00:10:01,735 --> 00:10:03,737 In Iraq. That's right. 262 00:10:03,771 --> 00:10:05,739 I came over here to catch on with a different company. 263 00:10:05,773 --> 00:10:08,141 You had to travel 7,000 miles to do that? 264 00:10:08,175 --> 00:10:10,043 Yeah. 265 00:10:10,077 --> 00:10:11,144 (Fontana) Why'd you make the switch? 266 00:10:11,178 --> 00:10:12,646 Better pay. Better hours. 267 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:14,715 Same reasons you guys change departments. 268 00:10:14,748 --> 00:10:16,183 We heard you were having problems 269 00:10:16,216 --> 00:10:17,851 with your supervisor, Jeffrey Pope. 270 00:10:17,885 --> 00:10:20,187 Why don't you get to the point? 271 00:10:20,220 --> 00:10:22,422 All right. 272 00:10:22,455 --> 00:10:25,693 We also heard about the ambush you were involved in. 273 00:10:25,726 --> 00:10:28,395 That's no big secret. 274 00:10:28,428 --> 00:10:31,298 Then you wouldn't mind filling us in on the details. 275 00:10:31,331 --> 00:10:35,836 We got ticketed to guard a truck from Ramadi to Baghdad. 276 00:10:35,869 --> 00:10:38,839 I'm in the rear SUV with our interpreter. 277 00:10:38,872 --> 00:10:40,741 Jamie Cortez and Nick Howell are in the lead. 278 00:10:40,774 --> 00:10:43,744 About two miles out of town, Nick hit a roadside bomb. 279 00:10:43,777 --> 00:10:45,813 Next thing you know, a dozen Ali Babas 280 00:10:45,846 --> 00:10:47,314 are coming over the berm with AKs. 281 00:10:47,347 --> 00:10:49,449 My vehicle and the client vehicle hauled ass out of there. 282 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:52,252 You left your friends behind. 283 00:10:52,285 --> 00:10:53,954 That or wind up dead like them. 284 00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:55,789 You blame Pope for getting your pals killed? 285 00:10:55,823 --> 00:10:56,857 Something happen to Pope? 286 00:10:56,890 --> 00:10:58,759 Is that what this is about? 287 00:10:58,792 --> 00:11:00,728 Your passport has you and Pope 288 00:11:00,761 --> 00:11:02,229 leaving Amman a day apart. 289 00:11:02,262 --> 00:11:04,932 Pope was screwing some guy's wife in South Carolina. 290 00:11:04,965 --> 00:11:06,934 That's who I'd be looking at. 291 00:11:06,967 --> 00:11:09,236 Where were you at 11:30 last night? 292 00:11:09,269 --> 00:11:12,039 He said this guy threatened to kill him. 293 00:11:12,072 --> 00:11:14,074 So I'm gonna see if I can catch my connection to Jordan. 294 00:11:14,107 --> 00:11:16,043 Sit down! 295 00:11:16,076 --> 00:11:17,745 What are the charges? 296 00:11:17,778 --> 00:11:18,946 Fragging your boss. 297 00:11:18,979 --> 00:11:21,248 Sit down. 298 00:11:36,429 --> 00:11:39,099 Boatman flies in from Iraq on Pope's heels. 299 00:11:39,132 --> 00:11:41,101 Now Pope's dead and Boatman's trying to leave town. 300 00:11:41,134 --> 00:11:42,202 What's the motive? 301 00:11:42,235 --> 00:11:44,171 To avenge his dead friends at the Diamond River Group. 302 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:45,839 So he's here less than one day 303 00:11:45,873 --> 00:11:47,174 and comes up with a car and a gun? 304 00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:49,276 He must have had some help. Who? 305 00:11:49,309 --> 00:11:51,111 (Green) We got nothing on the security video. 306 00:11:51,144 --> 00:11:53,246 We got a vague description of a single suspect 307 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,983 driving a red car with one headlight. 308 00:11:56,016 --> 00:11:57,384 T.S.A. did find a business card in Boatman's luggage. 309 00:11:57,417 --> 00:11:58,786 It's some lawyer in midtown. 310 00:11:58,819 --> 00:12:00,053 That's our next stop. 311 00:12:00,087 --> 00:12:01,154 Well, where's Boatman? 312 00:12:01,188 --> 00:12:04,124 They're holding onto him pending a background check. 313 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:07,160 So you called in another favor, Fontana? 314 00:12:07,194 --> 00:12:10,330 Look, if we cut him loose, he'll be on a plane 315 00:12:10,363 --> 00:12:11,198 before our coffee gets cold. 316 00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:14,067 All this stuff is starting to add up. 317 00:12:14,101 --> 00:12:17,070 24 hours. 318 00:12:24,111 --> 00:12:25,545 I had no idea Boatman was in town. 319 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:27,114 (Fontana) You didn't see him while he was here? 320 00:12:27,147 --> 00:12:28,081 No. 321 00:12:28,115 --> 00:12:30,250 What would he be doing with your business card? 322 00:12:30,283 --> 00:12:32,786 Come on, guys. 323 00:12:32,820 --> 00:12:35,789 Mrs. Rosen, what kind of work do you do here at this firm? 324 00:12:35,823 --> 00:12:37,090 Civil litigation. 325 00:12:37,124 --> 00:12:40,193 Personal injury. Industrial accidents. 326 00:12:40,227 --> 00:12:42,529 The only accident we heard Boatman was involved in 327 00:12:42,562 --> 00:12:43,997 happened in Iraq. 328 00:12:45,532 --> 00:12:48,368 Do you know a man named Jeffrey Pope? 329 00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:51,071 He was found murdered a few nights ago. 330 00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:53,006 You're serious? 331 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:54,908 Oh, we're very serious. 332 00:12:54,942 --> 00:12:58,545 I contacted Boatman in Iraq 333 00:12:58,578 --> 00:13:00,213 because he was a potential witness. 334 00:13:00,247 --> 00:13:02,082 I was looking into this on behalf 335 00:13:02,115 --> 00:13:03,851 of one of the families of the men who were killed. 336 00:13:03,884 --> 00:13:05,385 The Howell family. 337 00:13:05,418 --> 00:13:07,487 Who are they going after? 338 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,891 Pope. And the Diamond River Group. 339 00:13:10,924 --> 00:13:14,027 Because the insurgents killed their son? 340 00:13:14,061 --> 00:13:16,196 Not just killed. They beheaded him. 341 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:18,932 Well, that's awful, but can they actually sue them for that? 342 00:13:18,966 --> 00:13:20,300 This isn't the Army. 343 00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:22,870 The company sent its employees on a suicide mission. 344 00:13:26,206 --> 00:13:27,440 (Mrs. Howell) When Nick died over there, 345 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:29,276 nobody would even answer our questions. 346 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:30,410 If he'd still been in the service, 347 00:13:30,443 --> 00:13:32,412 it would have been in the paper. 348 00:13:32,445 --> 00:13:33,914 They probably would have had a parade for him in town. 349 00:13:33,947 --> 00:13:37,250 But from his Diamond River people, nothing. 350 00:13:37,284 --> 00:13:39,486 That's why we went to see Ms. Rosen. 351 00:13:39,519 --> 00:13:42,222 We thought she could get to the bottom of what happened. 352 00:13:42,255 --> 00:13:44,191 No disrespect intended, 353 00:13:44,224 --> 00:13:46,459 but weren't you looking to collect damages? 354 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:48,495 Oh, we're not doing so good. 355 00:13:48,528 --> 00:13:51,298 The only reason Nick took the job with that company 356 00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:52,866 was so he could help us get out of debt. 357 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:56,036 For your medical expenses? I have MS. 358 00:13:56,069 --> 00:13:58,405 Vernon had to switch to part-time at the plant 359 00:13:58,438 --> 00:14:00,173 so he could look after me. 360 00:14:00,207 --> 00:14:02,175 Our kid is risking his life in Iraq 361 00:14:02,209 --> 00:14:03,643 and they're trying to take away our house 362 00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:04,978 'cause we got no health insurance. 363 00:14:05,012 --> 00:14:09,049 Did Nick ever mention his supervisor? 364 00:14:09,082 --> 00:14:10,583 Jeffrey Pope? 365 00:14:10,617 --> 00:14:12,519 Pope, yeah. Nicky talked to Robbie about him. 366 00:14:12,552 --> 00:14:14,521 Said he was a real idiot. 367 00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:17,157 Who's Robbie? 368 00:14:17,190 --> 00:14:18,525 Our other boy. 369 00:14:18,558 --> 00:14:20,327 Nick's little brother. 370 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:21,361 He lives two blocks from here. 371 00:14:21,394 --> 00:14:24,197 Nick used to live there, too. 372 00:14:24,231 --> 00:14:25,465 Do you know if Robbie's home? 373 00:14:25,498 --> 00:14:26,666 I'm pretty sure he's at work. 374 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:31,304 He's a stock boy at Better Foods on Route 27. 375 00:14:31,338 --> 00:14:32,405 Last thing my parents need are people 376 00:14:32,439 --> 00:14:34,474 coming around asking about Nick. 377 00:14:34,507 --> 00:14:36,309 Trying to get over what happened. 378 00:14:36,343 --> 00:14:39,246 You don't support your parents' lawsuit against Diamond River? 379 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:41,915 Lawsuit. The lawyer said we probably couldn't touch 'em 380 00:14:41,949 --> 00:14:42,983 'cause it happened in Iraq. 381 00:14:43,016 --> 00:14:45,318 Somebody dropped some salad dressing in aisle five. 382 00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:46,619 Bob wants you to clean it up. 383 00:14:46,653 --> 00:14:48,388 Hey, listen. 384 00:14:48,421 --> 00:14:50,123 Your father said that you and Nick 385 00:14:50,157 --> 00:14:51,324 would talk about Jeffrey Pope. 386 00:14:51,358 --> 00:14:52,926 Yeah? What about him? 387 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,095 He doesn't sound like your favorite person. 388 00:14:55,128 --> 00:14:56,529 Two things I know about Pope. 389 00:14:56,563 --> 00:14:57,630 Nick worked for him 390 00:14:57,664 --> 00:14:59,499 and Nick's head came home in a box. 391 00:14:59,532 --> 00:15:01,068 We're sorry that happened. 392 00:15:01,101 --> 00:15:02,069 So, yeah. 393 00:15:02,102 --> 00:15:03,670 I'd love to hear what Pope has to say about that. 394 00:15:03,703 --> 00:15:05,672 Where were you Tuesday night? 395 00:15:05,705 --> 00:15:07,074 Shift ends at 8:00, then I went home. 396 00:15:07,107 --> 00:15:08,275 Alone? 397 00:15:08,308 --> 00:15:10,443 Yeah. 398 00:15:10,477 --> 00:15:11,544 What kind of car do you drive? 399 00:15:11,578 --> 00:15:13,280 Jeep Cherokee. 400 00:15:13,313 --> 00:15:14,214 And how about your brother? 401 00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:15,215 Did he keep a car around? 402 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:17,650 I gotta go clean up that mess. 403 00:15:17,684 --> 00:15:20,553 Hey, look. We can always do a DMV check 404 00:15:20,587 --> 00:15:23,456 if you're not gonna give us a straight answer. 405 00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:26,326 Nick used my mom's old Honda. 406 00:15:26,359 --> 00:15:27,260 What color? 407 00:15:27,294 --> 00:15:28,695 Maroon. 408 00:15:30,263 --> 00:15:32,332 Where's it at? 409 00:15:32,365 --> 00:15:34,401 My parents' garage. 410 00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:36,603 Thank you. 411 00:15:39,372 --> 00:15:41,208 You know, I don't understand what this 412 00:15:41,241 --> 00:15:42,275 has to do with Diamond River. 413 00:15:42,309 --> 00:15:44,344 We just want to take a quick look at your wife's car. 414 00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:46,013 Well, there it is. 415 00:15:46,046 --> 00:15:48,415 Hey, you mind if I turn it on? 416 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:50,017 I guess it's all right. 417 00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:52,452 Who has access to this car, Mr. Howell? 418 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:58,091 Robbie uses it sometimes. Why? 419 00:15:58,125 --> 00:16:00,560 [car warning chimes] 420 00:16:04,597 --> 00:16:07,367 Thank you, Mr. Howell. 421 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:08,701 Hold up. 422 00:16:08,735 --> 00:16:11,538 It's a nine millimeter shell casing. 423 00:16:11,571 --> 00:16:13,373 From a gun? 424 00:16:15,342 --> 00:16:17,710 We're gonna have to have a talk with your son. 425 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,481 I don't know where that shell came from. 426 00:16:21,514 --> 00:16:23,650 (Green) Yeah, well, you're screwed 427 00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:24,751 because it matches the slugs 428 00:16:24,784 --> 00:16:28,355 we found in Jeffrey Pope's chest. 429 00:16:28,388 --> 00:16:31,424 Look, Robbie. I was in Vietnam, okay? 430 00:16:31,458 --> 00:16:33,360 I lost a lot of good buddies over there 431 00:16:33,393 --> 00:16:37,130 because some prep boy captain didn't know 432 00:16:37,164 --> 00:16:39,099 his Johnson bar from his elbow. 433 00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:40,567 So for you to lose a brother like that. 434 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,602 Man, that's gotta be rough. 435 00:16:42,635 --> 00:16:44,637 Come on, man. Don't baby his ass. 436 00:16:44,671 --> 00:16:45,605 He killed Pope 'cause he wanted revenge. 437 00:16:45,638 --> 00:16:46,806 Now he's gonna sit here like a little coward? 438 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:48,075 Now, wait a minute. 439 00:16:48,108 --> 00:16:49,142 You don't think he deserved revenge? 440 00:16:49,176 --> 00:16:52,645 Pope got this kid's brother's head chopped off, 441 00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:54,314 for crying out loud. 442 00:16:54,347 --> 00:16:55,182 And there isn't a jury in the world 443 00:16:55,215 --> 00:16:56,183 that would convict him. 444 00:16:56,216 --> 00:16:57,284 (Green) Yeah, he's noble? 445 00:16:57,317 --> 00:16:58,251 He's not even standing up 446 00:16:58,285 --> 00:16:59,686 and taking responsibility for it, like a man. 447 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:00,720 Look, Robbie. 448 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:03,190 You gotta get out in front of this thing right now. 449 00:17:03,223 --> 00:17:04,557 I'm telling ya, it's your only shot. 450 00:17:04,591 --> 00:17:06,493 I don't know. 451 00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:07,560 Oh, come on, man. 452 00:17:07,594 --> 00:17:09,062 Let's just give this to the DA. 453 00:17:09,096 --> 00:17:10,663 We already know that he got that headlight fixed 454 00:17:10,697 --> 00:17:14,267 the next morning at the Route 27 Exxon. 455 00:17:14,301 --> 00:17:16,369 And we have a witness that saw you dump 456 00:17:16,403 --> 00:17:18,771 Pope's cell phone near the Midtown Tunnel. 457 00:17:18,805 --> 00:17:20,407 He couldn't have seen me. 458 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,275 Why not? 459 00:17:22,309 --> 00:17:24,844 'Cause I wasn't there. 460 00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:26,646 See what I'm saying, man? 461 00:17:26,679 --> 00:17:28,115 Kevin took the Honda that night. 462 00:17:28,148 --> 00:17:29,316 Wait a second. Kevin? 463 00:17:29,349 --> 00:17:32,352 Kevin who? Kevin Boatman. 464 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:33,753 I picked him up at the airport. 465 00:17:33,786 --> 00:17:35,655 He stayed in Nick's room that night. 466 00:17:35,688 --> 00:17:36,723 He wanted a car to drive to the city. 467 00:17:36,756 --> 00:17:37,724 Did you go with him? No. 468 00:17:37,757 --> 00:17:39,626 I swear. I didn't. 469 00:17:39,659 --> 00:17:41,728 Where'd he get the gun? 470 00:17:44,764 --> 00:17:45,765 It was Nick's. 471 00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:48,135 Did you give it to him? 472 00:17:48,168 --> 00:17:50,103 Yeah. 473 00:17:50,137 --> 00:17:52,572 So you knew that that was gonna lead to trouble, didn't you? 474 00:17:52,605 --> 00:17:53,673 I don't know. I guess. 475 00:17:53,706 --> 00:17:55,175 Why did you go along with it? 476 00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:57,544 Well, I told Kevin the lawyer didn't think 477 00:17:57,577 --> 00:17:59,279 she could help my mom and dad. 478 00:17:59,312 --> 00:18:01,214 And Kevin said that wasn't right. 479 00:18:01,248 --> 00:18:03,116 That somebody should pay for what happened to Nick. 480 00:18:03,150 --> 00:18:05,585 Pay? Pay how? 481 00:18:05,618 --> 00:18:08,121 Well, if Pope wouldn't help us with our lawsuit, 482 00:18:08,155 --> 00:18:11,124 Kevin was gonna get justice one way or the other. 483 00:18:11,158 --> 00:18:12,125 (Green) Wait a minute. 484 00:18:12,159 --> 00:18:14,261 How did you come to blame Pope 485 00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:15,728 for what happened to your brother, anyway? 486 00:18:15,762 --> 00:18:19,566 Kevin said they told Pope the road was too hot that day. 487 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:20,767 That they were gonna get hit. 488 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,403 Pope didn't care. 489 00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:25,305 He said they had a contract. 490 00:18:25,338 --> 00:18:27,774 That the reason they got a fat paycheck was to take risks. 491 00:18:27,807 --> 00:18:30,810 And my brother-- 492 00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:38,318 After they blew up my brother's truck, 493 00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:39,919 Kevin radioed Pope for help, 494 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:44,524 but Pope wouldn't send the rest of the team. 495 00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:49,162 He left Nick out there for those animals. 496 00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:58,505 Danielle Melnick for Mr. Howell and Mr. Boatman. 497 00:18:58,538 --> 00:19:00,807 (Jude Goldberg) You gentlemen are aware you're entitled to separate counsel? 498 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,742 Yes. Yes. 499 00:19:02,775 --> 00:19:04,544 I'll make further inquiry on this after they're arraigned. 500 00:19:04,577 --> 00:19:05,612 How do they plead, Ms. Melnick? 501 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:07,380 Not guilty, Judge. 502 00:19:07,414 --> 00:19:09,316 People on bail? 503 00:19:09,349 --> 00:19:10,283 Mr. Boatman, the gunman, was apprehended 504 00:19:10,317 --> 00:19:11,451 attempting to board an international flight. 505 00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:14,654 (Melnick) He had a job to get to, Your Honor. 506 00:19:14,687 --> 00:19:16,223 We obtained admissions implicating 507 00:19:16,256 --> 00:19:17,724 both defendants from Robbie Howell. 508 00:19:17,757 --> 00:19:20,460 (Goldberg) What were their motives, Miss Borgia? 509 00:19:20,493 --> 00:19:22,562 They held the victim responsible for Nick Howell's death in Iraq. 510 00:19:22,595 --> 00:19:24,464 He was fighting over there? 511 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:25,498 Not exactly. 512 00:19:25,532 --> 00:19:26,566 He was killed during an ambush while he worked 513 00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:29,469 for a private militia called the Diamond River Group. 514 00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:30,537 They're the real criminals! 515 00:19:30,570 --> 00:19:32,505 They got my son killed. 516 00:19:32,539 --> 00:19:34,274 Who is that? 517 00:19:34,307 --> 00:19:36,509 (Melnick) That's my client's father, Your Honor. 518 00:19:36,543 --> 00:19:37,510 Another outburst like that and he'll be 519 00:19:37,544 --> 00:19:39,346 on this side of the bar. 520 00:19:39,379 --> 00:19:41,948 He's upset that his son died due to this company's incompetence. 521 00:19:41,981 --> 00:19:43,450 Save it for trial, Ms. Melnick. 522 00:19:43,483 --> 00:19:44,751 I'm remanding Mr. Boatman. 523 00:19:44,784 --> 00:19:48,355 Bail for Robbie Howell will be set at $1 million cash or bond. 524 00:19:48,388 --> 00:19:51,358 [bangs gavel] 525 00:19:51,391 --> 00:19:52,459 Melnick must have an agenda. 526 00:19:52,492 --> 00:19:54,927 She seemed all worked up about the Diamond River Group. 527 00:19:54,961 --> 00:19:57,864 One of the defendants and the victim 528 00:19:57,897 --> 00:19:59,766 both worked for the same company. 529 00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:00,933 What's her angle? 530 00:20:00,967 --> 00:20:03,002 She'll say Nick Howell's a victim, too. 531 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:05,405 And Pope's death is collateral damage 532 00:20:05,438 --> 00:20:06,939 from private armies fighting 533 00:20:06,973 --> 00:20:08,608 in an undermanned, unpopular war. 534 00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:10,743 A run at jury nullification 535 00:20:10,777 --> 00:20:13,413 and a pretty weak one, if you ask me. 536 00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:16,883 Melnick's got a press conference scheduled today at 3:00. 537 00:20:16,916 --> 00:20:18,285 The beginning of her campaign 538 00:20:18,318 --> 00:20:19,919 to work the media and the jury pool. 539 00:20:19,952 --> 00:20:22,555 Blue city, blue state. Could have some traction. 540 00:20:22,589 --> 00:20:25,325 Well, let's don't go paws up 541 00:20:25,358 --> 00:20:27,260 because some self-serving defense lawyer 542 00:20:27,294 --> 00:20:30,229 wants to hop on a soapbox. 543 00:20:32,865 --> 00:20:35,368 (McCoy) You just couldn't lay off this one, could you, Danielle? 544 00:20:35,402 --> 00:20:36,836 How could I, Jack? 545 00:20:36,869 --> 00:20:39,272 They've outsourced an ill-advised, mismanaged war. 546 00:20:39,306 --> 00:20:41,541 And now it's spilled over into New York City. 547 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:43,943 We are looking at a much smaller picture. 548 00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:46,913 The Howell family has been through a lot. 549 00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:49,849 We're prepared to offer Mr. Howell some consideration. 550 00:20:49,882 --> 00:20:51,484 Really? 551 00:20:51,518 --> 00:20:53,353 Becoming a softy in your old age, Jack? 552 00:20:53,386 --> 00:20:56,022 I could be convinced that he wasn't fully aware 553 00:20:56,055 --> 00:20:58,391 of Mr. Boatman's intentions. 554 00:20:58,425 --> 00:20:59,826 You want his testimony. That's right. 555 00:20:59,859 --> 00:21:01,428 Does he want a deal or not? 556 00:21:01,461 --> 00:21:03,363 No can do. 557 00:21:03,396 --> 00:21:04,664 (Borgia) Don't you think there's a problem 558 00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:06,466 representing both defendants? 559 00:21:06,499 --> 00:21:08,601 No. They waived the conflict. 560 00:21:08,635 --> 00:21:10,603 That wasn't a problem for you? 561 00:21:10,637 --> 00:21:12,004 Jack, if I thought for a minute 562 00:21:12,038 --> 00:21:14,374 that Mr. Howell wanted any plea bargain, 563 00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:16,609 I would withdraw as his counsel. 564 00:21:16,643 --> 00:21:19,379 We're offering you a plea to manslaughter, ten years. 565 00:21:19,412 --> 00:21:22,415 Because I tried to help my parents? 566 00:21:22,449 --> 00:21:24,551 You were looking for revenge, Mr. Howell. 567 00:21:24,584 --> 00:21:27,354 When they hear about my brother at the trial, 568 00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:29,322 they're gonna let me go. 569 00:21:29,356 --> 00:21:31,424 I trust Ms. Melnick has told you 570 00:21:31,458 --> 00:21:34,026 that what happened in Iraq has no bearing on this murder case. 571 00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:35,828 It may not even come into evidence. 572 00:21:35,862 --> 00:21:38,498 And there's where we part company, Jack. 573 00:21:38,531 --> 00:21:42,602 My motion to enter video evidence. 574 00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:44,904 Video of what? 575 00:21:44,937 --> 00:21:47,574 Of Nick Howell's ambush and beheading in Ramadi, Iraq. 576 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:56,048 (McCoy) First problem with this video, Your Honor, 577 00:21:56,082 --> 00:21:58,551 is that it lacks proper authentication. 578 00:21:58,585 --> 00:21:59,386 We have no reason to believe 579 00:21:59,419 --> 00:22:03,423 that it is what it purports to be. 580 00:22:03,456 --> 00:22:06,593 Where'd you get it, Ms. Melnick? 581 00:22:06,626 --> 00:22:08,761 It was first posted on a jihadist website, Your Honor. 582 00:22:08,795 --> 00:22:11,431 Exactly. For all we know, it was staged. 583 00:22:11,464 --> 00:22:12,264 It was then delivered to 584 00:22:12,298 --> 00:22:13,433 the Al Jazeera television network, 585 00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:16,536 which confirmed the details through eyewitness accounts. 586 00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:18,971 And found it trustworthy enough to broadcast. 587 00:22:19,005 --> 00:22:19,972 Al Jazeera. 588 00:22:20,006 --> 00:22:22,475 In any case, what happened to Nick Howell in Iraq 589 00:22:22,509 --> 00:22:24,777 is irrelevant to Mr. Pope's murder. 590 00:22:24,811 --> 00:22:25,912 Irrelevant? 591 00:22:25,945 --> 00:22:28,114 It provides the context for this case. 592 00:22:28,147 --> 00:22:30,517 So Ms. Melnick is conceding her client's culpability? 593 00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:32,619 No. In which case, 594 00:22:32,652 --> 00:22:34,887 the only rationale for this brutal piece of footage 595 00:22:34,921 --> 00:22:37,857 is to manipulate the jury into an acquittal. 596 00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:40,393 Judge Fischer, this ambush demonstrates 597 00:22:40,427 --> 00:22:42,962 that Jeffrey Pope was an incompetent cowboy. 598 00:22:42,995 --> 00:22:45,498 He cultivated a long list of enemies 599 00:22:45,532 --> 00:22:47,667 who may have committed this crime. 600 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:49,001 You can establish that through the testimony 601 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:50,803 of your clients without the video. 602 00:22:50,837 --> 00:22:52,672 That's Fifth Amendment blackmail, Counselor. 603 00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:54,140 This video is the fullest, 604 00:22:54,173 --> 00:22:57,109 most objective rendition of what occurred, Your Honor. 605 00:22:57,143 --> 00:22:59,946 Hard to argue with that, Mr. McCoy. 606 00:22:59,979 --> 00:23:02,415 I cannot believe you would even contemplate 607 00:23:02,449 --> 00:23:05,117 screening a beheading for a jury. 608 00:23:05,151 --> 00:23:06,753 It's off the charts inflammatory. 609 00:23:06,786 --> 00:23:08,488 Yes, it is. 610 00:23:08,521 --> 00:23:10,723 So here's what we're gonna do. 611 00:23:10,757 --> 00:23:13,993 The Defense may introduce the video of the ambush. 612 00:23:14,026 --> 00:23:16,529 Subject to a proper foundation 613 00:23:16,563 --> 00:23:18,130 up to the point of the beheading. 614 00:23:18,164 --> 00:23:21,067 In fact, Ms. Melnick, 615 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,702 I want the video clip pre-edited. 616 00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:25,672 So there'll be no slip-ups in the courtroom. 617 00:23:32,879 --> 00:23:36,015 (Melnick) Mr. Howell, you testified that your older son Nick 618 00:23:36,048 --> 00:23:39,151 returned to Iraq to work for a private military company? 619 00:23:39,185 --> 00:23:41,053 Right. The Diamond River Group. 620 00:23:41,087 --> 00:23:46,526 And does he still work for this company? 621 00:23:46,559 --> 00:23:47,460 Nick was killed over there. 622 00:23:47,494 --> 00:23:49,228 This past September. 623 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:50,730 Do you know how he was killed, sir? 624 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:53,099 On a job for Diamond River. 625 00:23:53,132 --> 00:23:56,235 They hit a bomb that was buried in the road. 626 00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:59,706 I know this may be difficult, Mr. Howell, 627 00:23:59,739 --> 00:24:01,240 but I'm going to show you a video and ask you 628 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:04,210 to indicate if and when you see your son Nick. 629 00:24:04,243 --> 00:24:06,646 Okay? 630 00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:18,124 [screams and shouting] 631 00:24:18,157 --> 00:24:20,593 [gunfire blaring] 632 00:24:27,567 --> 00:24:29,769 [screaming] 633 00:24:34,006 --> 00:24:37,076 [man shouting in native language] 634 00:24:39,145 --> 00:24:42,148 [man shouting in native language] 635 00:24:42,181 --> 00:24:44,651 That's Nick. 636 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,122 [man shouting in native language] 637 00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:04,236 [men shouting] 638 00:25:09,075 --> 00:25:13,780 [struggling and shouting] 639 00:25:35,167 --> 00:25:36,168 Sir? 640 00:25:36,202 --> 00:25:37,837 Let him go. 641 00:25:47,814 --> 00:25:49,281 Look, I know the video was disturbing, 642 00:25:49,315 --> 00:25:52,118 but we've gotta make sure that this case doesn't turn into 643 00:25:52,151 --> 00:25:53,319 a colloquy on Iraq. 644 00:25:53,352 --> 00:25:54,854 Easier said than done, Arthur. 645 00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:57,857 Danielle put up a very effective smokescreen. 646 00:25:57,890 --> 00:26:01,227 The jury saw young Americans dying in combat. 647 00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:03,262 Private contractors who knowingly took on 648 00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:04,430 a dangerous job. Trust me. 649 00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:07,767 The jurors weren't making those kind of distinctions. 650 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,268 These are images of American soldiers 651 00:26:09,301 --> 00:26:10,770 the public isn't used to seeing. 652 00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:13,239 Images that have little, if anything, 653 00:26:13,272 --> 00:26:14,974 to do with the crime you're prosecuting. 654 00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:16,242 It was a cheap shot. 655 00:26:16,275 --> 00:26:19,912 Agreed, but we knew it was gonna bring the war home 656 00:26:19,946 --> 00:26:21,914 to that courtroom like a ton of bricks. 657 00:26:21,948 --> 00:26:24,316 And after being rocked by that, 658 00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:28,020 the jury'd be hard-pressed not to feel something for Boatman 659 00:26:28,054 --> 00:26:29,689 and Robbie Howell. 660 00:26:29,722 --> 00:26:31,190 If you can't fight the message, 661 00:26:31,223 --> 00:26:32,725 go against the messenger. 662 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:35,227 You can expose Danielle Melnick 663 00:26:35,261 --> 00:26:37,129 for the opportunist that she is. 664 00:26:37,163 --> 00:26:38,798 Or do you have a problem with that? 665 00:26:38,831 --> 00:26:40,099 Of course not. 666 00:26:40,132 --> 00:26:42,001 We're getting a little ahead of ourselves. 667 00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:43,870 Defense still has another witness, Kevin Boatman. 668 00:26:43,903 --> 00:26:46,305 Why put on one of the defendants? 669 00:26:46,338 --> 00:26:48,374 To dish more dirt on the Diamond River Group. 670 00:26:48,407 --> 00:26:51,610 Or Danielle's got something else up her sleeve. 671 00:26:52,712 --> 00:26:54,213 Pope's escort job was bad enough. 672 00:26:54,246 --> 00:26:56,348 And then he told us what was in the truck. 673 00:26:56,382 --> 00:26:57,383 And what was that, Mr. Boatman? 674 00:26:57,416 --> 00:26:59,318 Files from the Republican Guard. 675 00:26:59,351 --> 00:27:01,320 They were sending them to the tribunal 676 00:27:01,353 --> 00:27:05,291 in Baghdad to be used in the war crimes trial. 677 00:27:05,324 --> 00:27:06,292 Why did Diamond River get this assignment 678 00:27:06,325 --> 00:27:07,159 instead of the military? 679 00:27:07,193 --> 00:27:09,361 Well, the private providers are superior 680 00:27:09,395 --> 00:27:11,297 to the reserve troops we have stationed over there. 681 00:27:11,330 --> 00:27:13,265 That's why the Defense Department hires them. 682 00:27:13,299 --> 00:27:16,268 To protect key installations and individuals. 683 00:27:16,302 --> 00:27:18,437 And what, if anything, did you say to Mr. Pope 684 00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:21,808 about this escort that we saw today on the video? 685 00:27:21,841 --> 00:27:23,409 Uh, me and Nick went into his trailer 686 00:27:23,442 --> 00:27:25,311 and told him he was crazy to send us out. 687 00:27:25,344 --> 00:27:27,780 We needed to scout and sweep the route first. 688 00:27:27,814 --> 00:27:30,382 Send a decoy through with five times 689 00:27:30,416 --> 00:27:32,284 the personnel supporting the job. 690 00:27:32,318 --> 00:27:34,120 (Melnick) And how did he respond to that? 691 00:27:34,153 --> 00:27:36,956 He started screaming. 692 00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:38,024 Don't tell him how to do his job. 693 00:27:38,057 --> 00:27:39,425 Which, in effect, you were. 694 00:27:39,458 --> 00:27:40,559 He wasn't the one going out there with us. 695 00:27:40,592 --> 00:27:43,763 When your boss tries to send you on a suicide mission, 696 00:27:43,796 --> 00:27:45,031 you gotta speak up. 697 00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:47,299 And was this the first time that Mr. Pope 698 00:27:47,333 --> 00:27:48,701 did anything like this? 699 00:27:48,735 --> 00:27:50,302 No, he was always cutting corners. 700 00:27:50,336 --> 00:27:52,104 He put every man who worked for him 701 00:27:52,138 --> 00:27:53,405 at risk at one point or another. 702 00:27:53,439 --> 00:27:56,075 Everybody hated his guts. 703 00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:57,276 So what happened when you complained 704 00:27:57,309 --> 00:27:59,846 about this particular assignment? 705 00:27:59,879 --> 00:28:02,715 Pope said that we made more money than Bush and Cheney. 706 00:28:02,749 --> 00:28:04,250 Told us to shut up and do our f-ing jobs. 707 00:28:04,283 --> 00:28:05,417 And did you? 708 00:28:05,451 --> 00:28:08,755 I was in the trailing SUV in the video. 709 00:28:08,788 --> 00:28:11,991 Mr. Boatman, can you describe to us 710 00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:16,428 what happened to your colleagues as a result of this attack? 711 00:28:16,462 --> 00:28:18,030 Jamie Cortez died in the explosion. 712 00:28:18,064 --> 00:28:23,402 Nick, um-- well, you saw him get captured. 713 00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:26,305 We went back there the same day 714 00:28:26,338 --> 00:28:28,374 and all we found was Nick's head. 715 00:28:28,407 --> 00:28:30,877 And were there any consequences to Mr. Pope 716 00:28:30,910 --> 00:28:32,411 for sending you into this ambush? 717 00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:34,146 From who? 718 00:28:34,180 --> 00:28:36,315 He's not in the military, so he can't be court-martialled. 719 00:28:36,348 --> 00:28:38,951 He can't be tried in a court of law anywhere. 720 00:28:38,985 --> 00:28:41,120 The private companies can do anything. 721 00:28:41,153 --> 00:28:43,289 To anyone. There's no accountability. 722 00:28:43,322 --> 00:28:45,324 Thank you. 723 00:28:48,394 --> 00:28:51,363 So you decided to be judge and jury and execute him. 724 00:28:51,397 --> 00:28:53,933 Wasn't me. 725 00:28:53,966 --> 00:28:59,238 So you deny that you followed Mr. Pope here from Iraq? 726 00:28:59,271 --> 00:29:01,107 I came here to see Robbie, my dead friend's brother. 727 00:29:01,140 --> 00:29:03,475 And you deny 728 00:29:03,509 --> 00:29:06,012 borrowing Nick Howell's car and gun? 729 00:29:06,045 --> 00:29:07,513 That's right. 730 00:29:07,546 --> 00:29:11,851 Didn't you just testify to a litany of reasons 731 00:29:11,884 --> 00:29:12,885 you had to kill Jeffrey Pope? 732 00:29:12,919 --> 00:29:15,121 Reasons he screwed up. 733 00:29:15,154 --> 00:29:16,355 Motives for murder, Mr. Boatman? 734 00:29:16,388 --> 00:29:17,389 For revenge? 735 00:29:17,423 --> 00:29:19,491 Those are your words. 736 00:29:19,525 --> 00:29:23,262 So you're asking this jury to believe 737 00:29:23,295 --> 00:29:27,299 that all these events you so meticulously recounted, 738 00:29:27,333 --> 00:29:30,302 all this evidence that lines up against you, 739 00:29:30,336 --> 00:29:32,404 is just pure happenstance? 740 00:29:32,438 --> 00:29:34,373 Objection, argumentative. 741 00:29:34,406 --> 00:29:35,574 Sustained. 742 00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:37,576 If you didn't trust your supervisor, 743 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:39,445 why didn't you just quit? 744 00:29:39,478 --> 00:29:40,947 Because I wanted to serve my country. 745 00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:43,249 I wanted to finish what we started over there. 746 00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:45,484 But you left the military 747 00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:49,155 for a hefty salary, and a benefits package. 748 00:29:49,188 --> 00:29:50,589 I still put my ass on the line every day. 749 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,558 For you. 750 00:29:52,591 --> 00:29:54,260 For all of you. 751 00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:56,295 So was killing Jeffrey Pope part of the mission? 752 00:29:56,328 --> 00:30:00,032 How dare you stand there in your safe little job and judge me. 753 00:30:00,066 --> 00:30:01,200 You'll be judged because 754 00:30:01,233 --> 00:30:02,301 you tracked down Pope and murdered him. 755 00:30:02,334 --> 00:30:04,070 Objection! 756 00:30:04,103 --> 00:30:05,304 You want to know why I followed Pope here? 757 00:30:05,337 --> 00:30:07,206 You wanted to avenge your friend's death? 758 00:30:07,239 --> 00:30:10,309 He was selling an Iraqi prisoner for ransom. 759 00:30:14,346 --> 00:30:16,382 That's what Pope was doing here in New York. 760 00:30:16,415 --> 00:30:20,086 Him and his friends caught some high-level insurgent terrorist. 761 00:30:20,119 --> 00:30:23,289 And they weren't giving him over to our guys. 762 00:30:23,322 --> 00:30:25,591 They were offering him to the Israelis. 763 00:30:25,624 --> 00:30:29,361 For $15 million. 764 00:30:45,311 --> 00:30:49,348 Boatman claims DRG's hostage is a man named Abu Zayeed. 765 00:30:49,381 --> 00:30:50,883 He's a Jordanian terrorist who's been working 766 00:30:50,917 --> 00:30:53,085 with the insurgency for the last two years. 767 00:30:53,119 --> 00:30:55,121 Any chance he's telling the truth? 768 00:30:55,154 --> 00:30:58,124 Well, he's mentioned in various news reports 769 00:30:58,157 --> 00:31:00,893 as a high value coalition target. 770 00:31:00,927 --> 00:31:02,929 Why did Melnick wait so long to spring this on you? 771 00:31:02,962 --> 00:31:04,931 For maximum impact in the courtroom. 772 00:31:04,964 --> 00:31:06,532 Maybe Boatman never told her. 773 00:31:06,565 --> 00:31:10,169 Call the FBI. I want them to check this out. 774 00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:12,471 Because we believe Boatman? 775 00:31:12,504 --> 00:31:14,140 Because if this information turns out to be accurate, 776 00:31:14,173 --> 00:31:15,574 we can't afford not to. 777 00:31:18,244 --> 00:31:19,912 Zayeed's a Palestinian who grew up 778 00:31:19,946 --> 00:31:22,048 in the Beqa'a refugee camps north of Amman. 779 00:31:22,081 --> 00:31:24,283 He wrangled a handful of suicide operations 780 00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:26,152 on the West Bank during the Second Intifada. 781 00:31:26,185 --> 00:31:28,387 The Israelis say he's responsible for at least 782 00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:31,623 two dozen fatalities before he turned his attention to Iraq. 783 00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:34,193 How do we know Boatman's talking about the same man? 784 00:31:34,226 --> 00:31:37,196 Or that Pope's colleagues even have him? 785 00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:39,298 That's why I asked Ms. Melnick to join us. 786 00:31:39,331 --> 00:31:43,135 I take it your client mentioned this when he retained you? 787 00:31:43,169 --> 00:31:45,071 That's none of your business. 788 00:31:45,104 --> 00:31:46,472 Well, your résumé speaks for itself. 789 00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:48,107 Meaning? 790 00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:49,175 This wouldn't be the first time you've crossed paths 791 00:31:49,208 --> 00:31:51,510 with an individual who's of interest to the Bureau. 792 00:31:51,543 --> 00:31:53,712 That's my job, Agent Guardino. 793 00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:56,148 Now, I came here in good faith. 794 00:31:56,182 --> 00:31:58,117 You want to hear more or not? 795 00:31:58,150 --> 00:32:00,719 Good. 796 00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:04,656 Boatman says this DRG team was sent 797 00:32:04,690 --> 00:32:07,259 to escort an Iraqi politician to a routine meeting. 798 00:32:07,293 --> 00:32:08,127 They were given the wrong address. 799 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,297 And that's when they stumbled on Zayeed. 800 00:32:11,330 --> 00:32:12,298 They recognized him. 801 00:32:12,331 --> 00:32:13,599 Took him into custody. 802 00:32:13,632 --> 00:32:16,102 Where is he now? 803 00:32:16,135 --> 00:32:17,369 Boatman claims DRG has a secret detention facility 804 00:32:17,403 --> 00:32:18,370 in a remote location. 805 00:32:18,404 --> 00:32:20,239 Is that possible? 806 00:32:20,272 --> 00:32:21,540 (Guardino) They wouldn't be the first P.M.F. 807 00:32:21,573 --> 00:32:24,143 to have a private jail over there. 808 00:32:24,176 --> 00:32:25,511 How'd they plan to ransom Zayeed? 809 00:32:25,544 --> 00:32:28,714 They put out feelers to a Mossad contact in New York. 810 00:32:28,747 --> 00:32:31,383 Was the home office of Diamond River involved? 811 00:32:31,417 --> 00:32:33,319 No. Just these renegades in Ramadi. 812 00:32:33,352 --> 00:32:36,588 They thought they could make this one deal and cash out. 813 00:32:36,622 --> 00:32:38,124 Pope was sent here to get a down payment. 814 00:32:38,157 --> 00:32:41,760 My client thought this was an outrage. 815 00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:43,395 So he came here to stop it. 816 00:32:43,429 --> 00:32:46,265 Instead of informing someone in authority? 817 00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:48,134 I'm not vouching for his methodology, Jack. 818 00:32:48,167 --> 00:32:50,236 You want Zayeed or not? 819 00:32:50,269 --> 00:32:53,305 We'll check this out. 820 00:32:53,339 --> 00:32:55,607 If they have him, we want him. 821 00:33:06,118 --> 00:33:08,187 What's on your mind that couldn't wait 822 00:33:08,220 --> 00:33:10,222 'til tomorrow, Jack? 823 00:33:10,256 --> 00:33:11,423 I thought we could at least 824 00:33:11,457 --> 00:33:13,292 exchange some pleasantries first. 825 00:33:14,593 --> 00:33:17,096 Scotch on the rocks, please. 826 00:33:17,129 --> 00:33:20,566 I'm okay. Let's start with whether 827 00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:22,734 you engineered this Zayeed revelation. 828 00:33:22,768 --> 00:33:26,072 After everything we've been through together, 829 00:33:26,105 --> 00:33:27,706 you think I'd do this to you, Jack? 830 00:33:29,475 --> 00:33:31,577 Well, I didn't. 831 00:33:31,610 --> 00:33:32,811 Even if you're telling me the truth, 832 00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:34,246 I still think you're playing with fire. 833 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:35,247 What's my alternative? 834 00:33:35,281 --> 00:33:36,715 Sit around and bitch about things? 835 00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:39,451 We all need to take a stand, Jack. 836 00:33:39,485 --> 00:33:42,621 By putting your political agenda before your clients? 837 00:33:42,654 --> 00:33:45,257 I took on a dead case pro bono. 838 00:33:45,291 --> 00:33:49,128 I can make my point and possibly get an acquittal in the bargain. 839 00:33:49,161 --> 00:33:51,263 You've got your priorities reversed. 840 00:33:51,297 --> 00:33:53,565 Robbie Howell doesn't strike me as a political activist. 841 00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:56,435 Well, burying your brother's head 842 00:33:56,468 --> 00:33:57,436 can change your perspective. 843 00:33:57,469 --> 00:33:59,138 And for all we know, 844 00:33:59,171 --> 00:34:03,109 Boatman was after his part of $15 million. 845 00:34:03,142 --> 00:34:04,143 If he were, which I highly doubt, 846 00:34:04,176 --> 00:34:07,246 maybe it's because he's as big a cynic as you are. 847 00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:08,380 How so? 848 00:34:08,414 --> 00:34:10,516 The war, Jack. Who wins, who loses. 849 00:34:10,549 --> 00:34:12,718 It's all about a payday for somebody. 850 00:34:12,751 --> 00:34:14,653 Diamond River Group. 851 00:34:14,686 --> 00:34:17,156 Halliburton. ExxonMobil. 852 00:34:17,189 --> 00:34:20,259 At the end of the day, Zayeed, he's just a commodity. 853 00:34:20,292 --> 00:34:23,762 He's a means to an end for whomever's got him. 854 00:34:23,795 --> 00:34:26,465 So this is your mission statement? 855 00:34:26,498 --> 00:34:30,236 You're the one who makes this all about the money. 856 00:34:30,269 --> 00:34:33,172 And if you're questioning Boatman's motivation, 857 00:34:33,205 --> 00:34:36,642 why aren't you questioning this country's? 858 00:34:39,778 --> 00:34:41,780 Do you think Melnick set us up from the beginning? 859 00:34:41,813 --> 00:34:44,416 She's being coy. We'll never know. 860 00:34:44,450 --> 00:34:47,519 Well, if this Abu Zayeed thing pans out, 861 00:34:47,553 --> 00:34:49,255 it plays right into her hands. 862 00:34:49,288 --> 00:34:53,625 Out of control private soldiers undermining our troops. 863 00:34:53,659 --> 00:34:55,261 If the jury gets lost in politics 864 00:34:55,294 --> 00:34:56,395 instead of listening to facts. 865 00:34:56,428 --> 00:35:00,632 Boatman's denials were about as transparent as they come. 866 00:35:00,666 --> 00:35:03,302 Maybe that's why he panicked and threw a Hail Mary. 867 00:35:03,335 --> 00:35:04,370 I hope that's all it was. 868 00:35:04,403 --> 00:35:06,238 Mr. McCoy. 869 00:35:06,272 --> 00:35:08,340 Mr. Branch wants to see you in his office. 870 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:13,779 Jack, this is General Clark Ronson. 871 00:35:13,812 --> 00:35:15,381 Jack McCoy. 872 00:35:15,414 --> 00:35:18,184 Pleasure. I'm the D.O.D.'s point man 873 00:35:18,217 --> 00:35:20,186 on this Abu Zayeed situation. 874 00:35:20,219 --> 00:35:22,888 Defense thinks Boatman's story's credible, Jack. 875 00:35:22,921 --> 00:35:24,323 Our eyes and ears in Iraq 876 00:35:24,356 --> 00:35:25,891 have confirmed most of his allegations. 877 00:35:25,924 --> 00:35:29,228 Can I ask about the specifics? 878 00:35:29,261 --> 00:35:30,296 Well, we've corroborated a firefight 879 00:35:30,329 --> 00:35:32,631 at one of Zayeed's reputed safe houses in Ramadi. 880 00:35:32,664 --> 00:35:38,304 Witnesses then saw DRG personnel leaving town with a prisoner. 881 00:35:38,337 --> 00:35:39,938 And the Israelis? 882 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:41,673 We've got a bigger problem than the Israelis. 883 00:35:41,707 --> 00:35:43,509 We have three Marines in the Sunni Triangle 884 00:35:43,542 --> 00:35:45,611 who haven't returned from a work detail. 885 00:35:45,644 --> 00:35:47,879 We've decoded Internet chatter 886 00:35:47,913 --> 00:35:50,816 that indicates Zayeed's group has them. 887 00:35:50,849 --> 00:35:52,751 We need Boatman's full cooperation 888 00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:54,953 to help us find Zayeed. 889 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:57,389 Who presumably has no idea where these three Marines are. 890 00:35:57,423 --> 00:35:59,791 Or any reason to tell us if he did. 891 00:35:59,825 --> 00:36:03,762 Well, that's what interrogations are for. 892 00:36:03,795 --> 00:36:05,497 Which means you need to make a deal with Boatman. 893 00:36:05,531 --> 00:36:06,632 Today. 894 00:36:06,665 --> 00:36:09,768 Not all of this is under my control. 895 00:36:09,801 --> 00:36:11,470 (Ronson) Well, do what you have to do. 896 00:36:11,503 --> 00:36:13,572 There are American lives at stake. 897 00:36:13,605 --> 00:36:16,775 We need this guy to spill his guts. 898 00:36:24,516 --> 00:36:25,584 You dismiss the indictment, 899 00:36:25,617 --> 00:36:27,753 my client cooperates with the Pentagon. 900 00:36:27,786 --> 00:36:29,921 He doesn't get a walk on a murder. 901 00:36:29,955 --> 00:36:31,690 I'll offer Man One. 902 00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:32,858 You have no leverage, Jack. 903 00:36:32,891 --> 00:36:34,226 My leverage is saying no. 904 00:36:34,260 --> 00:36:35,727 And you'd compromise what we've been doing 905 00:36:35,761 --> 00:36:37,496 in Iraq for the past three years? 906 00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:39,965 Don't wave the flag in my face, Mr. Boatman. 907 00:36:39,998 --> 00:36:42,501 If you were the patriot you claimed to be, 908 00:36:42,534 --> 00:36:45,971 Abu Zayeed would be in an American stockade right now. 909 00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:47,773 And Jeffrey Pope would still be alive. 910 00:36:47,806 --> 00:36:49,908 So let's put our cards on the table. 911 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:50,776 I think you went after Pope 912 00:36:50,809 --> 00:36:52,611 because you wanted a piece for yourself. 913 00:36:52,644 --> 00:36:53,612 You're dead wrong. 914 00:36:53,645 --> 00:36:54,613 Then prove it. 915 00:36:54,646 --> 00:36:55,981 How am I going to do that? 916 00:36:56,014 --> 00:36:57,449 Give the Department of Defense 917 00:36:57,483 --> 00:36:59,318 whatever they need to get Zayeed. 918 00:36:59,351 --> 00:37:01,019 That way I'll know that your real concerns 919 00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:02,788 are for the safety and welfare of your country. 920 00:37:02,821 --> 00:37:05,257 And for the people of Iraq. 921 00:37:05,291 --> 00:37:07,293 Then we make a deal. No, no, no, no, no. 922 00:37:07,326 --> 00:37:09,261 What's the problem? 923 00:37:09,295 --> 00:37:10,262 You're in checkmate, Jack. 924 00:37:10,296 --> 00:37:12,698 We're not going back three moves for a do-over. 925 00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:15,267 This is the only way this is going to fly. 926 00:37:15,301 --> 00:37:18,370 Really? Is that your position? 927 00:37:18,404 --> 00:37:21,707 Then this meeting is over. 928 00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:24,343 Come on, Mr. Boatman. 929 00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:29,815 Why don't we have a deal? 930 00:37:29,848 --> 00:37:31,283 I tried, Arthur. 931 00:37:31,317 --> 00:37:32,150 They wanted a dismissal. 932 00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:36,322 I'm not sure we have any other options. 933 00:37:36,355 --> 00:37:37,989 You know, there's another way of looking at this, Arthur. 934 00:37:38,023 --> 00:37:39,325 We represent the people of New York. 935 00:37:39,358 --> 00:37:40,392 Not the Pentagon. 936 00:37:40,426 --> 00:37:42,794 This would mean that a murderer 937 00:37:42,828 --> 00:37:45,431 walks out our front door. 938 00:37:45,464 --> 00:37:46,865 A New Yorker has just as much at stake 939 00:37:46,898 --> 00:37:49,601 in three Marines who might be saved as any other American. 940 00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:51,803 Maybe. 941 00:37:51,837 --> 00:37:54,740 Boatman's value is premised on a handful of rosy suppositions. 942 00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:57,643 We know he committed a cold-blooded murder. 943 00:37:57,676 --> 00:37:59,345 And this office will, on occasion, 944 00:37:59,378 --> 00:38:01,947 deal with a murderer if he has critical information. 945 00:38:01,980 --> 00:38:05,817 Yeah, but we always get the milk before we hand over the cow. 946 00:38:07,686 --> 00:38:09,988 I know that. 947 00:38:10,021 --> 00:38:14,092 Your call. 948 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:18,730 I don't think I have any choice. 949 00:38:24,470 --> 00:38:26,705 (McCoy) Your Honor, at this time the People move to dismiss 950 00:38:26,738 --> 00:38:28,974 the murder indictment against Kevin Boatman. 951 00:38:29,007 --> 00:38:33,078 Mr. Boatman is discharged. 952 00:38:33,111 --> 00:38:34,780 [gavel strikes] 953 00:38:51,497 --> 00:38:53,131 And as to Robbie Howell, Mr. McCoy? 954 00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:55,033 We're prepared to proceed to verdict. 955 00:38:55,066 --> 00:38:57,035 (Fischer) Summation and charge tomorrow. 956 00:38:57,068 --> 00:38:59,371 10 a.m. [gavel strikes] 957 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:15,487 (Mr. Howell) Hey. 958 00:39:15,521 --> 00:39:17,923 Let me get this straight. 959 00:39:17,956 --> 00:39:21,493 Boatman gets a pass and Robbie still goes up for murder? 960 00:39:21,527 --> 00:39:24,530 I'm not happy about it either, Mr. Howell, 961 00:39:24,563 --> 00:39:26,532 but some things are beyond my control. 962 00:39:26,565 --> 00:39:27,533 What? Like justice? 963 00:39:27,566 --> 00:39:29,535 Please. 964 00:39:29,568 --> 00:39:31,537 You're an important man. 965 00:39:31,570 --> 00:39:34,039 You've got to help me understand this. 966 00:39:34,072 --> 00:39:36,141 They offered Boatman a deal 967 00:39:36,174 --> 00:39:38,677 because he could help our war effort. 968 00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:41,947 But my son Nick, he fought over there too. 969 00:39:41,980 --> 00:39:44,950 What do I have to show for it? 970 00:39:44,983 --> 00:39:45,984 One dead son. One in jail. 971 00:39:46,017 --> 00:39:47,819 Both my boys, all they ever wanted 972 00:39:47,853 --> 00:39:49,054 was to be hardworking Americans. 973 00:39:49,087 --> 00:39:50,121 It doesn't make any sense. 974 00:39:50,155 --> 00:39:56,428 I don't even know what country I'm living in anymore. 975 00:39:56,462 --> 00:40:00,398 Let me see what I can do, Mr. Howell. 976 00:40:05,136 --> 00:40:07,639 Well, why can't you just dismiss the case against me too? 977 00:40:07,673 --> 00:40:10,175 You don't deserve a walk, Mr. Howell. 978 00:40:10,208 --> 00:40:12,644 But Boatman gets one. 979 00:40:12,678 --> 00:40:14,980 That was due to extraordinary circumstances. 980 00:40:15,013 --> 00:40:17,148 Yeah, he had a terrorist to trade. 981 00:40:17,182 --> 00:40:18,149 And what do I got? 982 00:40:18,183 --> 00:40:19,117 We want to help you. 983 00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:20,752 We can make you a good deal. 984 00:40:20,786 --> 00:40:22,754 (McCoy) Attempted Manslaughter. 985 00:40:22,788 --> 00:40:24,222 Jail time? 986 00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:25,891 Five years. 987 00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:26,925 Oh, please. 988 00:40:26,958 --> 00:40:29,227 Boatman shot him. Not me. 989 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:32,631 With your invaluable assistance and your blessing. 990 00:40:32,664 --> 00:40:35,100 My mom isn't going to make it five years. 991 00:40:35,133 --> 00:40:37,068 (McCoy) I'm sorry. 992 00:40:37,102 --> 00:40:38,870 That's as low as we can go. 993 00:40:38,904 --> 00:40:41,039 (Melnick) Well, it's five years too high. 994 00:40:41,072 --> 00:40:43,609 Your case has fallen apart, Jack. 995 00:40:43,642 --> 00:40:45,143 He'd be foolish to assume that. 996 00:40:45,176 --> 00:40:48,680 Do you remember the way the jury reacted to that video? 997 00:40:48,714 --> 00:40:50,048 (Borgia) Robbie, juries are unpredictable. 998 00:40:50,081 --> 00:40:53,151 It's a huge risk. 999 00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:54,119 They're just trying to save face here, Robbie. 1000 00:40:54,152 --> 00:40:57,723 Salvage one guilty plea out of this travesty. 1001 00:40:57,756 --> 00:40:59,525 Enough grandstanding, Danielle. 1002 00:40:59,558 --> 00:41:02,127 It's time to stop using your clients to play provocateur. 1003 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:03,762 This man should have had his own lawyer from day one. 1004 00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:06,097 Don't tell me how to do my job, Jack. 1005 00:41:06,131 --> 00:41:07,132 Then gamble on 1006 00:41:07,165 --> 00:41:09,167 your own dime! 1007 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,503 Who gives a damn what you think anyway? 1008 00:41:14,573 --> 00:41:15,774 Robbie. 1009 00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:17,643 Listen to me. 1010 00:41:17,676 --> 00:41:19,110 Robbie. 1011 00:41:19,144 --> 00:41:22,914 Look at me. 1012 00:41:22,948 --> 00:41:24,850 This jury in this political climate 1013 00:41:24,883 --> 00:41:26,117 is not going to convict you 1014 00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:28,820 after what Pope did to your brother. 1015 00:41:28,854 --> 00:41:32,758 That is the most irresponsible statement you have ever made. 1016 00:41:32,791 --> 00:41:35,026 Who's gonna do the 15 to life 1017 00:41:35,060 --> 00:41:37,663 if she's wrong, Mr. Howell? 1018 00:41:37,696 --> 00:41:40,198 And how could you ever look 1019 00:41:40,231 --> 00:41:43,969 his parents in the eyes if a jury finds him guilty? 1020 00:41:54,045 --> 00:41:55,814 Five years the best you can do? 1021 00:41:55,847 --> 00:41:58,183 That's right, Mr. Howell. 1022 00:42:05,791 --> 00:42:07,793 I'll take it. 1023 00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:31,182 They got Zayeed. 1024 00:42:31,216 --> 00:42:33,819 Where? 1025 00:42:33,852 --> 00:42:35,020 The ex-employees of the Diamond River Group 1026 00:42:35,053 --> 00:42:36,121 were holed up with him in a warehouse 1027 00:42:36,154 --> 00:42:39,124 about 30 miles from where Boatman said they'd be. 1028 00:42:39,157 --> 00:42:40,859 What about the three Marines? 1029 00:42:40,892 --> 00:42:44,162 They got lost in the desert. 1030 00:42:44,195 --> 00:42:48,166 Showed up tired and hungry a few hours ago. 1031 00:42:48,199 --> 00:42:50,035 So much for intelligence. 1032 00:42:50,068 --> 00:42:52,838 Well, you gotta do the best you can 1033 00:42:52,871 --> 00:42:54,072 with what you got at the time, Jack. 1034 00:42:54,105 --> 00:42:56,708 There was a greater good here. 1035 00:42:56,742 --> 00:43:00,211 And we bought into it lock, stock, and barrel. 1036 00:43:02,781 --> 00:43:04,783 Captioning by Bridget at CaptionMax www.captionmax.com