1 00:00:10,977 --> 00:00:20,520 >>> THE FBI SAYS IRAN HAD A PLAN TO KILL THIS IRANIAN ACTIVIST, HERE ON U.S. SOIL. >> WHEN MEDIA LIKE YOU ARE NOT 2 00:00:20,587 --> 00:00:28,395 PAYING ATTENTION TO ME, FINALLY THEY'RE GOING TO COME AFTER ME. THAT'S BECAUSE IRAN IS INTENSIFYING ITS GLOBAL EFFORT 3 00:00:28,461 --> 00:00:37,370 TO KIDNAP OR KILL TARGETS, INCLUDING AMERICAN OFFICIALS. THIS WAS NOT INTERNET CHATTER. THIS WAS A NEGOTIATION TO MURDER 4 00:00:37,437 --> 00:00:49,482 AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, A FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. >>> RUSSIA HAS TARGETED HUNDREDS OF MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, AND 5 00:00:49,549 --> 00:00:58,925 CHURCHES IN UKRAINE IN WHAT SOME ARE CALLING A CULTURAL GENOCIDE. >> WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE. I MEAN THE CULTURAL LEGACY, 6 00:00:58,992 --> 00:01:06,900 CULTURAL HERITAGE, THIS IS WHAT MAKES US RICH AND WHAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT AND PASS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS BECAUSE DESTROYING 7 00:01:06,966 --> 00:01:14,774 OUR PAST, THE RUSSIANS TRIES TO DESTROY OUR FUTURE. >>> HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IS DOPING IN HORSE RACING? 8 00:01:14,841 --> 00:01:24,851 >> IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. IT STRIKES AT THE INTEGRITY OF THE SPORT. "60 MINUTES" GOES INSIDE AN FBI 9 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:29,989 STING THAT EXPOSED DOPING BY VETERINARIANS AND HORSE TRAINERS. >> WE CAN'T DO IT IN BROAD 10 00:01:30,056 --> 00:01:35,795 DAYLIGHT, WE GOT TO DO IT LIKE -- >> I KNOW, I'LL KEEP IT AT MY -- I'LL KEEP -- I'LL KEEP IT IN MY 11 00:01:35,862 --> 00:01:40,033 CAR, I AIN'T WORRIED ABOUT THAT. >> WHAT ABOUT -- WHAT A -- I AM -- I DON'T WANT -- PEOPLE SEE THAT [ BLEEP ] -- WE ARE DEAD, 12 00:01:40,099 --> 00:01:47,106 WE ARE DEAD. >> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. 13 00:01:47,173 --> 00:01:52,078 >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. I'M CECILIA VEGA. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. 14 00:01:52,145 --> 00:02:05,758 THOSE STORIES AND MORE TONIGHT ON "60 MINUTES." >>> TENSIONS KEEP RISING BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN SINCE THE 15 00:02:05,825 --> 00:02:11,331 ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR BEGAN. ALMOST EVERY WEEK IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS HAVE ATTACKED U.S. BASES IN SYRIA AND IRAQ. 16 00:02:11,397 --> 00:02:25,678 IT'S THE LATEST EXAMPLE, AND A SERIOUS ESCALATION, OF TEHRAN'S USE OF PROXY FIGHTERS -- LIKE HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS. 17 00:02:25,745 --> 00:02:34,087 TONIGHT, YOU'LL HEAR OF ANOTHER TYPE OF PROXY THAT IRAN DEPLOYS, THAT RECEIVES FAR LESS ATTENTION. 18 00:02:34,153 --> 00:02:40,393 TEHRAN IS HIRING HITMEN AROUND THE WORLD IN AN EFFORT TO INTIMIDATE, ABDUCT, AND ASSASSINATE PERCEIVED ENEMIES OF 19 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:52,839 THE REGIME. AND THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT HERE ON U.S. SOIL. >> THIS VIDEO WAS POSTED ONLINE 20 00:02:52,906 --> 00:03:00,446 BY A CHANNEL AFFILIATED WITH IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. IT VOWS TO KILL FORMER AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING 21 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:10,890 PRESIDENT TRUMP, TO AVENGE THE 2020 U.S. ASSASSINATION OF THE TERRORISM MASTERMIND QASSEM SOLEIMANI. 22 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:20,433 THREATS LIKE THIS HAVE BEEN DEEMED CREDIBLE ENOUGH THAT SEVERAL OF THESE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN UNDER ROUND-THE-CLOCK 23 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:28,841 PROTECTION, INCLUDING FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY MARK ESPER, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO -- IRAN REPORTEDLY 24 00:03:28,908 --> 00:03:35,315 OFFERED A HITMAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO KILL HIM, AND JOHN BOLTON, THE FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. 25 00:03:35,381 --> 00:03:41,988 >> THEY BARGAINED THE PRICE FOR ME WOULD BE $300,000, WHICH I HAVE TO SAY I FOUND INSULTING. >> SO WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE PLOT 26 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:49,862 AGAINST YOU? >> THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD SOUGHT TO PROCURE EITHER MY KIDNAPPING OR MY ASSASSINATION, 27 00:03:49,929 --> 00:03:56,169 NOT DIRECTLY BY A REVOLUTIONARY GUARD'S MEMBER, BUT BY SEEKING A HITMAN, WHO WOULD CARRY OUT THE JOB EITHER IN THE U.S. OR 28 00:03:56,235 --> 00:04:05,144 ABROAD. >> THE FBI HAS AN ARREST WARRANT OUT FOR THIS IRANIAN OFFICER, CLAIMING THAT HE HIRED THE 29 00:04:05,211 --> 00:04:14,621 HITMAN ONLINE TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, CORNER BOLTON IN A GARAGE AND KILL HIM. BUT IT TURNED OUT, LUCKY FOR 30 00:04:14,687 --> 00:04:21,461 BOLTON, THE ASSASSIN WAS AN FBI INFORMANT. >> THIS WAS NOT INTERNET CHATTER. 31 00:04:21,527 --> 00:04:27,133 THIS WAS A NEGOTIATION TO MURDER AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, A FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. >> IS THE THREAT AGAINST YOU 32 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:34,974 ONGOING? >> WE'VE GOT MARKED SECRET SERVICE CARS THAT SAY, "POLICE, UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE," 33 00:04:35,041 --> 00:04:41,447 OUTSIDE MY HOME. >> WE TALKED TO THE FBI AND SEVERAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND THEY TOLD US THAT IRAN'S 34 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:48,287 EFFORTS ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND BOLDER. AND THAT THEY OFTEN GO AFTER VOCAL IRANIAN ACTIVISTS LIVING 35 00:04:48,354 --> 00:04:57,230 ABROAD. >> THE IDEA BEHIND ASSASSINATION PLOT, BEHIND KIDNAPPING PLOT IS TO KEEP YOU SILENT. 36 00:04:57,296 --> 00:05:05,738 >> WE MET ONE OF THEIR TARGETS IN BROOKLYN. MASIH ALINEJAD IS A LEADER IN THE WOMEN'S REVOLT AGAINST THE 37 00:05:05,805 --> 00:05:17,817 LAW IN IRAN MANDATING THEY WEAR A HEADSCARF-OR HIJAB. FORCED TO FLEE 14 YEARS AGO, SHE SETTLED HERE IN BROOKLYN WHERE 38 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:26,926 SHE ENCOURAGES WOMEN BACK HOME TO SEND HER VIDEOS OF THEM TAKING OFF THE HIJABS AND SHE SPREADS THOSE IMAGES ONLINE TO 39 00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:34,100 HER 10 MILLION OR SO FOLLOWERS -- FUELING THE PROTEST MOVEMENT. >> SO THE MULLAHS BEGAN TO FOCUS 40 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:40,940 ON YOU. THE FBI CAME AND TOLD YOU THERE WAS A PLOT AGAINST YOU. >> THERE WERE, LIKE, SIX OR 41 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:49,015 SEVEN FBI AGENTS. WHEN THEY CAME TO MY HOUSE, THEY TOLD ME THAT, "YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER." 42 00:05:49,082 --> 00:05:53,519 I WAS, LIKE, "OKAY, TELL ME SOMETHING NEW." BECAUSE WE IRANIANS ARE USED TO IT. 43 00:05:53,586 --> 00:06:02,028 BUT THEY ACTUALLY SAID, "NO, THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT." THEY SAID THAT "THE IRANIAN REGIME HIRED PRIVATE 44 00:06:02,095 --> 00:06:10,970 INVESTIGATOR ON U.S. SOIL, TO TAKE PHOTOS OF YOUR MOVEMENT, YOUR DAILY LIFE, YOUR ROUTINE." AND I WAS LIKE, "WOW, SO THEY'RE 45 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:19,412 HERE IN NEW YORK, IN BROOKLYN?" >> THE PLOT WAS TO KIDNAP YOU AND TAKE YOU BY SPEEDBOAT TO VENEZUELA? 46 00:06:19,479 --> 00:06:30,957 >> HEY, IT SOUNDS LIKE A SCARY MOVIE TO YOU, NO? >> NO, IT SOUNDS IMPLAUSIBLE TO ME. 47 00:06:31,023 --> 00:06:36,229 >> YOU SEE, IT'S A REALITY FOR US. >> AND A REALITY FOR THE FBI, THAT SAYS THE PLAN WAS TO GET 48 00:06:36,295 --> 00:06:42,034 HER TO IRAN TO STAND TRIAL. IT WAS THE SAME FOR JAMSHID SHARMAHD, ANOTHER IRANIAN DISSIDENT WHO LIVED IN 49 00:06:42,101 --> 00:06:49,375 LOS ANGELES FOR TWO DECADES AND CREATED A WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE IN IRAN COULD REPORT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 50 00:06:49,442 --> 00:06:57,784 IN 2020, WHILE HE WAS CHANGING PLANES IN DUBAI ON A BUSINESS TRIP, HIS FAMILY NOTICED HIS PHONE STARTED HEADING IN THE 51 00:06:57,850 --> 00:07:07,326 WRONG DIRECTION. HIS DAUGHTER, GAZELLE SHARMAHD, SOON SAW HER DAD POP UP ON IRANIAN TV IN A COURTROOM -- 52 00:07:07,393 --> 00:07:13,099 LOOKING PETRIFIED. >> HE'S FORCED TO CONFESSIONS ABOUT CRIMES HE DID NOT COMMIT. THE CHARGE THAT THEY GAVE HIM IS 53 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:17,837 "CORRUPTION ON EARTH." THAT'S WHY HE GOT THE DEATH SENTENCE. >> IS IT A SITUATION WHERE HE 54 00:07:17,904 --> 00:07:25,745 COULD ACTUALLY BE EXECUTED ANY DAY -- >> OH, YES. THEY WANT TO HANG HIM FROM A 55 00:07:25,812 --> 00:07:35,221 CRANE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. >> THE ORIGINAL PLOT TO KIDNAP MASIH WAS THWARTED, BUT ACCORDING TO THE FBI, A YEAR 56 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:46,799 LATER, IN 2022, IRAN PAID THIS AZERBAIJANI LIVING OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY, $30,000 TO BUY A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE AND KILL 57 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:54,707 HER. HE LURKED OUTSIDE HER HOME FOR A WEEK. HIS PLAN WAS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE 58 00:07:54,774 --> 00:08:01,080 OF HER FRIENDLINESS TO HER NEIGHBORS. >> HE WAS ACTUALLY FOLLOWING MY LIFE. 59 00:08:01,147 --> 00:08:07,653 HE KNEW THAT I WAS THE ONE OFFERING FLOWERS TO STRANGERS. >> YOU OFFERED FLOWERS TO STRANGERS? 60 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:12,491 >> YEAH, THIS IS ME. SO HE RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM THE GUY INSIDE IRAN, SAYING THAT "GO AND KNOCK THE DOOR. 61 00:08:12,558 --> 00:08:20,032 THEN TAKE HER TO THE BACKYARD GARDEN." IF I HAD OPENED THE DOOR, I WOULD HAVE JUST GIVEN HIM A BIG 62 00:08:20,099 --> 00:08:25,738 SMILE AND SAID, "YES, LET'S GO TO MY GARDEN." AND THEN HE WANTED TO JUST KILL ME? 63 00:08:25,805 --> 00:08:30,776 >> DID HE ACTUALLY KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR? >> YES. >> HER HOME SECURITY CAMERA 64 00:08:30,843 --> 00:08:36,749 ACTUALLY CAUGHT HIM ON HER PORCH TRYING TO GET IN. EVENTUALLY HE TOOK OFF, BUT WAS PULLED OVER FOR RUNNING A STOP 65 00:08:36,816 --> 00:08:46,125 SIGN. THAT'S WHEN THE POLICE FOUND THIS IN HIS CAR. HE'S BEEN IN CUSTODY AWAITING 66 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:54,066 TRIAL EVER SINCE. BUT HERE'S WHAT'S INTERESTING: NEITHER HE NOR TWO OTHER MEN THE PROSECUTORS SAY WERE HIRED FOR 67 00:08:54,133 --> 00:09:01,474 THE JOB WERE IRANIAN. LIKE HIM, THEY WERE EASTERN EUROPEAN AND, AS IS BECOMING A TRADEMARK OF IRAN'S SHADOW WAR, 68 00:09:01,540 --> 00:09:10,049 THEY WERE CRIMINALS. >>>> THEY WERE ALL FROM CRIMINAL SYNDICATE. THEY WERE ALL FROM CRIMINAL 69 00:09:10,116 --> 00:09:15,488 SYNDICATE. THIS IS WHAT THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IS REALLY GOOD AT, LIKE, USING DRUG DEALERS, USING 70 00:09:15,554 --> 00:09:19,792 CRIMINALS TO DO THEIR DIRTY JOB ON THE WESTERN SOIL. >> WELL, AND MAYBE HAVE DENIABILITY. 71 00:09:19,859 --> 00:09:27,466 >> EXACTLY. >> "WE DIDN'T DO IT." >> THAT'S THE POINT. >> SO WHY DO THEY USE PROXIES? 72 00:09:27,533 --> 00:09:32,905 >> TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT BEING TRACKED BY INTELLIGENCE OR SECURITY AGENCIES FOR THIS. >> MATT JUKES, HEAD OF 73 00:09:32,972 --> 00:09:41,314 COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICING IN BRITAIN, SAYS THIS IS NOT JUST AN AMERICAN PROBLEM. IN THE UK, THEY HAVE FOILED 15 74 00:09:41,380 --> 00:09:49,221 IRANIAN KIDNAPPING AND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS SINCE LAST YEAR. >> I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN 75 00:09:49,288 --> 00:09:55,461 NATIONAL SECURITY POLICING FOR OVER 20 YEARS. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS IS A REAL ACCELERATION. 76 00:09:55,528 --> 00:10:02,268 >> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT A LOT OF THESE CRIMINAL GANGS HIRE OTHER CRIMINAL GANGS, AND THEN MAYBE A THIRD GROUP. 77 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:11,310 >> I THINK WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO SEE THIS COLLABORATION BETWEEN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. WE KNOW THAT THIS WILL NOT 78 00:10:11,377 --> 00:10:18,150 ALWAYS BE A DIRECT LINE FROM A STATE ORGANIZATION TO A THREAT TO A POTENTIAL KIDNAPPING. >> THIS RECORDING WAS GIVEN TO 79 00:10:18,217 --> 00:10:26,559 US BY A FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. IT SHOWS HOW IRAN RECRUITS CRIMINALS. 80 00:10:26,625 --> 00:10:32,365 >> ENGLISH TRANSLATION: I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE IRGC, THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. >> THIS IS AN IRANIAN SMUGGLER 81 00:10:32,431 --> 00:10:43,476 FROM URMIA, A TOWN NEAR THE TURKISH BORDER. HE REVEALS TO THE FOREIGN AGENTS THAT HE WAS APPROACHED BY IRAN'S 82 00:10:43,542 --> 00:10:51,350 REVOLUTIONARY GUARD WITH A DEAL: THEY'LL TURN A BLIND EYE TO HIS SMUGGLING IF HE HELPS THEM. >> THEIR REQUEST WAS THAT I FIND 83 00:10:51,417 --> 00:10:58,691 PEOPLE WHO COULD WORK FOR THEM. WHAT KIND OF WORK? >> ANYTHING, LIKE, CATCHING SOMEONE FOR US SO THEY CAN BE 84 00:10:58,758 --> 00:11:09,301 BEATEN UP OR GOTTEN RID OF. >> THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS HIM RECRUITING A FELLOW SMUGGLER FOR THE TASK: THE MAN IN WHITE 85 00:11:09,368 --> 00:11:15,574 IS MANSOUR RASOULI, AN ALLEGED DRUG DEALER. HE AGREED TO ARRANGE ASSASSINATIONS THROUGHOUT EUROPE 86 00:11:15,641 --> 00:11:24,050 FOR THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT -- FOR MONEY. BUT A FEW WEEKS LATER, RASOULI WAS KIDNAPPED AT NIGHT AND 87 00:11:24,116 --> 00:11:31,957 INTERROGATED IN A CAR, REPORTEDLY BY ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE. THEY EXTRACTED THIS CELL PHONE 88 00:11:32,024 --> 00:11:43,536 CONFESSION, WHERE RASOULI ADMITS HE WAS PAID $150,000 UPFRONT AND PROMISED A MILLION DOLLARS IF HE KILLED THREE PEOPLE FOR THE 89 00:11:43,602 --> 00:11:47,773 IRANIANS. >> RASOULI CONFESSION TAPE: ENGLISH TRANSLATION: ONE IS AN ISRAELI AT THE EMBASSY IN 90 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:55,147 ISTANBUL, TURKEY. ANOTHER ONE IS AN AMERICAN GENERAL IN GERMANY. AND ONE IS A JOURNALIST IN 91 00:11:55,214 --> 00:12:03,622 FRANCE. THE FRENCH TARGET WAS IDENTIFIED AS PHILOSOPHER BERNARD HENRI LEVY, A VOCAL CRITIC OF 92 00:12:03,689 --> 00:12:11,430 THE REGIME IN TEHRAN. THE IDENTIFY OF THE AMERICAN GENERAL REMAINS A MYSTERY. THE PLOT TO KILL THE THREE WAS 93 00:12:11,497 --> 00:12:20,506 PREVENTED. BUT IN RECENT YEARS, IRANIAN DISSIDENTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY KIDNAPPED AND SMUGGLED TO IRAN. 94 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:29,415 SEVERAL WERE EXECUTED. >> THEY'VE SUCCEEDED IN EUROPE. THEY HAVEN'T SUCCEEDED IN THE UNITED STATES, EVEN THOUGH WE 95 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:34,186 KNOW THERE ARE TARGETS. >> RIGHT. >> SO MANY AMERICAN OFFICIALS AND OTHERS ARE BEING TARGETED. 96 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:42,094 WHY IS IT NOT A BIGGER ISSUE? >> LOOK, I THINK THE TARGETING OF AMERICAN CITIZENS BY A HOSTILE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IS 97 00:12:42,161 --> 00:12:53,439 VERY CLOSE TO AN ACT OF WAR. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY SUCCEEDED IN ASSASSINATING SOMEONE LIKE YOU, A WELL-KNOWN 98 00:12:53,506 --> 00:13:00,613 FORMER OFFICIAL? >> WELL, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO FIND OUT FOR MYSELF OR FOR THE COUNTRY, BUT WHY ARE WE SITTING 99 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:06,952 HERE, QUIETLY TALKING ABOUT THIS WHEN THEY ARE, IN EFFECT, SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO COMMIT ACTS OF WAR AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS ON 100 00:13:07,019 --> 00:13:17,496 AMERICAN SOIL? >> DOES THE FACT THAT IRAN FEELS EMBOLDENED TO COME AFTER OUR CITIZENS -- DOES THAT MEAN WE'VE 101 00:13:17,563 --> 00:13:26,405 LOST OUR DETERRENCE? >> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE LOST DETERRENCE. AND I THINK THIS ALSO GOES TO AN 102 00:13:26,472 --> 00:13:31,443 UNWILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONFRONT THE AYATOLLAHS IN A WAY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND. 103 00:13:31,510 --> 00:13:38,617 >> THEY CAN CHALLENGE U.S. GOVERNMENT ON U.S. SOIL WITHOUT ANY PUNISHMENT. THEN WHAT'S THE REASON TO STOP? 104 00:13:38,684 --> 00:13:41,687 >> WELL, THERE ARE SANCTIONS AGAINST THEM. >> SANCTION IS NOT SUFFICIENT. SANCTION IS NOT HELPING. 105 00:13:41,754 --> 00:13:47,493 >> WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO? DROP A BOMB? >> NO. LOOK, WHEN YOU NEGOTIATE WITH 106 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:53,299 THE KILLERS, YOU'RE EMPOWERING THEM. >> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUR REQUESTS 107 00:13:53,365 --> 00:14:01,240 FOR AN INTERVIEW. WHEN MASIH ALINEJAD WAS CALLED TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS ABOUT IRAN IN SEPTEMBER, SHE SAID THAT 108 00:14:01,307 --> 00:14:08,080 UNLESS THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY CHANGES, HER LIFE WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN DANGER. >> I BELIEVE THAT WHEN I'M NOT 109 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:19,625 IN THE SPOTLIGHT, WHEN MEDIA LIKE YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO ME, FINALLY THEY'RE GOING TO COME AFTER ME. 110 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:28,067 >> WHILE SHE NOW HAS THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK HER MIND IN AMERICA, SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE FREEDOM TO LIVE WHERE SHE WANTS. 111 00:14:28,133 --> 00:14:34,373 MASIH AND HER FAMILY HAVE HAD TO GO INTO HIDING, UNDER FBI PROTECTION. >> IT'S LIKE, WOW, THE 112 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:40,713 GOVERNMENT FROM MY OWN COUNTRY TRYING TO KILL ME, BUT MY ADOPTED COUNTRY TRYING TO PROTECT ME. 113 00:14:40,779 --> 00:14:53,859 YOU HAVE TO BE AN IRANIAN TO SURVIVE ASSASSINATION PLOT, TO UNDERSTAND THAT, HOW IT FEELS TO SURVIVE IN AMERICA AND TO HAVE 114 00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:59,598 THE PLATFORM AND TO CRITICIZE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. >> YOU'RE TEARING UP, TELL ME WHY YOU'RE TEARING UP. 115 00:14:59,665 --> 00:15:08,374 >> BECAUSE PEOPLE IN MY COUNTRY GET KILLED FOR CRITICIZING. GET SHOT IN HEAD FOR THE CRIME OF CRITICIZING. 116 00:15:13,812 --> 00:15:20,586 >>> YOU'LL BE SURPRISED TO LEARN WHO ELSE IRAN IS TARGETING. >> THEY CONSIDER WHAT WE DO ILLEGAL. 117 00:15:20,653 --> 00:15:37,770 >> AT >>> LAST MONTH A U.N. REPORT FOUND NEW EVIDENCE THAT RUSSIA HAD COMMITTED WAR CRIMES IN 118 00:15:37,836 --> 00:15:43,242 UKRAINE WITH DELIBERATE KILLINGS AND WIDESPREAD USE OF TORTURE. BUT THEY HAVE YET TO EXAMINE THE INTENTIONAL DESTRUCTION OF 119 00:15:43,309 --> 00:15:48,414 CULTURAL PROPERTY, WHICH ALSO IS A WAR CRIME. UKRAINE ACCUSES RUSSIAN FORCES OF TARGETING CHURCHES, 120 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:54,720 LIBRARIES, AND LOOTING THE COUNTRY'S MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUMS. AND WHILE PLUNDER IS AS OLD AS 121 00:15:54,787 --> 00:16:01,193 WAR ITSELF, UKRAINIAN INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS IS DIFFERENT. THEY SEE A CAMPAIGN OF CULTURAL 122 00:16:01,260 --> 00:16:06,398 GENOCIDE TO DESTROY UKRAINE'S IDENTITY AS A NATION. TODAY, A NETWORK OF CULTURAL WARRIORS IN UKRAINE IS BUILDING 123 00:16:06,465 --> 00:16:15,874 THE CASE AGAINST RUSSIA. IT'S A HERITAGE WAR, ONE TOLD US. AND WE JOINED THEM IN THE FRONT 124 00:16:15,941 --> 00:16:24,316 LINES. >> NOT MUCH WAS LEFT OF THE TINY VILLAGE OF VIAZIVKA, A FEW HOURS NORTHWEST OF KYIV, AFTER RUSSIAN 125 00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:33,792 FORCES OVERWHELMED THE REGION LAST MARCH. BUT WE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THIS. 126 00:16:33,859 --> 00:16:39,598 >> MY GOD, SO IHOR, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? >> LIBERATION OF UKRAINE BY RUSSIAN OCCUPATION FORCES. 127 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:49,108 YOU SEE WHAT THIS LIBERATION MEANS. >> WHY WOULD THEY TARGET A CHURCH? 128 00:16:49,174 --> 00:16:57,116 >> IN THIS SMALL VILLAGE THIS WAS THE MAIN PLACE. AND IT WAS TARGETED JUST TO DESTROY WHAT KEEPS THE WHOLE 129 00:16:57,182 --> 00:17:01,787 VILLAGE AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. >> IHOR POSHYVAILO IS DIRECTOR OF THE CONTEMPORARY MAIDAN 130 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:11,263 MUSEUM IN KYIV. HE'D BROUGHT US TO SEE THE CARCASS OF THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY ON UKRAINE'S HERITAGE 131 00:17:11,330 --> 00:17:17,035 LIST. POSHYVAILO TOLD US THE RUSSIANS HAD DELIBERATELY SHELLED IT WHEN THEY RETREATED LAST YEAR. 132 00:17:17,102 --> 00:17:25,978 THERE WAS NO FIGHTING NEARBY. BUILT IN 1862, THE CHURCH HAD SURVIVED TWO WORLD WARS, COMMUNISM, AND A REVOLUTION. 133 00:17:26,044 --> 00:17:30,749 BUT NOT THIS. >> SO WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU THINK THE RUSSIANS WERE TRYING TO SEND BY DESTROYING THIS CHURCH? 134 00:17:30,816 --> 00:17:37,589 >> WE ARE STRONG. YOU SHOULD BE AFRAID OF US. AND WE WILL DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 135 00:17:37,656 --> 00:17:44,997 WE DON'T NEED YOU ON THIS LAND. WE DON'T NEED YOUR TRADITIONS, BELIEFS, YOUR CULTURE. YOU'LL NOT, YOU'LL NOT EXIST. 136 00:17:45,063 --> 00:17:51,804 >> ERASE YOU. >> ERASE YOU, EXACTLY. >> AS WE SIFTED THROUGH THE WRECKAGE, POSHYVAILO TOLD US THE 137 00:17:51,870 --> 00:17:58,143 CHURCH HAD BEEN FAMOUS FOR ITS UNIQUE CENTURIES-OLD FOLK ART. >> AND THESE ARE ALL PAINTINGS? >> YES, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 138 00:17:58,210 --> 00:18:10,322 THEY STILL HAVE -- >> WOW, LOOK AT THAT. >> HE TOLD US THIS WAS ONE OF 700 CHURCHES THAT HAVE BEEN HIT 139 00:18:10,389 --> 00:18:16,161 SO FAR. SOME WERE COLLATERAL DAMAGE. MANY WERE NOT. TO DOCUMENT THE DESTRUCTION, 140 00:18:16,228 --> 00:18:21,400 POSHYVAILO CO-FOUNDED THE HERITAGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE INITIATIVE, A SORT OF CULTURAL S.W.A.T. TEAM THAT TRAVELS TO 141 00:18:21,467 --> 00:18:28,240 DAMAGED SITES, INTERVIEWING EYEWITNESSES, AND SAVING WHAT THEY CAN. >> IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR ME 142 00:18:28,307 --> 00:18:35,113 BECAUSE EVERY MORNING I GET UP AND I THINK THAT IT'S -- IT'S NOT REALITY, WHAT WE HAVE AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE FEELINGS THAT 143 00:18:35,180 --> 00:18:41,987 WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE. >> NEVER FORGIVE? >> WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE. I MEAN, THE CULTURAL LEGACY, 144 00:18:42,054 --> 00:18:49,862 CULTURAL HERITAGE, THIS IS WHAT MAKES US RICH AND WHAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT AND PASS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. 145 00:18:49,928 --> 00:18:56,735 THAT'S WHY I CAN SEE THAT IT'S ONE OF THE FRONT LINES OF THIS WAR. BECAUSE DESTROYING OUR PAST, 146 00:18:56,802 --> 00:19:04,710 RUSSIANS TRIES TO DESTROY OUR FUTURE. IT'S NOT ONLY CHURCHES. HUNDREDS OF MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, 147 00:19:04,776 --> 00:19:11,583 AND MONUMENTS HAVE BEEN BOMBED, BURNED, OR SHELLED. LAST FEBRUARY, THE RUSSIANS RAZED THIS SMALL FOLK MUSEUM 148 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:21,593 NEAR KYIV TO THE GROUND. NEARBY BUILDINGS WERE UNTOUCHED. FARTHER EAST, RUSSIAN ARTILLERY DESTROYED THIS MUSEUM. 149 00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:30,569 LOCALS CARRIED OUT THE ONLY SURVIVING STATUE OF ITS PATRON SAINT LIKE A WOUNDED PATIENT. POSHYVAILO, AND OTHERS, TOLD US 150 00:19:30,636 --> 00:19:37,943 THEY BELIEVE IT'S A STRATEGY THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE KREMLIN. FOR YEARS, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT 151 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:46,885 VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS PUBLICLY DISMISSED UKRAINE'S RIGHT TO EXIST AT ALL. "WE ARE ALL RUSSIANS," HE SAID. 152 00:19:46,952 --> 00:19:51,657 MANY MUSEUM WORKERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED -- EVEN KIDNAPPED -- BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS. >> YOU DON'T USUALLY THINK OF 153 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:59,598 MUSEUM WORKERS AS BEING IN DANGER. >> OH, THEY ARE AMONG THE FIRST PEOPLE RUSSIANS COME FOR. 154 00:19:59,665 --> 00:20:10,776 >> WHY? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE COLLECTIONS. WHERE DID THEY HIDE THE 155 00:20:10,842 --> 00:20:15,013 COLLECTIONS? UH, WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE COLLECTIONS? AND THE SECOND REASON IS, UH, 156 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:22,487 MUSEUM WORKERS ARE LEADERS, UH, IN THEIR COMMUNITY. >> MILENA CHORNA IS HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITS AT THE 157 00:20:22,554 --> 00:20:29,161 NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM IN KYIV. SHE HELPED SET UP A MUSEUM CRISIS HOTLINE FOR WORKERS IN THE WAR ZONE TRYING TO SAVE 158 00:20:29,227 --> 00:20:34,533 THEIR COLLECTIONS. THEY WERE SOON SWAMPED WITH CALLS FOR HELP: SENDING MONEY FOR RUSSIAN BRIBES, DEVISING 159 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:43,041 ESCAPE ROUTES, HIDING PAINTINGS, AND SOMETIMES JUST TO TALK. >> YOU CUT OFF ALL YOUR EMOTIONS TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN 160 00:20:43,108 --> 00:20:50,849 TO HELP. PUTTING IT ALL THROUGH YOURSELF, IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT. AND AT SOME POINT, YOU REALIZE, 161 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:57,889 YEAH, THAT YOU HAVE PTSD ALREADY, ALTHOUGH YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE FOREFRONT. MILENA CHORNA TOLD US MANY 162 00:20:57,956 --> 00:21:06,698 WORKERS ACTUALLY MOVED INTO THEIR MUSEUMS TO HELP GUARD THE COLLECTIONS, EVEN AS THE BOMBS FELL. 163 00:21:06,765 --> 00:21:16,141 IN THE NORTH, DURING THE SIEGE OF CHERNIHIV, SHE TOLD US ABOUT ONE MUSEUM WORKER WHO MOVED IN WITH HER 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. 164 00:21:16,208 --> 00:21:23,515 THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY, NO WATER, NO HEAT. >> WEEKS LATER, VOLUNTEERS TRYING TO DELIVER A GENERATOR TO 165 00:21:23,582 --> 00:21:33,392 THE MUSEUM WERE KILLED. >> SHE STAYED? >> SHE STAYED. SHE STAYED UNTIL THE LIBERATION, 166 00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:41,867 YES. AND NOW, SHE IS IN THE ARMY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? >> I BELIEVE AT SOME POINT, SHE 167 00:21:41,933 --> 00:21:51,410 MIGHT HAVE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, UH, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. AND AT SOME POINT WE WILL ALL 168 00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:56,782 HAVE TO BECOME SOLDIERS, WE MIGHT ALL HAVE TO BECOME SOLDIERS. >> UKRAINE HAS ACCUSED RUSSIA OF 169 00:21:56,848 --> 00:22:05,157 LOOTING MORE THAN 30 MUSEUMS, CALLING IT THE BIGGEST ART THEFT SINCE THE NAZIS IN WORLD WAR II. IN KHERSON, RUSSIAN SOLDIERS CUT 170 00:22:05,223 --> 00:22:14,132 PAINTINGS FROM FRAMES, DRAGGED OUT PRICELESS ANTIQUES, AND CLEANED OUT MORE THAN 10,000 WORKS OF ART. 171 00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:24,109 EVEN SO, CHORNA TOLD US, MANY MUSEUM WORKERS WOULDN'T LEAVE. >> HOW CAN I LEAVE THESE THINGS TO BE LOOTED OR DESTROYED, IF I 172 00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:28,313 KNOW IT'S THE HISTORY THAT WILL LAST FOR GENERATIONS? >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT PASSION TO ME? 173 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:37,789 >> I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WITHOUT EMOTIONS, UH, BUT, UM, UM, I THINK THAT, UM, WELL, SPEAKING OF MYSELF, UH, I 174 00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:47,299 UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE VALUE OF THESE ITEMS IT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN THE PRICE OF MY LIFE. >> HIGHER THAN THE PRICE OF YOUR 175 00:22:47,365 --> 00:22:59,277 LIFE? >> YES, YES, BECAUSE THE SCOPE OF AFFECT THESE ARTIFACTS CAN HAVE ON FUTURE GENERATIONS, IT'S 176 00:22:59,344 --> 00:23:09,454 UNCOMPARABLE TO THE SCOPE OF AFFECT, ME, MYSELF, A SINGLE PERSON, CAN DO FOR THE CULTURE. >> CHORNA TOLD US A TOP RUSSIAN 177 00:23:09,521 --> 00:23:17,329 TARGET WAS UKRAINE'S PRICELESS SCYTHIAN GOLD COLLECTION AT THE MELITOPOL MUSEUM. MUSEUM WORKERS HASTILY HID THE 178 00:23:17,395 --> 00:23:24,202 TREASURES IN CARDBOARD BOXES IN THE MUSEUM'S DANK UNFINISHED BASEMENT. WHEN THE RUSSIANS INVADED, THEY 179 00:23:24,269 --> 00:23:31,576 WASTED NO TIME BEFORE HEADING TO THE MUSEUM, THREATENING TO SHOOT THE LOCKS OFF THE DOOR TO BREAK IN. 180 00:23:31,643 --> 00:23:39,484 THIS CCTV FOOTAGE -- NEVER BROADCAST BEFORE -- SHOWS THE RUSSIANS HARASSING EMPLOYEES, SEARCHING THE MUSEUM, STASHING 181 00:23:39,551 --> 00:23:47,325 WHAT THEY TOOK IN WHITE CLOTH SACKS. THAT MORNING, THEY LEFT WITHOUT FINDING THE GOLD. 182 00:23:47,392 --> 00:23:53,165 UNDETERRED, A GROUP OF SOLDIERS TURNED UP AT THE DOOR OF MUSEUM DIRECTOR LEYLA IBRAHIMOVA AND KIDNAPPED HER. 183 00:23:53,231 --> 00:24:05,343 >> THEY PUT A BAG OVER YOUR HEAD AND KIDNAPPED YOU? LEYLA IBRAHIMOVA IN UKRAINIAN -- [ ENGLISH TRANSLATION ] 184 00:24:05,410 --> 00:24:14,853 I WAS VERY SCARED, SHE TOLD US. THERE WERE EIGHT OF THEM. THEY WERE WEARING BALACLAVAS AND CARRIED MACHINE GUNS. 185 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:26,398 ONE SOLDIER DID ALL THE TALKING. THEY TURNED MY HOUSE UPSIDE DOWN, THEN THEY PUT A BAG ON MY HEAD AND PUT ME IN A CAR. 186 00:24:26,464 --> 00:24:33,772 IBRAHIMOVA IS IN HIDING SO WE AGREED NOT TO SHOW HER FACE. SHE TOLD US THE RUSSIANS INTERROGATED HER ABOUT THE 187 00:24:33,839 --> 00:24:39,044 MUSEUM BUT SHE REFUSED TO COOPERATE. THEY LET HER GO BUT WHEN HER NAME LATER SURFACED ON A RUSSIAN 188 00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:44,115 EXECUTION LIST, SHE FLED THE COUNTRY. >> LEYLA IBRAHIMOVA IN UKRAINIAN -- 189 00:24:44,182 --> 00:24:49,321 >> Translator: MY LIFE WAS AT RISK, SHE TOLD US, AND STAYING WOULD JEOPARDIZE MY COLLEAGUES, MY FAMILY. 190 00:24:49,387 --> 00:24:57,596 I WAS AFRAID MY HUSBAND AND SON WOULD BE SEARCHED AGAIN. >> IN THE END, THE RUSSIANS FOUND THE GOLD: 198 ANCIENT GOLD 191 00:24:57,662 --> 00:25:05,403 ARTIFACTS WORTH UNTOLD MILLIONS. THE RUSSIANS' PLUNDER HAS ALL THE EARMARKS OF A WAR CRIME, ACCORDING TO VITALIY TYTYCH, A 192 00:25:05,470 --> 00:25:13,845 CRIMINAL LAWYER OF 30 YEARS. >> WHAT TELLS YOU THAT THIS WAS DELIBERATE? >> HE LEADS A NEW UNIT OF THE 193 00:25:13,912 --> 00:25:21,253 UKRAINIAN MILITARY INVESTIGATING RUSSIA'S TARGETING OF HERITAGE SITES. INTENTIONALLY LOOTING OR 194 00:25:21,319 --> 00:25:30,161 DESTROYING CULTURAL PROPERTY DURING A WAR IS A CRIME. BUT TYTYCH TOLD US, THE RUSSIANS HAVE FLIPPED THE LAW ON ITS 195 00:25:30,228 --> 00:25:36,501 HEAD. >> Translator: THE RUSSIANS KEEP SAYING THEY'RE EVACUATING THESE ARTIFACTS TO SAFEGUARD THEM 196 00:25:36,568 --> 00:25:41,239 DURING THE FIGHTING, HE TOLD US, AND THEY WILL RETURN THEM WHEN THE WAR IS OVER. THAT IS A LIE AND WE ARE READY 197 00:25:41,306 --> 00:25:47,512 TO PROVE IT. >> BUT TYTYCH TOLD US HE'S UNDER NO ILLUSIONS. THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO 198 00:25:47,579 --> 00:25:53,318 CONVICTIONS FOR CULTURAL WAR CRIMES SINCE THE LAW WAS PASSED IN 1954. >> SO UKRAINE WANTS TO PROSECUTE 199 00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:59,658 RUSSIA FOR WAR CRIMES. HOW LIKELY DO YOU THINK THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE PROSECUTED? >> Translator: I'M WORRIED, HE 200 00:25:59,724 --> 00:26:10,769 TOLD US. THE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES TO PREVENT WAR CRIMES HAVE NOT PROVEN EFFECTIVE. 201 00:26:10,835 --> 00:26:15,507 NOR, HE SAID, HAS THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, BUT THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT. >> OKAY, LET'S GO IN. 202 00:26:15,573 --> 00:26:29,721 >> IN THE VILLAGE OF LUKASHIVKA, OUTSIDE CHERNIHIV, MUSEUM DIRECTOR IHOR POSHYVAILO SHOWED US WHAT WAS LEFT AFTER THE 203 00:26:29,788 --> 00:26:41,299 RUSSIANS SET UP A BASE CAMP INSIDE THIS CHURCH, A PROTECTED ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT. >> THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING. 204 00:26:41,366 --> 00:26:47,572 >> IN THE BATTLE TO FORCE THE RUSSIANS OUT, A MASSIVE FIRE DEMOLISHED THE CHURCH'S HISTORIC FRESCOS. 205 00:26:47,639 --> 00:26:50,775 >> HERE'S ALSO YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE THE PLASTER FROM THE WALL. >> YOU STILL HAVE THE CROSS 206 00:26:50,842 --> 00:26:54,980 HERE. >> YEAH, SO THE CHURCH ITSELF HAD SO MANY LAYERS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE BUT EVERYTHING IS 207 00:26:55,046 --> 00:27:01,386 LOST NOW. >> IN THE NAVE... >> LOOK AT THIS. THIS WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT. 208 00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:09,260 POSHYVAILO TOLD US THIS WAR IS ABOUT MORE THAN LAND. >> THIS IS A WAR AGAINST OUR HISTORICAL MEMORY, AGAINST OUR 209 00:27:09,327 --> 00:27:14,532 BEING UKRAINIAN. >> YOU SAID BEFORE AGAINST YOUR SOUL. >> AGAINST, EXACTLY, AGAINST OUR 210 00:27:14,599 --> 00:27:21,339 SOUL, AGAINST EVERYTHING WHICH MAKES US UKRAINIANS DIFFERENT FROM RUSSIA. AND THIS WAR HAS SIGNS OF BEING 211 00:27:21,406 --> 00:27:29,781 A GENOCIDE WAR AGAINST UKRAINIAN NATION. >> GENOCIDE? YOU CONSIDER THIS GENOCIDE? 212 00:27:29,848 --> 00:27:37,155 >> YES. BECAUSE IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO TOTALLY DESTROY UKRAINE AND UKRAINIAN NATION. 213 00:27:37,222 --> 00:27:42,961 >> BUT IT WILL NEVER WORK, POSHYVAILO TOLD US. THE MORE THE RUSSIANS ATTACK, THE MORE RESILIENT UKRAINIANS 214 00:27:43,028 --> 00:27:55,607 BECOME. WE SAW PROOF OF THAT AT THE HOLY DORMITION CATHEDRAL IN KYIV. A 3D LASER SCANNER WAS 215 00:27:55,673 --> 00:28:04,616 METICULOUSLY CAPTURING EVERY ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL SO THAT IF DISASTER STRIKES, THE CHURCH CAN BE REBUILT. 216 00:28:04,682 --> 00:28:18,696 IT'S WORK THAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SAVING THE CULTURAL SOUL OF UKRAINE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 217 00:28:18,763 --> 00:28:22,167 ♪ 218 00:28:35,146 --> 00:28:39,250 >>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS WINDING DOWN ONE OF ITS BIGGEST HORSE DOPING INVESTIGATIONS IN U.S. HISTORY. 219 00:28:39,317 --> 00:28:44,556 TONIGHT, YOU'LL HEAR THE INCRIMINATING WIRETAPS THAT HELPED CRACK THE CASE, CONVICTING 29 VETERINARIANS, 220 00:28:44,622 --> 00:28:49,794 HORSE TRAINERS AND DRUG DISTRIBUTORS. HORSE RACING, KNOWN AS THE SPORT OF KINGS, FOUND ITS CROWN BADLY 221 00:28:49,861 --> 00:28:57,168 TARNISHED LAST SPRING WHEN A DOZEN HORSES DIED DURING THE WEEKS SURROUNDING THE KENTUCKY DERBY. 222 00:28:57,235 --> 00:29:04,609 AND JUST DAYS AGO IN CALIFORNIA, TWO HORSES DIED BEFORE THE BREEDERS' CUP. HORSE RACING HAS REACHED ITS 223 00:29:04,676 --> 00:29:12,484 MOMENT OF RECKONING, AND WE WANTED TO KNOW: CAN THE SPORT REALLY BE REFORMED? OR IS IT TOO LATE? 224 00:29:12,550 --> 00:29:24,062 >> AND HERE'S ONE FURLONG TO RUN! >> IT WAS A SWEET FINISH TO THIS YEAR'S KENTUCKY DERBY. 225 00:29:24,129 --> 00:29:28,867 >> MAGE HAS TAKEN THE LEAD HERE! >> A STEALTH NEWCOMER NAMED MAGE DEFYING 15 TO ONE ODDS TO WIN THE RACE. 226 00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:36,608 >> MAGE HAS DONE IT! >> BUT THE CELEBRATION AT CHURCHILL DOWNS CAPPED OFF A STARTLING RUN UP TO THE RACE. 227 00:29:36,674 --> 00:29:40,912 FIVE HORSES WERE SCRATCHED INCLUDING THE FAVORITE, FORTE. AND THEN THERE WAS THE DEATH TOLL: A DOZEN AT THE HEIGHT OF 228 00:29:40,979 --> 00:29:45,083 THIS YEAR'S SEASON, LEADING THE TRACK TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND RACING. INVESTIGATORS WERE UNABLE TO 229 00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:50,855 FIND A SINGULAR EXPLANATION FOR THEIR FATALITIES. TAKE CHARGE BRIANA INJURED HER FRONT LEG AND WAS EUTHANIZED. 230 00:29:50,922 --> 00:29:58,763 LOST IN LIMBO HURT HIS LEG, COLLAPSED ON THE TRACK AND WAS LATER PUT DOWN. THEN IN MARYLAND, ON THE DAY OF 231 00:29:58,830 --> 00:30:06,638 THE PREAKNESS STAKES, THIS HORSE NAMED HAVNAMELTDOWN THREW OFF HIS JOCKEY AFTER INJURING HIS FRONT LEG AND ALSO HAD TO BE 232 00:30:06,704 --> 00:30:12,477 EUTHANIZED. >> Announcer: HAVNAMELTDOWN LOST THE RIDER -- >> IN JUNE, WE SPOKE WITH THE 233 00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:20,485 WOMAN NEWLY CHARGED WITH TRYING TO MAKE THE SPORT SAFER: LISA LAZARUS, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HISA -- THE 234 00:30:20,552 --> 00:30:27,158 HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY. >> PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN YOUR WORLD SEE THIS HEADLINE OF MORE 235 00:30:27,225 --> 00:30:36,634 THAN A DOZEN DEAD HORSES AND THEY THINK, "WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT INDUSTRY?" >> AND MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS 236 00:30:36,701 --> 00:30:42,440 HISA IS HERE NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT. >> LAZARUS WAS LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE INTERNATIONAL GOVERNING BODY 237 00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:50,481 OF EQUESTRIAN SPORTS AND SPENT HER CHILDHOOD GOING TO THE RACETRACK WITH HER FATHER. SHE JOINED HISA LAST YEAR AFTER 238 00:30:50,548 --> 00:30:55,086 IT WAS CREATED BY CONGRESS -- THE MOST SWEEPING EFFORT YET TO CLEAN UP THE SPORT WHICH FOR YEARS HAS GRAPPLED WITH DRUGS 239 00:30:55,153 --> 00:31:00,825 AND CREATING. >> THERE'S CLEARLY A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND NOW WE'VE GOT SOME TOOLS TO 240 00:31:00,892 --> 00:31:08,533 FIGHT IT. AND SO WE REALLY OWE IT TO THOSE TRAINERS WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR LIVES IN THIS -- IN THIS SPORT 241 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,970 AND WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WHO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF INTEGRITY TO GET RID OF THOSE THAT ARE REALLY TARNISHING THE 242 00:31:12,036 --> 00:31:16,674 SPORT. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE RACES OF THE YEAR IN THIS COUNTRY. 243 00:31:16,741 --> 00:31:21,946 DO YOU THINK DRUGS HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THESE DEATHS? >> YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 244 00:31:22,013 --> 00:31:29,320 NOW THAT WE HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER -- OVER ALL OF IT, I FEEL A LOT MORE CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO OUR JOB. 245 00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:34,626 >> JUST DAYS AFTER WE MET LAZARUS AT BELMONT PARK IN NEW YORK, TWO MORE HORSES DIED AT THAT VERY TRACK AFTER INJURING 246 00:31:34,692 --> 00:31:44,035 THEIR LEGS. THE DEATHS HAVE ADDED TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SPORT -- AND WHETHER HISA 247 00:31:44,102 --> 00:31:48,806 CAN IMPROVE SAFETY AND STAY AHEAD OF CORRUPT TRAINERS AND VETERINARIANS WHO HAVE TAKEN EXTRAORDINARY STEPS TO OUTSMART 248 00:31:48,873 --> 00:31:56,714 REGULATORS. >> HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IS DOPING IN HORSE RACING? >> IT'S A BIG PROBLEM, IT 249 00:31:56,781 --> 00:32:02,553 STRIKES AT THE INTEGRITY OF THIS -- OF THE SPORT. IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE HORSES. UH, THERE'S JUST NOTHING ABOUT 250 00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:11,996 IT THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. >> STUART JANNEY IS A MAN WHOSE PEDIGREE IS LEGENDARY IN THE HORSE RACING WORLD. 251 00:32:12,063 --> 00:32:16,734 HIS FAMILY ONCE OWNED THE CHAMPION THOROUGHBRED SEABISCUIT. AS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOCKEY 252 00:32:16,801 --> 00:32:22,006 CLUB -- AN ORGANIZATION THAT REGISTERS THOROUGHBREDS -- JANNEY TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS IN 2018 AND CALLED FOR 253 00:32:22,073 --> 00:32:30,381 ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL ANTIDOPING PROGRAM. >> STUART JANNEY TESTIMONY: THIS ISSUE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO 254 00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:36,187 THE THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY AND ESPECIALLY TO THE JOCKEY CLUB, WHICH HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR MEDICATION REFORM IN OUR SPORT 255 00:32:36,254 --> 00:32:39,390 FOR DECADES. >> IN A WORD, COULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HORSE RACING REGULATION HAS BEEN LIKE IN THE LAST 50 YEARS? 256 00:32:39,457 --> 00:32:48,900 >> A FAILURE. AND INCREASINGLY SO. >> IT'S GOTTEN WORSE? >> IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. 257 00:32:48,966 --> 00:33:00,478 AND QUITE FRANKLY STATES HAVE NOT DONE THEIR JOB. >> FOR DECADES, THE SPORT WAS ENTIRELY OVERSEEN BY STATE 258 00:33:00,545 --> 00:33:05,817 RACING COMMISSIONS THAT STRUGGLED TO STOP REPEAT DRUG VIOLATIONS, NOTABLY BY THE SPORT'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE 259 00:33:05,883 --> 00:33:12,156 TRAINER BOB BAFFERT. >> BAFFERT HAS BEEN CITED FOR DOZENS OF DRUG VIOLATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH SOME OF HIS 260 00:33:12,223 --> 00:33:18,996 HORSES OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES. HE WAS SUSPENDED BY CHURCHILL DOWNS IN 2021 AFTER HIS HORSE 261 00:33:19,063 --> 00:33:24,802 MEDINA SPIRIT WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY BUT WAS LATER DISQUALIFIED AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR A BANNED SUBSTANCE. 262 00:33:24,869 --> 00:33:33,277 >> I GOT TO TELL YOU, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS AS INSTITUTIONALIZED AS CORRUPTION HAS BEEN, I DON'T 263 00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:40,585 KNOW HOW YOU CLEAN THAT UP. >> WELL, I THINK YOU PUT PEOPLE AWAY. YOU -- YOU SEND THEM OUT OF THE 264 00:33:40,651 --> 00:33:46,858 SPORT. AND SOME OF THEM GO TO JAIL. >> IN MARCH OF 2020, A SET OF SWEEPING FEDERAL INDICTMENTS 265 00:33:46,924 --> 00:33:53,431 LAID OUT THE EXTENT OF THE CORRUPTION, WITH DOPING AND ANIMAL CRUELTY ON FULL DISPLAY AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE 266 00:33:53,498 --> 00:33:59,504 SPORT. >> THESE ANIMALS WERE INJECTED AND FORCE-FED ALL MANNER OF ILLEGAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS. 267 00:33:59,570 --> 00:34:11,649 >> ACCORDING TO THE INDICTMENTS, VETERINARIANS AND TRAINERS PLOTTED TO GIVE HORSES BANNED SUBSTANCES THEY CALLED "MONKEY" 268 00:34:11,716 --> 00:34:16,921 AND "RED ACID" TO MAKE THEM RUN FASTER -- INCLUDING THE SAME KIND OF BLOOD BUILDERS CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG TOOK. 269 00:34:16,988 --> 00:34:22,226 PROSECUTORS SAY THEY ALSO USED PAINKILLERS, INCLUDING SNAKE VENOM, THAT DEADENED NERVES SO THE HORSES COULD RUN THROUGH 270 00:34:22,293 --> 00:34:33,271 INJURIES. THE FBI SAID IT LED TO BROKEN LEGS, CARDIAC ISSUES, AND IN SOME CASES DEATH. 271 00:34:33,337 --> 00:34:38,776 >>>> WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO THE HORSES, AMOUNTED TO NOTHING LESS THAN ABUSE. >> USING A TROVE OF WIRETAPS, 272 00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:44,949 THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGED 33 VETERINARIANS, TRAINERS AND DRUG DISTRIBUTORS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE 273 00:34:45,016 --> 00:34:50,121 BUSINESS, LIKE JASON SERVIS WHO TRAINED MAXIMUM SECURITY, THE FIRST-PLACE FINISHER AT THE 2019 KENTUCKY DERBY BEFORE THE HORSE 274 00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:59,597 WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR INTERFERENCE BY DRIFTING OUTSIDE THE LANE. PROSECUTORS ALSO CHARGED 275 00:34:59,664 --> 00:35:07,071 TOP-EARNING TRAINER JORGE NAVARRO, HEARD ON THIS EXPLETIVE FILLED WIRETAP BRAGGING TO ANOTHER TRAINER 276 00:35:07,138 --> 00:35:12,810 ABOUT HOW THE DRUGS MADE THIS HORSE RUN FASTER. >> JORGE NAVARRO RECORDED: I [ BLEEP ] GAVE IT TO THIS 277 00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:20,718 HORSE -- THIS [ BLEEP ] GALLOPED -- GALLOPED! >> OKAY. >> YES. 278 00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:24,956 >> AMINO ACID. >> YEAH, SOME AMINO ACID INJECTABLE. SMALL BOTTLE. 279 00:35:25,022 --> 00:35:29,193 >> NAVARRO'S REPUTATION FOR DOPING HORSES WAS SUCH AN OPEN SECRET PROSECUTORS SAY HE WENT BY THE NICKNAME "THE JUICE MAN" 280 00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:38,836 AND WORE IT ON HIS SHOES LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR. >> THE JUICE MAN! >> THAT'S HIM ON THE RIGHT IN 281 00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:52,350 THE DARK SHIRT. >> THAT'S THE JUICE! >> THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT! >> THAT'S THE VEGETABLE JUICE! 282 00:35:52,416 --> 00:35:58,155 >> NAVARRO ADMINISTERED BANNED DRUGS TO ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS HORSES X Y JET AHEAD OF A RACE IN DUBAI WHERE THE HORSE WON A 283 00:35:58,222 --> 00:36:03,961 MILLION AND A HALF DOLLAR PRIZE. ACCORDING TO THE INDICTMENT, NAVARRO SAID, "I GAVE IT TO HIM THROUGH 50 INJECTIONS. 284 00:36:04,028 --> 00:36:07,131 I GAVE IT TO HIM THROUGH THE MOUTH." THE FOLLOWING YEAR, NAVARRO ANNOUNCED THAT X Y JET DIED FROM 285 00:36:07,198 --> 00:36:11,335 A HEART ATTACK. IT STOOD OUT TO SHAUN RICHARDS, THE LEAD FBI AGENT ON THE CASE. >> IN THOSE WIRETAPS YOU HEAR 286 00:36:11,402 --> 00:36:16,040 NAVARRO TELLING ANOTHER TRAINER HOW CLOSE HE CAME TO GETTING BUSTED. HE SAYS HE WOULD'VE BEEN CAUGHT, 287 00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:19,744 QUOTE, "PUMPING AND PUMPING AND FUMING" EVERY HORSE THAT RAN THAT DAY. YOU HEAR THAT AND YOU THINK 288 00:36:19,810 --> 00:36:23,981 WHAT? >> WE'RE RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE. YOU KNOW WE HAVE A REALLY, 289 00:36:24,048 --> 00:36:28,719 REALLY GOOD SUBJECT IDENTIFIED, AND WE'RE GETTING FANTASTIC EVIDENCE. >> HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD ON A 290 00:36:28,786 --> 00:36:32,924 HORSE FARM AND HIS CAREER BUSTING RUSSIAN MOBSTERS. BOTH PROVED INVALUABLE IN INFILTRATING THE DARK SIDE OF 291 00:36:32,990 --> 00:36:38,729 THE HORSE RACING WORLD. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR AGENT RICHARDS TO FIGURE OUT THAT VETS AND DRUG DISTRIBUTORS WERE 292 00:36:38,796 --> 00:36:47,104 CONSTANTLY FINDING WAYS TO OUTSMART THE TESTING SYSTEM. >> THEY WOULD CHANGE ONE MOLECULE IN THAT SEQUENCE. 293 00:36:47,171 --> 00:36:52,944 AND NOW, EVEN IF THEY HAD A TEST, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE LATEST TEST FOR THAT SUBSTANCE, THEY'LL NEVER FIND IT. 294 00:36:53,010 --> 00:37:01,385 >> SO AN INVESTIGATOR COMES IN WITH A TEST LOOKING FOR THIS DRUG. THEY TWEAK IT BY A MOLECULE HERE 295 00:37:01,452 --> 00:37:07,224 OR THERE. >> NOW YOUR TEST IS NO GOOD. IF IT'S NOT TESTABLE, THEY CAN'T GET IN TROUBLE FOR IT. 296 00:37:07,291 --> 00:37:15,633 >> THIS GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE THAT THEY'RE PLAYING TO STAY AHEAD OF INVESTIGATORS IS HOW DANGEROUS TO THE HORSES BEING 297 00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:22,974 INJECTED? >> IT'S TERRIBLE. Y -- YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THOSE SUBSTANCES. 298 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:33,017 >> MUCH OF THE EVIDENCE IN THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN WITH ONE MAN'S GUT FEELING. NEW YORK COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 299 00:37:33,084 --> 00:37:40,391 MAGNATE JEFF GURAL IS AN OWNER OF MEADOWLANDS RACETRACK IN NEW JERSEY -- THE BIGGEST VENUE IN THE COUNTRY FOR HARNESSING 300 00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:44,595 RACING, A NICHE BETTING SPORT WHERE HORSES PULL DRIVERS IN CARTS. >> WHAT HAD YOU SEEN THAT MADE 301 00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:49,066 YOU SUSPICIOUS THAT DRUGS WERE THAT RAMPANT? >> YOU WOULD SEE HORSES THAT WERE GOING A CERTAIN SPEED, AND 302 00:37:49,133 --> 00:37:55,106 THEN THE NEW TRAINER WOULD TAKE OVER, AND THE NEXT WEEK THE HORSE WOULD BE TWO SECONDS FASTER. 303 00:37:55,172 --> 00:37:59,710 >> AND IN THAT, IN YOUR OPINION, IS A GIANT RED FLAG? >> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. >> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE? 304 00:37:59,777 --> 00:38:03,614 >> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A HORSE -- TO GO TWO SECONDS FASTER. AND YOU WOULD SEE IT 305 00:38:03,681 --> 00:38:07,284 CONSISTENTLY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK DROVE THESE GUYS? >> GREED. 306 00:38:07,351 --> 00:38:11,522 THE SAME THING THAT DRIVES EVERYBODY. >> SO GURAL OUTRIGHT BANNED TRAINERS HE SUSPECTED OF 307 00:38:11,589 --> 00:38:16,293 DOPING -- AND HIRED RETIRED STATE POLICE OFFICER BRICE COTE TO CONDUCT SURPRISE BLOOD AND URINE TESTS. 308 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:22,066 >> IF YOU WANTED TO RACE HERE, YOU HAD TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT THAT SAID THAT WE CAN SHOW UP AT ANY TIME AND ASK YOUR 309 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:27,004 VETERINARIAN TO SUPPLY US WITH A DRUG SAMPLE. AND WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT WITH IT. 310 00:38:27,071 --> 00:38:33,644 >> UNANNOUNCED TESTING. >> UNANNOUNCED, THAT'S THE KEY. JUST LIKE BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL. >> AND WHAT WERE THE RESULTS? 311 00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:41,152 >> MOST OF THE SAMPLES CAME BACK NEGATIVE, BUT SOME CAME BACK FOR DRUGS THAT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT. >> GURAL THEN HIRED THE 312 00:38:41,218 --> 00:38:48,893 INVESTIGATIVE FIRM FIVE STONES. >> FIVE STONES INTELLIGENCE FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. >> STUART JANNEY AND THE JOCKEY 313 00:38:48,959 --> 00:38:54,699 CLUB HAD ALSO HIRED FIVE STONES, WHICH HAD WORKED FOR THE WORLD ANTIDOPING AGENCY'S INDEPENDENT COMMISSION INVESTIGATING RUSSIAN 314 00:38:54,765 --> 00:39:01,539 DOPING IN TRACK AND FIELD. >> DID YOU GIVE THEM ANY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS IN TERMS OF WHO THEY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT 315 00:39:01,605 --> 00:39:06,877 GO AFTER? >> YES. I SAID, "I'M NOT INTERESTED IN YOU GOING AND FINDING A 316 00:39:06,944 --> 00:39:16,353 RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT PERSON WORKING IN SOMEBODY'S BARN THAT HAS MADE A BET THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE OR DONE SOMETHING 317 00:39:16,420 --> 00:39:21,125 THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IMMATERIAL TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT." >> YOU WANTED BIG FISH. >> I WANT YOU TO GO AFTER THE 318 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:26,897 IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT I THINK ARE CORRUPTING THE SPORT. >> JANNEY GOT WHAT WE WANTED. >> FIVE STONES PASSED ITS LEADS 319 00:39:26,964 --> 00:39:37,208 TO THE FBI'S SHAUN RICHARDS, WHO GATHERED A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE INCLUDING THIS WIRETAP WHERE, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, 320 00:39:37,274 --> 00:39:44,281 TRAINERS JASON SERVIS AND JORGE NAVARRO ARE HEARD STRESSING JUST HOW BAD IT WOULD BE IF THEY GOT CAUGHT WITH ILLICIT DRUGS. 321 00:39:44,348 --> 00:39:47,952 >> WE CAN'T DO IT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, WE GOT TO DO IT LIKE -- >> I KNOW, I'LL KEEP IT AT MY -- 322 00:39:48,018 --> 00:39:54,825 I'LL KEEP -- I'LL KEEP IT IN MY CAR, I AIN'T WORRIED ABOUT THAT. >> WHAT ABOUT -- WHAT A -- I AM -- I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE 323 00:39:54,892 --> 00:40:00,164 THAT [ BLEEP ] -- WE ARE DEAD, WE'RE DEAD. >> AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS WIRETAP CAPTURED TRAINER NICK 324 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:04,335 SURICK TALKING ABOUT COVERING UP FOR NAVARRO. >> NICK SURICK [ RECORDED ] 325 00:40:04,401 --> 00:40:09,073 "YOU KNOW HOW MANY [ BLEEP ] HORSES HE [ BLEEP ] KILLED AND BROKE DOWN THAT I MADE THEM DISAPPEAR? 326 00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:15,112 >> THE FBI FOUND HUNDREDS OF VIALS LINKED TO VETERINARIAN SETH FISHMAN, HEARD IN ANOTHER WIRETAP BOASTING ABOUT HIS 327 00:40:15,179 --> 00:40:23,354 DRUGS. >> I'M MOSTLY LOOKING TO -- AH -- FOR PERFORMANCE ENHANCING. >> WELL, THERE'S ALL LEVELS, I 328 00:40:23,420 --> 00:40:29,627 MEAN, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN SPEAK IN PERSON, YOU CAN GO WITH SOMETHING FOR PAIN OR YOU CAN DO SOMETHING TO INCREASE BLOOD, I 329 00:40:29,693 --> 00:40:34,331 MEAN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANY OPTIONS, YOU KNOW. >> YOU'RE A HORSE GUY. >> MM-HMM. 330 00:40:34,398 --> 00:40:39,603 >> WHERE ELSE DOES THAT SIT WITH YOU? >> IT'S COMPLETELY WRONG. TO PUMP THESE HORSES FULL OF 331 00:40:39,670 --> 00:40:48,579 STUFF THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL CHANCE TO WIN AT A HIGHER RATE, IT'S DISGUSTING 332 00:40:48,646 --> 00:40:54,919 BEHAVIOR. >> SETH FISHMAN WAS SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON. THE JUICE MAN, JORGE NAVARRO, 333 00:40:54,985 --> 00:41:03,527 AND NICK SURICK WERE SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS AND, THIS PAST JULY, JASON SERVIS TO FOUR -- ALL FOUR DOPING-RELATED CRIMES. 334 00:41:03,594 --> 00:41:11,335 >> HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO CLEAN THIS UP? >> IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE YEARS TO BE -- TO BE TRULY CONFIDENT THAT 335 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:17,641 WE'VE GOT A FULLY CLEAN SPORT. >> SINCE HISA'S ANTIDOPING PROGRAM OPENED ITS DOORS IN MAY, 33 TRAINERS IN THE UNITED STATES 336 00:41:17,708 --> 00:41:26,617 HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FOR BANNED SUBSTANCES. THIS PAST SUMMER, AT THE SARATOGA RACE COURSE IN NEW 337 00:41:26,684 --> 00:41:31,722 YORK, 13 MORE HORSES DIED. THOSE DEATHS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION. 338 00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:49,773 >>> THE LAST MINUTE OF "60 MINUTES" IS SPONSORED BY UNITED HEALTH CARE. THERE FOR WHAT MATTERS. 339 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:56,080 >>> NOW, AN UPDATE ON A STORY WE REPORTED TWO WEEKS AGO. "A QUIET INVASION" TOLD HOW THE SMALL COUNTRY OF GEORGIA, 340 00:41:56,146 --> 00:42:01,886 CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM RUSSIA, WHICH ALREADY OCCUPIES 20% OF THE FORMER SOVIET 341 00:42:01,952 --> 00:42:09,827 REPUBLIC'S LAND. GEORGIA'S PRESIDENT, SALOME ZOURABICHVILI TOLD OUR SHARYN ALFONSI THAT HER COUNTRY 342 00:42:09,894 --> 00:42:16,166 NEEDS STRONGER WESTERN SUPPORT IN ITS EFFORT TO JOIN THE EUROPEAN UNION. >> WHAT HAPPENS TO GEORGIA IF 343 00:42:16,233 --> 00:42:24,375 THE E.U. DENIES THE BID? >> IT WILL BE A BIG VICTORY FOR RUSSIA. >> THIS PAST WEDNESDAY WAS A BIG 344 00:42:24,441 --> 00:42:30,381 VICTORY FOR GEORGIA. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED GEORGIA AS A CANDIDATE FOR E.U. MEMBERSHIP. 345 00:42:30,447 --> 00:42:37,254 THE NEXT STEP IS MEETING A LIST OF REFORMS AND CONDITIONS THAT WILL QUALIFY IT FOR "ACCESSION" -- FULL MEMBERSHIP. 346 00:42:37,321 --> 00:42:48,032 I'M CECILIA VEGA. WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER EDITION OF "60 MINUTES."