1 00:00:05,772 --> 00:00:06,000 . >>> GLOBAL TRADE HAS BEEN SEVERELY DISRUPTED IN THE RED SEA BY A DANGEROUS MILITIA IN 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,000 . >>> GLOBAL TRADE HAS BEEN SEVERELY DISRUPTED IN THE RED SEA BY A DANGEROUS MILITIA IN 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:18,000 . >>> GLOBAL TRADE HAS BEEN SEVERELY DISRUPTED IN THE RED SEA BY A DANGEROUS MILITIA IN 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:19,018 . >>> GLOBAL TRADE HAS BEEN SEVERELY DISRUPTED IN THE RED SEA BY A DANGEROUS MILITIA IN 5 00:00:19,085 --> 00:00:24,000 YEMEN, WHO THE U.S. NAVY IS TRYING TO STOP. >> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THE U.S. NAVY OPERATED IN THIS 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,594 YEMEN, WHO THE U.S. NAVY IS TRYING TO STOP. >> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THE U.S. NAVY OPERATED IN THIS 7 00:00:27,660 --> 00:00:30,000 PACE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS? >> I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORLD WAR II, WHERE YOU HAVE SHIPS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN COMBAT. 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,167 PACE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS? >> I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORLD WAR II, WHERE YOU HAVE SHIPS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN COMBAT. 9 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:36,000 WHEN I SAY ENGAGED IN COMBAT, WHERE THEY'RE GETTING SHOT AT, WE'RE GETTING SHOT AT, AND WE'RE SHOOTING BACK. 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:42,000 WHEN I SAY ENGAGED IN COMBAT, WHERE THEY'RE GETTING SHOT AT, WE'RE GETTING SHOT AT, AND WE'RE SHOOTING BACK. 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,578 WHEN I SAY ENGAGED IN COMBAT, WHERE THEY'RE GETTING SHOT AT, WE'RE GETTING SHOT AT, AND WE'RE SHOOTING BACK. 12 00:00:45,645 --> 00:00:48,000 >>> FOR A YEAR, "60 MINUTES" HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF CAMBODIA CAMBODIA'S CULTURAL HERITAGE. 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:53,019 >>> FOR A YEAR, "60 MINUTES" HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF CAMBODIA CAMBODIA'S CULTURAL HERITAGE. 14 00:00:53,086 --> 00:00:54,000 THOUSANDS OF SACRED ARTIFACTS FROM RELIGIOUS SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LEAVING EMPTY PEDESTALS WHERE GODS AND DEITIES ONCE 15 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,859 THOUSANDS OF SACRED ARTIFACTS FROM RELIGIOUS SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LEAVING EMPTY PEDESTALS WHERE GODS AND DEITIES ONCE 16 00:00:59,926 --> 00:01:00,000 STOOD. WE FOUND SOME OF THEM ON DISPLAY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,765 STOOD. WE FOUND SOME OF THEM ON DISPLAY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. 18 00:01:05,832 --> 00:01:06,000 HOW DID THESE LOOTED TREASURES GET THERE, AND WILL THEY EVER BE RETURNED? >> WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:11,671 HOW DID THESE LOOTED TREASURES GET THERE, AND WILL THEY EVER BE RETURNED? >> WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF 20 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:12,000 RETURNING A NUMBER OF THEM. >> ALL OF THEM? >> THAT I CAN'T SAY. >> I'M LESLEY STAHL. 21 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:18,000 RETURNING A NUMBER OF THEM. >> ALL OF THEM? >> THAT I CAN'T SAY. >> I'M LESLEY STAHL. 22 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,145 RETURNING A NUMBER OF THEM. >> ALL OF THEM? >> THAT I CAN'T SAY. >> I'M LESLEY STAHL. 23 00:01:19,212 --> 00:01:23,950 >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. 24 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:30,000 >> I'M CECELIA VEGA. >> I'M NORAH O'DONNELL. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. THOSE STORIES TONIGHT ON "60 25 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,291 >> I'M CECELIA VEGA. >> I'M NORAH O'DONNELL. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. THOSE STORIES TONIGHT ON "60 26 00:01:31,357 --> 00:01:36,000 MINUTES." >>> AFTER HAMAS LAUNCHED ITS DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACK IN ISRAEL THIS PAST OCTOBER AND 27 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:42,000 MINUTES." >>> AFTER HAMAS LAUNCHED ITS DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACK IN ISRAEL THIS PAST OCTOBER AND 28 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,905 MINUTES." >>> AFTER HAMAS LAUNCHED ITS DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACK IN ISRAEL THIS PAST OCTOBER AND 29 00:01:45,972 --> 00:01:48,000 ISRAEL BEGAN ITS UNRELENTING WAR IN GAZA IN RESPONSE, PRESIDENT BIDEN WARNED IRAN AND ITS PROXIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO 30 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,278 ISRAEL BEGAN ITS UNRELENTING WAR IN GAZA IN RESPONSE, PRESIDENT BIDEN WARNED IRAN AND ITS PROXIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO 31 00:01:52,345 --> 00:01:54,000 STAY OUT OF IT. ONE OF THOSE GROUPS DECIDED INSTEAD THAT IT WAS ALL IN. THAT GROUP IS A SHIA MILITIA 32 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:00,000 STAY OUT OF IT. ONE OF THOSE GROUPS DECIDED INSTEAD THAT IT WAS ALL IN. THAT GROUP IS A SHIA MILITIA 33 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,490 STAY OUT OF IT. ONE OF THOSE GROUPS DECIDED INSTEAD THAT IT WAS ALL IN. THAT GROUP IS A SHIA MILITIA 34 00:02:03,556 --> 00:02:06,000 FROM YEMEN KNOWN AS THE HOUTHIS. YEMEN IS THE POOREST COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT ITS 1,200 MILES OF COASTLINE LEADS IN AND 35 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:12,000 FROM YEMEN KNOWN AS THE HOUTHIS. YEMEN IS THE POOREST COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT ITS 1,200 MILES OF COASTLINE LEADS IN AND 36 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:12,665 FROM YEMEN KNOWN AS THE HOUTHIS. YEMEN IS THE POOREST COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT ITS 1,200 MILES OF COASTLINE LEADS IN AND 37 00:02:12,732 --> 00:02:18,000 OUT OF THE SUEZ CANAL, THE PRIMARY ROUTE BY SEA BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA, RESPONSIBLE FOR A TRILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN 38 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:18,104 OUT OF THE SUEZ CANAL, THE PRIMARY ROUTE BY SEA BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA, RESPONSIBLE FOR A TRILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN 39 00:02:18,171 --> 00:02:24,000 GLOBAL TRADE. AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN FEBRUARY, WHEN THE HOUTHIS BEGAN TO ATTACK COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN 40 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,514 GLOBAL TRADE. AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN FEBRUARY, WHEN THE HOUTHIS BEGAN TO ATTACK COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN 41 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:30,000 SOLIDARITY WITH HAMAS, PRESIDENT BIDEN FACED A CRISIS IN THE RED SEA AND SENT THE U.S. NAVY INTO ITS FIRST MAJOR FIGHT OF THE 42 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:36,000 SOLIDARITY WITH HAMAS, PRESIDENT BIDEN FACED A CRISIS IN THE RED SEA AND SENT THE U.S. NAVY INTO ITS FIRST MAJOR FIGHT OF THE 43 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:36,723 SOLIDARITY WITH HAMAS, PRESIDENT BIDEN FACED A CRISIS IN THE RED SEA AND SENT THE U.S. NAVY INTO ITS FIRST MAJOR FIGHT OF THE 44 00:02:36,789 --> 00:02:42,000 21st CENTURY. OUR REPORT BEGINS NOT ON THE WATER, BUT IN THE AIR, WHERE FROM A U.S. NAVY RECONNAISSANCE 45 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:48,000 21st CENTURY. OUR REPORT BEGINS NOT ON THE WATER, BUT IN THE AIR, WHERE FROM A U.S. NAVY RECONNAISSANCE 46 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,436 21st CENTURY. OUR REPORT BEGINS NOT ON THE WATER, BUT IN THE AIR, WHERE FROM A U.S. NAVY RECONNAISSANCE 47 00:02:50,503 --> 00:02:54,000 PLANE 500 FEET ABOVE THE RED SEA, WE SAW THE TYPES OF COMMERCIAL SHIPS THE HOUTHIS HAVE TARGETED AND THE U.S. 48 00:02:54,000 --> 00:03:00,000 PLANE 500 FEET ABOVE THE RED SEA, WE SAW THE TYPES OF COMMERCIAL SHIPS THE HOUTHIS HAVE TARGETED AND THE U.S. 49 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,047 PLANE 500 FEET ABOVE THE RED SEA, WE SAW THE TYPES OF COMMERCIAL SHIPS THE HOUTHIS HAVE TARGETED AND THE U.S. 50 00:03:01,114 --> 00:03:06,000 WARSHIPS SENT TO PROTECT THEM. >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THE HOUTHIS HOLD THIS STRAIT HOSTAGE. 51 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,587 WARSHIPS SENT TO PROTECT THEM. >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THE HOUTHIS HOLD THIS STRAIT HOSTAGE. 52 00:03:07,654 --> 00:03:12,000 >> Reporter: VICE ADMIRAL BRAD COOPER IS THE U.S. MILITARY'S DEPUTY COMMANDER IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 53 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,494 >> Reporter: VICE ADMIRAL BRAD COOPER IS THE U.S. MILITARY'S DEPUTY COMMANDER IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 54 00:03:14,561 --> 00:03:18,000 AFTER OCTOBER 7th, AS THE NAVY'S TOP OFFICER IN THE REGION, HE ORDERED THE FIFTH FLEET INTO AN AREA IT TYPICALLY SAILED RIGHT 55 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,367 AFTER OCTOBER 7th, AS THE NAVY'S TOP OFFICER IN THE REGION, HE ORDERED THE FIFTH FLEET INTO AN AREA IT TYPICALLY SAILED RIGHT 56 00:03:21,434 --> 00:03:24,000 THROUGH. >> HOW MANY SAILORS ARE NOW IN THE RED SEA? >> YEAH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 7,000 57 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,941 THROUGH. >> HOW MANY SAILORS ARE NOW IN THE RED SEA? >> YEAH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 7,000 58 00:03:28,007 --> 00:03:30,000 RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S A LARGECOMMITMENT. >> WHAT MAKES THE RED SEA ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WATERWAYS IN 59 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,512 RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S A LARGECOMMITMENT. >> WHAT MAKES THE RED SEA ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WATERWAYS IN 60 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:36,000 THE WORLD? >> 15% OF GLOBAL TRADE FLOWS EXACTLY THROUGH THE RED SEA. SO KEEPING THESE WATERWAYS OPEN 61 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,387 THE WORLD? >> 15% OF GLOBAL TRADE FLOWS EXACTLY THROUGH THE RED SEA. SO KEEPING THESE WATERWAYS OPEN 62 00:03:41,454 --> 00:03:42,000 IS CRITICAL. IT'S A CORE COMMITMENT THE UNITED STATES HAS FROM STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES, MAINTAINING THE 63 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:48,000 IS CRITICAL. IT'S A CORE COMMITMENT THE UNITED STATES HAS FROM STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES, MAINTAINING THE 64 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:48,962 IS CRITICAL. IT'S A CORE COMMITMENT THE UNITED STATES HAS FROM STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES, MAINTAINING THE 65 00:03:49,028 --> 00:03:54,000 FREE FLOW OF COMMERCE. >> Reporter: THE RED SEA IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF CALIFORNIA. IN THE NORTH, THE SUEZ CANAL. 66 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,501 FREE FLOW OF COMMERCE. >> Reporter: THE RED SEA IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF CALIFORNIA. IN THE NORTH, THE SUEZ CANAL. 67 00:03:55,568 --> 00:04:00,000 IN THE SOUTH, THE 20-MILE-WIDE STRAIT KNOWN IN AS "THE GATE OF GRIEF." IT WAS NEAR THERE THREE MONTHS 68 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:06,000 IN THE SOUTH, THE 20-MILE-WIDE STRAIT KNOWN IN AS "THE GATE OF GRIEF." IT WAS NEAR THERE THREE MONTHS 69 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,582 IN THE SOUTH, THE 20-MILE-WIDE STRAIT KNOWN IN AS "THE GATE OF GRIEF." IT WAS NEAR THERE THREE MONTHS 70 00:04:09,649 --> 00:04:12,000 AGO THAT A JAPANESE CHARTERED SHIP BUILT TO CARRY CARS WAS HIJACKED BY THE HOUTHIS, WHO POSTED THIS VIDEO. 71 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,387 AGO THAT A JAPANESE CHARTERED SHIP BUILT TO CARRY CARS WAS HIJACKED BY THE HOUTHIS, WHO POSTED THIS VIDEO. 72 00:04:14,454 --> 00:04:18,000 SINCE THEN, ACCORDING TO THE PENTAGON, THE HOUTHIS HAVE LAUNCHED MORE THAN 100 ATTACKS, AND THE U.S. NAVY HAS SHOT DOWN 73 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,495 SINCE THEN, ACCORDING TO THE PENTAGON, THE HOUTHIS HAVE LAUNCHED MORE THAN 100 ATTACKS, AND THE U.S. NAVY HAS SHOT DOWN 74 00:04:22,562 --> 00:04:24,000 MORE THAN 150 DRONES AND MISSILES FIRED BY THE MILITIA THAT CONTROLS ONE-THIRD OF YEMEN, INCLUDING THE CAPITAL, 75 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:30,000 MORE THAN 150 DRONES AND MISSILES FIRED BY THE MILITIA THAT CONTROLS ONE-THIRD OF YEMEN, INCLUDING THE CAPITAL, 76 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,371 MORE THAN 150 DRONES AND MISSILES FIRED BY THE MILITIA THAT CONTROLS ONE-THIRD OF YEMEN, INCLUDING THE CAPITAL, 77 00:04:31,437 --> 00:04:36,000 SANAA. AS HOUTHI ATTACKS INTENSIFIED IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONTAINER SHIP 78 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,477 SANAA. AS HOUTHI ATTACKS INTENSIFIED IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONTAINER SHIP 79 00:04:37,543 --> 00:04:42,000 COMPANIES ALL MADE THE DECISION TO AVOID THE SUEZ AND GO AROUND AFRICA'S CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, ADDING AS MUCH AS A MONTH OF 80 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,917 COMPANIES ALL MADE THE DECISION TO AVOID THE SUEZ AND GO AROUND AFRICA'S CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, ADDING AS MUCH AS A MONTH OF 81 00:04:44,984 --> 00:04:48,000 TRAVEL TIME AND A MILLION DOLLARS IN FUEL. U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR JEROME POWELL TOLD "60 MINUTES" 82 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:54,000 TRAVEL TIME AND A MILLION DOLLARS IN FUEL. U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR JEROME POWELL TOLD "60 MINUTES" 83 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:54,594 TRAVEL TIME AND A MILLION DOLLARS IN FUEL. U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR JEROME POWELL TOLD "60 MINUTES" 84 00:04:54,661 --> 00:05:00,000 IN FEBRUARY THE DIVERSIONS POSE A RISK TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. AND IN THE NEAR TERM -- >> THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT EUROPE 85 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,401 IN FEBRUARY THE DIVERSIONS POSE A RISK TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. AND IN THE NEAR TERM -- >> THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT EUROPE 86 00:05:01,467 --> 00:05:06,000 MUCH MORE THAN IT'S GOING TO AFFECT US. >> Reporter: TESLA AND VOLVO WERE BOTH FORCED TO SUSPEND SOME 87 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,508 MUCH MORE THAN IT'S GOING TO AFFECT US. >> Reporter: TESLA AND VOLVO WERE BOTH FORCED TO SUSPEND SOME 88 00:05:08,574 --> 00:05:12,000 EUROPEAN PRODUCTION IN JANUARY DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS. THERE ARE STILL SHIPS GOING THROUGH THE SUEZ, MOSTLY 89 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,813 EUROPEAN PRODUCTION IN JANUARY DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS. THERE ARE STILL SHIPS GOING THROUGH THE SUEZ, MOSTLY 90 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:18,000 SMALLER, REGIONAL CARRIERS THAT ARE WILLING TO RUN THE CURRENT RISKS OF THE RED SEA. >> HOW MUCH IS THAT IN TERMS OF 91 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,652 SMALLER, REGIONAL CARRIERS THAT ARE WILLING TO RUN THE CURRENT RISKS OF THE RED SEA. >> HOW MUCH IS THAT IN TERMS OF 92 00:05:19,719 --> 00:05:24,000 THAT TRAFFIC? HAS IT BEEN REDUCED BY HALF? >> IT'S BEEN REDUCED. ON ANY GIVEN DAY, SOMETIMES 40%. 93 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,060 THAT TRAFFIC? HAS IT BEEN REDUCED BY HALF? >> IT'S BEEN REDUCED. ON ANY GIVEN DAY, SOMETIMES 40%. 94 00:05:27,126 --> 00:05:30,000 BUT IT'S CLEARLY FLOWING. I THINK IN MANY RESPECTS, IT'S FLOWING BECAUSE OF THE DEFENSIVE UMBRELLA THAT WE'VE PUT OVER THE 95 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,599 BUT IT'S CLEARLY FLOWING. I THINK IN MANY RESPECTS, IT'S FLOWING BECAUSE OF THE DEFENSIVE UMBRELLA THAT WE'VE PUT OVER THE 96 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:36,000 SOUTHERN RED SEA FOR SURE. >> Reporter: THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THAT DEFENSIVE UMBRELLA IS "OPERATION PROSPERITY GUARDIAN." 97 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:42,000 SOUTHERN RED SEA FOR SURE. >> Reporter: THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THAT DEFENSIVE UMBRELLA IS "OPERATION PROSPERITY GUARDIAN." 98 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,411 SOUTHERN RED SEA FOR SURE. >> Reporter: THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THAT DEFENSIVE UMBRELLA IS "OPERATION PROSPERITY GUARDIAN." 99 00:05:45,478 --> 00:05:48,000 IT'S A COALITION OF MORE THAN 20 NATIONS THAT INCLUDES THE UNITED KINGDOM. BUT MOST OF THE SHIPS, AIRCRAFT, 100 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,084 IT'S A COALITION OF MORE THAN 20 NATIONS THAT INCLUDES THE UNITED KINGDOM. BUT MOST OF THE SHIPS, AIRCRAFT, 101 00:05:51,150 --> 00:05:54,000 AND FIREPOWER ARE COMING FROM AMERICA. >> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THE U.S. NAVY OPERATED IN THIS 102 00:05:54,000 --> 00:06:00,000 AND FIREPOWER ARE COMING FROM AMERICA. >> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THE U.S. NAVY OPERATED IN THIS 103 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:05,765 AND FIREPOWER ARE COMING FROM AMERICA. >> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THE U.S. NAVY OPERATED IN THIS 104 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:06,000 PACE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS? >> I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORLD WAR II, WHERE YOU HAVE SHIPS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN COMBAT. 105 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:12,000 PACE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS? >> I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORLD WAR II, WHERE YOU HAVE SHIPS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN COMBAT. 106 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,573 PACE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS? >> I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORLD WAR II, WHERE YOU HAVE SHIPS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN COMBAT. 107 00:06:13,639 --> 00:06:18,000 WHEN I SAY "ENGAGED IN COMBAT, " WHERE THEY'RE GETTING SHOT AT, WE'RE GETTING SHOT AT, AND WE'RE SHOOTING BACK. 108 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,582 WHEN I SAY "ENGAGED IN COMBAT, " WHERE THEY'RE GETTING SHOT AT, WE'RE GETTING SHOT AT, AND WE'RE SHOOTING BACK. 109 00:06:22,648 --> 00:06:24,000 >> Reporter: INITIALLY, THE HOUTHIS, BACKED BY IRAN, STATED THEY WOULD ONLY SHOOT AT SHIPS LINKED TO ISRAEL, IN SUPPORT OF 110 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:29,822 >> Reporter: INITIALLY, THE HOUTHIS, BACKED BY IRAN, STATED THEY WOULD ONLY SHOOT AT SHIPS LINKED TO ISRAEL, IN SUPPORT OF 111 00:06:29,889 --> 00:06:30,000 THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, AND TO FORCE A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA. THEIR ULTIMATE POLITICAL AIMS, AS WELL AS THEIR ACTUAL AIM, 112 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:35,161 THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, AND TO FORCE A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA. THEIR ULTIMATE POLITICAL AIMS, AS WELL AS THEIR ACTUAL AIM, 113 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:36,000 APPEARS TO BE LESS PRECISE. THEY HAVE FIRED AT SHIPS TIED TO DOZENS OF NATIONS. THE HOUTHIS' OFFICIAL MOTTO IS, 114 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:42,000 APPEARS TO BE LESS PRECISE. THEY HAVE FIRED AT SHIPS TIED TO DOZENS OF NATIONS. THE HOUTHIS' OFFICIAL MOTTO IS, 115 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:48,000 APPEARS TO BE LESS PRECISE. THEY HAVE FIRED AT SHIPS TIED TO DOZENS OF NATIONS. THE HOUTHIS' OFFICIAL MOTTO IS, 116 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,244 APPEARS TO BE LESS PRECISE. THEY HAVE FIRED AT SHIPS TIED TO DOZENS OF NATIONS. THE HOUTHIS' OFFICIAL MOTTO IS, 117 00:06:51,310 --> 00:06:54,000 GOD IS GREAT, DEATH TO AMERICA, DEATH TO ISRAEL, A CURSE UPON THE JEWS, VICTORY TO ISLAM. WHILE THEIR SLOGAN MAY NOT BE 118 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,616 GOD IS GREAT, DEATH TO AMERICA, DEATH TO ISRAEL, A CURSE UPON THE JEWS, VICTORY TO ISLAM. WHILE THEIR SLOGAN MAY NOT BE 119 00:06:56,682 --> 00:07:00,000 NEW, THEIR WEAPONS AND TACTICS ARE, ACCORDING TO ADMIRAL COOPER. >> THE HOUTHIS ARE THE FIRST 120 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,588 NEW, THEIR WEAPONS AND TACTICS ARE, ACCORDING TO ADMIRAL COOPER. >> THE HOUTHIS ARE THE FIRST 121 00:07:02,655 --> 00:07:06,000 ENTITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD TO USE ANTISHIP BALLISTIC MISSILES EVER, FIRING AT SHIPPING. 122 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,927 ENTITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD TO USE ANTISHIP BALLISTIC MISSILES EVER, FIRING AT SHIPPING. 123 00:07:07,994 --> 00:07:12,000 >> NO ONE HAS EVER USED -- >> NO ONE HAS EVER USED AN ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE, CERTAINLY AGAINST COMMERCIAL 124 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,232 >> NO ONE HAS EVER USED -- >> NO ONE HAS EVER USED AN ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE, CERTAINLY AGAINST COMMERCIAL 125 00:07:13,299 --> 00:07:18,000 SHIPPING, MUCH LESS AGAINST U.S. NAVY SHIPS. >> Reporter: ADMIRAL COOPER TOOK US INSIDE THE FIFTH FLEET'S 126 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,071 SHIPPING, MUCH LESS AGAINST U.S. NAVY SHIPS. >> Reporter: ADMIRAL COOPER TOOK US INSIDE THE FIFTH FLEET'S 127 00:07:19,138 --> 00:07:24,000 COMMAND CENTER AT NAVAL HEADQUARTERS IN BAHRAIN. >> I THINK THERE'S A SENSE THAT THE HOUTHIS ARE KIND OF A 128 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,915 COMMAND CENTER AT NAVAL HEADQUARTERS IN BAHRAIN. >> I THINK THERE'S A SENSE THAT THE HOUTHIS ARE KIND OF A 129 00:07:28,981 --> 00:07:30,000 RG-TAG KIND OF TERRORIST GROUP. >> YEAH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT CAN BE A SENSE, AND IT 130 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,352 RG-TAG KIND OF TERRORIST GROUP. >> YEAH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT CAN BE A SENSE, AND IT 131 00:07:33,419 --> 00:07:36,000 WOULD BE A FALSE SENSE. WE WOULD BE UNWISE TO CONSIDER THAT. YOU HAVE TEN YEARS OF BEING 132 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,458 WOULD BE A FALSE SENSE. WE WOULD BE UNWISE TO CONSIDER THAT. YOU HAVE TEN YEARS OF BEING 133 00:07:39,525 --> 00:07:42,000 SUPPLIED BY THE IRANIANS, VERY SOPHISTICATED ADVANCED WEAPONS. THEY HAVE HIT A FEW SHIPS. >> OF THOSE TARGETS, HOW MANY OF 134 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,396 SUPPLIED BY THE IRANIANS, VERY SOPHISTICATED ADVANCED WEAPONS. THEY HAVE HIT A FEW SHIPS. >> OF THOSE TARGETS, HOW MANY OF 135 00:07:43,462 --> 00:07:48,000 THEM ARE DIRECTED AT U.S. NAVAL ASSETS? >> THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OVER THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS 136 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,436 THEM ARE DIRECTED AT U.S. NAVAL ASSETS? >> THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OVER THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS 137 00:07:50,503 --> 00:07:54,000 HAVE BEEN DIRECTED AT INTERNATIONALLY FLAGGED MERCHANT SHIPS. A SMALL PERCENTAGE ARE DIRECTLY 138 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,644 HAVE BEEN DIRECTED AT INTERNATIONALLY FLAGGED MERCHANT SHIPS. A SMALL PERCENTAGE ARE DIRECTLY 139 00:07:58,711 --> 00:08:00,000 AT U.S. NAVY SHIPS. >> WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE WOULD THAT DO ON A COMMERCIAL SHIP? >> LET'S GO RIGHT HERE. 140 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,515 AT U.S. NAVY SHIPS. >> WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE WOULD THAT DO ON A COMMERCIAL SHIP? >> LET'S GO RIGHT HERE. 141 00:08:02,582 --> 00:08:06,000 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THE HOUTHIS ATTACKED IT, AND YOU CAN SEE IN PRACTICAL TERMS WHAT 142 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,820 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THE HOUTHIS ATTACKED IT, AND YOU CAN SEE IN PRACTICAL TERMS WHAT 143 00:08:07,887 --> 00:08:12,000 THE DAMAGE WAS. >> Reporter: THE HOUTHIS ALSO HAVE INEXPENSIVE IRANIAN-DESIGNED ATTACK DRONES 144 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,726 THE DAMAGE WAS. >> Reporter: THE HOUTHIS ALSO HAVE INEXPENSIVE IRANIAN-DESIGNED ATTACK DRONES 145 00:08:13,793 --> 00:08:18,000 IN THEIR ARSENAL, LIKE THE 15-FOOT-WIDE SAMAD, WITH A RANGE OF UP TO 1,100 MILES. SOME OF THEIR ANTI-SHIP 146 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,599 IN THEIR ARSENAL, LIKE THE 15-FOOT-WIDE SAMAD, WITH A RANGE OF UP TO 1,100 MILES. SOME OF THEIR ANTI-SHIP 147 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:24,000 BALLISTIC MISSILES RESEMBLE THE IRANIAN WEAPONS SEEN HERE AND CAN HIT TARGETS UP TO ABOUT 300 MILES AWAY. 148 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,374 BALLISTIC MISSILES RESEMBLE THE IRANIAN WEAPONS SEEN HERE AND CAN HIT TARGETS UP TO ABOUT 300 MILES AWAY. 149 00:08:28,441 --> 00:08:30,000 >> IF THERE WAS AN ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHED, THIS BALLISTIC MISSILE TRAVELS AT ABOUT MACH 5, ABOUT 3,000 MILES 150 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,881 >> IF THERE WAS AN ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHED, THIS BALLISTIC MISSILE TRAVELS AT ABOUT MACH 5, ABOUT 3,000 MILES 151 00:08:34,947 --> 00:08:36,000 AN HOUR. >> HOW MUCH TIME IS THERE BETWEEN HOUTHI LAUNCH AND IT COULD REACH A U.S. SHIP? 152 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:42,000 AN HOUR. >> HOW MUCH TIME IS THERE BETWEEN HOUTHI LAUNCH AND IT COULD REACH A U.S. SHIP? 153 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,522 AN HOUR. >> HOW MUCH TIME IS THERE BETWEEN HOUTHI LAUNCH AND IT COULD REACH A U.S. SHIP? 154 00:08:43,589 --> 00:08:48,000 >> IF IT'S COMING TO THEM -- PUT YOURSELF IN THE SEAT OF THE DESTROYER CAPTAIN ON THAT SHIP. HE HAS 9 TO 15 SECONDS TO MAKE A 155 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,030 >> IF IT'S COMING TO THEM -- PUT YOURSELF IN THE SEAT OF THE DESTROYER CAPTAIN ON THAT SHIP. HE HAS 9 TO 15 SECONDS TO MAKE A 156 00:08:51,097 --> 00:08:54,000 DECISION OF WHETHER TO SHOOT THAT DOWN. IT'S INTENSE. >> Reporter: TO SPEAK TO ONE OF 157 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,202 DECISION OF WHETHER TO SHOOT THAT DOWN. IT'S INTENSE. >> Reporter: TO SPEAK TO ONE OF 158 00:08:56,269 --> 00:09:00,000 THOSE DESTROYER CAPTAINS DEPLOYED IN THE RED SEA, WE TOOK A FIVE-MILE HELICOPTER RIDE FROM THE "USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER," 159 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:06,000 THOSE DESTROYER CAPTAINS DEPLOYED IN THE RED SEA, WE TOOK A FIVE-MILE HELICOPTER RIDE FROM THE "USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER," 160 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,513 THOSE DESTROYER CAPTAINS DEPLOYED IN THE RED SEA, WE TOOK A FIVE-MILE HELICOPTER RIDE FROM THE "USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER," 161 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:12,000 OVER TO THE "USS MASON," WHERE WE MET COMMANDER JUSTIN SMITH. THE DESTROYER IS ONE OF FOUR WARSHIPS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE 162 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:18,000 OVER TO THE "USS MASON," WHERE WE MET COMMANDER JUSTIN SMITH. THE DESTROYER IS ONE OF FOUR WARSHIPS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE 163 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:18,391 OVER TO THE "USS MASON," WHERE WE MET COMMANDER JUSTIN SMITH. THE DESTROYER IS ONE OF FOUR WARSHIPS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE 164 00:09:18,457 --> 00:09:22,595 SHOT DOWN MORE THAN A DOZEN OF THE HOUTHIS ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILES. >> HOW QUICKLY CAN YOU SEE 165 00:09:22,662 --> 00:09:24,000 THOSE? >> ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO TWO MINUTES OUT. TO GIVE ME THE 9 TO 15 SECONDS 166 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:30,000 THOSE? >> ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO TWO MINUTES OUT. TO GIVE ME THE 9 TO 15 SECONDS 167 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:30,403 THOSE? >> ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO TWO MINUTES OUT. TO GIVE ME THE 9 TO 15 SECONDS 168 00:09:30,469 --> 00:09:35,408 AS THE CAPTAIN OF THIS SHIP ON WHAT MY ACTIONS ARE GOING TO BE. >> YOU MADE IT SOUND LIKE THAT'S A LOT OF TIME, 9 TO 15 SECONDS. 169 00:09:35,474 --> 00:09:36,000 DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH. >> IT SEEMS VERY SMALL AND VERY SHORT IN DURATION, BUT MY CREW HAS THAT READY PROFICIENCY TO BE 170 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:42,000 DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH. >> IT SEEMS VERY SMALL AND VERY SHORT IN DURATION, BUT MY CREW HAS THAT READY PROFICIENCY TO BE 171 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,282 DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH. >> IT SEEMS VERY SMALL AND VERY SHORT IN DURATION, BUT MY CREW HAS THAT READY PROFICIENCY TO BE 172 00:09:43,349 --> 00:09:48,000 ABLE TO ENGAGE. >> Reporter: WE LEARNED THAT SO FAR, THE NAVY HAS FIRED MORE THAN 100 OF THEIR STANDARD 173 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:54,000 ABLE TO ENGAGE. >> Reporter: WE LEARNED THAT SO FAR, THE NAVY HAS FIRED MORE THAN 100 OF THEIR STANDARD 174 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:54,260 ABLE TO ENGAGE. >> Reporter: WE LEARNED THAT SO FAR, THE NAVY HAS FIRED MORE THAN 100 OF THEIR STANDARD 175 00:09:54,327 --> 00:10:00,000 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES THAT CAN COST AS MUCH AS $4 MILLION EACH. >> ROGER, OVER. >> Reporter: THE DECISION TO 176 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,333 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES THAT CAN COST AS MUCH AS $4 MILLION EACH. >> ROGER, OVER. >> Reporter: THE DECISION TO 177 00:10:00,399 --> 00:10:05,071 FIRE ONE AT AN INCOMING HOUTHI MISSILE OR KAMIKAZE ATTACK DRONE IS MADE IN THE SHIP'S COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER, OR CIC. 178 00:10:05,137 --> 00:10:06,000 >> WE CAN BE ATTACKED AT ANY TIME, IN ANY PLACE. >> Reporter: THAT'S WHERE COMMANDER SMITH SHOWED US A 179 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:11,277 >> WE CAN BE ATTACKED AT ANY TIME, IN ANY PLACE. >> Reporter: THAT'S WHERE COMMANDER SMITH SHOWED US A 180 00:10:11,344 --> 00:10:12,000 VIDEO OF THE "USS MASON" DOING JUST THAT. >> SEE AN INTERCEPT HERE FOLLOWED BY A QUICK EXPLOSION, 181 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:18,000 VIDEO OF THE "USS MASON" DOING JUST THAT. >> SEE AN INTERCEPT HERE FOLLOWED BY A QUICK EXPLOSION, 182 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,118 VIDEO OF THE "USS MASON" DOING JUST THAT. >> SEE AN INTERCEPT HERE FOLLOWED BY A QUICK EXPLOSION, 183 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:23,489 SHOWING A SUCCESSFUL ENGAGEMENT. >> THE WEAPONS SYSTEMS THAT YOU HAVE ON BOARD HERE, AND SPECIFICALLY THE STANDARD 184 00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:24,000 MISSILES, THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE WEAPONS. AND YOU'RE USING THEM TO SHOOT DOWN $10,000 DRONES. 185 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:30,000 MISSILES, THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE WEAPONS. AND YOU'RE USING THEM TO SHOOT DOWN $10,000 DRONES. 186 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,263 MISSILES, THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE WEAPONS. AND YOU'RE USING THEM TO SHOOT DOWN $10,000 DRONES. 187 00:10:31,330 --> 00:10:36,000 IS THAT WORTH IT? >> I DON'T THINK YOU CAN PUT A PRICE TAG ON SAFETY AND THE DEFENSE OF OUR SAILORS ON BOARD. 188 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,871 IS THAT WORTH IT? >> I DON'T THINK YOU CAN PUT A PRICE TAG ON SAFETY AND THE DEFENSE OF OUR SAILORS ON BOARD. 189 00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:42,000 >> YOU HAVE TO BE RIGHT 100% OF THE TIME. >> THEY JUST HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT ONCE. 190 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,812 >> YOU HAVE TO BE RIGHT 100% OF THE TIME. >> THEY JUST HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT ONCE. 191 00:10:46,879 --> 00:10:48,000 >> Reporter: A DAY BEFORE OUR VISIT TO THE "USS MASON," ABOUT 100 MILES AWAY, ANOTHER U.S. DESTROYER NEEDED ITS WEAPON OF 192 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:54,000 >> Reporter: A DAY BEFORE OUR VISIT TO THE "USS MASON," ABOUT 100 MILES AWAY, ANOTHER U.S. DESTROYER NEEDED ITS WEAPON OF 193 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,389 >> Reporter: A DAY BEFORE OUR VISIT TO THE "USS MASON," ABOUT 100 MILES AWAY, ANOTHER U.S. DESTROYER NEEDED ITS WEAPON OF 194 00:10:56,455 --> 00:11:00,000 LAST RESORT. A DEFENSIVE CANNON CALLED A CIWS TO SHOOT DOWN A HOUTHI CRUISE MISSILE THAT WAS A MILE OUT AND 195 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,962 LAST RESORT. A DEFENSIVE CANNON CALLED A CIWS TO SHOOT DOWN A HOUTHI CRUISE MISSILE THAT WAS A MILE OUT AND 196 00:11:03,029 --> 00:11:06,000 CLOSING FAST. MOST U.S. WARSHIPS HAVE ONE OF THESE GUN SYSTEMS, SEEN HERE IN EXERCISES. 197 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:10,970 CLOSING FAST. MOST U.S. WARSHIPS HAVE ONE OF THESE GUN SYSTEMS, SEEN HERE IN EXERCISES. 198 00:11:11,037 --> 00:11:12,000 THE "USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER" HAS TWO. ON THAT SHIP, WITH ITS 5,000 SAILORS AND MORE THAN 75 199 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:18,000 THE "USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER" HAS TWO. ON THAT SHIP, WITH ITS 5,000 SAILORS AND MORE THAN 75 200 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:24,000 THE "USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER" HAS TWO. ON THAT SHIP, WITH ITS 5,000 SAILORS AND MORE THAN 75 201 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:24,316 THE "USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER" HAS TWO. ON THAT SHIP, WITH ITS 5,000 SAILORS AND MORE THAN 75 202 00:11:24,383 --> 00:11:30,000 AIRCRAFT, STRIKE GROUP COMMANDER REAR ADMIRAL MARC MIGUEZ TOLD US THE HOUTHIS HAVE PROVEN TO BE RESOURCEFUL ADVERSARIES. 203 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:35,928 AIRCRAFT, STRIKE GROUP COMMANDER REAR ADMIRAL MARC MIGUEZ TOLD US THE HOUTHIS HAVE PROVEN TO BE RESOURCEFUL ADVERSARIES. 204 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:36,000 >> THERE ARE THE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE DRONES THAT THE HOUTHIS ARE LAUNCHING. 205 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:42,000 >> THERE ARE THE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE DRONES THAT THE HOUTHIS ARE LAUNCHING. 206 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:42,234 >> THERE ARE THE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE DRONES THAT THE HOUTHIS ARE LAUNCHING. 207 00:11:42,301 --> 00:11:48,000 HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THEM USED? >> WHEN WE FIRST GOT TO THIS AREA, WE WOULD DETECT THE DRONE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU 208 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,675 HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THEM USED? >> WHEN WE FIRST GOT TO THIS AREA, WE WOULD DETECT THE DRONE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU 209 00:11:49,742 --> 00:11:53,546 KNOW, TEN MINUTES LATER OR FIVE MINUTES LATER, THERE WAS AN ATTACK. IN OTHER WORDS, A BALLISTIC 210 00:11:53,612 --> 00:11:54,000 MISSILE BEING LAUNCHED OR A CRUISE MISSILE BEING LAUNCHED. AND WE'VE DEDUCED OVER TIME THAT THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY USING THESE 211 00:11:54,000 --> 00:12:00,000 MISSILE BEING LAUNCHED OR A CRUISE MISSILE BEING LAUNCHED. AND WE'VE DEDUCED OVER TIME THAT THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY USING THESE 212 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,554 MISSILE BEING LAUNCHED OR A CRUISE MISSILE BEING LAUNCHED. AND WE'VE DEDUCED OVER TIME THAT THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY USING THESE 213 00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:06,000 DRONES TO PERFECT THEIR TARGETING SOLUTION. >> Reporter: SINCE THE WAR IN ISRAEL AND GAZA BEGAN, OTHER 214 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,961 DRONES TO PERFECT THEIR TARGETING SOLUTION. >> Reporter: SINCE THE WAR IN ISRAEL AND GAZA BEGAN, OTHER 215 00:12:09,028 --> 00:12:12,000 IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS HAVE TARGETED U.S. FORCES IN JORDAN, IRAQ, AND SYRIA, WITH AT LEAST 175 ATTACKS THAT INJURED 183 216 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:18,000 IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS HAVE TARGETED U.S. FORCES IN JORDAN, IRAQ, AND SYRIA, WITH AT LEAST 175 ATTACKS THAT INJURED 183 217 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,506 IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS HAVE TARGETED U.S. FORCES IN JORDAN, IRAQ, AND SYRIA, WITH AT LEAST 175 ATTACKS THAT INJURED 183 218 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:24,000 SERVICE MEMBERS AND KILLED 3. ADMIRAL MIGUEZ TOLD US SO FAR THE "USS EISENHOWER" HAS ONLY BEEN FOCUSED ON THE HOUTHIS IN 219 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,614 SERVICE MEMBERS AND KILLED 3. ADMIRAL MIGUEZ TOLD US SO FAR THE "USS EISENHOWER" HAS ONLY BEEN FOCUSED ON THE HOUTHIS IN 220 00:12:28,681 --> 00:12:30,000 THE SOUTHERN RED SEA. SINCE JANUARY 11th, ITS PLANES HAVE BEEN REGULARLY STRIKING THEIR LAUNCH SITES IN YEMEN, AS 221 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:36,000 THE SOUTHERN RED SEA. SINCE JANUARY 11th, ITS PLANES HAVE BEEN REGULARLY STRIKING THEIR LAUNCH SITES IN YEMEN, AS 222 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,991 THE SOUTHERN RED SEA. SINCE JANUARY 11th, ITS PLANES HAVE BEEN REGULARLY STRIKING THEIR LAUNCH SITES IN YEMEN, AS 223 00:12:39,058 --> 00:12:42,000 HAVE U.S. DESTROYERS. THE U.S. ALSO CONDUCTED A CYBERATTACK ON AN IRANIAN SPY SHIP THAT WAS GATHERING 224 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:48,000 HAVE U.S. DESTROYERS. THE U.S. ALSO CONDUCTED A CYBERATTACK ON AN IRANIAN SPY SHIP THAT WAS GATHERING 225 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,202 HAVE U.S. DESTROYERS. THE U.S. ALSO CONDUCTED A CYBERATTACK ON AN IRANIAN SPY SHIP THAT WAS GATHERING 226 00:12:50,269 --> 00:12:53,506 INTELLIGENCE IN AND AROUND THE RED SEA. BUT THE HOUTHI ATTACKS KEEP COMING. 227 00:12:53,572 --> 00:12:54,000 >> COULD THE HOUTHIS DO THIS WITHOUT IRANIAN SUPPORT? >> NO. FOR A DECADE, THE IRANIANS HAVE 228 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:59,712 >> COULD THE HOUTHIS DO THIS WITHOUT IRANIAN SUPPORT? >> NO. FOR A DECADE, THE IRANIANS HAVE 229 00:12:59,778 --> 00:13:00,000 BEEN SUPPLYING THE HOUTHIS. THEY'VE BEEN RESUPPLYING THEM. THEY'RE RESUPPLYING THEM AS WE SIT HERE RIGHT NOW AT SEA. 230 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:06,000 BEEN SUPPLYING THE HOUTHIS. THEY'VE BEEN RESUPPLYING THEM. THEY'RE RESUPPLYING THEM AS WE SIT HERE RIGHT NOW AT SEA. 231 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,320 BEEN SUPPLYING THE HOUTHIS. THEY'VE BEEN RESUPPLYING THEM. THEY'RE RESUPPLYING THEM AS WE SIT HERE RIGHT NOW AT SEA. 232 00:13:08,387 --> 00:13:11,991 WE KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING. THEY'RE ADVISING THEM, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING TARGETING INFORMATION. 233 00:13:12,057 --> 00:13:18,000 THIS IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. >> ARE THERE MEMBERS OF IRAN'S ELITE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND, 234 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,365 THIS IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. >> ARE THERE MEMBERS OF IRAN'S ELITE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND, 235 00:13:19,431 --> 00:13:24,000 IN YEMEN, PROVIDING INTELLIGENCE AND TARGETING? >> THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS IS INSIDE YEMEN, AND 236 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,540 IN YEMEN, PROVIDING INTELLIGENCE AND TARGETING? >> THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS IS INSIDE YEMEN, AND 237 00:13:27,606 --> 00:13:30,000 THEY ARE SERVING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE HOUTHIS, ADVISING THEM AND PROVIDING TARGETING INFORMATION. 238 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,611 THEY ARE SERVING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE HOUTHIS, ADVISING THEM AND PROVIDING TARGETING INFORMATION. 239 00:13:32,678 --> 00:13:36,000 >> SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DEGRADE THAT CAPABILITY? >> THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY END UP BEING A POLICY DECISION. 240 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,018 >> SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DEGRADE THAT CAPABILITY? >> THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY END UP BEING A POLICY DECISION. 241 00:13:39,084 --> 00:13:42,000 OUR ROLE AT THIS POINT IS TO SIMPLY BE READY AND CONTINUE TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN EXERCISING OUR RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE. 242 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:48,000 OUR ROLE AT THIS POINT IS TO SIMPLY BE READY AND CONTINUE TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN EXERCISING OUR RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE. 243 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:48,627 OUR ROLE AT THIS POINT IS TO SIMPLY BE READY AND CONTINUE TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN EXERCISING OUR RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE. 244 00:13:48,694 --> 00:13:54,000 >> DO THESE OFFENSIVE U.S. AIR STRIKES AGAINST THESE HOUTHI TARGETS IN YEMEN RISK ESCALATING THIS CONFLICT? 245 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,734 >> DO THESE OFFENSIVE U.S. AIR STRIKES AGAINST THESE HOUTHI TARGETS IN YEMEN RISK ESCALATING THIS CONFLICT? 246 00:13:55,801 --> 00:14:00,000 >> I DON'T THINK SO. WE'RE TARGETING THOSE PLATFORMS THAT ARE TARGETING US. >> IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THE 247 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,208 >> I DON'T THINK SO. WE'RE TARGETING THOSE PLATFORMS THAT ARE TARGETING US. >> IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THE 248 00:14:02,274 --> 00:14:06,000 CALENDAR, RIGHT, SINCE OCTOBER 7th, THE SURGING OF U.S. FORCES. >> SURE. >> TO THE RED SEA. 249 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,448 CALENDAR, RIGHT, SINCE OCTOBER 7th, THE SURGING OF U.S. FORCES. >> SURE. >> TO THE RED SEA. 250 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:12,000 AND YET THEY KEEP FIRING BACK. THEY KEEP SEEMING TO BE OPPORTUNISTIC IN THEIR RESPONSE. IS THE U.S. NAVY, THE FIFTH 251 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:18,000 AND YET THEY KEEP FIRING BACK. THEY KEEP SEEMING TO BE OPPORTUNISTIC IN THEIR RESPONSE. IS THE U.S. NAVY, THE FIFTH 252 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,092 AND YET THEY KEEP FIRING BACK. THEY KEEP SEEMING TO BE OPPORTUNISTIC IN THEIR RESPONSE. IS THE U.S. NAVY, THE FIFTH 253 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:24,000 FLEET -- ARE THE ACTIONS HAVING AN EFFECT? >> IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE DEGRADING THEIR CAPABILITY. 254 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,232 FLEET -- ARE THE ACTIONS HAVING AN EFFECT? >> IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE DEGRADING THEIR CAPABILITY. 255 00:14:26,298 --> 00:14:30,000 AND EVERY SINGLE DAY THEY ATTEMPT TO ATTACK US, WE'RE ELIMINATING AND DISRUPTING THEM IN WAYS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL AND 256 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,670 AND EVERY SINGLE DAY THEY ATTEMPT TO ATTACK US, WE'RE ELIMINATING AND DISRUPTING THEM IN WAYS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL AND 257 00:14:31,737 --> 00:14:36,000 I DO BELIEVE HAVE AN IMPACT. >> HOW LONG DOES THIS GO ON? >> I HAVE A PRETTY CLEAR END GAME IN MIND, AND THAT IS THE 258 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,546 I DO BELIEVE HAVE AN IMPACT. >> HOW LONG DOES THIS GO ON? >> I HAVE A PRETTY CLEAR END GAME IN MIND, AND THAT IS THE 259 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:42,000 RESTORATION OF THE FREE FLOW OF COMMERCE AND SAFE NAVIGATION OF THE SOUTHERN RED SEA. >> Reporter: FOUR MONTHS AFTER 260 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,986 RESTORATION OF THE FREE FLOW OF COMMERCE AND SAFE NAVIGATION OF THE SOUTHERN RED SEA. >> Reporter: FOUR MONTHS AFTER 261 00:14:47,052 --> 00:14:48,000 OUR REPORT FIRST AIRED, THE HOUTHIS ARE STILL ON THE ATTACK IN THE RED SEA. SO FAR, THEY HAVE SUNK TWO CARGO 262 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:54,000 OUR REPORT FIRST AIRED, THE HOUTHIS ARE STILL ON THE ATTACK IN THE RED SEA. SO FAR, THEY HAVE SUNK TWO CARGO 263 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,694 OUR REPORT FIRST AIRED, THE HOUTHIS ARE STILL ON THE ATTACK IN THE RED SEA. SO FAR, THEY HAVE SUNK TWO CARGO 264 00:14:55,761 --> 00:15:00,000 SHIPS, THE SECOND JUST THIS PAST WEEK. OVERALL, SHIPPING TRAFFIC REMAINS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT 265 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,333 SHIPS, THE SECOND JUST THIS PAST WEEK. OVERALL, SHIPPING TRAFFIC REMAINS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT 266 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,037 WAS BEFORE THE ATTACKS BEGAN. 267 00:15:09,174 --> 00:15:12,000 >> Announcer: WHAT'S THE SECRET WEAPON ON THE "USS EISENHOWER"? >> MORALE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 268 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:18,000 >> Announcer: WHAT'S THE SECRET WEAPON ON THE "USS EISENHOWER"? >> MORALE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 269 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,419 >> Announcer: WHAT'S THE SECRET WEAPON ON THE "USS EISENHOWER"? >> MORALE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 270 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:24,000 >>> THE THEFT OF CAMBODIA'S CULTURAL TREASURES, THOUSANDS OF SACRED STONE, BRONZE, AND GOLD ARTIFACTS FROM RELIGIOUS SITES 271 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:29,194 >>> THE THEFT OF CAMBODIA'S CULTURAL TREASURES, THOUSANDS OF SACRED STONE, BRONZE, AND GOLD ARTIFACTS FROM RELIGIOUS SITES 272 00:15:29,261 --> 00:15:30,000 ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MIGHT JUST BE THE GREATEST ART HEIST IN HISTORY. IT BEGAN NEARLY A CENTURY AGO 273 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,067 ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MIGHT JUST BE THE GREATEST ART HEIST IN HISTORY. IT BEGAN NEARLY A CENTURY AGO 274 00:15:35,134 --> 00:15:36,000 WHEN CAMBODIA WAS COLONIZED BY FRANCE. BUT IN THE 1970s, '80s, AND '90s, AMIDST GENOCIDE, CIVIL 275 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:42,000 WHEN CAMBODIA WAS COLONIZED BY FRANCE. BUT IN THE 1970s, '80s, AND '90s, AMIDST GENOCIDE, CIVIL 276 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:42,408 WHEN CAMBODIA WAS COLONIZED BY FRANCE. BUT IN THE 1970s, '80s, AND '90s, AMIDST GENOCIDE, CIVIL 277 00:15:42,474 --> 00:15:48,000 WAR, AND POLITICAL TURMOIL, THE LOOTING BECAME A GLOBAL BUSINESS, MUCH OF IT RUN BY A BRITISH MAN NAMED DOUGLAS 278 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,048 WAR, AND POLITICAL TURMOIL, THE LOOTING BECAME A GLOBAL BUSINESS, MUCH OF IT RUN BY A BRITISH MAN NAMED DOUGLAS 279 00:15:49,114 --> 00:15:54,000 LATCHFORD. HE KEPT SOME OF IT FOR HIMSELF, BUT MUCH OF WHAT HIS GANG OF THIEVES SOLD, LATCHFORD THEN 280 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,188 LATCHFORD. HE KEPT SOME OF IT FOR HIMSELF, BUT MUCH OF WHAT HIS GANG OF THIEVES SOLD, LATCHFORD THEN 281 00:15:56,255 --> 00:16:00,000 SOLD TO WEALTHY PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD. 282 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,360 SOLD TO WEALTHY PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD. 283 00:16:01,427 --> 00:16:06,000 AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN DECEMBER, CAMBODIA'S GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT THE LAST TEN YEARS TRYING TO TRACK IT ALL DOWN AND 284 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:06,465 AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN DECEMBER, CAMBODIA'S GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT THE LAST TEN YEARS TRYING TO TRACK IT ALL DOWN AND 285 00:16:06,532 --> 00:16:12,000 BRING THEIR HISTORY AND HERITAGE HOME. ANGKOR WAT, WITH ITS TOWERING SPIRES, IS THE GLORY OF 286 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,909 BRING THEIR HISTORY AND HERITAGE HOME. ANGKOR WAT, WITH ITS TOWERING SPIRES, IS THE GLORY OF 287 00:16:16,975 --> 00:16:18,000 CAMBODIA. NEARLY A THOUSAND YEARS OLD, IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST EXTRAORDINARY RELIGIOUS TEMPLES 288 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,981 CAMBODIA. NEARLY A THOUSAND YEARS OLD, IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST EXTRAORDINARY RELIGIOUS TEMPLES 289 00:16:23,048 --> 00:16:24,000 IN THE WORLD, AUSTRALISPRAWLING 400 ACRES. ORIGINALLY BUILT TO HONOR THE HINDU GOD VISHNU, IT REMAINS A 290 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:30,000 IN THE WORLD, AUSTRALISPRAWLING 400 ACRES. ORIGINALLY BUILT TO HONOR THE HINDU GOD VISHNU, IT REMAINS A 291 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,091 IN THE WORLD, AUSTRALISPRAWLING 400 ACRES. ORIGINALLY BUILT TO HONOR THE HINDU GOD VISHNU, IT REMAINS A 292 00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:36,000 PLACE OF WORSHIP TODAY. YOU CAN WANDER HERE FOR WEEKS, LOST IN A LABYRINTH OF ANCIENT STONE CORRIDORS AND SACRED 293 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,431 PLACE OF WORSHIP TODAY. YOU CAN WANDER HERE FOR WEEKS, LOST IN A LABYRINTH OF ANCIENT STONE CORRIDORS AND SACRED 294 00:16:39,498 --> 00:16:42,000 CHAMBERS. BUT THE SCARS OF PLUNDER RUN DEEP. LOOTERS HAVE HACKED OFF THE 295 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,169 CHAMBERS. BUT THE SCARS OF PLUNDER RUN DEEP. LOOTERS HAVE HACKED OFF THE 296 00:16:44,236 --> 00:16:48,000 HEADS OF MANY STATUES. THEY'VE STOLE RNEN BODIES AS WELL. EMPTY PEDESTALS MARK WHERE GODS 297 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:53,011 HEADS OF MANY STATUES. THEY'VE STOLE RNEN BODIES AS WELL. EMPTY PEDESTALS MARK WHERE GODS 298 00:16:53,078 --> 00:16:54,000 AND DEITIES ONCE STOOD. ON SOME, ONLY THE FEET REMAIN. IT'S WORSE IN THE REST OF CAMBODIA'S 4,000 TEMPLES. 299 00:16:54,000 --> 00:17:00,000 AND DEITIES ONCE STOOD. ON SOME, ONLY THE FEET REMAIN. IT'S WORSE IN THE REST OF CAMBODIA'S 4,000 TEMPLES. 300 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:06,000 AND DEITIES ONCE STOOD. ON SOME, ONLY THE FEET REMAIN. IT'S WORSE IN THE REST OF CAMBODIA'S 4,000 TEMPLES. 301 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:06,592 AND DEITIES ONCE STOOD. ON SOME, ONLY THE FEET REMAIN. IT'S WORSE IN THE REST OF CAMBODIA'S 4,000 TEMPLES. 302 00:17:06,658 --> 00:17:11,663 NEARLY ALL HAVE BEEN LOOTED. THIS ONE IS 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANGKOR WAT ON A REMOTE MOUNTAIN CALLED SANDAK. 303 00:17:11,730 --> 00:17:12,000 >> THIS WAS HIT VERY HEAVILY BY THE LOOTING GANGS. THEY FOUND GOLD. THEY FOUND STATUES. 304 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:16,034 >> THIS WAS HIT VERY HEAVILY BY THE LOOTING GANGS. THEY FOUND GOLD. THEY FOUND STATUES. 305 00:17:16,101 --> 00:17:18,000 THEY FOUND MANY, MANY THINGS. >> Reporter: THAT'S BRAD GORDON, AN AMERICAN LAWYER WHO HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THE CAMBODIAN 306 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,672 THEY FOUND MANY, MANY THINGS. >> Reporter: THAT'S BRAD GORDON, AN AMERICAN LAWYER WHO HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THE CAMBODIAN 307 00:17:20,739 --> 00:17:24,000 GOVERNMENT FOR TEN YEARS, TRACKING DOWN ITS STOLEN TREASURES. HE BROUGHT US TO SANDAK WITH HIS 308 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,478 GOVERNMENT FOR TEN YEARS, TRACKING DOWN ITS STOLEN TREASURES. HE BROUGHT US TO SANDAK WITH HIS 309 00:17:26,545 --> 00:17:30,000 TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS, ARCHAEOLOGISTS, AND ART SCHOLARS. >> THIS IS SO COOL. 310 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,720 TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS, ARCHAEOLOGISTS, AND ART SCHOLARS. >> THIS IS SO COOL. 311 00:17:34,787 --> 00:17:36,000 >> Reporter: IN THE TEMPLE'S CRUMBLING COURTYARD, LITTLE REMAINS, MOSTLY EMPTY PEDESTALS SCATTERED AMONG THE SRALAO 312 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,424 >> Reporter: IN THE TEMPLE'S CRUMBLING COURTYARD, LITTLE REMAINS, MOSTLY EMPTY PEDESTALS SCATTERED AMONG THE SRALAO 313 00:17:38,490 --> 00:17:42,000 TREES. >> IT'S REMARKABLE JUST HOW MUCH STUFF IS SCATTERED ON THE GROUND. 314 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:46,498 TREES. >> IT'S REMARKABLE JUST HOW MUCH STUFF IS SCATTERED ON THE GROUND. 315 00:17:46,565 --> 00:17:48,000 >> YES. IT'S LIKE A PEDESTAL GRAVEYARD. >> WE'VE ALL SEEN IN MUSEUMS THESE STATUES WITH NO FEET ON 316 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,804 >> YES. IT'S LIKE A PEDESTAL GRAVEYARD. >> WE'VE ALL SEEN IN MUSEUMS THESE STATUES WITH NO FEET ON 317 00:17:51,870 --> 00:17:54,000 THEM, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THE FEET WERE HACKED OFF BECAUSE IN ORDER TO STEAL THEM, THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO GET 318 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,608 THEM, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THE FEET WERE HACKED OFF BECAUSE IN ORDER TO STEAL THEM, THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO GET 319 00:17:56,675 --> 00:18:00,000 THEM OFF THE PEDESTAL. >> WE KNOW WHEN THE LOOTERS CAME TO SITES LIKE THIS, THE FIRST THING THEY TOOK WAS THE HEADS. 320 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,514 THEM OFF THE PEDESTAL. >> WE KNOW WHEN THE LOOTERS CAME TO SITES LIKE THIS, THE FIRST THING THEY TOOK WAS THE HEADS. 321 00:18:02,581 --> 00:18:06,000 THAT WAS THE EASIEST TO GRAB. THEN LATER ON, MAYBE THEY COME BACK AND GET THE TORSO. BUT THEY WERE NOT VERY CAREFUL, 322 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:11,690 THAT WAS THE EASIEST TO GRAB. THEN LATER ON, MAYBE THEY COME BACK AND GET THE TORSO. BUT THEY WERE NOT VERY CAREFUL, 323 00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:12,000 SO THEY LEFT BEHIND PIECES. >> Reporter: FOR CAMBODIANS, THESE STATUES ARE NOT JUST WORKS OF ART. 324 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:18,000 SO THEY LEFT BEHIND PIECES. >> Reporter: FOR CAMBODIANS, THESE STATUES ARE NOT JUST WORKS OF ART. 325 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,598 SO THEY LEFT BEHIND PIECES. >> Reporter: FOR CAMBODIANS, THESE STATUES ARE NOT JUST WORKS OF ART. 326 00:18:19,665 --> 00:18:24,000 THEY ARE SACRED DEITIES THAT HOLD THE SOULS OF THEIR ANCESTORS TO WHOM THEY ASK FOR GUIDANCE AND PRAY. 327 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:24,470 THEY ARE SACRED DEITIES THAT HOLD THE SOULS OF THEIR ANCESTORS TO WHOM THEY ASK FOR GUIDANCE AND PRAY. 328 00:18:24,536 --> 00:18:30,000 >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. THESE WERE ALL LOOTED? >> YES, ALL LOOTED. >> ALL OF THESE HEADS CUT OFF? 329 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,678 >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. THESE WERE ALL LOOTED? >> YES, ALL LOOTED. >> ALL OF THESE HEADS CUT OFF? 330 00:18:32,744 --> 00:18:36,000 >> THE HEAD WAS CUT OFF, YES. >> Reporter: PHOEURNG SACKONA, CAMBODIA'S MINISTER OF CULTURE, IS IN CHARGE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S 331 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,416 >> THE HEAD WAS CUT OFF, YES. >> Reporter: PHOEURNG SACKONA, CAMBODIA'S MINISTER OF CULTURE, IS IN CHARGE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S 332 00:18:37,483 --> 00:18:42,000 EFFORTS TO TRACK DOWN THEIR STOLEN GODS. WE MET HER IN A CLOSELY GUARDED WAREHOUSE NOT FAR FROM ANGKOR 333 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,255 EFFORTS TO TRACK DOWN THEIR STOLEN GODS. WE MET HER IN A CLOSELY GUARDED WAREHOUSE NOT FAR FROM ANGKOR 334 00:18:43,322 --> 00:18:48,000 WAT, WHERE MORE THAN 6,000 PIECES FROM TEMPLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STORED FOR SAFEKEEPING, EACH ONE SCULPTED 335 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,628 WAT, WHERE MORE THAN 6,000 PIECES FROM TEMPLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STORED FOR SAFEKEEPING, EACH ONE SCULPTED 336 00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:54,000 BY AN ARTISAN FROM AN ANCIENT KHMER EMPIRE THAT LASTED FOR MORE THAN FIVE CENTURIES AND SPANNED CAMBODIA, LAOS, 337 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,502 BY AN ARTISAN FROM AN ANCIENT KHMER EMPIRE THAT LASTED FOR MORE THAN FIVE CENTURIES AND SPANNED CAMBODIA, LAOS, 338 00:18:56,568 --> 00:19:00,000 THAILAND, AND VIETNAM. >> SO THE STATUES HAVE A SOUL? THE STATUES, ARE THEY LIVING? >> FOR US, YES. 339 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,109 THAILAND, AND VIETNAM. >> SO THE STATUES HAVE A SOUL? THE STATUES, ARE THEY LIVING? >> FOR US, YES. 340 00:19:04,176 --> 00:19:06,000 AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TALK WITH THEM. THEY WILL HEAR. THEY WILL SEE. 341 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,815 AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TALK WITH THEM. THEY WILL HEAR. THEY WILL SEE. 342 00:19:09,882 --> 00:19:12,000 WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT DO YOU SEE? WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR LIFE, IN YOUR HOUSE, OUTSIDE IN THE 343 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:16,188 WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT DO YOU SEE? WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR LIFE, IN YOUR HOUSE, OUTSIDE IN THE 344 00:19:16,255 --> 00:19:18,000 SOCIETY ALSO? SO THAT -- >> THEY'RE WATCHING? >> THEY'RE WATCHING EVERYWHERE. 345 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,027 SOCIETY ALSO? SO THAT -- >> THEY'RE WATCHING? >> THEY'RE WATCHING EVERYWHERE. 346 00:19:22,094 --> 00:19:24,000 >> Reporter: PHOEURNG SACKONA'S ENTIRE FAMILY WAS KILLED IN THE GENOCIDE THAT BEGAN IN 1975 WHEN THE KHMER ROUGE, A RADICAL 347 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:29,501 >> Reporter: PHOEURNG SACKONA'S ENTIRE FAMILY WAS KILLED IN THE GENOCIDE THAT BEGAN IN 1975 WHEN THE KHMER ROUGE, A RADICAL 348 00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:30,000 COMMUNIST GROUP, TOOK OVER, FORCING MILLIONS OF CAMBODIANS INTO LABOR CAMPS. SOME 2 MILLION PEOPLE, NEARLY A 349 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:36,000 COMMUNIST GROUP, TOOK OVER, FORCING MILLIONS OF CAMBODIANS INTO LABOR CAMPS. SOME 2 MILLION PEOPLE, NEARLY A 350 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,609 COMMUNIST GROUP, TOOK OVER, FORCING MILLIONS OF CAMBODIANS INTO LABOR CAMPS. SOME 2 MILLION PEOPLE, NEARLY A 351 00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:42,000 QUARTER OF THE POPULATION, WERE SLAUGHTERED OR STARVED TO DEATH. THE KHMER ROUGE LOST POWER IN 1979, BUT FIGHTING AND 352 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:46,018 QUARTER OF THE POPULATION, WERE SLAUGHTERED OR STARVED TO DEATH. THE KHMER ROUGE LOST POWER IN 1979, BUT FIGHTING AND 353 00:19:46,084 --> 00:19:48,000 INSTABILITY CONTINUED FOR DECADES, LEAVING CAMBODIA'S TEMPLES UNPROTECTED AND VULNERABLE, EASY TARGETS FOR 354 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:52,124 INSTABILITY CONTINUED FOR DECADES, LEAVING CAMBODIA'S TEMPLES UNPROTECTED AND VULNERABLE, EASY TARGETS FOR 355 00:19:52,190 --> 00:19:54,000 UNSCRUPULOUS ANTIQUITIES DEALERS LIKE DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. >> WHO WAS DOUGLAS LATCHFORD? >> I WOULD SAY THAT HE WAS IN 356 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:58,297 UNSCRUPULOUS ANTIQUITIES DEALERS LIKE DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. >> WHO WAS DOUGLAS LATCHFORD? >> I WOULD SAY THAT HE WAS IN 357 00:19:58,363 --> 00:20:00,000 MANY WAYS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE GREATEST ART HEIST IN HISTORY. >> THE GREATEST ART HEIST IN 358 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,336 MANY WAYS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE GREATEST ART HEIST IN HISTORY. >> THE GREATEST ART HEIST IN 359 00:20:04,403 --> 00:20:06,000 HISTORY? >> YES, IN TERMS OF SCOPE AND MULTITUDE OF CRIME SITES AND THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF STATUES THAT 360 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:11,577 HISTORY? >> YES, IN TERMS OF SCOPE AND MULTITUDE OF CRIME SITES AND THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF STATUES THAT 361 00:20:11,643 --> 00:20:12,000 WERE TAKEN OUT. >> Reporter: LATCHFORD LIVED IN THAILAND. AN ENIGMATIC BRITISH 362 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:18,000 WERE TAKEN OUT. >> Reporter: LATCHFORD LIVED IN THAILAND. AN ENIGMATIC BRITISH 363 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,520 WERE TAKEN OUT. >> Reporter: LATCHFORD LIVED IN THAILAND. AN ENIGMATIC BRITISH 364 00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:24,000 BUSINESSMAN, HE BEGAN COLLECTING IN THE 1960s. HEHAD, IT SEEMS, TWO GREAT LOVES -- CAMBODIAN ANTIQUITIES 365 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,726 BUSINESSMAN, HE BEGAN COLLECTING IN THE 1960s. HEHAD, IT SEEMS, TWO GREAT LOVES -- CAMBODIAN ANTIQUITIES 366 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:30,000 AND THAI BODY BUILDERS. HE SPONSORED BANGKOK'S BIGGEST BODYBUILDING COMPETITION, THE LATCHFORD CLASSIC. 367 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:35,200 AND THAI BODY BUILDERS. HE SPONSORED BANGKOK'S BIGGEST BODYBUILDING COMPETITION, THE LATCHFORD CLASSIC. 368 00:20:35,267 --> 00:20:36,000 >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE HIM? >> HE WAS EXTREMELY DECEPTIVE. I THINK IN MANY WAYS HE WAS RUTHLESS. 369 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:41,073 >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE HIM? >> HE WAS EXTREMELY DECEPTIVE. I THINK IN MANY WAYS HE WAS RUTHLESS. 370 00:20:41,139 --> 00:20:42,000 BUT HE HID THAT BEHIND THIS INCREDIBLE FACADE OF CHARM. >> Reporter: LATCHFORD PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS A SCHOLAR AND 371 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:48,000 BUT HE HID THAT BEHIND THIS INCREDIBLE FACADE OF CHARM. >> Reporter: LATCHFORD PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS A SCHOLAR AND 372 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,047 BUT HE HID THAT BEHIND THIS INCREDIBLE FACADE OF CHARM. >> Reporter: LATCHFORD PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS A SCHOLAR AND 373 00:20:49,114 --> 00:20:54,000 PROTECTOR OF CAMBODIA'S CULTURE, A REPUTATION HE BURNISHED BY DONATING SCULPTURES TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN 374 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,456 PROTECTOR OF CAMBODIA'S CULTURE, A REPUTATION HE BURNISHED BY DONATING SCULPTURES TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN 375 00:20:57,522 --> 00:21:00,000 NEW YORK AND OTHER PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. HE ALSO PUBLISHED THREE BOOKS FILLED WITH THE FINEST EXAMPLES 376 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:06,000 NEW YORK AND OTHER PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. HE ALSO PUBLISHED THREE BOOKS FILLED WITH THE FINEST EXAMPLES 377 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:06,131 NEW YORK AND OTHER PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. HE ALSO PUBLISHED THREE BOOKS FILLED WITH THE FINEST EXAMPLES 378 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:12,000 OF CAMBODIAN ANTIQUITIES. MANY OF THEM, IT TURNS OUT, LATCHFORD HAD STOLEN. >> HE WAS USING THE BOOKS TO 379 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,839 OF CAMBODIAN ANTIQUITIES. MANY OF THEM, IT TURNS OUT, LATCHFORD HAD STOLEN. >> HE WAS USING THE BOOKS TO 380 00:21:13,905 --> 00:21:18,000 SELL HIS CATALOGS. HE WAS HANDING THEM OUT. HE WAS USING THEM TO SELL PIECES, AND HE UNDERSTOOD A 381 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:18,010 SELL HIS CATALOGS. HE WAS HANDING THEM OUT. HE WAS USING THEM TO SELL PIECES, AND HE UNDERSTOOD A 382 00:21:18,076 --> 00:21:24,000 CERTAIN PSYCHOLOGY OF COLLECTORS OUT THERE THAT IF THEY SEE SOMETHING IN A BEAUTIFUL BOOK, THEY THINK IT'S LEGITIMATE. 383 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:24,416 CERTAIN PSYCHOLOGY OF COLLECTORS OUT THERE THAT IF THEY SEE SOMETHING IN A BEAUTIFUL BOOK, THEY THINK IT'S LEGITIMATE. 384 00:21:24,483 --> 00:21:29,721 >> Reporter: THOSE BOOKS HAVE BEEN AN INVALUABLE GUIDE FOR BRAD GORDON AND HIS TEAM, HELPING THEM COMPILE A DATABASE 385 00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:30,000 OF THOUSANDS OF MISSING ARTIFACTS, MANY OF WHICH THEY DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED UNTIL LATCHFORD PUBLISHED PHOTOS OF 386 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:35,827 OF THOUSANDS OF MISSING ARTIFACTS, MANY OF WHICH THEY DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED UNTIL LATCHFORD PUBLISHED PHOTOS OF 387 00:21:35,894 --> 00:21:36,000 THEM. GORDON'S TEAM GOT THEIR BIG BREAK WHEN THEY MET THIS MAN IN 2012. 388 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,298 THEM. GORDON'S TEAM GOT THEIR BIG BREAK WHEN THEY MET THIS MAN IN 2012. 389 00:21:40,365 --> 00:21:42,000 HE WAS A FORMER KHMER ROUGE CHILD SOLDIER AND LEADER OF A GANG OF LOOTERS. HIS NAME WAS TOEK TIK. 390 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,672 HE WAS A FORMER KHMER ROUGE CHILD SOLDIER AND LEADER OF A GANG OF LOOTERS. HIS NAME WAS TOEK TIK. 391 00:21:46,738 --> 00:21:48,000 >> THAT FIRST MEETING, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHO WE HAD MET. I KNEW THAT HE WAS IMPORTANT. I KNEW THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE 392 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:54,000 >> THAT FIRST MEETING, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHO WE HAD MET. I KNEW THAT HE WAS IMPORTANT. I KNEW THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE 393 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,714 >> THAT FIRST MEETING, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHO WE HAD MET. I KNEW THAT HE WAS IMPORTANT. I KNEW THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE 394 00:21:55,781 --> 00:22:00,000 TELLING ME HE WAS THE BEST. AND I KNEW THAT HE WAS FEARED. >> WHY WERE PEOPLE AFRAID OF HIM? 395 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:00,519 TELLING ME HE WAS THE BEST. AND I KNEW THAT HE WAS FEARED. >> WHY WERE PEOPLE AFRAID OF HIM? 396 00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:06,000 >> YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, HE HAD KILLED MANY PEOPLE. >> Reporter: IT TURNED OUT TOEK TIK HAD WORKED FOR DECADES 397 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:06,425 >> YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, HE HAD KILLED MANY PEOPLE. >> Reporter: IT TURNED OUT TOEK TIK HAD WORKED FOR DECADES 398 00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:12,000 SUPPLYING LATCHFORD WITH THOUSANDS OF TREASURES, AND HE WAS AMAZED TO SEE THEM AGAIN IN LATCHFORD'S BOOKS. 399 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,333 SUPPLYING LATCHFORD WITH THOUSANDS OF TREASURES, AND HE WAS AMAZED TO SEE THEM AGAIN IN LATCHFORD'S BOOKS. 400 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,000 >> HE KEPT OPENING THE BOOK AND GOING BACK TO THE FRONT COVER AND GOING THROUGH AND TAPPING AND SAYING, I KNOW THIS ONE, I 401 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,538 >> HE KEPT OPENING THE BOOK AND GOING BACK TO THE FRONT COVER AND GOING THROUGH AND TAPPING AND SAYING, I KNOW THIS ONE, I 402 00:22:19,604 --> 00:22:24,000 KNOW THIS ONE, I KNOW THIS ONE. >> WHEN HE SAYS HE KNEW THIS ONE, IT MEANS HE HELPED LOOT THOSE ONES? 403 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,944 KNOW THIS ONE, I KNOW THIS ONE. >> WHEN HE SAYS HE KNEW THIS ONE, IT MEANS HE HELPED LOOT THOSE ONES? 404 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:30,000 >> THAT'S WHAT WE LEARNED LATER, YEAH. >> Reporter: TOEK TIK BECAME A KEY CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE FOR 405 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,418 >> THAT'S WHAT WE LEARNED LATER, YEAH. >> Reporter: TOEK TIK BECAME A KEY CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE FOR 406 00:22:33,485 --> 00:22:36,000 GORDON'S TEAM. THEY GAVE HIM A CODE NAME, LION, TO PROTECT HIS IDENTITY AND FOLLOWED HIM TO DOZENS OF 407 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:41,126 GORDON'S TEAM. THEY GAVE HIM A CODE NAME, LION, TO PROTECT HIS IDENTITY AND FOLLOWED HIM TO DOZENS OF 408 00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:42,000 TEMPLES, WHERE HE CONFESSED WHAT HE'D FOUND AND HOW HE'D STOLEN IT. >> HE WOULD SAY TO US, I'M GOING 409 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,765 TEMPLES, WHERE HE CONFESSED WHAT HE'D FOUND AND HOW HE'D STOLEN IT. >> HE WOULD SAY TO US, I'M GOING 410 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:48,000 TO TRANSFER EVERYTHING IN MY HEAD TO YOU. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING, EVERY SECRET. 411 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,969 TO TRANSFER EVERYTHING IN MY HEAD TO YOU. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING, EVERY SECRET. 412 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:54,000 >> YOU FELT LIKE HIS MEMORY WAS VERY GOOD? IT WAS ACCURATE? >> OH, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. 413 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,774 >> YOU FELT LIKE HIS MEMORY WAS VERY GOOD? IT WAS ACCURATE? >> OH, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. 414 00:22:55,841 --> 00:23:00,000 HE REMEMBERED THE SIZE OF EVERYTHING MEASURED AGAINST HIS BODY. HE WOULD USE HIS ARM TO SHOW US 415 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:00,612 HE REMEMBERED THE SIZE OF EVERYTHING MEASURED AGAINST HIS BODY. HE WOULD USE HIS ARM TO SHOW US 416 00:23:00,679 --> 00:23:06,000 HOW LONG A STATUE WAS. >> WHY DO YOU THINK HE WANTED TO COOPERATE? >> YOU KNOW, HE FELT 417 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,619 HOW LONG A STATUE WAS. >> WHY DO YOU THINK HE WANTED TO COOPERATE? >> YOU KNOW, HE FELT 418 00:23:07,686 --> 00:23:12,000 TREMENDOUSLY GUILTY ABOUT MANY THINGS HE HAD DONE IN HIS LIFE, ABOUT THE KILLING, ABOUT THE LOOTING, AND WE OFFERED HIM A 419 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,026 TREMENDOUSLY GUILTY ABOUT MANY THINGS HE HAD DONE IN HIS LIFE, ABOUT THE KILLING, ABOUT THE LOOTING, AND WE OFFERED HIM A 420 00:23:15,093 --> 00:23:18,000 ROAD TO REDEMPTION, A WAY TO DO SOMETHING REALLY GOOD AT THE END OF HIS LIFE. >> Reporter: THEY RECORDED 421 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,968 ROAD TO REDEMPTION, A WAY TO DO SOMETHING REALLY GOOD AT THE END OF HIS LIFE. >> Reporter: THEY RECORDED 422 00:23:23,034 --> 00:23:24,000 HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF LION'S TESTIMONY. HE EXPLAINED HOW GANGS OF LOOTERS WOULD SPEND WEEKS AT 423 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:29,307 HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF LION'S TESTIMONY. HE EXPLAINED HOW GANGS OF LOOTERS WOULD SPEND WEEKS AT 424 00:23:29,374 --> 00:23:30,000 REMOTE TEMPLES USING SHOVELS, CHISELS, METAL DETECTORS, EVEN DYNAMITE TO FIND AND DIG OUT TREASURES. 425 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:35,680 REMOTE TEMPLES USING SHOVELS, CHISELS, METAL DETECTORS, EVEN DYNAMITE TO FIND AND DIG OUT TREASURES. 426 00:23:35,747 --> 00:23:36,000 DOZENS OF MEN WOULD HOIST HEAVY STONE STATUES ONTO OX CARTS BEFORE TRANSPORTING THEM ACROSS THE BORDER INTO THAILAND AND 427 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:42,000 DOZENS OF MEN WOULD HOIST HEAVY STONE STATUES ONTO OX CARTS BEFORE TRANSPORTING THEM ACROSS THE BORDER INTO THAILAND AND 428 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,121 DOZENS OF MEN WOULD HOIST HEAVY STONE STATUES ONTO OX CARTS BEFORE TRANSPORTING THEM ACROSS THE BORDER INTO THAILAND AND 429 00:23:43,188 --> 00:23:48,000 INTO THE HANDS OF DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. LION NEVER MET LATCHFORD, BUT HE'D SEND HIM PHOTOGRAPHS OF 430 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,528 INTO THE HANDS OF DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. LION NEVER MET LATCHFORD, BUT HE'D SEND HIM PHOTOGRAPHS OF 431 00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:54,000 ARTIFACTS HE COULD CHOOSE FROM. >> WE HEAR ABOUT THEM SAYING, OH, HE HAD TO GO TO A TEMPLE AND TAKE THIS PHOTO, AND THEN 432 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:59,371 ARTIFACTS HE COULD CHOOSE FROM. >> WE HEAR ABOUT THEM SAYING, OH, HE HAD TO GO TO A TEMPLE AND TAKE THIS PHOTO, AND THEN 433 00:23:59,437 --> 00:24:00,000 SENDING IT BACK. MY SENSE WAS HE WAS SHOPPING. HE HAD A LIST. THE LOOTERS KNEW HIS PRIORITIES. 434 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:06,000 SENDING IT BACK. MY SENSE WAS HE WAS SHOPPING. HE HAD A LIST. THE LOOTERS KNEW HIS PRIORITIES. 435 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:06,912 SENDING IT BACK. MY SENSE WAS HE WAS SHOPPING. HE HAD A LIST. THE LOOTERS KNEW HIS PRIORITIES. 436 00:24:06,978 --> 00:24:12,000 >> Reporter: LIKE THESE, WHICH CAME FROM A TEMPLE COMPLEX CALLED KOH KER. THE STATUES THERE HAD A 437 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:12,517 >> Reporter: LIKE THESE, WHICH CAME FROM A TEMPLE COMPLEX CALLED KOH KER. THE STATUES THERE HAD A 438 00:24:12,584 --> 00:24:17,823 DISTINCTIVE STYLE THAT LATCHFORD LOVED. IT WAS, HOWEVER, A DANGEROUS BUSINESS. 439 00:24:17,889 --> 00:24:18,000 MOST LOOTERS ONLY MADE ENOUGH TO BUY FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES, AND FIGHTING BETWEEN RIVAL GANGS WAS COMMON. 440 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:23,128 MOST LOOTERS ONLY MADE ENOUGH TO BUY FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES, AND FIGHTING BETWEEN RIVAL GANGS WAS COMMON. 441 00:24:23,195 --> 00:24:24,000 >> PEOPLE WERE KILLED OVER THESE ANTIQUITIES. DO YOU LOOK AT THESE AS BLOOD STATUES? 442 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,365 >> PEOPLE WERE KILLED OVER THESE ANTIQUITIES. DO YOU LOOK AT THESE AS BLOOD STATUES? 443 00:24:27,432 --> 00:24:30,000 >> FOR SURE. THEY'RE BLOOD ANTIQUITIES. WHENEVER I SEE A STATUE, I THINK ABOUT WHO DIED TO GET THIS OUT 444 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:34,773 >> FOR SURE. THEY'RE BLOOD ANTIQUITIES. WHENEVER I SEE A STATUE, I THINK ABOUT WHO DIED TO GET THIS OUT 445 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:36,000 OF THE GROUND OR GET IT OUT OF A TEMPLE AND TO MOVE IT HERE. SO MUCH OF THIS LOOTING WAS DONE IN THE SHADOW OF THE WAR, SHADOW 446 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:42,000 OF THE GROUND OR GET IT OUT OF A TEMPLE AND TO MOVE IT HERE. SO MUCH OF THIS LOOTING WAS DONE IN THE SHADOW OF THE WAR, SHADOW 447 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:42,147 OF THE GROUND OR GET IT OUT OF A TEMPLE AND TO MOVE IT HERE. SO MUCH OF THIS LOOTING WAS DONE IN THE SHADOW OF THE WAR, SHADOW 448 00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:48,000 OF THE GENOCIDE. >> Reporter: IT WAS THIS 500 POUND SANDSTONE WARRIOR FROM KOH KER THAT APPEARED IN A SOTHEBY'S 449 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,688 OF THE GENOCIDE. >> Reporter: IT WAS THIS 500 POUND SANDSTONE WARRIOR FROM KOH KER THAT APPEARED IN A SOTHEBY'S 450 00:24:49,754 --> 00:24:54,000 AUCTION CATALOG IN 2011 THAT PUT DOUGLAS LATCHFORD ON THE RADAR OF U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT. ITS FEET WERE MISSING, AND THE 451 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,928 AUCTION CATALOG IN 2011 THAT PUT DOUGLAS LATCHFORD ON THE RADAR OF U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT. ITS FEET WERE MISSING, AND THE 452 00:24:56,995 --> 00:25:00,000 PRICE TAG AN ESTIMATED $2 MILLION TO $3 MILLION. >> WHEN IT APPEARED IN THE MARKET, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF 453 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,368 PRICE TAG AN ESTIMATED $2 MILLION TO $3 MILLION. >> WHEN IT APPEARED IN THE MARKET, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF 454 00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:06,000 ARCHAEOLOGISTS, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED THAT THE SOURCE OF THE STATUE AS BEING A SPECIFIC 455 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:10,876 ARCHAEOLOGISTS, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED THAT THE SOURCE OF THE STATUE AS BEING A SPECIFIC 456 00:25:10,942 --> 00:25:12,000 TEMPLE IN CAMBODIA. >> IT CAME FROM KOH KER? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Reporter: UNTIL HE RETIRED 457 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:16,147 TEMPLE IN CAMBODIA. >> IT CAME FROM KOH KER? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Reporter: UNTIL HE RETIRED 458 00:25:16,214 --> 00:25:18,000 LAST SEPTEMBER, JP LABBAT WAS A SPECIAL AGENT ON THE CULTURAL PROPERTY, ART, AND ANTIQUITIES UNIT WITH HOMELAND SECURITY. 459 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:24,000 LAST SEPTEMBER, JP LABBAT WAS A SPECIAL AGENT ON THE CULTURAL PROPERTY, ART, AND ANTIQUITIES UNIT WITH HOMELAND SECURITY. 460 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:24,089 LAST SEPTEMBER, JP LABBAT WAS A SPECIAL AGENT ON THE CULTURAL PROPERTY, ART, AND ANTIQUITIES UNIT WITH HOMELAND SECURITY. 461 00:25:24,155 --> 00:25:30,000 >> A TEAM FROM THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK TRAVELED TO CAMBODIA TO INSPECT 462 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,496 >> A TEAM FROM THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK TRAVELED TO CAMBODIA TO INSPECT 463 00:25:31,563 --> 00:25:36,000 THE SITE WHERE THE STATUE HAD BEEN REMOVED. AND SO THE BASE WAS STILL THERE WITH THE FEET STILL IN THE 464 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,437 THE SITE WHERE THE STATUE HAD BEEN REMOVED. AND SO THE BASE WAS STILL THERE WITH THE FEET STILL IN THE 465 00:25:39,504 --> 00:25:42,000 GROUND, AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO MATCH THAT BASE AND FEET TO THE STATUE. >> AND THAT WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE 466 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,344 GROUND, AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO MATCH THAT BASE AND FEET TO THE STATUE. >> AND THAT WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE 467 00:25:46,411 --> 00:25:48,000 TO GET THE STATUE PULLED OFF THE MARKET? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Reporter: AFTER YEARS OF 468 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,717 TO GET THE STATUE PULLED OFF THE MARKET? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Reporter: AFTER YEARS OF 469 00:25:52,784 --> 00:25:54,000 LEGAL WRANGLING, SOTHEBY'S FINALLY AGREED TO SEND THIS STOLEN WARRIOR BACK TO CAMBODIA. A CEREMONY WAS HELD WELCOMING IT 470 00:25:54,000 --> 00:26:00,000 LEGAL WRANGLING, SOTHEBY'S FINALLY AGREED TO SEND THIS STOLEN WARRIOR BACK TO CAMBODIA. A CEREMONY WAS HELD WELCOMING IT 471 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,294 LEGAL WRANGLING, SOTHEBY'S FINALLY AGREED TO SEND THIS STOLEN WARRIOR BACK TO CAMBODIA. A CEREMONY WAS HELD WELCOMING IT 472 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:06,000 HOME, AND INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE TO TRACE ITS ORIGINAL SALE BACK TO DOUGLAS LATCHFORD, WHO WAS ASKED ABOUT ITS REPATRIATION 473 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,167 HOME, AND INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE TO TRACE ITS ORIGINAL SALE BACK TO DOUGLAS LATCHFORD, WHO WAS ASKED ABOUT ITS REPATRIATION 474 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:12,000 IN A GERMAN DOCUMENTARY IN 2014. >> IS IT A GOOD DAY FOR CAMBODIA, OR IS IT A BAD DAY FOR THE ART MARKET IF THESE THINGS 475 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:17,075 IN A GERMAN DOCUMENTARY IN 2014. >> IS IT A GOOD DAY FOR CAMBODIA, OR IS IT A BAD DAY FOR THE ART MARKET IF THESE THINGS 476 00:26:17,142 --> 00:26:18,000 ARE COMING BACK? >> IT'S A GOOD DAY FOR CAMBODIA. IT'S A BAD DAY FOR THE ART MARKET. 477 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,980 ARE COMING BACK? >> IT'S A GOOD DAY FOR CAMBODIA. IT'S A BAD DAY FOR THE ART MARKET. 478 00:26:22,047 --> 00:26:24,000 >> Reporter: LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NEW YORK WAS CLOSING IN ON LATCHFORD, BUT HE CLAIMED PROSECUTORS HAD HIM ALL WRONG. 479 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,352 >> Reporter: LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NEW YORK WAS CLOSING IN ON LATCHFORD, BUT HE CLAIMED PROSECUTORS HAD HIM ALL WRONG. 480 00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:30,000 >> THEIR IMAGINATION HAS GONE WILD. THEY'VE SEEN TOO MANY INDIANA JONES FILMS. 481 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:35,293 >> THEIR IMAGINATION HAS GONE WILD. THEY'VE SEEN TOO MANY INDIANA JONES FILMS. 482 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:36,000 AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SMUGGLING NETWORK, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T BELONG TO ANY SMUGGLING NETWORK. 483 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:42,000 AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SMUGGLING NETWORK, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T BELONG TO ANY SMUGGLING NETWORK. 484 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,735 AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SMUGGLING NETWORK, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T BELONG TO ANY SMUGGLING NETWORK. 485 00:26:43,802 --> 00:26:48,000 >> THE ATTEMPTED SALE OF THIS STATUE IN 2011, WAS THAT A TURNING POINT IN THE UNRAVELING OF DOUGLAS LATCHFORD? 486 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,141 >> THE ATTEMPTED SALE OF THIS STATUE IN 2011, WAS THAT A TURNING POINT IN THE UNRAVELING OF DOUGLAS LATCHFORD? 487 00:26:50,208 --> 00:26:54,000 >> I WOULD SAY YES. THAT CASE PUT MORE OF A FOCUS AND A SPOTLIGHT ON HIM. AND THEN EFFORTS WERE THEN 488 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:58,116 >> I WOULD SAY YES. THAT CASE PUT MORE OF A FOCUS AND A SPOTLIGHT ON HIM. AND THEN EFFORTS WERE THEN 489 00:26:58,183 --> 00:27:00,000 DOUBLED TO, LIKE, REALLY PEEL BACK THE ONION AND LOOK INTO LATCHFORD'S ACTIVITIES. >> Reporter: THE TESTIMONY OF 490 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:05,657 DOUBLED TO, LIKE, REALLY PEEL BACK THE ONION AND LOOK INTO LATCHFORD'S ACTIVITIES. >> Reporter: THE TESTIMONY OF 491 00:27:05,724 --> 00:27:06,000 FORMER LOOTERS FOUND BY BRAD GORDON AND HIS TEAM WAS CRITICAL FOR THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S CASE AGAINST LATCHFORD. 492 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:11,496 FORMER LOOTERS FOUND BY BRAD GORDON AND HIS TEAM WAS CRITICAL FOR THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S CASE AGAINST LATCHFORD. 493 00:27:11,563 --> 00:27:12,000 >> HOW RARE IS IT TO ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE LOOTERS, TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY STOLE THESE THINGS 10, 20, 30 YEARS AGO? 494 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:18,000 >> HOW RARE IS IT TO ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE LOOTERS, TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY STOLE THESE THINGS 10, 20, 30 YEARS AGO? 495 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:18,436 >> HOW RARE IS IT TO ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE LOOTERS, TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY STOLE THESE THINGS 10, 20, 30 YEARS AGO? 496 00:27:18,503 --> 00:27:24,000 >> I KNOW OF NO OTHER CASE WHERE THAT'S HAPPENED, AND IT'S QUITE REMARKABLE TO HAVE LOOTERS ACTIVELY ASSISTING A TEAM OF 497 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,512 >> I KNOW OF NO OTHER CASE WHERE THAT'S HAPPENED, AND IT'S QUITE REMARKABLE TO HAVE LOOTERS ACTIVELY ASSISTING A TEAM OF 498 00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:30,000 INVESTIGATORS TO RECOVER ARTIFACTS THAT THEY HAD A FIRST HAND IN HELPING REMOVE FROM THE COUNTRY. 499 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:36,000 INVESTIGATORS TO RECOVER ARTIFACTS THAT THEY HAD A FIRST HAND IN HELPING REMOVE FROM THE COUNTRY. 500 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,322 INVESTIGATORS TO RECOVER ARTIFACTS THAT THEY HAD A FIRST HAND IN HELPING REMOVE FROM THE COUNTRY. 501 00:27:37,389 --> 00:27:42,000 >> Reporter: DOUGLAS LATCHFORD WAS FINALLY INDICTED BY U.S. AUTHORITIES IN 2019 FOR SMUGGLING, CONSPIRACY, WIRE 502 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:42,093 >> Reporter: DOUGLAS LATCHFORD WAS FINALLY INDICTED BY U.S. AUTHORITIES IN 2019 FOR SMUGGLING, CONSPIRACY, WIRE 503 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:48,000 FRAUD, AND OTHER CHARGES. BUT HE DIED BEFORE HE COULD BE PUT ON TRIAL. BRAD GORDON EVENTUALLY CONVINCED 504 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,534 FRAUD, AND OTHER CHARGES. BUT HE DIED BEFORE HE COULD BE PUT ON TRIAL. BRAD GORDON EVENTUALLY CONVINCED 505 00:27:49,601 --> 00:27:54,000 LATCHFORD'S FAMILY TO RETURN HIS PERSONAL COLLECTION OF STOLEN TREASURES. AMONG THE FIRST PIECES TO COME 506 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:59,611 LATCHFORD'S FAMILY TO RETURN HIS PERSONAL COLLECTION OF STOLEN TREASURES. AMONG THE FIRST PIECES TO COME 507 00:27:59,677 --> 00:28:00,000 HOME IN 2021 WAS THIS STATUE FROM KOH KER. LION, WEAKENED BY CANCER, CAME TO INSPECT IT IN CAMBODIA'S 508 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:06,000 HOME IN 2021 WAS THIS STATUE FROM KOH KER. LION, WEAKENED BY CANCER, CAME TO INSPECT IT IN CAMBODIA'S 509 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:06,684 HOME IN 2021 WAS THIS STATUE FROM KOH KER. LION, WEAKENED BY CANCER, CAME TO INSPECT IT IN CAMBODIA'S 510 00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:12,000 NATIONAL MUSEUM TO VERIFY IT WAS THE SAME ONE HE'D DUG OUT OF THE GROUND. >> AND THEN HE TURNED TO ME, AND 511 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,226 NATIONAL MUSEUM TO VERIFY IT WAS THE SAME ONE HE'D DUG OUT OF THE GROUND. >> AND THEN HE TURNED TO ME, AND 512 00:28:15,293 --> 00:28:18,000 HE SAID, IT'S THE REAL STATUE. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A REMARKABLE THING TO WATCH, AND JUST HIS -- HIS RELATIONSHIP. 513 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:23,201 HE SAID, IT'S THE REAL STATUE. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A REMARKABLE THING TO WATCH, AND JUST HIS -- HIS RELATIONSHIP. 514 00:28:23,268 --> 00:28:24,000 IT -- IT WAS LIVING TO HIM. >> DO YOU THINK HE WAS HAPPY IT WAS BACK? >> THRILLED. 515 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:28,006 IT -- IT WAS LIVING TO HIM. >> DO YOU THINK HE WAS HAPPY IT WAS BACK? >> THRILLED. 516 00:28:28,073 --> 00:28:30,000 SO HAPPY. HE KNEW THAT HE HAD DONE SOMETHING GOOD. >> Reporter: LION DIED A FEW 517 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,344 SO HAPPY. HE KNEW THAT HE HAD DONE SOMETHING GOOD. >> Reporter: LION DIED A FEW 518 00:28:33,411 --> 00:28:36,000 MONTHS LATER, BUT THE SECRETS HE REVEALED CONTINUE TO BRING STATUES BACK TO CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL MUSEUM. 519 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,819 MONTHS LATER, BUT THE SECRETS HE REVEALED CONTINUE TO BRING STATUES BACK TO CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL MUSEUM. 520 00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:42,000 MASTERPIECES THAT LEFT THE COUNTRY LONG BEFORE THESE SCHOOLCHILDREN WERE BORN. >> DOES THE RETURN OF THESE 521 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:47,258 MASTERPIECES THAT LEFT THE COUNTRY LONG BEFORE THESE SCHOOLCHILDREN WERE BORN. >> DOES THE RETURN OF THESE 522 00:28:47,325 --> 00:28:48,000 STATUES, THESE GODS, HELP SOME TO HEAL? >> YES, TO GET BACK THE SOUL OF THE NATION. 523 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:53,164 STATUES, THESE GODS, HELP SOME TO HEAL? >> YES, TO GET BACK THE SOUL OF THE NATION. 524 00:28:53,231 --> 00:28:54,000 >> THE SOUL OF THE NATION? >> IT'S NOT ONLY FOR ME BUT ALL OF MY FAMILY WHO WAS DIED DURING THE WAR, AND FOR ALL CAMBODIAN 525 00:28:54,000 --> 00:29:00,000 >> THE SOUL OF THE NATION? >> IT'S NOT ONLY FOR ME BUT ALL OF MY FAMILY WHO WAS DIED DURING THE WAR, AND FOR ALL CAMBODIAN 526 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:00,672 >> THE SOUL OF THE NATION? >> IT'S NOT ONLY FOR ME BUT ALL OF MY FAMILY WHO WAS DIED DURING THE WAR, AND FOR ALL CAMBODIAN 527 00:29:00,738 --> 00:29:06,000 PEOPLE. >> Reporter: THERE ARE STILL MANY MORE STOLEN CAMBODIAN STATUES AND ARTIFACTS IN MUSEUMS 528 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:07,178 PEOPLE. >> Reporter: THERE ARE STILL MANY MORE STOLEN CAMBODIAN STATUES AND ARTIFACTS IN MUSEUMS 529 00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:12,000 AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD. WHEN WE RETURN, CAMBODIA'S FIGHT TO GET THOSE LOOTED RELICS BACK. 530 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,152 AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD. WHEN WE RETURN, CAMBODIA'S FIGHT TO GET THOSE LOOTED RELICS BACK. 531 00:29:27,665 --> 00:29:30,000 >>> IT'S TAKEN A TEAM OF CAMBODIAN INVESTIGATORS LED BY BRAD GORDON, AN AMERICAN LAWYER, MORE THAN TEN YEARS TO DOCUMENT 532 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,903 >>> IT'S TAKEN A TEAM OF CAMBODIAN INVESTIGATORS LED BY BRAD GORDON, AN AMERICAN LAWYER, MORE THAN TEN YEARS TO DOCUMENT 533 00:29:31,970 --> 00:29:36,000 THE THEFT OF THOUSANDS OF ANCIENT STATUES AND RELICS BY A BRITISH COLLECTOR NAMED DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. 534 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,311 THE THEFT OF THOUSANDS OF ANCIENT STATUES AND RELICS BY A BRITISH COLLECTOR NAMED DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. 535 00:29:40,378 --> 00:29:42,000 AS WE REPORTED LAST DECEMBER, THEY'VE MANAGED TO GET SOME OF WHAT HE TOLD BACK, BUT MANY OF CAMBODIA'S GREATEST TREASURES 536 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:46,951 AS WE REPORTED LAST DECEMBER, THEY'VE MANAGED TO GET SOME OF WHAT HE TOLD BACK, BUT MANY OF CAMBODIA'S GREATEST TREASURES 537 00:29:47,018 --> 00:29:48,000 ARE STILL OUT THERE, HIDDEN AWAY IN THE MANSIONS OF MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES AND HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT ON DISPLAY IN SOME 538 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:54,000 ARE STILL OUT THERE, HIDDEN AWAY IN THE MANSIONS OF MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES AND HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT ON DISPLAY IN SOME 539 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,293 ARE STILL OUT THERE, HIDDEN AWAY IN THE MANSIONS OF MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES AND HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT ON DISPLAY IN SOME 540 00:29:55,360 --> 00:30:00,000 OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD. THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK HAS ONE OF THE MOST 541 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,066 OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD. THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK HAS ONE OF THE MOST 542 00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:06,000 IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS OF CAMBODIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE WORLD. BUT MANY OF THE FINEST PIECES ON 543 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,372 IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS OF CAMBODIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE WORLD. BUT MANY OF THE FINEST PIECES ON 544 00:30:07,438 --> 00:30:12,000 DISPLAY HERE IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART WING ARE STOLEN, LIKE THIS ONE AND THIS ONE. THIS AS WELL. 545 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,346 DISPLAY HERE IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART WING ARE STOLEN, LIKE THIS ONE AND THIS ONE. THIS AS WELL. 546 00:30:15,413 --> 00:30:18,000 ALL PASSED THROUGH THE HANDS OF DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. LATCHFORD SOLD THIS ONE TO THE MET IN THE EARLY 1990s. 547 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:22,220 ALL PASSED THROUGH THE HANDS OF DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. LATCHFORD SOLD THIS ONE TO THE MET IN THE EARLY 1990s. 548 00:30:22,287 --> 00:30:24,000 THIS ONE HE DONATED. >> DO YOU THINK PEOPLE VISITING THE MET KNOW THAT THESE WERE LOOTED? 549 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,525 THIS ONE HE DONATED. >> DO YOU THINK PEOPLE VISITING THE MET KNOW THAT THESE WERE LOOTED? 550 00:30:27,592 --> 00:30:30,000 >> I THINK MOST PEOPLE WHO WALK THROUGH THE MET, THEY HAVE NO IDEA THOSE ARE BLOOD ANTIQUITIES. 551 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,763 >> I THINK MOST PEOPLE WHO WALK THROUGH THE MET, THEY HAVE NO IDEA THOSE ARE BLOOD ANTIQUITIES. 552 00:30:31,829 --> 00:30:36,000 THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HISTORY IS BEHIND THOSE PIECES. THEY DON'T KNOW THE TEMPLES THEY CAME FROM. 553 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,270 THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HISTORY IS BEHIND THOSE PIECES. THEY DON'T KNOW THE TEMPLES THEY CAME FROM. 554 00:30:39,337 --> 00:30:42,000 THEY DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED TO GET THEM HERE. >> THE DIRT HAS BEEN BRUSHED OFF. 555 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,542 THEY DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED TO GET THEM HERE. >> THE DIRT HAS BEEN BRUSHED OFF. 556 00:30:44,609 --> 00:30:48,000 THERE'S A LITTLE NOTE THAT SAYS WHERE IT CAME FROM. SHOULD PEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT'S ON THAT LITTLE NOTE? 557 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:48,780 THERE'S A LITTLE NOTE THAT SAYS WHERE IT CAME FROM. SHOULD PEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT'S ON THAT LITTLE NOTE? 558 00:30:48,846 --> 00:30:54,000 >> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> Reporter: LAST YEAR, WE WENT WITH BRAD GORDON TO SEE WHERE IN CAMBODIA THE MET AND OTHER 559 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:59,591 >> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> Reporter: LAST YEAR, WE WENT WITH BRAD GORDON TO SEE WHERE IN CAMBODIA THE MET AND OTHER 560 00:30:59,657 --> 00:31:00,000 MUSEUMS' COLLECTIONS REALLY DID COME FROM. >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. >> Reporter: THIS SEVEN-STORY 561 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,162 MUSEUMS' COLLECTIONS REALLY DID COME FROM. >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. >> Reporter: THIS SEVEN-STORY 562 00:31:04,229 --> 00:31:06,000 PYRAMID IS MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS OLD AND RISES OUT OF THE JUNGLE IN KOH KER IN NORTHEAST CAMBODIA. 563 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,399 PYRAMID IS MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS OLD AND RISES OUT OF THE JUNGLE IN KOH KER IN NORTHEAST CAMBODIA. 564 00:31:08,466 --> 00:31:12,000 IT'S ONE OF DOZENS OF TEMPLES IN WHAT WAS ONCE THE CAPITAL OF AN ANCIENT KHMER EMPIRE. >> LOOTERS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER 565 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,705 IT'S ONE OF DOZENS OF TEMPLES IN WHAT WAS ONCE THE CAPITAL OF AN ANCIENT KHMER EMPIRE. >> LOOTERS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER 566 00:31:13,771 --> 00:31:18,000 THIS SITE FOR DECADES. >> CORRECT. >> DOUGLAS LATCHFORD LOVED THE STATUARY. 567 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,379 THIS SITE FOR DECADES. >> CORRECT. >> DOUGLAS LATCHFORD LOVED THE STATUARY. 568 00:31:21,446 --> 00:31:24,000 >> IN LOVE WITH THE BEAUTY, IN LOVE WITH THE ARTISTIC. >> THE STATUES HAVE A DISTINCTIVE STYLE THAT HE 569 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,818 >> IN LOVE WITH THE BEAUTY, IN LOVE WITH THE ARTISTIC. >> THE STATUES HAVE A DISTINCTIVE STYLE THAT HE 570 00:31:26,884 --> 00:31:30,000 PARTICULARLY LOVED. >> CORRECT. >> Reporter: AND PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS STATUES IN THAT 571 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,089 PARTICULARLY LOVED. >> CORRECT. >> Reporter: AND PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS STATUES IN THAT 572 00:31:31,155 --> 00:31:36,000 DISTINCTIVE STYLE THAT LATCHFORD STOLE FROM KOH KER WERE NINE STONE WARRIORS, ONCE ARRANGED TOGETHER IN A BATTLE SCENE. 573 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:36,427 DISTINCTIVE STYLE THAT LATCHFORD STOLE FROM KOH KER WERE NINE STONE WARRIORS, ONCE ARRANGED TOGETHER IN A BATTLE SCENE. 574 00:31:36,494 --> 00:31:42,000 TODAY SEVEN HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN PHNOM PENH, INCLUDING THIS 500-POUND SANDSTONE SCULPTURE. 575 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,901 TODAY SEVEN HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN PHNOM PENH, INCLUDING THIS 500-POUND SANDSTONE SCULPTURE. 576 00:31:43,968 --> 00:31:48,000 IT'S THE ONE SOTHEBY'S TRIED TO SELL IN 2011. THEY'RE BACK ON THEIR ORIGINAL PEDESTALS, THEIR ANKLES REUNITED 577 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,876 IT'S THE ONE SOTHEBY'S TRIED TO SELL IN 2011. THEY'RE BACK ON THEIR ORIGINAL PEDESTALS, THEIR ANKLES REUNITED 578 00:31:51,943 --> 00:31:54,000 WITH THEIR FEET HACKED OFF BY LOOTERS. >> THIS WAS AT SOTHEBY'S. THIS WAS AT CHRISTIE'S. 579 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:59,417 WITH THEIR FEET HACKED OFF BY LOOTERS. >> THIS WAS AT SOTHEBY'S. THIS WAS AT CHRISTIE'S. 580 00:31:59,484 --> 00:32:00,000 >> NORTON SIMON. >> Reporter: HAB TOUCH IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN CAMBODIA'S MINISTRY OF CULTURE. 581 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,188 >> NORTON SIMON. >> Reporter: HAB TOUCH IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN CAMBODIA'S MINISTRY OF CULTURE. 582 00:32:04,255 --> 00:32:06,000 HE'S WORKING WITH BRAD GORDON TO BRING BACK THE TWO KOH KER STATUES WHOSE EMPTY PEDESTALS SIT IN THE MUSEUM. 583 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:10,595 HE'S WORKING WITH BRAD GORDON TO BRING BACK THE TWO KOH KER STATUES WHOSE EMPTY PEDESTALS SIT IN THE MUSEUM. 584 00:32:10,662 --> 00:32:12,000 >> SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ON -- >> WE KNOW. >> YOU KNOW WHAT ARE SUPPOSED TO 585 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,399 >> SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ON -- >> WE KNOW. >> YOU KNOW WHAT ARE SUPPOSED TO 586 00:32:14,465 --> 00:32:18,000 BE HERE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S -- >> WE KNOW. >> -- SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. >> AMONG NINE SCULPTURES, WE 587 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:18,536 BE HERE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S -- >> WE KNOW. >> -- SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. >> AMONG NINE SCULPTURES, WE 588 00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:22,774 HAVE SEVEN ALREADY. ONLY TWO MISSING. >> Reporter: ONE OF THOSE MISSING SCULPTURES WAS 589 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,000 DISCOVERED IN THE GLOSSY PAGES OF "ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST" IN 2008. THIS MYTHICAL ARMY COMMANDER AND 590 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:28,079 DISCOVERED IN THE GLOSSY PAGES OF "ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST" IN 2008. THIS MYTHICAL ARMY COMMANDER AND 591 00:32:28,146 --> 00:32:30,000 A STUNNING NUMBER OF OTHER STOLEN WORKS WERE ALL TOGETHER IN THE PALM BEACH MANSION OF THE LATE BILLIONAIRE GEORGE 592 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:35,520 A STUNNING NUMBER OF OTHER STOLEN WORKS WERE ALL TOGETHER IN THE PALM BEACH MANSION OF THE LATE BILLIONAIRE GEORGE 593 00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:36,000 LINDEMANN AND HIS WIFE, FRAYDA. >> THE ANCIENT TREASURES OF CAMBODIA WERE SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM OF AN INCREDIBLY 594 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:42,000 LINDEMANN AND HIS WIFE, FRAYDA. >> THE ANCIENT TREASURES OF CAMBODIA WERE SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM OF AN INCREDIBLY 595 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:42,927 LINDEMANN AND HIS WIFE, FRAYDA. >> THE ANCIENT TREASURES OF CAMBODIA WERE SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM OF AN INCREDIBLY 596 00:32:42,994 --> 00:32:48,000 WEALTHY FAMILY IN AMERICA, IN FLORIDA, ON DISPLAY WHILE PEOPLE WERE HAVING COCKTAILS. >> THE ONE THING THAT I'M ALWAYS 597 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,436 WEALTHY FAMILY IN AMERICA, IN FLORIDA, ON DISPLAY WHILE PEOPLE WERE HAVING COCKTAILS. >> THE ONE THING THAT I'M ALWAYS 598 00:32:51,502 --> 00:32:54,000 STRUCK BY IS HOW MANY PEOPLE WITNESSED IT AND HAVE BEEN SILENT AND CONTINUE TO BE SILENT TODAY. 599 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,707 STRUCK BY IS HOW MANY PEOPLE WITNESSED IT AND HAVE BEEN SILENT AND CONTINUE TO BE SILENT TODAY. 600 00:32:55,773 --> 00:33:00,000 >> Reporter: THE LINDEMANNS SPENT AN ESTIMATED $20 MILLION BUILDING THE COLLECTION WITH THE HELP OF DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. 601 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,146 >> Reporter: THE LINDEMANNS SPENT AN ESTIMATED $20 MILLION BUILDING THE COLLECTION WITH THE HELP OF DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. 602 00:33:02,213 --> 00:33:06,000 FRAYDA LINDEMANN DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW. BUT IN KOH KER, WE SHOWED HER HOME TO TWO FORMER LOOTERS. 603 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,053 FRAYDA LINDEMANN DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW. BUT IN KOH KER, WE SHOWED HER HOME TO TWO FORMER LOOTERS. 604 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,000 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS HOUSE? "IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE," HE SAID. 605 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,325 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS HOUSE? "IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE," HE SAID. 606 00:33:14,392 --> 00:33:18,000 "IT LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS TO A KING." THE FORMER LOOTERS POINTED OUT ANOTHER STATUE IN THE 607 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:18,629 "IT LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS TO A KING." THE FORMER LOOTERS POINTED OUT ANOTHER STATUE IN THE 608 00:33:18,696 --> 00:33:24,000 LINDEMANNS' LIVING ROOM THEY SAID THEY HELPED STEAL. THIS RECLINING FIGURE OF THE HINDU GOD VISHNU. 609 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,503 LINDEMANNS' LIVING ROOM THEY SAID THEY HELPED STEAL. THIS RECLINING FIGURE OF THE HINDU GOD VISHNU. 610 00:33:25,570 --> 00:33:30,000 THEY SAID IT WAS DUG OUT OF THE GROUND FROM THIS EXACT SPOT IN LATE 1995. >> YOU'RE 100% SURE THIS WAS 611 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,843 THEY SAID IT WAS DUG OUT OF THE GROUND FROM THIS EXACT SPOT IN LATE 1995. >> YOU'RE 100% SURE THIS WAS 612 00:33:31,909 --> 00:33:36,000 TAKEN FROM HERE BY YOU AND OTHERS IN 1995. >> Translator: YEAH, I'M SURE. >> Reporter: THEY ALSO 613 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:41,552 TAKEN FROM HERE BY YOU AND OTHERS IN 1995. >> Translator: YEAH, I'M SURE. >> Reporter: THEY ALSO 614 00:33:41,619 --> 00:33:42,000 IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF OTHER STATUES THEY SAY THEY STOLE THAT APPEAR IN BOOKS PUBLISHED BY DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. 615 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:46,724 IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF OTHER STATUES THEY SAY THEY STOLE THAT APPEAR IN BOOKS PUBLISHED BY DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. 616 00:33:46,791 --> 00:33:48,000 THEY SAY THEY FOUND THIS COPPER STATUE USING A METAL DETECTOR. >> THIS IS BODHISATTVA AT EASE? >> YEAH. 617 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:54,000 THEY SAY THEY FOUND THIS COPPER STATUE USING A METAL DETECTOR. >> THIS IS BODHISATTVA AT EASE? >> YEAH. 618 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:54,132 THEY SAY THEY FOUND THIS COPPER STATUE USING A METAL DETECTOR. >> THIS IS BODHISATTVA AT EASE? >> YEAH. 619 00:33:54,198 --> 00:33:59,971 >> Reporter: THEY DUG IT OUT OF THE GROUND HERE IN 1990. JP LABBAT, FORMER SPECIAL AGENT WITH HOMELAND SECURITY, FOUND 620 00:34:00,037 --> 00:34:06,000 PHOTOS OF THE STATUE COVERED IN DIRT ON DOUGLAS LATCHFORD'S COMPUTER. LATCHFORD SOLD IT TO THE MET IN 621 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:06,477 PHOTOS OF THE STATUE COVERED IN DIRT ON DOUGLAS LATCHFORD'S COMPUTER. LATCHFORD SOLD IT TO THE MET IN 622 00:34:06,544 --> 00:34:12,000 1992, AND HERE IT IS STILL ON DISPLAY. >> YOU WERE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO SOME OF LATCHFORD'S EMAILS? 623 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,384 1992, AND HERE IT IS STILL ON DISPLAY. >> YOU WERE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO SOME OF LATCHFORD'S EMAILS? 624 00:34:13,451 --> 00:34:18,000 >> YES. AND IN THERE, THERE ARE DETAILED STORIES ABOUT THE MANNER IN WHICH HE OBTAINED PIECES, THE 625 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:23,995 >> YES. AND IN THERE, THERE ARE DETAILED STORIES ABOUT THE MANNER IN WHICH HE OBTAINED PIECES, THE 626 00:34:24,061 --> 00:34:30,000 FACT THAT HE WAS HAVING THEM REASSEMBLED AND REPAIRED, THAT DIRT AND CRUSTACEANS WERE BEING CLEANED OFF OF THEM. 627 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,805 FACT THAT HE WAS HAVING THEM REASSEMBLED AND REPAIRED, THAT DIRT AND CRUSTACEANS WERE BEING CLEANED OFF OF THEM. 628 00:34:33,871 --> 00:34:36,000 >> THEY WERE FRESHLY DUG OUT OF THE GROUND. >> THESE WERE FRESH PIECES THAT HE WOULD DESCRIBE IN HIS EMAILS 629 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,643 >> THEY WERE FRESHLY DUG OUT OF THE GROUND. >> THESE WERE FRESH PIECES THAT HE WOULD DESCRIBE IN HIS EMAILS 630 00:34:38,709 --> 00:34:42,000 THAT NEEDED A LEVEL OF RESTORATION BEFORE HE COULD EVEN ATTEMPT TO SELL THEM. >> Reporter: DOUGLAS LATCHFORD 631 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,449 THAT NEEDED A LEVEL OF RESTORATION BEFORE HE COULD EVEN ATTEMPT TO SELL THEM. >> Reporter: DOUGLAS LATCHFORD 632 00:34:44,515 --> 00:34:48,000 WAS INDICTED IN 2019 BUT DIED BEFORE HE COULD BE PUT ON TRIAL. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN NEW YORK, HOWEVER, CONTINUE TRACING HIS 633 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,923 WAS INDICTED IN 2019 BUT DIED BEFORE HE COULD BE PUT ON TRIAL. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN NEW YORK, HOWEVER, CONTINUE TRACING HIS 634 00:34:51,989 --> 00:34:54,000 LOOTED ARTIFACTS. THEY BELIEVE AT LEAST 18 OF THEM HAVE LANDED UP AT THE MET. >> I AM VERY INVOLVED IN OUR 635 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:58,863 LOOTED ARTIFACTS. THEY BELIEVE AT LEAST 18 OF THEM HAVE LANDED UP AT THE MET. >> I AM VERY INVOLVED IN OUR 636 00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:00,000 WORK ON PROVENANCE. >> Reporter: ANDREA BAYER IS DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COLLECTIONS AND ADMINISTRATION AT THE MET. 637 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:05,336 WORK ON PROVENANCE. >> Reporter: ANDREA BAYER IS DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COLLECTIONS AND ADMINISTRATION AT THE MET. 638 00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:06,000 >> THE MET HAS SAID THEY WILL RETURN OBJECTS BASED UPON RIGOROUS EVIDENTIARY REVIEW. WHAT RIGOROUS EVIDENTIARY REVIEW 639 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:12,000 >> THE MET HAS SAID THEY WILL RETURN OBJECTS BASED UPON RIGOROUS EVIDENTIARY REVIEW. WHAT RIGOROUS EVIDENTIARY REVIEW 640 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,177 >> THE MET HAS SAID THEY WILL RETURN OBJECTS BASED UPON RIGOROUS EVIDENTIARY REVIEW. WHAT RIGOROUS EVIDENTIARY REVIEW 641 00:35:13,244 --> 00:35:18,000 WAS DONE BEFORE ACQUIRING THESE PIECES? >> NOT ENOUGH. >> IT SEEMS LIKE THE MET HAD A 642 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:18,516 WAS DONE BEFORE ACQUIRING THESE PIECES? >> NOT ENOUGH. >> IT SEEMS LIKE THE MET HAD A 643 00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:23,821 DON'T ASK/DON'T TELL POLICY. THEY WANTED TO BUILD UP THEIR COLLECTION, AND NOBODY WAS REALLY ASKING QUESTIONS WHERE IT 644 00:35:23,888 --> 00:35:24,000 CAME FROM. >> FOR PEOPLE, MANY PEOPLE IN THE ART WORLD, THERE WAS A SENSE OF PROTECTING GREAT OBJECTS THAT 645 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:30,000 CAME FROM. >> FOR PEOPLE, MANY PEOPLE IN THE ART WORLD, THERE WAS A SENSE OF PROTECTING GREAT OBJECTS THAT 646 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,796 CAME FROM. >> FOR PEOPLE, MANY PEOPLE IN THE ART WORLD, THERE WAS A SENSE OF PROTECTING GREAT OBJECTS THAT 647 00:35:31,863 --> 00:35:36,000 STOOD A CHANCE OF BEING DESTROYED. WE NO LONGER FEEL ABOUT IT THAT WAY. 648 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:36,534 STOOD A CHANCE OF BEING DESTROYED. WE NO LONGER FEEL ABOUT IT THAT WAY. 649 00:35:36,601 --> 00:35:42,000 >> Reporter: UNDER PRESSURE TEN YEARS AGO, THE MET DID RETURN TWO STATUES CALLED KNEELING ATTENDANTS, WHICH HAD BEEN 650 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:42,974 >> Reporter: UNDER PRESSURE TEN YEARS AGO, THE MET DID RETURN TWO STATUES CALLED KNEELING ATTENDANTS, WHICH HAD BEEN 651 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:48,000 DONATED TO THEM BY DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. >> IN 2013, WHEN YOU RETURNED THE KNEELING ATTENDANTS, DID YOU 652 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,847 DONATED TO THEM BY DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. >> IN 2013, WHEN YOU RETURNED THE KNEELING ATTENDANTS, DID YOU 653 00:35:49,914 --> 00:35:54,000 INVESTIGATE THE OTHER ITEMS THAT DOUGLAS LATCHFORD HAD BROUGHT TO THIS MUSEUM? >> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO 654 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:54,085 INVESTIGATE THE OTHER ITEMS THAT DOUGLAS LATCHFORD HAD BROUGHT TO THIS MUSEUM? >> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO 655 00:35:54,151 --> 00:36:00,000 THAT QUESTION. I CAN ONLY PICK UP THE STORY SEVERAL YEARS LATER WHEN DOUGLAS LATCHFORD WAS INDICTED IN 2019, 656 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,159 THAT QUESTION. I CAN ONLY PICK UP THE STORY SEVERAL YEARS LATER WHEN DOUGLAS LATCHFORD WAS INDICTED IN 2019, 657 00:36:02,226 --> 00:36:06,000 WHEN WE IMMEDIATELY AND PROACTIVELY WENT TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OFFERED OUR FULL COOPERATION. 658 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,465 WHEN WE IMMEDIATELY AND PROACTIVELY WENT TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OFFERED OUR FULL COOPERATION. 659 00:36:07,532 --> 00:36:12,000 >> WELL, I CAN PICK UP THE STORY ACTUALLY IN 2013 BECAUSE A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MET SAID THAT NO SPECIAL EFFORT WAS GOING TO 660 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,804 >> WELL, I CAN PICK UP THE STORY ACTUALLY IN 2013 BECAUSE A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MET SAID THAT NO SPECIAL EFFORT WAS GOING TO 661 00:36:13,871 --> 00:36:18,000 BE MADE TO CHECK THE PROVENANCES OF ANY OTHER DOUGLAS LATCHFORD DONATED WORK. WHY WOULDN'T THE MET WANT TO 662 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,212 BE MADE TO CHECK THE PROVENANCES OF ANY OTHER DOUGLAS LATCHFORD DONATED WORK. WHY WOULDN'T THE MET WANT TO 663 00:36:21,279 --> 00:36:24,000 LOOK INTO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT DOUGLAS LATCHFORD HAD BROUGHT TO THIS MUSEUM? >> I CAN'T SPECULATE ABOUT WHY 664 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,084 LOOK INTO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT DOUGLAS LATCHFORD HAD BROUGHT TO THIS MUSEUM? >> I CAN'T SPECULATE ABOUT WHY 665 00:36:27,151 --> 00:36:30,000 THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. >> BUT NO ONE INVESTIGATED ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT DOUGLAS LATCHFORD GAVE? 666 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,423 THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. >> BUT NO ONE INVESTIGATED ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT DOUGLAS LATCHFORD GAVE? 667 00:36:32,490 --> 00:36:36,000 >> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. >> Reporter: THE MET IS NOT THE ONLY MAJOR MUSEUM WITH LOOTED CAMBODIAN ARTIFACTS, BUT ITS 668 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,830 >> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. >> Reporter: THE MET IS NOT THE ONLY MAJOR MUSEUM WITH LOOTED CAMBODIAN ARTIFACTS, BUT ITS 669 00:36:39,897 --> 00:36:42,000 COLLECTION IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. LAST YEAR, THE MUSEUM ANNOUNCED IT WOULD CREATE A RESEARCH TEAM 670 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:47,238 COLLECTION IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. LAST YEAR, THE MUSEUM ANNOUNCED IT WOULD CREATE A RESEARCH TEAM 671 00:36:47,305 --> 00:36:48,000 TO EXAMINE THE PROVENANCE, OR ACQUISITION HISTORY, OF ALL ITS COLLECTIONS. >> IT'S TAKEN TEN YEARS SINCE 672 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:54,000 TO EXAMINE THE PROVENANCE, OR ACQUISITION HISTORY, OF ALL ITS COLLECTIONS. >> IT'S TAKEN TEN YEARS SINCE 673 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:54,378 TO EXAMINE THE PROVENANCE, OR ACQUISITION HISTORY, OF ALL ITS COLLECTIONS. >> IT'S TAKEN TEN YEARS SINCE 674 00:36:54,445 --> 00:37:00,000 DOUGLAS LATCHFORD WAS SHOWN TO HAVE GIVEN STOLEN PROPERTY TO THE MET, FOR THE MET TO SET UP THIS PROVENANCE TEAM. 675 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:06,000 DOUGLAS LATCHFORD WAS SHOWN TO HAVE GIVEN STOLEN PROPERTY TO THE MET, FOR THE MET TO SET UP THIS PROVENANCE TEAM. 676 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:06,123 DOUGLAS LATCHFORD WAS SHOWN TO HAVE GIVEN STOLEN PROPERTY TO THE MET, FOR THE MET TO SET UP THIS PROVENANCE TEAM. 677 00:37:06,190 --> 00:37:12,000 WHY HAS IT TAKEN TEN YEARS? >> IT WAS A SLOW PROCESS. I'LL GRANT YOU THAT. IT WAS A SLOW PROCESS. 678 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,030 WHY HAS IT TAKEN TEN YEARS? >> IT WAS A SLOW PROCESS. I'LL GRANT YOU THAT. IT WAS A SLOW PROCESS. 679 00:37:13,097 --> 00:37:18,000 BUT I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT WE ARE FULLY ENGAGED NOW, FULLY COOPERATIVE NOW, IS OUR ONLY ANSWER TO THIS REALLY. 680 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,072 BUT I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT WE ARE FULLY ENGAGED NOW, FULLY COOPERATIVE NOW, IS OUR ONLY ANSWER TO THIS REALLY. 681 00:37:21,138 --> 00:37:24,000 IT'S A MOMENT OF RECKONING, AND WE'RE READY TO DO WHAT IT TAKES NOW TO RIGHT WHATEVER THE WRONG IS. 682 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,844 IT'S A MOMENT OF RECKONING, AND WE'RE READY TO DO WHAT IT TAKES NOW TO RIGHT WHATEVER THE WRONG IS. 683 00:37:26,911 --> 00:37:30,000 >> FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN DOUGLAS LATCHFORD WAS INDICTED BY PROSECUTORS, DID YOU SET UP A TEAM TO CHECK THE PROVENANCE OF 684 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,749 >> FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN DOUGLAS LATCHFORD WAS INDICTED BY PROSECUTORS, DID YOU SET UP A TEAM TO CHECK THE PROVENANCE OF 685 00:37:31,816 --> 00:37:36,000 EVERY LATCHFORD WORK? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE STARTED TO DIG IN RIGHT THEN AND THERE. 686 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:40,257 EVERY LATCHFORD WORK? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE STARTED TO DIG IN RIGHT THEN AND THERE. 687 00:37:40,324 --> 00:37:42,000 IT'S NOT EASY. I MEAN THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE MUCH INFORMATION HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S VERY 688 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,930 IT'S NOT EASY. I MEAN THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE MUCH INFORMATION HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S VERY 689 00:37:45,997 --> 00:37:48,000 HARD TO FIND THE INFORMATION. >> BUT THERE'S ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL PROSECUTORS TO CHARGE DOUGLAS 690 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,201 HARD TO FIND THE INFORMATION. >> BUT THERE'S ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL PROSECUTORS TO CHARGE DOUGLAS 691 00:37:50,267 --> 00:37:54,000 LATCHFORD WITH STEALING AND LOOTING AND TRAFFICKING IN SMUGGLED ITEMS. HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE DO YOU 692 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,573 LATCHFORD WITH STEALING AND LOOTING AND TRAFFICKING IN SMUGGLED ITEMS. HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE DO YOU 693 00:37:55,640 --> 00:38:00,000 NEED? YOU HAVEN'T RETURNED ANY DOUGLAS LATCHFORD-RELATED ITEMS SINCE HE'S BEEN INDICTED, AND THAT WAS 694 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:01,379 NEED? YOU HAVEN'T RETURNED ANY DOUGLAS LATCHFORD-RELATED ITEMS SINCE HE'S BEEN INDICTED, AND THAT WAS 695 00:38:01,445 --> 00:38:06,000 FOUR YEARS AGO. >> BUT WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF RETURNING A NUMBER OF THEM. >> ALL OF THEM? 696 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,319 FOUR YEARS AGO. >> BUT WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF RETURNING A NUMBER OF THEM. >> ALL OF THEM? 697 00:38:08,386 --> 00:38:12,000 >> THAT I CAN'T SAY. >> Reporter: THAT INTERVIEW TOOK PLACE IN SEPTEMBER. TWO DAYS BEFORE WE WENT TO AIR, 698 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:16,260 >> THAT I CAN'T SAY. >> Reporter: THAT INTERVIEW TOOK PLACE IN SEPTEMBER. TWO DAYS BEFORE WE WENT TO AIR, 699 00:38:16,327 --> 00:38:18,000 PROSECUTORS ANNOUNCED THE MET WOULD RETURN 13 ANTIQUITIES THAT CAME THROUGH DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. BUT THE MET IS NOT RETURNING 700 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:24,000 PROSECUTORS ANNOUNCED THE MET WOULD RETURN 13 ANTIQUITIES THAT CAME THROUGH DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. BUT THE MET IS NOT RETURNING 701 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:24,001 PROSECUTORS ANNOUNCED THE MET WOULD RETURN 13 ANTIQUITIES THAT CAME THROUGH DOUGLAS LATCHFORD. BUT THE MET IS NOT RETURNING 702 00:38:24,068 --> 00:38:29,340 THIS STATUE, WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY CITED IN THE INDICTMENT OF LATCHFORD, OR THIS ONE, WHICH LATCHFORD SOLD TO THE 703 00:38:29,407 --> 00:38:30,000 MET IN 1992. CAMBODIA'S CULTURE MINISTER CALLED THE MET'S ANNOUNCEMENT A FIRST STEP AND SAYS SHE LOOKS 704 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:36,000 MET IN 1992. CAMBODIA'S CULTURE MINISTER CALLED THE MET'S ANNOUNCEMENT A FIRST STEP AND SAYS SHE LOOKS 705 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:36,213 MET IN 1992. CAMBODIA'S CULTURE MINISTER CALLED THE MET'S ANNOUNCEMENT A FIRST STEP AND SAYS SHE LOOKS 706 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:42,000 FORWARD TO THE RETURN OF MANY MORE OF OUR TREASURES. >> SHOULDN'T MUSEUMS HAVE THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT BUYING 707 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:42,520 FORWARD TO THE RETURN OF MANY MORE OF OUR TREASURES. >> SHOULDN'T MUSEUMS HAVE THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT BUYING 708 00:38:42,586 --> 00:38:48,000 THINGS THAT WERE COMING OUT OF CAMBODIA DURING THE GENOCIDE AND CIVIL WAR AND DECADES OF STRIFE? >> AND THIS QUESTION THAT YOU 709 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,595 THINGS THAT WERE COMING OUT OF CAMBODIA DURING THE GENOCIDE AND CIVIL WAR AND DECADES OF STRIFE? >> AND THIS QUESTION THAT YOU 710 00:38:51,662 --> 00:38:54,000 RAISE IS REALLY THE CRUX OF WHAT WE'RE WRESTLING WITH. YOU'VE ACQUIRED PIECES FROM A KNOWN SMUGGLER WHO USED A TEAM 711 00:38:54,000 --> 00:39:00,000 RAISE IS REALLY THE CRUX OF WHAT WE'RE WRESTLING WITH. YOU'VE ACQUIRED PIECES FROM A KNOWN SMUGGLER WHO USED A TEAM 712 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,739 RAISE IS REALLY THE CRUX OF WHAT WE'RE WRESTLING WITH. YOU'VE ACQUIRED PIECES FROM A KNOWN SMUGGLER WHO USED A TEAM 713 00:39:01,806 --> 00:39:06,000 OF LOOTERS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS INTERVIEWED AND TAKEN STATEMENTS FROM. THEY HAVE EMAILS WHICH REFUTE 714 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,112 OF LOOTERS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS INTERVIEWED AND TAKEN STATEMENTS FROM. THEY HAVE EMAILS WHICH REFUTE 715 00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:12,000 THE INFORMATION IN YOUR OWN PROVENANCE AT THE MUSEUM. YOU HAVE ITEMS IN THE MUSEUM WHICH WERE NAMED IN THE 716 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,586 THE INFORMATION IN YOUR OWN PROVENANCE AT THE MUSEUM. YOU HAVE ITEMS IN THE MUSEUM WHICH WERE NAMED IN THE 717 00:39:15,653 --> 00:39:18,000 INDICTMENT OF LATCHFORD THAT ARE STILL THERE. AND SO THESE PIECES SHOULD GO BACK. 718 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,891 INDICTMENT OF LATCHFORD THAT ARE STILL THERE. AND SO THESE PIECES SHOULD GO BACK. 719 00:39:20,958 --> 00:39:24,000 >> THERE'S NO QUESTION. >> IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. >> Reporter: THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, THE LINDEMANN FAMILY, 720 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,230 >> THERE'S NO QUESTION. >> IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. >> Reporter: THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, THE LINDEMANN FAMILY, 721 00:39:26,297 --> 00:39:30,000 WHOSE COLLECTION WAS SHOWCASED IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, STRUCK A DEAL WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARILY AGREEING TO RETURN 722 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:34,739 WHOSE COLLECTION WAS SHOWCASED IN ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, STRUCK A DEAL WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARILY AGREEING TO RETURN 723 00:39:34,805 --> 00:39:36,000 33 STOLEN TREASURES. IN A STATEMENT TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES," THE LINDEMANNS SAID, HAVING PURCHASED THESE ITEMS 724 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:41,112 33 STOLEN TREASURES. IN A STATEMENT TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES," THE LINDEMANNS SAID, HAVING PURCHASED THESE ITEMS 725 00:39:41,178 --> 00:39:42,000 FROM DEALERS THAT WE ASSUMED WERE REPUTABLE, WE WERE SADDENED TO LEARN HOW THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO THE MARKET IN THE UNITED 726 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,850 FROM DEALERS THAT WE ASSUMED WERE REPUTABLE, WE WERE SADDENED TO LEARN HOW THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO THE MARKET IN THE UNITED 727 00:39:45,916 --> 00:39:48,000 STATES. >> WHY DID THE LINDEMANNS AGREE TO RETURN THEIR COLLECTION TO CAMBODIA? 728 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,222 STATES. >> WHY DID THE LINDEMANNS AGREE TO RETURN THEIR COLLECTION TO CAMBODIA? 729 00:39:51,288 --> 00:39:54,000 >> THE PIECES WERE DIRTY. I THINK THEY FINALLY CAME AROUND TO THE FACT THAT LATCHFORD WAS DIRTY, THAT THEIR COLLECTION WAS 730 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:58,162 >> THE PIECES WERE DIRTY. I THINK THEY FINALLY CAME AROUND TO THE FACT THAT LATCHFORD WAS DIRTY, THAT THEIR COLLECTION WAS 731 00:39:58,229 --> 00:40:00,000 ALL LOOTED PIECES. IT WAS OBVIOUS, SO THEY DECIDED TO SURRENDER THEM. >> Reporter: WE GOT A PEEK AT 732 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:05,102 ALL LOOTED PIECES. IT WAS OBVIOUS, SO THEY DECIDED TO SURRENDER THEM. >> Reporter: WE GOT A PEEK AT 733 00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:06,000 WHAT WAS THE LINDEMANNS' COLLECTION SHORTLY AFTER THE DEAL WAS DONE. IT WAS SITTING IN A WAREHOUSE IN 734 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:12,000 WHAT WAS THE LINDEMANNS' COLLECTION SHORTLY AFTER THE DEAL WAS DONE. IT WAS SITTING IN A WAREHOUSE IN 735 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:12,109 WHAT WAS THE LINDEMANNS' COLLECTION SHORTLY AFTER THE DEAL WAS DONE. IT WAS SITTING IN A WAREHOUSE IN 736 00:40:12,176 --> 00:40:17,915 UPSTATE NEW YORK, A NATION'S LIVING GODS AND ANCESTORS WAITING FOR A RIDE HOME. >> THIS IS LIKE A WHOLE WING OF 737 00:40:17,982 --> 00:40:18,000 A MUSEUM. >> Reporter: A WING OF A MUSEUM THAT ONLY THE LINDEMANNS AND THEIR FRIENDS HAD ACCESS TO. 738 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:24,000 A MUSEUM. >> Reporter: A WING OF A MUSEUM THAT ONLY THE LINDEMANNS AND THEIR FRIENDS HAD ACCESS TO. 739 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:24,355 A MUSEUM. >> Reporter: A WING OF A MUSEUM THAT ONLY THE LINDEMANNS AND THEIR FRIENDS HAD ACCESS TO. 740 00:40:24,421 --> 00:40:30,000 >> IF THE LINDEMANNS HADN'T PUBLISHED THESE IN "ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST" BACK IN 2008 -- 741 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:30,194 >> IF THE LINDEMANNS HADN'T PUBLISHED THESE IN "ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST" BACK IN 2008 -- 742 00:40:30,261 --> 00:40:34,431 >> I THINK THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE WE MAYBE NEVER WOULD HAVE FOUND IT. WE ALWAYS SAY THE GODS WANT TO 743 00:40:34,498 --> 00:40:36,000 COME HOME. WE FEEL LIKE THE GODS HAVE SPOKEN TODAY. THEY WANT TO COME HOME. 744 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,805 COME HOME. WE FEEL LIKE THE GODS HAVE SPOKEN TODAY. THEY WANT TO COME HOME. 745 00:40:40,871 --> 00:40:42,000 >> Reporter: AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CRATES WAS BEING OPENED, WAITING EAGERLY WAS MUIKONG TAING AND THYDA LONG, TWO 746 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:47,711 >> Reporter: AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CRATES WAS BEING OPENED, WAITING EAGERLY WAS MUIKONG TAING AND THYDA LONG, TWO 747 00:40:47,778 --> 00:40:48,000 MEMBERS OF BRAD GORDON'S INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. THIS WOULD BE THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE MYTHICAL ARMY COMMANDER 748 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:54,000 MEMBERS OF BRAD GORDON'S INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. THIS WOULD BE THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE MYTHICAL ARMY COMMANDER 749 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:54,151 MEMBERS OF BRAD GORDON'S INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. THIS WOULD BE THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE MYTHICAL ARMY COMMANDER 750 00:40:54,218 --> 00:40:59,990 TAKEN FROM KOH KER. THEY WERE LIKELY THE FIRST CAMBODIANS TO SET EYES ON IT SINCE DOUGLAS LATCHFORD STOLE IT 751 00:41:00,057 --> 00:41:06,000 MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO. >> HE'S HERE! >> THERE'S A LOOK IN HIS EYES AND ON HIS FACE. 752 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:06,363 MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO. >> HE'S HERE! >> THERE'S A LOOK IN HIS EYES AND ON HIS FACE. 753 00:41:06,430 --> 00:41:11,135 >> IT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN I EXPECTED IT TO BE. >> ITS PRESENCE IS EXTRAORDINARY. 754 00:41:11,202 --> 00:41:12,000 >> I DID NOT EXPECT TO FEEL THIS WAY. >> Reporter: EVEN THE COMMANDER SEEMED TO BE SMILING. 755 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:18,000 >> I DID NOT EXPECT TO FEEL THIS WAY. >> Reporter: EVEN THE COMMANDER SEEMED TO BE SMILING. 756 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:18,609 >> I DID NOT EXPECT TO FEEL THIS WAY. >> Reporter: EVEN THE COMMANDER SEEMED TO BE SMILING. 757 00:41:18,676 --> 00:41:24,000 THEN IT WAS TIME TO SEE THE RAREST PIECE IN THE LINDEMANNS' COLLECTION. THE CAMBODIAN TEAM KNELT IN 758 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,918 THEN IT WAS TIME TO SEE THE RAREST PIECE IN THE LINDEMANNS' COLLECTION. THE CAMBODIAN TEAM KNELT IN 759 00:41:27,985 --> 00:41:30,000 REVERENCE AS THE HINDU GOD VISHNU WAS UNCRATED. DESPITE ALL THE FUSS, HE APPEARED UNPERTURBED, RECLINING 760 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:35,292 REVERENCE AS THE HINDU GOD VISHNU WAS UNCRATED. DESPITE ALL THE FUSS, HE APPEARED UNPERTURBED, RECLINING 761 00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:36,000 IN A COSMIC SLUMBER. WHEN THIS STATUE ARRIVES IN CAMBODIA, IT WILL BE WELCOMED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVER 762 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:40,097 IN A COSMIC SLUMBER. WHEN THIS STATUE ARRIVES IN CAMBODIA, IT WILL BE WELCOMED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVER 763 00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:42,000 RETURNED. TWO CAMBODIAN ARTIFACTS DONATED BY THE LINDEMANN FAMILY TO THE MET ARE STILL ON DISPLAY. 764 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:48,000 RETURNED. TWO CAMBODIAN ARTIFACTS DONATED BY THE LINDEMANN FAMILY TO THE MET ARE STILL ON DISPLAY. 765 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:52,543 RETURNED. TWO CAMBODIAN ARTIFACTS DONATED BY THE LINDEMANN FAMILY TO THE MET ARE STILL ON DISPLAY. 766 00:41:52,610 --> 00:41:54,000 THIS MONTH, THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT SUBMITTED A LIST OF 49 ANTIQUITIES HELD BY THE MET THEY CLAIM ARE STOLEN AND WANT 767 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,749 THIS MONTH, THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT SUBMITTED A LIST OF 49 ANTIQUITIES HELD BY THE MET THEY CLAIM ARE STOLEN AND WANT