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Drop here. 2 00:00:04,166 --> 00:00:05,867 [narrator] Kris Johnson always knew 3 00:00:05,867 --> 00:00:08,266 she wanted to serve her country, 4 00:00:08,266 --> 00:00:11,467 and meet the right partner to serve beside. 5 00:00:11,467 --> 00:00:12,967 [Kris] You know, he was the epitome of duty, 6 00:00:12,967 --> 00:00:14,400 honor, country, 7 00:00:14,467 --> 00:00:17,100 somebody you can trust. 8 00:00:17,166 --> 00:00:18,266 Kris and Jim were gonna have an absolutely 9 00:00:18,266 --> 00:00:19,500 wonderful life together. 10 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:22,567 [narrator] What if the person you believed in most 11 00:00:22,567 --> 00:00:23,700 {\an8}betrayed you? 12 00:00:23,767 --> 00:00:26,600 {\an8}You know, my gut kept saying something was off. 13 00:00:26,667 --> 00:00:29,467 [narrator] What if they'd betrayed everybody? 14 00:00:29,467 --> 00:00:30,000 [Kris] He could do whatever the hell he wanted. 15 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,000 [Kris] He could do whatever the hell he wanted. 16 00:00:31,567 --> 00:00:33,100 [Paul] We knew that, you know, 17 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:34,600 he's possibly facing the court-martial. 18 00:00:34,667 --> 00:00:38,300 [narrator] Taking a stand could cost everything. 19 00:00:38,367 --> 00:00:41,000 [Frank] She was put in a real terrible situation 20 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,667 and had to make some hard choices. 21 00:00:42,667 --> 00:00:45,100 [Kris] I just feared everything. 22 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:48,100 I couldn't believe that Col. Johnson would do this. 23 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:50,400 [Kris] Because I'm the one that blew the whistle. 24 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:52,700 [Frank] That's when everything started to blow up, actually. 25 00:00:52,767 --> 00:00:55,000 [Kris] I fled. I didn't know at that point 26 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,367 what he was capable of. 27 00:01:00,900 --> 00:01:01,000 [dramatic music playing] 28 00:01:19,367 --> 00:01:21,967 [Kris] So the young me, well, 29 00:01:21,967 --> 00:01:23,567 as a kid, I was a tomboy. 30 00:01:23,567 --> 00:01:25,467 I was always a competitive athlete. 31 00:01:25,467 --> 00:01:27,600 {\an8}In my teen years, I was in beauty pageants, 32 00:01:27,667 --> 00:01:29,567 {\an8}and I was Miss New York Teenager. 33 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,000 The Army always attracted me. 34 00:01:34,066 --> 00:01:38,300 And then in college, I decided to join Army ROTC. 35 00:01:38,367 --> 00:01:40,166 [narrator] Kris is thriving in college. 36 00:01:40,166 --> 00:01:42,567 There's only one drawback. 37 00:01:42,567 --> 00:01:44,166 [Kris] Mount Saint Mary was almost... 38 00:01:44,166 --> 00:01:46,266 At that time, almost all women. 39 00:01:46,266 --> 00:01:48,000 [narrator] Just nine miles south on the banks 40 00:01:48,066 --> 00:01:50,600 of the Hudson River is another college. 41 00:01:50,667 --> 00:01:53,800 This one, almost all men. 42 00:01:53,867 --> 00:01:56,200 [David] West Point United States Military Academy 43 00:01:56,266 --> 00:02:00,000 {\an8}is the place where serious cadets go 44 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000 {\an8}is the place where serious cadets go 45 00:02:01,066 --> 00:02:04,800 {\an8}to become career or professional officers. 46 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:07,700 [narrator] On Halloween night in 1985, 47 00:02:07,767 --> 00:02:12,367 prisoner girlfriends make an impromptu visit. 48 00:02:12,367 --> 00:02:14,100 [Kris] We went, we're trick or treating 49 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:15,867 in the barracks at West Point. 50 00:02:15,867 --> 00:02:17,600 You know, we weren't supposed to be there. 51 00:02:17,667 --> 00:02:20,500 But here we were. And Jim was the cadet company commander. 52 00:02:20,567 --> 00:02:22,266 And I had dressed up as a baby. 53 00:02:22,266 --> 00:02:25,166 And so I had a baby bottle and a blanket. 54 00:02:25,166 --> 00:02:27,500 Jim was sitting at his desk studying, 55 00:02:27,567 --> 00:02:30,000 trying to ignore what was going on around him. 56 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:30,500 trying to ignore what was going on around him. 57 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:31,000 You could tell he was so uncomfortable 58 00:02:31,967 --> 00:02:34,367 having this group of giggling girls 59 00:02:34,367 --> 00:02:36,567 and they're all dressed up in goofy costumes. 60 00:02:36,567 --> 00:02:38,700 I remember going over and just talking to him. 61 00:02:38,767 --> 00:02:40,467 I was like, "Wow, this is really... 62 00:02:40,467 --> 00:02:42,567 This guy, you know, 63 00:02:42,567 --> 00:02:45,266 this guy really has his stuff together." 64 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,000 And I made chocolate chip cookies. 65 00:02:48,066 --> 00:02:51,166 And Jim made a point of returning the tin to me 66 00:02:51,166 --> 00:02:53,066 and he said, "You know, they were the best 67 00:02:53,066 --> 00:02:55,000 chocolate chip cookies I ever had." 68 00:02:55,066 --> 00:02:57,400 And they say, you know, 69 00:02:57,467 --> 00:02:59,467 the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, 70 00:02:59,467 --> 00:03:00,000 I guess that might have been true a little bit, so. 71 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 I guess that might have been true a little bit, so. 72 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,467 We met the beginning of my junior year, 73 00:03:05,467 --> 00:03:06,767 beginning his senior year, 74 00:03:06,767 --> 00:03:08,667 and by the end of the year, 75 00:03:08,667 --> 00:03:11,266 you know, we just both knew that this is somebody 76 00:03:11,266 --> 00:03:13,667 we wanna spend the rest of our lives with. 77 00:03:16,867 --> 00:03:19,667 You know, he was the epitome of duty, honor, country. 78 00:03:19,667 --> 00:03:21,500 That's something you wanna be around. 79 00:03:21,567 --> 00:03:23,000 I mean, that's the kind of person you wanna trust 80 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,467 and build a life with, 81 00:03:24,467 --> 00:03:27,066 somebody you can trust. 82 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 His father was a general 83 00:03:31,967 --> 00:03:34,266 and he was stationed in the Pentagon, 84 00:03:34,266 --> 00:03:37,467 Lt. Gen. James Houston Johnson. 85 00:03:38,700 --> 00:03:43,066 They were known sort of as Fort Bragg Airborne royalty. 86 00:03:44,567 --> 00:03:45,867 [narrator] After graduation, 87 00:03:45,867 --> 00:03:47,967 Jim continues Officers training, 88 00:03:47,967 --> 00:03:51,400 while Kris goes to ROTC Airborne School. 89 00:03:51,467 --> 00:03:53,166 [Kris] At that time, not a lot of women 90 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:54,767 went through Airborne School, 91 00:03:54,767 --> 00:03:57,867 and I was the only woman in my chalk. 92 00:03:57,867 --> 00:03:59,767 At the final graduation jump, 93 00:03:59,767 --> 00:04:00,000 he pinned my wings on, 94 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 he pinned my wings on, 95 00:04:01,266 --> 00:04:03,166 and the wings he gave me 96 00:04:03,166 --> 00:04:05,667 were the ones his father pinned on to him 97 00:04:05,667 --> 00:04:07,867 when he graduated from Airborne School. 98 00:04:07,867 --> 00:04:11,467 You know, I just thought that that was really special. 99 00:04:11,467 --> 00:04:14,000 The day after that, it was a weekend. 100 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,667 And I remember him saying, 101 00:04:15,667 --> 00:04:17,300 "I'm gonna fix us a nice breakfast." 102 00:04:17,367 --> 00:04:19,166 The table was set for breakfast 103 00:04:19,166 --> 00:04:21,567 and there was a bouquet of a dozen roses. 104 00:04:21,567 --> 00:04:23,900 And he got down on one knee 105 00:04:23,967 --> 00:04:25,900 and put the ring on me and asked me to marry him. 106 00:04:25,967 --> 00:04:28,767 So it was very romantic and very sweet. 107 00:04:30,367 --> 00:04:31,000 We got married on May 17th, 1987. 108 00:04:35,567 --> 00:04:36,934 I remember a friend saying, 109 00:04:36,967 --> 00:04:40,367 "I've never seen someone walk down the aisle so confident. 110 00:04:40,367 --> 00:04:42,600 Just felt so right." 111 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:45,300 {\an8}When they come out of the church, 112 00:04:45,367 --> 00:04:48,567 {\an8}they have the saber bearers to form an arch. 113 00:04:48,567 --> 00:04:50,900 [Kris] Two people in the front put the sabers down in cross 114 00:04:50,967 --> 00:04:53,667 and say, you know, "You can only pass with a kiss." 115 00:04:53,667 --> 00:04:55,166 So, of course, the bride and groom have to kiss 116 00:04:55,166 --> 00:04:57,567 in front of everybody. 117 00:04:59,767 --> 00:05:00,000 [dramatic music playing] 118 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 [dramatic music playing] 119 00:05:05,367 --> 00:05:06,900 [Cathy] Right from the beginning, 120 00:05:06,967 --> 00:05:08,166 Kris understood that, you know, 121 00:05:08,166 --> 00:05:09,600 Jim would be in command, 122 00:05:09,667 --> 00:05:11,367 but Kris would be the commander's wife. 123 00:05:11,367 --> 00:05:12,667 Kris embraced that. 124 00:05:12,667 --> 00:05:15,567 [narrator] Kris puts her own military career on hold, 125 00:05:15,567 --> 00:05:17,867 and she and Jim raised two children, 126 00:05:17,867 --> 00:05:20,367 while moving from base to base. 127 00:05:21,767 --> 00:05:23,967 [Kris] I got involved in the community, 128 00:05:23,967 --> 00:05:26,100 you know, learned the skill of being an Army wife 129 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:29,800 and, um, supported the career. 130 00:05:31,667 --> 00:05:34,800 [Frank] Army team couples, as what we would call them, 131 00:05:34,867 --> 00:05:37,367 {\an8}when they work well together, 132 00:05:37,367 --> 00:05:38,600 {\an8}there's a halo effect. 133 00:05:38,667 --> 00:05:41,200 [Kris] We were a really awesome team, 134 00:05:41,266 --> 00:05:44,567 and they were building him to take on more 135 00:05:44,567 --> 00:05:46,200 advanced senior leadership roles. 136 00:05:46,266 --> 00:05:48,367 [man] Truly a great day to be here at Fort Benning, 137 00:05:48,367 --> 00:05:49,767 the Home of the Infantry. 138 00:05:49,767 --> 00:05:53,200 [Kris] Yeah. We had a happy marriage and a happy family. 139 00:05:53,266 --> 00:05:55,166 We had a great life. 140 00:05:57,467 --> 00:06:00,000 [narrator] Jim's career is on the rise 141 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:00,600 [narrator] Jim's career is on the rise 142 00:06:00,667 --> 00:06:01,000 at a time when the U.S. Military 143 00:06:02,467 --> 00:06:05,600 needs more good leaders. 144 00:06:05,667 --> 00:06:08,367 On my orders, the United States Military 145 00:06:08,367 --> 00:06:10,467 has begun strikes 146 00:06:10,467 --> 00:06:12,867 against al-Qaeda terrorist training camps, 147 00:06:12,867 --> 00:06:15,467 and military installations of the Taliban regime 148 00:06:15,467 --> 00:06:17,166 in Afghanistan. 149 00:06:17,166 --> 00:06:20,100 He deployed to Afghanistan with the 82nd. 150 00:06:20,166 --> 00:06:21,967 They were a rapid deployment force. 151 00:06:21,967 --> 00:06:24,467 Jim got promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 152 00:06:24,467 --> 00:06:26,367 during that time. 153 00:06:26,367 --> 00:06:30,000 He came home the following year in 2003. 154 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,467 He came home the following year in 2003. 155 00:06:30,467 --> 00:06:31,000 He was home for about three months, 156 00:06:32,467 --> 00:06:34,800 but he'd been selected to command a battalion, 157 00:06:34,867 --> 00:06:37,700 the 101st first Airborne Division in Iraq. 158 00:06:37,767 --> 00:06:41,000 This will be a campaign unlike any other in history. 159 00:06:42,567 --> 00:06:48,066 {\an8}A campaign characterized by shock, by surprise, 160 00:06:48,066 --> 00:06:51,767 and by the implication of overwhelming force. 161 00:06:51,767 --> 00:06:53,100 [Kris] The children and I 162 00:06:53,166 --> 00:06:55,500 moved to Fort Campbell, Kentucky by ourselves 163 00:06:55,567 --> 00:06:58,867 because he's already left to go to Iraq. 164 00:06:58,867 --> 00:07:00,000 And in September 2005, 165 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 And in September 2005, 166 00:07:02,100 --> 00:07:05,100 he deployed again as a Battalion Commander. 167 00:07:05,166 --> 00:07:09,200 And I had concerns that he would be burnt out. 168 00:07:09,266 --> 00:07:12,100 [narrator] After being apart for almost four years, 169 00:07:12,100 --> 00:07:14,567 Jim finally returns home. 170 00:07:14,567 --> 00:07:18,667 It should be a happy reunion, but something's not right. 171 00:07:18,667 --> 00:07:20,900 He's cold and distant, 172 00:07:20,967 --> 00:07:23,066 even with his own children. 173 00:07:23,066 --> 00:07:25,567 [Kris] Jim changed during that deployment, 174 00:07:25,567 --> 00:07:27,266 walking back from the soccer fields 175 00:07:27,266 --> 00:07:29,166 for one of our children's games, 176 00:07:29,166 --> 00:07:30,000 you know. He would just, like, divert off, 177 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:30,767 you know. He would just, like, divert off, 178 00:07:30,767 --> 00:07:31,000 and come back, and show up 30 minutes later. 179 00:07:33,567 --> 00:07:36,166 Nothing I did was pleasing him. 180 00:07:36,166 --> 00:07:38,200 Nothing I did was good enough. 181 00:07:38,266 --> 00:07:42,700 All of a sudden, he's not initiating sex at all. 182 00:07:42,767 --> 00:07:45,367 This is when the suspicion starts coming up. 183 00:07:45,367 --> 00:07:47,000 Something's not right, you know. 184 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:50,367 He's withdrawing from me, 185 00:07:50,367 --> 00:07:53,100 you know, intimacy is on a decline. 186 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:54,767 You know, what is up? 187 00:07:54,767 --> 00:07:56,600 [narrator] But then, they received 188 00:07:56,667 --> 00:07:59,266 the best possible news. 189 00:07:59,266 --> 00:08:00,000 [Frank] Jim was selected to command 190 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 [Frank] Jim was selected to command 191 00:08:01,767 --> 00:08:06,000 the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Italy, 192 00:08:06,066 --> 00:08:09,166 probably the most sought-after 193 00:08:09,166 --> 00:08:12,500 infantry brigade command in the United States Army. 194 00:08:12,567 --> 00:08:15,100 [Kris] We were very excited about it 195 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:17,500 because we were all moving to Europe as a family. 196 00:08:17,567 --> 00:08:19,600 [narrator] In the summer of 2008, 197 00:08:19,667 --> 00:08:23,767 the family relocates to an idyllic residence in Vicenza. 198 00:08:25,367 --> 00:08:27,467 We're finally all together in Europe, 199 00:08:27,467 --> 00:08:28,900 and it just didn't feel right. 200 00:08:28,967 --> 00:08:30,000 He started getting angry, 201 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,000 He started getting angry, 202 00:08:31,166 --> 00:08:33,800 and I started feeling like I was walking on eggshells 203 00:08:33,867 --> 00:08:36,300 around him. 204 00:08:36,367 --> 00:08:38,266 I'll never forget one day, too, during that time, 205 00:08:38,266 --> 00:08:39,667 he just looked at me and said, 206 00:08:39,667 --> 00:08:41,667 "Is this all there is?" 207 00:08:41,667 --> 00:08:44,567 Here, we've worked so hard as a team to get to this, 208 00:08:44,567 --> 00:08:46,800 and it was hurtful. 209 00:08:48,100 --> 00:08:49,467 [narrator] By the end of the year, 210 00:08:49,467 --> 00:08:52,667 the relationship is even more strained. 211 00:08:52,667 --> 00:08:55,967 Jim was always engaged with our family. 212 00:08:55,967 --> 00:08:58,266 We would do silly things like watch American Idol, 213 00:08:58,266 --> 00:08:59,900 and all vote together, 214 00:08:59,967 --> 00:09:00,000 and he just didn't wanna do those things. 215 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 and he just didn't wanna do those things. 216 00:09:01,867 --> 00:09:05,000 December 2008 was one of the most 217 00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:07,900 miserable Christmases I've ever had. Yeah. 218 00:09:07,967 --> 00:09:10,300 So many things weren't making sense. 219 00:09:10,367 --> 00:09:12,200 He was insistent that we were going to do 220 00:09:12,266 --> 00:09:14,400 a New Year's Eve party. 221 00:09:14,467 --> 00:09:17,700 I was worn out, and thought, 222 00:09:17,767 --> 00:09:19,467 "Let's just enjoy the Holiday as a family. 223 00:09:19,467 --> 00:09:21,600 We know you're gonna deploy again next year." 224 00:09:22,867 --> 00:09:25,400 He, um, said, "Oh, by the way, you know, 225 00:09:25,467 --> 00:09:28,567 we're gonna have this Iraqi family join us 226 00:09:28,567 --> 00:09:30,000 for this New Year's Eve weekend. 227 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 for this New Year's Eve weekend. 228 00:09:32,166 --> 00:09:34,567 And they were going to stay in the house with us." 229 00:09:34,567 --> 00:09:36,567 [narrator] Jim explains that he became acquainted 230 00:09:36,567 --> 00:09:41,100 with the Al-Atar family during his two tours in Iraq. 231 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:42,400 [Kris] And then he said, 232 00:09:42,467 --> 00:09:45,266 "There are interpreters. You understand that, right?" 233 00:09:45,266 --> 00:09:48,300 There's multiple interpreters at every level 234 00:09:48,367 --> 00:09:51,166 inside of a brigade operation. 235 00:09:51,166 --> 00:09:54,800 They are a part of that same close net-network 236 00:09:54,867 --> 00:09:57,367 for whom you would do almost anything. 237 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:00,000 [Kris] I found out he's gonna drive to the Netherlands 238 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 [Kris] I found out he's gonna drive to the Netherlands 239 00:10:01,667 --> 00:10:05,767 and pick up this family, six hours up, six hours back. 240 00:10:05,767 --> 00:10:10,400 And he doesn't have a vehicle big enough to fit them. 241 00:10:10,467 --> 00:10:13,266 So, he is gonna take a vehicle, a van, 242 00:10:13,266 --> 00:10:15,900 out of the motor pool, the brigade motor pool, 243 00:10:15,967 --> 00:10:17,867 a government-owned vehicle. 244 00:10:17,867 --> 00:10:20,567 And he's going to use it for personal reasons. 245 00:10:20,567 --> 00:10:22,700 That is a huge no-no. 246 00:10:22,767 --> 00:10:24,066 You don't do that. 247 00:10:25,367 --> 00:10:27,800 He'll never be the kind of guy that would do that. 248 00:10:27,867 --> 00:10:30,000 You know, he didn't lie, cheat, or steal. 249 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:30,900 You know, he didn't lie, cheat, or steal. 250 00:10:30,967 --> 00:10:31,000 You know, my gut kept saying something was off, 251 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:37,000 and I couldn't put my finger on it. 252 00:10:38,367 --> 00:10:39,867 [narrator] Jim arrives home with his friends 253 00:10:39,867 --> 00:10:42,467 and presents Alladin Al-Atar, 254 00:10:42,467 --> 00:10:44,200 his wife, 255 00:10:44,266 --> 00:10:47,066 and their 24-year-old daughter, Haveen. 256 00:10:48,367 --> 00:10:52,200 [Kris] I remember the father had a heavy mustache. 257 00:10:52,266 --> 00:10:55,700 The mother was kind of your frumpy housewife, 258 00:10:55,767 --> 00:10:59,567 and their daughter, she had long, dark hair, 259 00:10:59,567 --> 00:11:00,000 wore very dark makeup, 260 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 wore very dark makeup, 261 00:11:02,467 --> 00:11:05,266 and she had a young child. 262 00:11:05,266 --> 00:11:07,300 [narrator] For the first few moments, 263 00:11:07,367 --> 00:11:09,467 it seems like this could be a happy New Year's weekend 264 00:11:09,467 --> 00:11:11,100 after all. 265 00:11:11,100 --> 00:11:14,166 Until Jim does something subtle, 266 00:11:14,166 --> 00:11:17,400 something only Kris, his wife of 20 years, 267 00:11:17,467 --> 00:11:20,767 would find shocking. 268 00:11:20,767 --> 00:11:24,367 He scooped down and picked up the 14-month-old, 269 00:11:24,367 --> 00:11:27,467 and the child didn't flinch. 270 00:11:27,467 --> 00:11:30,000 Jim wasn't somebody that held other people's children. 271 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:30,266 Jim wasn't somebody that held other people's children. 272 00:11:30,266 --> 00:11:31,000 Never scooped up a friend's child. 273 00:11:33,266 --> 00:11:35,166 It was woman's intuition. 274 00:11:35,166 --> 00:11:36,600 And right then and there, 275 00:11:36,667 --> 00:11:38,967 I realized that there's something about this family 276 00:11:38,967 --> 00:11:40,800 that's just not right. 277 00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:43,100 There was something going on here. 278 00:11:44,867 --> 00:11:48,300 [narrator] Kris is only about to discover 279 00:11:48,367 --> 00:11:51,100 the reason for her husband's distance. 280 00:11:51,166 --> 00:11:55,300 In a very, very tiny community locked inside of Italy, 281 00:11:55,367 --> 00:11:57,767 there is a Peyton Place of the highest order. 282 00:11:57,767 --> 00:11:58,867 There's no secrets. 283 00:12:00,166 --> 00:12:01,000 [Cathy] Jim had gone against everything 284 00:12:02,166 --> 00:12:05,667 that the Army and West Point had taught him. 285 00:12:05,667 --> 00:12:07,266 He's doing way worse. 286 00:12:07,266 --> 00:12:08,700 He's self-destructing. 287 00:12:08,767 --> 00:12:10,266 And little did I know 288 00:12:10,266 --> 00:12:12,066 it was just the very beginning. 289 00:12:12,066 --> 00:12:13,567 [Frank] He destroyed his family, 290 00:12:13,567 --> 00:12:15,000 destroyed his name. 291 00:12:15,066 --> 00:12:16,300 He lost everything. 292 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,266 [narrator] Col. Jim Johnson is acting completely 293 00:12:23,266 --> 00:12:25,967 out of character at the family's New Year's dinner, 294 00:12:25,967 --> 00:12:28,266 especially with his interpreter's 295 00:12:28,266 --> 00:12:31,400 24-year-old daughter, Haveen. 296 00:12:31,467 --> 00:12:33,467 {\an8}I remember not being able to eat. 297 00:12:33,467 --> 00:12:35,066 {\an8}Everything about this is off. 298 00:12:36,667 --> 00:12:37,767 They had their own little 299 00:12:37,767 --> 00:12:40,166 private corner down in the end of the table. 300 00:12:41,467 --> 00:12:44,000 Haveen had a digital camera in her hands 301 00:12:44,066 --> 00:12:45,667 and Jim was messing with it, 302 00:12:45,667 --> 00:12:47,967 and it was the same camera 303 00:12:47,967 --> 00:12:49,405 I had been given for Christmas. 304 00:12:49,405 --> 00:12:49,867 I had been given for Christmas. 305 00:12:51,467 --> 00:12:54,367 He'd given her one, too, exact thing. 306 00:12:55,967 --> 00:12:58,467 I really didn't know how to process it. 307 00:12:58,467 --> 00:13:00,367 You're just ingesting it, 308 00:13:00,367 --> 00:13:03,000 and trying to take the next breath. 309 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,066 Keep your composure. 310 00:13:04,066 --> 00:13:06,400 Don't fall apart in front of these people. 311 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,400 That night, you know, I asked him if, you know, 312 00:13:10,467 --> 00:13:12,667 he was having an affair with her. 313 00:13:12,667 --> 00:13:14,166 And he said, "No. 314 00:13:14,166 --> 00:13:19,405 Her family would kill her or disown her. Not... 315 00:13:19,405 --> 00:13:19,667 Her family would kill her or disown her. Not... 316 00:13:19,667 --> 00:13:20,000 I don't feel that way about her." 317 00:13:22,266 --> 00:13:24,900 And then I asked him, "Well, have you kissed her?" 318 00:13:24,967 --> 00:13:28,767 And he said, "Yes, but not passionately." 319 00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:31,567 What the hell does that mean? 320 00:13:31,567 --> 00:13:33,767 [narrator] That weekend, Jim tells Kris 321 00:13:33,767 --> 00:13:37,367 he wants to take the Al-Atars shopping at the Army PX. 322 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,500 [Kris] One of my children said, "Oh, yeah, 323 00:13:40,567 --> 00:13:42,567 we had to wait for Haveen to make her grand entrance 324 00:13:42,567 --> 00:13:44,500 down the stairs because she... 325 00:13:44,567 --> 00:13:47,367 We were all sitting around just waiting for her. 326 00:13:47,367 --> 00:13:49,405 And she was upstairs doing I don't know what. 327 00:13:49,405 --> 00:13:50,000 And she was upstairs doing I don't know what. 328 00:13:50,567 --> 00:13:53,500 Haveen is gonna get shoes for the baby. 329 00:13:53,567 --> 00:13:57,100 And at one point, Jim's like, 330 00:13:57,166 --> 00:13:59,100 "Oh, I'm gonna go over here. 331 00:13:59,100 --> 00:14:01,066 You take Haveen up to the register 332 00:14:01,066 --> 00:14:03,667 and pay for what she wants." 333 00:14:03,667 --> 00:14:05,567 So, she's got these shoes. 334 00:14:05,567 --> 00:14:06,767 And on the way to the register, 335 00:14:06,767 --> 00:14:09,100 she finds a cute little sweater for herself. 336 00:14:10,467 --> 00:14:13,467 She picks out shampoo and other things for herself, 337 00:14:13,467 --> 00:14:16,467 just loading up on whatever product she's looking for. 338 00:14:16,467 --> 00:14:19,166 And I'm, like, floored. 339 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:22,100 You know, the mother, 340 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:24,667 she would go outside and smoke cigarettes. 341 00:14:24,667 --> 00:14:26,600 During that whole weekend, she would go out 342 00:14:26,667 --> 00:14:27,900 and smoke a cigarette 343 00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:29,467 and leave the butt on the ground. 344 00:14:29,467 --> 00:14:31,467 Who does that? 345 00:14:32,500 --> 00:14:34,266 I end up cleaning 12 cigarette butts 346 00:14:34,266 --> 00:14:37,100 off by the ground when they left. 347 00:14:37,100 --> 00:14:38,967 [narrator] When Jim makes the overnight trip 348 00:14:38,967 --> 00:14:42,767 to take the Al-Atars back to the Netherlands, 349 00:14:42,767 --> 00:14:45,667 Kris is left alone to wonder how much trouble 350 00:14:45,667 --> 00:14:47,600 her relationship is in. 351 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:49,405 But I didn't wanna believe that he was having 352 00:14:49,405 --> 00:14:50,000 But I didn't wanna believe that he was having 353 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,200 sex with her. 354 00:14:51,266 --> 00:14:53,000 I still didn't wanna believe it. 355 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,900 I went into his office. 356 00:14:54,967 --> 00:14:58,166 When I opened the top drawer and I saw a notepad, 357 00:14:58,166 --> 00:14:59,967 he had written three columns, 358 00:14:59,967 --> 00:15:01,967 "Divorce now, divorce in six months, 359 00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:03,600 divorce a year from now." 360 00:15:03,667 --> 00:15:05,300 And he had plotted out which would be most 361 00:15:05,367 --> 00:15:07,200 advantageous to him. 362 00:15:07,266 --> 00:15:10,600 I just remember when I found that note 363 00:15:10,667 --> 00:15:14,000 feeling like the blood had drained from my face. 364 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:18,500 You know, that weekend I not only cooked, but I ran... 365 00:15:18,567 --> 00:15:19,405 I remember running a little laundry for them. 366 00:15:19,405 --> 00:15:20,000 I remember running a little laundry for them. 367 00:15:20,667 --> 00:15:22,867 [chuckles] I did. 368 00:15:22,867 --> 00:15:25,767 My husband's mistress' laundry. 369 00:15:27,667 --> 00:15:29,600 Jim got home and I said, 370 00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:31,867 "I found a note in your desk today." 371 00:15:31,867 --> 00:15:34,367 And I said, "Are you divorcing me?" 372 00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:36,367 And he looked at me shocked and he said, 373 00:15:36,367 --> 00:15:38,700 "Well, I'm sorry you saw that." 374 00:15:38,767 --> 00:15:41,567 Not no... And then he said, "Well, is that what you want?" 375 00:15:41,567 --> 00:15:43,667 I said, "No, I don't want a divorce. 376 00:15:43,667 --> 00:15:45,767 I want us to work things out." 377 00:15:45,767 --> 00:15:49,405 {\an8}When you have an affair in the military, 378 00:15:49,405 --> 00:15:49,867 {\an8}When you have an affair in the military, 379 00:15:49,867 --> 00:15:50,000 {\an8}if it's discovered, 380 00:15:51,967 --> 00:15:55,467 {\an8}it normally doesn't turn out well for you and your career, 381 00:15:55,467 --> 00:15:59,100 which is why there's always denial, 382 00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:01,367 which is why you double down on denial. 383 00:16:01,367 --> 00:16:03,900 [narrator] Jim denies the affair, 384 00:16:03,967 --> 00:16:06,767 but Kris remains dubious. 385 00:16:07,767 --> 00:16:09,900 [Kris] I knew that the child, 386 00:16:09,967 --> 00:16:13,500 Haveen's daughter, could not have been Jim's. 387 00:16:13,567 --> 00:16:15,367 He had a vasectomy in June 2000. 388 00:16:15,367 --> 00:16:17,900 I think she was born in, like, November, 2007. 389 00:16:17,967 --> 00:16:19,266 It's not his child. 390 00:16:20,166 --> 00:16:22,567 I kept looking and I don't know 391 00:16:22,567 --> 00:16:23,800 if I was still trying to look for something 392 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,400 to prove myself wrong or just prove myself right. 393 00:16:27,467 --> 00:16:29,400 Well, I finally did. 394 00:16:30,367 --> 00:16:32,266 He has a black book and in the back 395 00:16:32,266 --> 00:16:35,100 he had all these secret email accounts 396 00:16:35,166 --> 00:16:37,600 and that opened up, at that point, 397 00:16:37,667 --> 00:16:39,367 three years of emails 398 00:16:39,367 --> 00:16:41,567 that he had been communicating with Haveen. 399 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:44,266 And some of them were so juvenile, 400 00:16:44,266 --> 00:16:45,900 like reading them were embarrassing. 401 00:16:45,967 --> 00:16:47,400 It was like he was a teenager, 402 00:16:47,467 --> 00:16:49,300 a horny teenager, literally. 403 00:16:50,567 --> 00:16:52,667 One of the emails she wrote to him 404 00:16:52,667 --> 00:16:55,266 was like, "I'm your little shayton." 405 00:16:55,266 --> 00:16:58,767 {\an8}That means devil in Arabic 406 00:16:58,767 --> 00:17:00,467 that, you know, "I'm your little shayton. 407 00:17:00,467 --> 00:17:02,000 I'm gonna be making trouble all your life. 408 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,700 Kissy, kissy." 409 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,767 As the emails progressed between them, 410 00:17:06,767 --> 00:17:09,900 I started realizing certain things he was saying 411 00:17:09,967 --> 00:17:13,600 with her that corresponded with events in our life, 412 00:17:13,667 --> 00:17:15,767 like him taking money out 413 00:17:15,767 --> 00:17:17,767 of one of our personal accounts. 414 00:17:17,767 --> 00:17:19,405 He had taken $10,000 415 00:17:19,405 --> 00:17:20,000 He had taken $10,000 416 00:17:21,066 --> 00:17:23,667 and converted it to Euro and gave it to her. 417 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,000 My legs started shaking. 418 00:17:27,066 --> 00:17:28,867 I couldn't stop it. 419 00:17:28,867 --> 00:17:31,667 And I thought, "Screw this, I'm calling him." 420 00:17:31,667 --> 00:17:34,767 Woke him up and screamed in the phone. 421 00:17:34,767 --> 00:17:37,266 "Are you [bleep] her?" 422 00:17:37,266 --> 00:17:39,100 [chuckles] 423 00:17:39,166 --> 00:17:42,567 He can't deny he's having an affair. 424 00:17:42,567 --> 00:17:45,467 And, of course, he said, "You're recording this call. 425 00:17:46,567 --> 00:17:48,567 Someone's listening in." 426 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:49,405 He wouldn't answer the question. 427 00:17:49,405 --> 00:17:50,000 He wouldn't answer the question. 428 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:55,367 It then led to me insisting that we go to counseling 429 00:17:55,367 --> 00:17:57,900 to see the Family Life Chaplain in Vicenza 430 00:17:57,967 --> 00:17:59,400 'cause I was not about to give up. 431 00:17:59,467 --> 00:18:00,867 I was not gonna throw the towel in. 432 00:18:00,867 --> 00:18:03,367 I thought I'm gonna fight for my marriage. 433 00:18:03,367 --> 00:18:05,567 Unfortunately, there's a fair amount of adultery 434 00:18:05,567 --> 00:18:06,800 in the army. 435 00:18:06,867 --> 00:18:12,066 Chaplains are there to help preserve marriages. 436 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,767 The chaplain gave us this book 437 00:18:15,767 --> 00:18:17,667 and the book was about adultery. 438 00:18:17,667 --> 00:18:19,300 I don't even remember the name of the book. 439 00:18:19,367 --> 00:18:19,405 I hated it. I just... It just made me so angry. 440 00:18:19,405 --> 00:18:20,000 I hated it. I just... It just made me so angry. 441 00:18:23,166 --> 00:18:26,200 One page said, "The person having an affair, 442 00:18:26,266 --> 00:18:27,700 it's not your fault." 443 00:18:27,767 --> 00:18:29,567 And he just grasped onto that like, 444 00:18:29,567 --> 00:18:31,200 "Look, it's not all my fault. 445 00:18:31,266 --> 00:18:33,667 It's your fault, too, that I'm doing this." 446 00:18:33,667 --> 00:18:36,367 You know, it allowed Jim to give himself permission 447 00:18:36,367 --> 00:18:39,567 to continue to blame me for his actions, 448 00:18:39,567 --> 00:18:41,066 which is insane. 449 00:18:41,066 --> 00:18:44,867 If you're a psychologist, this is standard transference. 450 00:18:44,867 --> 00:18:47,367 It's transference of blame 451 00:18:47,367 --> 00:18:49,405 to somebody else so that you can feel good about yourself 452 00:18:49,405 --> 00:18:50,000 to somebody else so that you can feel good about yourself 453 00:18:50,567 --> 00:18:54,300 and you build this case, you actually begin to believe it. 454 00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:55,767 [Kris] Of course now I look back 455 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:57,567 and he lied even to this chaplain 456 00:18:57,567 --> 00:19:00,700 during our counseling. 457 00:19:00,767 --> 00:19:02,900 Not only did he not stop the affair, 458 00:19:02,967 --> 00:19:07,000 he continued it and got even more deeply involved. 459 00:19:08,467 --> 00:19:11,467 A credit card receipt from his work credit card 460 00:19:11,467 --> 00:19:13,667 came to the... Our mail and I opened it up 461 00:19:13,667 --> 00:19:16,266 and there was charges on there that didn't make sense. 462 00:19:16,266 --> 00:19:18,166 He was using his government credit card 463 00:19:18,166 --> 00:19:19,405 for her void account so they could communicate. 464 00:19:19,405 --> 00:19:20,000 for her void account so they could communicate. 465 00:19:21,266 --> 00:19:23,600 He did not stop at all. 466 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,400 So then I'm starting to walk around with this big deep, 467 00:19:27,467 --> 00:19:29,700 dark secret 'cause if it got... 468 00:19:29,767 --> 00:19:31,266 Word got out that he was having an affair, 469 00:19:31,266 --> 00:19:32,900 his career is over. 470 00:19:32,967 --> 00:19:35,467 You know, the army doesn't tolerate adultery. 471 00:19:35,467 --> 00:19:37,867 And so I had this burden now, 472 00:19:37,867 --> 00:19:40,767 I'm like now what do I do with this? 473 00:19:40,767 --> 00:19:45,467 You know, I had invested everything in him. 474 00:19:45,467 --> 00:19:47,767 You know, our family was invested, 475 00:19:47,767 --> 00:19:49,405 our children had sacrificed for him 476 00:19:49,405 --> 00:19:50,000 our children had sacrificed for him 477 00:19:50,567 --> 00:19:53,200 to do what his country called him to do. 478 00:19:53,266 --> 00:19:54,867 I believed in it. 479 00:19:54,867 --> 00:19:57,266 Our children believed in it. 480 00:19:57,266 --> 00:20:01,100 Kris has a very strong sense of right and wrong, 481 00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:03,100 very strong morals. 482 00:20:04,867 --> 00:20:06,200 [Kris] Jim was about to go down to combat 483 00:20:06,266 --> 00:20:07,967 with these guys again, and I thought 484 00:20:07,967 --> 00:20:11,467 the disruption of having your commander taken out. 485 00:20:11,467 --> 00:20:13,600 I did not wanna cause a disruption in the brigade. 486 00:20:13,667 --> 00:20:16,667 You know, I knew I had to dig up whatever strength I had to, 487 00:20:16,667 --> 00:20:19,400 like, handle this with as much grace as I could 488 00:20:19,467 --> 00:20:20,000 and to protect Jim, 489 00:20:21,467 --> 00:20:23,767 protect him from himself at this point. 490 00:20:23,767 --> 00:20:25,567 [narrator] Despite the betrayal, 491 00:20:25,567 --> 00:20:28,467 Kris continues to put Jim's needs first, 492 00:20:28,467 --> 00:20:30,867 and so does Jim. 493 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,300 [Kris] Jim called early November, 494 00:20:35,367 --> 00:20:38,000 you know, "How soon can you be ready for a trip?" 495 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 I was like, "Well, where am I going?" 496 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,867 And he said, "I've gotten a plane ticket for you 497 00:20:44,867 --> 00:20:47,700 and you're going to leave Italy. 498 00:20:47,767 --> 00:20:49,405 The only way I can fix our marriage 499 00:20:49,405 --> 00:20:50,000 The only way I can fix our marriage 500 00:20:50,166 --> 00:20:53,066 is for you not to be there when I come home. 501 00:20:53,066 --> 00:20:55,467 I want you gone." 502 00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:00,667 I didn't know at that point what he was capable of. 503 00:21:00,667 --> 00:21:03,600 [Frank] He knows how to plan. He knows how to execute. 504 00:21:03,667 --> 00:21:05,667 He knows how to do war gaming action reaction, 505 00:21:05,667 --> 00:21:06,667 counter reaction. 506 00:21:06,667 --> 00:21:10,166 Revenge becomes very, very powerful. 507 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:16,467 {\an8}Know that I'm Col. Jim Johnson, 508 00:21:16,467 --> 00:21:18,567 {\an8}Commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team 509 00:21:18,567 --> 00:21:19,567 stationed in... 510 00:21:19,567 --> 00:21:20,667 {\an8}[narrator] Kris Johnson's husband 511 00:21:20,667 --> 00:21:23,467 {\an8}is wielding his powers as an army colonel 512 00:21:23,467 --> 00:21:26,467 {\an8}to force her from their home in Vicenza, Italy. 513 00:21:26,467 --> 00:21:28,000 in a normal press conference format. 514 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,266 [Kris] He's kicking me out. 515 00:21:30,266 --> 00:21:32,100 Jim had also said on the phone call, 516 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:34,000 "I'm revoking your command sponsorship," 517 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,500 which means I'm not allowed to stay in Europe 518 00:21:35,567 --> 00:21:37,000 as a family member. 519 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,767 {\an8}I'm gone. I can't stay. 520 00:21:39,767 --> 00:21:43,100 {\an8}It is very unique to see the brigade commander's wife 521 00:21:43,166 --> 00:21:43,855 return unless they choose to go home. 522 00:21:43,855 --> 00:21:44,000 return unless they choose to go home. 523 00:21:46,767 --> 00:21:49,000 Very, very odd. 524 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,166 I remember shaking. 525 00:21:51,166 --> 00:21:52,500 There was something in the tone of Jim's voice 526 00:21:52,567 --> 00:21:53,700 that scared me. 527 00:21:56,700 --> 00:21:59,667 [narrator] Jim is not only pushing Kris out, 528 00:21:59,667 --> 00:22:03,166 he's demanding she leave their children behind. 529 00:22:04,367 --> 00:22:08,367 I didn't know at that point what he was capable of. 530 00:22:08,367 --> 00:22:11,867 He's the only army brigade commander in all of Italy. 531 00:22:11,867 --> 00:22:13,467 No one questions you. 532 00:22:13,467 --> 00:22:13,855 {\an8}There was no way Kris would leave her children 533 00:22:13,855 --> 00:22:14,000 {\an8}There was no way Kris would leave her children 534 00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:17,867 {\an8}in a foreign country and come back to the states 535 00:22:17,867 --> 00:22:19,100 without them. 536 00:22:19,100 --> 00:22:21,066 {\an8}No way. 537 00:22:21,066 --> 00:22:22,867 [Kris] I decided for my safety and my children's safety 538 00:22:22,867 --> 00:22:24,300 we were just gonna leave. 539 00:22:24,367 --> 00:22:27,166 So, I ran over to the school and withdrew the children 540 00:22:27,166 --> 00:22:31,467 and then I got one-way plane tickets to leave Italy. 541 00:22:32,900 --> 00:22:34,500 I fled. 542 00:22:34,567 --> 00:22:37,100 I felt like I fled Italy. 543 00:22:40,266 --> 00:22:43,066 And I remember landing in JFK, 544 00:22:43,066 --> 00:22:43,855 meeting my parents, getting in the car, 545 00:22:43,855 --> 00:22:44,000 meeting my parents, getting in the car, 546 00:22:46,467 --> 00:22:48,400 and I just remember looking out the window thinking, 547 00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:49,400 now what? 548 00:22:49,467 --> 00:22:51,266 Now what do I do? 549 00:22:51,266 --> 00:22:52,967 I don't have a job. 550 00:22:52,967 --> 00:22:55,066 I had no money. I have nothing. 551 00:22:55,066 --> 00:22:56,900 Now what? 552 00:22:56,967 --> 00:22:59,667 [narrator] Five days later, Jim tracks Kris down 553 00:22:59,667 --> 00:23:02,800 at her parents' home. 554 00:23:02,867 --> 00:23:05,567 [Kris] Kept trying to call. He was calling my parents, 555 00:23:05,567 --> 00:23:07,367 calling my parents. And finally I just decided, 556 00:23:07,367 --> 00:23:09,200 okay, I'll answer the phone and tell him 557 00:23:09,266 --> 00:23:11,400 stop harassing my mom and dad. 558 00:23:11,467 --> 00:23:13,767 I'm here. Our children are safe. 559 00:23:15,100 --> 00:23:16,900 My children were very angry with him 560 00:23:16,967 --> 00:23:18,700 'cause they knew about the affair. 561 00:23:18,767 --> 00:23:20,767 They met her. I mean, they spent a weekend 562 00:23:20,767 --> 00:23:23,367 with this woman that they knew 563 00:23:23,367 --> 00:23:25,266 their father was involved with. 564 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:28,300 [narrator] Over the next two months, 565 00:23:28,367 --> 00:23:30,700 the battle over custody intensifies. 566 00:23:30,767 --> 00:23:34,000 [Kris] He had tried two emergency injunctions 567 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,200 out of a court in Florida to get emergency custody. 568 00:23:37,266 --> 00:23:38,900 And there was... Were both denied. 569 00:23:38,967 --> 00:23:40,767 There was no cause for it. 570 00:23:42,166 --> 00:23:43,855 [narrator] In response, Jim initiates an obscure 571 00:23:43,855 --> 00:23:44,000 [narrator] In response, Jim initiates an obscure 572 00:23:44,967 --> 00:23:48,967 legal maneuver called the Hague petition. 573 00:23:48,967 --> 00:23:51,500 [Cathy] My understanding of the Hague petition, 574 00:23:51,567 --> 00:23:55,300 he was claiming Kris had kidnapped the child 575 00:23:55,367 --> 00:23:57,467 and taken the child back to the United States 576 00:23:57,467 --> 00:24:01,867 against Jim's wishes, orders, permission. 577 00:24:01,867 --> 00:24:04,000 Jim is desperate for custody. 578 00:24:04,066 --> 00:24:06,867 [Frank] He knows how to plan. He knows how to execute. 579 00:24:06,867 --> 00:24:08,967 He knows how to do war gaming action, 580 00:24:08,967 --> 00:24:11,166 reaction, counter reaction. 581 00:24:11,166 --> 00:24:13,855 Revenge becomes very, very powerful. 582 00:24:13,855 --> 00:24:14,000 Revenge becomes very, very powerful. 583 00:24:14,266 --> 00:24:15,967 [phone ringing] 584 00:24:15,967 --> 00:24:18,367 [narrator] Kris is further stunned when she gets news 585 00:24:18,367 --> 00:24:20,100 from Vicenza. 586 00:24:21,066 --> 00:24:22,567 [Kris] By the end of December, 587 00:24:22,567 --> 00:24:25,667 I got a phone call from my neighbor 588 00:24:25,667 --> 00:24:27,667 and she said, "Kris, there's been a woman, 589 00:24:27,667 --> 00:24:30,000 a young woman with a child seen coming and going 590 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 from your quarters in Vicenza." 591 00:24:32,066 --> 00:24:36,166 He had moved his mistress into our house with her kid. 592 00:24:36,166 --> 00:24:39,300 Relationships with foreign nationals 593 00:24:39,367 --> 00:24:41,600 are always scrutinized. 594 00:24:41,667 --> 00:24:43,855 You're not allowed to have a foreign relationship 595 00:24:43,855 --> 00:24:43,867 You're not allowed to have a foreign relationship 596 00:24:43,867 --> 00:24:44,000 without reporting that up 597 00:24:45,467 --> 00:24:46,967 through your security clearance. 598 00:24:46,967 --> 00:24:48,967 It is a security issue. 599 00:24:48,967 --> 00:24:51,567 [Kris] He just let her roll right in 600 00:24:51,567 --> 00:24:54,367 and sleep on my pillow and knead off my dishes. 601 00:24:54,367 --> 00:24:55,900 She was just gonna roll in 602 00:24:55,967 --> 00:24:58,266 and take the place of Kris Johnson. 603 00:24:58,266 --> 00:24:59,667 And it was at that point 604 00:24:59,667 --> 00:25:01,867 I realized no one's gonna stop him. 605 00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:05,567 He's blatant about the fact that he's having an affair. 606 00:25:06,767 --> 00:25:10,567 [Cathy] Jim had gone against everything 607 00:25:10,567 --> 00:25:13,855 that the Army and West Point had taught him 608 00:25:13,855 --> 00:25:14,000 that the Army and West Point had taught him 609 00:25:14,867 --> 00:25:16,867 beyond the point of no return. 610 00:25:16,867 --> 00:25:19,867 That's when I realized, okay, you know, 611 00:25:19,867 --> 00:25:22,567 I need to... I need to do something. 612 00:25:22,567 --> 00:25:24,200 And I thought, that's it. 613 00:25:24,266 --> 00:25:27,600 I, you know, I've gotta let the commanding general know. 614 00:25:27,667 --> 00:25:31,600 It was a moral decision for me to just sit back 615 00:25:31,667 --> 00:25:33,467 and not say anything. 616 00:25:33,467 --> 00:25:35,967 How do you look yourself in the mirror? 617 00:25:35,967 --> 00:25:38,700 I sat at my parents' computer. 618 00:25:38,767 --> 00:25:40,667 I typed in, like, five pages 619 00:25:40,667 --> 00:25:42,967 and I disclosed the, you know, 620 00:25:42,967 --> 00:25:43,855 email accounts that Jim had, 621 00:25:43,855 --> 00:25:44,000 email accounts that Jim had, 622 00:25:45,066 --> 00:25:46,600 the email accounts that Haveen had 623 00:25:46,667 --> 00:25:48,600 that I knew she used to communicate with him, 624 00:25:48,667 --> 00:25:50,967 the dates that I knew he had been with her, 625 00:25:50,967 --> 00:25:54,000 the misuse of government resources, the cell phone, 626 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,100 the government credit card, 627 00:25:55,166 --> 00:25:57,100 like all the things I knew about. 628 00:25:57,166 --> 00:25:59,166 [narrator] After receiving Kris' letter, 629 00:25:59,166 --> 00:26:00,767 the army immediately starts 630 00:26:00,767 --> 00:26:03,266 an administrative investigation 631 00:26:03,266 --> 00:26:06,000 known as a 15-6. 632 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,667 [Kris] By February, 633 00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:11,600 the 15-6 then rolled into a criminal investigation. 634 00:26:11,667 --> 00:26:13,767 [narrator] Meanwhile, the battle over 635 00:26:13,767 --> 00:26:13,855 the Hague petition escalates. 636 00:26:13,855 --> 00:26:14,000 the Hague petition escalates. 637 00:26:16,867 --> 00:26:19,600 Jim's contention was that I was kicked off post 638 00:26:19,667 --> 00:26:21,467 'cause I was a disruption. 639 00:26:21,467 --> 00:26:24,467 He and his father both wrote affidavits 640 00:26:24,467 --> 00:26:26,767 saying that I was this disruption on the army post 641 00:26:26,767 --> 00:26:28,767 and that's why I was kicked off post 642 00:26:28,767 --> 00:26:31,667 and that I was ordered to leave our children behind. 643 00:26:31,667 --> 00:26:33,400 But he was just trying to find anything 644 00:26:33,467 --> 00:26:34,867 to make my life hell. 645 00:26:34,867 --> 00:26:37,000 Jim called once and said, "I'm gonna send US Marshals 646 00:26:37,066 --> 00:26:39,800 to the house and, you know, you're gonna get arrested," 647 00:26:39,867 --> 00:26:41,800 and that lasted for about two months. 648 00:26:41,867 --> 00:26:43,567 I mean, it was... it was scary 649 00:26:43,567 --> 00:26:43,855 'cause I didn't... Who deals with Hague? 650 00:26:43,855 --> 00:26:44,000 'cause I didn't... Who deals with Hague? 651 00:26:46,367 --> 00:26:49,967 Then being, you know, accused of kidnapping 652 00:26:49,967 --> 00:26:53,567 our children and across international borders 653 00:26:53,567 --> 00:26:57,166 and, you know, it was two months of hell. 654 00:27:00,166 --> 00:27:02,000 It was amazing feeling 655 00:27:02,066 --> 00:27:05,166 when the judge ruled in my favor. 656 00:27:05,166 --> 00:27:06,667 My attorneys cried. 657 00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:07,867 I cried. 658 00:27:07,867 --> 00:27:09,100 I mean, they were so relieved. 659 00:27:13,367 --> 00:27:13,855 Stress will do terrible things to your body. 660 00:27:13,855 --> 00:27:14,000 Stress will do terrible things to your body. 661 00:27:19,867 --> 00:27:21,400 I started getting sick, 662 00:27:21,467 --> 00:27:23,300 like a pain, abdominal pain. 663 00:27:23,367 --> 00:27:27,166 And found out ultimately that I had a premalignant 664 00:27:27,166 --> 00:27:28,567 tumor the size of a grapefruit 665 00:27:28,567 --> 00:27:30,367 on the tail of my pancreas. 666 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:35,667 I had surgery December of 2011 667 00:27:35,667 --> 00:27:37,100 and it was a much more complicated surgery 668 00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:38,700 than they had anticipated, 669 00:27:38,767 --> 00:27:40,400 and I ended up in the hospital for a week. 670 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,855 I got a phone call from the hospital 671 00:27:43,855 --> 00:27:43,900 I got a phone call from the hospital 672 00:27:43,967 --> 00:27:44,000 the day after I came home and they said, 673 00:27:46,066 --> 00:27:48,166 "Well, we've just tried putting your claim in 674 00:27:48,166 --> 00:27:51,100 to the military health insurance 675 00:27:51,166 --> 00:27:53,266 and they've denied it. You're not covered. 676 00:27:53,266 --> 00:27:56,266 You owe us a $100,000." 677 00:27:58,667 --> 00:28:00,467 [Cathy] It was devastating. 678 00:28:00,467 --> 00:28:02,166 It's not like she had a lot of money. 679 00:28:02,166 --> 00:28:04,300 [narrator] As a military spouse, 680 00:28:04,367 --> 00:28:07,300 Kris should be fully covered. 681 00:28:08,567 --> 00:28:11,100 I couldn't drive. I was still on meds. 682 00:28:11,166 --> 00:28:13,855 I was still, you know, stitches and, you know, 683 00:28:13,855 --> 00:28:13,967 I was still, you know, stitches and, you know, 684 00:28:13,967 --> 00:28:14,000 still kind of a mess. 685 00:28:15,266 --> 00:28:18,166 And so my sister drove me to the ID card office of... 686 00:28:18,166 --> 00:28:19,667 On West Point. 687 00:28:19,667 --> 00:28:22,100 And I, you know, sat down with a woman 688 00:28:22,166 --> 00:28:23,367 and handed my ID card, 689 00:28:23,367 --> 00:28:26,467 and she pulled up the information in the computer 690 00:28:26,467 --> 00:28:28,066 and said "Oh, well, you're divorced." 691 00:28:28,066 --> 00:28:29,667 I said, "No, I'm not." She goes, "Yeah, 692 00:28:29,667 --> 00:28:31,867 on September 23rd you got divorced." 693 00:28:35,100 --> 00:28:38,000 So, they go ahead and shred my ID card. 694 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,700 And I just lose it. I just start crying. 695 00:28:39,767 --> 00:28:41,567 "I'm not divorced." 696 00:28:41,567 --> 00:28:43,855 But they knew immediately something fishy was up. 697 00:28:43,855 --> 00:28:44,000 But they knew immediately something fishy was up. 698 00:28:45,767 --> 00:28:47,800 [narrator] West Point's ID card office 699 00:28:47,867 --> 00:28:51,467 notifies the Army's Criminal Investigation Division. 700 00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:57,500 [Paul] They've had alerted army CID because of all that, 701 00:28:57,567 --> 00:28:59,567 that's when the army decided to do a, uh, 702 00:28:59,567 --> 00:29:02,100 {\an8}preliminary look to investigate. 703 00:29:02,166 --> 00:29:04,166 [telephone ringing] 704 00:29:04,166 --> 00:29:06,967 [Kris] I get a phone call from Paul Danley. 705 00:29:06,967 --> 00:29:08,300 And he's... Introduces himself 706 00:29:08,367 --> 00:29:11,800 as the lead CID agent investigating my husband. 707 00:29:11,867 --> 00:29:13,855 And he says, "Here's what we found out. 708 00:29:13,855 --> 00:29:14,000 And he says, "Here's what we found out. 709 00:29:16,467 --> 00:29:19,266 Jim filed divorce registration. 710 00:29:19,266 --> 00:29:21,567 I'm gonna scan a copy to you. 711 00:29:21,567 --> 00:29:23,600 And I want you to look at it, your signatures on it. 712 00:29:23,667 --> 00:29:25,967 Can you tell me if you've ever seen it before?" 713 00:29:25,967 --> 00:29:28,266 [Paul] That's when everything started to blow up actually. 714 00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:31,100 And it appeared that the divorce decree, 715 00:29:31,166 --> 00:29:33,200 or whatever it was called, uh, 716 00:29:33,266 --> 00:29:35,266 looked like it was just a copy of a marriage license 717 00:29:35,266 --> 00:29:37,367 from when he and Kris got married in New York 718 00:29:37,367 --> 00:29:39,066 with some things changed. 719 00:29:39,066 --> 00:29:41,000 Basically, he created his own 720 00:29:41,066 --> 00:29:43,467 certificate of divorce registration. 721 00:29:43,467 --> 00:29:43,855 But he forged my signature, 722 00:29:43,855 --> 00:29:44,000 But he forged my signature, 723 00:29:45,166 --> 00:29:47,000 made up a signature of a clerk in Monroe 724 00:29:47,066 --> 00:29:49,867 and signed that, signed his name. 725 00:29:49,867 --> 00:29:51,767 He filed that with the military. 726 00:29:51,767 --> 00:29:53,300 Again, that's a crime. 727 00:29:53,367 --> 00:29:57,567 He said, "Oh, and by the way, Jim and Haveen got married. 728 00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:01,467 On November 9th, they got married. 729 00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:03,467 [Paul] I couldn't believe that Col. Johnson 730 00:30:03,467 --> 00:30:05,500 would do this. 731 00:30:05,567 --> 00:30:07,467 You know, fake a divorce decree 732 00:30:07,467 --> 00:30:11,800 and then marry Haveen while still married to Kris Johnson. 733 00:30:11,867 --> 00:30:13,855 My husband had committed bigamy. 734 00:30:13,855 --> 00:30:14,000 My husband had committed bigamy. 735 00:30:15,266 --> 00:30:16,400 Bigamy. 736 00:30:19,867 --> 00:30:23,000 Every time I turned around, I thought, "Now, what?" 737 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,967 [Paul] And then all of a sudden, we're getting calls 738 00:30:24,967 --> 00:30:27,600 from Vicenza saying, "Hey, you need to come here." 739 00:30:27,667 --> 00:30:29,867 They found a lot more information than 740 00:30:29,867 --> 00:30:31,667 what was in Kris Johnson's letter. 741 00:30:37,166 --> 00:30:38,500 [narrator] Col. Jim Johnson, 742 00:30:38,567 --> 00:30:41,367 who was once committed to duty, honor, and country, 743 00:30:41,367 --> 00:30:44,900 has broken his oath in a startling way. 744 00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:50,200 [Kris] I mean he committed bigamy. 745 00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:52,000 {\an8}I remember just saying, 746 00:30:52,066 --> 00:30:53,567 {\an8}"I can't make this [bleep] up." 747 00:30:53,567 --> 00:30:55,066 [laughs] I just... 748 00:30:55,066 --> 00:30:59,600 One of my children sent their dad an email later. 749 00:30:59,667 --> 00:31:02,100 And all it said was, 750 00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:03,266 "How was the wedding? 751 00:31:03,266 --> 00:31:05,100 Was there cake?" 752 00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:07,000 [narrator] It turns out that Jim has been on the radar 753 00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:13,900 of CID Investigator Paul Danley for some time. 754 00:31:13,967 --> 00:31:15,033 [Paul] The whole thing started with a contract 755 00:31:15,066 --> 00:31:17,266 fraud investigation over in Afghanistan. 756 00:31:17,266 --> 00:31:20,066 {\an8}The contracting office had alerted army CID 757 00:31:20,066 --> 00:31:21,767 {\an8}because there was a Colonel, 758 00:31:21,767 --> 00:31:25,700 Col. Johnson, that was raising a ruckus 759 00:31:25,767 --> 00:31:28,400 because his contractor wasn't getting paid. 760 00:31:28,467 --> 00:31:31,500 They were fairly low-level contracts. 761 00:31:31,567 --> 00:31:34,000 This is for cultural support services. 762 00:31:34,066 --> 00:31:36,125 They can't understand why Col. Johnson 763 00:31:36,125 --> 00:31:36,266 They can't understand why Col. Johnson 764 00:31:36,266 --> 00:31:37,000 was berating that we're not paying this contract 765 00:31:38,266 --> 00:31:40,700 when they had other, you know, bigger issues going on, 766 00:31:40,767 --> 00:31:42,867 water, feeding the troops, et cetera. 767 00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:45,166 And they said it was so bad that, you know, 768 00:31:45,166 --> 00:31:47,100 it raised red flags. 769 00:31:47,166 --> 00:31:48,900 We thought the investigation was done. 770 00:31:48,967 --> 00:31:51,967 And out of the blue, Kris contacted me. 771 00:31:51,967 --> 00:31:55,266 [narrator] Kris provides the missing piece of the puzzle. 772 00:31:55,266 --> 00:31:57,600 The fact that the contractor in question 773 00:31:57,667 --> 00:32:02,600 is Jim's mistress' dad, Alladin Al-Atar. 774 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,125 Now why are you dating the contractor's daughter 775 00:32:06,125 --> 00:32:07,000 Now why are you dating the contractor's daughter 776 00:32:07,166 --> 00:32:09,400 when you're paying her father? 777 00:32:09,467 --> 00:32:11,367 That's a big red flag. 778 00:32:12,567 --> 00:32:14,800 So you got an Iraqi man advising on culture 779 00:32:14,867 --> 00:32:16,600 in Afghanistan. 780 00:32:16,667 --> 00:32:18,867 Apples, oranges, you know, just didn't make sense. 781 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,467 [Paul] Alladin Al-Atar was actually living in The Hague 782 00:32:23,467 --> 00:32:25,100 in the Netherlands. 783 00:32:25,166 --> 00:32:27,000 Nothing about Afghanistan. 784 00:32:27,066 --> 00:32:29,266 So, it raised just a lot of questions 785 00:32:29,266 --> 00:32:32,667 about why this contract was even signed. 786 00:32:32,667 --> 00:32:35,166 [narrator] Paul asks Kris to provide 787 00:32:35,166 --> 00:32:36,125 anything else she can. 788 00:32:36,125 --> 00:32:36,667 anything else she can. 789 00:32:36,667 --> 00:32:37,000 Emails, credit cards statements, travel records. 790 00:32:41,166 --> 00:32:43,166 [Kris] They start putting the pieces together. 791 00:32:43,166 --> 00:32:44,900 So, then when I said, 792 00:32:44,967 --> 00:32:47,700 "By the way, he was also exchanging bank account 793 00:32:47,767 --> 00:32:49,667 information with Alladin." 794 00:32:49,667 --> 00:32:51,567 They realized that there was way more to it. 795 00:32:51,567 --> 00:32:55,700 He was having, uh, inappropriate relationship 796 00:32:55,767 --> 00:32:57,300 among other things, fraud, 797 00:32:57,367 --> 00:32:58,367 misuse of government resources, 798 00:32:58,367 --> 00:32:59,567 the whole nine yards. 799 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,266 [Paul] Then we discovered that, uh, Col. Johnson 800 00:33:02,266 --> 00:33:04,567 had given a phone to the Al-Atars, 801 00:33:04,567 --> 00:33:06,100 a government phone I should say. 802 00:33:07,367 --> 00:33:08,900 And when the bills came back, 803 00:33:08,967 --> 00:33:12,200 I think it was over $30,000 for a month, 804 00:33:12,266 --> 00:33:15,066 just for one month of, uh, cell phone usage. 805 00:33:15,066 --> 00:33:17,100 [narrator] But there's more. 806 00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:20,200 Investigators going through Jim's computer hard drive 807 00:33:20,266 --> 00:33:22,400 uncover questionable financial deals 808 00:33:22,467 --> 00:33:24,567 worth millions. 809 00:33:26,266 --> 00:33:29,467 They had found, um, that Col. Johnson 810 00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:32,467 had tried to have a nine... 811 00:33:32,467 --> 00:33:36,125 Almost $10,000,000 contract let for, uh, windmills. 812 00:33:36,125 --> 00:33:36,367 Almost $10,000,000 contract let for, uh, windmills. 813 00:33:36,367 --> 00:33:37,000 The whole contract was spun up as being 814 00:33:39,066 --> 00:33:41,867 a way to get water to troops in remote posts, 815 00:33:41,867 --> 00:33:44,000 that they billed the producer on water. 816 00:33:44,066 --> 00:33:47,400 So, I talked to the company rep for this windmill company. 817 00:33:47,467 --> 00:33:49,467 He explained that they wouldn't work 818 00:33:49,467 --> 00:33:51,800 in Afghanistan. 819 00:33:51,867 --> 00:33:54,100 Someone was trying to push through a contract, 820 00:33:54,166 --> 00:33:56,100 you know, almost $10,000,000 821 00:33:56,166 --> 00:33:57,800 for these windmills that wouldn't work. 822 00:33:57,867 --> 00:33:59,667 You know, why are we doing this? 823 00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:02,100 [narrator] The money trail leads back to Jim 824 00:34:02,166 --> 00:34:05,467 and to Haveen's father. 825 00:34:05,467 --> 00:34:06,125 Alladin Al-Atar had supposedly found these... 826 00:34:06,125 --> 00:34:07,000 Alladin Al-Atar had supposedly found these... 827 00:34:09,467 --> 00:34:11,467 Or was working for this, uh, Dutch company 828 00:34:11,467 --> 00:34:13,200 that develop the windmills. 829 00:34:13,266 --> 00:34:15,900 If this contract had been let... Had been signed, 830 00:34:15,967 --> 00:34:18,467 Alladin would have got approximately $500,000 831 00:34:18,467 --> 00:34:19,900 as a finder's fee. 832 00:34:19,967 --> 00:34:22,300 So, that's a big flag, you get the same contractor, 833 00:34:22,367 --> 00:34:24,467 you're dating his daughter. 834 00:34:24,467 --> 00:34:26,467 And, you know, all of a sudden, 835 00:34:26,467 --> 00:34:28,800 he's gonna get a half a million dollars. 836 00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:30,767 [narrator] Kris' information makes it possible 837 00:34:30,767 --> 00:34:32,867 for the army to build a solid case 838 00:34:32,867 --> 00:34:35,400 on Jim's financial misdeeds. 839 00:34:35,467 --> 00:34:36,125 They also find latent proof of Jim's adultery. 840 00:34:36,125 --> 00:34:37,000 They also find latent proof of Jim's adultery. 841 00:34:40,266 --> 00:34:42,700 [Kris] Jim and Haveen made a sex tape 842 00:34:42,767 --> 00:34:44,767 and he kept it on his government computer. 843 00:34:44,767 --> 00:34:48,000 They found it on his hard drive. 844 00:34:48,066 --> 00:34:49,867 [narrator] The greatest disgrace 845 00:34:49,867 --> 00:34:53,967 is where and when the tryst was recorded. 846 00:34:53,967 --> 00:34:56,500 He was in Iraq and not in Afghanistan with his brigade. 847 00:34:56,567 --> 00:34:58,100 His brigade just went off to war. 848 00:34:58,166 --> 00:34:59,767 He's supposed to be leading his soldiers 849 00:34:59,767 --> 00:35:03,000 and instead he's screwing around with his mistress. 850 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:06,125 [chuckles] 851 00:35:06,125 --> 00:35:06,667 [chuckles] 852 00:35:06,667 --> 00:35:07,000 He's not a leader. 853 00:35:12,100 --> 00:35:13,800 [narrator] Army investigators have learned 854 00:35:13,867 --> 00:35:16,767 all they need to know about Jim Johnson. 855 00:35:16,767 --> 00:35:19,266 They're ready to prosecute. 856 00:35:19,266 --> 00:35:23,000 Jim is arraigned on a total of 27 charges 857 00:35:23,066 --> 00:35:27,667 with a maximum possible sentence of 54 years. 858 00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:31,166 The charges range from adultery, bigamy, fraud, 859 00:35:31,166 --> 00:35:33,000 misuse of government resources, 860 00:35:33,066 --> 00:35:36,100 and, uh, conduct unbecoming of an officer. 861 00:35:36,166 --> 00:35:37,000 [narrator] The army flies Kris to Germany 862 00:35:38,266 --> 00:35:41,467 to attend a trial her email helped trigger 863 00:35:41,467 --> 00:35:45,500 and which could cost Jim and her everything. 864 00:35:45,567 --> 00:35:49,567 [suspenseful music playing] 865 00:35:49,567 --> 00:35:52,767 [Kris] When you're married as long as I was to Jim, 866 00:35:52,767 --> 00:35:55,266 pawn a divorce, you are eligible 867 00:35:55,266 --> 00:35:59,000 for up to half of the service member's military retirement. 868 00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:02,467 But if Jim's colonel behavior 869 00:36:02,467 --> 00:36:06,125 led to him being dismissed or incarcerated, 870 00:36:06,125 --> 00:36:06,667 led to him being dismissed or incarcerated, 871 00:36:06,667 --> 00:36:07,000 those benefits would have been taken from him 872 00:36:09,567 --> 00:36:12,667 and so then half of nothing would be nothing for me. 873 00:36:12,667 --> 00:36:14,667 {\an8}Jim's not gonna be the only one that's gonna be punished. 874 00:36:14,667 --> 00:36:17,266 {\an8}Kris and the children are gonna be punished as well. 875 00:36:17,266 --> 00:36:19,600 Made my stomach churn. 876 00:36:19,667 --> 00:36:22,467 [narrator] Jim Johnson has not been shut down. 877 00:36:22,467 --> 00:36:25,066 Even in the midst of a court martial, 878 00:36:25,066 --> 00:36:26,967 he's about to show his own family 879 00:36:26,967 --> 00:36:29,400 how destructive he can be. 880 00:36:29,467 --> 00:36:31,967 [Cathy] Jim was going out of his way 881 00:36:31,967 --> 00:36:34,166 to do anything he could 882 00:36:34,166 --> 00:36:35,767 to cause Kris and their children pain. 883 00:36:35,767 --> 00:36:36,125 It was just unbelievable. 884 00:36:36,125 --> 00:36:37,000 It was just unbelievable. 885 00:36:37,867 --> 00:36:39,767 I was so hurt. I just... 886 00:36:39,767 --> 00:36:41,867 Blown away. Numb. 887 00:36:41,867 --> 00:36:43,100 I think it's horrible. 888 00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:46,600 I think that's the worst... the worst of it all. 889 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:52,567 [narrator] On June 12th, 2012, 890 00:36:52,567 --> 00:36:54,867 disgraced army Col. Jim Johnson 891 00:36:54,867 --> 00:36:56,867 gets his day on court 892 00:36:56,867 --> 00:36:59,266 and Kris is there to watch over the proceedings 893 00:36:59,266 --> 00:37:01,567 every step of the way. 894 00:37:05,567 --> 00:37:08,867 [Kris] You know, I remember one time him looking at me 895 00:37:08,867 --> 00:37:11,266 {\an8}just, you know, if he could kill me with his eyes, 896 00:37:11,266 --> 00:37:12,400 {\an8}he would have 897 00:37:12,467 --> 00:37:15,367 {\an8}because I'm the one that blew the whistle. 898 00:37:15,367 --> 00:37:18,166 [narrator] The original list of 27 charges 899 00:37:18,166 --> 00:37:19,624 has come down to two counts of conduct unbecoming 900 00:37:19,624 --> 00:37:20,000 has come down to two counts of conduct unbecoming 901 00:37:21,066 --> 00:37:24,200 an officer and a gentleman by the time trial starts. 902 00:37:24,266 --> 00:37:28,100 [Kris] He pled guilty to 15 charges. 903 00:37:28,166 --> 00:37:30,200 He had to plead guilty to adultery 904 00:37:30,266 --> 00:37:32,200 because they had a videotape of it. 905 00:37:32,266 --> 00:37:33,400 I testified in the trial, 906 00:37:33,467 --> 00:37:35,266 testified for a couple days at least. 907 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,000 [narrator] The prosecution presents an irrefutable case. 908 00:37:40,066 --> 00:37:41,300 Thanks in part to the evidence 909 00:37:41,367 --> 00:37:43,000 Kris has provided them. 910 00:37:44,367 --> 00:37:46,467 [Paul] Seemed like the panel was, um, 911 00:37:46,467 --> 00:37:48,166 {\an8}getting close to, you know, not only convicting him, 912 00:37:48,166 --> 00:37:49,624 {\an8}but, you know, giving him a sentence. 913 00:37:49,624 --> 00:37:49,667 {\an8}but, you know, giving him a sentence. 914 00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:50,000 {\an8}You know, involving some incarceration 915 00:37:51,767 --> 00:37:54,100 {\an8}or maybe a, you know, dishonorable discharge 916 00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:55,800 {\an8}from the military. 917 00:37:55,867 --> 00:37:57,800 [narrator] Jim's attorneys now put anyone 918 00:37:57,867 --> 00:38:01,000 willing to testify in defense of Jim on the stand, 919 00:38:01,066 --> 00:38:03,867 including Jim's father. 920 00:38:03,867 --> 00:38:06,000 [Kris] His father said, 921 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,000 "My son is an honest man. 922 00:38:08,066 --> 00:38:09,900 My son is an honorable man. 923 00:38:09,967 --> 00:38:12,400 He's not a...He's not a liar. 924 00:38:12,467 --> 00:38:14,567 My son is not a criminal." 925 00:38:14,567 --> 00:38:16,967 Dude, your son is a criminal. 926 00:38:16,967 --> 00:38:18,567 He just pled guilty to 15 charges 927 00:38:18,567 --> 00:38:19,624 and now you're up on the witness stand saying, 928 00:38:19,624 --> 00:38:20,000 and now you're up on the witness stand saying, 929 00:38:20,166 --> 00:38:21,400 "My son is not a criminal." 930 00:38:21,467 --> 00:38:23,166 Really? 931 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,266 [narrator] Both sides rest their case. 932 00:38:27,266 --> 00:38:29,400 It takes the jury only a few hours 933 00:38:29,467 --> 00:38:31,867 to reach their decision. 934 00:38:31,867 --> 00:38:33,467 Jim Johnson is convicted 935 00:38:33,467 --> 00:38:36,767 on two counts of conduct unbecoming of an officer. 936 00:38:36,767 --> 00:38:39,166 The army pronounces his behavior to be 937 00:38:39,166 --> 00:38:41,000 of a nature to bring discredit 938 00:38:41,066 --> 00:38:43,567 upon the Armed Forces. 939 00:38:43,567 --> 00:38:44,800 What happened to the guy that, you know, 940 00:38:44,867 --> 00:38:47,500 embodied duty on our country? 941 00:38:47,567 --> 00:38:49,624 You know, what happened to the man that, you know, 942 00:38:49,624 --> 00:38:49,800 You know, what happened to the man that, you know, 943 00:38:49,867 --> 00:38:50,000 doesn't lie, cheat, or steal, and/or tolerate those who do? 944 00:38:54,166 --> 00:38:56,367 [narrator] Jim's sentencing hearing is one last chance 945 00:38:56,367 --> 00:38:59,000 to acknowledge the pain he's caused. 946 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,200 But he doesn't do that. 947 00:39:01,266 --> 00:39:03,400 Instead, he uses the opportunity 948 00:39:03,467 --> 00:39:07,000 to plead with the court not to send him to jail 949 00:39:07,066 --> 00:39:10,567 so he can care for his beloved, Haveen. 950 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,200 [Kris] He was talking about, you know, 951 00:39:16,266 --> 00:39:18,900 allowing him to go back and save her 952 00:39:18,967 --> 00:39:19,624 and keep her from being deported. 953 00:39:19,624 --> 00:39:20,000 and keep her from being deported. 954 00:39:21,166 --> 00:39:23,567 He also made a comment like, 955 00:39:23,567 --> 00:39:27,000 "Haveen and her daughter are the center of my life." 956 00:39:27,066 --> 00:39:30,500 And one of my children behind me heard that 957 00:39:30,567 --> 00:39:32,667 and just starts sobbing. 958 00:39:32,667 --> 00:39:36,166 You know, our children used to be the center of his life. 959 00:39:36,166 --> 00:39:37,467 His family, 960 00:39:37,467 --> 00:39:38,700 us, 961 00:39:38,767 --> 00:39:39,900 was the center of his life. 962 00:39:41,100 --> 00:39:45,166 He destroyed the relationship with his children. 963 00:39:45,166 --> 00:39:46,867 He chose to do that. 964 00:39:46,867 --> 00:39:49,500 It just, uh... It's so sad. 965 00:39:51,867 --> 00:39:56,800 Five years confinement or pay a $300,000 fine. 966 00:39:56,867 --> 00:39:58,867 That was his sentence. 967 00:39:58,867 --> 00:40:03,467 His father wrote a check for $300,000 and paid the fine. 968 00:40:03,467 --> 00:40:06,266 He could have gotten up to 54 years in prison. 969 00:40:06,266 --> 00:40:09,700 Instead, he walked out of the courtroom as a colonel 970 00:40:09,767 --> 00:40:12,000 with eagle still on his shoulders. 971 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,567 Justice wasn't served. 972 00:40:15,567 --> 00:40:18,467 [Cathy] Jim should have gone to jail for what he did, 973 00:40:18,467 --> 00:40:19,624 but if he did go to jail, 974 00:40:19,624 --> 00:40:20,000 but if he did go to jail, 975 00:40:21,266 --> 00:40:23,867 {\an8}Kris and their children would have been... 976 00:40:23,867 --> 00:40:26,567 {\an8}It would've been catastrophic for them. 977 00:40:26,567 --> 00:40:29,700 [narrator] Kris does finally divorce Jim Johnson 978 00:40:29,767 --> 00:40:32,066 for real this time. 979 00:40:32,066 --> 00:40:33,567 [Kris] From what I understand, 980 00:40:33,567 --> 00:40:36,000 he's still with Haveen and her daughter. 981 00:40:36,066 --> 00:40:37,767 We have no communication. 982 00:40:37,767 --> 00:40:41,100 Our children are essentially estranged from him. 983 00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:43,266 [narrator] Kris and her kids get half 984 00:40:43,266 --> 00:40:46,200 of Jim's pension and benefits. 985 00:40:46,266 --> 00:40:49,367 She knows not everyone is this lucky. 986 00:40:50,567 --> 00:40:53,367 There's no whistle blower protection for spouses. 987 00:40:53,367 --> 00:40:57,467 So, you tolerate illegal and immoral behavior 988 00:40:57,467 --> 00:40:58,900 where you turn him in, 989 00:40:58,967 --> 00:41:01,367 and you risk losing everything. 990 00:41:01,367 --> 00:41:05,000 And that's what led me into working on some legislation. 991 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,467 [Cathy] Kris amazes me. 992 00:41:07,467 --> 00:41:08,767 She fought for herself 993 00:41:08,767 --> 00:41:10,400 and she fought for her children. 994 00:41:10,467 --> 00:41:12,300 And now she's fighting for other families. 995 00:41:12,367 --> 00:41:14,767 What we ultimately created was called 996 00:41:14,767 --> 00:41:18,166 the Family Serve to Military Justice Reform Act. 997 00:41:18,166 --> 00:41:19,624 And what that would allow is if a service member 998 00:41:19,624 --> 00:41:20,000 And what that would allow is if a service member 999 00:41:21,166 --> 00:41:24,100 commits misconduct, it allows the service 1000 00:41:24,166 --> 00:41:26,200 to properly punish the lawbreaker 1001 00:41:26,266 --> 00:41:28,667 without financial repercussions on the family. 1002 00:41:28,667 --> 00:41:30,100 The benefits that the family 1003 00:41:30,166 --> 00:41:32,767 has also earned are protected. 1004 00:41:32,767 --> 00:41:34,600 So, that'll be my swan song from the army. 1005 00:41:34,667 --> 00:41:36,400 That'll be the last kind of move I do 1006 00:41:36,467 --> 00:41:38,467 to help take care of families. 1007 00:41:38,467 --> 00:41:40,467 {\an8}I'm at peace where I am at now 1008 00:41:40,467 --> 00:41:44,567 {\an8}and I hope my story gives other spouses hope. 1009 00:41:44,567 --> 00:41:46,300 {\an8}You know, you can rebuild. 1010 00:41:46,367 --> 00:41:49,467 {\an8}You can have a happy, successful life, 1011 00:41:49,467 --> 00:41:49,624 {\an8}um, after going through something so painful. 1012 00:41:49,624 --> 00:41:50,000 {\an8}um, after going through something so painful. 1013 00:41:54,367 --> 00:41:56,200 {\an8}You know, it's just nice to know 1014 00:41:56,266 --> 00:41:57,667 {\an8}that someone else has dealt with it 1015 00:41:57,667 --> 00:42:00,500 {\an8}and has gotten through the tunnel 1016 00:42:00,567 --> 00:42:03,266 {\an8}towards the light and life is good again.