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Hi. My name's Michael Weatherly.

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Tonight's episode of Bull
deals with a citywide panic

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not unlike the fears
and concerns

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people are experiencing all over
the world at this moment.

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Before we start,
we wanted to remind you:

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this is a work of fiction.

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It was written
and filmed months ago.

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And its only purpose
is to entertain you.

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And that will do it for
the headlines for the 9:00 hour.

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We will see you back here
at 9:30.

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For New York News 3,
I'm Allison Rojas.

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And we're out.

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Nice broadcast.

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Thanks. That new shade of lipstick,
that looks great on camera.

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Who would send me

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a birthday card
two months before my birthday?

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Okay, this is not funny.

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Oh, no. It's in your hair. It's everywhere.

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I have to be back on the air
in 23 and a half minutes. No, I'll get-get,

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uh, wardrobe and makeup.Hurry.

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Yesterday morning, my wife...
She woke up achy, nauseous.

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She had a bit of a fever,
said her chest hurt.

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We thought it was the flu.

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But then, today,
she started coughing up blood.

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Attendant,

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let's get her
to Room One. MAN: Yes, Doctor.

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Let's page Dr. Farmer
and the chief,

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and then alert the Health
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The-the CDC?

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Center for Disease Control?
What's going on?

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Government buildings

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remain closed
and subway ridership

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is at its lowest level
since 9/11

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as anthrax terror grips
Manhattan.

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A quiet panic has descended
on the city

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as New Yorkers are trying
to figure out who's behind this

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and when it will end.

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At this hour,
the death toll remains at two.

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The deceased are Katie Connors,

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who opened a birthday card
addressed to her husband,

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Manhattan Congressman
Peter Connors,

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and Emmanuel Bakry, the postal
worker who delivered it.

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But, finally, some good news.

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News 3's Allison Rojas
is responding to treatment

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after opening an anthrax-laden
greeting card

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in this very studio
more than a week ago.

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Doctors expect her and the four
other News 3 staffers

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who were taken ill
to make a full recovery.

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Folks, we're about to roll,
so I need quiet.

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Five, four,

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three, two...

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Good afternoon from ground zero.

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Here in Manhattan we're all
collectively holding our breath,

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waiting for the next
anthrax-laden shoe to drop.

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With that thought in mind,
we thought we'd pay a visit

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to Hudson University, which is
one of the foremost laboratories

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for the study of chemical
weapons and bio-pathogens.

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We wanted to talk
with Dr. Roger Simpkins,

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a microbiologist and researcher
who runs this lab,

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which is financed
in a combination of funding

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from the university
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Dr. Simpkins,
any words of wisdom

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or homespun advice
for our viewers tuning in,

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missing work and school,
doing everything they can

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to keep themselves
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falling ill,
possibly even dying?

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The thing we all
need to remember

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is that anthrax is not a virus.

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It's a bacteria, and that means
you can't catch it.

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It can't be transmitted
from person-to-person,

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so if you don't have
direct contact with it,

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it poses no threat to you.

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So calm down.

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A-And I've been told that even
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it's still
not necessarily fatal.

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Absolutely true.

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If anthrax is identified early,
it can be treated.

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What makes it tricky
is early anthrax symptoms

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look just like the flu.

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So unless your doctor knows

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that you've actually had
contact with it,

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the disease can go undetected
until the drugs we use

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to cure it are no
longer effective.

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But it's been nearly 20 years

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since the last round
of anthrax incidents.

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How is it there's still
no cure for this stuff?

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Well, ironically,

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uh, last year at this time,
my, uh, colleagues and I

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were in the process
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some very promising new
late-stage anthrax treatments.

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Wait.

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"Were"?

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Well, our funding, particularly
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comes from
the federal government.

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And they pulled
way back this year.

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What can I tell you?

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Go write your congressman.

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The FBI is in my office.

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They've determined
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in all these recent attacks

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comes from our labs.

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They want to talk
to the three of you.

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What did you do?
Get a second job?

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Aren't you afraid of dogs?

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Other postal workers
going postal?

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- Not funny.
- It's just my mail

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for the last couple of weeks.

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I made the post office
hold it for me.

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Once I found out the FBI
arrested the anthrax killer,

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I figured it was finally safe
to pick it up

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and sort through it all.

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Won't be needing that anymore.

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Bull in his office?

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I'm in the middle

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of some very important
procrastination.

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Hey. Sorry to interrupt.

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Why are you so glum,
Mr. Colón?

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Haven't you heard?

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It's a glorious day in New York.

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Spring has sprung,

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Easter's barely a month away,

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and the anthrax killer
is off the streets.

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We can put this whole
dark chapter behind us.

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Well, actually, no, we can't.

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What does that mean?

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You remember, a couple
of years ago, we signed up

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to be a part of that program
where private firms offer

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their services
to the public defender's office?

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No. I got nothing on that.

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Must have been trying to get
into somebody's good graces.

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What's the difference?
We offered,

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and this morning they called.

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Natalie Reznick, the accused
anthrax killer, is facing

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two counts of capital murder
and a slew of other charges.

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Well, she needs a defense team,
and we're one of the few firms

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in the city with the expertise
to handle that type of case.

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Well, just call 'em back
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I have a newborn child
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Just say that

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we really appreciate the offer,
but we are not interested

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in representing
a terrorist at this time.

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An accused terrorist.

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I think you're missing
the point.

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The federal defender's office
wasn't asking

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when they called me
this morning.

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They were telling.

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It's our case, Bull.

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Happy spring.

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I have no idea why I'm here.

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Surely you heard the FBI agent

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read you the charges before
he took you into custody.

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You're being charged with
murdering two people

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with a Tier 1 federal
select biological agent

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and terrorizing the
city of New York.

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Yes, of course, but wh-why would
they think I would do that?

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Well, the evidence against you

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will be laid out
at your arraignment,

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but based
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the FBI has
a pretty strong case.

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How is that possible?

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Well, when the funding
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was cut last year,

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you sent out dozens of e-mails.

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To journalists, to politicians.

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The very people who've been
the targets in these attacks.

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Well, y-yes, b-but that's...

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that's just a coincidence.

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The-the letters that I was
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how shortsighted and dangerous
it was to cut that funding.

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Just because anthrax was
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that it was no longer a risk
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Well, the U.S.
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suspects that when your warnings
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you orchestrated these attacks
to prove a point.

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"Anthrax is still out there.
It's still lethal."

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That's absurd. I am a doctor,
I am a scientist.

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The work that my team was doing
was about saving lives.

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How on earth
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help us achieve that goal?

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If that's all they had,
I'd agree with you.

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Are you aware that your office
had been bleached

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before the FBI searched it?

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Yes.

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Bleach is a disinfectant.
I work with pathogens.

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But yours was the only office

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in the complex
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and thoroughly bleached.

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Bleach kills anthrax.

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It makes it appear as if
you were destroying evidence.

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Your apartment had
been bleached, too.

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And investigators found a stash
of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin

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and a box of N95 face
masks in your kitchen.

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They suspect you used both

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when you assembled the
anthrax-laden birthday cards.

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I mean, the masks were... I...

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I was gonna paint my bathroom.

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And I go on a medical mission
every year.

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This year, it's Cambodia.

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Last year, it was Honduras,

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Guadalupe.

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Anyway, my doctor gives me cipro
before I go every year.

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I meant what I said.

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I have no idea why I'm here.

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I believe the woman.

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I mean, she says she has no idea
what she's doing behind bars.

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I believe her.

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Okay. Well, that
makes two of you.

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Unfortunately, the government
sees it all quite differently.

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Yeah, government. You ever heard
of detective myopia?

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Detective myopia?

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No. Can't say that I have.

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It is when law enforcement,

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usually because of extreme
public or political pressure,

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picks a suspect and then
evaluates all the evidence

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with the predisposition
that that suspect is guilty.

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And they stop
looking for other suspects,

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they stop running down leads

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that don't back up
their predetermined theories.

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All their work goes into proving
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the person they picked
at random is guilty.

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City's in a panic.
FBI needs

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to restore calm.

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Natalie presented as someone
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and an apparent motive,
so they combed through her life

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looking for ways
to prove she did it.

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Detective myopia.

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I think we need to argue
for a change of venue.

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Well... I know legal strategy
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my area of expertise,
but I have been going through

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the potential jury lists,
and, well, given the panic

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and all of the publicity
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wouldn't we be likely to get

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a more impartial jury
somewhere else?

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Somewhere that hasn't been
through as much as New York has?

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That's not a bad
thought, actually.

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You know, the problem is,
it's next to impossible

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to get a change of venue
in a federal criminal case.

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I'm just worried.

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No matter how
I look at the data,

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I just don't know how
we're gonna seat a jury

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that can look past
their own fears.

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That's why we shouldn't try.

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In fact, we should do
just the opposite.

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We should scare the living
daylights out of 'em.

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People are predisposed

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to convicting Natalie
because they want to believe

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that the danger has passed.

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So what we need to do
is convince the jury...

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that it hasn't.

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Anybody remember the last time

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we had a series
of anthrax attacks?

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It was right after 9/11,
wasn't it?

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Yes, yes. Very good.

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And do you remember how long

255
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it took for them
to find the perpetrator?

256
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Uh...

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I seem to recall
it was pretty quick.

258
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Indeed it was.

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Attorney General John Ashcroft

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publicly named former biodefense
researcher Steven Jay Hatfill

261
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as a person of interest
in the attacks.

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FBI tapped his phone.

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He lost his job,
couldn't get another one.

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Almost committed suicide.

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Then, in 2008,

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everyone suddenly realized

267
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that they were persecuting
the wrong man.

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So here's my question to you.

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How many of you folks believe
that, of course,

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with all the best intentions
in the world,

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people whose job it is
to root out the bad guys

272
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sometimes get it wrong?

273
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Now we're getting somewhere.

274
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Means, motive and opportunity...

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They must feel they have it,

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or they wouldn't
have brought the case.

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For those of us
who didn't go to law school,

278
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what does "means" mean again?

279
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It means she could do it;
she had the tools necessary.

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In this case, anthrax.
She worked at a place

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where anthrax
was readily available.

282
00:12:52,950 --> 00:12:54,950
Yeah, but there's
more to it than that.

283
00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,870
Every expert I've spoken with
said the same thing.

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Researchers work
with wetanthrax spores.

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To make a-a powder that
can be sent in the mail,

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you have to use
dry anthrax spores,

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and in order to dry them,
you have to use a very specific,

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very large piece of equipment
built just for that purpose.

289
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Which, of course,
they have at the lab?

290
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Which, of course, they have
at the lab.

291
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But all of that takes time.

292
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Stealing the anthrax.
Drying the anthrax.

293
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I've skimmed over this
grand jury transcript

294
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three times...
I've yet to see an explanation

295
00:13:21,370 --> 00:13:23,900
for when Natalie
would have been able to do that

296
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without raising suspicion. Obviously,

297
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they are saving their
biggest surprises for trial.

298
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I'll give you another one.

299
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So, the FBI was able

300
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to determine that
all the anthrax letters

301
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were mailed from this mailbox

302
00:13:36,690 --> 00:13:38,090
within a specific
eight-hour period.

303
00:13:38,130 --> 00:13:39,690
Really?

304
00:13:39,740 --> 00:13:41,220
Well, since
I'm the only one here

305
00:13:41,260 --> 00:13:42,960
who hasn't worked
for Homeland or FBI,

306
00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,130
can someone tell me
how they do that?

307
00:13:45,180 --> 00:13:47,180
When you drop a letter
into a government mailbox,

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it goes into a bin
that's location-specific

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and time-coded.

310
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When that bin is carried back
to the general post office

311
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for processing
and your letter is postmarked,

312
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it carries
all that information with it.

313
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Wow. That's really cool.

314
00:14:00,450 --> 00:14:02,850
And more than a little scary.

315
00:14:02,890 --> 00:14:04,590
Back to the pictures.

316
00:14:04,630 --> 00:14:06,940
All right, so, the FBI
examined security footage

317
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from area cameras taken
during the same time frame.

318
00:14:09,380 --> 00:14:11,810
They were able to eliminate
all but three people

319
00:14:11,860 --> 00:14:13,990
who mailed letters
during that period.

320
00:14:14,030 --> 00:14:15,990
Wha...? And how were they able
to do that?

321
00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,730
How could they tell
from these... grainy photos

322
00:14:18,780 --> 00:14:21,040
who's mailing anthrax
and who isn't?

323
00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,090
Well, I can't be sure,
but my suspicion is,

324
00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:26,440
what they really did
was basically eliminate everyone

325
00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,130
who didn't look like Natalie.

326
00:14:28,180 --> 00:14:30,880
There is your detective myopia
that Bull keeps talking about.

327
00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,050
And that left them
with three people

328
00:14:33,100 --> 00:14:34,490
who didlook like Natalie?

329
00:14:34,530 --> 00:14:36,660
Well, it left them
with three people,

330
00:14:36,710 --> 00:14:38,320
like this person here.

331
00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:40,970
Or this person here.

332
00:14:41,970 --> 00:14:44,450
Or this person here.

333
00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:49,290
People who don't really look
like anyone in particular.

334
00:14:49,330 --> 00:14:51,680
At least
not as far as I can tell.

335
00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,290
So what am I gonna tell Bull?

336
00:14:53,330 --> 00:14:56,680
Opening arguments, testimony
start tomorrow morning.

337
00:14:56,730 --> 00:14:59,300
What in the world
am I gonna tell Bull?

338
00:14:59,340 --> 00:15:02,120
Tell him that Danny and I
are putting together dossiers

339
00:15:02,170 --> 00:15:05,210
on everyone
Natalie works with, and...

340
00:15:05,260 --> 00:15:07,040
That our strategy
hasn't changed.

341
00:15:07,090 --> 00:15:10,090
To get the jury and the public
to let go of the idea

342
00:15:10,130 --> 00:15:11,936
that Natalie is the mastermind
behind these attacks,

343
00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,920
we have to... come up
with another credible suspect.

344
00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:17,530
And we will.

345
00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,980
Now, Dr. Poulson,
as a researcher

346
00:15:28,020 --> 00:15:29,940
in the Medical
Countermeasures Unit

347
00:15:29,980 --> 00:15:31,590
at Hudson University
Laboratories,

348
00:15:31,630 --> 00:15:33,980
you frequently work
shoulder-to-shoulder

349
00:15:34,030 --> 00:15:35,330
with Natalie Reznick,

350
00:15:35,380 --> 00:15:37,200
don't you? Yes, I do.

351
00:15:37,250 --> 00:15:41,470
Now, it's against the lab's
standard operating procedures

352
00:15:41,510 --> 00:15:43,170
for anyone to work alone?

353
00:15:43,210 --> 00:15:45,170
That's correct, yes. And to your
knowledge,

354
00:15:45,210 --> 00:15:46,870
Dr. Poulson,

355
00:15:46,910 --> 00:15:48,870
did Dr. Reznick

356
00:15:48,910 --> 00:15:52,700
ever simply disregard this tenet
of standard operating procedure?

357
00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,880
Yes, I believe
she may have. Once.

358
00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,400
About a week before the attacks.

359
00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:00,840
You're referring to the evening

360
00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:02,816
of the 11th? - I don't know
what he's talking about.

361
00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,750
It was late. We were
the only two people in the lab.

362
00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,450
And at around 7:00 p.m.,
I got summoned

363
00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:11,150
to the chancellor's office
for a call with D.C.

364
00:16:11,190 --> 00:16:14,680
Much of the work we do
at our labs

365
00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,110
is in partnership
with the Department

366
00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,590
of Defense,
so when they say jump,

367
00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:21,640
we jump.

368
00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,420
And I told Natalie to...

369
00:16:24,470 --> 00:16:28,120
clean up and that we
would finish up another day.

370
00:16:28,170 --> 00:16:31,300
So I left her unattended.

371
00:16:31,340 --> 00:16:34,520
Which, as the senior researcher,
I shouldn't have done.

372
00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,870
But she assured me that she
would just take a few minutes

373
00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,530
and then she would leave. 
- Just to be clear.

374
00:16:41,570 --> 00:16:43,660
Your expectation
was that Dr. Reznick

375
00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:45,490
would take five,
maybe ten minutes

376
00:16:45,530 --> 00:16:47,660
to clean up the lab
and then leave.

377
00:16:47,710 --> 00:16:48,710
Correct?

378
00:16:48,750 --> 00:16:50,620
That was my assumption, yes.

379
00:16:50,670 --> 00:16:52,710
Dr. Poulson...

380
00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,320
this is a single frame

381
00:16:55,370 --> 00:16:58,680
from security footage taken
from the night in question.

382
00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,330
It shows someone leaving the
laboratory complex at Hudson.

383
00:17:02,380 --> 00:17:04,070
Can you identify that person?

384
00:17:04,120 --> 00:17:06,510
It's Dr. Reznick. And could you read

385
00:17:06,550 --> 00:17:09,380
the time stamp
on the photo for us, please?

386
00:17:09,430 --> 00:17:12,470
9:26 p.m.

387
00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,740
9:26 p.m.

388
00:17:14,780 --> 00:17:18,830
Two and a half hours
after you left the lab, correct?

389
00:17:18,870 --> 00:17:20,090
Yes.

390
00:17:20,130 --> 00:17:21,740
Dr. Poulson,

391
00:17:21,790 --> 00:17:24,180
in your professional opinion,
if Dr. Reznick had been alone

392
00:17:24,220 --> 00:17:27,310
in that lab, not just
for a few minutes to clean up,

393
00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:30,450
but for several hours, would
that have given her enough time

394
00:17:30,490 --> 00:17:33,620
to dry the anthrax spores
into a powder

395
00:17:33,670 --> 00:17:35,930
and sneak them out of the lab?

396
00:17:35,970 --> 00:17:38,890
Objection, Your Honor!
Calls for speculation.

397
00:17:38,930 --> 00:17:40,200
Your Honor,

398
00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:41,680
Dr. Poulson is a microbiologist.

399
00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,720
I'm simply asking him
for his professional opinion.

400
00:17:44,770 --> 00:17:46,590
Objection overruled.

401
00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,860
I'll allow him to answer.

402
00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:52,510
I believe it would have, yes.

403
00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:56,730
No further questions
for now, Your Honor.

404
00:18:03,780 --> 00:18:05,790
Dr. Poulson.

405
00:18:05,830 --> 00:18:08,180
Really appreciate
you being here today.

406
00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:10,700
Now, I know we've heard
a lot of speculation

407
00:18:10,750 --> 00:18:13,660
about what might have happened,
what could have happened,

408
00:18:13,710 --> 00:18:16,490
but you are a scientist.

409
00:18:16,540 --> 00:18:20,060
You deal with the physical
facts of the world.

410
00:18:20,110 --> 00:18:22,670
So let's get back to that.

411
00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,630
Do you have any proof

412
00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:27,680
that Dr. Reznick stayed
in the lab alone

413
00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,770
any longer than
she told you she would?

414
00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:32,640
Well, based on the time stamp...

415
00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,860
Oh, no, no. That
time stamp only proves

416
00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:38,120
what time she left the building,

417
00:18:38,170 --> 00:18:41,600
which was two and a half hours
after you did.

418
00:18:41,650 --> 00:18:43,560
Nowhere does it indicate

419
00:18:43,610 --> 00:18:46,520
what time she left
the lab itself, does it?

420
00:18:47,570 --> 00:18:50,270
No, it doesn't.
- Uh-huh.

421
00:18:50,310 --> 00:18:54,790
Now, Dr. Reznick maintains
she left the lab

422
00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,530
as promised and spent
the remainder of that time

423
00:18:57,580 --> 00:19:02,100
in her office typing a report
of the day's work.

424
00:19:02,150 --> 00:19:04,150
In fact...

425
00:19:04,190 --> 00:19:07,850
you reviewed that very report
the next morning, didn't you?

426
00:19:07,890 --> 00:19:09,240
It's quite possible.

427
00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,550
I often review the reports
from the previous night

428
00:19:11,590 --> 00:19:13,680
the next morning. I see.

429
00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,680
And before the FBI informed you
that Dr. Reznick was a suspect,

430
00:19:17,730 --> 00:19:20,860
did you have any reason
to suspect her of this crime?

431
00:19:20,910 --> 00:19:22,210
No.

432
00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,220
I've always believed Natalie
to be trustworthy and...

433
00:19:28,260 --> 00:19:30,040
a passionate scientist.

434
00:19:30,090 --> 00:19:32,350
And I'm still inclined
to believe so.

435
00:19:32,390 --> 00:19:34,350
I mean, hon...

436
00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,270
honestly...

437
00:19:36,310 --> 00:19:39,620
I hope the version of events
you just laid out is the truth.

438
00:19:40,660 --> 00:19:43,930
Thank you very much,
Dr. Poulson.

439
00:19:43,970 --> 00:19:46,320
No further questions,
Your Honor.

440
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:49,150
Redirect?

441
00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,980
Regardless of what you
might hope,

442
00:19:53,020 --> 00:19:54,980
Dr. Poulson,

443
00:19:55,030 --> 00:19:57,990
doesn't the fact remain
that a pathogen was stolen

444
00:19:58,030 --> 00:19:59,510
from your lab?

445
00:20:00,510 --> 00:20:01,900
Yes.
And based

446
00:20:01,950 --> 00:20:04,040
on your own testimony,
wouldn't you agree

447
00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,950
that Dr. Reznick was
the only researcher

448
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,650
who could possibly have had
an opportunity

449
00:20:09,690 --> 00:20:11,220
to do it? Asked and
answered,

450
00:20:11,260 --> 00:20:12,300
Your Honor.

451
00:20:12,350 --> 00:20:14,260
Counsel is badgering
the witness.

452
00:20:14,310 --> 00:20:16,870
I'll withdraw the question,
Your Honor.

453
00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,140
How's the view
from where you're sitting?

454
00:20:19,180 --> 00:20:20,750
The only good news is,

455
00:20:20,790 --> 00:20:23,270
it can't get any worse.

456
00:20:35,523 --> 00:20:37,823
I'm awake.
It's okay.

457
00:20:37,873 --> 00:20:40,653
Partying all night
with Astrid again, huh?

458
00:20:40,703 --> 00:20:41,833
Yeah.

459
00:20:44,053 --> 00:20:46,833
I was sitting in the living room
at 3:00 in the morning,

460
00:20:46,883 --> 00:20:48,029
little Astrid up on my shoulder.

461
00:20:48,053 --> 00:20:50,053
I was trying
to get a burp out of her.

462
00:20:50,103 --> 00:20:52,843
And I flip on the news,
and we're everywhere.

463
00:20:52,883 --> 00:20:54,893
Mm-hmm. Every channel.

464
00:20:54,933 --> 00:20:57,673
And if it is our intention
to convince the jury

465
00:20:57,713 --> 00:21:00,333
that the real anthrax killer
is still out there,

466
00:21:00,373 --> 00:21:03,813
well, the national media
has not picked up on it.

467
00:21:03,853 --> 00:21:05,853
Which means...

468
00:21:05,903 --> 00:21:07,643
we're failing.

469
00:21:08,683 --> 00:21:10,863
Well, you don't know that.

470
00:21:10,903 --> 00:21:12,953
Our target's the jury,
not cable news.

471
00:21:12,993 --> 00:21:14,913
But the world of cable news
is the world

472
00:21:14,953 --> 00:21:16,733
these jurors go home to
every night.

473
00:21:16,783 --> 00:21:19,743
And if the CNNs and the Foxes
and the CNBCs aren't buying

474
00:21:19,783 --> 00:21:21,483
our version of events,
then neither

475
00:21:21,523 --> 00:21:24,873
are the jurors' families
or neighbors.

476
00:21:24,923 --> 00:21:28,663
And we all know they're not
supposed to talk about the case

477
00:21:28,703 --> 00:21:33,923
or watch the news about it...
but they do.

478
00:21:33,973 --> 00:21:37,543
I'm sorry, Bull, but I think
you're being a little premature.

479
00:21:37,583 --> 00:21:39,973
The prosecution is still
presenting their case,

480
00:21:40,023 --> 00:21:41,983
and we haven't even
gotten our turn.

481
00:21:42,023 --> 00:21:44,983
I know. But we can't
wait until then.

482
00:21:45,023 --> 00:21:47,153
We have to go
on the offensive now.

483
00:21:47,203 --> 00:21:49,593
We got to use every objection,
every cross to hammer home

484
00:21:49,643 --> 00:21:53,203
how dangerous it will be
if the jury gets this one wrong.

485
00:21:53,253 --> 00:21:56,563
The killer is still out there.

486
00:21:57,693 --> 00:21:59,913
My wife, my-my wife Katie,

487
00:21:59,953 --> 00:22:02,953
she didn't aspire
to a political life.

488
00:22:03,003 --> 00:22:04,873
I mean, heck,
when I met her in grad school,

489
00:22:04,913 --> 00:22:06,393
she didn't even read the paper.

490
00:22:06,433 --> 00:22:08,923
But then we fell in love,
and the next thing you know,

491
00:22:08,963 --> 00:22:12,663
I'm running for office and then
we're out there together

492
00:22:12,703 --> 00:22:14,973
on the campaign trail.

493
00:22:15,013 --> 00:22:17,183
Oh, she was a natural.

494
00:22:17,233 --> 00:22:19,323
I mean, she loved people.

495
00:22:19,363 --> 00:22:23,283
And people sensed it
and they loved her right back.

496
00:22:23,323 --> 00:22:27,373
You see, I take enormous pride
in being a congressman.

497
00:22:27,413 --> 00:22:29,463
But the thought that my job,

498
00:22:29,503 --> 00:22:31,983
that my commitment
to public service

499
00:22:32,033 --> 00:22:36,943
somehow contributed
to her d-death...

500
00:22:36,993 --> 00:22:39,553
It's all right,
Congressman Connors.

501
00:22:39,603 --> 00:22:41,433
No further questions.

502
00:22:41,473 --> 00:22:44,043
Uh, Bull, it's not
looking good here.

503
00:22:44,083 --> 00:22:46,213
This jury really feels
for the congressman.

504
00:22:46,263 --> 00:22:48,433
Of course they do. So do I.

505
00:22:48,483 --> 00:22:51,393
But that doesn't mean his pain
is Natalie's fault.

506
00:22:51,443 --> 00:22:54,183
Congressman Connors.

507
00:22:54,223 --> 00:22:56,963
I'd just like to say
how profoundly sorry I am

508
00:22:57,013 --> 00:22:58,363
for your loss.

509
00:22:58,403 --> 00:22:59,793
Thank you.

510
00:22:59,843 --> 00:23:02,013
Now, much has been
made of the fact

511
00:23:02,063 --> 00:23:05,753
that you were a part
of a long list of legislators

512
00:23:05,803 --> 00:23:07,933
Dr. Reznick reached out to
in the wake

513
00:23:07,973 --> 00:23:10,673
of a funding cut
to her research program.

514
00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:13,853
Now, do you recall
Dr. Reznick's

515
00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:16,983
message to you to be
threatening in any way?

516
00:23:17,033 --> 00:23:18,683
Honestly, I don't.

517
00:23:18,723 --> 00:23:23,473
You see, my staff filters my
e-mails, so I only learned about

518
00:23:23,513 --> 00:23:28,603
that message in the, in the
aftermath of my wife's passing.

519
00:23:28,653 --> 00:23:31,693
But, no, it did not appear
to be threatening.

520
00:23:31,743 --> 00:23:35,313
But I imagine your office
must receive

521
00:23:35,353 --> 00:23:38,003
threatening e-mails
from time to time?

522
00:23:38,053 --> 00:23:39,963
Yes, unfortunately,
in my line of work,

523
00:23:40,013 --> 00:23:41,833
you have to make
tough choices sometimes,

524
00:23:41,883 --> 00:23:43,533
choices that anger people,

525
00:23:43,583 --> 00:23:46,273
and occasionally
those people do lash out.

526
00:23:46,323 --> 00:23:50,843
How many threats would you
estimate that you've received

527
00:23:50,893 --> 00:23:53,723
in the seven years
that you've been in Congress?

528
00:23:53,763 --> 00:23:59,293
Uh, like I said, my staff
filters my communications,

529
00:23:59,333 --> 00:24:01,723
so there's really
no way for me to know.

530
00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:04,733
Well, my office inquired.

531
00:24:04,773 --> 00:24:08,643
And according to your staff,
it's 102.

532
00:24:09,913 --> 00:24:11,733
That's how many unique threats

533
00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:14,913
your office has received
in the past seven years.

534
00:24:14,953 --> 00:24:18,223
19 of those were death threats.

535
00:24:18,263 --> 00:24:20,393
So let me ask you,

536
00:24:20,443 --> 00:24:26,013
in the wake of these attacks,
to the best of your knowledge,

537
00:24:26,053 --> 00:24:30,803
did the FBI investigate
those 19 people

538
00:24:30,843 --> 00:24:33,583
who previously threatened
to take your life?

539
00:24:33,633 --> 00:24:36,023
They may have.

540
00:24:36,063 --> 00:24:38,373
Honestly, I don't know.

541
00:24:38,413 --> 00:24:40,983
You don't know.

542
00:24:41,023 --> 00:24:44,723
Wow. That's kind of unsettling.

543
00:24:44,773 --> 00:24:47,863
I mean, did the FBI
even ask you about

544
00:24:47,903 --> 00:24:51,863
anyone who possibly could have
had a vendetta against you

545
00:24:51,903 --> 00:24:53,513
during that time period?

546
00:24:53,563 --> 00:24:56,083
I don't know.

547
00:24:56,133 --> 00:25:00,303
Well, then I truly am sorry
for you, Congressman Connors.

548
00:25:00,353 --> 00:25:04,053
Not only for your tragic
loss, but also because,

549
00:25:04,093 --> 00:25:07,313
apparently, law enforcement
seems more interested

550
00:25:07,353 --> 00:25:10,013
in scapegoating Natalie Reznick
than it does

551
00:25:10,053 --> 00:25:13,193
in making sure your wife's
real killer is off the streets.

552
00:25:13,233 --> 00:25:16,103
Objection. Counsel
is testifying.

553
00:25:16,153 --> 00:25:17,843
Sustained.

554
00:25:17,893 --> 00:25:21,113
The jury will disregard
the defense's last statement.

555
00:25:21,153 --> 00:25:22,983
Ask a question, Mr. Colón.

556
00:25:23,023 --> 00:25:24,283
That's all right, Your Honor.

557
00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:25,763
I have no further questions

558
00:25:25,813 --> 00:25:27,749
at this time. BULL:
I'm sure you can't see it yet,

559
00:25:27,773 --> 00:25:30,033
but it finally feels
like we're making progress.

560
00:25:30,073 --> 00:25:32,213
The government will call
its next witness, please.

561
00:25:32,253 --> 00:25:35,343
The government rests
its case, Your Honor.

562
00:25:35,383 --> 00:25:39,043
Then the defense will call
its first witness, please.

563
00:25:39,083 --> 00:25:41,873
My parents came to this country
before I was born.

564
00:25:41,913 --> 00:25:44,353
They were scientists
in the Soviet Union,

565
00:25:44,393 --> 00:25:46,353
but they refused to toe
the party line,

566
00:25:46,393 --> 00:25:48,533
so their lives were in danger.

567
00:25:48,573 --> 00:25:52,053
They fled
and they found sanctuary here,

568
00:25:52,103 --> 00:25:52,923
in America.

569
00:25:52,973 --> 00:25:54,883
And until the day they died,

570
00:25:54,923 --> 00:25:57,143
they never ceased
being grateful for that.

571
00:25:57,193 --> 00:26:00,233
And they raised me
to be grateful, too.

572
00:26:00,283 --> 00:26:04,063
I decided when I was

573
00:26:04,113 --> 00:26:05,983
a very young girl
that, when I grew up,

574
00:26:06,023 --> 00:26:07,983
I-I would help people somehow,

575
00:26:08,023 --> 00:26:09,903
protect people somehow.

576
00:26:09,943 --> 00:26:13,513
So, is that how you ended
up researching cures

577
00:26:13,553 --> 00:26:15,603
for deadly biological weapons?

578
00:26:15,643 --> 00:26:18,773
Uh, well, it was...

579
00:26:18,823 --> 00:26:20,993
It was part of it, sure.

580
00:26:21,043 --> 00:26:22,653
A love of science.

581
00:26:23,693 --> 00:26:24,873
I don't know.

582
00:26:24,913 --> 00:26:27,393
It-it-it gives me
a sense of satisfaction,

583
00:26:27,433 --> 00:26:29,093
like I'm-I'm pulling
my own weight,

584
00:26:29,133 --> 00:26:31,483
I'm doing my share.

585
00:26:31,533 --> 00:26:34,313
I am showing my gratitude.

586
00:26:34,353 --> 00:26:36,843
So the idea that you would hurt

587
00:26:36,883 --> 00:26:41,363
or kill fellow Americans
for your own personal gain...

588
00:26:41,413 --> 00:26:42,883
Is absurd.

589
00:26:42,933 --> 00:26:44,893
To do the work that I do,

590
00:26:44,933 --> 00:26:47,193
you have...
You have to become a doctor.

591
00:26:47,243 --> 00:26:49,803
I'm-I'm a doctor.

592
00:26:49,853 --> 00:26:51,853
I took an oath to save lives.

593
00:26:51,893 --> 00:26:55,513
Why would I knowingly set out
to hurt anyone?

594
00:26:55,553 --> 00:26:58,293
Kill anyone?

595
00:26:58,343 --> 00:27:00,033
Thank you, Dr. Reznick.

596
00:27:00,083 --> 00:27:02,433
No further questions,
Your Honor.

597
00:27:02,473 --> 00:27:05,213
They look engaged to me,
receptive.

598
00:27:05,263 --> 00:27:06,653
Open body language.

599
00:27:06,693 --> 00:27:08,693
A couple jurors
are starting to lean in.

600
00:27:08,743 --> 00:27:10,703
Does that line up
with what you're seeing?

601
00:27:10,743 --> 00:27:11,963
Sure does.

602
00:27:12,003 --> 00:27:13,629
They're starting
to find Natalie credible,

603
00:27:13,653 --> 00:27:16,703
and a few of them
are now firmly on her side.

604
00:27:16,743 --> 00:27:18,573
So,

605
00:27:18,623 --> 00:27:20,403
Dr. Reznick,

606
00:27:20,443 --> 00:27:22,233
the pleasure you take
from your work

607
00:27:22,273 --> 00:27:25,973
is fundamentally altruistic,
right?

608
00:27:26,013 --> 00:27:29,103
I mean, you want to
pull your own weight.

609
00:27:29,153 --> 00:27:31,933
You want to do your share.

610
00:27:31,983 --> 00:27:35,683
And, most of all,
you want to helppeople, huh?

611
00:27:35,723 --> 00:27:37,203
Protect people.

612
00:27:37,243 --> 00:27:39,813
This is what you just testified
to, correct?

613
00:27:39,853 --> 00:27:41,813
Yes.

614
00:27:41,863 --> 00:27:43,269
And you would never want
to hurt anyone.

615
00:27:43,293 --> 00:27:45,433
You certainly wouldn't want
to see anyone die.

616
00:27:45,473 --> 00:27:46,513
I mean, the work

617
00:27:46,563 --> 00:27:47,513
you do,

618
00:27:47,563 --> 00:27:49,733
your very reason for being,

619
00:27:49,783 --> 00:27:53,003
is all about saving lives.

620
00:27:53,043 --> 00:27:54,393
Is that correct?

621
00:27:54,433 --> 00:27:56,573
That is what I said, yes.

622
00:27:56,613 --> 00:27:57,833
Interesting.

623
00:27:57,873 --> 00:27:59,833
Because I have a video

624
00:27:59,873 --> 00:28:01,923
of an academic conference
you participated in,

625
00:28:01,963 --> 00:28:03,843
which would seem

626
00:28:03,883 --> 00:28:05,843
to suggest otherwise.

627
00:28:05,883 --> 00:28:07,273
Uh...
Objection.

628
00:28:07,323 --> 00:28:09,323
Your Honor, this is the first

629
00:28:09,363 --> 00:28:11,323
the defense has heard
of any video.

630
00:28:11,363 --> 00:28:13,503
The AUSA knows... Your
Honor, a concerned citizen

631
00:28:13,543 --> 00:28:15,479
sent this video to our office...
he has a duty to disclose

632
00:28:15,503 --> 00:28:16,919
any and all......only just yesterday.

633
00:28:16,943 --> 00:28:18,893
Enough! Both of you.

634
00:28:18,943 --> 00:28:20,333
Mr. Reynolds,

635
00:28:20,373 --> 00:28:24,253
I'm gonna take you at
your word and allow this.

636
00:28:24,293 --> 00:28:26,993
Mr. Colón, I will give you
ample time to prepare

637
00:28:27,033 --> 00:28:28,823
should you choose to redirect.

638
00:28:28,863 --> 00:28:30,473
Let's proceed.

639
00:28:31,733 --> 00:28:33,653
Is that you
up there, Dr. Reznick,

640
00:28:33,693 --> 00:28:35,393
on the stage, in the video?

641
00:28:35,433 --> 00:28:37,223
It is. Yes.

642
00:28:37,263 --> 00:28:39,833
Do you recall
when this video was taken?

643
00:28:39,873 --> 00:28:42,003
Um, I-I believe

644
00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:46,013
it was an ethics panel
at a microbiology conference

645
00:28:46,053 --> 00:28:49,013
about... ten years ago.

646
00:28:49,053 --> 00:28:50,533
I was still a postgrad.

647
00:28:52,103 --> 00:28:56,633
I have a hypothetical question
for you, Dr. Reznick.

648
00:28:56,673 --> 00:28:57,893
Okay.

649
00:28:57,933 --> 00:29:00,983
If an unknown deadly
virus or bacteria

650
00:29:01,023 --> 00:29:03,463
were to infect an
isolated group of people,

651
00:29:03,503 --> 00:29:04,943
what, in your opinion,

652
00:29:04,983 --> 00:29:07,773
is the best course of action?

653
00:29:07,813 --> 00:29:09,863
Um, well, uh,

654
00:29:09,903 --> 00:29:14,603
if there was a chance to contain
the outbreak within that group,

655
00:29:14,653 --> 00:29:16,213
I'd say that the only choice

656
00:29:16,263 --> 00:29:19,393
is to quarantine the infected...

657
00:29:19,433 --> 00:29:21,003
Nobody in, nobody out...

658
00:29:21,043 --> 00:29:24,663
And then watch the, uh,
progression of the disease.

659
00:29:24,703 --> 00:29:26,483
Even if the disease were deadly?

660
00:29:26,533 --> 00:29:27,923
Well, if you don't know

661
00:29:27,963 --> 00:29:28,963
what the pathogen is,

662
00:29:29,013 --> 00:29:31,273
treating the symptoms
may be futile.

663
00:29:31,313 --> 00:29:34,583
You're going to have
to let in medical workers,

664
00:29:34,623 --> 00:29:35,859
and then, at some point,
you're going

665
00:29:35,883 --> 00:29:37,453
to have to let them back out,

666
00:29:37,493 --> 00:29:38,973
and they very well may carry

667
00:29:39,023 --> 00:29:40,983
whatever it is
to the general population.

668
00:29:41,023 --> 00:29:43,063
So, yeah,

669
00:29:43,113 --> 00:29:44,593
harsh as it sounds,

670
00:29:44,633 --> 00:29:47,333
quarantine.

671
00:29:47,373 --> 00:29:48,723
Because, unfortunately,

672
00:29:48,773 --> 00:29:52,813
sometimes five have to die
to save 5,000.

673
00:30:00,433 --> 00:30:05,043
"Sometimes five have to die
to save 5,000."

674
00:30:09,093 --> 00:30:12,313
Is that why you sent the anthrax
through the mail, Dr. Reznick?

675
00:30:12,363 --> 00:30:15,883
Because you thought it
would be okay to kill two

676
00:30:15,923 --> 00:30:18,493
if it meant recovering the funds

677
00:30:18,543 --> 00:30:20,933
that you needed
in order to find a cure?

678
00:30:20,973 --> 00:30:22,763
Objection.

679
00:30:22,803 --> 00:30:23,933
Facts not in evidence.

680
00:30:23,983 --> 00:30:25,413
Speculation.

681
00:30:25,463 --> 00:30:26,633
Badgering.

682
00:30:26,673 --> 00:30:27,893
Should I go on?

683
00:30:27,943 --> 00:30:29,593
Of course not.

684
00:30:29,633 --> 00:30:31,943
That is part
of a larger conversation.

685
00:30:31,983 --> 00:30:33,853
You lifted that out of context.

686
00:30:33,903 --> 00:30:35,683
Dr. Reznick. And organically
contracting

687
00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:37,513
a disease
is fundamentally different

688
00:30:37,553 --> 00:30:39,773
than intentionally infecting
someone.Dr. Reznick.

689
00:30:39,823 --> 00:30:41,433
Dr. Reznick.

690
00:30:41,473 --> 00:30:44,693
Your attorney was making
an objection on your behalf.

691
00:30:44,743 --> 00:30:46,653
In the future, when an attorney

692
00:30:46,693 --> 00:30:48,303
makes an objection,

693
00:30:48,353 --> 00:30:50,873
please refrain from answering
until I've rendered my decision

694
00:30:50,923 --> 00:30:52,613
on the objection.

695
00:30:52,663 --> 00:30:54,613
I will let
the witness's statement

696
00:30:54,663 --> 00:30:56,443
remain in the record.

697
00:30:56,493 --> 00:30:58,883
Let's take a ten-minute
break and allow everyone

698
00:30:58,923 --> 00:31:01,079
to cool down. The witness will remain...
How's this playing where you are?

699
00:31:01,103 --> 00:31:02,273
Not terribly well.

700
00:31:02,323 --> 00:31:04,103
I'm afraid
we lost all our greens, Bull.

701
00:31:04,153 --> 00:31:06,413
We will continue her
testimony at that time.

702
00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:13,553
So, how was dinner? Not great.

703
00:31:13,593 --> 00:31:15,513
I wasn't hungry.
I'd been eating

704
00:31:15,553 --> 00:31:16,853
my small intestine
all afternoon.

705
00:31:16,903 --> 00:31:18,293
I promise you,

706
00:31:18,333 --> 00:31:20,683
it was as difficult
to listen to over here

707
00:31:20,733 --> 00:31:25,383
as I'm sure it was
for you to witness in person.

708
00:31:25,433 --> 00:31:27,213
The problem is, was,

709
00:31:27,263 --> 00:31:29,393
and continues to be
we've presented the jury

710
00:31:29,433 --> 00:31:31,303
with no real alternatives
to our client.

711
00:31:31,353 --> 00:31:33,393
We keep insisting
it must be someone else, but...

712
00:31:33,443 --> 00:31:35,613
we never say who. - Yeah.

713
00:31:35,663 --> 00:31:38,223
Bull's hitting the nail
on the head, Marissa.

714
00:31:38,273 --> 00:31:40,533
Every time I feel like
we're making progress,

715
00:31:40,573 --> 00:31:43,493
every time I feel a hint
of traction with this jury,

716
00:31:43,533 --> 00:31:45,193
it all slips away.

717
00:31:45,233 --> 00:31:48,283
That's because they have no one
else to consider but Natalie.

718
00:31:48,323 --> 00:31:50,453
I hear you. And all
I can tell you is that...

719
00:31:50,503 --> 00:31:52,503
Danny, Chunk, and Taylor...

720
00:31:52,543 --> 00:31:54,633
Who is standing
right next to me...

721
00:31:54,673 --> 00:31:57,243
They're all beating the bushes,

722
00:31:57,293 --> 00:32:00,073
trying to find someone who could
have plausibly pulled this off.

723
00:32:00,113 --> 00:32:01,643
Dr. Bull, did
you get a chance

724
00:32:01,683 --> 00:32:03,529
to go through those dossiers
I prepared for you?

725
00:32:03,553 --> 00:32:06,563
There's material there on
almost 50 lab employees,

726
00:32:06,603 --> 00:32:08,513
all of whom have
access to anthrax.

727
00:32:08,563 --> 00:32:11,393
I'm getting through them
as fast as I can, Taylor.

728
00:32:11,433 --> 00:32:13,563
But it's not as if anyone
flagged one of the employees

729
00:32:13,613 --> 00:32:17,223
and said, "Here's
a plausible suspect."

730
00:32:17,263 --> 00:32:18,499
Come on, Bull.
We are all pulling

731
00:32:18,523 --> 00:32:20,053
on the same end
of the rope here.

732
00:32:20,093 --> 00:32:22,493
What?

733
00:32:22,533 --> 00:32:23,623
The hell was that?

734
00:32:23,663 --> 00:32:25,533
What's going on over there?

735
00:32:33,583 --> 00:32:35,633
Uh...

736
00:32:35,673 --> 00:32:37,723
is it...
safe out here?

737
00:32:37,763 --> 00:32:39,413
Absolutely.

738
00:32:39,463 --> 00:32:41,553
My name is, uh, Jason Bull.

739
00:32:41,593 --> 00:32:43,513
This is my place of business.

740
00:32:43,553 --> 00:32:45,423
I have two employees inside.

741
00:32:45,463 --> 00:32:48,603
Do you have any sense of when
they'll be able to come out?

742
00:32:48,643 --> 00:32:51,383
They will be able to come out
at some point, right?

743
00:32:51,433 --> 00:32:53,213
It's gonna be quite a while.

744
00:32:53,253 --> 00:32:55,133
You might want
to give them a call.

745
00:32:57,653 --> 00:32:59,133
How you guys feeling?

746
00:32:59,173 --> 00:33:01,523
At the moment?
Absolutely fine.

747
00:33:01,573 --> 00:33:03,533
A little hungry.

748
00:33:03,573 --> 00:33:04,743
He asked.

749
00:33:04,793 --> 00:33:06,443
We can't eat anything
from the kitchen.

750
00:33:06,493 --> 00:33:08,573
Can't eat anything until
they give us the all clear

751
00:33:08,623 --> 00:33:10,233
and we can get out of here.

752
00:33:10,273 --> 00:33:11,909
We are gonna be fine. They've
loaded us up with antibiotics.

753
00:33:11,933 --> 00:33:13,193
I think it's primarily

754
00:33:13,233 --> 00:33:15,413
about waiting for lab results
at this point.

755
00:33:15,453 --> 00:33:17,843
Marissa, Taylor, I'm so sorry
you're going through this.

756
00:33:17,893 --> 00:33:20,673
They give you
any ETA on these tests?

757
00:33:20,723 --> 00:33:23,553
Uh, they've estimated
another three hours or so.

758
00:33:23,593 --> 00:33:26,373
Taylor, do you need us
to swing by your place

759
00:33:26,423 --> 00:33:27,463
and pick up your son?

760
00:33:27,513 --> 00:33:29,253
Nope. He's at his dad's.

761
00:33:29,293 --> 00:33:30,683
Thank goodness.

762
00:33:30,733 --> 00:33:33,293
Hey, uh, guys, there's nothing
for you to do here.

763
00:33:33,343 --> 00:33:34,953
Why don't you just head home?

764
00:33:34,993 --> 00:33:37,863
Bull, I will text you as soon
as they tell us anything.

765
00:33:37,913 --> 00:33:39,823
As soon as they let us out
of here.

766
00:33:39,873 --> 00:33:41,613
Are you sure? I mean,

767
00:33:41,653 --> 00:33:43,613
I'm happy to stick around.

768
00:33:43,653 --> 00:33:45,443
We're good.

769
00:33:45,483 --> 00:33:47,613
We've got each other.Okay.

770
00:33:47,663 --> 00:33:49,623
Then I am going to go home,

771
00:33:49,663 --> 00:33:52,623
kiss my baby,

772
00:33:52,663 --> 00:33:54,843
and read some dossiers.

773
00:33:57,493 --> 00:33:59,583
Would you think
I was a terrible person

774
00:33:59,633 --> 00:34:01,063
if I told you that,

775
00:34:01,113 --> 00:34:03,463
as horrible as this must be
for Marissa and Taylor,

776
00:34:03,503 --> 00:34:05,983
there's potentially
a big upside to it?

777
00:34:07,023 --> 00:34:08,553
Oh, thank God.

778
00:34:08,593 --> 00:34:11,553
I thought I was the only one
whose mind worked that way.

779
00:34:11,593 --> 00:34:13,553
Natalie's in jail.

780
00:34:13,603 --> 00:34:15,693
So she couldn't have done it.

781
00:34:15,733 --> 00:34:17,473
If the FBI and the CDC confirm

782
00:34:17,513 --> 00:34:20,653
that the handwriting is the same
on the letter we got at TAC

783
00:34:20,693 --> 00:34:22,393
as on the envelopes
that went out

784
00:34:22,433 --> 00:34:24,133
to the congressman
and the newscaster...

785
00:34:24,173 --> 00:34:26,133
And that the construction
of the gizmo

786
00:34:26,173 --> 00:34:29,573
that makes sure the anthrax
makes contact with the person

787
00:34:29,613 --> 00:34:30,613
is similar...

788
00:34:32,093 --> 00:34:35,053
I think our client
is free and clear.

789
00:34:35,103 --> 00:34:38,883
I'll make sure to keep
all my digits crossed.

790
00:34:46,803 --> 00:34:48,943
Hello?

791
00:34:48,983 --> 00:34:50,553
Marissa.

792
00:34:50,593 --> 00:34:53,333
Tell me what's going on.

793
00:34:54,903 --> 00:34:57,383
On your way home?

794
00:34:57,423 --> 00:34:59,293
Uh, that's great.

795
00:34:59,343 --> 00:35:01,563
Great to hear.

796
00:35:03,783 --> 00:35:05,083
Really?

797
00:35:05,133 --> 00:35:07,483
They certain of that?
Powdered sugar?

798
00:35:09,873 --> 00:35:12,613
Yeah, that is funny.

799
00:35:12,663 --> 00:35:14,743
If Taylor had only licked
her fingers,

800
00:35:14,793 --> 00:35:17,753
she wouldn't have been hungry
anymore.

801
00:35:17,793 --> 00:35:20,623
Well, the two of you
get something to eat,

802
00:35:20,663 --> 00:35:23,583
get some sleep,
and I'll see you in the morning.

803
00:35:23,623 --> 00:35:25,413
Night.

804
00:35:29,763 --> 00:35:32,373
You have no idea how happy I am

805
00:35:32,413 --> 00:35:35,503
to be standing here,
talking to you.

806
00:35:35,553 --> 00:35:39,513
You have no idea
how happy I am to be talked to.

807
00:35:39,553 --> 00:35:40,553
Mm.

808
00:35:40,603 --> 00:35:42,123
Just a copycat.

809
00:35:42,163 --> 00:35:45,473
Copycat with powdered sugar
trying to intimidate us.

810
00:35:45,513 --> 00:35:47,783
Somebody who'd watched the news
and convinced themselves

811
00:35:47,823 --> 00:35:49,653
that Natalie is a murderer

812
00:35:49,693 --> 00:35:51,823
and that we're the bad guys
just doing whatever we can

813
00:35:51,873 --> 00:35:53,873
to help her evade the law. Well,

814
00:35:53,913 --> 00:35:56,703
I went through the rest of the
dossiers early this morning,

815
00:35:56,743 --> 00:35:59,663
and I found one that ticked
a lot of boxes for me.

816
00:35:59,703 --> 00:36:01,183
Really?

817
00:36:01,233 --> 00:36:03,843
What if I told you that one
of the employees at Hudson

818
00:36:03,883 --> 00:36:06,673
served as a medic
during the first Gulf War?

819
00:36:06,713 --> 00:36:10,803
Okay. And that's meaningful
because...?

820
00:36:10,843 --> 00:36:13,153
Because it means
they have firsthand knowledge

821
00:36:13,193 --> 00:36:16,983
of the devastation biological
and chemical weapons cause.

822
00:36:17,023 --> 00:36:20,073
No offense, but that
hardly seems like enough

823
00:36:20,113 --> 00:36:22,163
to get a jury
to change its mind.

824
00:36:22,203 --> 00:36:24,993
What if I told you this person
was stationed in territory

825
00:36:25,033 --> 00:36:28,773
where Saddam Hussein was waging
chemical and biological warfare

826
00:36:28,823 --> 00:36:31,913
against a large swath
of civilians?

827
00:36:31,953 --> 00:36:34,913
Still kind of feels like we're
making some big leaps here,

828
00:36:34,953 --> 00:36:36,093
don't you think?

829
00:36:36,133 --> 00:36:38,523
I don't know.

830
00:36:38,573 --> 00:36:41,923
Why does someone dedicate their
life to finding an antidote

831
00:36:41,963 --> 00:36:43,793
to something like anthrax?

832
00:36:43,833 --> 00:36:46,103
We know why Natalie did it.

833
00:36:46,143 --> 00:36:50,063
She felt... a sense of
obligation to her country.

834
00:36:51,883 --> 00:36:54,193
So, what if this person did it

835
00:36:54,233 --> 00:36:56,023
because they keenly understood

836
00:36:56,063 --> 00:36:59,633
that biological weapons were an
imminent threat to the homeland?

837
00:36:59,673 --> 00:37:03,203
So, when Congress cut
their funding for the research,

838
00:37:03,243 --> 00:37:05,903
they took matters
into their own hands

839
00:37:05,943 --> 00:37:07,863
and decided the one

840
00:37:07,903 --> 00:37:10,643
or two deaths necessary to seize
the public's imagination

841
00:37:10,693 --> 00:37:14,653
were a fair trade if it helped
prevent a greater harm.

842
00:37:14,693 --> 00:37:18,043
So, you're saying the FBI
had the right motive...

843
00:37:18,083 --> 00:37:20,913
Just pegged the wrong person.

844
00:37:22,393 --> 00:37:24,923
Who is this person?

845
00:37:24,963 --> 00:37:26,793
Roger Simpkins?

846
00:37:26,833 --> 00:37:28,703
Uh, Natalie's boss?

847
00:37:28,753 --> 00:37:31,403
The man who oversees
the entire program?

848
00:37:31,453 --> 00:37:34,883
His position means he can come
and go between labs by himself

849
00:37:34,933 --> 00:37:36,493
without raising suspicion,

850
00:37:36,543 --> 00:37:38,633
which means he has access

851
00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:39,933
to anthrax.

852
00:37:39,983 --> 00:37:41,283
Not to mention the know-how

853
00:37:41,333 --> 00:37:43,943
and the equipment
to dry the spores with.

854
00:37:43,983 --> 00:37:45,903
Not only did Dr. Simpkins
have the motive,

855
00:37:45,943 --> 00:37:48,253
the means, and the opportunity
to commit this crime...

856
00:37:48,293 --> 00:37:49,993
He was also
in the perfect position

857
00:37:50,033 --> 00:37:51,293
to frame Natalie Reznick.

858
00:37:51,343 --> 00:37:53,383
Natalie had to get
her boss's okay

859
00:37:53,423 --> 00:37:55,033
before she wrote to that list

860
00:37:55,083 --> 00:37:57,449
of legislators and journalists
in the wake of the budget cuts.

861
00:37:57,473 --> 00:37:59,133
Dr. Simpkins

862
00:37:59,173 --> 00:38:01,563
could easily have pulled
Congressman Connors'

863
00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:05,353
and Allison Rojas' names
from that list in an effort

864
00:38:05,393 --> 00:38:07,093
to make Natalie look guilty.

865
00:38:09,143 --> 00:38:10,353
I'm sorry,

866
00:38:10,403 --> 00:38:14,883
but none of this
sounds terribly convincing.

867
00:38:14,923 --> 00:38:17,403
In fact, it sounds desperate,

868
00:38:17,453 --> 00:38:18,973
like you know
you're about to lose

869
00:38:19,023 --> 00:38:21,063
and you're throwing spaghetti
on the wall,

870
00:38:21,103 --> 00:38:22,413
hoping something will stick.

871
00:38:22,453 --> 00:38:24,723
Look, I came to this meeting

872
00:38:24,763 --> 00:38:26,023
in good faith.

873
00:38:26,073 --> 00:38:27,813
But I got to tell you,

874
00:38:27,853 --> 00:38:30,643
I believe
Natalie Reznick is guilty,

875
00:38:30,683 --> 00:38:32,553
and nothing
I've heard here today

876
00:38:32,593 --> 00:38:35,683
even remotely begins
to change my mind.

877
00:38:35,733 --> 00:38:37,903
Well, perhaps we should
have skipped the warm-up then.

878
00:38:37,953 --> 00:38:41,173
Danny, the pièce de résistance,
if you will.

879
00:38:46,003 --> 00:38:49,053
You recognize these images,
Mr. Reynolds?

880
00:38:49,093 --> 00:38:50,183
Of course.

881
00:38:50,223 --> 00:38:51,743
Those are
from the security footage

882
00:38:51,793 --> 00:38:55,623
the FBI lifted near the mailbox
where the letters were sent.

883
00:38:55,663 --> 00:38:56,949
You were never able
to identify Natalie

884
00:38:56,973 --> 00:38:58,713
in any of these photos,
were you?

885
00:38:58,753 --> 00:39:00,273
Come on.
Look at the time of year.

886
00:39:00,323 --> 00:39:02,013
Look how everyone is dressed.

887
00:39:02,063 --> 00:39:05,453
Nevertheless, we do believe
one of them is Natalie.

888
00:39:05,503 --> 00:39:07,089
Well, in the same way
you set out to prove

889
00:39:07,113 --> 00:39:08,463
one of them is Natalie,

890
00:39:08,503 --> 00:39:11,813
we set out to prove
one of them is Dr. Simpkins.

891
00:39:13,373 --> 00:39:15,163
We widened the surveillance area

892
00:39:15,203 --> 00:39:17,073
and accessed all
of the security cameras

893
00:39:17,123 --> 00:39:18,903
within a half-mile
radius of the mailbox.

894
00:39:18,943 --> 00:39:20,733
Now, the FBI determined
that there was

895
00:39:20,773 --> 00:39:23,913
an eight-hour window during
which the letters were mailed.

896
00:39:23,953 --> 00:39:27,393
So, using a photograph
of Dr. Simpkins' face,

897
00:39:27,433 --> 00:39:29,653
our office created an algorithm

898
00:39:29,693 --> 00:39:32,653
to scan all eight hours
of the footage

899
00:39:32,703 --> 00:39:34,263
from every single camera.

900
00:39:35,273 --> 00:39:37,483
This is what we found.

901
00:39:37,533 --> 00:39:39,753
Recorded by an ATM
about four blocks away

902
00:39:39,793 --> 00:39:41,973
from the mailbox.

903
00:39:42,013 --> 00:39:45,233
As you can see,
that's Roger Simpkins.

904
00:39:45,283 --> 00:39:47,323
And you'll notice his hat

905
00:39:47,363 --> 00:39:49,933
perfectly matches this hat.

906
00:39:49,983 --> 00:39:52,063
In this photo.

907
00:39:52,113 --> 00:39:55,373
Where a person
is clearly mailing letters.

908
00:39:55,423 --> 00:39:57,723
Letters which I would bet
contain anthrax.

909
00:40:02,883 --> 00:40:04,413
Nice work.

910
00:40:08,063 --> 00:40:10,453
Well, I suppose the four of us

911
00:40:10,503 --> 00:40:12,463
should take a walk
down to the judge's chambers,

912
00:40:12,503 --> 00:40:13,703
see if we can get an audience.

913
00:40:15,813 --> 00:40:18,203
If this isn't probable cause
for a search warrant,

914
00:40:18,243 --> 00:40:20,163
I don't know what is.

915
00:40:25,473 --> 00:40:26,733
Look out there.

916
00:40:26,783 --> 00:40:28,433
You see a single face mask?

917
00:40:28,473 --> 00:40:29,823
Nope.

918
00:40:29,873 --> 00:40:31,343
Just people walking their dogs,

919
00:40:31,393 --> 00:40:33,353
strolling their kids.

920
00:40:33,393 --> 00:40:35,743
Well, it's like
we told the judge...

921
00:40:35,783 --> 00:40:37,923
The FBI searched
Dr. Simpkins' apartment,

922
00:40:37,963 --> 00:40:40,183
only to discover it,
too, had been bleached.

923
00:40:40,223 --> 00:40:42,753
Luckily, when they opened up
the HVAC ducts,

924
00:40:42,793 --> 00:40:46,753
they found anthrax spores
behind a vent in the kitchen.

925
00:40:46,803 --> 00:40:49,493
I still have a hard time
believing it.

926
00:40:49,543 --> 00:40:51,283
We talked about it all the time.

927
00:40:51,323 --> 00:40:54,283
He kept saying
how he wanted to help people,

928
00:40:54,323 --> 00:40:55,673
protect people.

929
00:40:55,723 --> 00:40:57,479
Oh, I'm sure he thought
he was doing just that.

930
00:40:57,503 --> 00:40:59,943
Doing it for the greater good.

931
00:40:59,983 --> 00:41:03,423
You know, I guess that's why
I like my work so much.

932
00:41:03,463 --> 00:41:06,253
Bacteria may be challenging,

933
00:41:06,293 --> 00:41:09,433
but they're a whole hell
of a lot easier to understand

934
00:41:09,473 --> 00:41:11,433
than people.

935
00:41:15,563 --> 00:41:21,483
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936
00:41:21,533 --> 00:41:23,693
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