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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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-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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Wardrobe and makeup.
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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.
-Yes, Doctor.
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Let's page Dr. Farmer
and the chief,
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and then alert the Health
Department and the CDC.
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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
and the government.
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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
from becoming a victim,
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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
if you do have direct contact,
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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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last year at this time,
my, colleagues and I
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were in the process
of developing
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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
with regard to anthrax research,
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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
that the anthrax used
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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
and tell 'em no.
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I have a newborn child
and you have...
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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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BULL
S04E17 - The Invisible Woman
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Synchrony by Serginhoedj
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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
on the charging documents,
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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
for your anthrax research
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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
writing were about
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how shortsighted and dangerous
it was to cut that funding.
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Just because anthrax was
out of the news did not mean
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that it was no longer a risk
to national security.
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Well, the U.S.
Attorney's Office
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suspects that when your
warnings fell on deaf ears,
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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
would killing people
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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
to have been so recently
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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 that their suspect,
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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
with access to the bacteria
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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
isn't exactly
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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
around this case,
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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
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it took for them
to find the perpetrator?
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I seem to recall
it was pretty quick.
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Indeed it was.
253
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Attorney General
John Ashcroft
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publicly named former biodefense
researcher Steven Jay Hatfill
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as a person of interest
in the attacks.
256
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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
261
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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
266
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sometimes get it wrong?
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Now we're getting somewhere.
268
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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.
271
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For those of us
who didn't go to law school,
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what does "means" mean again?
273
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It means she could do it;
she had the tools necessary.
274
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In this case, anthrax.
She worked at a place
275
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where anthrax
was readily available.
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Yeah, but there's
more to it than that.
277
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Every expert I've spoken with
said the same thing.
278
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Researchers work
with wet anthrax 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,
281
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and in order to dry them, you
have to use a very specific,
282
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very large piece of equipment
built just for that purpose.
283
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Which, of course,
they have at the lab?
284
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Which, of course, they have
at the lab.
285
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But all of that takes time.
286
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Stealing the anthrax.
Drying the anthrax.
287
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I've skimmed over this
grand jury transcript
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three times... I've yet
to see an explanation
289
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for when Natalie would
have been able to do that
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-without raising suspicion.
-Obviously,
291
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They are saving their
biggest surprises for trial.
292
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I'll give you another one.
293
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So, the FBI was able
294
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to determine that
all the anthrax letters
295
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were mailed from this mailbox
296
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within a specific
eight-hour period.
297
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Really?
298
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Well, since
I'm the only one here
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who hasn't worked
for Homeland or FBI,
300
00:13:10,957 --> 00:13:13,000
can someone tell me
how they do that?
301
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When you drop a letter
into a government mailbox,
302
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it goes into a bin
that's location-specific
303
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and time-coded.
304
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When that bin is carried back
to the general post office
305
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for processing and
your letter is postmarked,
306
00:13:22,927 --> 00:13:25,346
it carries
all that information with it.
307
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Wow. That's really cool.
308
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And more than a little scary.
309
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Back to the pictures.
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All right, so, the FBI
examined security footage
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from area cameras taken
during the same time frame.
312
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They were able to eliminate
all but three people
313
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who mailed letters
during that period.
314
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Wha...? And how were
they able to do that?
315
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How could they tell
from these... grainy photos
316
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who's mailing anthrax
and who isn't?
317
00:13:49,036 --> 00:13:52,039
Well, I can't be sure,
but my suspicion is,
318
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what they really did was
basically eliminate everyone
319
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who didn't look like Natalie.
320
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There is your detective myopia
that Bull keeps talking about.
321
00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:00,965
And that left them
with three people
322
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who did look like Natalie?
323
00:14:02,466 --> 00:14:04,552
Well, it left them
with three people,
324
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like this person here.
325
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Or this person here.
326
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Or this person here.
327
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People who don't really look
like anyone in particular.
328
00:14:17,273 --> 00:14:19,567
At least
not as far as I can tell.
329
00:14:19,650 --> 00:14:21,194
So what am I gonna tell Bull?
330
00:14:21,277 --> 00:14:24,572
Opening arguments, testimony
start tomorrow morning.
331
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What in the world
am I gonna tell Bull?
332
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Tell him that Danny and I
are putting together dossiers
333
00:14:30,119 --> 00:14:33,164
on everyone
Natalie works with, and...
334
00:14:33,247 --> 00:14:34,957
That our strategy
hasn't changed.
335
00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:37,960
To get the jury and the
public to let go of the idea
336
00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:39,855
that Natalie is the mastermind
behind these attacks,
337
00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:43,799
we have to... come up with
another credible suspect.
338
00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:45,468
And we will.
339
00:14:50,683 --> 00:14:53,895
Now,
Dr. Poulson, as a researcher
340
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in the Medical
Countermeasures Unit
341
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at Hudson University
Laboratories,
342
00:14:57,523 --> 00:14:59,901
you frequently work
shoulder-to-shoulder
343
00:14:59,984 --> 00:15:01,236
with Natalie Reznick,
344
00:15:01,319 --> 00:15:03,089
-don't you?
-Yes, I do.
345
00:15:03,196 --> 00:15:07,325
Now, it's against the lab's
standard operating procedures
346
00:15:07,408 --> 00:15:09,077
for anyone to work alone?
347
00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,138
-That's correct, yes.
-And to your knowledge,
348
00:15:11,162 --> 00:15:12,789
Dr. Poulson,
349
00:15:12,872 --> 00:15:14,791
did Dr. Reznick
350
00:15:14,874 --> 00:15:18,711
ever simply disregard this tenet
of standard operating procedure?
351
00:15:19,879 --> 00:15:22,799
Yes, I believe
she may have. Once.
352
00:15:22,882 --> 00:15:25,278
About a week
before the attacks.
353
00:15:25,385 --> 00:15:26,445
You're referring
to the evening
354
00:15:26,469 --> 00:15:28,739
-of the 11th?
-I don't know what he's talking about.
355
00:15:28,763 --> 00:15:31,641
It was late. We were the
only two people in the lab.
356
00:15:31,724 --> 00:15:34,310
And at around 7:00 p.m.,
I got summoned
357
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to the chancellor's office
for a call with D.C.
358
00:15:37,105 --> 00:15:40,525
Much of the work we do
at our labs
359
00:15:40,608 --> 00:15:42,986
is in partnership
with the Department
360
00:15:43,069 --> 00:15:45,488
of Defense,
so when they say jump,
361
00:15:45,571 --> 00:15:47,490
we jump.
362
00:15:47,573 --> 00:15:50,326
And I told Natalie to...
363
00:15:50,410 --> 00:15:54,038
clean up and that we
would finish up another day.
364
00:15:54,122 --> 00:15:57,208
So I left her unattended.
365
00:15:57,292 --> 00:16:00,378
Which, as the senior researcher,
I shouldn't have done.
366
00:16:00,461 --> 00:16:03,798
But she assured me that she
would just take a few minutes
367
00:16:03,881 --> 00:16:05,110
and then she would leave.
368
00:16:05,134 --> 00:16:06,384
Just to be clear.
369
00:16:07,468 --> 00:16:09,512
Your expectation
was that Dr. Reznick
370
00:16:09,595 --> 00:16:11,347
would take five,
maybe ten minutes
371
00:16:11,431 --> 00:16:13,516
to clean up the lab
and then leave.
372
00:16:13,599 --> 00:16:14,599
Correct?
373
00:16:14,642 --> 00:16:16,519
That was my assumption, yes.
374
00:16:16,602 --> 00:16:18,563
Dr. Poulson...
375
00:16:18,646 --> 00:16:21,190
this is a single frame
376
00:16:21,274 --> 00:16:24,527
from security footage taken
from the night in question.
377
00:16:24,610 --> 00:16:28,197
It shows someone leaving the
laboratory complex at Hudson.
378
00:16:28,281 --> 00:16:29,991
Can you identify that person?
379
00:16:30,074 --> 00:16:31,198
It's Dr. Reznick.
380
00:16:31,222 --> 00:16:32,368
And could you read
381
00:16:32,452 --> 00:16:35,246
the time stamp
on the photo for us, please?
382
00:16:35,330 --> 00:16:38,374
9:26 p.m.
383
00:16:38,458 --> 00:16:40,585
9:26 p.m.
384
00:16:40,668 --> 00:16:44,714
Two and a half hours after
you left the lab, correct?
385
00:16:44,797 --> 00:16:46,007
Yes.
386
00:16:46,090 --> 00:16:47,258
Dr. Poulson,
387
00:16:47,342 --> 00:16:50,112
in your professional opinion,
if Dr. Reznick had been alone
388
00:16:50,136 --> 00:16:53,222
in that lab, not just for a
few minutes to clean up,
389
00:16:53,306 --> 00:16:56,356
but for several hours, would
that have given her enough time
390
00:16:56,434 --> 00:16:59,520
to dry the anthrax spores
into a powder
391
00:16:59,604 --> 00:17:01,856
and sneak them
out of the lab?
392
00:17:01,939 --> 00:17:04,776
Objection, Your Honor!
Calls for speculation.
393
00:17:04,859 --> 00:17:06,069
Your Honor,
394
00:17:06,152 --> 00:17:07,629
Dr. Poulson is
a microbiologist.
395
00:17:07,653 --> 00:17:10,573
I'm simply asking him
for his professional opinion.
396
00:17:10,657 --> 00:17:12,450
Objection overruled.
397
00:17:12,533 --> 00:17:14,827
I'll allow him to answer.
398
00:17:15,828 --> 00:17:18,414
I believe it would have, yes.
399
00:17:18,498 --> 00:17:22,604
No further questions
for now, Your Honor.
400
00:17:29,676 --> 00:17:31,636
Dr. Poulson.
401
00:17:31,719 --> 00:17:34,097
Really appreciate
you being here today.
402
00:17:34,180 --> 00:17:36,599
Now, I know we've heard
a lot of speculation
403
00:17:36,682 --> 00:17:39,582
about what might have happened,
what could have happened,
404
00:17:39,644 --> 00:17:42,397
but you are a scientist.
405
00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,942
You deal with the physical
facts of the world.
406
00:17:46,025 --> 00:17:48,569
So let's get back to that.
407
00:17:48,653 --> 00:17:50,488
Do you have any proof
408
00:17:50,571 --> 00:17:53,574
that Dr. Reznick stayed
in the lab alone
409
00:17:53,658 --> 00:17:56,619
any longer than
she told you she would?
410
00:17:56,702 --> 00:17:58,496
Well, based on
the time stamp...
411
00:17:58,579 --> 00:18:01,791
No, no. That
time stamp only proves
412
00:18:01,874 --> 00:18:04,001
what time she
left the building,
413
00:18:04,085 --> 00:18:07,463
which was two and a
half hours after you did.
414
00:18:07,547 --> 00:18:09,465
Nowhere does it indicate
415
00:18:09,549 --> 00:18:12,468
what time she left
the lab itself, does it?
416
00:18:13,511 --> 00:18:14,802
No, it doesn't.
417
00:18:16,222 --> 00:18:20,643
Now, Dr. Reznick maintains
she left the lab
418
00:18:20,726 --> 00:18:23,438
as promised and spent
the remainder of that time
419
00:18:23,521 --> 00:18:27,984
in her office typing a report
of the day's work.
420
00:18:28,067 --> 00:18:30,027
In fact...
421
00:18:30,111 --> 00:18:33,739
you reviewed that very report
the next morning, didn't you?
422
00:18:33,823 --> 00:18:34,824
It's quite possible.
423
00:18:34,907 --> 00:18:37,457
I often review the reports
from the previous night
424
00:18:37,535 --> 00:18:38,513
the next morning.
425
00:18:38,537 --> 00:18:39,537
I see.
426
00:18:39,620 --> 00:18:43,624
And before the FBI informed you
that Dr. Reznick was a suspect,
427
00:18:43,708 --> 00:18:46,711
did you have any reason
to suspect her of this crime?
428
00:18:46,794 --> 00:18:48,171
No.
429
00:18:50,423 --> 00:18:54,135
I've always believed Natalie
to be trustworthy and...
430
00:18:54,218 --> 00:18:55,970
a passionate scientist.
431
00:18:56,053 --> 00:18:58,222
And I'm still inclined
to believe so.
432
00:18:58,306 --> 00:19:00,224
I mean, hon...
433
00:19:00,308 --> 00:19:02,185
honestly...
434
00:19:02,268 --> 00:19:05,563
I hope the version of events
you just laid out is the truth.
435
00:19:06,606 --> 00:19:09,817
Thank you very much,
Dr. Poulson.
436
00:19:09,901 --> 00:19:12,278
No further questions,
Your Honor.
437
00:19:13,946 --> 00:19:15,114
Redirect?
438
00:19:16,115 --> 00:19:18,868
Regardless of what you
might hope,
439
00:19:18,951 --> 00:19:20,870
Dr. Poulson,
440
00:19:20,953 --> 00:19:23,873
doesn't the fact remain
that a pathogen was stolen
441
00:19:23,956 --> 00:19:25,458
from your lab?
442
00:19:26,459 --> 00:19:27,729
-Yes.
-And based
443
00:19:27,835 --> 00:19:29,935
On your own testimony,
wouldn't you agree
444
00:19:30,004 --> 00:19:33,841
that Dr. Reznick was
the only researcher
445
00:19:33,925 --> 00:19:35,611
who could possibly have had
an opportunity
446
00:19:35,635 --> 00:19:37,154
-to do it?
-Asked and answered,
447
00:19:37,178 --> 00:19:38,221
Your Honor.
448
00:19:38,304 --> 00:19:40,181
Counsel is badgering
the witness.
449
00:19:40,264 --> 00:19:42,744
I'll withdraw the
question, Your Honor.
450
00:19:42,808 --> 00:19:45,061
How's the view
from where you're sitting?
451
00:19:45,144 --> 00:19:46,604
The only good news is,
452
00:19:46,687 --> 00:19:49,232
it can't get any worse.
453
00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,412
I'm awake.
It's okay.
454
00:20:01,495 --> 00:20:04,248
Partying all
night with Astrid again?
455
00:20:04,331 --> 00:20:05,499
Yeah.
456
00:20:07,668 --> 00:20:10,480
I was sitting in the living
room at 3:00 in the morning,
457
00:20:10,504 --> 00:20:11,398
little Astrid up
on my shoulder.
458
00:20:11,422 --> 00:20:13,632
I was trying
to get a burp out of her.
459
00:20:13,716 --> 00:20:16,427
And I flip on the news,
and we're everywhere.
460
00:20:16,510 --> 00:20:18,448
Every channel.
461
00:20:18,554 --> 00:20:21,265
And if it is our intention
to convince the jury
462
00:20:21,349 --> 00:20:23,934
that the real anthrax killer
is still out there,
463
00:20:24,018 --> 00:20:27,396
well, the national media
has not picked up on it.
464
00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,440
Which means...
465
00:20:29,523 --> 00:20:31,275
we're failing.
466
00:20:32,318 --> 00:20:34,445
Well, you don't know that.
467
00:20:34,528 --> 00:20:36,572
Our target's the jury,
not cable news.
468
00:20:36,655 --> 00:20:38,592
But the world of cable news
is the world
469
00:20:38,616 --> 00:20:40,343
these jurors go home to
every night.
470
00:20:40,367 --> 00:20:43,287
And if the CNNs and the Foxes
and the CNBCs aren't buying
471
00:20:43,370 --> 00:20:45,140
our version of events,
then neither
472
00:20:45,164 --> 00:20:48,501
are the jurors' families
or neighbors.
473
00:20:48,584 --> 00:20:52,254
And we all know they're not
supposed to talk about the case
474
00:20:52,338 --> 00:20:57,338
or watch the news about it...
but they do.
475
00:20:57,593 --> 00:21:01,138
I'm sorry, Bull, but I think
you're being a little premature.
476
00:21:01,222 --> 00:21:03,622
The prosecution is still
presenting their case,
477
00:21:03,682 --> 00:21:05,601
and we haven't even
gotten our turn.
478
00:21:05,684 --> 00:21:08,604
I know. But we can't
wait until then.
479
00:21:08,687 --> 00:21:10,773
We have to go
on the offensive now.
480
00:21:10,856 --> 00:21:13,210
We got to use every objection,
every cross to hammer home
481
00:21:13,234 --> 00:21:16,821
how dangerous it will be if
the jury gets this one wrong.
482
00:21:16,904 --> 00:21:20,199
The killer is
still out there.
483
00:21:21,283 --> 00:21:23,494
My wife, my-my wife Katie,
484
00:21:23,577 --> 00:21:26,539
she didn't aspire
to a political life.
485
00:21:26,622 --> 00:21:28,517
I mean, heck, when I
met her in grad school,
486
00:21:28,541 --> 00:21:29,684
she didn't even
read the paper.
487
00:21:29,708 --> 00:21:32,503
But then we fell in love,
and the next thing you know,
488
00:21:32,586 --> 00:21:36,257
I'm running for office and
then we're out there together
489
00:21:36,340 --> 00:21:38,551
on the campaign trail.
490
00:21:38,634 --> 00:21:40,803
She was a natural.
491
00:21:40,886 --> 00:21:42,888
I mean, she loved people.
492
00:21:42,972 --> 00:21:46,851
And people sensed it and
they loved her right back.
493
00:21:46,934 --> 00:21:50,980
You see, I take enormous
pride in being a congressman.
494
00:21:51,063 --> 00:21:53,023
But the thought that my job,
495
00:21:53,107 --> 00:21:55,568
that my commitment
to public service
496
00:21:55,651 --> 00:22:00,531
somehow contributed
to her d-death...
497
00:22:00,614 --> 00:22:03,159
It's all right,
Congressman Connors.
498
00:22:03,242 --> 00:22:05,035
No further questions.
499
00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,663
Bull, it's not
looking good here.
500
00:22:07,746 --> 00:22:09,891
This jury really feels
for the congressman.
501
00:22:09,915 --> 00:22:12,042
Of course they do. So do I.
502
00:22:12,126 --> 00:22:15,004
But that doesn't mean
his pain is Natalie's fault.
503
00:22:15,087 --> 00:22:17,756
Congressman Connors.
504
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,551
I'd just like to say
how profoundly sorry I am
505
00:22:20,634 --> 00:22:21,927
for your loss.
506
00:22:22,011 --> 00:22:23,387
Thank you.
507
00:22:23,470 --> 00:22:25,639
Now, much has been
made of the fact
508
00:22:25,723 --> 00:22:29,351
that you were a part
of a long list of legislators
509
00:22:29,435 --> 00:22:31,520
Dr. Reznick reached out to
in the wake
510
00:22:31,604 --> 00:22:34,231
of a funding cut
to her research program.
511
00:22:34,315 --> 00:22:37,401
Now, do you recall
Dr. Reznick's
512
00:22:37,484 --> 00:22:40,571
message to you to be
threatening in any way?
513
00:22:40,654 --> 00:22:42,239
Honestly, I don't.
514
00:22:42,323 --> 00:22:47,077
You see, my staff filters my
e-mails, so I only learned about
515
00:22:47,161 --> 00:22:52,161
that message in the, in the
aftermath of my wife's passing.
516
00:22:52,291 --> 00:22:55,252
But, no, it did not appear
to be threatening.
517
00:22:55,336 --> 00:22:58,923
But I imagine your office
must receive
518
00:22:59,006 --> 00:23:01,592
threatening e-mails
from time to time?
519
00:23:01,675 --> 00:23:03,612
Yes, unfortunately,
in my line of work,
520
00:23:03,636 --> 00:23:05,489
you have to make
tough choices sometimes,
521
00:23:05,513 --> 00:23:07,097
choices that anger people,
522
00:23:07,181 --> 00:23:09,892
and occasionally
those people do lash out.
523
00:23:09,975 --> 00:23:14,438
How many threats would you
estimate that you've received
524
00:23:14,521 --> 00:23:17,274
in the seven years
that you've been in Congress?
525
00:23:17,358 --> 00:23:22,358
Like I said, my staff
filters my communications,
526
00:23:22,988 --> 00:23:25,282
so there's really
no way for me to know.
527
00:23:25,366 --> 00:23:28,285
Well, my office inquired.
528
00:23:28,369 --> 00:23:32,248
And according to your staff,
it's 102.
529
00:23:33,540 --> 00:23:35,334
That's how many
unique threats
530
00:23:35,417 --> 00:23:38,462
your office has received
in the past seven years.
531
00:23:38,545 --> 00:23:41,799
19 of those were
death threats.
532
00:23:41,882 --> 00:23:43,968
So let me ask you,
533
00:23:44,051 --> 00:23:49,051
in the wake of these attacks,
to the best of your knowledge,
534
00:23:49,682 --> 00:23:54,353
did the FBI investigate
those 19 people
535
00:23:54,436 --> 00:23:57,147
who previously threatened
to take your life?
536
00:23:57,231 --> 00:23:59,608
They may have.
537
00:23:59,692 --> 00:24:01,986
Honestly, I don't know.
538
00:24:02,069 --> 00:24:04,530
You don't know.
539
00:24:04,613 --> 00:24:08,325
Wow. That's
kind of unsettling.
540
00:24:08,409 --> 00:24:11,453
I mean, did the FBI
even ask you about
541
00:24:11,537 --> 00:24:15,457
anyone who possibly could have
had a vendetta against you
542
00:24:15,541 --> 00:24:17,167
during that time period?
543
00:24:17,251 --> 00:24:19,670
I don't know.
544
00:24:19,753 --> 00:24:23,882
Well, then I truly am sorry
for you, Congressman Connors.
545
00:24:23,966 --> 00:24:27,636
Not only for your tragic
loss, but also because,
546
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,889
apparently, law enforcement
seems more interested
547
00:24:30,973 --> 00:24:33,600
in scapegoating Natalie
Reznick than it does
548
00:24:33,684 --> 00:24:36,812
in making sure your wife's
real killer is off the streets.
549
00:24:36,895 --> 00:24:39,690
Objection. Counsel
is testifying.
550
00:24:39,773 --> 00:24:41,400
Sustained.
551
00:24:41,483 --> 00:24:44,695
The jury will disregard
the defense's last statement.
552
00:24:44,778 --> 00:24:46,530
Ask a question, Mr. Colón.
553
00:24:46,613 --> 00:24:47,924
That's all right, Your Honor.
554
00:24:47,948 --> 00:24:49,366
I have no further questions
555
00:24:49,450 --> 00:24:51,386
-at this time.
-I'm sure you can't see it yet,
556
00:24:51,410 --> 00:24:53,638
But it finally feels
like we're making progress.
557
00:24:53,662 --> 00:24:55,890
The government will call
its next witness, please.
558
00:24:55,914 --> 00:24:59,001
The government rests
its case, Your Honor.
559
00:24:59,084 --> 00:25:02,588
Then the defense will call
its first witness, please.
560
00:25:02,671 --> 00:25:05,424
My parents came to this
country before I was born.
561
00:25:05,507 --> 00:25:07,968
They were scientists
in the Soviet Union,
562
00:25:08,052 --> 00:25:09,988
but they refused to toe
the party line,
563
00:25:10,012 --> 00:25:12,097
so their lives
were in danger.
564
00:25:12,181 --> 00:25:15,601
They fled and they
found sanctuary here,
565
00:25:15,684 --> 00:25:16,328
in America.
566
00:25:16,352 --> 00:25:18,437
And until the day they died,
567
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,731
they never ceased
being grateful for that.
568
00:25:20,814 --> 00:25:23,859
And they raised me
to be grateful, too.
569
00:25:23,942 --> 00:25:27,613
I decided when I was
570
00:25:27,696 --> 00:25:29,632
a very young girl
that, when I grew up,
571
00:25:29,656 --> 00:25:31,575
I-I would help
people somehow,
572
00:25:31,658 --> 00:25:33,452
protect people somehow.
573
00:25:33,535 --> 00:25:37,081
So, is that how you ended
up researching cures
574
00:25:37,164 --> 00:25:39,208
for deadly
biological weapons?
575
00:25:39,291 --> 00:25:42,419
Well, it was...
576
00:25:42,503 --> 00:25:44,588
It was part of it, sure.
577
00:25:44,671 --> 00:25:46,298
A love of science.
578
00:25:47,341 --> 00:25:48,234
I don't know.
579
00:25:48,258 --> 00:25:51,011
It-it-it gives me
a sense of satisfaction,
580
00:25:51,095 --> 00:25:52,697
like I'm-I'm pulling
my own weight,
581
00:25:52,721 --> 00:25:55,099
I'm doing my share.
582
00:25:55,182 --> 00:25:57,935
I am showing my gratitude.
583
00:25:58,018 --> 00:26:00,437
So the idea that
you would hurt
584
00:26:00,521 --> 00:26:04,942
or kill fellow Americans
for your own personal gain...
585
00:26:05,025 --> 00:26:06,443
Is absurd.
586
00:26:06,527 --> 00:26:08,445
To do the work that I do,
587
00:26:08,529 --> 00:26:10,781
you have...
You have to become a doctor.
588
00:26:10,864 --> 00:26:13,409
I'm-I'm a doctor.
589
00:26:13,492 --> 00:26:15,452
I took an oath to save lives.
590
00:26:15,536 --> 00:26:19,123
Why would I knowingly set out
to hurt anyone?
591
00:26:19,206 --> 00:26:21,917
Kill anyone?
592
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,627
Thank you, Dr. Reznick.
593
00:26:23,710 --> 00:26:26,004
No further questions,
Your Honor.
594
00:26:26,088 --> 00:26:28,799
They look engaged to me,
receptive.
595
00:26:28,882 --> 00:26:30,259
Open body language.
596
00:26:30,342 --> 00:26:32,362
A couple jurors
are starting to lean in.
597
00:26:32,386 --> 00:26:34,364
Does that line up
with what you're seeing?
598
00:26:34,388 --> 00:26:35,556
Sure does.
599
00:26:35,639 --> 00:26:37,242
They're starting
to find Natalie credible,
600
00:26:37,266 --> 00:26:40,310
and a few of them
are now firmly on her side.
601
00:26:40,394 --> 00:26:42,146
So,
602
00:26:42,229 --> 00:26:43,981
Dr. Reznick,
603
00:26:44,064 --> 00:26:45,875
the pleasure you take
from your work
604
00:26:45,899 --> 00:26:49,528
is fundamentally altruistic,
right?
605
00:26:49,611 --> 00:26:52,656
I mean, you want to
pull your own weight.
606
00:26:52,739 --> 00:26:55,492
You want to do your share.
607
00:26:55,576 --> 00:26:59,288
And, most of all,
you want to help people?
608
00:26:59,371 --> 00:27:00,789
Protect people.
609
00:27:00,873 --> 00:27:03,375
This is what you just
testified to, correct?
610
00:27:03,459 --> 00:27:05,461
Yes.
611
00:27:05,544 --> 00:27:06,896
And you would never want
to hurt anyone.
612
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,065
You certainly wouldn't want
to see anyone die.
613
00:27:09,089 --> 00:27:10,132
I mean, the work
614
00:27:10,215 --> 00:27:11,192
you do,
615
00:27:11,216 --> 00:27:13,343
your very reason for being,
616
00:27:13,427 --> 00:27:16,597
is all about saving lives.
617
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,015
Is that correct?
618
00:27:18,098 --> 00:27:20,184
That is what I said, yes.
619
00:27:20,267 --> 00:27:21,393
Interesting.
620
00:27:21,477 --> 00:27:23,437
Because I have a video
621
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,582
of an academic conference
you participated in,
622
00:27:25,606 --> 00:27:27,399
which would seem
623
00:27:27,483 --> 00:27:29,401
to suggest otherwise.
624
00:27:29,485 --> 00:27:30,861
Objection.
625
00:27:30,944 --> 00:27:32,905
Your Honor, this is the first
626
00:27:32,988 --> 00:27:34,907
the defense has heard
of any video.
627
00:27:34,990 --> 00:27:37,135
-The AUSA knows...
-Your Honor, a concerned citizen
628
00:27:37,159 --> 00:27:39,095
-Sent this video to our office...
-he has a duty to disclose
629
00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:40,555
-Any and all...
-only just yesterday.
630
00:27:40,579 --> 00:27:42,498
Enough! Both of you.
631
00:27:42,581 --> 00:27:43,916
Mr. Reynolds,
632
00:27:43,999 --> 00:27:47,878
I'm gonna take you at
your word and allow this.
633
00:27:47,961 --> 00:27:50,547
Mr. Colón, I will give you
ample time to prepare
634
00:27:50,631 --> 00:27:52,382
should you
choose to redirect.
635
00:27:52,466 --> 00:27:54,134
Let's proceed.
636
00:27:55,385 --> 00:27:57,221
Is that you
up there, Dr. Reznick,
637
00:27:57,304 --> 00:27:59,014
on the stage, in the video?
638
00:27:59,097 --> 00:28:00,766
It is. Yes.
639
00:28:00,849 --> 00:28:03,393
Do you recall
when this video was taken?
640
00:28:03,477 --> 00:28:05,562
Um, I-I believe
641
00:28:05,646 --> 00:28:09,566
it was an ethics panel
at a microbiology conference
642
00:28:09,650 --> 00:28:12,569
about... ten years ago.
643
00:28:12,653 --> 00:28:14,196
I was still a postgrad.
644
00:28:15,697 --> 00:28:20,244
I have a hypothetical
question for you, Dr. Reznick.
645
00:28:20,327 --> 00:28:21,453
Okay.
646
00:28:21,537 --> 00:28:24,581
If an unknown deadly
virus or bacteria
647
00:28:24,665 --> 00:28:27,084
were to infect an
isolated group of people,
648
00:28:27,167 --> 00:28:28,585
what, in your opinion,
649
00:28:28,669 --> 00:28:31,380
is the best course of action?
650
00:28:31,463 --> 00:28:33,423
Um, well,
651
00:28:33,507 --> 00:28:38,220
if there was a chance to contain
the outbreak within that group,
652
00:28:38,303 --> 00:28:39,763
I'd say that the only choice
653
00:28:39,846 --> 00:28:43,016
is to quarantine
the infected...
654
00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:44,601
Nobody in, nobody out...
655
00:28:44,685 --> 00:28:48,272
And then watch the,
progression of the disease.
656
00:28:48,355 --> 00:28:50,107
Even if the disease
were deadly?
657
00:28:50,190 --> 00:28:51,483
Well, if you don't know
658
00:28:51,567 --> 00:28:52,335
what the pathogen is,
659
00:28:52,359 --> 00:28:54,820
treating the symptoms
may be futile.
660
00:28:54,903 --> 00:28:58,156
You're going to have
to let in medical workers,
661
00:28:58,240 --> 00:28:59,509
and then, at some point,
you're going
662
00:28:59,533 --> 00:29:01,076
to have to let them back out,
663
00:29:01,159 --> 00:29:02,578
and they very well may carry
664
00:29:02,661 --> 00:29:04,639
whatever it is
to the general population.
665
00:29:04,663 --> 00:29:06,623
So, yeah,
666
00:29:06,707 --> 00:29:08,208
harsh as it sounds,
667
00:29:08,292 --> 00:29:10,961
quarantine.
668
00:29:11,044 --> 00:29:12,296
Because, unfortunately,
669
00:29:12,379 --> 00:29:16,425
sometimes five have to die
to save 5,000.
670
00:29:24,057 --> 00:29:28,687
"Sometimes five have to die
to save 5,000."
671
00:29:32,733 --> 00:29:35,920
Is that why you sent the anthrax
through the mail, Dr. Reznick?
672
00:29:35,944 --> 00:29:39,489
Because you thought it
would be okay to kill two
673
00:29:39,573 --> 00:29:42,117
if it meant
recovering the funds
674
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,494
that you needed
in order to find a cure?
675
00:29:44,578 --> 00:29:46,330
Objection.
676
00:29:46,413 --> 00:29:47,513
Facts not in evidence.
677
00:29:47,581 --> 00:29:48,999
Speculation.
678
00:29:49,082 --> 00:29:50,208
Badgering.
679
00:29:50,292 --> 00:29:51,501
Should I go on?
680
00:29:51,585 --> 00:29:53,211
Of course not.
681
00:29:53,295 --> 00:29:55,505
That is part
of a larger conversation.
682
00:29:55,589 --> 00:29:57,525
You lifted that
out of context.
683
00:29:57,549 --> 00:29:59,360
-Dr. Reznick.
-And organically contracting
684
00:29:59,384 --> 00:30:01,195
A disease
is fundamentally different
685
00:30:01,219 --> 00:30:03,406
-than intentionally infecting someone.
-Dr. Reznick.
686
00:30:03,430 --> 00:30:05,015
Dr. Reznick.
687
00:30:05,098 --> 00:30:08,310
Your attorney was making
an objection on your behalf.
688
00:30:08,393 --> 00:30:10,228
In the future,
when an attorney
689
00:30:10,312 --> 00:30:11,521
makes an objection,
690
00:30:11,605 --> 00:30:14,542
please refrain from answering
until I've rendered my decision
691
00:30:14,566 --> 00:30:16,193
on the objection.
692
00:30:16,276 --> 00:30:18,195
I will let
the witness's statement
693
00:30:18,278 --> 00:30:20,030
remain in the record.
694
00:30:20,113 --> 00:30:22,550
Let's take a ten-minute
break and allow everyone
695
00:30:22,574 --> 00:30:24,719
-to cool down. The witness will remain...
-How's this playing where you are?
696
00:30:24,743 --> 00:30:25,637
Not terribly well.
697
00:30:25,661 --> 00:30:27,711
I'm afraid
we lost all our greens, Bull.
698
00:30:27,788 --> 00:30:30,228
We will continue her
testimony at that time.
699
00:30:33,036 --> 00:30:34,181
So, how was dinner?
700
00:30:34,205 --> 00:30:35,372
Not great.
701
00:30:35,455 --> 00:30:37,332
I wasn't hungry.
I'd been eating
702
00:30:37,416 --> 00:30:38,685
my small intestine
all afternoon.
703
00:30:38,709 --> 00:30:40,085
I promise you,
704
00:30:40,168 --> 00:30:42,462
it was as difficult
to listen to over here
705
00:30:42,546 --> 00:30:47,134
as I'm sure it was
for you to witness in person.
706
00:30:47,217 --> 00:30:48,969
The problem is, was,
707
00:30:49,052 --> 00:30:51,239
and continues to be
we've presented the jury
708
00:30:51,263 --> 00:30:53,157
with no real alternatives
to our client.
709
00:30:53,181 --> 00:30:55,243
We keep insisting it must
be someone else, but...
710
00:30:55,267 --> 00:30:56,329
we never say who.
711
00:30:56,353 --> 00:30:57,436
Yeah.
712
00:30:57,519 --> 00:30:59,980
Bull's hitting the nail
on the head, Marissa.
713
00:31:00,063 --> 00:31:02,363
Every time I feel like
we're making progress,
714
00:31:02,399 --> 00:31:05,277
every time I feel a hint
of traction with this jury,
715
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:06,570
it all slips away.
716
00:31:06,653 --> 00:31:10,073
That's because they have no one
else to consider but Natalie.
717
00:31:10,157 --> 00:31:12,302
I hear you. And all
I can tell you is that...
718
00:31:12,326 --> 00:31:14,286
Danny, Chunk, and Taylor...
719
00:31:14,369 --> 00:31:16,455
Who is standing
right next to me...
720
00:31:16,538 --> 00:31:19,041
They're all
beating the bushes,
721
00:31:19,124 --> 00:31:21,895
trying to find someone who could
have plausibly pulled this off.
722
00:31:21,919 --> 00:31:23,469
Dr. Bull, did
you get a chance
723
00:31:23,545 --> 00:31:25,356
to go through those dossiers
I prepared for you?
724
00:31:25,380 --> 00:31:28,342
There's material there on
almost 50 lab employees,
725
00:31:28,425 --> 00:31:30,302
all of whom have
access to anthrax.
726
00:31:30,385 --> 00:31:33,138
I'm getting through them
as fast as I can, Taylor.
727
00:31:33,221 --> 00:31:35,408
But it's not as if anyone
flagged one of the employees
728
00:31:35,432 --> 00:31:38,977
and said, "Here's
a plausible suspect."
729
00:31:39,061 --> 00:31:40,330
Come on, Bull.
We are all pulling
730
00:31:40,354 --> 00:31:42,054
on the same end
of the rope here.
731
00:31:43,087 --> 00:31:44,274
What?
732
00:31:44,358 --> 00:31:45,442
The hell was that?
733
00:31:45,525 --> 00:31:47,402
What's going on over there?
734
00:31:57,579 --> 00:31:59,498
Is it...
safe out here?
735
00:31:59,581 --> 00:32:01,166
Absolutely.
736
00:32:01,249 --> 00:32:03,335
My name is, Jason Bull.
737
00:32:03,418 --> 00:32:05,295
This is my place of business.
738
00:32:05,379 --> 00:32:07,172
I have two employees inside.
739
00:32:07,255 --> 00:32:10,425
Do you have any sense of when
they'll be able to come out?
740
00:32:10,509 --> 00:32:13,178
They will be able to come out
at some point, right?
741
00:32:13,261 --> 00:32:15,013
It's gonna be quite a while.
742
00:32:15,097 --> 00:32:16,897
You might want
to give them a call.
743
00:32:19,476 --> 00:32:20,894
How you guys feeling?
744
00:32:20,978 --> 00:32:23,313
At the moment?
Absolutely fine.
745
00:32:23,397 --> 00:32:25,315
A little hungry.
746
00:32:25,399 --> 00:32:26,525
He asked.
747
00:32:26,608 --> 00:32:28,252
We can't eat anything
from the kitchen.
748
00:32:28,276 --> 00:32:30,421
Can't eat anything until
they give us the all clear
749
00:32:30,445 --> 00:32:31,714
and we can get out of here.
750
00:32:31,738 --> 00:32:33,758
We are gonna be fine. They've
loaded us up with antibiotics.
751
00:32:33,782 --> 00:32:34,759
I think it's primarily
752
00:32:34,783 --> 00:32:37,202
about waiting for lab results
at this point.
753
00:32:37,285 --> 00:32:39,764
Marissa, Taylor, I'm so sorry
you're going through this.
754
00:32:39,788 --> 00:32:40,872
They give you
755
00:32:40,956 --> 00:32:42,499
any ETA on these tests?
756
00:32:42,582 --> 00:32:45,335
They've estimated
another three hours or so.
757
00:32:45,419 --> 00:32:48,171
Taylor, do you need us
to swing by your place
758
00:32:48,255 --> 00:32:49,273
and pick up your son?
759
00:32:49,297 --> 00:32:51,049
Nope. He's at his dad's.
760
00:32:51,133 --> 00:32:52,134
Thank goodness.
761
00:32:52,217 --> 00:32:55,053
Hey, guys, there's nothing
for you to do here.
762
00:32:55,137 --> 00:32:56,722
Why don't you just head home?
763
00:32:56,805 --> 00:32:59,683
Bull, I will text you as soon
as they tell us anything.
764
00:32:59,766 --> 00:33:01,601
As soon as they let us out
of here.
765
00:33:01,685 --> 00:33:03,395
Are you sure? I mean,
766
00:33:03,478 --> 00:33:05,397
I'm happy to stick around.
767
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,232
We're good.
768
00:33:07,315 --> 00:33:08,335
We've got each other.
769
00:33:08,359 --> 00:33:09,401
Okay.
770
00:33:09,484 --> 00:33:11,403
Then I am going to go home,
771
00:33:11,486 --> 00:33:14,406
kiss my baby,
772
00:33:14,489 --> 00:33:16,700
and read some dossiers.
773
00:33:19,327 --> 00:33:21,413
Would you think
I was a terrible person
774
00:33:21,496 --> 00:33:22,873
if I told you that,
775
00:33:22,956 --> 00:33:25,309
as horrible as this must be
for Marissa and Taylor,
776
00:33:25,333 --> 00:33:27,836
there's potentially
a big upside to it?
777
00:33:28,837 --> 00:33:29,963
Thank God.
778
00:33:30,047 --> 00:33:33,300
I thought I was the only one
whose mind worked that way.
779
00:33:33,383 --> 00:33:35,343
Natalie's in jail.
780
00:33:35,427 --> 00:33:37,471
So she couldn't have done it.
781
00:33:37,554 --> 00:33:39,264
If the FBI and
the CDC confirm
782
00:33:39,347 --> 00:33:42,434
that the handwriting is the
same on the letter we got at TAC
783
00:33:42,517 --> 00:33:44,217
as on the envelopes
that went out
784
00:33:44,269 --> 00:33:45,997
to the congressman
and the newscaster...
785
00:33:46,021 --> 00:33:47,971
And that the construction
of the gizmo
786
00:33:48,023 --> 00:33:51,359
that makes sure the anthrax
makes contact with the person
787
00:33:51,443 --> 00:33:52,486
is similar...
788
00:33:53,904 --> 00:33:56,823
I think our client
is free and clear.
789
00:33:56,907 --> 00:34:00,702
I'll make sure to keep
all my digits crossed.
790
00:34:08,668 --> 00:34:10,754
Hello?
791
00:34:10,837 --> 00:34:12,297
Marissa.
792
00:34:12,380 --> 00:34:15,175
Tell me what's going on.
793
00:34:16,718 --> 00:34:19,137
On your way home?
794
00:34:19,221 --> 00:34:21,098
That's great.
795
00:34:21,181 --> 00:34:23,391
Great to hear.
796
00:34:25,602 --> 00:34:26,895
Really?
797
00:34:26,978 --> 00:34:29,314
They certain of that?
Powdered sugar?
798
00:34:31,733 --> 00:34:34,361
Yeah, that is funny.
799
00:34:34,444 --> 00:34:36,571
If Taylor had only licked
her fingers,
800
00:34:36,655 --> 00:34:39,533
she wouldn't have been hungry
anymore.
801
00:34:39,616 --> 00:34:42,369
Well, the two of you
get something to eat,
802
00:34:42,452 --> 00:34:45,372
get some sleep, and I'll
see you in the morning.
803
00:34:45,455 --> 00:34:47,165
Night.
804
00:34:51,586 --> 00:34:54,172
You have no idea
how happy I am
805
00:34:54,256 --> 00:34:57,300
to be standing here,
talking to you.
806
00:34:57,384 --> 00:35:01,304
You have no idea how
happy I am to be talked to.
807
00:35:02,430 --> 00:35:03,932
Just a copycat.
808
00:35:04,015 --> 00:35:07,227
Copycat with powdered sugar
trying to intimidate us.
809
00:35:07,310 --> 00:35:09,622
Somebody who'd watched the
news and convinced themselves
810
00:35:09,646 --> 00:35:11,398
that Natalie is a murderer
811
00:35:11,481 --> 00:35:13,709
and that we're the bad guys
just doing whatever we can
812
00:35:13,733 --> 00:35:15,671
-to help her evade the law.
-Well,
813
00:35:15,777 --> 00:35:18,548
I went through the rest of the
dossiers early this morning,
814
00:35:18,572 --> 00:35:21,449
and I found one that ticked
a lot of boxes for me.
815
00:35:21,533 --> 00:35:22,617
Really?
816
00:35:22,701 --> 00:35:25,662
What if I told you that one
of the employees at Hudson
817
00:35:25,745 --> 00:35:28,415
served as a medic
during the first Gulf War?
818
00:35:28,498 --> 00:35:32,586
Okay. And that's meaningful
because...?
819
00:35:32,669 --> 00:35:34,981
Because it means
they have firsthand knowledge
820
00:35:35,005 --> 00:35:38,758
of the devastation biological
and chemical weapons cause.
821
00:35:38,842 --> 00:35:41,887
No offense, but that
hardly seems like enough
822
00:35:41,970 --> 00:35:43,930
to get a jury
to change its mind.
823
00:35:44,014 --> 00:35:46,826
What if I told you this person
was stationed in territory
824
00:35:46,850 --> 00:35:50,562
where Saddam Hussein was waging
chemical and biological warfare
825
00:35:50,645 --> 00:35:53,732
against a large swath
of civilians?
826
00:35:53,815 --> 00:35:56,765
Still kind of feels like we're
making some big leaps here,
827
00:35:56,818 --> 00:35:57,903
don't you think?
828
00:35:57,986 --> 00:36:00,322
I don't know.
829
00:36:00,405 --> 00:36:03,742
Why does someone dedicate their
life to finding an antidote
830
00:36:03,825 --> 00:36:05,577
to something like anthrax?
831
00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:07,913
We know why Natalie did it.
832
00:36:07,996 --> 00:36:11,917
She felt... a sense of
obligation to her country.
833
00:36:13,710 --> 00:36:16,004
So, what if this
person did it
834
00:36:16,087 --> 00:36:17,797
because they
keenly understood
835
00:36:17,881 --> 00:36:21,426
that biological weapons were an
imminent threat to the homeland?
836
00:36:21,510 --> 00:36:24,971
So, when Congress cut their
funding for the research,
837
00:36:25,055 --> 00:36:27,724
they took matters
into their own hands
838
00:36:27,807 --> 00:36:29,684
and decided the one
839
00:36:29,768 --> 00:36:32,497
or two deaths necessary to
seize the public's imagination
840
00:36:32,521 --> 00:36:36,441
were a fair trade if it
helped prevent a greater harm.
841
00:36:36,524 --> 00:36:39,819
So, you're saying the FBI
had the right motive...
842
00:36:39,903 --> 00:36:42,781
Just pegged the wrong person.
843
00:36:44,199 --> 00:36:46,743
Who is this person?
844
00:36:46,826 --> 00:36:48,578
Roger Simpkins?
845
00:36:48,662 --> 00:36:50,455
Natalie's boss?
846
00:36:50,539 --> 00:36:53,166
The man who oversees
the entire program?
847
00:36:53,250 --> 00:36:56,670
His position means he can come
and go between labs by himself
848
00:36:56,753 --> 00:36:58,296
without raising suspicion,
849
00:36:58,380 --> 00:37:00,423
which means he has access
850
00:37:00,507 --> 00:37:01,758
to anthrax.
851
00:37:01,841 --> 00:37:03,152
Not to mention the know-how
852
00:37:03,176 --> 00:37:05,762
and the equipment
to dry the spores with.
853
00:37:05,845 --> 00:37:07,782
Not only did
Dr. Simpkins have the motive,
854
00:37:07,806 --> 00:37:10,117
the means, and the opportunity
to commit this crime...
855
00:37:10,141 --> 00:37:11,869
He was also
in the perfect position
856
00:37:11,893 --> 00:37:12,870
to frame Natalie Reznick.
857
00:37:12,894 --> 00:37:15,146
Natalie had
to get her boss's okay
858
00:37:15,230 --> 00:37:16,499
before she wrote to that list
859
00:37:16,523 --> 00:37:19,252
of legislators and journalists
in the wake of the budget cuts.
860
00:37:19,276 --> 00:37:20,944
Dr. Simpkins
861
00:37:21,027 --> 00:37:23,327
could easily have pulled
Congressman Connors'
862
00:37:23,405 --> 00:37:27,158
and Allison Rojas' names
from that list in an effort
863
00:37:27,242 --> 00:37:28,868
to make Natalie look guilty.
864
00:37:30,996 --> 00:37:32,163
I'm sorry,
865
00:37:32,247 --> 00:37:36,668
but none of this
sounds terribly convincing.
866
00:37:36,751 --> 00:37:39,170
In fact, it sounds desperate,
867
00:37:39,254 --> 00:37:40,856
like you know
you're about to lose
868
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:42,900
and you're throwing spaghetti
on the wall,
869
00:37:42,924 --> 00:37:44,235
hoping something will stick.
870
00:37:44,259 --> 00:37:46,511
Look, I came to this meeting
871
00:37:46,594 --> 00:37:47,846
in good faith.
872
00:37:47,929 --> 00:37:49,556
But I got to tell you,
873
00:37:49,639 --> 00:37:52,392
I believe
Natalie Reznick is guilty,
874
00:37:52,475 --> 00:37:54,352
and nothing
I've heard here today
875
00:37:54,436 --> 00:37:57,480
even remotely begins
to change my mind.
876
00:37:57,564 --> 00:37:59,750
Well, perhaps we should have
skipped the warm-up then.
877
00:37:59,774 --> 00:38:03,028
Danny, the pièce de
résistance, if you will.
878
00:38:07,824 --> 00:38:10,869
You recognize these images,
Mr. Reynolds?
879
00:38:10,952 --> 00:38:11,762
Of course.
880
00:38:11,786 --> 00:38:13,586
Those are
from the security footage
881
00:38:13,621 --> 00:38:17,375
the FBI lifted near the mailbox
where the letters were sent.
882
00:38:17,459 --> 00:38:18,769
You were never able
to identify Natalie
883
00:38:18,793 --> 00:38:20,503
in any of these photos,
were you?
884
00:38:20,587 --> 00:38:22,106
Come on.
Look at the time of year.
885
00:38:22,130 --> 00:38:23,840
Look how everyone is dressed.
886
00:38:23,923 --> 00:38:27,218
Nevertheless, we do believe
one of them is Natalie.
887
00:38:27,302 --> 00:38:28,946
Well, in the same way
you set out to prove
888
00:38:28,970 --> 00:38:29,989
one of them is Natalie,
889
00:38:30,013 --> 00:38:33,641
we set out to prove
one of them is Dr. Simpkins.
890
00:38:35,226 --> 00:38:36,936
We widened the
surveillance area
891
00:38:37,020 --> 00:38:38,956
and accessed all
of the security cameras
892
00:38:38,980 --> 00:38:40,750
within a half-mile
radius of the mailbox.
893
00:38:40,774 --> 00:38:42,585
Now, the FBI
determined that there was
894
00:38:42,609 --> 00:38:45,695
an eight-hour window during
which the letters were mailed.
895
00:38:45,779 --> 00:38:49,199
So, using a photograph
of Dr. Simpkins' face,
896
00:38:49,282 --> 00:38:51,409
our office created
an algorithm
897
00:38:51,493 --> 00:38:54,412
to scan all eight hours
of the footage
898
00:38:54,496 --> 00:38:56,122
from every single camera.
899
00:38:57,123 --> 00:38:59,250
This is what we found.
900
00:38:59,334 --> 00:39:01,544
Recorded by an ATM
about four blocks away
901
00:39:01,628 --> 00:39:03,755
from the mailbox.
902
00:39:03,838 --> 00:39:07,050
As you can see,
that's Roger Simpkins.
903
00:39:07,133 --> 00:39:09,094
And you'll notice his hat
904
00:39:09,177 --> 00:39:11,721
perfectly matches this hat.
905
00:39:11,805 --> 00:39:13,890
In this photo.
906
00:39:13,973 --> 00:39:17,143
Where a person
is clearly mailing letters.
907
00:39:17,227 --> 00:39:19,562
Letters which I would bet
contain anthrax.
908
00:39:23,233 --> 00:39:24,818
Nice work.
909
00:39:28,405 --> 00:39:30,782
Well, I suppose
the four of us
910
00:39:30,865 --> 00:39:32,843
should take a walk
down to the judge's chambers,
911
00:39:32,867 --> 00:39:34,367
see if we can
get an audience.
912
00:39:36,204 --> 00:39:38,557
If this isn't probable cause
for a search warrant,
913
00:39:38,581 --> 00:39:40,542
I don't know what is.
914
00:39:45,839 --> 00:39:47,090
Look out there.
915
00:39:47,173 --> 00:39:48,758
You see a single face mask?
916
00:39:48,842 --> 00:39:50,135
Nope.
917
00:39:50,218 --> 00:39:51,695
Just people
walking their dogs,
918
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:53,638
strolling their kids.
919
00:39:53,722 --> 00:39:56,099
Well, it's like
we told the judge...
920
00:39:56,182 --> 00:39:58,282
The FBI searched
Dr. Simpkins' apartment,
921
00:39:58,351 --> 00:40:00,538
only to discover it,
too, had been bleached.
922
00:40:00,562 --> 00:40:03,106
Luckily, when they opened up
the HVAC ducts,
923
00:40:03,189 --> 00:40:07,110
they found anthrax spores
behind a vent in the kitchen.
924
00:40:07,193 --> 00:40:09,821
I still have a hard time
believing it.
925
00:40:09,904 --> 00:40:11,614
We talked about
it all the time.
926
00:40:11,698 --> 00:40:14,617
He kept saying
how he wanted to help people,
927
00:40:14,701 --> 00:40:15,701
protect people.
928
00:40:15,743 --> 00:40:17,847
I'm sure he thought
he was doing just that.
929
00:40:17,871 --> 00:40:20,290
Doing it for the
greater good.
930
00:40:20,373 --> 00:40:23,710
You know, I guess that's why
I like my work so much.
931
00:40:23,793 --> 00:40:26,546
Bacteria may be challenging,
932
00:40:26,629 --> 00:40:29,716
but they're a whole hell
of a lot easier to understand
933
00:40:29,799 --> 00:40:31,801
than people.
934
00:40:31,825 --> 00:40:35,825
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