1 00:00:01,740 --> 00:00:04,830 Previously on The Code… Your brother can't run. 2 00:00:04,874 --> 00:00:06,615 Matty doesn't have schizophrenia. 3 00:00:06,658 --> 00:00:08,660 It's called delusional disorder. 4 00:00:08,704 --> 00:00:10,575 We're having twins. Your wife is showing signs 5 00:00:10,619 --> 00:00:12,708 that are consistent with early labor. 6 00:00:12,751 --> 00:00:14,231 The reason I was pushing myself so hard. 7 00:00:14,275 --> 00:00:16,146 It's not so I can get back to my unit. 8 00:00:16,190 --> 00:00:19,193 I want to get out of here so I can take the medical separation. 9 00:00:19,236 --> 00:00:20,890 My lawyer's going to ask you to testify. 10 00:00:20,933 --> 00:00:23,327 He thinks I can win a wrongful death suit. 11 00:00:23,371 --> 00:00:25,938 The Feres Doctrine says that you can't file a civil suit 12 00:00:25,982 --> 00:00:28,028 for something that happened on active duty. 13 00:00:28,071 --> 00:00:31,379 The Feres Doctrine is the law until it isn't. 14 00:00:31,422 --> 00:00:33,163 You need to get yourself out of this. 15 00:00:33,207 --> 00:00:35,165 Consider yourself warned. 16 00:00:35,209 --> 00:00:37,385 Captain Abraham, I need you to come with me. 17 00:00:37,428 --> 00:00:38,690 Why? What's the charge? 18 00:00:38,734 --> 00:00:39,822 Article 94. 19 00:00:39,865 --> 00:00:41,519 Mutiny and sedition. 20 00:00:46,002 --> 00:00:49,310 People in Helmand... they look to the Noorzais for guidance. 21 00:00:49,353 --> 00:00:52,400 Your farm is the most prosperous farm in the valley. 22 00:00:52,443 --> 00:00:54,184 If you grow wheat instead of opium, 23 00:00:54,228 --> 00:00:55,490 others will follow your lead. 24 00:00:57,970 --> 00:01:00,756 And if they don't? 25 00:01:00,799 --> 00:01:03,324 We're asking you to take a risk. 26 00:01:03,367 --> 00:01:06,892 It's only fair to compensate you. 27 00:01:22,386 --> 00:01:24,301 28 00:01:29,350 --> 00:01:31,439 Noorzai-sayib. It's not long until sunset. 29 00:01:31,482 --> 00:01:33,397 My men and I, we need to get back to the base. 30 00:01:33,441 --> 00:01:35,182 Do you have a decision for us? 31 00:01:37,488 --> 00:01:39,360 Excellent. 32 00:01:43,886 --> 00:01:46,236 We'll protect you during the transition. 33 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,455 You have my word. 34 00:01:49,152 --> 00:01:50,414 We're rolling out in two minutes, Marines. 35 00:01:50,458 --> 00:01:52,677 Sir? We're down a man. 36 00:01:52,721 --> 00:01:54,375 Where the hell is the lieutenant? 37 00:01:54,418 --> 00:01:56,203 His name's Inky. 38 00:01:56,246 --> 00:01:58,248 If you get into trouble, he'll squirt the bad guy 39 00:01:58,292 --> 00:01:59,989 right in the face. Lieutenant Abraham. 40 00:02:00,032 --> 00:02:03,427 Major says we're on the move. 41 00:02:03,471 --> 00:02:06,169 You can't understand a word I'm saying. 42 00:02:06,213 --> 00:02:08,563 Inky. 43 00:02:08,606 --> 00:02:10,608 Inky. 44 00:02:12,784 --> 00:02:13,785 Inky. 45 00:02:13,829 --> 00:02:17,311 I think he means now, Lieutenant. 46 00:02:20,227 --> 00:02:23,404 Thank you for your contribution to the war effort, Lieutenant. 47 00:02:23,447 --> 00:02:26,146 Hearts and minds, Major. Hearts and minds. 48 00:02:29,410 --> 00:02:32,108 So it's reasonable to say that you enjoyed your visits 49 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:33,892 to the Noorzai family farm? 50 00:02:33,936 --> 00:02:36,112 Captain Abraham, 51 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:38,549 it's a simple question. 52 00:02:38,593 --> 00:02:40,812 It's reasonable to say people like the Noorzais 53 00:02:40,856 --> 00:02:42,553 were the linchpin of our strategy. 54 00:02:42,597 --> 00:02:45,513 They were no fans of life under the Taliban. 55 00:02:45,556 --> 00:02:47,341 They were willing to grow something other than opium. 56 00:02:47,384 --> 00:02:50,170 And you liked them? Objection. 57 00:02:50,213 --> 00:02:52,433 What does Captain Abraham's opinion of the Noorzais 58 00:02:52,476 --> 00:02:53,956 have to do with the charges? Your Honor, the government plans 59 00:02:53,999 --> 00:02:55,697 to demonstrate that the defendant's attachment 60 00:02:55,740 --> 00:02:58,178 to the family in question led him to commit mutiny... 61 00:02:58,221 --> 00:02:59,657 What say we let the panel 62 00:02:59,701 --> 00:03:01,920 decide whether or not Captain Abraham committed mutiny? 63 00:03:01,964 --> 00:03:03,052 If it's all right with Colonel Schuylkill. 64 00:03:03,095 --> 00:03:05,228 The defendant's attachment 65 00:03:05,272 --> 00:03:08,536 to the Noorzai family led him to disobey an order 66 00:03:08,579 --> 00:03:11,452 on March 5, 2010. 67 00:03:11,495 --> 00:03:15,020 You can answer, Captain. 68 00:03:15,064 --> 00:03:16,718 Yes. 69 00:03:16,761 --> 00:03:19,503 Yes, you liked them? You brought a stuffed animal 70 00:03:19,547 --> 00:03:21,244 to Laila Noorzai, didn't you? 71 00:03:21,288 --> 00:03:22,854 That's correct. 72 00:03:22,898 --> 00:03:24,508 And on the evening of March 5, 2010, 73 00:03:24,552 --> 00:03:26,597 you went on a mission to the Noorzai family compound, 74 00:03:26,641 --> 00:03:28,338 correct? The mission is already a matter of record, Your Honor. 75 00:03:28,382 --> 00:03:29,731 Captain Abraham's the one facing 76 00:03:29,774 --> 00:03:30,906 charges of mutiny. I'd just as soon 77 00:03:30,949 --> 00:03:32,299 hear the story from him. 78 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:37,434 I did, yes. 79 00:03:37,478 --> 00:03:39,044 And you were evacuated shortly 80 00:03:39,088 --> 00:03:42,091 before dawn on the morning of March 6, 2010. 81 00:03:42,134 --> 00:03:45,747 Is that correct? Yes, with an exit wound in my leg the size of your fist. 82 00:03:46,878 --> 00:03:48,445 I never saw combat again. 83 00:03:48,489 --> 00:03:50,969 And we appreciate your service, misguided though it was 84 00:03:51,013 --> 00:03:52,275 on this particular... Objection! 85 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:53,711 Sustained. Counselor, this courtroom is not 86 00:03:53,755 --> 00:03:55,713 your personal op-ed page. 87 00:03:55,757 --> 00:03:57,628 Captain Abraham, can you describe the state 88 00:03:57,672 --> 00:03:59,456 of the Noorzai family compound on the morning 89 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:03,547 of March 6, 2010? 90 00:04:03,591 --> 00:04:06,594 91 00:04:13,383 --> 00:04:16,386 There was no compound by the end of the night. 92 00:04:16,430 --> 00:04:19,868 Everything was... 93 00:04:19,911 --> 00:04:22,479 pretty much gone. 94 00:04:22,523 --> 00:04:24,264 It was gone because you destroyed it. 95 00:04:24,307 --> 00:04:26,440 You and your men leveled that place the night before 96 00:04:26,483 --> 00:04:29,530 on March 5, 2010, didn't you? 97 00:04:32,924 --> 00:04:35,318 Yes. We did. 98 00:04:37,494 --> 00:04:39,496 99 00:04:51,334 --> 00:04:54,381 We'll try again. 100 00:04:54,424 --> 00:04:57,471 We can't afford another round of IVF. 101 00:04:57,514 --> 00:04:59,647 We'll save. 102 00:04:59,690 --> 00:05:01,431 I'm 38. 103 00:05:01,475 --> 00:05:03,825 104 00:05:13,487 --> 00:05:17,317 I loved being pregnant. 105 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,319 I loved it. 106 00:05:21,364 --> 00:05:24,585 I don't understand. 107 00:05:24,628 --> 00:05:28,371 I was doing so well. 108 00:05:28,415 --> 00:05:30,591 We were gonna have twins. 109 00:05:34,986 --> 00:05:37,902 We'll get there again. 110 00:05:37,946 --> 00:05:39,904 Do you really believe that? 111 00:05:39,948 --> 00:05:44,300 112 00:05:46,041 --> 00:05:47,347 113 00:05:52,569 --> 00:05:55,006 What is it? 114 00:05:55,050 --> 00:05:58,532 NCIS just apprehended Abe. 115 00:06:02,274 --> 00:06:03,624 NCIS... 116 00:06:03,667 --> 00:06:05,800 received a call from Camp Pendleton 117 00:06:05,843 --> 00:06:10,718 this afternoon with orders to apprehend Captain Abraham. 118 00:06:10,761 --> 00:06:14,156 Apparently, this investigation originates 119 00:06:14,199 --> 00:06:15,636 on the West Coast. How long 120 00:06:15,679 --> 00:06:16,898 has this been going on, ma'am? 121 00:06:16,941 --> 00:06:18,290 When NCIS took Abe, they told him 122 00:06:18,334 --> 00:06:19,422 the charges stemmed from something he did 123 00:06:19,466 --> 00:06:20,902 in March of 2010. 124 00:06:20,945 --> 00:06:23,295 And they're just getting around to charging him now? 125 00:06:23,339 --> 00:06:26,908 There is no statute of limitations on mutiny, Major. 126 00:06:26,951 --> 00:06:28,736 This is a bad faith prosecution. 127 00:06:28,779 --> 00:06:31,652 They've been warning Abe to back off for months. 128 00:06:31,695 --> 00:06:34,481 Discredit Abe by branding him a mutineer and you wound 129 00:06:34,524 --> 00:06:35,525 the lawsuit challenging Feres. 130 00:06:35,569 --> 00:06:37,440 You might just kill it outright. 131 00:06:37,484 --> 00:06:39,094 Are we supposed to prosecute Abe? 132 00:06:39,137 --> 00:06:41,357 I'm hoping it doesn't get that far. 133 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:42,967 Maya and I are on defense? 134 00:06:43,011 --> 00:06:44,491 Find out what happened that day. 135 00:06:44,534 --> 00:06:45,927 We are going to 136 00:06:45,970 --> 00:06:49,452 kill this stupid stunt before it goes any further. 137 00:06:49,496 --> 00:06:52,368 Ma'am...Rami. What are you doing here? 138 00:06:52,412 --> 00:06:54,979 You're supposed to be taking your oath of citizenship today. 139 00:06:55,023 --> 00:06:57,634 I can do it next month. I want to help. 140 00:06:57,678 --> 00:07:00,463 There's a Colonel Schuylkill here to see you. 141 00:07:03,597 --> 00:07:04,598 Kit. 142 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:08,384 I see you let yourself in. 143 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:10,430 Good to see you, Glenn. 144 00:07:10,473 --> 00:07:12,954 We've been tracking the situation out west with your son. 145 00:07:12,997 --> 00:07:14,564 How's he doing? Adam's fine. 146 00:07:14,608 --> 00:07:15,957 Why is your shop harassing my people? 147 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,437 Harassing? You're digging around in something 148 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:18,568 that happened almost 10 years ago. 149 00:07:18,612 --> 00:07:19,917 I would call that harassment. 150 00:07:19,961 --> 00:07:22,790 My office only recently heard about the incident. 151 00:07:22,833 --> 00:07:25,575 Captain Abraham's battalion commander from Afghanistan 152 00:07:25,619 --> 00:07:27,098 reached out a few months back. 153 00:07:27,142 --> 00:07:28,970 He was retiring. He wanted to get something off his chest. 154 00:07:29,013 --> 00:07:31,581 Something he's managed to live with since 2010. 155 00:07:31,625 --> 00:07:33,801 Lieutenant Colonel Arcineaux didn't report it at the time, 156 00:07:33,844 --> 00:07:35,672 it's true. It tends to reflect poorly 157 00:07:35,716 --> 00:07:37,848 on a commander when his men resort to mutiny. 158 00:07:37,892 --> 00:07:41,504 And this has nothing to do with the lawsuit? Feres? 159 00:07:41,548 --> 00:07:44,420 I have nothing but disdain for Captain Abraham's decision 160 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:45,639 to testify against the Corps. 161 00:07:45,682 --> 00:07:48,119 He's not testifying against the Corps. 162 00:07:48,163 --> 00:07:49,643 He's describing a thing 163 00:07:49,686 --> 00:07:52,602 that happened. Well, you can be loyal to the uniform, 164 00:07:52,646 --> 00:07:53,821 or to something else. 165 00:07:53,864 --> 00:07:55,518 Your man's trying to have it both ways. 166 00:07:55,562 --> 00:07:56,780 That's what a kid does. 167 00:07:56,824 --> 00:07:58,086 Regardless, these are separate issues, 168 00:07:58,129 --> 00:08:00,131 and I won't have you implying otherwise. 169 00:08:00,175 --> 00:08:02,003 Chain of command is sacred to what we do, Glenn. 170 00:08:02,046 --> 00:08:05,528 Kit. This all could have fit just fine in an e-mail. 171 00:08:05,572 --> 00:08:07,748 I'm handling the prosecution. 172 00:08:07,791 --> 00:08:12,013 You are the C.O. of the J.A. Division at Pendleton. 173 00:08:12,056 --> 00:08:13,536 When's the last time you went to court? 174 00:08:13,580 --> 00:08:15,538 I still have a vague idea how it works. 175 00:08:15,582 --> 00:08:17,192 I'll need some office space. 176 00:08:17,235 --> 00:08:19,455 And I want someone local for second chair. 177 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:23,067 Looks like Lieutenant Li is doing good work. 178 00:08:30,597 --> 00:08:32,468 Your ultrasound appointment was today. 179 00:08:32,512 --> 00:08:35,602 Oh. Right. 180 00:08:35,645 --> 00:08:38,430 Yeah. It went fine. It's great. 181 00:08:38,474 --> 00:08:41,999 It was incredible. I mean, it's... 182 00:08:42,043 --> 00:08:44,785 you know, as they say, hearts beat so fast. 183 00:08:44,828 --> 00:08:46,569 The hearts? 184 00:08:46,613 --> 00:08:49,224 Oh, heart. Sorry. 185 00:08:49,267 --> 00:08:53,097 Uh, I'm just a little distracted. Mm. 186 00:08:57,972 --> 00:08:59,626 Everything go okay in New York? 187 00:08:59,669 --> 00:09:02,454 My brother had a meltdown before the fund-raiser. 188 00:09:02,498 --> 00:09:04,500 The party's pulling its support. 189 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:05,849 Meltdown? 190 00:09:05,893 --> 00:09:09,331 The truth is, he's been getting worse. 191 00:09:15,380 --> 00:09:16,904 They want me to run in his place. 192 00:09:16,947 --> 00:09:20,516 Well, you're active duty. You can't run for office. 193 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:22,692 I've had my commission for just over eight years. 194 00:09:22,736 --> 00:09:23,954 I can resign any time. 195 00:09:23,998 --> 00:09:25,826 Is that something you want? 196 00:09:25,869 --> 00:09:28,132 Long-term? Absolutely. 197 00:09:28,176 --> 00:09:30,700 I didn't expect to be making a decision this week. 198 00:09:30,744 --> 00:09:33,573 But the national party just handed me 199 00:09:33,616 --> 00:09:34,661 a gift-wrapped campaign. 200 00:09:34,704 --> 00:09:36,706 201 00:09:41,798 --> 00:09:44,061 202 00:09:44,105 --> 00:09:45,541 We were gonna drop the Feres case. 203 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:48,631 Not that it's my call, but Alex wanted to drop it. 204 00:09:48,675 --> 00:09:50,590 Why? We couldn't be together 205 00:09:50,633 --> 00:09:53,418 and move forward with the case. We picked being together. 206 00:09:53,462 --> 00:09:56,552 Are you sure this Article 118 charge is connected 207 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:59,120 to your participation in the Feres lawsuit? 208 00:09:59,163 --> 00:10:02,297 General Winston Geiger came to see me the other day. 209 00:10:02,340 --> 00:10:03,646 The C.O. of MARFORPAC? 210 00:10:03,690 --> 00:10:05,735 He tried to warn me off the Feres case. 211 00:10:05,779 --> 00:10:08,085 Said there were all kinds of shadowy conversations about me, 212 00:10:08,129 --> 00:10:09,696 and that the wrath of God was headed my way 213 00:10:09,739 --> 00:10:10,871 if I didn't back down. 214 00:10:10,914 --> 00:10:12,220 He admitted to being part 215 00:10:12,263 --> 00:10:14,222 of a conspiracy against you. There's our proof. 216 00:10:14,265 --> 00:10:15,615 He'll never cop to the conversation. 217 00:10:15,658 --> 00:10:17,355 He knew my dad, he warned me off as a favor. 218 00:10:17,399 --> 00:10:18,792 If he sent up a flare, he's having mixed feelings. 219 00:10:18,835 --> 00:10:20,402 It's a way in. 220 00:10:20,445 --> 00:10:22,665 Get out to Hawaii. See what you can dig up 221 00:10:22,709 --> 00:10:23,927 on this conspiracy, 222 00:10:23,971 --> 00:10:25,755 and I'll stay local. 223 00:10:25,799 --> 00:10:28,584 If you come up empty, we'll have to mount a conventional defense. 224 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:31,326 Let's hope it doesn't come to that. 225 00:10:31,369 --> 00:10:32,980 They're smart to use this against me. 226 00:10:33,023 --> 00:10:35,635 I disobeyed an order that night. 227 00:10:35,678 --> 00:10:38,159 Whether it was mutiny or not, 228 00:10:38,202 --> 00:10:40,683 it's more or less a matter of perspective. 229 00:10:40,727 --> 00:10:42,467 Tell us. 230 00:10:42,511 --> 00:10:44,818 Major Carcinogen briefed us on the mission. 231 00:10:44,861 --> 00:10:46,776 It was kill/capture. 232 00:10:46,820 --> 00:10:49,779 Intel put a high-value target in the village of Farah. 233 00:10:49,823 --> 00:10:51,999 An Iranian national named Mishdar, 234 00:10:52,042 --> 00:10:54,654 in country to make bombs for the Taliban. 235 00:10:54,697 --> 00:10:57,613 We were to escort a forward observer into the village, 236 00:10:57,657 --> 00:10:59,615 where he'd paint the building where Mishdar was hiding 237 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:00,790 with a laser target. 238 00:11:00,834 --> 00:11:03,140 The Hellfire missile would finish the job. 239 00:11:03,184 --> 00:11:05,316 When you say "we"?Four Humvees 240 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,797 in a convoy, 15 Marines under my command. 241 00:11:07,841 --> 00:11:10,626 And did your convoy ever make it to the village of Farah? 242 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:13,281 We came under small arms fire about two miles 243 00:11:13,324 --> 00:11:14,630 before we got there. 244 00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:16,850 It came from the Noorzai family compound. 245 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:23,378 Get eyes on those shooters. 246 00:11:23,421 --> 00:11:25,162 That's when the sniper hit us. 247 00:11:25,206 --> 00:11:27,599 Corporal Kersen was the first to go down. 248 00:11:27,643 --> 00:11:29,297 I'm confused; earlier today you told us 249 00:11:29,340 --> 00:11:31,516 the Noorzais were friendly to coalition forces. 250 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:34,911 The Noorzai farm had visitors that night. 251 00:11:34,955 --> 00:11:36,739 The Taliban was squatting there. 252 00:11:36,783 --> 00:11:38,959 Around 20 I could see through my NVGs. 253 00:11:39,002 --> 00:11:40,395 More inside the houses. 254 00:11:40,438 --> 00:11:41,744 Why so many, Captain? 255 00:11:41,788 --> 00:11:43,746 Our intel was wrong. 256 00:11:43,790 --> 00:11:45,748 Mishdar wasn't hiding in the village. 257 00:11:45,792 --> 00:11:47,750 I saw him running into a building 258 00:11:47,794 --> 00:11:49,404 on the Noorzai compound. 259 00:11:49,447 --> 00:11:50,840 So you were taking fire and looking through 260 00:11:50,884 --> 00:11:52,363 your night vision binoculars, 261 00:11:52,407 --> 00:11:53,887 how could you be sure it was Mishdar? 262 00:11:53,930 --> 00:11:55,802 We couldn't be sure. 263 00:11:55,845 --> 00:11:58,935 But the other fighters were clearly protecting him. 264 00:11:58,979 --> 00:12:00,676 Mishdar was Iranian. 265 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,852 They wrap their turbans in this kind of flat way. 266 00:12:02,896 --> 00:12:04,767 Based on my report, Major Arcineaux made a call. 267 00:12:04,811 --> 00:12:08,597 Mishdar was on that farm. So you had your target. 268 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,295 Why not call in the airstrike as planned? We were going to. 269 00:12:11,339 --> 00:12:14,646 The Predator was en route. What happened? 270 00:12:24,569 --> 00:12:26,876 The Noorzais were still on that farm. 271 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,226 They were civilians. That missile was gonna... 272 00:12:29,270 --> 00:12:31,054 turn their compound into sawdust. 273 00:12:31,098 --> 00:12:33,056 You believed there were civilians; they wouldn't be 274 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:35,667 the first Afghans to take American money and keep right on 275 00:12:35,711 --> 00:12:37,017 collaborating with the Taliban. 276 00:12:37,060 --> 00:12:39,062 Laila Noorzai was nine. Did you inform 277 00:12:39,106 --> 00:12:40,803 your commanding officer that you thought there were 278 00:12:40,847 --> 00:12:42,805 civilians in the compound? My staff sergeant 279 00:12:42,849 --> 00:12:44,459 apprised him of the situation. 280 00:12:44,502 --> 00:12:46,809 What did Major Arcineaux say? 281 00:12:46,853 --> 00:12:48,724 Copy that, sir. Understood. 282 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,900 All right, the airstrike is still on. 283 00:12:50,944 --> 00:12:52,554 What? 284 00:12:52,597 --> 00:12:54,469 There must be 15, 20 civilians in there. 285 00:12:54,512 --> 00:12:56,253 We've been to that farm how many times? 286 00:12:56,297 --> 00:12:58,647 We told those people we'd protect them. 287 00:12:58,690 --> 00:13:00,040 I said the same thing to Major Arcineaux, sir. 288 00:13:00,083 --> 00:13:01,693 We can't knowingly target civilians under 289 00:13:01,737 --> 00:13:03,652 the new rules of engagement. All right, the major says 290 00:13:03,695 --> 00:13:05,436 anyone still on that farm 291 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,525 is an enemy combatant. That is not true! 292 00:13:07,569 --> 00:13:09,832 Sir, our orders are to return fire until the Predator hits. 293 00:13:09,876 --> 00:13:11,399 You want to take it up with the major? 294 00:13:11,442 --> 00:13:13,793 We need Marines in there; they can't bomb the compound 295 00:13:13,836 --> 00:13:15,577 if our own people are there. 296 00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:16,883 Our orders are clear, sir. I'll take 297 00:13:16,926 --> 00:13:18,449 a fire team, we'll get the Noorzais to safety 298 00:13:18,493 --> 00:13:19,929 and we'll take out Mishdar. 299 00:13:19,973 --> 00:13:22,236 Must be 30 Taliban in there. We are about to kill kids! 300 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:23,890 We saw them in there 301 00:13:23,933 --> 00:13:26,153 and in five minutes they'll be dead. 302 00:13:26,196 --> 00:13:28,198 Yes, sir. 303 00:13:28,242 --> 00:13:30,679 So in that moment, you and your staff sergeant 304 00:13:30,722 --> 00:13:32,986 conspired to disobey a direct order. 305 00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:34,465 I believed the order to be counter 306 00:13:34,509 --> 00:13:36,598 to the rules of engagement. You committed mutiny. 307 00:13:36,641 --> 00:13:38,165 Objection. 308 00:13:38,208 --> 00:13:39,340 Your Honor, the defense stipulates 309 00:13:39,383 --> 00:13:40,776 that the defendant disobeyed an order. 310 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:42,952 The question is whether the order was lawful. 311 00:13:42,996 --> 00:13:45,563 Sustained. 312 00:13:45,607 --> 00:13:48,871 You told Staff Sergeant Parisi that you planned 313 00:13:48,915 --> 00:13:50,481 to take one fire team with you. 314 00:13:50,525 --> 00:13:52,440 Who were they? 315 00:13:52,483 --> 00:13:54,442 There was PFC Demarcus Dixon. 316 00:13:54,485 --> 00:13:56,226 Everyone called him Double-D. 317 00:13:56,270 --> 00:13:57,706 He was green but he didn't think twice 318 00:13:57,749 --> 00:13:59,882 when I told him we were going into that compound. 319 00:13:59,926 --> 00:14:02,798 Ready when you are, L-T. 320 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:04,931 Reese and Crowell were joined at the hip. 321 00:14:04,974 --> 00:14:07,107 Yes, sir. Hey, Crowell. 322 00:14:07,150 --> 00:14:09,022 The lieutenant says we're charging that farm. 323 00:14:09,065 --> 00:14:10,545 Copy that. 324 00:14:10,588 --> 00:14:13,243 Seems like a good night to die in the dirt. 325 00:14:13,287 --> 00:14:15,332 Cortez... 326 00:14:15,376 --> 00:14:17,682 wasn't wired quite right but... 327 00:14:17,726 --> 00:14:19,380 the man could fight like Chesty. 328 00:14:19,423 --> 00:14:21,382 Copy that. 329 00:14:23,384 --> 00:14:26,604 I've been waiting for a chance to use this, sir. 330 00:14:26,648 --> 00:14:28,780 So that's Dixon, Reese, Crowell and Cortez. 331 00:14:28,824 --> 00:14:30,565 Am I missing anyone, Captain? 332 00:14:32,132 --> 00:14:33,742 Just me. 333 00:14:33,785 --> 00:14:36,092 Of course. Dixon, Reese, Crowell, Cortez and you. 334 00:14:36,136 --> 00:14:38,138 And of the five Marines you led on that raid, 335 00:14:38,181 --> 00:14:40,792 how many of you survived the night? 336 00:14:42,142 --> 00:14:43,752 Captain Abraham. 337 00:14:43,795 --> 00:14:45,449 How many of you lived? 338 00:14:47,060 --> 00:14:48,539 Just me. 339 00:14:52,630 --> 00:14:54,545 Well, tell them she needs more morphine. 340 00:14:54,589 --> 00:14:55,807 You're in charge, not the doctor. 341 00:14:55,851 --> 00:14:57,679 Aiden, I need to ask you a question, 342 00:14:57,722 --> 00:14:59,942 and I don't want you to get pissed off. 343 00:14:59,986 --> 00:15:02,902 Are you sober right now? Good. 344 00:15:02,945 --> 00:15:04,164 'Cause my sister's counting on you. 345 00:15:04,207 --> 00:15:05,687 Did you print out the DNR? 346 00:15:05,730 --> 00:15:08,168 Yes, it's saved under my name, my first name. 347 00:15:08,211 --> 00:15:09,734 No, not Kit. Kermit. 348 00:15:09,778 --> 00:15:11,562 Just find it, print it out, 349 00:15:11,606 --> 00:15:14,087 I'll call you back. 350 00:15:14,130 --> 00:15:16,524 Anything I can do, sir? 351 00:15:16,567 --> 00:15:18,787 You've been successful here; you have a good clearance rate, 352 00:15:18,830 --> 00:15:21,398 and to top it off, you didn't fold in combat. 353 00:15:21,442 --> 00:15:24,706 But these... research files you submitted, 354 00:15:24,749 --> 00:15:25,881 they're terrible. 355 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:28,057 It's almost like your heart isn't in it. 356 00:15:28,101 --> 00:15:30,407 Is your heart in it, Lieutenant Li? Speak freely. 357 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,236 Speak freely. 358 00:15:37,588 --> 00:15:40,548 I think what you're doing is... despicable. 359 00:15:40,591 --> 00:15:42,376 John Abraham is a good Marine, 360 00:15:42,419 --> 00:15:43,681 and you're smearing him. 361 00:15:43,725 --> 00:15:45,770 I can just picture it. 362 00:15:45,814 --> 00:15:47,598 You and whatever band 363 00:15:47,642 --> 00:15:50,166 of wrinkled old golf goats you're working with 364 00:15:50,210 --> 00:15:52,734 digging around in his record until you found something 365 00:15:52,777 --> 00:15:55,737 that you could twist into a disgusting web of half-truths. 366 00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:57,217 It'd be funny, 367 00:15:57,260 --> 00:15:59,393 maybe even a little bit sad, except for some reason, 368 00:15:59,436 --> 00:16:01,743 the world is taking you seriously. 369 00:16:01,786 --> 00:16:03,832 370 00:16:03,875 --> 00:16:06,095 Well. 371 00:16:06,139 --> 00:16:08,663 Let's say you're right. 372 00:16:08,706 --> 00:16:10,578 Let's for a second pretend that the prosecution 373 00:16:10,621 --> 00:16:12,928 is tied to Captain Abraham's participation in the lawsuit 374 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:15,670 and that we're dealing from the bottom of the deck, call it. 375 00:16:15,713 --> 00:16:17,498 So what? 376 00:16:17,541 --> 00:16:19,587 I don't give a single solitary damn 377 00:16:19,630 --> 00:16:21,458 if John Abraham is a nice guy. 378 00:16:21,502 --> 00:16:22,938 This is a matter of national security. 379 00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:25,419 And when national security is at stake, guess what. 380 00:16:25,462 --> 00:16:27,029 You deal from the bottom of the deck. 381 00:16:27,073 --> 00:16:28,639 We used flamethrowers 382 00:16:28,683 --> 00:16:31,686 to burn the Japanese alive in their tunnels under Iwo Jima. 383 00:16:31,729 --> 00:16:34,645 And we dropped bombs that'll suck the air out of your lungs 384 00:16:34,689 --> 00:16:36,299 from a mile away. 385 00:16:36,343 --> 00:16:37,735 Fighting is ugly, Lieutenant. 386 00:16:37,779 --> 00:16:39,259 Conflict is ugly. 387 00:16:39,302 --> 00:16:42,566 It is thus and has always been thus. 388 00:16:44,090 --> 00:16:45,613 I expect your best work going forward. 389 00:16:45,656 --> 00:16:47,789 If you don't give it to me, I will ruin your life. 390 00:16:47,832 --> 00:16:48,746 You're dismissed. 391 00:16:54,317 --> 00:16:56,580 The plan went south pretty much right away. 392 00:16:56,624 --> 00:16:59,235 Someone sounded a warning while we were on the flank. 393 00:16:59,279 --> 00:17:02,151 The sniper got Crowell before we broke into the house. 394 00:17:02,195 --> 00:17:04,414 There anything more you can tell me about how he went down? 395 00:17:04,458 --> 00:17:06,982 He was behind me when he got hit. 396 00:17:08,723 --> 00:17:10,464 What? These are your men 397 00:17:10,507 --> 00:17:12,814 we're talking about, and you sound like a robot. 398 00:17:12,857 --> 00:17:14,946 I'm telling you what happened. 399 00:17:14,990 --> 00:17:16,470 I'm gonna be honest with you, Abe. 400 00:17:16,513 --> 00:17:18,689 We have a pretty decent legal argument. 401 00:17:18,733 --> 00:17:21,257 The rules of engagement changed in 2009. 402 00:17:21,301 --> 00:17:23,042 Right, that's what I keep saying. 403 00:17:23,085 --> 00:17:25,609 We have a good case, and I'm not sure it matters. 404 00:17:25,653 --> 00:17:27,872 Marines hated those rules of engagement. 405 00:17:27,916 --> 00:17:29,396 You know that. 406 00:17:29,439 --> 00:17:31,789 And the panel is going to be inclined to believe 407 00:17:31,833 --> 00:17:33,878 any argument that the strike was necessary. 408 00:17:33,922 --> 00:17:36,229 So this whole deal is pretty much subjective. 409 00:17:36,272 --> 00:17:39,797 If we're gonna win, the panel has to like you. 410 00:17:39,841 --> 00:17:41,712 That's fine. I'm a... I'm a likable guy. 411 00:17:41,756 --> 00:17:43,714 I'm not talking about your usual bag of tricks. 412 00:17:43,758 --> 00:17:46,021 A joke and a smile are not gonna get you acquitted. 413 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:47,979 Now, there's something you are not telling me. 414 00:17:48,023 --> 00:17:50,852 What happened out there? 415 00:17:54,464 --> 00:17:57,685 I've told you the whole story at least a dozen times. You understand they can 416 00:17:57,728 --> 00:17:59,774 put you in the brig for the rest of your life? 417 00:17:59,817 --> 00:18:02,081 Of course I do. You're gonna walk out of here, Trey, 418 00:18:02,124 --> 00:18:03,778 and I'm going back to my cell. 419 00:18:05,171 --> 00:18:07,869 420 00:18:10,045 --> 00:18:12,743 I'm sorry. 421 00:18:14,876 --> 00:18:16,312 How's Nona doing, anyway? 422 00:18:16,356 --> 00:18:18,053 I haven't even thought to ask. 423 00:18:22,666 --> 00:18:24,712 Oh, Trey. 424 00:18:24,755 --> 00:18:27,018 You shouldn't be doing this, man. Stop it. 425 00:18:27,062 --> 00:18:28,281 You should be home with Nona. 426 00:18:28,324 --> 00:18:29,891 Abe. 427 00:18:29,934 --> 00:18:31,762 You're my friend. 428 00:18:33,808 --> 00:18:35,810 And Nona understands. 429 00:18:35,853 --> 00:18:37,812 She wants me here. 430 00:18:41,990 --> 00:18:43,948 You're gonna be a father, Trey. 431 00:18:43,992 --> 00:18:45,994 Now, listen to me. 432 00:18:46,037 --> 00:18:48,170 Every night I go to sleep in here, 433 00:18:48,214 --> 00:18:49,867 I say a few words. 434 00:18:49,911 --> 00:18:51,826 You know, call it a prayer, call it whatever. 435 00:18:51,869 --> 00:18:54,829 I remind myself of one thing. 436 00:18:54,872 --> 00:18:58,006 There is justice in the universe. 437 00:18:58,049 --> 00:19:01,314 And if there is, 438 00:19:01,357 --> 00:19:04,882 someone like you-- you're gonna be a father. 439 00:19:08,495 --> 00:19:10,714 I wish I believed that. 440 00:19:10,758 --> 00:19:12,934 Good start. 441 00:19:12,977 --> 00:19:15,589 But that's the leg you've actually got. 442 00:19:17,591 --> 00:19:18,853 Good. 443 00:19:18,896 --> 00:19:20,724 Now come to me. 444 00:19:25,381 --> 00:19:26,948 Look up. 445 00:19:31,344 --> 00:19:33,302 Hmm. 446 00:19:38,089 --> 00:19:40,788 I did okay, huh? 447 00:19:40,831 --> 00:19:42,920 They said I could get out of here in a couple weeks. 448 00:19:42,964 --> 00:19:45,053 You looked great. Thanks. 449 00:19:45,096 --> 00:19:48,012 I still got a bone to pick with you. 450 00:19:49,753 --> 00:19:51,799 Dad told me you made brigadier general. 451 00:19:51,842 --> 00:19:54,845 Oh, my name is on a list. 452 00:19:54,889 --> 00:19:56,760 A-And now I wait. 453 00:19:56,804 --> 00:19:59,981 Mom. How many women have been generals in the Corps? 454 00:20:00,024 --> 00:20:01,678 Maybe ten? 455 00:20:01,722 --> 00:20:04,855 Six, actually. 456 00:20:04,899 --> 00:20:06,292 Why didn't you say anything? 457 00:20:09,643 --> 00:20:12,036 I'm not sure I'm happy about it. 458 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:13,473 You're leaving the Marines. 459 00:20:13,516 --> 00:20:15,605 I shouldn't have told you. 460 00:20:15,649 --> 00:20:17,651 I'm not angry. I'm... 461 00:20:21,350 --> 00:20:23,004 I led you into this. 462 00:20:23,047 --> 00:20:24,701 And Dad and Grandpa. 463 00:20:24,745 --> 00:20:26,921 I was proud... 464 00:20:26,964 --> 00:20:29,010 sending you off to OCS. 465 00:20:29,053 --> 00:20:30,403 This life, 466 00:20:30,446 --> 00:20:33,057 this uniform, it... it means something good to me. 467 00:20:37,061 --> 00:20:39,107 But I didn't have my leg cut off. 468 00:20:39,150 --> 00:20:41,805 And you, you who I've given so much... 469 00:20:41,849 --> 00:20:44,068 I gave the same as everyone else in this room. 470 00:20:44,112 --> 00:20:46,027 And it means nothing to you. 471 00:20:47,550 --> 00:20:51,989 And I should have known you better. 472 00:20:52,033 --> 00:20:54,514 I didn't think you'd be mad at me for leaving. 473 00:20:54,557 --> 00:20:56,429 I knew you'd blame yourself. 474 00:20:57,995 --> 00:20:59,388 475 00:20:59,432 --> 00:21:03,044 I don't know if this is going to help, but... 476 00:21:03,087 --> 00:21:05,133 I don't blame you. 477 00:21:05,176 --> 00:21:07,831 I had a mom who loved what she did. 478 00:21:07,875 --> 00:21:11,226 Who believed every morning that she was heading off 479 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:14,316 to do something that matters. 480 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:16,840 Sounds weird to say this here, 481 00:21:16,884 --> 00:21:19,060 but... 482 00:21:19,103 --> 00:21:21,192 I'm lucky. 483 00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:30,550 Good morning. I don't guess General Geiger's available. 484 00:21:30,593 --> 00:21:32,943 I'm afraid the general's day is packed, Captain Dobbins. 485 00:21:32,987 --> 00:21:34,249 Again. 486 00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:36,164 Yes. Again. 487 00:21:36,207 --> 00:21:39,776 If you'd like to wait, a hole could open up in his schedule. 488 00:21:39,820 --> 00:21:41,517 Great. 489 00:21:41,561 --> 00:21:43,171 I'll just wait right here. 490 00:21:43,214 --> 00:21:44,694 Again. 491 00:21:45,739 --> 00:21:47,697 492 00:21:47,741 --> 00:21:50,352 General Geiger's office. 493 00:21:50,396 --> 00:21:52,441 Hello, Mrs. Geiger. 494 00:21:52,485 --> 00:21:54,443 No, ma'am, the general's appointment 495 00:21:54,487 --> 00:21:56,184 is at the hospital today. 496 00:21:56,227 --> 00:21:58,926 That's right, ma'am, Waipio. 497 00:21:58,969 --> 00:22:01,668 Yes, I will call to let them know you're on your way. 498 00:22:01,711 --> 00:22:03,974 You're welcome. 499 00:22:04,018 --> 00:22:06,499 Would you like any coffee or... 500 00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:14,594 General Geiger. 501 00:22:14,637 --> 00:22:18,075 Are you the one from Quantico? 502 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:19,599 Huh. 503 00:22:19,642 --> 00:22:22,079 Well, I knew someone would come. 504 00:22:22,123 --> 00:22:23,167 You're sick? 505 00:22:23,211 --> 00:22:25,605 Stage four. 506 00:22:25,648 --> 00:22:26,954 Any idea what that means? 507 00:22:26,997 --> 00:22:29,173 Yes, sir. My father. 508 00:22:29,217 --> 00:22:31,437 I'm sorry. 509 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:35,005 John Abraham didn't commit mutiny. 510 00:22:35,049 --> 00:22:38,226 You know that. That's why you warned him. 511 00:22:39,445 --> 00:22:42,578 How long have you been in the Marines? 512 00:22:42,622 --> 00:22:43,927 Eight years, sir. 513 00:22:43,971 --> 00:22:49,019 This institution is my life, 514 00:22:49,063 --> 00:22:51,848 and I would die to protect it. 515 00:22:51,892 --> 00:22:56,026 And those aren't just some words I said one time. 516 00:22:56,070 --> 00:22:57,985 General... 517 00:22:58,028 --> 00:23:01,075 you're dying now, sir. 518 00:23:01,118 --> 00:23:03,599 Do you really want to send an innocent Marine to the brig 519 00:23:03,643 --> 00:23:06,820 from your deathbed? 520 00:23:06,863 --> 00:23:08,604 So three of your men 521 00:23:08,648 --> 00:23:11,172 from the fire unit made it to Sayed Noorzai's house. 522 00:23:11,215 --> 00:23:14,001 What happened once you were inside? 523 00:23:14,044 --> 00:23:16,438 Corporal Cortez kicked the door in. 524 00:23:20,834 --> 00:23:23,010 He barely made it inside. 525 00:23:23,053 --> 00:23:24,751 We fought our way through the house 526 00:23:24,794 --> 00:23:27,188 and gathered up the Noorzais where we found them. 527 00:23:27,231 --> 00:23:29,146 Me, Reese and Double-D. 528 00:23:29,190 --> 00:23:31,148 It was Double-D's first action, 529 00:23:31,192 --> 00:23:33,499 and he got through without a scratch. 530 00:23:33,542 --> 00:23:37,024 We all did, until we found Laila Noorzai. 531 00:23:39,679 --> 00:23:41,158 532 00:23:41,202 --> 00:23:43,204 Shh. 533 00:23:43,247 --> 00:23:45,162 You're okay. You're okay. 534 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:48,949 I knew right away 535 00:23:48,992 --> 00:23:50,167 it was a nasty hit. 536 00:23:50,211 --> 00:23:51,430 Upper thigh, arterial bleeding. 537 00:23:51,473 --> 00:23:53,649 You were injured. You had the civilians. 538 00:23:53,693 --> 00:23:55,129 Why didn't you fall back right then, 539 00:23:55,172 --> 00:23:57,261 let the Hellfire missile do its job? 540 00:23:57,305 --> 00:23:58,437 And Laila's mother, she overheard 541 00:23:58,480 --> 00:23:59,873 two Taliban fighters talking. 542 00:23:59,916 --> 00:24:02,179 She knew which building Mishdar was hiding in. 543 00:24:02,223 --> 00:24:04,443 We didn't have time to wait for the Predator 544 00:24:04,486 --> 00:24:06,270 to circle back into firing range. 545 00:24:06,314 --> 00:24:09,535 So I tied a tourniquet around my leg, and I made a call. 546 00:24:09,578 --> 00:24:12,276 Get these people to the convoy. 547 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,496 Keep your bodies between them and the enemy 548 00:24:14,540 --> 00:24:16,498 while Staff Sergeant Parisi lays down suppressing fire. 549 00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:17,499 You're not coming, sir? 550 00:24:17,543 --> 00:24:19,501 I'm going after Mishdar. 551 00:24:19,545 --> 00:24:21,068 I know what I'm doing, Lance Corporal. 552 00:24:21,111 --> 00:24:22,286 Get these people out of here. 553 00:24:22,330 --> 00:24:23,723 Yes, sir. 554 00:24:23,766 --> 00:24:25,638 Lieutenant. 555 00:24:25,681 --> 00:24:26,987 I'm coming with you. 556 00:24:27,030 --> 00:24:28,292 This isn't a safe one, Double-D. 557 00:24:28,336 --> 00:24:30,381 I didn't join up to stay safe, sir. 558 00:24:33,123 --> 00:24:35,169 Lance Corporal Reese 559 00:24:35,212 --> 00:24:38,259 escorted the Noorzais back to the convoy. 560 00:24:38,302 --> 00:24:42,002 Double-D, he wanted to keep fighting. 561 00:24:42,045 --> 00:24:44,221 It's funny, when he first joined our unit, 562 00:24:44,265 --> 00:24:46,659 we all thought he'd just stand there staring at the ground 563 00:24:46,702 --> 00:24:48,661 when the bullets started flying. 564 00:24:48,704 --> 00:24:50,663 That happens to some guys. 565 00:24:50,706 --> 00:24:53,230 Turns out he was braver than any of us. 566 00:24:53,274 --> 00:24:56,538 So the Noorzai family made it to cover. 567 00:24:56,582 --> 00:24:58,235 But Lance Corporal Reese? 568 00:25:00,629 --> 00:25:02,892 He took a hit to the stomach. 569 00:25:02,936 --> 00:25:05,329 Went into shock on the operating table. 570 00:25:05,373 --> 00:25:06,983 And why were you hesitant 571 00:25:07,027 --> 00:25:09,682 to let PFC Dixon pursue Mishdar with you? 572 00:25:09,725 --> 00:25:12,641 It wasn't what you'd call a high-percentage undertaking. 573 00:25:12,685 --> 00:25:15,383 There were maybe 20 Taliban fighters left in the compound. 574 00:25:15,426 --> 00:25:18,821 Any mission plan, any rational analysis, 575 00:25:18,865 --> 00:25:20,649 they all would have looked at the situation 576 00:25:20,693 --> 00:25:22,651 and told you exactly the same thing. 577 00:25:24,348 --> 00:25:27,047 I was gonna die that night. 578 00:25:34,097 --> 00:25:37,144 Draft of an e-mail to Tiffany Dixon-Green. 579 00:25:37,187 --> 00:25:39,842 "I appreciate your patience, ma'am. 580 00:25:39,886 --> 00:25:41,975 "I know you want to announce that I'm stepping in 581 00:25:42,018 --> 00:25:45,065 "on the same day my brother withdraws. 582 00:25:45,108 --> 00:25:49,852 "I am beyond flattered by the party's interest, and... 583 00:25:49,896 --> 00:25:51,854 "you're right. 584 00:25:51,898 --> 00:25:53,900 "This is something I want. 585 00:25:56,424 --> 00:26:00,384 "Unfortunately, I'm not ready to resign my commission. 586 00:26:00,428 --> 00:26:02,691 I'm not finished being a Marine." 587 00:26:02,735 --> 00:26:05,433 Captain Dobbins. Lieutenant. 588 00:26:05,476 --> 00:26:07,217 General Geiger wants to see you, ma'am. 589 00:26:07,261 --> 00:26:09,219 You should hurry. 590 00:26:10,220 --> 00:26:12,440 Started out informal. 591 00:26:12,483 --> 00:26:16,096 The e-mails back and forth. 592 00:26:16,139 --> 00:26:21,014 Group of us who like to protect the old ways. 593 00:26:21,057 --> 00:26:22,581 The old Corps. 594 00:26:22,624 --> 00:26:24,800 Who was on this mailing list? 595 00:26:24,844 --> 00:26:30,197 Someone brought Lieutenant Colonel Ferrara 596 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,199 onto the chain. 597 00:26:32,242 --> 00:26:36,029 She's the one that told us about 598 00:26:36,072 --> 00:26:40,250 that night with Captain Abraham. 599 00:26:40,294 --> 00:26:44,603 About March 5, 2010. 600 00:26:44,646 --> 00:26:47,562 That's when it got real. 601 00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:50,347 Who, General? Ten of us. 602 00:26:50,391 --> 00:26:53,524 Maybe 12. We had a meeting. 603 00:26:53,568 --> 00:26:55,526 Here on Oahu. 604 00:26:55,570 --> 00:26:57,659 Who was there? 605 00:26:57,703 --> 00:27:00,662 Schuylkill, Brad Coburn. 606 00:27:00,706 --> 00:27:04,927 Somebody from the sergeant major's office 607 00:27:04,971 --> 00:27:07,974 at HQMC... 608 00:27:08,017 --> 00:27:11,368 John Basilone. 609 00:27:12,674 --> 00:27:15,503 Sir, did you just say John Basilone 610 00:27:15,546 --> 00:27:17,548 helped plan this? 611 00:27:17,592 --> 00:27:19,376 That's correct. 612 00:27:19,420 --> 00:27:23,076 John Basilone died on Iwo Jima in 1945. 613 00:27:25,818 --> 00:27:27,646 How much morphine has he had? 614 00:27:27,689 --> 00:27:29,125 No. 615 00:27:29,169 --> 00:27:31,650 The court-martial starts in a week. I need you back here. 616 00:27:31,693 --> 00:27:33,652 Yeah, I'll see you at Quantico. 617 00:27:35,741 --> 00:27:38,526 General Geiger made a statement describing a conspiracy 618 00:27:38,569 --> 00:27:40,397 to prosecute you for mutiny. 619 00:27:40,441 --> 00:27:43,662 But he was wearing a morphine patch for his pain. 620 00:27:43,705 --> 00:27:45,620 Apparently, he was in and out of coherence. 621 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:46,621 Can't we just wait for the morphine 622 00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:47,840 to wear off and do it again? 623 00:27:47,883 --> 00:27:50,494 The general died an hour ago. 624 00:27:50,538 --> 00:27:52,627 Look, we'll keep working the malicious prosecution angle 625 00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:54,411 from here, but it looks like 626 00:27:54,455 --> 00:27:56,979 we're gonna have to win this one on the case law. 627 00:27:57,023 --> 00:27:59,286 So I need you to talk about that night. 628 00:27:59,329 --> 00:28:00,635 That's all we've been doing. No. 629 00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:02,245 I need you to talk about it in a way 630 00:28:02,289 --> 00:28:03,725 that'll get the panel on your side. 631 00:28:03,769 --> 00:28:06,119 Corporal Crowell got hit by a sniper 632 00:28:06,162 --> 00:28:08,817 while you were approaching Sayed Noorzai's house. 633 00:28:08,861 --> 00:28:11,080 Corporal Cortez died breaching the doorway. 634 00:28:11,124 --> 00:28:13,604 Lance Corporal Reese went down while he was escorting 635 00:28:13,648 --> 00:28:16,346 the Noorzais to safety. What happened to Dixon? 636 00:28:16,390 --> 00:28:18,392 He didn't make it. They captured him. How? 637 00:28:18,435 --> 00:28:19,741 I don't know. 638 00:28:19,785 --> 00:28:21,700 We were fighting our way through the house 639 00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:23,179 where Mishdar was hiding. One second he was on comms, 640 00:28:23,223 --> 00:28:24,746 the next he wasn't. 641 00:28:24,790 --> 00:28:27,749 Double-D was just... gone. 642 00:28:27,793 --> 00:28:29,751 Can you draw a diagram of the house? Why? 643 00:28:29,795 --> 00:28:31,100 This has nothing to do with 644 00:28:31,144 --> 00:28:32,101 whether or not I committed mutiny. 645 00:28:32,145 --> 00:28:33,407 Those men died because of 646 00:28:33,450 --> 00:28:34,756 a decision you made that night. 647 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,192 It has everything to do with it. 648 00:28:36,236 --> 00:28:38,281 And if you don't believe me, you watch the panel 649 00:28:38,325 --> 00:28:40,196 when you start talking like this on the stand. 650 00:28:51,773 --> 00:28:54,602 Something happened that night, and you don't want people 651 00:28:54,645 --> 00:28:55,777 to know about it. 652 00:28:55,821 --> 00:28:57,300 You practically cringe every time 653 00:28:57,344 --> 00:28:59,607 I mention Double-D. 654 00:29:05,134 --> 00:29:07,006 Well, I hope you're right. 655 00:29:07,049 --> 00:29:09,225 I hope the law is all we need. 656 00:29:09,269 --> 00:29:11,750 But you've never seen Kit Schuylkill 657 00:29:11,793 --> 00:29:13,229 cross-examine a witness. 658 00:29:13,273 --> 00:29:15,014 So, in spite of everything, 659 00:29:15,057 --> 00:29:17,668 you had a chance to complete your original mission. 660 00:29:17,712 --> 00:29:20,802 You had a chance to capture or kill Farhan Mishdar. 661 00:29:20,846 --> 00:29:23,544 Tell us what happened once you were inside the house 662 00:29:23,587 --> 00:29:26,155 where Laila Noorzai's mother told you Mishdar was hiding. 663 00:29:28,941 --> 00:29:31,247 There was no resistance at first. 664 00:29:32,858 --> 00:29:34,120 665 00:29:34,163 --> 00:29:35,469 By the time I got close 666 00:29:35,512 --> 00:29:37,253 to where he was hiding, it was just me. 667 00:29:37,297 --> 00:29:39,081 The fighting outside was dying down. 668 00:29:39,125 --> 00:29:40,561 I was losing a lot of blood. 669 00:29:40,604 --> 00:29:41,736 Why did you think Mishdar was hiding 670 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:43,738 in this particular room? 671 00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:46,262 The enemy had centered their resources around defending it. 672 00:29:46,306 --> 00:29:49,352 I had to kill two of them before I could even throw smoke inside. 673 00:29:49,396 --> 00:29:51,137 I took a position 674 00:29:51,180 --> 00:29:52,703 with a clean firing line and waited to see 675 00:29:52,747 --> 00:29:54,270 what came out of that room. 676 00:29:54,314 --> 00:29:56,795 And then a man in a flat black turban ran out. 677 00:29:59,188 --> 00:30:01,364 A turban like Farhan Mishdar wore? 678 00:30:01,408 --> 00:30:04,672 I took him down. He landed on his stomach. 679 00:30:04,715 --> 00:30:06,282 And when you turned him over? 680 00:30:08,328 --> 00:30:10,852 It wasn't him. 681 00:30:10,896 --> 00:30:13,681 It wasn't Mishdar. 682 00:30:13,724 --> 00:30:15,030 Where was Farhan Mishdar? 683 00:30:15,074 --> 00:30:16,771 They knew we'd be looking for that turban, 684 00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:18,251 so they switched. 685 00:30:18,294 --> 00:30:20,079 They put his turban on someone else, and he snuck out 686 00:30:20,122 --> 00:30:21,689 of the compound with a small group of fighters. 687 00:30:21,732 --> 00:30:25,606 So your mission was a failure, and everything you did 688 00:30:25,649 --> 00:30:27,608 after rescuing the Noorzai family 689 00:30:27,651 --> 00:30:29,131 was a waste of time and American lives. 690 00:30:29,175 --> 00:30:30,872 Objection, Your Honor. Sustained. 691 00:30:30,916 --> 00:30:32,787 We assassinated Farhan Mishdar in Yemen 692 00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:35,094 with a drone strike in 2015. 693 00:30:35,137 --> 00:30:36,878 How many Americans were killed by his bombs 694 00:30:36,922 --> 00:30:38,706 in the years between your mission and that day? 695 00:30:38,749 --> 00:30:40,708 Objection!43. 696 00:30:40,751 --> 00:30:43,842 That's right, Captain Abraham, 43-- 43 lives lost 697 00:30:43,885 --> 00:30:45,713 because we missed our chance to kill Farhan Mishdar 698 00:30:45,756 --> 00:30:47,149 in 2010. 699 00:30:47,193 --> 00:30:48,759 43. 700 00:30:50,109 --> 00:30:51,153 No further questions, 701 00:30:51,197 --> 00:30:52,285 Your Honor. 702 00:30:58,291 --> 00:31:00,032 You may step down, Captain. 703 00:31:00,075 --> 00:31:02,034 Permission to redirect, Your Honor? 704 00:31:07,996 --> 00:31:09,258 Captain Abraham, 705 00:31:09,302 --> 00:31:10,999 have you told us everything 706 00:31:11,043 --> 00:31:14,176 about the night of March 5, 2010? 707 00:31:15,351 --> 00:31:17,136 I'm under oath, Major. 708 00:31:17,179 --> 00:31:18,572 I don't doubt that you've told the truth. 709 00:31:18,615 --> 00:31:20,052 Have you told us everything? 710 00:31:21,749 --> 00:31:24,404 What happened to PFC Demarcus Dixon? 711 00:31:24,447 --> 00:31:26,145 What happened to Double-D? Objection, Your Honor. 712 00:31:26,188 --> 00:31:28,234 Is counsel really suggesting his client lied on the stand? 713 00:31:28,277 --> 00:31:29,800 Captain Abraham left something out. 714 00:31:29,844 --> 00:31:31,977 That is not the same thing as lying, Your Honor. 715 00:31:32,020 --> 00:31:33,804 Is Major Ferry right? 716 00:31:33,848 --> 00:31:36,503 Are you leaving something out? 717 00:31:37,373 --> 00:31:39,158 Tell me, Abe. 718 00:31:43,031 --> 00:31:45,207 Tell us. 719 00:31:54,695 --> 00:31:56,392 Yes. 720 00:32:00,309 --> 00:32:01,789 Double-D fought with me through 721 00:32:01,832 --> 00:32:03,834 the first few rooms of the house. 722 00:32:03,878 --> 00:32:06,054 I didn't lose track of him. 723 00:32:07,186 --> 00:32:09,275 I know how he got captured. 724 00:32:10,537 --> 00:32:11,973 And how's that? 725 00:32:12,017 --> 00:32:13,975 After we cleared one room, 726 00:32:14,019 --> 00:32:16,151 we found Sayed Noorzai. 727 00:32:16,195 --> 00:32:18,501 They were keeping him hostage, but he had 728 00:32:18,545 --> 00:32:20,286 a bullet wound in his stomach. 729 00:32:20,329 --> 00:32:21,852 I called for a medevac, 730 00:32:21,896 --> 00:32:25,856 told Double-D to take Noorzai to a nearby clearing 731 00:32:25,900 --> 00:32:28,337 and put down chem lights to make an LZ. 732 00:32:28,381 --> 00:32:30,383 Make a landing zone? That's it? 733 00:32:30,426 --> 00:32:32,385 That order's well within your purview. 734 00:32:32,428 --> 00:32:35,910 Double-D wanted to stay. He wanted to keep fighting. 735 00:32:35,954 --> 00:32:39,435 And more importantly, he wanted to stay together. 736 00:32:39,479 --> 00:32:42,917 That's what we're trained to do: stay together. 737 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:45,093 Double-D wasn't a born warrior. 738 00:32:45,137 --> 00:32:47,530 He... he joined up for the benefits. 739 00:32:47,574 --> 00:32:51,752 But he dug into the deepest part of himself that night, and he... 740 00:32:51,795 --> 00:32:54,015 he found something that let him fight. 741 00:32:55,364 --> 00:32:57,323 Marines say, "One is none." 742 00:32:57,366 --> 00:32:59,368 We're nothing if we don't stick together. 743 00:32:59,412 --> 00:33:01,196 I was Double-D's C.O., 744 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:05,070 and I should've known better than to send him off alone 745 00:33:05,113 --> 00:33:08,508 when that compound was crawling with Taliban. 746 00:33:08,551 --> 00:33:09,683 Did PFC Dixon 747 00:33:09,726 --> 00:33:12,381 create the LZ, like you ordered him to? 748 00:33:12,425 --> 00:33:14,296 Yes. I found it after the fight. 749 00:33:14,340 --> 00:33:16,385 But he wasn't there? 750 00:33:18,866 --> 00:33:21,434 Mishdar and his men found him on their way out of the compound. 751 00:33:23,436 --> 00:33:27,048 They took Double-D prisoner. 752 00:33:27,092 --> 00:33:29,398 What happened to him? 753 00:33:31,444 --> 00:33:34,447 They kept him for a few weeks. 754 00:33:34,490 --> 00:33:36,057 Then they killed him. 755 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,453 They cut his head off and put it on the Internet. 756 00:33:42,585 --> 00:33:46,285 He was one of my men. He had a son. 757 00:33:46,328 --> 00:33:48,722 I should've kept him with me. 758 00:33:48,765 --> 00:33:51,072 I should've kept him safe. 759 00:33:51,116 --> 00:33:53,335 And if someone had to die in a prison camp 760 00:33:53,379 --> 00:33:55,076 with a machete at his throat... 761 00:33:57,078 --> 00:33:59,820 ...it should have been me. 762 00:33:59,863 --> 00:34:01,561 Double-D! 763 00:34:01,604 --> 00:34:03,606 764 00:34:08,742 --> 00:34:10,744 Double-D! 765 00:34:23,626 --> 00:34:26,629 It should've been me. 766 00:34:26,673 --> 00:34:29,110 When we have no other choice, 767 00:34:29,154 --> 00:34:31,721 when everything else has failed, we go to war. 768 00:34:31,765 --> 00:34:34,637 We got to war to protect our interests. 769 00:34:34,681 --> 00:34:36,465 We stand in front of our enemy, 770 00:34:36,509 --> 00:34:39,120 and we make a plan to defeat him. 771 00:34:39,164 --> 00:34:41,557 We make a plan, 772 00:34:41,601 --> 00:34:45,648 and God laughs because war is chaos. 773 00:34:45,692 --> 00:34:48,825 It's confusion. It is lunacy. 774 00:34:48,869 --> 00:34:52,394 And there is one North Star that carries us through the madness, 775 00:34:52,438 --> 00:34:55,354 and that is the sacred principle that we follow orders. 776 00:34:55,397 --> 00:34:57,530 Captain John Abraham 777 00:34:57,573 --> 00:35:01,011 held himself above that principle. 778 00:35:01,055 --> 00:35:03,318 The results speak for themselves. 779 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:07,975 The rules of engagement 780 00:35:08,018 --> 00:35:10,717 on March 5, 2010 held that it was 781 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:14,373 illegal to knowingly target 782 00:35:14,416 --> 00:35:16,679 Afghan civilians. 783 00:35:16,723 --> 00:35:19,117 They were dictated by no less than the 784 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:20,901 commander in chief himself. 785 00:35:20,944 --> 00:35:24,078 The order to bomb that compound 786 00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:26,298 was unlawful. 787 00:35:26,341 --> 00:35:28,561 John Abraham did his duty that night. 788 00:35:28,604 --> 00:35:31,868 He fought and he suffered alongside the men 789 00:35:31,912 --> 00:35:33,522 who died under his command, 790 00:35:33,566 --> 00:35:36,308 and, as we've seen, he continues to suffer. 791 00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,964 He deserves our gratitude, and he deserves 792 00:35:41,008 --> 00:35:44,272 a commendation, 793 00:35:44,316 --> 00:35:46,144 not a conviction. 794 00:35:57,590 --> 00:35:59,592 Ready to get out of here, Turnbull? 795 00:35:59,635 --> 00:36:01,811 You have no idea. 796 00:36:01,855 --> 00:36:03,857 Show me what you got. 797 00:36:20,874 --> 00:36:23,442 I've got a hop to Lejeune. 798 00:36:23,485 --> 00:36:25,444 The wounded warriors await. 799 00:36:25,487 --> 00:36:28,316 There's someplace I want to stop. 800 00:36:33,669 --> 00:36:36,281 They finally restored it. 801 00:36:36,324 --> 00:36:38,326 The unveiling was two weeks ago. 802 00:36:40,328 --> 00:36:42,374 Your grandfather's on here? 803 00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:48,162 He died near Paris, right? 804 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:50,860 Belleau Wood. 805 00:36:50,904 --> 00:36:54,734 The Germans started calling us "devil dogs" during that fight. 806 00:36:54,777 --> 00:36:57,867 That's where the nickname comes from. 807 00:37:00,696 --> 00:37:02,176 Why are we here? 808 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:05,135 I don't know. 809 00:37:05,179 --> 00:37:09,531 I never met the man, but I still come here sometimes. 810 00:37:09,575 --> 00:37:11,968 I think about him. 811 00:37:12,012 --> 00:37:13,970 I honor him. 812 00:37:14,014 --> 00:37:17,844 You're part of a legacy, Adam, and... 813 00:37:17,887 --> 00:37:20,281 you can choose not to give anything more to it. 814 00:37:20,325 --> 00:37:23,458 God knows you've earned that. 815 00:37:23,502 --> 00:37:26,026 But you're still part of it, 816 00:37:26,069 --> 00:37:27,549 and I hope, 817 00:37:27,593 --> 00:37:31,423 I pray... 818 00:37:31,466 --> 00:37:34,817 that eventually it will mean something to you again. 819 00:37:40,823 --> 00:37:42,608 We should get you to your flight. 820 00:37:43,739 --> 00:37:45,741 Can you give me a minute? 821 00:38:07,546 --> 00:38:09,069 Ladies and gentlemen 822 00:38:09,112 --> 00:38:10,810 of the panel, have you reached a verdict? 823 00:38:11,941 --> 00:38:13,856 We have, Your Honor. 824 00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:15,815 Captain Abraham, 825 00:38:15,858 --> 00:38:17,556 would you stand? 826 00:38:20,385 --> 00:38:22,430 How do you find? 827 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,304 The panel is split, Lieutenant Colonel. 828 00:38:26,347 --> 00:38:29,785 By a margin of five votes to four, 829 00:38:29,829 --> 00:38:33,789 we find the defendant, Captain John Abraham... 830 00:38:34,834 --> 00:38:36,705 ...not guilty on all charges. 831 00:38:50,240 --> 00:38:52,373 You made me go there. 832 00:38:52,417 --> 00:38:54,375 Thank you. 833 00:38:58,292 --> 00:39:01,164 You're gonna be a dad, Trey. You are. 834 00:39:12,959 --> 00:39:15,831 You look good, Matty. 835 00:39:15,875 --> 00:39:17,920 I'd vote for you. 836 00:39:17,964 --> 00:39:20,358 Too bad I'm about to withdraw. 837 00:39:21,533 --> 00:39:23,099 Nice of the party to find 838 00:39:23,143 --> 00:39:25,928 a fancy place for me to make my speech. 839 00:39:25,972 --> 00:39:27,277 Is there press out there? 840 00:39:27,321 --> 00:39:29,323 It's a pretty good crowd. 841 00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:32,021 I kept the details vague in my speech. 842 00:39:32,065 --> 00:39:34,197 "Health crisis." 843 00:39:35,590 --> 00:39:37,549 Didn't take my spot, huh? 844 00:39:37,592 --> 00:39:40,682 845 00:39:40,726 --> 00:39:42,467 I'm not ready yet. 846 00:39:42,510 --> 00:39:44,599 I'm gonna be there when you are. 847 00:39:47,515 --> 00:39:49,952 This thing limits what I can do. 848 00:39:51,476 --> 00:39:53,739 Don't interrupt. It does. 849 00:39:53,782 --> 00:39:55,262 You know it. 850 00:39:55,305 --> 00:39:57,351 We're here, right? 851 00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:59,875 There are things I can't do, 852 00:39:59,919 --> 00:40:02,443 but... 853 00:40:02,487 --> 00:40:04,532 there are things I can. 854 00:40:05,751 --> 00:40:07,753 I'm gonna find them. 855 00:40:07,796 --> 00:40:10,799 Because when you are ready, 856 00:40:10,843 --> 00:40:12,845 I want to be there. 857 00:40:15,108 --> 00:40:17,763 Not the mission I signed up for, but... 858 00:40:17,806 --> 00:40:19,808 it's still a pretty good one. 859 00:40:19,852 --> 00:40:22,332 I'm lucky to have it. 860 00:40:22,376 --> 00:40:25,379 I'm lucky to have you. 861 00:40:33,996 --> 00:40:35,781 Whew. 862 00:40:36,869 --> 00:40:38,392 Can I stand beside you? 863 00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,960 You better. 864 00:40:56,366 --> 00:40:58,760 It's good to see you in that chair, sir. 865 00:41:00,806 --> 00:41:03,461 I have a hop to SERE school. 866 00:41:03,504 --> 00:41:05,506 See you in six weeks. 867 00:41:05,550 --> 00:41:06,812 Survival, 868 00:41:06,855 --> 00:41:09,075 Evasion, Resistance and Escape. 869 00:41:09,118 --> 00:41:11,817 Sounds like a typical day working for Colonel Schuylkill. 870 00:41:11,860 --> 00:41:14,036 I-I didn't want to do it, Abe. 871 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,952 I told him I thought the whole thing was disgusting. 872 00:41:18,084 --> 00:41:19,694 You're a Marine, Harper, 873 00:41:19,738 --> 00:41:21,827 an honest-to-goodness, ground-pounding, 874 00:41:21,870 --> 00:41:24,003 salty-ass devil dog. 875 00:41:25,874 --> 00:41:28,877 You did your duty, and I'm proud of you. 876 00:41:28,921 --> 00:41:31,576 Thank you, sir. 877 00:41:32,925 --> 00:41:34,927 I'm catching a civilian bird myself. 878 00:41:34,970 --> 00:41:37,712 Alex and I are flying to Gary, Indiana for a couple days. 879 00:41:37,756 --> 00:41:39,497 What's in Gary? 880 00:41:40,889 --> 00:41:43,457 Demarcus Dixon's family. 881 00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:46,895 I'm gonna sit with his widow and tell her what happened. 882 00:41:48,549 --> 00:41:51,291 That, um... 883 00:41:51,334 --> 00:41:53,467 that sounds like a good thing. 884 00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:55,513 I should've done it years ago. 885 00:41:55,556 --> 00:41:56,905 Hey. 886 00:41:56,949 --> 00:42:00,561 How would you two like to be happy for a few minutes? 887 00:42:00,605 --> 00:42:03,608 888 00:42:07,612 --> 00:42:11,093 Everyone ready? Repeat after me. 889 00:42:12,399 --> 00:42:14,793 I hereby declare, on oath... 890 00:42:14,836 --> 00:42:17,404 I hereby declare, on oath... 891 00:42:17,447 --> 00:42:21,103 ...that I absolutely renounce and abjure any allegiance 892 00:42:21,147 --> 00:42:23,192 to any foreign state... 893 00:42:23,236 --> 00:42:26,021 ...that I absolutely renounce and abjure 894 00:42:26,065 --> 00:42:29,024 any allegiance to any foreign state... 895 00:42:29,068 --> 00:42:31,679 ...that I will support and defend the Constitution 896 00:42:31,723 --> 00:42:36,075 against all enemies, foreign and domestic... 897 00:42:36,118 --> 00:42:39,426 ...that I will support and defend the Constitution 898 00:42:39,469 --> 00:42:42,385 against all enemies, foreign and domestic... 899 00:42:42,429 --> 00:42:45,301 The stained 900 00:42:45,345 --> 00:42:47,347 Horizon... 901 00:42:52,874 --> 00:42:55,834 Captioning sponsored by CBS 902 00:42:55,877 --> 00:42:57,923 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org