1 00:00:01,184 --> 00:00:02,959 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:03,019 --> 00:00:06,899 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,956 --> 00:00:08,765 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,825 --> 00:00:11,272 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,695 --> 00:00:12,969 These are their stories. 6 00:00:14,732 --> 00:00:17,611 Who needs more wine and cheese parties? 7 00:00:17,668 --> 00:00:19,909 What the board should spend our money on is better elevators. 8 00:00:20,170 --> 00:00:21,843 Well, I like wine and cheese parties. 9 00:00:21,905 --> 00:00:23,248 I get to meet the neighbors. 10 00:00:23,307 --> 00:00:25,753 Why do you want to meet them? You have me and Charlotte. 11 00:00:26,510 --> 00:00:28,218 You work all the time. 12 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,019 I go crazy talking to Charlotte all day. 13 00:00:31,082 --> 00:00:32,493 You can call me, Claudia. 14 00:00:33,785 --> 00:00:34,786 Look at these stairs. 15 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,231 Somebody spilled something and didn't clean it up. 16 00:00:37,322 --> 00:00:39,734 Look, it's everywhere. This is what they should spend our money on. 17 00:00:39,858 --> 00:00:42,600 Chris, I think it's blood. 18 00:00:43,061 --> 00:00:44,062 What? 19 00:00:47,133 --> 00:00:49,204 Claudia, hand me the cell phone. 20 00:00:51,203 --> 00:00:52,273 ED: You canvass the tenants? 21 00:00:52,371 --> 00:00:53,975 Uh-huh. Nobody's missin' a guest. 22 00:00:54,373 --> 00:00:57,445 But we found a guy who saw somebody outside the building around 9:00 23 00:00:57,510 --> 00:00:58,784 matching the victim's description. 24 00:00:58,844 --> 00:01:00,255 What was this somebody doing? 25 00:01:00,346 --> 00:01:03,054 He was lurking. Tenant's exact words. 26 00:01:03,215 --> 00:01:05,126 Lurking. You ever actually see anybody lurk? 27 00:01:05,184 --> 00:01:07,222 Bela Lugosi. That guy could really lurk. 28 00:01:08,789 --> 00:01:09,961 So how'd this guy get in? 29 00:01:10,190 --> 00:01:12,932 Super figures he snuck in when he was taking out the garbage. 30 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,297 Well, boys and girls, what's today's special? 31 00:01:16,797 --> 00:01:18,970 OFFICER: Male white, 60 to 70. 32 00:01:19,399 --> 00:01:20,844 Blunt force trauma to the head. 33 00:01:21,268 --> 00:01:22,770 Looks like he took a header down the stairs. 34 00:01:22,836 --> 00:01:23,837 Slip and slide? 35 00:01:23,971 --> 00:01:25,245 No, he had a lending hand. 36 00:01:25,473 --> 00:01:29,011 He's got scratches on his face, his hands. Overcoat's torn. 37 00:01:29,076 --> 00:01:30,180 You check his pockets? 38 00:01:30,244 --> 00:01:31,985 No ID, no wallet. 39 00:01:32,046 --> 00:01:35,357 Nine bucks in loose bills. Key ring. That's it. 40 00:01:35,683 --> 00:01:37,219 Get a team and search the building. 41 00:01:37,718 --> 00:01:39,163 His clothes have got some miles on them. 42 00:01:39,487 --> 00:01:41,694 Shirt's from Bergstrom's custom tailor. 43 00:01:42,791 --> 00:01:46,204 Sleeves are frayed. He's got a monogram on it. "R.O.T." 44 00:01:46,862 --> 00:01:48,773 Looks like the old boy hit some hard times. 45 00:01:48,864 --> 00:01:51,310 Figure him for a vagrant, looking for a warm place to sleep. 46 00:01:52,501 --> 00:01:54,344 Well, he found it. (SIGHS) 47 00:02:44,155 --> 00:02:45,156 I can't say. 48 00:02:45,290 --> 00:02:46,826 Maybe if he didn't look so bad. 49 00:02:46,925 --> 00:02:48,871 His shirt was monogrammed on the right sleeve. 50 00:02:49,261 --> 00:02:50,262 R-O-T. 51 00:02:50,729 --> 00:02:52,470 I'd have to check. Can you come back? 52 00:02:52,564 --> 00:02:54,134 Hey, we're not orderin' suits here. 53 00:02:54,199 --> 00:02:55,940 We need what we need now. 54 00:03:00,239 --> 00:03:01,843 Ooh! This is nice. 55 00:03:02,708 --> 00:03:03,709 Hey, how much is this? 56 00:03:04,710 --> 00:03:05,848 Five thousand. 57 00:03:05,912 --> 00:03:06,913 BRISCOE: For a suit? 58 00:03:07,747 --> 00:03:08,817 For a jacket. 59 00:03:10,182 --> 00:03:11,217 One good hand. 60 00:03:11,284 --> 00:03:13,730 Hey, I found him. Roger Thorne. 61 00:03:14,153 --> 00:03:16,031 Last time he was in here was a year ago. 62 00:03:17,491 --> 00:03:19,061 I'm sorry, I don't recognize him. 63 00:03:19,126 --> 00:03:20,434 What about the shirt? 64 00:03:20,494 --> 00:03:21,666 Something special about it? 65 00:03:21,728 --> 00:03:23,230 It's got your monogram on it. 66 00:03:23,297 --> 00:03:25,573 No kidding. Talk about irony. 67 00:03:26,233 --> 00:03:27,268 This is funny to you? 68 00:03:27,467 --> 00:03:29,674 I took my website public January 10th. 69 00:03:29,736 --> 00:03:32,546 January 11th, I threw away all my suits and collared shirts. 70 00:03:32,606 --> 00:03:33,983 Never been happier. 71 00:03:34,041 --> 00:03:36,784 This poor guy, on the other hand, wearing my old shirt. 72 00:03:36,844 --> 00:03:39,085 The clothes, when you threw them away, what'd you do with them? 73 00:03:39,314 --> 00:03:41,692 The Salvation Army Store on 72nd picked them up. 74 00:03:42,784 --> 00:03:46,254 Mmm-hmm. He used to come in here every month for some years. 75 00:03:46,321 --> 00:03:47,527 Old man on a pension. 76 00:03:47,588 --> 00:03:49,158 You know his name? Mr. Whitman. 77 00:03:49,490 --> 00:03:50,696 Usually paid cash. 78 00:03:51,359 --> 00:03:52,394 What did he die from? 79 00:03:52,460 --> 00:03:54,270 Taking a header. You know where he lived? 80 00:03:54,330 --> 00:03:57,402 Oh, no. He hasn't been around for a few months. 81 00:03:57,466 --> 00:03:59,002 Not since he passed a bad check. 82 00:03:59,068 --> 00:04:00,741 Do you still have the check? Got a photocopy. 83 00:04:00,803 --> 00:04:01,873 We'll take it. 84 00:04:01,937 --> 00:04:04,383 Hey, do you know anything about this guy besides his name? 85 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,681 I think he was a retired professor. 86 00:04:07,943 --> 00:04:10,048 He always carried this satchel with him, 87 00:04:10,112 --> 00:04:12,457 stuffed with newspaper articles and books. 88 00:04:13,049 --> 00:04:16,053 He said he spent a lot of time in the library doing research. 89 00:04:16,119 --> 00:04:17,393 Research on what? 90 00:04:17,454 --> 00:04:19,297 Check kiting. Who knows? 91 00:04:19,723 --> 00:04:20,724 Here we go. 92 00:04:22,225 --> 00:04:25,604 Samuel Whitman. 245, West 41st Street. 93 00:04:27,297 --> 00:04:30,177 I rented Sam a room in my apartment for a couple of years. 94 00:04:30,868 --> 00:04:32,575 I had to kick him out last summer. 95 00:04:32,636 --> 00:04:33,979 He wasn't paying his share. 96 00:04:34,038 --> 00:04:35,312 He have any family? 97 00:04:35,373 --> 00:04:37,546 Ex-wife. Couple of kids he never saw. 98 00:04:38,075 --> 00:04:40,749 What about friends, like over on East 63rd? 99 00:04:40,811 --> 00:04:41,846 That's where we found him. 100 00:04:41,912 --> 00:04:43,289 I didn't know his friends. 101 00:04:43,347 --> 00:04:45,224 I never heard him mention that he had any. 102 00:04:45,282 --> 00:04:46,283 Where'd you know him from? 103 00:04:46,350 --> 00:04:49,730 Nowhere. I put up a "Room to Rent" sign. He saw it. He came in. 104 00:04:49,788 --> 00:04:50,789 He give any references? 105 00:04:50,856 --> 00:04:53,200 (CHUCKLES) Yeah. Ben Franklin, five times. 106 00:04:53,258 --> 00:04:54,965 First month's and a cleaning deposit. 107 00:04:55,027 --> 00:04:56,472 ED: After you evicted him, where'd he go? 108 00:04:56,528 --> 00:04:57,666 Don't know. 109 00:04:57,729 --> 00:04:58,867 What about his mail? Where'd you forward it? 110 00:04:58,930 --> 00:05:00,432 I don't. He doesn't get any mail. 111 00:05:00,532 --> 00:05:02,011 Oh, God, this guy's breaking my heart. 112 00:05:02,067 --> 00:05:03,910 I might have felt sorry for him too, 113 00:05:03,969 --> 00:05:06,677 except he started driving me crazy with his bitching and moaning. 114 00:05:06,738 --> 00:05:09,276 ED: About what? The CIA, the Navy. 115 00:05:09,342 --> 00:05:10,377 Said they killed his son. 116 00:05:13,212 --> 00:05:15,658 The M.E. ran a tox screen on Whitman. 117 00:05:15,715 --> 00:05:18,696 There were no traces of anti-psychotic drugs, no anti-depressants. 118 00:05:18,751 --> 00:05:20,025 The man wasn't being medicated. 119 00:05:20,253 --> 00:05:22,392 So his rantings about the CIA? 120 00:05:22,455 --> 00:05:23,866 Probably not delusional. 121 00:05:23,923 --> 00:05:26,803 Or he hadn't popped up on the shrink radar yet. 122 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:28,999 You give the apartment building another shakedown? 123 00:05:29,063 --> 00:05:31,771 BRISCOE: Yeah. Nobody but nobody says they knew the guy. 124 00:05:31,832 --> 00:05:33,402 We even checked past tenants. 125 00:05:33,801 --> 00:05:36,680 Employees? Former employees? You give them a good look? 126 00:05:36,737 --> 00:05:39,240 We went back five years. We can go back 10 if you want. 127 00:05:39,306 --> 00:05:42,776 What I want is for you to tell me what he was doing in that building. 128 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:43,878 How about his kids? 129 00:05:43,944 --> 00:05:44,946 We're working on 'em. 130 00:05:45,013 --> 00:05:47,823 You know how many Whitmans there are in the Social Security rolls? 131 00:05:47,882 --> 00:05:49,486 I'm sure you'll figure it out. 132 00:05:49,551 --> 00:05:51,758 The search team found this in a dumpster near the building. 133 00:05:51,953 --> 00:05:53,955 S.C.W. Sam Whitman. 134 00:06:00,095 --> 00:06:02,975 Pencils and pens, Kleenex. 135 00:06:04,467 --> 00:06:06,811 "Directory of Government Phone Numbers." 136 00:06:07,069 --> 00:06:09,379 "Central Intelligence Agency field report." 137 00:06:09,939 --> 00:06:12,647 Hmm. This looks like a twentieth-generation photocopy. 138 00:06:12,708 --> 00:06:14,847 Except for a few commas, all the text is blacked out. 139 00:06:14,910 --> 00:06:17,390 VAN BUREN: Here's a bill for a mailbox at Postal Place. 140 00:06:17,780 --> 00:06:19,589 Go see what's in it. 141 00:06:22,252 --> 00:06:24,789 I don't know if I can do that. It's a federal offense, yeah? 142 00:06:24,855 --> 00:06:27,335 Only if we open it, which we promise we won't. 143 00:06:34,965 --> 00:06:36,342 Thanks. We'll take it from here. 144 00:06:36,399 --> 00:06:38,106 If you can get us Mr. Whitman's home address? 145 00:06:44,041 --> 00:06:45,452 Okay, let's see. 146 00:06:47,145 --> 00:06:50,354 Journal of the Americas, Latin American Review, 147 00:06:50,748 --> 00:06:52,159 Foreign Affairs Quarterly. 148 00:06:52,583 --> 00:06:55,086 Covert Action Policy Review. 149 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,656 CounterPunch newsletter. 150 00:06:58,022 --> 00:06:59,969 Here's something I can relate to. A phone bill. 151 00:07:00,792 --> 00:07:03,534 "Return to Sender, Moved, No Forwarding Address." 152 00:07:04,062 --> 00:07:07,600 The letter's addressed to Captain Ed Albrecht, United States Navy. 153 00:07:07,833 --> 00:07:09,141 Retired, Atlanta. 154 00:07:09,635 --> 00:07:11,137 Fellow conspiracy buff? 155 00:07:11,570 --> 00:07:12,844 Mr. Whitman's address. 156 00:07:12,905 --> 00:07:14,976 Mattawin Hotel. I wrote it out for you. 157 00:07:15,340 --> 00:07:16,341 ED: Thank you. 158 00:07:21,447 --> 00:07:22,448 Cozy 159 00:07:23,283 --> 00:07:25,957 Seein' as the old guy's dead, it's all yours. 160 00:07:26,386 --> 00:07:27,490 He have many visitors? 161 00:07:27,554 --> 00:07:29,363 Never seen anybody come up here. 162 00:07:29,422 --> 00:07:30,958 BRISCOE: Hey, Ed. 163 00:07:32,225 --> 00:07:34,728 "Chilean Socialist Government Overthrown by Army." 164 00:07:34,794 --> 00:07:36,536 "President Allende Killed in Coup." 165 00:07:36,630 --> 00:07:38,371 "General Pinochet takes control." 166 00:07:38,799 --> 00:07:40,801 "September, 1973." 167 00:07:40,901 --> 00:07:43,074 ED: "American College Student Missing in Chile." 168 00:07:43,470 --> 00:07:46,849 "Jason Whitman, 22, of New York City tortured and shot at close range." 169 00:07:47,074 --> 00:07:50,317 More top secret stuff from the Freedom of Information Office. 170 00:07:50,945 --> 00:07:52,549 "Three days before his disappearance," 171 00:07:52,613 --> 00:07:56,187 "Jason Whitman was seen in the company of U.S. Naval Attache..." 172 00:07:56,818 --> 00:07:57,922 The name's blacked out. 173 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:00,659 Captain Albrecht, formerly of Atlanta? 174 00:08:02,190 --> 00:08:05,899 If he had anything to do with killing this man's kid, he'd better run. 175 00:08:05,961 --> 00:08:07,736 Twenty-seven years later or not. 176 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,343 Nobody named Albrecht ever lived in the building where Whitman was found. 177 00:08:14,437 --> 00:08:15,814 Maybe he got the wrong address. 178 00:08:15,871 --> 00:08:17,179 Someone in there killed him. 179 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:18,878 Well, we ruled out hired help. 180 00:08:19,008 --> 00:08:20,988 The building employees and the domestics all checked out. 181 00:08:21,177 --> 00:08:23,487 Did you run down the address on Whitman's letter? 182 00:08:23,546 --> 00:08:25,082 It's an apartment complex. 183 00:08:25,147 --> 00:08:27,149 Edwin Albrecht moved out about a year ago. 184 00:08:27,216 --> 00:08:30,493 He was admitted into a VA hospital last year with lung cancer. 185 00:08:30,586 --> 00:08:31,759 He died six weeks ago. 186 00:08:31,822 --> 00:08:32,823 Next of kin? 187 00:08:32,889 --> 00:08:35,529 There was nobody named. His wife's dead, there's no children listed. 188 00:08:35,626 --> 00:08:37,697 He's buried in a VA cemetery outside of Atlanta. 189 00:08:38,195 --> 00:08:39,765 A lonely old soldier. 190 00:08:39,830 --> 00:08:41,810 Lonely, maybe. He was only 59. 191 00:08:41,865 --> 00:08:43,105 (PHONE RINGING) 192 00:08:45,535 --> 00:08:46,707 Van Buren. 193 00:08:48,238 --> 00:08:49,808 Right. Thank you. 194 00:08:51,209 --> 00:08:54,019 Sam Whitman's daughter is in town to claim his body. 195 00:08:58,049 --> 00:09:00,757 Please thank your lieutenant for making the arrangements. 196 00:09:01,452 --> 00:09:03,932 My mother and I are going to have my dad buried next to my brother. 197 00:09:04,789 --> 00:09:06,393 BRISCOE: We found some newspaper clippings 198 00:09:06,457 --> 00:09:08,528 about your brother in your dad's apartment. 199 00:09:09,828 --> 00:09:11,808 Jason's death tore our family apart. 200 00:09:11,864 --> 00:09:13,309 My mom and dad split up. 201 00:09:13,365 --> 00:09:15,345 He kept drifting from job to job. 202 00:09:15,934 --> 00:09:17,311 It was like his heart was ripped out of him. 203 00:09:18,337 --> 00:09:19,748 What can you tell us about what happened? 204 00:09:20,406 --> 00:09:22,477 He was murdered by the Chilean military. 205 00:09:23,575 --> 00:09:26,715 And Dad was obsessed with finding out who was responsible. 206 00:09:27,212 --> 00:09:28,624 ED: Did he ever say who it was? 207 00:09:29,049 --> 00:09:30,050 Pinochet. 208 00:09:30,650 --> 00:09:33,426 And he thought that people from the U.S. were involved. 209 00:09:34,754 --> 00:09:38,031 Did he ever mention a Naval Captain named Albrecht? 210 00:09:38,358 --> 00:09:40,531 We think he was looking for him the night he was killed. 211 00:09:41,027 --> 00:09:42,938 No, he never mentioned that name, but, 212 00:09:42,996 --> 00:09:45,408 you know, I called my dad a few weeks ago, 213 00:09:45,465 --> 00:09:47,309 and he sounded really upbeat. 214 00:09:47,902 --> 00:09:51,440 He said that pretty soon the truth about Jason's death was going to come out. 215 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,580 I took it as another one of my dad's false hopes. 216 00:09:58,813 --> 00:10:01,419 Can you excuse me? I need to call my mother. 217 00:10:01,482 --> 00:10:02,825 Sure. 218 00:10:06,355 --> 00:10:07,629 (SIGHS) 219 00:10:07,689 --> 00:10:10,397 I think it's time we honed in on this Albrecht character. 220 00:10:10,492 --> 00:10:13,029 Let's check the IUDs for every apartment in that building. 221 00:10:13,462 --> 00:10:14,873 That's about 200 phones, Lennie. 222 00:10:15,263 --> 00:10:17,709 Maybe we can connect one of them to the VA hospital 223 00:10:17,766 --> 00:10:19,803 or to Albrecht's Atlanta address. 224 00:10:22,471 --> 00:10:24,577 I get the feeling we're chasing ghosts here. 225 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:26,415 They seem real enough to me. 226 00:10:27,944 --> 00:10:31,391 A resident named Kevin Morse made an overseas call to 227 00:10:31,481 --> 00:10:35,088 country code 56, city code 2. 228 00:10:35,284 --> 00:10:36,524 That's not Atlanta. 229 00:10:37,086 --> 00:10:39,794 Santiago, Chile, two weeks ago. 230 00:10:44,995 --> 00:10:46,497 (PHONE LINE RINGING) Por favor. 231 00:10:52,603 --> 00:10:55,015 Let me guess. Voice mail hell, in Spanish. 232 00:10:55,406 --> 00:10:56,407 Hola. 233 00:10:58,342 --> 00:11:00,015 Chilean Army Headquarters. 234 00:11:00,712 --> 00:11:03,056 What's this guy Morse doing calling the Chilean Army? 235 00:11:07,051 --> 00:11:09,793 Two weeks ago, my window frames were being replaced. 236 00:11:09,888 --> 00:11:11,868 There were four Spanish guys up here working. 237 00:11:12,123 --> 00:11:13,397 Did you let them use your phone? 238 00:11:13,625 --> 00:11:14,729 We aren't here during the day. 239 00:11:14,893 --> 00:11:16,895 There's supposed to be somebody from the managing agent with them 240 00:11:16,961 --> 00:11:18,133 so things like that don't happen. 241 00:11:18,797 --> 00:11:21,244 BRISCOE: You mind tellin' us where you were Tuesday night? 242 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:23,780 Here, with my wife and daughter. Never left the house. 243 00:11:24,170 --> 00:11:26,013 Do you know anybody named Edwin Albrecht? 244 00:11:26,272 --> 00:11:27,580 No, I don't. 245 00:11:28,140 --> 00:11:29,380 Now, if you want to find out about that call, 246 00:11:29,442 --> 00:11:30,785 you should ask those workers. 247 00:11:30,843 --> 00:11:32,220 Thanks. 248 00:11:33,913 --> 00:11:36,757 Let's find out who's sellin' window frames in Santiago. 249 00:11:38,685 --> 00:11:41,859 After you phoned yesterday, I discussed this matter with the Consul General. 250 00:11:42,722 --> 00:11:44,963 He would like to know if the person who was called in Chile 251 00:11:45,225 --> 00:11:46,329 is your murder suspect. 252 00:11:46,393 --> 00:11:47,531 Why? 253 00:11:47,594 --> 00:11:50,598 Because we traced this call to a very prominent figure in our country. 254 00:11:51,031 --> 00:11:54,410 Well, our suspect's an American. But, who did the call go to? 255 00:11:54,734 --> 00:11:56,373 To Colonel Emilio Pantoya. 256 00:11:56,637 --> 00:11:58,742 Director of Intelligence for Pinochet? 257 00:11:59,841 --> 00:12:02,082 From what I read, Pantoya's practically a war criminal. 258 00:12:02,944 --> 00:12:04,287 Old history. 259 00:12:04,345 --> 00:12:05,915 Chile is a democracy now. 260 00:12:06,347 --> 00:12:07,826 Colonel Pantoya's a senator. 261 00:12:07,882 --> 00:12:09,520 Elected? Appointed 262 00:12:10,151 --> 00:12:11,221 by our President. 263 00:12:11,486 --> 00:12:13,523 What business would an American civilian have with him? 264 00:12:14,689 --> 00:12:17,227 It may have had something to do with Colonel Pantoya's illness. 265 00:12:17,926 --> 00:12:20,167 He's here in New York at Landis Hill Hospital. 266 00:12:23,899 --> 00:12:26,607 I have strict instructions. No is one to see the Colonel. 267 00:12:26,702 --> 00:12:28,272 Is that for some sort of medical reason? 268 00:12:28,403 --> 00:12:29,882 That's right. He has kidney disease. 269 00:12:29,938 --> 00:12:31,474 His doctor won't return until tomorrow. 270 00:12:31,540 --> 00:12:33,817 How about we just poke our heads in and see if the Colonel's up to it? 271 00:12:33,877 --> 00:12:35,379 I'm sorry, I can't. 272 00:12:36,646 --> 00:12:37,647 Okay. 273 00:12:38,982 --> 00:12:39,983 Maybe you can help us. 274 00:12:40,450 --> 00:12:42,191 ORRA: So you don't have to upset the Colonel? 275 00:12:42,252 --> 00:12:43,322 Yeah, right. 276 00:12:44,587 --> 00:12:46,157 Your boss know a Kevin Morse 277 00:12:46,589 --> 00:12:48,296 or a Captain Edwin Albrecht? 278 00:12:48,358 --> 00:12:49,632 I don't recognize those names. 279 00:12:49,692 --> 00:12:50,966 How about Sam Whitman? 280 00:12:52,596 --> 00:12:55,372 If the Colonel had contact with these men, I would know this. 281 00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:58,873 So you see, you're wasting your time here. 282 00:13:03,073 --> 00:13:05,815 Doctor comes in once a day, he can't be all that sick. 283 00:13:06,177 --> 00:13:07,520 We ain't gettin' in there without a warrant. 284 00:13:08,078 --> 00:13:10,889 But we know the call came from Morse's apartment. 285 00:13:10,949 --> 00:13:12,292 He's not a government employee. 286 00:13:12,350 --> 00:13:15,160 Maybe he's got some past connection to the military. 287 00:13:18,290 --> 00:13:22,295 Kevin Morse. Born 417166 in Danbury, Connecticut. 288 00:13:23,161 --> 00:13:26,233 Alumni scholarship to Annapolis, brief tour in the Persian Gulf. 289 00:13:26,364 --> 00:13:27,502 How long was he in the Navy? 290 00:13:27,966 --> 00:13:30,140 Two years. He resigned his commission. 291 00:13:30,436 --> 00:13:32,279 Why? Doesn't say. 292 00:13:32,872 --> 00:13:35,079 We got his old man's name from his rental application. 293 00:13:35,174 --> 00:13:36,983 You got anything for a Franklin Morse? 294 00:13:41,581 --> 00:13:44,721 Born August 19th, 1942, in Milwaukee. 295 00:13:44,784 --> 00:13:48,323 Drafted in '62, stationed with the Third Infantry in West Germany. 296 00:13:48,388 --> 00:13:51,494 I thought Morse Junior was second-generation Annapolis. 297 00:13:51,758 --> 00:13:54,170 All it says is Morse Senior graduated high school. 298 00:13:54,962 --> 00:13:58,637 He was honorably discharged from the Army and married in 1975. 299 00:13:58,699 --> 00:13:59,871 1975? 300 00:14:00,233 --> 00:14:02,770 His son Kevin was born nine years before he was married? 301 00:14:03,170 --> 00:14:04,376 I'm just giving you what's here. 302 00:14:05,072 --> 00:14:08,714 Do me a favor. Run a Naval Captain Edwin Albrecht. 303 00:14:15,016 --> 00:14:17,462 Captain Edwin Albrecht had one son. 304 00:14:17,685 --> 00:14:18,686 Kevin. 305 00:14:18,953 --> 00:14:21,126 He just happens to have the same birth date as you. 306 00:14:22,790 --> 00:14:23,825 He was my father. 307 00:14:24,325 --> 00:14:25,532 Then why'd you lie about it? 308 00:14:25,894 --> 00:14:26,895 (STUTTERING) I'm sorry. 309 00:14:27,496 --> 00:14:30,102 When my mother remarried, I took my stepfather's name. 310 00:14:30,366 --> 00:14:32,937 Whitman was obsessed with finding your father. 311 00:14:33,469 --> 00:14:34,470 Is that why you killed him? 312 00:14:34,737 --> 00:14:35,738 My father's dead. 313 00:14:36,238 --> 00:14:37,842 So maybe Whitman got obsessed with you. 314 00:14:37,906 --> 00:14:39,579 BRISCOE: It all stacks up against you, Mr. Morse. 315 00:14:40,342 --> 00:14:42,117 Your father's posting at the embassy in Chile. 316 00:14:42,177 --> 00:14:43,816 The death of Whitman's son during the coup. 317 00:14:43,913 --> 00:14:46,393 The telephone call to Chilean Army Headquarters. 318 00:14:46,950 --> 00:14:48,452 Maybe you better explain what happened. 319 00:14:52,956 --> 00:14:55,766 When this Whitman knocked on my door, 320 00:14:56,993 --> 00:14:58,700 I'd never laid eyes on him before. 321 00:14:59,462 --> 00:15:01,100 He started raving about a cover-up, 322 00:15:01,164 --> 00:15:02,769 demanding to see Captain Albrecht. 323 00:15:03,434 --> 00:15:06,313 So I let him into the stairwell so he wouldn't upset my family. 324 00:15:06,504 --> 00:15:08,609 So nobody could see you beat the crap out of him. 325 00:15:08,672 --> 00:15:09,810 I didn't mean to hurt him... 326 00:15:10,274 --> 00:15:11,947 I told him that my father was dead. 327 00:15:13,344 --> 00:15:15,483 He went into a rage. He said he didn't believe me. 328 00:15:15,846 --> 00:15:16,847 He grabbed me. 329 00:15:17,381 --> 00:15:19,918 I fought him off to try to protect myself. 330 00:15:20,851 --> 00:15:21,990 He slipped. 331 00:15:22,054 --> 00:15:23,192 He fell down the stairs. 332 00:15:23,989 --> 00:15:25,332 I swear it was an accident. 333 00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:27,695 Then why'd you try to get rid of his satchel and his I.D.? 334 00:15:28,026 --> 00:15:29,403 Because I didn't think anyone would believe me. 335 00:15:30,062 --> 00:15:31,132 So why should we? 336 00:15:32,564 --> 00:15:33,770 I was ashamed. Why? 337 00:15:33,832 --> 00:15:35,436 Because you beat an old man to death? 338 00:15:38,236 --> 00:15:39,271 Because of my father. 339 00:15:40,473 --> 00:15:41,918 What Whitman said was true. 340 00:15:42,575 --> 00:15:43,952 He killed Whitman's son? 341 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,289 My father was drunk one night. 342 00:15:50,650 --> 00:15:53,790 He started bragging about how they'd helped the Chileans murder an American. 343 00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:55,154 BRISCOE: They? 344 00:15:57,356 --> 00:15:58,563 Naval Intelligence. 345 00:15:59,460 --> 00:16:01,337 Your father said he was involved? 346 00:16:04,531 --> 00:16:05,908 I didn't want to believe it at first. 347 00:16:09,136 --> 00:16:12,879 American officers killing an American. 348 00:16:18,279 --> 00:16:20,190 And then I killed his father. 349 00:16:24,319 --> 00:16:27,391 Morse says Pantoya was calling to get in contact with his father. 350 00:16:27,555 --> 00:16:29,296 Morse called him back to tell him his father was dead. 351 00:16:29,357 --> 00:16:30,358 You believe him? 352 00:16:30,425 --> 00:16:32,405 Hey, he's sittin' at home, minding his own business. 353 00:16:32,460 --> 00:16:35,874 Whitman shows up and goes off on him about something that happened 30 years ago. 354 00:16:36,198 --> 00:16:37,609 Any problems with his confession? 355 00:16:37,733 --> 00:16:39,508 We got it all in writing with a Miranda waiver. 356 00:16:39,668 --> 00:16:42,012 To tell you the truth, I think Morse was happy to get it off his chest. 357 00:16:42,138 --> 00:16:44,550 Too bad he's the only one in his family with a conscience. 358 00:16:44,940 --> 00:16:48,410 (SIGHS) Well, if you need anything else, let us know. 359 00:16:53,315 --> 00:16:54,317 Man two? 360 00:16:55,085 --> 00:16:56,655 One to three. I can live with that. 361 00:16:57,587 --> 00:16:59,191 Well, we can put that one in the books. 362 00:17:00,357 --> 00:17:01,893 One down, one to go. 363 00:17:01,958 --> 00:17:02,959 (THUMPS TABLE) 364 00:17:07,864 --> 00:17:11,471 Captain Albrecht told his son he was complicit in Jason Whitman's murder. 365 00:17:12,135 --> 00:17:14,446 We think it warrants a federal investigation. 366 00:17:14,505 --> 00:17:15,609 We did some checking. 367 00:17:15,673 --> 00:17:18,347 Albrecht was nowhere near Chile when the young man was killed. 368 00:17:18,843 --> 00:17:22,052 So what? He could have had accomplices. Chilean nationalists. 369 00:17:22,113 --> 00:17:23,353 Aren't they in Santiago? 370 00:17:23,414 --> 00:17:25,325 Colonel Pantoya's here in New York. 371 00:17:25,383 --> 00:17:28,091 Pantoya's a senator for life. He has immunity. 372 00:17:28,152 --> 00:17:30,098 His own people don't want to prosecute him. 373 00:17:30,188 --> 00:17:32,726 He was given immunity to pacify the military 374 00:17:32,791 --> 00:17:35,067 so they wouldn't seize power from his own people. 375 00:17:35,794 --> 00:17:37,501 The last thing the Justice Department wants 376 00:17:37,563 --> 00:17:40,203 is to meddle in the internal affairs of a sovereign country. 377 00:17:40,532 --> 00:17:43,138 It's a little late to be repudiating the Monroe Doctrine. 378 00:17:43,569 --> 00:17:44,809 Why don't you just look into it? 379 00:17:44,870 --> 00:17:46,213 It's not an American problem. 380 00:17:46,438 --> 00:17:48,111 A dead American is not your problem? 381 00:17:49,809 --> 00:17:51,652 It's over and done with, Mr. McCoy. 382 00:17:56,049 --> 00:17:58,290 Jason Whitman grew up in Hell's Kitchen. 383 00:17:58,418 --> 00:18:01,194 Graduated from Power Memorial on the Upper West Side. 384 00:18:01,387 --> 00:18:03,924 Lew Alcindor's old school. They tore it down 15 years ago. 385 00:18:04,824 --> 00:18:06,701 It's time to let go, Jack. 386 00:18:06,759 --> 00:18:09,673 The Feds aren't interested. There's little or no evidence. 387 00:18:09,797 --> 00:18:10,867 It's a dead end. 388 00:18:11,198 --> 00:18:12,233 This could have been me. 389 00:18:12,299 --> 00:18:14,870 I can't really picture you with a Che Guevara look. 390 00:18:15,402 --> 00:18:17,746 You won't get your hands on Pantoya again. 391 00:18:17,872 --> 00:18:19,943 Pantoya's 74 years old. 392 00:18:20,007 --> 00:18:22,419 Is that an affirmative defense for mass murder? 393 00:18:22,676 --> 00:18:25,384 Chile's a democracy now. Maybe it's time we stayed out of their business. 394 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,656 That would have been good advice for Jason Whitman. 395 00:18:27,883 --> 00:18:29,794 Hey, the kid didn't deserve to die. 396 00:18:30,719 --> 00:18:32,721 Whitman had a girlfriend who went with him to Chile. 397 00:18:32,787 --> 00:18:34,994 Let's see if we can find her. 398 00:18:35,457 --> 00:18:37,994 Jason and I fell in love during my sophomore year. 399 00:18:38,326 --> 00:18:39,771 We spent the summer in Chile. 400 00:18:40,295 --> 00:18:41,706 What was the attraction, Mrs. Benson? 401 00:18:43,031 --> 00:18:46,070 Jason and I were into the socialists who'd just been elected. 402 00:18:46,135 --> 00:18:49,548 It sounds naive now, but the whole world was changing before our eyes. 403 00:18:49,639 --> 00:18:51,050 We just wanted to be a part of it. 404 00:18:51,641 --> 00:18:53,018 What did you do while you were down there? 405 00:18:53,709 --> 00:18:57,623 Jason caught on as a stringer at one of the leftist radio stations in Santiago. 406 00:18:58,614 --> 00:19:02,460 Did you ever come into contact with a U.S. Naval Captain named Albrecht? 407 00:19:03,319 --> 00:19:05,561 We were in Valparaiso right before the coup. 408 00:19:06,223 --> 00:19:08,601 There were U.S. warships anchored offshore. 409 00:19:09,726 --> 00:19:11,797 We met Albrecht in a cantina. 410 00:19:12,529 --> 00:19:15,635 He gave us lift back to our friends' house just outside Santiago. 411 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:17,601 Americans? 412 00:19:17,801 --> 00:19:19,280 Tino and Elena Calderon. 413 00:19:19,937 --> 00:19:23,408 On the way there, he warned us that we should get the hell out of Chile. 414 00:19:23,575 --> 00:19:25,145 So you got out and Jason didn't. 415 00:19:25,410 --> 00:19:27,390 I begged Jason to come with me. 416 00:19:27,445 --> 00:19:29,925 He told me he'd be okay at the Calderon's. 417 00:19:30,648 --> 00:19:32,286 He said not to worry. 418 00:19:32,383 --> 00:19:34,624 Nobody'd bother him because he was American. 419 00:19:36,588 --> 00:19:37,760 Carrie and Jason. 420 00:19:39,958 --> 00:19:41,996 It reminds me of a very bad time. 421 00:19:43,862 --> 00:19:46,138 I thought when I came to this country I would forget. 422 00:19:47,566 --> 00:19:49,739 Why didn't your husband emigrate here with you? 423 00:19:51,036 --> 00:19:52,606 Carrie didn't tell you? 424 00:19:53,272 --> 00:19:55,878 He was killed by Colonel Pantoya. 425 00:19:56,442 --> 00:19:58,115 Could you tell us how it happened? 426 00:20:00,413 --> 00:20:02,290 When General Pinochet took over, 427 00:20:02,682 --> 00:20:04,389 Jason came to stay with us. 428 00:20:04,784 --> 00:20:06,058 But they found him anyway. 429 00:20:06,620 --> 00:20:08,099 JACK: Do you know how? 430 00:20:09,990 --> 00:20:11,094 I'm sorry. 431 00:20:11,925 --> 00:20:14,735 We told Jason that he should try to go back home. 432 00:20:15,862 --> 00:20:16,863 But he said no. 433 00:20:17,631 --> 00:20:19,270 He wanted to stay and help us. 434 00:20:21,135 --> 00:20:23,672 One night the soldiers knocked down our door. 435 00:20:23,738 --> 00:20:24,739 La Guarda. 436 00:20:25,206 --> 00:20:26,549 Colonel Pantoya's men. 437 00:20:27,475 --> 00:20:28,545 Where did they take them? 438 00:20:28,943 --> 00:20:29,944 They just 439 00:20:30,044 --> 00:20:32,752 took them outside and put them in the truck. 440 00:20:34,415 --> 00:20:35,826 I never saw Tino again. 441 00:20:37,051 --> 00:20:39,123 They never even brought his body back to me. 442 00:20:44,493 --> 00:20:46,632 Subpoenaed files from our friends at the Navy. 443 00:20:47,262 --> 00:20:49,469 Maybe we'll find out if Albrecht was in Chile. 444 00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:52,577 I hope you know what you're doin'. 445 00:20:54,102 --> 00:20:56,640 Captain Albrecht knew where Jason Whitman was hiding. 446 00:20:56,706 --> 00:20:58,151 I think he dropped the dime on him. 447 00:20:58,708 --> 00:21:00,119 It could have been anyone, Jack. 448 00:21:00,176 --> 00:21:02,782 Then how do you explain what Albrecht told his son? 449 00:21:04,881 --> 00:21:06,224 We're tilting at windmills. 450 00:21:06,449 --> 00:21:09,089 What windmills? Jason Whitman was tortured and murdered. 451 00:21:09,218 --> 00:21:10,288 Over there. 452 00:21:10,353 --> 00:21:12,492 And I've got a flesh and blood suspect right here. 453 00:21:13,523 --> 00:21:16,266 So now we claim jurisdiction for every New Yorker that's killed? 454 00:21:16,393 --> 00:21:19,169 Well, if you're gonna get hung up on a little thing like jurisdiction. 455 00:21:20,097 --> 00:21:21,098 (CARMICHAEL SIGHS) 456 00:21:21,699 --> 00:21:22,803 What? 457 00:21:23,667 --> 00:21:24,702 (SIGHS) 458 00:21:24,768 --> 00:21:26,145 Maybe I shouldn't tell you this. 459 00:21:27,037 --> 00:21:29,381 Naval log from the day Whitman was arrested. 460 00:21:30,074 --> 00:21:31,576 Captain Albrecht was in New York 461 00:21:31,642 --> 00:21:34,317 at the UN to brief our delegation to the Security Council. 462 00:21:35,447 --> 00:21:37,654 He and his aide were registered at the Hilton. 463 00:21:37,949 --> 00:21:39,929 John Groban, Lieutenant Junior Grade. 464 00:21:41,653 --> 00:21:42,654 Let's find him. 465 00:21:43,688 --> 00:21:46,328 Captain Albrecht was in the room right next to me at the Hilton. 466 00:21:47,225 --> 00:21:49,603 The coup in Chile started the night he flew in. 467 00:21:49,661 --> 00:21:54,372 I was juggling calls from West-Pac, Naval Operations... 468 00:21:55,534 --> 00:21:57,445 Captain Albrecht make any calls to Chile? 469 00:21:57,503 --> 00:21:58,573 Not while I was there. 470 00:21:59,238 --> 00:22:02,344 JACK: He ever mention a Chilean Colonel named Pantoya? 471 00:22:04,543 --> 00:22:05,954 Actually, yeah. 472 00:22:06,979 --> 00:22:09,960 The night he went to the UN he had me run out and send him a telex. 473 00:22:10,250 --> 00:22:11,593 Do you remember what it said? 474 00:22:11,651 --> 00:22:13,426 It was just an address 475 00:22:13,987 --> 00:22:15,295 and some initials. 476 00:22:15,355 --> 00:22:16,527 What initials? 477 00:22:18,625 --> 00:22:20,332 I'm pretty sure it said J.W. 478 00:22:20,393 --> 00:22:22,430 You knew about this? Why didn't you tell someone? 479 00:22:22,496 --> 00:22:23,497 I did. 480 00:22:24,097 --> 00:22:25,906 They already knew. 481 00:22:27,267 --> 00:22:29,111 The telex was sent at 6:30 p.m. 482 00:22:29,170 --> 00:22:34,017 Four hours later, the National Guard rolled up to the address Albrecht provided. 483 00:22:34,542 --> 00:22:37,386 A house outside Santiago belonging to Tino Calderon. 484 00:22:37,645 --> 00:22:39,682 That's where they arrested Jason Whitman. 485 00:22:40,782 --> 00:22:42,125 There's our jurisdiction, Adam. 486 00:22:42,183 --> 00:22:44,220 You couldn't let sleeping dogs lie. 487 00:22:44,652 --> 00:22:46,996 I just got off the phone with the Under Secretary of State. 488 00:22:47,523 --> 00:22:49,969 They heard about the files you subpoenaed from the Navy. 489 00:22:50,025 --> 00:22:51,095 They're hopping mad. 490 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,902 Whitman was set up from 6th Avenue and 53rd Street. 491 00:22:53,962 --> 00:22:55,873 You were an A.D.A. when they killed him. 492 00:22:56,331 --> 00:22:57,708 You can put Pantoya in it? 493 00:22:57,766 --> 00:23:00,838 The telex with Whitman's address was sent directly to him. 494 00:23:01,303 --> 00:23:02,543 Oh, boy. 495 00:23:04,173 --> 00:23:06,711 We do this, all hell breaks loose I know. 496 00:23:09,179 --> 00:23:10,180 Well? 497 00:23:14,050 --> 00:23:15,552 Vaya con Dios. 498 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:19,100 (CHATTER ON POLICE RADIO) 499 00:23:20,557 --> 00:23:21,968 Stand aside, jefe. 500 00:23:24,595 --> 00:23:25,767 Yes? 501 00:23:26,864 --> 00:23:29,003 What is it? BRISCOE: You're under arrest, Colonel. 502 00:23:29,667 --> 00:23:31,772 Arrest? What for? 503 00:23:31,969 --> 00:23:33,812 Conspiracy to commit murder. 504 00:23:33,871 --> 00:23:34,872 (SCOFFS) 505 00:23:35,739 --> 00:23:38,686 I'm sorry, my friend, but I have immunity. 506 00:23:39,276 --> 00:23:40,414 Blanket immunity. 507 00:23:40,778 --> 00:23:44,317 Yeah, the same blanket you put over Whitman's corpse? 508 00:23:44,416 --> 00:23:46,487 You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say 509 00:23:46,551 --> 00:23:49,054 can be used against you. You have the right to an attorney. 510 00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:50,531 If you do not have an attorney, 511 00:23:50,589 --> 00:23:51,897 one will be appointed to you. 512 00:23:52,457 --> 00:23:55,165 You have no idea what a headache you've created for the administration. 513 00:23:55,227 --> 00:23:56,865 You're thumbing nose 514 00:23:56,928 --> 00:24:00,307 at the stated policy of not only this president, but every president before him. 515 00:24:00,365 --> 00:24:01,435 Which is what? 516 00:24:01,868 --> 00:24:04,474 Giving aid and comfort to tinhorn despots? 517 00:24:05,338 --> 00:24:07,818 It's an internal matter for the Chilean people. 518 00:24:07,874 --> 00:24:12,254 Yeah, well, we don't see them falling over themselves to do anything about it. 519 00:24:12,311 --> 00:24:13,915 Be that as it may, Mr. Schiff, 520 00:24:13,980 --> 00:24:16,620 it's outside the purview of your office. It is? 521 00:24:17,149 --> 00:24:18,526 A kid from the West Side? 522 00:24:18,584 --> 00:24:20,565 WHEELER: This isn't neighborhood politics. 523 00:24:20,621 --> 00:24:22,100 You're screwing with our national interest. 524 00:24:22,556 --> 00:24:24,263 Stupid me. 525 00:24:24,324 --> 00:24:28,238 I was under the impression that our national interest was prosecuting people 526 00:24:28,295 --> 00:24:29,797 who murder our citizens. 527 00:24:30,364 --> 00:24:32,401 You won't do it, I will. 528 00:24:34,835 --> 00:24:36,075 We're filing an amicus brief 529 00:24:36,136 --> 00:24:39,141 in support of Colonel Pantoya's motion to dismiss the indictment. 530 00:24:39,207 --> 00:24:40,379 Good for you. 531 00:24:49,050 --> 00:24:50,461 Just don't embarrass me. 532 00:24:53,521 --> 00:24:56,661 Everyone here agrees that Jason Whitman was killed in Chile. 533 00:24:56,858 --> 00:24:59,396 Since no significant element of that crime took place in New York 534 00:24:59,461 --> 00:25:01,304 or even on American soil... 535 00:25:01,363 --> 00:25:03,434 The information about Jason Whitman's whereabouts 536 00:25:03,499 --> 00:25:06,878 was sent to Colonel Pantoya by telex from a Midtown hotel. 537 00:25:07,202 --> 00:25:10,479 Under New York law, the crime of conspiracy occurs 538 00:25:10,539 --> 00:25:13,179 where any element of the conspiracy takes place. 539 00:25:13,242 --> 00:25:16,189 That telex isn't an element of any murder conspiracy. 540 00:25:16,246 --> 00:25:18,624 Mr. McCoy cannot prove that Captain Albrecht knew 541 00:25:18,682 --> 00:25:22,152 sending the information would result in Jason Whitman's death. 542 00:25:22,218 --> 00:25:23,925 Your Honor, did Albrecht think the Colonel 543 00:25:23,987 --> 00:25:25,933 was going to take Jason out for a bowl ceviche? 544 00:25:25,989 --> 00:25:28,060 What are they gonna do? Dig him up and ask him? 545 00:25:28,124 --> 00:25:30,934 They cannot prove intent. No intent, no conspiracy. 546 00:25:31,094 --> 00:25:34,405 No conspiracy, Colonel Pantoya goes home, no matter what crimes 547 00:25:34,464 --> 00:25:35,944 he might have committed in Chile, 548 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,480 where, by the way, he's been granted full immunity. 549 00:25:38,536 --> 00:25:43,542 What that telex proves about Albrecht's intent is an issue of fact for a jury, 550 00:25:43,608 --> 00:25:45,315 not an issue of law for a judge. 551 00:25:46,377 --> 00:25:49,415 I've got to go with Mr. McCoy on this, Mr. Chiles. I have no choice. 552 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:50,891 Your motion to dismiss is denied. 553 00:25:50,948 --> 00:25:54,396 Then, Your Honor, I ask that the charges be set aside on humanitarian grounds. 554 00:25:54,453 --> 00:25:55,454 I have a report 555 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,161 from three American doctors detailing Colonel Pantoya's medical status. 556 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:02,797 He has kidney disease, diabetes, he suffered a stroke last year. 557 00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:07,833 His health is failing. Prosecuting this sick old man serves no useful purpose. 558 00:26:07,899 --> 00:26:11,813 Your Honor, we prosecute criminals who have cancer and AIDS. 559 00:26:12,472 --> 00:26:14,076 Why make an exception? 560 00:26:16,876 --> 00:26:19,413 I'll need a few days to review these reports. 561 00:26:22,648 --> 00:26:24,252 I don't need this, Adam. 562 00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:26,296 That makes two of us. Then rein him in. 563 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:29,225 What's he doing chasing murderers south of the border? 564 00:26:29,889 --> 00:26:31,563 Don't you give him enough to do up here? 565 00:26:31,625 --> 00:26:32,660 (CLICKS TONGUE) 566 00:26:32,726 --> 00:26:34,137 What are you going to do? 567 00:26:34,194 --> 00:26:35,298 (SCOFFS) 568 00:26:35,362 --> 00:26:37,569 I can set free a mass murderer. 569 00:26:37,631 --> 00:26:40,077 I can set off an international crisis. 570 00:26:41,802 --> 00:26:44,578 Adam, I have no illusions. I am no John Sirica. 571 00:26:44,838 --> 00:26:47,079 I am not taking on the President's men. 572 00:26:47,141 --> 00:26:50,282 Doesn't the Colonel have a note from his doctors? 573 00:26:50,745 --> 00:26:52,247 Maybe get a second opinion. 574 00:26:52,347 --> 00:26:53,792 How does that get me off the hook? 575 00:26:53,848 --> 00:26:57,318 If it's off the hook you want, you should have stayed in municipal court. 576 00:26:58,653 --> 00:27:01,862 You told me once you want to do some good. Here's your chance. 577 00:27:08,197 --> 00:27:11,076 MRS. WHITMAN: The first we heard of it was on the evening news. 578 00:27:11,901 --> 00:27:14,643 They said there was fighting down there in Chile, 579 00:27:14,737 --> 00:27:17,183 that the army had killed the President. 580 00:27:17,506 --> 00:27:19,508 So, Sam, my husband, 581 00:27:19,975 --> 00:27:21,886 tried to call Jason. 582 00:27:21,944 --> 00:27:26,051 He got through to the hotel, but Jason wasn't there. 583 00:27:26,716 --> 00:27:30,129 The hotel operator told him that there were tanks 584 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,295 and shooting in the streets. 585 00:27:32,356 --> 00:27:35,132 What did you and your husband do? We waited. 586 00:27:35,792 --> 00:27:40,138 We were sure that Jason would be okay like he'd always been, 587 00:27:40,630 --> 00:27:43,008 no matter what foolhardy thing he did. 588 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,511 Then we didn't hear for three days. 589 00:27:45,870 --> 00:27:48,350 Sam called the American embassy down there. 590 00:27:49,140 --> 00:27:51,017 We couldn't get any information. 591 00:27:51,075 --> 00:27:53,521 Did you eventually find out what happened to your son? 592 00:27:53,578 --> 00:27:54,579 Yes. 593 00:27:55,112 --> 00:27:59,993 We got an anonymous call from someone in Chile. They said, um, 594 00:28:00,384 --> 00:28:04,891 they'd seen Jason alive in this sports stadium 595 00:28:04,957 --> 00:28:07,870 where the army put their prisoners. 596 00:28:08,227 --> 00:28:09,797 Sam took some money from the bank. 597 00:28:09,862 --> 00:28:12,274 He was going to bring Jason home. 598 00:28:14,533 --> 00:28:18,948 When he got to Chile, someone from the embassy told him they'd found Jason, 599 00:28:19,004 --> 00:28:22,042 and they took Sam to a police station and 600 00:28:23,810 --> 00:28:25,346 Jason was there, 601 00:28:27,580 --> 00:28:32,222 lying on a dirty floor with other young people, dead. 602 00:28:33,386 --> 00:28:37,596 Sam could hardly recognize him. He'd been beaten up, 603 00:28:37,657 --> 00:28:39,136 his whole face was... 604 00:28:40,159 --> 00:28:41,161 Um... 605 00:28:42,163 --> 00:28:44,165 They said that maybe 606 00:28:44,632 --> 00:28:48,444 the Communists had killed Jason but Sam didn't believe them. 607 00:28:48,502 --> 00:28:50,038 What did your husband do? 608 00:28:50,404 --> 00:28:52,748 The embassy people told him to go home, they said 609 00:28:53,841 --> 00:28:56,583 they would take care of getting the body released. 610 00:28:58,846 --> 00:29:00,383 (STUTTERS) 611 00:29:00,448 --> 00:29:01,620 So, 612 00:29:03,885 --> 00:29:06,388 Sam came home by himself. 613 00:29:08,890 --> 00:29:11,268 Two months after that, 614 00:29:11,326 --> 00:29:14,705 they sent Jason home in a wood box. 615 00:29:17,065 --> 00:29:18,670 His bones were broken. 616 00:29:19,836 --> 00:29:21,406 His private parts had 617 00:29:22,405 --> 00:29:24,783 burns from electric shocks. 618 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:26,478 He had three 619 00:29:26,876 --> 00:29:28,981 bullet holes in the back of his head. 620 00:29:33,416 --> 00:29:34,588 That man 621 00:29:37,087 --> 00:29:40,000 killed my little boy, he killed my family. 622 00:29:45,295 --> 00:29:46,638 Thank you. 623 00:29:56,207 --> 00:29:58,414 I'm very sorry for your loss. 624 00:30:01,212 --> 00:30:05,490 While Jason was at NYU, he was arrested a number of times, isn't that right? 625 00:30:06,417 --> 00:30:08,397 For demonstrating against the Vietnam War. 626 00:30:08,453 --> 00:30:10,023 A lot of young people did that. 627 00:30:10,154 --> 00:30:12,191 I doubt many were arrested six times, 628 00:30:12,290 --> 00:30:14,999 including once for throwing a bottle at a police officer. 629 00:30:15,060 --> 00:30:17,597 My son collected food for poor people. 630 00:30:17,930 --> 00:30:20,843 He helped underprivileged children learn to read. 631 00:30:20,966 --> 00:30:24,277 And he participated in violent demonstrations. 632 00:30:24,336 --> 00:30:25,747 Do you know what he did in Chile? 633 00:30:26,038 --> 00:30:28,314 He had a summer job at a radio station. 634 00:30:28,374 --> 00:30:29,944 Station FPG. 635 00:30:30,009 --> 00:30:33,219 In Spanish, those letters stand for the Guevara Popular Front. 636 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,590 You know who Che Guevara was? 637 00:30:35,682 --> 00:30:36,786 I'm not sure. 638 00:30:36,850 --> 00:30:39,023 He was a communist revolutionary. 639 00:30:39,085 --> 00:30:40,826 He was a friend of Fidel Castro. 640 00:30:40,887 --> 00:30:42,662 He went to Bolivia to start a revolution. 641 00:30:42,722 --> 00:30:44,360 He killed innocent people. 642 00:30:44,424 --> 00:30:49,464 Jason wasn't like that. He was just a big-hearted boy. 643 00:30:49,529 --> 00:30:54,309 A big-hearted boy with a taste for violence and for communist rhetoric. 644 00:30:54,669 --> 00:30:57,741 A foolhardy boy who went to a foreign country to preach revolution, 645 00:30:57,805 --> 00:30:59,546 just like his hero, Che Guevara. 646 00:30:59,607 --> 00:31:00,642 Objection. 647 00:31:00,708 --> 00:31:03,587 Sustained. Dial it down, Mr. Chiles. 648 00:31:05,980 --> 00:31:08,392 No further questions, Your Honor. 649 00:31:11,853 --> 00:31:17,826 I was an accountant for the Agrarian Reform Movement of President Allende. 650 00:31:18,193 --> 00:31:20,764 I was arrested four days after the coup. 651 00:31:21,029 --> 00:31:24,340 I was taken to the National Stadium in Santiago. 652 00:31:25,234 --> 00:31:27,111 What happened once you got there? 653 00:31:27,169 --> 00:31:31,118 It was filled with thousands of political prisoners. 654 00:31:31,174 --> 00:31:35,623 Many people I knew. I met a young American, 655 00:31:35,979 --> 00:31:39,825 that boy, Jason Whitman. 656 00:31:40,950 --> 00:31:45,763 He had been interrogated by the National Intelligence Directory. 657 00:31:46,155 --> 00:31:47,157 The DINA. 658 00:31:47,524 --> 00:31:49,765 A force commanded by Colonel Pantoya. 659 00:31:49,827 --> 00:31:50,828 Yes. 660 00:31:52,096 --> 00:31:55,737 He had been beaten up in the face and on his body. 661 00:31:56,700 --> 00:32:01,945 He tried to make jokes, but he was in very much pain He was very frightened. 662 00:32:02,606 --> 00:32:05,348 There were many people like him at the stadium. 663 00:32:05,409 --> 00:32:07,287 Many people who had been tortured. 664 00:32:07,345 --> 00:32:09,018 What happened to him? 665 00:32:09,948 --> 00:32:13,760 Two days after I got there, the soldiers came in the night and took him away. 666 00:32:13,885 --> 00:32:15,296 I never saw him again. 667 00:32:15,353 --> 00:32:18,391 McCOY: Were you also interrogated by Colonel Pantoya's men? 668 00:32:19,124 --> 00:32:20,194 Yes. 669 00:32:20,291 --> 00:32:22,168 And what happened to you in those interrogations? 670 00:32:22,227 --> 00:32:24,640 Objection. I don't see the relevance in... 671 00:32:24,697 --> 00:32:26,768 I do. Overruled. 672 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:29,770 Go ahead, Mr. Reyes. 673 00:32:31,804 --> 00:32:35,149 They hung me upside down by my ankles 674 00:32:35,207 --> 00:32:37,209 and burned me with cigarettes. 675 00:32:38,744 --> 00:32:43,091 They put electrodes on my tongue and my eyelids. 676 00:32:44,418 --> 00:32:46,022 They would not let me sleep. 677 00:32:47,821 --> 00:32:49,823 They tried to drown me. 678 00:32:49,890 --> 00:32:54,430 Three times they put a gun at my head and pretended to shoot me. 679 00:32:55,929 --> 00:32:58,535 They did this to me for two months. 680 00:32:58,598 --> 00:33:01,375 And you're positive that the people who tortured you 681 00:33:01,436 --> 00:33:03,643 were under the command of Colonel Pantoya? 682 00:33:04,238 --> 00:33:05,410 Yes. 683 00:33:06,207 --> 00:33:08,551 He visited the prison many times. 684 00:33:09,677 --> 00:33:14,285 The man you laughed at, the man hanging like a pig, it was me! 685 00:33:15,183 --> 00:33:18,528 Through my blood and my tears, I saw you, Colonel. 686 00:33:23,525 --> 00:33:26,972 PANTOYA: There was war and anarchy in my country. 687 00:33:27,029 --> 00:33:29,976 Allende and his pack of communists 688 00:33:30,032 --> 00:33:33,036 were stealing private property, 689 00:33:33,101 --> 00:33:37,072 bankrupting the country with their irresponsible ideas. 690 00:33:37,673 --> 00:33:40,678 Then we acted to save the republic, 691 00:33:40,777 --> 00:33:44,884 and we acted with the support of the American government. 692 00:33:45,615 --> 00:33:48,596 CHILES: Is it true that you imprisoned the supporters of the Allende regime? 693 00:33:48,885 --> 00:33:51,331 Yes. To preserve our democracy. 694 00:33:51,788 --> 00:33:54,166 Many of these prisoners were tortured? 695 00:33:54,557 --> 00:33:56,594 Ah, well, they... (EXCLAIMS) 696 00:33:56,659 --> 00:33:59,869 They were interrogated, let's say, vigorously. 697 00:33:59,930 --> 00:34:02,240 I mean, these people were very dangerous people. 698 00:34:02,299 --> 00:34:07,009 I mean, many of them belonged to armed groups financed by Cuba 699 00:34:07,505 --> 00:34:08,711 and by the Soviet Union. 700 00:34:09,006 --> 00:34:10,849 Some of them were executed? 701 00:34:11,675 --> 00:34:17,456 Only the ones, uh, that were found guilty of treason by a military tribunal. 702 00:34:20,185 --> 00:34:23,462 How do you explain Jason Whitman's death? 703 00:34:24,789 --> 00:34:28,362 A mistake. A regrettable mistake, 704 00:34:28,426 --> 00:34:30,906 during time of crisis. 705 00:34:31,263 --> 00:34:34,575 It was not sanctioned by me or by anyone under my command. 706 00:34:35,868 --> 00:34:40,476 I am not stupid enough to pick a fight with the United States 707 00:34:40,540 --> 00:34:42,520 by killing one of its citizens. 708 00:34:43,542 --> 00:34:45,283 Thank you, Colonel. 709 00:34:51,350 --> 00:34:53,888 Are you familiar with the "Caravan of Death," Colonel? 710 00:34:54,121 --> 00:34:55,794 (SIGHS) I will not answer. 711 00:34:56,123 --> 00:34:58,763 It was a Chilean military death squad 712 00:34:58,992 --> 00:35:02,769 that executed hundreds of political prisoners. Isn't that right? 713 00:35:03,597 --> 00:35:05,804 I'm not responding to fables. 714 00:35:05,866 --> 00:35:07,539 Fables? Yes. 715 00:35:07,601 --> 00:35:10,775 People's Fifty-eight. 716 00:35:11,038 --> 00:35:15,749 Colonel, according to these reports from reputable human rights groups, 717 00:35:16,144 --> 00:35:19,216 over 4000 people disappeared under your regime. 718 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,921 Another 50,000 were systematically tortured. 719 00:35:22,984 --> 00:35:26,727 Objection. Colonel Pantoya is not on trial for these alleged crimes. 720 00:35:26,788 --> 00:35:30,999 Sustained. The jury will disregard. Move it along, Mr. McCoy. 721 00:35:32,495 --> 00:35:35,032 We heard testimony that Captain Albrecht 722 00:35:35,097 --> 00:35:37,577 telexed Jason Whitman's whereabouts to you. 723 00:35:38,367 --> 00:35:39,675 What did you do with that information? 724 00:35:39,735 --> 00:35:41,510 I will not answer. 725 00:35:42,671 --> 00:35:44,912 I have immunity from my government. 726 00:35:44,974 --> 00:35:47,250 You had him executed, didn't you? 727 00:35:47,309 --> 00:35:53,283 Who are you to judge what I did in defense of my country? 728 00:35:53,416 --> 00:35:56,761 You had the planes, the tanks, the guns. 729 00:35:56,820 --> 00:35:58,128 What did Jason Whitman have? 730 00:35:58,555 --> 00:36:00,228 A tape recorder? 731 00:36:00,290 --> 00:36:02,031 If you go to a fox hunt, 732 00:36:03,326 --> 00:36:04,828 don't dress as fox. 733 00:36:07,565 --> 00:36:10,068 And Mrs. Whitman's little boy 734 00:36:11,769 --> 00:36:13,214 went to Chile 735 00:36:14,071 --> 00:36:16,017 to help the communists 736 00:36:16,974 --> 00:36:18,920 destroy my country. 737 00:36:18,976 --> 00:36:20,887 JACK: So it's his fault he's dead? 738 00:36:20,945 --> 00:36:22,049 PANTOYA: I'm not answering. 739 00:36:22,446 --> 00:36:23,925 You broke his body, 740 00:36:24,949 --> 00:36:27,521 and then you put three bullets in his head. Isn't that right? 741 00:36:28,554 --> 00:36:29,965 I have immunity. 742 00:36:30,022 --> 00:36:32,662 Not from these 12 people, Colonel. 743 00:36:32,991 --> 00:36:36,029 Your Honor, since the witness refuses to testify. 744 00:36:36,094 --> 00:36:37,903 I move to strike his entire testimony. 745 00:36:40,933 --> 00:36:42,344 Motion granted. 746 00:36:43,135 --> 00:36:46,174 The jury will disregard Mr. Pantoya's testimony. 747 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,116 JACK: Thank you, Your Honor. 748 00:36:53,179 --> 00:36:55,785 Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached a verdict? 749 00:36:56,382 --> 00:36:58,157 We have, Your Honor. 750 00:36:58,651 --> 00:37:00,961 BUSEY: Will the defendant please rise. 751 00:37:01,654 --> 00:37:02,655 (WHISPERS) 752 00:37:04,358 --> 00:37:08,568 Your Honor, could my client be excused from rising for reasons of health? 753 00:37:09,263 --> 00:37:11,641 No, no. I refuse. 754 00:37:12,533 --> 00:37:13,671 I can stand, 755 00:37:14,735 --> 00:37:15,805 but I refuse. 756 00:37:15,869 --> 00:37:18,008 Mr. Pantoya. PANTOYA: I'm a Colonel 757 00:37:18,539 --> 00:37:20,314 and a Senator, 758 00:37:20,374 --> 00:37:23,822 and I do not recognize your right to judge me. 759 00:37:24,879 --> 00:37:26,654 So I will not stand. 760 00:37:28,350 --> 00:37:30,091 Fine. Let him sit. 761 00:37:31,653 --> 00:37:32,996 Mr. Foreman, 762 00:37:33,188 --> 00:37:35,031 on the sole count of the indictment, 763 00:37:35,090 --> 00:37:36,626 conspiracy in the first degree. 764 00:37:37,292 --> 00:37:38,566 How do you find? 765 00:37:38,627 --> 00:37:40,869 We the jury in the above entitled action, 766 00:37:40,930 --> 00:37:45,401 find the defendant, Emilio Sandoval Amando Pantoya 767 00:37:45,468 --> 00:37:46,811 guilty, 768 00:37:46,869 --> 00:37:48,280 (PEOPLE MURMURING) 769 00:37:54,577 --> 00:37:56,181 (SIGHS) 770 00:37:57,246 --> 00:38:00,820 ADAM: This is my favorite. "Jury Fries The Colonel." 771 00:38:00,884 --> 00:38:01,919 (LAUGHS) 772 00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:05,859 If I didn't know better, I'd offer you a drink. 773 00:38:05,956 --> 00:38:07,663 We'll see how it does on appeal. 774 00:38:07,724 --> 00:38:10,364 Try to enjoy something while it lasts. 775 00:38:10,527 --> 00:38:12,598 I'm happy about the verdict but, by all rights, 776 00:38:12,663 --> 00:38:15,906 Pantoya should been tried by a jury of his peers. 777 00:38:15,966 --> 00:38:18,607 By his fellow countrymen, in a Chilean court. 778 00:38:19,237 --> 00:38:21,183 Murder is murder, wherever. 779 00:38:22,273 --> 00:38:24,947 (KNOCK ON DOOR) As long as justice gets done. Yes? 780 00:38:25,143 --> 00:38:27,180 If you think you heard a shoe drop, you did. 781 00:38:27,245 --> 00:38:28,349 (SIGHS) 782 00:38:28,412 --> 00:38:30,483 Thanks to our friends in the Attorney General's Office, 783 00:38:30,548 --> 00:38:34,052 Pantoya's gotten himself an emergency expedited hearing before the Supreme Court 784 00:38:34,118 --> 00:38:35,722 on a writ of habeas corpus. 785 00:38:35,787 --> 00:38:37,131 Of course. 786 00:38:38,157 --> 00:38:39,795 You don't really think that the right wing 787 00:38:39,858 --> 00:38:42,031 of the Supreme Court is going to let you get away with this? 788 00:38:42,094 --> 00:38:44,734 Not to mention Madam Justice from Arizona. 789 00:38:44,930 --> 00:38:46,739 She isn't in anybody's pocket. 790 00:38:46,932 --> 00:38:50,675 Fine. One wild card. Not much to hang your reputation on. 791 00:38:50,736 --> 00:38:52,875 You let us worry about our reputation. 792 00:38:53,105 --> 00:38:56,280 Hmm. I'm thinking about Adam Schiff's reputation. 793 00:38:56,843 --> 00:38:57,981 You in lose in D.C., 794 00:38:58,044 --> 00:38:59,682 and how long do you think it'll take the voters to realize 795 00:38:59,746 --> 00:39:03,023 what a massive waste of time and resources this has been? 796 00:39:03,283 --> 00:39:06,992 What damage has been done to the credibility of the District Attorney's Office? 797 00:39:07,053 --> 00:39:09,499 And they will take it out on him, McCoy. 798 00:39:10,123 --> 00:39:13,571 You asked for this meeting You got anything besides the guilt trip? 799 00:39:13,627 --> 00:39:17,074 Agree to probation. You make your point, you save face, 800 00:39:17,131 --> 00:39:18,701 Colonel Pantoya goes home. 801 00:39:19,266 --> 00:39:21,712 I might as well spit in the jury's eye. 802 00:39:22,603 --> 00:39:24,446 I'd rather have an acquittal 803 00:39:24,505 --> 00:39:26,143 than give your client probation. 804 00:39:27,274 --> 00:39:28,753 Fine. 805 00:39:32,914 --> 00:39:33,915 (DOOR SHUTS) 806 00:39:33,982 --> 00:39:35,962 Probation would at least preserve the verdict. 807 00:39:36,184 --> 00:39:37,390 You'd win on principle. 808 00:39:38,587 --> 00:39:40,931 I'll remember that the next time you push for the death penalty. 809 00:39:41,857 --> 00:39:43,393 Well, then, maybe I've misunderstood. 810 00:39:43,458 --> 00:39:45,028 I thought this case was about principle 811 00:39:45,093 --> 00:39:47,300 because it certainly not been about the law. 812 00:39:47,362 --> 00:39:49,273 You don't think I've followed the letter of the law? 813 00:39:49,364 --> 00:39:51,868 I think you've skated on the thin edge of the page. 814 00:39:51,934 --> 00:39:54,107 Maybe it's time to take your winnings off the table. 815 00:39:54,170 --> 00:39:55,513 We haven't won anything yet. 816 00:39:56,939 --> 00:39:58,213 (SIGHS) 817 00:39:58,274 --> 00:40:00,311 Guess we go to Washington. 818 00:40:06,549 --> 00:40:08,654 Upholding the conviction of Colonel Pantoya 819 00:40:08,718 --> 00:40:10,027 would fly in the face of the immunity 820 00:40:10,087 --> 00:40:11,794 granted him by the very people 821 00:40:11,855 --> 00:40:14,392 he allegedly oppressed and tortured. 822 00:40:14,591 --> 00:40:17,197 If a state such as Iraq or Libya 823 00:40:17,261 --> 00:40:19,707 were to grant immunity to a criminal, 824 00:40:19,763 --> 00:40:21,538 must we be bound by it? 825 00:40:21,598 --> 00:40:24,670 Madam Justice, Chile is not a renegade terrorist state. 826 00:40:25,068 --> 00:40:26,945 Its present government was democratically elected 827 00:40:27,004 --> 00:40:29,451 and it is an ally to the United States. 828 00:40:29,574 --> 00:40:31,417 The prosecution of former ministers 829 00:40:31,476 --> 00:40:33,979 of a sovereign state for transgressions committed in Chile 830 00:40:34,045 --> 00:40:36,855 would violate treaties between our countries. 831 00:40:36,915 --> 00:40:39,418 It trespasses on the constitutional powers 832 00:40:39,517 --> 00:40:42,623 of our executive branch to conduct foreign policy. 833 00:40:42,687 --> 00:40:46,659 But, Mr. Chiles, if a jurisdictional nexus has been established, 834 00:40:47,126 --> 00:40:52,269 why should the prosecution of serious crimes become hostage to foreign policy? 835 00:40:52,331 --> 00:40:56,871 If this conviction stands, it will be end of foreign policy. 836 00:40:57,570 --> 00:41:00,449 Imagine our President, while on a visit to a foreign country, 837 00:41:00,506 --> 00:41:02,850 being arrested on warrant issued by China 838 00:41:02,908 --> 00:41:05,116 for the bombing of their embassy in Serbia. 839 00:41:05,178 --> 00:41:06,885 Or a former Secretary of State 840 00:41:06,947 --> 00:41:10,759 being tried in Cambodia for the killing of civilians during the Vietnam War. 841 00:41:10,884 --> 00:41:13,888 This conviction would legitimize such prosecutions. 842 00:41:13,954 --> 00:41:18,096 How could any President conduct foreign policy under these circumstances? 843 00:41:18,291 --> 00:41:22,034 Only the narrowest reading of jurisdictional statutes must apply. 844 00:41:22,395 --> 00:41:24,933 The sovereignty of democratically elected governments 845 00:41:24,999 --> 00:41:28,606 in judicial manners must be respected. 846 00:41:29,036 --> 00:41:31,414 The alternative is anarchy, 847 00:41:31,472 --> 00:41:34,009 under the guise of criminal prosecution. 848 00:41:34,408 --> 00:41:37,252 CHIEF JUSTICE: Thank you, Mr. Chiles. Mr. McCoy. 849 00:41:41,082 --> 00:41:43,620 Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. May it please the Court. 850 00:41:45,654 --> 00:41:49,158 Man has only the rights he can defend. 851 00:41:50,225 --> 00:41:52,535 Our most basic right is life. 852 00:41:53,829 --> 00:41:56,332 It's enshrined, not only in our Constitution, 853 00:41:56,398 --> 00:41:58,708 but in the charter of the United Nations. 854 00:41:58,767 --> 00:42:03,717 The prohibition against taking a life is found in our most ancient texts 855 00:42:03,773 --> 00:42:06,310 and in the statutes of every nation. 856 00:42:06,809 --> 00:42:08,152 Every murder, 857 00:42:08,211 --> 00:42:12,216 whether in Brooklyn, Santiago, Rwanda or Kosovo 858 00:42:13,182 --> 00:42:16,652 demands punishment by whatever legal means possible. 859 00:42:16,886 --> 00:42:21,097 Otherwise, the right to life is just an empty promise. 860 00:42:21,158 --> 00:42:25,265 But, Mr. McCoy, doesn't using a jurisdictional fig leaf 861 00:42:25,462 --> 00:42:29,376 to propel prosecution undermine the statutes you refer to? 862 00:42:29,466 --> 00:42:31,173 On the contrary, Madam Justice. 863 00:42:31,235 --> 00:42:34,648 Timidity in the pursuit of murderers is no virtue. 864 00:42:35,105 --> 00:42:39,919 The Founding Fathers affirmed life as an absolute right. 865 00:42:40,378 --> 00:42:42,949 If the laws protecting that right are to have any meaning, 866 00:42:43,014 --> 00:42:45,517 they must be given the broadest interpretation. 867 00:42:45,717 --> 00:42:48,288 What about the appellant's contention 868 00:42:48,353 --> 00:42:52,096 that upholding this conviction would open a Pandora's box 869 00:42:52,424 --> 00:42:55,234 and hinder the conduct of our foreign policy. 870 00:42:55,293 --> 00:42:57,365 The precedent has already been set. 871 00:42:57,463 --> 00:42:59,966 Heads of state can be tried for war crimes. 872 00:43:00,199 --> 00:43:02,702 An American President sent the Marines to Panama 873 00:43:02,768 --> 00:43:05,715 to arrest President Noriega for drug smuggling. 874 00:43:06,372 --> 00:43:09,114 And if this case gives our own leaders pause 875 00:43:09,308 --> 00:43:11,618 before they drop a load of napalm 876 00:43:11,677 --> 00:43:15,182 on a village full of children in a neutral country, 877 00:43:15,248 --> 00:43:17,057 that can't be a bad thing. 878 00:43:18,385 --> 00:43:22,265 The law against murder applies to all. 879 00:43:22,322 --> 00:43:23,926 No matter the perpetrator, 880 00:43:24,191 --> 00:43:27,138 the victim or the country where the murder is committed. 881 00:43:27,828 --> 00:43:30,001 It's the one moral law that recognizes 882 00:43:30,063 --> 00:43:33,978 no national, racial or religious boundaries. 883 00:43:34,335 --> 00:43:38,408 It can tolerate no exceptions. There is one law. 884 00:43:38,973 --> 00:43:41,044 One law. 885 00:43:41,709 --> 00:43:43,416 And when that law is broken 886 00:43:43,478 --> 00:43:46,084 it's the duty of every officer of any court 887 00:43:46,147 --> 00:43:48,058 to rise up in defense of that law 888 00:43:48,449 --> 00:43:52,796 and bring their full power and diligence to bear against the lawbreaker. 889 00:43:53,555 --> 00:43:58,504 Because man has only those rights he can defend. 890 00:44:00,329 --> 00:44:02,002 Only those rights. 891 00:44:05,267 --> 00:44:06,610 Thank you. 892 00:44:16,012 --> 00:44:20,324 Well, we wait here another five hours or go back to the hotel? 893 00:44:20,383 --> 00:44:22,693 The clerk said it might not be too much longer. 894 00:44:22,752 --> 00:44:24,993 Quick turnaround for this court. 895 00:44:25,054 --> 00:44:27,432 Doesn't sound promising. 896 00:44:27,490 --> 00:44:29,367 Win, lose. You fought the good fight. 897 00:44:30,828 --> 00:44:32,136 Amen to that. 898 00:44:32,196 --> 00:44:34,733 Well, if that isn't reason for hope. 899 00:44:37,201 --> 00:44:38,475 Here comes the clerk. 900 00:44:39,370 --> 00:44:41,077 Looks like she's holding the decision.