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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Smell of it makes me gag.
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Did you see how much ketchup
she slathered onto that thing?
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Wilson should
put out a memo.
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If you're going to bring
take-out back to the office,
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it should cost more than
a buck ninety-nine.
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What time is it?
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1:40.
We'd better get busy.
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We had better!
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Oh, red! Oh, that is what I
am talking about! (LAUGHS)
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I thought you'd like...
(GASPS)
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Son of a bitch.
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We're babysitting
the two lovebirds upstairs.
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How'd they get in here?
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They walked right in.
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Building management said the law
firm that rented this floor
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went bust about
six months ago.
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The last lawyer out should have
locked the door behind him.
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You working this solo?
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No. My new partner
didn't show up.
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Must be some glitch
at One PP.
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They say who it is?
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Some dude named Fontana.
Bronx Homicide.
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Don't know him.
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Sweet move for him, though.
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Yeah, the dude must have
had some kind of hook.
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They left her like this?
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Nice and peaceful
looking, huh?
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Yeah, except for the blood.
Any ID?
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Nothing on the body. Nothing
in the office, either.
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Where are her shoes?
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Soles of her feet are clean, so she
didn't walk in here without them.
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Barefoot. Cross painted
on her chest in blood.
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Looks like we're dealing
with some religious nut.
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We canvassed every office
in the high-rise.
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I couldn't make her
as an employee, or a client.
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A big office building like
55 Morris must have video.
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They do, in the lobby.
I have the tapes.
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But there's hundreds of people
walking in and out of there.
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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Can I help you?
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I'm Fontana.
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Oh, hey! Anita Van Buren.
This is your new partner.
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Hey, man. Ed Green.
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It's about time they gave me a
partner with a little smooth.
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I was just filling the Lieutenant in.
I caught a body.
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Oh, great. Give me a copy of the
DD5 so I can get up to speed.
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Missing Persons is still waiting on
her prints, but her autopsy is ready.
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It's good having
you here, Fontana.
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I wasn't sure if he was
a cop or a wise guy.
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Make it work, Ed.
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There's blunt-force trauma on
the left side of her head,
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but that didn't kill her.
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Lacerations inside
of her lower lip.
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You know your way
around a body.
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Yeah,
so I've been told.
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She was smothered, manually.
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Time of death between 10:00 and
noon this morning, give or take.
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Lividity indicates she
wasn't moved post-mortem.
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This girl's built pretty solid.
She fight back?
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No, there's no
defensive wounds.
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This is why I'm sure that she was
smothered after she lost consciousness.
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So where'd the blood
on her clothes come from?
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It's not hers.
DNA lab says it's porcine.
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Pig's blood?
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So we're looking for a guy
with a pink complexion.
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Yeah.
And a flat nose.
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Help me roll her.
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"713."
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Did you run her
blood titers yet?
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Yeah.
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Hepatitis, yellow fever?
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Smallpox, cholera.
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Standard immunization cocktail
for forward serving personnel.
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Even money?
713 is a military outfit.
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She enlisted
a couple of years ago.
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Good kid,
decent family background.
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Pretty tough, too. I mean, she could
handle herself if she had to.
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Did she have a beef with
somebody in your unit?
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No. We were in Iraq
for ayear.
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The 713th is
a Military Police Unit.
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We rotated out
four months ago.
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Your unit see any action?
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Nothing major. We were
stationed in Baghdad.
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What a head game
that was.
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Tell me about it.
I was in Saigon.
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Shiites, Sunnis,
Baathists, Kurds...
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You couldn't tell the good
guys from the bad guys.
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Everybody was just
glad to be home.
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Worst thing that happened
in my company,
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a couple of guys
flipped a Humvee.
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Now this.
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Mr. and Mrs. Starr, we're
very sorry for your loss.
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After all your daughter
did for her country,
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we think she
deserved much better.
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We'll find out
who did this.
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Did Lindsay
live here with you?
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She was trying to save money
for her own apartment.
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That's why she
joined the Reserves.
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So what was Lindsay doing
in Manhattan yesterday?
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When she left the house, she
was on her way to Brooklyn
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to meet her boyfriend.
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They were going into the city
to, uh, pick up tickets...
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Uh, Kath?
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Yeah,
for a moonlight cruise.
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She went to get the tickets
at the cruise line office.
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We just assumed she stayed
at Donnie's last night.
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What is it, Mrs. Starr?
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Something was different
when she came back.
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I asked her if
everything was all right,
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but she wouldn't talk to me.
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She's been in a war, Kath.
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You know,
I'm sure Lindsay saw things.
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Yeah. Maybe that's it.
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This is gonna seem
like a strange question,
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but do you remember what kind of
shoes she was wearing when she left?
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Why? Was...
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No, no, there's no worries
that way.
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She was completely dressed. Blue
jeans, white blouse, but no shoes.
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White blouse?
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Lindsay had on a black T-shirt
when she left the house.
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I made a list of all
the tenants at 55 Morris.
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There ain't no cruise line
company in that building.
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Obviously she puts on the blouse over
her T-shirt between here and downtown.
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Her boyfriend's.
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Uh, Lindsay came over here yesterday,
first thing in the morning.
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For what?
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Uh, I was supposed to
take the train with her
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into Manhattan to pick up
these booze cruise tickets,
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but then the cable guy
showed up.
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Is she okay?
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Can you tell us
about the cruise tickets?
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Lindsay, uh, got a letter. Some company
was throwing a party on a boat
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to honor the troops
who served in Iraq.
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They were giving away tickets.
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Did Lindsay change clothes
at your place yesterday?
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No. Why?
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Lindsay was killed
in Manhattan yesterday.
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What?
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We're sorry to have to break
it to you like this, but...
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Oh, my God.
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All right, Donnie? Donnie?
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I want you to
listen to me, okay?
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Right now, you have to
pull yourself together,
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because we have questions
we have to ask you.
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Was everything okay
with Lindsay?
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She have any problems?
Was anybody bothering her?
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I don't know.
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She was acting
a little weird, lately.
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What do you mean, "weird"?
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Like, stressed.
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Her boss was a real jerk.
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I figured it was
something at work.
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She didn't show up to work today.
Not even a phone call.
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Any reason she might
not want to come in?
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No.
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I give her herjob back
after she's away for a year,
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and this is how
she repays me.
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That's big of you, after she went to
Iraq and put her ass on the line.
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It wasn't for me.
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You live here, don't you?
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Look, I just gave her
a raise to $9.50 an hour,
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as much as
my full-time girls.
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Hey, man, do your employees
have lockers back there?
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This is Lindsay's.
You sure this is legit?
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Oh, yeah.
We're authorized.
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Ain't that much in here.
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Got some magazines.
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Apron. Change of clothes.
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Nothing in the pockets.
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Hold on a second, would you?
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Miss Starr has a checking
account at this branch.
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She came in a few months ago
and rented a box.
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Just the envelope.
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ED: Damn!
FONTANA: Oh, baby.
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That looks like
Abu Ghraib prison.
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My God.
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I don't remember seeing these
photos in the newspaper.
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This must be Corporal
Starr's own private stash.
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We should get these dusted
and show them to the Lou.
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The cell block in these photos looks
exactly like the ones in the media.
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I say we show these
to the Feds right away
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and get confirmation
that it is Abu Ghraib.
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I'm not so sure
we want to do that yet.
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Really? Why not?
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There aren't just grunts
in these pictures.
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Two bars?
This woman's a captain.
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And one of these guys is in civilian
clothes. Who knows who he is?
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Are you suggesting that the military
has something to do with our body?
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I'm not ruling it out.
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I didn't realize
I got transferred into
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the local chapter of
Amnesty International.
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A murdered soldier
put these pictures
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in a safe deposit box,
now what does that tell you?
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That she was waiting for the
right buyer to come along?
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More likely she was worried
she'd get the same treatment
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as the other guards
at Abu Ghraib.
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Like the girl with the leash?
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And the general
the Army scapegoated.
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A female officer in charge of
hundreds of Muslim prisoners.
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Well, I happen to think that the whole
thing is blown way out of proportion.
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A few snapshots
show up on the Internet,
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and everybody is oh-so-surprised
that these things go on!
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Just business as usual?
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For your information,
Lieutenant,
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Muslims and Christians have been
going at it for a thousand years.
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Look, we could sit here and
argue politics all day long,
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but there's still gonna be
a dead girl in the morgue.
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So, the Lieutenant,
is she always that way?
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What way?
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Do you know that I worked
for the first female captain
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on the Chicago
Police Department?
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That couldn't have been easy.
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It wasn't that bad.
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(CHUCKLES)
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No, I mean for her.
(CHUCKLING)
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But, uh, Van Buren,
she does have a good rep?
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Mmm-hmm.
That's why you transferred?
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Well, let's just say that
my last boss and me, we...
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We had some problems.
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Anything I should know about?
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No. Nothing that
would affect you.
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Look,
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all I want is for the three of
us to get off on the right foot.
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That's all I want.
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Can't think of any reason
why we wouldn't.
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So how long
were you in Vietnam?
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I wasn't.
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So this booze cruise letter lures
the girl into the building.
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Right. You know, a lot of these Reserve
companies have their own websites.
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You know, families sending
messages to their kids overseas,
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reaching out to
other military families.
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So any Tom, Dick, or Abdullah
can come up with her address.
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All right, look,
I gotta meet somebody.
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See you tomorrow.
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You should've
seen this dude.
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I mean, he had a knot
the size of my fist.
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Yeah, with an attitude
to match.
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So what's the 411 on him?
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Works hard, plays hard.
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Sound familiar?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, but they didn't
give me a choice, Ed.
248
00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:14,992
I'd like you to see this.
249
00:13:16,996 --> 00:13:18,088
The Middle Ages.
250
00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:19,757
Yeah, it's nice,
isn't it?
251
00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:22,767
You know the History Channel's
running a special on this?
252
00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:27,501
And this is the burial pose
of a knight
253
00:13:27,573 --> 00:13:30,508
from the 13th century crusade
of Frederick ll.
254
00:13:30,576 --> 00:13:32,476
White tunic, red cross.
255
00:13:32,545 --> 00:13:34,912
These knights were considered
soldiers of the Church.
256
00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:38,110
Once they pledged to join the
crusade and fight the infidels,
257
00:13:38,184 --> 00:13:42,018
they were exempt from civil jurisdiction
and their property couldn't be taxed.
258
00:13:42,088 --> 00:13:43,817
Membership had
its privileges.
259
00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:45,449
Damn, you seem to know
a lot about this.
260
00:13:45,525 --> 00:13:47,254
There were a lot
of Italian knights.
261
00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:50,456
So, who would pose a dead
corporal to look like a crusader?
262
00:13:50,530 --> 00:13:53,158
Somebody who wasn't so happy about
what she had in those pictures.
263
00:13:53,232 --> 00:13:54,324
AMuslim.
264
00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,664
Or someone who wanted to
make it look that way.
265
00:13:56,736 --> 00:13:58,329
Come on, Lieutenant.
You still can't believe
266
00:13:58,404 --> 00:14:00,168
that this is
a government conspiracy?
267
00:14:00,239 --> 00:14:03,698
Look, I'm not saying
the CIA killed Kennedy.
268
00:14:03,776 --> 00:14:06,609
Maybe just a soldier
from her Military Police Unit
269
00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:08,545
who wanted to keep
a lid on this.
270
00:14:08,614 --> 00:14:11,982
Starr's commanding officer was really
vague about their tour in Iraq.
271
00:14:12,051 --> 00:14:14,452
And he didn't mention
one word about Abu Ghraib.
272
00:14:26,499 --> 00:14:28,092
Any progress
in your investigation?
273
00:14:28,167 --> 00:14:30,101
FONTANA: Yeah,
quite a bit, actually.
274
00:14:30,169 --> 00:14:34,436
Look, it would help us to know more
about what the 713th did in Iraq.
275
00:14:35,274 --> 00:14:36,935
I have to say,
that's none of your business.
276
00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:39,341
Colonel, we know your unit
was in Abu Ghraib.
277
00:14:39,412 --> 00:14:42,848
Is that what this is about? I'm a retired
Suffolk County Corrections Captain.
278
00:14:42,915 --> 00:14:46,442
We were transferred from Gitmo because I
have experience with Muslim prisoners.
279
00:14:49,655 --> 00:14:53,853
This kind of experience? Your corporal
brought these war souvenirs home.
280
00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:56,986
I don't have to defend my company
to a couple of local cops.
281
00:14:57,497 --> 00:14:58,760
You're not in charge here.
282
00:14:58,831 --> 00:15:01,198
This was combat.
Stuff happens.
283
00:15:01,267 --> 00:15:02,735
This stuff
ain't supposed to happen.
284
00:15:02,802 --> 00:15:04,497
Don't tell me you guys
never crossed the line.
285
00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,766
Look, Colonel, the reason why
we have rules of interrogation
286
00:15:06,839 --> 00:15:09,900
is so that when our guys get
captured, this don't happen to them.
287
00:15:10,610 --> 00:15:12,942
You seen any burnt corpses
hanging from bridges?
288
00:15:13,012 --> 00:15:14,810
Any heads being hacked off?
289
00:15:14,881 --> 00:15:17,475
Like they did to Nicholas
Berg and Daniel Pearl?
290
00:15:17,550 --> 00:15:20,383
98% of these detainees
are High Value Targets.
291
00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:21,914
What about the other 2%?
292
00:15:21,988 --> 00:15:24,150
If they're innocent,
they get released.
293
00:15:24,223 --> 00:15:27,318
Now maybe you can tell me what this has
to do with Corporal Starr's murder?
294
00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:30,886
What if one of your ex-prisoners came
out looking for a little revenge?
295
00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:37,599
Fair enough.
296
00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:40,806
I'll get you a list.
297
00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:47,038
Tuesday morning,
I was here.
298
00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:49,741
I work the day,
my partner works the night.
299
00:15:49,816 --> 00:15:51,784
Is there anybody here
that can verify that?
300
00:15:51,851 --> 00:15:53,376
Many customers.
301
00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:54,682
Why do you
want to know this?
302
00:15:54,754 --> 00:15:56,449
Do you have
any family in Iraq?
303
00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:59,691
My mother, my father,
and my three brothers.
304
00:16:00,059 --> 00:16:01,993
Any of your brothers
ever in Abu Ghraib?
305
00:16:02,061 --> 00:16:05,224
Yes. Kamel.
And I was there, also.
306
00:16:05,298 --> 00:16:06,356
Since the war?
307
00:16:06,432 --> 00:16:09,333
Saddam put me there.
Four years.
308
00:16:10,036 --> 00:16:12,334
Bring him to me, and I'll
show you whatjustice is.
309
00:16:12,605 --> 00:16:14,073
I'm sure your brother
feels the same way
310
00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:15,938
about the Americans
who locked him up.
311
00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:20,405
(CHUCKLES) Any Iraqi would rather
be in ajail run by the Americans
312
00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,574
than ajail
run by Saddam.
313
00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:26,610
The only mistake you made was not
burning Abu Ghraib to the ground.
314
00:16:27,053 --> 00:16:28,646
So how'd your
brother get out?
315
00:16:28,754 --> 00:16:31,155
He and his neighbor
were arrested together.
316
00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:35,058
Lucky for Kamel, his neighbor had a
relative who works for Safwan Oil.
317
00:16:35,127 --> 00:16:36,856
Big U.S. company in Iraq.
318
00:16:36,929 --> 00:16:38,522
What's this
neighbor's name?
319
00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:39,827
Mohammed.
320
00:16:42,401 --> 00:16:44,733
Well, that should
narrow things down.
321
00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:47,830
Safwan Oil ain't no big U.S.
company I ever heard of.
322
00:16:47,907 --> 00:16:49,068
Your point?
323
00:16:49,141 --> 00:16:52,805
Drexel Oil's corporate
headquarters are in 55 Morris.
324
00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:56,944
Drexel has a substantial
equity interest in Safwan Oil.
325
00:16:57,383 --> 00:16:59,715
And we have several
directors on their board.
326
00:16:59,785 --> 00:17:04,154
Did your company intervene on behalf
of a prisoner at Abu Ghraib recently?
327
00:17:04,223 --> 00:17:06,317
Well, I'm aware of
one such situation.
328
00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:10,686
An employee here had a relative in
detention whom he insisted was innocent.
329
00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:12,128
And who might that be?
330
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,367
I think I might want to run
this past our lawyers.
331
00:17:16,435 --> 00:17:18,699
Oh, absolutely.
Go right ahead.
332
00:17:26,012 --> 00:17:27,173
(sums)
333
00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:31,579
Jeff Harrington. He's one
of our project engineers.
334
00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:34,050
The floor below this one.
335
00:17:35,121 --> 00:17:38,386
My brother-in-law was arrested by
an American patrol in Baghdad.
336
00:17:38,457 --> 00:17:40,653
Took two months before
we knew he was in Abu Ghraib.
337
00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:41,921
"We" meaning?
338
00:17:41,994 --> 00:17:43,428
My wife's from Iraq.
339
00:17:44,430 --> 00:17:47,024
Oh. So, what happened
with your brother-in-law?
340
00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:50,127
Well, Nadira's family
insisted it was a mistake,
341
00:17:50,202 --> 00:17:52,899
and I started making calls
to our contacts in Baghdad.
342
00:17:52,972 --> 00:17:54,906
They finally got to the right
people in military command
343
00:17:54,974 --> 00:17:56,499
and Mohammed was released.
344
00:17:57,276 --> 00:17:58,766
You don't sound
too thrilled about it.
345
00:17:58,844 --> 00:18:01,006
He was killed by a car bomb
about three months ago.
346
00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,570
Was he a target?
No, no.
347
00:18:02,648 --> 00:18:05,447
He was waiting in line, you
know, minding his own business.
348
00:18:05,985 --> 00:18:08,454
Did he have any problems
while he was in Abu Ghraib?
349
00:18:08,521 --> 00:18:09,886
You mean was he abused?
350
00:18:09,956 --> 00:18:12,425
You can't help but hear about
what was going on over there.
351
00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:16,160
No. He would have said
something to Nadira if he was.
352
00:18:19,966 --> 00:18:22,230
I met Jeff when our
companies collaborated
353
00:18:22,301 --> 00:18:24,770
on a drilling project
in Kuwait.
354
00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:27,898
So not much oil exploration
here on Long Island.
355
00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:30,233
I'm a housewife now.
356
00:18:30,476 --> 00:18:32,069
You have relatives here?
357
00:18:32,144 --> 00:18:34,044
No, my family's
in Baghdad.
358
00:18:34,614 --> 00:18:36,378
Must be tough.
359
00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:39,908
With telephones and e-mail, it's not
so bad. I can still talk to them.
360
00:18:40,319 --> 00:18:43,914
Your husband told us about
your brother, Mohammed.
361
00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:46,118
Please accept
our condolences.
362
00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:48,054
Thank you.
363
00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:50,562
He also told us that
he was in Abu Ghraib.
364
00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:53,329
Yes.
365
00:18:54,834 --> 00:18:56,268
Did they
abuse him there?
366
00:18:56,469 --> 00:18:58,961
"Abuse."
You mean torture.
367
00:18:59,205 --> 00:19:02,368
Well, I read about it. It
didn't sound too bad to me.
368
00:19:08,848 --> 00:19:11,317
No, they didn't
"abuse" him, as you say.
369
00:19:11,384 --> 00:19:13,512
So there were no hard
feelings on that score?
370
00:19:13,586 --> 00:19:14,815
My brother was killed.
371
00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:16,252
By insurgents.
372
00:19:18,457 --> 00:19:21,119
You invade our country
and you don't give us safety.
373
00:19:21,193 --> 00:19:24,595
You protect our oil fields, but
people are dying on the street.
374
00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:29,728
So, Mrs. Harrington,
375
00:19:30,770 --> 00:19:32,431
where were you
Tuesday morning?
376
00:19:33,205 --> 00:19:35,401
In Brooklyn.
To shop for food.
377
00:19:35,474 --> 00:19:37,203
On Atlantic Avenue?
378
00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:39,811
Yes.
Which stores?
379
00:19:40,146 --> 00:19:41,841
I don't know.
I walk from one to the next,
380
00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:44,281
I don't write down
their names.
381
00:19:51,157 --> 00:19:53,148
Excuse me, sir, were you
working Tuesday morning?
382
00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:54,317
I am the owner.
383
00:19:54,393 --> 00:19:56,191
I'll take that as a "yes."
384
00:19:56,262 --> 00:19:57,559
Are these pork chops?
385
00:19:58,664 --> 00:20:00,428
This is not a store
for Muslims.
386
00:20:00,499 --> 00:20:01,967
Any other store
on the block.
387
00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:06,104
Did you see this woman
in here Tuesday morning?
388
00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:08,140
Yes. She was here.
389
00:20:08,941 --> 00:20:10,375
I sold her a pint
of pig's blood.
390
00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:12,837
For an old Assyrian recipe.
391
00:20:13,879 --> 00:20:15,369
Thank you, sir.
392
00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:19,651
VAN BUREN: We've got a serious
situation here, Mrs. Harrington.
393
00:20:20,152 --> 00:20:23,884
We have videotape of you entering
and exiting the building
394
00:20:23,956 --> 00:20:26,220
where Corporal Starr
was murdered.
395
00:20:26,292 --> 00:20:29,193
She was a soldier who was guarding
your brother while he was in prison.
396
00:20:29,261 --> 00:20:32,458
She was found dead, with a cross on
her chest painted in pig's blood.
397
00:20:32,531 --> 00:20:35,193
And we have a shopkeeper who
said you purchased pig's blood
398
00:20:35,267 --> 00:20:36,564
on the day of the murder.
399
00:20:36,635 --> 00:20:39,730
And what's a nice Muslim woman
doing with pig's blood?
400
00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:02,023
You don't have to talk to us, Mrs.
Harrington.
401
00:21:03,295 --> 00:21:04,820
It's okay.
402
00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:19,677
My name is
Nadira Latif Harrington.
403
00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:23,010
I was born on
April 14th, 1975,
404
00:21:23,082 --> 00:21:26,575
and I demand to be treated
as a prisoner of war.
405
00:21:34,894 --> 00:21:36,988
"Docket number
43876,
406
00:21:37,062 --> 00:21:38,393
”People of the State
of New York
407
00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:40,091
”against Nadira Harrington.
408
00:21:40,166 --> 00:21:42,191
"Charge is murder
in the second degree."
409
00:21:42,268 --> 00:21:44,327
JUDGE: How does she
plead, Ms. Marino?
410
00:21:45,204 --> 00:21:46,399
I'm not sure, Judge.
411
00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:49,236
What do you mean,
you're not sure?
412
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:51,538
All she'll tell me is that
she's a prisoner of war.
413
00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:53,676
What war
is she talking about?
414
00:21:53,746 --> 00:21:55,180
MARINO: She's Iraqi, Judge.
415
00:21:55,247 --> 00:21:58,444
I'm a mujahidin.
A soldier of Islam.
416
00:21:58,517 --> 00:22:01,452
JUDGE: And I'm Thurgood Marshall.
I'll take that as a not guilty.
417
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:02,510
People on bail?
418
00:22:02,588 --> 00:22:04,784
The victim in this case
was an Army Reservist
419
00:22:04,857 --> 00:22:08,760
who was found manually suffocated
and posed in a ritualistic manner.
420
00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:10,455
We're charging this as a
hate crime, YourHonoL
421
00:22:10,796 --> 00:22:13,265
I didn't realize Army Reserves
was a protected class.
422
00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:15,266
Her own statements
here in court indicate
423
00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:16,893
this incident had
religious motivations.
424
00:22:16,969 --> 00:22:20,462
If she sincerely believes she's a
soldier of God, she might kill again.
425
00:22:21,507 --> 00:22:22,872
Remand the defendant.
426
00:22:22,942 --> 00:22:26,003
And I'm ordering a 730
exam to cover my back.
427
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:29,071
She came back
fit on the 730.
428
00:22:29,148 --> 00:22:30,343
We can put her
in the building
429
00:22:30,416 --> 00:22:32,145
with the pig's blood
and a white shirt,
430
00:22:32,218 --> 00:22:35,279
and her brother was in Abu Ghraib
guarded by Lindsay Starr's unit.
431
00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:37,846
It's a very strong
circumstantial case.
432
00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:40,654
So, this "prisoner of war"
gimmick is a Hail Mary.
433
00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:42,455
I don't think
it's a gimmick.
434
00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:44,223
There is a war going on.
435
00:22:45,231 --> 00:22:46,892
Look, maybe discretion's
the better part of valor.
436
00:22:46,966 --> 00:22:49,162
We could just turn her over
to the Department of Defense.
437
00:22:49,235 --> 00:22:52,899
Get ajury trial in New York City
under the U.S. Constitution.
438
00:22:53,005 --> 00:22:54,803
Do we want captured
American soldiers
439
00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:56,740
being tried in Islamic
civilian courts, Jack?
440
00:22:57,543 --> 00:22:59,375
I don't do politics, Serena.
441
00:22:59,445 --> 00:23:02,380
Yeah, well, we started this
mess by invading her country.
442
00:23:02,581 --> 00:23:04,242
I thought this
was her country.
443
00:23:04,350 --> 00:23:05,977
Iraq really doesn't
have anything to do
444
00:23:06,051 --> 00:23:08,019
with the case we're prosecuting.
(PHONE RINGING)
445
00:23:08,087 --> 00:23:09,316
Jack McCoy.
446
00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:11,112
Sure.
447
00:23:12,124 --> 00:23:13,455
Thanks for the heads up.
448
00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:17,085
Clerk's office. Nadira
Harrington's got new counsel.
449
00:23:17,162 --> 00:23:18,994
Yeah, well, if they're
smart, they'll want a deal.
450
00:23:19,632 --> 00:23:20,895
Bernie Adler.
451
00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:25,264
You expect me to drop to my knees
and beg you to deal this out?
452
00:23:25,337 --> 00:23:27,999
The show of submission
won't be necessary.
453
00:23:28,107 --> 00:23:29,802
I know you've just
been retained,
454
00:23:29,875 --> 00:23:32,435
but I can assure you, we've
got a very strong case.
455
00:23:32,645 --> 00:23:35,171
Pig's blood and videotape
notwithstanding,
456
00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:37,011
what you have, Jack,
is a very short case.
457
00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:39,483
SERENA: We have at least
a dozen witnesses.
458
00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:42,316
Short, because there
is no jurisdiction.
459
00:23:42,721 --> 00:23:45,622
This was the murder of one New
Yorker by another New Yorker
460
00:23:45,691 --> 00:23:48,023
in a Morris Street
office building.
461
00:23:48,093 --> 00:23:50,926
Assuming everything you think
you can prove is true,
462
00:23:50,996 --> 00:23:53,192
that situation's covered
by the Geneva Conventions.
463
00:23:53,732 --> 00:23:55,131
What does your client
want, Bernie?
464
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,294
A one-way ticket
to Guantanamo Bay?
465
00:23:57,369 --> 00:24:00,236
A stockade at Fort Dix
is better than 25-to-life,
466
00:24:00,306 --> 00:24:02,365
and she'll be free to go
once we're out of Iraq.
467
00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:04,774
You will be
getting my motion.
468
00:24:04,843 --> 00:24:07,938
A soldier who kills
an enemy soldier in a war
469
00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:09,777
cannot be prosecuted.
470
00:24:14,887 --> 00:24:17,618
Article 87 of the Third
Geneva Convention holds
471
00:24:17,690 --> 00:24:20,523
that captured soldiers cannot
be punished for acts of war.
472
00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:23,495
Therefore, this court has no
jurisdiction over this homicide.
473
00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:26,326
Neither the victim nor the
defendant were soldiers.
474
00:24:26,398 --> 00:24:27,627
The victim
was a Reservist.
475
00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:29,190
Who was inactive.
476
00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:32,330
But likely to be called back to
duty in my client's homeland.
477
00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:34,634
The one this country
invaded and occupies.
478
00:24:34,707 --> 00:24:38,837
Are you seriously expecting me to rule
that she is a combatant, Mr. Adler?
479
00:24:38,911 --> 00:24:42,711
In April of this year, Imam Saddoun
in Fallujah issued a fatwa
480
00:24:43,248 --> 00:24:45,979
calling upon Muslims to
resist the occupation of Iraq
481
00:24:46,051 --> 00:24:47,746
by killing foreign invaders.
482
00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:51,381
That Imam is one man in a
mosque, not a sovereign nation.
483
00:24:51,457 --> 00:24:55,257
But his followers believe they're
engaged in jihad, a holy war.
484
00:24:55,794 --> 00:24:57,319
Article Two
of the Convention, Judge.
485
00:24:58,263 --> 00:25:01,722
A captured member of a resistance
movement, even a volunteer,
486
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,201
merits the protections
afforded to prisoners of war.
487
00:25:04,269 --> 00:25:07,864
Yes, but the Article goes on to state
that the fighter must have a commander,
488
00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:09,908
some kind of uniform,
carry arms openly.
489
00:25:10,242 --> 00:25:13,371
Jose Padilla, Judge,
the alleged dirty bomber?
490
00:25:13,946 --> 00:25:17,507
A citizen of the United States who
we're holding as an enemy combatant.
491
00:25:17,583 --> 00:25:19,244
Where's his weapon?
492
00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:21,719
What army
is he affiliated with?
493
00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:23,947
What's good for the goose.
494
00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:26,549
Granted, the face of war has
changed since these conventions
495
00:25:26,625 --> 00:25:29,117
were ratified 50-odd
years ago, Mr. Adler,
496
00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:31,288
but I am having
a hard time buying this.
497
00:25:32,498 --> 00:25:33,932
On the day
she was killed,
498
00:25:33,999 --> 00:25:37,230
Lindsay Starr could not have perceived
that she was engaged in a war.
499
00:25:37,302 --> 00:25:40,033
Under the Geneva Convention,
there must be a perception
500
00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:43,905
by not one but two adversaries
that they are engaged in conflict.
501
00:25:43,976 --> 00:25:45,410
It takes two
to tango, Mr. Adler.
502
00:25:46,645 --> 00:25:49,012
I applaud you
for your creativity,
503
00:25:49,081 --> 00:25:52,016
but I am not giving
upjurisdiction over this case.
504
00:25:55,421 --> 00:25:57,685
The defendant will
stand trial for murder.
505
00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:00,723
Closer than
you thought, Jack?
506
00:26:00,793 --> 00:26:02,727
More like the Yankees
and the Red Sox.
507
00:26:02,795 --> 00:26:05,162
It's inevitable the Red Sox
won't be there when it counts,
508
00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:07,028
but they still have to
play all the games.
509
00:26:07,099 --> 00:26:08,294
Jack!
510
00:26:09,802 --> 00:26:11,770
A rousing day in court,
don't you think?
511
00:26:11,837 --> 00:26:13,532
I'd hate to see
you when you win.
512
00:26:13,605 --> 00:26:15,266
Any second thoughts
about a plea?
513
00:26:15,607 --> 00:26:16,631
Plea?
514
00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:18,676
We might be willing to
withdraw the hate enhancement.
515
00:26:18,744 --> 00:26:21,475
No, I don't think so. I'm
having way too much fun.
516
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,375
You get to try my client,
517
00:26:23,515 --> 00:26:25,483
but now I get
to try the war.
518
00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:31,947
What's Adler got
up his sleeve?
519
00:26:32,024 --> 00:26:34,152
He lost his
jurisdictional motion.
520
00:26:34,393 --> 00:26:36,418
Now he'll frame
it for a jury.
521
00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:38,496
Corporal Starr's
murder was justified
522
00:26:38,564 --> 00:26:41,693
because Nadira Harrington
was defending her country.
523
00:26:41,767 --> 00:26:43,667
Add in the emotional
component that her brother
524
00:26:43,735 --> 00:26:44,964
was tortured
by Starr's unit,
525
00:26:45,037 --> 00:26:46,937
and you've got a pretty
potent one-two punch.
526
00:26:47,005 --> 00:26:49,599
It's an appeal forjury
nullification is what it is.
527
00:26:49,675 --> 00:26:51,803
Which could work. Most people
I know aren't that happy
528
00:26:51,877 --> 00:26:53,276
about what happened
at Abu Ghraib.
529
00:26:53,345 --> 00:26:55,404
Well, neither am I.
But I'm also not happy
530
00:26:55,481 --> 00:26:57,745
about American kids
in flag-draped coffins.
531
00:26:58,183 --> 00:27:00,083
Muslims sit on
juries, too, Arthur.
532
00:27:00,152 --> 00:27:03,645
Nobody condones the actions of
these overzealous soldiers.
533
00:27:03,722 --> 00:27:06,953
But Abu Ghraib is a distraction
from the real problem.
534
00:27:07,025 --> 00:27:10,461
I mean, radical fundamentalists
are waging a world war.
535
00:27:10,529 --> 00:27:12,361
They've attacked
innocent civilians
536
00:27:12,431 --> 00:27:14,263
in the four corners
of the globe.
537
00:27:14,333 --> 00:27:16,825
Africa, Bali, Madrid,
New York City.
538
00:27:16,902 --> 00:27:18,666
You make it
sound so hopeless.
539
00:27:18,737 --> 00:27:20,967
This all started
long before 9/11.
540
00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:23,030
JACK: The lslamists have
their longstanding grudges.
541
00:27:23,108 --> 00:27:25,338
They can't accept our presence
in the Arab Peninsula,
542
00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:28,311
our Middle East Policy, our
pre-emptive offensive in Iraq.
543
00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:31,816
I think that's a cover. They hate
our way of life and our freedoms.
544
00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:35,050
Now this is their war on modernism
and Western civilization.
545
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,487
So the strategy is to
scare the jury to death?
546
00:27:37,556 --> 00:27:40,184
Trust me, the fear
is already there.
547
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:42,958
We can't have
Iraqi assassins
548
00:27:43,028 --> 00:27:45,429
roaming the streets of New
York executing Americans.
549
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:47,693
I still think we should have
handed her over to the military.
550
00:27:47,766 --> 00:27:49,461
We could have just
ducked the whole issue
551
00:27:49,535 --> 00:27:51,094
instead of trying
to set policy.
552
00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:53,696
And I can't believe I have
pusillanimous pussy-footers
553
00:27:53,772 --> 00:27:55,103
on my own staff!
554
00:27:57,442 --> 00:28:00,571
I don't think Spiro Agnew is the
person to be quoting here, Arthur.
555
00:28:01,380 --> 00:28:02,609
If the shoe fits.
556
00:28:03,949 --> 00:28:07,078
But, if we're both still
talking about Iraqi assassins,
557
00:28:07,152 --> 00:28:08,449
it means it's time
for a press conference.
558
00:28:09,555 --> 00:28:11,182
Tomorrow at 9:00.
559
00:28:11,256 --> 00:28:14,817
Now, you're free to stand behind
me on the stage with Jack,
560
00:28:14,893 --> 00:28:16,622
or you're free to
stay in your office.
561
00:28:22,568 --> 00:28:23,967
As you all know,
562
00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:27,233
we are in the midst of one of the
most important criminal trials
563
00:28:27,306 --> 00:28:28,967
of the last 50 years.
564
00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:32,340
Unfortunately, there has
been much speculation
565
00:28:32,411 --> 00:28:34,675
and misinformation
about this case.
566
00:28:35,147 --> 00:28:37,241
Ladies and gentlemen,
Arthur Branch.
567
00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:39,676
BRANCH: Thank you, Mayor.
568
00:28:39,751 --> 00:28:42,550
I'll have a brief statement and
then I'll take a few questions.
569
00:28:42,654 --> 00:28:43,985
The People
of the State of New York
570
00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:46,047
are prosecuting
Nadira Harrington,
571
00:28:46,692 --> 00:28:49,753
a United States citizen and
resident of the State of New York,
572
00:28:49,861 --> 00:28:51,590
for the murder
of Lindsay Starr,
573
00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:55,224
a United States citizen and
resident of the State of New York.
574
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:58,793
Ail U.S. citizens and all
residents of New York State
575
00:28:58,937 --> 00:29:00,530
are bound by the same laws,
576
00:29:00,606 --> 00:29:03,769
regardless of race, religion,
or national origin.
577
00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:07,841
Racial, religious, and sectarian
violence are an unfortunate fact
578
00:29:07,913 --> 00:29:11,372
of daily life in this country
and around the world.
579
00:29:11,883 --> 00:29:15,046
Now, the law cannot control
people's hearts and minds,
580
00:29:15,721 --> 00:29:19,885
but it can and must hold people
accountable for their actions.
581
00:29:20,892 --> 00:29:25,386
For this is one nation, under God,
with liberty and justice for all.
582
00:29:26,064 --> 00:29:27,054
Any questions?
583
00:29:27,132 --> 00:29:28,725
(REPORTERS CLAMORING)
584
00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:31,062
Steve?
585
00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:33,837
Are you saying you're doing
God's work in this case?
586
00:29:33,905 --> 00:29:37,603
Well, I fully expect God to deal with Mrs.
Harrington at some future date.
587
00:29:37,943 --> 00:29:40,344
But, uh, we're dealing
with man's work here.
588
00:29:40,412 --> 00:29:41,777
(CLAMORING CONTINUES)
589
00:29:42,381 --> 00:29:43,473
Kathy?
590
00:29:43,849 --> 00:29:45,783
You can quote the pledge,
but everyone here knows
591
00:29:45,851 --> 00:29:47,285
we're involved in
a religious war.
592
00:29:47,352 --> 00:29:49,150
That there's ajihad
against the United States.
593
00:29:49,688 --> 00:29:52,123
BRANCH: Irrelevant and immaterial
to the matter at hand.
594
00:29:52,224 --> 00:29:54,454
I think it's important to
keep in mind as Americans
595
00:29:54,526 --> 00:29:57,188
that, at some point, our
parents, grandparents,
596
00:29:57,262 --> 00:29:59,230
or great-grandparents
came here,
597
00:29:59,298 --> 00:30:02,165
raised their right hand,
just as Nadira Harrington did
598
00:30:02,234 --> 00:30:05,534
and pledged allegiance
to this flag. End of story.
599
00:30:05,771 --> 00:30:06,863
Thank you,
ladies and gentlemen.
600
00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:08,303
(ALL CLAMORING)
601
00:30:13,945 --> 00:30:17,609
The 713th went active in the
run-up to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
602
00:30:17,749 --> 00:30:20,514
We were then assigned a cell block
in Abu Ghraib prison, Baghdad.
603
00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:23,645
I show you what's been
previously introduced
604
00:30:23,722 --> 00:30:26,657
as People's Exhibit 14,
"A" through
605
00:30:28,193 --> 00:30:29,922
What's happening
in these pictures?
606
00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:32,828
Detainees are being prepped for
their interrogation with M.l.,
607
00:30:32,898 --> 00:30:34,423
that's Military
Intelligence,
608
00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:36,764
by soldiers
under my command.
609
00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:39,304
Was the defendant's
brother, Mohammed Latif,
610
00:30:39,371 --> 00:30:40,634
one of your detainees?
611
00:30:40,706 --> 00:30:41,969
Yes.
612
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,499
Did Lindsay Starr participate in
the prepping of these detainees?
613
00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:49,275
Absolutely. If she hadn't, she would
have been in dereliction of duty.
614
00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:53,317
Nothing further.
615
00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:03,856
Why is this prisoner
naked, Colonel?
616
00:31:06,598 --> 00:31:09,329
This was a method of softening
detainees before their interrogation.
617
00:31:11,670 --> 00:31:15,800
Women's panties on their heads
to, uh, humiliate them?
618
00:31:16,074 --> 00:31:18,372
It's a non-invasive
technique.
619
00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:20,035
Let's talk about
the invasive ones.
620
00:31:20,812 --> 00:31:24,476
How long was this man in a hood
attached to his cell in that position?
621
00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:26,984
Our orders from M.l.
622
00:31:27,052 --> 00:31:29,817
were to set physical
and mental conditions
623
00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:32,653
favorable to the interrogation
of these detainees.
624
00:31:33,358 --> 00:31:35,190
ADLER: A euphemism
for torture.
625
00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:36,728
DANBURY: We humiliated them.
626
00:31:36,995 --> 00:31:39,657
But we didn't cut their heads
off while they were alive.
627
00:31:39,765 --> 00:31:41,563
You're excusing
this conduct, Colonel?
628
00:31:42,601 --> 00:31:46,196
It's textbook interrogation technique
to find the enemy's hot button.
629
00:31:46,471 --> 00:31:50,499
I will grant you, a handful of my
soldiers went a little too far,
630
00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:52,373
but they were under
enormous stress.
631
00:31:52,444 --> 00:31:53,775
ADLER: Like my client.
632
00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:55,438
How would he know
that, Your Honor?
633
00:31:55,547 --> 00:31:58,482
These prisoners were arrested because
they were trying to kill people.
634
00:31:58,950 --> 00:32:01,544
This was a war.
Don't we have rules of war?
635
00:32:01,620 --> 00:32:02,815
Rules of engagement?
636
00:32:02,888 --> 00:32:04,287
Yeah, we do!
637
00:32:04,356 --> 00:32:05,687
But in case
you haven't noticed,
638
00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:06,986
the enemy doesn't
follow those rules.
639
00:32:07,058 --> 00:32:09,322
And that makes
this acceptable?
640
00:32:11,229 --> 00:32:13,425
Have you ever seen the
carnage from a car bomb?
641
00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:16,458
A child with his
arms sheared off?
642
00:32:17,803 --> 00:32:20,204
A soldier's face split
open like awatermelon?
643
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,932
These are the people
who plan when and where
644
00:32:24,009 --> 00:32:25,101
the next one
is gonna happen.
645
00:32:25,177 --> 00:32:27,771
So the ends justify
the means, Colonel?
646
00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:31,613
You wanna go home, you
wanna tuck your kids in,
647
00:32:31,683 --> 00:32:32,844
not have to
think about the fact
648
00:32:32,918 --> 00:32:34,215
that there's some
guy in Riyadh,
649
00:32:34,886 --> 00:32:37,446
or Jersey City,
that's right,
650
00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:40,822
a Muslim guy.
To hell with this PC crap.
651
00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:43,860
Some Muslim who's trying to figure
out a way to blow up the subway
652
00:32:43,929 --> 00:32:45,988
little Johnnie rides
on every morning.
653
00:32:46,598 --> 00:32:48,396
You want security,
654
00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:50,595
but you don't want to know
about what it takes to get it.
655
00:32:51,403 --> 00:32:53,804
I'd put panties on every
head in Abu Ghraib prison
656
00:32:53,872 --> 00:32:56,671
if I thought it would
save one innocent life.
657
00:33:04,015 --> 00:33:07,815
I met my wife when Drexel Oil sent
me on a drilling project in Kuwait.
658
00:33:08,620 --> 00:33:10,645
JACK: Did you marry her
here or there?
659
00:33:10,722 --> 00:33:11,883
Here.
660
00:33:11,957 --> 00:33:13,584
Because her family
didn't approve?
661
00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,183
Objection. Leading.
662
00:33:15,260 --> 00:33:18,787
I request permission to treat the
defendant's husband as a hostile witness.
663
00:33:18,964 --> 00:33:20,022
Granted.
664
00:33:21,766 --> 00:33:24,565
No. As far as I know, her
family was fine about it.
665
00:33:25,070 --> 00:33:28,335
Is it fair to say your wife wasn't
happy with her life in the suburbs?
666
00:33:28,406 --> 00:33:29,737
No, she was very content.
667
00:33:30,408 --> 00:33:32,672
You don't have children. What
did your wife do all day?
668
00:33:33,245 --> 00:33:34,770
Nadira likes to cook,
669
00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:36,177
she reads
several newspapers,
670
00:33:36,248 --> 00:33:37,738
she's very interested
in current events.
671
00:33:37,816 --> 00:33:40,012
Like the situation in Iraq?
672
00:33:40,085 --> 00:33:42,713
Her younger brother
was in Abu Ghraib prison.
673
00:33:42,888 --> 00:33:45,721
Turning your attention to the day
in question, Mr. Harrington,
674
00:33:45,790 --> 00:33:50,023
did Nadira visit you in your
office at 55 Morris Street?
675
00:33:52,464 --> 00:33:54,228
Yes, as she had
many times.
676
00:33:54,299 --> 00:33:56,461
Enough times to know
about the vacant office?
677
00:33:56,535 --> 00:33:57,593
Objection.
678
00:34:02,541 --> 00:34:04,771
Did your wife wear
this blouse that day?
679
00:34:08,613 --> 00:34:09,603
I don't remember.
680
00:34:12,117 --> 00:34:13,141
Nothing further.
681
00:34:17,556 --> 00:34:21,550
Now, Jeff, Nadira chose to come
here voluntarily five years ago?
682
00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:23,256
JEFF: Yes, that's correct.
683
00:34:23,695 --> 00:34:27,393
Did she ever say it was a mistake,
that she wanted to go back?
684
00:34:27,465 --> 00:34:29,957
No, absolutely not.
She loves this country.
685
00:34:30,035 --> 00:34:31,264
Still?
686
00:34:31,503 --> 00:34:34,370
Well, Nadira was
never very political,
687
00:34:34,439 --> 00:34:37,238
but she was very upset about
what was happening back home.
688
00:34:37,842 --> 00:34:39,173
She started going
to a mosque.
689
00:34:39,844 --> 00:34:41,334
I remember I came
home one day
690
00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:44,110
and she had CNN on and she was
just sitting there, crying.
691
00:34:44,182 --> 00:34:46,048
One of our planes
had dropped a bomb
692
00:34:46,117 --> 00:34:47,482
on the neighborhood
she grew up in
693
00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:49,782
and the building she lived
in was a pile of rubble.
694
00:34:52,223 --> 00:34:54,658
And then her brother
Mohammed was arrested
695
00:34:54,726 --> 00:34:56,785
and sent to
Abu Ghraib prison?
696
00:34:57,796 --> 00:34:59,958
My company managed
to get him out.
697
00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:01,863
Three months later,
he was dead.
698
00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:04,497
Was theirs
a close relationship?
699
00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:06,401
Nadira and I
can't have children.
700
00:35:06,471 --> 00:35:08,098
When she found out that
Mohammed had been killed,
701
00:35:08,173 --> 00:35:10,574
she said she felt like they'd
taken away her only son.
702
00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:13,703
By "they," did she mean the
Americans or the insurgents, Jeff?
703
00:35:18,149 --> 00:35:19,412
I was afraid to ask.
704
00:35:25,924 --> 00:35:27,414
How'd your
hostile witness go?
705
00:35:27,492 --> 00:35:30,393
We needed him to put the defendant
in the building and he did.
706
00:35:30,462 --> 00:35:33,363
The only thing missing
was a solo violin.
707
00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:36,662
Well, remind the jury there's
a grieving family in Queens
708
00:35:36,735 --> 00:35:39,363
and a dead girl who went
to Iraq for a noble cause.
709
00:35:39,437 --> 00:35:41,166
Not everyone
feels that way.
710
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,099
We deposed a mini-Stalin
711
00:35:44,175 --> 00:35:47,270
who tortured and slaughtered hundreds
of thousands of his own people.
712
00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:49,905
Who attacked Kuwait
and gassed the Kurds.
713
00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:51,915
So why didn't we
go in years ago?
714
00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:55,078
And what about the genocides
in Rwanda and the Sudan?
715
00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:57,383
How many oil wells
does Rwanda have?
716
00:35:57,455 --> 00:35:59,947
There's no oil
in Bosnia or Kosovo.
717
00:36:00,025 --> 00:36:02,050
We intervened to keep Muslims
from being massacred.
718
00:36:02,127 --> 00:36:03,526
We go in,
we get criticized,
719
00:36:03,595 --> 00:36:05,154
we don't go in,
we get criticized.
720
00:36:05,230 --> 00:36:06,959
And it usually backfires.
721
00:36:07,032 --> 00:36:10,229
We helped the Afghans fight the
Russians and they became the Taliban.
722
00:36:10,301 --> 00:36:13,965
We went into Iraq against the wishes
of the international community
723
00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:15,939
and it turns
into a quagmire.
724
00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:18,305
When was the last time
the international community
725
00:36:18,376 --> 00:36:20,708
did anything other
than hold our coats?
726
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:24,141
I mean, we're the poster
kids for schadenfreude
727
00:36:24,215 --> 00:36:25,614
until they need us.
728
00:36:25,684 --> 00:36:28,881
I'm just giving you the heads up
that your poster girl for patriotism
729
00:36:28,953 --> 00:36:30,785
is about to be portrayed
as a torturer.
730
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:33,916
Which establishes motive.
This wasn't political.
731
00:36:33,992 --> 00:36:35,221
It was payback.
732
00:36:43,401 --> 00:36:45,631
After my brother was
released from Abu Ghraib,
733
00:36:45,704 --> 00:36:48,139
I spoke to him four
times on the telephone.
734
00:36:49,441 --> 00:36:51,375
Did he tell you
what happened to him?
735
00:36:51,443 --> 00:36:54,276
He said he was with a
friend in Sadr City.
736
00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:56,775
Their taxi was stopped.
737
00:36:56,981 --> 00:37:01,043
The soldiers accused them of being
informants for the insurgents.
738
00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:03,752
And then they were
taken to Abu Ghraib.
739
00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:06,615
Did Mohammed describe
the conditions there?
740
00:37:06,858 --> 00:37:09,384
Yes. When he arrived,
741
00:37:09,461 --> 00:37:11,896
they asked him to remove
all of his clothing.
742
00:37:12,263 --> 00:37:15,096
He said he couldn't do this,
because he was a Muslim.
743
00:37:16,367 --> 00:37:19,530
So a female soldier
took a knife
744
00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:21,629
and cut off his clothing.
745
00:37:22,807 --> 00:37:23,865
Then...
746
00:37:25,510 --> 00:37:27,979
She touched his penis
and laughed.
747
00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:31,208
One time one of the guards
748
00:37:31,282 --> 00:37:33,546
made him lie
on the floor, naked.
749
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:37,187
They ordered him to sing
the Iraqi national song,
750
00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:40,623
and as he was singing, they
put a stick into his rectum.
751
00:37:41,126 --> 00:37:45,154
If he stopped, they said they
would push it in further.
752
00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:50,133
Uh, Nadira? Nadira?
753
00:37:50,535 --> 00:37:52,503
Do you need to, uh,
take a moment?
754
00:37:52,637 --> 00:37:55,470
It is hard for me to say these
things because of my faith.
755
00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:01,844
Three months after
he was released,
756
00:38:01,913 --> 00:38:03,347
Mohammed was
waiting in line,
757
00:38:03,414 --> 00:38:05,542
and a man blew up a car
and he was killed.
758
00:38:07,352 --> 00:38:10,788
Can you, uh, tell us
how you met Corporal Starr?
759
00:38:13,358 --> 00:38:15,486
My brother said that the
soldiers in Abu Ghraib
760
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,086
wore tape
over their names,
761
00:38:18,163 --> 00:38:20,097
but one name
he heard was Starr.
762
00:38:21,065 --> 00:38:23,534
And he knew that these
soldiers came from New York,
763
00:38:23,601 --> 00:38:25,831
so I found Starr's
address on the Internet.
764
00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:29,497
I thought I wanted
to meet this woman.
765
00:38:29,741 --> 00:38:31,231
I needed to look
into her eyes
766
00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:33,710
and ask her why she did
what she did to my brother.
767
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:36,543
So what did you do?
768
00:38:37,048 --> 00:38:39,813
I wrote her a letter to go
to my husband's building,
769
00:38:40,118 --> 00:38:41,279
to pick up
some tickets.
770
00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:43,552
ADLER: Which was a trick?
771
00:38:43,621 --> 00:38:45,385
Yes, to get her to come.
772
00:38:46,024 --> 00:38:47,992
And you brought
pig's blood?
773
00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:49,356
To throw on her.
774
00:38:49,928 --> 00:38:53,296
To shame her, like she shamed
my brother and my family.
775
00:38:53,932 --> 00:38:56,162
What happened after
Corporal Starr arrived?
776
00:38:56,768 --> 00:38:58,600
She came in and saw me.
777
00:38:59,404 --> 00:39:02,704
I told her who I was,
but she tried to leave.
778
00:39:04,042 --> 00:39:06,443
Then we were
grabbing at each other,
779
00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:08,070
and she threw me
on the floor.
780
00:39:09,814 --> 00:39:11,179
There was
a pipe next to me.
781
00:39:11,249 --> 00:39:13,013
I picked it up
and hit her with it.
782
00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:19,012
Then she was dead.
Like my brother.
783
00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:22,489
No further questions.
784
00:39:27,732 --> 00:39:30,793
I, too, am sorry for your loss, Mrs.
Harrington.
785
00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:34,134
I'm sure what happened to
your brother was devastating.
786
00:39:34,739 --> 00:39:36,036
Yes, it was.
787
00:39:36,674 --> 00:39:39,837
Do you feel guilty because
you weren't there with him?
788
00:39:40,912 --> 00:39:41,936
No.
789
00:39:42,447 --> 00:39:44,814
I'm sure you're angry
about how he was treated?
790
00:39:45,683 --> 00:39:47,208
Yes, I was very angry.
791
00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:49,185
Wouldn't you be if it happened
to someone you loved?
792
00:39:49,954 --> 00:39:51,581
Did you do anything
about your anger?
793
00:39:52,023 --> 00:39:53,081
Like what?
794
00:39:53,157 --> 00:39:56,058
Talk to a therapist, get involved
in the anti-war movement?
795
00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:57,390
No.
796
00:39:57,662 --> 00:39:59,630
You just decided to track
down one of the soldiers
797
00:39:59,697 --> 00:40:00,960
that tortured your brother?
798
00:40:01,032 --> 00:40:02,363
Yes.
799
00:40:02,433 --> 00:40:06,165
You sent her an invitation to a phony
party honoring American veterans?
800
00:40:06,804 --> 00:40:08,363
I wanted to make
sure she would come.
801
00:40:08,439 --> 00:40:10,464
And on the day
you killed her,
802
00:40:10,541 --> 00:40:12,305
you bought a pint
of pig's blood.
803
00:40:12,377 --> 00:40:13,811
To shame her.
804
00:40:13,878 --> 00:40:16,904
You also brought
with you a white blouse
805
00:40:16,981 --> 00:40:19,848
to use as a funeral tunic,
806
00:40:19,918 --> 00:40:22,944
because you planned
to kill her.
807
00:40:26,658 --> 00:40:30,390
Isn't it a fact that after you
struck Lindsay Starr with a pipe,
808
00:40:30,461 --> 00:40:34,364
after she was unconscious, you
put your hands over her nose
809
00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:37,060
and mouth until her heart
stopped beating?
810
00:40:37,135 --> 00:40:38,330
Because she...
811
00:40:39,671 --> 00:40:41,969
Because of what
she did to my country!
812
00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:46,204
Which is it,
Mrs. Harrington,
813
00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:48,678
your brother
or your country?
814
00:40:58,323 --> 00:41:00,485
You said you came
to help us.
815
00:41:00,558 --> 00:41:02,549
But to help us,
you need to respect us,
816
00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:04,527
and all Americans
do is bring shame.
817
00:41:04,996 --> 00:41:06,760
You break down our doors.
818
00:41:06,831 --> 00:41:09,596
You throw us on the ground and
you put your feet on our necks.
819
00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:12,159
You search our women.
820
00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:14,294
You humiliate our men.
821
00:41:17,108 --> 00:41:21,102
And you say to the world that you
are the guardians of freedom?
822
00:41:23,514 --> 00:41:25,539
But we see what you do.
823
00:41:26,317 --> 00:41:28,149
Look at what you do.
824
00:41:31,889 --> 00:41:33,914
And what did you do,
Mrs. Harrington?
825
00:41:45,636 --> 00:41:48,503
Close your eyes and
imagine this picture...
826
00:41:50,274 --> 00:41:55,644
Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard
controls the streets of New York.
827
00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:59,043
They break into your house.
828
00:42:00,351 --> 00:42:03,685
They grab your son, or your
husband, or your brother.
829
00:42:05,089 --> 00:42:07,387
They take him
to Rikers Island,
830
00:42:08,459 --> 00:42:11,986
where they accuse him
of opposing the occupation
831
00:42:12,697 --> 00:42:14,631
of his own country.
832
00:42:15,366 --> 00:42:18,461
And then, after months
833
00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:20,971
of systematically
humiliating,
834
00:42:22,006 --> 00:42:25,499
abusing, and torturing him,
835
00:42:26,944 --> 00:42:30,005
they shove a broomstick
up his rectum.
836
00:42:32,016 --> 00:42:35,919
Your religious leaders tell
you to resist the occupation,
837
00:42:38,022 --> 00:42:40,582
to kill the invaders
if you have the chance.
838
00:42:42,393 --> 00:42:43,383
And then...
839
00:42:45,263 --> 00:42:49,063
And then you find out
that one of the guards
840
00:42:50,368 --> 00:42:52,097
who mistreated
your loved one
841
00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:56,070
is living right
around the corner,
842
00:42:57,241 --> 00:42:59,608
and is gonna go back
843
00:43:00,478 --> 00:43:05,814
and do it again,
and again, and again.
844
00:43:10,688 --> 00:43:14,090
Shouldn't you do whatever
you can to stop him?
845
00:43:31,008 --> 00:43:33,636
Lindsay Starr didn't
deserve to die.
846
00:43:34,979 --> 00:43:36,777
She was no longer a soldier.
847
00:43:37,849 --> 00:43:40,045
She worked in a supermarket.
848
00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:44,121
She was lured into a deserted
office and ambushed.
849
00:43:45,189 --> 00:43:48,853
And while Nadira
Harrington's misfortunes
850
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:52,027
might explain her actions,
851
00:43:52,597 --> 00:43:56,397
they can't excuse
coldblooded retribution
852
00:43:56,601 --> 00:43:58,535
for the abuse
of her brother.
853
00:44:01,506 --> 00:44:05,534
If Corporal Starr's
conduct at Abu Ghraib
854
00:44:05,776 --> 00:44:10,043
exceeded military or
international standards,
855
00:44:10,281 --> 00:44:13,012
we have,
in our civil society,
856
00:44:13,084 --> 00:44:16,315
procedures to redress those
wrongs, if wrongs they be.
857
00:44:17,622 --> 00:44:22,219
Yes, the processes
are slow, messy, uneven,
858
00:44:22,827 --> 00:44:26,627
but Nadira Harrington
had choices
859
00:44:28,199 --> 00:44:30,531
to vote, to sue,
860
00:44:31,636 --> 00:44:33,627
to advocate for justice.
861
00:44:34,672 --> 00:44:37,642
Instead, she opted
for blood feud,
862
00:44:38,709 --> 00:44:41,974
and the end product
of blood feud is chaos.
863
00:44:43,548 --> 00:44:46,609
Our history books
are rife with examples
864
00:44:46,684 --> 00:44:48,812
of religious zealots
of all stripes,
865
00:44:48,886 --> 00:44:51,378
Christians, Muslims, Jews,
866
00:44:51,489 --> 00:44:55,392
twisting their faith's
fundamental morality
867
00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:58,162
to accommodate a personal
868
00:44:58,229 --> 00:45:00,721
or political agenda.
869
00:45:02,300 --> 00:45:05,861
Neither rationale
justifies killing.
870
00:45:07,705 --> 00:45:12,199
A highest moral law in our culture
is, "Thou shalt not kill."
871
00:45:13,911 --> 00:45:15,675
And where we live,
872
00:45:15,746 --> 00:45:17,840
killing in the name of God,
873
00:45:18,249 --> 00:45:21,048
country, or brother,
874
00:45:22,653 --> 00:45:24,348
is still called murder.
875
00:45:42,573 --> 00:45:46,271
JUDGE: I have a note from the jury
that you've reached a verdict?
876
00:45:46,344 --> 00:45:47,869
We have, Your Honor.
How do you find?
877
00:45:50,514 --> 00:45:52,346
We find the defendant,
878
00:45:52,416 --> 00:45:54,282
Nadira Latif Harrington,
879
00:45:54,352 --> 00:45:56,446
guilty of murder
in the second degree.
880
00:46:19,076 --> 00:46:20,566
(REPORTERS CLAMORING)
881
00:46:27,652 --> 00:46:29,051
We'll take one.
882
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:30,884
Alex, what does The New
York Times want to know?
883
00:46:30,955 --> 00:46:33,253
Whether the verdict's a win for
the war against terrorism.
884
00:46:33,357 --> 00:46:37,260
No, this only qualifies as a
meaningless skirmish in that war.
885
00:46:37,762 --> 00:46:41,528
But it was a huge win for truth,
justice, and the American way of life.
886
00:46:41,599 --> 00:46:42,725
Thank you.
887
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,529
(CLAMORING CONTINUES)