1 00:00:02,251 --> 00:00:03,386 In other news, days after Jay Leno apologized 2 00:00:03,409 --> 00:00:04,733 to Richard Jewell on air, 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,421 P I edmont College has agreed to pay 4 00:00:06,488 --> 00:00:08,540 the former Olympic bombing suspect Richard Jewell 5 00:00:08,606 --> 00:00:11,225 t o drop his lawsuit against the college. 6 00:00:11,288 --> 00:00:12,477 Did 60 Minutes'story change 7 00:00:12,546 --> 00:00:14,100 your opinion on Richard Jewell? 8 00:00:25,456 --> 00:00:29,100 Richard Jewell is suing us for defamation. 9 00:00:29,163 --> 00:00:31,945 Jewell's lawsuit names both the newspaper 10 00:00:32,011 --> 00:00:34,495 and you personally, Kathy. 11 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,128 And it's not a frivolous suit. 12 00:00:38,201 --> 00:00:40,224 I've never been sued before. 13 00:00:40,286 --> 00:00:42,233 Wh-What does this mean? 14 00:00:42,306 --> 00:00:44,167 What do we do? 15 00:00:44,226 --> 00:00:47,305 Well, the good news is, the AJC won't hang you out to dry. 16 00:00:47,371 --> 00:00:51,178 If you stick with us, we'll craft a joint defense 17 00:00:51,243 --> 00:00:52,864 and fight this to the end. 18 00:00:52,932 --> 00:00:57,037 We have a strong legal argument and a decent chance of winning. 19 00:00:57,103 --> 00:01:00,517 Plus, he's one man with a real estate lawyer versus 20 00:01:00,579 --> 00:01:03,293 all these suits and all this paper. 21 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,400 We can bury them in paper, appeal, change venues. 22 00:01:06,471 --> 00:01:07,862 Even if we never really win, 23 00:01:07,928 --> 00:01:09,394 there's lots of ways we can avoid losing. 24 00:01:09,417 --> 00:01:11,403 But listen, Kath, 25 00:01:11,470 --> 00:01:14,682 if we choose to fight, it's to the death. 26 00:01:14,747 --> 00:01:17,557 Jewell's got a great underdog story, and he's a fighter. 27 00:01:17,627 --> 00:01:20,638 We'll, we'll probably win, but you might spend 28 00:01:20,706 --> 00:01:24,686 t h e next five or six years in and out of courtrooms. 29 00:01:24,745 --> 00:01:26,049 And you're gonna have to sit across 30 00:01:26,102 --> 00:01:30,139 from Richard Jewell himself over and over. 31 00:01:30,206 --> 00:01:33,649 Now, if you don't have the intestinal fortitude to do that, 32 00:01:33,716 --> 00:01:36,727 we need to know. 33 00:01:39,243 --> 00:01:41,066 What's the alternative? 34 00:01:41,131 --> 00:01:43,049 I mean, I-is there an alternative? 35 00:01:43,117 --> 00:01:45,237 We could do what everyone else is doing... 36 00:01:45,302 --> 00:01:48,150 Leno, Brokaw, CNN... And settle or apologize, 37 00:01:48,214 --> 00:01:51,187 but both you and the paper would take a reputational hit. 38 00:01:51,260 --> 00:01:52,219 How bad? 39 00:01:52,286 --> 00:01:54,272 The paper would survive. 40 00:01:54,339 --> 00:01:57,389 The paper would survive. 41 00:01:57,451 --> 00:01:58,553 You know how this business is. 42 00:01:58,576 --> 00:02:00,494 It's all about credibility. 43 00:02:00,562 --> 00:02:03,247 Yeah. 44 00:02:03,310 --> 00:02:06,053 It would be the end of your career as a journalist. 45 00:02:06,123 --> 00:02:08,972 At the AJCor anywhere else. 46 00:02:12,976 --> 00:02:16,313 I c an't even process what that would mean. 47 00:02:16,386 --> 00:02:17,614 Well, look at it this way. 48 00:02:17,677 --> 00:02:20,123 If-if we settle and apologize, 49 00:02:20,193 --> 00:02:22,974 we get this all over with all at once. 50 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,188 Nothing hanging over your head, no uncertainty. 51 00:02:25,257 --> 00:02:26,916 You-you could start fresh 52 00:02:26,979 --> 00:02:28,600 and become a preschool teacher 53 00:02:28,667 --> 00:02:33,500 or start a goat farm, whatever normal people do. 54 00:02:33,566 --> 00:02:37,335 Y o u're young enough to have a second act of some kind. 55 00:02:37,406 --> 00:02:42,998 What dopeople do after something like this? 56 00:02:43,067 --> 00:02:47,373 A big, public... shaming? 57 00:02:48,496 --> 00:02:50,913 Why don't you ask Richard Jewell? 58 00:02:57,633 --> 00:03:00,510 Take the long weekend to think it over. 59 00:03:59,337 --> 00:04:02,023 Aunt Kathy. Aunt Kathy came. 60 00:04:02,085 --> 00:04:03,543 - Shit. - I thought for sure 61 00:04:03,608 --> 00:04:05,593 you were gonna miss it. 62 00:04:05,660 --> 00:04:07,684 Hi, sweetheart. 63 00:04:08,706 --> 00:04:10,893 How you doing? 64 00:04:10,957 --> 00:04:12,213 Hi. 65 00:04:12,281 --> 00:04:14,889 Uh... oh, all right. 66 00:04:18,736 --> 00:04:20,951 And those are all my presents. 67 00:04:21,020 --> 00:04:23,667 - Wow. You have a lot of presents, huh? - Kathy. 68 00:04:23,734 --> 00:04:25,585 Look at you. 69 00:04:25,654 --> 00:04:27,611 Honey pie. 70 00:04:27,674 --> 00:04:30,091 Of course we would have invited you. 71 00:04:30,157 --> 00:04:32,996 We just never thought you'd come. 72 00:04:34,825 --> 00:04:36,647 Where is Mom? 73 00:04:36,711 --> 00:04:40,451 I-I was thinking of staying for a few days, just to get away. 74 00:04:40,519 --> 00:04:43,165 Oh, because of that thing? 75 00:04:43,233 --> 00:04:46,445 I h at must be so hard. I can't even imagine. 76 00:04:46,510 --> 00:04:47,795 Aunt Kathy, 77 00:04:47,867 --> 00:04:50,322 you should come to the Girl Scouts tomorrow. 78 00:04:50,383 --> 00:04:52,627 - Wouldn't that be fun? - That's a great idea. 79 00:04:52,700 --> 00:04:54,618 Y e ah, why don't you go play with your friends? 80 00:04:56,043 --> 00:04:57,827 Or if you're staying, you can do 81 00:04:57,897 --> 00:05:00,180 a career day thing for my sixth-graders. 82 00:05:00,248 --> 00:05:03,326 I h ey would just love to meet a real big-city journalist. 83 00:05:05,379 --> 00:05:07,134 I'm gonna get a soda. You want anything? 84 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:08,955 I'm fine, thank you. 85 00:05:46,593 --> 00:05:49,403 Maybe you want to do that inside? 86 00:05:59,834 --> 00:06:01,560 Sure. 87 00:06:24,860 --> 00:06:26,980 Hey, sunflower. 88 00:06:27,045 --> 00:06:30,085 - Hey, Mom. - Come here. 89 00:06:30,157 --> 00:06:31,317 Oh. 90 00:06:31,382 --> 00:06:34,959 - So good to see you. Mmm. - Mmm. 91 00:06:37,142 --> 00:06:39,434 Mm. You're so thin. 92 00:06:39,492 --> 00:06:41,123 What's your secret? 93 00:06:41,180 --> 00:06:42,705 Stress. 94 00:06:45,385 --> 00:06:47,140 D o n't you listen to your sisters. 95 00:06:47,205 --> 00:06:50,111 They're just jealous because you're out there kicking butt. 96 00:06:50,185 --> 00:06:52,966 Eh, it's not them. 97 00:06:57,202 --> 00:06:58,957 This other stuff? 98 00:06:59,023 --> 00:07:01,574 That's just nonsense. It'll pass. 99 00:07:01,639 --> 00:07:06,165 You're a winner, Kathy. You always have been. 100 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:14,979 My brag wall, hmm. 101 00:07:15,045 --> 00:07:17,884 I have to show you off a little. 102 00:07:17,959 --> 00:07:21,766 I'm ean, the family photos are cute and everything, 103 00:07:21,831 --> 00:07:23,720 but, well, everybody in Athens 104 00:07:23,785 --> 00:07:25,569 has a wall full of Santa photos and such. 105 00:07:25,639 --> 00:07:28,257 Nobody's got headlines. 106 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:33,048 I - If you took down a-all my articles, 107 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,834 what would you put up? 108 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:38,681 Why ever would I do that? 109 00:07:38,747 --> 00:07:41,163 Well, if you had to. 110 00:07:41,230 --> 00:07:43,973 Wh-What would you put up for me? 111 00:07:45,732 --> 00:07:50,374 Well, I guess your prom queen portrait. 112 00:07:50,433 --> 00:07:51,996 And cotillion. 113 00:07:53,346 --> 00:07:56,233 That's 25 years ago. 114 00:07:56,292 --> 00:07:58,584 They're nice pictures. 115 00:08:01,125 --> 00:08:03,283 Do you really think that you would be happier 116 00:08:03,343 --> 00:08:07,083 if you had a passel of kids and a McMansion, hmm? 117 00:08:07,150 --> 00:08:08,540 Please. 118 00:08:08,606 --> 00:08:12,749 That was never for you, even when you were a child. 119 00:08:12,811 --> 00:08:14,297 Now, you-you risked everything 120 00:08:14,366 --> 00:08:17,646 and you actually made something of your life. 121 00:08:19,663 --> 00:08:24,535 I h ere'd be nothing left without those headlines. 122 00:08:26,747 --> 00:08:29,595 I'd be erased. 123 00:08:29,660 --> 00:08:30,984 Don't be morose. 124 00:08:32,308 --> 00:08:34,389 Besides, there's nothing on heaven and earth 125 00:08:34,460 --> 00:08:38,402 that would get me to, to take those down anyway. 126 00:08:42,339 --> 00:08:45,715 I'm proud of you, sunflower. 127 00:08:47,006 --> 00:08:49,366 - Yeah? - Oh, oh, oh. Come here. 128 00:08:49,423 --> 00:08:53,135 Come on. Oh... 129 00:08:53,197 --> 00:08:55,681 Mom... 130 00:08:57,633 --> 00:08:59,656 It's all right, sweetie. 131 00:08:59,719 --> 00:09:02,164 Here, why don't you stay for a while? 132 00:09:02,234 --> 00:09:04,354 There's always a place for you here. 133 00:09:04,419 --> 00:09:05,838 Grandma, Grandma. 134 00:09:08,457 --> 00:09:10,184 We're gonna open presents now. 135 00:09:10,245 --> 00:09:12,489 One minute, sweetie. Okay? 136 00:09:15,012 --> 00:09:17,794 - -Why don't you go on upstairs, have a lie-down? 137 00:09:17,859 --> 00:09:19,221 Then, when you feel ready, 138 00:09:19,282 --> 00:09:22,456 go get yourself a dress out of the big closet 139 00:09:22,526 --> 00:09:24,253 and come on down to the party, okay? 140 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,454 Okay. 141 00:10:28,833 --> 00:10:30,981 I'm in. 142 00:10:31,051 --> 00:10:33,765 Richard Jewell can kiss my ass. 143 00:10:42,703 --> 00:10:44,564 Jack... 144 00:10:52,005 --> 00:10:54,422 Yes, this is Special Agent Jack Brennan. 145 00:10:54,488 --> 00:10:57,634 I need to talk to Agent Embry. It's urgent. 146 00:11:13,654 --> 00:11:15,505 I really can't let anyone back there. 147 00:11:15,574 --> 00:11:17,329 I h e back office is for employees only. 148 00:11:17,396 --> 00:11:19,879 My sister is an assistant manager at a Wal-Mart, 149 00:11:19,945 --> 00:11:21,901 so I know that you have the authority 150 00:11:21,963 --> 00:11:23,623 to allow me to run a search. 151 00:11:23,685 --> 00:11:26,505 Now, I'm an ATF agent. I am in the middle 152 00:11:26,565 --> 00:11:27,899 - of an investigation... - Agent Brennan. 153 00:11:27,922 --> 00:11:29,715 FBI. 154 00:11:31,497 --> 00:11:34,374 Tracy, you need to get this federal agent 155 00:11:34,443 --> 00:11:35,604 whatever he's looking for, 156 00:11:35,668 --> 00:11:37,557 or you'll be hearing from Washington. 157 00:11:37,622 --> 00:11:39,607 If you have any problems, I encourage you 158 00:11:39,674 --> 00:11:42,513 to call FBI headquarters. Number's on the card. 159 00:11:46,493 --> 00:11:48,411 Well, thanks. 160 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,235 Don't mention it. 161 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:53,043 What arewe looking for here, exactly? 162 00:11:59,073 --> 00:12:01,422 Look here. 163 00:12:03,873 --> 00:12:07,411 Cash purchase from one week ago 164 00:12:07,481 --> 00:12:10,233 right here in Murphy. 165 00:12:10,294 --> 00:12:13,977 Any of those items mean anything to you? 166 00:12:14,036 --> 00:12:15,426 I... 167 00:12:15,492 --> 00:12:18,475 Every single component that Eric needs 168 00:12:18,537 --> 00:12:21,712 to build his signature bomb 169 00:12:21,782 --> 00:12:23,872 is on this receipt. 170 00:12:23,933 --> 00:12:26,446 What? It's got to be a bizarre coincidence. 171 00:12:26,516 --> 00:12:29,959 You don't buy these items all together 172 00:12:30,025 --> 00:12:33,861 unless you're building a bomb. 173 00:12:33,931 --> 00:12:37,211 Look here. The way Eric builds these bombs 174 00:12:37,274 --> 00:12:40,055 is he uses the galvanized pipe as a container 175 00:12:40,121 --> 00:12:41,454 for the explosives. 176 00:12:41,511 --> 00:12:44,858 So a ten-inch section of six-inch pipe 177 00:12:44,921 --> 00:12:46,580 will hold about, I don't know, 178 00:12:46,642 --> 00:12:50,152 ten and a half pounds of TNT. 179 00:12:50,217 --> 00:12:52,701 That's a lot. 180 00:12:52,766 --> 00:12:55,413 And if he builds these bombs 181 00:12:55,481 --> 00:12:57,303 according to the parts... 182 00:12:58,526 --> 00:13:00,473 ...every single one of them 183 00:13:00,546 --> 00:13:02,464 will have the destructive power 184 00:13:02,532 --> 00:13:04,096 of the one that was detonated 185 00:13:04,154 --> 00:13:08,326 at Centennial Olympic Park. 186 00:13:08,391 --> 00:13:11,374 What do you mean, every single one of these bombs? 187 00:13:15,343 --> 00:13:18,825 These are not the parts for onebomb. 188 00:13:18,885 --> 00:13:21,072 There's enough here for eightbombs. 189 00:13:25,340 --> 00:13:27,556 You were right. 190 00:13:27,625 --> 00:13:28,814 About all of it. 191 00:13:29,876 --> 00:13:31,899 Yeah. 192 00:13:31,961 --> 00:13:33,313 What do I do now? 193 00:13:33,385 --> 00:13:35,207 You're doing it. 194 00:13:36,694 --> 00:13:40,377 You follow the truth wherever it leads. 195 00:13:45,202 --> 00:13:48,702 I've spent the day in Janet Reno's office, 196 00:13:48,777 --> 00:13:51,760 acting as a shit umbrella for the entire Bureau. 197 00:13:51,823 --> 00:13:54,307 She's demanding names of who to haul before Congress 198 00:13:54,372 --> 00:13:56,156 for the Richard Jewell situation. 199 00:13:57,086 --> 00:13:59,100 Oh. 200 00:13:59,768 --> 00:14:00,727 Well, sir, I... 201 00:14:00,761 --> 00:14:03,973 No-no-no. You got nothing to worry about. 202 00:14:04,039 --> 00:14:06,254 I don't throw my own people under the bus. 203 00:14:06,322 --> 00:14:08,269 Yes, sir. 204 00:14:08,342 --> 00:14:10,298 Right now, though, I need you back in North Carolina 205 00:14:10,361 --> 00:14:11,713 pushing full steam ahead. 206 00:14:11,785 --> 00:14:14,470 Actually, sir, I came here because I believe 207 00:14:14,532 --> 00:14:16,613 we need to change course. Dramatically. 208 00:14:17,643 --> 00:14:20,856 I'm s... You k... you kidding me? 209 00:14:20,921 --> 00:14:24,133 No, sir. I believe the only way forward in Nantahala 210 00:14:24,199 --> 00:14:25,367 is to formally charge Eric Rudolph 211 00:14:25,390 --> 00:14:26,982 with the Olympic Park bombing. 212 00:14:27,045 --> 00:14:30,248 I'm s... Am I on Candid Camera right now? I mean... 213 00:14:30,322 --> 00:14:32,183 The reason we can't catch Eric Rudolph is because 214 00:14:32,242 --> 00:14:33,940 the locals are protecting him. 215 00:14:33,997 --> 00:14:36,318 They're protecting him because they see him as a hero. 216 00:14:36,380 --> 00:14:38,931 If we show them Rudolph bombed the Olympic Games, 217 00:14:38,996 --> 00:14:40,051 they'll stop. 218 00:14:40,121 --> 00:14:41,904 And then we'll at least have a shot 219 00:14:41,974 --> 00:14:43,835 at finally catching him. 220 00:14:43,894 --> 00:14:46,513 It also has the virtue of being true. 221 00:14:46,576 --> 00:14:49,357 Eric Rudolph is the Olympic Park bomber. 222 00:14:49,423 --> 00:14:51,504 The proof is all right here. 223 00:14:53,561 --> 00:14:55,680 It's not happening. 224 00:14:55,746 --> 00:14:57,904 Look. I know you're passionate 225 00:14:57,963 --> 00:14:59,231 about your little piece of the pie. 226 00:14:59,254 --> 00:15:01,278 And that's great. But I have to think 227 00:15:01,340 --> 00:15:02,731 of the organization as a whole. 228 00:15:04,651 --> 00:15:06,368 Daddy knows best, huh? 229 00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:08,855 That's right. 230 00:15:08,921 --> 00:15:11,337 Well, sir... 231 00:15:11,403 --> 00:15:14,683 frankly... you have absolutely no clue. 232 00:15:16,137 --> 00:15:17,998 You're busy maneuvering and cutting deals 233 00:15:18,057 --> 00:15:19,841 in some Washington corridor, 234 00:15:19,911 --> 00:15:22,059 playing cover-your-ass with Janet Reno. 235 00:15:22,129 --> 00:15:24,316 You have no clue what's happening on the ground. 236 00:15:24,380 --> 00:15:26,529 You have no clue what's going on in this case. 237 00:15:26,599 --> 00:15:28,651 I do. 238 00:15:28,717 --> 00:15:31,067 And my team look to me to keep them safe. 239 00:15:31,133 --> 00:15:32,955 So do the citizens of Nantahala. 240 00:15:33,020 --> 00:15:36,032 So do the militiamen, even though they might not admit it. 241 00:15:36,099 --> 00:15:38,544 My duty is to them. 242 00:15:38,614 --> 00:15:40,139 I'm not gonna sacrifice their lives 243 00:15:40,203 --> 00:15:42,093 so you can look good for Janet Reno. 244 00:15:43,481 --> 00:15:45,264 Or for NBC News. 245 00:15:45,334 --> 00:15:49,075 Little Jack Brennan, all grown up. 246 00:15:49,142 --> 00:15:52,815 I love it. I love the passion. 247 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,264 Let me ask you a question, though. 248 00:15:58,543 --> 00:16:01,324 How much power do you think you actually have here? 249 00:16:01,390 --> 00:16:05,494 I have enough to make things very uncomfortable for you, sir. 250 00:16:05,561 --> 00:16:07,114 It's your investigation. 251 00:16:07,183 --> 00:16:09,014 You want to charge Eric Rudolph with Centennial Park, 252 00:16:09,037 --> 00:16:10,965 you go ahead, but I'll tell you this: 253 00:16:11,023 --> 00:16:13,277 it'll be the last thing you ever do as law enforcement. 254 00:16:13,340 --> 00:16:17,119 Richard Jewell will get a job as a cop before you do. 255 00:16:17,180 --> 00:16:18,408 You want to die on that hill? 256 00:16:18,471 --> 00:16:20,888 I'm not gonna stop you. 257 00:16:56,077 --> 00:16:59,060 It's an honor to have you here, sir. 258 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,805 N o w, we got three concentric layers of perimeter defenses. 259 00:17:05,876 --> 00:17:07,794 Booby traps throughout the woods, 260 00:17:07,862 --> 00:17:11,765 and every approach is defended in depth. 261 00:17:11,834 --> 00:17:14,222 The FBI has no idea what they're up against here. 262 00:17:14,283 --> 00:17:16,106 No, sir, they do not. 263 00:17:21,865 --> 00:17:25,672 C a ptain Blackburn here trained me personally many years ago. 264 00:17:25,737 --> 00:17:28,087 So, you're gonna have your SPIKE teams 265 00:17:28,154 --> 00:17:29,478 come in here and fight the FBI? 266 00:17:29,545 --> 00:17:32,527 No. You're gonna run, Rudolph, run. 267 00:17:32,590 --> 00:17:34,882 And the captain here is gonna get you out of here, 268 00:17:34,940 --> 00:17:36,456 safe and sound, for good. 269 00:17:36,529 --> 00:17:38,323 We've activated a network of safe houses. 270 00:17:38,383 --> 00:17:40,627 And we have one of our elite SPIKE squads standing by 271 00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:41,995 to shuttle you out of the state. 272 00:17:42,057 --> 00:17:44,436 And this nightmare can finally be over. 273 00:17:44,507 --> 00:17:47,748 - For all of us. - That's right. 274 00:17:47,817 --> 00:17:50,234 And you're confident about the operational security? 275 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:51,528 And these are trusted men? 276 00:17:51,591 --> 00:17:53,145 These are men I trust with my life. 277 00:17:53,213 --> 00:17:54,239 All right. 278 00:17:56,722 --> 00:18:00,194 Well, North Carolina to Guatemala or Panama 279 00:18:00,265 --> 00:18:01,722 or wherever is easy. 280 00:18:01,787 --> 00:18:03,906 I think the hard part's getting out of Nantahala. 281 00:18:03,972 --> 00:18:06,217 We got a plan for that. Check it out. 282 00:18:06,289 --> 00:18:08,639 We found a spot in the FBI perimeter 283 00:18:08,706 --> 00:18:09,905 that we can exploit. 284 00:18:09,963 --> 00:18:12,553 Now, tonight, right after sundown, 285 00:18:12,612 --> 00:18:15,029 my regulators will create a diversion. 286 00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:17,185 Okay, they'll start popping off firecrackers 287 00:18:17,246 --> 00:18:19,203 and hot-rodding on ATVs. 288 00:18:19,266 --> 00:18:22,345 A n d this... will pull the FBI's attention. 289 00:18:22,411 --> 00:18:25,595 They're gonna assume that it's you going for freedom. 290 00:18:25,654 --> 00:18:26,872 Right. 291 00:18:26,946 --> 00:18:28,241 While they're distracted, 292 00:18:28,303 --> 00:18:30,615 you will rendezvous with a single ATV 293 00:18:30,686 --> 00:18:32,509 - right where we're standing here. - Right here. 294 00:18:32,573 --> 00:18:34,625 And once our spotters give the all clear, 295 00:18:34,692 --> 00:18:36,409 you'll blast through the FBI perimeter. 296 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,705 And we'll convey you to the SPIKE teams standing by 297 00:18:38,763 --> 00:18:41,449 that are ten miles away with clean vehicles. 298 00:18:41,511 --> 00:18:43,266 After that, you're as good as gone. 299 00:18:43,332 --> 00:18:45,183 If I could make a few suggestions? 300 00:18:45,252 --> 00:18:47,238 Sure. 301 00:18:47,305 --> 00:18:49,328 I think we'd be better served 302 00:18:49,390 --> 00:18:52,439 with the diversion right here, in this clearance here. 303 00:18:52,502 --> 00:18:54,880 See, this way I'd be closer to the main FBI base, 304 00:18:54,951 --> 00:18:57,608 - get the leadership involved. - Absolutely. 305 00:18:57,666 --> 00:19:01,809 I want to thank you for everything you've done for me. 306 00:19:01,870 --> 00:19:04,478 At great personal cost. I'll never forget it. 307 00:19:04,551 --> 00:19:06,508 - Thank you. - You'll always be in my prayers. 308 00:19:06,571 --> 00:19:07,664 You're in ours. 309 00:19:20,408 --> 00:19:21,962 We have gunfire, 310 00:19:22,030 --> 00:19:24,044 p o ssible explosives, vehicles on the move. 311 00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:27,730 Move! Move! 312 00:19:31,762 --> 00:19:34,706 Deliver shooter positions, ASAP. We're on our way! 313 00:19:34,774 --> 00:19:36,664 Where the hell is he? 314 00:19:56,756 --> 00:19:59,268 Go, go, go. 315 00:22:12,281 --> 00:22:14,860 I hope I didn't keep anyone waiting. 316 00:22:19,597 --> 00:22:21,352 Everyone ready now? 317 00:22:21,417 --> 00:22:24,630 O u r considered position is that your lawsuit is without merit, 318 00:22:24,694 --> 00:22:26,497 a n d we're willing to go to court and fight it. 319 00:22:26,548 --> 00:22:30,854 We... we have settlements with NBC, CNN, ABC, 320 00:22:30,919 --> 00:22:32,645 the New York Post. 321 00:22:32,706 --> 00:22:34,624 You're the AJC. 322 00:22:34,692 --> 00:22:37,042 I thought we were coming here to talk about a settlement. 323 00:22:37,108 --> 00:22:39,726 And an apology. 324 00:22:39,790 --> 00:22:43,070 The AJChas nothing to apologize for. 325 00:22:43,133 --> 00:22:45,818 Neither does Ms. Scruggs. 326 00:22:45,881 --> 00:22:47,799 It's our position that our stories met 327 00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:51,243 or exceeded every journalistic standard. 328 00:22:51,310 --> 00:22:52,777 A n d we'll take this to the Supreme Court 329 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,325 if we have to. 330 00:22:54,388 --> 00:22:55,846 - Why, of all the bullshit... - Ma'am. 331 00:22:55,911 --> 00:22:58,203 Ma'am. Ms. Scruggs. 332 00:23:00,148 --> 00:23:03,888 You told lies about me in the newspaper. 333 00:23:03,956 --> 00:23:07,034 You were the first one, and because of those lies, 334 00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:08,692 I can't get a job. 335 00:23:08,756 --> 00:23:12,064 I can't go to the food store, I can't open my curtains. 336 00:23:12,132 --> 00:23:14,252 And the truth is, no matter what happens here 337 00:23:14,317 --> 00:23:16,465 or in court, until the day I die, 338 00:23:16,534 --> 00:23:20,073 there will be people who believe that I'm a murderer. 339 00:23:20,143 --> 00:23:22,627 Because of what you wrote. 340 00:23:22,692 --> 00:23:24,227 You don't have to respond to that, Kathy. 341 00:23:26,763 --> 00:23:28,691 Maybe someone who's smart and accomplished, 342 00:23:28,750 --> 00:23:30,303 like you are, has less experience 343 00:23:30,372 --> 00:23:32,588 screwing things up than a guy like me does, 344 00:23:32,656 --> 00:23:36,032 but I think you know in your heart 345 00:23:36,099 --> 00:23:38,679 what you have to do so's you can look in the mirror 346 00:23:38,747 --> 00:23:40,406 and feel okay. 347 00:23:40,468 --> 00:23:42,588 And that's what I'm offering here. 348 00:23:42,653 --> 00:23:46,825 Um... I don't want some big battle. 349 00:23:48,182 --> 00:23:49,707 But you got it wrong. 350 00:23:49,771 --> 00:23:52,121 It all started with you. 351 00:23:52,187 --> 00:23:54,210 I'd like your help to end it. 352 00:23:54,273 --> 00:23:56,095 I don't think... 353 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,577 You don't have to say anything, Kathy. 354 00:24:09,202 --> 00:24:11,782 I didn't screw up. 355 00:24:11,851 --> 00:24:14,296 I wasn't wrong. 356 00:24:14,366 --> 00:24:16,649 Yes, you were inconvenienced. 357 00:24:16,717 --> 00:24:18,242 Yes, you were made uncomfortable. 358 00:24:18,306 --> 00:24:20,589 My job is not to make you comfortable. 359 00:24:20,656 --> 00:24:23,600 My job is to report the facts 360 00:24:23,668 --> 00:24:25,653 as I uncover them. 361 00:24:26,780 --> 00:24:29,437 That's what journalists do. 362 00:24:29,494 --> 00:24:33,963 Every statement in my article met or exceeded 363 00:24:34,030 --> 00:24:36,485 our standard guidelines for sourcing. 364 00:24:38,168 --> 00:24:40,182 I did what I was supposed to do. 365 00:24:40,253 --> 00:24:43,437 I did my job. 366 00:24:43,497 --> 00:24:46,509 That's journalism by the book. 367 00:24:48,199 --> 00:24:50,644 There's no way in hell I or anyone in this room 368 00:24:50,714 --> 00:24:52,671 is gonna apologize for that. 369 00:24:52,733 --> 00:24:55,274 Yeah, but you were wrong. 370 00:24:58,659 --> 00:25:01,507 I was not wrong. 371 00:25:02,863 --> 00:25:07,294 I reported that the FBI was looking at you. 372 00:25:07,365 --> 00:25:09,523 That's a fact. 373 00:25:09,583 --> 00:25:12,000 I reported that you received bomb training. 374 00:25:12,066 --> 00:25:14,224 That's a fact. 375 00:25:14,283 --> 00:25:16,067 I reported that you fit the profile 376 00:25:16,137 --> 00:25:17,854 of a hero bomber; that's also a fact. 377 00:25:17,925 --> 00:25:19,354 Which profile? 378 00:25:19,414 --> 00:25:21,294 According to who? There isn't any one profile... 379 00:25:21,368 --> 00:25:23,296 We use "voice-of-God." 380 00:25:23,354 --> 00:25:26,471 That's an editorial decision made at the board level. 381 00:25:26,532 --> 00:25:29,112 I conform to our editorial guidelines. 382 00:25:29,180 --> 00:25:32,192 Y o u're... so you're trying to say that this headline 383 00:25:32,259 --> 00:25:36,363 and this story... aren't false? 384 00:25:36,430 --> 00:25:40,333 I'm saying in journalism, 385 00:25:40,402 --> 00:25:42,589 it's about proper or improper 386 00:25:42,653 --> 00:25:45,233 reporting of the facts. 387 00:25:45,302 --> 00:25:47,086 This story was proper. 388 00:25:47,156 --> 00:25:51,126 This isn't about some abstract journalistic principle. 389 00:25:51,194 --> 00:25:53,218 This is about this human being 390 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,467 sitting right here in front of you. 391 00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:58,774 Look at him. 392 00:26:02,449 --> 00:26:06,353 Can't you do the right thing and just admit 393 00:26:06,422 --> 00:26:09,635 w h at we all know to be the truth? 394 00:26:18,637 --> 00:26:21,677 I stand by what I wrote. 395 00:26:21,748 --> 00:26:22,707 Every word of it. 396 00:26:24,926 --> 00:26:28,331 Okay, we'll see you in court. 397 00:26:32,507 --> 00:26:33,667 Ms. Scruggs... 398 00:26:33,732 --> 00:26:34,960 No, no, come on, come on. 399 00:26:36,943 --> 00:26:40,281 Now, that is the very definition of a bagful of assholes. 400 00:26:40,353 --> 00:26:41,985 Yeah, they want a fight? We'll kick the shit out of... 401 00:26:42,008 --> 00:26:43,725 You think they made her say all that stuff? 402 00:26:43,796 --> 00:26:45,163 W h at? Did you hear what she just said? 403 00:26:45,186 --> 00:26:46,836 Y e ah, but she doesn't look okay, does she? 404 00:26:46,874 --> 00:26:50,912 What do you care? Come on. Screw her. 405 00:27:22,129 --> 00:27:24,182 He made us look like goddamn fools. 406 00:27:24,248 --> 00:27:25,907 Putting my men out there to get shot at 407 00:27:25,969 --> 00:27:27,772 a n d then standing us up like goddamn assholes. 408 00:27:30,339 --> 00:27:31,797 Hey, where the hell were you? 409 00:27:31,862 --> 00:27:34,614 Where the hell were you, huh, asshole?! 410 00:27:34,676 --> 00:27:36,498 You and your big shit-for-brains plan. 411 00:27:36,562 --> 00:27:37,694 You stood us up. 412 00:27:37,754 --> 00:27:39,346 Oh, don't give me that shit. 413 00:27:39,409 --> 00:27:40,704 I was on my way to the rendezvous 414 00:27:40,766 --> 00:27:42,186 when a whole squad of FBI agents 415 00:27:42,256 --> 00:27:44,174 came running up on me in what you told me 416 00:27:44,242 --> 00:27:45,930 was your zone of goddamn confidence! 417 00:27:47,950 --> 00:27:50,261 You guys all talk so tough. Yeah, right. 418 00:27:50,333 --> 00:27:52,098 I'm ean, look at my leg. They almost killed me. 419 00:27:52,154 --> 00:27:53,753 - Okay, wait a second... - Those shit bags! 420 00:27:53,776 --> 00:27:55,694 I told you we should've hit them harder. 421 00:27:55,762 --> 00:27:56,997 Y o u need to show 'em whose town this is. 422 00:27:57,020 --> 00:27:58,152 You need to stand up to them. 423 00:27:58,212 --> 00:28:00,361 I h ey're making us look like goddamn pussies! 424 00:28:00,430 --> 00:28:02,386 Don't tread on me? Bullshit, man! 425 00:28:02,449 --> 00:28:04,080 They're treading all over us. 426 00:28:04,137 --> 00:28:05,835 You need to keep your powder dry, Pot Boy. 427 00:28:05,892 --> 00:28:06,928 I've been saying this for months now. 428 00:28:06,951 --> 00:28:09,828 I told you over and over and over again. 429 00:28:09,897 --> 00:28:11,422 We need to punish them. 430 00:28:11,486 --> 00:28:13,932 Shit, draw some blood. 431 00:28:14,002 --> 00:28:15,431 It's time. 432 00:28:16,882 --> 00:28:20,622 We'll discuss this in counsel. 433 00:28:20,689 --> 00:28:23,403 Talk about it. Mealy-mouth dither. 434 00:28:23,470 --> 00:28:25,560 That's just what the Feds are expecting. 435 00:28:27,873 --> 00:28:30,165 You know what, I'm out of here. 436 00:28:30,223 --> 00:28:31,384 I'll be in touch when I know 437 00:28:31,448 --> 00:28:33,500 I can trust you all to protect me! 438 00:28:33,566 --> 00:28:37,307 - We go right now and start taking frigging scalps. - Yeah! 439 00:28:37,373 --> 00:28:39,195 We have weapons, we have gear. 440 00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:41,274 - Yeah! - What the hell we waiting for? 441 00:28:53,396 --> 00:28:58,057 I-I-I lift up the rocks and expose the bad shit underneath 442 00:28:58,129 --> 00:29:01,342 s o my sisters can wear their shitty Talbots party dresses 443 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:03,363 and not let it touch the... 444 00:29:03,426 --> 00:29:05,507 And I'msupposed to apologize? 445 00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:08,493 I-I'm the bad guy here? 446 00:29:08,557 --> 00:29:12,393 Hey, it was a good tip and a killer story. 447 00:29:12,463 --> 00:29:14,151 And it was sourced to Washington. 448 00:29:14,217 --> 00:29:16,529 I did everything right. 449 00:29:16,601 --> 00:29:20,245 And now... nobody's got my back. 450 00:29:20,308 --> 00:29:21,267 I got your back. 451 00:29:21,334 --> 00:29:22,792 Screw these guys. 452 00:29:25,870 --> 00:29:28,018 Do you think I ruined his life? 453 00:29:28,088 --> 00:29:29,546 Do you? 454 00:29:29,611 --> 00:29:33,380 Jesus, Kathy, you got to forget this guy. 455 00:29:33,451 --> 00:29:35,973 Okay? He's messing you up. 456 00:29:36,033 --> 00:29:37,663 What guy? 457 00:29:40,733 --> 00:29:44,905 Look, you want to forget? 458 00:29:44,971 --> 00:29:46,764 I got something here. 459 00:29:48,446 --> 00:29:50,432 I already tried that. 460 00:29:50,499 --> 00:29:52,983 Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. 461 00:29:53,048 --> 00:29:56,817 This is better. It's a little up, a little down. 462 00:29:56,888 --> 00:29:59,372 You know, just like in the old days. 463 00:30:08,408 --> 00:30:10,431 You do have my back, huh? 464 00:30:54,388 --> 00:30:58,224 And a dramatic twist of fate in the case of Richard Jewell. 465 00:30:58,294 --> 00:31:01,104 We have learned that a number of major news outlets, 466 00:31:01,174 --> 00:31:06,046 including ABC, NBC, the New York Post, Time magazine, 467 00:31:06,107 --> 00:31:09,972 a major Atlanta radio station, and our own CNN news 468 00:31:10,046 --> 00:31:12,300 have all settled their lawsuits with Jewell 469 00:31:12,363 --> 00:31:14,445 for undisclosed sums 470 00:31:14,516 --> 00:31:16,836 in the wake of Jewell's appearance on60 Minutes. 471 00:31:16,899 --> 00:31:19,747 While we believed at the time, sincerely, 472 00:31:19,812 --> 00:31:23,418 that the story of the hero bomber was true, it was not. 473 00:31:23,486 --> 00:31:27,188 By labeling Mr. Jewell a hero bomber, we have contributed 474 00:31:27,260 --> 00:31:28,948 a great deal of pain and difficulty 475 00:31:29,014 --> 00:31:31,565 suffered by him and his family. 476 00:31:31,630 --> 00:31:33,912 And I and all the newsroom staff offer Mr. Jewell 477 00:31:33,980 --> 00:31:36,004 our sincere apology. 478 00:31:36,066 --> 00:31:38,454 This wave of settlements and apologies leaves 479 00:31:38,516 --> 00:31:41,095 only one major media holdout, 480 00:31:41,163 --> 00:31:43,283 theAtlanta Journal-Constitution, 481 00:31:43,348 --> 00:31:45,659 w h ose own Kathy Scruggs wrote the initial story 482 00:31:45,732 --> 00:31:46,759 accusing Richard Jewell... 483 00:32:06,388 --> 00:32:08,306 I know you're in there. 484 00:32:11,056 --> 00:32:14,758 I-I told Lindsay to tell you, 485 00:32:14,830 --> 00:32:19,366 I... Bill, I'm, I'm sick as a dog. 486 00:32:19,431 --> 00:32:21,052 I went to the doctor... 487 00:32:22,245 --> 00:32:24,786 I'm not leaving. 488 00:32:33,169 --> 00:32:35,289 She told me. 489 00:32:36,843 --> 00:32:39,155 Way she said it, I almost believed her. 490 00:32:40,253 --> 00:32:42,938 Yeah, she's good. 491 00:32:45,020 --> 00:32:47,207 Kathy, you know how we're always telling ourselves 492 00:32:47,271 --> 00:32:49,918 we can stop any time we want to? 493 00:32:53,263 --> 00:32:55,814 Now is the time to prove it. 494 00:32:55,879 --> 00:32:57,825 You understand me? 495 00:33:05,445 --> 00:33:07,363 It's up to you. 496 00:33:07,431 --> 00:33:09,388 But I won't be back. 497 00:33:31,796 --> 00:33:35,996 Y o u know... there was no one big lie here. 498 00:33:37,092 --> 00:33:40,171 No one huge bad decision. 499 00:33:40,237 --> 00:33:45,262 Just made little adjustments, little accommodations. 500 00:33:45,334 --> 00:33:50,436 One by one, they... added up to all this. 501 00:33:50,499 --> 00:33:53,942 How do you take it? 502 00:33:54,008 --> 00:33:55,696 Milk, no sugar. 503 00:34:07,083 --> 00:34:09,069 So, what do you do? 504 00:34:11,321 --> 00:34:13,603 When what? 505 00:34:13,671 --> 00:34:16,251 When the organization, 506 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,804 the... chain of command, 507 00:34:18,868 --> 00:34:21,055 the institution you gave your life to, 508 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:26,251 that... you thought was some shining beacon of truth, 509 00:34:26,317 --> 00:34:28,993 turns out to be as messed up as all the others? 510 00:34:32,342 --> 00:34:34,231 Well... 511 00:34:36,016 --> 00:34:38,097 ...you know the parable of the fool 512 00:34:38,168 --> 00:34:40,815 who built his house on sand? 513 00:34:40,882 --> 00:34:43,299 Built a big, beautiful house right on the beach, 514 00:34:43,365 --> 00:34:48,697 a n d the first storm come in, blew that house right down. 515 00:34:48,761 --> 00:34:53,795 Now, his neighbor, a wise man, he built a house, too, 516 00:34:53,859 --> 00:34:55,614 but before he started building, 517 00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,231 he drilled down through the sand, 518 00:34:58,294 --> 00:35:01,536 anchored his foundation in the bedrock. 519 00:35:01,605 --> 00:35:04,223 So when the storm passed, 520 00:35:04,286 --> 00:35:07,595 his house was still standing. 521 00:35:09,616 --> 00:35:14,689 See, bedrock could mean... faith, 522 00:35:14,747 --> 00:35:17,068 substance, truth. 523 00:35:17,131 --> 00:35:19,644 And the way Jesus tells it 524 00:35:19,713 --> 00:35:23,060 is two separate guys. 525 00:35:23,122 --> 00:35:24,810 Wise man, fool. 526 00:35:24,877 --> 00:35:28,387 But, see, I've come to believe 527 00:35:28,452 --> 00:35:33,411 maybe it's the same guy, you know? 528 00:35:33,483 --> 00:35:37,262 Got the fool, had to build that house 529 00:35:37,323 --> 00:35:40,997 on the sand and have it come down on him 530 00:35:41,065 --> 00:35:45,630 maybe one or two times before he built on bedrock. 531 00:35:45,699 --> 00:35:47,617 And he becomes wise. 532 00:35:50,763 --> 00:35:55,098 'Cause whether you like parables or not, 533 00:35:55,166 --> 00:35:58,840 that's pretty much how it works. 534 00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:06,423 Well... there's only one way to fix this. 535 00:36:06,488 --> 00:36:08,962 And that's put Rudolph behind bars. 536 00:36:09,037 --> 00:36:10,725 Yep. 537 00:36:10,791 --> 00:36:13,735 And there's only one man who can do that. 538 00:36:13,803 --> 00:36:17,879 It's not the wise man, it's not the fool. 539 00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:19,764 Yeah. 540 00:36:24,794 --> 00:36:26,386 That bedrock of truth 541 00:36:26,449 --> 00:36:28,003 better be pretty damn strong. 542 00:36:28,071 --> 00:36:30,056 Yeah. 543 00:36:32,540 --> 00:36:33,960 This is a joke, right? 544 00:36:34,030 --> 00:36:35,718 There's no other way. 545 00:36:35,785 --> 00:36:38,566 It's a Hail Mary, but it's the only play here. 546 00:36:38,631 --> 00:36:40,520 Are you trying to get yourself killed 547 00:36:40,585 --> 00:36:42,369 'cause you shit the bed on Richard Jewell? 548 00:36:42,439 --> 00:36:44,194 Jack, it wasn't our fault. 549 00:36:44,259 --> 00:36:46,637 We did the best we could. And we were following orders. 550 00:36:46,708 --> 00:36:49,230 Y o u were following orders. But I made those choices. 551 00:36:49,291 --> 00:36:50,845 And I have to make them right. 552 00:36:50,913 --> 00:36:52,533 No, you don't... Jack. 553 00:36:52,601 --> 00:36:54,883 You're one man in a big organization. 554 00:36:54,951 --> 00:36:56,869 Nobody expects that of you. 555 00:36:56,937 --> 00:36:59,488 That's the problem. Nobody expects it of me. 556 00:36:59,553 --> 00:37:01,672 I've been toeing the company line my whole life. 557 00:37:01,737 --> 00:37:04,260 I can either stay loyal to FBI command 558 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,833 or I can stay loyal to the truth. 559 00:37:06,902 --> 00:37:08,983 Come on, Stacey. You've been telling me that 560 00:37:09,053 --> 00:37:10,645 since the day we met. 561 00:37:10,708 --> 00:37:13,585 Yeah, but I never expected you to listen. 562 00:37:15,145 --> 00:37:17,897 Work with Joe Holliwell, prepare the paperwork. 563 00:37:17,959 --> 00:37:19,877 I want to charge Eric Rudolph with Centbom 564 00:37:19,945 --> 00:37:22,361 - as soon as I get back. - Yeah, okay. 565 00:37:22,427 --> 00:37:26,531 But, boss, what if you don't come back? 566 00:37:36,033 --> 00:37:38,622 Shit. 567 00:37:53,213 --> 00:37:55,793 Well, well, well. 568 00:37:55,862 --> 00:37:58,777 Thank you for making this happen. 569 00:37:58,841 --> 00:38:02,283 I got to say, I think you fellas are playing with fire here. 570 00:38:02,350 --> 00:38:04,958 I lay ten-to-one odds that your heads are gonna wind up mounted 571 00:38:05,031 --> 00:38:08,340 on the wall of a militia compound. 572 00:38:08,408 --> 00:38:10,201 Come on. They're right out here. 573 00:38:13,174 --> 00:38:15,035 Be back later, Lee. 574 00:38:15,094 --> 00:38:16,888 Okay, Sheriff. 575 00:38:56,673 --> 00:38:59,118 This looks like our ride. 576 00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:07,110 - Get 'em in the van now! - Let's go, let's go. 577 00:39:07,133 --> 00:39:08,917 We don't have a weapon. 578 00:39:08,987 --> 00:39:10,176 - Shut up! - Move, move, move. 579 00:39:10,245 --> 00:39:11,866 Move, move. 580 00:39:14,383 --> 00:39:16,004 - Let's go! - Go, go, go!