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What's your point, Jo? She often has no point. It's part of her charm. We're outta here. JO My point is that I think code reds still go on down here. Do Code Reds still happen on this base, colonel? JO Yes he does. JO Yeah, he really does. She outranks you, Danny.
There is, believe me gentlemen, nothing sexier on earth than a woman you have to salute in the morning. Promote 'em all I say. JO's not upset. JO's not mad. But she's gonna ask her question. JO Colonel, the practice of code Reds is still condoned by officers on this base, isn't it? I'll just have to keep taking cold showers 'til they elect some gal President.
JO I need an answer to my question, sir. I'm a fair guy, but this fuckin' heat's making me absolutely crazy. You want to know about code reds? Off the record I tell you that it's an invaluable part of close infantry training, and if it happens to go on without my knowledge, so be it. I run my base how I run my base. You want to investigate me, roll the dice and take your chances. I eat breakfast 80 yards away from Cubans who are trained to kill me.
So don't for one second think you're gonna come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous. Colonel, I'll just need a copy of Santiago's transfer order. You guys have paper work on that kind of thing, I just need it for the file. Of course you can have a copy of the transfer order.
For the file. I'm here to help anyway I can. That I'm here to help anyway I can? You can have all the transfer orders you want. Turns around. Sam and JO stop and turn. You see, Danny, I can deal with the bullets and the bombs and the blood. I can deal with the heat and the stress and the fear. I don't want money and I don't want medals. What I want is for you to stand there in that faggoty white uniform, and with your Harvard mouth, extend me some fuckin' courtesy.
You gotta ask me nicely. HOLD for a moment. JO's very disappointed. There are casualties even in victory. A marine smothers a grenade and saves his platoon, that marine's a hero. The foundation of the unit, the fabric of this base, the spirit of the Corps, they are things worth fighting for. Just the essential furniture, barely even that. He's holding a copy of The Baseball Encyclopedia, normally his favorite reading material, but right now he's having trouble keeping his mind in it.
He's holding a baseball bat and fiddling with it. The remnants of a pizza and Yoo-Hoo dinner sit next to him. His white uniform in a pile in the corner.
There's a BUZZ at the door. He goes to the door. It's me. I was just saying to myself, "It's been almost three hours since I last saw JO This afternoon. Sometime after we left. JO I already tried, I can't find him. Joanne, you're coming dangerously close to the textbook definition of interfering with a government investigation.
JO I'm Louden Downey's attorney. He opens the file and begins to read. JO continuing Aunt Ginny. She said she feels like she's known me for years. I suggested that she might feel more comfortable if I were directly involved with the case. She had Louden sign the papers about an hour ago. Still too stunned to say anything. Then finally JO Don't worry, I'm not gonna make a motion for separation, you're still lead counsel.
I think Kendrick ordered the Code Red. You heard what I said. Did Lt. Kendrick order you guys to give Santiago a code red? I know you do, sir. There's some understandable tension in the room, broken by JO Alright. Let's sort this out. There was a platoon meeting on August 6th at four in the afternoon. And Lt. Kendrick, he gave strict instructions that nothing was to happen to Santiago.
Now is that true? I want you to speak freely. But then he dismissed the platoon and we all went to our rooms. JO And what happened then?
Kendrick came to our room, ma'am. About Kendrick ordered us to give Santiago a Code Red. They head down the sideline toward Ross. But ROSS is into the game ROSS waving him off Hang on ROSS stops cold and looks over at Kaffee. The game flies by him. He motions to the locker room door in the corner of the gym and the three of them make their way to privacy.
JO How long have you known about the order? She's very pleased to meet you. ROSS What exactly are you accusing me of, commander?
Because if he did and he hadn't told us, Jack knows he'd be violating about 14 articles of the code of ethics. As it is, he's got enough to worry about. God forbid our clients decide to plead not guilty and testify for the record that they were given an order. And then he went into Dawson and Downey's room and specifically told them to give him a code red.
Kendrick's lying. ROSS You have proof? ROSS And I have 23 marines who aren't accused of murder and a lieutenant with four letters of commendation. ROSS We'll never know. ROSS You can try, but you won't find him. You know what Markinson did for the first 17 of his 21 years in the corps?
Counter Intelligence. Markinson's gone. There is no Markinson. Some of the wind has been taken Out of Kaffee's sails.
ROSS continuing Jessep's star is on the rise. Division'll give me a lot of room to spare Jessep and the corps any embarrassment. ROSS I'll knock it all down to assault. Two years. They're home in six months. JO No deal, we're going to a jury. JO Why not? And he knows that if we go to court, I'll have to go all the way, they'll be charged with the whole truckload.
Murder, Conspiracy, Conduct Unbecoming, and even though he's got me by the balls out here, Dan knows that in a courtroom, he loses this case. Danny's an awfully talented lawyer, and he's not about to send his clients go to jail for life when he knows they could be home in six months.
This is now clear: Ross is as good as Kaffee. ROSS continuing That's the end of this negotiation. From this moment, we're on the record. I'll see tomorrow morning at the arraignment. Dawson and Downey are at parade rest.
Kaffee lights a cigarette. You'll be home in six months. How can we ever thank you? We did our job. If that has consequences, then I accept them. But'I won't say I'm guilty, sir. He looks over at JO. You and your code plead not guilty and you'll be in jail for the rest of your life. Do what I'm telling you and you'll be home in six months. Six months.
It's nothing. It's a hockey season. We'd be dishonorably discharged, right sir? We joined the corps 'cause we wanted to live our lives by a certain code. And we found it in the corps. And now you're asking us to sign a piece of paper that says we have no honor. You're asking us to say we're not marines.
If a judge and jury decide that what we did was wrong, I'll accept whatever punishment they give. But I believe I was riqht, sir. I believe I did my job. And I won't dishonor myself, my unit, or the Corps, so that I can qo home in six months.
Louden, everything's gonna be alright. The M. JO continuing; to M. We're gonna go into a holding room. Aye, aye, ma'am. He's trying to choose his tack carefully. He's gonna do whatever you do. Are you really gonna let this happen to him because of a code? I did everything I could.
You're going to Levenworth for the better part of your life, and you know what? I don't give a shit. The mood is somber. If he wants to jump off a cliff, that's his business. I'm not gonna hold his hand on the way down. How do I do it? SAM You just make a motion tomorrow morning at the arraignment.
The judge'll ask you if you want to enter a plea. You tell him you want new counsel assigned. JO beat Yeah. One thing, though. When you ask the judge for new counsel, Danny, be sure and ask nicely. JO I want you to let 'em be judged! I want you to stand up and make an argument! KAFFEE For Christ sake, Sam, do you really think that's the same as two teenage marines executing a routine order that they never believed would result in harm? These guys aren't the Nazis. There's a pause in the room.
JO Don't look now, Danny, but you're making an argument. JO Why are you so afraid to be a lawyer? Were daddy's expectations really that high? Dawson and Downey'll. JO Another lawyer won't be good enough. They need you.
You know how to win. And you know how to win. You walk away from this now, and you have sealed their fate. JO Do you believe they have a defense? It doesn't matter what I believe, it only matters what I can prove. So please don't tell me what I know and don't know.
I know the law. JO looks at him, shakes her head, and turns to walk away. She turns back. JO You know nothing about the law. You're a used car salesman, Daniel. You're an ambulance chaser with a rank. You're nothing. He's not having a good night. So I told duncan if we leverage the acquisition of Biotech, the interrogatories would be there on demand. All I have to do is not pick up the phone and it'll run Flaherty ten thousand a day in court costs.
He takes a sip from a bottle he's holding in a brown paper bag. The BAND is performing for a group of day campers. Quiet activity. We can HEAR the band in the background. Everyone present in the courtroom stands. It takes everything Jo's got to suppress a smile. The silence is broken by ROSS, who takes the two files, drops them into his briefcase, closes the lid, and snaps it shut. We'll adjourn until tenhundred, three weeks from today, at which time this Court will reconvene as a General Court-Martial.
He raps the gavel. ROSS walks up the aisle without a word to anyone. KAFFEE Why does a junior grade with six months experience and a track record for plea bargaining get assigned a murder case? Every night, seven o'clock.
Jo, before you come over tonight, pick up a carton of legal pads, a half-dozen boxes of red pens, a half-dozen boxes of black pens. Sam get a couple of desk lamps. I need you to start on a preliminary medical profile and Jo, we need all the fitness reports on Dawson, Downey and Santiago. The only thing I have to eat is Yoo-Hoo and SugarSnacks, so if you want anything else, bring it with you.
Jo's still stunned. JO Yeah. Sam is on the floor, sorting papers into piles. SAM She said if Markinson doesn't want to be found, we're not gonna find him. She said I could be Markinson and you wouldn't know it. SAM doesn't laugh. SAM pause I was wondering, now that Joanne's working on this I was wondering if you still need me.
SAM An illegal order. SAM Then what's the secret? What are the magic words? I give orders every day, and nobody follows them. They work at a place where you have to wear camouflage or you might get shot. Sam looks away. He doesn't buy it. You're better at research than I am and you know how to prepare a witness. Jo lets herself in. She's carrying a huge stack of papers under one arm, and a large brown paper bag under the other. JO I've got medical reports and Chinese food.
I say we eat first. SAM nods his head. SAM Did you get any dumplings? As he speaks, he'll pace slowly around, carrying his baseball bat. He refers to the blackboard. Intent: No one can prove there was poison on the raq. Code Red: They're common and accepted in Guantanamo Bay. The Order: he writes A Kendrick gave it.
B They had no choice but to follow it. SAM What about motive? They had one. We'll deal with the fenceline shooting when it comes up. I just want to be able to show it could've been something other than poison. Jo, talk to doctors. Find out everything there is to know about lactic acidosis. Let's start prepping for Stone. JO Listen to me, three o'clock he doesn't know what killed Santiago, then he meets with Jessep, and at five o'clock he says it was poison?
The doctor's covering up the truth. We can't prove coercion!! Alright, fitness reports and biographical information. SAM Cartons 3 and 4. We start with INT. JO into phone Captain Hill, this is Lt. JO into phone He resigned his commission a week ago Thursday.
Broken bones? SAM beat You mean other than the dead body? I walk into that every goddam time! SAM Don't ask the last question. Kendrick, the type of disciplinary action, or "training'' as you say -JO Object. JO Nice. He goes into the room where SAM is on the "stand". It's getting hard the floor from all the papers, cartons, books, pizza etc.
JO And what happened after Kendrick came into your room? The Iowa farmboy thing'll play for a while, but in the end it looks like he's searching for the truth. You start calling him Willy and all of a sudden he's a person who's got a mother who's gonna miss him. Don't flinch in front of the jury. Something doesn't go our way, don't hang your head, don't shift in your seat, don't scribble furiously. Whatever happens, you have to look like it's exactly what you knew was gonna happen.
JO Really! SAM What time is it? Try to get some sleep tonight. SAM begins to gather up his things. SAM See you in court. Sam steps out the door. You don't have to. We've had our differences. I've said some things I didn't mean, you've said some things you didn't means but you're happy that I stuck with the case.
And if you've gained a certain respect for me over the last three weeks that you didn't have before, well, of course I'm happy about that, but we don't have to make a whole big deal out of it.
You like me. I won't make you say it. JO I was just gonna tell you to wear matching socks tomorrow. Good tip. JO We're ready. Then he says, very softly Is are standing by the entrance.
We're immediately stricken by something: In his dress blue uniform he could easily be mistaken for a real live naval officer. He opens the courtroom doors and walks into INT. The trial in a few moments from being underway and a few people are milling about. MAN O. Lieutenant Kaffee? MAN You're gonna save our son, aren't you? He walks over to ROSS. I'll flip you for it.
ROSS Too late. Captain Julius Alexander Randolph is presiding. God save the United States of America. ROSS No objection, your honor. ROSS standing Yes sir. ROSS walks to the jury box. They woke him up, tied his arms and legs with rope, and forced a rag into his throat. A few minutes later,. He drowned in his own blood and was pronounced dead at 32 minutes past midnight. These are the facts of the case. And they are undisputed. That's right. The story I just told you is the exact same story you're going to hear from Corporal Dawson, and it's the exact same story you're going to hear from Private Downey.
Furthermore, the Government will also demonstrate that the defendants soaked the rag with poison, and entered Santiago's room with motive and intent to kill. Kaffee, is gonna try to pull off a little magic act, he's gonna try a little misdirection. He's going to astonish you with stories of rituals and dazzle you with official sounding terms like Code Red.
He might even cut into a few officers for you. He'll have no evidence, mind you, none. But it's gonna be entertaining. When we get to the end, all the magic in the world will not have been able to divert your attention from the fact that Willy Santiago is dead, and Dawson and Downey killed him. ROSS walks back to his seat.
KAFFEE There was no poison on the rag and there was no intent to kill and any attempt to prove otherwise is futile because it just ain't true. It's because it was what they were ordered to do. Now, out in the real world, that means nothing. And here at the Washington Navy Yard, it doesn't mean a whole lot more. But if you're a marine assigned to Rifle Security Company Windward, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and you're given an order, you follow it or you pack your bags.
C McGuire. ROSS Mr. McGuire, would you state your full name and occupation for the record, please? ROSS What did the letter say? ROSS Was that marine identified in the letter? I notified the barracks C. ROSS And what did you find? ROSS And who was that? ROSS goes back to his table.
McGuire, have you questioned Corporal Dawson about the fenceline shooting? He claims to have been engaged in some manner by the enemy. McGuire, I don't understand what you mean when you say there wasn't enough evidence to support such a charge. You had Willy Santiago's letter. So I don't know what he saw. ROSS No more questions. Kendrick held on the afternoon of August 6th with the members of second platoon.
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