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The exercise was one of his Section Eight "private sessions". Left around 2100 yesterday and were scheduled for pick up at 0630 this morning. |
And the problem is you only got three. |
No, the problem is one's dead, one's got a bullet in his arm, and one won't talk. The one who won't talk was trading live fire with the dead one as we reached the pickup. |
I'm assuming that's what made him the dead one? |
Cadet Roberto R. Nunez. Killed right in front of me. |
Which gives us about five hours. Why'd you call me? |
The guy in interrogation said he'd only talk to a cop. |
And I'm the closest thing to it, right? |
Tom, bottom line: I let those kids go out there. If JAG shows up and I don't have any answers for them, my career is finished |
I'm not gonna let that happen. |
He's not done by a longshot, I can get more out of him |
He can wait. Kendall's out of surgery. |
Pike killed West, Dunbar killed Mueller, Childs, and Nunez. |
Who killed Pike? |
Someone must have got a shot off. He wasn't exactly a moving target. |
We've already been over the terrain twice. Nothing. |
There was a hurricane, Bill, the wind probably moved it. |
Habeas Corpus you have to have a body to have a crime. |
Okay, then let's widen the search to include the endzone in Giants Stadium and the trunk of my car |
Without the body we have no physical proof. We need a confession. |
From Dunbar? I hate to break this to you, but I don't think he's gonna be all that psyched to put himself in for the death penalty. |
Nevertheless |
Nevertheless what'? Kendall will testify and that'll be enough. |
Not for me. |
You mean not enough to save you. |
JAG gets here in three hours. Try for the confession. |
Tom, where are you going |
Home, I'm done. |
What about the confession? |
You want a confession? Why don't you confess, Bill: people are dead and you don't give a shit about it! Only reason you called me is to protect your fucking job, you know this is your fault |
What the hell are you talking about |
I'm talking about West! We had him, Bill, we were there. You're the fucking Base Commander, you knew what he did to Cadets and you let him go on the way he always he has |
What I said before |
Was dead right. You think Dunbar's on the level? |
Yeah. |
Does Osborne agree? |
It's over. Time of death was 4:42. JAG's been notified and I called the Senator myself. My report will reflect that his medical condition made this unavoidable... you two had no culpability in the matter. |
That's horseshit and you know it. |
Maybe. But it's my fault and I'll carry it. |
You think you could explain all this to me? |
I wouldn't know where to start. I guess it was about one man framing another. He thought if the other guy got blamed, people would over look his own wrong doings. |
They're taking your command, aren't they? |
The Senator... |
I'm sorry, Bill. |
Don't be. I'm not cut out to deal with the West's of the world. |
You're a good soldier, Bill. |
I thought you said that wasn't a compliment. |
It was so good, I actually forgot you're one of the bigger dogs now. The Base Commander. The one in control. You couldn't let him testify, could you? |
What are you talking about? |
If you let him testify then it would have all come out. West was supposed to take care of it out there, shut Nunez up and then disappear. But it got messy and people got killed. So you called your old pal Tom Hardy, figuring if worse came to worse, he'd cover for you. |
You're drunk |
I'm not going to cover for you, Bill. Not for this. |
Stay where you are. |
Or what? You've gone round the bend |
West had a partner. Someone who knew how to get things done. |
What I can't understand is why you signed these. If you'd just let West take care of the paperwork, no one would have known, but you got careless. So when Pike finally told the truth you had to get rid of him, too. |
That's preposterous |
Toxicology report came back. Kendall's attack was caused by a drug known as anephadrine, maybe you've heard of it. It's for asthmatics. If an epileptic takes enough, it kills them. I checked with the nurses at the hospital you're the only other person who visited Kendall. |
I wanted to see if he was okay |
You poisoned him, Bill. You heard our interrogation, you knew he was ready to crack, so you killed him, just like Pike. |
I'm not even going to dignify that |
No! You will stand there and you will listen! What happened to you, Bill? You were the one who joined up to do good in the world. You were the one who believed in it |
You want to get into a finger pointing contest about character? The army kicked you out for drugs, the cops fired you for taking bribes from a mobster, and you think you can stand there and lecture me on codes of conduct? There's only one criminal standing in this room and it's you. |
Not for long. |
No more witnesses. West's a ghost. But it doesn't matter because we have your signature, the hospital log, and Kendall's toxicology report. And that'll be enough. |
You're crazy |
You can't duck this, Bill. I may have done every goddamn thing in my life wrong but I won't let this happen. |
For the last time, I have no idea what you're talking about |
Get your hands away from the desk! |
You... I've seen you around the Base. But you... You're not Army, are you? |
Coast Guard, special detective detail. We feel this incident may have put the beaches of Florida at risk. |
That's it. You're that policeman with friends in low places. Tell me, how's Guissepe Torres doing these days? Those racketeering indictments must have really been a downer |
Levi, you got about four hours before armed men show up here, put you on a plane to Washington, and lock you in a very small dark room. I suggest you talk to us. |
I've done nothing wrong. I'm the victim here. |
But not the only victim, right? |
My, my, my, how did things turn so hostile so quickly? If I didn't know better, I'd say you two were out to get me. |
My father is a powerful man. Over the years he's used that power to protect me, in one form or another, from certain... unpleasantries. I am a homosexual. |
Senator Daddy must be thrilled. |
He is not, shall we say, wild about the idea. He has asked me on numerous occasions to be more discreet about my proclivities, and I have done my best to oblige him. However, in the last four weeks, I began a relationship with another cadet. What do you think of that? |
I think you just blew "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" out of the fucking water. |
The Sergeant discovered this relationship and wanted me expelled. My father interceded, so instead, West Sectioned me and made sure every other cadet knew that I was gay. |
Levi, I don't know if you're familiar with investigative work, but we have this little thing called "motive" and you just gave yourself one. |
You said you wanted to know what happened I'm telling you the truth. |
What happened to "degrees"? |
I didn't kill him |
Then who did? |
Maybe I shouldn't tell you that. Maybe I should tell you I wasn't scared at all. But I was... Enough to almost kill him. |
But you didn't. |
No. Poetic justice, though. |
He admitted it. |
Right in front of us. Mueller went after him but we held him back. |
Why did he come back for you? |
I honestly don't know. Maybe to have someone to cover for him. And I wish I could, but there's no doubt in my mind he killed those men. |
Okay. I think that's it. He rises and walks to the door. |
Mr. Hardy? |
Somebody emptied a full clip into him |
Stop. |
You tried to pin three stone murders on Dunbar |
How many murders did you cover up? One? Five? Maybe an even ten. |
Can I go to jail for punching a guy who's been shot? |
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