Kill the Messenger (2014)

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<i>Public enemy number one
in the United States</i>

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<i>is drug abuse.</i>

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<i>In order to fight
and defeat this enemy</i>

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<i>it is necessary to wage a new,
all-out offensive.</i>

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<i>For nearly a year, I have been
devoting increasing attention</i>

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<i>to a problem which strikes
at the very heart of
our national well-being,</i>

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<i>drug abuse.</i>

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<i>I do not condone
any drug abuse,</i>

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<i>and we'll do everything
possible to reduce</i>

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<i>this serious threat
to our society.</i>

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<i>Drugs are menacing
our society.</i>

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<i>They're threatening our
values and undercutting
our institutions.</i>

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<i>They're killing our children.</i>

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<i>Thank you very much.</i>

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<i>And when it comes
to drugs and alcohol,</i>

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<i>just say, "No."</i>

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MALE NEWSCASTER: <i>Reagan
says he will make it a
priority of his presidency</i>

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<i>to stop drug abuse
in the United States.</i>

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MAN ON TV: <i>This is
your brain on drugs.</i>

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<i>Those who smuggle
and sell drugs</i>

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<i>are as dangerous to
our national security</i>

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<i>as any terrorist or
foreign dictatorship.</i>

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BRITISH NEWSCASTER:
<i>The Reagan administration is
spending billions on two wars,</i>

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<i>the war on drugs at home
and the struggle
for Nicaragua abroad.</i>

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<i>If we do not act decisively
in defense of freedom</i>

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<i>new Cubas will arise
from the ruins of
today's conflicts.</i>

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<i>We will consult closely
with the freedom fighters.</i>

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MALE TV REPORTER:
<i>The anti-communist rebels
known as the "Contras".</i>

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<i>An army founded and
funded by the CIA.</i>

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<i>Crack cocaine,</i>

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<i>a drug epidemic
unlike any that's ever</i>

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<i>probably existed in
the history of the world.</i>

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<i>For $5, you can begin
the process of
addicting people.</i>

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MALE TV REPORTER: <i>Waging
the war on drugs has cost
taxpayers a staggering</i>

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<i>$100 billion over
the last 10 years.</i>

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TV REPORTER 2: <i>The crack
trade has triggered a spasm</i>

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<i>of gang warfare
in South Central LA</i>

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<i>and DEA agents are
swarming throughout.</i>

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WOMAN: <i>How many of you
have crack houses
in your neighborhood?</i>

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MAN: <i>No brave law
enforcement officer,
no teacher,</i>

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<i>no doctor, need be told
how hard and cruel</i>

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<i>America's drug
problem has become.</i>

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FEMALE REPORTER: <i>By 1984,
Congress was preparing</i>

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<i>to cut off funds
to the Contras.</i>

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<i>High-level
government officials
began looking for</i>

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<i>other ways to continue
the aid program.</i>

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<i>There must be no Soviet
beachhead in Central America.</i>

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(ALL APPLAUDING)

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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

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Good morning.

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Who the fuck are you?

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Gary Webb.
<i>San Jose Mercury News</i>

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What do you want?

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I called you about
the government
seizure of property

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of accused narcotics dealers?

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Yeah. (CHUCKLES)

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The accused.
Yeah, that's me.
Come on in.

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Okay, great. Thanks.

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Yeah.

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My last house, this
sweet pad in Laguna...
- Yeah?

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Charges didn't stick
and the feds still
didn't give it back.

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- But you did it?
- Did what?

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Well, off the record,
I mean, you sold the dope.

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Yeah, but you're
missing the point.

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They took the freaking
roof over my head.

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Look, wait a sec.

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All this stuff
that you bought
with the drug money,

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the houses, the cars,
what have you,

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you lose it
because it's the crime
that paid for it, right?

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Did it, didn't do it.
Who gives a shit?

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Can't take a man's shelter.

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Anyway, they didn't
prove it, did they?

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They gotta prove it...
(BANGING)

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- Sheriff's Department!
- Nobody move!

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Let me see your hands!

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Ah, Christ!
Here we go again.

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OFFICER 1: Down,
motherfucker down!
OFFICER 2: Get the girl!

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- Secure the girl!
- Look, I'm a reporter.

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Shut the fuck up!

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Better get that
story out of here.

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<i>San Jose Mercury News</i>...

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- Hey!
(GRUNTS)

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I'm a reporter!

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Quite a ruckus
over there, huh?

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GARY: <i>Yeah, this guy
almost broke my
fucking arm, the prick.</i>

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All right.

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Hey, wait a minute.

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Where...

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Anna, where's the
last paragraph?

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(INHALES SHARPLY)

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Yeah, I'm sorry, Gary.
We ran outta inches.

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Look, you cut the kicker
and you're gonna blow the
whole point to this thing.

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The government takes
these people's shit,
all right?

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Their cars, their houses,
they take everything forever.

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This is before
they're convicted.

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<i>Even if they're acquitted,
they don't get it back.</i>

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They're drug dealers, Gary.

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Alleged drug dealers,
with rights.

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Because this is America.

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Four minutes
until deadline.

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Well, take my name
off the story.

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<i>God, you can be
such an asshole.</i>

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I'm an asshole because
I believe in due process?

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(CHUCKLING) <i>Come on,
Anna. This is our job.</i>

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<i>Clock's ticking.</i>

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Ohh... It's ticking.

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<i>It's still ticking.</i>

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And...

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Don't call back.

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BOB: The guy just had
a shotgun in his ear.
Give him a break.

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GARY: No, there
was no shotgun, Bob.

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All right, look, you're
gonna have to wait
to read the article.

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Your son is 16,
Gary. Just FYI.

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I see you!
Get rid of it. Honey?

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Come on, don't do that.

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- That's bad.
SUE: That's amazing parenting.

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- "Don't do that."
- Don't do that.

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It's really not
a big deal.

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Would somebody watch this?

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I gotta show you
guys something.

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(CHUCKLING)

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New addition to the family.

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Oh, my God! Dad!

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Holy.

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This is a '71
Tiger Sports Triumph.

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It's a beautiful bike or
it was a beautiful bike

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and we're going to
make it beautiful again.

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This is the only deal.
You and I...

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SUE: Hey, hotshot.
- ...have to rebuild
it together, okay?

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- Okay. I love you, Dad.
- All right. I love you.

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Gary.

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We're happy.
- God damn it.

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Yes?

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- We talked about this.
- Come on.

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No, "Come on." No.
- Look at him.

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Look at this.
Look at the bike.
- I see it.

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Look at this face.

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Sixteen years I been
thinking about this.
It's been inside my head.

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Me and my boy
riding side by side,
to the mountaintops...

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Touching the sky.
- Isn't that right?

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Anything happens to
him on that bike...

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Nothing's going
to happen to him.

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(GROANS)
- ...I will cut these off
while you are sleeping.

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BOB: I thought you already
cut those off, Sue.

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(LAUGHING)

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While I'm sleeping!

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Dad, you hang out with
some insanely bad people.

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SUE: Don't eat your hair.

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Well, bad guys are
usually more honest than
good guys. And more fun.

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Life lessons
by Gary Webb.

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No, Mom. You actually
have to read this.

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I did already.
It's great.

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SUE: You guys
gotta go, come on.
GARY: You heard the lady!

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Come on!
Who wants to ride
in the green machine?

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- Dad's taking us?
- I'm taking you.

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You're not going in
your PJs, are you?
(WHOOPS)

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Come on, guys!

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- Let's get smushed.
ERIC: That's where I sit.

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GARY: Got it?
Step in like sardines.

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Bye, Momma!

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CHRISTINE: Bye, Momma!

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- Bye, Momma!
- Bye.

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Bye, Momma!
- All right.

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One, two, three!
Bye, Mom!

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Here you go.

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It's probably cold.
- Thank you.

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Hey, I know how bad you
want to do the Guv today.

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Some real reporter work.

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Yeah, how that shit
gives you satisfaction,
I'll never know.

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Hey, that story
this morning?

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That was a big one.

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But not "the" big one.

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Yeah, what would that be?
Catching Clinton
breaking into Watergate?

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Hey.

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Rich Kline, <i>LA Times.</i>
How you doing?

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My editors are pissed
that we missed the
drug forfeiture story.

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I'm sure they are.

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It's an amazing
job, by the way.

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You got any
advice for me, or...

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Yeah. Don't let
the assholes win?
I don't know.

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Hey, who's Coral Baca
and why does she
keep calling me?

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Nobody?

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She called five times?

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(RINGING)

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CORAL: <i>Hola?</i>
- Hi, this is Gary Webb.

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<i>He finally calls.
I like your work.</i>

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You follow my work?

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<i>I do now.</i>

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Okay, what can
I do for you?

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<i>It's what I can do for you.</i>

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Okay, what can
you do for me?

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<i>My boyfriend Raffie
is in prison, for
cocaine trafficking.</i>

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<i>That's Rafael Cornejo.</i>

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Mm-hmm.
Was that Colombian?

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<i>Nicaraguan.</i>
- Nicaraguan.

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<i>He has this gorgeous house
the government just took.</i>

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<i>Good story, no?</i>

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Yes, it is.
I just wrote it.

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<i>But Raffie's story
is different.</i>

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<i>He sold drugs for
the government.</i>

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You want to
say that again?

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<i>He brought 4 tons of
cocaine into the country</i>

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<i>for the U.S. government.</i>

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Look, you have a very
lovely voice, Coral.

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Um...

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- Thank you...
- <i>I've copied
every piece of paper.</i>

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<i>Selling drugs
for the government.</i>

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<i>Have you written that story?</i>

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This is the thing
you need to see.

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Wait a minute.

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You gotta be
kidding me.

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Grand jury transcript?

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Mm-hmm.

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How'd you get
ahold of it?

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The government turned it over
on discovery by mistake.

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Yeah, some mistake.

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It was Russell Dodson.

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Federal prosecutor
Russell Dodson?

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That little bitch.
I called the cops
on him once.

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Called the cops
on the feds?

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His goons were
sneaking around my house.

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Could have been rapists.

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(LAUGHING)

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I think I'm gonna
like you, Coral.

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So who's this
Danilo Blandon?

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Wait.

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Okay. Let's see.

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That's who sold drugs
for the government.

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He was a friend.

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He played with my kid.

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Then he rats.

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He's probably
the biggest trafficker
in the whole country.

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Way bigger
than Raffie.

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Why use whale to
catch catfish, huh?

235
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Hmm?

236
00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,685
That make sense
to you, Gary Webb?

237
00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,569
Not very much sense.
No, it doesn't.

238
00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:03,681
Yeah.

239
00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:07,405
You have more documents?

240
00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,404
Everything is
at my house.

241
00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:11,684
You want to come over?

242
00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,201
Hmm?

243
00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:20,006
Why don't you just send
the documents to my office?

244
00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,206
How's that?

245
00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,484
First things first,
Gary Webb.

246
00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,842
Raffie's got
court tomorrow.

247
00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:33,726
Yeah?
- Be there.

248
00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:47,646
(CLEARS THROAT)

249
00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:52,641
"Danilo Blandon.

250
00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:54,405
"Danilo Blandon."

251
00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:05,241
(SCOFFING)

252
00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,081
Am I late?

253
00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,162
The judge called
an early recess.

254
00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:33,447
Oh.

255
00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,329
It could be
15 minutes or so.

256
00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:36,681
Right. Yeah,
so we've got time.

257
00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:38,001
There's my boyfriend,
Raffie.

258
00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:41,726
He looks friendly.

259
00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,648
CORAL: He doesn't like
seeing me with other men.

260
00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,201
And there is
the little bitch.

261
00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:49,806
Russell Dodson.

262
00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:53,525
Be right back.

263
00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:09,484
Mr. Dodson.

264
00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,887
Gary Webb,
<i>San Jose Mercury News</i>.

265
00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:13,201
(SCOFFING)

266
00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,961
You always follow people
into bathrooms, do you?

267
00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,485
No, not really.

268
00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,081
So why is the local news
interested in this case?

269
00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:23,201
I'm not.

270
00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,846
But I am interested
in Danilo Blandon.

271
00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:28,441
(ZIPS UP)

272
00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:29,646
Hmm.

273
00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,969
Never heard of him.

274
00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:36,810
Then why is he on
your witness list?

275
00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,291
You had this guy cold on
major narcotics trafficking

276
00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,203
and then you let him walk.

277
00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:45,406
Why?

278
00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,124
I have his grand
jury transcript.

279
00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,245
I know I've seen
some screw ups
outta you guys,

280
00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,641
but... (WHISTLES)
Boy, is that a big one.

281
00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:21,681
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

282
00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:32,046
ANNA: <i>So what's the story?</i>

283
00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,129
Feds use a bad guy to
catch other bad guys?

284
00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:35,969
Yeah, do you even know
what you have there?

285
00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:37,121
Yes, I know what this is.

286
00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,202
Well, it's unheard of.
It's a gift.

287
00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,608
And I asked around
about Danilo Blandon.
No one has seemed...

288
00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:42,920
We're talking here.

289
00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:45,527
I'm telling you.

290
00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,570
Whatever I got near,
it made him very nervous.

291
00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,804
I know what
I saw, Anna.

292
00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,410
And I've been doing this
a long time, okay? So...

293
00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,528
Don't do old and wise.
I hate that.

294
00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:57,121
I'm not old.

295
00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,124
Come on, Anna.
It's why you
brought me in here.

296
00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:00,440
To go after
stories like this.

297
00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:01,760
But we're not
the <i>LA Times.</i>

298
00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:03,160
We're not
small-time, either.

299
00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,050
There's more here,
I promise you.

300
00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,609
Get more info on Blandon
and then we'll
take it to Jerry.

301
00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,091
I gotta get back
to San Jose.

302
00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:19,567
Okay.

303
00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:23,165
GARY: Hello, hello!

304
00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:25,686
(KIDS CHATTERING)

305
00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:27,524
Mmm. Smells good.

306
00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:29,646
Who's Coral?

307
00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:31,561
She's hot.

308
00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:34,001
She drove a Camaro.

309
00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:36,491
Of course she did.

310
00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:37,841
She left this?

311
00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,529
CHRISTINE: Eat it.
IAN: Mom, can we start?

312
00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,127
SUE: Yes.
- Yes. That looks so good.

313
00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,888
Yummy.
- Hello, gents.

314
00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,048
Hi.
- Why does she know
where you live?

315
00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:51,885
I don't know.

316
00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,120
She's a source.

317
00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,850
Oh, yeah?
For a story
about strippers?

318
00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,890
No, but that's
a good one, though.

319
00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:01,041
Drug dealers.

320
00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,009
Oh, okay.
That's better.

321
00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:07,725
Is it happening again?

322
00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:10,001
No.

323
00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,570
ERIC: Is what happening again?

324
00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:13,883
Come on. Nothing.

325
00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,923
CHRISTINE: What's in the box?
- Eat your food.

326
00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:22,411
- What happened with her?
- Nothing.

327
00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:23,970
What happened with her?

328
00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:25,640
Nothing.

329
00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:27,890
I mean, I'm not
going to do this again.

330
00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,445
It's why we left
my family, my friends...

331
00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:30,686
- I know, I know.
- ...left Cleveland,

332
00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:32,968
moved out to California,
which I hate.
- I understand.

333
00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,249
All this stupid sunshine
and shiny, happy faces.

334
00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:37,606
Sunshine is so dumb.
It's terrible.

335
00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,046
I'm being serious.

336
00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:40,451
I know. Well, so am I.

337
00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,166
Baby.

338
00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:45,200
I'm not going
to screw this up.

339
00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:46,761
Understand?

340
00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:48,920
Don't smile.

341
00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:50,481
(CHUCKLING)

342
00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,525
She said there's another
hearing tomorrow.

343
00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,045
Seriously,
I fucking hate you.

344
00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,610
- I love you.
- Ugh.

345
00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,766
DODSON: Dismiss all charges
against Mr. Cornejo.

346
00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,446
We are no longer proceeding
with the case, Your Honor.

347
00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:11,281
Hey.

348
00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:12,966
Hi.

349
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,126
So what's going on?

350
00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,521
I don't know. They've been
up there for a while.

351
00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,567
The charges against
Mr. Cornejo are dismissed.

352
00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:22,801
You are free to go.

353
00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:25,801
What?

354
00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,687
Very impressive,
Gary Webb.

355
00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,440
What just happened?

356
00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,130
CORAL: You terrified them.

357
00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,008
They just stuffed
Danilo Blandon under a rug.

358
00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:42,088
He's off their witness list.
No Blandon, no case.

359
00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,165
Raffie walks.

360
00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,165
Hey, hey, hey.

361
00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,402
So you used me to get
this fucking case dropped?

362
00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:00,642
I'm just the bimbo,
remember?

363
00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:01,801
(LAUGHS)

364
00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,201
Yeah, fuck you.

365
00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:05,130
Be happy, Gary Webb.

366
00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:08,922
You thought you were
getting a piece of cheese,

367
00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,684
but I just gave
you the mouse.

368
00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,125
There's your story.

369
00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,204
Danilo Blandon.

370
00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:33,206
Sorry about the
air conditioning.

371
00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:34,521
Come on in.

372
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,490
- How you doing?
- Pretty well.

373
00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,445
GARY: You represent
Ricky Ross,
the crack dealer?

374
00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:45,885
Alleged crack dealer.

375
00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,842
"Freeway Ricky Ross.
Biggest dealer
in Los Angeles.

376
00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,048
"The epicenter
of the national
crack epidemic."

377
00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:53,121
<i>LA Times.</i>

378
00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:55,206
Who do you write for?

379
00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:56,401
<i>San Jose Mercury News</i>.

380
00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:57,567
Never heard of them.

381
00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,007
Russell Dodson
is a prosecutor
on your case?

382
00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,809
That's public record, yes.

383
00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:03,325
What about Danilo Blandon?

384
00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,244
You heard of him?
- Maybe.

385
00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,210
Because I think
he's going to testify
against your client tomorrow.

386
00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,244
No, you've got
that backwards.

387
00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,723
Blandon and my
client are friends
and associates.

388
00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,963
If he's going to testify,
he'll be testifying for Ricky.

389
00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:19,766
That would be awkward.

390
00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,361
Why's that?

391
00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,365
Because he's
a government informant.

392
00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:24,807
That's bullshit.

393
00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,169
I have a Grand jury
transcript released on
discovery by mistake,

394
00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,691
by our Russell Dodson.

395
00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,162
In it is evidence of Blandon
testifying against
other drug dealers.

396
00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,322
God damn it!

397
00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,482
Jesus, does that make sense.

398
00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,203
You would not believe
the horseshit that
Dodson puts me through

399
00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,328
every time I ask him
who his secret weapon is.

400
00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:53,402
Well it's not just Ricky,

401
00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,000
it's probably half
a dozen guys he's going
to testify against.

402
00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,886
Fuck me! They block me

403
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,004
every time I
ask for something,
claiming, get this,

404
00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:03,765
national security.

405
00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,684
National security
and crack cocaine
in the same sentence?

406
00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:08,924
Does that not sound
strange to you?

407
00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,527
Okay, what exactly
do you want?

408
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:21,530
(INMATES SHOUTING
INDISCERNIBLY)

409
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:31,081
Who's this?

410
00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:33,565
He's a reporter.

411
00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,004
So what do you know
about Danilo Blandon?

412
00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,086
I don't know him.

413
00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:52,364
Come on, Ricky.
Danilo's going to testify
against you tomorrow.

414
00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,124
He's the witness
they've been hiding.

415
00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:57,644
Man, there ain't no way
they flipped Danilo!

416
00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:58,801
- Sit down...
- Nah!

417
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,490
...and listen to
what he has to say.

418
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,005
They didn't flip anyone.

419
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:08,161
Look, Ricky.

420
00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:10,131
Blandon was working
for the government

421
00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,531
the entire time.

422
00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:14,365
- You for real?
- Yeah.

423
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:15,841
He for real?

424
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:18,446
Blandon a snitch?

425
00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,450
Look here, man,
he was 1,000 times heavier
than I'll ever be.

426
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,166
He LA, New York, Atlanta.
He everywhere.

427
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,687
I couldn't sell it fast enough
to keep up with supply.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

428
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,524
Slow down.
- Wait. You mean demand.

429
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,125
No, I mean supply.

430
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,601
I was buying
100 kilos a week.

431
00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,609
Selling $3 million a day.

432
00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,808
And still couldn't get
rid of that inventory
fast enough, man.

433
00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,120
It was raining coke.

434
00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,526
- Allegedly, Ricky.
- Allegedly.

435
00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:41,601
- Allegedly.
- Look here, man.

436
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,969
I gave him six million
a week. Allegedly.

437
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,206
- That's impossible.
- Is it?

438
00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,842
I'm exaggerating, Fenster?
- Yeah, I hope so.

439
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,122
How do you sell
that much cocaine
on the street?

440
00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:59,284
Look here, man,
we used to cook it
with baking soda.

441
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,404
We called it Ready Rock.
Powder was for rich folks.

442
00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:03,481
Holy shit.

443
00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:07,009
Look here, man,
I was just the elf.

444
00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,003
Blandon was Santa Claus.

445
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:13,770
(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

446
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,167
This is where Ricky
ran his operation.

447
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,282
No, don't get
out of the car!

448
00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:16,169
Are you out of
your fucking mind?

449
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,166
How did this happen?

450
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,402
Exactly.
Which is why we're going
to get the hell out of here.

451
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,488
What about this
doesn't piss you off?

452
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:25,960
It's complicated for me.

453
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,283
Whatever the hell happened,
all this shit has run
downhill, right here.

454
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,690
I need to speak
with Blandon.

455
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,530
He's a protected witness.
How are you going to do that?

456
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,410
Yes, I know. I can't.

457
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:38,970
But you can.

458
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:43,241
FENSTER: <i>Mr. Blandon,</i>

459
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,083
during the years
when you were acting

460
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,129
as a paid informant
of the U.S. government,

461
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:53,286
the years you say
you wholesaled cocaine
to my client in Los Angeles,

462
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,728
was the government aware
that you were smuggling

463
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,888
tons of cocaine
into the United States?

464
00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,930
Objection. Relevance.
Inflammatory.

465
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,843
The government
called this witness,
Your Honor.

466
00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:05,566
He is a paid
confidential informant.

467
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,200
The jury has a right to know
the scope of his expertise.

468
00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:10,481
<i>Overruled.</i>

469
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,363
- Approach, Your Honor?
- <i>Later.</i>

470
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:19,526
FENSTER: Mr. Blandon?

471
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:21,761
<i>Yes.</i>

472
00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:23,649
- Yes, what?
- <i>The government knew.</i>

473
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,126
Knew everything?

474
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:26,770
Objection. Speculation.

475
00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:28,441
<i>Sustained.</i>

476
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:30,406
Mr. Blandon,

477
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,242
how much money did you
take in from cocaine sales

478
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,561
while you were working
for the U.S. government?

479
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,404
<i>$1.5 billion.</i>

480
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,570
$1.5 billion.

481
00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:45,880
DANILO: <i>That's correct.</i>

482
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,730
FENSTER: What did you
do with that money?

483
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,645
<i>We made so much
money we had to keep</i>

484
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,688
<i>an apartment just
to keep the cash.</i>

485
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,209
<i>It was floor-to-ceiling
dollars.</i>

486
00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,531
<i>We had to rotate the money
from the top to the bottom</i>

487
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:04,089
<i>to prevent mold from
coming on the money
from the humidity.</i>

488
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:05,161
What the fuck does this say?

489
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,483
Did he have a partner
or a government agency
he was working with?

490
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:13,450
Mr. Blandon, were you working
with a partner at that time?

491
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:15,366
<i>Yes,</i>

492
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:16,887
<i>Norwin Meneses.</i>

493
00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:19,087
FENSTER: Norwin Meneses.

494
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,491
DODSON: Excuse me?
- <i>That's correct.</i>

495
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,847
Wait a second, what exactly
is happening here, Your Honor?

496
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,930
Clearly, this reporter
is giving direction
to counsel.

497
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,684
JUDGE: <i>Approach.</i>
DODSON: Thank you.

498
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:31,841
Your Honor,

499
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,288
this man in
the first row
is a reporter

500
00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:36,010
and he's giving
questions to counsel.

501
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:37,844
If he is, and I'm
not saying that he is.

502
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,530
Well, he is.

503
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,049
Okay, he is. But there's
nothing in the rules
that says he can't.

504
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,528
I don't like it.
But I'm not going
to stop it. For now.

505
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,445
Then I am compelled
to warn the court
that this door

506
00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,682
leads to very sensitive
national security matters.

507
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,043
Then maybe you
shouldn't have opened it.

508
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:09,883
Mr. Blandon,
is it true that you
and Norwin Meneses

509
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,049
were in communication
with the federal
government together?

510
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,961
Can you tell us who in
the federal government

511
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,690
you were in
communication with?

512
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,040
Who were you working with?

513
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:24,046
The FBI?

514
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,088
<i>Mr. Dodson can't answer
that question for you,
Mr. Blandon.</i>

515
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:36,564
<i>Remember, you're under oath.</i>

516
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,366
The DEA?

517
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:42,841
DANILO: <i>No,</i>

518
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,085
<i>it was the CIA.</i>

519
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:47,922
FENSTER: The Central
Intelligence Agency.

520
00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:51,441
<i>Yes.</i>

521
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,291
So, Mr. Blandon,

522
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,207
what did the CIA
have you do?

523
00:27:58,440 --> 00:27:59,930
Objection!
Relevance, Your Honor!

524
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,004
<i>Overruled. Mr. Blandon,
answer the question.</i>

525
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,606
<i>We were asked to support</i>

526
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,690
<i>a free and democratic
Nicaragua, the Contras,</i>

527
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,645
<i>the rebels,</i>

528
00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:29,931
<i>by sending planes
into Nicaragua</i>

529
00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:33,124
<i>and raising money here
in the U.S. for the war.</i>

530
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,568
Mr. Blandon,

531
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:43,769
did the CIA specifically know
that you were selling cocaine

532
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,529
to buy guns and supplies
to support its cause?

533
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:48,607
Objection!

534
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,604
This line of questioning
has absolutely no relevance.

535
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:53,205
<i>Overruled.</i>

536
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,645
<i>They knew who we were.</i>

537
00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,887
<i>Why else would
they come to us?</i>

538
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:16,770
ANNA: <i>The day
Ronald Reagan got elected,</i>

539
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,842
<i>the Cubans and the Soviets
started triggering</i>

540
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,809
revolutions all over
South and Central America.

541
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:21,881
And when they got Nicaragua

542
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:23,925
that put them 50 miles
from the Panama Canal.

543
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:25,326
Reagan drew the
line in the sand.

544
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,210
And that's where America
was going to win
the Cold War. Except,

545
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,926
Congress hated Reagan's
guts. They wanted
nothing to do with him.

546
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,401
They were never
going to fund his
little Contra war.

547
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,085
So the White House
needed money.

548
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,400
Lots and lots of money.

549
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,448
Guys, that's the '80s.
It's 10-year-old news.
What's the story?

550
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:39,487
Jerry, just let him finish.

551
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,881
Look, so one of
the DEA's most wanted,

552
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:44,327
not only not in
jail for eternity,

553
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:45,891
but apparently on
a government payroll.

554
00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:47,560
Admitting in open court

555
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,011
that he brought in
thousands of kilos

556
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,485
of cocaine to
the U.S. every day.

557
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:52,724
- For them.
- For who?

558
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,290
The U.S. government.
Or with them.

559
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,283
Or at least while they
were looking the other way.

560
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:57,601
Jesus.

561
00:29:57,720 --> 00:29:59,722
That little stunt you
pulled in that courtroom.

562
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,644
I got complaints from
Justice in Sacramento
and Washington.

563
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,529
Yeah, but I got Blandon.
ANNA: Jerry,

564
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,887
this is the biggest story
the <i>Merc's</i> ever had.

565
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,409
That's what worries me.
A lot of blind spots,
you know?

566
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,961
We don't know Washington.
We don't do international.

567
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:15,161
We do now.

568
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,084
We do, do we?
How many CIA sources
do you have?

569
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:19,929
- None yet.
- Get one.

570
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,249
What are they
saying officially?

571
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:24,926
They're not even
calling me back.

572
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:27,561
Holy shit.

573
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:33,087
Gary, you get some
sources on the record,
we'll see where we're at.

574
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:34,806
Watch your ass.

575
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,968
RONALD REAGAN: <i>The success
of communism in Central
America poses the threat</i>

576
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,282
<i>that 100 million
people from Panama</i>

577
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,488
<i>to the open border
on our south</i>

578
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,080
<i>could come under the control
of pro-Soviet regimes.</i>

579
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,768
<i>If we cut off
the freedom fighters,</i>

580
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:56,686
<i>we will be giving
the Soviets a free hand
in Central America.</i>

581
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,488
(HORNS HONKING)

582
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,804
(INMATES SPEAKING
INDISCERNIBLY)

583
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:01,889
(NORWIN SPEAKING SPANISH)

584
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,044
Mr. Meneses?

585
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,886
Hi. Gary Webb.
How are you?

586
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,284
Okay. What took you so long?

587
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:19,361
How's that?

588
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,086
No other reporter has
ever tried to find me.

589
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:24,644
Are you a friend,
Mr. Webb?

590
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,885
Because your country is
no longer a friend of mine.

591
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,084
I'm not an enemy.

592
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:34,726
You play golf?

593
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:36,201
Uh...

594
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,206
Hockey.

595
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,004
Step into my parlor.

596
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,210
(NORWIN SPEAKING SPANISH)

597
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:57,561
The five iron.

598
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,528
A perfectly designed club.

599
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,130
In golf, if you
have a five iron,

600
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:04,725
you don't need
anything else.

601
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,368
If you use it, like a tool,
you can carve any
shot in the game.

602
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,089
You can even slice a man
open if you know how
to use it properly.

603
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,088
So guns for drugs.

604
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,247
You know, it's easy to
think that this situation
was only about drugs.

605
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,602
But you need to look at it
from our point of view.

606
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,003
If the Contra movement
would have no friends
and no money

607
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:32,725
we would have been forced
to live under a government

608
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,484
that tells you what to
say, what not to say,

609
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,284
what to think,
what not to think.

610
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,005
If you were me,
would you sit still

611
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:39,525
and watch as your
children are forced

612
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:44,367
to live a life of
irrelevance and servitude?

613
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,004
And you watched from
the deck of your yacht?

614
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:48,241
My yacht?

615
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:52,804
Norwin, you were arrested
for trafficking narcotics
for the first time in 1975.

616
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,962
That's 10 years
before the Contra war.

617
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,086
Come on, you're not
a freedom fighter.

618
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,081
I thought you
were my friend.

619
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:02,685
Just looking
for the truth.

620
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,565
Well, you're gonna
get the truth.

621
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,122
You got someone else
down here I could talk to?

622
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,647
I can introduce you to
my banker, Mr. Baier.

623
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,166
I'd like that.

624
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:20,769
Come, I show you
the airstrip now.

625
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:25,531
GARY: <i>So when did
all of this start?</i>

626
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,968
NORWIN: <i>They were
always looking for ways</i>

627
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:29,166
<i>to raise money
to fight this war.</i>

628
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,203
There was this one
time when Ollie...

629
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,964
Ollie went to his
friends in Washington,
and this is years ago...

630
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,041
Oliver North?

631
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:38,321
<i>Cómo?</i>

632
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:39,881
Oliver North.

633
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,966
No, Oliver Hardy.
Yes, Oliver North.

634
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,643
So he said why don't we
use the cash seized
from the cocaine arrests

635
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,122
to fund and support
the Contra war?

636
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,328
Of course,
they declined,
you know?

637
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,967
But as you can see,
Ollie wasn't the only
person with ideas like this.

638
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:03,251
GARY: <i>Did it have to be drugs?</i>

639
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,370
The ends justify the means.

640
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:07,651
Yeah, write that down.

641
00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:09,768
You Americans,
you don't want
coconuts or bananas.

642
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,047
You want cocaine,
and I know where
to find cocaine.

643
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,124
<i>And my pilots
were already flying</i>

644
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,362
<i>from Central America
to the United States.</i>

645
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:17,927
<i>And they were American.</i>

646
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,250
How long ago was
this shut down?

647
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,202
Eight to 10 years ago.

648
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:26,722
The land is now
privately owned.

649
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:31,809
If I was in the CIA
and I was risking my life

650
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:33,809
overseas doing
something illegal,

651
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:39,089
believe me, I would
want someone like me
to help do the job.

652
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,404
Write this name down:
Fred Weil.

653
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,409
W-E-I-L.

654
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:46,091
That's the guy
you have to talk to.

655
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:49,846
What was stored here?

656
00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:52,607
Weapons. Cash.

657
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:54,969
Lots and lots of cash.

658
00:35:57,720 --> 00:35:59,370
These pilots,
do you know their names?

659
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:00,926
I don't know.

660
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:04,681
NORWIN: <i>Now that
you know the truth,</i>

661
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,565
you will be faced with
the most important
decision of your life.

662
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,130
Oh, yeah? What's that?

663
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:11,610
Deciding whether
to share it or not.

664
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,286
(CHUCKLING)

665
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:16,964
You have a family?
You married?

666
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:18,201
Yeah.

667
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,010
Like I said.

668
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:31,729
The pilots used little
airstrips in Florida,
Arizona, California.

669
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:33,127
<i>Come.</i>

670
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:48,360
(GUN FIRES INTO AIR)

671
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:54,161
BAIER: I'll take care of it.

672
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,011
(MAN SPEAKING SPANISH)

673
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,168
Down on your knees.
Keep your head down.

674
00:36:58,240 --> 00:36:59,366
(SPEAKING SPANISH)

675
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:00,487
Don't answer that.

676
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:03,401
Jesus Christ.

677
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,011
Passport. Passport.

678
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:15,722
(MEN SPEAKING SPANISH)

679
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:21,446
Yes, we have to go now.
We're leaving.

680
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:22,686
We're sorry.

681
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:24,410
Nice and calm.
- We're sorry.

682
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:28,845
BAIER: Nice and calm.

683
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:30,686
(VEHICLE DOORS CLOSING)

684
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:10,441
You're where?

685
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:12,364
I'm in DC.
And look, don't worry.

686
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:14,324
You want me here.
Trust me on this, Anna.

687
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:15,727
The guys are getting nervous.

688
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:16,961
You're supposed
to be back here.

689
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,930
<i>Look,
I changed planes in Miami.
I kept all my receipts.</i>

690
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:22,686
I'll pay for my own
damn flight back home
if I have to, all right?

691
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:24,521
We can't do this
on the phone.

692
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,329
I don't want to do this
on the phone, all right?

693
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:27,401
I've got to go.

694
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:43,080
Fred Weil?

695
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,000
Hey. Gary Webb,
<i>San Jose Mercury News</i>.

696
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:48,004
I don't talk to the press.
Call Public Affairs.

697
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:51,724
I spoke to Norwin Meneses.

698
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,770
That's classified.
How did you get it?

699
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:01,890
I got it from a drug dealer.

700
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,160
Perfect.

701
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,768
Listen, I was
John Kerry's
lead investigator

702
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:13,049
on the Senate subcommittee
that investigated this.

703
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,410
You have no idea what
you're getting into.

704
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,451
Why don't you tell me?
Tell me what I'm getting into.

705
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,370
I'm on the National
Security Council now.

706
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:35,367
And I have the trust
of the President
and his cabinet.

707
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,889
It took me 10 years to
get back to that place.

708
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,083
Your name goes
nowhere near this.

709
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,124
This conversation
never happened.
You have my word on that.

710
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:50,330
You ever do anything
like this before?

711
00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:51,721
No.

712
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:52,767
Has your paper?

713
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:54,365
Not that I'm aware of.

714
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:58,688
Some fancy information
you have there.

715
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:01,920
And dangerous.

716
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:03,611
I'd be remiss if
I didn't tell you

717
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,843
that other reporters have
been down this rabbit hole.

718
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,011
Seasoned reporters
who knew their way
around Washington

719
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:11,321
and Central America.

720
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:12,401
So what are
you telling me?

721
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:13,766
I had an American citizen,

722
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:15,968
a rich Republican
Party fundraiser,

723
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,162
a White House favorite,
in my office,

724
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:19,890
upset about things
he was hearing.

725
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:23,209
He believed in freedom
and defeating communism,

726
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:26,170
but not in laundering
narcotics money for guns.

727
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,807
And he's sitting in my
office in the U.S. Senate

728
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:34,050
and he gets a phone
call telling him that
if he talked to me,

729
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:35,761
he'd die.

730
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,330
But this is your ticket
out of small-time, right?

731
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:44,361
You're going to make
your bones on this.

732
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:45,726
This is a true story.

733
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,360
My friend, some stories
are just too true to tell.

734
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:51,406
That's bullshit.

735
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,047
Yeah? (LAUGHS)

736
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:56,531
And yes, it is.

737
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,208
Congratulations.
You figured that out.

738
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:04,166
"Too true to tell."

739
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,809
WOMAN ON PA:
<i>Welcome to San Francisco
International Airport.</i>

740
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:20,402
<i>Please do not leave
your bags unattended.</i>

741
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:37,361
(COUGHS)

742
00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:03,646
SUE: Sometimes I just wish
I could climb inside
that head of yours

743
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:06,810
and see all the shit
you carry around.

744
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:08,561
Really?

745
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,127
No, not really.

746
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:16,525
There's too
many bad guys.

747
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:19,526
And ghosts.

748
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,441
And scary monsters
running around.

749
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:24,725
Well, what do you
want me to do, Sue?

750
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:26,490
Do something else
for a living?

751
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:29,246
No.

752
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:36,690
This one just scares me.

753
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:43,811
Be careful.

754
00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:47,051
Hey.

755
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:54,201
(KISSING)

756
00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:56,321
Yeah.

757
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:57,890
(TELEPHONE RINGS)

758
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:04,011
Jesus.

759
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:09,481
Hello?

760
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:10,971
<i>It's Russell Dodson.</i>

761
00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:16,651
Hello, Russell Dodson.

762
00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:19,326
<i>Listen, Gary, we haven't
handled this right at all.</i>

763
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:21,644
<i>Before you print anything,</i>

764
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:24,491
<i>there's a few guys
from DC that would like
to sit down with you.</i>

765
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:26,851
<i>You should hear them out.</i>

766
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:29,851
I'm listening.

767
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:41,640
(ELEVATOR DINGS)

768
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,361
Gary, thanks for coming.

769
00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:55,961
I'm Agent Miller,
and this is Agent Jones.

770
00:44:56,720 --> 00:44:58,165
Can we get you
a cup of coffee?

771
00:44:58,240 --> 00:44:59,287
No.

772
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,411
How about one of
those cappuccinos?

773
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:03,729
Just got a new
espresso machine,

774
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,802
probably cost
the taxpayers
30 grand.

775
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:07,401
Ah...

776
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:08,766
No, I'm fine.

777
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:12,211
Get him a cappuccino.

778
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:19,405
MILLER: Now we don't
agree with everything that
happens in our agencies,

779
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:21,369
so this is a little
awkward for us.

780
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:24,649
But you're getting into
some sensitive areas.

781
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:28,481
There are ongoing operations
you're in danger of exposing.

782
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:33,201
Operations that
have taken months,
years to set up.

783
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:36,130
Thousands of man-hours,
millions to fund.

784
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:37,446
(OBJECT CLATTERING)

785
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:41,326
And how do you know that?

786
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:44,003
We know you
were in Nicaragua.

787
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:46,048
We know you
saw Meneses.

788
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,001
Am I being followed?

789
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,047
JONES: What's
your angle, Webb?

790
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:56,322
Some governmental
informants are scumbags?

791
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:57,766
Look, I was under
the impression

792
00:45:57,840 --> 00:45:59,410
that you guys had
something to say to me?

793
00:45:59,720 --> 00:46:01,563
But, to answer
your question, no.

794
00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:03,324
My angle is that
the American government

795
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:06,290
knew drugs were
put on the streets
to fund an illegal war.

796
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:08,681
What you want to say
happened, never happened.

797
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:14,280
Then why am I here?

798
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:16,246
American kids

799
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,210
were going to
die in that war.

800
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,451
American kids did die,
and they're still dying.

801
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,241
Just not the ones you
care about, apparently.

802
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,001
MAN: We'd never threaten
your children, Mr. Webb.

803
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:28,367
My children?

804
00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:30,881
What did you say?

805
00:46:42,720 --> 00:46:43,721
I'm writing the story.

806
00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:49,526
(PUNK ROCK SONG PLAYING)

807
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,207
Okay. I'm about
to press send.

808
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:45,320
ANNA: <i>We're ready.
All hands on deck.</i>

809
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:47,130
Don't over-edit it.

810
00:48:47,720 --> 00:48:49,131
<i>Don't worry.</i>

811
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:51,881
Anna?

812
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,571
<i>Gary, I got it.</i>

813
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:56,730
<i>Go enjoy your family.</i>

814
00:48:58,560 --> 00:48:59,686
(LINE DISCONNECTS)

815
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:15,885
(FAMILY CHATTERING PLAYFULLY)

816
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:21,407
GARY: Let's go, let's go,
let's go! All right,
last one in is a rotten egg!

817
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:24,165
Woo-hoo!

818
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:26,966
Is it cold or warm?

819
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:28,447
- It's warm.
GARY: Ready?

820
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:29,760
All right,
precious cargo.

821
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:34,120
- Dizzy yet?
- No.

822
00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:35,571
- Okay.
IAN: Come on, Momma!

823
00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:37,521
- Come on, Mom.
ERIC: Come on, Mom, get in.

824
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:39,409
Why do they
gang up on Momma?

825
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:41,130
CHRISTINE: You have
to dry my hair!

826
00:49:41,240 --> 00:49:42,844
IAN: Where you going, Dad?

827
00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:46,123
ERIC: Dad.
CHRISTINE; Don't, Dad!

828
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:52,930
(MODEM WHINING)

829
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:00,121
Dad, it's up!
It's online!

830
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:01,201
Whoo!

831
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:02,361
Mom!

832
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:04,571
Oh, my God, Mom,
check this out.

833
00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:06,011
It just went up.
It's everywhere.

834
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:08,521
DAVE: Gary!

835
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:09,641
IAN: "For the better
part of a decade,

836
00:50:09,720 --> 00:50:12,451
"a San Francisco Bay Area
drug ring sold tons of cocaine

837
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:14,090
"to the Crips and
Bloods street gangs

838
00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:15,765
"of Los Angeles
and funneled millions

839
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:18,366
"in drug profits
to a Latin American
guerrilla army

840
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:20,681
"run by the U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency.

841
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:22,769
"A <i>Mercury News</i>
investigation has found

842
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:26,250
"this drug network opened
the first pipeline
between Colombia and..."

843
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:39,081
Hey.

844
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:41,721
Hey.

845
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:44,007
You did it.

846
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:47,047
Yeah.

847
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:50,842
Want to go fool
around in the woods?

848
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:54,847
Yeah.

849
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:57,048
Yes, I do.

850
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:00,325
SUE: Don't look,
don't look.

851
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:01,771
Hey, come on!

852
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:04,490
JERRY: <i>You should
see our switchboard!</i>

853
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:06,244
<i>It is lit up like
a Christmas tree!</i>

854
00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:08,243
ANNA: <i>We're getting
calls from all over
the world, Gary.</i>

855
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:09,481
<i>What do you want to do?</i>

856
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:11,609
Well, it's just the
beginning, isn't it?

857
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:14,084
I think there's
more to do.

858
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,522
<i>Got to keep running out
the story. Keep digging.</i>

859
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:17,567
Anything you need.

860
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:19,483
Okay? But take
a victory lap.

861
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:22,007
<i>Hey, Anna, that graphic
you guys used?</i>

862
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:24,162
The crack pipe
on the CIA emblem?

863
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:25,921
<i>Are you out of your mind?</i>

864
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:27,968
<i>It's like the CIA
is cooking crack
in their basement.</i>

865
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:31,090
Gary, that was my idea,
so blame me, but come on.

866
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:32,685
We got their attention,
didn't we?

867
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:35,127
We're just calling to say
thanks for doing this.

868
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:37,442
<i>There's a lot of
pride here this morning.</i>

869
00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:39,608
JERRY: <i>Congratulations, buddy.</i>

870
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:40,881
Hey, Gary.

871
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:42,407
<i>Yeah?</i>

872
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:43,886
You did it.

873
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:45,646
<i>This is the big one.</i>

874
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:47,811
JERRY: <i>Enjoy yourself!</i>

875
00:52:12,720 --> 00:52:14,290
Let's focus on
<i>The Washington Post,</i>

876
00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:16,044
<i>The New York Times</i>
and the <i>LA Times.</i>

877
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:17,690
And get Richard Zuckerman
on the phone.

878
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,044
What interests me is
who is gonna tell me

879
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:33,924
how we missed
this goddamned story.

880
00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:35,884
How'd the <i>San Jose
Mercury News,</i>

881
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:38,486
a paper one-fifth the size
of the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>

882
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:40,483
and 300 miles away,
scooped us

883
00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:42,728
on one of the most
important stories in
this city in, in what?

884
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:43,801
Twenty years?

885
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:46,649
How about you, Rich?
Didn't you cover Ricky Ross?

886
00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:48,449
- Parts of it.
- Yeah, apparently
the wrong parts.

887
00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:49,971
We had Blandon in
one of our stories.

888
00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:51,684
- As what?
- A government source.

889
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:53,250
He's also apparently
almost single-handedly

890
00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:54,850
responsible for
the crack epidemic.

891
00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:56,365
Which, by the way,
started right here

892
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:59,689
in Watts,
5 fucking miles from
where we're sitting.

893
00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:02,691
RICHARD: Look, Mark.
I don't need to tell you this,

894
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:06,242
but if this story stands,
some of your people
are going to jail.

895
00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:08,204
MANSFIELD: <i>Richard,
the idea that any one person</i>

896
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:10,044
<i>could have played
a decisive role in
the crack epidemic</i>

897
00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:11,446
is absurd.

898
00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:12,840
<i>What about
Norwin Meneses?</i>

899
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:14,200
We have no documentation

900
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:15,930
<i>that this guy ever did
any business with us.</i>

901
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:18,566
Richard, this Gary Webb,
he's got nothing.

902
00:53:18,840 --> 00:53:21,286
<i>He's got drug dealers
and money launderers
as sources.</i>

903
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:23,608
Rich, you know this guy Webb.
What do you think?

904
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:24,847
It's thin.

905
00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:29,323
Except that he
posted all his sources
on the <i>Merc</i> website.

906
00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:31,364
- So?
- So nobody's
done that before.

907
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:34,649
I need every line of
that story taken apart
and checked for inaccuracies.

908
00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:36,683
Get Dominic Brady back
here from Washington.

909
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:38,410
I want at least 15
people on this thing.

910
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:40,130
EDITOR: Leo, what if
we're overreacting?

911
00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:42,284
I mean, it's the
<i>San Jose Mercury News</i>.

912
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,488
Is anyone even going
to pay attention?

913
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,930
<i>A reporter for the</i>
San Jose Mercury News
<i>suggested</i>

914
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:50,602
<i>that the CIA might
have played a role</i>

915
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:53,690
<i>in permitting Nicaraguan
drug dealers to distribute</i>

916
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:57,486
<i>crack cocaine in
South Central Los Angeles
during the 1980s.</i>

917
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:01,686
<i>That had enormous resonance
within the African-American
community.</i>

918
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:06,130
<i>We have been faked out,
we have been tricked,</i>

919
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:08,249
<i>and we have been undermined.</i>

920
00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:10,931
<i>If they had put that
crack in Beverly Hills,</i>

921
00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:13,566
<i>it would be
a presidential issue.</i>

922
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:16,809
<i>We love our children
just like you love yours.</i>

923
00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:19,451
<i>I think it is enough
information here</i>

924
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:22,763
<i>to say to the CIA,
you stand accused.</i>

925
00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:24,730
MALE REPORTER:
<i>President Clinton
will be back out</i>

926
00:54:24,840 --> 00:54:26,410
<i>on the campaign
trail next week.</i>

927
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:30,805
I've got

928
00:54:31,080 --> 00:54:35,051
requests for you
from CNN, CNBC,

929
00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:38,921
Jerry Springer, Geraldo Rivera
and Montel Williams.

930
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:42,805
The <i>London Times</i>
and <i>Le Monde</i> are sending
reporters in to interview you

931
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:44,962
and <i>60 Minutes</i> and
<i>Dateline</i> both want you,

932
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:47,361
but only if you don't
do the other one.

933
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:49,807
And I just got
the call last night,

934
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:53,849
the National Press Association
Journalist of the Year

935
00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:55,725
is Mr. Gary Webb.

936
00:54:56,400 --> 00:54:57,845
Congratulations, Gary.

937
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:02,881
(CORK POPS)

938
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,447
on, baby!

939
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:09,881
Thank you.

940
00:55:09,960 --> 00:55:11,291
Life's beautiful.

941
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:15,409
(MEN SPEAKING SPANISH)

942
00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:21,882
DOUG: <i>it's checking out,
Richard. I spoke with
the banker in Panama City.</i>

943
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:25,282
<i>His name is Hansjorg Baier.
He met with Webb.
He confirmed,</i>

944
00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:27,284
he laundered drug
money for the Contras.

945
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:29,683
<i>Norwin Meneses was his client.</i>

946
00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:32,081
Are these sources
reliable enough?
For the <i>Post</i>?

947
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:33,400
I mean, they're
all drug dealers.

948
00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:35,564
The banker isn't
a drug dealer.

949
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:37,803
<i>Also, there's this
American ex-pat</i>

950
00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:39,763
<i>that had a ranch in
the jungle for 30 years.</i>

951
00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:41,884
<i>And he let these
two American pilots</i>

952
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:43,764
<i>land and take off
from his airstrip.</i>

953
00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:46,531
And he let them store
dope on his property.

954
00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:49,161
You're talking
to drug dealers
and money launderers.

955
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:50,930
I'm talking to Langley.

956
00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:52,087
<i>Well, I'm filing.</i>

957
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:54,009
You guys do whatever
you want with it.

958
00:55:54,560 --> 00:55:55,607
(LINE DISCONNECTS)

959
00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:00,041
So what's our
point of view?

960
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:02,368
WALTER: That Webb doesn't
have any legitimate sources.

961
00:56:03,120 --> 00:56:05,327
That the CIA would
never use these low-lifes

962
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:07,647
and, in fact,
denies it unequivocally.

963
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:10,286
That basically
he's a fraud and
so is his story.

964
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:15,967
I'll take that upstairs
and see if it'll fly.

965
00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:21,130
SUE: Yeah, you're going
to turn into a chip.

966
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:24,760
Wait, you guys,
he's done. Ian, it's on.
Come here, it's on.

967
00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:26,723
<i>In tonight's</i>
Eye on America,

968
00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:29,804
<i>accusations, underscore
the word "accusations,"</i>

969
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:31,729
<i>that are nothing
short of explosive.</i>

970
00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:33,166
<i>That the CIA</i>

971
00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:35,886
<i>knowingly and intentionally
did what amounts</i>

972
00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:38,486
<i>to pump crack cocaine
into Los Angeles...</i>

973
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:40,040
That's not what he said.

974
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:41,400
<i>...to help fund
rebels in Nicaragua.</i>

975
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:42,481
You never said
"intentionally."

976
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:44,961
<i>Whether or not
these claims prove true,
the anger they...</i>

977
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:52,927
FEMALE ANCHOR:
<i>A lot of people are saying</i>

978
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:55,847
of course, including
people in Congress

979
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:58,571
that the CIA
intentionally addicted

980
00:56:58,680 --> 00:57:01,251
African-Americans
to crack cocaine.

981
00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:04,689
Right, well,
what you and others are doing
is putting words in my mouth.

982
00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:06,286
We never made that claim.

983
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:10,086
<i>What have you got to prove
that Americans working
in the U.S. government</i>

984
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:12,561
<i>collaborated in
selling crack cocaine</i>

985
00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:15,291
<i>into the African-American
community of Los Angeles?</i>

986
00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:18,286
<i>Well, first of all,
we never said that Americans</i>

987
00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:20,124
<i>working in the government
were doing this.</i>

988
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:22,771
<i>These were Nicaraguans
working for the CIA-run army.</i>

989
00:57:22,840 --> 00:57:25,684
<i>Okay. It's not
CIA U.S. officials.</i>

990
00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:27,246
<i>Not that we know so far.</i>

991
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:29,049
<i>Okay. It's not U.S. officials.
Okay. Go ahead.</i>

992
00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:33,523
What the CIA wanted to do
was to fight a war
that Congress didn't want.

993
00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:36,281
And the ripple effect
of that, what happened
in South Los Angeles

994
00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:38,408
and other American cities,
well, that was a mistake.

995
00:57:38,920 --> 00:57:40,684
<i>This is a smoking cannon</i>

996
00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:43,411
<i>that leads all the way
to the White House.</i>

997
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:48,046
<i>We have no evidence
of a conspiracy by the CIA</i>

998
00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:51,522
<i>to engage in encouraging drug
traffickers in Nicaragua...</i>

999
00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:53,360
<i>I am going to
make somebody pay</i>

1000
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:57,286
<i>for what they have done to
my community and to my people.</i>

1001
00:57:57,680 --> 00:57:59,648
<i>Don't give me that
conspiracy bull...</i> (BLEEP)

1002
00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:03,288
<i>There has never been
a conspiracy in this country.</i>

1003
00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:04,971
(MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING)

1004
00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:23,364
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

1005
00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:28,041
<i>Señor</i> Baier.

1006
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:29,605
(SHOUTING IN SPANISH)

1007
00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:36,080
(TELEPHONE RINGING)

1008
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:45,241
Hello?

1009
00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:46,965
Gary, it's Fred Weil.

1010
00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:51,563
You haven't seen the
East Coast papers yet?

1011
00:58:52,640 --> 00:58:53,687
No.

1012
00:58:55,120 --> 00:58:56,281
It's 4:00 a.m.

1013
00:59:00,040 --> 00:59:01,041
(SIGHS)

1014
00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:03,404
I was you once, Gary.

1015
00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:08,611
<i>I started down this road.
Though, nowhere near
as far as you are.</i>

1016
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:13,808
When they saw I
wasn't gonna stop,
they controversialized me.

1017
00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:19,649
<i>Do you have any idea
what I'm talking about?</i>

1018
00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:24,922
<i>They make you the story.</i>

1019
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:31,567
<i>That you have
a history of schizophrenia,
you're a liar, you're a homo,</i>

1020
00:59:32,120 --> 00:59:33,485
you beat your dog,

1021
00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:36,561
you're a pedophile,
it doesn't matter
if none of it's true.

1022
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:38,802
The point is
no one remembers
what you found.

1023
00:59:38,960 --> 00:59:40,200
<i>They remember you,</i>

1024
00:59:41,440 --> 00:59:42,726
<i>and you're nuts.</i>

1025
00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:45,011
<i>You cease to exist.</i>

1026
00:59:50,320 --> 00:59:51,481
<i>Gary, you there?</i>

1027
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:55,051
Yeah, I'm here.

1028
00:59:55,720 --> 00:59:58,007
<i>Remember, you get
the most flak</i>

1029
00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:00,407
<i>when you're right
above the target.</i>

1030
01:00:02,560 --> 01:00:04,369
<i>That's when they empty
all their guns into you,</i>

1031
01:00:04,520 --> 01:00:07,922
<i>when you're about to drop
a bomb on the Kremlin.</i>

1032
01:00:10,040 --> 01:00:13,010
<i>Or, in this case,
the Central
Intelligence Agency.</i>

1033
01:00:16,360 --> 01:00:18,124
<i>You hang in there, Gary.</i>

1034
01:00:18,520 --> 01:00:19,726
(LINE DISCONNECTS)

1035
01:00:46,400 --> 01:00:47,640
Morning.

1036
01:00:53,560 --> 01:00:55,130
You guys don't
look so good.

1037
01:00:55,240 --> 01:00:57,288
- Morning, Gary.
- Good morning.

1038
01:00:57,720 --> 01:00:59,324
We just want to
take your temperature,
you know,

1039
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:01,562
get your perspective
before we weigh in here.

1040
01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:03,361
About what?

1041
01:01:03,480 --> 01:01:06,689
Well, the CIA's response
to you, for one.

1042
01:01:06,760 --> 01:01:08,762
Well, there isn't
one really, is there?

1043
01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:09,841
JERRY: Still nothing?

1044
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:11,970
Not a single source?
I mean,

1045
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:16,565
at this point, I'll take
anybody who takes home
a check from the CIA. Anyone.

1046
01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:19,723
Well, they're a secretive
organization, Jerry.
I mean, that's what they do.

1047
01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:21,006
They're secretive.
They don't talk.

1048
01:01:21,080 --> 01:01:22,605
Well, at least
<i>The Washington Post</i>

1049
01:01:22,760 --> 01:01:24,285
isn't saying we got
all our facts wrong.

1050
01:01:24,360 --> 01:01:25,486
GARY: Well,
because they're not.

1051
01:01:25,600 --> 01:01:26,601
But what the <i>Post</i> is saying

1052
01:01:26,680 --> 01:01:28,728
is that we're just here to
attest to the moral purity

1053
01:01:28,800 --> 01:01:30,370
of the Central
Intelligence Agency.

1054
01:01:30,920 --> 01:01:33,526
Gary, Richard Zuckerman
is a living legend.

1055
01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:36,524
Yeah, who thinks his job
is to defend the CIA.

1056
01:01:36,600 --> 01:01:39,683
He used to work for them.
He was a media intern
for God's sakes.

1057
01:01:39,800 --> 01:01:40,801
Am I crazy?

1058
01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:43,963
Reading this stuff
is like reading <i>Pravda</i>
circa 1953, you guys.

1059
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:45,485
I mean, what am
I missing here?

1060
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:49,121
Gary, cards on the table.
We got a call from
Corporate this morning.

1061
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:50,201
They are getting
a little nervous.

1062
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:52,887
And so we're just going
to take a beat, step back,

1063
01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:55,008
look at the big picture
on behalf of the paper.

1064
01:01:55,080 --> 01:01:56,491
We don't want to
print anything else

1065
01:01:56,600 --> 01:01:57,965
until we get our
ducks in a row, okay?

1066
01:01:58,040 --> 01:01:59,371
And we're keeping
you in the loop.

1067
01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:01,731
No big deal.

1068
01:02:02,680 --> 01:02:04,523
Gary, can I talk
to you for a second?
- Yeah. Yeah.

1069
01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:22,844
I just got a call.

1070
01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:26,010
NBC's canceling their
segment on the story.
They're not gonna run it.

1071
01:02:26,080 --> 01:02:27,161
And you're not
going to believe this,

1072
01:02:27,240 --> 01:02:28,651
but we've heard that
<i>The Washington Post</i>

1073
01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:30,603
is going to say you're
an active part of
Ricky Ross' defense,

1074
01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:33,164
that your involvement
verges on complicity,

1075
01:02:33,240 --> 01:02:35,641
and that you
and Ricky Ross are telling
this fairy tale together.

1076
01:02:35,720 --> 01:02:36,721
(LAUGHING)

1077
01:02:36,840 --> 01:02:38,171
It's not funny.

1078
01:02:38,280 --> 01:02:39,611
Come on. Anna, it's funny.

1079
01:02:39,680 --> 01:02:41,284
No, our careers
could be on the line.

1080
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:43,284
Look, we drew blood.
They're going to say anything.

1081
01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:44,361
Would you?

1082
01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:47,409
- What?
- I'm sorry.

1083
01:02:48,200 --> 01:02:50,009
No, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean that.

1084
01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:51,846
You think I'd
make some shit up?

1085
01:02:51,960 --> 01:02:53,086
No.

1086
01:02:54,360 --> 01:02:55,407
- You're my editor.
- I know.

1087
01:02:57,120 --> 01:02:59,771
It's my name on this story,
but it's your name
on that damn door.

1088
01:03:00,520 --> 01:03:01,521
Don't forget that.

1089
01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:03,721
It's right there.

1090
01:03:08,120 --> 01:03:09,531
(TELEPHONE RINGING)

1091
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:12,486
It's Rich Kline.

1092
01:03:12,880 --> 01:03:14,120
<i>It's Gary Webb.</i>

1093
01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:16,486
Really?

1094
01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:19,241
Okay.

1095
01:03:21,720 --> 01:03:22,721
Hello?

1096
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:25,004
What's happening here, Rich?

1097
01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:28,448
The only people you
have in your story

1098
01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:30,050
is the former
Director of the CIA,

1099
01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:31,765
the current
Director of the CIA,

1100
01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:34,087
and, guess who,
a bunch of CIA officials.

1101
01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:35,161
(SCOFFING)

1102
01:03:35,240 --> 01:03:36,890
<i>Are you following up
on anything I wrote,</i>

1103
01:03:37,040 --> 01:03:38,610
<i>or are you just
talking to the CIA?</i>

1104
01:03:38,680 --> 01:03:40,091
I can't be talking to you.

1105
01:03:41,080 --> 01:03:42,081
<i>Why?</i>

1106
01:03:43,760 --> 01:03:45,489
I don't know. I'm sorry.

1107
01:03:46,280 --> 01:03:47,281
What...

1108
01:03:50,560 --> 01:03:52,050
Son of a bitch.

1109
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:54,723
(FAMILY INAUDIBLE)

1110
01:04:47,040 --> 01:04:48,644
What the fuck?

1111
01:05:13,920 --> 01:05:15,046
(PANTING)

1112
01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:36,601
Hey!

1113
01:05:41,720 --> 01:05:43,245
What the hell you doing?

1114
01:05:49,360 --> 01:05:50,691
I can see you!

1115
01:05:58,760 --> 01:05:59,921
(FIRES PISTOL)

1116
01:06:00,360 --> 01:06:01,441
(DOG BARKING)

1117
01:06:01,560 --> 01:06:02,561
Hey!

1118
01:06:15,960 --> 01:06:17,530
Son of a bitch.

1119
01:06:20,560 --> 01:06:21,971
Son of a bitch!

1120
01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:23,685
I saw him and I
chased him down
the goddamn street.

1121
01:06:23,760 --> 01:06:25,842
Okay, so then you
tried to shoot the guy.

1122
01:06:26,360 --> 01:06:27,964
I fired a warning shot.

1123
01:06:28,400 --> 01:06:29,811
I have a family to protect.

1124
01:06:29,920 --> 01:06:30,967
OFFICER: Did he
try to break in?

1125
01:06:31,080 --> 01:06:32,969
No, he was at
the back of my car.

1126
01:06:33,040 --> 01:06:34,883
He wasn't trying
to steal it.

1127
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:37,685
I don't know what
the hell he was doing,
but he was there.

1128
01:06:37,760 --> 01:06:40,001
See his fingerprints
or some shit.

1129
01:06:40,080 --> 01:06:41,206
He was doing...
He was messing with it,

1130
01:06:41,320 --> 01:06:42,401
I don't know
what he was doing.

1131
01:06:52,560 --> 01:06:53,607
IAN: What are you doing?

1132
01:06:55,240 --> 01:06:56,480
Do you have any
reason to believe

1133
01:06:56,600 --> 01:06:57,840
your family's in
danger, Mr. Webb?

1134
01:07:01,160 --> 01:07:02,161
No.

1135
01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:04,721
No.

1136
01:07:06,480 --> 01:07:07,845
IAN: Dad!
- What is that?

1137
01:07:08,200 --> 01:07:09,531
- Hey, Dad!
- It's Ian.

1138
01:07:09,600 --> 01:07:10,601
Hey!

1139
01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:13,050
You can't...
Put that shit down.

1140
01:07:13,120 --> 01:07:14,531
Hey, Dad! Dad!

1141
01:07:14,640 --> 01:07:15,846
All these people
just came down

1142
01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:17,251
and are looking
through all your shit!

1143
01:07:18,320 --> 01:07:19,890
Can I help you?

1144
01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:21,200
- Sorry. You can't be in here.
- What are you doing?

1145
01:07:21,280 --> 01:07:23,282
- It's a crime scene.
- It's not a crime scene.

1146
01:07:23,560 --> 01:07:26,643
Hey, excuse me,
this is my house.
What are you doing?

1147
01:07:26,840 --> 01:07:28,126
Who the fuck are you?

1148
01:07:28,760 --> 01:07:31,650
Hey, will you put this down?
This is my shit!
This is my house!

1149
01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:33,364
Get the fuck out!

1150
01:07:33,720 --> 01:07:35,643
Get the fuck out of here!
SUE: Gary.

1151
01:07:42,840 --> 01:07:45,650
Ian, anybody comes down here,
hit them with that.

1152
01:07:45,720 --> 01:07:46,721
SUE: Gary.

1153
01:07:52,080 --> 01:07:53,081
Hey.

1154
01:07:55,880 --> 01:07:57,120
I see you!

1155
01:08:09,560 --> 01:08:12,006
I know you had
a hard night last night,
but I need to warn you

1156
01:08:12,080 --> 01:08:13,445
before you come
into work tomorrow

1157
01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:16,842
that the next week or
so is going to be rough.

1158
01:08:18,760 --> 01:08:21,001
Now <i>Dateline</i>
thinks you lied to them
so they're coming after you.

1159
01:08:21,080 --> 01:08:23,845
And so is <i>Nightline</i>,
and every other major

1160
01:08:23,920 --> 01:08:25,684
that hasn't had
their shot yet.

1161
01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:30,449
Well, the story's tight.

1162
01:08:30,720 --> 01:08:31,960
It's not perfect.

1163
01:08:32,360 --> 01:08:34,727
Well, Jerry put the brakes on
when I need to keep going.

1164
01:08:35,640 --> 01:08:37,085
I'm not done, Anna.

1165
01:08:37,840 --> 01:08:40,491
And I need you to
protect me so I can
finish what we started.

1166
01:08:40,920 --> 01:08:42,729
It's not the story now.

1167
01:08:43,200 --> 01:08:44,486
This is about you.

1168
01:08:45,240 --> 01:08:48,164
The <i>New York Times</i>
gave us a courtesy call.
They went into everything.

1169
01:08:48,240 --> 01:08:50,208
Every closet and
corner of your life.

1170
01:08:50,280 --> 01:08:52,931
Every speeding ticket,
every bar fight.

1171
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:54,445
Every libel suit
pinned on you.

1172
01:08:54,520 --> 01:08:55,726
That's gossip.
That's not news.
Who cares?

1173
01:08:55,800 --> 01:08:57,131
And, now, Jerry's talking
about you working

1174
01:08:57,200 --> 01:08:58,645
out of the Cupertino
office for a while.

1175
01:08:58,720 --> 01:09:00,245
Jerry's out of his mind.
That's not happening.

1176
01:09:01,400 --> 01:09:02,731
Hey bud, come on in.

1177
01:09:03,360 --> 01:09:04,805
That's not a good idea.

1178
01:09:06,360 --> 01:09:07,885
Ian, go to your room.

1179
01:09:12,040 --> 01:09:13,041
(CLEARS THROAT)

1180
01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:18,926
What is this?

1181
01:09:19,680 --> 01:09:21,409
They found out
about that woman?

1182
01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:28,765
The woman in Cleveland,
Gary, at <i>The Plain Dealer.</i>

1183
01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:30,251
Yeah? And?

1184
01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:35,008
Why didn't you tell
us the whole story?

1185
01:09:39,440 --> 01:09:40,771
What the fuck?

1186
01:09:41,760 --> 01:09:44,286
Look, who I do
or what the fuck
I do in my life

1187
01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:46,249
is not your concern,
you understand that?

1188
01:09:46,360 --> 01:09:48,442
This is between my
wife and I. God...
- Excuse me.

1189
01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:53,125
It's between my wife
and I, God damn it.

1190
01:09:53,200 --> 01:09:54,850
It's not your
fucking concern.

1191
01:09:56,400 --> 01:10:00,291
You can take any man's life,
put it under a microscope.

1192
01:10:00,360 --> 01:10:02,408
You can dissect it,
turn a simple man's life

1193
01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:04,602
into a circus sideshow.
You know that.

1194
01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:09,409
What about
the rest of me?

1195
01:10:09,480 --> 01:10:10,970
Can we focus on that?

1196
01:10:24,960 --> 01:10:26,724
Dad, what happened
in Cleveland?

1197
01:10:36,600 --> 01:10:37,601
Come on.

1198
01:10:44,120 --> 01:10:46,964
There's no such thing
as a little mistake, Ian.

1199
01:10:48,320 --> 01:10:50,322
One wrong turn
and you're lost.

1200
01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:52,851
Keep turning,
trying to get back...

1201
01:10:52,920 --> 01:10:54,331
You sound like
a writer, writing.

1202
01:10:55,400 --> 01:10:57,846
I'm asking my father
what happened in Cleveland.

1203
01:11:03,800 --> 01:11:04,961
I screwed up.

1204
01:11:10,480 --> 01:11:11,845
Who was it?

1205
01:11:15,160 --> 01:11:16,969
A reporter in the newsroom.

1206
01:11:19,200 --> 01:11:20,884
What was her name?

1207
01:11:23,440 --> 01:11:24,726
Why does that matter?

1208
01:11:24,880 --> 01:11:26,211
It matters to me.

1209
01:11:30,920 --> 01:11:31,921
Barbara.

1210
01:11:36,520 --> 01:11:38,124
Did you love her?

1211
01:11:39,360 --> 01:11:40,407
No.

1212
01:11:41,400 --> 01:11:42,970
Do you love Mom?

1213
01:11:43,760 --> 01:11:45,091
I love your mother.

1214
01:11:45,880 --> 01:11:49,407
Ian, you and your brother,
your sister, your mother,

1215
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:54,444
you're everything to me.
You're all I got.

1216
01:11:55,680 --> 01:11:57,648
I couldn't stand
losing that.

1217
01:11:57,720 --> 01:11:58,881
(IAN SNIFFLING)

1218
01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:01,169
What happened to her?

1219
01:12:09,520 --> 01:12:11,409
She committed suicide.

1220
01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:20,364
That's really shitty.

1221
01:12:20,840 --> 01:12:22,444
GARY: Yeah, it was.

1222
01:12:23,400 --> 01:12:25,289
Is that why
we left Ohio?

1223
01:12:26,080 --> 01:12:28,162
Because you ran away?

1224
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:30,846
Yeah, well,
we needed a fresh start.

1225
01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:35,531
Oh, God, I'm really
disappointed in you.

1226
01:12:40,240 --> 01:12:41,730
Mom's amazing.

1227
01:12:54,840 --> 01:12:55,841
(DOOR SLAMS)

1228
01:13:13,440 --> 01:13:14,771
JERRY: <i>We don't
have a choice, Gary.</i>

1229
01:13:14,920 --> 01:13:17,764
<i>This is the only option
on the table right now.</i>

1230
01:13:17,840 --> 01:13:19,808
<i>Good for you to get
out of the line of
fire for a beat.</i>

1231
01:13:19,880 --> 01:13:23,646
<i>You can cool off, you know,
pop out some easy
human interest stuff.</i>

1232
01:13:45,200 --> 01:13:46,770
ERIC: Dad,
what's in Cupertino?

1233
01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:49,526
It's the paper's
bureau for losers.

1234
01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:52,400
Where I won't
get in trouble.

1235
01:13:53,320 --> 01:13:54,401
Or so they think.

1236
01:13:55,840 --> 01:13:57,649
Maybe just don't go, Daddy.

1237
01:13:59,640 --> 01:14:03,440
I know. But, honey,
Daddy's got to go to work.

1238
01:14:03,600 --> 01:14:05,762
We've got the house to pay for
and all these school clothes.

1239
01:14:05,840 --> 01:14:08,002
'Cause you guys are
growing like weeds.

1240
01:14:09,960 --> 01:14:10,961
Look after them.

1241
01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:14,290
You guys be good.

1242
01:14:16,520 --> 01:14:19,490
Photos. Your old records.

1243
01:14:19,680 --> 01:14:20,761
Hmm.

1244
01:14:20,920 --> 01:14:22,081
Some of Christine's drawings.

1245
01:14:22,200 --> 01:14:23,361
Okay.

1246
01:14:24,040 --> 01:14:25,326
That kind of thing.

1247
01:14:26,240 --> 01:14:27,651
I hate this.

1248
01:14:27,720 --> 01:14:28,926
I know.

1249
01:14:32,520 --> 01:14:34,249
I don't want to be alone.

1250
01:14:36,600 --> 01:14:38,648
I'm no good at it,
you know that.

1251
01:14:41,240 --> 01:14:43,641
Maybe some time apart
will be a good thing.

1252
01:14:47,400 --> 01:14:49,243
Well, it's got to be.

1253
01:14:51,680 --> 01:14:52,681
Um...

1254
01:14:56,400 --> 01:14:57,526
Okay.

1255
01:14:58,760 --> 01:14:59,807
Love you, Daddy.

1256
01:15:00,040 --> 01:15:01,849
CHRISTINE: Bye.
- Love you too.

1257
01:15:03,040 --> 01:15:05,122
- Love you.
- Love you, Daddy!

1258
01:15:05,560 --> 01:15:06,800
(ENGINE STARTS)

1259
01:15:57,480 --> 01:15:59,005
I was told that
the Police Department

1260
01:15:59,080 --> 01:16:01,811
is having trouble keeping
the troopers' horses healthy.

1261
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:05,641
Yeah.

1262
01:16:06,360 --> 01:16:08,362
Yeah, I hear it
was bowel trouble?

1263
01:16:09,680 --> 01:16:11,170
Constipation.

1264
01:16:26,200 --> 01:16:27,804
I have you on record
working in Nicaragua

1265
01:16:27,880 --> 01:16:30,486
with John Cullen
and Barry Reid
between '81 and '85.

1266
01:16:31,000 --> 01:16:33,651
MAN: <i>Yeah, I worked with Reid,
but I don't know Cullen.</i>

1267
01:16:33,840 --> 01:16:35,683
You have any contact
info for Reid?

1268
01:16:35,760 --> 01:16:38,366
<i>Last I heard he
was in New Orleans.
I think he died, though.</i>

1269
01:16:39,000 --> 01:16:41,446
GARY: Well, I'd like to
review your flight logs.
Names of pilots.

1270
01:16:41,640 --> 01:16:42,926
WOMAN: <i>I can't
do that, Mr. Webb.</i>

1271
01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:44,729
Is there anyone else
I can speak to?

1272
01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:47,201
<i>I don't know,
maybe try back in a week.
You can talk to my boss.</i>

1273
01:16:47,400 --> 01:16:48,765
Is Cullen residing
in Lake City?

1274
01:16:48,840 --> 01:16:51,081
<i>Down in Florida maybe.
Look, I can't talk to you.</i>

1275
01:16:52,280 --> 01:16:54,442
(LINE RINGING)

1276
01:16:54,520 --> 01:16:56,522
(OPERATOR SPEAKING SPANISH)

1277
01:17:33,720 --> 01:17:35,961
SUE: You didn't even
open the box I gave you.

1278
01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:38,201
What?

1279
01:17:39,400 --> 01:17:41,880
Oh, honey,
I can't open that.

1280
01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:44,806
You can't?

1281
01:17:44,880 --> 01:17:46,291
Look, I gotta focus.

1282
01:17:46,640 --> 01:17:49,405
You understand?
I gotta focus so I
can finish this thing.

1283
01:17:52,520 --> 01:17:53,851
And then what happens?

1284
01:17:55,520 --> 01:17:57,045
Then it's done.

1285
01:17:57,600 --> 01:17:59,090
And then what?

1286
01:18:02,200 --> 01:18:05,921
Then what? What?
I didn't choose what's
happening here, Sue.

1287
01:18:07,440 --> 01:18:08,441
I didn't choose this.

1288
01:18:08,520 --> 01:18:10,284
I don't want to
fucking be here

1289
01:18:10,360 --> 01:18:12,442
in this shit box,
away from home.

1290
01:18:13,120 --> 01:18:15,600
Come on. What is this?

1291
01:18:16,480 --> 01:18:17,925
What do you mean, huh?

1292
01:18:18,600 --> 01:18:21,444
Can't you see what this
is doing to all of us?

1293
01:18:24,840 --> 01:18:26,285
That's not fair.

1294
01:18:27,840 --> 01:18:30,286
Look, you are who
you always were, Gary.

1295
01:18:31,360 --> 01:18:32,725
No regret.

1296
01:18:33,440 --> 01:18:36,330
No blame, no judgment.
It's just a fact.

1297
01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:40,841
(SIGHS)

1298
01:18:41,360 --> 01:18:43,442
I guess it's me
who's changed.

1299
01:18:49,480 --> 01:18:51,130
What are you saying?

1300
01:18:58,160 --> 01:19:00,208
- What are you saying?
- I don't know.

1301
01:19:06,880 --> 01:19:08,291
You do know.

1302
01:19:14,680 --> 01:19:15,841
Say it!

1303
01:19:20,320 --> 01:19:21,845
I don't know.

1304
01:19:30,840 --> 01:19:32,046
(MUSIC PLAYING ON HEADPHONES)

1305
01:19:46,840 --> 01:19:49,366
(INDISCERNIBLE CHATTER)

1306
01:20:08,520 --> 01:20:09,851
(CLATTERING)

1307
01:20:12,440 --> 01:20:14,408
MAN: Don't turn on the light.

1308
01:20:19,680 --> 01:20:21,284
I'm John Cullen.

1309
01:20:24,040 --> 01:20:25,371
Do you know that name?

1310
01:20:34,640 --> 01:20:38,725
What you found here,
Gary, is a monster.

1311
01:21:10,800 --> 01:21:13,451
I was recruited
by the Agency.

1312
01:21:14,800 --> 01:21:16,290
Out of college.

1313
01:21:18,280 --> 01:21:20,521
I knew Spanish and Law,

1314
01:21:21,640 --> 01:21:23,608
and I wanted to do good.

1315
01:21:24,320 --> 01:21:27,005
I wanted to fight
some evil empire.

1316
01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:32,321
I went to
Central America.

1317
01:21:33,520 --> 01:21:35,648
Made nice with radicals.

1318
01:21:38,160 --> 01:21:40,288
Slept with some
of the pretty ones.

1319
01:21:42,960 --> 01:21:44,962
And turned in names.

1320
01:21:47,960 --> 01:21:52,841
Then I started noticing
that they were disappearing.

1321
01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:56,325
Permanently.

1322
01:21:57,320 --> 01:21:59,482
The people
that we hunted,

1323
01:22:00,640 --> 01:22:01,971
murdered.

1324
01:22:03,840 --> 01:22:08,687
All they had was
a deep desire to
reform the government

1325
01:22:08,760 --> 01:22:10,728
and have free elections.

1326
01:22:13,440 --> 01:22:14,771
That's it.

1327
01:22:17,080 --> 01:22:21,324
After I left the Agency,
I worked my way into
a major drug cartel.

1328
01:22:21,400 --> 01:22:22,811
It was early Medellin.

1329
01:22:24,680 --> 01:22:26,808
I solved
logistical issues.

1330
01:22:27,880 --> 01:22:31,043
Bringing supply into
the United States.

1331
01:22:32,080 --> 01:22:38,565
Paved the way, you might say,
as the traffic grew and grew.

1332
01:22:39,640 --> 01:22:42,769
Well, someone in Washington
knows what you do

1333
01:22:42,840 --> 01:22:44,649
and is doing nothing
to stop it.

1334
01:22:45,240 --> 01:22:47,481
It's all lies and
corruption, Gary.

1335
01:22:47,840 --> 01:22:49,763
You get attracted
to the power,

1336
01:22:49,880 --> 01:22:51,848
then you become
addicted to the power,

1337
01:22:52,040 --> 01:22:54,122
then you're devoured
by the power.

1338
01:22:56,640 --> 01:23:00,565
Your thing and my thing,
are they connected?

1339
01:23:08,960 --> 01:23:10,405
Are they the same?

1340
01:23:18,000 --> 01:23:21,209
Yes, they are the same.

1341
01:23:28,800 --> 01:23:30,564
Danilo Blandon.

1342
01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:38,401
This is him, yesterday.

1343
01:23:39,240 --> 01:23:41,447
This is you here, today.

1344
01:23:42,520 --> 01:23:45,444
Nobody wants to hear
your sad story, Gary.

1345
01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:49,485
You can go on record.

1346
01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:52,966
And end up dead?

1347
01:23:55,000 --> 01:23:56,047
No.

1348
01:24:00,720 --> 01:24:02,324
Then why are
you here?

1349
01:24:05,960 --> 01:24:07,530
I'm confessing.

1350
01:24:09,720 --> 01:24:11,722
Who else am I
going to tell?

1351
01:24:28,040 --> 01:24:29,087
(DOORBELL RINGS)

1352
01:24:29,160 --> 01:24:30,161
Anna?

1353
01:24:35,960 --> 01:24:37,041
ANNA: Who is it?

1354
01:24:39,440 --> 01:24:40,441
It's Gary.

1355
01:24:48,160 --> 01:24:49,400
Gary, it's 6:00
in the morning.

1356
01:24:49,560 --> 01:24:51,289
I found him.
Or he found me.

1357
01:24:51,440 --> 01:24:52,851
- Who?
- The asset.

1358
01:24:53,040 --> 01:24:54,166
It's the piece
I've been missing.

1359
01:24:54,240 --> 01:24:55,571
The only thing
I didn't have.

1360
01:24:55,640 --> 01:24:56,846
It's what you
kept asking for.

1361
01:24:56,920 --> 01:24:58,410
So I can keep going.

1362
01:24:59,040 --> 01:25:03,443
He was a part of
the operation, Anna.
You understand that? CIA.

1363
01:25:04,320 --> 01:25:07,005
- Gary, all right, slow down.
- Look, if I can just get him

1364
01:25:07,120 --> 01:25:08,929
to go on record,
he'll confirm everything.

1365
01:25:09,040 --> 01:25:10,121
He came to my
goddamn hotel room.

1366
01:25:10,240 --> 01:25:11,366
You gotta talk to
Jerry about this.

1367
01:25:11,440 --> 01:25:13,283
- I'm not finished with it!
- Calm down.

1368
01:25:13,360 --> 01:25:15,283
- I'm not finished!
- Gary.

1369
01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:17,931
Look, I'm trying
to keep you on
the payroll, okay?

1370
01:25:18,040 --> 01:25:19,371
I'm trying to
save your career.
- You know I'm not

1371
01:25:19,440 --> 01:25:22,842
just gonna sit back
and be quiet and do nothing

1372
01:25:22,920 --> 01:25:24,365
so I can collect
your goddamn check.

1373
01:25:24,480 --> 01:25:26,209
- I understand.
- You know that.
You know me.

1374
01:25:26,280 --> 01:25:28,328
I'm gonna keep going.
I'm gonna finish this.

1375
01:25:28,840 --> 01:25:31,320
For you, or I'm gonna
do it for somebody else.

1376
01:25:32,720 --> 01:25:34,210
Look, there's a staff
meeting tomorrow.

1377
01:25:34,320 --> 01:25:35,810
We'll talk about
it there. Okay?

1378
01:25:37,200 --> 01:25:38,201
Okay.

1379
01:25:40,760 --> 01:25:41,761
Okay.

1380
01:26:29,560 --> 01:26:30,561
Morning, Gary.

1381
01:26:31,680 --> 01:26:32,886
Hey, hey, hey.

1382
01:26:34,120 --> 01:26:35,849
I want to run a couple
ideas by you guys

1383
01:26:36,000 --> 01:26:37,729
about this asset,
the CIA asset.

1384
01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:39,006
Gary, have a seat.

1385
01:26:46,280 --> 01:26:47,406
- Hey, Pete.
- Hey.

1386
01:26:48,800 --> 01:26:49,801
When'd you get in
from Washington?

1387
01:26:50,440 --> 01:26:52,920
JERRY: No easy way
to say this, Gary,
so I'm just going to say it.

1388
01:26:54,280 --> 01:26:56,726
We've had Pete backtrack
a few of your leads.

1389
01:26:59,280 --> 01:27:00,691
Why didn't you tell me?

1390
01:27:00,880 --> 01:27:02,450
Well, I'm telling you now.

1391
01:27:02,960 --> 01:27:03,961
GARY: Pete, why didn't
you say anything?

1392
01:27:04,080 --> 01:27:07,527
JERRY: We didn't like
some of the stuff
that Pete brought back, okay?

1393
01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:09,888
Some of your sources
have changed their stories.

1394
01:27:09,960 --> 01:27:10,961
Of course, they did.

1395
01:27:11,040 --> 01:27:12,804
Well, they're
saying they never said

1396
01:27:12,960 --> 01:27:14,724
the things you
have them saying.

1397
01:27:14,920 --> 01:27:16,968
Well, that's how
they operate, Jerry.

1398
01:27:17,040 --> 01:27:18,724
- "They"?
- The Agency.

1399
01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:19,961
They deny everything.

1400
01:27:20,040 --> 01:27:22,725
Everyone who
works with the CIA,
the CIA denies everything.

1401
01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:25,850
Did you ever get
an actual CIA operative
on the record?

1402
01:27:26,440 --> 01:27:28,807
We never made that claim.
I think that's been
very clear at this point.

1403
01:27:28,880 --> 01:27:29,881
He never said...
GARY: Anna,

1404
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:31,729
did you not tell
them about the guy
that came to my hotel?

1405
01:27:31,800 --> 01:27:33,689
But he said he's not
going on the record, Gary.

1406
01:27:35,120 --> 01:27:36,360
No, I think I made...

1407
01:27:36,480 --> 01:27:38,881
Did you get anyone who works
for the CIA on the record?

1408
01:27:40,400 --> 01:27:42,243
- Who is this guy?
- Outside counsel.

1409
01:27:42,360 --> 01:27:45,762
Okay, look here. Let me catch
you up to speed here,
Counselor.

1410
01:27:45,840 --> 01:27:49,003
The CIA uses people
that worked for the CIA.

1411
01:27:49,240 --> 01:27:52,449
They also use people
who work with the CIA.
You get the difference.

1412
01:27:52,520 --> 01:27:55,126
We don't operate
in a courtroom
or in absolutes, Gary.

1413
01:27:55,200 --> 01:27:57,089
We operate in
shades of gray.

1414
01:27:57,480 --> 01:28:00,051
I didn't realize
truth was a shade
of gray. Anyone else?

1415
01:28:00,120 --> 01:28:01,167
MAN: It's not what
you can prove.

1416
01:28:01,240 --> 01:28:02,321
It's what people
say they remember.

1417
01:28:02,400 --> 01:28:03,765
Your word against theirs.

1418
01:28:04,040 --> 01:28:06,964
Would have been wonderful
to get a couple of innocent
people on the record, Gary.

1419
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:09,361
Yeah, well, nobody
a part of this story
is innocent, Jerry.

1420
01:28:09,440 --> 01:28:11,283
You know,
call Norwin Meneses.

1421
01:28:11,480 --> 01:28:13,528
He's in Managua.
He's in a prison.

1422
01:28:13,640 --> 01:28:15,244
He was happy
to speak to me
when I came down.

1423
01:28:15,400 --> 01:28:17,209
He said he never
spoke to you.

1424
01:28:18,320 --> 01:28:19,321
You kidding me?

1425
01:28:21,760 --> 01:28:23,649
I was in Managua
for three days,
you know this...

1426
01:28:23,720 --> 01:28:25,131
No, I know you were
in Managua, Gary.

1427
01:28:25,200 --> 01:28:27,282
He said you never
got inside the prison.

1428
01:28:27,560 --> 01:28:28,561
He said he never saw you.

1429
01:28:29,040 --> 01:28:30,769
Well, there were 500
other people who did.

1430
01:28:30,880 --> 01:28:32,609
Yeah, but can
you prove it?

1431
01:28:34,560 --> 01:28:37,245
What, you mean, like did I
bring home a T-shirt from
the prison gift shop?

1432
01:28:37,560 --> 01:28:38,527
- Do you have any proof...
- What do you want?

1433
01:28:38,600 --> 01:28:40,523
...you were actually
inside that prison?

1434
01:28:40,760 --> 01:28:42,649
- I bribed my way in.
- Oh, for Christ's sake.

1435
01:28:42,720 --> 01:28:44,006
GARY: Well, look,
it's a Third World country.

1436
01:28:44,240 --> 01:28:47,005
What did you expect me to do?
What about all my notes?

1437
01:28:47,080 --> 01:28:48,320
Legally, they're
just your notes.

1438
01:28:48,440 --> 01:28:49,726
All it means is
you wrote them.

1439
01:28:49,840 --> 01:28:50,841
You could have
made them up later.

1440
01:28:51,600 --> 01:28:53,090
- Fuck you.
JERRY: Easy, Gary.

1441
01:28:53,280 --> 01:28:54,486
- Fuck you both.
- Hey.

1442
01:28:54,560 --> 01:28:56,005
You questioning
my ethics?

1443
01:28:56,760 --> 01:28:59,843
Thinking I'd re-engineer
a goddamn thing?

1444
01:28:59,920 --> 01:29:01,684
How fucking dare you!
- Gary, calm down.

1445
01:29:01,760 --> 01:29:04,491
PETE: And what about
this Swiss banker? Baier?

1446
01:29:05,120 --> 01:29:06,451
GARY: Yeah, what about him?

1447
01:29:06,560 --> 01:29:07,846
I can't find him.

1448
01:29:08,080 --> 01:29:09,684
We're going to have to look
a little harder then.

1449
01:29:09,760 --> 01:29:11,330
JERRY: No one's heard
from him, Gary.

1450
01:29:11,400 --> 01:29:13,528
This is crazy.
This is nuts.

1451
01:29:14,480 --> 01:29:15,925
The CIA can't
take a piss without

1452
01:29:16,120 --> 01:29:17,531
getting their dicks
caught in their fly,

1453
01:29:17,600 --> 01:29:20,001
but they're absolutely
fantastic at this.
I mean, look at you guys.

1454
01:29:20,080 --> 01:29:22,686
You're looking at
me like I'm crazy,
like I'm lying.

1455
01:29:22,760 --> 01:29:24,489
JERRY: This is, Gary...
- That's what you're doing!

1456
01:29:24,560 --> 01:29:26,528
JERRY: Nobody's saying that.
This is not personal.
Do not...

1457
01:29:26,600 --> 01:29:27,567
How is this not personal?

1458
01:29:27,640 --> 01:29:29,847
Look, Gary, we got
into this together,

1459
01:29:29,960 --> 01:29:32,167
so we're going to get
out of it together.

1460
01:29:37,760 --> 01:29:39,569
We're going to
get out of it?

1461
01:29:40,440 --> 01:29:43,364
We are going to
print an open letter

1462
01:29:43,480 --> 01:29:44,766
saying that some
mistakes were made.

1463
01:29:44,840 --> 01:29:46,251
Don't do that.
Don't do that.

1464
01:29:46,520 --> 01:29:48,648
Come on, Gary, there's
a bigger picture here,
open your eyes.

1465
01:29:48,760 --> 01:29:50,524
My eyes are wide open.
Know what I see?

1466
01:29:50,600 --> 01:29:53,331
I see a bunch of people
that are worried
about their reputations.

1467
01:29:53,400 --> 01:29:54,925
Terrified that
the <i>Post</i> or the <i>Times</i>

1468
01:29:55,000 --> 01:29:56,764
aren't going to pluck you
from the foothills of San Jose

1469
01:29:56,920 --> 01:29:59,321
and give you a job
on the mountaintop.

1470
01:29:59,560 --> 01:30:03,281
You know, Jerry,
you print that letter,
you can't undo it. Not ever.

1471
01:30:03,360 --> 01:30:05,727
You become a paper
that tells the truth

1472
01:30:05,840 --> 01:30:08,207
only when you
fucking feel like it.

1473
01:30:10,880 --> 01:30:12,962
BOB McKEOWN: <i>Some of
the heavyweights
of American journalism</i>

1474
01:30:13,040 --> 01:30:14,804
<i>have examined Webb's work</i>

1475
01:30:14,880 --> 01:30:17,804
<i>and found it reckless,
often wrong.</i>

1476
01:30:18,160 --> 01:30:21,243
<i>Just this week,
Webb was pulled
off the CIA story</i>

1477
01:30:21,320 --> 01:30:23,800
<i>after his own executive
editor admitted the articles</i>

1478
01:30:23,880 --> 01:30:27,043
<i>oversimplified the origins
of the crack epidemic.</i>

1479
01:30:27,320 --> 01:30:30,210
<i>He also wrote,
"I feel that we
did not have proof</i>

1480
01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:32,687
<i>"that top CIA officials knew."</i>

1481
01:30:33,520 --> 01:30:36,603
<i>Many Americans do
seem willing to believe
that their own government</i>

1482
01:30:36,680 --> 01:30:39,286
<i>could have been involved
in drug smuggling.</i>

1483
01:30:39,360 --> 01:30:41,647
<i>Despite the criticism
of Mr. Webb's work,</i>

1484
01:30:41,720 --> 01:30:42,801
<i>he is scheduled to receive</i>

1485
01:30:42,880 --> 01:30:44,723
<i>the Bay Area Journalist
of the Year Award.</i>

1486
01:30:45,360 --> 01:30:46,771
<i>Some within the
organization are debating</i>

1487
01:30:46,920 --> 01:30:48,365
<i>whether he is
worthy of this...</i>

1488
01:31:44,040 --> 01:31:46,771
Where the fuck's my bike?
Come on. Come on!

1489
01:31:48,680 --> 01:31:51,889
Hey, excuse me,
have you seen a bike that
was here? A motorcycle?

1490
01:31:59,640 --> 01:32:02,484
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!

1491
01:32:07,440 --> 01:32:08,566
God!

1492
01:32:13,440 --> 01:32:14,771
Come on.

1493
01:32:17,760 --> 01:32:19,489
What are you looking at?

1494
01:32:25,080 --> 01:32:26,650
(INAUDIBLE)

1495
01:33:22,000 --> 01:33:23,001
CHRISTINE: He's here!

1496
01:33:23,200 --> 01:33:24,201
ERIC: I see his car!

1497
01:33:24,720 --> 01:33:26,051
CHRISTINE: Daddy!

1498
01:33:26,160 --> 01:33:28,288
- Dad!
- Hey, munchkins!

1499
01:33:30,360 --> 01:33:31,486
How are you?
How you doing?

1500
01:33:31,600 --> 01:33:32,726
Good.

1501
01:33:33,200 --> 01:33:35,646
Good to see you.
How you doing, kiddo?

1502
01:33:35,760 --> 01:33:37,171
- Good.
- What happened
to your hand?

1503
01:33:37,360 --> 01:33:39,362
That's just a little
scratch. It's nothing.

1504
01:33:39,920 --> 01:33:41,206
You ever coming home?

1505
01:33:41,480 --> 01:33:42,606
Working on it, kiddo.
We're working on it.

1506
01:33:42,720 --> 01:33:43,960
Mom! Dad's here!

1507
01:33:44,160 --> 01:33:45,366
Hi, chicken.

1508
01:33:50,360 --> 01:33:52,408
- Hey, Mom.
- Look at you.

1509
01:33:52,520 --> 01:33:54,045
ERIC: Come on,
Christine, let's go.

1510
01:33:56,560 --> 01:33:57,800
You look beautiful.

1511
01:33:59,400 --> 01:34:00,970
I look beautiful.

1512
01:34:01,760 --> 01:34:02,761
Come in.

1513
01:34:05,320 --> 01:34:06,560
What's this?

1514
01:34:06,720 --> 01:34:09,690
It's a long story.
It's nothing. It's boring.

1515
01:34:11,560 --> 01:34:13,005
Hi.

1516
01:34:13,080 --> 01:34:15,003
Hi. How you been?

1517
01:34:16,920 --> 01:34:19,048
Really good,
considering.

1518
01:34:20,920 --> 01:34:23,491
I've decided to continue
writing on my own,

1519
01:34:25,240 --> 01:34:26,765
without the paper.

1520
01:34:29,360 --> 01:34:31,442
- You're resigning?
- Yeah.

1521
01:34:33,760 --> 01:34:35,603
- Well, that's good.
- Yeah.

1522
01:34:35,680 --> 01:34:40,049
I mean, you know,
walk away. Fresh start.

1523
01:34:41,520 --> 01:34:43,443
Make room for
something new.

1524
01:34:43,920 --> 01:34:44,921
Yeah.

1525
01:34:47,600 --> 01:34:50,251
Thanks for
coming with me.
It means a lot.

1526
01:34:50,880 --> 01:34:52,609
Tonight's going
to be a good night.

1527
01:34:53,120 --> 01:34:54,201
Journalist of the Year.

1528
01:34:54,280 --> 01:34:55,725
Yeah, you ready?
You look ready.

1529
01:34:56,080 --> 01:34:58,162
- You guys behave.
- Love you guys.

1530
01:34:58,240 --> 01:34:59,366
Where's Ian?

1531
01:34:59,440 --> 01:35:00,771
(MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING)

1532
01:35:04,600 --> 01:35:06,011
No way.

1533
01:35:06,600 --> 01:35:08,125
No way.

1534
01:35:10,320 --> 01:35:11,321
What?

1535
01:35:13,320 --> 01:35:14,401
What?

1536
01:35:17,640 --> 01:35:18,641
This is great!

1537
01:35:18,760 --> 01:35:19,727
IAN: Yeah.

1538
01:35:19,800 --> 01:35:21,643
Oh, man, look at her.

1539
01:35:22,120 --> 01:35:24,327
You did it!
You did it!
You did it!

1540
01:35:24,480 --> 01:35:25,481
Thank you.

1541
01:35:26,920 --> 01:35:28,729
I'm so proud of you.

1542
01:35:28,800 --> 01:35:30,643
- Thank you.
- I'm super proud of you.

1543
01:35:31,840 --> 01:35:34,286
All right! Yes!
(HONKS HORN)

1544
01:35:37,160 --> 01:35:38,400
I'll follow you.

1545
01:35:38,520 --> 01:35:39,760
Yeah, don't drive too fast.

1546
01:35:40,800 --> 01:35:42,450
SUE: Well, what?
- We'll see.

1547
01:35:43,640 --> 01:35:44,846
(HONKS HORN)

1548
01:36:08,160 --> 01:36:09,605
(INAUDIBLE)

1549
01:36:18,200 --> 01:36:19,201
(LOUD APPLAUSE)

1550
01:36:19,280 --> 01:36:20,725
Unbelievable!

1551
01:36:21,920 --> 01:36:22,921
Unbelievable.

1552
01:36:24,680 --> 01:36:25,681
Congratulations.

1553
01:36:28,600 --> 01:36:30,921
Congratulations,
Gary! Good job!

1554
01:36:31,680 --> 01:36:33,170
Thank you, thank you.

1555
01:36:34,200 --> 01:36:36,601
Good to see you,
good to see you.

1556
01:36:36,880 --> 01:36:38,530
(SCATTERED APPLAUSE)

1557
01:37:08,360 --> 01:37:09,361
(CLEARS THROAT)

1558
01:37:32,760 --> 01:37:37,766
<i>My first story was about
a dog that should have
died, but wouldn't.</i>

1559
01:37:42,280 --> 01:37:45,443
<i>I was 22. It was
a stupid little feature,
but I was proud of it.</i>

1560
01:37:46,000 --> 01:37:48,321
<i>I put it in a frame
and hung it on my wall.</i>

1561
01:37:50,960 --> 01:37:54,282
<i>And believed I joined
a secret guild of
reporters that day.</i>

1562
01:37:55,560 --> 01:37:57,722
<i>If there was ever
a believer, it was me.</i>

1563
01:38:00,120 --> 01:38:04,250
<i>My last story was
about a police horse
in Cupertino, California</i>

1564
01:38:05,840 --> 01:38:07,285
<i>who died of constipation.</i>

1565
01:38:08,280 --> 01:38:09,486
(SCATTERED CHUCKLES)

1566
01:38:10,320 --> 01:38:12,482
<i>Actually, it's not a joke.</i>

1567
01:38:14,080 --> 01:38:16,811
<i>But to begin with a dog
and end with
a pile of horseshit,</i>

1568
01:38:18,640 --> 01:38:21,644
<i>there's a kind of poetry
in there, somewhere.</i>

1569
01:38:27,480 --> 01:38:28,845
<i>But this, this is horseshit.</i>

1570
01:38:30,080 --> 01:38:31,491
<i>Me being up here.</i>

1571
01:38:32,640 --> 01:38:35,883
<i>Look, I know I pissed
off a lot of people
over the years.</i>

1572
01:38:36,680 --> 01:38:39,160
<i>Many of whom are in
this room right now.</i>

1573
01:38:42,040 --> 01:38:44,771
<i>But I think that's what good
investigative reporting does.</i>

1574
01:38:44,840 --> 01:38:46,171
<i>It ruffles feathers.</i>

1575
01:38:48,240 --> 01:38:49,844
<i>But I was never fired.</i>

1576
01:38:49,920 --> 01:38:52,321
<i>And my editors never
threw me under the bus.</i>

1577
01:38:54,160 --> 01:38:56,970
<i>And that's because
I never wrote
anything until now</i>

1578
01:38:58,800 --> 01:39:02,202
<i>that really mattered
to a lot of people.</i>

1579
01:39:03,840 --> 01:39:05,410
<i>Mattered in a scary way.</i>

1580
01:39:09,960 --> 01:39:12,201
<i>I'm not going to take it back,</i>

1581
01:39:12,280 --> 01:39:15,284
<i>make nice to save my job.</i>

1582
01:39:17,600 --> 01:39:19,250
<i>Because I thought my job...</i>

1583
01:39:24,040 --> 01:39:25,041
(CLEARS THROAT)

1584
01:39:25,880 --> 01:39:26,961
(VOICE CRACKS) <i>Sorry.</i>

1585
01:39:34,360 --> 01:39:37,728
<i>I thought my job
was to tell
the public the truth,</i>

1586
01:39:37,800 --> 01:39:39,643
<i>the facts, pretty or not,</i>

1587
01:39:39,720 --> 01:39:43,486
<i>and let the publishing
of those facts
make a difference</i>

1588
01:39:45,760 --> 01:39:46,921
<i>in how people look at things,</i>

1589
01:39:47,040 --> 01:39:49,168
<i>at themselves,
at what they stand for.</i>

1590
01:39:50,720 --> 01:39:52,449
<i>That's shame on me.</i>

1591
01:39:57,800 --> 01:40:00,246
<i>This is the only thing
I ever wanted to do.</i>

1592
01:40:06,800 --> 01:40:08,529
<i>And for a while,</i>

1593
01:40:11,080 --> 01:40:13,367
<i>a long while,
it was an honor.</i>

1594
01:40:21,840 --> 01:40:23,126
(AUDIENCE MURMURING)

1595
01:40:49,880 --> 01:40:53,771
EMCEE: <i>Before we say
goodnight, there's one
more item of business.</i>

1596
01:41:06,360 --> 01:41:07,361
Hey, Dad.

1597
01:41:11,120 --> 01:41:12,167
Hey, bud.

1598
01:41:13,560 --> 01:41:14,686
You okay?

1599
01:41:16,120 --> 01:41:17,645
I'm not sure.

1600
01:41:21,120 --> 01:41:23,168
Well, I'm really
proud of you.

1601
01:41:31,320 --> 01:41:32,321
Thanks, bud.

1602
01:41:40,040 --> 01:41:41,371
Listen,

1603
01:41:43,520 --> 01:41:46,888
I've done a lot of things
that I'm not proud of.

1604
01:41:50,120 --> 01:41:52,202
But I've never
stopped loving you.

1605
01:41:53,760 --> 01:41:55,250
Not once.

1606
01:41:57,960 --> 01:41:59,166
I know.

1607
01:42:04,680 --> 01:42:05,727
I need some air.

1608
01:42:05,880 --> 01:42:06,927
Yeah.

1609
01:42:08,720 --> 01:42:10,563
Hey, Dad,
don't go too far.

1610
01:42:38,880 --> 01:42:40,211
MAXINE WATERS:
<i>This town hall meeting</i>

1611
01:42:40,280 --> 01:42:43,329
<i>allows the South Central
community to interact</i>

1612
01:42:43,400 --> 01:42:45,687
<i>with the Director of
Central Intelligence.</i>

1613
01:42:45,880 --> 01:42:49,680
<i>Please join me in
welcoming CIA Director,
John Deutch.</i>

1614
01:43:03,280 --> 01:43:05,442
<i>How are we
supposed to trust</i>

1615
01:43:06,280 --> 01:43:10,569
<i>the CIA officials to
investigate themselves?</i>

1616
01:43:10,680 --> 01:43:12,523
<i>"Is Gary Webb in the
house?" is the first
thing I want to ask.</i>

1617
01:43:12,600 --> 01:43:13,726
<i>Is Gary Webb in here?</i>

1618
01:43:14,360 --> 01:43:16,966
<i>Gary Webb is the reporter
for the</i> San Jose Mercury News

1619
01:43:17,040 --> 01:43:18,326
<i>who broke the
story wide open.</i>

1620
01:43:18,600 --> 01:43:21,080
<i>Allow Gary Webb
to have full access</i>

1621
01:43:21,160 --> 01:43:23,481
<i>to the Investigator General's
full documentation</i>

1622
01:43:23,800 --> 01:43:26,724
<i>and comparatively
go through it as the
investigation goes on.</i>

1623
01:43:27,800 --> 01:43:28,801
<i>Thank you.</i>

1624
01:43:55,360 --> 01:43:56,566
<i>There's no question in my mind</i>

1625
01:43:56,640 --> 01:44:00,042
<i>there is a complicity
in the flow of drugs
into this country.</i>

1626
01:44:00,240 --> 01:44:03,483
<i>Same pilots, same airstrips,
same airplanes,</i>

1627
01:44:04,160 --> 01:44:09,166
<i>carrying guns and drugs
at the same time,
and people knew it.</i>

1628
01:44:09,440 --> 01:44:12,649
<i>South Central Los Angeles
and every other
city in America</i>

1629
01:44:13,000 --> 01:44:15,082
<i>are owed an explanation.</i>

1630
01:44:48,280 --> 01:44:50,123
Yeah, Dad. You're
fighting with us.

1631
01:44:51,560 --> 01:44:52,561
It's too hard for you.

1632
01:44:53,200 --> 01:44:55,202
Do you have
any more, Eric?
- Dad!