i'm requesting. i'm. captain, i'd like to request that i be the attorney assigned to rep -- i'd like to request that it be myself who is assigned to represent -- "that it be myself who is assigned to represent"? . good, jo, that's confidence inspiring. thank you, sir. yes sir. captain, i appreciate your seeing me on such short notice. yes sir. this past friday evening. two marines, corporal harold dawson and private louden downey, entered the barracks room of a pfc william santiago and assaulted him. santiago died at the base hospital approximately an hour later. the nis agent who took their statements maintains they were trying to prevent santiago from naming them in a fenceline shooting incident. they're scheduled to have a hearing down in cuba at 4:00 this afternoon. dawson and downey are both recruiting poster marines and santiago was known to be a screw-up. i was thinking that it sounded an awful lot like a code red. i'd like them moved up to washington and assigned counsel. someone who can really look into this. someone who possesses not only the legal skill, but a familiarity with the inner workings of the military. in short, captain, i'd like to suggest that. i be the one who, that it be me who is assigned to represent them. myself. thank you, sir, i'm fine. certainly, sir. thank you, sir. but. not me. sir -- you're the attorney that division assigned? come in, please, have a seat. lieutenant, how long have you been in the navy? and how long have you been out of law school? i see. no. it's just that when i petitioned division to have counsel assigned, i was hoping i'd be taken seriously. have you ever been in a courtroom? no. they'll need a lawyer. dawson's family has been contacted. downey's closest living relative is ginny miller, his aunt on his mother's side, she hasn't been contacted yet. would you like me to take care of that? one of the people you'll be speaking to down there is the barracks c.o., colonel nathan jessep, i assume you've heard of him. these are letters that santiago wrote in his 8 months at gitmo -- he wrote to his recruiter, the fleet commander, hq, atlantic, even his senator. he wanted a transfer. nobody was listening. you with me? this last letter to the naval investigative service -- -- where he offers information about corporal dawson's fenceline shooting in exchange for a transfer, was just a last ditch effort. lieutenant, this letter makes it look like your client had a motive to kill santiago. the victim. yes, among other -- colonel jessep, yes, but -- i'm sorry? you haven't talked to a witness, you haven't looked at a piece of paper. you're gonna have to go deeper than just -- my job is to make sure you do your job. i'm special counsel for internal affairs, so my jurisdiction's pretty much in your face. read the letters. you're not under any obligation, but i'd appreciate a report when you get back from cuba. you're dismissed. tell your friend not to get cute down there. the marines in guantanimo are fanatical. about being marines. excuse me. no, thank you, i can't throw and catch things. i wanted to talk to you about corporal dawson and private downey. dawson and downey. dawson! downey! your clients! i was wondering why two guys have been in a jail cell since this morning while their lawyer is outside hitting a ball. that wasn't funny. lieutenant, would you feel very insulted if i recommended to your supervisor that he assign different counsel? i don't think you're fit to handle this defense. i do know you. daniel allistair kaffee, born june 8th, 1964 at boston mercy hospital. your father's lionel kaffee, former navy judge advocate and attorney general, of the united states, died 1985. you went to harvard law on a navy scholarship, probably because that's what your father wanted you to do, and now you're just treading water for the three years you've gotta serve in the jag corps, just kinda layin' low til you can get out and get a real job. and if that's the situation, that's fine, i won't tell anyone. but my feeling is that if this case is handled in the same fast-food, slick-ass, persian bazaar manner with which you seem to handle everything else, something's gonna get missed. and i wouldn't be doing my job if i allowed dawson and downey to spend any more time in prison than absolutely necessary, because their attorney had pre- determined the path of least resistance. i don't think your clients murdered anybody. there was no intent. santiago died at one a.m. at three the doctor was unable to determine the cause of death, but two hours later he said it was poison. i'm gonna speak to your supervisor. thank you. do you know what a code red is? what a pity. hi there. is there anyone in this command that you don't either drink or play softball with? listen, i came to make peace. we started off on the wrong foot. what do you say? friends? by the way, i brought downey some comic books he was asking for. the kid, kaffee, i swear, he doesn't know where he is, he doesn't even know why he's been arrested. you can call me joanne. or jo. yes. i had authorization. downey's closest living relative, ginny miller, his aunt on his mother's side. i gave her a call like you asked. very nice woman, we talked for about an hour. perfectly within my province. i'm going to cuba with you tomorrow. commander galloway. thank you. jesus christ, kaffee, you're in the navy for cryin' out loud! colonel. the jag corps can be demanding that way. lt. kendrick, do you think santiago was murdered? you planning on doing any investigating or are you just gonna take the guided tour? wait a minute, i've got some questions. yes i do. colonel, on the morning that santiago died, did you meet with doctor stone between three and five? i was wondering if you've ever heard the term code red. colonel, this past february, you received a cautionary memo from the naval investigative service, warning that the practice of enlisted men disciplining their own wasn't to be condoned by officers. my point is that i think code reds still go on down here. do code reds still happen on this base, colonel? yes he does. yeah, he really does. colonel? colonel, the practice of code reds is still condoned by officers on this base, isn't it? i need an answer to my question, sir. it's me. markinson resigned his commission. this afternoon. sometime after we left. i already tried, i can't find him. i'm louden downey's attorney. aunt ginny. she said she feels like she's known me for years. i suggested that she might feel more comfortable if i were directly involved with the case. she had louden sign the papers about an hour ago. don't worry, i'm not gonna make a motion for separation, you're still lead counsel. i think kendrick ordered the code red. so do you. alright. let's sort this out. there was a platoon meeting on august 6th at four in the afternoon. and lt. kendrick, he gave strict instructions that nothing was to happen to santiago. now is that true? i want you to speak freely. and what happened then? how long have you known about the order? i'm accusing you of -- no deal, we're going to a jury. why not? no. let's go in another room. louden, everything's gonna be alright. we're gonna go into a holding room. yeah. one thing, though. when you ask the judge for new counsel, danny, be sure and ask nicely. i want you to let 'em be judged! i want you to stand up and make an argument! don't look now, danny, but you're making an argument. why are you so afraid to be a lawyer? were daddy's expectations really that high? another lawyer won't be good enough. they need you. you know how to win. you know they have a case. and you know how to win. you walk away from this now, and you have sealed their fate. do you believe they have a defense? you know nothing about the law. you're a used car salesman, daniel. you're an ambulance chaser with a rank. you're nothing. live with that. yeah. i've got medical reports and chinese food. i say we eat first. just because a person has a motive doesn't mean -- as long as we're on the subject of the doctor -- listen to me, three o'clock he doesn't know what killed santiago, then he meets with jessep, and at five o'clock he says it was poison? the doctor's covering up the truth. captain hill, this is lt. commander galloway, i'm an internal affairs officer with the jag corps in washington, d.c. i'm trying to track down a captain matthew andrew markinson, usmc. he resigned his commission a week ago thursday. no, please don't put me on hold -- object. nice. and what happened after kendrick came into your room? really! i'll give you a ride. danny -- i was just gonna tell you to wear matching socks tomorrow. we're ready. danny, i want you to meet ginny miller, louden's aunt. your honor, we re-new our objection to commander stone's testimony, and ask that it be stricken from the record. and we further ask that the court instruct the jury to lend no weight to this witness's testimony. sir, the defense strenuously objects and requests a meeting in chambers so that his honor might have an opportunity to hear discussion before ruling on the objection. exception. i got it on the record. why do you hate them so much? 'cause they stand on a wall. and they say "nothing's gonna hurt you tonight. not on my watch." i'm sorry to bother you, i should've called first. i was wondering if -- how you'd feel about my taking you to dinner tonight. no. i wasn't. do you like seafood? i know a good seafood place. my third case was a drunk and disorderly. the trial lasted nine weeks. i rounded up 31 people who were in the bar that night. 15 days. after that, they moved me to internal affairs. where i've earned two distinguished service medals and two letters of commendation. because i want you to think i'm good lawyer. no you don't. i think you're an exceptional lawyer. i watch the jurors, they respond to you, they like you. i see you convincing them. i think dawson and downey are gonna end up owing their lives to you. we'll find markinson. where is he? i want him guarded. this is lt. commander joanne galloway. my clearance code is 411273. thank you. it's jo galloway. i need to secure a witness. damn. yes. we're gonna win. "kaffee's got his case now, kaffee's got his case now." private downey, why did you go into santiago's room on the night of the 6th? and why did you give him a code red? you're gonna do fine. absolutely. you remember the order of the questions? are you sure? and you'll use small words? he gets rattled when he doesn't understand something. i'm just saying go slow. okay. and get him off as fast as you can. what? please the court, i'd like to request a recess in order to confer with my client. the witness has rights. your honor -- where do you think he is? as far as downey was concerned, it was an order from kendrick. it didn't matter that he didn't hear it first hand. he doesn't distinguish between the two. danny. i'm sorry. sam and i were just talking about how all we really have to do is call some witnesses who'll talk about implied orders. or maybe we put downey back on the stand before we get to dawson. are you drunk? i'll make a pot of coffee. we have a long night's work ahead. danny, it was just a setback. i'm sorry. but we'll fix it and then move on to markinson. i still think we can win. look, we'll go to randolph in the morning and make a motion for a continuance. 24 hours. to subpoena colonel jessep. listen for a second -- just hear me out -- you chicken-shit. you're gonna use what happened today as an excuse to give up. why did you ask jessep for the transfer order? in cuba. why did you ask jessep for the transfer order? why?! bullshit! you could've gotten it by picking up the phone and calling any one of a dozen departments at the pentagon. you didn't want the transfer order. you wanted to see jessep's reaction when you asked for the transfer order. you had an instinct. and it was confirmed by markinson. now damnit, let's put jessep on the stand and end this thing! he told kendrick to order the code red. you put him on the stand and you get it from him! i'm sorry i lost you your set of steak knives. i say we hit him with the phoney transfer order. what? i put it in the closet. i was tripping over it. he thinks better with his bat? what's goin' on? not yet. he's on his way. yes. listen, can i talk to you for a second? how're you feeling? listen. danny. when you're out there. if it's not gonna happen he's not gonna say it . don't go for it. if you feel like. if you feel like. you could get in trouble. i'm special counsel for internal affairs, and i'm telling you, you could get in a lot of trouble. if you think you can't get him. yeah. i think it doesn't matter what i think. i'm an administrator. i can't seem to defend people. he'll be here. i know, but -- it's not as simple as -- what do you say we take the rest of the day off. go out someplace. sam? champagne? yoo-hoo? so what's next for you? me? oh. you know. the usual. yeah. so what do you say? how 'bout a celebration? sounds good. who do you think i should call? what are you gonna do now? wear matching socks.