A Few Good Men Page #31

KAFFEE begins driving down the street.

KAFFEE:

What do you know?

MARKINSON:

I know everything.

KAFFEE:

Was it a code red?

MARKINSON:

Yes.

KAFFEE:

Did Kendrick give the order?

MARKINSON:

Yes.

KAFFEE:

Did you witness it?

MARKINSON:

I didn't need to --

KAFFEE:

Did you witness it?!

MARKINSON:

No.

KAFFEE:

Then how do you know?

MARKINSON:

I know.

KAFFEE:

You know sh*t.

MARKINSON:

He was never gonna be transferred

off the base.

And with this, KAFFEE screeches the car over to the side of

the road. He grabs the parking brake and pulls it up. He

turns to Markinson.

MARKINSON:

(continuing)

Jessep was going to keep him on the

base. He said he wanted him trained.

KAFFEE:

We've got the transfer order. It's

got your signature.

MARKINSON:

I know. I signed it the morning you

arrived in Cuba. Six days after

Santiago died.

KAFFEE's wheels are spinning. He's pumped.

KAFFEE:

I'm gonna get you a deal. Some kind

of immunity with the prosecutor. In

about four days, you're gonna appear

as a witness for the defense, and

you're gonna tell the court exactly

what you told me. Right now I'm gonna

check you into a motel, and we're

gonna start from the beginning.

MARKINSON:

I don't want a deal. And I don't

want immunity.

KAFFEE shakes his head and laughs.

MARKINSON:

(continuing)

I want you to know, I'm proud neither

of what I've done nor what I'm doing.

KAFFEE puts the car in gear and we

CUT TO:

INT. KAFFEE'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Where KAFFEE has just finished telling his story to an amazed

SAM and JO.

There's silence.

Then JO has a total adrenaline rush.

JO:

Where is he?

KAFFEE:

The Route 23 Best Western.

JO picks up the phone.

JO:

I want him guarded.

KAFFEE:

That's probably a good idea.

JO:

(into phone)

This is Lt. Commander Joanne Galloway.

My clearance code is 411273.

KAFFEE is impressed. He turns to SAM --

KAFFEE:

Clearance code?

JO:

Thank you.

KAFFEE:

(to SAM)

I don't have a clearance code. Do

you have a --

JO:

(into phone)

It's Jo Galloway. I need to secure a

witness.

Jo continues giving information to the person on the phone,

while Kaffee keeps talking to the both of them. Sam is writing

down notes as fast as he can.

KAFFEE:

He also said that Jessep's lying

about the transportation off the

base. Jessep said six the next morning

was the first flight Santiago could've

left on, Markinson says there was a

plane that left seven hours earlier.

JO hangs up the phone.

JO:

Damn.

KAFFEE:

That was impressive. Did you hear

what I just said about the flight?

JO:

Yes.

KAFFEE:

Sam, when a plane takes off from a

base, there's gotta be some kind of

record kept, right?

SAM:

We need the Tower Chief's Log for

GITMO.

KAFFEE:

(to SAM)

Get it.

JO:

We're gonna win.

KAFFEE:

Jo, don't get crazy about this. We

don't know who Markinson is. We don't

know what the log book's gonna say.

You just concentrate on Downey. I'm

gonna talk to Ross and tell him where

we are.

JO:

(sing-song)

"Kaffee's got his case now, Kaffee's

got his case now."

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