The Informant! Page #10

And these are cases we know

we can convict.

Forty-five counts of wire fraud...

...and money laundering

and tax evasin.

So explain to us,

where is the wiggle room?

I'm not stupid. Mark committed a crime.

He stole nine million dollars.

That's pretty indefensible.

But these guys at ADM, they stole

hundreds of millions of dollars...

...from innocent people

all around the worid.

Mark showed that white guys in suits

getting together...

...that's not a meeting,

it's a crime scene.

And not only did he tell you about it,

he got the evidence to prove it. Ha.

When agents go undercover for the FBI,

they get trained for the stresses.

We hear this all the time.

How easy it is for a trained agent to crack.

I mean, here's Mark, a civilian,

with no training.

But you guys just shove him in there.

You tell him to go for it without any

training to make sure he doesn't crack.

Ah! Baby.

Ginger.

They kidnapped me.

They put me in a car.

They drove me around for 20 minutes.

- They wouldn't let me out.

- Oh, my gosh.

- My leg.

- Oh, Mark.

It's all cramped.

Who did this? Who took you?

It's obvious. Look at my jacket.

These people mean business.

I was abducted.

I was thrown into the back

of a light-brown Dodge Dynasty...

...by two thugs...

...and driven around

in a 20-minute joyride.

And basically, I was told...

...you know, forget everything

that isn't on tape...

...and you can forget about bringing it up

in a courtroom or for the media.

Did the men identify themselves?

I think we know who sent them.

And they sawed the locks

off the door, like Mafia thugs.

Yeah, on each side, so I was trapped.

You were trapped.

You couldn't roll down the window.

No.

Where was the FBI in all of this?

Well, I think...

We think people have to realize...

...that the FBI did the same thing.

I mean, they locked my husband

in an investigation...

...and they drove our family around

for three years.

- Three to five years?

- Yes.

In jail? But ADM's the bad guys.

Everywhere we go, it's the same story.

It's just dump on Mark Whitacre.

You gotta focus here.

You stole $9 million,

and then you lied about it.

Maybe in your head, you're good.

To them, you're a guy who stole a lot

of money, and then lied about it.

Ginger and I have been talking

and we'd like to file a lawsuit...

...against Brian Shepard

and the United States government.

Oh, my God. For what, Mark?

He hit me with a briefcase.

Mark, come on.

And he told me to destroy tapes

that didn't help the case.

Why would Brian Shepard do that?

Maybe the question you should be asking

yourself is, what is Brian Shepard hiding?

All right. I'm telling you, okay?

Take the plea.

Thanks, Jim, but...

...we're gonna go a different way.

Evelyn?

What?

There's a reporter

from the Washington Post.

Has some questions about Corky.

A reporter.

This is Evelyn Whitacre.

What do you mean, adopted?

Well, as his mother, I can assure you...

...that my husband and l

were not killed in a car accident...

...and Mark was not adopted

by wealthy people.

Mark's been telling people that you

and I were killed in a car accident...

...and he was adopted by rich people.

What do you make of that?

That's kind of weird.

I read this study in TIME magazine

when I was at Cornell.

There were people who never believed

I would make it...

...into an Ivy League school.

Maybe Ginger...

...who I met in the 8th grade.

And the study said that people

had nice, sympathetic feelings...

...about people who were adopted,

and treated them better.

So I made up this adoption story

and people did treat me better.

When I got a job, one of my professors

told people at Ralston Purina...

...I was this guy that had accomplished

all of this in spite of being adopted.

So it was really other people

who spread the story, not me.

I admit it was wrong to start it,

it was other people who kept it going.

Even the people at ADM.

My new lawyer sees that.

Tsk. This all goes back many years...

...before most of us were born.

It's bigger than any of us...

...and it's ongoing.

I know you're skeptical,

but I've seen it.

My client, Mark Whitacre,

has shown it to me.

Maybe I am just a personal-injury lawyer

from Taylorville, "Nowhere" Illinois...

...but I tell you...

...I know the identity

of the master puppeteer.

- The who?

- The master puppeteer.

And it's not who you're thinking.

Mark has tapes, tapes that the

government doesn't want us to hear.

Tapes that outline the actions

of Brian Shepard...

...who hit Mark Whitacre

with a briefcase...

...while Mark was cooperating

with the government.

My client has a letter

from his psychiatrist...

...outlining and confirming the cruelty

perpetrated on him by Brian Shepard.

A letter from his psychiatrist clearly

exonerating my client from all wrongdoing.

"It is obvious that the FBI

made some grand mistakes...

...in how they handled and treated you."

There's a phrase...

"Grand mistakes."

...coming from a doctor.

"When one discusses suicide,

this is a red flag.

When one discusses how they will do it,

then it is very, very serious.

I also feel that the FBI requiring you

to do unethical conduct...

...against ADM was another blunder...

...that forced you into a bipolar situation.

They should have known better

and noted that a medical problem exists.

From a medical point of view, this is

attempted murder that the FBI did to you.

From a legal view,

your lawyer needs to decide what to do...

...and what the terminology is.

I'll support you in whatever you need.

You and your family have been through

too much turmoil with the government.

They should know better."

That's Dr. Miller.

I read the letter, Mark.

The problem with the letter is...

...it's a lie.

What are you talking about, Brian?

It's on his letterhead.

That's his signature.

- What are you talking about?

- The area code, Mark.

In the letterhead? The area code 847?

This letter was written

in November 1995.

That area code didn't exist then.

Okay, but they announced that the change

was coming. I even remember that.

- People order their stationery early.

I thought about that.

So I asked the phone company.

This is the press release

announcing the new 847 area code.

It's dated six days after your letter

was written.

Miller could not have known about it.

Ron Henkoff from Fortune called

Dr. Miller and Miller confirmed the letter.

If you talk to Henkoff...

Ron Henkoff from Fortune magazine...

...verified the letter with Dr. Miller.

- I talked to Dr. Miller, Mark.

You can't...

That's a violation

of my doctor-patient confidentiality.

That's a total violation of my doctor-patient

confidentiality. You can't call Miller.

Doctor-patient confidentiality

doesn't apply to forgeries.

Then why did Fortune magazine

run the story?

Well, why would Ron Henkoff,

for Fortune magazine...

...put it in a cover story?

Stop it, Mark.

Henk... If you talk to Henkoff...

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