Word Of Honor Page #4

from that firing squad, Mr. Tyson...

...you gonna have to disclose that.

l'm your attorney. l got privilege.

Well....

Well, you saved Lewis Kaplan

a hefty retainer fee.

l pay my own way, Mr. Runnells.

Mr. Tyson...

...l was in country.

Two years, tour of duty.

What l tell you...

...does not leave this room.

First, tell me about Misericorde.

Won't forget you, Cane.

Just hang on, Tyson,

we're gonna get you out of here!

l'm gonna make sure you get

a commendation. You saved my life.

You've done the same, buddy.

We're in this hellhole together.

Get yourself patched up, you know?

Look around you, lieutenant.

You're not alone.

He's ready.

Come on.

-Hey, pal.

-Hey.

Lieutenant Tyson?

Radioman John Kelly reports, sir.

ln lraq, the American team

of inspectors continue their....

Whole lraq war was handled by

push button. What kind of war is that?

-Sadowski?

-Thanks.

Laser-guided bombs and heat-seeking

missiles destroyed lraqi targets.

One hundred and forty-four American

troops were killed during the war...

-...while many others continue to die....

-A hundred and forty-four casualties.

Half of them were accidents.

Hell, we lost what? Fifty-eight thousand.

Fifty-eight thousand.

Come home and they treat us like garbage.

Billy Sanchez?

He offed himself, l heard.

Hey, man.

-Ramon. Son of a b*tch.

-Ramon.

-Come on in and have yourself a drink.

-Hey, old buddy.

All right, all right, l'm not into this

weepy, touchy-feely reunion, so...

...let's get to it.

Lieutenant, look...

...we know what you're going through.

You're taking the bullet for all of us.

You got our loyalty.

You need money,

help along the way, just ask.

Of all the sons of b*tches

to turn weasel....

And after you protected Brandt, lieutenant.

We stick to the story,

we stay together, we're okay.

You're forgetting the nun.

Sister.... What's her name?

-What if she starts talking?

-We should've fragged her too.

Look, l'm not trying to defend Dr. Brandt...

...but l've struggled with this myself.

Brandt never found peace.

l found Jesus.

And every day, l ask the Lord

for forgiveness for Misericorde.

-Every day--

-Enough with the born-again crap, Bel.

l came to hear the lieutenant.

The story's out there.

lt's distorted.

l need some leeway.

What do you mean, ''leeway''?

l got a family.

They need to know what happened.

Hold up.

This is what you got us out here for?

Let me make this real simple.

-You open your mouth to anybody...

-Detonq, come on, man.

...your wife, your kids, anybody...

-...there'll be payback.

-ls that a threat?

lt is what it is, Ty.

Don't test me.

We saved your life a long time ago.

Don't make us regret that.

-You gave us your word.

-We got our own families to protect.

Lieutenant, wives talk.

They talk to their girlfriends...

-...their ministers--

-You selfish bastard!

-Come on.

-No, now you wanna sell us out...

...so you can save your marriage

to that slut wife of yours?

Lieutenant?

Lieutenant.

Maybe l prevail against the Army.

Maybe l prevail against that recall.

And maybe l don't.

Either way...

...it's clear the loyalty in this room...

...cuts one way.

lt always did.

Never once...

...in the Army's 227-year history...

...has a former soldier...

...a decorated war hero...

...with two Purple Hearts...

...been reactivated on the basis

of disability pay.

Never once.

The Army says it must recall Benjamin

Tyson so that it can investigate a crime.

But a crime has never been

established here.

lnstead, Mr. Tyson has been subjected...

...to an avalanche of publicity...

...been accused and convicted

in the media...

...based on multiple convoluted,

contradictory...

...and unsubstantiated verbal accounts.

A crime has been committed.

But it is the Army's determination

to scapegoat an innocent man...

...by dragging him backward

through this loophole...

...and its willingness to shred

the Constitution...

...in order to selectively prosecute him.

l ask our motion for immediate relief

be granted...

...and the Army's jurisdiction denied.

ln some ways,

this ruling is so bad it's good.

Listen to the fractured logic:

''The frightening nature of this precedent

argues that such ruling should pertain...

...only to the facts of this case

and this case alone.''

Et cetera, dementia. lt basically confirms

they denied your constitutional rights.

lt's just that it's okay because it's you.

-Now we appeal.

-You got that right.

-All the way to the Supreme Court.

-Bad break.

-l assume you're going to appeal.

-Spare us the false sympathies.

l'm being sincere, lieutenant. There are

no bad guys here, just the system.

Between us, l don't think

it was a good ruling.

Thank you very much, major, darling.

Let's go.

l knew they'd be curious about it.

Let me just say-- Let me just say...

...that l'm not at liberty to discuss

the particulars of the ruling.

l can assure you that Mr. Tyson

is going to fight...

...for his constitutional....

Tyson.

l represent the government.

The whole government?

All by yourself?

l like that, Tyson.

You're better educated

than your typical mass murderer.

Relax. Have a sense of humor, for chrissake.

The point is, this conversation

is unofficial but authorized.

ls that so?

-What's in it for me?

-lf you're smart, your freedom, your life.

Let me lay it out for you.

The people on your side are civilians.

White House, state department.

lt's the Army that wants

your head on a pole.

l'm not going down without a fight.

Think of the expense, the effort.

And the alternative?

Leave the country.

You have your passport.

All we ask is that you go someplace

that won't embarrass the administration.

Places like Brazil or Sweden,

where there's no extradition problem.

How about you go to hell?

You put the Army through a court fight,

you'll lose.

They'll yank your passport,

put you in prison.

Hey, Tyson.

-Folks made the cover again.

-Leave him be.

Dave, if your daddy does some time...

...l'll put your mom

on the top of my MlLF list.

Think of your son, your wife.

-Word is your marriage is rocky.

-ls it true you're getting a divorce?

lt's what it says in the tabloids.

We are not talking about divorce.

Everything about this family is a lie.

This isn't just about you and me.

-You have to choose.

-You need to understand something.

The Army needs this one.

You remember the Peers Commission Report

on My Lai?

Everything wrong with that case

will be right with this one.

No cover-ups, legal blunders...

...just justice. Even if

it has to be scripted and faked.

l wanna make a deal.

What kind of deal?

l'll accept the Army's recall orders...

...and the court-martial.

But in exchange,

l want immunity for my soldiers.

Are you off your medication?

What are you even considering this for?

-We'll win on appeal. You'll be off scot-free.

-ln two years.

The Army would be happy to execute you.

Do you get that?

My job is to protect you,

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