D Danny
Lieutenant Kendrick. May I call you John?
D Danny
Have I done something to offend you?
No, I like all you Navy boys. Every time we gotta go someplace to fight, you fellas always give us a ride.
Lieutenant Kendrick, do you think Santiago was murdered?
Commander, I believe in God and His son Jesus Christ. And because I do, I can say this. Private Santiago is dead, and that is a tragedy. But he is dead because he had no code. He is dead because he had no honor, and God was watching.
[to Danny]
How do you feel about that theory?
D Danny
[uneasily]
Sounds good! Let's move on.
[drunk]
Anyway, since we seem to be out of witnesses, I thought I'd drink a little.
I still think we can win.
[holds back a laugh]
Maybe you should drink a little.
Look, we'll go to Randolph in the morning and make a motion for a continuance, twenty-four hours.
Why would we wanna do that?
To subpoena Colonel Jessup.
No, I won't listen and I won't hear you out. Your passion is compelling, Jo; it's also useless. Louden Downey needed a trial lawyer today!
You chickenshit. You're going to use what happened today as an excuse to give up?
Why did you ask Jessup for the transfer order?
In Cuba, why did you ask Jessup for the transfer order?
What does it matter? I wanted the damn transfer order!
Bullshit! You could've gotten it by picking up the phone and calling any one of the dozen departments at the Pentagon. You didn't want the transfer order, you wanted to see Jessup's reaction when you asked for the transfer order. You had an instinct, and it was confirmed by Markinson. Now dammit, lets put Jessup on the stand and end this thing!
What possible good could come from putting Jessup on the stand?
He told Kendrick to order the Code Red!
[sarcastic]
He did? Well, that's great! Why didn't you say so?! And of course, you have proof of that? Oh! I'm sorry, I keep forgetting, you were sick the day they taught law at law school!
You put him on the stand and you get it from him.
Oh, we get it from him! Yes! No problem! We get it from him! "Colonel Jessup, isn't it true that you ordered the Code Red on Santiago?"
Listen, we're all a little--
[imitates buzzer]
EEEGH! I'm sorry, your time's run out! What do we have for the losers, Judge?! Well, for our defendants, it's a lifetime at exotic Fort Leavenworth! And for defense counsel Kaffee... That's right! It's a court martial! Yes, Johnny! After falsely accusing a highly decorated Marine officer of conspiracy and perjury, Lieutenant Kaffee will have a long and prosperous career teaching... typewriter maintenance at the Rocco Globo School for Women! Thank you for playing! Should we, or should we not, FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF THE GALACTICALLY STUPID?!
You're wrong - I do know you. Daniel Alistair 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, then you joined the Navy, 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 laying low so you can go out and get a real job. If that's the situation, that's fine, I won't tell anyone. But it's my feeling 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 predetermined the path of least resistance.
Wow... I'm sexually aroused, Commander.
[to Danny]
I, uh, had the pleasure of meeting your father once. I was a teenager, he spoke at my high school.
Well, what do you know? [to Kendrick] This man's dad once made a lot of enemies in your neck of the woods. Jefferson v. Madison County School District. Folks down there said a little black girl couldn't go to an all-white school. Lionel Kaffee said, "Well, we'll just see about that." How the hell is your dad, Danny?
D Danny
He passed away seven years ago, sir.
[after a beat]
Don't I feel like the **** asshole?
I strenuously object? Is that how it works? Objection. Overruled! No, no, no... I strenuously object! Oh, I should reconsider then!
You got the court thinking we're afraid of the doctor. Christ, you even had the judge saying he was an expert! You object once, so we can say he's not a criminologist. You keep after it, our cross looks like a bunch of fancy lawyer tricks. It's the difference between paper law and trial law!
[...]
Why do you hate them so much?
They beat up on a weakling. The rest of this is just smoke-filled-coffeehouse crap. They tortured and tormented a weaker kid! They didn't like him. So? They killed him. And why? Because he couldn't run very fast!
[...] [turning back to face Galloway]
Why do you like them so much?
[with a confident tone]
Because they stand on a wall and say, "Nothing's gonna hurt you tonight. Not on my watch."
