:44:01
Issues like that.
He can talk, we can air it.
:44:03
They've got no right to hide behind
a corporate agreement. Pass the milk.
:44:07
They don't need the right.
They got the money.
:44:09
The unlimited checkbook.
That's how Big Tobacco wins...
:44:13
every time
on everything.
:44:15
They spend you to death.
$600 million a year in outside legal.
:44:20
Chadbourne-Park, Ken Starr's firm,
Kirkland and Ellis.
:44:24
Listen, G.M. and Ford,
they get nailed...
:44:26
after 11 or 12 pickups
blow up, right?
:44:29
-These clowns have never-- I mean ever--
-[Man] Not even once.
:44:32
Not even with hundreds of thousands
dying each year from an illness...
:44:36
related to their product have ever
lost a personal injury lawsuit.
:44:39
On this case, they'll issue gag orders,
sue for breach-- anticipatory breach--
:44:43
enjoin him, you, us,
his pet dog, the dog's veterinarian,
:44:47
tie 'em up in litigation for ten
or 1 5 years, I'm telling you,
they bat a thousand.
:44:51
Every time. He knows that.
That's why he's not gonna talk to you.
:45:01
Okay, let's look through
the looking glass the other way.
:45:05
What do you mean?
:45:07
We got a guy who wants to talk,
but he's constrained.
:45:10
- What if he were compelled to talk?
- Oh, torture. Great ratings.
:45:13
[ Chuckles ]
What do you mean, "compelled"?
:45:15
I mean, compelled
by a, uh, Justice Department.
:45:18
State courts.
Be a witness.
:45:20
That would cut through any
confidentiality agreement, wouldn't it?
:45:23
- What does that do?
- What do you mean, what does it do?
:45:26
What I mean is like, how does it cut
through the confidentiality agreement?
:45:29
Because he has to, uh,
reveal it in a court of law.
:45:32
It's on record. It's out.
It's no secret anymore.
:45:34
So how can they restrain his speech
or retaliate? It's out in the world.
:45:38
If you could engineer it into the
court record, you might have something.
:45:41
They would have a hell of a time
trying to restrain his speech
then, wouldn't they?
:45:44
Yeah, but what venue? And where does
he get-- Does he have killer attorneys?
:45:47
I don't think he's got
any attorneys.
:45:50
He's gonna need attorneys who aren't
afraid of risking years of litigation...
:45:54
and millions of dollars
of their own dough in legal costs.
:45:58
What do you say, Mike?
What do you think?