1:27:03
I heard them from my clinic.
1:27:06
What was your reaction when you
learned that Colonel Childers...
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had been selected
to lead this mission?
1:27:10
I was very pleased. The colonel
had a distinguished record.
1:27:12
- He's a nationally renowned war...
- How did you define his mission?
1:27:16
We wanted to increase security,
but frankly,
1:27:18
if things got threatening,
we wanted an evacuation.
1:27:22
So you weren't looking
for confrontation?
1:27:24
No, that's what we wished
to avoid at all costs.
1:27:27
What was your reaction
to what happened?
1:27:29
I was stunned,
1:27:32
appalled.
1:27:34
Wasn't the severity of the problem
at the embassy understated?
1:27:36
Absolutely not.
1:27:39
We operated on the information
we had at the time.
1:27:42
I have here a State Department
report from Yemen.
1:27:46
It's exhibit "M".
1:27:48
Will you read the underlined
sections for the court, please?
1:27:51
Certainly.
1:27:53
'January25.
Grenade thrown at police car.
1:27:58
January 27. Sixteen Western tourists
abducted by fundamentalist group".
1:28:04
- Go on, please.
- "February 6."
1:28:08
- A bomb explodes in a car...
- You got today's Post?
1:28:10
- Yeah.
- Yeah. Give it to me.
1:28:12
Stun grenade thrown at newspaper
kiosk near a police station.
1:28:16
March 13.
A military officer...
1:28:18
is seriously wounded by
Yemen's first... donkey bomb.
1:28:23
Explosives were apparently
concealed under the saddle.
1:28:26
Thank you.
1:28:28
I have another State Department
document, dated 17 November.
1:28:33
It's from the ambassador
to you.
1:28:35
Will you read this
for the court, please?
1:28:43
Dear Bill. Please, we must revisit
our previous conversation...
1:28:46
in that the security measures we
have taken are still inadequate...
1:28:49
"for the protection
ofour mission to Yemen".
1:28:51
You have to understand that
when I received this letter...
1:28:52
Thank you. Now, there are...
Well, are there... cameras...
1:28:57
mounted on the roof of the embassy?
- Uh, yes.