:30:02
Dr. Kane, areyou asking me
to bar the federal government...
:30:06
from involvement in a discovery
as significant as this?
:30:10
No, no. We're asking you to make sure
that the local scientists...
:30:14
who actually made the discovery
continue to play a significant role.
:30:17
They kept us out for almost two weeks.
:30:20
We put our lives on the line to find
these little guys, Your Majesty.
:30:23
Wejust want to be there for them
as they grow up.
:30:26
We were the first team at the site and
the initial testing was done in our lab.
:30:31
The facilities at Glen Canyon Community
College are ajoke, sir.
:30:37
Theyweren't ajoke
when I went there, General.
:30:42
Your Honor, ifthe court
would allow me to depose Dr. Kane?
:30:46
Depose me?
:30:48
We thinkyour past is very relevant,
Dr. Kane.
:30:51
These issues speak directly
to his competence as a scientist.
:30:56
Dr. Kane, you were
a top-level researcher...
:30:59
at USAMRI D from '94 to '97,
wereyou not?
:31:02
Yes, that's correct.
:31:04
And you were summarily dismissed
in the summer of 1 997. Any idea why?
:31:10
My services were no long required?
:31:13
Uh-huh. So in your opinion...
:31:15
your firing had nothing to do
with an experimental anthrax vaccine...
:31:18
you developed and gave to nearly 140,000
U.S. soldiers in May ofthatyear?
:31:24
I see whereyou're going with this.
:31:28
It may have been a factor. You'd have
to ask theJoint Chiefs ofStaff.
:31:31
I'll make a note to do that.
But for now...
:31:34
can you tell me what happened
to the soldiers that were inoculated?
:31:38
Well, none ofthem got anthrax,
ifthat's whatyou're asking.
:31:43
What did they get?
:31:45
As with any new vaccine...
:31:48
there were certain side effects
associated with it.
:31:51
Could you be more specific?
:31:53
It was a wide range ofthings.
It's very technical.
:31:55
I'd hate to waste the court's time
getting into it.
:31:58
Humor me.