1:21:06
Captain Lee, you were in command
of the TRAP team...
1:21:08
and the second ranking officer
under Colonel Childers in Yemen?
1:21:10
- Yes, sir.
-And you were on the roof...
1:21:12
of the embassy, were you not?
- Yes, I was.
1:21:14
Colonel Childers ordered you
to open fire...
1:21:16
immediately after Sergeant
Richard Krasevitch was shot.
1:21:19
- Is that correct?
- Yes.
1:21:21
But Sergeant Krasevitch was not
shot by the demonstrators, was he?
1:21:24
Objection. How could we know
the exact firing position...
1:21:26
of the bullet that killed
Sergeant Krasevitch?
1:21:28
Sustained. Counsel
refrain from leading the witness.
1:21:30
Did you at any time...
1:21:32
receive gunfire from within
the demonstration itself?
1:21:38
Captain?
1:21:40
I can't remember any fire
from the demonstrators,
1:21:43
to my knowledge that is, sir.
1:21:45
You killed the wrong people,
didn't you?
1:21:48
You should've been firing
at the snipers across the way.
1:21:51
- Isn't that correct?
- I can't answer...
1:21:53
- Objection. Calls for speculation.
- Sustained.
1:21:55
You shot at people who
were demonstrating peacefully,
1:21:57
who were not using
deadly force.
1:21:59
Your Honor, that's not
in evidence here.
1:22:00
Sustained. Major, I'm not going
to warn you again.
1:22:06
Captain, what were the words
Colonel Childers used...
1:22:09
when he ordered you to fire
on the demonstrators?
1:22:11
I don't remember
the exact words, sir.
1:22:14
He ordered me
to open fire.
1:22:18
When you obeyed Colonel
Childers' order to open fire,
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did you believe it
to be a lawful order?
1:22:22
Yes, sir.
1:22:23
Otherwise it would have been your
duty to disobey. Is that right?
1:22:26
Yes, sir.
1:22:27
When your men opened fire
on the attackers in the crowd,
1:22:30
did the snipers in the buildings
across the way cease their firing?
1:22:34
Absolutely, sir.
It went completely quiet.
1:22:36
It would seem, then,
1:22:37
that the two groups were
actually one working together.
1:22:38
Objection. Counselis drawing
a conclusion for the witness.
1:22:41
Sustained.
1:22:43
Were you in a position
to observe Colonel Childers...
1:22:44
when everyone was evacuated?
1:22:45
Yes, I was.
1:22:46
What was the last thing
you saw him do?
1:22:48
- He went to the flagpole.
- Then what'd he do?
1:22:51
He took down
the American flag.
1:22:53
Was he personally
under heavy fire at that time?
1:22:56
- Yes, sir.
- No more questions.