JAG (1995–2005): Season 8, Episode 7 - Need to Know - full transcript

WOMAN:
This is 1968.

That's the USS Angel Shark
in the background.

My father was the skipper.

I was four years old.

I worshipped my father.

I didn't want him to go.

Maybe I had
some kind of premonition.

The Angel Shark
never came home.

That was 34 years ago

and the Navy still hasn't
told us what happened.

I think that's
unconscionable.



129 men on that boat,
and they all had families.

We want to know.

The time's come.

As a member of Congress,
you do understand

that what you want is
classified information?

Let me tell you
something, Edward.

My mother died never knowing
what happened to my father.

That's not going to be me.

I'll see what I can do, Lillian.

I'm not asking
for a favor.

You wanted something,
I was able to help you get it.

Now that you're
Secretary of the Navy

I expect you
to do the same for me.

CHEGWIDDEN:
USS Angel Shark, SSGN559...



missing at sea in the Pacific,
December 21, 1968.

The official court of inquiry
found she went down

due to unknown
mechanical problems.

Beyond that, what
the Navy knows

is classified.

Our, uh, new SECNAV wants
the classification lifted.

He wants closure
for the families.

Sounds like
it's about time, sir.

I happen to agree.

Unfortunately, the Angel Shark
was on a CIA mission.

The CIA is the Original
Classifying Authority

and only the OCA can declassify.

CIA has refused.

On general principles,
sir, or is there a reason?

Well, no doubt there is.

Unfortunately,
that's classified as well.

SECNAV wants this done quietly.

I've been authorized to convene
a second court of inquiry

into the loss
of the Angel Shark.

You three are appointed
as counsel to the court

to investigate,
prepare witnesses

present evidence
with the objective

of persuading the court
to recommend declassification.

The CIA intends to oppose.

They've put their
top counsel on it.

Name's Catherine Gale.

I've seen her in action.

She does not like to lose.

Do not underestimate this woman.

WOMAN:
Good morning.

I'm Catherine Gale.

You must be
Colonel MacKenzie.

Very nice to meet you.

Likewise.

Commander Turner,
it's a pleasure.

Ms. Gale.

And Commander Rabb.

I've heard a lot about you

as a fighter pilot
as well as a lawyer.

You were quite a hero
in the Kabir incident.

Well, I'm not sure

if the Director of Central
Intelligence would agree.

Oh, he does, he does.

It's just unfortunate there
had to be a boundary dispute

between the Navy
and the CIA over it.

Are you saying
there's no hard feelings?

Wouldn't it be nice
if it were that simple?

If the Navy insists
on convening

a court of inquiry

the proceedings will have Top
Secret Level One protection

inasmuch as the
Angel Shark mission

was in fact classified
Top Secret Level Two

that means that information
and materials

which in accordance with
Executive Order 12356

as well as OPNAVINST 5510.1
and DOD Directive

12043 require Level
Two protection

may not be presented in
Level One proceedings.

Clear?

Oh, yeah, I think I get it.

We can't tell the court
why it needs to be declassified

because the reason
it's classified is classified.

You've got it.

Sign these, please.

Each of you has been granted
interim SCI clearance

which means that you are
responsible for maintaining

protected information
in the interests

of national security.

What have you got for me?

Home movies.

Shot by the skipper's wife

the day he left
for his last deployment.

Sad.

TURNER:
There were 129 men
on that boat

all volunteers...

most of them
barely into their 20s

about to spend three months
under the surface

out of touch
with their families

on a mission so secret

all but a few of them
didn't even know what it was.

Chief of the Boat,
take her down.

Make your depth
one-five-zero feet.

Aye, aye, sir.

Depth one-five-zero feet.

Chief of the Watch
on the one-M-C, dive, dive.

TURNER:
It says here 43 were married,
16 had young children...

all of them had mothers,
fathers, sisters and brothers...

waiting for them to come home.

MacKENZIE:
And they're still waiting.

May I speak frankly?

Please.

I know you're
doing this

for the families of men

who gave their lives
for their country.

But those men all signed oaths
of confidentiality.

I can get you copies

if you'd like.

I'd hate to
see the Navy

and the CIA get into
another ugly fight over this.

We should really try
to make it go away.

What do you suggest?

Drop the court of inquiry.

Don't put us in a corner

and we won't have
to defend our turf.

RABB:
Here's an idea.

Since we're
derivative classifiers

tell us why
the CIA wants it kept secret.

Maybe we can come
to a compromise--

make everybody happy.

I can't do that. Sorry.

Why not?

You don't know why, do you?

I don't need to know.

You sure about that, counselor?

How do you know
you're doing the right thing?

If I'm doing my job right,
I'm doing the right thing.

Get me copies and send
me the witness list

as soon as you can.

I'll want to accompany you
on any preliminary interviews.

ROBERTS ( typing ):
You're kidding.

Lieutenant Singer
is still sick.

COATES:
I'm telling you, sir

she picked up
some kind of virus

before she left the States.

Sounds serious.

I keep telling her
she should go to sick call

but she won't do it.

She's very stubborn.

Sounds like Singer.

HARRIET:
Hi, sweetie, it's me.

Got to go. See you.

I'm in here.

Hey.

Are you online
with Coates again

gossiping about Singer?

Yeah, the Lieutenant's
having a hard time of it.

Why doesn't that surprise me?

Wish I had time for a pen pal.

You need anything?

Yeah. Come here.

Sit down.

Sweetie, I'm in a hurry.

I got to be back by 2:00.

You hungry?

Starving.

All right, I'll make
you a sandwich

before I go.

Hey, Harriet?

Hey.

Are you mad at me?

No. Should I be?

No.

I was just...

thinking...

maybe I should IM you
once in a while.

Touché.

Thanks, Viv.

I was just talking
about you today.

Really?

You're here about
the Angel Shark, right?

You think because we nailed
Kabir together you can tap me

anytime
there's a problem?

Look, Clay...

I got a message for you.

The DCI is not
going to declassify

a Top Secret Level Two
compartmented operation

just because the
SECNAV wants him to.

"Compartmented operation."

So, it was a Black Op.

Of course it was.

Submarines were the most
important espionage tool
we had in the Cold War.

Everything was a secret.

The Cold War
is over, Clay.

Why keep it up?

Haven't a clue.

Angel Shark was a
special project sub.

If I had to guess, I'd
say she was a boomer

modified to tap underwater
telephone cables.

Something went wrong
with the mission.

What, why or where
I don't know.

Yeah, but you
could find out.

I have been very
specifically instructed

to stay out of this case
and to stay away from you

by the DCI personally.

What's he got
to hide?

I like my job, Rabb.

I'm not going to be
your guy on this one.

Leave me out of it.

TURNER:
Where did the first
court of inquiry say

the Angel Shark was deployed?

MacKENZIE:
Deep ocean-- Pacific.

Uh-uh.

Uh-uh.

If she was cable-tapping

it was either
in the Sea of Okhotsk

or in the Barents.

Seeing as how she left
out of San Diego

I'd say it was the Okhotsk.

So, what's the big deal?

Isn't this
all out in the open now?

Well, uh, more or less.

The Russians found a tap we had
in the Barents Sea in the '80s.

They put it on display
in Moscow.

"Property of
the United States Government"

stamped all over it.

Granted, CIA had good reason
to keep it secret then.

Now, they don't.

Unless there's another reason.

What?

There's a rumor
about Spec-Ops boats.

I didn't believe it, but...

the stories were they carried
self-destruct charges.

What they were doing

was so secret

they had orders to scuttle
if they got caught.

Scuttle a submarine?

Take her to
the bottom.

With everyone on board?

MacKENZIE:
Harm, we're ready to go.

RABB:
You guys go on.

I'll be right there.

How long is it going to take us
to get there, you figure?

20, 25 minutes.

SIMS:
Morning,
ma'am. Sir.

This is for you
from Bud.

It's everything he could
find on the Internet

about the Angel Shark.

Great.

Did we ask for this?

I did. Unofficially.

Anything that keeps me off
the Internet is a good thing.

RABB:
Harriet.

Morning, sir.

Hey, how's Bud?

He's really good.

He's making real progress
with his prosthesis, sir.

How are you doing?

I'm okay.

I'm just really tired.

The minute I put A.J. down,
I fall right to sleep

and then Bud has insomnia
so he stays up all night.

Um, we have
to go.

Tell Bud thanks.

Uh, yes, ma'am.

I'll see you later.

Thank you, sir.

TURNER:
Hey, are we sure
we aren't getting

Bud's hopes up
too high?

We don't know when or if
he's coming back to work.

Feeling useful
helps with rehab.

Besides, I made Bud promise--
no conspiracy theories.

CATHERINE:
Admiral, as counsel for the CIA

I'm here to represent you
in your former capacity

as Commander, Submarine Force,
Pacific Fleet.

ATWATER:
Am I allowed
to answer questions?

Have they
been cleared?

They've received interim
clearance, Admiral.

They know there's a difference

between what they might hear
and what they can say.

TURNER:
Where was the Angel Shark
deployed, Admiral?

Angel Shark was deployed
to the Sea of Okhotsk.

On a cable-tapping mission, sir?

Yes.

The mission had come
down from the top.

It had Brick-Bat
Oh-One Authority.

The President had to approve it,
it was that sensitive.

If something went wrong,
if the Russians

had found our subs
in their water

listening to their
telephone conversations

it could have started
World War III.

MacKENZIE:
But something
did go wrong

didn't it, sir?

Obviously.

Would you be
willing to testify

at a Court of Inquiry,
Admiral?

I want to stress, sir, you're
under no obligation to appear.

You want
my testimony

you shall have it.

It goes like this:

Angel Shark's last deployment

was Top Secret Level Two
compartmented mission.

Period.

That okay?

Sounds fine, Admiral.

Are we through?

One last question, sir.

Did the Angel Shark

have a self-destruct
mechanism on board?

( chuckles )

I've heard that rumor.

There were no
self-destruct mechanisms

aboard Special-Ops boats.

You really think that the Navy
would sacrifice its men

and send its nukes
to the bottom of the ocean

to protect its secrets?

Nice car.

Lawyering for spooks
has its advantages.

Bud must have been
up all night.

He printed this out
at 4:00 a.m.

He says he checked
every Web site

that mentioned the Angel Shark
and came up with nothing

except maybe
this one cross-reference

about a CIA agent who committed
suicide in 1968

two days after the Angel Shark
went missing.

A double agent?

What would have happened
if the Angel Shark's mission

had been compromised?

The Soviets would have been
lying in wait for her

probably with a Victor-class
hunter-killer.

Skipper, we've got company, sir.

I'm picking up
faint screw noises.

Surface vessel?

No, sir. It's a sub.

Bearing one-nine-seven degrees,
sir.

All stop.

All stop.

Aye, sir.

Range?

He's close, sir.

Within 1,500 yards.

Left full rudder.

Come to course zero-nine-zero.

All ahead one-third.

Aye, sir.

Left full rudder.

Come to course zero-nine-zero.

All ahead one-third.

Aye, sir.

Sneak us out of here, COB.

Nice and quiet.

( pinging )

He's going active, sir.

All ahead flank.

Aye, aye, sir.
All ahead flank.

TURNER:
The captain would have
had no choice.

He'd try to get out of there
if he could.

And what if he couldn't?
What about the other sub?

The Angel Shark
was much slower

than a fast-attack.

Victor would catch her.

And sink her?

Might happen.

Would the Navy
have kept it a secret?

The CIA definitely would have.

WEBB:
The Admiral denied it,
didn't he?

Yes.

Convincingly?

You could say
he laughed it off.

Then why worry
about it?

I don't like working
in the dark like this.

You'd better get used it.

It's the CIA.

And you don't have
to whisper.

We don't bug ourselves.

What can you tell me
about Commander Rabb?

What you see
is what you get.

He doesn't give up.

Is there any way
to rattle him

throw him
off his game?

No.

What about Colonel MacKenzie
or Commander Turner?

Catherine, I've been ordered
to stay out of this.

That's what I
intend to do.

Okay, sorry.

Any suggestions?

Yeah, keep up
the good work.

RABB:
Admiral, you were Chief
of Naval Operations

when the Angel Shark
was lost in '68, sir.

Is it possible a Soviet
submarine sunk her

while she was deployed
in the Sea of Okhotsk?

I don't believe
that's possible.

Why not,
sir?

If the Angel Shark had engaged
with a Soviet warship

and been sunk
by him

the Soviets would
have had to assume

a hostile response
from us.

They would have
prepared for it.

There would have been
indications and warnings.

There were not any.

Why do you think
she went down, sir?

GALE:
Admiral, if they're

asking you to speculate,
there's no reason to go there.

I have no opinion.

Is that because you know,
Admiral?

RABB:
Sir, if her mission

was so sensitive it could
have started a nuclear war

what were her orders
if she were found out?

Her orders were to get
the hell out of there.

What did you do once you knew

the Angel Shark
had been lost, Admiral?

We went looking for her
and we found her.

You found the Angel Shark, sir?

She floated a radio buoy
just before...

well, just before
the end.

GALE:
Admiral, I have
to caution you--

you signed a
non-disclosure agreement

which I have a copy...

As you were, Ms. Gale.

I know what I signed.

The recovery was also led
by the CIA.

And I won't say
anything more about it.

Thank you, Admiral.

This interview
is concluded.

None of this can be presented
before the court.

The SECNAV called twice today
to see how things were going

so what do you have

that can be presented
before the court?

A spy sub that was somewhere
she wasn't supposed to be

no mission records
and no survivors

no physical evidence

and no one in
the chain of command

who can talk about it.

That's not very encouraging.
No, sir.

Any bright ideas?

RABB:
Yes, sir.

We request permission

to issue a subpoena
for documents.

See how the CIA feels
about defying a court order.

Be taking it public.

Press gets a hold of it,
we lose...

SECNAV's not going to be happy.

We feel it's worth
the risk, sir.

You all agree?

Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

Permission granted.

Somehow I feel

this isn't going to be
a pleasant surprise.

You're very intuitive,
Ms. Gale.

He'll wait here.

How's the socket feel?

I could do this
all day long.

Well, you've been
doing it for five minutes.

That should be
long enough.

Why?

( groans )

That's why.

Here.

Thanks.

Just when I thought
I was getting the hang of it.

Let's take a break.

I'll make you a deal.

We can take a break
if you'll let me take this home.

Absolutely not.

Oh, come on, Lieutenant.

You know that I'm ready.

I know that you've
overdone it already.

You need to set easy goals.

Everything takes time.

Yes, Mother.

( chuckling )

I'm serious.

You have a handful
of shrapnel in your other leg

and you don't want
to overstress it.

So you're saying that
my good leg isn't my good leg?

I'm just saying you can't climb
Mount Everest in a day.

Take it one step
at a time.

Whatever you say.

One step at a time.

( grunting )

GALE:
We're complying
with the request

for documents.

Really?
Really.

What are you doing?

There aren't any.

Why? What were they lost?
Destroyed?

They're Top Secret
Level Two classified.

Since when--
five minutes ago?

I want a list of every
piece of evidence

and every document
you're not producing.

You'll have it... in court.

Thought you had orders
to stay away from me.

That was before you went
into open court

to get that subpoena.

Now my boss is afraid

you'll go running
to the press.

Not a bad idea.

Might get the attention
of the President.

He may wonder why the CIA

has nothing better to do
than to keep a secret

that's 34 years old.

Don't do it, Rabb.

Either way it turns out,
you lose.

This isn't about me, Clay.

And it's not about
need-to-know either.

It's about real people
with a hole in their lives

that can't be filled with
anything other than the truth.

They need to know

because if they don't,
it'll keep eating away at them.

They need to know

that they're not going
to wake up

in the middle of the night
every night

for the rest of their lives

wondering what happened
to the people they loved.

Some people give up
that right to know.

Maybe not voluntarily.

Maybe it's taken away
from them.

But it's gone nonetheless.

That's the way it is
for the families

of the stars on this wall.

Yeah. At least they have a star.

Where are the stars for the crew
of the Angel Shark?

RABB:
Gentlemen, you have before you

the findings of the original
court of inquiry

which was in held in 1969.

We intend to present testimony
which will show

that these findings were based
on information

which placed the Angel Shark
in the Western Pacific

when in fact

she was deployed
in the Sea of Okhotsk.

We know why the cover story
was issued at the time--

in the interest
of national security--

but that time has long past

and what
we do not know

is why the truth still
remains hidden today.

Why there is a five-page list
of evidence

which still cannot be considered

34 years after the Angel Shark
was lost.

Why the families
of 129 brave men

who gave their lives

in the service of their country
are being kept in the dark

about what happened
to their loved ones.

Easy goals.

I was the commander

of the Submarine Force,
US Pacific Fleet

from 1967
until retirement in 1970.

What can you tell us

of the last deployment
of the USS Angel Shark?

Very little.

Is that because it was
on a CIA espionage mission

details of which
you didn't need to know?

That is correct.

Sir, how did you feel

when you learned
the Angel Shark had been lost?

I knew most of the
men aboard that boat.

Joe Dorning was my last XO
before I was kicked upstairs.

They were my boys.

How do you think I felt?

Admiral, do you know
of any reason

why the fate
of the USS Angel Shark

and the 129 men in her crew
should be kept secret

from the families of those men
34 years after the fact?

No.

Thank you.

Nothing further.

Admiral, isn't secrecy
an integral part

of submarine warfare?

Yes.

'Cause the great
advantage

of a submarine is surprise?

That is one advantage, yes.

And isn't

the purpose of secrecy
to protect your ability

to surprise the enemy?

Well, that seems to be
self-evident, doesn't it?

Yes, sir.

I believe it is
self-evident.

And because the actual nature
of the Angel Shark mission

was in fact kept secret,
even from you

there's no way you can know
whether or not there's a reason

for it to remain a secret,
is there?

No, Ms. Gale, there isn't.

Thank you, Admiral.

Screw easy goals.

( grunting )

( grunting )

TURNER:
And as Chief
of Naval Operations

in 1969, were you responsible

for recovery of the
USS Angel Shark?

It was a joint
Navy-CIA operation.

My responsibility
was to the Navy.

Can you tell us
if you found her, sir?

No.

Why not, sir?

The clearance level of this
court is not high enough.

Top Secret Level One clearance
isn't high enough, sir?

No.

The Angel Shark mission
and any recovery was

and still is Level Two.

Do you know why
that is, Admiral?

I do.

But you can't tell us that
either, can you, sir?

No.

One last
question, Admiral.

Why did you agree

to come here today
when you knew

that there would be
so many questions

that you wouldn't be able
to answer?

Every year, I hear
from the families

of the men who were lost...

wondering, hoping.

Every year,
they're disappointed.

I'd like to see that end.

Thank you, sir.

Nothing further.

Ms. Gale?

No questions
for this witness, sir.

Thank you, Admiral.

Next witness.

We call Norman Watts

Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency.

Sir, we object to this.

Why?

Lack of relevance, sir.

The DCI is no more
free to testify

to Level Two classified matters
than the previous witness.

We feel that the Judge
Advocate General is attempting

to play on sentiment
in the absence of evidence.

Point is taken and noted,
Ms. Gale.

However, in light of complicated
and inflexible regulations

governing levels
of classification

I think this court would like
to hear from Director Watts.

( panting )

( grunting )

Oh!

Ow!

RABB:
Director Watts,
do you have the authority

to declassify information
pertaining to the disappearance

of the USS Angel Shark
in 1968, sir

and any subsequent
recovery operations

undertaken since then?

Yes.

Does anyone else have
this authority?

No.

Not Congress or the President?

Only the original classifying
authority can declassify.

If Congress or the President had
a need to know, then, of course

that information would be
made available to them.

Then you, sir, are in
a position to keep secrets

from the President
of the United States?

Theoretically, technically, yes.

Practically speaking,
of course not.

So clearance level, Top Secret,
whatever

isn't the determining factor.

It's need-to-know, period?

In the final analysis, yes.

And who decides

who needs to know, sir?

Is that the original
classifying authority again?

That's right.

Under what circumstances
would you as OCA be prepared

to declassify what happened
to the Angel Shark?

I can't answer
that, sir.

Because this court
doesn't need to know?

As I understand
this court of inquiry

the issues here
are humanitarian.

I sympathize.

I'm sure everyone
in this room does.

But national secrets
are secret for a reason.

If we can't
keep our secrets

especially in time of war
and after 9-11

then how can we expect

our friends and allies
to trust us?

( grunts in pain )

( panting )

( laughing )

I'll have dinner
in 20 minutes.

I told you,
I'll cook.

Mac, we're likely
going to lose

in court tomorrow.

Tonight I want
to feel like

I accomplished
something, so...

Getting me to cook
isn't an accomplishment?

Getting you to sit down
is an accomplishment.

I'll cook.

All right.

Since when did you
get a TV?

TV?

Yeah, when'd you
break down and get one?

This isn't mine.

Somebody put this
TV here, Mac.

Somebody broke
into your home

and left you
a television?

Well, they would
have had to

if they want me
to watch this tape.

There's one civilian
present.

You recognize him?

It's DCI Watts.

Your boss was
the CIA agent in charge

of the Angel Shark mission.

RABB:
Maybe now you'll
ask him why

he refuses to declassify it.

How did you get this?

That, Ms. Gale,
you do not need to know.

What do you intend
to do with it?

Present it to
the court of inquiry.

They'll refuse to see it.

RABB:
No, they won't.

It's new and compelling
evidence.

And it's not on your list.

I didn't know it existed.

Secrets within
secrets.

Look, we think we know
what happened.

There was a traitor
in the CIA on your boss's watch.

The Angel Shark's mission
was compromised.

A Soviet submarine
was waiting for her

when she got to
the Sea of Okhotsk.

But she wasn't torpedoed.

And there were no
self-destruct mechanisms--

you've already
established that.

We think a collision.

It happened often enough
during the Cold War

and when it did,
both sides kept it secret.

But not for 34 years.

Let me talk to the DCI.

Maybe we can work something out.

RABB:
I have a suggestion.

Tell the DCI he can keep
some of it secret.

Just let the families know
what happened to the Angel Shark

and let them see this tape.

I'll get back to you.

Bud?

Bud?

I'm up here.

What are you doing?

What does it look like?

I'm in our bed
for the first time.

Mommy...

It's okay, sweetie.
Go back to sleep. Here.

No, no, no, no.

Not here.

He has his own bed.

I know, but he's been
sleeping with me since...

Now is the time for him
to sleep in his own room.

I'll be right back.

I'm not going anywhere.

This is great.

It's got a great view.

The fireplace
is wonderful.

What were you thinking?

Why are you so mad?

How about you could
have killed yourself?

Is it that or...
is it something else, Harriet?

What do you mean?

I'm in bed. You're here...

Why don't you go over
and close the door

and come here.

I think it's time.

I don't know.

Does the idea repulse you?

No! Of course not!

Because
if it does

I understand.

It's probably normal.

No. It just took me
by surprise, that's all.

I mean, I have thought of it.

Harriet, it's okay.
It's okay.

You're just not ready.

No, I am.

I mean, I want to.

I'm just...

So am I.

Honey... I'm not a freak.

I just...

lost a little weight, finally.

You are awful.

I'm not awful.

I miss you.

MAN:
I understand a compromise
has been reached.

Yes, sir.

The Original Classifying
Authority has agreed

to a partial declassification

of materials pertaining
to the loss

of the USS Angel Shark

in the interest of closure

for the families of the men

who lost their lives
on her final mission.

And this is satisfactory
to the Navy?

It is, sir.

Ms. Gale, does the OCA concur?

We do, sir.

Please tell the court
for the record

what the families are now
entitled to know.

Sir, on December 21, 1968

USS Angel Shark, SSGN559

collided with a Soviet
Victor-class,

fast-attack submarine

in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Bearing
one-six-five degrees.

Range 900 yards
and closing.

Sir, he's at full power.

Making so much noise
cavitating

I don't think he knows
exactly where we are.

Ping him.

Going active, aye.

( pinging )

No change in target bearing.

Range 800 yards and closing.

What's his depth?

I can't tell, sir.

Above us or below us?

I can't tell, sir.

He's coming in too loud

and too fast.

Give me a guess.

Go down, sir.

He's right on top of us.

20 degrees down angle
on the bow.

20 degrees down bubble,
aye, sir.

( pinging )

He's going
to hit us, sir.

Sound the collision alarm.
Rig the ship for impact.

( alarm blaring )

( crashing )

Damage report.

Sir, we have a problem.

Stern planes are jammed
in full dive position

and the fairwater planes
aren't responding.

Just get us the hell
out of here, Helm.

We'll worry
about the planes later.

Damage from the collision
made it impossible

to control the ship's depth.

In other words, to go forward

the submarine also had
to go down

and at some point
she would reach crush depth.

Passing 1,000 feet.

Where is he, Sonar?

He's circled back, Skipper.

Bearing two-six-zero
and slowing.

Now he knows where we are.

What's our speed?

15 knots and climbing, sir.

Steady as you go.

What the hell
was he doing there?

How'd he know we were coming?

Passing 1,200 feet.

Captain, passing 1,300 feet.

( rumbling )

( rumbling grows louder )

Passing 1,400 feet, sir.

All stop.

Aye, aye, sir.
All stop.

All stopped, aye.

Equalize the ballast tanks.

Neutral buoyancy.

Neutral buoyancy.
Aye, sir.

Equalize ballast tanks.

Neutral buoyancy.

Sonar?

He's right
above us, sir.

His depth is 800 feet
and he's hovering.

He's waiting for us to give up.

Are we going
to give up, Skipper?

Hell, no.

We'll wait him out.

Commander Dorning was left
with only one choice:

to hover at 1,400 feet,
perilously close to crush depth

and wait for the Soviet Victor
to give up the chase.

In that event

they planned to deploy
the radio buoy

make an
emergency transmission

giving their location,
then await rescue.

But before that could happen,
the ship's pressure hull

also damaged by the collision,
ruptured.

Sir, we have flooding
in the forward compartment.

All back emergency!

Blow the ballast tanks!

Aye, sir,
all back emergency.

Blow the tanks.

She won't blow, sir.

Negative, sir. Negative.

Ballast will not blow.

Passing 1,500 feet.

Speed's increasing.

Deploy the buoy, COB.

Aye, aye, sir.

Deploy the buoy.

Start emergency transmission
and keep it going.

Let them know
what's happened.

Aye, sir.

The recovery effort
was immediate.

The cable-tapping equipment
had to be secured

and it was.

Your father saw to that.

Thank you, Edward.

This is
no small comfort.

There's more, Lillian.

They didn't just
bring up the equipment.

They brought up
bodies, too.

And they gave them
a military funeral

and burial at sea
with full honors.

They couldn't reveal it
at the time.

It had to be kept secret.

But it was filmed
by the CIA.

And...

it's all on here.

I hear your boss gave you
a new assignment.

He was not happy.

Somewhere in South America?

Anywhere I know?

Deputy Chief of Station,
Paramaribo.

Where's that?

Surinam.

Just 200 miles
from Devil's Island.

Ouch.

Well, it could
have been worse.

Could have been Canada.

This is better than
stars on a wall.

Yeah, it is.