The Good Wife

I'm an American.

My parents were American, my children are American.

And in 2007, you were a translator in Afghanistan?

Yes, during the Marja offensive.

I worked for a military contractor.

And it was after this offensive that you were arrested?

Objection.

This testimony may infringe on the Classified Information

Procedures Act... - Your Honor, the government is

denying this arrest even took place.

How can it be divulging a state secret if it never happened?

Yes, Counselor, in a day

bursting with catch-22s, this one seems

particularly egregious. Overruled.

You may answer.

The day after the offensive, four men showed up in my camp.

I was hooded, placed in a van, and taken to Camp Whitcomb.

I beg your pardon, Your Honor.

I'm AUSA Glenn Childs, and I ask leave

of court to join my co-counsel on the defense.

My goodness, I thought you Feds

were going through some sort of budget crunch,

and I get two of you.

I'm merely here to supervise.

Mr. Marwat is suing us for $6 million

for a torture that never happened.

We take this very seriously.

Well, pull up a chair. The fun's just beginning,

Supervisor. Ms. Lockhart.

And what happened

at Camp Whitcomb, Danny? - Well,

over the next six months,

I was...

forced into stress positions,

punched, kicked and, um, water boarded.

Why? What did they want to know?

If I had ever met

Satar Yusuf-Khel,

a tribal leader with connections to al-Qaeda.

And had you? Ever met him?

No, and I told them that, but they didn't believe me.

They didn't even believe I was an American.

And why are you suing now?

My government tortured me.

They won't even acknowledge that they did this to me.

I don't want this to happen to anyone else.

This isn't about the money.

Good.

Then let's all go home.

Mr. Childs, let's hold the editorializing, please.

Nothing further, Your Honor.

Mr. Childs, Mr. Zschau?

No questions, Your Honor.

But we ask that the case be dismissed with prejudice.

- On what grounds? Danny's attorneys have not

introduced corroborating evidence

that he was even ever at Camp Whitcomb.

Because the government has rejected every request

for access to their secret court proceedings into Danny's arrest.

But I don't understand why

the evidentiary bar must now be lowered.

It's just belt tightening. It's not punitive.

We're reviewing all of my predecessor's

long-term investigations.

If it's not about drugs

or homeland security, we're cutting them.

Sorry.

Well, should we just

skip the preliminaries and get right to the pass?

Ah, Dana, Dana, Dana, is it really your last day?

Tomorrow.

Although, I could go home early if you want.

And miss the pleasure of your company?

My question is, why are you here arguing

an investigation that you're gonna

have nothing to do with?

Pride of authorship.

I spent two years on it with Matan,

and we're finally getting somewhere.

It's an investigation into your wife's law firm.

Actually, Mr. Agos,

it's a RICO investigation into corrupt defense

lawyer practices.

Sounds like my wife's firm.

We had a tip earlier this year from a walk-in--

a private investigator named Blake Calamar.

He said that one of the partners at Lockhart/Gardner

had a gambling problem.

He took $45,000 from a client's account

to pay off a bad bet.

Which partner?

Will Gardner.

Will Gardner took $45,000 from a client's account?

Well, he intended to put it back after a long weekend,

but it was discovered missing.

This Blake Calamar was tasked with covering it up.

How long ago was this?

15 years.

It's not our jurisdiction.

Correct. It was at his first law firm in Baltimore, but

we believe that it points

to a pattern of abuse at Lockhart/Gardner.

Wow. Well, uh,

I need

to think on this one.

You're on your way back?

In about 30 minutes. Why?

Kalinda thinks we might have

a possibility on this torture case.

Really?

I thought everything was top-top secret.

Well, there might be a way to find evidence of Danny

at the camp through not-top-secret means.

But it'll mean taking the case to the next level--

confrontationally.

And you're wondering if I'm all right

with poking the bear even harder?

Yes... so to speak.

This is not some corrupt oil company

that we can pressure to settle, Diane.

This is the government.

They can make life hard for us.

GRACE (ringtone): Hey, Mom, pick up the phone.

Hey, Mom, pick up the phone.

Hey, Mom, pick up the phone.

I...

Where are you, Will?

Lunch.

Grace. Hi. What's up?

Okay, I'll, uh... I'll see you back here in a half an hour?

Right.

Yeah, I'll be there in about half hour.

Bye.

Lisa, could you get Alicia for me?

Sure.

She's at lunch.

Her assistant said she'll be back in a half hour.

Sorry. What?

Um, I want to go to Bible study.

You want to go to a Bible study?

Yes. Can I go?

Um, let me think about it, okay?

I'm at a lunch. I'll call you afterward.

It's kind of late for lunch.

Yes, it is. Thank you.

I'll call you back.

How many times

does Jesus condemn gays in the Bible? (clicks tongue)

How many times does Jesus condemn divorce?

Six times.

But listen

to any preacher, and who do they say is going to hell?

Gays, not your divorced parents.

2,000 meals a day.

We contract with the military

for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and during Ramadan, one large

meal at night.

And these were for the inmates at Camp Whitcomb?

Yes. People don't think about making meals in a war zone,

but people have to eat.

Um, was there anything unusual

- about these meals? - Well, they had to conform

with Muslim dietary restrictions.

You should have seen the books our chefs had to read.

Did you prepare any meals for food allergies?

Objection, Your Honor.

This testimony infringes

on the Classified Information Procedures Act.

The composition of a meal does?

Yes, it could disclose the identity of fighters

housed there.

Well, Mr. Zschau, unfortunately, the U.S. will just have to stand

tall in the face of their meals being exposed.

You may answer.

Yes, we get requests for special meals, but not many.

Our client, Mr. Marwat,

not only required the usual Muslim

dietary restrictions, but he was also diagnosed

as lactose intolerant at the age of five.

This is a food order form that was sent to your company

dated September 20, 2007,

the same day our client was sent to Camp Whitcomb.

Can you please read

the left-hand column?

"Ramadan fasting meal. Quantity: one."

And underneath it?

"Lactose free."

So here's the thing.

I look at these issues simply.

I think there is now convincing corroborative evidence

that Mr. Marwat was at Camp Whitcomb,

so I'm going to allow this lawsuit to go forward.

Mr. Childs, please instruct

the Defense Department to turn over all

the secret court transcripts requested

by the plaintiff's attorneys.

We would also request

Executive Order 13224.

Excuse me, Your Honor, 13224 is intended

to ferret out fake charities funding terrorist organizations.