Kaffee Quotes

Lt. Daniel Kaffee: [TV edited on NBC Movie. Seeing Markinson in the back seat of his car. Kaffee gasping] Oh, Jeez!
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: You left the door unlocked.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: You scared the hell out of me.
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: Just keep driving.
Lt. Daniel

Kaffee: Are you aware that you're under subpoena?
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: Yes. I'm also aware that the lives of two Marines are in your hands. If there were something I could do about that, I would. But since I can't, all I can do is help you, Lieutenant.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: What do you know?
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew

Markinson: I know everything.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: Was it a code red?
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: Yes.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: Did Kendrick give the order?
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: Yes.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: Did you witness it?
Lt. Col. Matthew

Andrew Markinson: I didn't need to...
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: Did you witness it?
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: No.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: Then how do you know?
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: I know.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: Yeah, you know zilch.
Lt. Col.

Matthew Andrew Markinson: He was never gonna to be transferred off that base.
[Kaffee turns the corner, stops the car, and pull over. Turns around in his seat to face him]
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: Jessup was gonna keep him on the base. He said he wanted him trained.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: We've got the transfer order. Its got

your signature.
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: Yeah, I know. I signed that the morning you arrived in Cuba. 5 days after Santiago died.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: I'm gonna get you a deal. Some kind of immunity with prosecutor. And in about 4 days, you're going to appear as a witness for the defense and you're going to tell the court exactly what you

just told me. So right now, I'm going to get check you into a motel room and we're gonna to start from the beginning.
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: I don't want a deal and I don't want immunity. I want you to know that I am proud neither of what I have done nor what I am doing.

Capt. Ross: [the prosecution's opening statement] the facts of the case are these: on midnight of September sixth the accused entered the barracks room of their platoon mate PFC. William Santiago, they woke him up tied his arms and legs with tape and forced a rag into his throat, a few minutes later a chemical reaction called Lactic Acidosis caused his lungs to begin bleeding, he

drowned in his own blood and was pronounced dead at thirty seven minutes pass midnight. These are the facts of the case and they are undisputed. The story I've just told you is the exact same story you're going to hear from lance corporal Dawson and it's going to be the exact same story you're going to hear from private Downey, furthermore the government will demonstrate the accused soaked the rag

in poison and entered Santiago's room with the intent to kill, their attorney lieutenant Kaffee is going to pull off a little "magic act" he's going to try a little misdirection he's going to astonish you with stories and rituals and dazzle you with official sounding terms like "code red", he might even cut in a few officers for you. He'll have no evidence mind you none but its going to be

entertaining. And when we get the end, all the "magic" in the world will not have divert your attention to the fact that Willie Santiago is dead and Dawson and Downey killed him. These are the facts of the case and they are undisputed.

Kaffee: [to Dawson and Downey in the interrogation room referring to the government's offer of a plea bargain deal in exchange for a lesser sentence with Joanne present] here's the story: the government's offering involuntary manslaughter, you'll get two years, home in six months
Kaffee: [after Dawson and Downey remain silent for several minutes,

sarcastically] wow Kaffee you're the greatest lawyer in the world, how can we ever thank you, fellas did you hear what I just said? You're going home in six months.
Dawson: I'm afraid we can't do that sir
Kaffee: do what?
Dawson: make a deal sir.
Kaffee: what are you talking about?

Dawson: we did our job and if that has consequences then I'll accept them, but I won't say that I'm guilty sir.

Kaffee: Commander, you testified that it takes lactic acidosis twenty to thirty minutes before it becomes lethal.
Dr. Stone: Yes.
Kaffee: Let me ask you, is it possible for a person to have an affliction, some sort of condition which might, in the case of this person, actually speed up the process dramatically?
[awkward pause]

Kaffee: Commander, is it possible?
Dr. Stone: Certainly.
Kaffee: What might some of those conditions be?
Dr. Stone: If a person had a coronary disorder or a cerebral disorder, the process would be more rapid.
Kaffee: Commander, if I had a coronary condition and a perfectly clean

rag was placed in my mouth, and the rag was accidentally pushed too far down, is it possible that my cells would continue burning sugar after the rag was taken out?
Dr. Stone: It would have to be a very serious condition.
Kaffee: Is it possible to have a serious coronary condition, where the initial warning signals were so mild as to escape a

physician during a routine medical exam?
Dr. Stone: Possibly. There would still be symptoms, though.
Kaffee: What kind of symptoms?
Dr. Stone: There are hundreds of symptoms of a...
Kaffee: Chest pains?
Dr. Stone: Yes.
Kaffee: Shortness of breath?

Dr. Stone: Yes.
Kaffee: Fatigue?
Dr. Stone: Of course.
Kaffee: [Galloway hands Kaffee a medical report for evidence; Kaffee presents it to Stone] Doctor, is this your signature?
Dr. Stone: Yes.
Kaffee: This is an order for Private Santiago to be put on restricted

duty. Would you read your handwritten remarks at the bottom of the page, please, sir?
Dr. Stone: "Initial testing negative. Patient complains of chest pains, shortness of breath, and fatigue. Restricted from running distances over five miles for one week."
Kaffee: Commander, isn't it possible that Santiago had a serious coronary condition, and it was

that condition, and not some mysterious poison, that caused the accelerated chemical reaction?