""This story is entirely true since I entirely imagined it"." "Personalities from all over the world have met today to wait restlessly for the arrival of the president Marc Jary." "The president will be welcomed by the enthusiastic crowd and will arrive at the ceremony in the presidential car on Victory boulevard." "President Jary will serve for another 6 years as the chief of state." "according to the people's wish." "He was elected for the second time and has been transformed into the most important figure inn the country while enjoying wide international support and winning the elections by a margin of over 300.000 votes." " Briefly, please." "Mr. President, which political line you will adopt for thee next years?" "Bernard Shaw said..." ""There are people that are seeing the things as they are and are wondering "why?" and there are people that are dreaming at things as they never were and they are wondering "why not?"" "I will try to be among the last ones." "Up there, on the terrace!" "I saw him shooting!" " To all the crews" " Building 244Bl" "The sniper is there!" "Block all the exits!" "Press communicate." "By presidential decree, an inquiry committee was designated to establish a detailed report about the circumstances that led to the death of the president Marc Jary." "The committee is directed by..." "Frederick Heiniger, President of the Supreme Court and composed by Mr. Hugues Adler the Secret Services Director Mr. Robert picart, Secretary of Justice Mr. Albert Philippe. senator..." "General Anthony Baryn." "the Secretary of Defense and Mr. Henri Volney, General Attorney." "The inquiry lasting over an year, is close to its end." "20.000 testimonies, 30 annexed volumes evidence, 682 pages." "This is the report that will be handed to the chief of state and that will be soon published." "The report conclusions are:" "President Jary was killed by 3 bullets shot from a semiautomatic rifle Winchester Magnum, caliber 338." "The killer name is Karl Eric Daslow and the murder was premeditated." "Daslow was a neuropath, an unstable character and a loner." "Daslow acted single." "No complicity was proved nor conspiracy." "During the arrest Daslow committed suicide." "Signed:" "Heliniger committee." "Thank you, Mrs. Lapierre." "Do you agree with these conclusions, gentlemen?" "Perfectly agreed." "Then we will all sign this document." "I'm very sorry, gentlemen but I cannot sign this report." "Camera 2, focus on Volney!" "Attention please, 20 seconds..." "The photographers are invited to take the designated places!" "Attention please, 5 seconds!" "Good evening." "Today at 4:00 pm all the telexes of the world were receiving the most astonishing and unexpected information:" "A member of the Heiniger committee refused to sign the inquiry conclusions over the circumstances of president Jary's assassination." "That man is Attorney General, Henri Volney who is with us tonight in our show "One man, one event"" "Attorney General. this evening you are the men that made the event." "So we will kindly ask you to answer the questions of the 5 members of the committee you took part of of the international press representatives and of those who want to participate in this show can call 7-777-777." "Mr. Heiniger. you are the president of the Supreme Court and of the inquiry committee." "For this reason I will ask you to start the debate." "I would like to ask Attorney General Volney a very simple question:" "For a whole year you have participated in all the different stages of this elaborate and exhaustive inquiry yet, you never once explicitly expressed your disagreement." "Why are you doing it today?" "Mr. President..." "The year that you speak of was the year of the inquiry." "I had no reason to go against an ongoing inquiry." "Today I cannot agree with the conclusions of this inquiry." "Please!" "I haven't finished!" "I would like also to ask Mr. Heiniger a question." "A very simple one." "Please." "Is it true that, along with the inquiry you received a directive from the highest levels to establish that Daslow was the only shooter and that there was no conspiracy nor plot?" ""I wouldn't take the responsibility of starting a 3rd World War", you declared then." "Did you received this directive?" " Yes or no?" "Mr. President of Supreme Court..." "Please allow me to help you." "You will answer that nobody received such a directive and that I have no paper to prove the contrary and all this will turn against me." "You will also tell me that I've made up all of these allegations but then I will show the document that proves the contrary and all of this will turn against you." "President Heiniger, do you take this chance?" "Yes, I received that directive." "I mean this suggestion this wish. more exactly." "But I swear I didn't follow it." "Thank you." "So." "General Attorney. on one side we have those that signed the report and the other side, you, a brave man of justice, alone against all?" "No, Gral." "Bryan, no..." " l must state that all the Heilnlger commission members are honest. serious, advised and of outstanding character conscious of the greatness of their mission." "We are flattered." "Mr. General Attorney." ""You are all correct, BUT..."" "But what?" "What are you blaming this committee of?" "What I am blaming this committee of is a certain state of mind." "We are all sincere when we say "we want the truth and nothing but the truth" but we all hope that this truth will be different than the one we obtained." " A comfortable truth, that bothers no one that dispels the rumors." "A truth that melts the mysteries and keeps our image intact." "What are you talking about?" "What are you afraid of?" " I'm afraid to admit that in this country certain political problems can be solved through assassination." "This is unacceptable!" " Mr. President, allow me to recess because of these insults to the country's honor!" "Sit down, General Baryn!" " The truth has no honor, nor country it must be accepted as is." "Jack Turner." "France Press..." "General Attorney, you think Daslow is innocent?" "Mr. Turner. do not rush to conclusions!" " After one year of elaborate inquiries we've come to the following conclusions." "Once Daslow is the assassin of the president Jary." "I respond: it's possible." " Two: he acted premeditated." "My opinion: possibly." "Three:" "Daslow was insane... I answer that nothing allows us to state this... because I don't find anything in this report to prove his dementia." "Then, did he commit the murder being insane... or we are declaring him insane because he committed the murder?" " Fouur t says that Daslow lacked the family warmth." "that he was emotional lee instable and he wanted to take his place in history with this gesture." "There are countless like him all over the world but they don't shoot presidents." "Five: it says that Daslow acted alone." "Unfortunately, I can't tell that for sure." "Finally. six:" "Daslow committed suicide." "And I answer to you" " Why not?" "Finally. I have six doubts regarding the six allegations above." "Quiet!" "Everyone at its time. please!" "It tells me that all the phone lines are blocked." "I suggest you to listen a viewer's question." "Mr.?" "Mrs.?" "Like thousands other citizens of this country I liked president Jary." "I want to know what will happen now." "Mr. Heiniger, would you like to answer?" "Mrs., the 4th article of the inquiry committee mandate says that if one of the members refuses to sign the final report the committee is dismissed. and the one opposing to its conclusions is authorized to start the inquiry from the very beginning." "This person." "Mrs., is the General Attorney" " Henri Volney." "Good night." "Pierre." ""You were incredible!"" "I think he passed the whole night in the office." "What makes you say that?" "He wasn't shaved yet when I arrived." "Hello, gentlemen." "Please allow me to say how glad I am that you are beside me." "Thank you." "That's all?" " These are the only images caught by the only camera focused on the official convoy at the moment of the assault." "The enthusiastic crowd broke the cable and the camera was disconnected." "...it took 34 minutes to restore the connection, and when was it was restored all was done already." "The drama took place over the disconnection interval." "I see." "When the camera started again I recorded a small piece of film." " lf you want to see it." " Of course." "At this moment the bar pattern appeared and the assassination was announced." "That's all." "Max play the last sequences." "Stop!" "We must find that man." "If his camera was working, he surely captured the murder on tape." "Check al them labs and find his name and address." "Fine." "So I'm wedged in the office, right?" "That's age's privilege, pal." "We must publish an announcement in all the papers." ""We are looking for any amateur movie of the assassination of president Jary"." ""Please send the tapes at this address General Att." "Henri Volney, P. O. box 405"." ""Reward"." "No, "Substantial reward"." "No, we don't watch any of the movies, it's all automatic." "The tapes enter on one side and on the other side are thousands of km of baptisms, weddings and holiday memories ready to be sent out." "Here are the first results of the published announcement." "We already got 5 films since this morning." "8mm wide. 16mm." "4 films without sound and 1 with sound." "Bob?" "We must continue this. 2. 800 labs aren't so much though." "Here?" "OK." "We are watching the great moments of cinema." "If you are interested call Mr. Sanio at 8. 463. 742." "We have a case with a master of suspense here." "He has the business sense too." "Mr. Sanio?" " Yes, Robert Sanio." "This is Mr. Keler, my attorney." "Come in, please." "Take a sit." "How much." "Mr. Sanio?" "After I discussed this with my wife if I give you this film it means that I will lose it for good." "Me and my wife are very attached to this film." "How much." "Mr. Sanio?" "200?" "2.000." "That we would like to be put into the account of the cancer research foundation." "Your generosity gives you honor." "Of course, you will also give client, let's say...the amount of... 25.000." " Mr. Sanio, you are the most expensive film director of the country." "Take this to the office 412." "I would like to add." "because I'm an honest guy that I've already sold the movie a year ago. right after the event." "To who?" "I do not recall the company name but I didn't sell it to no one else, that you can be sure of." "Al right." "Here. I made a copy." "Maybe two of them, right?" "It's not the time for filming!" " Get out of here!" "Max. rewind." "I will tell you when to stop." "Stop." "Play." "" It's not the time for filming!" "Get out of here!"" "Stop!" "Curious..." "Don't you think?" "The first bullet hits the president from ahead... but few people are looking in the opposite direction." "Maybe somebody shouts at them." "So you're saying that during the assassination somebody shouts: "Hey, Charly!"... and all the people are turning to see who shouted." "No. they definitely heard something... but by no means "Hey." "Charly!"." "Max!" "Go on!" " Here Sanlo is hustled, but he is still filming." "Now playback again the same part." "But when I tell you to slow down play it frame by frame." "Slow!" "Stop!" "Those from below were looking at him There is no doubt." "increase the image We must find these people." "it won't be easy." "Max, Charly. you have a green light." "We will go to see the 2nd floor of the building." "it's a nice office... but unoccupied for over an year. unfortunately." "The phone isn't working. sir You can make a call from the hallway." "Do you want to rent this office, right?" "No, not exactly." "Tell me. this office belonged to a company... named Transcontinental import-Export?" "Yes." "But they just vanished." "But, since they paid for 8 months in advance, the owner wasn't so angry." "But I think I know what happened." "We are in the building that the president was shot from, did you know?" "No." "The Transcontinental people were some stylish guys... that wanted to drift away from this building." "The best proof is their scuttle." "What makes you believe that they were "stylish guys"?" "Before they disappeared they gave me an envelope with a very beautiful gift inside." "I'll leave it to your imagination." "Hold on!" "Here." "No, you don't have to Thank you!" "I will leave you the key, you can return it to the janitor." "I've called the Chamber of Commerce..." "Transcontinental import Export does not exist." "it's a shadow company." "As well as this office, that was rented... only for hiding the second sniper." "And two snipers already means an organization..." "So one of the snipers was Daslow." "up on the terrace... and the other one here, on the 2nd floor." "But the 9 witnesses don't turn their backs towards the terrace but here. towards the 2nd floor because the shots were heard from here." "Strange though, isn't it?" "There is nothing about the 9 witnesses in the report... but instead, a certain Niki Farnnese, who was in the crowd... shouted pointing to the window were Daslow was... I quote "Up there!" "I saw him shooting!" "I saw him!"" "Thank you for coming, Mr. Farnese." "Your colleagues told men that it will only take a few minutes..." "My wife takes care of our shop in the meantime." "We will try not to misuse your time." "The day of the assassination you saw a person shooting from this building's terrace?" "I saw it perfectly." "Where were you at that moment?" "I came here early that morning." "I was right here." "Right beside this red curbstone." "Are you sure?" " absolutely!" "I was sitting like this, you see?" "A policeman even told me not to sit on the curbstone." "it seemed stupid to me because I was alone." "So I stayed. and from this place I saw it all happening." "Can you give me your glasses, please?" "Thank you." "Tell me, please." "what are you seeing on that board?" "it's blurry I'm short-sighted." "But that day, when you shouted "Up there!" "I saw him shooting!" that day you were wearing the glasses?" "Of course. I wear them all the time." "This photo was made that day." "it's you there. right?" "Yes it's me." "Only that you didn't have the glasses on." " I d don't have them anymore The place was crowded Someone pushed me.." "and the glasses fell and they broke." "I had to buy another pair... I can give you a copy of the invoice. if you want." "But when I saw the assassin... I was still wearing the glasses, that I'm sure of." "Now you see the terrace?" "Of course" " No, no. keep looking it!" "Mr. Farnese, this television vehicle was exactly in this place." "So what?" "I only said that I saw up on the terrace a man with a rifle and when the police came... they found someone with a rifle up there." "That proves that I didn't make up anything." "So?" " Nothing, Mr. Farnese." "You can go back to your wife and your commerce." "I am Pierre Gregory, sir and this is Stan. our sniper." "You were the one who retrieved Daslow's rifle and shells?" "Yes, sir." "They were like this." "These 3 marks are indicators of the shells' position?" "absolutely, sir." "One of my colleagues took pictures of the scene before my arrival." "I brought them." "OK." "Good." "Let's start." "We are ready." "We blocked everything on a 0. 6 miles radius it's all ready." "Over." "Gregory, your shells are not as disciplined as Daslow's ones." "Again, please." "How do you explain this mystery?" "3 shells almost perfectly lined up and grouped." "I think it's more than a mystery, sir it's a true miracle." "Thank you That's all for today." "Did you find something about the witnesses?" "we've almost completed the records." "Robert Kosheba." "Marianne Delilah Charles Polodl, Gulllaume emends Nicolas Rosenko." "Ramon Jimenez Ursula Hoffmann, Serge Levis... and an unknown" "Well done!" " The truth is that we had more buck than we deserved." "Almost all of them came to testify on their own accord... and were heard by the Heiniger commission." "I did not read such testimonies in the Heiniger report..." "I'm surprised..." "Page 1 98 of the report..." ""The commission discarded the testimonies... that were proved too imaginative, futile or preconceived"." "This is the reason therefore you did not read their statements." "All of them came forward except two of them:" "Nicolas Rosenko, journalist that was working for a tabloid." "We found this on the first page of his magazine... not as an author." "but as a subject." "Hello?" "I am speaking as representative of the PLO." "Palestine Liberation Organization." "About?" "Listen carefully, I won't repeat We will execute your journalist Nicolas Rosenko... because he is a propaganda agent paid by Israel." "You will find his body in your underground parking, sector 6." "One hour later." "PLO was denying its involvement ...in Rosenko's killing." "The police closed the file." "That's why Rosenko did not come in front of the commission." "I think he did not testify... because he preferred to work on his own." "He was passionate about the Daslow case." "I found this under the backseat of his car." ""Daslow's autopsy was never made Why?"" ""Daslow kills himself with a gun To whom did the gun belong?"" ""The route of the official convoy was disclosed only in the last minute." "How come Daslowh knew it?"" "He's right." ""They already know each other Who?"" "Rosenko tore off these pages because they were very important to him." "Give me your copy..." "Pages 147 and 148." "Good..." "Karl together with an Italian friend, Luigi Lacosta." "Try to find out something about this Lacosta." "Let's continue." "Ursula Hoffmann..." "Recently arrived from Hamburg's seedy harbors she's the sensuality itself she is the dream and the love... in a hallucinating nude show Ursula Hoffmann!"" "Ursula!" "What are you doing there." "for Christ's sake?" "According the inquiry', it seems we have a sentimental suicide here." "Ramon Jimenez. 33 years. artist..." " Precise as always, at 9.00 the garage keeper takes out a client's car." "in front of the garage a man offers a light to a pedestrian." "The pedestrian is Ramon Jimenez." "Suddenly he seems to feel badly and he falls on the sidewalk." "An ambulance stops and picks up the patient." "it was 9:05." "Ramon Jimenez was still alive..." "At 10:30, accordingly to the medical registry book, ...the ambulance arrives at the hospital... bringing to the emergency room a dead person." ""Heart attack", the doctors concluded." "No autopsy was made." "There are dead people as a result of a heart attack. aren't they?" "Yes but here we have a delay... an enormous delay of one hour and a quarter." "Even in the case of a traffic jam, the trip from that garage... to the hospital won't last more than 1 5 min." "15 minutes." "But the makes it in almost one hour and a half." " How did thee ambulance crew explain this delay?" "They had no explanation." "The ambulance belonged to a small company... which was immediately taken over by a bigger one." "Of course they "lost" the personnel book to cover up everything." "Marianne Delilah..." "Guillaume Gemenos..." "Charles Polodi three traffic accidents." "Marianne Delilah was an exceptional biker..." "A truck hit him without stopping." "And the other two?" "Almost identical cases." "both Gemenos and Polodi lost control over their vehicles." "The real accident causes were ignored in all the 3 cases." "Serge Levis, 23 years. single was a model you have his file here." "Gone without a trace just before he signed a few contracts." "Found dead 2 months later." "in a motel." "Robert Kosheba, 28 years, electronics engineer..." " On 22nd of September. he had a drink in Manhattan bar... when the narcotic brigade alighted for a routine control." ""Police!" "Nobody moves!"" ""Hands up!"" "The policeman that killed Kosheba claimed self defense." " He was suspended from duty some time after." "Robert Kosheba did not carry any guns." "And him?" "Died from amputee fever. I suppose." "No sir, nobody talked to him." "He hasn't appeared up till now He is staying anonymous." "We don't know who is this person or where is it." "We made some photos from that tape." ""l am addressing to this citizen and to all that know him"." ""Please contact immediately the General Attorney's office"." ""Att." "Volney, tel. 344. 344. 33"" ""This number is available night and day"." ""l repeat: 344. 344. 33..."" ""Sir, if this photo is yours... I urge you to call us as fast as you can. not only because... you were the witness of a highly important events but mostly because your life... and the lives of your beloved ones are in great danger. "" ""This was a message from Attorney Henri Volney"..." ""a message that will be broadcasted through out this evening"." "Call them." "Frank You must tell them everything." "Jeanne!" "Don't start again!" "Don't you understand that this is the last mistake I could do?" "it all must be forgotten." "If you don't call, someone will identify you finally." "The kid from the butchery... your office colleagues" "Well?" "I didn't note the phone number." "344. 344. 33" "Yes." "I'm listening." ""it was Robert Mitchum in Young." "Billy, Young"." ""Did I won?"" "No, Mrs. it wasn't him and we do not offer any prize." ""This is not a TV contest?"" " No. ma'am." "Volnney's office, I'm listening." " 'l know the one whose photo you broadcasted"." ""His name is Frank Bellony. "" ""We were good friends"." "Why are you saying "we were"?" ""Because we ran into some problems... due to our wives they could not stand each other"." "Do you have his address?" ""l think he moved out." "we haven't met lately..."" "Hello?" "I'm Frank Bellony I would like to speak to General." "Att." "Volney." "I'm his assistant Please don't hang up!" "Yes?" "General Att." "Volney?" "I'm the one that you are looking for." "I called because you're wasting your time." "it's pointless to keep broadcast my photo on TV." "I don't have any information about this case." "I didn't see or hear anything And I don't want to meet you." "You are right to be afraid. sir... it's possible that you don't know this but, there are 8 more persons like you... that saw something suspicious on the day of the assassination" "Glad to hear that So talk to them." "it would be very difficult, because... these 8 people are dead now And not from natural causes." "If you don't trust me... you will be the ninth Not witness. but body. obviously." "You are a jerk." "You must choose between the jerk and the killer, sir." "All right I live inn" " No!" "Don't tell me your address!" "is there a pay phone near you?" "Perfect." "Call me from there." "'We will trace thee call and we will come after you." "What , I'm listening." "I'm calling from a pay phone." " "Don't hang up." "We are tracing them call"..." ""and we will come after you We will arrive in a white car"." ""Don't hang up and don't forget to insert coins"." "I see a car... it's not as you told me." "it's black..." "Hello?" ""We traced the phone booth We're coming." "The Bellony's are here, sir." "I'm coming." "Good evening, Mr. Bellony." "Good evening. lady." "Our assistant will take care of you." "You can rest in the next room." "All but me are?" "..." "Yes. they're all dead." "Come with me, please." "As soon as you have the list bring it to us." "Please concentrate and look at the pictures." " l have too identify the shooter in these photos, right?" "Exactly." "All those who will appear were chosen considering their past." "Are you comfortable?" " Max. please." "No. it's not him." "he was way younger." "No. it wasn't blond, that's for sure." "Good evening, Mr. De Palma." "We are alone?" " l was told this here... you must make a reservation 24 hours in advance." "Mr. Lacosta, it's 3 AM... and this restaurant remained open especially for us." "I don't think we can complain about the discretion here." "Sit down please A bit of vodka?" "Which one you prefer?" "Polish. lemon." "Russian?" "Your choice" " Let be Russian. then." "Did you watch Volney's broadcasted appeal?" "Yes, by chance." "The appeal wasn't broadcasted anymore since 9 PM... probably because Volney found what he looked for." "This ninth witness that you let escape." "Caucasian shashlyk." "Mr. De Palma, I accomplished my part of the contract..." " We are very pleased with you Mr. Lacosta." " Perfect." "Our contract stipulated though two commitments from you." " The first one: the salary." "accomplished." " The second one: m safety and my return to my country." "For your safety we eliminated 8 inconvenient witnesses." "But do you think it's the time to go back in your country?" "A few hours from now it will be maybe too late, Mr. De Palma." "Right at this moment there is a man in this city a man who saw me and who will talk." "No At least the one I saw at the 2nd floor... does not seems like anyone in these photos." "I'm sorry, but I can't lie to you." "We appreciate it." "Anyway. I would like to see again one of those photos." "Sure." "its among the last fie ones." "Before this one. I guess." "No, it's not him." "This one!" "it's him!" "This is the guy from the second floor?" " No, this is thee man 'with thee umbrella." "Now I'm sure, it's him." "He was 1 yard behind me, down in the crowd." "I was with the other ones, on the catwalk." "I didn't notice him in the first place... but he opened his umbrella a blink of an eye before the shootings." "With all that sun then, I assumed he is crazy." "Excuse me, I don't think this has something to do with your case... but it was strange to see him among those in the photos." "I'm sorry" " No problem, thank you." "Mr. Bellony." "For your safety and your family's... you must take a forced vacation." "I took care of everything." "Here you have them travel cheques." "This young man will escort you to a private jet." "it looks like you'll have very good weather in the Caribbean." "I will take you back to your family now." "General Att." "What have I done to deserve all this?" "Nothing, Mr. Bellony You just watched something that you weren't supposed to." "Have a good trip!" "De Palma." "Carlos Originally from Honduras." "Refugee for political reasons at age 23." "suspected for a long time to be one of the... leaders of a criminal organization." "Each time that he was indicted he claimed he was discriminated... and won Sentenced for 5 years for financial fraud he was released in less than 2 years." "Put his phone under surveillance." "You don't want to arrest him?" "No." "Under what circumstances?" "For wearing an umbrella?" " lf I'l be exposed due to this witness you will be exposed too." "This means you will talk?" "I have certain dreams and now I also got the money... as well as the age to make them come true." "You're right We must respect our dreams." "They separate us from reality's commonplaces and send us to that invisible world... where we can make our wishes come true." "No, no, I'm 'welting." "An extremely rainy day?" "No, I'm not interested in the wind direction." "No clear sky?" "Thank you very much." "it's something I don't get." "Daslow goes up the terrace with a rifle to shoot the president... but now we know that the rifle was not loaded." " Why would one go up with an unloaded rifle?" "Someone replaced it in the last minute." "The picture is taken in front of his own house having the rifle in his hand on 28th March 1977." "I called the local weather agency." "On 28th March 1977 it was heavily raining but in this photo it's sunshine." "Maybe it was taken before, or after the rain stopped..." "Before or after the rain..." "Hydrangeas do not bloom in March but only at the end of July." "Charly." "it's a fake photo." "They "put" Daslow's head on it it's obvious." "So we have a fake image of Daslow?" "Everything is fake in this case." "Everything!" "A fake witness, a fake sniper." "fake shells... fake hydrangeas and a fake report!" "With fake conclusions." "682 pages of conclusions... that do not contain even the slightest answer to the most elementary question:" "WHY?" "Why was Daslow on that terrace although he had no reason too?" "The psychiatric report specifies a case of paranoia." "Of course!" "If we didn't find a reason we concluded he's insane!" "Only that insane people find reasons on their own:" "...either God lead them... or they had to save the world from a catastrophe... and they are telling that to themselves These psychoses can be detected." "But about Daslow we don't have a thing." "absolutely nothing." "Neither school, nor from the army... neither from his employers." "nor from his daily life." "We can't get any trace of psychical illness." "Nevertheless, on May 22nd... at 13:01 he shoots the president and at 13:02 he commits suicide." "Well, no. gentlemen!" "An insane assassin never kills himself!" "He wants to show everybody his vision!" "There are statistics about this." "The psychiatric report is based on a scientific experiment... directed by professor David Negara from Laye University." "Perfect!" "Let's call him!" "it's 4 AM, sir..." "What day are we?" "Sunday morning, sir." "Oh, well Go to sleep I'll see you Monday morning." ""The undersigned psychological experts... not using the examination due to subject's absence have elaborated in this report on basis of K. E. Daslow's past." "His inclination to violence... which lead him to this cruel and irresponsible gesture... can be explained through what we call paranoid dementia"." "Prof Negara, do you remember this man?" "Yes, unfortunately he's famous... it is Daslow, right?" " Yes." "He participated in one of our experiments." "Did you read the psychiatric conclusions of Heiniger's report?" "I must admit I didn't." "Professor, during the tests you run here..." "Could you diagnose a man with a mental disease?" "In your opinion Daslow was acting like a paranoid." "Excuse me." "I'll be back." "A paranoid?" "I propose you to see one of our experiments." "The behavior of today's subject might help you understand..." "Daslow's better" "Very well!" "Have a sit." "Through this special glass you can see without being seen." "You have a volume meter to hear what they discuss down there." "I'll be right back." "Will it take long?" "About an hour, I was told." "What are we going to do?" "We will explain right away." "Here is proof." "Neggara." "Mr. Rivoli?" "No..." "Despaul." "Then you must be Mr. Rivoli. right?" "Yes, professor." "Gentlemen. a few words about the experiment that we will conduct here today..." "A psychological theory says... that an individual learns more correctly and efficiently... if he's conscious that every mistake will attract a punishment." "An example of this theory in everyday life would be... the punishment that parents enforce over their children when they are making mistakes." " They hope the punishment 'will help the children remember what is right." "At this university we are interested only with adults." "We will measure scientifically, step by step... the influence of the punishment over the memory." "One of you will be the student, which will be forced to remember... the other one will be the instructor, which by progressive punishments... will force the pupil to use his memory more efficiently." "We will draw lots to see which one will be the instructor and which one the student." "I am the instructor." "Then Mr. Rivoli will be the student." "Do I have to sit here?" " Please." "it's not dangerous?" "What is this?" "A solution to avoid the eventual burns." "Ok..." "The principle is very simple:" "Here's a list with 30 words... each one associated with an adjective." "Sky blue. animal fierce, wind - violent, etc." "You're going to read to Mr. Rivoli these 30 pairs of words." "After that you're goanna read to him only the adjective and he must tell from memory... to which word that adjective corresponds." " l got lt." "So 'when I'll read them rod "blue"... he will have to answer "sky" "animal" for "fierce"..." ""wind" for "violent"." "You perfectly understood." "Each time when Mr. Rivoli is wrong you will inflict a punishment." "You will draw one of these sliders and he will get an electric shock." "At the first mistake he will get 15 volts... 30 volts for the second one mistake." "45 for the third, etc, etc." "The sliders act incrementally." "each 15V so the shocks add up." "Now please read the associations to your student... slowly, articulating well, so that he can remember them." "Mr. Flavius will control the experiment." "So...sky - blue." "...animal - fierce, wind - violent day - chilly lemon - yellow fish - grilled egg - strong..." "How do you enlist your candidates?" "Through an ad published in the local newspaper." ""Do you want to make 6 dollars?" "...giving us only 1 hour from your time"." ""We are recruiting volunteers for a scientific experiment about "." "What role did Daslow play?" "instructor or student?" "it was the same spot as Mr. Despaul's." "...well - deep bread - buttered money - satisfied." "OK." "Please begin." "Mr. Despaul." "The first word: blue." "Sky!" "Blue sky!" "Correct" " Next word: fierce." "Laugh Fierce laugh!" "No, wrong The answer was "animal"." "15 volts." "Next word: violent." "Just a second I know" " Blow!" "Violent blow!" " wrong." "The answer 'was "wind'." "Violent wind." "30 volts." "Think before you answer." "I don't like sending these electrical shocks!" "Next word: chilly." "Chilly, chilly isn't it "fish" by any chance?" "Do you believe sincerely that these electric shocks will enhance Mr. Rivoli's memory?" "It's not Mr. Rivoli's memory that we're interested in here." "What we're interested in is it's Mr. Despaul's capacity to obey." "His "submission to authority"." "For Mr. Despaul the authority is this university Prof. Flavius, myself... and our white overalls." "which symbolize this authority." "We will force him to punish a victim that did him nothing wrong." "How far will he go to obey our absurd and outrageous orders?" "in this where the whole problem lies." "Next word: yellow." "Lemon" " Very good!" "it was lemon!" "Let's carry on Next word: grilled." "Bread..." "Grilled bread." " No, wrong!" "it was "fish" - grilled fish!" "165 volts." "Stop!" "I refuse to continue Please let me go." "Are you telling men that he must continue all the way until 450 volts?" "I don't know..." "From a certain moment on, it's obvious that Mr. Despaul will have to face a problem." "On one side the submission to authority... carrying out the mission he was assigned," "on the other side the horror of making his victim suffer" "Soon, Despaul will be torn apart by an almost unbearable internal conflict." "To pull himself out of this situation he must disobey the authority." "We are studying the very structure of this conflict." "Continue." "Mr. Despaul." "Next word" " One moment!" "Mr. Rivoli's right hand is untied." "The electrode has no contact anymore You must tie his hand again." "I am the one who has to do this?" "We must run this experiment correctly." "A very interesting phase:" "the physical contact." "Until now he acted vicariously, through the use of the cursors." "But now he must touch a man... that he is torturing, although that man did him no harm." "in this phase the duty of obedience usually diminishes." "I beg you, slur Stop." "Why don't you focus?" "Do not answer randomly!" "Let's get this over and done with." "He asked me to stop What do you think?" "Please continue, Mr. Despau." "focus before answering because we are nearly at 200 volts here." "The next word is "white"." "White!" "Look!" "Despaul tries to decrease his inner conflict by helping his victim." "If this conflict is so intense why doesn't he stop?" " lf he stops now, he would admit to himself that shout don't have gone this far inn the first place" "By continuing he justifies to himself everything he has done so far." "Can we, at least this time." "pass over to the next word?" "it is crucial to continue the experiment." "Mr. Despaul." "But he doesn't answer anymore..." "What should we do now?" "We must continue, even though the student doesn't like it." "He has to learn all the words" "Do you hear me, sir?" "The word is "white"." "Can't take it anymore..." "It hurts so bad..." "I can't answer anymore..." "What are we doing?" "Consider the answer as wrong and send him 1 80 volts." "This is not good at all, we're risking a lot here!" "I take all the responsibility." "If you take full responsibility... it's unbearable!" "You don't have the right to do this." "even in the name of science." "Stay calm, General Att." "The devices are all fake." "There is no electrical power between the desk and the chair." "But Mr. Despaul doesn't know that." "Mr. Rivoli is very talented." "isn't he?" "He's part of our team." "Of course, it's essential for all our candidates to be instructors." "it's horrendous..." "General Att you reacted at 180 volts!" "Your experiment is merciless, professor..." "What's the voltage Daslow stopped at?" "405 volts." "Sit down." "Focus well!" "Otherwise I must send you 405 volts." "Make an effort!" ""Ecossaise"?" "405 volts!" " We must stop the experiment!" "impossible. we can't fake the results We must continue." "The subject's heart won't stand it is obvious." "If we don't stop it could be a disaster." "Apply 405 volts, Mr. Daslow!" "No way!" "First, you two must agree about this!" "My discussion with Prof Neggara does not concern you." "Mr. Daslow." "Continue." "No way!" "If you want, I will give you back the 6 dollars!" "The experiment stops here." "at 405 volts." "As soon as the coherence of the hierarchical system disappears... and the disagreements appear at the authority level... the subject takes advantage of it and refuses to obey." " Did you had many subjects that went to 405 volts?" "On average. 63% of the subjects are submissive." "...fully accepting the experiment." "And the go to 450 volts" " This means that in a civilized, democratic and liberal country... 2/3 of the people are capable of executing any kind of commandment that comes from a superior authority... 3 months after the experiment we summon every subject... to tell him the truth and ask him to justify its own behavior." "Listen to Daslow's reactions." "Mr. Daslow, you participated 3 months ago in an experiment... inn which you applied electrical discharges up to 405 volts to someone." "Did you believe at the time that the electrical shocks were real?" "Yes." "Did you ever think about your cruelty inflicted on your innocent and defenseless victim ?" "I didn't think of my cruelty nor of the innocence of the victim." "You had at that moment an authority that should do it." "I did what I was told to." "When they demand a pilot to launch a bomb over a city, the pilot launches it." "He doesn't question himself whether it is right or wrong, he just haunches it." "But in the situation of a genocide, when a tyrant decides to kill 5-6 millions people... he needs to have 1 millions accomplices, murderers..." "How is he gaining the obedience of others?" "By dividing the responsibilities." "A tyrant needs a tyrant state, so he will recruit 1 millions smaller tyrants every single one of them executing their tasks professionally and without remorse... because nobody will ever remember which is the millionth part of the crime." "One of them will arrest the victims there are just simple imprisonments..." "Other ones will take the victim into camps." "but they are only train drivers..." "The victims will be imprisoned by the one but he's only the prison warden." "The most violent ones will be used for the very final act, but overall this chain of obedience will seem comfortable to everyone involved." "Mr. Daslow, at 360V the subject ceased to scream and did not respond which could lead you to assume he's dead." "Why did you continue to apply him shocks from 360V to 405V?" "If he is really dead he would feel nothing, right?" "I thought the professors knew what they are doing." "I was not the one to contradict them." "What surprises me is that all the subjects react without anger, without rage without vindictiveness, without at least hoping for a reward." "You aren't suggesting that Daslow did all that for those 6 dollars?" "If the advertisement wasn't published by a university but by an individual that would promise you several hundred dollars as a reward would you have still applied those 405V to Mr. Rivoli?" "No." "What if the reward would be of 10,000 dollars?" "I don't think you understood, sir." "Money has got nothing to do with this." "I will obey an authority as long as I respect it." "That's all." "Thank you." "So, that day. going up to the terrace to shoot over president." "Daslow was obeying an "authority that he respected" regardless of any amount of money." "But the same authority has already hired the real assassins. those from below... assassins that were working only for money." "Niki Farnese - the fake witness..." "Carlos De Palma the man with the umbrella and the assassin from the 2nd floor." "I think the assassin is Luigi Lacosta, sir." "We retrieved his car, and he was shot right in his face." "The Interpol told us that Lacosta was known as a professional killer." "But why wasn't his picture among those shown to Bellony?" "Lacosta wasn't yet filed by the police at that time." "He arrived from Italy on March 10th... 2 months before the president's assassination." "Their accounts revealed that Nicky Farnese reeled... 5,000 dollars before the murder and the same amount after." "Luigi Lacosta cashed two cheques of 250.000 dollars." "So who is that authority... respected by one and financer to the others?" "Daslow and Lacosta can't speak anymore." "Carlos De Palma?" "Is under surveillance?" "Night and day." "His calls are permanently monitored." "What does his parole file say?" "He was released with the intervention of Mr. Richard Mallory." "Chief of Special Activities Bureau within Secret Services." "What motive did he invoke?" ""High services for the country"." "He was released on February 12, 1977." "3 months before president Jary's assassination." "This evening De Palma dines with his benefactor:" "Mallory." "Good job, Bob!" "I found that in the phone tapping report, sir." "Where will they have the dinner?" "Mallory is going to De Palma's place." "So, with a bit of luck, there will be no one this evening at Mallory's." "This meaning...?" "Don't fool around, Charly." "Ok?" " I'll block the elevators door." " Why?" "Because it's the best way to go back down in a hurry." "Do you know what problems will we face there?" "I don't." "Usually these actions are planned." "Do you know it's possible that he has an alarm system?" "You open and... driving!" "What is he doing?" "If problems develop we must not be involved." "Charly is upstairs?" " Yes, sir" " Alone?" "No." "With a first class burglar." "Garcia Santos." "Which we found at the Homicide Department." "That's getting better and better..." "Garcia Santos... 4 charges for robbery... 3, sir. lf all goes ok, we promised him we'll wipe out the 4th." "Don't touch anything!" "Put these on." "I can't believe this if I'd work on my own I would be convicted for 3 years... I do this for you, guys and you're wiping out 3 years!" "Hallo, Vermont!" "We are in." "It's alright." "Shit." "It's Mallory!" "Stay calm." "Excuse me, Mr. Mallory." "I'm Henri Volney." " Glad to know you, General Att." " l hope you are not waiting for me." "Oh, yes." "I'm not aware of being guilty Shall we go upstairs to have a drink?" "I prefer to walk outside, if that doesn't bother you." "I hear all over that the members of the Secret Services have their homes full of microphones and other sort of things." "That's an exaggeration." "Do you know a certain Carlos De Palma?" "Carlos De Palma?" "Yes, yes Sentenced to 5 years for some tax problems, if I recall." "Exactly." "Did you interfered in his release?" "I interfered in few cases, on behalf of Secret Services but never on my own behalf." "The motive in De Palma's case was." "as I remember, "services for the nation"." "I hope I'm not too intrusive if I ask you what kind of services." "We are called "Secret Services" because we can keep a secret" "In our job the first rule is the one silence." "This rule applies to organizations also..." "Such as the Mafia." "I don't understand." "It was a joke, Mr. Mallory." "A simple joke." "Have you found what you're looking for?" "No..." "I don't know what I'm looking for." "Perfect..." "This does not change our agreement, right?" "Those 3 years will be wiped out?" "Yeah, yeah, yeah..." "Why don't you look inside the safe?" "What safe?" "There." "Behind that copy." "How did you figure is a safe there?" "I can smell the camouflage." "You see this trace here?" "And here?" "These traces are left by the hands that are moving the painting so often." "Can you open it?" "For this amateur job there are 2 methods." "The delicate one..." "And the brutal one." "Let's try first the delicate one." "Obviously." "You dislike the Secret Services, Mr. Volney?" "You're wrong." "I consider them absolutely necessary." "Without our information, no nation can guarantee the security of its people." "Absolutely." "But, sometimes, the soldiers of information... are bearing away from their mission and turn themselves into an intervention army... which infiltrates all over and escapes from the control of those who create it." "In such organizations errors could appear anytime." "Errors?" "The Secret Service's budget is 10 billions for Intelligence Department 200 billions for the Interventions Department." "And 200 earns a whole institution, Mr. Mallory." "That's it for the delicate one." "What's going on?" "Almost all people keep using the same combination which when accessed repeatedly." "leads to a wear of the mechanism." "And this one sounds differently on the used number." "Not so distinctively, but it can be traced." "In our case the wear is to small." "They are probably changing the combination every day." "Let's try the brutal one then." "Stay calm, General Att." "The Secret Services are under the direct control... of both the presidency and the government." "Its true." "The president's and the government's control..." "This highly effective and discreet instrument." "And they're using it too often enough sometimes." "But when this instrument can't be controlled anymore... it becommes very difficult for them to denounce their former accomplices." "The only one who stood up against this inner state..." "Was president Jary." " Why don't you turn the music on?" " This is not the time for this." "I warn you that the explosion noise will be very loud." "It's better to cover the noise." "Look for something orchestral, it makes a lot of noise." " Charly, he will go up for sure now!" "Get out of there!" " Thank you." " My pleasure, Mr. Volney" " Mine too, Mr. Mallory." "And don't let yourself be influenced by those novelists that are always writing stories with an espionage theme." "Even they start every story by saying all the characters and facts are fictitious." "When the source of imagination is not reality." "This isn't good." "There is no suspense without reality, Mr. Mallory." "Good night, General Att." "I think we obtained what we wanted, sir." "Why?" "Why is this tape so special?" "It contains music fragmented by messages that can not be decoded." "It must be played at a certain frequency and speed in order to become clear." "How did you get this?" "A lot of noise for nothing." "Mallory deliberately switched up things." "He followed the ground rule:" "don't hide it, keep it in plain sight." "Do you want to decode it?" "No, thanks." "Go and get some sleep." "Zenith to Minos." "The phase Zenith 1 of the operation Zenith suffered a total failure." "End of operation Zenith 1." "June 7th 1972." "Zenith 2." "Elections in KAWAR Winner:" "THE President BONAVAS." "The candidate has the support of the public opinion." "Eliminating him too fast well transform him in a martyr." "We first have to create a derogatory image of him." "Awaiting instructions to trigger the operation Zenith 2." "Estimated time for Zenith 2..." "four years." "Failure of the Austerity Policy of the President Bonavas." "Manifestations drowned blood in Kawar. 300 deaths." "Minos to Zenith the operation Zenith 2 can start." "The Presidential Aircraft explodes:" "Bonavas dies in the blast." "Cisco." "Unique candidate for election." "Back to Kawar Carlos de Palma." "Minos to Zenith." "Third payment was made today using the known ways." "May 22nd, 1977." "President Jary was assassinated." "Hello?" "Government Palace?" "Yes, sir." "I would like to speak with the President." "General Att." "Henri Volney speaking." "Sir, the president is in Geneva at the summit it was published in all the newspapers." "Of course, thank you." "Extraordinary assembly of Minos." "Minos adopt unanimously the triggering of the operation... I..." "AS ICARUS ...the operation I..." "AS ICARUS must be accomplished on June 17th until midnight." "I want to speak to Secret Services chief, please." "Who's asking?" "General Att." "Henri Volney." "It's extremely important." "Hold on." "Hugues Adler?" "Henri Volney." "Excuse me for disturbing you but I need to see you right away." "If it's a personal matter, gladly but as a chief of Secret Services I'm afraid it's too late... I no longer hold this position, since yesterday." "Who was appointed in your place?" "The chief of the Special Activities Bureau, a certain Mallory..." " Richard Mallory?" " Yes..." "Do you know him?" "Not so well." "I'm beside you in these moments and forgive me for waking you up." " Good bye." " Good bye." "Mr. President, I address to you this personal and confidential message because the conclusions I reached are way beyond the limits imposed on my inquiry and they concern directly the security of the nation." "One:" "I can prove that the assassination of the president Marc Jary was a careful and elaborate plot by a military group apparently not linked to the government." "This plot was organized in the name of so called "superior interests of our nation" the nation being only an excuse, unfortunately." "The leaders of this plot did not want only to replace one regime with another but they do know very well the State structures and they're using them." "Two:" "I accuse the Secret Services, and especially a faction of these services to be at the disposal of this "supreme brain"." "Three:" "I accuse them also for working with a renowned international crime organization." "Four:" "I accuse Mr. Mallory for being the main intermediate between the main leader of the conspiracy and certain executive levels of this one." "Five: as a part of this conspiracy, an operation whose code name is... I..." "AS ICARUS was already triggered and should be carried out today, June 17th. before midnight." "How could we possibly know where this operation will take place?" "With consideration, Mr. President, Henri Volney." "Hello, Helene?" " Yes, Henri." " Did I wake you up?" "Nobodyelsecouldcallme at this hour, my darling..." "How was the première?" "Boring...they did not talk much about my book instead we spoke a lot about you." "The women came to the conclusion that you're a misogynist." "And what did you answer?" "Should I have answered them?" "Yes." "You should tell them that I'm busy with a woman so hard to find which in fact keeps me away from women you can find anywhere." "You're so nice this morning..." "How's your inquiry?" "Difficult, my dear, difficult... I never felt so lonely..." "And there's nothing I can do for you?" "No..." "Yes!" "What meaning has for you the name Icarus?" "I." "C. A. R. U. S." "Besides of the mythological sense known by all, of course..." " Icarus!" " Yes." "My dear attorney." "It shows that you haven't read my book." "I speak in there of the Icarus myth." "let me find the paragraph..." "No. I can find it on my own... I found it...page 198..." ""Icarus was locked by Minos in a labyrinth from which he escaped using the wings he made by itself." "Using bird feathers and wax to glue the wings he managed to escape but, in its flight he got too close to the sun that the wax melted." "and he fell into the sea." "All these myths are part of the folklore." "If we consider the sun as the symbol of truth then Icarus paid with its life for being so close to the truth"." "This interpretation can help you?" "Hello..." "Hello..." "Hello!" "Hello!" "The experiments regarding "obedience to authority" took place between 1960-1963 at Yale University in New-Haven and they were run by professor Stanley Milgram."