Secret Honor

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Uh, Roberto,

I told you before...

that this thing doesn't, uh -

because there's no -

because the, uh, uh -

You know.

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Cocksucker!

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Uh, Roberto, this is for, uh...

eyes only.

Um, our eyes.

Uh -

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Uh, Roberto, this is for, uh...

eyes only.

Um, our eyes.

Uh-

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Okay, Roberto...

would you, uh -

would you send, uh -

Call Mr. Stein at my publishers...

to pick up that, uh, package

that I gave you.

Oh! Oh, yes.

Would you also tell Mrs. Nixon

that I, um -

Never mind.

Oh! Oh, yes.

I, uh, l-I hear that the gardener's wife -

that Fernando's wife is in the hospital.

Would you send her a, uh, u-uh -

Send her a new portable radio, please.

Uh, make it a good one.

And, oh, uh, don't-uh, don't -

don't tell her that it's from, uh -

I would - I would rather that she didn't, uh -

Just make it, uh, anonymous. I -

No! No, no, no, no, no, no.

Say that, um -

Uh, say that it is from

Friends of a Free Cuba.

[Chuckles]

Cuba libre.

Okay, uh, side one.

Um, day and date,

um, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

I'll, um - I'll write the, um, um, uh -

the prayer f-

Uh, the, um, uh-the plea f-

the prologue -

You know. Um -

Okay, uh -

[Clears Throat]

Your Honor...

may we take the matter

of the, uh, pardon first?

Uh - [Scoffs]

It was a complete fake.

It solved nothing

because, uh, well...

if there had been a trial

and all the rest of it -

Well, you know, if I had gone to prison,

I would be a free man today.

A free man!

Now, the word "pardon"

has two definitions.

First, there is the legal aspect,

which is to...

excuse a convicted man

from punishment.

Then there is the general definition

of the word "pardon"...

which is to forgive.

[Hisses]

"Forgive."

[Laughs]

Forgive them

before they ever forgive me.

Bastards. F*** 'em!

Son of a b*tches.

[Chuckles]

Your Honor...

my client has been driven

almost mad...

because he has had to carry

the most terrible secrets of all...

Iocked up inside his, uh, uh,

breaking heart...

and, uh, uh, beating mind.

Now, you have read in the press...

the reasons for the Watergate affair.

Today my client is going

to reveal to you...

the reasons behind the reasons.

You, ladies and gentlemen

of the American jury...

shall look at the face

that is under the mask that is -

that is under the mask!

[Chuckling]

You alone shall judge his life.

Your Honor, my client has never

been convicted of anything...

therefore, technically,

he was not qualified for a pardon.

Now, as to the definition

of the word 'pardon"-

Look, there's been no forgiveness here.

The whole damn thing

has been a sham.

There's been no trial,

no legal conviction, no punishment.

Instead, Your Honor,

my client has had to suffer...

lifelong personal punishment

and, uh, torment...

for what has been called, the, uh -

[Scoffs] good of the nation.

Look, if the nation

knew the real truth...

why, I would be in the position of, uh,

of de Gaulle, for instance, because I -

Look, I had to withdraw becau -

De Gaulle and, uh-and, uh, Mao -

[Stammers]

Mao!

He was a kind of

a lone wolf too, you know.

As a matter of fact,

he said to me once, he said...

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