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In 2003, John Nixon, a CIA analyst became the first American to positively identify and interrogate Saddam Hussein. During their time together, Nixon began to understand the potential consequences of the invasion, the humanitarian horrors and geopolitical turbulences that would follow Saddam's deposing.
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00:00I'm about to interrogate the man who invaded Kuwait,
00:04fought against Iran, terrorized Iraq for 23 years.
00:09Saddam Hussein, high-value target number one.
00:15Your mission?
00:16Find Saddam.
00:18Why is it you have to go?
00:20Nobody knows this guy better than me.
00:22I should be there.
00:23You have no field training, John.
00:27Hey, John Nixon.
00:28Say you want in, you're up.
00:31Welcome to Baghdad.
00:35One of the biggest manhunts in modern history.
00:39I'm missing something.
00:40John, is it true Saddam built a network of tunnels under Baghdad?
00:45Hey, hey, hey!
00:51That's him.
00:53Where are the WMDs?
00:55Who are you?
00:56You are nothing.
00:58Everybody's watching.
01:00I know the stakes.
01:01Find an angle.
01:02All those Rockies out there fighting, nobody's fighting for you.
01:06It's because you don't have any power anymore.
01:08Nixon, stay there!
01:10We will fight for every street before we submit to your occupation.
01:19You think the game's over when you take the king.
01:27I see a war.
01:29That will never end.
01:35You're a full-time!
01:36You can't...
01:37There areではじộntubes.
01:37I've lost.
01:42You're lost.
01:44You're lost.

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