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Gary Cole, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, Rocky Carroll, Wilmer Valderrama, Katrina Law and Diona Reasonover
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NCIS Cast:
Gary Cole, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, Rocky Carroll, Wilmer Valderrama, Katrina Law and Diona Reasonover
Stream NCIS Season 22 now on Paramount+!
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00:00These excerpts are kind of vague.
00:02Yeah, but the prose is tight.
00:04They accuse the tenant of hastings and dereliction of duty without a shred of evidence.
00:07They're beating the readers. Big reveal is probably in the full book.
00:10Or smoke and mirrors. Have you ever heard of this author? Marley Jaggers?
00:14No, there's no record of him. Probably a pen name.
00:16What kind of cower hides behind a fake name?
00:18I don't know.
00:19What? I use a pen name for my books.
00:21Yeah, but you're not attacking anyone. This feels like a PR stunt.
00:24If it is, the publisher could use the investigation to build buzz.
00:27So we might be doing their job for them.
00:29Reminds me of someone else we know. LaRoche? Getting assigned to our case?
00:34You think he planned this?
00:35He's been in and out of Seknav's office for weeks. That dude is definitely looking to score some points.
00:40Maybe he'll be too busy brown nosing to bug us.
00:44There you are.
00:46Thought you were avoiding me.
00:49Why are we meeting down here again?
00:51It's where the bodies are, right? Also, it's warmer.
00:54Yeah, barely.
00:56Do me a favor and stop that.
00:59Excuse me?
01:00No eating or drinking down here.
01:05Right. Down to business. How does this work? Do I ask questions or...
01:11We usually start with an update.
01:13Do your thing. Pretend I'm not here. Like Jane Goodall with gorillas.
01:24Go.
01:25Book excerpts. Focus on an ambush in the early hours of December 19th, 2010.
01:29Lieutenant Merritt Hastings led a squad outside of Sangin.
01:33It's a Taliban stronghold in one of the deadliest zones in the war.
01:36The squad was staged and awaiting pre-dawn orders to move out.
01:39Until they were hit from the northwest with rifle fire and RPGs.
01:43Including a grenade that Hastings managed to throw back.
01:45Saving lives.
01:46By the time it was over, there were still six Marines wounded, three killed.
01:50Privates Howard Rain and Yancey Bickle and Landis Corporal Evan Cross.
01:53Each case cause of death was bullet wounds. 7.62mm Soviet rounds.
01:59AK-47 Taliban standard issue.
02:01Entry wounds all match. No signs of friendly fire.
02:04Despite having shrapnel in his arms, Hastings still managed to drag a man to safety.
02:08He's a hero.
02:10So there's no case?
02:12Sure there is. Straight up slander.
02:14Attacking the face of a veterans bill right before the vote? It's not a coincidence.
02:18Who would vote against the veterans?
02:19Nobody. That's the thing.
02:21Right, but discredit Hastings and the whole bill falls apart.
02:24It's smart.
02:26Politically speaking.
02:27So we're looking for lobbyists. Political rivals.
02:30Anyone on the Hill with something to gain, I'll put out some feelers.
02:33In the meantime, we should talk to Hastings.
02:34We got a call into his motorcycle shop in Falls Church.
02:37Ooh, custom bikes. I'm in.
02:40Actually, uh, maybe I should go instead.
02:44A political operative might be more useful.
02:47Wouldn't want Hastings to say something to make things worse.
02:51♪♪