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Автор Майкл Крайтон
Michael Crichton Rising Sun
To my mother, Zula Miller Crichton
We are entering a world where the old rules no longer apply.
Business is war.
LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT
CONFIDENTIAL TRANSCRIPT
OF INTERNAL RECORDS
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Contents: Transcript of Video Interrogation Detective Peter J. Smith March 13-15
re: "Nakamoto Murder" (A8895-404)
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Direct all inquiries to:
Commanding Officer Internal Affairs Division Los Angeles Police Department PO Box 2029 Los Angeles, CA 92038-2029 Telephone: (213) 555-7600 Telefax: (213) 556-7812
Video Interrogation: Det. P. J. Smith 3/13—3/15
Case: "Nakamoto Murder"
Description of interrogation: Subject (Lt. Smith) was interrogated for 22 hours over 3 days from Monday, March 13 to Wednesday, March 15. Interview was recorded on S-VHS/SD videotape.
Description of image: Subject (Smith) seated at desk in Video Room #4, LAPD HQ. Clock visible on the wall behind subject. Image includes surface of desk, coffee cup, and Subject from the waist up. Subject wears coat and tie (day 1); shirt and tie (day 2); and shirtsleeves only (day 3). Video timecode in lower right corner.
Purpose of interrogation: Clarification of Subject role in "Nakamoto Murder. " (A8895-404) Officers in charge of the interrogation were Det. T. Conway and Det. P. Hammond. Subject waived his right to an attorney.
Disposition of case: Filed as "case unsolved. "
Transcript of: March 13 (1)
INT: Okay. The tape is running. State your name for the record, please.
SUBJ: Peter James Smith.
INT: State your age and rank.
SUBJ: I'm thirty-four years old. Lieutenant, Special Services Division. Los Angeles Police Department.
INT: Lieutenant Smith, as you know, you are not being charged with a crime at this time.
SUBJ: I know.
INT: Nevertheless you have a right to be represented here by an attorney.
SUBJ: I waive that right.
INT: Okay. And have you been coerced to come here in any way?
SUBJ: (long pause) No. I have not been coerced in any way.
INT: Okay. Now we want to talk to you about the Nakamoto Murder. When did you first become involved in that case?
SUBJ: On Thursday night, February 9, about nine o'clock.
INT: What happened at that time?
SUBJ: I was at home. I got a phone call.
INT: And what were you doing at the time you got the call?
FIRST NIGHT
Actually, I was sitting on my bed in my apartment in Culver City, watching the Lakers game with the sound turned off, while I tried to study vocabulary for my introductory Japanese class.
It was a quiet evening; I had gotten my daughter to sleep about eight. Now I had the cassette player on the bed, and the cheerful woman's voice was saying things like, "Hello, I am a police officer. Can I be of assistance?" and "Please show me the menu. " After each sentence, she paused for me to repeat it back, in Japanese. I stumbled along as best I could. Then she would say, "The vegetable store is closed. Where is the post office?" Things like that. Sometimes it was hard to concentrate, but I was trying. "Mr. Hayashi has two children. "
