Crimson Tide (1995)

Jason Robards: Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President

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• Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President : Now, based on the testimony from personnel on board the Alabama and, in no small measure, to that of the senior officer, Captain Ramsey, I am prepared to make my recommendations to SUBPAC.

  Hunter : Without my testimony, sir?

  Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President : You have a problem with that?

  Hunter : I might, sir.

  Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President : I have known Captain Ramsey for almost 30 years. We served together on more than a few occasions. If he is lying this will be the first I've heard of it.

  Hunter : Yes, sir.

  Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President : My primary concern here is the breakdown in the system. In this instance the system failed because the two senior officers did not work to resolve their differences, while preserving the chain of command. Now you may have been proven right, Mr Hunter, but insofar as the letter of the law is concerned, you were both right, and you were also both wrong. This is the dilemma that will occupy this panel, this navy, and this country's armed forces as a whole, long after you leave this room. Off the record... you've both created one hell of a mess: a mutiny aboard a United States nuclear submarine, violation of nuclear launch protocol.