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MAJ. GEN. SORKIN: Why is it intelligence is so damn

stupid sometimes?

An M.P. laughs. Gen. Sorkin stops him with a look.

MAJ. GEN. SORKIN: They're cutting us off, Bif. They're

gonna slash us like old hogs. After all we've done. The

Marines are going too -- right into the Navy.

GEN.YEAGER: Those are just rumors, General. There's

no evidence of that.

MAJ. GEN. SORKIN: Bullshit. I am not going to be a

traitor to my country. I am not going to allow the

destruction of our armed forces to save a dollar or any

amount, ever. We fought too hard, endured too long to be

pissed on like this. Do you agree?

GEN.YEAGER: Are you sure your rebellion has no

relation to the Treasury Department's discovery of

millions -- I should say billions -- in kickbacks from

contractors to officers in this base?

MAJ. GEN. SORKIN: You supercilious bastard!

Gen. Sorkin stands up, threatening, extinguishes his cigar

into splinters with eyes set on Yeager, as if Yeager might

share the same fate.

Bif Yeager holds firm, flushing, even as Lt. Wharton steps

forward towards him, holding a baton.

MAJ. GEN. SORKIN: You think I don't know what you're

up to? Well, you're too late, as usual -- you're ALL too late.

At this very moment our prosecuting lawyer is on his way

to Washington to present charges of gross negligence