Transcript of video footage shot of Mike Spann and Dave questioning John Walker on Sunday November 25, 2001 at Qala-i Jangi sometime prior to the uprising.  The Afghan cameraman was wounded in the subsequent uprising and it wasn’t until he recovered from his wounds weeks later that it became known that he had shot some of the fateful meeting between the CIA agent and the American Taliban.

Location: Southern Courtyard, Qala-i Jangi
Time: Sunday, November 25, 2001

Spann (walking over to Walker, who is sitting in front of a row of prisoners) Hey you.  Right there with your head down.  Look at me.  I know you speak English.  Look at me.  Where did you get the British Military Sweater?

(walker is brought to  blanket sitting on the bare earth.  His elbows are tied behind his back.  He sits cross-legged, his hair obscuring his face)

Spann: Where are you from?  You believe in what you’re doing here that much, you’re willing to be killed here?  How were you recruited to come here? Who brought you here?  Hey!

(Snaps fingers)

Spann: What’s your name? hey.  Who brought you here?  Wake up!  Who brought you here to Afghanistan?  How did you get here?

Spann: What, are you puzzled?

(Spann takes aim with digital camera)

Spann: Put your head up.  Don’t make me have to get them to hold your head up.  Push your hair back.  Push your hair back so I can see your face. 

(takes pic)

Spann: You got to talk to me.  All I want to do is talk to you and find out what your story is.  I know you speak English.

(Dave arrives)

Dave: Mike!

Spann: Yeah, he won’t talk to me. 

Dave: Ok, all right.  We explained what the deal is to him. 

Spann: I was explaining to the guy we just want to talk to him, find out what his story is.

Dave: Well, he’s a Muslim, you know.

(inaudible conversation)

Dave: The problem is he needs to decide if he wants to live or die, and die here.  If he don’t want to die here he’s just gonna die here [sic].  We’re just going to leave him, and he’s going to F---ing sit in prison the rest of his F---ing short life.   It’s his decision, men.  We can only help the guys who want to talk to us.  We can only get the Red Cross to help so many guys.  If they don’t talk to us we can’t…

Spann:  Do you know the people you’re working with are terrorists, and killed other Muslims?  There were several hundred Muslims killed in the bombing in New York City.  Is that what the Qu’ran teaches?  I don’t think so. 

Dave: That’s all right man.  Gotta give him his chance, he got his chance.

(both look frustrated, dave kicks dust)

Spann:  Did you get a chance to look at any of the passports?

Dave:  There’s a couple of Saudis, and I didn’t see the others.

Spann: I wonder what this guy’s got.