24 (TV Series)
Day 8: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. (2010)
Merle Dandridge: Kristen Smith
Photos
Quotes
-
Kristen Smith : [Interviewing her while being monitored by Hastings] so you said in your statement that you killed Vladimir Laitanan in self defense? Is that correct?
Renee Walker : [Nods] yes, that's why it's in my statement
Kristen Smith : What I didn't see in the statement was any mention of your history with Laitanan: you did have a history with him
Renee Walker : I worked an undercover operation with the FBI six years ago Vladimir Laitanan was the target
Kristen Smith : And during the course of that operation, you had to "get close" to him, he became obsessed with you. He tried to rape you?
Renee Walker : Yes
Kristen Smith : But you were able to stop him
Renee Walker : I fought him, he put me in the hospital with two broken ribs, I'm that's in there too
Kristen Smith : You were able to fight off a stronger violent man: that's impressive but this time when he attacked you, you didn't fight him off
Renee Walker : I couldn't. He had his hands around my neck trying to strangle me
Kristen Smith : [Nods] I understand, he was trying to kill you, you were in fear for your life
Kristen Smith : [Before showing Renee photos of Laitanan's dead body] so what happened next?
Kristen Smith : He was choking me and I grabbed a knife and I stabbed him
Renee Walker : In self defense?
Kristen Smith : Yes
Kristen Smith : You stabbed him in self defense fifteen times: first blow alone could've stopped him but you didn't stop. Look at me, you were an investigator for the FBI, by all accounts one of the best they had. Put yourself on my side of the table, look at what I'm looking at. This is a dead body. On one hand I have your statement saying you acted in self defense on the other, I have these: evidence of a sustained and furious attack assault with a clear intent to kill. Now as an investigator, you know which version is true don't you?
Renee Walker : I acted in self defense
Kristen Smith : Let me tell you what I think happened: you used an operation of unparalleled importance to seek revenge against a target without any regard of the final outcome
Renee Walker : I'm telling you he attacked me first
Kristen Smith : I am well aware of your sacrifice and service to this country but I do not think it is fair or right that CTU should be taken down because you used this operation to seek out your own personal vendetta against Vladimir Laitanan. I looked at your file, this isn't the first time you lost control. You almost killed Alan Wilson, that's why you were fired from the FBI isn't it?
Renee Walker : Yes
Kristen Smith : I can see what "this" is doing to you: it is tearing you up inside, let it out tell me the truth, you killed Vladimir Laitanan because the thought of him touching you again was intolerable, do the "right" thing here, that's what happened, isn't it?