Without a Trace2002

[Jack confesses to refusing to give Spaulding a lawyer during his interrogation]

Judge H. Adderly:
Agent Malone, you knowingly and willfully violated this man's right to be questioned with an attorney present. What were you thinking?

[Jack looks at the Judge]

Jack Malone:
I can tell you exactly what I was thinking. I was thinking it was 38 degrees in the Coleman Caves, and that there was a terrified young man in one of them, tied up like an animal, shot full of drugs so that Mr. Spaulding could have sex with him. I was thinking that if I turned around and went back to New York, so Mr. Spaulding could consult with his attorney, Andy Deaver would be dead by the time I got back. I can also tell you what I was not thinking. I was not thinking about his constitutional rights. I was not thinking about evidence suppression or even this trial. That's the job of this court. And this court will decide whatever it decides. But I can say this without reservation:... Given the same set of circumstances, I would do exactly the same thing because my primary responsibility was to save Andy Deaver. That's my job.

[quietly]

Jack Malone:
That's my job.

[Note:
this is what Jack did instead of lying in court]