On Wednesday, Saddam Hussein made a dramatic courtroom admission reminiscent of the movie A Few Good Men. In the film, young Navy defense attorney Lt. Daniel Kafee (Tom Cruise) needs to prove that Lt. Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson) ordered Kafee’s clients to execute a “Code Red” which resulted in the accidental death of a fellow Marine. The order was key to proving that the defendants did not act on their own with the intent to kill and that true responsibility lay with the commander. One piece of dialogue between Kaffee and his co-counsel explains the defense theory:

Kaffee: Our clients followed the order. The cover-up isn’t our case. To win, Jessep has to tell the jury that he ordered the code red.