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I’ve had classes on doing case-study verbatims, and I never get it right. Ever.

Good point, xzins.

The whole point of the "memory" of Wuterich saying they should kill other Iraqis if they ever got hit was to provide "pre-meditation". Pre-meditation was needed by NCIS/Prosecution to show intent to murder. If Dela Cruz, himself, was responsible for one or all five of the deaths at the white taxi, guiding him to a story of premeditaion/murder/then obstruction by SSgt Wuterich, probably wasn't all that difficult.

Granted, I do not know SSgt Wuterich, but his demeanor from what has been seen on TV does not come across as a hot-head. He told Col. Watts several times during his investigation that his men did as they were supposed to do, given the circumstances. He just does not come across as a murdering, premeditated, hothead.