The Pelican Brief Page #2

...that these dastardly acts

will not go unpunished.

Everything...

...is being and will be done

to bring the culprit...

...or culprits to justice.

For justice must...

...and shall prevail.

I wish you could have known him

when I used to clerk for him.

Last time I saw him,

only the mind was left.

That's why they killed him.

That mind was still a threat.

But why kill him now,

when he had so little time left?

Maybe they couldn't take a chance

he'd last till the elections.

So why Jensen?

This president nominated him.

He and Rosenberg had almost

nothing in common.

That's what they should look for.

Decisions on which they both agreed.

Boy, if there ever was a moment

for a drink...

One day at a time, right?

We're talking a conspiracy,

then who are the conspirators?

If we've let foreign terrorists in,

there'll be hell to pay politically.

The intelligence community can't be

blamed for a weakness in immigration.

Denton, who are your suspects?

This has to be kept very quiet.

Of course.

This is the Oval Office.

At least 11 Underground Army members

have been in the D.C. area...

...and we suspect them in at least

...porno houses,

gay clubs all over the country.

The truth is,

you don't have a suspect.

Correct?

Watch your claws.

Gray Grantham covers the

Supreme Court for the Washington Herald.

You actually interviewed

Justice Rosenberg...

...before he was shot on,

as it turned out, the day he died.

Did he say anything that might shed

some light on these dreadful events?

Yes. He spoke about things...

...off the record,

appropriately for a sitting justice.

But I think it would be appropriate

to quote him now.

He said, "The campaign waged

by the president was so ruthless...

...in its manipulation of the

middle-class fears of minorities...

...had been so exploitive and divisive

that it created a climate of distrust. "

You know, that Grantham's

a man after my own heart.

Everyone wants to know

when you're starting classes again.

That includes me.

You know what they say:

Drinking makes depression worse.

What do they recommend for anguish?

Where've you been?

The library. I studied a printout

of the Supreme Court docket.

I even made a list of possible suspects.

And then threw it away

because they'd be obvious to everyone.

Then you looked for areas

Jensen and Rosenberg had in common.

Exactly.

Jensen generally protected the rights

of criminal defendants.

Some notable exceptions.

He wrote 3 majority opinions

protective of the environment.

And almost always supported

tax protestors.

So they might have been assassinated

by an insatiable tax collector?

As yet, I rule no one out.

Everyone is assuming the motive

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