Nothing But the Truth Page #6

Synopsis: Thinking Pulitzer Prize and hoping to bring down a President, D.C. political columnist Rachel Armstrong writes that the President ignored the findings of a covert CIA operative when ordering air strikes against Venezuela. Rachel names the agent, Erica Van Doren, a woman whose young daughter is in Rachel's son's class at school. The government moves quickly to force Rachel to name her source. She's jailed for contempt when she refuses. She won't change her mind, and the days add up. Chaos descends on Van Doren's life as well. First Amendment versus national security, marriage and motherhood versus separation. What's the value of a principle?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Rod Lurie
Production: Paramount Pictures
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
64
R
Year:
2008
108 min
689 Views


Did you give your husband

top-secret information?

Does your family know that you're here?

You know, I'm a mom.

If this CIA report exists,

as the Sun Times claims it does,

that would seem to indicate

the President launched

a full-fledged act of war in Venezuela

- without justification...

- Thanks.

- Really nice work.

...and just based on his own gut instinct.

It would also mean that either the President

lied to the nation and the Congress...

Hey, Rache, they're waiting for you

in Bonnie's office.

... what is arguably the worst foreign policy

decision in this nation's history.

So far, the White House

is standing by its actions,

but they're not denying the report.

- Rachel.

- Yeah, I'm going.

- Kick-ass story, by the way.

- Thank you.

... there's a reason to question the findings.

"'W ait for me. Wait for me.

I'm a fast runner,' said Ruthie.

"' nd I'd sure like to catch something great,'

"she added, with a fishing pole in hand.

"So off they went. Up a hill,

down a path, through a grove of trees,

"and just as Granny Annie was about to

tell Ruthie what she was going to catch..."

If I'd been a little bit more forceful with you

and Larry, saying don't rush this to press,

maybe we wouldn't be in this situation.

I told you, the government's gonna take this

very seriously. I told...

The next time the FBI hauls you

into a f***ing interrogation,

- your first goddamn phone call is to me!

- I got it. I'm sorry.

Before you even take off

your f***ing seat belt, you call me!

All right, Avril.

You okay?

Yeah, I was dropping Timmy off at school,

and the FBI were there,

and they asked me to go with them and...

Pretty unnerving, huh?

Being questioned like that.

- It was really fast.

- They want your source, right?

Yeah. I didn't give it to them.

I won't give it to them. No way.

Okay, please.

First of all, this is appalling behavior

on the part of the FBI.

Snatching you in front of your kid.

Strong-arming you.

I want to know the name of the agent

that interviewed you.

Well, it wasn't an FBI agent.

It was this guy Patton Dubois.

He's being appointed special prosecutor.

What? You know him?

No.

No. But a special prosecutor,

that's no good.

See, his only requirement

is to find your source,

with nothing else to divert him.

He's gonna have unlimited time,

unlimited moolah,

and the chance of unlimited publicity.

There's a lot more investigative power for

a special prosecutor than there is for a Fed.

Yeah, well, not enough power

to make me reveal my source.

I have a right to protect my source.

- What?

- The federal government

doesn't have a shield law.

Not on issues of national security.

for journalists,

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Rod Lurie

Rod Lurie (born May 15, 1962) is an Israeli-American director, screenwriter and former film critic. more…

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