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and, thus, you should compel her.

He'll say that the information

that my client received is highly classified

and the GJ is entitled to know

the name of the source and to find it out.

He'll also say that there's no

federal shield law protecting her

and that there's

no First Amendment protection, either,

because this is a matter of,

quote-unquote, national security.

Is that about right, Mr. Dubois?

In fact, that's it in a nutshell.

We contend that the First Amendment

does protect Rachel Armstrong.

I'm well aware of cases in this circuit

in which this contention is...

Well, I am aware

of those cases in this circuit,

and they do not authorize her

to refuse to respond to these questions.

Why don't the three of you

come up here right now?

Rachel, Rachel, come on. Come on up.

Over here to where the bench is.

Miss Armstrong, I want you to understand

that if I should order you

to reveal your source,

that if you don't do so,

I'm gonna hold you in contempt of court

and that you will be jailed until you...

Hold on, Your Honor.

Can you rule, please,

on my request for a continuance?

Right. I'm gonna deny that motion.

I'm only asking for a few days, Judge.

I understand.

There is a serious national security...

There's no reason

not to grant a continuance.

Let me run my courtroom.

Now, Miss Armstrong, I direct you

to reveal the identity of your source.

If you want a few days to consider it,

I'll give it to you.

I can't do that.

Mr. Burnside, if you want a few days

to advise her to obey my order.

I can't advise my client

to betray a confidence.

Okay, look, Your Honor,

given the direct threat

to our national security,

I ask that Miss Armstrong

now be held in contempt of court

and that she be jailed immediately.

Well, it seems to me that I have before me

somebody who is defying my order

and who seems to believe

that she is above the law itself.

I hold you in contempt of court,

and I remand you to the custody

of the United States Marshal.

- Help.

- Judge...

Wait. No, no. Your Honor. Judge.

Wait... No, wait.

- Ma'am.

- Your Honor!

As soon as you're prepared to speak,

you will be released.

Could I have a minute

with my client to confer?

You may consult with her

in the detention center.

Timmy needs to be picked up

from the Hobermans' at 5:30.

- This proceeding is closed.

- Judge.

Judge. Your Honor!

A lot of people looking to get famous here.

- So now what? What do we do now?

- I'll call you tomorrow. Don't worry about it.

- What are you gonna do now?

- I'm gonna call you in the morning.

All right? Okay?

Well, at least you'll take him

off your Christmas card list. Right?

That's right.

- It's a scare tactic.

- You think?

I'll deal with it.

I'll see you back at the paper.

Okay, I'll head over there.

Mr. Burnside, this is a real honor for me.

I studied you, growing up.

My dad was also a lawyer.

This is a big, big mistake, Patton.

Well, there's nothing like

learning from our mistakes.

Yeah, well, sometimes a mistake

is like wearing white after Labor Day,

and sometimes,

a mistake is invading Russia in winter.

Okay, there are two things I need to know.

- First, the story itself.

- Rock solid.

Rock solid. Well, are we talking talc

or are we talking granite?

Albert, please.

We wouldn't have put it through

- if it wasn't...

- Okay. Second,

how many people know the...

How many people at the paper know

the names of the sources?

We know the corroborating source.

Well, Bonnie does, anyway,

and one of Rachel's sources at the FBI

gave us a copy of Van Doren's report.

And why don't you have

the name of the original source?

Well, for one thing,

Rachel agreed to complete confidentiality,

and because her story was confirmed,

it wasn't necessary to know.

Well, the good news is,

you can't be compelled to testify

on something you don't know.

Bosca wallet.

Prada sunglasses.

- You can keep that.

- Thank you.

Tape recorder...

I'm gonna need to get your jewelry.

The wedding ring.

I'd like to hold on to those.

It's diamond, baby doll.

You don't want that in there.

Miss Armstrong, come up front, please.

Take a stand in front of the machine, please.

Would you give me your right palm, please?

Take it off. Left, please.

It feels like his only real target

is Rachel Armstrong

for publishing the article,

which is not a crime. In fact...

Okay, if we've got Armstrong in jail,

that's our biggest ace in the hole.

Two. The Van Dorens

and everyone at the CIA

who worked with her

have agreed to submit to polygraphs.

Jeez, could we turn this guy off?

I can't listen to this anymore.

Better.

You know, that's the only thing

that Armstrong's got going for her

is the media, getting them to turn her

into some sort of a cause celeb.

We can't allow that to affect us.

Well, under the Branzburg case,

they've got no chance on appeal.

Even if they point out

that you didn't exhaust

any other possible sources

before going to her.

Yeah. No,

the Miller case made that perfectly clear.

- Sit still for the camera.

- But our objective,

our goal, is not to...

Is not to keep her locked up.

I want to let her go.

That means we have got our source

and we can prosecute him,

and, frankly, that's all I care about.

Sit as still as you can,

looking straight ahead.

Answer with the word "yes"

or the word "no."

Is your name Erica Van Doren?

Yes.

- Were you born in Ossining, New York?

- Yes.

Have you ever lied

on any official document?

No.

Did you reveal to Ms. Armstrong

you were an employee of the CIA?

You gotta know a few rules.

First, ain't no smoking

anywhere in the building.

Cigarettes are contraband.

No drugs, no fighting.

Fighting just buys you time in deseg.

- What's that?

- Desegregation.

In the movies, they call it the hole.

I'm taking you to the spillover room.

We house the more violent girls in cells.

What are you, a doorman? Get out of here.

- Come on. Let me out.

- Get out of here. Get out.

And ain't no f***ing.

No kind of sex at all.

No eating p*ssy, no kissing, nothing.

If you're here for more than eight months,

you can apply for a kite or a conjugal.

Here you go.

But the turnover here is normally two weeks.

You won't even be here in eight months.

Hey!

Hey!

- What's your name?

- Olivia.

- Olivia what?

- Olivia James.

- Well, Olivia James, this is Rachel...

- Armstrong.

Rachel Armstrong, your new bunkie.

Be nice.

And show her how to make the bed.

There you go.

Lights out in an hour.

Lights up at 6:
00 in the morning. All right?

Okay. Excuse me.

Is there any way

of seeing a newspaper in the morning?

No. But if you wanna watch the news,

you have to convince all of them to do it.

- On his birthday, who was driving...

- He ain't no fool.

- I don't care.

- Ain't no tomming in the yard, you know.

That's just sad.

Are you one of those

trained prevaricators, Erica?

You know, they teach you that at Langley?

Box beater.

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