Nothing But the Truth Page #6

Kicked ass, didn't I?

Who do you think spoke to her?

To Armstrong?

God damn it. I don't know!

But when you figure it out,

just give me five minutes

with the prick, okay?

Well, it's been my experience

that Miss Armstrong will tell us.

Right. She's never had her Vassar ass in jail.

She'll break.

I don't know. I met her.

I looked her in the eye.

She's a water-walker.

I wish we had the cookies, though.

Those were pretty good.

- Hey. Hey.

- Hey.

Guess who's here?

Little man wanted to say hey,

make sure you're okay.

All right. Here he is.

Say hi.

- Hey, baby. Hi.

- Hi.

Hey. Why don't you tell Mommy

what we brought her?

- Mom.

- Yeah.

We brought you some cookies,

but they took them away.

No way.

Well, maybe they'll let me have them later

for dessert.

- Dad made them.

- Dad made them? Yucky.

Hey,

I'm gonna be okay, sweetie.

Hey, how was your spelling test?

It was okay, I guess.

I bet you aced it.

Practiced really hard, didn't you?

Didn't you?

- Yeah.

- You sure did.

Hand the phone to your dad, okay?

- Hey.

- Hey.

Hey. How are you?

- I'm fine.

- Yeah?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Don't bring him anymore, Ray.

- This is not a good place for him.

- What are you talking about?

He's freaking out.

He wanted to see you. What do you mean?

He wanted to make sure you were okay.

Well, of course he wanted to see me. But...

- I mean, I'm really serious about this, Ray.

- Okay.

I'm not gonna be here forever.

- It's a couple of days. It's a few days.

- Okay. Okay.

So what is going on in the news?

- I haven't heard a thing.

- You haven't?

No, there's no newspapers in here.

The TV is perpetually

tuned into Jerry Springer.

Well, your jailing, your stance,

it's in every newspaper, on every channel.

No, no, no. I mean with the President.

What have they said about the article?

No, same thing. Same as always.

"The White House refuses

to comment on intelligence matters. "

What else are they going to say? Right?

I mean, the President, he's not making

any press conferences, that's for sure.

Hey, listen, I was thinking...

I mean, if this gets crazy, crazier,

maybe you should tell me who it is.

And that way, I can maybe talk to the guy.

I don't know,

like on a human level, you know?

- Ray.

- What?

I've never asked you, not once.

But this is... This is getting crazy.

Okay, let's not go there. At all.

- You don't trust me?

- That's not the point.

You don't trust me?

- Is it... What is...

- I guess that's it. It's over.

Okay. I miss you.

I miss you, too.

Can you pass the phone back to...

- Hey, can you hear me?

- Yeah.

Okay. I need you to make your bed

in the morning. All right?

I need at least one responsible male

in the house.

- Okay? Don't tell Daddy I said that, okay?

- I'll...

She can't hear you, buddy. Okay?

She'll come home soon. Come on.

All rise. Hear ye, hear ye.

- Armstrong. Let's go.

- All persons having business

with the United States District Court

in the District of Columbia will draw near.

Give your attention and you shall be heard.

Mr. Burnside, your client is here now,

so you may proceed when you're ready.

Thank you, sir.

Your Honor, I would ask

that you would release Ms. Armstrong

until such time as

the U.S. Court of Appeals can rule

on the validity of this contempt citation.

Now that would vitiate the whole purpose

of her incarceration in the first place.

She has the key to her own cell.

A key that comes in the form

of a loss of integrity is no key at all.

Integrity is subjective.

Miss Armstrong, I'm sympathetic,

but you've gotta help me out.

Will you represent to me that if you're home

that you'll pick up the phone

and call or contact your source

and try to get permission

for you to release the source's name

so we can put an end to all of this?

I would be dishonest

if I said I could do that.

Well, then, you're really not

giving me any basis at all.

The motion is denied.

Sir, I would ask that the court now

impose a fine of $10,000 a day

against the Sun Times

until such time

as Miss Armstrong's source be revealed.

Your Honor,

with all due respect to you,

this court and Miss Armstrong,

we don't know who her source is.

I don't see

how we could be held accountable.

Sir, obviously,

with the representation on display here,

obviously, the paper not only supports,

but is encouraging

Miss Armstrong's position.

They're enabling her.

The Sun Times should be obliged

to obey Your Honor,

and dismiss Miss Armstrong if she does not.

That is out of line!

Your Honor, respectfully,

I ask you to deny this motion.

Don't even think of buckling.

Don't even think it.

You pay the fine,

and you let Rachel hold strong,

exactly the way she's been doing.

You didn't need to say that.

Such a beautiful day.

- I like coming here.

- Yeah.

- It reminds me why we do what we do.

- I agree.

You know,

my daddy is buried right over there.

I feel it best that we not meet at Langley

- for the time being.

- Yeah. Okay.

Yeah. You know,

I'm just glad that you asked to see me.

I've been wanting to speak to you

since this all broke.

You know, I was hoping I'd convince you

to give me a crack at the CBD

in the Balkans.

- There's other business to attend to first.

- Okay.

Erica, we've investigated

to the fullest degree

all of those people

who were aware of your cover.

We've looked at phone records,

emails, the works.

- We're dead ending here.

- Really?

So far, the reporter is in jail and not talking.

It's essential we find out

where this leak came from.

I know. I understand. You know,

and I couldn't agree with you more.

You know, we don't know if this person

had it in for you or had it in for the agency,

so can I just pick your brain a little bit?

Yeah, of course. Please.

I completely understand.

- Ask me whatever you want.

- When did you first meet Rachel Armstrong?

Knowingly?

When she came to me at the soccer game,

when she confronted me.

And you're both volunteers at

Potomac Shores Elementary School, right?

I am. Well, no, I'm not.

I was, but I'm not now,

but she was a room mother there, she said.

You never met

at school functions before that?

- No.

- Your volunteer work never overlapped?

You guys never perhaps

talked mom to mom?

No. No.

Ever go to a school event

where alcohol was being served?

What? What?

You know, when my wife

went to those functions,

those let-your-hair-down things,

my God, I can't tell you the things she said

that she now wishes she could take back.

Sir, wait.

Are you still investigating me?

- Well...

- I just passed a polygraph.

Well, given your training,

I'm not sure how valuable that is.

It is a clinical investigation.

You don't need to take it personally.

I don't need to take it personally?

"We think that you're either incompetent,

a drunk, or a liar,

"but you don't need to take it personally."

How dare you?

- How f***ing dare you?

- Okay,

- you need to watch your tone here, Erica.

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