:17:00
People knew about the Manhattan
Project, you know,
:17:03
and they kept it a secret.
:17:05
That was just the creation
of the atom bomb.
:17:17
Hmm.
:17:23
:17:35
Ms Lerner, Tom Beck.
:17:38
I understand you've come
into some information.
:17:40
Ms Lerner was just expressing
her lack of enthusiasm
:17:43
for matters
of national security
:17:44
where journalistic
competitiveness is at stake.
:17:47
Mr President,
I'm not interested
:17:50
in using Ellie to
further my career.
:17:52
What do you know
about E.L.E.?
:17:57
I know you should have
picked a better cover story
:17:59
than a sick wife.
:18:00
See?
:18:01
What did I tell you?
:18:05
We'd always thought
the deadline for going public
:18:07
was the publication
of the budget,
:18:09
since we've spent
more money than we can hide.
:18:12
The budget comes out
in 2 weeks.
:18:13
I don't suppose I could convince
you to sit on this for 2 weeks.
:18:18
No such thing as 2 weeks
in the news business.
:18:22
And I can't appeal
to your sense
:18:24
of what's in the nation's
best interest?
:18:25
I always thought
the truth
:18:28
was in the nation's
best interest.
:18:33
Entrekin:
You want to hold her?
:18:35
What if we go public
in 48 hours?
:18:39
Now that's doable,
isn't it?
:18:41
Entrekin: That would be very
difficult, Mr President.
:18:43
Morton, if she knows,
how long can it be
:18:46
before CNN or the Post
breaks the story?
:18:49
This was never
gonna be a secret
:18:51
as long as you wanted
it to be.
:18:54
Give us 2 days, Ms Lerner.
:18:56
You'll get second row,
centre,
:18:58
at the White House
press conference.
:18:59
Now, from what I know of your
career, that's a promotion.