All the President's Men1976

Bernstein:
I want you to know that I understand why you're afraid--a lot of good people down there at the Committee are afraid. I'm really sorry for what you're being put through.

Bookkeeper:
All those articles you people write--where do you find that stuff?

Bernstein:
We don't tell anyone that. Which is why you can talk to us. And if we can't verify what you say someplace else, we don't print it. That's another reason you can relax.

Bookkeeper:
I'm relaxed--light your cigarette.

Bernstein:
You were Hugh Sloan's bookkeeper when he worked for Maurice Stans at Finance, and we were sort of wondering, did you go work for Stans immediately after Sloan quit or was there a time lapse?

Bookkeeper:
I never worked for Sloan or Stans.

Bookkeeper's sister:
Would you like some coffee or anything?

Bernstein:
Please, yes, thank you. Can I sit down for a minute?

Bookkeeper:
One minute but then--

Bernstein:
Right, right, I've got to go. Why did you lie just then? I was just curious--you don't do it well, so I wondered. Have you been threatened, if you told the truth, is that it?

Bookkeeper:
No... never in so many words...

Bernstein:
It's obvious you want to talk to someone--well, I'm someone.