Sawyer Spielberg

[behind closed doors]

Ben Bradlee: So, can I ask you a hypothetical question?

Kay Graham: Oh, dear. I don't like hypothetical questions.

Ben Bradlee: Well, I don't think you're gonna like the real one, either.

[pause]

Kay Graham: Do you have the Papers?

[pause]

Ben Bradlee: Not yet.

Ben Bagdikian: They're going to lock you up, Dan.

Daniel Ellsberg: Wouldn't you go to prison to stop this war?

Ben Bagdikian: Theoretically, sure.

Daniel Ellsberg: You are gonna publish these documents?

Ben Bagdikian: Yeah.

Daniel Ellsberg: Even with the injunction.

Ben Bagdikian: Yes.

Daniel Ellsberg: Well, then. It's no so theoretical then, is it?