Personally, in terms of plot:
1. The original source is alison, erica's daughter. When she was talking to rachel on the school bus, she said that her mother was a CIA agent and that she went to Venezuela for work purposes; the corroborating source was a FBI guy, she/he gave a copy of the erica report (in the movie, the newspaper lawyer said it), and I noticed that the newspaper lawyer used the singular when referring to the corroborating source, it should be inferred that the newspaper The only known corroborating source is the person in the FBI who provided a copy of the report, and the newspaper does not know about the former White House official.
2. What the special prosecutor has always wanted to know is who leaked erica's secret CIA agent identity, because this behavior is considered an act of treason and a serious threat to national security. This is also the reason why the special prosecutor still did not give up after the former White House official came forward, because the former White House official was only one of rachel's corroborating sources at best, and his drinking remarks at the party helped rachel confirm erica's identity as a CIA agent, Instead of revealing (reveal) the original source of erica's identity as a CIA agent.
3. It stands to reason that alison is young, even if rachel speaks out, she should not be punished by law, so I think that rachel insisted on the principle of protecting informants (rachel agreed to complete confidentiality) at the beginning, when erica After being shot and killed by right-wing elements, her insistence has an additional emotional meaning, which I agree with the landlord's point of view. "Just imagine if the ambassador's daughter knew that it was her "information" that caused her mother to be killed, she How will she face her own mistakes in the process of growing up, she will spend her life in a huge shadow..."
Rachel's original words in the film are: My source will be publicly saddled with the death of Erica Van Doren, and that, I promise you, will mean the destruction of the person we're talking about, and that, Albert, that is not fair.
4. Rachel was finally sentenced to two years in prison In general, Rachel is guilty. When the judge asks her the original source, she is legally required to answer (the Protection of Intelligence Personnel Act). If she does not answer, she is guilty of contempt of court (criminal contempt of court). She accepted the special counsel's offer to accept a reduced sentence of two years, rather than go to trial, which could lead to a long prison sentence, and the special counsel "threatened" her that she would not be able to come out until her son was in high school. It seems that the special prosecutor is also human when he is doing his job.
Watching this film made me emotionally depressed, because the director showed a lot of perspectives, and each perspective was truth, so I couldn't choose a position. As mentioned by several brothers above, as an individual It is not numb, not one-sided, and think more.
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