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In Louisville, Kentucky, Jeffrey Wigand (Crowe) leaves his Brown & Williamson office, returning home to his wife Liane (Venora) and two children. When Lianeasks about the boxes in Wigand’s car, he reveals that he was fired from his job.
Upon returning home to Berkeley, California, Bergman receives an anonymous package containing documents relating totobacco company Philip Morris, and approaches a friend at the Food and Drug Administration for the name of someone who can put the information in layman’s terms. Bergman is referred to Wigand, only to besteadfastly rebuffed. Bergman eventually convinces him to meet at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville.
Wigand agrees to interpret, but stresses that he cannot talk about anything else because ofhis confidentiality agreement. After leaving with the documents, Wigand appears at a meeting with Brown & Williamson CEO Thomas Sandefur (Gambon), who orders him to sign an expanded confidentialityagreement. Wigand calls and accuses Bergman of treachery.
Bergman visits Wigand’s house the next day and maintains that he did not reveal anything to Brown & Williamson. Reassured, Wigand talks toBergman about the seven CEOs of "Big Tobacco" perjuring themselves to the United States Congress about their awareness of nicotine’s addictiveness. Bergman says Wigand has to decide for himself whether toblow the whistle on big tobacco.
Bergman returns to CBS Headquarters in New York City, where he and Wallace discuss Wigand’s situation. A lawyer at the meeting claims that Wigand’s confidentialityagreement would effectively silence Wigand. Bergman proposes that Wigand could be compelled to speak through a court order arising from unrelated State litigation against Big Tobacco aimed at...
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