Absence of Malice
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It ain't legal.
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And worse than that, by God,
it ain't right.

:48:07
I can't stop you, but I can stop them.
Where do the stories come from?

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Under the first amendment
my client is not required...

:48:15
That's a lot of horse-pucky.
The first amendment doesn't say that.

:48:20
Do you understand I can ask you these
questions in front of a grand jury?

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And if you don't answer,
you can go to jail.

:48:29
I know it's possible.
:48:31
It's more than possible, Miss Carter.
It's damn likely.

:48:35
I ain't anxious to be locking up
reporters, but I'll tell you something.

:48:39
- I don't like what's going on.
- May I say something, please?

:48:43
Yes.
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I don't want to go to jail.
But this has got to stop some place.

:48:53
A lot of damage has been done.
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I'm responsible for a lot of it.
I know that.

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I don't know. I keep thinking
there must be some rules -

:49:05
- to tell me
what I'm supposed to do now.

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But... maybe not.
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The person who told me about
the Quinn investigation was not leaking it.

:49:20
They did not intend for it
to be printed. I did that on my own.

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I'm scared to death of going to jail,
but if I tell you, -

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- then you'll have to do something
about it and someone else will be hurt.

:49:32
It's really very simple.
I can hurt someone or not hurt someone.

:49:37
No rules.
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Just... me.
:49:49
I can't tell you.

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