Gripping political thriller features a sterling performance by Kate Beckinsale as a principled investigative journalist in Washington, D.C., where she writes a story that outs a CIA operative and winds up going to jail for not revealing her source. Alan Alda is outstanding as her dedicated defense attorney and Vera Farmiga movingly portrays the spy who got left out in the cold. Matt Dillon, Angela Bassett, David Schwimmer. Written and directed by Rod Lurie, the film mirrors a real-life incident.