The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre. The FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent.
General Note
Based on the book by Kurt Eichenwald.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
"Based on a tattle-tale"--Container.
Special features: Additional scenes.