“Look, you've been jerking my chain all day. If there's some reason...” – Carl Bernstein, All the President's Men ... Movie Quotes Database

[to Martin Dardis]

Look, you've been jerking my chain all day. If there's some reason you can't talk to me--like the fact that you've already leaked everything to The New York Times--just say so.

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