The Pelican Brief is based on a novel by an American writer.
 After barely escaping death via car bomb, they reach the Washington Herald building, where they review the documents and a videotape recovered from Morgan's box
 She gives the brief to her law professor and lover Thomas Callahan, a former clerk of Rosenberg's, who in turn gives a copy to his good friend Gavin Verheek, special counsel to the Director of the FBI

