Ethics, betrayal, and presidential moral authority: a leak (Weinberger story) brings private betrayal and media opportunism into the Oval, prompting President Bartlet to publicly rebuke exploitative behavior and reassert institutional decency and moral...
Ethics, betrayal, and presidential moral authority: a leak (Weinberger story) brings private betrayal and media opportunism into the Oval, prompting President Bartlet to publicly rebuke exploitative behavior and reassert institutional decency and moral leadership.
Events in This Arc
President Bartlet learns that Seth Weinberger's former assistant has gone to the press with an affair, and he reacts with personal outrage at the needless harm to Weinberger's family. The …
In the Oval, Bartlet first absorbs a painful personal leak about Seth Weinberger, then is interrupted by Secretary Bryce pressing for Commerce input and an exemption on greenhouse-gas obligations. Bryce …
Sam waits as Bartlet enters the Oval and begins by processing a petty but painful personnel scandal before Secretary Bryce barges in pressing for policy concessions. Bartlet rebukes her, reasserting …