On the verge of nuclear war, a presidential conspiracy unfolds that threatens the privacy of all Americans. President Bradford needs a liver transplant, and he will stop at nothing to get it. When a false narrative is floated by the press secretary, a young reporter is hot on the trail. But the stakes are raised when the journalist dies under mysterious circumstances. Will the CIA and National Security Directors work together to save their country, or will their mutual distrust stand in the way? An illicit affair threatens to bring the whole thing tumbling down. But a death-row inmate may hold the answer to all of their problems.