The corpse of a beautiful young woman appears in one of the White House bathrooms. The case is assigned to Harlan regis (Wesley snipes), an acute homicide detective faithful to the Justice above the reasons of State, already Nina chance (Diane lane), a Secret Service agent who has not yet freed herself from the pressures of superiority.
While he digs, she does her best to cover. The president’s son is emerging as the true criminal, but the secret services will try to frame an innocent.