The Informant

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Food biochemist and company vice president Mark thinks to himself, "Pellagra gave'm all sorts of problems... dementia." (0:05)

Mark thinks to himself, "Paranoid is what people call you..." (0:21)

Mark undergoes a polygraph test. (0:37)

Mark's wife Ginger meets with psychiatrist Derek Miller in a restaurant. In his office Miller asks Mark, "Has anyone in your family been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, you know, manic depressive?" (1:23)

Mark's new personal injury lawyer in a meeting says, "My client has a letter from his psychiatrist." Later, Mark reads from a letter to Ginger and FBI agent Brian, "When one discusses suicide this is a red flag. When one discusses how they will do it then it is very, very serious... another blunder... forced you into a bipolar situation."
Mark continues: "That's a total violation of my doctor patient confidentiality."
Brian responds, "Doctor patient confidentiality doesn't apply to forgeries." (1:34)

Judge Harold Baker addresses the courtroom: "There's no connection between Mr. Whitacre's bipolar disorder and the 45 counts of criminal misconduct he's been charged with." (1:39)

Mark tells us he has completed "an advanced degree in the psychology of jury selection." (1:40)

Compare Mark Whitacre to Stephen Glass in Shattered Glass.

confidentiality | pathological liar | psychiatrist

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