 Why is Conners upset with Bridges?
Let me put it this way," Conners said paternally. One part of his mind wanted him to play it cagey, to behave the way the newspaper wanted him to behave, to protect the cozy Washington assignment he had waited four years to get. "I didn't mean to make trouble, Mr. Conners," he said casually. "It just seemed strange, all these exchanges of couriers in the past two days. "But getting a senator's secretary drunk to obtain information—well, that's not only indiscreet, Bridges. It wasn't the newsmen's jibes that bothered him; it was the certainty that something of major importance was happening in the capitol.
 Conners received a report that Bridges was behaving unprofessionally.
 Conners was chewed out by a Senator because Bridges was trying to get information,  Conners has a deal with the State Department that the paper won't print certain stories.  Conners received a report that Bridges was behaving unprofessionally.  Conners has a deal with the White House that the paper won't print certain stories.