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A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it.
Osbourne Cox, a Balkan expert, is fired at the CIA, so he begins a memoir.
His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry, a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife.
A diskette falls out of a gym bag at a Georgetown fitness center. Two employees there try to turn it into cash.
Linda, who wants money for elective surgery, and Chad, an amiable goof. Information on the disc leads them to Osbourne who rejects their sales pitch;
then they visit the Russian embassy. To sweeten the pot, they decide they need more of Osbourne's secrets.
Meanwhile, Linda's boss likes her, and Harry's wife leaves for a book tour. All roads lead to Osbourne's house