<P> Darby visits White & Blazevich , pretending to have an appointment with Morgan , and is told he had been killed . Suspecting that his murder was related to the incriminating information , she and Grantham visit his widow who gives them a key to a safe deposit box . Darby visits the bank to retrieve the contents of the box . After barely escaping death by a car bomb , they reach the Washington Herald building where they review the documents and a videotape recovered from Morgan 's box . The tape confirms Darby 's theory , as Morgan documents prove his own discovery that Mattiece ordered the assassination of the Justices . With this evidence , Grantham writes his story . He gives the FBI a chance to comment and FBI Director Voyles confirms that Darby 's `` Pelican Brief '' was delivered to the White House . He reveals the President ordered the FBI to `` back off '' , CIA agents were investigating Mattiece and one of them killed Khamel to save Darby 's life . A plane is arranged for Darby to flee the country . </P>
<P> Darby visits White & Blazevich , pretending to have an appointment with Morgan , and is told he had been killed . Suspecting that his murder was related to the incriminating information , she and Grantham visit his widow who gives them a key to a safe deposit box . Darby visits the bank to retrieve the contents of the box . After barely escaping death by a car bomb , they reach the Washington Herald building where they review the documents and a videotape recovered from Morgan 's box . The tape confirms Darby 's theory , as Morgan documents prove his own discovery that Mattiece ordered the assassination of the Justices . With this evidence , Grantham writes his story . He gives the FBI a chance to comment and FBI Director Voyles confirms that Darby 's `` Pelican Brief '' was delivered to the White House . He reveals the President ordered the FBI to `` back off '' , CIA agents were investigating Mattiece and one of them killed Khamel to save Darby 's life . A plane is arranged for Darby to flee the country . </P>
who killed the assassin in the pelican brief
who killed the assassin in the pelican brief
CIA agents
CIA agents