Liza Hearn is a reporter at the Washington Recorder with well-placed sources at the CIA, as demonstrated by her A1 story: Dissent Continues Within CIA Ranks . She has a reputation for being hard-nosed, persistent and smart. She gets under the skin of Arthur Campbell early when she exposes information she shouldn't have access to. She is not impressed with his attempts to smooth talk her, offering tit for tat information, to dissuade her to reveal her source.She continually challenges Arthur to make the CIA as transparent and he has promised.Auggie later begins a relationship with her, causing Annie to question his motives, but Liza's motives for the relationship are equally suspect.