Wrong Is Right (Aka The Man With The Deadly Lens, 1982, U.S.A.)

Sean Connery stars as a TV news reporter who investigates a terrorist trying to sell a bomb in the Middle East. He slyly juggles Arab sheiks and intelligence agents to get at the story. Meanwhile, the President tries to convince the public there is no bomb to save his career.  However his political opponent tries to buy the bomb to prove it exists, and therefore discredit the President.  General Wombat, on the other hand, just wants to bomb the Middle East!

The frenzied plot is hilarious, yet its’ close parallels to today’s news add an ominous element of fright.