 His long-spanning career as a successful Washington columnist and broadcaster has provided Arthur Six with a lot of sensitive information about important people the world of politics, law and business. This information Six then likes to use for blackmail purposes, leading him to control a number of men and women in very high positions. His main adversary at the moment is Senator Tom Oxenford, who wants Six indicted by a grand jury for being involved in a blackmail conspiracy against the American government. Jim Phelps and his team of agents are assigned to making certain that Six really is indicted by the jury, and moreover to find and erase his secret records of blackmail information.