Factual error: When the Joan Cusack character bolts into the control room with the "Mercenary" cassette, you can here the director counting down to roll the tape. A 3/4" tape being inserted and threaded up in the machine normally takes about 8 to 10 seconds, yet the tape plays when the operator hits the play button.
Factual error: When Tom Grunick is leaving and he and Jane Craig are at the airport, the first shot has them at Baltimore Washington International Airport. Then it shows Tom leaving on a people mover which is only at Washington Dulles Airport.