Freedom Downtime Page #10

on the most famous billboard in town?

lt took us hours to climb that thing.

We honestly didn't knowthere was a road

that went straight up the back.

But we made it.

Funny thing, though.

We couldn't find anybody

who saw our Free Kevin banner.

Later, we went

to the most famous movie theater in town...

to try and spread the word from up close.

Here, Free Kevin! Free Kevin Mitnick.

lt won't bite you. Speak English?

We're trying to get the message

across to Miramax...

that it's wrong to release

a movie that's supposed to be factual...

that's based on real events....

People will see this movie

and think this is a true story...

when so much of it

has been completely fabricated.

-l've heard about this guy.

-Really?

Here, help stop a movie

about a computer hacker?

-You got a problem?

-l got a problem.

Come back and tell me about it.

P*ssy!

lt's hard to believe

someone in this country...

could be in jail for three-and-a-half years,

held in a maximum-security facility...

no bail, no trial.

l don't find thatvery hard to believe.

-l read a book, Takedown.

-Takedown, that's right.

l read like half of it.

He gets out of jail,

he'll probably take over everything.

That's the problem.

People think that, but it's not true.

You don't think he could hack anything

if he just gets online?

He can't hack anything

just by getting online.

l mean, you gotta have

a program and whatever....

Why are you recording this?

Hey, read about Kevin Mitnick?

They're making a movie about this guy.

He's the best guy ever!

l know him since l was, like day one.

Yeah, me too, yo!

He's never done anything wrong,

he's never hurt anyone...

and he's being treated

like that in this country.

That is theAmerican way. Wake up.

Kevin was denied bail. Even a bail hearing.

lf you recall,

even Ted Kaczynski got a bail hearing.

His bail was turned down.

You're entitled to a bail hearing.

On the other hand, Kevin...

is getting treatment that is outside the law

And that's what makes itvery difficult

for him to mount a legal defense.

He's not being treated in a legal manner

l've never heard of anything

even approaching this level of...

...confinement prior to a trial.

Murderers get bail.

Armed robbers get bail.

The fear of what he's going to do...

from a push-button telephone

in the general population of a cell...

shows again a lack of technical

understanding on the part of the prison...

and judicial system.And l think that's sad.

And he is right nowthe victim of that.

On our way up the coast,

we dropped in on Sun.

On our way up the coast,

we dropped in on Sun.

According to a letter we got our hands on...

they said Kevin's acquisition

of their source code...

represented hundreds of millions

of dollars in damage.

Nowthey give

the source code away for free.

Something wasn't right.

So we're right here.

On the other side of the freeway

there's the other Sun.

And then further up is their big campus.

Basically, all of this blank area...

is actually Sun buildings and Sun streets.

We knew where we were,

now we just needed someone to talk to.

What number do we call

and who do we speak to?

They can direct you to whoever you need.

USA4SUN?

Can you remember

or do you want me to write it down?

The receptionist wouldn't let us talk

to anyone unless we called.

But we slipped a few leaflets

onto their coffee table.

l thought she was being kind of patronizing.

''Do you want me to write that down

or can you remember it?''

l can remember it.

USA4SUN, right?

-Was that it? Or was it SUN4USA? F***!

-Yeah.

You sure?

Should l run in and ask her again?

''Thank you for calling Sun.''

l have a rotary phone.

l'm not going to press any buttons.

l'm pressing zero.

l'm probably going to get her,too.

My call ''may be monitored.''

Another machine.

They want my eight-digit lD number!

This is bullshit, man.

They've got me waiting

for a customer service representative.

lt's not exactly what l had in mind.

But let's see what happens.

My call is ''very important to them.''

He hung up!

He hung up on me!

Maybe he didn't hang up on me

but he hung up all the same.

F***!All right.

l think on their web page

there's a direct public relations number

But we're not on their web page,

we're in their parking lot.

Wait a minute.

You don't have your Ricochet modem?

-Not today.

-You're not prepared!

Sh*t. We can't access the web from here...

we're outside Sun

and we can't get on the net...

to find out what their phone number is!

l'm gonna try this number one more time.

l'm gonna be a little patient here.

Assume maybe they made a little mistake.

Okay, now l am waiting

for the corporate switchboard.

Hi, Pete, my name is Emmanuel.

l'm trying to reach somebody

in Public Relations.

l'm hoping somebody can contact me

concerning the Kevin Mitnick case...

and how it involved Sun.

We're doing a documentary.

We came to the corporate headquarters

hoping to get an appointment...

and they gave us a phone number

and we're trying to do just that...

so if you could get back to me....

They have a fortress here.

They have that mighty guard there

at the front that won't let anybody by

And then the voice mail guard here...

that won't let anybody actually call

and speak to a person.

Maybe they'll call back, maybe they won't.

This is the red hotline.

lf that rings, we'll know

We have GPS, good.

GPS but no modem. Man, that sucks.

l was using it last night and it was gone

in the morning which means....

Sorry, no cameras in front of the building.

How about if we film in that direction?

We can't have the cameras filming.

Okay, 'cause we were just filming us.

No, l can understand that,

but unfortunately...

Wow, this was a new one.

We couldn't even film ourselves

in Sun's parking lot.

Corporate paranoia was at an all-time high.

And, needless to say,

Pete never called us back.

Meanwhile, John Markoff

had agreed to talk to us.

Meanwhile, John Markoff

had agreed to talk to us.

Maybe now we'd finally get some answers.

We made it to San Francisco

on the exact same day...

that psychologists from around the world

gathered for a convention.

Maybe because so many people

in that area were depressed.

They have counseling phones

on the bridges...

because so many people

are jumping off them.

But San Francisco was a friendly town...

where people felt safe

leaving their trash unattended.

But more importantly...

the psychologists wound up taking

almost every hotel room in the entire city...

even the old-fashioned ones.

We were beginning to get desperate.

Then we found a hotel

that was almost completely deserted.

We never did find out why.

Markoff mentions certain stories.

He'll say, ''lt's been said that....''

or ''Other people have said that....''

And he'll come up with these stories

like he shut down judges'TRW ratings...

shut off power.... lt's bullshit.

l don't think John Markoff

did it because he wanted to destroy Kevin.

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