Freedom Downtime Page #9

-He's what?

-There's a movie that they're making.

-You can see, l'm on the phone.

-l'm sorry.

-They're making a movie about him.

-They're making a movie?

-lt's all about--

-l read his book.

They're making a big

Hollywood blockbuster about it.

They may film around here

because this is one of the places he lived.

-So l could be a star?

-You could be a star.

l've been waiting to be discovered

for a long time.

He could be anywhere.

Man, that's scary.

We had one last address to try

inside a gated community.

But this was getting frustrating.

We have another lead here.

We're certainly seeing a lot

of the nicer places of this neighborhood.

''Out of order, please use other door.''

You know, if that was a computer,

we'd be facing 50 years in jail.

They think we're

the Publisher's Clearinghouse.

lt was like he was a step ahead of us.

Japanese? Long hair?

For some reason,

people think it's a good idea...

to have a full directory

of every tenant in an apartment complex...

available to anyone in the world.

But it gave us

the definitive proof we needed:

Shimomura wasn't here either.

lt's a pretty cool system, though.

Let's try a couple of other things.

We're going to enter

the room number this time.

Now it's dialing.

That's their whole phone number

being broadcast!

See if we get an answering machine.

You've reached Amy.

l'm sorry l'm unavailable to take your call.

Please leave a message.

l'll get back to you as soon....

We've gotten everything

we can out of this place...

and made ourselves look suspicious at

the same time so we'd better get out of here.

On the way out of San Diego,

our rental car broke.

On the way out of San Diego,

our rental car broke.

The trunk wouldn't close.

We should get this tape of the trunk, too.

Holy f***! Oh, my God! Sh*t!

We're right underneath the flight path!

We had to clean everything out

so we could exchange it...

including the disgusting piece of gum

that somehow got stuck to the door.

You know what,

l'll use their own key to scrape it off.

Okay, l'm down.

This is the most disgusting thing

l've ever had to do in my life.

You know it's still soft. Oh, God!

Want some gum?

This is a scary neighborhood.

We made it to LosAngeles

in a brand-new rental car.

Our first stop,

the University of Southern California...

where Kevin had been accused of storing

software from cellular phone companies.

USC claimed that somehow caused

over $1,000 in damage.

l wanted to know what computer system

gets damaged...

by having files stored on it!

l'm Brian Johnson. l'm

theAssociate Director of Customer Support.

Yeah, we're not allowed

to comment on any of the security.

At least we finally

managed to find someone...

who'd say they weren't allowed

to say anything.

That was progress, right?

The Metropolitan Detention Center

in Los Angeles...

The Metropolitan Detention Center

in Los Angeles...

where Kevin had been held

for three-and-a-half years.

lt was his 35th birthday

and we wanted to say hi.

The closest we could come

was the Mobil station across the street.

lt was a popular place for all the people

who couldn'tvisit their friends.

l know he's looking at me, so l can wave hi.

And he gives me a call

and he says, ''lt's cool, you went to see me.''

-He's comfortable with that.

-How often do you come by?

Like, almost once a week.

When l drop off my sister

that goes to see him.

-How come you can't go in there and visit?

-lt's too strict.

l wouldn't know why the reason

they don't let us go in.

-You're his brother?

-He's my brother-in-law.

Married to my sister.

-So it's only immediate family?

-Yeah, immediate family. So l can't see him.

He talks to me

through the phone and letters.

-l just come and say hi.

-What's he in for?

l don't know what the reason why he's in,

but he's just in.

And you bring your friends with you?

Are they part of the family, too?

Yeah, they know my brother-in-law

We grew up together so....

Have you heard of Kevin Mitnick,

the person we're here for?

-l never heard of him.

-He's a computer hacker.

-You know what computer hackers are?

-Yeah.

He's been in there

for three-and-a-half years...

-and he hasn't had a trial yet.

-He should get a trial, you know?

He's working on it, he's trying,

but the wheels of justice move very slowly.

That's something true.

They're not the ones that--

Sure.

There's so many people, l think.

lt's overcrowded.

l wouldn't even know what to tell you,

l've never been in that system.

He must've went in

somebody's government--

He must've pissed somebody off.

Pissed somebody off

in the government pretty good.

They probably laughed and said,

''You have to stay there a while.''

That's not fair but that's the way it is.

When the windows

are only a couple of inches wide...

it's hard to find

the person you're looking for...

even if you know exactly what time to look.

And then we heard it.

Yeah, what was that?

l heard a pounding on the window

He's shining a light or something.

l can see him now.

Was that you?That was you.

You were pounding on the glass, right?

We heard that across the street.

We were looking at the wrong window.

Then we heard this pounding noise.

Come back to the window

and wave some more.

Can you do that?

We'll put a sticker up, we just don't want

the sticker to come back to haunt you.

He wants us to put a sticker.

-He wants a sticker?

-A sticker would be cool.

We can see your hand.

l doubt you can stick

your whole head through the window

Splotch your face up against the window

Nowthat we know it's the right one,

we can zoom in on it.

All right, cool.

We'll see you in two minutes?

Okay, great. See you then. Bye.

He's going to be up there in two minutes.

That was definitely him.

l wish we could go in there

and see him without having to do this.

But, hell, l'll take it.

We found out that our filming

the prison had caused such a stir..

that every single prisoner

was locked down...

confined to their cell for the rest of the day

And Kevin told us

it was the best time he had had in years.

Like this.

That's cool.

Even the manager of the station

said it was all right.

This guy in the blue car

just gave me $6 for the defense fund.

No kidding.Thanks!That's great.

That's amazing.

Look where l put the sticker.

l got permission from the owner.

lt'll be gone tomorrow.

-That's great.

-lt'll be there for a while.

-He let you do that?

-Yeah, l asked him.

Randolph's gonna get gas

and he's gonna f***ing sh*t a brick.

He was never served...

with a warrant for his arrest...

for the supervised release violations

during the period of his supervised release.

So by the time that he was done

and went on his way...

there's no indication that he was aware

that such a warrant existed.

Damn! You know, Sprint really sucks.

We wanted the entire city

of Los Angeles to know about Kevin.

And what better way

than to put the message...

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