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- Yes.

I'm sorry, Cos.

- You could have shared this with me.

- I know.

- You could have had the power.

- I don't want it.

Don't you know the places

we can go with this?

- Yeah, I do. There's nobody there.

- Exactly.

The world isn't run by weapons anymore,

or energy or money.

It's run by ones and zeroes,

little bits of data. It's all just electrons.

I don't care.

I don't expect other people

to understand this...

...but I do expect you to understand this.

We started this journey together.

It wasn't a journey, Cos.

It was a prank.

There's a war out there,

old friend, a world war.

And it's not about

who's got the most bullets.

It's about who controls the information:

...what we see and hear,

how we work, what we think.

It's all about the information.

If I were you, I'd destroy that thing.

Don't go.

Don't go.

You do what you have to do, Cos.

But if you want to stop me...

...you'll have to pull the trigger.

You.

I can't believe we actually made it back.

I can't believe we did the greatest sneak

in history and can't tell anybody.

You know what I can't believe?

Tomorrow's Thursday!

- Not one word.

- All of you, step over here.

Hands over your head. Move!

Move!

Mr. Bishop.

I'm Bernard Abbott,

National Security Agency.

We spoke on the phone.

I believe you have something

that belongs to me.

It's interesting, don't you think, you guys...

...that the NSA is here?

I thought the FBI was supposed

to do this kind of thing.

Absolutely. This is outside

the NSA's jurisdiction.

Unless the NSA didn't want anybody

to know about Janek's little black box.

I keep thinking

about something Greg told me.

He said our codes were based

on an entirely different system...

...than the Russian codes,

so this box really wouldn't work on them.

The only thing it would be good for

is spying on Americans.

Sure, with a box like that

they could read the FBI's mail.

- Or the CIA's.

- Or the White House's.

No wonder they don't want

to share with the other children.

What do you want, Mr. Bishop?

Clear up my record.

- Get outta my life.

- I don't have much choice, do I?

Not unless you wanna read

about it in "Newsweek".

- Deal. The box.

- Not so fast.

- I want a Winnebago.

- What?

Fully equipped, big kitchen, water bed...

...AM-FM, CD, microwave.

This is not a car dealership, pal.

He wants a Winnebago.

All right, a Winnebago.

Thank you. Burgundy interior.

Now the box.

I have never taken my wife to Europe.

I'm sorry to hear it. Give me the box.

You will buy me two round-trip,

first-class tickets to Athens...

...Lisbon, Madrid and Scotland.

- Don't forget Tahiti.

- And Tahiti.

- Tahiti is not in Europe.

- Excuse me.

When you get the box,

give us geography lessons.

Until then, this man goes to Tahiti.

Fine! Tahiti!

Carl?

The young lady with the Uzi, is she single?

Carl. Excuse us.

This is the brass ring.

You gotta think bigger thoughts.

I just want her telephone number.

Please.

- How about a lunch? You can chaperon.

- No.

- I will not do this.

- Abby, come on.

- The FBI'd give him twins.

- No!

Wait a second.

You can have anything you want,

and you're asking for my phone number?

Yes.

...area code 415.

- I'm Carl.

- I'm Mary.

I'm going to be sick.

- Are we done here?

- Not yet. Whistler.

I want peace on earth

and goodwill toward men.

- This is ridiculous.

- He's serious.

I want peace on earth

and goodwill toward men.

We are the United States Government.

We don't do that sort of thing.

You're just gonna have to try.

All right, I'll see what I can do.

Thank you very much.

That's all I ask.

How about you? What do you want?

I'm fine.

May I have the box?

You know it doesn't work. It never did.

That's not important, is it?

What's really important is that

none of this ever happened.

This box doesn't exist.

I never saw it before.

Remember that.

Bishop?

All you did was say it was broken.

Can't they still just hook it up

and do terrible things with it?

Nope.

In a surprise announcement,

the Republican National Committee...

...has revealed it is bankrupt.

A spokesman said they had plenty

of money in their accounts last week...

...but today they just don't know

where the money has gone.

But not everybody's going begging.

Amnesty International, Greenpeace

and the United Negro College Fund...

...announced record earnings this week...

...due mostly to large,

anonymous donations.

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