WarGames Edit

A movie star.

A Pentagon spokesman places blame on a computer malfunction,

A.k.a. Stephen W. Falken.

After the gates are closed, nobody gets in or out.

Alienated from his parents, has few friends.

All right, enable missiles.

All right, I'll be right down.

All right, Lightman.

All right, Miss Mack. You're confirmed on Pan Am's flight 114,

All right, stand by.

All right!

All right!

All right!

All right.

All right.

All right. Flush the bombers, get the subs in launch mode.

All right. Smoking or nonsmoking?

All stations, this is Crystal Palace initiating emergency conference.

All stations, this is Crystal Palace.

All you have to do is throw the number away and don't call it again.

Already done.

Although primary goal has not yet been achieved,

And 40 miles visibility.

And break into our system.

And I need a really big favor.

And launch my missiles in 28 hours.

And no terminal is in operation at your classified address.

And possibly PCP.

And some are not up to it!

And started again.

And stole our missile codes.

And there are men from the FBI asking all these questions.

And tomorrow it would just be over.

And watch him die.

And we've got 100,000 Soviet troops massing in East Germany.

Any further than I could throw it.

Anyone there?

Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

Are you a paleontologist? I need a paleontologist.

Are you sitting comfortably?

Are you watching the news?

Arthur.

As to why a bright boy like this would jeopardize the lives of millions?

Assuring that the problem has been corrected.

At 8:15 a.m. On 18 August.

At this time, we cannot positively confirm the inbounds.

Authentication.

Because it's a boring game. It's always a tie.

Because they refuse to turn the keys when the computers tell them to!

Because you don't pay attention in class.

Beef up, huh?

Before they are planted will...

Before they are planted will...

Believing that the Soviets launched a surprise missile attack.

Beringer.

Better get the old man down here.

BMEWS confirmed a massive attack.

Bo! Bo! Bo...

Boy, are you guys dumb. You're so dumb.

Bullshit!

But aren't you Stephen Falken?

But humanity planning its own destruction...

But I think we are gonna need a little time to sort things out here.

But if you give me five minutes, I'll show you something.

But in 30 days we could replace them with electronic relays.

But in a nuclear war, we can't have our missiles lying in those silos

But it'd help to beef up security around the WOPR.

But please, will you do this for me?

But someone on the outside fed an attack simulation into the main.

But the economy will be great then.

But the point is that the key decisions of every conceivable option

Bye.

Can I just talk to Mr. McKittrick? I know what's... Ah!

Can I talk to McKittrick?

Can you explain the removal of your user account

Can you make it play itself?

Can you make it play itself?

Can you still change it?

Can't they stop it?

Can't they stop it?

Can't you write to him or call him?

Check everywhere. He can't be far. Let's move.

Check for malfunction and report confidence.

Checking under Dr. Robert Hume, H U M E, on Tall Cedar Road.

Children, come over here.

Christ! Now they got us chasing shadows.

Classic case for Soviet recruitment.

COC, I need Dr. McKittrick right away.

Colonel, would you mind relinquishing your command, sir?

Come on, I don't even know the guy's name.

Come on, we'll find a boat.

Come on! Come on!

Come on. Learn, goddamn it!

Computers in the silos would carry out their last instructions. They'd launch.

Confidence is high. I repeat, confidence is high.

Conley, take us off full alert.

Could someone tell me, please, who first suggested

Could we have pills and cook the corn?

Could you tell us who first suggested the idea of reproduction without sex?

Damn it, John, I want some answers and I want them now!

David Lightman, hold it right there. FBI.

David, David...

David, uh...

David, what's happening?

David!

David...

DEFCON?

Depending on what information you want, you press a button.

Did I tell you that next week...

Did you know that no land animal

Do the world a favor and don't act like one.

Do we need a rental car? No.

Do you kids think you own this place?

Do you know what kind of idiot that makes me look like? Or the general?

Do you really believe that the enemy would attack without provocation,

Do you think maybe I can tell Michelle?

DOD pension files indicate current mailing ad...

Doesn't identify itself.

Don't run. Somebody could get hurt.

Don't want anyone to slip and fall, so we'll end the tour here.

Don't you think I would've tried that?

Dr. Falken's health deteriorated."

Eight inbound Soviet ICBMs already over the pole.

Eight!

Estimate reentry at 19 23 Zulu.

Estimated impact, 11 minutes. Target area, western United States.

Estimated time remaining:

Estimates damage, counts the dead, and looks for ways to improve the score.

Exactly. There's no way to win. The game itself is pointless.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

External power disconnected.

Extinction is part of the natural order.

Falken is dead."

Falken. Dr. Stephen Falken, F A L K E N,

Fine.

Five numbers. It's got half the code.

Flight profile suggests Soviet backfire bombers.

Follow path.

For more on the story, let's go live via satellite to Washington, D.C.

For real!

For security reasons, they graciously arranged my death.

For Sunnyvale, California. The number for Protovision.

From sudden left field inspiration.

Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up.

Game time elapsed:

Gate. Open gate, through gate, close gate.

General, are you prepared to destroy the enemy?

General, DBS is tracking

General, nobody is talking about entrusting

General, we all know they're fine men.

General, you are listening to a machine.

Generators on and functioning.

Gentlemen, we've had men in these silos

Gentlemen... I'll recommend McKittrick's idea to the president.

George is with the FBI. He brought the kid in.

Get me an update. I wanna know what those bastards are up to.

Get me the senior controller at those stations. I want to talk to them.

Get on to SAC. Tell them to hold steady.

Get out of the way.

Get out, Lightman. Get out.

Get the ICBMs in the bullpen warmed up and ready to fly.

Get the men out of the loop.

Give it a thump.

Go ahead.

Go to DEFCON 2.

God, this is so unbelievable.

Goddamn it! We didn't get a launch detection from our satellite!

Good night, Jennifer.

Good night.

Goose Island, Oregon.

Got it. Here it comes.

Gotta make a note of that. Might come in handy someday.

Ha!

Have you ever heard of the word "tumulus"?

Have you gotten any insight

Having tactical and strategic applications."

He asked me, "Colonel, why are we at DEFCON 4 as we are right now?"

He designed them so that they could play checkers or poker, chess.

He designed this computer so that it could learn from its own mistakes.

He fits the profile perfectly.

He never understood the practical uses of his work.

He was into games, as well as computers.

He wasn't very old.

He's got one. When he gets 10, he'll launch the missiles.

He's got to be working with somebody else.

He's intelligent, but an underachiever,

He's not dead.

He's not dead. He left.

He's the only one who knows what it can do.

Hello, David. John McKittrick. I run the computer facility here.

Hello, General Beringer! Stephen Falken.

Hello, I'm Pat Healy.

Hello. Are you still playing the game?

Hello. Yeah. What?

Her room's upstairs.

Here, look at this.

Here. Let's see what we have so far.

Hey, you got a bank.

Hi, Lightman!

Hi!

Hi.

Hi.

Hold at DEFCON 4 till we find out exactly

Hold him where you had him before. We'll be leaving soon.

Hold it, hold it.

Hold the door! Hold the door!

Hold the goddamn door!

Holy shit!

Honey, David has something to show you.

Hop on.

How about a nice game of chess?

How about screwed up?

How are you?"

How can it ask you that?

How do I get into that system? I want to play those games.

How far has it gone?

How many times have I said to fasten these lids on tight? Look at this!

How much time?

How you doing?

Huh...

I agree with authentication also, sir.

I always thought there was gonna be plenty of time.

I am not Falken.

I am screwed!

I believe we've made that clear enough.

I believe you.

I can bypass whatever security they've added on.

I can't believe it! She's over there and you tell him about our back door?

I can't get in to stand down the missiles.

I can't swim, OK, Wonder Woman?

I can't talk about it right now. Listen...

I can't talk. I gotta get off the phone.

I didn't tell you to cut the line! Did I tell you to? You cut the line!

I didn't want you to flunk.

I didn't. I even threw the number away.

I don't believe that any system is totally secure.

I don't believe this.

I don't have to take that, you sack of shit!

I don't know what you think you could do here.

I don't know, but it's great.

I don't know. Do you?

I don't know. Do you?

I don't think so.

I don't trust the safety of our country

I don't want you to do that.

I find no listing for Dr. Stephen Falken, F A L K E N,

I got no idea. It could be coming from anywhere.

I got this thing figured out all by myself.

I guess I better get going.

I had them on the phone, they're calm.

I have a valid message.

I have negative radar contact. Repeat, negative Soviet aircraft.

I have to explain to the president

I know a lot about you. I know you weren't always like this.

I know that you've got a plane waiting,

I know that. It doesn't. It hasn't learned.

I know. Isn't it wonderful?

I mean, those jets, they really work, you know.

I need a ticket from Grand Junction to Salem, Oregon.

I need an airline ticket. I'll pay you back.

I need some machine to tell me that?

I never got around to it, OK?

I really wanted to learn how to swim.

I repeat, we cannot confirm this.

I said change it back.

I should reach DEFCON 1

I shouldn't say any more until I talk to a lawyer.

I sure as hell don't want our bombers on the ground if anything happens.

I swear to God I did.

I think I saw one.

I think it's jammed from inside.

I think we better forget about a lawyer

I told my system

I told you already.

I told you not to do that.

I told you not to start playing games with that thing.

I tried to break into Protovision. I wanted to see the new games.

I tried to find out more about the guy who designed those game programs...

I used to hear her chant all night long...

I want somebody on the phone before I kill 20 million people.

I want this door open now.

I want you to take a look at this.

I was just told that they're cleaning the floors in the computer center.

I went by your house. Your parents were freaked

I wish I didn't know about any of this.

I wish I was like everybody else in the world.

I woke up the president. I told him we were under attack by the Russians.

I would have.

I'd piss on a spark plug if I thought it'd do any good.

I'll ask how it feels.

I'll be down in a few minutes.

I'll be escorting you to federal authorities in Denver

I'll be the Russians.

I'll get back to you.

I'll give it to you in English. Somebody got into McKittrick's system

I'll pick it up in Grand Junction Airport?

I'll talk to the kid.

I'll tell you about it later.

I'm gonna blow their ass out of the water.

I'm looking for Dr. Hume.

I'm Lyle Watson, this is Arthur Cabot.

I'm not giving up.

I'm not ready to die yet.

I'm not sure. We're checking for DSP malfunction.

I'm only 17 years old.

I'm so proud of you!

I'm sorry. I have no listing.

I'm sorry. I won't. I'll talk to you tomorrow, OK?

I'm sorry. We don't know how it happened

I'm sorry. What do you mean, take them out of the loop?

I'm sure they didn't trace it. All you have to do is act normal.

I've been thinking about my grade.

I've ordered a revaluation of our psychological screening procedure.

I've spoken to each of these men. They all thought it was the real deal.

If he's alive, why'd the obituary say he's dead?

If I could just get that damn password, I could play the computer.

If it wants to play a game, then play.

If it wants to play a game, then play.

If it's military, why does it have checkers and backgammon?

If Joshua tricks them into launching an attack, it'll be your fault.

If the real Joshua were still alive, your Joshua...

If they were so smart, they would've found you already.

If we're extinguished, it's not natural. It's stupid.

If you can't afford one, one will be appointed to you."

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me,

In a nuclear crisis have been made by the WOPR.

Initial attack profile is a full scale Soviet strike.

Initial impact points in the 43rd bomb wing at Loring,

Initiate internal power.

Innovative concepts occasionally arise

Is at the mercy of those men with the brass keys.

Is that right?

Is that the computer that's still playing the games?

Is that us on TV? Did we do that?

Is this because of what you did with my grade?

It all flows into this room and then into what we call the WOPR computer.

It can project a false radar image

It can't be that simple.

It doesn't matter.

It estimates Soviet responses to our responses,

It looks like we've got a high school prank on our hands.

It might be kind of rough.

It might've been knocked out already.

It plays an endless series of war games

It should read DEFCON 5, which means peace.

It thinks I'm Falken.

It'll ask you what it's programmed to.

It's all right. Get in!

It's all right. I've planned ahead.

It's dialing numbers.

It's drawing more power from the rest of the system.

It's games.

It's kind of stupid, huh?

It's learning.

It's still on 4 because of that little stunt you pulled.

It's the military's computer. Why wouldn't they know?

Jennifer, it's me, David.

Jennifer, what do you know about nitrogen nodules that we don't?

Jennifer. Yeah, I'm watching.

Jim.

John, let's feed it a tapeworm.

John, please, don't start that right away.

John! Good to see you. I see the wife still picks your ties.

Joshua called me.

Joshua called me.

Joshua, what are you doing?

Joshua.

Joshua.

Joshua's finding the right code so he can launch the missiles himself.

Just on that aerobics show with some girls from my dance class.

Just unplug the goddamn thing.

Just what we need today.

Kid claims he was looking for a toy company.

Knowing those boys are down there.

Las Vegas. Great!

Last ferry, 6:30, so run, run, run.

Last week I had the governor of New Jersey in this chair.

Lay you out flat, man.

Leaving Chicago's O'Hare Airport

Left hand, please.

Let the boy in there.

Let's get out of here.

Let's get out!

Let's go into a launch mode. Close up the mountain.

Let's go to my office. We'll be more comfortable.

Let's go.

Let's move.

Lightman. What a surprise.

List games.

Listen, I'm in Colorado

Little mess.

Look now, are we positive

Look, I don't have time for a conversation right now!

Lyle, how many times are we gonna go through this?

Machines don't call people.

Major Lem, get me a report on the WOPR.

Major Lem, lock out changes.

Make a left.

Maybe more.

Maybe they didn't trace the call.

Maybe they didn't. Can't we try?

Maybe we can swim. How far do you think it is?

Me too.

Men...

Miss Dailey, would you sit in this rather important chair?

Miss Mack!

Miss Mack...

Missile warning reports no malfunction. Confidence remains high.

Missile warning. No malfunction. Confidence is high.

Mm hm. [laughs]

Move it! The gate's gonna shut. Come on!

Mr. Kessler's tired of discussing your attitude problem.

Mr. Ligget wants me to discuss my attitude problem with Mr. Kessler.

Mr. McKittrick?

Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets!

Mr. President, something's happening here.

Mr. President, this is Beringer at NORAD.

Mr. President, we've got 48 nuclear subs closing on the United States,

Much more fortunate than the millions

My dad is 45.

My father?

My fault?

Nature just gave up

Nature knows when to give up.

Negative confirmation on all inbound tracking.

Neither have I.

Nice of you to join us. I have a little present for you up here.

Nice of you to join us. I have a little present for you up here.

No charges have been filed. [Sniffs] Yet.

No idea.

No, he's dead.

No, I'm gonna get some water, OK?

No, it's terrific. You can just taste the vitamin A and D. It's great.

No, Jennifer, don't call her!

No, no, before that.

No, no, sir. Not you.

No, radar picked them up out of the atmosphere.

No, they can't.

No, wait a minute. He's right over there.

No, we're high school students.

No, you didn't know the correct answer, symbiosis,

No, you got an A.

No, you have a reservation though.

No. I can't swim.

Nobody would've been watching me anyway.

None of my team knew it was there.

None of your business.

Nothing indicates a simulation at all. Everything's working perfectly.

Now what?

Now, if I can ask you to board the bus as quickly as possible...

Now, it's as simple as that!

Now, listen carefully.

Now, you had reservations for two to Paris.

Now! I want this cleared up right away!

Number eight, warhead alarm.

Number one, enabled. Two, enabled. Three, enabled. Four...

Of course.

Oh, attack!

Oh, come on.

Oh, here.

Oh, hi.

Oh, Jesus!

Oh, Jesus.

Oh, let's see. How about...

Oh, Lightman.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, shit!

Oh, yeah, Malvin? How would you do it?

Oh, yeah?

Oh. Of course.

Oh... No. I was doing things.

OK, all set?

OK, bye. See you in 24.

OK, OK.

OK, you had fries and a Coke, right?

OK.

On June 23, 1973?

On my mark, rotate launch keys to "launch."

On Tall Cedar Road, Goose Island.

On Tall Cedar Road.

Once he makes that decision, the computer takes over.

Once upon a time...

One minute and 30 seconds to impact.

One minute and 30 seconds to impact.

One.

One...

Ooh! Oh...

Our current situation is...

Our land lines are dead. I'm trying to break through on satellites.

Over the plants?

Pan Am.

Pari... Oh! No, no, you don't understand.

Path.

Paul, this is McKittrick.

Please call him! Call him!

Please, let me talk to Mr. McKittrick.

Plenty, mister, plenty.

Primo stuff. Resin city.

Protovision, I have you now.

Punch up number five. Let me see what you have.

Put that lid on tight so Bo doesn't dump over the trash.

Question number four.

Question number two.

Radar reports two unknown tracks

Recall the bombers!

Remember you told me to tell you when you're acting rudely and insensitively?

Replacement team's here, sir.

Right. Come on through!

Right. Maybe they didn't.

Roger, at "set."

Roger, ready to go to launch.

Run! Come on! Hurry!

Russians are denying everything.

SAC is launching the bombers. General Powers is on the line.

Says he does this sort of thing for fun.

Scramble all alert aircraft. I repeat, scramble all alert aircraft.

Seal off ventilation shafts.

See you tomorrow.

Seeds that are germinated in water

Seeds that are germinated in water

Sergeant, I hope you like vodka.

Sergeant, tell the O.D. I'm taking David for a walk.

Seriously, congratulations. This'll be a pleasure to sign.

Seven!

Seventy two million people dead?

Shaft locks sealed.

Shall we play a game? Oh...

She grew the most beautiful wandoos you ever saw.

She'd cup her hands over the seeds and chant by the hour.

Shit.

Show this to your dad.

Since before any of you were watching Howdy Doody.

Sinsemillia. This grass made Thai stick taste like oregano.

Sir, the Soviets are denying any increase in their submarine deployment.

Sir, you better get on the headset.

Sir? They need a decision.

Sir? They need a decision.

Sir.

Six minutes, if sub launched.

Six minutes, that's barely enough time for the president to make a decision.

So it was like sinsemillia, right?

So that we'd have no choice but to totally annihilate them?

So they're better the next time they played.

So you gave up?

Solution is near.

Some of the men say you're quite a tennis player.

Some people won't believe they could fly.

Sometimes I think we're all gonna get electrocuted.

Sorry to hear that, professor.

Sorry.

Stand by to authenticate.

Stand by to launch missiles at my command.

Stand down the missiles!

Standing by.

Stay on this channel as long as you can.

Stephen, for chrissake, do something.

Stop it!

Strange game.

Suitably biblical ending for the place, don't you think?

Sure, I think we can really work out some creative financing.

Take care. Watch your step.

Take us to DEFCON 3 and get SAC on the line. Where are you?

Tell the president to ride out the attack.

Ten! It's got the code. It'll launch!

Ten...

Thank you.

Thank you. And could you also tell me what other prefixes cover that area?

Thanks for the ride.

Thanks.

Thanks. Come on, we gotta run.

That depends on how willing you are to cooperate.

That I'm ordering our bombers back to fail safe.

That indicates our current defense condition.

That system has a data encryption algorithm. You'll never get in!

That these men had no way of knowing this was only a test?

That.

That's all right. Who are you?

That's basically what it is.

That's funny, actually, because...

That's great. Anybody in here buy that one?

That's him?

That's him. That's Falken.

That's OK.

That's OK. You were perfect.

That's right. That's exactly right.

That's the first we heard of it.

That's wonderful. I'll meet you tomorrow at 9:30. Bye.

The child and his mother died in a car crash.

The computer is trying to win the game we asked it to play.

The first game on the list. Go right through Falken's Maze.

The idea of reproduction without sex?

The kid broke into the war games subsystem

The kid's gotta be working with somebody.

The machine's locked us out. It's sending random numbers to the silos.

The more complicated they are, the more they help you.

The phone company screwed up!

The president is diverting to Andrews.

The president knows that I am fully responsible for the men in my command.

The president probably follows the computer war plan. That's a fact!

The president's ready to order a counter strike.

The programs for them are still in their computer.

The random number generators aren't even running.

The safety of the nation to a machine, for God's sake.

The senior controller isn't here right now.

The sky was once filled with them!

The Soviets saw our bombers scramble and went on alert.

The system actually learned how to learn.

The system won't accept a launch code unless we're at DEFCON 1.

The vice president is out of position and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs...

The War Operation Plan Response.

The whole point was to practice nuclear war

Then don't.

Then I'll begin.

There seems to be a lot of confusion on this next question:

There was an open line at our division in Sunnyvale.

There wouldn't be any time to be sorry...

There's 399, 437,

There's been a serious penetration into our WOPR execution order file.

There's gotta be a boat.

There's no way a high school punk can put a dime in a telephone

There's nothing out there, general. Just blue skies.

There's rumors of a new Soviet bomber with stealth capabilities.

These are my grades.

These computers give us access to the world.

These screens are connected

These switches are connected to the Strategic Air Command

They answer with a tone that other computers recognize. Hear?

They don't know about Joshua. Falken knows about Joshua.

They must have told it he died.

They ran and they swam and they fought and they flew,

They shut down before we completed our trace.

They want to know why we're provoking them.

They're clear! They're clear!

They're full of shit. We know they're down there.

They're gonna come get me. I'm screwed!

They've taken out my password!

Thirty seconds to impact.

This box interprets computer signals into sound.

This computer company is coming out with new games in a few months.

This corn is raw!

This is a tape I got from the library. It's about this guy named Falken.

This is Crystal Palace. You still on?

This is General Beringer at NORAD.

This is McKittrick.

This is Mr. Richter. Paul, would you tell these gentlemen about the WOPR?

This is some setup.

This is unreal!

This isn't from Protovision.

This large room is the command center for NORAD. No picture taking.

Those are launch codes.

Those blips are not real missiles. They're phantoms.

Those men know what it means to turn the keys

Three, two, one, mark.

Time and time again.

Time to impact: 8 minutes.

To get the computers to learn from mistakes we couldn't make.

To our satellites and missile tracking stations in the country.

To some silicon diode.

To tell them what goes on.

To win the game.

Try anything.

Tumulus. No, I haven't. Sorry.

Turn on the printer. I want to get a printout of this.

Turn your key, sir!

Turning southbound at Nordkapp, bearing 095 degrees.

Twenty two typhoon class submarines departing Petropavlovsk,

Two bedrooms, a bath and a half, and a bonus room.

Two, two, zero, zero, four...

Um...

Um... Love?

Until I get a few answers out of you myself.

Until suddenly...

Using a password left by the original programmer.

Using all available information on the state of the world.

Using so many missiles, bombers and subs

Visibility, bullshit. You haven't been on time for the last six months.

Wait a minute. Excuse me, general.

Wait, general. We're being naive.

Wait, no! Sh! Calm down, calm down.

Wait, wait, wait!

Wait, wait.

Wait! Wait! I came because of Joshua.

Watch your step. Thank you.

We are at DEFCON 1.

We are in a launch mode.

We called your parents and we told them everything's fine.

We can take out the password,

We can't ask these men to go back to the president

We did all that and he broke in again.

We got a problem. WOPR is not letting me log back on.

We have reason to believe they may not exist.

We have tickets to Paris?

We have to be on a plane in less than an hour.

We have to give launch option.

We keep hitting a firewall.

We located the area where the transmission originated.

We might gain a few years, enough for you to have a son

We might have to go through this thing after all.

We now have approximately

We ought to take the men out of the loop.

We were gonna start looking for you guys.

We weren't even apes then.

We'll be spared the horror of survival.

We'll be standing by.

We'll keep control, but we'll keep it here at the top.

We're gonna be stuck in summer school.

We're just three miles from a primary target.

We're not being attacked! It's a simulation!

We've got some passes for you.

We've scheduled a meeting on your arrival.

Well, high school students, you're on my land and I didn't invite you.

Well, I imagine the joint chiefs will have some input.

Well, let's say I wanted to find out how to hit a backhand.

Well, that's a load of shit!

Well, the Soviets launch a surprise attack, there's no time.

Well, what are you gonna tell him?

What am I supposed to tell him, 22 percent isn't so bad?

What are they for?

What are we gonna do?

What are you doing in Colorado?

What classified address?

What did I get?

What does that mean?

What does that mean? He doesn't have a phone?

What does this say about the state of our country?

What does WOPR recommend?

What has this kid been telling you?

What he did was great.

What kind of asshole grows up in Seattle and doesn't learn to swim?

What kind of asshole lives on an island and doesn't have a boat?

What kind of lesson is that?

What next?

What the hell is going on, John?

What the hell?

What the hell's he doing in here anyway?

What were you saying?

What?

What?

What's happening?

What's it doing?

What's so great about that?

What's so special about playing games with some machine?

What's that?

What's that?

What's the last thing you cared about?

When I design a system, I put in a simple password that only I know about.

When they know too much, they get new identities.

When you saw it on the news, you knew how serious it was.