:06:02
Eugene Matuzak of the Washington P.D.
Is our choice to run the commission.
:06:07
- How much is this gonna cost?
- A lot.
:06:11
- How much is a lot?
- More than a little
and less than too much.
:06:14
This is not a good time
to ask for money. The economy...
:06:17
Suppose one of our competitors goes
back in time and invents the computer?
:06:21
Or the airplane or the automobile?
:06:23
You wanna talk about
the American economy, Senator?
:06:25
How about this one?
Saddam Hussein finances a trip to 1944.
:06:29
He gets our technology...
:06:30
and Iraq becomes the first country
to have the atomic bomb.
:06:33
- Oh, you like that one.
- Not bad.
:06:36
Try this one.
We think there's already been a ripple.
:06:39
Ten days ago, the C.I.A. Broke up
an arms sale to terrorists...
:06:43
in Hamburg, Germany.
:06:45
Ordinarily, that sort of news
doesn't cross the president's desk.
:06:47
What made this different...
:06:49
was that the purchase
was made with gold bullion...
:06:51
and the bullion
was dated 1863...
:06:54
and stamped
"Confederate States of America".
:06:57
We had it carbon-tested
and authenticated. It's real.
:06:59
Now, just think
about what I'm saying.
:07:02
Going back in time
is a pretty easy way to make money.
:07:05
Our committee would have exclusive
jurisdiction over this program?
:07:09
Yours and yours alone. No one can know
about this. It's too dangerous.
:07:13
That's very good, George.
:07:16
Personally...
:07:18
I think this sounds like that
bullshit Star Wars program.
:07:22
You'll get your money. Anyone here want
to chair the oversight on this program?
:07:27
Yeah, I'll do it.
:07:28
Ah, young Senator McComb.
:07:32
Why not?
Oh, you'll like him, George.
:07:34
Very much like you,
except his dorsal fin's a bit bigger.