Mercury Rising
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:25:04
And he has deciphered a message written
in the most sophisticated code...

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the world has ever known...
:25:09
in a geek's
puzzle magazine.

:25:12
I don't recall
ever authorizing...

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anyone to put any message...
:25:17
into any magazine!
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That couldn't just happen.
A kid couldn't just pop it open.

:25:24
Not only is he nine years old,
he is handicapped. He is autistic.

:25:29
Yes, that explains it.
:25:31
So our $2 billion code
is an open book...

:25:34
- to people of diminished capacity?
- No, sir.

:25:36
Autism isn't synonymous
with diminished capacity.

:25:39
Autistic people are...
They're shut off.

:25:42
But it's not unusual
for an autistic person to be a savant.

:25:45
- Oh, a savant!
- He may not be able
to actually decipher the code.

:25:48
- It might just appear to him.
- Right. He didn't calculate anything.

:25:50
He just saw it. Like those stupid
pictures at the mall. You stare at them.

:25:54
- All of a sudden you're looking
at the Statue of Liberty.
- Exactly.

:25:57
This is not a stupid picture
at the mall.

:26:00
This is national security.
:26:05
Looking at the best case scenario,
let's suppose the boy is unique...

:26:09
and he doesn't understand
what he's just done.

:26:13
Does that solve my problem?
Answer: No!

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Analysis: All we need now
is for someone else...

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who understands his capability
to come along...

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and my problems are increased
exponentially.

:26:25
Then maybe we should talk
to the kid.

:26:28
- And, uh...
- No.

:26:31
No. No.
:26:36
There must be nothing
that connects the boy to this office.

:26:39
Nothing.
Am I clear?

:26:42
Yes, sir.
:26:44
I want you to erase
the tape.

:26:46
Am I clear?
:26:49
Yes, sir.
:26:54
- Honey, will you get that?
- Yeah, I got it.

:26:58
- Martin Lynch?
- Yeah.


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