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You had said you were calling
with whom in Washington?
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Thank you.
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Just run through this scenario with me.
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Theoretically,
why would someone do that?
:49:14
Do what? Change his name to the name
of a person who died the day before?
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Yeah. Someone the same age
from the same hometown.
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Why? Would it be to take over
that person's life?
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No, that wouldn't work.
:49:27
When you die, the death certificate
goes both state and federal.
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Driver's licenses, Social Security
numbers, they're voided.
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-Can't do it to hide the person you are.
-Then why would you do it?
:49:38
You'd do it to hide
the person you were.
:49:41
Say you wanted to find out...
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a criminal record for your guy
prior to the name change.
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- Unless you're a real professional--
- You'd check on the name he has now--
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And the records you'd find back then
would be for somebody else entirely.
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That's the significance of making
the change right after a person's death.
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- No overlap.
- It gives you a whole new history.
:50:02
It helps the old one disappear.
:50:08
Is there something you want
to tell me, Michael?
:50:11
Whit, if I give you a name,
could you run it for flags?
:50:16
- Jesus!
- Just this once.
:50:19
Check out files as a personal favor,
is that what you're asking me to do?
:50:22
- Come on, I'm not--
- You go to jail for that.
:50:24
- This is important.
- My pension's important.
:50:27
Whit, I'm asking you to run a name.
:50:30
I'm not asking you to start surveillance
and break out the goddamn guns.
:50:34
Faraday, if you'd asked your wife to
do it, she'd tell you the same thing.
:50:38
Get you classified FBI information.
:50:40
She'd say,
"I love you, baby, but that...
:50:43
I cannot do."
:50:47
If you want to find out about somebody,
there's always ways to do it.
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They're just not through me.
Come on. Use your imagination.