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I'm officially registered.

You have the papers, proper documents?

They're...

They're back at my apartment.

I could go get them.

You could send someone to go get them.

Uh... What do you study?

What's your major?

Political science.

Oh, ho, ho, ho.

That's funny?

In my experience, politics is no science.

It isn't exact enough.

But I don't mean to editorialize.

Are you a good student?

Are you a good student?

Yes.

A "B" in Marxism.

Well, if you have the information in the file,

why do you keep asking me?

Fair enough.

I see that you've studied the teachings

of Mohammed, Buddha and Jesus...

Adam Smith, Chairman Mao.

But what the file doesn't tell me is...

what you believe in,

what ideology, theology, you follow.

Do you believe that your religion

is the only true religion?

That God is on your side?

That all other faiths are false?

That those who follow errant faiths

are doomed to eternal damnation?

That the rest of us should

either be converted or destroyed?

There are...

extremists...

- fanatics, who...

- But not you?

- No.

- So, then, I repeat my question.

What do you believe in?

If not the absolute power of an absolute god,

what?

The individual?

The ability of the human mind,

the ability of the mind to...

to make a choice?

The ability of the mind to make a choice?

Democracy?

Pure democracy, yes.

But they certainly don't have pure democracy

in your country, do they?

May I have a glass of water?

Of course.

Democracy...

mean different things

to different people,

as does freedom, peace,

tolerance...

justice.

And if you look at history,

any country's history,

in order to achieve these ideals,

there must first be revolution,

uprising...

Lenin.

Ben-Gurion. Mandela.

George Washington.

He crossed the Delaware at midnight.

A sneak attack on Christmas Eve.

By today's standard,

I guess he'd be considered a terrorist.

So you can see

why I understand your actions.

Which actions?

What exactly am I accused of?

- Can you identify this man?

- No!

No.

May I call my family?

I'm supposed to phone my mother about now.

She'll worry.

Your mother knows exactly where you are.

- She does?

- Or will shortly.

We live in a new age, if you will,

where law enforcement agencies all over

the planet are coordinating their efforts,

exchanging information.

- About me? I'm nobody.

- You're wrong.

(Beeping)

- All we've got is 24 hours.

- Yeah, yeah.

I understand.

(Phone)

Hello?

Hello.

(Speaks Chinese)

- Is this your handwriting?

- You broke into my room,

rifled through my belongings,

and stole my papers?

We had a warrant.

Granted by some very patriotic judge,

I'm sure.

Is this your handwriting?

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