- Do it yourself.
- We can't.
- Why not?
- By law, we're not allowed or equipped to do this kind of operation.
5 seconds sound clip from the Sneakers movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:16:15.274 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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[...]
- The project's called Setec Astronomy. We don't know what Setec stands for.
- Sensor techniques, who knows?
- Anyway, it may be nothing or it may be something. And we need to know.
- Your job is to find that little black box. Let us take a look at it.
- No way.
- Sorry, Marty. We don't have a lot of choice here.
- Why not?
- By law, we're not allowed or equipped to do this kind of operation.
- The FBI can't work for us without approval from a congressional committee. We don't have the time.
- Frankly, because it's kind of illegal.
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