Sneaking a foreign intelligence service that might kill us to keep us out is not what we do.
4 seconds sound clip from the Sneakers movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:17:53.515 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- We're not everybody, Martin. We're your partners. You tell us.
- Fine. Exactly why was it you had to leave the CIA?
- We all have our little secrets, don't we?
- Look, you guys have a decision to make.
- This is not a test. The penetration is live. The target is unaware.
- Sneaking a foreign intelligence service that might kill us to keep us out is not what we do.
- The probable level of security is very low.
- Could we maybe just go back to the 'they might kill us' part?
- If I thought that was likely to happen, I wouldn't bring this to you. But there is a risk.
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