"I admit, this isn’t great news for American democracy. In fact, it’s bad news. It’s terrible news. It might even be catastrophic news. But it’s wonderful news for the lab. This news means that we’re all much, much less likely to get arrested or indicted for what we’ve done here. You see? We’re going to get away with it . It’s a wonderful political gift from our chief protector and patron—the President. We’re home free! All we have to do from now on is change our shirt whenever the President changes his shirt. From now on, we have protective coloration. We’re no longer crazy radicals, on strike at a federal lab. We’re loyal citizens who are fully and mindfully engaged in the grand experiment of our President’s new social order. So from now on, that’s why we’re the War Committee."