"Thank you, sir.  But what is to prevent another uniformed joker from coming along twenty minutes from now, perhaps this time with a warrant?  Why, he wouldn't even need to break down the door!  My castle stands violated, open to any intruder.  Mr. Secretary, only the few precious moments of delay afforded by my once-stout door kept this scoundrel from dragging me away before I could reach you by telephone... and you heard him say that there was still another like him at large - with, so he says, warrants."