"An Icelandic saga in our times" "The Revelation" "This is the Institute for State Supervision" "I have worked here for thirty years." "I'm Hannes Adalsteinsson, Head of the Permits Department" "Thank you so much for all your understanding and patience." "Sorry for coming so often." "Of course I needed all these, extra papers, I see that now." "That's quite all right." "It's my job to help people." "When this story begins a new secretary had come to work in the department." "Stefania Lyngdal, the Managing Director's cousin." "Please be seated." "To perfect the form the applicants need to fill out" "I had created on my own computer" "A demo program for a National Databank." "I did this for purely idealistic reasons." "To prevent this public institute from being abused." "You can't trust everyone!" "Are you okay?" " Yes, I'm just in a hurry." "Yes, I'm reading your application now." "That's how we do things here in my department." "First we check the applications, then issue the permits." "This is the second time I've handed in this application." "Do you need to go over all the details again?" "It would of course be quicker to issue the permits first." "And then go over the applications." "Even quicker to have no supervision or applications!" "Yes, that would be great." "Some applicants try to walk all over you." "But I am persistent by nature" "So I have the arrogant ones come back repeatedly until they quiet down." "I'm not the only one who senses" "The growing public acceptance of the need for greater security and reasonable supervision." ""In the future the public will make greater demands. ."" ""..for increased all round, security."" "It is the government's duty to respond to such demands by increasing its supervision of society." "I took the computer home with me at night so that the guards and cleaners couldn't use it." "My mother is still in my care, though she's over eighty she's in good health and still does all the cooking and housework." "I used my spare time at home with the computer to develop a super national databank if only to prove who at the Institute had the most experience and knowledge in issuing permits." "The Ministry of Justice is now checking the possibility of creating an all purpose National Databank which will increase supervision of public administration and ensure the security of those who need public services." "It is this institute's aim to impose any supervision needed as expertly as possible." "We have thus presented this idea for a National Databank in response to criticism and a growing demand for greater control of public administration." "Is she so young?" "And appointed ahead of you, with all your experience!" ""The Committee Scandal and the media's response.."" ""..has influenced your going ahead with this bill?"" ""The scandal has caused much debate.."" ""..on the widespread lack of supervision."" "She should at least have mentioned you, it was your idea!" "Without you this girl couldn't do much." "I was going to make the databank so perfect" "That there wouldn't be a single detail of the applicants' lives that couldn't be checked on." "Not just where they are, but who they are with even what they are thinking, and what their plans are." "even what they are thinking, and what their plans are." "The public loves supervision." "It provides them with their permits and exemptions." "If people are innocent, they have nothing to hide." "and will get their permits and exemptions!" "What Committee Scandal are they talking about?" "A chairman was claiming pay and expenses for nearly thirty years for meetings that were never actually held." "What a cheek, not to hold any meetings!" "The ministry thought the committee had been abolished" "For thirty years ..." "It all depends on who's involved." "I'm sure this girl won't remember or honor your 30th anniversary of working there." "It's not a question of "remembering"" "She probably knows nothing about it." "Many worse than her applied." "Bloody Social Democrats." "At least you know where you are with the conservatives." ""they don't wear camouflage" as dad used to say." "I would let her know!" "She's just a Daddy's girl who gets everything she wants through political connections!" "I linked all the passwords issued by the Institution" "To various other public institutions to protect confidential information." "Only I knew all the passwords." "20 Durex condoms." "Two theater tickets to Lysistrata." "It's computer men who create all these viruses." "Huge multinationals like Microsoft issue faulty programs just so they can sell you new ones." "If the programs worked perfectly, they couldn't sell you anything." "A hundred drivers pulled over." "What on earth's going on?" "Where's that?" "A police spokesman said that lack of police manpower meant that they couldn't follow up on this excellent result." "A limit on night shifts had also been in for and all who knew this drove drunk under cover of night." "How shortsighted of them." "But then there are always bossy people making demands on the police instead of seeing to things themselves." "I know a woman who had the police climb a tree to get her cat." "Meanwhile there was an armed robbery in a nearby store." "These men continuously put their lives in danger." "There can never be too many policemen." "We don't want a police state." "What kind of state would it be without the police?" "The kingdom of God without God?" "INSTITUTE STATE SUPERVISION" "DIRECTOR:" "BJORT HERBERTSSON" "Check out private dance." "The director will see you now." "Thank you." "The High Court confirmed the ban." "I go jogging every morning regardless of the weather." "I'll check with Hannes on that." "So you're Hannes' mother." "Hello." "Let's have a seat." "Can I take your coat?" "No, thank you." "I just wanted to talk to you without Hannes knowing." "I hope Hannes won't suffer for having applied for the directors position, as you yourself did." "Hannes and I get on fine." "Oh, good." "And he's just given up smoking too." "I hope everything's okay between Hannes and the new girl." "Your cousin, who started here when you did." "You mean Stefania?" "Yes." "I told him the new girl had not been appointed to take over his job." "Is there anything else you wished to tell me?" "We're not the kind of people who push ourselves forward." "But I had to come." "I've been thinking about this for days." "Hannes is so hard working and humble" "He never thinks of himself." "He's probably forgotten his 30th anniversary of working here." "This is the same application?" "Yes." "Do I have to pay again?" "Yes." "PERMIT APPLICATION" "Well, the application seems to be in order." "It just needs one more signature." "Stefania, will you come in here for a moment?" "What signature?" "Thank you." "Your wife's." "She needs to sign here." "But she signed the last application." "I can see that on my screen." "That application was invalid because it was not signed by the Tax Office and had no code number from the building office." "Can't the old signature do?" "The signatures must be on the application being processed and not a totally different one." "You might have gotten a divorce in the meantime, for example." "My wife's in Copenhagen." "How's she going to sign this?" "That's hardly for me to say." "But for this application to be accepted it must have her signature on it." "But she left yesterday and will be gone for three weeks!" "It doesn't help your case if you tell me lies about how long she'll be abroad." "I see from your wife's ticket she'll be away for 17 days." "I see from your wife's ticket she'll be away for 17 days." "She returns on the 23rd." "It's a Green Apex which can't be changed." "Well, it's almost three weeks." "Is there no chance of an exception?" "The committee can agree to an exemption." "Can't I just put this to the committee then?" "Yes, of course." "And when will that be dealt with?" "The committee meets on Wednesdays." "I should just make it." "The committee is on holiday." "So what then?" "As soon as it returns it will examine your request." "How can the committee go on holiday?" "Why can't it go on holiday?" "Didn't your wife go on holiday?" "What am I suppose to do?" "I've tried to speed things up as much as I can." "Just bring in the form with your wife's signature and it will be accepted immediately." "I hear they have really good food at the French Corner." "And I was wondering if you might be free this evening?" "I've got tickets for the theater." "But aren't they for tomorrow?" "Pardon?" "Two tickets to Lysistrata?" "Happy anniversary to you!" "Happy anniversary to you!" "Thirty years here today!" "Thirty years here today!" "Congratulations Hannes!" "Dear Hannes, dear colleagues." "Before we enjoy this great cake I'd just like to say a few words." "When Hannes started here, exactly thirty years ago, the Institute was small, and there were many who doubted its purpose and even thought it unnecessary but today there's hardly an issue in society which doesn't end up on our desks." "It's men like Hannes we should thank for making the Institute the pillar of society it is today." "He is an example to us all!" "Honest and sincere in his work." "You are one of the pillars of this institute, Hannes." "And thereby one of the pillars of society" "Thank you, Hannes!" "Three cheers for Hannes!" "An exemption request concerning growing potatoes." "Permit to charge those who grow potatoes in towns and who are not officially Market Gardeners." "Do you then need a permit to grow herbs in your kitchen?" "Not within the walls of your own home." "On balconies, however, it becomes more debatable unless you classify a covered balcony as a conservatory." "Not at work, thank you." "I'm a teetotaler." "I hereby give you a permit to have a glass of cognac." "For your excellent contribution to the Institute." "You are the only person to get such a permit!" "As my father used to say .. ." "Even he must make an exception!" "Even he must make an exception!" "I'm so grateful for the kindness the institute has shown me." "I least expected this from you, who have only just begun here." "I'm surprised anyone would remember my anniversary." "Where would the Institute be without you?" "Application from the Youth Association for a permit for teenagers to catch fish from the dockside." "Opinion of Trawler Owners' Association requested." "Isn't this risky?" "What will the small boat owners say?" "Isn't this a threat to the fish quota system?" "I have a surprise for you on my computer." "You're priceless, Hannes!" "Belly Dancers request exemption from rule on being four meters from the audience." "The restaurant is less than 20 square meters in size." "Belly dancing is an art form and not striptease." "Did they get a permit?" "I've asked the opinion of the Artistic Dancers' Society," "Ministry of Health, and the chairmen of all the political parties." "It's also a question about how much can be seen." "If we grant this exemption, strip clubs may also claim it here." "If we grant this exemption, strip clubs may also claim it here." "On the grounds they're only showing artistic belly dances." "I'm going to get my computer now." "Have at least one good drink!" "Cheers!" "Okay then, let's see your surprise on the computer." "Wait!" "Stop!" "Thank God you're here!" "Chase him!" "Chase him!" "He's in that red car!" "Follow that car!" "He mustn't get away with the computer." "Just a moment." "Is that what the girls at the kindergarten say?" "That's not true." "I waited." "Bye bye." "You let him get away!" "Now look here, what do you mean by behaving like this?" "You almost caused a serious accident." "I was in the director's office,when the thief stole my computer." "He swung it in a plastic bag," "If you'd have chased him, like I asked you to, you'd have caught him by now!" "The car number was 44 damn it!" "I've forgotten!" "Maybe he's left some fingerprints." "Where do you think you're going?" "To get the fingerprints!" "Fingerprints?" "The thief may have left some in the office." "If you want to report a theft in the office." "I'm on traffic duty." "What's your name?" "I'm Head of Department at the Institute for State Supervision." "Have you been drinking?" "I've been a teetotaler all my life!" "Yes, I'll get the kids." "I've got a drunk on my hands." "Just a minute!" "You're coming with me to the station." "I'm Head of Department at the Institute for State Supervision." "POLICE STATION." "Yes, I'm at the station." "I'll get the kids." "You wait there!" "You know how the girls are in kindergarten." "One moment." "Car keys!" "Come along!" "There's a crisis situation right now, but I'll make it quick." "You just wait there!" "All the lines are currently engaged." "They will be answered in the order they are received." "If you want Emergency, press 1." "For Surveillance, press 2." "For Security, press 3." "For information, press 4." "All calls otherwise redirected to the switchboard." "Please also note our website at log." "If your call is urgent, please try again." "Thank you!" "They say we'll have teargas!" "Teargas isn't enough!" "I know." "It would be great to have a S WAT team now!" "Traffic Department." "No, sorry." "He's at a meeting." "Please wait." "No, he's off sick." "I'm here to report the theft of government property." "He's also at a meeting." "No, he's left." "Weren't you told to wait there?" "Yes, but . .." "Please just take a seat." "I'm sorry." "You'll just have to try later." "Thank you." "I'm sorry." "You'll just have to try later." "Thank you." "Traffic Department." "Detective Smari?" "No I haven't seen him today." "I know there's a lot going on, but I must make a report quick. .." "Security Chief on the phone!" "while I remember what the thief looks like." "They only understand force!" "Really dirty." "The Mafia has its own methods." "The Ministry has finally agreed." "The Viking Squad is armed!" "You just wait there and stop snooping!" "Look, I've just come to report the theft of a computer." "If he hadn't stolen the computer I could give you his name." "Just by pressing "Find"!" "Then I could see school grades, what videos he's rented, payments." "How many times he's been abroad, what he's bought at the drugstore." "But now he has all this information himself!" "It's confidential!" "He might be abusing this material as we speak!" "This is the Traffic Department." "Where should I report to then?" "Criminal Investigation Bureau." "Where's that?" "Not in this building." "But there's a payphone in the corridor." "I can't give change!" "But the phone's over there" "But the phone's over there" "This is the office of Director Bjort Herbertsson." "Please leave your name and message." "Sorry to bother you, but my computer has been stolen" "The police smelled the cognac you gave me on my breath." "You must get them to investigate the theft." "The policeman who stopped me was the wrong kind." "An arrogant bastard who uses his position to bully people!" "Emergency." "Yes, I want to report the theft of a computer" "One moment, please .. ." "Emergency." "I need to report the theft of a computer." "Name, address, and ID number?" "Hannes Adalsteinsson, Sudurgrund 7," "ID number 17 0646-3669" "And where are you?" "At the police station." "Where?" "You see, I got into this . .." "Would you just hold on a minute, please." "I'm calling from a payphone!" "Are you the one calling from a police station?" "Yes, that's right." "I'm reporting a stolen computer." "It's forbidden to hoax the Emergency Line!" "This is NOT a hoax!" "I've had my computer stolen!" "I'm Head of Department at the Institute for State Supervision!" "One moment please." "What's the matter with you?" "This is a very important matter." "Can I speak to your superior?" "I'll put you through to the police station." "I'm already at the police station!" "I'll get you the Criminal Investigation Bureau." "Criminal Investigation Bureau." "A computer was stolen from the Institute for State Supervision." "There's a woman coming to see you right now." "Yes, I see her." "Thank you." "I want to report a theft." "NO W!" "Maybe you're thinking of making a complaint against the police?" "Yes, maybe I will." "The computer's frozen, so I don't know if he's been here before." "Clench your fist." "He seems familiar somehow." "What does the government Press Office say?" "Parliament's Statutory Committee?" "The EFTA supervisory body?" "This is a very, very black report." "Here's your favorite dinner!" "Salted haddock and lard!" "As for the issuing of permits a National Databankard." "should guarantee even fairer evaluations than ever before" "There are claims that this databank is unconstitutional." "I want to assure you that this databank will never be created without expert advice and Parliament's approval." "Is something wrong, dear?" "You're not eating." "Against video rentals with pornographic movies." "This afternoon the police took decisive action" "The whole reserve police force, along with the Viking Squadforce." "Seized 5,000 videos with illegal porno material." "We made an all out effort today." "Is there no control over these video rentals?" "The police are so shortstaffed that this cannot be repeated." "Unless we have an increase in manpower and overtime." "Unless we have an increase in manpower and overtime." "Have the authorities failed in their duty?" "You'll have to ask the minister about that." "Don't we need clearer laws and regulations?" "The police would have no objection to that." "Who issues the permits to run such video rentals?" "Permits Department of the Institute for State Supervision, on behalf of the ministry." "Shouldn't the penalties for breaking the law be increased." "The only law these men understand is force." "Mum, dear, are you crying?" "Shouldn't the government take more decisive action?" "We're taking this case very seriously indeed." "Are you crying?" "No ..." "I wasn't." "You didn't touch your anniversary meal." "And I thought you'd be so pleased." "Mum!" "Of course I'm happy you should try to please me." "Something came up at work, that's all." "I was so enjoying today and waiting to celebrate it with you." "You know how proud of you I am." "And you know how much I love you." "Come on, put that dish down." "Sit down, now." "Sit down." "Now I'm really going to tuck in!" "And I'll have the prunes and cream for dessert!" "Happy birthday to you!" "Happy birthday to you!" "Happy 30th anniversary!" "Enjoy!" "The databank will not be created without Parliament's approval." "Who's that?" "Would you recognize him?" "Depends on who it's supposed to be!" "You were always good at drawing in school." "This was on TV last night." "According to a Reykjavik police spokesman." "The police must view and report on all the porno videos." "An enormous amount of work will go into the investigation." "Exactly how many policemen will be needed is unknown." "And what effect will that have on them, I wonder?" "On who?" "The policemen watching all those dirty videos." "The policemen watching all those dirty videos." "It could drive them crazy!" "Not the police!" "Why should they be different from any other men just because they're wearing uniforms?" "If there are 5,000 videos and each is about an hour long" "Are they that long?" "Well, what do I know about such things." "I just heard they were short to get men to rent more of them." "Anyway, there's at least 3,000 hours of material." "And if we assume a 44 hour working week." "It'll take three men a whole year to watch them." "Or one policeman three years." "Just think what pornography is costing society." "Put the camera there." "Careful!" "Stop right there, please." "Good morning, we're from central security." "We must check on everyone entering." "What's your name?" "Hannes H. Adalsteinsson." "You name's not on the list." "Let me see." "These are the people who are waiting to see me." "Is there someone who can vouch for you?" "I'm the Head of Permits Department." "My secretary Stefania can vouch for me." "On what floor is she?" "Third floor." "Hey . .. mate." "I wasn't ready, you'll have to take another picture." "There's only one snapshot per person." "Stefania is off sick today." "Here's the evaluation." "Can't I just leave it here?" "I can't get my license!" "I contacted the police myself." "This is Hannes." "He'll give you a statement." "You saw the thief?" "He was here applying for a permit." "And what's his name?" "His name's on the computer." "You can't remember his name?" "He had a plastic bag and swung it suspiciously, like this." "We need a report for the insurance company." "Was there any valuable information on the computer to have tempted the thief, or which he could have used?" "Yes." "Confidential information about himself." "He's bound to misuse it!" "I have a picture of him." "I'll never forget his face." "Even though I can't remember his name." "Well, that's all for now." "Contact us if you get more information." "So what happens next?" "The investigation gets into full swing." "Just remember to contact the insurance later today." "If I don't get a permit today I'll lose my license!" "Just a moment, it'll soon be your turn." "Are you leaving?" "I'll be back in a minute." "We must get the old computer back not a new one from the insurance." "What?" "I've developed the program further than I told you over the cognac." "When our institute gives other companies and institutions permits for databanks based on ID numbers, they must give us their secret passwords." "I know." "You told me that when we first discussed the databank." "By pressing one key you can get ALL the information on ALL the applicants." "Are you telling me you've completed the databank and that it's now been stolen?" "and that it's now been stolen?" "No, not exactly..." "I formatted the program so that it can bring up all the information for one ID number." "But that's what it was supposed to do." "You asked me to prepare a demo of how it would work." "It's one thing to plan an atom bomb, another to make it!" "It's just a demo." "I thought that if you didn't like it, we could just delete it!" "If the enemies of the Institute can prove we've already created this databank before Parliament has even passed the law, then we've had it!" "Besides which, we'll get no additional funding like it, for what they know we have already created!" "But the Institute actually owns the ID numbers!" "People aren't christened with ID numbers." "They're loaned to them by the government." "We don't need permission to use what's already ours!" "We don't need permission to use what's already ours!" "Did you tell the police what's on the computer?" "No." "Nobody knows." "Not even your cousin Stefania." "There are secure passwords in the computer." "Only an expert could open it." "Maybe our thief is such an expert?" "He hardly looks like one!" "The police have photos of their usual suspects." "If I could view them I'd spot him right away." "You know this new Chief of Detectives, don't you?" "What would the databank say if you typed in my ID number?" "That you dined at Hotel Holt last weekend and your husband had a gin and tonic." "and a cognac after the meal." "You were driving, of course." "You were driving too fast." "I was only doing 45 km per hour." "Didn't you see the school sign?" "But school's out." "There aren't any children." "It still means Speed Limit 30!" "Everyone should know that." "We're going to the police station to identify a thief, so we're in a bit of a hurry." "Everyone's in a hurry." "And you were speeding." "Would you mind stepping out and coming over to our car, sir." "But I was only doing thirty!" "Good morning, sir." "May I ask you to come to our car?" "What have I done now?" "You're driving rather strangely and holding up traffic." "You'd be better employed trying to catch computer thieves!" "If you'll just step over to our car." "Do you think I'm drunk again!" "Even if there are only 21,000 in this national guard it would defend our freedom with increased vigilance!" "We demand the government hire more civil servants." "POLICE STATION." "If you choose no number you'll be redirected to the switchboard." "If your case is urgent, please call again." "Thank you." "Calls will be answered in the order they are received." "For Emergencies, Press 1." "Are you looking for someone?" "The computer case detectives, Baldur and Arnar." "Baldur went on paternity leave today." "But he was at the Institute this morning!" "That's right." "He went on leave at lunchtime." "What's the case number?" "What about Detective Arnar?" "What about Detective Arnar?" "He was just deputizing for a short while." "I spoke to Detective Smari." "He's expecting me." "He's in there." "He can't hear you." "Just go in." "He's watching one of them." "One of what?" "The porno videos." "You have visitors." "Right!" "I've collected photos of men within the age group you mentioned." "Take as much time as you want." "There are some infamous characters there!" "There's coffee outside if you need it." "We won't be long." "I'll know him as soon as I see him." "This guy!" "Is that him?" "Have you found him already?" "Who is it?" "Do you know him?" "He handed in an application." "Quite a good one, actually." "Sexual offender, it says here." "That doesn't make him a thief." "Are you sure he stole the computer?" "No, no." "I'm just surprised to see him here." "He has a very precise application with us." "This guy used to carry a banner with me on May Day parades." "He's a murderer!" "It's a computer killer we're looking for!" "I think this is him ." "Jon Franklin." "Well, I am surprised." "Jon Franklin." "Well, I am surprised." "We haven't seen much of him recently!" "Just as I suspected!" "He was in prison at the time and still is!" "The best alibi he's ever had!" "I knew it." "But he wasn't the thief." "I sensed that as soon as he left with the photo." "Yes, but you were almost certain it was him." "There was still something not quite right about him." "Which do you think is the real guilty one now?" "Thank you." "There's something odd about Smari." "Always smiling." "He has an unnatural interest in those videos." "We were held up at the police station, identifying a thief." "I'll bill it to the Institute, Hannes." "Where are you going?" "Good evening." "Could I speak to Detective Smari, please?" "What's it about?" "I've a photo of the computer that was stolen." "May I see?" "I've always wanted a computer like that." "Could I speak to the officer in charge of the case?" "Fill out this form:" "Additional Evidence in Criminal Cases." "I must find this computer now." "You want the computer now, then go to the Sulan." "Then you can buy stolen things." "This is a serious matter." "I must find this computer immediately." "I know, but I can't help you." "I must finish cleaning." "I must finish cleaning." "Sulan is just down the road." "Coca Cola please." "Coca Cola please." "I want to buy a computer." "Hey guys, he want to buy a computer." "You want a computer?" "I can help you if you'll buy me a beer." "Okay." "A beer." "You see I've just.. ." "You're not a cop are you?" "No." "What kind of computer do you want?" "Almost brand new." "I have the serial number and everything." "This is the one?" "That's right!" "Give me 100,000 kroners and I'll have it for you tomorrow." "You know where it is?" "Of course!" "It would be even better to get the thief too!" "Do you want the computer or not?" "100,000!" "I'm not paying in advance!" "You must understand." "If I'm going to help you there'll be a lot of expenses." "How do I know I can trust you?" "A total stranger?" "!" "We'll make a contract, a written contract." "Look, just for you." "Half now, and the rest on delivery." "Look, just for you." "Half now, and the rest on delivery." "This guy is going to draw some cash on his credit card." "You can reach me at this number, day or night." "Receipt!" "I must have a receipt!" "To the Institute for State Supervision." "No problem." "Write one computer used, Institute for State Supervision." "I saw you!" "Come on out of the toilet!" "I've been looking for you all over town!" "I want to watch football." "What team do you support?" "You can't stay here." "Go home." "Meet me at The Pearl at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, okay?" "And have the other 50,000!" "You must bring the computer or you won't get the money." "What are you staring at?" "Nothing!" "Get out of here!" "I saw what you were doing in there!" "You took a receipt for payment." "Don't pretend you don't know me." "I'm not sure .. ." "You didn't look so pathetic when you denied me a permit and made my business go bust!" "I work at the tax office now, so I'll get my revenge!" "What permit?" "Good evening." "Are you waiting for someone?" "No, I'm just leaving." "Can I see your driver's license?" "Hello." "I'm here at The Pearl." "Who's this?" "It's me, Hannes." "You were going to meet me and bring it here." "Are you alone?" "Yes." "Have you got the other case?" "What case?" "It wasn't in a case?" "Is Kiddy Ola with you?" "What do you mean?" "If you don't bring the computer I'm calling the police!" "God damn it!" "God damn it!" "Is that you, Hannes?" "I'm here about the computer." "About that computer. .." "Shush!" "It's him!" "There's been a man waiting here for you all morning." "He wants some money for a computer." "Tell him I'll be there!" "Wait a minute!" "I've got the computer!" "I must tell you something!" "He's leaving!" "He mustn't take the computer!" "The sherry's finished!" "Where's the computer?" "It's inside." "Yes, it's inside." "I managed to get the 60,000." "I agreed to only 50,000!" "It's the wrong computer!" "Hannes, where are you going?" "Can you please tell me who has the number 862-7 263, please?" "This card is unauthorized." "I must destroy it." "That's him!" "Hey, you there!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "A man's driven off without paying!" "Open the door!" "Are you hurt?" "Can you open the door?" "We found this computer in your car." "What happened to the other computer, the one that disappeared from the Institute?" "That was the computer I reported as stolen." "I came here to try and identify the thief, remember?" "I'd have caught the thief who sold me this computer if you hadn't run me off the road!" "Now I've hurt my shoulder with the airbag!" "Do you recognize this?" "These pictures were taken when this computer was stolen." "The thief has a nylon stocking over his head, the same stocking we found with the computer in your car." "You ought to recognize them!" "Are you accusing me of being a thief?" "Put this stocking over your head." "Never!" "Why won't you just tell us what happened to the computer?" "I'm not going to sit here and let some duty officer ruin my reputation." "I've had enough of this!" "Better have it exactly the same!" "You don't recognize him?" "You don't recognize yourself?" "The Institute's report on a National Databank clearly states it will only be used for public benefit." "clearly states it will only be used for public benefit." "It will prevent all kinds of corruption public benefit and increase control in all branches of government." "The public has a growing understanding of this." "Hannes, dear." "There's a man here from the Tax Office." "The Tax Investigation Department." "These are just reports." "We need all the receipts." "My boss insists on that!" "Find the computer, Hannes!" "Are you awake, dear?" "Are you awake, dear?" "What's in the bag?" "The new girl, Stefania, brought it from the Director." "She said you can take the rest of the week off." "She'll call you after the weekend." "She said you should go swimming and jogging." "And she sent this beautiful track suit!" "Hello there!" "Hello, how are you?" "Bloody thief!" "What's wrong with you?" "Let go of me, you bastard!" "Help!" "Help!" "Assault at the swimming pool, and these phone numbers." "What's your connection with Kristmund Olafsson?" "Is that his name?" "So you do know him?" "Is he the guy who sells the computers for you?" "No, he stole the computer." "Oh, so you're the one who sells them?" "What on earth are we talking about?" "We're talking about Kristmund Olafsson who's the main suspect in a huge drug case," "and who's implicated in more than one murder." "I don't know anything about him." "I've just seen pictures of him on TV." "Why did you call him?" "I've never phoned him." "Well, I see here you called him on Sunday morning." "That's his phone number 864-5541" "That was a wrong number." "No one keeps calling the wrong number." "Not a total of fifteen times!" "Your call was answered three times, and the conversations lasted 9 minutes and 24 seconds all told." "Then you were listening and heard what I said." "We're not allowed to listen in on phone calls." "But you have an indisputable connection with a drug gang which has financed its deals with stolen computers." "which has financed its deals with stolen computers." "If you can help us bring down Kristmund." "Then we can probably make a deal and drop the assault charges at the swimming pool." "It's up to you..." "Until now I've always tried to be fair and helpful!" "Everyone got a permit!" "But none of you lot will ever get a permit for anything!" "I'm Head of Department at the Institute for State Supervision." "And you're all so going to regret this!" "The police treat me like a criminal again and again." "You've been acting like a criminal." "I was trying to act like a policeman because the police do nothing!" "Except treat me badly every time I try to solve the case!" "What's your profession?" "I'm a head of department." "In the police force?" "No, the Institute for State Supervision." "And what does the department do, solve crimes?" "No, it sees to issuing and denying permits." "Is it normal for policemen to issue or deny permits?" "They don't do so in your name, do they?" "Even if some people think it takes too long to get one." "It would just be better to close the institute." "I've managed to get you released." "You could explain to them the misunderstanding?" "I suppose we could call it a misunderstanding." "The phone number you got has helped the police make a huge drug gang bust." "One of the biggest ever!" "In co-operation with the police drug gang bust," "In co-operation with the police drug gang bust, an employee of the ISS helped catch a drug gang." "This was Iceland's largest drug bust with links in Europe and the United States." "The name of the employee is being kept secret and the institute is under police protection." "The computer wasn't stolen" "Stefania took it home to change the operating system." "So she had the computer all the time?" "You were calling her in when it froze." "When she was sick she couldn't reach you on the phone." "She only wanted to help you." "What are you doing?" "Finally doing something that makes sense!" "Destroying this damned databank!" "Wait a minute." "I got you out of jail because you're so important to us!" "I quit!" "I resign!" "I'm out of here!" "And what are you going to do then?" "Not let myself be controlled!" "I can hold my head high as a free man!" "Stefania doesn't want that kind of man." "Take a look!" "Hero of the Institute!" "Hero of the Institute!" "She wants a hero who'll give her the status and security she's always dreamed of." "Such a man is not just a Head of Department, he's an Executive Head of Department!" "When she heard how you helped the police you were her hero!" "With the National Databank a director of the ISS will find the chosen ones like St Peter at the Pearly Gates!" "The National Databank will make Iceland the world's first nation, which relations between the individual and the state will be based on complete equality and justice." "The government and opposition parties have agreed on a National Databank bill." "It will be part of the Social Security Ministry but run by the institute for State Supervision." "The databank's software may even be sold abroad." "I've got a summons here." "It seems my house, which my father built 26 years ago, was constructed without any planning permission and I have one week to tear it down." "and I have one week to tear it down." "Is there anyone here who could make sense of this?" "Hey, could you come out for a minute." "I was a new man after my revelation." "My new understanding of AUTHORITY, which defends us from having too much freedom." "I've booked a table at the French Corner tonight." "I've booked a table at the French Corner tonight." "And I was the lucky devil who decides who gets their fair share of freedom!"