- Voice on Disc: Good morning, Jim. This is Washington columnist Arthur Six. His career as a highly successful columnist and broadcaster has given him information which he uses to intimidate, blackmail, and bribe. Some of the most powerful people in business, government, and the law are in his pocket. Senator Tom Oxenford is his main adversary. Oxenford has initiated Congressional hearings. He wants Six indicted by a grand jury on charges that Six is part of a conspiracy which has defrauded the government out of more than five hundred million dollars. Your mission, Jim, should you choose to accept it, is to find and neutralize Six's secret files, and make certain he is indicted. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This disc will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.
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- Judge Vossberg: You can't print it! You'll destroy me!
- Arthur Six: Of course I can print it, Judge, in 450 newspapers all over the country unless you declare a mistrial.
- Judge Vossberg: I can't do that! The evidence against the man on trial i-is conclusive!
- Arthur Six: Of course if you didn't want me to use this as my lead story tomorrow, I could always print something more favorable. "24 years as a distinguished Federal judge."
- Judge Vossberg: Everyone will know that I sold out. I could get disbarred.
- Arthur Six: Listen, Vossberg, I'm a journalist. I give the people what they want. Now, unless you declare a mistrial, you're gonna force me to print this, your unfortunate psychiatric problem, little fetishes, your aberrations...