- James Phelps: [Pretending to be a People's Tribunal chief judge] Major Howard, you are a squadron leader, Strategic Air Command, Marsh Field.
- Barney Collier: [Pretending to be Maj. Thomas Howard USAF] Thomas Howard. Major, United States Air Force. Serial number 708975.
- James Phelps: You are an enemy of the people.
- [Rings the bell]
- Person on Tape: [voice on tape] Good evening, Mr. Phelps. Because of recent earthquakes, our Distant Early Warning radar system has been severely crippled. The United States is now in danger of an undetectable preemptive nuclear attack. A few hours ago, this man, Defense Department advisor Whitmore Channing, murdered an Air Force official and stole Top Secret data specifying the exact areas where our warning system is no longer operative. He has placed this data in an unknown location for pickup at 5:00 P.M. tomorrow by an enemy agent. The identity of this other agent is unknown. Your mission, Jim, if you decide to accept it, is to is to prevent this information from falling in the hands of the enemy. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.
- James Phelps: [Pretending to be a People's Tribunal chief judge] Ellen, you are the secretary to the Assistant Director of Civilian Defense, Los Angeles area.
- Lisa Casey: [Pretending to be a secretary rounded up as a security risk] But I don't know anything! I'm just a secretary! I'm nobody!
- James Phelps: [Unmoved] You are an enemy of the people.
- [Rings the bell]
- Lisa Casey: [Soldiers are about to drag her away to get "shot"] No! You can't! Please! I've got babies! They need me! Please!
- James Phelps: [Pretending to be a People's Tribunal chief judge] Whitmore Channing, you have played a major role in formulating your country's war policies. You are therefore automatically an enemy...
- Whitmore Channing: [arrogant] I wish to speak with your Chief of Intelligence.
- James Phelps: [in no mood to tolerate any interruption] ... an enemy of the European People's Republic.
- [Reaches for the bell]
- Whitmore Channing: Colonel.
- [Phelps holds his hand where it is]
- Whitmore Channing: I must caution you. You are about to commit an unpardonable error. Why don't you find out who Whitmore Channing is? You'd be doing yourself and our new society a vital service.
- James Phelps: Our new society?
- Whitmore Channing: I include myself.
- James Phelps: [Shuffles papers] The name Whitmore Channing has no significance to this tribunal.
- [Rings the bell]
- Whitmore Channing: I am trying to tell you colonel, that you're interfering in matters far beyond the range of your command! If I die, no man in this room will be alive tonight! You fool! I'm the reason you're here! I and no one else! I am the person that gave you the information that made this invasion possible!
- Lisa Casey: [Pretending to be the "error voice" on the telephone] Because of the national emergency, telephone service has been temporarily suspended.
- Whitmore Channing: Soldier, would you tell the colonel that you're holding Whitmore Channing. I'm sure if my name were brought to the proper authorities...
- [the soldier shoves him roughly back into the room]
- Whitmore Channing: ... *your G-2...!*