- Director Evelyn Davis: The reporter's name was Emery Long. He was White House press corps for twelve years. Apparently well-liked, no history of mental illness. Joined COPE a month ago.
- Darius Tanz: Is there any evidence that Bass Shepherd ordered or coerced this suicide?
- Director Evelyn Davis: No, but there's some pretty troubling indicators from his camp. Now, we've been tracking the sales of automatic and semi-automatic weapons since Bennett's takeover attempt, and we noticed a recent spike in these areas.
- [turning on a television monitor]
- Director Evelyn Davis: Now, every single one of these hotspots corresponds to a COPE headquarters. We dug deeper, found the security companies buying firepower are actually shell corporations funded by COPE.
- Harris Edwards: They're stockpiling weapons.
- Liam Cole: I knew it. I told you. Members were handing over their possessions, signing them over, big-ticket items like houses and cars, as if...
- Grace Barrows: They wouldn't need them anymore.
- Director Evelyn Davis: And in the last 24 hours, there's been a lot of Internet chatter about "Celebration Day".
- Harris Edwards: What the hell is that?
- Director Evelyn Davis: No idea, but it's today. Look, our profilers are concerned. All signs point towards the possibility of... self-destructive behavior.
- Liam Cole: You mean like mass suicide?
- Harris Edwards: COPE has millions of members. This could be Jonestown on a global scale.