Mention was made of Senator John Waltzer (D, North Carolina), the chair of the Armed Services Committee hearings, who was against the CIA""s shadow organizations (he considered them "irrelevant at best or unconstitutional at worst") and covert intelligence operations.In an exciting, action sequence, Griphook and the trio rode underground railtracks to the vault.Alarms screeched and they were dropped from the transport when their "Enhancement" disguises were washed away by The Thief""s Downfall.Strong and confident in the mirror reflection (after removing most of he pictures and clearing her dresser), she prepared herself to battle Freddy by carrying or wearing tokens or mementos of power from her friends:Debbie""s spike-studded braceletRick""s oriental bandanaSheila""s ultra-sound gadgetShe saw herself as the ""dream master"" who could harness others"" abilities - reveling in her new power: "F--kin"" A" (a phrase spoken earlier by Kincaid).The film""s tightly-plotted screenplay was loosely based on the 1915 novel of the same name by Scottish author John Buchan, and freely adapted by playwright Charles Bennett, Ian Hay and Hitchcock himself.