Person of Interest2011

Pilcher:
Before the country reunified, East Germany was the greatest surveillance state the world has seen. The Stasi knew everything.

Harold Finch:
I've read about them. I'm a sucker for surveillance.

Pilcher:
They had millions of hours of wiretaps, sweat and body-odor samples.

Harold Finch:
I just need a name to go with an alias. [Reads] Real name Ulrich Kohl; part of an espionage team.

Pilcher:
I've read about the Stasi teams - Kohl's unit went around the world, in and out of Western Europe and the US. That's why he needed the American papers. The team hunted down east German defectors and neutralized them before they could talk.

Harold Finch:
"Neutralized. "

Pilcher:
Where guys like him went, people died. Um... how did you know about the submarine schematics?

Harold Finch:
Told you - I'm a sucker for surveillance.