References in Popular Culture
The concept of duress codes is used in fiction, particularly in spy fiction. In the fourth episode of the fifth season of 24, hostage and CTU operative Jack Bauer used the phrase "flank two" as a duress code. In the 2007 film The Bourne Ultimatum, CIA field officer Nicky Parsons is given the option of using a panic password when communicating with headquarters. In the Star Trek episode "Bread and Circuses", James T. Kirk gives the Duress Code "Condition Green", implying to his captors that all is well (compare "Condition Red"), but to his crew that he had been compromised and that it was too dangerous to mount a rescue attempt.
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