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Surveillance Police have arrested Arne Treholt on charges of espionage.

He was arrested at Fornebu Airport on his way to meet -

- KGB agents in Paris, according to our sources.

Arne Treholt was one of the key KGB assets in Western Europe.

In this reconstruction, we witness Treholt's arrest.

Treholt was unaware of being followed.

As he was about to board, he was apprehended.

The Treholt case is one of the most serious espionage cases -

- since WWII, if not the most serious.

Authorities won't comment on what information Treholt has passed on, -

- nor say anything about the motives for his illicit activities.

What does it mean to be a patriot?

Is it to blindly support American warmongering?

To turn your back on friendly neighboring countries?

Or is it to fight for the Norwegian Way of Life -

- and encourage friendship across the borders?

Many labels were put on Arne Treholt -

- after he met Russian diplomats in Vienna -

- TREHOLT A KGB SUPER AGENT - to chat about illegal US activity.

NORWAY'S WORST TRAITOR

But none of these labels describe Commander Treholt, -

- HE BETRAYED US ALL. - As the word "patriot" isn't here.

Nor the word no-one dared speak:

Ninja.

NORWEGIAN NINJA The True Story

HM NINJA FORCE ORIENTATION VIDEO

The Ninja Force is based on Grassy Island in the Oslo Fjord.

Free of cars, rich in wildlife, -

- comfortably distanced from the mute resignation -

- and hysterical overcompensation of the city.

We grow and hunt our own food. We have our own vehicle depot,

barbecue beach, freestyle firing range, R&R tent and dojo.

Many think the Ninja were assassins. Not true! They were farmers like us.

These brave Japanese peasants rose against the Samurai empire -

- who tried to force them into war, and they beat the shit out of them.

The Ninja Force is King Olav's unit for invisible warfare.

We guard the Norwegian Way of Life: Sovereignty and Self-sufficiency.

Fjellberg is my deputy.

He used to be a butcher. Gets the job done.

Tromso. Platoon Assistant and documentarian. Gets the job done too.

Our sniper, He Who Sleeps. Gets the job done as well.

Coachman, a crack motorist. That's what he's like.

Ragnhild Umbraco runs HM Tool Factory in the Lofoten mountains.

Supplier of custom contraptions.

We like to keep a few apprentices around, just in case.

Black Pete. Stringy, nonchalant, annoying.

Then there's Bumblebee. Not a very bright lad, -

- but animals like him. I do too. Watch him and you'll see why.

I have a feeling this quiet country boy will be our greatest Ninja ever.

As for me, I'm Commander Treholt.

King Olav has tasked me with making Ninja out of these boys.

And that's what I do. Enlightened, at one with the Cosmos.

All beware!

The camp is protected by Feng Shui.

- Feng Shui? - Or geomantic science, if you like.

Systematic disharmony halts the flow of energy, -

- slowing down intruders with illness and bad luck.

Be one of us. Be a Ninja.

For application forms, contact your C.O.

REWIND AFTER USE

After a Russian sub ran aground off Sweden, -

- a wave of submarin panic hit. Submarines were seen everywhere.

Even the Ninja were torn from their safe haven to search for Russians.

Several people have reported abnormal activity.

One incident in particular has drawn smiles in Moscow:

The Norwegian Navy found nothing but a kitchen sink.

HM NINJA FORCE

False alarm again, Fjellberg.

WELCOME TO STAY BEHIND

CABIN PRESSURE ON

How on Earth could you mistake fish for submarines?

Well, normally we won't, but...

Run a poll showing that Norwegians don't mind US bases.

- That's what we want, isn't it? - Yes.

And the King has been returned to the Palace?

No. He refused to be evacuated in the first place.

Is this where the party's at?

Your rockets almost killed my boys. What the hell are you up to?

What's wrong, Arne? Why don't those monks of yours ever spot the enemy?

If you're referring to my flock, -

- we've searched the Selbjorn Fjord, the Leirvik area, Skanevik Fjord -

- and the Hoyland inlet as well as Husnes in the Hardanger Fjord.

Apart from a sore ass I again have nothing to report. No Russian subs.

How about eating some carrots for your night vision?

STAY BEHIND FIELD MANUAL

- There was an executive alarm. - Alarm?

You'd better apologize to the Russians.

If you don't have the guts, I'll do it myself.

Tell the Yanks from the Ninja Force that there are no damn Russians here.

No-one will occupy us. Neither Russians nor Americans.

You have your orders.

Would you kill one person to save a thousand?

Then you'd kill 4500 to save all of Norway. Then you're one of us.

Stay Behind is the secret army of the Western world.

We bombed a train station in Italy and blamed the Communists.

Only a few hundred died, but the survivors voted for the right party.

We've only killed a few thousand, -

- but millions live in constant fear of the Communist threat.

Stay Behind is under CIA control. Nobody knows what we're doing.

Next up for freedom is Norway.

Freedom is not free. For application forms, see your C.O.

FUBAR, Coachman.

Splendid, boys!

I'm fed up with evacuating every time that damn submarine alarm goes off.

You haven't seen any subs, have you?

Turn off that camera.

- What's that? - The Stay Behind Field Manual.

"Foreign governments are passive to Communist subversion."

"We implement false terrorism to remind them of the threat."

False terrorism? Does Norwegian Stay Behind follow this?

Yes. Stay Behind in all NATO countries.

They scare voters into the lap of the powers that be.

The ignorant masses will demand war...

- Hold on. Masses, as in our people? - Yes.

They will demand war against an innocent scapegoat.

Stay Behind monitor the entire fjord with these propeller packs.

Our Feng Shui shield can't stop them.

You know I love you, Arne.

Sailing out here to visit you and the boys, -

- watch the animals, barbecue...

It's the best part of my life. This is my Eden!

But you promised the Ninja would be invisible.

You can't stand up to this.

These flying cameras and Stay Behind...

Commence Operation Saga Night.

Arne! You can't just walk away.

You have to answer. It is my bidding.

Prepare Operation Saga Night.

Prepare Operation Saga Night!

How about Operation Permafrost instead? Bumblebee isn't ready.

I have my orders, Fjellberg.

Bumblebee, let's free this fellow creature down at the beach.

Common starfish.

A thousand years ago, long before this Ninja camp, -

- Vikings lived on this islet.

Their favorite food? Mussels.

The problem? Sometimes they were easy to pick, -

- other times waves made it impossible.

The poor Vikings never knew when they'd feast on their favorite dish.

But one of them...

One made a tidewater table. He always knew when to pick mussels.

The others were astonished. Each time he went down to the sea, -

- the waves drew back.

Even today, islanders tell stories of the old Master -

- and how he made mussels jump into his bucket as if by magic.

He should have told them about the tidewater table.

How long have you been an apprentice? Seven years?

A real Ninja lets the ignorant masses remain ignorant.

Know that I have a kind of tidewater table for you.

It tells me you'll be the greatest Ninja ever.

I promise, if you do as I say, the others will call you Master.

But first we have to find out if you've got what it takes.

I'll make you a Master, but you must prove yourself worthy.

So you're going on an orienteering race against Black Pete.

The winner will be appointed Ninja.

The loser remains an apprentice for another seven years.

Tromso, film everything to make sure there's no cheating.

NINJA FORCE SELECTION Wait for it. You too, Blackie!

You bastard!

Get off my back!

...get off my back...

...you bastard...

Pete Runddal!

Hike back to HQ and turn in your gear. I never want to see you again!

Prime Minister Willoch, is there a crisis in Norway today?

Bumblebee, do you wish to become a Ninja Grenadier -

- in HM Ninja Force, with all the responsibilities it entails?

- Yes. - Then I ask you, Master.

Do you acknowledge Bumblebee's duties?

- Treholt? - Yes.

I hereby appoint you Ninja and part of our flock.

Congratulations.

Carry on.

You owe us. Forever.

If The Good Lord wanted us to be vegetarians, -

- all vegetables would be made of meat.

What would the rabbits eat? And we, if the rabbits weren't fat and happy?

He's screwing with our ecosystem!

- Give me the best hot dog you've got! - Everything on this grill is "best".

You won't find a single hot dog that isn't "best".

Wow!

Awesome!

Every place and every moment is always the best.

Remember that.

Did you reach Enlightenment, Coachman?

Yes! I've let it all go. My heart is at peace.

Then let it go.

But... I have let it go.

Then keep it.

To let everything go, you also must let go of -

- the idea of letting everything go. Remember that too.

NINJA FORCE STARTER KIT

You can't embroider the Master's Hand until you are Enlightened.

When I was your age, I was obsessed with individual freedom.

I wanted to define my own life, find myself.

Becoming King seemed to me like a prison.

But when I stood in front of the King Birch with my father, -

- I understood that the real prison is freedom itself.

When I realized that, I became Enlightened.

Restoring the balance.

Operation Saga Night.

Everything rests on you.

Remember the story about the man with the tidewater table?

Soon you'll know that the only right thing for you...

Go pack!

At six p.m. today a powerful bomb exploded at Oslo Central Station.

One was killed, eleven wounded.

The bomb was placed in a safety deposit box.

CIA sources blame Soviet-friendly terrorists, -

- citing increased subversion activity in Northern Europe.

This reeks of Stay Behind. Just doing their job, sure, -

- but they force us to do ours. Fast.

You and Squirrel Patrol stake out the train station.

I want observation posts in case they strike there again.

I want surveillance camera footage from the explosion, a VCR and a TV.

Briefing by the diving board in five minutes!

Tromso, have Ragnhild sort out Bumblebee.

Give her this and ask for a G-6 with triple radium.

VIENNA Austria

Thank you for the meal, Treholt. The sausages were exquisite.

Well, it was you who chose Vienna. The home of Vienna sausages?

On behalf of the King, -

- I wish to apologize for our clumsy handling -

- of the submarine incident and the railway station bombing.

Fantastic! A Norwegian breaking the ice.

There's no telling how our Secretary General will react -

- if this witch hunt of yours continues.

I'll wager 30 000 dollars -

- that the world's best intelligence agency -

- knows more about Western invisibility technology -

- than a bureaucrat from Brandbu.

Stay Behind. We've seen it before. In Turkey. Italy.

This is only the beginning. More lives will be lost.

PIGALLE NIGHTCLUB Oslo

We have many nicknames for your boss, Chains.

"Patriot" isn't one of them. The Army threw him out, you know.

He tried the French Foreign Legion.

Got caught in South Africa smuggling blood diamonds.

He once applied for the Ninja Force.

I had to carry him, crying, back to the ferry home.

Stop messing around, or we'll beat the shit out of you. Got it?

Arne... In six hours -

- Scandinavian Flight 1138 will leave for Paris. Be on that plane.

We'll put you up in a luxury flat in Cyprus for life.

And you'll keep your mouth shut.

Thanks to me you'll avoid twenty years in prison.

Arne, Lopatin and Titov are KGB.

That makes you a spy and a traitor.

Someone had to figure out what's going on. Are you out to get me?

The KGB never talk to assets in public.

You can't believe I'll get convicted on this.

I'm not judging you. I leave that to the ignorant masses.

This is a Ninja star.

You throw it like this.

Perhaps a useful weapon in ancient Japan, -

- but teachers at Haugen School in Oslo aren't too happy -

- that these are showing up in their school yard.

This Rambo knife is all right for slicing cucumber.

Yes, and cucumber is something we should eat more often.

HM TOOL FACTORY Lofoten Mountains

Oh, hi there!

Good boy.

SAGA NIGHT

So you're the golden boy. Why do you want to be a Ninja?

Doesn't everyone?

You'll never be a Ninja by asking the same questions as others.

Nor by applying the answers of others to yourself.

When I got drafted, they gave me a choice.

Do military service, or go to jail.

I chose jail. I'm a pacifist.

Better to be in jail than to hurt people.

You sacrificed yourself for a greater cause.

That's why Treholt likes you.

Treholt visited me in jail.

He offered me apprenticeship in the Ninja Force instead.

He said a real Ninja wins without fighting.

Now everyone has reached Enlightenment but me.

- But the Master... - The Master?

Commander Treholt, the Master.

There is only one Master.

Bumblebee, Treholt has chosen you.

The person you have called has been traced. Please hold.

- Hello, who's this? - Otto Meyer, Stay Behind Norway.

Black Ops control to Stay Behind Norway Operation Exxus. Report.

Oil rig demolition to go ahead in T minus one hour and counting.

Norwegian Ninja base mission, report.

Fighter planes standing by for Hellfire attack, T minus two hours.

- Royal Palace mission death squad? - Got my best man on it.

- Symbolic Tower mission status? - Manned plane to impact tower.

- You have a pilot? - He's giving his life for freedom.

Have you spoken about Saga Night? Told Bumblebee what he must do?

- Can you... - It's your plan. Tell him yourself.

Every pine cone falls to its rightful place.

Rightful place?

No. Bumblebee comes with me. I'm running out of time.

He's not ready. Endanger him and Saga Night is doomed.

Bumblebee's rightful place is by my right heel.

- Deputy Master to Master. - Can you see him?

Meyer is in a flying vessel, headed for the North Sea.

Stay Behind are up to mischief again. Get into your diving kit!

- We'll shoot him down. - No, do not intervene!

- Swim back to Grassy Island. - Swim home?

We need the hydrocopter. Swim home, regroup and move to Phase 3.

Slower drivers than me are idiots, but faster drivers are maniacs!

Oksoy, gentle breeze 8. Lista, moderate breeze 7...

- Ekofisk? - Ekofisk!

- Ekofisk, gentle breeze... - The weather's not that bad.

- The Kielland oil rig! - Handbook's in the seat pocket.

The bastards will attack the weakest point.

Last rendezvous here, grid reference 3865 4938.

Ready for boarding? Both of you. Get ready.

- Let's go! Chop-chop! - Master...

Maybe "Bumble" should wait here?

He's about as prepared as a virgin with...

If the sun shone from a blue sky you'd still be afraid!

Now you can prove yourself to the boys.

The boys seriously doubt that!

- Get her closer. - Yes.

All the way in!

N-84 MONSTER CLOCK BOMB

Easy-peasy. You take care of the rest.

Just take it down.

I'll go for a prowl to check out the fake Ninja.

You film everything. This is evidence.

Stay at your post!

We've got him! Radio Coachman.

Master!

Bumblebee! No!

I told you to stay put!

All hell is breaking loose!

Shut up.

Winds were gusting at 60 mph and waves were 20 ft high.

However, the Alexander Kielland was designed to withstand 90 ft waves, -

- so called "one hundred year waves".

A spokesman for Det Norske Veritas classification society -

- ruled out the possibility that waves caused the disaster, -

- labelled the deadliest in the history of the offshore oil industry.

We must save the animals.

Save the animals!

A new theory suggests that an explosion caused the disaster.

That would indicate sabotage.

We've seen similar things at other crime scenes.

If there was an explosion, we would have seen it. We haven't.

Experts say fractures on this leg differ from those found elsewhere.

Wouldn't it be wise to investigate further?

No. We don't want to employ...

I mean initiate an inquiry without probable cause.

The media must blame the Russians.

The ignorant masses will demand American "liberation".

Not so fast, Otto. We'd have to declare war on the Soviet Union.

We'd lose our oil fields. We stick to the plan.

Leak to the Ministry of Defence that we suspect Russian terrorism.

Pete Runddal is a former Ninja. He'll help us take Grassy Island.

- What if Treholt escapes? - We intercept him at the airport.

We've fabricated enough evidence to put him away for 20 years.

Geomantic shield down. Move in!

Treholt is on his way to Fornebu by air.

Bumblebee! Stay awake!

Bumblebee!

Bumblebee! Come on!

This is Otto. Have Delta Force seal off the airport.

FORNEBU AIRPORT Oslo

- Master? - No.

You are the Master now.

Flight 1138 bound for Paris is ready for boarding at gate 13.

Charge the car. Chop-chop!

Pete Runddal!

When I get angry, I count to ten. Only then do I punch.

One, two, three...

Coachman, relax. Pete is Ninja Of The Year.

Nice work, Black Pete.

- How's Bumblebee doing? - Bumblebee?

He sacrificed himself for a greater cause.

From now on we're invisible.

Operation Saga Night begins now.

Dammit, Arne. Now you're telling me?

Let's beat the shit out of those who mess with the Norwegian Way of Life.

There will be Night!

The Cold War has a face. All of Norway is following -

- the case against traitor Arne Treholt...

Report your position, over.

I can see City Hall!

Norwegians are glued to their screens -

- as news of super agent Treholt's wild life emerges.

His friends should not count on seeing him again any time soon.

Come with us, Your Majesty.

I'm sick of these meaningless evacuations.

I'm the King, dammit.

- Go ahead. - Otto from the control bunker.

Did you see it? The Commander walked right into the trap.

- Will the King be evacuated? - He refuses.

We're not playing games anymore. Hang on, getting another call...

You two. With me.

Chains! The pilot is heading for the tower.

The ignorant masses will never forgive the Commies for this.

If the King resists, you are authorized to use deadly force.

With Treholt in custody, it is said, everyone can sleep safely.

- Treholt... - Treholt?

Hello? What about Treholt?

- You'd better answer, Otto. - Arne!

- The door. - What door?

Otto Meyer?

We are in the villa of Otto Meyer. Police have discovered -

- a major weapons cache in his private bunker.

Meyer claims to work for a secret Military Intelligence sabotage unit.

Weapons, weapons and many more weapons -

- were found in a secret room in the home of Hans Otto Meyer.

Meyer has been dismissed from armed service.

Is the military leadership ill-informed in these matters?

I don't find it reasonable to answer that question.

STAY BEHIND SHUT DOWN

Yes...

Arne...

The ignorant masses will never forgive you, Otto.

Bloody traitor!

EVENING NEWS

The top story tonight is of course the trial against Arne Treholt, -

- which began earlier today.

Our journalists have been at the courthouse all day.

Arne Treholt, born December 13 1942, -

- is sentenced according to Penal Code section 90, part 3, -

- as well as part 1, 2nd clause of section 90 -

- to imprisonment for 20 years.

Bumblebee...

Bumblebee... Treholt has chosen you.

You owe us. Forever.

You'll never be a Ninja by applying the answers of others to yourself.

Every place and every moment is always the best.

A real Ninja wins without fighting.

The real prison is freedom itself.

You sacrificed yourself for a greater cause.

We're going to have lots of fun with this!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

You fight. You fight for your personal integrity.

To prevent the system from taking hold of you, -

- crawling under your skin. Annihilating you.