Hmmm, that one we'll have to see about, [ he answers, but with a tiny smile. Harold is much more confident in his ability to secretly surveil everyone than in preventing their local super-intelligence from accessing it. ]

It is possible she might support the project, including creation of a secure encrypted channel outside of her influence. But she'd have to let me verify it to my satisfaction for me to have any measure of confidence in it.

[ Even then he wouldn't discount the possibility that there's some technology he doesn't know of or understand that could bypass his set up, but Harold would at least be willing to believe it was possible it was secure. ]