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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Dr. Lyman and his followers firmly believe that the US Government, should they refuse to give in to their demands and force them to detonate their bomb, cares more about the idea of waging and winning a nuclear war than the lives of their own citizens. When the terrorists are lulled into a false sense of security and gunned down without mercy, the NEST team tasked with defusing their bomb set off one of [=McKeeson's=] anti-tamper safeguards and detonate it, destroying Charleston in the process. It just goes to show that Lyman knew all along what he was talking about, and that his beliefs of how the government will be responsible for a nuclear conflict were correct, though not in the way he originally thought it would play out.

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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Dr. Lyman and his followers firmly believe that the US Government, should they refuse to give in to their demands and force them to detonate their bomb, cares more about the idea of waging and winning a nuclear war than the lives of their own citizens. When [[spoiler:When the terrorists are lulled into a false sense of security and gunned down without mercy, the NEST team tasked with defusing their bomb set off one of [=McKeeson's=] anti-tamper safeguards and detonate it, destroying Charleston in the process. It just goes to show that Lyman knew all along what he was talking about, and that his beliefs of how the government will be responsible for a nuclear conflict were correct, though not in the way he originally thought it would play out.]]
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* NeverMyFault: The government, while announcing the destruction of Charleston, announces that "they know nothing else at this time" to hide the fact that they're the ones who activated the bomb in the first place.

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* NeverMyFault: The [[spoiler:The government, while announcing the destruction of Charleston, announces that "they know nothing else at this time" to hide the fact that they're the ones who activated the bomb in the first place.]]

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The DOE spokesman comes back later and orders an evacuation of Charleston "as a precaution."
** Similarly, when the NEST team accidentally activates the bomb and blows up Charleston, the government voices to the teary-eyed press that they "know nothing else at this time" about the detonation, covering the fact that it was essentially themselves who blew up one of America's most famous cities.

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The DOE spokesman comes back later and orders an evacuation of Charleston "as a precaution."
** Similarly, [[spoiler:Similarly, when the NEST team accidentally activates the bomb and blows up Charleston, the government voices to the teary-eyed press that they "know nothing else at this time" about the detonation, covering the fact that it was essentially themselves who blew up one of America's most famous cities.]]

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