That’s the ticket! Dig up Richard Basehart, Irwin Allen, and Jules Verne. Ask for a beer summit at the WH, then spring it on Barry: “We’re here for the black box.”
He’s afraid of zombie submariners and sci-fi writers, so he’ll cough it up and we can put this sordid chapter behind us.
Make your remark about the Gilligan’s Island picture as well if you are consistent.