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Originally Posted by RLW
 , I screwed up, it is FLL. My fingers were walking faster than the brain was working. I'm not really sure of this statement "If you tell us, you'll have to kill us?"
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It's a joke...apologies...it's a cultural reference...
"Often heard in settings related to espionage and high security levels, the phrase "I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you" is itself probably a Dead Horse Trope by this point - whether for a serious straight use or not.
Nowadays used much more tongue in cheek to poke fun at stern security protocols and classification, it has started to show signs of decay since it's hard to pass off a Stock Phrase as an original joke. Instead it's more common to get it as one characters joke to another, perhaps to demonstrate that character's lack of regard to the rigmarole of secrecy or mockery of the other character's clearance/understanding."
It's just that I don't understand your use of initials as opposed to just posting the person's name.