WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBERTY Need to Know is a surveillance thriller sim that tests your ability and integrity within the shadowy, cut-throat world of a modern intelligence agency. As a loyal employee, your job is to spy on people, steal their data, and determine whether they are a threat. However, you can fight back against privacy invasion, by aiding underground groups and leaking internal reports to the media. Or, just use all of that delicious classified information for your own gain. Your call. Source: The Game Website.