Auburn (yes, I'm aware it's a different Auburn but words have meaning) Crimson Tide > Red October
Just speculating. Flynn dropped a request to dig on the cable lines coming into California. Little St. James is close to another set of cables that all converge in the area. Someone with a sub license (GM) wouldn't be deterred by the depth of the ocean cables. Can data be pulled off those undersea cables. Is LSj just a ruse to collect data?
Maybe the need for them to strip down was to protect data going in and out of the facility? Was that were Pelosi was getting her intel? Or instructions?
Conversely, maybe all the people shitting in buckets was to make sure they were 'clean'?