wow i just saw that movie.....
it was cool..
and on topic:
yeah, they dont do things like get paid by the FBI and given a laptop and then sent to lecture in front of 50 other hackers-in-the-making (NCIS LA anyone?)
first of all, its begging for Trouble. Second, he can tell the guys in the audience, "Hey, get me out of here" on the laptop and noone wpould be the wiser. He creates a panic, lights go off, come back on, and he just did a dissapearing act.