Could this have something to do with Spielberg's Lucas-like editing of the film? Most notably the removal of the black-helicopter-agents' guns and replacing them with hand radios.

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And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling [faces] lyin' to ye' everywhere ye' go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.