Let's say someone in DC or someone long-affiliated with the federal government is suddenly wracked by guilt. They need to clear their conscience by telling the truth of what they've done, seen, or been complicit in. You're called to interview them, and they'll be 100% honest. Who would you want this person to be, and what would you ask them? Before he died, I would've said George H.W. Bush, because he was (bafflingly) at the center of so much American political malfeasance for decades. I'd want to know about the October Surprise, Iran-Contra, CIA-crack scandal, the Carlyle Group, and Saudi connections before 9/11. I mean, can you imagine how many conspiracy theories he could've affirmed (or laid to rest), saving a lot of people the mental energy in speculating? Anyway, who's someone living who'd be a goldmine?

  • Wertheimer [any]
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    4 months ago

    Dick Cheney. War on terror, first Gulf War, end of the Cold War, whatever the Ford administration had to hide.

    James Baker might get you almost everything you could have had from George H.W. Bush.

    Elliott Abrams

    For economic crimes - Larry Summers or Alan Greenspan