James Hibbard (Reporter)

In like a ghost, out like a ghost, another publicity mission accomplished. It was clear what he was doing. He's addicted to the risk and the media attention. And I want the reader to know that we also knew what he was doing.

In like a ghost, out like a ghost, another publicity mission accomplished. It was clear what he was doing. He's addicted to the risk and the media attention. And I want the reader to know that we also knew what he was doing.

No, because we were getting the story out of it.

No, because we were getting the story out of it.

I do remember sitting there on that bench after he left and just feeling the weight of the story. And I was like, you know, I was like the dog who caught the car and the car was on fire, basically.

I do remember sitting there on that bench after he left and just feeling the weight of the story. And I was like, you know, I was like the dog who caught the car and the car was on fire, basically.

The first thing to do was to make 100% sure this was the guy.

The first thing to do was to make 100% sure this was the guy.

Gave him a couple of the details that he had given us that hadn't been made public.

Gave him a couple of the details that he had given us that hadn't been made public.

Suddenly, our phone was blowing up from them because they were kind of freaking out and wanting to know what we were going to do. They didn't want us to run the story.

Suddenly, our phone was blowing up from them because they were kind of freaking out and wanting to know what we were going to do. They didn't want us to run the story.

But it doesn't mean that a respected news outlet doesn't do that interview with somebody who is so inherently newsworthy. So you just try to provide context and trust the reader.

But it doesn't mean that a respected news outlet doesn't do that interview with somebody who is so inherently newsworthy. So you just try to provide context and trust the reader.

There was a sidebar to the story I felt was important, which was explaining, here's what we've been able to confirm. Here's what we don't know, which is basically everything he's claiming about his biography and the group. I wanted the reader to know our source was likely to be an unreliable narrator.

There was a sidebar to the story I felt was important, which was explaining, here's what we've been able to confirm. Here's what we don't know, which is basically everything he's claiming about his biography and the group. I wanted the reader to know our source was likely to be an unreliable narrator.

And being transparent about everything about what we know and what we don't was the most responsible way to do it.

And being transparent about everything about what we know and what we don't was the most responsible way to do it.

The night before, there was definitely a feeling of, you knew it was going to be like a bomb going off.

The night before, there was definitely a feeling of, you knew it was going to be like a bomb going off.