John A. Gentry

So you ask and say, well, are you guys in cahoots?

And a couple of them said, well, no, of course not.

We just come from the same place in the world.

We just have similar kinds of views.

But they can actually

collaborate in some important respects.

So as I mentioned, some of them talk to former intelligence people in government spaces.

So people like John Brennan, people like John McLaughlin, former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.

These people retain clearances and retain green badges.

So this is a, you know, inside the beltway term.

The green badge is a badge that means that you've got all the security clearances, but you're a contractor, you're an advisory sort as opposed to a federal employee who gets a check every two weeks.

But the green badgers can go into a federal...

an intelligence community building, basically anywhere, anytime they want.

So they can sit down with currently serving intelligence officers and talk intelligence stuff.

So a leaker can talk with a John Brennan or a McLaughlin or some other in a government space

knowing that the information isn't going to get out.

But since they're talking to a cleared person in a government space, they can rationalize that they're not leaking at all.

So this is a neat little arrangement that the ongoing clearance arrangement has.

Interesting.

Let's move into the laptop.