Maureen O'Connell

He had a fake passport in the 1980s.

It's that's just not an obvious thing that someone would have working in finance.

He refers repeatedly to going into a passport.

Yeah, I mean, it looks like he was somebody that was involved in, you know, was involved his whole career in being an expert at moving money around, hiding money, creating tax havens.

Probably, I mean, we can't prove it, but I mean, I think he looks like he was involved somehow in arranging finances during Iran-Contra, you know, potentially other, you know, intelligence or clandestine operations.

At one point, though, he said of the SCIF, my house, a SCIF just stands for a Secure Compartmentalized Information Facility, SCIF is the acronym.

But that's not language I've ever heard used outside of either the intelligence community, intelligence gathering, congressional hearings, hearing from whistleblowers.

So, you know, you kind of go, well, maybe he was just, you know, joking or using slang.

But all these things kind of point to a picture of a guy that was pretty close to the intelligence community.

And so somebody that sort of sits at the intersection of the intelligence community, you know, finance and potentially criminal activity.

And I thought it was interesting that he was a big advocate of.

Digital currency, Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, which are perfect for, you know, hiding money, moving money.

So I think that's a whole.

Blaine's dad.

Yeah, I think that's right.

And I think it's important.

I would like to be on the record saying that I do think that this has become a moral panic.

You know, I talk to people in my life.

And I know that you got into trouble for earlier for making the distinction.

But I think it is important for people to understand that.