Ok this makes me think that either [2] or [3] might be Ryan since he’s 2nd or 3rd in line to the presidency depending on if you count the president himself. That would make [2] Biden instead of McCain? [4] would be turtle man... But there would be no [19] as there aren’t that many cabinet positions in the succession list.
So I’ve talked myself out of it. But this is still interesting...maybe he was one of the [19] in the room?
I like the way you think out loud on paper. That’s the way to do it. Discard no ideas. Your brain is now working on Q time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Truesdale
He is Mueller Grandfather!
If the numbered [] represent people, in this context, my guss is they are “priority order” for being neutralized. No direct correlation with the order of succession, rather the order of power in the OPPONENT’s camp.