An epic post. Should be an op ed in the Oracle.
Just for the record, I’m impatient about many things, but in my post about the lack of news on no name’s resignation, I wasn’t expressing impatience; I was expressing an interest in the odd lack of any news from no name. He is conspicuous by his absence. Along with the Podesta brothers and a few others.
I was thinking that if we are bored and beginning to bicker with no crumbs to decode, it might be an interesting project to try to make a list of conspicuously absent people. This would be more difficult than looking for info on specified individuals. We would be looking for the ABSENCE of info on non-specified individuals.
In intel work, as sudden increase in chatter is significant. So is a sudden absence.
Anybody up for the task?
I’d suggest the following steps:
1. Make a list of prominent people
1. a. US Politicians
1. b. Hollywood celebrities
1. c. Celebrity CEOs.
1. d-z. Many other categories, including international
2. Find a tool that can graph mentions of someone/something in the news against time. Or that can graph google searches against time. Pretty sure I’ve seen such a thing. I’ll assign myself the task to find it (if anyone wants to join me in this project).
3. Start graphing the people in part 1 using the tool in part 2.
4. Note anomalies.
5. Investigate the anomalies.
This is a good idea, the graphing of people dropping out of the news. One of your comments from a couple weeks ago has had me checking up on Rex Tillerson. I used to live in the town he’s from, know a camaeraman in the local news station there and have a reliable contact in the oil business. The only time he’s surfaced was for his dad’s funeral.
I know there are many others as you mentioned. With so many players in this DS business we do need to pay attention beneath the radar. No-name and the Podestas aren’t the only ones. Who else?
I’ll put my thinking cap on but am almost asleep.