I try to give every possibility due consideration, and so I did ponder whether (for example) TGS himself might be from a three-letter agency, but it was fundamentally an arbitrary conjecture, that could be made of any participant in these discussions. Since he was banned and moved out into the world of blogs, I've had some lengthy discussions with him, and have no reason to think him anything more than a guy with a theory. In fact, the real question is whether he's on a snark hunt with his Hatfill theory; whether the harassment he gets just comes from people he's pissed off, or from somewhere deeper; etc. I agree with him on certain basics (position 2 in my earlier list of possibilities), but we certainly have our differences.
You don't have to ponder this if you're willing to believe his own words. He himself claimed to have a very close association with covert operatives, to the point of being at least a confidante with all that implies, as you can see in this quote from http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/834651/posts?page=128#128:
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A late friend of mine participated in the 1963 US-backed coup which culminated in the assassination of Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem. Only twelve men knew about that mission, including the participants. All twelve died without the US role in the coup becoming public knowledge....
posted on 02/03/2003 9:13:51 PM EST by The Great Satan (Revenge, Terror and Extortion: A Guide for the Perplexed)
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