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rzemanfl

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Mon Dec 5, 2016, 06:16 PM Dec 2016

I am imagining a novel, a political thriller.

The leader of the free world has lots of evidence that a foreign power has influenced the outcome of an election that chose a dangerous moron sociopath as his successor. He has information from multiple super-secret agencies regarding the interference. The problems he is facing are-

1) he doesn't know who he can trust, the FBI, for one, is certainly involved in the plot
2) he needs absolute, incontrovertible proof-confessions, transcripts of phone calls, proof of software hacks and machine tampering
3) he cannot tip his hand until the time is right
4) he wants to avoid a civil war
5) he has very little time

I think I will call my main character "Barack."

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I am imagining a novel, a political thriller. (Original Post) rzemanfl Dec 2016 OP
Wow! malaise Dec 2016 #1
I have imagined Barack doing something like this mainstreetonce Dec 2016 #2
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