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when I consider the possibility...

that one of our opponents

had something to do with it.

You mean somebody put a dead body

in the lake as a prank?

I'm not accusing

the other side.

I'm saying that when you

play this game to win...

you're bound to step on a few toes.

There are a few loose cannons

on this deck...

people who hold grudges.

Who'd hold a grudge

against Dickie Pilager?

Unless it was some hazing incident

from his fraternity days.

I am the best at what I do

because I have the best intelligence.

Here are three names.

These are people

who I consider to be...

unstable enough

or vindictive enough...

And you want them investigated?

I want them confronted.

Let them know

they're being watched.

Don't be subtle.

A good, stiff warning.

Nothing actionable.

And, of course, the press is not to

hear a whisper of this.

Totally confidential.

I'll expect a progress report

by... next Thursday.

Happy hunting.

I ought to put a muzzle on you.

Sorry.

Okay, you're off jury prep.

You're on this.

Don't worry about overtime

or expenses.

I really appreciate

your confidence, Grace.

Don't.

Peters is still in Grand Rapids

chasing the trust fund kid...

and Kelly's stuck in court

for the next two weeks.

What I want to know is,

can I trust you?

I always pictured you in some smoky hole

in the wall, hunched over your computer...

spewing your bile at the military

industrial complex.

Yeah, well,

it is a hole in the wall...

but I'm surrounded by a bunch

of anti-tobacco fascists.

I think we call 'em

pro-oxygen these days.

A bunch of vegans

and computer nerds.

Half of'em don't know dick.

But they at least don't buy

the official story.

You're some kind of

investigator now, aren't you?

Yeah. Some kind.

Maybe you can do a little snooping

for me for the Web site.

- What's it pay?

- What do you think?

- Bupkes.

- Yeah.

I don't really do politics anymore.

Debbie always said it was bad

for my mental health.

Nothing I can do

about it anyway.

Listen.

I'd like to run some names by you.

Cliff Castleton.

Neo-fascist radio crackpot.

I've listened to Mr. Castleton.

Very big with the crowd that thinks

our form of capital punishment...

isn't painful enough.

Casey Lyle.

He was a big cheese in one of

the health and safety agencies...

couple of administrations back.

- Unstable personality?

- What, compared to you?

- Thanks.

- Speaking of unstable personalities...

Madeleine Pilager.

Nympho nutcase sister.

What is this you're working on?

Something that if one detail of it

ends up here on Kill-The-Rich. Com...

I get fired.

You're no fun anymore.

Your Web site... for you,

this is a natural progression.

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