This is similar to my idea that Bill Clinton started the Ken Starr investigation, to prevent anyone looking into his ties with the Chinese and possible involvement in the leaking–and even granting, in the form of dual-use nuclear technology–of important government secrets, in exchange for campaign support.
The fun thing about conspiracy theories is that no proof is ever needed. Possibility is quite sufficient. It is important, however, to remember that speculation is not evidence. Still, I–obviously–have long enjoyed the game.
I might mention, for no particular reason, a game I spontaneously invented once with my kids. I think I’ve mentioned this, but fuck if I can remember everything I post.
We had lunch at Pizza Hut. There was a man sleeping in his car when we went in, which was odd. When we came out, he was gone. I immediately started inventing causes of his disappearance. Holes in the ground, space aliens, rogue polar bears, secret government operations, he was secretly Inspector Gadget, etc. We played this game for weeks. The goal was to come up with the most outlandish and creative ideas we could think of. My intent was to help them learn to think non-linearly, and “out of the box”, as they say. Quite often it is simply being in the habit of coming up with multiple possible explanations for everything you see, even when there is one most obvious explanation. I’m pretty sure this guy just drove away.
But I will never know for sure.