Deep Throat: Follow the money.
Bob Woodward: What do you mean? Where?
Deep Throat: Oh, I can’t tell you that.
Bob Woodward: But you could tell me that.
Deep Throat: No, I have to do this my way. You tell me what you know, and I’ll confirm. I’ll keep you in the right direction if I can, but that’s all. Just… follow the money.
All The President’s Men, Woodward and Bernstein, 1974
Identity theft. Mmhmm. A term that hasn’t been around that long. Just what gets “stolen”? Maybe Mitchell and Webb can help us understand that: just watch this clip. [Thanks to Kevin Marks for giving me the tweet-up.]
JP: Funny sketch.
I am reminded of Clarkson’s stunt. When recently millions of parents and children’s bank details were lost, he pooh-poohed the idea that anyone could so much with all the data and published his bank details. Someone set up a direct debit using his bank details for a charity to prove otherwise. The whole story is here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm
…and so it goes full circle :-)
News -> Blog -> Comment -> Twitter -> Blog -> Comment -> News.