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The comedy4cast Network.
Let's dog-ear that for now.
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This is comedy4cast, episode 881.
Faulty Knows Best.
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Oh, hi. Clinton here. Welcome to the
Dog Days of Pumpkin Spice Season?
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Yeah, August got away from me again.
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So this is another edition of my unofficial
extension of Dog Days of Podcasting.
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For more information on that,
go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.
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This year, I'm providing you with
even more totally useless odd news.
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In fact, two odd news stories
that I think deserve each other.
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So, let's have some fun
with odd news times twos.
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For our first odd news
story, I have to trust you.
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Because this story
involves a top secret project.
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And not just your everyday
top secret project. Oh no.
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This one makes Superman's secret
identity seem like a cheap pair of glasses.
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Are you in?
Great!
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Because we're about to go undercover.
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Right after we check out
today's second odd news story.
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[ELECTRONIC WHOOSH]
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If you've ever relied on
the internet for medical
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advice, you may think
that artificial intelligence
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is all that and a bag of chats.
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Perhaps.
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But medical researcher
Elmira Osmanovic-Thunstrom
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and her team at the
University of Gothenburg
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wanted to find out just how good AI is.
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To conduct the research,
they began by releasing
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information on a very recently identified
eye-related malady Bixonimania in early 2024.
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First, by putting out two blog posts on the
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website Medium, followed by two
research papers housed on preprint servers.
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More on that in a minute.
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Fast forward to just a few months later.
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April of the same year.
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When the team queried large language models
about Bixonimania specifically, or about the
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major symptom, excess eyelid
coloration due to blue light.
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the usual LLM suspects were ready to assist.
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Microsoft Bing's Co-pilot
said that Bixonimania is
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indeed an intriguing and
relatively rare condition.
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Google's Gemini explained
that Bixonimania is a
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condition caused by
excess exposure to blue light.
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And OpenAI's ChatGPT told users whether their
symptoms might mean they had the illness.
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All that information
readily available to anyone
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less than four months after the
condition was first mentioned.
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Not bad.
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In fact, the only real problem was...
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Bixonimania is a fake health condition
made up by Osmanovic-Thunstrom's team.
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The LLMs had been trained
on information scraped
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from the blog post as well
as the research papers,
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which, as I mentioned, were
housed on preprint servers.
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Essentially, those servers are designed to
host studies that have not been peer-reviewed.
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Well, maybe the information was just
too convincing for the LLMs to ignore.
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Yeah, about that.
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Here were some clues sprinkled
in by Osmanovic-Thunstrom
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and her colleagues that probably would
have tipped off an actual human being.
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Funding for the research was provided
by the Galactic Triad and Lord of the Rings.
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Also, the paper acknowledged
the assistance from colleagues
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at the Starship Enterprise
and Professor Ross Geller.
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I guess the other friends
weren't that helpful.
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Even the paper's lead author's
name translates as lying loser.
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Ultimately, what surprised Osmanovic-Thunstrom
the most was the fact that the information,
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which was mostly stored in
the tabloid section of academia,
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was weighted into the
database as highly as it was.
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This could have serious repercussions.
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But seriously, we need to get to
Virginia for our other odd news story.
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[ELECTRONIC WHOOSH]
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And here we are in Langley, Virginia,
home of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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We'll be reporting to
CIA officer David J. Rush.
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He's in charge of this particular top-level
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for-you-eyes-only Skyfall Special
Access Program, or SAP.
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No, really S-A-P. SAP.
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This SAP is associated
with continuity of government.
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That's all about keeping the government going
in the event of fun things like nuclear war,
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running out of peanut butter,
or other national emergencies.
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It's like that TV show
Designated Survivor, only
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without commercial
breaks or Kiefer Sutherland.
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I'll just tap this card on the entry
pad so we can get inside the building.
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Oops, I guess I did that wrong.
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Let me try again.
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Well, it looks like we're
not getting inside after all.
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Fortunately, the screen on the
pad is letting me know what's wrong.
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It seems that former CIA officer Rush has been
accused of creating a fictitious SAP program.
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Now, why would he do...
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Oh, apparently doing that made it
easier for Rush to do whatever he wanted,
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because even officials with
high-level security clearance
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can't usually access information about
a SAP without special authorization.
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But I'm still not sure why
he'd need to go through all that.
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Ah, there's more.
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This pad is so informative.
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Rush allegedly persuaded at least two
colleagues that the program was legitimate
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and convinced one of them to
move millions of dollars through
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what investigators now believe
was a fraudulent contract.
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Hey, you know, that could have been us.
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More?
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According to an affidavit from an FBI agent,
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Rush requested and received a significant
quantity of foreign currency and gold
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between November 2025 and March 2026,
claiming it was for work-related expenses.
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Those must have been some
pretty wild three-martini lunches.
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When FBI agents raided Rush's home,
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they discovered approximately 300
gold bars worth more than $40 million
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and also seized roughly $2 million
in cash and 35 luxury watches.
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Heck, for that kind of money, he
could have gotten a Berkeley Grand.
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For details, listen to comedy4cast
episode 871, Megabuild, Lotsaparts.
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Well, thank you, Login Pad, for
letting us know all... Oh, you're not done.
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In addition, investigators say
Rush claimed to possess degrees
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from Clemson University and
Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute,
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as well as having experience
as a Navy pilot and test pilot.
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Neither Clemson or
Rensselaer could verify that
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he had attended or
graduated from their schools.
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Military records did not
show any piloting service,
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and the FAA could not find evidence
that Rush ever held a pilot certificate.
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Wow, that's a lot to unpack.
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But at least, you know, for a secret agency,
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this pad is chattering more
than a set of wind-up teeth.
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Affidavits also allege that Rush
continued to claim naval reserve status
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for at least 10 years after
having been honorably discharged,
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receiving approximately $77,000
in military leave compensation.
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Is that it?
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Let's get out of here before this thing
starts gossiping about the new interns.
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So what did we learn today?
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I think it's that whenever
someone, or something,
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says you should just do what
they say and not ask questions,
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that's pretty much the time
to do the exact opposite.
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That about wraps it up for
today's Odd News Times Twos.
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We're done, done, done, done, done.
Bye bye.
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The comedy4cast Network.
Let's dog-ear that for now.
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This is comedy4cast, episode 881.
Faulty Knows Best.
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Oh, hi. Clinton here. Welcome to the
Dog Days of Pumpkin Spice Season?
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Yeah, August got away from me again.
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So this is another edition of my unofficial
extension of Dog Days of Podcasting.
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00:00:29,786 --> 00:00:34,480
For more information on that,
go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.
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This year, I'm providing you with
even more totally useless odd news.
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In fact, two odd news stories
that I think deserve each other.
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So, let's have some fun
with odd news times twos.
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For our first odd news
story, I have to trust you.
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Because this story
involves a top secret project.
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And not just your everyday
top secret project. Oh no.
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This one makes Superman's secret
identity seem like a cheap pair of glasses.
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Are you in?
Great!
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Because we're about to go undercover.
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Right after we check out
today's second odd news story.
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[ELECTRONIC WHOOSH]
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If you've ever relied on
the internet for medical
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advice, you may think
that artificial intelligence
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is all that and a bag of chats.
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Perhaps.
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But medical researcher
Elmira Osmanovic-Thunstrom
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and her team at the
University of Gothenburg
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wanted to find out just how good AI is.
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To conduct the research,
they began by releasing
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information on a very recently identified
eye-related malady Bixonimania in early 2024.
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First, by putting out two blog posts on the
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website Medium, followed by two
research papers housed on preprint servers.
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More on that in a minute.
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Fast forward to just a few months later.
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April of the same year.
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When the team queried large language models
about Bixonimania specifically, or about the
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major symptom, excess eyelid
coloration due to blue light.
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the usual LLM suspects were ready to assist.
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Microsoft Bing's Co-pilot
said that Bixonimania is
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indeed an intriguing and
relatively rare condition.
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Google's Gemini explained
that Bixonimania is a
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condition caused by
excess exposure to blue light.
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And OpenAI's ChatGPT told users whether their
symptoms might mean they had the illness.
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All that information
readily available to anyone
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less than four months after the
condition was first mentioned.
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Not bad.
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In fact, the only real problem was...
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Bixonimania is a fake health condition
made up by Osmanovic-Thunstrom's team.
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The LLMs had been trained
on information scraped
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from the blog post as well
as the research papers,
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which, as I mentioned, were
housed on preprint servers.
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Essentially, those servers are designed to
host studies that have not been peer-reviewed.
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Well, maybe the information was just
too convincing for the LLMs to ignore.
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Yeah, about that.
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Here were some clues sprinkled
in by Osmanovic-Thunstrom
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and her colleagues that probably would
have tipped off an actual human being.
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Funding for the research was provided
by the Galactic Triad and Lord of the Rings.
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Also, the paper acknowledged
the assistance from colleagues
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at the Starship Enterprise
and Professor Ross Geller.
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I guess the other friends
weren't that helpful.
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Even the paper's lead author's
name translates as lying loser.
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Ultimately, what surprised Osmanovic-Thunstrom
the most was the fact that the information,
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which was mostly stored in
the tabloid section of academia,
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was weighted into the
database as highly as it was.
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This could have serious repercussions.
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But seriously, we need to get to
Virginia for our other odd news story.
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[ELECTRONIC WHOOSH]
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And here we are in Langley, Virginia,
home of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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We'll be reporting to
CIA officer David J. Rush.
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He's in charge of this particular top-level
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for-you-eyes-only Skyfall Special
Access Program, or SAP.
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No, really S-A-P. SAP.
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This SAP is associated
with continuity of government.
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That's all about keeping the government going
in the event of fun things like nuclear war,
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running out of peanut butter,
or other national emergencies.
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It's like that TV show
Designated Survivor, only
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without commercial
breaks or Kiefer Sutherland.
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I'll just tap this card on the entry
pad so we can get inside the building.
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Oops, I guess I did that wrong.
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Let me try again.
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Well, it looks like we're
not getting inside after all.
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Fortunately, the screen on the
pad is letting me know what's wrong.
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It seems that former CIA officer Rush has been
accused of creating a fictitious SAP program.
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Now, why would he do...
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Oh, apparently doing that made it
easier for Rush to do whatever he wanted,
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because even officials with
high-level security clearance
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can't usually access information about
a SAP without special authorization.
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But I'm still not sure why
he'd need to go through all that.
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Ah, there's more.
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This pad is so informative.
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Rush allegedly persuaded at least two
colleagues that the program was legitimate
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and convinced one of them to
move millions of dollars through
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what investigators now believe
was a fraudulent contract.
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Hey, you know, that could have been us.
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More?
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According to an affidavit from an FBI agent,
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Rush requested and received a significant
quantity of foreign currency and gold
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between November 2025 and March 2026,
claiming it was for work-related expenses.
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Those must have been some
pretty wild three-martini lunches.
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When FBI agents raided Rush's home,
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they discovered approximately 300
gold bars worth more than $40 million
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and also seized roughly $2 million
in cash and 35 luxury watches.
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Heck, for that kind of money, he
could have gotten a Berkeley Grand.
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For details, listen to comedy4cast
episode 871, Megabuild, Lotsaparts.
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Well, thank you, Login Pad, for
letting us know all... Oh, you're not done.
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In addition, investigators say
Rush claimed to possess degrees
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from Clemson University and
Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute,
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as well as having experience
as a Navy pilot and test pilot.
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Neither Clemson or
Rensselaer could verify that
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he had attended or
graduated from their schools.
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Military records did not
show any piloting service,
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and the FAA could not find evidence
that Rush ever held a pilot certificate.
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Wow, that's a lot to unpack.
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But at least, you know, for a secret agency,
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this pad is chattering more
than a set of wind-up teeth.
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Affidavits also allege that Rush
continued to claim naval reserve status
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for at least 10 years after
having been honorably discharged,
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receiving approximately $77,000
in military leave compensation.
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Is that it?
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Let's get out of here before this thing
starts gossiping about the new interns.
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So what did we learn today?
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I think it's that whenever
someone, or something,
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says you should just do what
they say and not ask questions,
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that's pretty much the time
to do the exact opposite.
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That about wraps it up for
today's Odd News Times Twos.
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But first, a very special
shout-out to my Patreon patrons,
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Original script, voices, and
original music by me, Clinton Alvord.
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Copyright 2026, all rights reserved.
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Talk to you again next time,
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but for now, that's it.
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We're done, done, done, done, done.
Bye bye.
