I have no intention of doing this, but I thought I'd throw the idea out there for constructive feedback -- in either direction.
What if someone were to start say a gofoundme page that would collect money to be used to hire a PI -- a real PI. Or ex-cop. It seems if everyone gave a dollar or two, the funds would be there.
What would be the downside? The upside? What exactly would his focus be on?
It just seems that a PI would be able to easily get his hands on material to confirm or deny the basement that Alefantis first said was there, and now says isn't. Or if there was renovation done that might have hidden the basement between the time Alefantis gave this interview and now. Or how about sending him to investigate that farm they kept revisiting?
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smokratez ago
Leaves a paper trail. Can be used to infiltrate us and give fake information. Or get the dude killed.
quantokitty ago
The idea would be for the list of donors to not get out there. But if the worst happened, there would be a list of say, 10,000 people giving two dollars. It hardly seems like the crime of the century. Yes, they'd have our names, but they are probably getting IP addresses.
What if the a known personality is recruited to put up the crowdsourcing. Would that interest you? Someone that we know has been fighting for opening up an investigation from the beginning.
smokratez ago
What can a private eye do that anons can't?
siriansun ago
Exactly.... From what I've seen up to now, anons have been more efficient. They've uncovered mounds of info compared to the likes of Ed Opperman who's had a show or two on the topic. During the past couple of weeks, he's been using pizzagate for topics of discussion, but won't go any further unless he gets paid for it. Meanwhile, we literally have tons of anons doing astonishing work simply because they're following the true voices within their hearts, not dollar signs.
quantokitty ago
Obviously, get definitive answers.
We're still dancing around the May pole as to whether there are tunnels beneath Comet Pizza. A good PI would be able to find out. For instance. the restaurant the Thai Room was there before Comet. They could call up the owner, or other people that worked there and get someone to say if there was a basement. Or call up the real estate company that sold the property. Ask them why there are two stories listed for the property. What's the second story? A basement? Or they could get the exact property square footage. The square footage would be instrumental in determining if there were a basement because the dimensions of the restaurant would be known. There's also access to building permits. Say, Alefantis decided to tap into those alleged tunnels that run beneath the restaurant, he would have had to have someone do it. A contractor? I believe I called out one of his friends or relatives in a photo he posted as being capable of doing the reno work. Or the granny of Maeve, etc., the PI could call her up and ask how many times that fun group came by to swim with the kids (remember Evie's growing up and they wanted her raw and uncensored). These are just some of the things one could do. You need access to records, and know what records to look at. Here's one more example, what about Besta Pizza and Besta World Group, Inc. A competent PI should be able to tell us if the two are connected.