I saw another thread where people were speculating that this e-mail was referring to drugs. That may be, however a couple months ago this thread appeared on /r/the_donald.
Personally, I find this interpretation to be more believable. The OP writes:
...480 little creatures of joy...
THE NUMBER OF PICTURES OR VIDEOS AVAILABLE.
Selling each one for $20.00
PRETTY LOW FIGURE, MY GUESS IS WHOMEVER THE MESSAGE IS ACTUALLY MEANT FOR KNOWS TO MOVE THE DECIMAL TO THE RIGHT ONCE OR TWICE FOR THE ACTUAL PRICE.
They are very respectful and amicable with one another...
THEY ARE BEING FORCED TO HAVE SEX WITH EACH OTHER IN THE CONTENT.
...they are (for the most part) cat and dog friendly.
THEY ARE BEING FORCED TO ENGAGE IN BEASTIALITY AND/OR ANIMAL ABUSE IN SOME OF THE CONTENT
Some are sassier than others, naturally.
SOME OF THE VICTIMS ARE SHOWN CRYING/STRUGGLING/FIGHTING BACK/IN PAIN IN THE CONTENT
My parents can't find out
THE POLICE CAN'T FIND OUT
The part about being cat and dog friendly doesn't really seem to fit with the assumption about the subject being drugs.
Other people speculate that the e-mail was sent to the Georgetown law board because they knew Podesta would be a recipient. I know this isn't particularly helpful, but I wanted to try to clear that up. I think the drug link here is erroneous.
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CantWeJustDroneHim ago
I feel like there are a lot of interpretations to be had, and if we don't have the "key"it will just be random guesses on context clues. I think it's child porn, and something about it says to me that it's "unreleased", meaning that you can't randomly download it, it's from the source (I want to vomit saying this, but I imagine they think "fresh from the source"). I'm thinking respectful and amicable has something to do with that. Or maybe "tone". I read that a popular genre on the Dark web is "hurtcore" where the children are physically harmed beyond the sexual (destruction of daisy genre). Maybe this is the opposite, meant to portray a "consensual" or "enjoying" vibe. Purely speculating, I'm thinking cat/dog friendly has to do with orientation or gender, meaning gay stuff and straight stuff or maybe both boys and girls. "Some are Sassier than others" to me sounds like variations in extremity content. I think this might be something like it goes from mild (naked/partially naked) to "sassy", extreme sexual contact. I agree with OP interpretation that the dollars should have a some decimals shifted, and "parents can't find out" is police or similar
Jeremy20_9 ago
Buying the whole collection, and the planned visit of the parents. The email datetime is 7/30/15 a thursday, at 2pm, which gives them approx a solid day to sell what amounts to $20 * 480.
What happens on the weekend that requires the sell-off. If it is the police coming to investigate, why would they know of the weekend arrival? Who tipped them off?
I think the number of items, the requirement to by the collection, and the haste of the sell-off (little more than a day) are the most deterministic elements here.
CantWeJustDroneHim ago
I just had a new thought today. I am wondering if "parents" in this case aren't law enforcement, but his bosses/ high level supervisors. Assuming this is something illicit, whether it be drugs, kiddie porn, live trafficking, etc. I am wondering if this guy has the equivalent of a quota, and has been telling supervisors that he has been meeting his numbers, whereas he is drastically undersold. It makes me wonder if "my parents can't find out" is more along the lines of "they can't find out I still have 480 on me", as opposed to "they can't find out I have xxx"
Jeremy20_9 ago
I think it's solid assumption to say that he's not selling beenie babies.
If he is desperate to sell whatever they are, then enough people on the network must know what the code word means, otherwise blasting it out wouldn't expedite his ability to sell it off within a day or so.
The reason it would make sense if it is kiddie porn is that the reference word is the kind that would attract attention of the right kind of people.
They must also understand the urgency.
Say I'm a weird old beenie baby collector, I'm not necessarily going to know why his parents can't find out, and that's maybe even going to offend me because my parents are okay with my collection.
Yes, it's an indictment on Georgetown Law network that he's sending this email. Even if no one replied, it's an indictment on them that he figured it was worth a shot.