Stephen Hadley

And it's like, but why was it hypothetical if it's not real? Yeah.

Nobody explains that, and obviously the story is Steve Hadley, who was the national security advisor, sponsored it.

I believe Hadley denies it, but who knows if Steve would tell the truth on that just because of the sensitivity.

I try and apply the principle of charity as often as possible and assume that people are speaking in good faith, that they really believe what they're saying, but it's very difficult when someone says something like this.

Back in 2004, by Grush's account, a group at a federally funded research center in Northern Virginia scored the pros and cons of Disclosure.

He said the story is that National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley sponsored it, though he believes Hadley denies it, and that the deciding worry was legal liability over decades of secret, sole-source defense contracts.

Arrow's 2024 report confirmed that a study of that kind was carried out sometime between 2004 and 2007, but said the White House didn't request it.

The report also recorded a participant's description of a one-day session in which about a dozen people weighed 64 aspects of society.

And it's like, but why was it hypothetical if it's not real? [laughs] It, nobody explains that.

And obviously the story is, you know, Steve Hadley, who was the national security advisor, uh, sponsored it.

You know, I, uh, I believe Hadley denies it, but, you know, who knows if Steve would, uh, you know, tell the truth on that just because of, uh, the sensitivity, so.

And so for people that don't know what happened, supposedly they brought in a bunch of different thought leaders, and they gave them, uh, a pro and a con side.