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so, the person i am talking to is ron watkins, aka kurd monkey.en named in the q drops. so, there is a lot of lore around this character in the world of qanon. he is, also, the admin of the site where q posts. so, you know, i had -- i had spent years playing cat and mouse with this character. you know, i thought that it was possible that, you know, he -- he would know more about q, than anyone else, because q posts on his site. and i had always been waiting for that moment, where ron slips up. and the first time it happened was -- was -- was a few months ago. and i think, it happened, as a result of a kind of superoptimism. where he had just gotten away with it for so long, he wasn't really watching his words. and you can see, in the clip that you just played. he actually breaks into a smile, before -- before i do, because he realized, i think, what -- what had just happened. and i think you even kind of hear him muttering around his breath. and i just remember when ron -- when ron said that, i looked over -- afterwards, i looked over at my camera
so, the person i am talking to is ron watkins, aka kurd monkey.en named in the q drops. so, there is a lot of lore around this character in the world of qanon. he is, also, the admin of the site where q posts. so, you know, i had -- i had spent years playing cat and mouse with this character. you know, i thought that it was possible that, you know, he -- he would know more about q, than anyone else, because q posts on his site. and i had always been waiting for that moment, where ron slips up....
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>> sure, yeah, the person i'm talking to is ron watkins, aka code a monkey. drops qanons, drops so there is a lot of lure around this character in the world of qanon. he is also the admin of the site where q posts. so, you know, i had spent years playing cat and mouse with this character. you know, i thought it was possible that he would know more about q than anyone else because q posts on his site. and i had always been waiting for that moment where ron slips up and the first time it happened was a few months ago, and i think it happened as a result of the super optimism where he got away with it for so long, he wasn't really watching his words. you can see in the clip that you just played, he actually breaks into a smile before i do because he realized, i think, what had just happened and i think you can hear him muttering under his breath and i remember when ron said that, i looked over afterwards i looked over at my camera person like he just admitted he's q. for me, it was just a mind blowing moment. >> that's also a moment you pray that the camera pers
>> sure, yeah, the person i'm talking to is ron watkins, aka code a monkey. drops qanons, drops so there is a lot of lure around this character in the world of qanon. he is also the admin of the site where q posts. so, you know, i had spent years playing cat and mouse with this character. you know, i thought it was possible that he would know more about q than anyone else because q posts on his site. and i had always been waiting for that moment where ron slips up and the first time it...
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own set of evidence on q's identity and he concludes that at least some of q's posts were made by ron watkinsme the home for q posts and this is the climatic moment where he may have said too much. >> thinking back on it, it was basically three years of intelligence training, teaching -- how to do intelligence work. it's basically what i was doing anonymously before but never as q. >> see that smile? ron had slipped up. he knew it and i knew it. and after three tireless years of cat and mouse? well, ha ha! >> never q, i promise. >> okay. >> because i am not cute. i never was. >> my next guest believes the answer to q's identity not so simple. joan donovan joins me now. research director of the surenstein super on media public and public policy. doctor, why do you think multiple people posting as q and not just one individual? >> over the years, as you study this, there are lots of different clues and i think that the documentary really shows them -- well,, you know, the posting style changes and the way i look at this is through the infrastructure and it's just not possible to have something
own set of evidence on q's identity and he concludes that at least some of q's posts were made by ron watkinsme the home for q posts and this is the climatic moment where he may have said too much. >> thinking back on it, it was basically three years of intelligence training, teaching -- how to do intelligence work. it's basically what i was doing anonymously before but never as q. >> see that smile? ron had slipped up. he knew it and i knew it. and after three tireless years of cat...
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. >> you are aware that q is really ron watkins, the administrator, the -- and whether or not he is q he and his father have focused on the qanon phenomenon. given the role qanon did play in the attack on the capitol, what are the legal repercussions for those who might be primarily responsible for propagating these sorts of dangerous, and in some cases, violent messages in these forums? >> well, i think your question starts to raise different legal theories. we obviously, again, have to be careful to be focused on threats of violence and things that violate federal criminal law. that doesn't mean that rhetoric isn't a societal problem that doesn't need to be addressed, but from the fbi's perspective, from a law enforcement perspective, we try to be very careful to focus on violence, threats of violence and associated federal criminal activity. there may be certain instances where language becomes part of a conspiracy, for example. and there are instances where there are other federal statutes which may be violated. but, again, those are complicated questions which i would refer over
. >> you are aware that q is really ron watkins, the administrator, the -- and whether or not he is q he and his father have focused on the qanon phenomenon. given the role qanon did play in the attack on the capitol, what are the legal repercussions for those who might be primarily responsible for propagating these sorts of dangerous, and in some cases, violent messages in these forums? >> well, i think your question starts to raise different legal theories. we obviously, again,...
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. >> you are no doubtful meal you're with some of the public speculation that q is really ron watkins, the administrator formally known as -- and whether or not he is q, he and his father have focused on the qanon phenomenon. given the role qanon did play in the attack on the capitol, what are the legal repercussions for those who might be primarily responsible for propagating these sorts of dangerous, and in some cases, violent messages in these forums? dir. wray: i think your question raises different legal theories would we have to be careful to be focused on threats of violence and things that violate federal criminal law. that does not mean rhetoric is not a societal problem that does not be -- need to be addressed, but from a law enforcement perspective, we are careful to focus on threats of violence and associated federal criminal activity. there may be certain instances where language becomes part of the conspiracy, for example. there are instances where there are other federal statutes which may be violated. those are complicated questions which i would refer to the lawyers a
. >> you are no doubtful meal you're with some of the public speculation that q is really ron watkins, the administrator formally known as -- and whether or not he is q, he and his father have focused on the qanon phenomenon. given the role qanon did play in the attack on the capitol, what are the legal repercussions for those who might be primarily responsible for propagating these sorts of dangerous, and in some cases, violent messages in these forums? dir. wray: i think your question...