Why shop his story around? To find someone who will print it? To find someone who won’t make it into a personality story about him until a week later? To gauge a newspapers balls not to turn on him? To find a reporter intelligent enough to explain what he is exposing?
There must be a 100 reasons to shop it around. BTW, if his intent was to make money, he could have “shopped” it to several foreign governments. He didn’t.
The WaPo? That's a laugh.
, if his intent was to make money, he could have “shopped” it to several foreign governments.
Foreign governments aren't interested in sorting through so much trash. They want very specific information.
Exactly how do you know that to be a fact?