I want to tell a story about @gtconway3d's attention seeking.
Shortly after the Comey firing and George's withdrawal from consideration as head of DOJ's Civil Division, he quietly took what he later described to me as his first step.
Shortly after the Comey firing and George's withdrawal from consideration as head of DOJ's Civil Division, he quietly took what he later described to me as his first step.
He made a contribution to @lawfareblog. He didn't get in touch. He didn't ask for any kind of recognition. He did it, in fact, by clicking on our online contribution system (which you should also click on :) ) and not telling us anything beyond that. lawfareblog.com/support-lawfare
We did not notice at the time from whom the contribution had come, because @gtconway3d was not yet tweeting and none of us recognized his name. @matthew_j_kahn discovered the contribution incidentally only the following year in going over some financial data.
It was one of our largest online contributions of the year.
By then, @gtconway3d was becoming Twitter famous. And by then, I had also met him. We had talked a fair bit, in fact. But here's the thing: George had never mentioned the contribution. It was as close to an anonymous donation as our technical system permits.
That's the kind of attention seeking @gtconway3d engages in.
