Thread by @BrazilBrian

Maybe everybody has a story like this (?)
I was on the late Acela DC-->NY in April 2017 when I heard this guy BELLOWING into his phone:
"Unless you fire Pompeo I'm gonna f--k you guys, I swear it!"

I had zero interest in listening to this guy but he was S-C-R-E-A-M-I-N-G
and a row ahead of me. I couldn't see his face.
Eventually old journalist's instinct kicked in and I took out earbuds
"Fire him or I'm gonna go on Infowars and mount a campaign! You'll see!"

Earlier that day Pompeo, then CIA director, had said this:

The screaming continued for at least 15 minutes, multiple conversations. "I'll f--k you! I'll do it!" All of us on train were looking at each other, bewildered.
Finally the guy calmed down. I still didn't know who it was.

Half-hour later a young guy walking through aisle of train stops and says - "Hey man, haven't I seen you on TV? Like Bill Maher?"
And the screamer stands up, smiles: "Yes. I'm Roger Stone."
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Anyway I suspect many have similar stories.
Today's news didn't exactly shock me

To answer a few questions:

No, it seemed too incomplete/circumstantial at the time to contact authorities.

I *did* write a friend at NYT and say “hey can you pass this along to [REDACTED BUT IM SURE YOU CAN GUESS] so she knows?” He did.

And yes I’m serious