Businesses invest money without knowing it’ll pan out. Sports teams draft players without knowing they’ll pan out. Why can’t you wrap your head around intel agencies doing the same? (IDK if Chait’s Trump theory is accurate. But I do know Heer’s criticism of it is dumb)https://twitter.com/heerjeet/status/1016374409974579206 …
Exactly. Cast a wide net. Get contacts, and ideally leverage, with any wealthy, politically-connected people you can. Most won't be useful, but some will, and you can't really know which in advance.