Are there any Tom Clancy fans in here? It's been slow, so let's entertain ourselves by looking at these posts by a9161f in general #658. I think I figured out the Hunt for Red October thing. It is beyond huge. But I'm too scared to post……! Let's just say that if I am right, I now perfectly understand Q's comment about most people needing to go to the hospital. Maybe I am overreacting. But I now understand why Q has to give us crumbs. It is bigger than any of us could imagine. All I can muster to say right now is that Tom Clancy's books tell more tales than you know You may think I am crazy but what if John Patrick "Jack" Ryan is a composite of four Americans who have been spying for the Russians for a long time? What if their first task, way back in the day, was to flush out Russians who were spying for America (Hunt for Red October)? Sure it is not as crazy as aliens or even Disney controlling NK, or some of the other theories discussed here, but I have a theory as to who the "four" people/spies are and they are household names that would shock the public and rewrite 30+ years of US political history, There was Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen, so it's not inconceivable that there could have been others. What are some things about Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan character that might resemble household American names that may have been involved in counterintelligence, and is there any sign that those people are not our guys? Feel free to speculate.