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Very interesting meeting with Josephine Akrofi today. We met late afternoon and had coffee. Of course, she looked incredible, but in the different setting of Ghana as against Washington, she seemed very different. It’s all context, I guess. She’s the master of her domain, confident, competent, and quite rich. She didn’t pour scorn over me at all, in fact, she bemoaned the present state and extent of Internet scams and the pain people like me are being put through. Indirectly I asked her about possible collusion of highly placed officials—government or otherwise—in the scams, and she became kinda defensive about it. In the same breath, she castigated Sana Sana—ripped him to shreds really—even without my having brought him up. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that I’ll be meeting Sana in a few days. I don’t want to antagonize her, but it’s clear whose side she’s on—her husband’s, the IGP, and the “establishment,” and why should she not be? She lives a really cushy life with all the trimmings and perks. Talk about the one percent!
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Casper Guttenberg
March 4 at 2:09 a.m.
Re: Ghana
To: GTilson
Fascinating. Would be intriguing if her “defensiveness” has something to do with her own knowledge of highly placed people who are in on these online cons. She’s not going to squeal on them if they belong to her inner circle. You’re in the driver’s seat obviously and I don’t want to be a backseat driver, but I would mention your meeting with Josephine to Sana when you see him. Tell him you have a possible “in” on this via Josephine. I feel you shouldn’t avoid her, even if she seems a little distant to you compared to when you met her in Washington.
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Gordon Tilson
March 5 at 11:11 a.m.
Re: Ghana
To: CGuttenberg