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Unidentified Researcher at Interior

cautious bureaucratic scientifically oriented

Will mentions a researcher at the Department of the Interior during a tense DAR reception debate. Leo presses C.J. and Will for aggressive political framing of Hillary Toobin's climate-driven explanation of the Alaska disaster. Will dismisses the researcher as too mild-mannered to ignite the required response, contrasting their bureaucratic caution with the White House's demand for bold action. This positions the researcher as a symbol of government science's limited political punch amid environmental crises.

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S4E18 · Privateers

Choosing the Message: Will Agrees to Scold the Scientist

Implied detachment and institutional caution — not disposed to perform aggressive media confrontations.

Referenced by Will as the kind of Interior researcher unlikely to catalyze political action; this figure functions as a foil to the White House's need for a sharper public message.

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