The Good Shepherd

I bought the book is based on C.S. Forrester's The Good Shepherd is what it's called and which we could not call it because of like nine nine movies called The Good Shepherd that is out.

And I bought it because of the cover of it was a used book that I bought from a bookstore that is now out of business in New York City.

And it had it had a picture on the cover that that sort of broke my heart.

It was it was a drawing of this aged gray haired beaten up guy who if I was going to pull him from a modern day parlance, he looked like he had the physical demeanor of Donald Trump walking from that helicopter after Tulsa into the White House.

And the book, the book is that it's literally it's it's 70. Actually, it's more than 72. I think it's 72 40. And it's like four days in the life of this aged guy who should be retired.

so that's our take. If you explicitly lied, then you might have to come clean, but you're going to have to weigh the upside of that against the considerable downside. If you did not explicitly lie, then you almost certainly do not have to come clean and you should really investigate your own reasons for wanting to do so. If you need more legal insight, book a call with a security clearance attorney and get their advice. It'll be worth the money to just have that opinion and all the rest of this, Gabe's right, that's probably between you and your therapist and going forward. And for anyone else listening who might find themselves in a situation like this one day, here's the takeaway: do not lie under oath, do not sleep with your co-workers, especially if they are shacked up and/or engaged to somebody else. You'll save yourself a ton of grief in your life if you just follow these two rules, especially if you have a security clearance or you work in a high pressure field like this. I know life can get messy, it doesn't have to be, a good question to ask yourself is, will I regret doing this in a year? Will I have to lie or cover my tracks because of this? If the answer is yes, just walk away every single time.

air your dirty laundry on a polygraph like your I don't know, Madame and Son of The Good Shepherd or something like that.