Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late night series Real Time with Bill Martin.

Okay, thank you.

Here we are with the questions.

Ronan, were you surprised that you were able to win the trust of the Black Cube agent hired

by Harvey Weinstein to stalk and intimidate you and then you're going to have to explain

what that means, the folks who have it.

Black Cube is an Israeli private intelligence firm that touts its close connections to

the Masad.

It's run by a lot of former Masad and other Israeli intelligence and military personnel.

And they did have a subcontractor operation where there was a Russian spy and a Ukrainian

spy kind of chasing me around for a lot of the plot of catch and kill.

And look, one of the inspiring things about these events, despite all the darkness in them,

is time and time again.

There were whistleblowers who saw bad stuff happening and said enough, I'm going to report

it and one of those guys chasing me becomes a source.

How do you know when they're chasing you?

You know, for a time it's sort of it's paranoia of seeing the same car over and over again,

seeing the same guy over and over again.

And then ultimately it is receipts.

I'm an attorney and a skeptical investigative reporter and I get all the contracts showing

exactly how the operation went.

And one of these guys at the heart of it was one of the many sources who stood up and said

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