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BBN Investigates, Part 2: The Mouse on the Dunkin' Donut

The mouse had remained motionless on the donut for forty-four minutes as of the reporting, according to VICE; the donut itself emerged as the investigation's key unquestioned witness.

On air: Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Tonight
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPreviously on BBN Investigates: a mouse, a donut, a video, and a lead investigator who suspects the donut.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThis just in from Vice, though, and it matters.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorVice reports the video is now forty-two minutes old, and still nobody has explained the mouse's posture. Relaxed. Rehearsed.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorForty-two minutes is a coffee break, Gloria.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen the mouse was on one. Tonight we pursue a name. I have a source who asked not to be named.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIs it me? I always ask not to be named. It's a whole lifestyle.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is someone close to the donut. That is all I can say. I was asked to say even less.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAsked by whom?

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe source. Who has asked not to be named.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, my chart. This line is the donut's reach. This line is the mouse's silence. They never cross. That's suspicious.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBecause one of them is a mouse.

  12. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOr because they're avoiding each other on purpose. I'm just reading the chart, Hank.

  13. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPut the timeline on the wall. Posted, watched, shared. Three steps. Three, Hank, and nobody has been charged.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBecause nothing happened. A mouse sat on a donut. Vice posted it. People watched.

  15. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen explain the reversal. At the start of this hour I believed the donut was involved.

  16. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd now?

  17. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNow I believe the donut was used. By someone far more sophisticated. A bakery, perhaps.

  18. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA bakery. That's a bigger account than a mid-size influencer.

  19. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA bakery.

  20. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have been in embassies with less foot traffic, and they all had a back door.

  21. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDunkin' has a back door. So does every shop. It's where the trash goes.

  22. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe trash. Okay, that's actually a lead. Where does a mouse go after the video?

  23. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHome, Kenji. Where it has always lived. That is the part I find hardest to prove.

  24. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBecause it's a mouse and has no phone.

  25. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOr because it is careful. Coming up later: who got a ride home after the Borneo fires?

  26. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWait, that's a different mystery. Can we do both?

  27. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe are barely doing one.

  28. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPart three will name the source, Hank. I give you my word.

  29. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe source is a mouse, and it hasn't returned our calls.

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