This post is an extension of Six Degrees of Corona (New OSINT Game) which you should read first.
You know the gist of the game from its similarity to six degrees of Kevin Bacon, but where would you find information for McConnell? He has no known movie credits for constructing degrees of separation.
That’s easy enough to fix. Let’s do a short list and see what others add to it:
- Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator from Kentucky – McConnell’s official website. Lots of data on him and people around him. Could do a lot worse as a starting point.
- Federal Election Commission – You are looking for major donors, the larger the better. $20 will get you a seat to see McConnell walking away from you. I’d discard anything less than $1K.
- Kentucky newspapers (by circulation): The Courier-Journal, Lexington Herald-Leader, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, Bowling Green Daily News, and, Ashland Independent. All of these will carry news about who met with McConnell, where McConnell appears at during campaigns, fund raisers, etc. (Think co-occurrence searches.)
- Campaign events, photograph everyone on stage but also support personnel, who come and go without even being seen. Run image recognition on your photos.
Other sources? Put your thinking hats on!
BTW, I should mention that completing your Six Degrees of Corona – Mitch McConnell edition by reducing the degrees of separation, say by becoming a waiter or busser is cheating. Complete the six degrees of separation.