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Description acceptable. When this person found a genie in a bottle, they wished for it to never rain again so they wouldn’t need to carry an umbrella. During the 2007-08 writers strike, this person kidnapped and locked Jon Stewart in the basement, forcing him to provide political commentary. This person pleaded the third when asked if they stole a nuclear submarine during their Senate confirmation hearing to be Internet secretary. Despite forgetting to clean blood off the ceiling, this person successfully (*) covered up a murder with their girlfriend by telling a witness that “gullible” was written on the ceiling. This self-described “classhole” caused a physicist to get run over by a truck by presenting them with a problem involving an infinite grid of resistors. For 10 points, give this sadistic inventor of nerd sniping, who wears a piece of clothing associated with malicious hackers. ■END■
ANSWER: black hat guy [accept any description of a guy wearing a black hat; reject “White Hat” or “Beret Guy”]
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