At other times , he also hints at his knowledge of the future to his colleagues ; in a discussion of then-President Richard Nixon he confuses them by asserting that Nixon wo n't be in office much longer , he makes a veiled allusion to the September 11 attacks when advising them against engaging in hate speech , and he uses then-future cultural references as undercover pseudonyms — sometimes giving his name as " Luke Skywalker " , " Tom Cruise " or " Sam Bono " , and giving Gene and a female companion the undercover names " George and Laura Bush "
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