Long story.
Short of it:

Raised in CIA training land.

Watched people learn how to become believable "street actors" (i.e. believable acting - think witnesses in the news or the guy you meet on the street).

Saw some of the behind the scenes prep work for some of the major events that have "impacted how the nation thinks"... not comfortable getting into half of it. They were major events and even though I was young and just a witness, I don't want to place myself there. I'll talk openly all day about weird stuff - but when it comes to those events my brain screams Danger Danger.

I often see people from home in major news - as witnesses for the Batman shooting, as key actors in the beginning stages and control stages of occupy, as some of the actors in the CT school shooting, etc,etc,etc,etc. These are people I grew up with, spent significant time with, know the mannerisms of, know the beliefs of, etc - it would be like if your best friend popped up on tv - it's not "Oh that sort of looks like Clareese", it's more like "Oh wow, looks like Clareese got involved in that one".