. you may be asking, who is roger stone? jake tapper gives us a operative of his colorful past. i m roger stone. reporter: he s been called a dirty 56 theter the cockroach of politics by the left leaning new republic. roger stone flaunts these monikers as proudly as he flaunts his nixon back tattoo. i m an act provocateur. reporter: his political rap sheet goes back to the nicken campaign when the then 19-year-old donated to his opponent. he gave the receipt to the press. it didn t get any more ethical from there. in 1980, stone began a lobbying