Re: Incredible evidence

["David Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

On 25 Sep 2003 at 7:59, Mary Hawking wrote:

> >The whole thing is nothing to do with the accuracy of the BBC's
> >reporting,
> 
> Surely the question is whether the information was believed at the time 
> it was acted upon - and whether it should have been believed at that 
> time?

The man who exposed the flaws in all the dossiers wrote long critiques 
of all of them at the time, which were available for anyone to read 
before the rogues gallery vote. It is for those who believed the 
government dossiers to account for sticking their fingers in their ears 
to anything at variance with the party line.

> >The same sort of lies and deception are also used by other parts of
> >government, including those involved in cryptography and related
> >issues. It is good that these tactics, including synthetic anger, are
> >exposed from time to time.
> 
> Should this be a new thread?

I think that it comes up with enough regularity not to bother. Note the 
misinformation spouted regarding RIP, the little clique of officials 
that came up with RIP and what appears to me to be synthetic anger at 
any questioning of the thing.



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