emptywheel

Yeah. Except that's a factual shit show. Can you MATCH claims from the Page transcript w/the dossier? In fact, transcript, IF TRUE, refutes the key claims.

What I primarily see are attempts to rationalize and move the goalposts.

Yes, Bertrand undoubtedly did do that. Again, there were SPECIFIC allegations in the dossier. You (and Betrand) are now saying, Welp, other facts that happened in the general vicinity are exactly the same. Truth doesn't work like that. But Alex Jones does.

No, no, no. YOU are moving the goalposts. I appreciate your attempt at being deliberately obtuse, though. All I said was that parts of the dossier have been confirmed, then you tried to move the goalposts by insisting that the most damning parts have not yet been confirmed.

I didn’t specify which parts had been confirmed, only that some of it had. You can rationalize all you want so long as you’re aware that you are, indeed, rationalizing.

I'm asking you for a single one from that article. Again, what it shows is that the CENTRAL ALLEGATIONS against Page are, if he is to be believed, FALSE. Which is the opposite of truth, in case you're catching up.

And here's the very lengthy piece where I point out that ESPECIALLY wrt hacking, that piece is a shitshow and ALSO violates key rules about evidence wrt intel analysis. https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/09/06/john-siphers-garbage-post-arguing-the-steele-dossier-isnt-garbage/ …