Why don't you start by telling me what the National Geospatial Intelligence agency would have had in proving or disproving this stuff?
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Replying to @matthew_d_green
That question would be best posed to the politicians and journalists who've spent eight months repeating the "17 agencies" talking point.
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Replying to @mtracey
If I was to tailor a tweet that was objectively true, and yet conveyed as little information about the world as possible, it would be this.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @mtracey
I guess as an academic your tweets shock me so much because I feel like it's my job to leave the world more informed than they were before.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green
The NYT correction was widely reported on because it disproves a talking point that powerful people have been invoking for months.
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Replying to @mtracey
Disproves what exactly? That the critical agencies that have the resource, budget and mission came to this finding?
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @mtracey
The CIA, FBI and NSA are pretty much the ballgame when it comes to this stuff. That Army Intelligence has no opinion is... who cares?
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Replying to @matthew_d_green
Again, if you feel the correction ought not to have been issued, please feel free to register your complaint with the New York Times.
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Replying to @mtracey
I feel that your tweet(s) should have offered information and context.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @mtracey
But at least you've backed down from "dishonest politicians, gotcha!" to "well, I'm just quoting the NYT". That's at least progress.
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The politicians and journalists who uncritically regurgitated that talking point were disinforming the public.
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Replying to @mtracey
And now you're disinforming the public. Which of you has "informing the public" in your job description?
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Replying to @matthew_d_green
I hope your "shock" wears off eventually and you're able to see the clear informational value of the tweet.
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