Well, I'll be the first to admit it: I thought the ellipses were random typographical artifacts.
I *honestly* didn't think they would have bothered to mark where they took something out, because if you lose as soon as someone has anything to compare your work to, why would you?
I *honestly* didn't think they would have bothered to mark where they took something out, because if you lose as soon as someone has anything to compare your work to, why would you?
I am gobsmacked. These ellipses may themselves wind up being the equivalent of the Nixon tapes. The willful arrogance of this whole thing astonishes me, and not because I thought the people involved were wise or humble.
I'm not surprised when they admit their crimes. I'm not surprised when they cover up their crimes. I'm not surprised when they admit to the cover up.
I honestly didn't see them drawing a little pirate treasure map to the cover up. I didn't.
I honestly didn't see them drawing a little pirate treasure map to the cover up. I didn't.
Wasn't a question of if it was edited.
The question is why you would leave witness marks to show where you took something out, if the claim is this is the whole transcript and you lose if anyone finds the rest of it.
The question is why you would leave witness marks to show where you took something out, if the claim is this is the whole transcript and you lose if anyone finds the rest of it.
These ellipses are my "he just tweeted it out" moment.
The sheer incompetence.
The sheer incompetence.
