On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 07:50:14AM -0400, Michael Best wrote:
As I think I said in the other thread, less specific charges that require more specific proof and almost never leveled before a trial is set, because it forces the issue to be tried in the court of public opinion, where a lot of information can't be released lest it spoil an investigation or potential trial. There's also the fact that there'd be little to gain at this point by alleging that the slides are fake since there would be few people to believe it,
"NSA hasn't said it's fake" doesn't seem like a strong argument - especially for a non-NSA slide. And again - *Snowden himself* has accused outlets of releasing slides attributed to him that *he says he did not provide*.
Likely the NSA would distribute fake slides just to discredit Snowden. Does Snowden deny the authencity of this slide? This slide appeared in _too many_ news AFAICT to get unnoticed.