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As far as I can tell they only state that for the conference in Norway: "[...] Assange was identified as a 'lecturer.' A review of the other names on the list revealed no other persons known to be associated with WikiLeaks"

To me the fact that they wrote "other persons known" indicates that they are not sure if there were other members present.

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That's standard legalese since they don't have any context to identify who "I" is. And the real identity of many people involved with WikiLeaks seems to be unknown, so it isn't impossible that it was someone else. It makes it the weakest evidence that NF is Assange, but it has some circumstantial value.

> the real identity of many people involved with WikiLeaks seems to be unknown

It seems I wasn't clear before but this is exactly what I intended to imply: If they cannot attest that JA was the only member present at that conference then that line of argument is insufficient to make the claim they are making.

other persons known sounds like normal legalese to me.

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