Metadata Shows the FBI's 'Raw' Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified

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>“In the world of conspiracy theories, evidence that disproves something happened becomes proof that something happened,” says Rothschild.

Forget conspiracy theories. This isn't acceptable in any setting (for example, as stated by Farid, in a chain of custody situation). There are entirely too many coincidences, but the obfuscations and evasions by the relevant authorities are baffling. It's as if they were inviting conspiracy theories.

> It's as if they were inviting conspiracy theories.

They are. The more conspiracy theories that exist, the more the truth gets buried.

There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death.

There's no reason to say that it's raw footage and then put it through a video editing program, so I'd say what we know now is evidence of it being deceptively manipulated.

But I see you're quoting the article, so I guess you're not intending to say that it wasn't and that Wired are instead saying something ridiculous?

Easier than that, I do not often publish on hacker news, only when I find something that could be interesting to read the comments on. And I though the field there was for a subtitle, rather than that it was published itself as a comment.

If you ask me, I am on the "conspiracy" team. Too much coincidences, to much interests, and very few plausible explanations.

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