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Overstated.

It was never given as a fact.

Was literally "in my opinion" speculation. A dumb opinion? Okay. But not statement of fact.

This has very little value when everything gets prefaced with "in my opinion". Government officials should be held to a higher standard when it comes to releasing these types of statements.

Especially when the whole point of such lies is to kill the story before it gets much public interest. A device the sunny state of Israel uses all the time and to great effect.

I don’t commonly hear that.

Just in the instance that was chosen.

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