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IP: Re: Bin Laden's nuclear secrets found


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 00:32:30 -0500


From: Phil Kos <PhilK () solthree com>
To: "'dave () farber net'" <dave () farber net>


> "Lots of hot air but maybe some facts."

You might also want to note that the "partly burnt documents" appear to be a
copy of an article published in the science-satire Journal of Irreproducible
Results (now the Annals of Improbable Research) back in 1979--i.e., nothing
extraordinary or even noteworthy beyond the joke factor. So this may just be
the latest example of a journalist not bothering to check any sources before
publishing a juicy tidbit.

(Thanks to the deviants at rotten.com for pointing this out to me at
<http://www.dailyrotten.com/archive/159929.html>.)


- phil


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