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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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