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[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I'm struggling to reconcile this with the previous reason given for not releasing the files, that they were a national security risk. So, releasing no evidence would have been a risk to national security after Epstein was dead?

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The government lies.

It doesn't matter when or where you read this, it's always true.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes and no. It depends on the part of the government in question.

Take the Government Accountability Office. I pretty much trust anything they put out. The same goes for NASA, and until this year, NOAA.

OSHA also tends to get a pass.

Homeland Security or the FBI? My sodium intake becomes dangerously high.

And that's even before Trump returned to power.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

sodium intake becomes dangerously high

Perhaps switch to black salt?

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

The expression is, take it with a grain of salt.

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/take-with-a-grain-of-salt.html

The subtext being that the FBI and Homeland Security lie so much, that if you take everything they say with a grain of salt, you'll be at risk of dying from too much salt.

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