tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15840532.post113594863382200904..comments2023-12-28T20:28:45.631-05:00Comments on Petty Larseny: ITEM: Associated Press Utilizing Psychic Abilities!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15840532.post-1136044462076165612005-12-31T10:54:00.000-05:002005-12-31T10:54:00.000-05:00Isn't the "strict Federal rules" part what gives t...Isn't the "strict Federal rules" part what gives them the license to say "acknowledge"? Given they can establish that independent of the NSA, if the NSA says they violated the rules, then they are acknowledging making a mistake. In the same way that a criminal saying "it was a fair cop" when caught in the act is acknowledging culpability.<BR/><BR/>Or perhaps you are insisting on a particular definition of "mistake", where they don't *deliberately* break the law. Now, that would be<BR/>hard for the AP to establish. But I think a broader<BR/>reading of "mistake" (and, hey, the NSA may have had lawyers clear the statement, so some careful parsing is probably in order) makes the AP's wording accurate.<BR/><BR/>-D.E.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com