[powera]

This Medium post summarizes my take on this statement better than I can. TLDR "I can’t directly say the allegations are false."

https://medium.com/@frabyn/decoding-jake-appelbaum-9fa75d060...

[rue]

That dissection is pretty poorly made. First, the author “paraphrases” Applebaum’s use of “vicious and spurious”:

> I can’t directly say the allegations are false.

Then, a few lines below, the author quotes Applebaum as saying:

>> I want to be clear: the accusations of criminal sexual misconduct against me are entirely false.

I’m not taking sides here (it’s important that possible abuse is brought to light!) but this lawyer is straining his credibility.

[acqq]

If you quote Appelbaum, quote the Bynum's "translation" too:

> Appelbaum: I want to be clear: the accusations of criminal sexual misconduct against me are entirely false.

> Bynum's translation: I’ll never be convicted of a crime.

That is, Bynum claims that Appelbaum never claims "I haven't done it" and instead intentionally uses "criminal" (versus "civil," for example).

http://litigation.findlaw.com/filing-a-lawsuit/civil-cases-v...

[draw_down]

Nope, when he says the word "false" it's specifically in reference to criminal sexual misconduct. Read carefully, because that was written carefully.

[rmeyers]

So another one in the Tor "community" behaves irresponsibly and childish. What a surprise.

Open source projects are completely ruined these days by the ballast that surrounds them and drags them down.

[daxorid]

Projects, plural? Care to elaborate?

[SeanLuke]

I don't understand that one. Does @frabyn not know that spurious means false?

[sievebrain]

It's a dumb article. Applebaum's statement says quite clearly "the claims are false" but this so-called analysis tries to argue it's the opposite.

[acqq]

> Does @frabyn not know that spurious means false?

Does 'SeanLuke not know the following definitions of spurious?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spurious

"of a deceitful nature or quality"

"not genuine, sincere, or authentic"

So Appelbaum can claim that he didn't exactly mean "false" (in a sense of "never happened") but "not sincere" (as in, "somebody instructed those people to tell that now, you know, the nasty governments that are after me") if presented with the proofs later.

In short, read carefully yourself, take the dictionary and consider what was actually written and what wasn't. My impression, Franklin Bynum correctly recognized one weasel word

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word