[nocturnial]

Fair enough, so why was that particular article flagged on HN?

[theferalrobot]

I imagine because 1) discussion was propagating false information and 2) devolving into political infighting which is not allowed here.

[nocturnial]

I think you're the one who first propagated the idea in this thread that the US was doing this for exclusive access, not me.

We're getting off topic. You agreed that the reuters article was fair. If not then don't use it in your argument. It was this article that got removed.