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by firefax 364 days ago
They were saying on NPR this morning that DIA doesn't incorporate all sources (eg: no HUMINT/SIGINT from CIA/NSA).

It might be where based on things like satellite photos they cannot draw certain conclusions that are unable to be discussed publicly due to blowing a source.
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AnimalMuppet 364 days ago
The GP said two things: "leaked" and "classified". For that reason, I strongly suspect that "unable to be discussed publicly due to blowing a source" is the reason for anything... unless you think it was "leaked" as a deliberate misdirection.
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firefax 364 days ago
As I said in my previous statement, the journalist said that they made their assessment using only things like satellite data and that folks like NSA/CIA might have a different take but it would not be discussed in public due to the nature of HUMINT.

So imagine someone leaks a report that doesn't use all available sources to bolster their side of a story or because they lack the theory of mind to understand it's not the bombshell they think it is.

I don't know how to write this out more simply for you.

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