In addition, from the same paragraph 8, a subtler but instructive example of semantic bullshit-artistry:
Quote:
8. The Cold Case investigators further determined that the Hawaii Department of Health has engaged in what Sheriff s investigators believe is...
How does that work?
"CC investigators" determined that HDoH has "engaged in" "x".
"x" is then defined as some activity that "Sheriff's investigators" "believe" is "y", where "y" is bad stuff.
For "CC investigators" to have made this determination, would require them to:
- determine that HDoH did "x", AND
- determine that "Sheriff's investigators" believe "x" to be "y"
If the two sets of investigators are different people (otherwise why refer to them by different titles?), this would have required CC investigators to talk to Sheriff's investigators, describe "x" to them, and get their opinion that "x" is "y".
Under this scenario, Zullo investigates his ass off, and finds out (from, say, reading an email from Corsi) that Hawaii denied requests by Does 1-15 to view the original birth record. He then goes to a "Sheriff's investigator" (say, Corsi) and tells him this, and Corsi says, "I believe that's a systematic effort to hide stuff from the public."
Of course in the real scenario, Zullo and Corsi together are
both "CC investigators"
and "Sheriff's investigators." So just picture the same scenario above, except with Zullo and Corsi each with one hand down the other's pants.
All this determining, investigatoring, frottage, and whatnot, and what do they come up with?
The Hawaii Dept of Health, charged by law with systematically keeping vital records from being publicly divulged, has been making a systematic effort to hide vital records from the public.
