why aren't all 7 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Morell: Intelligence Case for Iraq WMDs Was Stronger Than Bin Laden Case
“And the punchline, right, the punchline was, Mr. President the case that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction was stronger than the case that Bin Laden is. You could hear a pin drop in the Situation Room, and it was true, right?”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Morell: Snowden leaks damaged US tech companies' business overseas
“Edward Snowden Did serious damage to that relationship because the perceptions of the private sector covertly helping the government, whether those were true or not, but the perception that was created, right, of that significantly damaged some American compan…”
Assertion Contradicted
Morell: Russian networks posted en masse minutes after Clinton's 2016 collapse
“So within five minutes of Secretary Clinton falling in New York City on September 11th during the campaign, there were hundreds of thousands of social media postings coming out of Eastern Europe and Russia questioning whether she was healthy enough to be presi…”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Morell: US banks have far superior cybersecurity compared to government
“Cybersecurity in large U.S. Financial institutions is light years ahead of cybersecurity in the United States government.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Morell: Border biometrics make traveling under alias difficult for CIA officers
“Biometrics used at borders makes it very difficult for CIA operations officers to travel in alias.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Morell: CIA stores its top secrets on paper, not digitally
“For CIA's most sensitive information, we don't store it digitally. We store it on paper, in a safe, in a room, with a lock on it, that only a handful of people can get access to.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Morell: 70% of In-Q-Tel investments deliver products to intelligence community
“70% of what they've invested in have given a product or a service back to the intelligence community.”