On the one hand the idea is parseable and makes sense abstracted away from context and contorted phrasing, in context the questioner was noting that there was no known direct link between the Iraqi government and terrorist orgs, and Rumsfeld was pulling out “unknown unknowns” as a justification for going to war as though ignorance of a threat justified an attack. In terms of formal risk analysis he was applying a useful tool, but the application was pure mendacity.
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