Notes from the ducking stool: wget as evidence of guilt at the Manning trial

There’s no evidence of that in the article.

I guess it’s all about perception then. Because I think Cory’s title matches nicely with the author’s account. Keep in mind, as far as I’m concerned, Boing Boing usually requires critical thinking skills. He made a ridiculous headline to match a ridiculous approach by the prosecution. If you couldn’t detect a tinge of sarcasm in the title, then it could be you’re being a little to literal around here.

entirely the author’s spin

So you were there at the court to discount her account or is this once again your own blind conjecture that she’s a spinmaster? She hasn’t given me any reason to doubt her account of it, but maybe you know something I don’t?

quintessential FUD

By introducing wget in that manner (as the author reported), it shows the prosecutor is brandishing and rattling the FUD saber. Cory and the author reporting on FUD isn’t FUD.

If you were there or have other accounts that show that wget was introduced in an innocuous manner, then I’d like to hear about it.