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Re:NASA says more science and less stigma are needed to unde... by tsimionescu on Friday September 15, 2023 @09:30AM (#37522656)
We have no credible evidence of aliens, and plenty of rock-solid evidence that high-level intelligence officials can lie to congress publicly with no repercussions (Iraq WMDs). The equation seems pretty simple.
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Re:NASA says more science and less stigma are needed to unde... by david-gpu on Friday September 15, 2023 @10:01AM (#37523088)
Then why not have Congress investigate the very specific claims he made to the ICIG (locations, people, companies, projects) and send him to prison if he was lying? Why the passive "it must be false do let's refuse to do anything about it, including bringing him to justice" attitude?
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Re:NASA says more science and less stigma are needed to unde... by dragonwriter on Friday September 15, 2023 @10:05AM (#37523138)
> Then why not have Congress investigate his claims and send him to prison if he was lying?

Because Congress is neither the investigatory institution for things that may result in prison nor the entity that makes determinations of guilt in such cases, Constitutionally?

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Re:NASA says more science and less stigma are needed to unde... by david-gpu on Friday September 15, 2023 @10:14AM (#37523270)
> Because Congress is neither the investigatory institution for things that may result in prison nor the entity that makes determinations of guilt in such cases, Constitutionally?

Lying to Congress under oath is a felony. Grusch testified under oath to Congress. He could be indicted and sent to prison.

I would appreciate a little bit of charity in the interest of having a friendly conversation.

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Re:NASA says more science and less stigma are needed to unde... by tsimionescu on Sunday September 17, 2023 @05:37PM (#37549605)
Because his claims, at least the public ones, we're actually very vague, and an investigation is very likely to not find the things he's claiming, but also not be able to rule them out to a level where he could be indicted (beyond a reasonable doubt). So there is very little upside to the huge waste of money and time.
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