I would think the preferred option is the try and recover her quietly. Raising the profile risks them just making her disappear permanently.

I sympathize with her circumstances but I also actually think a lot of people aren’t being completely honest when answering that question phrased exactly that way.

We all know the reality of the situation is they essentially want a yes or no response. Any equivocation is a point for the defense towards reasonable doubt.

Hardly anyone is going to respond with, “I’m like 80% certain independently but I trust the police have the right guy and I know I need to just answer in the affirmative to help secure a conviction.”

I suppose we all could go back and forth endlessly about whether not telling the entire truth is lying. Pretty much everyone does it on a regular basis only the stakes are usually much lower.

It’s impossible for any of us, including you, to know for sure.

The usual routine: make claim, say video supports claim, video shows a well worn aspect no one was questioning or denying while ignoring the actual key part of the claim being made.

Is it possible? Sure. Was that proof of blackmail related to Hunter? Obviously not.

Also, it’s a small detail but anyone familiar with colloquial use of the English language would understand “well son of a bitch” was being used as “well what do you know” and not calling Poroshenko an SOB. Only serves to illustrate a clear bias or willful dishonesty.

These things were happening long before that term was coined.

He seems like a real master of obfuscation. His main defense is claiming ignorance at the time but he’s also very cautious the avoid acknowledging the crimes or criticizing the Iranian regime either then or now.

I’m sure there’s a lot you miss, bukkake washcloth…

This one sounds like an actual barricaded individual. Didn’t we just learn that protocol is to secure the area and call in a trained negotiator to make contact?

No, let’s just go in on someone we already know is alone and likely having some kind of mental breakdown and is armed.

The trip doesn’t seem like the best idea now without time for the dust to settle.

Is it really the government doing the orchestrating or do they just turn on whoever got outbid?

Donating land for a park is a good way to get one.

You know I can be as critical of police as anyone and his overturned conviction exemplifies how distrust has been earned but its likely he was surrounded by witnesses who adhere to a strict “no snitching” policy.

That cuts both ways as significant portions of day to day operations have been privatized so there is still an industry and lobbying. Some people use the statistic of completely privately run prisons to hand wave away the issue.

(Obviously, it doesn’t apply to this particular muck up)

I think it’s one of those things where there’s a lot more concern all around when it’s a foreign tourist. We have a bias towards things going wrong on vacation

Sad as it is a couple of kayakers drowning in the states might not make it beyond local news.

Same goes for someone dying in a fight with people they know.

I honestly think part of it is living in relative luxury. For past generations the threats we’re much more immediate. If you didn’t keep moving forward during the Great Depression death was a very real possibly not just abstract melancholy. We can live in our heads and be complacent while still getting our basic needs met.

It’s gets harder the further back you go. Did you ever read a historical biography and note how many children they lost to illness yet somehow kept going?

It was basically only the second half of the 20th century on (depending on demographic) that a large number of regular people experienced fairly dependable comfort and security.