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Month: January 2015 (Page 2 of 2)

Mostly, I’m Kind of Embarrassed for Her

I don’t have much to say. Just gonna put this out there.

In reference to Bilal pleading the 5th..

In reference to Bilal pleading the 5th..

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I already posted attorney notes from Bilal’s testimony during the grand jury, but in case there’s still doubt, I kindly refer your attention to the highlighted portions of this document.

Bilal’s Waiver

Now I know how this will play out. Natasha will say “well he tried to plead the fifth, then the court denied it, and then he actually testified, and THAT’S WHAT I MEANT”.  Except its pretty clear that is not what she meant, or Jay meant. She meant that Bilal never testified, and she “verified” it, and she is dead wrong.

*On a related note, someone posted on Reddit that she had a conversation on Facebook messenger with Jay. And The Intercept published a screenshot of that conversation, BUT it had been redacted/messed with. So this person contacted Natasha to tell her she published something that had been doctored by Jay. She provided proof of the original conversation, which included something Jay definitely would not want the public to know (yes, I know exactly what he said that was then redacted). Then she waited patiently for Natasha to make the correction. But Natasha never did. Instead Natasha is claiming that the conversation Jay sent her was a message he shared with his wife about the original message, not the original conversation itself. Sure, it could be possible Jay redacted what he wish he didn’t say and then sent it to his wife. But hard to believe because the conversation Natasha published has the exact same time stamp as the original conversation.  Considering the acrobatics Natasha is going through to cover her mistake in this, I won’t be surprised if she does the same with Bilal’s testimony.

Realize Real Lies

GrandJury

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It’s All In Your Head

From The Intercept's header for part three of Jay's interview

From The Intercept’s header for part three of Jay’s interview

Let’s just get this out of the way. At no point did Sarah Koenig or I ever supply or post Jay’s personal information anywhere.  Shortly after the first podcast someone tweeted at me and asked me Jay’s last name. I tweeted back that it’s “Wilds”.  I thought nothing of it since the trial and case documents are public domain, and some of the appeal documents are easily found online and his name is all over them.  Sarah immediately contacted me and asked me to delete that tweet.

That was the start of delicate (ok sometimes pretty pointed) negotiations between Sarah and I. She had certain journalistic standards and had made promises to her sources about how they would be portrayed in the series (first name, full name, name replaced, voice scrambled, etc), but of course I was under no obligation to follow her rules. I never saw reason to follow them in fact, because as I’ve said a hundred times, none of the trial testimony is under seal. Its public domain.  I also have no connection to This American Life, no involvement in the creation of the show, and saw no reason to be obligated to them.  Continue reading

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