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Scrivener7

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2. See, this is the problem. They seed these files with a few fakes, then prove they are fake,

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2025, 04:48 PM

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and then the whole thing is discredited.

We need to be really seriously careful right now.

As you say, the letter might be fake, but I don't necessarily believe the FBI when they say it's fake either.

So what do we believe?

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So this handwritten letter is bothering me... [View all] PCIntern Tuesday OP

FBI has announced today that it is fake wishstar Tuesday #1

There is absolutely no reason to believe anything the FBI says. Wiz Imp Tuesday #5

See, this is the problem. They seed these files with a few fakes, then prove they are fake, Scrivener7 Tuesday #2

This supports that possibility jmbar2 Tuesday #7

Crap. Here we go. Scrivener7 Tuesday #8

They say that when a Democrat gives the time of day. usonian Tuesday #12

Wouldn't a fake have to make serious attempts to mimic the known handwriting bucolic_frolic Tuesday #3

I think it was to "substantiate" the suicide story. yellow dahlia Tuesday #4

What a tangled web they weave, these nasty insects Blues Heron Tuesday #6

Julie Brown doubts its authenticity. Sneederbunk Tuesday #9

And she'd know. Also the Forbes article details the elements that show it to be false. It's pretty convincing. Scrivener7 Tuesday #10

Kind of fake trump would like to make. Festivito Tuesday #11