On 1/11/2018 10:56 AM, Nick Horton wrote:
I was under the impression that the whole reason this is even being discussed is that there is no official statement on the payload status, from the NRO or otherwise.
Apologies if I missed this official statement from the NRO to Congress, but I've only seen tentative/speculative statements from 3rd parties that the payload was lost, with all official statements being that its status is classified.
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 9:05 AM William Claybaugh <wclaybaugh2@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:wclaybaugh2@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
The NRO did not lie to Congress when it reported the payload lost.
To so do is career terminal for those involved and very damaging
to the organization’s future budgets.
There isn’t anything more to it; speculation about NRO lying only
reveals aspects of the character of those engaged by such speculation.
Bill
