The phone book that led us to Assad's spy chief in hiding
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#2I always wonder how reporters get folks who have these tangential connections to powerful / terrible people to talk after they refuse. It's an impressive skill.
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#3I always wonder how reporters get folks who have these tangential connections to powerful / terrible people to talk after they refuse. It's an impressive skill.
I assume it's often parallel construction
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#4I always wonder how reporters get folks who have these tangential connections to powerful / terrible people to talk after they refuse. It's an impressive skill.
They just keep trying. It's not uncommon for people to talk after 3 or so attempts. Humans want to talk.
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#5I always wonder how reporters get folks who have these tangential connections to powerful / terrible people to talk after they refuse. It's an impressive skill.
They just keep trying. It's not uncommon for people to talk after 3 or so attempts. Humans want to talk.
I block numbers at that point. I don’t get how anyone would decide to open up after repeated attempts on their number.
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#6I always wonder how reporters get folks who have these tangential connections to powerful / terrible people to talk after they refuse. It's an impressive skill.
Not relevant at all, but I find that interesting and funny. As a rule of thumb I tend to accept unknown callers after 3 missed calls in rapid succession. Everybody I know closely knows this, and its come in useful. Though tbh I’d it’s a recognizable localish area code I usually pick up on the 2nd call in rapid succession.
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#7Is anyone just overwhelmed by the propaganda and partisanship as you read this? I have no great opinion on this Syrian regime or the previous - like basically everyone on HN when it comes to geopolitical topics, I do not know much about it - but the bias in the article is almost comically ham-fisted.
Re: The phone book that led us to Assad's spy chief in hiding
#8Is anyone just overwhelmed by the propaganda and partisanship as you read this? I have no great opinion on this Syrian regime or the previous - like basically everyone on HN when it comes to geopolitical topics, I do not know much about it - but the bias in the article is almost comically ham-fisted.
These are allegations of war crimes / criminals it’s not bias to describe them accurately.
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#9The story is: they find the guy, call him and he doesn't talk. All they've discovered is that he, like many in the Assad regime, are now in Russia. Duh.
This is a non-story.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
They just keep trying. It's not uncommon for people to talk after 3 or so attempts. Humans want to talk.
I block numbers at that point. I don’t get how anyone would decide to open up after repeated attempts on their number.
Emergencies. If you are responsible for children or needy adults, and they are not with you, you better respond after multiple tries.
At least that's what a regular Joe like me would do, I don't know what high in power people do.