How is it a conspiracy theory that the timestamps were modified? Timestamps aren't difficult to modify and it's not hard to imagine a script introducing jitter to make it realistic. It's also not a stretch to believe that real USB transfers were used to create the timestamp, but it doesn't indicate that the primary hack/exfiltration was done via a USB transfer.
I don't think you know what a conspiracy theory is or why they tend to be ridiculous.
It's hardly wild to think that a bad actor capable of exfiltrating sensitive data might also cover its tracks by easily modifying metadata of files that the bad actor itself is leaking. That's not a conspiracy at all, timestamps can be modified alone without much difficulty and without recruiting a conspiracy of people and institutions.
Binney's argument, however, is wildly conspiratorial. Let me highlight a quote from the AMA [1]:
> They all blocked any reference to the forensic evidence we were coming up with, publicly. They were all part of it. It includes the Mueller investigation and the Rosenstein indictments.
Apparently it's more likely that multiple political and judicial institutions were "part" of an effort to block critical evidence. But wait, there's more:
> The MSM doesn't want anyone to know it happened!
Ah, all the "mainstream media" outlets were also in on it! Apparently they also worked with the multiple political and judicial institutions to hide this fact from the people.
Apparently The Mueller report, the intelligence agencies, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence are all wrong, were all part of an effort to hide important evidence, and even the many organizations that comprise the "Mainstream Media" are all in it together to stop people from knowing about it.
Wow, this is a secret and intimate collaboration between massive organizations on a scale we've never seen before. It's ridiculous.
It's not that I don't believe timestamps are usually accurate, it's that I don't believe easily modifiable timestamps is more reliable as evidence than the extensive intelligence and investigation carried out and reported by multiple independent institutions.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/igeixp/i_am_william_b...