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"Deceptive is your word. I said 'whitewash'. A whitewash is [...] ultimately deceptive." I don't feel like I'm so much trying to use debate tactics against you as to observe how uncomfortable even you seem to be with the idea that Hal Abelson was deliberately deceptive.
So you are completely comfortable defending the Abelson report, and find it completely honest. That's dandy. Are you still comfortable with your comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4529484
Yes. And, yes. Why? What does that have to do with Abelson's report?