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Interesting logical fallacy they're employing: by inverting the inequality such that the upside is capped, they're strongly implying that the value is non-zero. This shifts the conversation away from the value being, in fact, zero.

At most 1 person may have been killed by the official making that statement.

At most 1 child may have been abducted by journalists mentioning Snowden's name.

Nice trick. Wonder if it'll catch on with other officials?



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