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The problem is that the author uses "claims" as a way of misrepresented the material of the document. First of all, the phrasing implies that the studies were not linked Damore. Furthermore, the author refers to the claims as "disengenuous", implying that the studies do not exist, or do not demonstrate what Damore claims they do. In other words, the author does not use "claims" to distance herself from the establishment of fact but instead to establish as fact that Damore was wrong.