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> The FBI who falsified the accuracy The article didn't make it seem like there was actual fraud, just bad science being followed blindly. I had to find the or
by tomnipotent 5y ago
> The FBI who falsified the accuracy
The article didn't make it seem like there was actual fraud, just bad science being followed blindly. I had to find the original FBI announcement to understand it was indeed intentional fraud by individual FBI examiners misrepresenting bad science.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-testimony-on-microscopic-hair-analysis-contained-errors-in-at-least-90-percent-of-cases-in-ongoing-review https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-testimo...
- boomboomsubban 5y agoThe article starts with >When Dr. Frederic Whitehurst initially blew the whistle on the systemic forensic fraud in the FBI crime lab... And then proceeds to discuss the fraud in no ambiguous terms.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoI think you need to check your reading comprehension or just re-read the article > It was “alterations of reports, alterations of evidence