IT WAS INTENTIONAL

[cilla4progress]

I don't know how people can think it was incompetence that resulted in the disclosure of survivor names and heinous distribution of images. It was clearly intentional..as a threat. Think thug mo

[kerry-is-my-prez]

1. Yep - the survivors are thinking that too, no doubts.

[Tasmanian Devil]

2. You might be right, but ...

Hanlon's razor has served me well over the years.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor

The stupidity in this situation is huge. The malice comes from the top, but perhaps doesn't extend to the idiots that were doing the redacting.

I don't know of course and you might be right. If we had a functional Congress we could have some hearings and find out instead of guessing.

In any event, the rage is well deserved and multiple heads should roll as the result.

[mopinko]

4. mopinko's corollary-

stupid is evil’s best disguise.

and these ppl r as evil as they come.

[FakeNoose]

6. Isn't it Occam's razor?

That's how I've always heard it called.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor

[Tasmanian Devil]

12. Similar but I think different

Occam's razor is usually quoted as:

"The simplest explanation, or the one with the fewest assumptions, is usually the best"

And is used widely in many fields ... at least initially before more evidence is collected.

Hanlon's Razor was "inspired by Occam's razor" but is more specific to guessing evil intent or stupidity. Evil and stupid are both "one" explanation so it's hard to apply Occam's razor to pick between them!

[stopdiggin]

18. not the same

although is is easily seen that one is derivative - and perhaps more of a witticism ?

[ananda]

15. The malice runs through the whole party now.

Our main problem now is with Democrats who either
won't fight back properly or those who don't know how.

[Cirsium]

16. Evil

Evil is as evil does.

Cirsium's Toothbrush.

[kurtyboy]

17. Stupidity, then ...

LIHOP?

[whathehell]

19. You notice though, that they weren't "stupid"

regarding the perpetrators names, right?

[LostOne4Ever]

21. The older I get

The more that I realize that evil and stupidity often the same thing.

The evil tend to be stupid and the stupid don’t mind being evil.

[Jarqui]

3. It was intentional to delay the release of more documents ... nt

[The Roux Comes First]

14. Especially After Almost a Year Lapsed After a Reported 1,000 FBI Agents Were Forced to Forego Their Formerly Important

Actual job duties to look for "trump" citations in the records and fluff up this sad little criminal.

[patphil]

5. When you look at the pattern of the redactions, it evident this was the case.

Fear is one of the main tools of this administration.
They may be stupid about some things, but someone had to actually decide to redact the names of those who raped these girls, while retaining the names of the girls, and even nude photos of them.
It was both a punishment for daring to demand justice, and a warning to others who were abused by Epstein and his clients not to step forward.

[Iggo]

7. They're also murdering people, so I'm not surprised they dimed out the victims.

And a lot more people are going to be hurt before this is over.

[OGBuzz]

8. Definitely it was intentional and not incompetence and human error as they are claiming.

They redacted names of the pedophiles, rapists and possibly murderers but they left the names of the victims.

[Marie Marie]

9. I will never underestimate these clowns. I think they are capable of BOTH - incompetence and

intimidation.

[DaBronx]

10. 100% intentional

No doubt about it.
None whatsoever.

[mysteryowl]

11. Horrifically abusive!!!

What words can we add to this brutality.

They made everyone wait for 1 1/2 months to release the files, BECAUSE, they were redacting the victims information.

This regime is the devil!

[aggiesal]

13. Completely agree!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[KitFox]

20. Many of the victims have testified that they and their families were threatened not only during their time there but

it continued years after. Some went into hiding and changed or disguised their identities. It is terrifying to think of the depths of resources for fear and intimidation available to this entire cabal of criminal elites. Trump has always operated as a mob boss with legions of thugs and goons. I was thinking about Stormy Daniels telling about why she accepted the pay off because of the thug who came up to her when she was getting her child out of her car seat. He said something to the effect of, “Beautiful little girl you have there. Be a shame if something happened to her.” Trump gets pleasure from the cruelty and violence. I am amazed at the courage of the survivors who continue to fight for justice and sickened by how exponentially wrongful they have been treated.