Word: baselessness
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...human mind. Mamora Olusegun Victor Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria Follow the Money The ratio of eyewitnesses who support John Kerry's Vietnam War record to those who do not can only be described as overwhelming. Yet your Notebook report "Kerry in Combat: Setting the Record Straight" [Aug. 30] allowed baseless accusations to be elevated to charges worthy of serious contemplation. Follow the money that subsidizes the calumnies of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT). The trail leads to well-bankrolled Republican Party operatives doing what they do best: smearing good people and lying to American voters. David Federman Narberth, Pennsylvania...
...questioned in the I.N.C. case, the FBI seemed frustrated in that investigation. That case officer, who worked alongside I.N.C. intelligence gatherers at the time of the alleged breach, says he was interrogated and polygraphed by the FBI. He contended to TIME that the allegations against the I.N.C. are baseless and that the bureau is "grasping at straws." U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement officials insist that U.S. intercepts of Iranian communications prove that secrets about U.S. code-breaking were gravely breached and that the only question is, Who is to blame...
Zuckerberg denies the allegations of intellectual property theft, saying the ConnectU creators’ claims are baseless...
...this would be a difficult process. We were far from ready to vote on any of the charges (there were 24 against each defendant), but we went around the room that first day to express our general views. About half the panel essentially said the prosecution's case was baseless and the men weren't guilty of anything except perhaps bad taste in furnishings...
...case. But just as the real solution to obesity is not blaming the fast food industry and leaving it at that, the real solution to frivolous lawsuits is not the immunization of entire industries—a precedent that could restrict Americans’ ability to punish corporate wrongdoing. Baseless lawsuits should be promptly dismissed; if any of these lawsuits are indeed without merit, then the courts will rule that way. The House should keep its hands out of a private citizen’s right to confront corporations in court...