Kharon, if it’s a choice between conspiracy and something else, go for the something else every time.
It seems pretty clear to me that the transcription of the transcript and the references and material dealing with the content of the transcript were changed. But that will be because someone honestly believed that the only material relevant to the foregone conclusion is the SPECI, and therefore the content and implications of the SPECI were the only matters that needed to be dealt with in accurate detail. The error in the METAR, if there was an error, would have unnecessarily confused people, and might have cast unnecessary doubt on the accuracy of the SPECI transcript and other hearsay on which the foregone conclusion depends.
Last edited by Creampuff; 23rd Nov 2012 at 21:17.