Presumably, the NIE's authors would admit that this is speculation rather than a statement of fact, since the facts suggest otherwise.

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Rather, the panel members substituted their personal opinions and their interpretation of Vatican law and the CYO mission statement for facts.

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Now at the time McCain made his statement, there was very little controversy over the facts of the case.

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Given that we really have nothing to support the claim of the leaked statement, I have a feeling that once we get the facts, and they can be reviewed and analyzed in an unbiased fashion, we will see that the GPS lobby has seriously damaged LightSquared.

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Of course in typical Commissioner Stern fashion he used facts to back up his statement.

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