more on "staging"

[Joel S. Berson]

Was the attack on the Maddox staged? or Were only the reports of the
incident staged?  (Lyndon Johnson is reported to have been uncertain.)

Could they have been that devious?

Joel

At 8/17/2012 01:03 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Did they stage the later landings too?
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>Could they be that devious?
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>JL
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>On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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> > "Dave Mustaine, Megadeth Singer, Says Obama 'Staged' Aurora Shooting, =
> > Sikh Temple Shooting To Pass A Gun Ban"
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> > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/15/dave-mustaine-megadeth-si_n_17845=
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> > Perhaps influenced by the (apparently widespread) belief that the =
> > government "staged" the 1969 moon landing, but that's just my =
> > speculation.
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