Instead, the commission claimed that, to the best of its knowledge (a knowledge based on flimsy research and self-serving logic), baseball had been invented by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, New York, in 1839.
In his book, Goldsmith claims that Addington and other top officials treated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act the same way they handled other laws they objected to: "They blew through them in secret based on flimsy legal opinions that they guarded closely so no one could question the legal basis for the operations," he writes.
"I didn't like judging people based on flimsy information," he said.
The filmmakers simply assume that the convictions were based on flimsy evidence.
"We, in the scientific community, often give strong advice based on flimsy evidence," he said.
Rather than sinking roots, the BNP challenge was based on flimsy foundations.
However there is another benefit to well-conducted research, which is that many drugs initiatives are based on flimsy evidence.
The convictions, based on flimsy evidence and perjured testimony, were overturned by a federal court in 1980.
Its foreign minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, expressed regret at "hasty decisions based on flimsy evidence" made by donor partners.
Rwanda's foreign minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, expressed regret on Friday at "hasty decisions based on flimsy evidence" by donors suspending or deferring aid.
