Ostertag has not kept many ticket stubs from his run, so he has no independent proof of his feat.
According to the classic evidentialist argument, for faith to be considered rational it has to be supported by independent proof, and there simply isn't any.
But a senior American official said there was no independent proof of his capture, and it was not clear whether the Lashkar members the Pakistanis said they had rounded up Monday at offices and camps were fighters or senior commanders.
The Times did not offer independent proof, like the text messages between Detroit's mayor and a female aide that The Detroit Free Press disclosed recently, or the photograph of Donna Rice sitting on Gary Hart's lap.
For a conviction, someone besides the victim had to identify the attacker; there had to be independent proof that a sexual act occurred; and there had to be evidence of 'force' (i.e., bruises).
Famous alumni (Chuck Norris edition): The Colorado State wikipedia entry lists Chuck Norris as an alum; I couldn't find any independent proof that this was so, but mentioning it allows me to play this clip from "Delta Force".
