The original reports on Niger have been found to be based on forged documents, and the Bush administration has since backed away from its initial assertions.
The Iraqi findings are also at odds with initial assertions by the State Department that the convoy had received small-arms fire.
Prosecutors said in court on Monday that there was no such group, apparently contradicting Mr. Breivik's initial assertions that he acted as part of a broader conspiracy.
Despite the initial assertions and rumors that North Korea was behind the attacks and slight evidence that the programmer had some familiarity with South Korean software, the consensus of most computer security specialists is that the attackers could be located anywhere in the world.
"Although Tensing's statements immediately after the shooting can be properly discounted as made during his initial shock from the incident and possibly while under extreme psychological stress, he was provided ample opportunity to clarify those initial assertions two days later when he appeared at [the Cincinnati Police Department] with his attorney," the report states.
Abbott said nothing had emerged to cast doubt on his initial assertions that the Malaysia Airlines plane had been shot down by Russian-backed rebels, and in a comment directed at Russia suggested "it would be much better if we didn't have large countries interfering in the affairs of small ones".
Criminal investigators found no evidence to support assertions by Blackwater employees that they were fired upon by Iraqi civilians, contradicting initial assertions by Blackwater officials who said that company employees fired in self-defense and that several vehicles were badly damaged by hostile gunfire.
Upon reading and re-reading these incidents and while exploring related pieces of data (e.g., curriculum design artifacts), initial assertions were tested against the data corpus.
Now part 2, the White House continues to shakily stand by their initial assertions that 75% of the oil has disappeared.
One of the initial assertions in the film is that slavery has not been abolished but is increasing, and that half of this slavery is sexual in nature.
Regardless of who Hart was representing or what was discussed, the fact remains that Hart did meet with Pruitt and reach out to the EPA while the EPA chief was renting from his wife, contradicting Hart's initial assertions.
