There is reason to doubt, therefore, that shifting from justification to a condition like reliability will escape the Gettier problem.[27] Gettier cases seem to pose as much of a problem for K-reliabilism and causal theories as for the JTB account.
The justice department disputed Snowden's impact on the shift as "speculative" and indicated that the data collection did not stop, so much as shifted legal justifications.
But the strategy gets a bit harder each time, as the administration shifts its justification for war and as the insurgency becomes more toxic.
(Consider his shifting, implausible and contradictory justifications for cutting taxes). And it's also true that a few elements of the administration's evidence against Iraq have turned out to be overstatements or outright hoaxes.
One cannot observe this prosecution without recognizing the similarity to the multiple, shifting lies, theories and justifications for the Iraq War.
Bartha (2010) offers a preliminary attempt to provide such a justification by shifting from social values to epistemic values.
Rowe herself was able to obtain ballot comments showing that committee members' justifications shifted over time, she says, so she knew her case was strong.
"We find the SDI program in trouble, built on shifting sands, with rationales and justifications changing frequently," the report says.
"The transactions had minimal business justification other than the shifting of operating earnings," Baker Botts said.
