But since that early report there has been a steady chorus contradicting those statements, arguing that the surveillance plane provided an intelligence windfall to the Chinese.
The Menem government initially blamed Iran, but the cumulative effect of later statements, arguing that there was insufficient proof, has been to sow uncertainty about responsibility for the bombing.
Rahabi, a slim 34-year-old in a white shirt whom the Defense Department believes was "almost certainly" a member of al-Qaida, bobbed in his swivel chair, occasionally scratching his nose as his representatives read statements arguing for his release.
Mr. Schwartz had attempted to block the jury from hearing all of Mr. Rodriguez's statements, arguing that the police intimidated him and that he was not read his rights soon enough.
They had to rate the evidential importance of statements arguing either for or against a particular character being responsible.
Organizations have released position statements arguing that the approach is both ineffective and potentially harmful to patients.
The latter soon changed his statements, arguing that "Kemény" was a pseudonym used by Leo Tolstoy, and that Caragiale was guilty of copying The Power of Darkness.
Both expressed concerns about Trump's statements, arguing that they were offensive and ill-advised, but seemed to suggest that they were just a mistake.
Whitehouse criticized the Justice Department for deferring to the IRS before prosecuting nonprofits for false statements, arguing that the tax agency was "not particularly well-suited, not particularly well-staffed and not particularly well-disposed to this matter".
Jonathan Pollack, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution specializing in Korea and China, was puzzled by Mattis' statements, arguing that the defense secretary is usually a "voice of real reason" in the Trump administration. .
