Press Release
May 9, 2007

Statement of Sen. Recto on Mercury Rising

In an election, conspiracy theories are weapons of mass distraction.

Mercury Rising falls under this category. It is an attempt to plant the seeds of doubt in the minds of the people so the latter would question the outcome of an exercise, even if in the end nothing irregular happened.

Leaked intelligence reports are of doubtful authenticity . In fact, the best way for rumors to gain credence is to recycle them as intel reports, complete with classified markings.

If the intelligence community leaks like the Titanic, then how come that not a single report on the widely-publicized disappearance of Jonas Burgos has surfaced?

As election day nears, we should be wary of so-called oplans, especially in this land of do-it-your-own intel reports.

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