User talk:70.190.87.49

May 2020
Hello, I'm Prolog. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person   on Evelyn Farkas, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Prolog (talk) 03:37, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
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Response: My edit was composed of several statements Evelyn Farkas made. I quoted her EXACT statements. All statements were supported by unimpeachable references which contained the EXACT quotes she made. Ms. Farkas was a national security advisor to the US government. She made the first statement on public TV (link provided). The second statement was a complete reversal of position and was made in testimony to a US Congress committee (link provided). Ms. Farkas made these remarks freely and without duress, and its unknown what her motivations may have been. As a national security officer, her duties and responsibilities to the public must be performed with the utmost honestly, without bias or prejudice. Making false accusations, and later, privately, under oath recanting everything stated shows a complete disregard for integrity and any impugning of character that is wholly self-induced. Ms. Farkas is currently a candidate for public office, and the citizenry has an absolute need to know her reputation. Your reason for editing the page is a perversion of the truth. I challenge anyone (you included) to find any falsehood I made. Text included below:

Farkas is at the center of a controversy about then President candidate Donald Trump’s team, and their alleged ties with Russia. In an appearance on MSNBC in March of 2017, Farkas told Mika Brezinski about her role in the efforts to collect intelligence on Trump’s team, regards their alleged ties with Russia, in the waning days of the Obama administration. Farkas stated, “I was urging my former colleagues and, frankly speaking, the people on the Hill... get as much information as you can," Farkas said, adding that her big fear was "if [Trump staffers] found out how we knew what we knew about their ... the Trump staff dealing with Russians – that they would try to compromise those sources and methods, meaning we no longer have access to that intelligence.” However, in her closed-door testimony to Congress, Farkas contradicted these statements when responding to questions. MR. GOWDY: “All right. So if you had to do this interview all over again, you would say, I know nothing other than what your viewers are reading in the paper and watching on television, and I have no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded, conspired, or coordinated with the Russians?” MS. FARKAS: “Correct.” MR. GOWDY: “That’s what you would say if you were being interviewed now?” MS. FARKAS: “Yeah.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.190.87.49 (talk • contribs)


 * There were several problems with your edits. The lead summarizes the body section; it is not for highlighting the juiciest bits. Besides accurate, neutral and verifiable, content must be noteworthy for an encyclopedia. You say that "Farkas is at the center of a controversy", but this Fox News piece, published almost two weeks ago, seems to be the only reliable source about Farkas and the transcript. Regarding the use of the transcript itself, please see WP:BLPSPS. Paulmlieberman has created a discussion at Talk:Evelyn Farkas, so I suggest that you make your case there. Prolog (talk) 18:09, 21 May 2020 (UTC)