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I wonder if publishing this just to get a headline before everyone else is a ethical move by the NYT.

Couldn't the publicity conjure a lot of lobbying/political pressure to change the report?




Possibly, but I don't think there was much of a risk. Boeing already had--presumably--at least a pretty decent idea about the review's contents by piecing together hints from document requests and questions or maybe even someone calling in a favor to get a draft copy. The Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR) involved a lot of agencies and personnel from multiple countries.

On the other hand, that also poses a problem for any attempt to change the report. There are a lot of iterative copies out there, with both Reuters[0] and the Times obtaining copies independently. Pressuring the JATR team to change its findings would leave an absolute ton of fingerprints, and be instantly obvious once reporters start reviewing a diff of the report.

0. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-boeing-airplane-faa/f...


On the other hand, if the final report released today is much more benign that what is reported here, wouldn't it make the suspicion of conflict of interests a lot worse ?

It is forcing hand, but in the other direction.




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