(03:10:32 PM) bradass87: at first glance… it was just a bunch of guys getting shot up by a helicopter… no big deal… about two dozen more where that came from right… but something struck me as odd with the van thing… and also the fact it was being stored in a JAG officer’s directory… so i looked into it… eventually tracked down the date, and then the exact GPS co-ord… and i was like… ok, so thats what happened… cool… then i went to the regular internet… and it was still on my mind… so i typed into goog… the date, and the location… and then i see this nytimes/2007/07/13/world/middleeast/13iraq.html [2 Iraqi Journalists Killed as U.S. Forces Clash With Militias - New York Times] (03:11:07 PM) bradass87: i kept that in my mind for weeks… probably a month and a half… before i forwarded it to them (03:11:54 PM) bradass87: then there was the Finkel book (03:12:16 PM) bradass87: im almost certain he had a copy (03:12:16 PM) info@adrianlamo : I’m not here right now (03:13:31 PM) bradass87: it was unreal… i mean, i’ve identified bodies before… its rare to do so, but usually its just some nobody (03:13:48 PM) bradass87: it humanized the whole thing… re-sensitized me (03:15:38 PM) bradass87: i dont know… im just, weird i guess (03:15:49 PM) bradass87: i cant separate myself from others (03:16:12 PM) bradass87: i feel connected to everybody… like they were distant family (03:16:24 PM) bradass87: i… care? (03:17:27 PM) bradass87: [ is.gd/pale_blue_dot_jpg ]
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