On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:24:22 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 07:09:21 -0800 (PST), trader_4
wrote:

Christopher Steele, believes it to be 70% to 90% accurate, according to a new book on the covert Russian intervention in the 2016 US election.

That tells me it is 10-30% bull**** and why would a guy even give us
that low number (70% true) if he thought it was better than that. As
Clare pointed out when you are selling something you make it sound as
good as you can. Me bet is the accuracy is lower than that much like
"Your Mileage May Vary".

It is all still what he says he "believes", not what he knows is true.
That is a legal word you use to try to avoid a libel suit.
Or if you are honest.
If trump was smart enough to prefix every stupid thing he says with "I
believe" instead of "people say" - or nothing at all . . . . .