bje
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Material evidence (Law), evidence which conduces to the
proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis. --Wharton.
[1913 Webster]
In BJE's post, he asks whether I would consider all witnesses to all events around the Pentagon to be material evidence. If the above definition is what BJE means, I do not agree since there may be witnesses who have witnessed events surrounding the Pentagon that are neither conducive to proof nor disproof of a relevant hypothesis.
No, you have the cart before the horse.
Any investigation will start with gathering evidence and interviewing eyewitnesses, wouldn't you agree?
Any hypothesis would arise from the outcome of that process, not before, even if investigators are confident of knowing what they think happened beforehand. A professional investigator would want to gather as many relevant facts and interview as many eyewitnesses as he can find or who find him, not exclude eyewitnesses or their statements that contradict what he thinks may have happened. So, back to my question:
Consistent with your responses so far, I interpret your above statement to include all witnesses to all events surrounding the incident at the Pentagon as material evidence to be vetted and considered in any investigation, am I correct?