Sentences with phrase «absence of a smoking gun»

Albany Law School Professor Vince Bonventre says he analyzed the government's case, and also initially believed that the absence of a smoking gun weakened the prosecutions arguments.

Albany Law School Professor Vince Bonventre said he analyzed the government's case and also initially believed that the absence of a smoking gun weakened the prosecution's arguments.

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But the lack of statistically significant results and, more important, the absence of evidence pointing to a smoking gun — a physical mechanism in the climate system that ties Arctic changes to extreme events — has left many top climate researchers unconvinced that rapid Arctic warming is a major player in causing extreme weather events outside of the Arctic itself.

This can be difficult to challenge in the absence of other smoking guns.