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PASJD1. To clarify a prior question, I am the person who emailed Mr. Allen about this thread and posted his response (with his permission). It seemed an easy enough thing to do to find out the facts even if others were more interested in propounding conspiracy theories.
2. I am willing to give Mr. Bushing, and Mastro, the benefit of the doubt here. Given that in my estimation no purpose is served by any intentional "lie," as possession of an unspecified Master's degree in no way enhances Mr. Bushing's authority to authenticate bats, I assume no bad intent on anyone's part. This easily could have arisen from a misunderstanding.
3. Even if it did not, and Mr. Bushing told a "little white lie" on an irrelevant matter for whatever reason, to me that is not enough to cast any doubt either on his overall credibility or his ability to authenticate bats. Are you holier-than-thou people out there on a witchhunt telling me you have never made a misstatement in your professional lives? Sure, I believe ya. As a famous person said, let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
Enjoy the witchhunt. I am sure it will have dramatic repercussions.