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I'm not sure you can generalize that. It was a Chinese agency that "mistakenly" posted those misleading satellite images, while the U.S. was the first to draw a connection between satellite data and the Indian Ocean as a possible crash area.

There have been mistakes, false leads, and promising revelations across the board.

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>> "while the U.S. was the first to draw a connection between satellite data and the Indian Ocean as a possible crash area."

Was it not a UK firm that worked that out?

Correct, Inmarsat is a UK firm, not US

I'm aware the satellite firm was from the U.K.; I was looking at this timeline: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101485972 which implied the White House was the first to reveal it. But other timelines cite the satellite company itself.

My point was that "effectiveness" should be measured by results, given there has been a pattern of false leads thus far. We can hope, but don't know for sure, that this new lead won't end up another red herring.

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