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Not included in [[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy]] (perhaps because it doesn’t make much sense at first) are these [[JC]] coinages: | Not included in [[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy]] (perhaps because it doesn’t make much sense at first) are these [[JC]] coinages: | ||
The '''{{risk|unknown known}}'''. Now, before you write this off, well — see the[[Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999]] for the sorts of things a well-ordered market can forget over sixty-odd years. The [[JC]] — who likes a pet theory, as readers will know — feels that [[unknown known]]s might be the riskiest bucket of the lot. | The '''{{risk|unknown known}}'''. Now, before you write this off, well — see the [[Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999]] for the sorts of things a well-ordered market can forget over sixty-odd years. The [[JC]] — who likes a pet theory, as readers will know — feels that [[unknown known]]s might be the riskiest bucket of the lot. | ||
The '''[[Not officially known]]''': The embarrassed press officer’s best friend, the “[[unsubstantiated]] allegation”. This is one that the press officer, in her own head, knows perfectly well to be true but believes nobody else can prove, and which everyone else believes to be true, but knows knows perfectly well they can’t prove. | The '''[[Not officially known]]''': The embarrassed press officer’s best friend, the “[[unsubstantiated]] allegation”. This is one that the press officer, in her own head, knows perfectly well to be true but believes nobody else can prove, and which everyone else believes to be true, but knows knows perfectly well they can’t prove. | ||