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It was a hack and bumbling story-changing coverup.
Please allow me to rephrase so my comment does not get flagged.

The Hawaii false missile alert was quite likely a coordinated hack combined with a bumbling cover-up. I have evidence suggesting this to be a likely explanation.

Of note is that the EMA story changed and was rather opaque. There was no discussion about the duplicate alerts that many people received, including me.

No explanation as to why a military looking couple was goading me that evening at coffee gallery about my suicide bag.

At a minimum, since people sporadically received duplicates hours later, this should have been part of some official public report, as this would indicate a notable technical malfunction. No such report exists.

I’m trying to make a relevant comment but it keeps getting flagged. Why? Why does my comment need to disappear?
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I’m going to tweet the Infosec and Intel communitites.

There’s no valid reason to flag my post.

Looking at the text of your flagged comments, they read like unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, not something relevant that would contribute to substantive discussion on the topic.
1) I received duplicate alerts as did many others. Timing of mine is suspicious; something a skilled hacker would do

2) military looking couple decided to goad me about my suicide bag that evening.

3) many others received duplicates

4) reports of duplicates, relevant at least to a technical malfunction (no conspiracy theory) didn’t make it into any official reports despite having occurred

Flagging a theory — that it was a hack or otherwise intentional — which explains why i would receive a duplicate suspiciously timed and then harassed about a suicide bag — isn’t helpful to the discussion. Makes it look like sweeping under the rug, even if that wasn’t the reason for flagging.

Do you have evidence of the duplicate alerts? Of the couple? If you do, please share it.
"A suicide bag, also known as an exit bag or hood,[1][2] is a euthanasia device consisting of a large plastic bag with a drawcord used to commit suicide through inert gas asphyxiation."

Out of interest is English your second language or is there a second meaning to a suicide bag?

It's like your pretending to have Google Translated Exit Bag incorrectly.... (Normally called a Bug Out Bag amongst the hipsters, for future reference)

Re: 2. You say that happened at coffee gallery, why would strangers at a coffee shop be aware of your suicide bag? I feel like I’m missing something as to how this would occur, or why it would be relevant.

Regarding duplicates; when I’ve reciever campus alerts from various institutions, I have on occasion reciever duplicates.

Well, thanks for letting this discussion through so we can decide for ourselves.
I found the fact that they're backing away from missile warnings and that Massachusetts has no provision at all for nuclear emergency response (see the footnotes) quite worrying.