Drosnin challenged in Newsweek, "When my critics find a message about the assassination of a prime minister encrypted in Moby Dick, I'll believe them."
Kodwa uDrosnin washaya phansi ngonyawo, wakhipha le nselele: "Uma labo abangiphikisayo bengathola isigijimi esikhuluma ngokubulawa kukaNdunankulu kubhalwe ngokuyimfihlo encwadini [yendaba eqanjiwe] i-Moby Dick, ngizobakholelwa."