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...chose him: Because the Condit case has ascended to the high-pitched level of OJ and JonBenet and Congressman Condit is at its confusing and frustrating center...
...because of course there is one suspect, a suspect who may in part have brought suspicion on himself through his own silence, and that, of course, is Congressman Condit...
...nail down a number of specifics, legal experts say, such as: Exactly when the affidavit was presented to Smith (if it was after the FBI talked to her, as her lawyer maintains, that's not good for Condit). Whether Condit knew what was in the affidavit (it helps the Congressman if his lawyer prepared it without revealing the contents). Whether Condit repeatedly asked Smith to sign the affidavit, as her attorney insists he did (if true, that's very bad news for Condit). Whether there are any witnesses to their affair (or better yet, tapes of Condit's calls...
...Beyond that, the case could come down to dueling dictionaries. Remember Bill Clinton's riff on "the meaning of 'is'"? The word "romantic," contained in the Smith-Condit affidavit, might be subject to similar parsing: "I do not and have not had a romantic relationship with Congressman Condit." Romantic and sexual aren't synonymous, as many a jilted lover has learned all too painfully...
...April 30 disappearance of Chandra Levy, the Washington intern who was about to leave D.C., has become a media obsession. Representative Gary Condit, the California Congressman who supposedly had an affair with Levy, agreed to cooperate with DC police this week by taking a lie detector test and letting them search his apartment in the capitol...